# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=741&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 742 --- ## [Have you ever lived in a loft? Did you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-lived-in-a-loft-did-you-like-it/990019 "2023-09-14T16:35:24Z")
Loft apartments were quite common in television and film in the 1990s/2000s. I definitely wanted to live in one. At least I’ve been lucky enough to experience urban living in high rise apartments for the last 12 years. H… --- ## [When is it time to let your pet go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-time-to-let-your-pet-go/979395 "2023-09-14T16:05:25Z")
My dog Cramer he is a 12.5 yr old German shorthaired pointer who has been diagnosed with a cobblestone type adenocarcinoma in his rectum, colon area. Because of his age it was decided not to go in and remove the tumor vi… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK ONE man leaves!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-one-man-leaves/989707 "2023-09-14T16:01:32Z")
Welp it’s been another long offseason, and we’re finally here with some real life NFL football games. My favorite offseason stories: Aaron Rodgers moving on from the Packers is now with the J-E-T-S JETSJETSJETS, and … --- ## [Atlantic Hurricane Lee (Sep 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-hurricane-lee-sep-2023/990074 "2023-09-14T15:56:20Z")
Hi Folks - Right now Hurricane Lee is about 750 miles due east of my house, well out to sea. It’s a lovely day here and there’s no enhanced surf. Yet. Nor will ours get very exciting I don’t think. The current hurrican… --- ## [Climate Change Wars: Water - Egypt and Ethiopia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-wars-water-egypt-and-ethiopia/847685 "2023-09-14T15:20:01Z")
Egypt is concerned over a dam being built on the Nile by Ethiopia which may reduce their water supply. Negotiations are ongoing. So no matter if the dam came on line at all or not there will be water shortages and sign… --- ## [Anybody playing "Stray"? (Cat game)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-playing-stray-cat-game/968353 "2023-09-14T14:19:50Z")
I’m not a huge gamer but this game looks too interesting to pass up. Is anyone playing? --- ## [Do any of you use a clamp-on computer mouse platform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-you-use-a-clamp-on-computer-mouse-platform/990058 "2023-09-14T13:44:47Z")
I am having some issues with pain in my neck and I think part of it stems from my mouse setup. The mouse is high relative to the chair. I need to bring it down. I was looking at some mouse platforms like this and there’… --- ## [Meeting one of JFK's Secret Service agents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meeting-one-of-jfks-secret-service-agents/693745 "2023-09-14T13:35:33Z")
On June 23, I had the chance to meet retired U.S. Secret Service Special Agent Paul Landis. He spoke at a northeast Ohio courthouse and was introduced by a judge who knows him and is personally interested in President J… --- ## [Lifeguards of no lifeguards on public beaches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifeguards-of-no-lifeguards-on-public-beaches/989846)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifeguards-of-no-lifeguards-on-public-beaches/989846 "2023-09-14T12:09:57Z")
Here in Chicago, a group of people used to meet regularly to swim in Lake Michigan in an area not open for swimming. The city shut the meetups down, citing a lack of lifeguards. Just to the east in the Indiana Dunes, t… --- ## [What cities would be good for web-swinging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-would-be-good-for-web-swinging/989836 "2023-09-14T05:38:52Z")
Obviously New York , but do most major cities have enough tall buildings to let a Friendly Neighborhood hero get around? --- ## [Weird, strange coincidences that sound like fiction but happened in sport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-coincidences-that-sound-like-fiction-but-happened-in-sport/987228)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-strange-coincidences-that-sound-like-fiction-but-happened-in-sport/987228 "2023-09-14T03:35:59Z")
24 years ago today the Yankees had a special day for Yogi Berra. After 14 years of feuding with George Steinbrenner he came back to Yankee Stadium for the first time. As part of the celebration Don Larsen threw out the f… --- ## [3 drink minimum at a club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-drink-minimum-at-a-club/989908)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-drink-minimum-at-a-club/989908 "2023-09-14T03:19:47Z")
I’m watching a movie and to get in a club the hostess says, “It’s a 3 drink minimum, baby”. I have never been to a club that required a minimum. Do you just pay the equivalent of 3 drinks and walk in or do they actually… --- ## [Police Body Cams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-body-cams/989955 "2023-09-14T03:19:03Z")
There are a few recent news stories regarding police officers being charged with murder after their accounts, or their departments’ accounts, of events were contradicted by body cam video. I can’t understand how this ca… --- ## [The Philppines produce the most plastic trash in the ocean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-philppines-produce-the-most-plastic-trash-in-the-ocean/989850 "2023-09-14T02:57:08Z")
According to the studies I found online, the Philippines generate the most plastic trash that makes it to the oceans. They don’t produce the most plastic waste, that distinction belongs to the US. But we manage our waste… --- ## [The many, many examples of GOP compassion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-many-many-examples-of-gop-compassion/989582 "2023-09-14T01:54:32Z")
Listen, the GOP does not get a fair shake on this board, and frankly it’s getting a little tiresome. Sure, we disagree on many policies (e.g., should citizens die for lack of basic medical care), but Republicans are not… --- ## [Question re: “I Am a Strange Loop”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-i-am-a-strange-loop/990044 "2023-09-14T01:33:30Z")
In one chapter of I Am a Strange Loop, Douglas R. Hofstadter illustrates Gödel’s incompleteness theorem via an elaborate metaphor involving two fictional stage plays: “Prince Hyppia: Math Dramatica” and “The Posh Shop Pi… --- ## [Oil Changes and Timing Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-changes-and-timing-issues/990071)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-changes-and-timing-issues/990071 "2023-09-14T01:30:32Z")
My son does no maintenance on his car despite everyone telling him too. He went over a year without an oil change and the car had no oil in it when I checked it and I threw in over 5 quarts (out of 6) of 5w-30 synthoil.… --- ## [Is phelyphrine a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-phelyphrine-a-scam/646356)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-phelyphrine-a-scam/646356 "2023-09-14T01:14:35Z")
I tried some, having been a bit careless as to which sudafed I was buying, and it just gave me a headache. No decongestant value like you get with psuedphedrine at all. Now I look it up on the internet and it appears tha… --- ## [Our son might never realize his dream of becoming a private pilot. Looking for advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-son-might-never-realize-his-dream-of-becoming-a-private-pilot-looking-for-advice/989949)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-son-might-never-realize-his-dream-of-becoming-a-private-pilot-looking-for-advice/989949 "2023-09-14T00:32:10Z")
Our son “Michael” is now 20. He’s a real good kid. Never gets in trouble. Doesn’t drink or smoke. Excellent student. He’s now in his third year of college, majoring in computer engineering. Michael started taking flying… --- ## [Imaginary world? in one's head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imaginary-world-in-ones-head/990014 "2023-09-13T21:26:00Z")
I don’t know if this is the place, but I have a question about a mental thing that I have never ever read anything about … maladaptive daydreaming is as close as I could get… It’s nothing ‘bad’…it’s life-long alternate… --- ## [Black Mirror Season 6. June 15](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-6-june-15/985522 "2023-09-13T21:08:56Z")
--- ## [Which animal experiences the longest amount of consciousness in its lifetime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animal-experiences-the-longest-amount-of-consciousness-in-its-lifetime/989936)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animal-experiences-the-longest-amount-of-consciousness-in-its-lifetime/989936 "2023-09-13T20:37:23Z")
I was thinking about this the other day while observing how much our cats sleep-- they sleep on average 70% of their lives, so if you take 20 years as a reasonably long cat lifespan, 20 x 30% is only 7 years of conscious… --- ## [Is there a non-Amazon wishlist site out there somewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-non-amazon-wishlist-site-out-there-somewhere/330506)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-non-amazon-wishlist-site-out-there-somewhere/330506 "2023-09-13T20:33:59Z")
This is on behalf of MrWhatsit. He wanted me to ask if anyone out there knows if there’s some sort of wishlist website or program or something that will allow you to enter items you want, and assign you a login/password… --- ## [How does Reverse 911 work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-reverse-911-work/990059)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-reverse-911-work/990059 "2023-09-13T20:15:34Z")
In what has become a national news story escaped (now recaptured) murderer Danelo Calvalcante was on the loose for two weeks. There were news articles that ‘the authorities’ were using reverse 911 calls to a) tell peopl… --- ## [Wings-"1985"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-1985/955958)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wings-1985/955958 "2023-09-13T20:11:59Z")
What is Paul doing with his voice here? Sounds like he’s imitating someone or…SOME…kind of affected style. Or am I wrong? And thats his normal singing voice? --- ## [New sexual assault allegation against Justice Kavanaugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sexual-assault-allegation-against-justice-kavanaugh/840241)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 287\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sexual-assault-allegation-against-justice-kavanaugh/840241 "2023-09-13T19:45:44Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sunday-review/brett-kavanaugh-deborah-ramirez-yale.html?auth=login-email&login=email (paywall) Is this a surprise to anyone? Still okay with him on the SCOTUS? --- ## [Resolved: Body Language is an awful way of judging reliability and truthfulness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-body-language-is-an-awful-way-of-judging-reliability-and-truthfulness/989620)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-body-language-is-an-awful-way-of-judging-reliability-and-truthfulness/989620 "2023-09-13T19:28:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from How many men have really been cancelled by #metoo?: At the moderator’s suggestion, I’m breaking this off into a new thread Body language is notoriously unreliable at revealing deceit S… --- ## [How many guitars have their own Wikipedia page?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550)
**Author:** [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-guitars-have-their-own-wikipedia-page/989550 "2023-09-13T18:40:43Z")
I’m not talking about guitar makes (of course Gibson Les Paul, for example, has a page), I’m talking about individual guitars. Blackie (Clapton’s favorite) has a page, and Trigger. Any others? I have to admit that my ey… --- ## [The metallurgy of machining brake rotors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metallurgy-of-machining-brake-rotors/989960)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metallurgy-of-machining-brake-rotors/989960 "2023-09-13T15:58:08Z")
To avoid a hijack in this thread: It seems to me that if the rotor is warped, the crystalline structure of the metal is also warped. If you machine that down, you’re getting a flat surface, but the underlying structure… --- ## [Educational WTF from across the globe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educational-wtf-from-across-the-globe/989078 "2023-09-13T15:56:36Z")
Because far-right whackos are becoming more involved in education and school administration, I thought a separate thread would be useful. Of course, idiots are of all political stripes, so they can be included here. It d… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=740&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=742&state=tracking)