# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=751&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 752 --- ## [Any leads on disability consultant (for dealing with insurance, disability claims, etc)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308 "2023-08-31T19:57:15Z")
My sister has an autoimmune disease which is extremely severe and has led to her not being able to work (she had a high-powered job before she got sick). With medication she can now at least do a minimum of simple tasks … --- ## [Mooving violation in Nebraska](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404)
**Author:** [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mooving-violation-in-nebraska/989404 "2023-08-31T19:32:13Z")
Have you herd about this? A driver has a big beef with the police in Norfolk, Nebraska, because they took the bull by the horns and pulled over a cattle car for no good reason. Who doesn’t enjoy a nice ride in a converti… --- ## [Democratic Party bonus delegates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-bonus-delegates/989385)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-party-bonus-delegates/989385 "2023-08-31T19:20:26Z")
In another thread, I learned that the Democrats will give bonus delegates to states that have late primaries. Looking things up, I find this page: Summary: States having their primary in April will get an additional … --- ## [Help me replace my (hot) water heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293 "2023-08-31T19:17:27Z")
Hi All. I am the proud owner of a 50 gal tank style propane water heater that is 23 years old. While still barely just broken in and for various reasons I want to replace it soon. A little about the home, it’s a secon… --- ## [Can you ID the movie where the fork and knife are chained to a table?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-movie-where-the-fork-and-knife-are-chained-to-a-table/407044)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-id-the-movie-where-the-fork-and-knife-are-chained-to-a-table/407044 "2023-08-31T19:14:06Z")
… and the hero learns that to eat on the diner he has to slide the dish to the left to use the knife, cut and then slide the dish to the right to use the fork? (The length of the chains was too short to use both the for… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2023-edition/987892 "2023-08-31T19:11:47Z")
How is it August already!! Where has this year gone? grumbles in old lady In my day summers took a long time to pass, now everything is so fast: fast food, fast fasshion, fast summers! On the other hand, it hasn’t been… --- ## [PragerU can't teach!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233 "2023-08-31T18:16:49Z")
OK, yes, PragerU’s videos can help reinforce indoctrination into whatever we’re calling the US’s present rightwing ideology. But apparently, what they now provide for classroom instruction is half-assed and bad. They kno… --- ## [I need to know who's behind these banal grocery store muzak songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-whos-behind-these-banal-grocery-store-muzak-songs/989216)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-know-whos-behind-these-banal-grocery-store-muzak-songs/989216 "2023-08-31T17:43:31Z")
Hello, yeah it’s been a while; not much, how 'bout you, So, here I am semi-retired, collecting some government pension money (and more due to my ex’s untimely death) and in a few years pension money from what we call a … --- ## [McConnell appears to freeze while speaking {2023-08-30}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-while-speaking-2023-08-30/989359)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-appears-to-freeze-while-speaking-2023-08-30/989359 "2023-08-31T17:33:23Z")
McConnell froze again. Here is the CNN story. Is this indicative of any particular disorder? --- ## [Leaving Food Out Overnight, And Then Throwing It In The Freezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight-and-then-throwing-it-in-the-freezer/984663)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-food-out-overnight-and-then-throwing-it-in-the-freezer/984663 "2023-06-01T03:39:45Z")
Second time this week. I’ll leave these homemade (sold in stores) tamales to de-thaw, but I went to bed at about 8 and forgot about it. There’s no way I can throw them out. I had them in the kitchen, and I only use the s… --- ## [The Wonderful site Baseball-Reference has added a Baseball Wiki call the Bullpen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387 "2006-08-12T02:02:44Z")
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Main\_Page It has the potential to be very good. Hopefully some of our baseball fan members will help contribute to improve the articles they are knowledgeable on. Wiki’s are si… --- ## [I have just come up with a cunning plan by which we can all be wealthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269 "2023-08-31T13:28:29Z")
I happened to notice that one can search the SDMB for posts after the current date. All we need to do is resolve to post the results of various future horse races, lottery results etc, and then search now for our future… --- ## [What Exit, some clarity please on hijacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298 "2023-08-31T12:57:02Z")
I’m a little confused. The thread is about a union of actors–SAG-AFTRA–and an action they’ve taken as the actors’ union to get better working conditions (including compensation) for their members. I definitely get tha… --- ## [I can't see my books on my new-to-me Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377 "2023-08-31T12:31:14Z")
I’ve had a Kindle for years, but after not using it for a while, I turned it on and it wouldn’t boot. I tried troubleshooting the issue, but didn’t get anywhere and decided to buy a new-to-me Kindle Fire 7 9th Generatio… --- ## [Local/regional legislatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210 "2023-08-31T12:15:20Z")
The title is not very descriptive, but I couldn’t think of a better one. I know that there are other countries that have a federalist system–off hand, I can think of Canada, Germany, and Australia. I’m sure there are o… --- ## [Opening pop-top cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521 "2023-08-31T12:13:21Z")
A lot of canned foods now come in those pop-top cans – the kind where you pull the entire top off. I have a hard time with some of those, due in part of increasing arthritis or maybe just general old-age decrepitude. C… --- ## [Horchata, a treat made with rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208 "2023-08-31T11:02:11Z")
Have you ever had it? Was it a childhood treat made by Mama or perhaps Abuela or Abuelo? Was it something you purchased? What did you think of it if it was not a childhood treat? I made some this evening, using the s… --- ## [Words We Pronounce Wrong But Nobody Cares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807 "2023-08-31T08:53:04Z")
I can think of two words (well, a word and a phrase) that just about every American pronounces wrong, but no one seems to care anymore and it just goes on. Note that I’m not talking about dialectical differences here, s… --- ## [Any wills, trust, and estates lawyers licensed in NY around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375 "2023-08-31T08:08:58Z")
To make a very long story short, I am being presented with a bunch of legal documentation regarding the disposition of my recently deceased father’s assets that makes absolutely no sense to me: a will (which is pretty cl… --- ## [Oil bottle / cruet 'sweats' oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226 "2023-08-31T05:23:08Z")
Hi. I’ve got a ceramic cruet I picked up at an art/wine fair. I used it for maybe a year in my old house, filled with olive oil. I moved to a new house with an old, ugly kitchen and this pretty bottle just didn’t go so I… --- ## ["Pumpkin Eater" - judge says its a homophobic slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618 "2023-08-31T03:37:58Z")
There has been some bemusement amongst my colleagues about a local decision (just overturned on appeal) wherein a judge, without input from either party, contended and ultimately found that referencing a person called Pe… --- ## [Hospital billing/ insurance question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089 "2023-08-31T03:03:21Z")
I’m asking here because I have a vague recollection of this being law but maybe I’m misunderstanding or misremembering. I thought this was covered under ACA or some other semi-recent law. The situation is this: you are … --- ## [The Fate of the Musk Corporations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981 "2023-08-31T02:30:53Z")
Mods: Perhaps this is better for IMHO? If so, then please move. Musk has always been a bit unstable, but in the past several months (around when he bought Twitter) he’s has grown increasingly erratic. There have recentl… --- ## [Recommend a masters degree program to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374 "2023-08-31T02:08:53Z")
I’m trying to get a part-time gig teaching at the local community college. Basically, I’m looking to retire, but I need something to do. or I will rot. And I like to teach, and think I’d be good at it. I spoke to the wo… --- ## [The End of the F\*\*\*ing World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world/989379)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world/989379 "2023-08-31T01:57:30Z")
We just watched this Netflix black comedy series and it was very good. It reminded me of the Fargo series. A bit of gore and great acting by the leads, Highly recommended, --- ## [PA may make their presidential primary date earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-may-make-their-presidential-primary-date-earlier/989357)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-may-make-their-presidential-primary-date-earlier/989357 "2023-08-31T01:52:42Z")
It’s partly to account for Passover. Some dates that are in the pipeline: March 19, March 26, or April 2. I live in PA, but I can’t visualize how this would change anything for me as a voter. Would it be a seismic chang… --- ## [Dryer lint trap being clogged - is the risk that the dryer would catch on fire, or that the air vent would catch on fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-lint-trap-being-clogged-is-the-risk-that-the-dryer-would-catch-on-fire-or-that-the-air-vent-would-catch-on-fire/989287)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-lint-trap-being-clogged-is-the-risk-that-the-dryer-would-catch-on-fire-or-that-the-air-vent-would-catch-on-fire/989287 "2023-08-31T00:30:54Z")
For some reason, I failed to clean the dryer lint trap for a long time when it’d always been automatic habit for me. Now I found out this morning the thing was fully clogged and that’s why my clothes had been remaining w… --- ## [Gentlemen: Do you like Rom-Coms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-do-you-like-rom-coms/988178)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-do-you-like-rom-coms/988178 "2023-08-31T00:28:56Z")
I admit it: I like romantic comedies. Some more than others, and some I don’t care for at all. We guys are supposed to like action pictures: Stallone pounding the crap out of somebody, Schwartzeneggar pounding the crap… --- ## [International Chess Federation and trans players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772 "2023-08-30T23:58:36Z")
Note: I would really like this thread not to devolve into the usual trans arguments. Also note: I have tried very hard to get the terminology correct, as I understand it, and I am relying on the NPR report for the correc… --- ## [Fellow (brand) travel mug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-brand-travel-mug/989371)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-brand-travel-mug/989371 "2023-08-30T22:42:43Z")
Based on something I read online (I thought it was here on SDMB but I’m blessed if I can find it) I bought a Fellow travel mug, and I am here to mostly praise it. I got the 16 ounce mug with a wide mouth, and I only use… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=750&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=752&state=tracking)