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**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-dr-frankensteins-notes/976110 "2022-12-07T23:42:00Z")
Hear me out. In the 19th century a lonely, self-taught (but acknowledged to be accomplished) European scientist, to his own surprise, made a landmark discovery that he believed was a major breakthrough, ranking with two… --- ## [Doctors appointments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctors-appointments/975704 "2022-12-07T23:04:20Z")
So it’s time to see the folks in the white lab coats again. I’ve been going to this particular office for ~ 10 years. Same Doc. Me - Ring Ring, “Yes, I would like to make an appointment for a general check up please” T… --- ## [How do you make your favourite curry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-favourite-curry/975949)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-your-favourite-curry/975949 "2022-12-07T21:33:21Z")
Just asking. I got out of the habit of making them, but they are so easy, tasty, cheap, satisfying in cold weather and nutritious I think I will start making them more often. So many ways to do it though. How do you d… --- ## [The accuracy (or lack there of) of Ozark's and Breaking Bad's criminal enterprises (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accuracy-or-lack-there-of-of-ozarks-and-breaking-bads-criminal-enterprises-open-spoilers/975951)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-accuracy-or-lack-there-of-of-ozarks-and-breaking-bads-criminal-enterprises-open-spoilers/975951 "2022-12-07T20:46:21Z")
In pit thread an off hand mention of Ozark and money laundering was mentioned, and @K9befrieder made the following post followed by @Atamasama Knowing nothing about either making meth or laundering money I was hopin… --- ## [2022 Senate Confidence Pool Contest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-senate-confidence-pool-contest/973042)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-senate-confidence-pool-contest/973042 "2022-12-07T19:31:36Z")
Per board rules there is no prize, monetary or otherwise, for winning this competition. Consider these ten states which are each holding a Senate election in 2022 (note: some races, notably Georgia, may not be decided u… --- ## [Cosmological redshift and a pulsed laser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmological-redshift-and-a-pulsed-laser/976114)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosmological-redshift-and-a-pulsed-laser/976114 "2022-12-07T19:18:25Z")
As God-Emperor, I declared that a Dyson sphere be constructed around Sol to power a really big UV laser that sends a 1-second-duration pulse every 10 seconds at, oh, 200 nm wavelength, aimed into deep space. 20 billion … --- ## [Foot found in Yellowstone hot pool ID'd as that of LA man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-found-in-yellowstone-hot-pool-idd-as-that-of-la-man/975150)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-found-in-yellowstone-hot-pool-idd-as-that-of-la-man/975150 "2022-12-07T18:30:17Z")
And then there’s this… I read about it a few months before they found the foot’s “owner.” “A foot found floating in a Yellowstone National Park hot pool last summer belonged to a 70-year-old man from Los Angeles, park o… --- ## [Grand Jury to hear evidence against Trump, weigh potential charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-against-trump-weigh-potential-charges/942916)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-to-hear-evidence-against-trump-weigh-potential-charges/942916 "2022-12-07T18:24:46Z")
Prosecutor in Trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence, weigh potential charges I figure this is a new enough development in the ongoing investigations into our late, lamented president that it’s worth… --- ## [Links to Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-music/976158)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/links-to-music/976158 "2022-12-07T18:22:04Z")
I’m trying to find it in the TOS but it is not 100% clear to me. Am I permitted to provide a link in Cafe Society to music that I’ve created? I finished the arrangement of “Auld Lang Syne” backing track (plus a couple o… --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. What do you all think about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-what-do-you-all-think-about-it/975889)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom-what-do-you-all-think-about-it/975889 "2022-12-07T17:24:14Z")
I’m opening this thread to avoid hijacking the other one on the new film. My impression is that a lot of people think poorly of Temple of Doom. I admit that it’s not nearly as good as Raiders or Last Crusade, but it’s … --- ## [Should feminists not care about male issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738 "2022-12-07T16:00:42Z")
“If men want hugs, they need to start hugging other men.“ There is a type of feminist rhetoric that I have witnessed, namely that (female) feminists should not (have to) care about men or the issues they face. Women hav… --- ## [Can a life insurance company demand that a death benefit be returned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-life-insurance-company-demand-that-a-death-benefit-be-returned/975987)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-life-insurance-company-demand-that-a-death-benefit-be-returned/975987 "2022-12-07T15:07:04Z")
So, I’ve started watching the NBC series Manifest on Netflix. I am up to the fourth episode and an important plot point is that an insurance company is demanding that a death benefit be repaid. In the story, a group of… --- ## [Any college teams worse than Illinois?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-college-teams-worse-than-illinois/975255)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-college-teams-worse-than-illinois/975255 "2022-12-07T14:25:35Z")
I’m talking about big colleges and their big money sports - football and basketball. Illinois spends A LOT of money on their teams, and has repeatedly been caught cheating. When I was in college, I encountered several … --- ## [Sandi Toksvig is ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052)
**Author:** [@its\_the\_daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/its_the_daddy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandi-toksvig-is-ill/976052 "2022-12-07T14:19:26Z")
She’s touring Australia, but has gone into hospital with bronchial pneumonia. We wish her a complete recovery and good health. Is she well known outside the UK and Australia? --- ## [Would you use this ? bud light door at gas station requires id to open-and-get-beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-this-bud-light-door-at-gas-station-requires-id-to-open-and-get-beer/976041)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-use-this-bud-light-door-at-gas-station-requires-id-to-open-and-get-beer/976041 "2022-12-07T14:10:29Z")
seen this today and wondered what the downsides would be. would you be offended to have to do this? --- ## [Post a video of an arcane musical instrument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011 "2022-12-07T13:26:51Z")
You are hereby invited to post a link to a video demonstrating a performance on an uncommon, but not one-of-a-kind, musical instrument. By “uncommon” I mean an instrument that most folks would not be able to name when… --- ## [Cheese and pickle sandwich (British)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-and-pickle-sandwich-british/967016)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-and-pickle-sandwich-british/967016 "2022-12-07T12:45:22Z")
Okay, I’m reading a murder mystery (The Silkworm) set in England, mostly London, written under a pseud by J.K. Rowling. I swear, it seems like every other day the hero/detective is eating a ‘packet’ of cheese and pickle… --- ## [Increase in inactivity as we age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-in-inactivity-as-we-age/976101)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increase-in-inactivity-as-we-age/976101 "2022-12-07T12:12:41Z")
I am 74 years old and just coming off of a 3 year period of almost no physical activity. Sitting at my computer smoking cigarettes, just taking out the trash would have me slightly huffing. For at least 5 years before my… --- ## [Write your own opinion in the Speluncean Explorers case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-opinion-in-the-speluncean-explorers-case/303736)
**Author:** [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-your-own-opinion-in-the-speluncean-explorers-case/303736 "2022-12-07T07:51:56Z")
This hypothetical case has been discussed and argued since Fuller published it in 1949.See, http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/cse.htm#otheropinions. How would you decide the case? On what authority? How would you d… --- ## [Men's experiences with facial waxing (As opposed to shaving)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-experiences-with-facial-waxing-as-opposed-to-shaving/377673)
**Author:** [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-experiences-with-facial-waxing-as-opposed-to-shaving/377673 "2022-12-07T02:36:57Z")
I have a problem: I’m lazy. I don’t like taking the time to shave daily, and when I can get away with it, leave the razor and shaving cream down. I’m seriously considering waxing as an alternative to shaving. The way I s… --- ## [Skyrim Special Edition first playthough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-special-edition-first-playthough/974396)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skyrim-special-edition-first-playthough/974396 "2022-12-07T00:52:00Z")
Should my very first playthrough (in 2022!) be with Survival Mode or without? I’ve been reading through the original 1800-post Skyrim thread from 2011, and kind of wanted to play the game people were playing back then. I… --- ## [Exploiting Anthony Bourdain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploiting-anthony-bourdain/962639)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploiting-anthony-bourdain/962639 "2022-12-06T21:41:55Z")
I loved Kitchen Confidential and when I first read it I sought out most of Bourdain’s other writing. I liked his travel TV. I was saddened when he died. I’m watching Roadrunner on CNN. Lots of people loved the guy. … --- ## [If the Soviets had eventually landed on the moon after the US, would anything have really changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-soviets-had-eventually-landed-on-the-moon-after-the-us-would-anything-have-really-changed/976007)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-soviets-had-eventually-landed-on-the-moon-after-the-us-would-anything-have-really-changed/976007 "2022-12-06T20:34:14Z")
Let’s pretend that somehow the Soviets are able to power through their problems with the N1 lunar rocket and manages to get a crew together for expected launch in 1971 (the earliest I believe they could have done it with… --- ## [Why is FIFA Tolerated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fifa-tolerated/976043)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fifa-tolerated/976043 "2022-12-06T20:15:16Z")
While I’m not a soccer fan, it’s hard for me to miss the excitement of the World Cup every few years. I don’t follow the sport, or the governing bodies, but it’s hard to miss FIFA. EA Sports keeps making those FIFA vid… --- ## [Experience with a Daily Money Manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-a-daily-money-manager/976063)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-a-daily-money-manager/976063 "2022-12-06T19:51:09Z")
Hi Dopers, Does anyone here have experience working with a Daily Money Manager? This is not a financial planner or secretary, but somewhere in between. According to the American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADM… --- ## [Ouch! I just bit into a chunk of ... bone? Tooth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-i-just-bit-into-a-chunk-of-bone-tooth/976064)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ouch-i-just-bit-into-a-chunk-of-bone-tooth/976064 "2022-12-06T17:43:21Z")
So I’m eating leftover chicken vindaloo for lunch and I bite down on something hard. Take it out, and it looks like…a tooth? Or a piece of a tooth? It was rounded and smooth and toothy-looking on one side, and broken-off… --- ## [Fatal attack at LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado springs, 20 Nov 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-attack-at-lgbtq-nightclub-in-colorado-springs-20-nov-2022/975260)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fatal-attack-at-lgbtq-nightclub-in-colorado-springs-20-nov-2022/975260 "2022-12-06T17:16:51Z")
At least 5 killed in shooting at LGBTQ club in Colorado Springs --- ## [Weird question about carbon dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-about-carbon-dating/975946)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-about-carbon-dating/975946 "2022-12-06T17:03:16Z")
I don’t know how or why this question popped into my head (and I apologize, in advance, if I get the physics wrong) but… Things age slower when traveling a substantial portion of the speed of light, right? Britannica: … --- ## [NHL: October 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-october-2022/973077)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-october-2022/973077 "2022-12-06T15:45:58Z")
Season starts today! Ok, yes, there were the Prague games, but today starts the epic trek towards Stanley. I have to work quite early tomorrow, I think I’ll just record Kings vs Golden Knights and just watch when I wake… --- ## [Rudy has a new legal problem, potential jail time for contempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151 "2022-12-06T15:37:33Z")
Nothing to do with elections; just a humdrum case of failing to pay support to his ex-wife, in the amount of $235,000; blew off the court by not appearing; ex-wife got a consent judgment against him. NY Judge says tha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=929) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=931)