# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=933&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 934 --- ## [The presents that are no longer given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presents-that-are-no-longer-given/977336)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presents-that-are-no-longer-given/977336 "2022-12-31T18:45:32Z")
Way back in the previous century, it seems there were annually stories in women’s magazines and newspapers about all sorts of ‘mandatory’ presents a household (i.e. generally the woman) was expected to give to service wo… --- ## [Anyone else have traditional family Christmas gifts that are given every year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-traditional-family-christmas-gifts-that-are-given-every-year/977140)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-traditional-family-christmas-gifts-that-are-given-every-year/977140 "2022-12-31T18:13:15Z")
Mind you, I’m not complaining (I guess). In 1988, I married into a family where the patriarch (my FIL is now deceased, but his stepsons have assumed the responsibility) gives each family member a new silver dollar each … --- ## [Tell me more about English beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-english-beer/928763)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-more-about-english-beer/928763 "2022-12-31T18:06:32Z")
I love beer, but my experience is somewhat limited beyond what’s universally available in the US – a handful of local and regional craft brewers (Great Lakes Brewing is one of my favorites) and some German and Belgian im… --- ## [Barbara Walters dies at 93](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-dies-at-93/977371)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barbara-walters-dies-at-93/977371 "2022-12-31T17:41:45Z")
--- ## [Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. Mandela effect question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beavis-and-butt-head-do-america-mandela-effect-question/977418)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beavis-and-butt-head-do-america-mandela-effect-question/977418 "2022-12-31T16:30:14Z")
I recently re-watched Beavis and Butt-Head Do America. There’s a part I remember from when I watched it back in the 90s that wasn’t there this time, and I’m wondering if it’s the Mandela effect or if the scene was chang… --- ## [Looking for a WiFi thermostat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-wifi-thermostat/977414)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-wifi-thermostat/977414 "2022-12-31T15:20:16Z")
Hi all I have a 15 year old WiFi thermostat which I was informed that their app will be sunsetted in May which after then it will just function from the thermostat itself and no longer will work with the app. This app… --- ## [Assets outside the Navy requires bringing in the Joint Chiefs of Staff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assets-outside-the-navy-requires-bringing-in-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/977377)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assets-outside-the-navy-requires-bringing-in-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/977377 "2022-12-31T14:35:52Z")
The next day Weinberger told me that President Reagan had approved our proposal without hesitation. His instructions had been simple: “Give Maggie everything she needs to get on with it.” Of the unity of purpose—and the … --- ## [A moral dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moral-dilemma/977136)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moral-dilemma/977136 "2022-12-31T12:23:45Z")
This is meant to be slightly humorous but a true story. One of my loves in life has been Bonsai. I have never gotten a huge collection but have usually maintained at least 3 or 4 and kept them for many years. So, when I … --- ## [Alka Seltzer in tea+](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alka-seltzer-in-tea/977349)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alka-seltzer-in-tea/977349 "2022-12-31T11:26:12Z")
I discovered an odd chemical reaction. We have some Alka Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu. I’ve used it before and it works just like you expect. Fizzing away in a glass of water until dissolved. I was finishing my morning tea an… --- ## [What Would Cause The Interior Of A Plane In Flight To Get Foggy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-the-interior-of-a-plane-in-flight-to-get-foggy/977345)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-the-interior-of-a-plane-in-flight-to-get-foggy/977345 "2022-12-31T11:09:27Z")
\#6 in this list: the passenger took a pic from a plane that appared, for lack of a better choice of words, foggy. What could cause that? --- ## [Question regarding English history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-english-history/976688)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-english-history/976688 "2022-12-31T10:31:33Z")
I’m not totally certain if there’s a complete answer to this question, but I thought I’d see how far it can be answered. I finally got around to reading Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, and there’s an assertion in there tha… --- ## [UK New Year's Honours List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-new-years-honours-list/977397)
**Author:** [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-new-years-honours-list/977397 "2022-12-31T08:43:23Z")
Seeing the thread on Canadian honours, I thought anyone interested might like to see something of this year’s gongs and awards in the UK. There are a thousand or so in total, mostly of people not well-known outside their… --- ## [What is 'safflower pear' wood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-safflower-pear-wood/977348)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-safflower-pear-wood/977348 "2022-12-31T08:26:18Z")
I saw a video of YouTuber “Grandpa Amu” making a model fire truck from a pinkish-red wood that was called ‘safflower pear’ in the video description. All of the Internet references I can find to ‘safflower pear’ seem to b… --- ## [A plug-in hybrid thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plug-in-hybrid-thread/977227)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plug-in-hybrid-thread/977227 "2022-12-31T07:50:12Z")
One of my current cars is a 2013 C-Max Energi. It’s not a bad car but mostly I like it because I bought it off-lease for 35% of its original sticker price. It’s got a lot of tech in it and while it’s been mostly reliab… --- ## [Spotify Group Sessions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-group-sessions/977387)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotify-group-sessions/977387 "2022-12-31T05:13:02Z")
Anyone tried this? I have a couple of times with a friend, and it works for about 20 minutes. Then we get out of sync, he is hearing music 30 seconds or a minute before I do. This could be one of the best things ever… --- ## [Microsoft Photo importing all pix from SD card, not just the new ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-photo-importing-all-pix-from-sd-card-not-just-the-new-ones/977360)
**Author:** [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-photo-importing-all-pix-from-sd-card-not-just-the-new-ones/977360 "2022-12-31T04:56:41Z")
How to import only the NEW photos from an SD card to M/S Photos system on my W10 laptop? Today there are 612 pix on the card and only a few (10-12) are new since my last import from the card. When trying to import, the s… --- ## [Why all the hate against Amber Heard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-against-amber-heard/963545)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 458\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-against-amber-heard/963545 "2022-12-31T04:24:54Z")
I know only peripherally that Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are fighting it out in the courtroom. I know very few of the details, but it seems as thought the public’s perception is that Heard is 100% evil and that Depp is … --- ## [Ian Tyson of Ian & Sylvia has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-tyson-of-ian-sylvia-has-died/977368)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ian-tyson-of-ian-sylvia-has-died/977368 "2022-12-31T03:18:33Z")
Ian Tyson was a big part of the folk movement of the 60s. He and his partner, Sylvia Fricker, had a few hits and wrote some very good songs, such as Four Strong Winds, which was covered by Neil Young and others. He grew … --- ## [The Midnight Club on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-club-on-netflix/973668)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-midnight-club-on-netflix/973668 "2022-12-31T02:22:32Z")
Anybody else watching this show? I am four episodes in and completely hooked. It’s looks like a horror show on the surface, but I think it is more of a show about friendship and the power of storytelling. And it is also … --- ## [Inventions We Need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-we-need/975354)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-we-need/975354 "2022-12-31T01:49:42Z")
In contrast with the thread on Inventions we don’t need, what are some Inventions we DO need? My invention would be human furniture made out of replaceable cat-scratching materials. --- ## [Intriguing optical illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-optical-illusion/954782)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intriguing-optical-illusion/954782 "2022-12-30T23:40:19Z")
I have my reading glasses sitting on the desk in front of me. They are 2.00 power glasses and they are sitting upright and with the ear pieces towards since I just took them off and set them down. Over my shoulder is a w… --- ## [Why have 80's sitcoms aged so poorly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-80s-sitcoms-aged-so-poorly/976759)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-80s-sitcoms-aged-so-poorly/976759 "2022-12-30T23:30:58Z")
Actually 80’s television in general. But sitcoms are what prompted the question. Born in '73 so grew up watching 80’s stuff. The most popular sitcoms from pretty much every other decade I can sit through for 30 minute… --- ## [US Spec Ops mission where they sink a cargo ship covertly in the 2000s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-spec-ops-mission-where-they-sink-a-cargo-ship-covertly-in-the-2000s/977065)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-spec-ops-mission-where-they-sink-a-cargo-ship-covertly-in-the-2000s/977065 "2022-12-30T21:54:15Z")
I was watching a documentary a decade ago on History Channel I think about real life covert ops missions. There was one story they told which I can’t find verification of on the internet but interested me greatly. Basic… --- ## [Accounting/finance Dopers, do you think of your personal finance the same way you think of your job work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-finance-dopers-do-you-think-of-your-personal-finance-the-same-way-you-think-of-your-job-work/977310)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-finance-dopers-do-you-think-of-your-personal-finance-the-same-way-you-think-of-your-job-work/977310 "2022-12-30T21:43:45Z")
I’ve been curious, do accountants think about their own personal money, possessions, etc. the same way they would about their line of work? (i.e., here are my assets, liabilities, cash flow, depreciation) --- ## [Who is most responsible in this wreck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-most-responsible-in-this-wreck/975767)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-most-responsible-in-this-wreck/975767 "2022-12-30T20:48:50Z")
Here’s the scenario, involving car A and car B. The weather is sunny and warm, and at the time it took place the sun is not directly in the face of the drivers. Both A and B are exiting a parking lot by attempting to t… --- ## [Britbox vs Acorn TV...which is better (need answer kinda fast...Christmas present)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britbox-vs-acorn-tv-which-is-better-need-answer-kinda-fast-christmas-present/977079)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britbox-vs-acorn-tv-which-is-better-need-answer-kinda-fast-christmas-present/977079 "2022-12-30T20:48:45Z")
I am looking to gift someone a subscription to either Britbox or Acorn TV. (streaming TV services) I am curious what opinions you all have of either service and if you have a preference? I mean to give the gift in the … --- ## [Stephen King's Dark Tower ending. Open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-open-spoilers/977179)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-dark-tower-ending-open-spoilers/977179 "2022-12-30T19:35:02Z")
I’m going through Sai King’s Dark Tower series for the second time, this time on Audible. Even though I’m just on the Drawing of the Three, I can’t help but think about the ending. Not Roland’s ending, but the ending f… --- ## [Did you make Christmas dinner or go out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-make-christmas-dinner-or-go-out/977123)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-make-christmas-dinner-or-go-out/977123 "2022-12-30T18:42:23Z")
Three years ago we decided to go out for Christmas buffet at a local resort and loved it. We’ve never gone back. Since then a group of friends and relatives go out somewhere every Christmas day. Yesterday we went out for… --- ## [You have any unconventional meatloaf recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881 "2022-12-30T18:40:47Z")
I’m in the mood for a meatloaf tonight. Except, I don’t want the traditional meatloaf mom used to make. I’m more interested in something off the beaten path. Thanks for all suggestions. --- ## [R.I.P. Pele, Good bye to the king](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297 "2022-12-30T17:26:00Z")
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