# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=940&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 941 --- ## [How to find out about a relative who died in WW2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-out-about-a-relative-who-died-in-ww2/925011)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-out-about-a-relative-who-died-in-ww2/925011 "2022-12-23T04:03:16Z")
I understand that a somewhat distant relative of mine died in the Pacific Theater in WW2 while serving with the US Armed Forces. I don’t know which branch - Army, Marines, Navy. Here’s what I know: his name: Patrick S… --- ## [W-4 confusion (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-4-confusion-need-answer-fast-ish/976971)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w-4-confusion-need-answer-fast-ish/976971 "2022-12-23T03:52:29Z")
The company that I work for is being purchased by another company, which means a stack of paperwork of course. The only thing I am confused about is the W-4 that I need to fill out. This is the form in question (PDF war… --- ## [What goods or services could Ukraine sell after the war is over to help rebuild their economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goods-or-services-could-ukraine-sell-after-the-war-is-over-to-help-rebuild-their-economy/969610)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goods-or-services-could-ukraine-sell-after-the-war-is-over-to-help-rebuild-their-economy/969610 "2022-12-23T02:51:17Z")
I guess one thing I’m asking is what goods/services does or could Ukraine sell that people in wealthy western nations with a grudge against Russia could buy to help rebuild their economy? For example, Ukraine has a medi… --- ## [Mask use in Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-use-in-japan/976147)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mask-use-in-japan/976147 "2022-12-23T02:14:50Z")
Japan fully opened to foreign tourism in October, and my wife and I took advantage of the opportunity soon after that. While there, we noticed that COVID prevention practices there are quite different from here in the U… --- ## [Flu and Covid shots at the same time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-and-covid-shots-at-the-same-time/973947)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-and-covid-shots-at-the-same-time/973947 "2022-12-23T01:35:17Z")
I just got a covid booster and this year’s flu shot today. Has anyone else done this? I know that reactions are fairly personal, but did it seem better, worse, no different than just getting the shots separately on dif… --- ## [Problem with posting images in the "Caption This" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-posting-images-in-the-caption-this-thread/975871)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-posting-images-in-the-caption-this-thread/975871 "2022-12-23T01:29:49Z")
Lately, when it’s my turn to post an image in the “Caption This” thread, I get the “Sorry, you can’t embed media images in a post” rejection. It wasn’t a problem foe me before, but it’s been going on for the past month o… --- ## [Can US capitol security stop members of congress from getting on the floor of the House or Senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-us-capitol-security-stop-members-of-congress-from-getting-on-the-floor-of-the-house-or-senate/976939)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-us-capitol-security-stop-members-of-congress-from-getting-on-the-floor-of-the-house-or-senate/976939 "2022-12-22T23:12:58Z")
I saw the article (linked below) which claims that Reps Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert ignored a capitol security checkpoint and entered the House floor to see the speech by Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky. The arti… --- ## [Sigh...I guess I joined the gun culture...and it pisses me off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-i-guess-i-joined-the-gun-culture-and-it-pisses-me-off/973973 "2022-12-22T22:42:31Z")
Debated where to put this and decided the Pit was more appropriate or even to post at all. However, I am a little pissed and want to get this off my chest. Except for a short time while a teen where there was an army d… --- ## [Santa, elves, bust a cocaine gang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/santa-elves-bust-a-cocaine-gang/976918 "2022-12-22T22:26:15Z")
A group of Peruvian police, dressed as Santa and elves, busted a drug gang on Saturday. They didn’t come in through the chimney, and the smugglers probably wish they were only getting coal in their stockings. --- ## [Where Have All The Sandbags Gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-sandbags-gone/975812)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-have-all-the-sandbags-gone/975812 "2022-12-22T21:50:07Z")
Another one of those puzzles in life: When a hurricane approaches, we see on the news people stacking sandbags. But, once the danger passes, where do all the sandbags go? Does someone come around and collect them? Does … --- ## [Phrases Which Mean The Same Thing, Except When They Don’t](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-mean-the-same-thing-except-when-they-don-t/976883)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-which-mean-the-same-thing-except-when-they-don-t/976883 "2022-12-22T19:42:43Z")
For example, “I’m sorry” usually means the same thing as “I apologize”. Except at funerals. “Mind your own business” means the same thing as “Mind your own beeswax”. But you can’t “get down to beeswax”. --- ## [Cinnamon rolls with chili- is this a nationwide thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-rolls-with-chili-is-this-a-nationwide-thing/976273)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cinnamon-rolls-with-chili-is-this-a-nationwide-thing/976273 "2022-12-22T19:40:01Z")
I’ve experienced this combination in several places across the nation. Is this a thing, and if so, what’s the origin? --- ## [What or where was the shi\*\*iest place you've ever lived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-or-where-was-the-shi-iest-place-youve-ever-lived/970811)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-or-where-was-the-shi-iest-place-youve-ever-lived/970811 "2022-12-22T19:14:50Z")
I was just watching a US movie (name not important or anything) but it showed a trailer-park in the middle of a dustbowl and it got me thinking. I’ve NEVER lived in a place like that, well, especially as trailer-parks a… --- ## [NFL 2022: Week Fifteen Minutes of Fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-fifteen-minutes-of-fame/976601)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-fifteen-minutes-of-fame/976601 "2022-12-22T19:10:17Z")
It’s week 15, that weird time of year when we start having NFL games on Saturday. Thursday 49ers at Seahawks (+3, 43) Saturday 1:00 pm ET – Colts at Vikings (-4, 48.5) 4:30 pm ET – Ravens at Browns (-2.5, 37) 8:15 … --- ## [(MCU) Are we just wasting our time with spaceships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcu-are-we-just-wasting-our-time-with-spaceships/976742)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcu-are-we-just-wasting-our-time-with-spaceships/976742 "2022-12-22T18:19:03Z")
Now, I think Love and Thunder is my new favorite Thor film… But really, when you can travel to the realm of the gods and the literal center of the universe using nothing more than a wooden boat (with no life support), t… --- ## [If the Feds indict Trump, where will the jury pool come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-feds-indict-trump-where-will-the-jury-pool-come-from/976865)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-feds-indict-trump-where-will-the-jury-pool-come-from/976865 "2022-12-22T16:21:24Z")
Most of the crimes happened in Washington, DC, but some, like the fake electoral certificates, also extended to other States. How would they decide which district to try the case in, and who would be eligible to serve on… --- ## [What is Hawaiian wine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hawaiian-wine/976935)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-hawaiian-wine/976935 "2022-12-22T16:09:44Z")
What is Hawaiian wine like? --- ## [Give up your fossil fuel furnace and get a heat pump instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-your-fossil-fuel-furnace-and-get-a-heat-pump-instead/974759)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-up-your-fossil-fuel-furnace-and-get-a-heat-pump-instead/974759 "2022-12-22T15:54:21Z")
This is part of my state’s (NY) ‘green-ness’. NY has a significant rebate program (or tax credit) for putting in a heat pump, however to qualify you have to trash your current central fossil fuel way of heating your hom… --- ## [I'm looking for a model of the 8 planets and earth's moon that are TO SCALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-model-of-the-8-planets-and-earths-moon-that-are-to-scale/976801)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-looking-for-a-model-of-the-8-planets-and-earths-moon-that-are-to-scale/976801 "2022-12-22T15:53:40Z")
I’m looking for a model of the 8 planets and earth’s moon where the sizes of the planets are TO SCALE. I’ve searched Amazon and haven’t found any to scale. I realize there is a big difference in sizes, which is what is… --- ## [What is Boaty McBoatface in French?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-boaty-mcboatface-in-french/976097)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-boaty-mcboatface-in-french/976097 "2022-12-22T11:40:39Z")
I don’t mean a literal translation. If one were to make up a silly name in French (or any other language) is there a commonly used format, the way English has different variations of Namey McName, such as Stinky McStinke… --- ## [Shutting off my main water valve will cause my hot water heater to fail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shutting-off-my-main-water-valve-will-cause-my-hot-water-heater-to-fail/587150)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shutting-off-my-main-water-valve-will-cause-my-hot-water-heater-to-fail/587150 "2022-12-22T06:44:14Z")
That’s what my friend claims, and I’m reluctant to shut off my main water valve unless I find out that he’s wrong. Help! We’re going to go on vacation for a couple of weeks, and I’d planned to shut off the main water va… --- ## [Photoshop experts: removing bleed-through from a scanned magazine page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-experts-removing-bleed-through-from-a-scanned-magazine-page/976921)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-experts-removing-bleed-through-from-a-scanned-magazine-page/976921 "2022-12-22T04:43:52Z")
I would like to have a clean version of the image on this page, scanned from a 1991 magazine: However, you’ll notice that there is quite a lot of bleed-through from the back side of the page. Here is that page: Is … --- ## [Which Way Do You Install A Hinge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-you-install-a-hinge/263164)
**Author:** [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-you-install-a-hinge/263164 "2022-12-22T03:34:11Z")
A full mortise hinge consists of two leafs, one with two knucles, the other with two. The five knuckles make up the barrel which accepts the hinge pin on which the door pivots. I have seen doors with the three knucles o… --- ## [What would surf music crossed with metal sound like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-surf-music-crossed-with-metal-sound-like/976823)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-surf-music-crossed-with-metal-sound-like/976823 "2022-12-22T02:41:49Z")
Wonder no more… It’s silly but still kind of catchy. --- ## ['99 Jeep Cherokee cold-start problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-jeep-cherokee-cold-start-problem/976746)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-jeep-cherokee-cold-start-problem/976746 "2022-12-22T01:58:30Z")
Normally on a cold start, my '99 Jeep Cherokee starts right up. No pumping the accelerator pedal, no fussing; just turn the key and it runs. Recently though, it started running rough on start-up. And then it began dyi… --- ## [What historical events have slipped down the memory hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478 "2022-12-22T01:56:38Z")
I wasn’t sure where else to put this. I’ve been listening to Rachel Maddow’s podcast Ultra about the sedition trial of Nazi sympathizers in the United States in 1943. Is this common knowledge that I just never heard abo… --- ## [3-D printing with sawdust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-with-sawdust/976927)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-d-printing-with-sawdust/976927 "2022-12-22T00:53:30Z")
Would you like a new lamp or guitar? --- ## [Why would a US president’s tax returns, when published, necessarily contain meaningful information, given corporate holdings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-us-president-s-tax-returns-when-published-necessarily-contain-meaningful-information-given-corporate-holdings/976911)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-us-president-s-tax-returns-when-published-necessarily-contain-meaningful-information-given-corporate-holdings/976911 "2022-12-22T00:49:23Z")
For example, if I were President of the United States, and my businesses had significant income from puppy kicking, that would not be a line item in my tax returns. Rather, the line item would be profits from Mops Doing… --- ## [If you were a fan of Babylon 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-fan-of-babylon-5/976490)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-fan-of-babylon-5/976490 "2022-12-22T00:31:36Z")
Babylon 5 is my favorite television show ever and I’ve been rewatching it on DVD. I loved almost all of it but like any show I have my favorite scenes. I’m going to list my five favorites. not necessarily in order, and… --- ## [How worried should I be (phone scam)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-phone-scam/976852)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-phone-scam/976852 "2022-12-21T23:24:11Z")
We have a minor problem with the phone line, and I called Verizon. I reached a woman with a heavy indian accent, who listened to my problem and told me she would forward my call to the person who could help. But before s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=939&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=941&state=watching)