# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=959 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 960 --- ## [Kinsey Millhone from the alphabet series. What actress do you picture her as?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-millhone-from-the-alphabet-series-what-actress-do-you-picture-her-as/929106)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kinsey-millhone-from-the-alphabet-series-what-actress-do-you-picture-her-as/929106 "2022-11-02T14:57:38Z")
I’ve just started reading Sue Grafton’s alphabet series, and so far I’m liking it. Regarding Kinsey Millhone, are there any particular actresses or other celebrities who you picture her looking like? So far the only de… --- ## [Stock market: Time to be more aggressive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-time-to-be-more-aggressive/973778)
**Author:** [@Paxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paxx)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-market-time-to-be-more-aggressive/973778 "2022-11-02T14:08:40Z")
Or is it too soon? I’m talking about transitioning from a balanced portfolio to a growth portfolio over the next year. Just looking for opinions. --- ## [Let's all have a good week in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-all-have-a-good-week-in-the-mmp/972238 "2022-10-03T23:25:05Z")
I just un-bagged my cream cheese and found a whipped and creamy cheese spread. It does taste nice, much like it should, but I never would have thought that adding extra rennet (cornstarch in gravy) would have made it so … --- ## [Could this be a scam against my Mom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-scam-against-my-mom/973540)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-scam-against-my-mom/973540 "2022-11-02T07:50:08Z")
The other day while on her computer a screen came up with a warning that her computer may be compromised. There was a number and she called it, it was for California Techies and that is a real company, and the phone num… --- ## [Pit for ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-zostersandstorm/947211)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pit-for-zostersandstorm/947211 "2022-11-02T07:15:10Z")
This post here The notion that chronic pain is all in someone’s head baffles me. This is the kind of ignorance and attitude that gets people killed. Yes, there are addicts in the world, but treating all chronic pain pa… --- ## [The Woven Dental Floss Shortage Crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woven-dental-floss-shortage-crisis/620726)
**Author:** [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woven-dental-floss-shortage-crisis/620726 "2022-11-02T05:12:54Z")
I’m wondering if it’s a local thing or a national thing…all the stores in my town (Albuquerque) are out of Reach (Johnson and Johnson) woven dental floss. ALL of them! At first I thought they’d discontinued it but Ebay… --- ## [Question about non-themed restaurant hiring only young women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-non-themed-restaurant-hiring-only-young-women/973987)
**Author:** [@CanHandleTheTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanHandleTheTruth)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-non-themed-restaurant-hiring-only-young-women/973987 "2022-11-02T04:48:11Z")
This isn’t about Hooters or similar restaurants. It’s about a family-owned breakfast & lunch diner with one location. I’ve been eating there for years. They have about 10 servers who are mostly young attractive women. On… --- ## [Category Tracking issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/category-tracking-issue/972859)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/category-tracking-issue/972859 "2022-11-02T03:36:48Z")
I’m not sure if it was aa glitch or an errant touch, but I just recently noticed that the BBQ Pit Category was switched to tracking. And, even though I noticed and switched it back to Normal, still nearly every topic (th… --- ## [Machu Picchu, altitude sickness, and medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-altitude-sickness-and-medication/974001)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machu-picchu-altitude-sickness-and-medication/974001 "2022-11-02T01:53:32Z")
We are planning a trip to Peru including a visit to Machu Picchu. We will be in Cusco for two nights before the trip to Machu Picchu. Is altitude sickness just a given? I have looked at Sorojchi Pills (locally available … --- ## [Does your area have clam bakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-area-have-clam-bakes/974029)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-area-have-clam-bakes/974029 "2022-11-02T00:51:03Z")
It’s clam bake or clam boil season here in Cleveland and the next door neighbors just had their annual boil. I thought it was a more or less national event but Wikipedia insists that these dinners occur mainly in New Eng… --- ## [General Recipe Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-recipe-thread/973890)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-recipe-thread/973890 "2022-11-02T00:29:18Z")
Didn’t see a thread just for General Recipes, so let’s start one, I guess. An op can merge this to one if they find it necessary. I found this recipe on Delish.com. Tuscan Butter Shrimp Serves 4. Ingredients: 2 tbs… --- ## [Video games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games/974131)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/video-games/974131 "2022-11-01T23:02:06Z")
I like to play a game called “Angry Birds 2”. I don’t know where this ranks with video games, but there’s a lot to it. I was wondering how long it takes to come up with a video game? From the idea to the completed prod… --- ## [What's the ethical position in this COVID situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ethical-position-in-this-covid-situation/974089)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ethical-position-in-this-covid-situation/974089 "2022-11-01T23:01:46Z")
This may not be a Great Debate, but I wasn’t sure if it belonged in the Zone. So there was a neighborhood get-together/tree-planting on Sunday. People socialized, ate good chili, and so on. Then yesterday afternoon a fri… --- ## [How do cut peonies fade so fast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cut-peonies-fade-so-fast/974108)
**Author:** [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cut-peonies-fade-so-fast/974108 "2022-11-01T22:51:51Z")
We had a bunch of dark pink peonies, which over only about three days have faded through pale pink and yellow to white. Since the flowers have probably tripled in size since unfurling from the initial tight bud, I can u… --- ## [What observations did Copernicus make that argued for a heliocentric view of the universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-observations-did-copernicus-make-that-argued-for-a-heliocentric-view-of-the-universe/973010)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-observations-did-copernicus-make-that-argued-for-a-heliocentric-view-of-the-universe/973010 "2022-11-01T22:44:46Z")
It seems that it would be difficult to observe from the earth that the earth goes around the sun instead of vice-versa. What did he observe that led him to the notion that the earth goes around the sun? I suspect that … --- ## [How much did Jesus resemble Mary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-jesus-resemble-mary/972511)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-did-jesus-resemble-mary/972511 "2022-11-01T22:36:56Z")
I assume he didn’t look anything like Joseph, but much did he resemble Mary? Was he very similar, so it might look like they shared 100% of their genes, and if not, what was the other 50%? Did he look 50% like God? I k… --- ## [What's our basic moral obligation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-basic-moral-obligation/974049)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-basic-moral-obligation/974049 "2022-11-01T21:52:14Z")
I keep doubting whether to say what I really think here, as so much seems so reprehensible. So I tone it down, and bite my tongue. I felt like posting that it’s our basic moral obligation to donate hundreds of dollars to… --- ## [Have you ever attended the recording of a TV show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-attended-the-recording-of-a-tv-show/974003)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-attended-the-recording-of-a-tv-show/974003 "2022-11-01T20:41:57Z")
I’m just wondering what the experience is like. --- ## [How should I sell 30 year old comics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-sell-30-year-old-comics/973589)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-sell-30-year-old-comics/973589 "2022-11-01T20:05:35Z")
I recently came across some comics I saved from my college days in the late 80’s - several limited edition sets of 4-12 issues. They’re in pretty good shape - they were certainly read, but have been in poly bags since I … --- ## [Looking for a video editing program with a particular feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-editing-program-with-a-particular-feature/963966)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-video-editing-program-with-a-particular-feature/963966 "2022-11-01T19:10:45Z")
I’m looking for a program that’ll allow me to do the following :- Open a video file (.mp4) Watch the video file When i press a key (eg space bar), copy a section (from 1 or 2 seconds either side of the point i hit the… --- ## [Best way to handle natural disaster preparedness? (stupid people & poor/medically challenged)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-handle-natural-disaster-preparedness-stupid-people-poor-medically-challenged/972650)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-handle-natural-disaster-preparedness-stupid-people-poor-medically-challenged/972650 "2022-11-01T16:52:33Z")
So in this thread about “stupid people” dying due to the consequences of their own decisions, a large part of the discussion is about people who stay during hurricanes. There’s also been a fairly clear bifurcation of th… --- ## [The word Shiksa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-shiksa/973444)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-word-shiksa/973444 "2022-11-01T15:50:35Z")
Recently I started a thread that asked if other languages have non-derogatory words like Shiksha and Gentiles that Jews used. @puzzlegal points out that Shiksa is derogatory Then I ask her to moderate a post where thi… --- ## [Why are Social Media sites SO popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-media-sites-so-popular/972847)
**Author:** [@Julie\_f](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julie_f)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-social-media-sites-so-popular/972847 "2022-11-01T15:25:57Z")
My experience with Social Media was much like my high school experience (only with LESS beatings) Boy do I not wanna do that again… --- ## [Chronos this is a ridiculous mod note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-a-ridiculous-mod-note/974050)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-this-is-a-ridiculous-mod-note/974050 "2022-11-01T15:18:57Z")
First it’s the reader not the writer that sets the tone. So if you’re getting a bad tone from that post that’s on you not me. And what exactly, is so vulgar about my post? Was it “boob-diner” that the op used directly… --- ## [The war in Ukraine--what is the atmosphere in Kiev?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-in-ukraine-what-is-the-atmosphere-in-kiev/974082)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-in-ukraine-what-is-the-atmosphere-in-kiev/974082 "2022-11-01T14:51:55Z")
Does anybody here have general knowledge or personal contact with the city? (or any other similar sized, and similarly suffering, city? Most of the internet talk about the war which I see is in short posts and 60 second… --- ## [2022 Henri David Ball And Storebought Costumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-henri-david-ball-and-storebought-costumes/974103)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-henri-david-ball-and-storebought-costumes/974103 "2022-11-01T14:41:05Z")
The Henri David Ball is generally epic. It’s $25 entry with costume, $75 in normal clothes. You can get the cheaper admission wearing a storebought costume- but you don’t stand a chance of winning any category in the cos… --- ## [MPStories of getting sidetracked by the internets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpstories-of-getting-sidetracked-by-the-internets/974145)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpstories-of-getting-sidetracked-by-the-internets/974145 "2022-11-01T14:25:39Z")
Given that I have a little work-related lifestyle change going on … (from HO to office 1 day) I am setting myself up again, gear wise … … just to spend hours on YT and Aliexpress regards SS and Titanium water bottles / … --- ## [Was the nazis making lampshades out of human skin a debunked myth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-nazis-making-lampshades-out-of-human-skin-a-debunked-myth/974127)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-nazis-making-lampshades-out-of-human-skin-a-debunked-myth/974127 "2022-11-01T14:11:14Z")
OK I watched this video on youtube Now in the comments, some say these “lampshades” were tested and found not to be made from human skin but they offer no cites is this true or is just more ignorance being … --- ## [Anybody watching Horse on a Wire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-horse-on-a-wire/974117)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-watching-horse-on-a-wire/974117 "2022-11-01T13:18:03Z")
Care to speculate on the absurd? I have been blown away by Faux Line Media Productions Horse on a Wire. It’s especially twisted because the 54 or so minute broadcast is not being shown so far, thus leading to a good deal… --- ## [Maya Rudolph insulted by Letterman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maya-rudolph-insulted-by-letterman/973967)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maya-rudolph-insulted-by-letterman/973967 "2022-11-01T11:09:46Z")
I have no idea who Maya Rudolph is but she is claiming Letterman humiliated her in 2009 by mispronouncing her name, even though he apologized. WTF? None of the stories tell what he said and why that would humiliate her. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=958) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=960)