# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 480
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9584 "2024-01-25T20:54:57Z")
I’ve been through about 3/4 of the airports on the list, mostly as the result of 35 years of business travel. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9585 "2024-01-25T21:06:54Z")
I know I’ve been to O’Hare, but other than that, I’ve never paid attention to the names of the airports I’ve been to. I’ve always just thought of them as “the (?) airport in [city].” So I didn’t answer that poll question because I didn’t want to assume that the airports I’d been in were the specific ones listed. I haven’t done much flying, though. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9586 "2024-01-25T21:12:18Z")
28/46 I think, also business travel. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9587 "2024-01-25T21:18:39Z")
I’ve actually not done all that much travel, and I still hit 25% of those airports. I was surprised that I kept having airports I could check off. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9588 "2024-01-25T21:23:15Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The ones in _ST_ can use any available matter and rearrange the atoms into whatever is requested. They never do mention where they get the matter from. In TOS is appears they have basic food materials- carbs, proteins, fats, etc- it is a food synthesizer, not a replicator. They can run out. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9589 "2024-01-25T21:51:49Z")
I took my best guess at the airports; but I may have gotten one or more wrong, and/or missed one or more. I also don’t usually know the names; except that I know if you’re flying out of NYCity you don’t want to take a cab to the wrong one. I think I’ve flown out of both LaGuardia and Kennedy, but am not sure. And I’m assuming, for instance, that there’s only one busy airport in Atlanta, and only one in Miami, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9590 "2024-01-25T22:22:49Z")
Every international airport except Mexico City, every airline except France and Qatar. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9591 "2024-01-25T22:25:47Z")
I flew out of London, IIRC, many years ago. I suppose that was Heathrow, and so voted, but who knows? ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9592 "2024-01-25T22:38:07Z")
It depends. Today the vast majority of flights between London and the US are to/from Heathrow, but prior to around the late aughts there were many flights between the US and London-Gatwick as well. It had to do with the treaty governing air travel between the US and UK, which used to spell out which airlines could use which airports, but has been liberalized since then. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9593 "2024-01-25T23:07:39Z")
I’ve been to 79% of the US airports, and about half the international ones. And I didn’t even travel that much for work. I have friends and family scattered around the world, and I love to travel. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9594 "2024-01-26T01:17:53Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > if you’re flying out of NYCity you don’t want to take a cab to the wrong one. Now you tell me. (I’ve done exactly that) mmm ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9595 "2024-01-26T01:38:35Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > It depends. Today the vast majority of flights between London and the US are to/from Heathrow, but prior to around the late aughts there were many flights between the US and London-Gatwick as well. It was early 80’s, or thereabouts. So I guess I don’t know. And as far as which airlines I’ve flown on, I haven’t a clue. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9596 "2024-01-26T02:35:50Z")
Holodeck: wilderness trails. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9597 "2024-01-26T03:09:28Z")
My first memory may be my memory of visiting my mom in a mental hospital after she attempted suicide (she’d just lost a baby at 15 or 16 weeks gestation after tripping and falling down the stairs while carrying a laundry basket, and the guilt and what ifs crushed her) when I was two. I know a lot of people wonder if their early memories are real or stuff they were told about, but my parents _definitely_ didn’t tell me about it prior to me asking, and were not happy that I remembered any of that when I asked what was going on in that memory. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9598 "2024-01-26T03:15:55Z")
Guy Movies? Where is: Pulp Fiction Seven Samurai Yojimbo La Femme Nikita Leon: The Professional The Big Red One The Dirty Dozen [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/y3VoSgIswek/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dirty Dozen - Sleepless in Seattle") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3VoSgIswek) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9599 "2024-01-26T03:32:40Z")
The Dirty Dozen is in the poll. There is a maximum of 50 poll items. The poll has 49 because I found a duplicate at the last moment. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9600 "2024-01-26T03:43:52Z")
I can’t imagine commiting to watching every episode in a TV series. Heck, i can’t imagine commiting to watching a full episode of a show i haven’t watched before. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9601 "2024-01-26T03:44:45Z")
I couldn’t even commit to reading all the options in the poll, do you think I can stick with a TV show? 😅 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9602 "2024-01-26T05:59:31Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I can’t imagine commiting to watching every episode in a TV series. Heck, i can’t imagine commiting to watching a full episode of a show i haven’t watched before. _Committing_ might be a too-strong word for me, but if I start a series, I want to feel like I’m fully prepared to go the distance unless the first two or three episodes just suck out loud. My daughter wanted to check out _The Ranch_, and I was willing to go along with it on the strength of the cast (notwithstanding the participation of one particular highly disgraced actor), and we were both in agreement to abort before the first scene was over simply because it was so damn awful. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/9603 "2024-01-26T06:29:44Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > My first memory may be my memory of visiting my mom in a mental hospital after she attempted suicide (she’d just lost a baby at 15 or 16 weeks gestation after tripping and falling down the stairs while carrying a laundry basket, and the guilt and what ifs crushed her) when I was two. I know a lot of people wonder if their early memories are real or stuff they were told about, but my parents _definitely_ didn’t tell me about it prior to me asking, and were not happy that I remembered any of that when I asked what was going on in that memory. What an awful experience for your entire family! It might have been good for them to discuss it with you openly as you grew, but I can certainly see it being really tempting to say nothing and hope you didn’t remember. My grandmother on my mom’s side had a late miscarriage when my mom was maybe 3 or 4. She knew about it from her older sister, but it was never mentioned otherwise except, after they were grown, for dark warnings about never using a swing when you’re pregnant. There’s a little stone in the family’s section of the graveyard that just says “Baby [Lastname]” with only the year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=481)