# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 280
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5582 "2025-02-06T00:43:41Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > My Jaguar came with a full-size spare, but there’s literally nowhere to put it. My old Jag has a full-size spare. I had to take it out of its home in the trunk in order to replace the fuel filter. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5583 "2025-02-06T01:28:13Z")
Other than all the other stuff mentioned in the glove box in my car, I also keep a tire pressure gauge because, yes, I do occasionally check the tire pressure even if the monitoring system is not alerting me (usually before a long drive), and also because many stations that have air hoses have broken or missing gauges on their equipment. Also, don’t forget to check the spare/donut pressure once in a while as well, if your car has one. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5584 "2025-02-06T02:01:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m one of the few, maybe the only, that clicked on food/drinks. Not the only. > [@Loach](#): > > It’s got to be at least a decade since I opened up an owners manual I have to keep fishing mine out to look up things like how to reset the dashboard brightness so I can see the gauges if I turn the lights on in the daytime. I have a lot (not all) of that stuff routinely stockpiled; but I would anyway, Trump or no Trump. (please, no trump . . . ) Blizzards occur no matter who’s president, and the power goes out here from time to time; plus which I don’t like to have to go to the store very often. Didn’t vote. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5585 "2025-02-06T04:02:35Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > I have a lot (not all) of that stuff routinely stockpiled; but I would anyway, Trump or no Trump. (please, no trump . . . ) Blizzards occur no matter who’s president, and the power goes out here from time to time; plus which I don’t like to have to go to the store very often. Didn’t vote. Yup, I’m very good at home as long as I have power; there’s a freezer full of food that can be cooked/heated. There is other non-perishable food & drinks too that I can go for a couple of days. I didn’t change anything because of Mr. Orange. I think the most common reason for me to pull out the owner’s manual is for occasional bulb or blade replacement; what model bulb & how to access it or what is the length of each wiper blade. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5586 "2025-02-06T04:12:35Z")
I have extra socks and underwear along with gloves in my glove box. And an extra pair of eye glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5587 "2025-02-06T14:53:03Z")
The glovebox in my truck contains the owner’s manual zippercase with my proof of in insurance. The registration and Inspection are on one windshield sticker. Oh, and a wad of paper napkins. The glovebox is difficult to reach from the driver’s seat, so the armrest console box has a lot more stuff in it. In the console are a tire pressure gauge, an extra pair of contact lenses, saline solution, extra reading glasses, a hairbrush, a small box of band-aids, a pair of never-used cotton gloves, an approximately ten year old box of Tic Tacs with three or four left, and usually a couple-three recent receipts. I keep nothing in the bed of my truck - I occasionally have to drive into the city 🙂 . The spare tire is mounted under the bed. Under the flip-up back seat are the jack, tire iron, jumper cables, 12v air compressor, a tow strap, a folding shovel, a couple of ratchet straps, a coffee can full of bungee cords, a small tool box, tire plug kit, reflector triangle, rain poncho, a quart of oil, a small lure box containing some random soft plastics and a gold spoon, and a two-piece six foot fishing rod. I sometimes make ‘emergency’ fishing stops 🙂 Looking at that under-the-seat list, I can’t believe it all fits there! It looks like such a small space. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5588 "2025-02-06T18:45:19Z")
I have a slime kit, electric tire inflator, a pump bottle with detergent water to pre-wash the bird crap when I go to the car wash, and the first aid kit that’s too big to fit in the glove box. A lot of stuff that _would_ go in the glove box is in the center console instead. I’ll be getting flares, a spare tire, and a jack when I get one of those round tuits people keep talking about. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5589 "2025-02-06T21:40:16Z")
Those of you who said you have Jack in your trunk… You’d better let him 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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5590 "2025-02-06T23:14:59Z")
Voted no on the salute because no, Trump wouldn’t think you were burning him; he’d think you were agreeing with him. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5591 "2025-02-07T00:06:25Z")
IMHO the stockpiling question doesn’t really work without a “I ain’t stockpiling nothin’” answer. For the record I ain’t stockpiling nothin’. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5592 "2025-02-07T01:15:52Z")
same. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5593 "2025-02-07T03:21:23Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Voted no on the salute because no, Trump wouldn’t think you were burning him; he’d think you were agreeing with him. Which of the choices aligns with “Trump would probably take it as a sign of approval, and why on earth would I want that”? Hell no I’m not saluting Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5594 "2025-02-07T03:24:52Z")
I agree with the above posters. Trump and his supporters would take your Nazi salute as a compliment, and your liberal friends would roast you for doing it. It’s a lose-lose-lose proposition. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5595 "2025-02-07T04:07:55Z")
Agreed with most on the salute. Honestly, their are only two salutes I’d give Trump. The one finger salute, and the one finger salute done with both hands. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5596 "2025-02-07T11:04:57Z")
Other, I couldn’t vote: I would say “on the contrary” to begin a disputation, but I would refer to evidence “to the contrary”. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5597 "2025-02-07T11:13:18Z")
I don’t want to be contrary, but no _au contraire_ option? mmm ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5598 "2025-02-07T13:02:45Z")
I voted, but on reflection, i, also, use both and in different constructions. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5599 "2025-02-07T14:50:21Z")
I’m a thorough Gen X wise-ass. I’d give him the salute, laugh at him (and probably call him a dumbass if he thought it was serious), and go on my merry way, until I’m tackled by the Secret Service. People who know me would not would not expect anything less. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5600 "2025-02-07T14:51:58Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I voted, but on reflection, i, also, use both and in different constructions Agreeing with that. I don’t think I’ll bother going back and changing my vote, 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:** [February 7, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/5601 "2025-02-07T21:44:26Z")
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