# 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:** 320
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6382 "2025-04-17T01:20:49Z")
I’ve run a fishing boat with a putt-putt motor, and I counted it. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6383 "2025-04-17T01:52:36Z")
I’ve sailed, rowed a boat, canoed, and kayaked. Surely that counts. I may also have driven a motor boat, but wouldn’t sweat too it one way or the other. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6384 "2025-04-17T02:54:43Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I’ve never tested positive for COVID. If I’ve had it, it was a very mild case that I mistook for the common cold. This. I voted that I haven’t had it; but if I have had it, it was very mild or asymptomatic. I have some of the common covid symptoms anyway for other reasons, so I could have missed a minimally symptomatic case. I’ve never actually served on a jury, and so voted; but I’ve been called for jury duty twice. Both times they filled the jury box and alternates before they got to me. – oh, I’ve paddled a canoe and a rowboat; and once a kayak. I forgot about that. Does that count as “driving” a boat, though? If so I should change that vote. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6385 "2025-04-17T02:56:22Z")
I have rowed a canoe and a small boat, as well as a small pedal-boat, but didn’t count either as “driving” a boat. I also have never purchased a NEW car. Every car I’ve bought has been purchased used. My wife has purchased new twice now, but also historically gone with used options. As for ice-skating… well, I lived in Southern NM from 5-18. Not really a thing locally, and never bothered now that I’m an adult in Colorado with a history of poor joints. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6386 "2025-04-17T02:57:23Z")
We just got a new car last week (we wanted to buy before the tariff pricing hit). Since I’m in Raleigh this week, I swung by the Red & White shop and got an NC State frame, and will swap out the dealer frame as soon as I get home. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6387 "2025-04-17T03:09:43Z")
I’ve spend the majority of my adult life in Asia, so there were a few common things that I haven’t done including serving on a jury. Japan and Taiwan don’t have Venmo. I debated about owning a video game consule because my family had one when I was in high school, but I have never had one myself. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6388 "2025-04-17T03:12:42Z")
I put “yes” for “driven a boat,” but I’ve only rowed / kayaked. I put “no” for “been drunk,” though I have had alcohol, and have hit the point where it started to affect me (one pint of cider). I didn’t like that sensation, so I stopped—I don’t know if that counts as drunk. Mildly tipsy, maybe. I can go back and change the poll answers if the consensus is that I should, since it’s a needlessly public poll. (Not that I really care, or I wouldn’t have answered at all.) ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6389 "2025-04-17T03:54:34Z")
Oh, and I’ve smoked a couple of cigars in my life, but never a cigarette. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6390 "2025-04-17T10:17:21Z")
Cannot believe you included "some of their bathroom in the house ", but there you have it. That’s where it is. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6391 "2025-04-17T10:39:09Z")
I should have specified a motor-powered boat in the poll, did not intend to include canoe/kayak/raft. I don’t think you _drive_ a kayak. My intention for being drunk is the next tier beyond “tipsy”. mmm ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6392 "2025-04-17T11:24:04Z")
That’s how I read it, which is why I mentioned the fishing boat. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6393 "2025-04-17T12:09:46Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Japan and Taiwan don’t have Venmo. I’ve used Zelle and PayPal, but not Venmo. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6394 "2025-04-17T12:10:40Z")
Does it count if the captain gave you the wheel for a few minutes? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6395 "2025-04-17T12:13:06Z")
Heck yeah. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6396 "2025-04-17T12:28:15Z")
Then i won’t change my vote. 🤷‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6397 "2025-04-17T12:45:15Z")
There are lots of things on the list that my wife hasn’t done. Much more than me. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve used Zelle and PayPal, but not Venmo. PayPal is used in Japan, but not Zelle or Venmo. There is an app LINE Pay in Japan and Taiwan that some people us. My wife uses it but I haven’t. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t think you _drive_ a kayak. That’s was my assumption as well. We had a waterskiing boat when I was growing up. I’ve been stung by bees, but even worse was when I apparently brushed off a Paederus rove beetle in Taiwan which caused rashes and blisters. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6398 "2025-04-17T13:50:04Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > I think I’ve said this before, but I mocked fries & mayo for years, until I had them piping hot at a Christmas market and loved it. I mean, people love fried fish & tartar sauce, when tartar sauce is (generalizing here) mayo + relish. Nope Hot sauce, or at least cocktail sauce for me, TYVM. The impetus for the license plate frame poll was I was with a friend this weekend; she had a new car. Her old car died when she was in MT, 2000ish miles from home so she was forced to buy a new car there. I then noticed that it had a license plate from her home state but the frame was from the dealer in MT, which means she had to remove whatever temp tag it came with & put her state’s plate on it; obviously she reinstalled the dealer frame when doing such. It’s one thing to leave one there but if you have to remove it I wondered how many people would put it back on (none). Does driving a boat mean there’s a wheel or one is just operating the motor? My last time in a boat was \< 2 wks ago. I was on the tiller of our new (FD) Zodiac rescue boat for operator training so I was in control of a motor boat, just operating it with tiller steering rather than a wheel. On the human-powered side, I own an inflatable kayak, & have paddled other kayaks, row boats, canoes, dragon boats, shells, & stand-up paddleboards. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6399 "2025-04-17T13:57:02Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Cannot believe you included "some of their bathroom in the house ", Did I? For me it reads “some other bathroom in the house”. Did I make this egregious pseudo-typo and the mods corrected it? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6400 "2025-04-17T14:07:27Z")
No, the typo is mine! Sorry about that, I was complimenting your inclusion of a category I though would not be included. tl;dr: my bad, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6401 "2025-04-17T14:38:09Z")
I once drove through Las Vegas, but didn’t stop. I have walked through a casino, but didn’t gamble. I have never been drunk. I have been stoned on laughing gas in a dentist’s office. When I was a kid, my family had a video game console, but technically, my parents owned it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=321)