# 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:** 331
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6602 "2025-04-28T11:16:23Z")
Update: I looked into selling my Harry Potter books but the amounts I was likely to get were pittances - like, about $2 for the whole set. I could put them on eBay but that’s likely to give a similar result for a lot more work. They are, unsurprisingly, not in demand at the moment. So they’re going to the charity shop, which will get somewhat more for them while supporting a good cause and denying JKR any additional royalties for them. ---
**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 28, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6603 "2025-04-28T11:42:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > …and denying JKR any additional royalties for them. Are you under the impression that authors get royalties on books sold on ebay or other aftermarket sale sites? I’d donate them to a local library that accepts donations for their used book sales. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6604 "2025-04-28T12:45:12Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Are you under the impression that authors get royalties on books sold on ebay or other aftermarket sale sites? No, that’s a separate point. I’m giving up on selling them because it’s not worth it. Will likely donate them to either [Sense](https://www.sense.org.uk/) or [Cancer Research UK](https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/), both of which have local charity shops. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6605 "2025-04-28T13:25:23Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > If possible, I’m taking the stairs > [@markn\_1](#): > > Can’t you just climb up the outside of the building? You’re thinking of Spider-Man. Spiderman is our doper’s surname. His full name is Harvey J. Spiderman. Sorry to dox you @Spiderman, but these things need to be cleared up, otherwise you might have the Green Goblin or Electro knocking at your door. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6606 "2025-04-28T13:29:48Z")
I don’t think you’ve doxxed him if you haven’t said which metaverse he’s in. ---
**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 28, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6607 "2025-04-28T13:34:38Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Spiderman is our doper’s surname. His full name is Harvey J. Spiderman. Damnit! Now I gotta go to the DMV (with their extra long lines because of everyone trying to get RealID) to get this corrected because my license is showing my name as Peter Benjamin Parker. ::_shakes fist at @Mollie_Magill_:: ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6608 "2025-04-28T13:37:37Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Now I gotta go to the DMV (with their extra long lines because of everyone trying to get RealID) to get this corrected because my license is showing my name as Peter Benjamin Parker. Say “hi” to your aunt for me! [![](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/auntmayspidermanmcu.jpg) ](https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/auntmayspidermanmcu.jpg) ---
**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 28, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6609 "2025-04-28T15:14:38Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Are you under the impression that authors get royalties on books sold on ebay or other aftermarket sale sites? I took that to be as opposed to destroying them; on the grounds that someone who buys them used (from whatever source) might have otherwise bought them new. Which is possible. It’s also possible that someone who won’t buy them new because they don’t want to help fund Rowling might buy them used because they just want to quietly and privately read them. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6610 "2025-04-28T17:19:40Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Paper plates go in the green bin, not the trash. We’re not supposed to put food debris in our green bins, and used paper plates nearly always contain some food debris. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Update: I looked into selling my Harry Potter books but the amounts I was likely to get were pittances - like, about $2 for the whole set. I read a review of the first Harry Potter in a librarian’s publication and bought it. So, I have a US first edition of the first book, which is worth around $1000. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6611 "2025-04-28T17:37:26Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > We’re not supposed to put food debris in our green bins, and used paper plates nearly always contain some food debris. It’s actually the opposite here (California) – we’re specifically told to put food debris in the green bin, including stuff that you wouldn’t put in a backyard compost pile like chicken bones. I have a special trash can with a compostable liner for collecting stuff to put in the green bin. Paper plates don’t fit in there without folding, so I voted that I fold them. I suppose if I were putting them in some other larger trash can I might not fold them. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6612 "2025-04-28T17:46:48Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > It’s actually the opposite here (California) – we’re specifically told to put food debris in the green bin I’m in California, but I’m in a condo complex, and our recycling is a little different. All I know is we’re told not to put any organic matter in our green bins. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6613 "2025-04-28T18:50:15Z")
I’m in California too. We have three bins: trash, recycling, and compost. The recycling bin is not supposed to get food waste, but the compost bin can get food waste, along with grass clippings, leaves, tree branches, etc. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6614 "2025-04-28T19:58:35Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’d donate them to a local library that accepts donations for their used book sales. This is what i do. I was told that once in a great while a donated book actually makes it onto the shelves, but it is rare. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6615 "2025-04-28T20:13:16Z")
Yes, I suppose that’s ambiguous: here (BC) “green bin” means food & yard waste, NOT recycling of paper and plastic. Food-soiled paper products go in the compostesque set, not the cans-and-plastic-but-not-glass-bottles bin. ---
**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 28, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6616 "2025-04-28T21:02:22Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Yes, I suppose that’s ambiguous: here (BC) “green bin” means food & yard waste Yes, I should have specified that “green bin” means compostables: food and yard waste. I have an older bin, so mine is actually black, but it’s labeled “green waste”. Most of my neighbor’s bins are physically green. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6617 "2025-04-28T21:18:14Z")
> [@markn\_1](#): > > The recycling bin is not supposed to get food waste, but the compost bin can get food waste, along with grass clippings, leaves, tree branches, etc. Our complex only has two bins: recycling and garbage. We have a landscaping service who haul the yard waste away themselves. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6618 "2025-04-29T14:41:01Z")
You won’t see me at any rally, protest or demonstration ever. It’s not my scene, man. ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6619 "2025-04-29T15:30:09Z")
I kinda-sorta did last weekend. I didn’t want to but there was an 8-mile backup as people were slowing down to a crawl to see what was going on / read the signs of those on the bridge over the B-W pkwy. Folks, lemme give you some advice - if you’re making a poster for _any_ reason (protest, garage sale, to get on Fanovision at a major sports event) it doesn’t need to be big enough when your sitting at your table making it as you’re only a foot or so away, not moving & invested in the sign. No, it needs to have letters large enough & thick enough, & hi contrast enough for someone driving at 35 or 55 or higher to be able to read it while they are moving & _not_ looking for it. Have you ever seen a green/white highway exit sign up close? The small letters (a, c, e, etc.) are about the size of a standard sheet of paper. Capital letters & lower case letters with an appendage (b, d, g, etc) are even bigger than that. Here’s a suggestion; tape your sign to your front door & walk out to the street. Can you read it? Now walk to the neighbor’s porch across the street; can you still read your sign? If you can’t easily make it out how in the 'ell do you think someone driving by will be able to, when they’re not even _looking_ for it in the first place? ---
**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 29, 2025, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6620 "2025-04-29T15:43:26Z")
As we were set up on the corners of a four way stoplight intersection, quite a lot of the traffic wasn’t moving at all, or was just starting up or stopping and therefore moving very slowly. And the truckers who came through on the green light blaring approval were apparently able to read enough of our signs to get the idea. – I haven’t yet heard of a May Day protest around here, and I’m on an email list that I’d expect to tell me. I also expect to see the person running that list on the 30th, and will ask them then if I still haven’t seen anything. So the answer right now is “I don’t know”. (And depending on the weather it might be anyway; it’s planting season, and intermittently too wet to plant, so I need to get things in on the days when I can.) ---
**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 29, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/6621 "2025-04-29T17:28:59Z")
Never watched the whole Holy Grail all the way through, though I’ve seen a batch of clips from it. So voted that I haven’t seen it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=330) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=332)