# Stuff that you still haven't figured out **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944 "2009-06-25T16:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/41 "2009-06-28T15:31:13Z")
> [@Purd\_Werfect](#): > > For me, I have to sometimes think of learning to march as a cub scout to remember left from right. We always started off with the left foot, so it cemented my polar awareness. > . If your’re right handed, just remember you WRITE with your RIGHT. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/42 "2009-06-28T16:10:13Z")
> [@ChrisBooth12](#): > > How they change street lights..Is it as needed who does it? Do they just use a cherry picker in the middle of the night? The owner (city/county/state) will close a lane(s) under the street light and yes, use a cherry picker truck to lift a crew to the right height to do what needs to be done. It’s done at day or night depending on traffic volumes and how big of an emergency it is. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/43 "2009-06-29T00:52:57Z")
Small talk, swimming, football scoring. And another one for whistling. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/44 "2009-06-29T02:02:40Z")
> [@sleeping](#): > > football scoring. Scoring? I don’t even know the rules of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/45 "2009-06-29T02:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > football scoring. That’s easy. For the most part, all you ever have to worry about is touchdowns, field goals, and the extra point. A field goal (where they kick the ball between the uprights from somewhere on the field) is worth three points. A touchdown (where someone on your team has control of the ball in the other team’s end zone, either by carrying it in or by catching it while already there) is worth six points. And after a touchdown, you get to try to make an extra point by kicking it through the uprights like a field goal. In practice, pros essentially always make the extra point, so you can just think of a touchdown as being worth seven points. There’s also safeties and two-point conversions, but those are both pretty rare. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944/46 "2009-06-29T06:54:37Z")
I consider myself quite logical - I can solve complex problems and riddles and puzzles quite well, and enjoy crossword puzzles, etc. I also never get lost - have been to a place once, and can go back decades later and find my way as if I were there yesterday. However, simple math drives me insane…percentages; how hard can it be? Yet when it comes time to grade my students at the end of the term, I have to struggle with calculating something as simple as 12 correct out of 15. Uh…what percentage is that? And sadly, you can explain it to me, I understand and go “Aha!” and 3 seconds later, forgot how to do it again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-that-you-still-havent-figured-out/500944.md?page=2)