# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1258&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1259 --- ## [So what did happen to the settlers at Roanoke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-happen-to-the-settlers-at-roanoke/517434)
**Author:** [@msean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msean)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-did-happen-to-the-settlers-at-roanoke/517434 "2025-06-07T13:37:46Z")
There’s an excellent and more detailed discussion of this in “A Voyage Long And Strange”. --- ## [Neighbors spying on you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-spying-on-you/589392)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-spying-on-you/589392 "2011-07-19T20:39:33Z")
(No worries, panache45, who started this thread. I know it’s not you, and besides, what you describe isn’t the sort of thing I’m talking about.) I know this sounds paranoid, but we’re getting the distinct impression th… --- ## [How did you amuse yourself while recuperating from surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-amuse-yourself-while-recuperating-from-surgery/655892)
**Author:** [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-amuse-yourself-while-recuperating-from-surgery/655892 "2013-04-19T22:42:04Z")
I am lying on the sofa with my leg in a full brace after undergoing ACL reconstruction surgery earlier on today. To keep myself amused I have a full bottle of pain meds, an ipad and a daft Lab who keeps wanting to jump o… --- ## [Get a Recipe named for you by Zenster!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-recipe-named-for-you-by-zenster/47269)
**Author:** [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-a-recipe-named-for-you-by-zenster/47269 "2001-01-10T05:55:09Z")
Someone had to do it! In keeping with the ages old tradition of setting someone else up to have to do some creative thinking, I hereby nominate Zenster to name a recipe after each person who replies to this here thread.… --- ## [Do you change your own flat tires? Did you do so in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-change-your-own-flat-tires-did-you-do-so-in-the-past/603708)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-change-your-own-flat-tires-did-you-do-so-in-the-past/603708 "2011-11-28T21:56:44Z")
Simple question, inspired by the oil change thread. I know the question’s been asked before, but I’m also interested in past practices. I always have, and still do, even though I have AAA coverage. I can generally get… --- ## [Low paying job you love, or great pay for a job you hate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-paying-job-you-love-or-great-pay-for-a-job-you-hate/492715)
**Author:** [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-paying-job-you-love-or-great-pay-for-a-job-you-hate/492715 "2009-04-13T18:11:27Z")
For some reason today I was thinking about my job and how much I like being there. I’ve finally found the perfect combination of atmosphere, co-workers, work responsibilities, commute, and hours that is best suited for … --- ## [Peak Oil: How will our lifestyles change? Or is it Quackery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-how-will-our-lifestyles-change-or-is-it-quackery/472202)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-oil-how-will-our-lifestyles-change-or-is-it-quackery/472202 "2008-11-14T22:16:19Z")
I’ve been doing some research into Peak Oil or Hubberts Peak Theoryand some of what I have been finding has been mildly alarming, other things I’ve been looking into are encouraging. The pointof the whole matter is not a… --- ## [Please help me come out. I'm really very scared.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-come-out-im-really-very-scared/675318)
**Author:** [@WeAimToPlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeAimToPlease)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-come-out-im-really-very-scared/675318 "2014-04-07T17:40:51Z")
Basic stats: 20s, femme female, pretty damn sure I’m 100% gay, ethnic minority. During university I came out and successfully integrated into gay groups. I felt so free, open and fantastic. However as soon as I left un… --- ## [The Cube: A fun little psych test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cube-a-fun-little-psych-test/429285)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cube-a-fun-little-psych-test/429285 "2007-12-09T06:48:13Z")
I just learned about this, and it seems like a lot of fun. Try it out on people at parties, dates, or other get togethers. Don’t read the responses to this until you’ve responded yourself. You might even want to spoiler… --- ## [Brooke Burke - Still Rockin a Bikini at 39](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-burke-still-rockin-a-bikini-at-39/591244)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brooke-burke-still-rockin-a-bikini-at-39/591244 "2011-08-05T23:55:41Z")
Nice to see that Brooke is staying in shape. Thirty-nine years old and several kids later she still rocks a bikini. Brings back many happy memories of seeing her on Wild On. Definitely a MILF. We use to debate if thos… --- ## [I was in Labor(Day) for 24 hours! - A Relaxing MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-labor-day-for-24-hours-a-relaxing-mmp/970968)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 341\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-in-labor-day-for-24-hours-a-relaxing-mmp/970968 "2022-09-12T07:17:15Z")
After 30 years of retail management, it’s still weird to work less on holiday weeks. The whole “about the same pay, better benefits, less stress, and ex-union president buried in Giants Stadium” are just extra benefits… --- ## [Help - Everyone else in the office works through lunch, and I don't want to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-everyone-else-in-the-office-works-through-lunch-and-i-dont-want-to/481396)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-everyone-else-in-the-office-works-through-lunch-and-i-dont-want-to/481396 "2009-01-18T06:07:59Z")
I started a new job about 6 weeks ago (though because of the various holidays, I’ve actually only been working at the job for about a month). It’s in a small office, with just six full time employees, and a couple part-… --- ## [Democratic or Democrat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-or-democrat/389594)
**Author:** [@harveyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harveyc)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-or-democrat/389594 "2007-02-16T14:44:16Z")
Premise: “Using a noun as a modifier is not grammatically incorrect in modern English.” According to a number of people you cannot use democrat as a noun modifier, particularly, democrat candidate. Yet, is seems democra… --- ## [How many young people have you known to suddenly die (not from suicide or accident)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-young-people-have-you-known-to-suddenly-die-not-from-suicide-or-accident/586565)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-young-people-have-you-known-to-suddenly-die-not-from-suicide-or-accident/586565 "2011-06-27T04:31:16Z")
Yesterday I went to a funeral for a 17 year old who died in his sleep. Though I was not made privy to the details (I only know the family distantly), it seems fairly clear that his death was not suicide or drug related,… --- ## [Can a lottery winner collect unemployment benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-lottery-winner-collect-unemployment-benefits/564175)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-lottery-winner-collect-unemployment-benefits/564175 "2011-08-08T07:42:26Z")
Is there a wealth limit to be eligible for unemployment checks? Suppose someone worked a regular job for 10 years, they win the big lottery jackpot just as they are laid off. Must financial need be demonstrated, or can… --- ## [Her boyfriend went to a strip club--is she within her rights to be upset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-boyfriend-went-to-a-strip-club-is-she-within-her-rights-to-be-upset/121196)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2002, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/her-boyfriend-went-to-a-strip-club-is-she-within-her-rights-to-be-upset/121196 "2002-07-30T18:29:16Z")
Be serious now, people. I’m curious what the consensus of the Teeming Millions is. My daughter’s BF is celebrating his 18th birthday tonight by going to a local strip club with his older brothers and some other guys. … --- ## [Piers Morgan: always this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-always-this-bad/651607)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piers-morgan-always-this-bad/651607 "2013-03-05T22:26:55Z")
Channel flipping, I caught Piers Morgan Tonight, where he had a guest (!) from the NRA, and they were talking guns. Holy crap! Morgan wouldn’t let the guy talk! He kept repeating questions, over and over and over. “H… --- ## [Buying a cable modem: what do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-cable-modem-what-do-i-need-to-know/580616)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-cable-modem-what-do-i-need-to-know/580616 "2011-05-07T00:44:48Z")
My ISP = Comcast. I’ve been renting a cable modem from them for years. Tired of renting it, would like to buy one. Will any ol’ cable modem I find available on Pricegrabber do the job? Or are there specific features/… --- ## [Why are meaningful names so rare in modern English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-meaningful-names-so-rare-in-modern-english/578159)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-meaningful-names-so-rare-in-modern-english/578159 "2011-04-14T20:12:42Z")
Inspired by this thread. Many cultures in the modern and ancient world have personal names that mean something. A person’s given name might translate as mountain, or river, or courage and so on. In modern English, give… --- ## [Retro Games - Name your remake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-games-name-your-remake/646762 "2013-02-26T02:28:08Z")
So many amazing games were made in the early PC, Amiga, C=64, ST days that were severely limited by the early technology. But now with modern PC technology many these are screaming for a remake. With the recent announce… --- ## [Driveway electric slide gate fails close during rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-electric-slide-gate-fails-close-during-rain/714230)
**Author:** [@gmak1520](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gmak1520)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driveway-electric-slide-gate-fails-close-during-rain/714230 "2015-03-07T05:54:10Z")
Is it OK for me to request help here concerning diagnosis of the subject topic? Thanks, GMAK --- ## [List of Alton Brown's watches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-alton-browns-watches/542744)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-alton-browns-watches/542744 "2010-06-21T06:42:12Z")
I’m watching an episode of Good Eats, and I noticed Alton Brown is wearing a Rolex GMT Master II on a leather strap. He seems to have quite a collection of watches, as I’ve noticed different ones on several occasions. H… --- ## [accidentally detonating C4 or other RDX implementations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-detonating-c4-or-other-rdx-implementations/651205)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accidentally-detonating-c4-or-other-rdx-implementations/651205 "2013-03-08T02:23:03Z")
Can C4 or other stabilized explosives detonate without a blasting cap, detonator or other triggering explosive? I know on mythbusters they considered C4 unsafe after just heating in a commercial (1000 watt) microwave fo… --- ## [Name the tree that smells like semen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tree-that-smells-like-semen/308995)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-tree-that-smells-like-semen/308995 "2005-06-21T22:52:24Z")
If you have ever been around one of these trees, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s strong and completely unmistakable. When it blooms in the springtime, it smells almost exactly like human semen fresh from… --- ## [What is that "Made in China Smell"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-made-in-china-smell/641134)
**Author:** [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-made-in-china-smell/641134 "2012-11-24T19:15:39Z")
I found an old GQ thread here that never went anywhere and a DU thread here that is longer but has about the same conclusions. The reason I am revisiting this is that while many of the explanations are reasonable they d… --- ## [What the heck is this coin-like object?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-this-coin-like-object/547274)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-this-coin-like-object/547274 "2010-07-20T13:44:22Z")
These (there are two of them) were in my father’s jewelry box when I received it after his death many years ago. I’ve never been able to figure out what they are. I’m pretty sure they’re not real coins, and they don’t … --- ## [Should Democrats rethink their policy on immigration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democrats-rethink-their-policy-on-immigration/790595)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-democrats-rethink-their-policy-on-immigration/790595 "2017-07-14T13:53:53Z")
Just read this article on Politico, Trump is winning the immigration debate. The salient point is that the Democrats need to recalibrate their absolutist position on immigration. Is there really anything so terrible in… --- ## [Best long term survival for a 'The Road' style scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-term-survival-for-a-the-road-style-scenario/711230)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-long-term-survival-for-a-the-road-style-scenario/711230 "2015-02-03T15:27:03Z")
For those who haven’t seen the movie/read the book the premise of The Road is that an unspecified apocalypse has destroyed civilization and most life on Earth, a ‘nuclear winter’ appears to have descended and no crops or… --- ## ["America was founded as a Christian nation," a guest preacher at my church claimed. Please help me dispute that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation-a-guest-preacher-at-my-church-claimed-please-help-me-dispute-that/954769)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-was-founded-as-a-christian-nation-a-guest-preacher-at-my-church-claimed-please-help-me-dispute-that/954769 "2021-12-01T00:03:38Z")
UGH, I know this topic has already been done, but I’m hoping The Dope will be able to speak to the points the guest preacher at yesterday’s church service made about his thesis that America was founded as a Christian nat… --- ## [did jesus exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-exist/301287)
**Author:** [@oliverar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliverar)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jesus-exist/301287 "2011-05-23T15:43:23Z")
Re. the ‘did Jesus exist’ entry, http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_275.html I am personally undecided either way, finding the arguments for him being a mythic figure quite persuasive, however I think on balance th… --- ## [Master Chef!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-chef/659138)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/master-chef/659138 "2013-09-12T23:59:48Z")
Master Chef is back! Let’s get things going… The girl with long black hair who keeps saying: “People don’t expect me to be a good cook because I’m so pretty.” Yeah, she needs to go. Also, that lady who made that dish … --- ## [Steophan- engage in argument with cites and facts rather than unsupported belief. Stop running away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-engage-in-argument-with-cites-and-facts-rather-than-unsupported-belief-stop-running-away/714515)
**Author:** [@Pjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pjen)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steophan-engage-in-argument-with-cites-and-facts-rather-than-unsupported-belief-stop-running-away/714515 "2015-03-10T17:26:19Z")
I am tired of you shtick. You fire from the hip with unsupported opinions and when faced with well supported points contrary to your views you either ignore the cites, wriggle embarrassingly or just absent yourself unti… --- ## [Write "accepted for value" on your payment? Send it to a different address.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-accepted-for-value-on-your-payment-send-it-to-a-different-address/675325)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-accepted-for-value-on-your-payment-send-it-to-a-different-address/675325 "2013-12-11T23:08:59Z")
Due to circumstances, I found myself in line for 4.5 hours with a credit card application in my hand. I was reading through it and something caught my eye because of the recent A4V thread. If you are mailing in a payme… --- ## [Order of priorities in major house rehab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-priorities-in-major-house-rehab/660348)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-of-priorities-in-major-house-rehab/660348 "2013-09-27T17:53:16Z")
Let’s say you are buying a house that is structurally sound, but extremely dated. You figure it will be close to a complete gut job: kitchen and baths to be completely gutted; wood floors refinished, wood trim painted o… --- ## [Damn airlines. How the HELL do they get away with this shit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-airlines-how-the-hell-do-they-get-away-with-this-shit/419610)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2007, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-airlines-how-the-hell-do-they-get-away-with-this-shit/419610 "2007-09-27T05:20:58Z")
The only business that isn’t required to provide a service that is paid for. We purchased tickets from Denver to Pittsburgh over a month ago. Myself, my Wife (who has DVT) and my elderly Mother that has spinal stenosis… --- ## [Songs for a Zombie Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-for-a-zombie-party/578837 "2011-04-21T21:31:10Z")
My friend is having a zombie party and she is looking for songs to play. Any suggestions that we haven’t thought of already? Here is our list so far: Johnathan Coulton, Re:your brain Horrorpops, Walk like a zombie Rok… --- ## [Help Me Up My Coffee Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-up-my-coffee-game/746914)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-up-my-coffee-game/746914 "2016-03-04T19:01:21Z")
The last time I was here asking about Food ‘n’ Drink in the Cafe Society, I got recommendations for Gin and some mixed drinks and never looked back. The input was great. SDMB for the win. I definitely upped my game w… --- ## [UK dopers: see me (Univ. Challenge FINAL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-see-me-univ-challenge-final/474819)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-see-me-univ-challenge-final/474819 "2009-03-08T07:38:14Z")
UK dopers, watch me represent \*\*Corpus Christi College, Oxford \*\*in our second round match against Edinburgh University this Monday (1/12) at 8pm. I’m the girl who’s not the captain. Any other Dopers ever been on UC? M… --- ## [Thailand Named Best Expat Place to Live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thailand-named-best-expat-place-to-live/560612)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thailand-named-best-expat-place-to-live/560612 "2011-08-03T08:54:21Z")
Stories here and here. Not bad considering this comes on the heels of all our street riots and ahead of more expected to come. Excerpt: “Apparently civil war and dead bodies rolling in the gutter is part of the fun.” C… --- ## [\[Statistics\] Combine two RMS values with different means](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-combine-two-rms-values-with-different-means/554921)
**Author:** [@Bad\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-combine-two-rms-values-with-different-means/554921 "2010-09-27T15:37:40Z")
I don’t normally post threads like this but I’m a bit time-limited, I think there must be a simple answer, and I haven’t been able to find it by googling. I have two data sets, each with a different mean and an RMS erro… --- ## [The Latter-Day Saints and the Nicene Creed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latter-day-saints-and-the-nicene-creed/554194)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latter-day-saints-and-the-nicene-creed/554194 "2010-09-22T01:23:13Z")
Do the tenets of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints conflict with the Nicene Creed? I realize this appears googlable, but issues may not be as clear cut as that. --- ## [Wanted-Ruler of World. Enquire Within.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ruler-of-world-enquire-within/537980)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2010, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-ruler-of-world-enquire-within/537980 "2010-05-19T17:29:53Z")
Inspired by this thread, I am opening nominations for World Ruler. The rules are: Nominee must be an SDMB poster. Guests, members, charter members, moderators and administrators only. You cannot nominate yourself. You… --- ## [The sexiest cartoon characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiest-cartoon-characters/16426)
**Author:** [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiest-cartoon-characters/16426 "2003-01-27T15:32:11Z")
Okay, admit it. We’ve all at one time or another had a crush or not-so-innocent interest in a cartoon character. Heck even the Barenaked Ladies sang about it (“getintotheSailorMooncosthecartoonistgottheboomanimethatmake… --- ## [List the last five songs you have played....not radio stuff conscious choices.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-last-five-songs-you-have-played-not-radio-stuff-conscious-choices/532255)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-last-five-songs-you-have-played-not-radio-stuff-conscious-choices/532255 "2010-04-10T16:09:26Z")
Having discovered interesting things answering “The last 10 things you bought” and similar threads I thought I would try this one. For me: 10-10 - Paolo Nutini, the very young, obviously Scottish soon to be legend. Ps… --- ## [Were any early Rock n Roll stars WWII veterans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-early-rock-n-roll-stars-wwii-veterans/663029)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-any-early-rock-n-roll-stars-wwii-veterans/663029 "2013-07-16T02:51:40Z")
A handful of the earliest ones (like Bill Haley) were just barely old enough to have been in WWII, but can anybody think of any early rockers who served in that war? --- ## [Stuxnet Worm Used By Israel On Iranian Centrifuges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuxnet-worm-used-by-israel-on-iranian-centrifuges/569047)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuxnet-worm-used-by-israel-on-iranian-centrifuges/569047 "2011-01-30T02:02:08Z")
According to this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html the Stuxnet worm was developed by a joint US and Israeli classified program to assume command of the controllers made … --- ## [What is it with Heinlein fans and Panshin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-heinlein-fans-and-panshin/160076)
**Author:** [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2017, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-heinlein-fans-and-panshin/160076 "2017-01-19T03:57:21Z")
What is the problem that Heinlein fans on these boards seem to have with Alexei Panshin? All I know about him is from one book I’ve read, Rite of Passage, which I found an enjoyable novel although pretty heavily influe… --- ## [Tell me your flight upgrade success and failure stories!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-flight-upgrade-success-and-failure-stories/594510)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-flight-upgrade-success-and-failure-stories/594510 "2011-09-02T20:05:02Z")
My husband and I are off to New York on Thursday, my first trip to America, so I’m very excited! We rang last week to enquire about upgrade availability and were told it would be £900 each… Gulp! Anyone got any tips on… --- ## [Do black people have a genetic predisposition to catching HIV ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-have-a-genetic-predisposition-to-catching-hiv/667111)
**Author:** [@john44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john44)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-black-people-have-a-genetic-predisposition-to-catching-hiv/667111 "2013-08-30T15:04:30Z")
From what I have read it is almost impossible for a straight man to catch HIV from having vaginal sex with a woman. Something like 1 in a million chance. Yet Africa has a very high HIV rate, which makes me think that eit… --- ## [Jed Clampett was not "shootin' at some food"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-clampett-was-not-shootin-at-some-food/847025)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jed-clampett-was-not-shootin-at-some-food/847025 "2020-01-29T10:19:11Z")
In the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies, we heard every week that “then one day he was shootin’ at some food, and up through the ground come a-bubblin’ crude”. This is accompanied by a shot of Jed shooting a rifle,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1257&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1259&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)