# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=31 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 32 --- ## [Is Veronica Mars worth watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-veronica-mars-worth-watching/1028679)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-veronica-mars-worth-watching/1028679 "2026-06-01T15:05:53Z")
I’m looking for another show to watch on streaming. In the past I’ve read people praising Veronica Mars. I’ve caught the pilot which was nice, laid out a few long-term mysteries to keep you hooked, and it was interesting… --- ## [Why are my golf clubs in Mosquero, NM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-golf-clubs-in-mosquero-nm/1025059 "2025-11-29T20:33:45Z")
I ordered some golf clubs, which are being shipped to me near Chicago via Fed Ex. They are being built in Scottsdale AZ. So I figured Fed Ex would have a hub at the Phoenix airport, then they would wing to OHare, 20 mi… --- ## [What skill do you perform worse than 99 random people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-do-you-perform-worse-than-99-random-people/1030499 "2026-06-05T17:43:31Z")
An offshoot of the below thread: What Skill can you perform better than 99 random people? What are you absolute rubbish at? It needs to be a skill that 99 random people can do competently, but you feel like you’ll be a… --- ## [Do you think practical nuclear fusion energy will ever be a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-practical-nuclear-fusion-energy-will-ever-be-a-thing/1032173)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-practical-nuclear-fusion-energy-will-ever-be-a-thing/1032173 "2026-08-13T21:38:05Z")
Fusion has been the power source of the future for decades, and while progress has been made, actual fusion power plants seem as far off as ever. And let’s not even get into spacecraft fusion propulsion. So many concepts… --- ## [Lil' Donnie is pissed he didn't get a prize he doesn't care about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-is-pissed-he-didnt-get-a-prize-he-doesnt-care-about/1034174)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-is-pissed-he-didnt-get-a-prize-he-doesnt-care-about/1034174 "2026-10-28T17:44:01Z")
In a new turn, lil’ Orange Donnie claims that Norway is a shithole country because “Norway” didn’t award him the Nobel Peace Prize. No matter the fact that lil’ Donnie has been told - several times - that the Peace Prize… --- ## [Cell phone tracking software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-tracking-software/1027693)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2026, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-tracking-software/1027693 "2026-02-18T12:32:52Z")
Does not happen often, but my wife lost her phone on a hike, walking one of our dogs. She came back to the house, dropped off the dog and said she was going to search for it. I gave her my phone so she could call it and… --- ## ["Lost In Space" may be more lost than we thought!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-may-be-more-lost-than-we-thought/1028472)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-in-space-may-be-more-lost-than-we-thought/1028472 "2026-03-24T21:18:56Z")
In a 1967 episode of LOST IN SPACE (Season 3, "Visit To A Hostile Planet), because of a bit of a time warp, the Jupiter II ends up back on Earth…but in 1947. Hijinks ensue, as they often did in the third season, but in t… --- ## [How did props from "Forbidden Planet" end up on Twilight Zone episodes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-props-from-forbidden-planet-end-up-on-twilight-zone-episodes/1033496)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-props-from-forbidden-planet-end-up-on-twilight-zone-episodes/1033496 "2026-10-20T01:32:09Z")
Whoever owned Twilight Zone either was the same company behind Forbidden Planet or else bought the rights to the props. Does anyone know the full story? --- ## [How do you respond to ideological disagreements over definitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-ideological-disagreements-over-definitions/1030945)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-respond-to-ideological-disagreements-over-definitions/1030945 "2026-08-25T13:25:11Z")
It seems like our society has been captured by an obsession with moral/philosophical relativism and everything being a social construct to be ignored at best and stamped out at worst while at the same time being held hos… --- ## [Did Trump actually halt the development of wind turbines "for national security reasons"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-halt-the-development-of-wind-turbines-for-national-security-reasons/1029770)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-halt-the-development-of-wind-turbines-for-national-security-reasons/1029770 "2026-07-31T20:42:55Z")
As reported here: Trump blocks wind farms on national security grounds Is this just bad reporting, or did he actually do this? --- ## [If my green ground wire is carrying current, how would I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-green-ground-wire-is-carrying-current-how-would-i-know/1025346)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-my-green-ground-wire-is-carrying-current-how-would-i-know/1025346 "2025-12-07T02:18:15Z")
I understand that the green wire attaches to a bare ground wire and provides a path to ground in case the hot wire touches something that it’s not supposed to. But doesn’t this just complete the circuit? Assuming that a… --- ## [Food safety in elementary school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-safety-in-elementary-school/1030095)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-safety-in-elementary-school/1030095 "2026-05-18T19:31:58Z")
When I was in elementary school in San Diego, most kids had metal lunch boxes with a Thermos and their lunch. This was mine, from the The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV show, which went off the air before I was born,… --- ## [Trump's address to the nation about the war in Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-address-to-the-nation-about-the-war-in-iran/1028947)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-address-to-the-nation-about-the-war-in-iran/1028947 "2026-04-03T01:37:08Z")
In just under an hour, Trump is to address the nation about the war in Iran. This thread is for non-Pitesque commentary about that. I have to teach a class from 08:30 to 09:15 so I will miss the beginning of it. For Pit… --- ## [Even if you hate "America's Got Talent", this is worth a watch!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-you-hate-americas-got-talent-this-is-worth-a-watch/1030027)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-if-you-hate-americas-got-talent-this-is-worth-a-watch/1030027 "2026-05-30T15:29:40Z")
I generally quite dislike “reality” crap like “{America’s, Britain’s, or Canada’s} Got Talent”, because mostly they don’t, and it mostly consists of delusional people making asses of themselves on television while pompou… --- ## [Time Wasters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-wasters/1025037)
**Author:** [@hideousidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hideousidiot)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-wasters/1025037 "2025-12-06T21:38:13Z")
Let’s start small: is there a TV personality or show that habitually wastes your time? For example, Rachel Maddow, with whom I agree on most everything, is unwatchable for me because she takes an hour to deliver about tw… --- ## [If a businessperson wants something from a customer, but not their money, they are not a salesperson, they are a:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-businessperson-wants-something-from-a-customer-but-not-their-money-they-are-not-a-salesperson-they-are-a/1027602)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-businessperson-wants-something-from-a-customer-but-not-their-money-they-are-not-a-salesperson-they-are-a/1027602 "2026-02-16T10:01:10Z")
Suppose I had this box of knives. Or that car. Or this whozit. I want to exchange my product for your money; viz, a sale. Making me a salesman. Suppose I had this company that rents billboard space, and your cornfield t… --- ## [Did you "go to high school" with someone if they graduated behind you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-high-school-with-someone-if-they-graduated-behind-you/1026052)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-high-school-with-someone-if-they-graduated-behind-you/1026052 "2025-12-31T06:11:47Z")
At a social function the name of an acquaintance came up and I said I had gone to high school with them. Somebody quipped “we didn’t go to high school with them. You and I graduated in ‘79 and they graduated in 1980.” I… --- ## [Proposed MLB Rule Change (Stolen Bases)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-mlb-rule-change-stolen-bases/1031157)
**Author:** [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-mlb-rule-change-stolen-bases/1031157 "2026-07-01T16:53:10Z")
This is immediately prompted by a play in the Cubs-Mets game where Pete Crow-Armstrong was caught stealing on a walk, but it applies to all stolen bases in the era of replay review. I’m taken as a given the following (b… --- ## [How many Black people during slavery/Jim Crow didn’t look Black?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-black-people-during-slavery-jim-crow-didn-t-look-black/1031542)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-black-people-during-slavery-jim-crow-didn-t-look-black/1031542 "2026-07-13T16:16:42Z")
I don’t think there’s an objective, factual answer to this question, and I’m interested in anecdotes as well as data, so I put it here. In antebellum America, through Jim Crow, the concept of Blackness was defined by th… --- ## [How do countries find their Olympic athletes? How do Olympic teams work in general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-countries-find-their-olympic-athletes-how-do-olympic-teams-work-in-general/1027605)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-countries-find-their-olympic-athletes-how-do-olympic-teams-work-in-general/1027605 "2026-02-17T15:58:47Z")
Beware: Astounding ignorance ahead. I don’t really follow sports (of any kind). The Olympics seem like a mix of different sports categorized by season (?), like right now they’re all winter sports, including many I’ve n… --- ## [New type of automobile paint now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-automobile-paint-now/1031769)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-type-of-automobile-paint-now/1031769 "2026-08-13T16:30:43Z")
In the past 6-8 months or so, I’ve noticed car colors that I’d never seen before. New cars. Not new colors exactly, but a different shade or sheen. There’s a slight flatness and sameness to it. Anyone know what I’m t… --- ## [Halloween 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-2026/1033804)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-2026/1033804 "2026-11-01T20:25:49Z")
New thread for a new year. For the first time in many years I’ll be attending a costume party and will have to conjure a costume. Not really my thing, but GF insists. In unrelated fun news I was walking along the beach… --- ## [Susie Wiles is Out, Stephen Miller is In](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susie-wiles-is-out-stephen-miller-is-in/1034583)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/susie-wiles-is-out-stephen-miller-is-in/1034583 "2026-11-09T02:21:54Z")
Susie Wiles has resigned her position, and Trump has appointed Miller to the Chief of Staff position. “Asked about the move later Friday afternoon, Trump said, ‘I wanted to make a change.’” --- ## [Unusual Job Duties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-job-duties/1025046)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-job-duties/1025046 "2025-12-04T17:45:03Z")
As part of my job, I do something that I’ve never heard of anyone else doing. I stand in a place and watch for people to approach. Most of the people, as they approach, I think of a name–but it’s not their name. I don’t… --- ## [Do you remember Ayds candy for weight loss? Did your parents buy it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-ayds-candy-for-weight-loss-did-your-parents-buy-it/1032101 "2026-08-14T02:11:49Z")
Ayds delivered a dose of Phenylpropanolamine in the form of a 1 inch square chewy candy. Ayds was introduced into the market in the 1940’s. The drug is an appetite suppressant. Ayds was available in chocolate, chocolat… --- ## [Public speaking: largest crowd you ever spoke in front of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-largest-crowd-you-ever-spoke-in-front-of/1025082)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-speaking-largest-crowd-you-ever-spoke-in-front-of/1025082 "2025-12-04T00:24:02Z")
I remember in high school having to do a 1-minute presentation (we called it a “speech”) on a piece of art. I was physically ill the night before. I couldn’t figure out why they would subject kids to this torture. It was… --- ## [Walk me through the process of ordering a round at a British pub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-the-process-of-ordering-a-round-at-a-british-pub/1025502)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walk-me-through-the-process-of-ordering-a-round-at-a-british-pub/1025502 "2025-12-09T13:34:37Z")
Some day I’ll fulfill my life-long dream of quaffing a few pints with the locals at a British pub. I’m aware of a few differences between UK pub culture and American bar culture – no tipping, pay cash, go to the bar to o… --- ## [Exercise machine Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-machine-q/1025056)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-machine-q/1025056 "2026-01-14T18:21:45Z")
This is not precisely a question of exercise physiology, but it might be related. Simply, if you go to the gym and warm up on one of the treadmills or other workout machines there, often there is a readout of “calories”.… --- ## [Does North Korea really still hope to reunify the Koreas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-north-korea-really-still-hope-to-reunify-the-koreas/1025601)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-north-korea-really-still-hope-to-reunify-the-koreas/1025601 "2026-01-04T02:01:01Z")
(Great Debate because answers must largely be speculative. Mods, move if you see fit). Of course that’s the sacred ideology; indeed the regime couldn’t really do without a perpetual external enemy. But seriously in the … --- ## [Where do East & West start and end, anyway? (Prime Meridian, antimeridian, and the International Date Line)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-east-west-start-and-end-anyway-prime-meridian-antimeridian-and-the-international-date-line/1028690)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-east-west-start-and-end-anyway-prime-meridian-antimeridian-and-the-international-date-line/1028690 "2026-04-19T20:03:47Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the furthest north, south, east and west you've ever been? (By Longitude please.): An interesting side discussion (well, to me anyway) there was about where exactly “East” and “Wes… --- ## [Your hooptie of necessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229 "2026-09-24T02:03:43Z")
If you had to have one (or if you actually drive one) exclusively for errands to your local strip mall where it’s most likely to get dinged by a shopping cart or the jackass parked next to you. Mine would be a Mercury M… --- ## [President Trump made a large amount in crypto!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-made-a-large-amount-in-crypto/1031339)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-made-a-large-amount-in-crypto/1031339 "2026-07-04T22:25:57Z")
President Donald Trump made more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency ventures, while the vast majority of regular buyers lost hundreds of millions of dollars ! Will Congress look into this ? I doubt this happens very oft… --- ## [Scandal! Fake Quebec Maple syrup found in shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-fake-quebec-maple-syrup-found-in-shops/1028975)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandal-fake-quebec-maple-syrup-found-in-shops/1028975 "2026-04-05T04:39:05Z")
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bogus-maple-syrup-quebec-9.7149822 Lab tests from the Quebec oversight group that mostly tests bulk make syrup found that cans of syrup sent to local grocery stores were cut with … --- ## [Have you seen a little Jesus in your life lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-little-jesus-in-your-life-lately/1031759)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-a-little-jesus-in-your-life-lately/1031759 "2026-08-04T03:06:21Z")
Apparently they’ve been a fad since 2024, but the first time I saw or heard of them was recently when I saw several of them lined up in the drive-through payment window of my local water company. (I thought they were Leg… --- ## [Errant SpaceX rocket stage is about the crash into Moon (August 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errant-spacex-rocket-stage-is-about-the-crash-into-moon-august-2026/1032109)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errant-spacex-rocket-stage-is-about-the-crash-into-moon-august-2026/1032109 "2026-08-06T19:16:36Z")
No, it’s not going to knock the moon out of its orbit, or anything like that. --- ## [Hormuz strait - starting a tanker (ship)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormuz-strait-starting-a-tanker-ship/1029145)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormuz-strait-starting-a-tanker-ship/1029145 "2026-04-13T01:23:55Z")
Given that the HS will open up again now I was wondering what’s involved in starting those huge engines in tankerships. The uneducated me thinks the starter motor will be like truck engine. Or so. Any deeper knowledge … --- ## [I Pit websites that don’t tell you the price](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-websites-that-don-t-tell-you-the-price/1031812)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-websites-that-don-t-tell-you-the-price/1031812 "2026-07-27T03:02:21Z")
I’m in the market for a lower cost alternative to traditional personal watercraft (PWC’s), and the YouTube algorithm has seen fit to show me these electric mini boats from China that the YouTuber ordered through website… --- ## [One of my garbage bins went missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-garbage-bins-went-missing/1027366)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-garbage-bins-went-missing/1027366 "2026-02-10T23:56:22Z")
Yesterday was my normal garbage pick up day. Since we have curbside compost collection where I live, I put my bag of food scraps and other compostable material in my green waste bin, and my regular garbage in my garbage… --- ## [A wild new addition to my studio. Oh the Hammond sound!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wild-new-addition-to-my-studio-oh-the-hammond-sound/1032836)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-wild-new-addition-to-my-studio-oh-the-hammond-sound/1032836 "2026-09-15T01:33:30Z")
I realized that I liked playing my Rhodes but never was really good at it. A few months back I found a superb Rhodes imitation that is man portable–a Crumar Seven. That has the tines mathematically modeled and sounds abs… --- ## [How does Google Maps calculate time in travel on a bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764 "2026-06-14T15:16:01Z")
When Google Maps estimates how long it will take me to get some place, it’s pretty accurate-- it’s correct within about a minute for trips under 20 minutes, and within about 3 minutes for trips about 20 - 90 minutes. It… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - October 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2026-edition/1033495)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2026-edition/1033495 "2026-11-07T03:45:02Z")
October is here! Time to get the skellys out of the basement and hang the ghosts on my porch. If you’re up north, it’s time to bust out the long sleeved shirts and comfy hoodies. Down south, time get out the shorts and m… --- ## [Gerrymandering race to the bottom: how does it end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymandering-race-to-the-bottom-how-does-it-end/1029750)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gerrymandering-race-to-the-bottom-how-does-it-end/1029750 "2026-05-09T13:34:45Z")
So apparently mid-census re-districting is OK (if there’s a court case challenging this I’m unaware of it). And racial gerrymandering is now OK, according to the late ruling of the SCOTUS. So how does this end? Do we … --- ## [Second IV in OR - why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-iv-in-or-why/1027948)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-iv-in-or-why/1027948 "2026-05-19T16:16:04Z")
Prompted by an experience last year in which I was told they’d do a second IV once I got to the OR. When I woke up, I had two badly bruised spots, bandaged, in my right hand, and a second IV in my left hand (same hand a… --- ## [Did effects of the changes in climate as the glaciers receded result in highly distorted biblical accounts in the book of Genesis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-effects-of-the-changes-in-climate-as-the-glaciers-receded-result-in-highly-distorted-biblical-accounts-in-the-book-of-genesis/1027246)
**Author:** [@Ancient\_Nerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ancient_Nerd)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-effects-of-the-changes-in-climate-as-the-glaciers-receded-result-in-highly-distorted-biblical-accounts-in-the-book-of-genesis/1027246 "2026-02-02T03:09:16Z")
Continuing the discussion from Adam & Eve: Why Fig Leaves?: Sea level rose several hundred feet as the glaciers melted. People were alive at the time and quite probably had spoken language but writing had not developed… --- ## [Songs that represent the current political environment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-represent-the-current-political-environment/1025181)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-represent-the-current-political-environment/1025181 "2025-12-02T16:06:13Z")
This could probably go in the Politics section, but had to pick one. I was driving and the song “Spirits in the Material World” by The Police came on. I never paid much attention to the song’s lyrics in the past, but n… --- ## [What occupations could you learn at a professional level through Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-occupations-could-you-learn-at-a-professional-level-through-youtube/1025090)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-occupations-could-you-learn-at-a-professional-level-through-youtube/1025090 "2025-11-25T21:15:13Z")
Let’s take auto mechanic as an example. Sure you could learn how to change oil and brakes, but could you become a professional mechanic just by watching Youtube? I wouldn’t think so and there are some careers where I’m … --- ## [Lying? or just wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-or-just-wrong/1030189)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-or-just-wrong/1030189 "2026-06-14T18:58:08Z")
Let us say a person grew up “knowing” a “fact” that turned out not to be true, like for instance about they were born on such a day, but their birth certificate (checked later) showed different. Or they were taught some… --- ## [Universal makes deal to make 10 Atari 2600 movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-makes-deal-to-make-10-atari-2600-movies/1031885)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-makes-deal-to-make-10-atari-2600-movies/1031885 "2026-08-29T15:18:07Z")
We can possibly look forward to Asteroids Adventure Berzerk Breakout Centipede Crystal Castle Millipede Missile Command Pong Yars’ Revenge --- ## [US and Canadian National Parks: A study in contrasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-canadian-national-parks-a-study-in-contrasts/1025294)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-and-canadian-national-parks-a-study-in-contrasts/1025294 "2025-12-07T16:06:30Z")
Canada has announced the renewal of the Canada Strong Pass: The Government of Canada is offering free admission and a 25% discount on fees for camping and overnight stays from: December 12, 2025 to January 15, 2026 i… --- ## [Wow...my first post in more than 16 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-my-first-post-in-more-than-16-years/1025265)
**Author:** [@Shot\_Clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_Clock)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-my-first-post-in-more-than-16-years/1025265 "2025-12-02T11:59:47Z")
Been away a while. So it goes…Not sure why i drifted away. I was an infrequent poster and a bit of a lurker. Sad to see so many familiar names in the In Memoriam thread…lots of good folks. Life’s been well, for what it’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=30&per_page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=32&per_page=50)