# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=879&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:** 880 --- ## [Totally Inappropriate Crushes on Children's TV Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2006, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totally-inappropriate-crushes-on-childrens-tv-stars/347817 "2006-03-14T01:54:12Z")
First of all, I’m not talking about crushes by current adults on CHILD TV stars. If you have one of those I don’t want to know about it. Seriously. I’m not too much older than the original “Saved By the Bell” cast, and … --- ## [How often do you use a bath towel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-use-a-bath-towel/609036)
**Author:** [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-use-a-bath-towel/609036 "2012-01-14T01:24:37Z")
Hi. I was just wondering how often I should use a bath towel? I was brought up to use a fresh towel and wash cloth for each shower. I buy the smaller, thinner towels and have a wash-load of bath linens at the end of eve… --- ## [The Homeless in Atlanta: A Reflection on controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-in-atlanta-a-reflection-on-controversy/679421)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homeless-in-atlanta-a-reflection-on-controversy/679421 "2014-01-29T03:35:20Z")
This article recently popped up on my newsfeed, and I thought it would make for an interesting discussion. The following is my best attempt at an unbiased summary (the source is somewhat biased): The Georgia Department … --- ## [Should this man be charged with a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-man-be-charged-with-a-crime/513342)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-man-be-charged-with-a-crime/513342 "2009-10-13T13:19:03Z")
Story here Murder? Manslaughter? Criminal Negligence? Discharging a firearm within city limits? I think yes, he should be charged with a crime, and he should lose his right to own firearms. He was grossly negligen… --- ## [Adjusting color hex values for tint level](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-color-hex-values-for-tint-level/679959)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adjusting-color-hex-values-for-tint-level/679959 "2014-02-09T17:30:03Z")
Hi, I’ll try to phrase this in a way that make sense (to me anyway). Say I have a color with a hex value of #ffb600 (looks like “solid yellow”). I’m told I can use this color, but with a 70% tint (which I understand… --- ## [county banned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-banned/245572)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/county-banned/245572 "2004-05-20T19:46:41Z")
I tried to be vague in GQ about this, but pretty much figure it can only be answered here. It seems county was banned last night or yesterday afternoon. I tried a search of recent posts but didn’t see any mod posts tell… --- ## [Creepy thing happened this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104)
**Author:** [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-thing-happened-this-morning/91104 "2001-11-04T01:27:56Z")
I woke up this morning to someone jiggling on my front door. Not knowing what it was, I quickly put on some sweat pants and turned on the lights. The jiggling promptly stopped. Now I am bit too wired to sleep. It is 5:30… --- ## [Well, I finally watched "Gandhi"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-finally-watched-gandhi/613801)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-finally-watched-gandhi/613801 "2012-03-01T16:29:05Z")
It was quite a film. I see now what all the fuss has been for these past 30 years. Anyone else out there recently filled in embarrassing gaps in your “watchlist”? --- ## [Can I shoot ET? (Need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-shoot-et-need-answer-fast/516249)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-shoot-et-need-answer-fast/516249 "2016-12-10T15:27:49Z")
Well, ok, I don’t really need an answer all that quickly, as I’m not aware of any aliens nearby. But assume, for the purposes of this hypothetical, that the following are true: Intelligent aliens exist, and visit thi… --- ## [How fast would you need to go to not see the sun set?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-would-you-need-to-go-to-not-see-the-sun-set/65241)
**Author:** [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-would-you-need-to-go-to-not-see-the-sun-set/65241 "2001-05-13T00:57:03Z")
There’s a Nissan commercial currently airing in which a guy is sitting in his car watching the sun drop below the horizon. He then floors it and is apparently driving so fast that the sun rises back above the horizon so … --- ## ['Anyone here upgraded from OS X 10.6 to 10.9?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-upgraded-from-os-x-10-6-to-10-9/678938)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-upgraded-from-os-x-10-6-to-10-9/678938 "2014-02-27T12:46:42Z")
Okay, short and sweet, I’m a Mac Pro user, running OS X 10.6.8 “Snow Leopard.” And I’ve just learned that Apple’s offering a free update to OS X 10.9 “Mavericks.” Awesome, right? Slightly opens up the range of software … --- ## [Who's really in control in a Master/Slave relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-really-in-control-in-a-master-slave-relationship/57245)
**Author:** [@jmullaney](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmullaney)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2001, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-really-in-control-in-a-master-slave-relationship/57245 "2001-03-12T03:56:20Z")
Who’s really in control in a Master/Slave relationship? Is it really the master? Or is it the slave, since the master’s control comes only from the free will of the slave? --- ## [Why do we like The Addams Family so much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-like-the-addams-family-so-much/610760)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-like-the-addams-family-so-much/610760 "2012-01-29T01:08:23Z")
What is it about the dark lifestyle of the Addamses that appeals to people? Does it appeal to our love of the weird? Does it appeal to our darker natures that we dare not show to the world? Does it take the scariness out… --- ## [Oh Dear, apparently I'm a bad date.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2007, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-apparently-im-a-bad-date/388897 "2007-02-03T07:58:07Z")
According to a very scientific online quiz that I took, I’m a bad date. I am going to reproduce the quiz below, with the answers that I chose. Perhaps you all can tell me which of my responses earned me the “Bad Date” ti… --- ## [Solutions to problems that don't exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solutions-to-problems-that-dont-exist/814126)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solutions-to-problems-that-dont-exist/814126 "2018-05-26T23:21:22Z")
I like my technology, a lot. But I also hate, hate, hate new devices or processes that don’t improve on anything and seemingly justify themselves by changing around the interface or incorporating unnecessary “convenience… --- ## ["I get a 1000 hugs from 10,000 lightning bugs..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-a-1000-hugs-from-10-000-lightning-bugs/534071)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-a-1000-hugs-from-10-000-lightning-bugs/534071 "2013-09-27T18:33:24Z")
How the fuck does that work, OwlCity? That’s 1/10 of a hug per lightning bug, dumbass. How does that work? --- ## [Tell me about your strange "friend" requests on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-strange-friend-requests-on-facebook/635675)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-strange-friend-requests-on-facebook/635675 "2012-09-26T18:12:26Z")
Over in this thread RickJay laments about a friend who wants him to install a tracking application on his cell phone. This reminded me of people I barely know who have wanted to “friend” me on Facebook. As I mentioned … --- ## [Sharing a name with a famous song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-name-with-a-famous-song/780023 "2017-03-02T05:12:30Z")
I recently read on another board about a man who knew multiple women named Rita, and claimed they all hated the Beatles’ “Lovely Rita”. Do you know anyone who shares the name with a famous song, or are you one yourself?… --- ## [Star Trek: TOS Question (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-question-open-spoilers/614220)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tos-question-open-spoilers/614220 "2012-03-02T14:10:14Z")
In the episode Journey to Babel, Kirk and Spock have and encounter with Spock’s parents, Sarek and the Earthling woman Amanda Grayson. How is this possible when Amanda Grayson died when the Romulan Captain Nero destroye… --- ## [When did band names start to get weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-band-names-start-to-get-weird/599927)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-band-names-start-to-get-weird/599927 "2011-10-22T20:26:56Z")
In the previous century, performing groups commonly had names that were sort of descriptive of the group, like The Dave Clark Five, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, or The Four Freshman. Then when rock & roll came along thing… --- ## [What is this pipe in the basement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-pipe-in-the-basement/719937)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-pipe-in-the-basement/719937 "2015-05-19T20:50:10Z")
The other day I got a call from the tenant in the basement apartment of my rental townhouse. He’s been having a wet carpet, and he pulled up the carpet to find a 10 inch vertical pipe, the top of which is almost level wi… --- ## [making someone legless \[in movies\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-someone-legless-in-movies/673521)
**Author:** [@ydaltak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ydaltak)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-someone-legless-in-movies/673521 "2013-11-11T21:11:29Z")
how do movies/television make a 2-legged actor look like a 1-legged character, like in The Walking Dead or Forrest Gump? --- ## [Kick-Ass sucked...and apparently I'm the only one who feels this way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-sucked-and-apparently-im-the-only-one-who-feels-this-way/538876)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-ass-sucked-and-apparently-im-the-only-one-who-feels-this-way/538876 "2010-05-15T04:20:17Z")
I saw it last night with my husband and my 14 year old son. Son loved it. My husband and I think it’s 2 hours of our life we won’t get back. I actually asked him twice during the movie what time it was so that I had an i… --- ## [What would happen if we gave Iran nuclear weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-gave-iran-nuclear-weapons/610504)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-we-gave-iran-nuclear-weapons/610504 "2012-01-27T20:31:18Z")
Pretend that everyone in the US was on board with this idea, but every other country reacted like they would normally react. We load about 50 nuclear warheads with various delivery methods on a boat with bow on top and … --- ## [DaVinci didn't invent anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davinci-didnt-invent-anything/466565)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davinci-didnt-invent-anything/466565 "2008-10-08T16:54:27Z")
He was a great artist and thinker, and thought up some really cool stuff, but he didn’t make any of the devices he drew. There’s a lot more to invention than sketching, IMO. Brought to you by this exhibit at The Tech Mu… --- ## [Do women enjoy compliments from strangers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-compliments-from-strangers/290481)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-enjoy-compliments-from-strangers/290481 "2005-02-24T23:55:40Z")
In this thread it almost appears that major compliments is a good way to gain a woman’s attention. Is this actually true or do they just blow it off? Hell, maybe I did it/do it all wrong, I just talk to women I never act… --- ## [Vain actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-actors/552963)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2010, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vain-actors/552963 "2010-09-12T12:00:54Z")
Sometimes you see a movie where a character is (accroding to logic and/or the film script) supposed to look crummy but the actor looks gorgeous, and it messes up the plot. Example: I saw the 1980 prison move BRUBAKER th… --- ## [Flickering Lights on Dimmer Switch - Dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickering-lights-on-dimmer-switch-dangerous/438809)
**Author:** [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2008, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickering-lights-on-dimmer-switch-dangerous/438809 "2008-02-24T04:35:20Z")
My kitchen lights (incandescent) are hooked up to a dimmer. Recently, whenever I try any dimmer setting except the full-power setting, they randomly flicker off and on rapidly. I take it I probably need a new dimmer. Bes… --- ## [Fringe May 6,2011 "The Day We Died" (Season Finale)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-may-6-2011-the-day-we-died-season-finale/581047)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fringe-may-6-2011-the-day-we-died-season-finale/581047 "2011-05-15T16:39:20Z")
No thread yet??? Spoilers in next post --- ## [Need a trailer for a move. Rent from U-Haul or buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-trailer-for-a-move-rent-from-u-haul-or-buy/689660)
**Author:** [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-trailer-for-a-move-rent-from-u-haul-or-buy/689660 "2014-08-26T22:16:50Z")
I’m moving from Wisconsin to Florida in a few weeks, and I’m trying to decide whether to rent a trailer from U-Haul for $700-900 or buy a trailer here and sell it when I get down there. I have a 2009 Honda Odyssey with t… --- ## [The Britishisms are coming!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-britishisms-are-coming/635984)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-britishisms-are-coming/635984 "2012-11-12T16:31:38Z")
Apparently British English is making just as many inroads into American speech as Americanisms are making in British speech: --- ## [The Late Walter Brennan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-late-walter-brennan/519933 "2009-12-06T04:39:50Z")
Wonderful character actor! Loved him as Amos McCoy in The Real McCoys (Where’d we get that phrase from anyway?) and many many other roles , but did he ever play anything other than a wizened, wise old man??? Surely he… --- ## [Which band best typifies "hard rock"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-best-typifies-hard-rock/937397)
**Author:** [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-band-best-typifies-hard-rock/937397 "2023-03-11T20:35:54Z")
If you had to pick one band to represent “hard rock”, which would it be? --- ## [Parents raising their sons as daughters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-raising-their-sons-as-daughters/722652)
**Author:** [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-raising-their-sons-as-daughters/722652 "2015-06-20T15:57:23Z")
Parents forcing boy to be a girl for gender enlightment parents (provided it’s true) raising their son as a girl for several years as part of some project, need to be taken outside and hanged from the nearst lamppost. … --- ## [Squeaky belt on car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeaky-belt-on-car/235327)
**Author:** [@Bret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bret)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2004, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/squeaky-belt-on-car/235327 "2004-03-21T01:13:46Z")
The belt on my car continues to squeak. I have found that spraying WD-40 on it stops it for a while, but is a short-term fix. I changed the belt, and it stopped for about 2 weeks, but now it is squeaking again. It’s p… --- ## [voguevixen has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voguevixen-has-died/711657)
**Author:** [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voguevixen-has-died/711657 "2015-02-17T11:17:53Z")
I don’t think she’d been around here too much recently, but I know a lot of old-timers will remember her. This announcement was posted by a friend on her Facebook wall this morning: The information I have from her frie… --- ## [Do you believe it is possible to love another person more than you love yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-it-is-possible-to-love-another-person-more-than-you-love-yourself/617708)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-it-is-possible-to-love-another-person-more-than-you-love-yourself/617708 "2012-08-21T13:44:43Z")
Hello, here is what is going on. It is nothing really serious but I am having a mocking argument with my girlfriend. We were discussing the issue of love and whether it is possible for a person to love another more than … --- ## [How to prevent this election nonsense from happening again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prevent-this-election-nonsense-from-happening-again/924791)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-prevent-this-election-nonsense-from-happening-again/924791 "2020-11-18T01:54:55Z")
Given the complete 50-state patchwork of election procedures and regulations, and the threats of lawsuits and chicanery and shenanigans; but also taking into consideration the Constitutional provision that elections are … --- ## [Allegories for racism/homophobia/etc. like X-Men or District 9 don't work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegories-for-racism-homophobia-etc-like-x-men-or-district-9-dont-work/715392)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegories-for-racism-homophobia-etc-like-x-men-or-district-9-dont-work/715392 "2015-03-27T01:30:51Z")
A lot of what’s in the X-Men stories are an allegory for society’s unwillingness to accept homosexuality, of individual struggles to hide their secret and learn to live it, etc. The not-terribly-subtle allegory tries to … --- ## ["Bomb Factory" house too dangerous to clear -- will be burned down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160 "2010-12-12T00:24:49Z")
This is so many kinds of awesome. California authorities indicted an Escondido man for building bombs in his home, and apparently his house is so loaded with explosives that they have decided that the safest course of a… --- ## [Guitar tuning problem with low E string](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-tuning-problem-with-low-e-string/187184)
**Author:** [@LtningBug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LtningBug)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-tuning-problem-with-low-e-string/187184 "2003-07-13T06:22:37Z")
So, I’m trying to get my guitar in tune, but I’m having a problem with my low E string. There’s as much as an eighth-step difference from when it’s open to when it’s fretted. This is quite frustrating since I can’t play … --- ## [Star Trek Transtator - What Should It Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-transtator-what-should-it-do/695029)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-transtator-what-should-it-do/695029 "2014-08-08T20:50:10Z")
In TOS, it was stated (in what now seems as a throw away line) that the transtator (not translator) was a tech that many of the most important StarFleet systems was based on. Transportors, communications, phasers… It re… --- ## [I want privacy, so I shred and... then they go through my garbage anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-privacy-so-i-shred-and-then-they-go-through-my-garbage-anyway/617760)
**Author:** [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-privacy-so-i-shred-and-then-they-go-through-my-garbage-anyway/617760 "2012-04-14T15:00:38Z")
Suppose I wish to be a private individual. So private, that I try to take care to shred all personal documents and avoid disposing of anything identifying in the thrash. This has its limits when it comes to DNA. The cop… --- ## [Recipe for Virgin White Russians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-virgin-white-russians/560886)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recipe-for-virgin-white-russians/560886 "2010-11-17T19:44:22Z")
I’m looking for a recipe for fake (as in no alcohol) White Russians. Apparently you can’t hand out free alcohol to kids these days. Since a White Russian is just vodka and kahlua and milk, I don’t know if this can be don… --- ## [I pit Craigslist scammers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-scammers/491729)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-craigslist-scammers/491729 "2009-04-09T18:55:46Z")
I’ve repeatedly posted in the craigslist “casual encounters” section, and all I’ve gotten is spambots! What’s it take to get laid in this damned town? I was wondering why the hell the spammers bother… it seems to me lik… --- ## [Guys - how do you, uh, whip it out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-do-you-uh-whip-it-out/153344)
**Author:** [@Parallax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parallax)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-how-do-you-uh-whip-it-out/153344 "2006-11-30T19:25:01Z")
I seem to be a posting maniac today (at least for me) I guess I got over my inhibitions about writing here. Anyways… I forget the situation exactly (probably has something to do with the total lack of privacy now that … --- ## [Crackpipe Ray Nagin Lambastes Fed Govt.-NOLA Still A Mess!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackpipe-ray-nagin-lambastes-fed-govt-nola-still-a-mess/370399)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crackpipe-ray-nagin-lambastes-fed-govt-nola-still-a-mess/370399 "2006-09-07T17:59:09Z")
So the “mayor” of this dump still thinks the US Taxpayer should do everything! NOLA is still a mess-abandoned houses, junk cars , trash everywhere. Dispite 12 months since Katrina, no preparation for a future storm-so … --- ## [Famous Australians that weren't born in Australia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-australians-that-werent-born-in-australia/563706)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-australians-that-werent-born-in-australia/563706 "2010-12-16T10:52:41Z")
Sorry about the thread title, but that’s the basic gist. I overheard a conversation about trivia today at lunch and it got me to wondering… He said, “name four famous people that were born in Australia”. So, like most… --- ## [Pearl Harbor Vs. 9/11/2001 (Which was worse?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-vs-9-11-2001-which-was-worse/83300)
**Author:** [@Downhome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Downhome)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pearl-harbor-vs-9-11-2001-which-was-worse/83300 "2001-09-28T01:36:15Z")
Which do you consider… The Worst Day in American History …this has been a topic of discussion at other boards, chats, talkshows, etc… so we might as well discuss it here. In my personal opinion, I don’t think there is… --- ## [LOST, what would have satisfied you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-what-would-have-satisfied-you/611162)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-what-would-have-satisfied-you/611162 "2014-07-24T17:44:20Z")
I think for me it was two very important points: 1.The limp dick finale, talk about anticlimactic! The episode Sundown had me thinking they would still pull out and deliver. It was chilling and apocalyptic, all extraneo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=878&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=880&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)