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- I want to buy a leather jacket at a brick and mortar store
Recently, my 40-year old leather jacket fell apart from old age I bought it at a Wilson’s Leather store in a local mall Wilson’s are still in business, but as far as I can determine, only online I’ve had bad luck buying clothes online I’m short, with broad shoulders If a jacket fits me in the shoulders, it’s usually too long Sizing charts are often inaccurate So I’d like to
- How can I use online sportsbooks bonus bets to my advantage?
So now that Missouri has legalized sports betting, the sportsbook apps are offering me bonus bets to sign up (the first hit is free, after all) They’re expecting me to play this dumb - like, bet it all on some wild prop or something I won’t be doing that I’ll be betting my money and the house’s money on opposite sides of the same game, so regardless of what happens, I win Should I
- Who Married You? (that’s not what I mean-- check out the poll)
poll I got to thinking about this after I quoted a line in the “commercials” thread Just wondering how common this is becoming Feel free to post the year you were married, and whether it was by a man or a woman-- but this is not required You can answer up to six times, to account for more than one wedding I couldn’t figure out how to get the poll to let you give the same answer twice
- Why are my golf clubs in Mosquero, NM? - Straight Dope
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 minutes from me Instead, they went from Scottsdale to Tucson, then to Chandler - another Phoenix burb, and finally to Phoenix At last, I figured they would be on their way to
- Preventing home title fraud - Straight Dope
This latest scam is to used forged documents to file a title to your home and then use it to sell your house out from under you or take out a loan using it as collateral It’s insidious because you don’t know it happened until it’s too late I found out my county clerk (I’m in NY) has a service to prevent this You give them your name and email If anyone files a document in your name
- Historical myths DEBUNKED! - Page 19 - Straight Dope
The author Josephine Tey came up with a name for these historical myths She called it Tonypandy
- Ancients Predicting Solar Eclipses - Straight Dope
That’s equivalent of saying that you can’t make a stopwatch without knowing the speed of sound Just because a suitably knowledgeable person can use a stopwatch to calculate the distance to a lightning strike
- The Inexplicably Unobtainable Hillbilly Crash Helmet
I’ve searched online and all I can find is a used, numbered reissue from 2012 on eBay for $400! Rat Fink and Big Daddy Roth branded hats and other items are innumerable and easily purchased online at a reasonable price But not the lowly felt Hillbilly Crash Helmet
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