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- The end of postal letters - Straight Dope
Denmark will abolish its pick-up and delivery of letters at the end of 2025, citing a 90% decline in volume since 2000 They will only handle parcels from now on They’ve already removed most public mailboxes Several other countries will change their postal services in the next few years, as they’ve become financial burdens I’m ambivalent on this On the one hand, letters are a
- Individuals donating *food* to food banks, not money -- is this . . .
My 6000-employee organization is holding a food drive, encouraging employees to drop off cans of food in bins which will be delivered to three different food banks We actually do a lot of social services and have quite a lot of experienced social workers and case workers on staff, so this decision challenges my long-held assumption that food banks don’t actually want your food, they want
- How to specify bifocal glasses? - Straight Dope
In my family (parents and 5 siblings) I’m the only one that never needed glasses But for some time (I’m 79) I do use over the counter reading glasses for close work I use +1 75 for using the computer and I just went up to +4 0 for reading However when doing research I go back and forth from the screen to reference books and have to switch glasses which gets real tedious I was thinking
- 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
- 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
- Historical myths DEBUNKED! - Page 19 - Straight Dope
The author Josephine Tey came up with a name for these historical myths She called it Tonypandy
- Why are so many videos online backwards? - Straight Dope
YouTube, etc… There are a lot of videos online that are mirror image AKA backwards Looks like the steering wheel on a car is on the right side, and so on Why?
- Has anyone used Cost Plus Drugs? - Straight Dope
Has anyone used Cost Plus Drugs for any of their medications? I’ve been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism and prescribed a drug that is outrageously expensive I tried to use a GoodRx coupon but Kroger said the price was actually more than twice what it quoted so I imagine all the other discount coupons online will be the same Cost Plus shows a decent price but I’m hesitant about dealing
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