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Top stories for Long   Why do the officers at the border, when you enter the U.S., ask you to sit with your back towards your car while they inspect it? It's almost like they want to get away with something. Matt Osborne, former Nuclear-trained Surface Warfare Officer at United States Navy (2011-2018) • Answered December 18, 2018 While in the Navy, I was trained on vehicle searches, but I never performed one outside training. We were also taught to have the occupants face away from the vehicle while... Read more » 101.8K 860 95   In Canada, if you are walking through the woods and are carrying a firearm for self-protection, and have the licence to own a firearm, will you be charged of a crime? Mike Webster, IT Adminstrator/Software Developer/db Admin (1991-present) • Answered December 11, 2021 If you were stupid enough to tell the officer who stopped you that you were carrying it for self-defense, you absolutely could be charged. It is ILLEGAL to carry ANYTHING i... Read more » 237.5K 2.3K 367   What is the most unsatisfying way you saw a smirk get wiped off someone's face? Art Cronk, Analyst (1991-present) • Answered February 7 I was shooting pool in a bar and holding the table. Some white supremacist guy got it in his head that I was Jewish (I'm not), and decided to try to rattle me by making ant... Read more » 283.5K 5.7K 218   Do secret agents really leave their guns in obvious places, or is that just Hollywood secret agents? Roland Bartetzko, former German Army Paratrooper, Croatian Defense Council, Kosovo Liberation Army • Answered January 5 I once met a Russian Intelligence operative (at a party) and thought that he was carrying a pistol in a shoulder holster under his jacket. A bit later, I had the opportunit... Read more » 753.7K 11.2K 165   Why does homemade fried rice never taste the same as fried rice from a Chinese restaurant? Am I missing some secret ingredient or method? Daiwei Xue, Substitute Teacher • Updated October 13, 2021 There is no secret ingredient, there is a secret method. Learned this from my mum, who makes the best homemade fried rice, it taste identical to the fried rice from a Chines... Read more » 617K 8K 115   There were destroyers whose captains disobeyed orders on D-Day and moved close to the beach to destroy pillboxes that were pinning down our GIs. Does anyone know the story details? Hansel Bumgarner, Firearms Trainer, Capt USMCR '80-'94 USMC Aviator • Answered September 28, 2020 My uncle was a Gunner's Mate on Destroyers and was there on D-Day. He said they got so close to shore they ran aground. When the Captain was told they were hard around and ... Read more » 596.9K 3.9K 155   A plumber is coming to your house to fix your toilet. Do you clean the toilet inside and out before they arrive, or do you just leave it as is? Does the thought even occur to you to clean it or is it no concern? (I'm a plumber) Robert Durtschi, Working as Plumber for a Time at Independent Master Plumber (2009-present) • Answered May 19 It reminds me of a plumber joke. When the plumber came to work on a sink the said sink was full of dirty dishes The plumber proceeded to wash them all. When his assistant a... Read more » 496.5K 4K 146   Why did Moses write in the third person in the first five books of the Old Testament? Why is he considered the writer of the Book of job without actual proof? David Emiley, Master of Arts Religious Studies, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2018) • Updated April 10 The mythical Moses did not write the Book of Job, and not just because he is a myth. No Israelite wrote it. They just copied it. The Book of Job was copied by an Israelite s... Read more » 93.2K 486 331   As a doctor/nurse, what's the hardest illness you have witnessed a patient have? Nico Lugo, Pharmacy Assitant (2019-present) • Answered October 14, 2021 Pharmacy here. Lung cancer. He stopped treatment because it wasn't working, and decided to live out the last of his life without feeling sick all the time. He did everythin... Read more » 247.7K 3.5K 28   What is the most dashing and well-tailored military uniform of all time? Joe Burton, worked at United States Navy (1972-2004) • Updated September 28, 2021 I'm a retired sailor. One evening my wife and I was in a restaurant. I noticed her head snapped around along with every other woman in the place. I looked up and as a blue ... Read more » 330K 1.6K 73   My partner had his passport confiscated by the French police, and now he resides in the area. How can he get it back? He is also not a French citizen. Thierry Etienne Joseph Rotty, Senior Controller at NATO • Answered May 8 France only confiscates passports in three cases: You have committed a crime in France and are incarcerated in France. You are suspected of having committed a crime in France... Read more » 150.6K 1.2K 36   Of so many U.S. presidents, why does Trump seem to be disliked the most? Peter, BA in political science. Avid follower of US politics. • Answered March 20 When Trump was elected, our older son was at college. He texted me: "Oh, shit". His little brother (who doesn't curse) was in high school and added "at least he's incompete... Read more » 251.5K 4.9K Read more in your feed

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