# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=480 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 481 --- ## [R.I.P. Carl "the Cuban" Ruiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-carl-the-cuban-ruiz/840692)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-carl-the-cuban-ruiz/840692 "2019-09-23T20:56:14Z")
Chef Carl Ruiz has died at the age off 44. No cause of death has been announced. He was always entertaining on the Food Network shows he appeared on. --- ## [Goodbye Captain Spaulding (RIP Sid Haig)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-captain-spaulding-rip-sid-haig/840706)
**Author:** [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-captain-spaulding-rip-sid-haig/840706 "2019-09-23T19:43:57Z")
Sid Haig, who played the clown Captain Spaulding in the movies House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects has died. His family has been quiet about the details, but his health has been poor for a while. I consider t… --- ## [Pushing back against the "craft/artisan distillery" concept](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-back-against-the-craft-artisan-distillery-concept/780697)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pushing-back-against-the-craft-artisan-distillery-concept/780697 "2019-09-23T18:42:53Z")
It had to happen eventually. “Craft beer” appeared in sea of Miller and Bud. It was salvation from terrible pilsners that all tasted alike and were as weak as water. So now, “craft distilleries” are appearing in a sea o… --- ## [Best Rock Flute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-flute/840654)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-rock-flute/840654 "2019-09-23T18:14:46Z")
Plenty of examples from Jethro Tull and Freedom Rider by Traffic has a great flute part. What are the best ones? --- ## [Do You Ever Pause a Movie.. to Imagine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-pause-a-movie-to-imagine/840623)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-pause-a-movie-to-imagine/840623 "2019-09-23T00:09:37Z")
It’s rare, but I love to do it… Create my own scenes, perhaps future scenes (and then seeing how it actually plays out)… Usually inserting myself and editing it to expand the imagination. Sometimes I’ll wonder about a re… --- ## [Corner Gas Garage Sale: I bought Brent Butt's "Shirt Power" shirt! plus his bar tab](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-gas-garage-sale-i-bought-brent-butts-shirt-power-shirt-plus-his-bar-tab/466459)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corner-gas-garage-sale-i-bought-brent-butts-shirt-power-shirt-plus-his-bar-tab/466459 "2019-09-22T22:29:17Z")
Sadly, Corner Gas is winding down. They’ve announced that this is their last season, they had a farewell tour of the sets, and so on. And, in true Saskatchewan fashion, what do you do when you’re moving on and have a l… --- ## [Drinking laws in England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-laws-in-england/840660)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-laws-in-england/840660 "2019-09-22T20:41:34Z")
I’m currently enjoying the British show Inbetweeners. In it, the teenagers seem to engage in quite a bit of sanctioned drinking, including at school events where they could each have 2 beers. What are the laws for youn… --- ## [Any difference breading food using milk vs. eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-breading-food-using-milk-vs-eggs/840645)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-difference-breading-food-using-milk-vs-eggs/840645 "2019-09-22T20:39:02Z")
Made pork chops last night. Flour, then an egg with some milk beaten into it, then bread crumbs. I started to wonder how much difference, if any, it makes to use just milk, or just beaten egg, or a mix of the two, in the… --- ## [Inside Bill's Brain - Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-bills-brain-netflix/840618)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-bills-brain-netflix/840618 "2019-09-22T14:59:54Z")
A three-part miniseries about Bill Gates. Whatever you may think about his products or his ego, what he and Melinda are doing with their wealth is admirable by any metric: eradicating polio and trying to reduce child dea… --- ## [Green Hornet radio show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-radio-show/840597)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-hornet-radio-show/840597 "2019-09-22T13:12:39Z")
While searching for Green Hornet forums online (pickings are sparse), I came across a nearly 10-year-old thread here about the tv show. But has anyone here ever listed to the radio show? I did a few years ago (after do… --- ## [Alternative to making music CDs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-making-music-cds/840570)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-making-music-cds/840570 "2019-09-22T12:43:43Z")
Being a composer, I made a music CD a while ago (with my photo and name on the CD jacket), for use in networking in music circles. It was useful as a fancy business card, basically, if in talks with someone who had conne… --- ## [Looking for tv anthology episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tv-anthology-episode/840582)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-tv-anthology-episode/840582 "2019-09-22T05:58:51Z")
I think it was on some anthology series, at least. A man finds out that he is going to die of some horrible disease, and goes to this organization that promises that they will not only arrange for him to die without suf… --- ## [Inconceivable!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454)
**Author:** [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable/840454 "2019-09-22T03:15:29Z")
I don’t think this is a very good idea. --- ## [these pictures didnt deserve their wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-pictures-didnt-deserve-their-wins/840637)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-pictures-didnt-deserve-their-wins/840637 "2019-09-22T03:03:52Z")
this was on the MSN page today MSN and i wondered if anyone agreed with the choices. a few i did but i didn’t agree with who they say “shouda won” there’s also the line “all the right movies won in the 70s” whats the … --- ## [Help me remember/find an old "similar actresses" post.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-find-an-old-similar-actresses-post/840626)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-find-an-old-similar-actresses-post/840626 "2019-09-22T01:41:35Z")
It’s not in this thread that was started in 2005 and was recently resurrected and has been floating around in CS for a while. Actors/actresses you think are the same person - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board … --- ## [Identify this SF story or stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-sf-story-or-stories/840528)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-sf-story-or-stories/840528 "2019-09-22T01:10:58Z")
I have some vague jumbled memories about a story. These memories seem connected to me, but I’m not sure if they’re all from the same story or perhaps I just read several stories in one anthology and they now seem connect… --- ## [Beer Brats... or Why do these things taste better cooked plain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-brats-or-why-do-these-things-taste-better-cooked-plain/840407)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-brats-or-why-do-these-things-taste-better-cooked-plain/840407 "2019-09-22T00:06:37Z")
The other day I bought a pack of Beer Brats. I didn’t have access to a grill (and I didn’t know the recipes) so I just slow browned them in a skillet and served them in hot-dog buns. They were Great! So… I read up on… --- ## [Super-Talented Not Appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-talented-not-appreciated/839998)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-talented-not-appreciated/839998 "2019-09-21T15:29:25Z")
Movies, music, comedy, etc… Someone who could have been on top, but for whatever reason, people stopped paying attention to them, even though they are just as talented, and/or still releasing material that is just as goo… --- ## [Ric Ocasek - The Cars, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ric-ocasek-the-cars-rip/840297 "2019-09-21T09:15:02Z")
Dammit. --- ## [Public Service Information ads - esp from the 70 and 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-service-information-ads-esp-from-the-70-and-80s/839610)
**Author:** [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-service-information-ads-esp-from-the-70-and-80s/839610 "2019-09-20T23:28:49Z")
The UK had a lot of fantastic examples of these. For example, Donald Pleasance voicing “I am the spirit of still and silent water.” I lived in an area with a lot of abandoned quarries that made for great diving places … --- ## [WOOT! Zombieland 2 is on the way! Double tap!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-zombieland-2-is-on-the-way-double-tap/840542)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woot-zombieland-2-is-on-the-way-double-tap/840542 "2019-09-20T23:24:32Z")
I loved the first one despite what happened to Bill Murray, so IMO this is good news, everyone: Zombieland 2: Double Tap will be here in a month! --- ## [I have seen the future of food...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-of-food/840591)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-seen-the-future-of-food/840591 "2019-09-20T22:29:50Z")
…and it ain’t pretty. (Link not for the squeamish.) I found that dish of cat food, abandoned and partially covered by leaves. Google Lens easily provided a reasonable species name–I’ve been seeing plenty of these Black … --- ## [Here's a tough one - ID this TV episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-tough-one-id-this-tv-episode/840540)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-tough-one-id-this-tv-episode/840540 "2019-09-20T21:47:06Z")
I’ve been thinking ab out this one for twenty years, and I haven’t been able to stumble across it. But the Power of the Dope has solved these before. The show was probably a cop or private eye show from the 70s. Hawaii … --- ## [My favorite House Hunter host died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-house-hunter-host-died/840584)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-house-hunter-host-died/840584 "2019-09-20T21:41:02Z")
Suzanne Whang was 56. She wasn’t even an '80s icon or nothing and yet, here we are. Says she hosted only until 2007 but I can’t even think who the current host is. Which only goes to show how heavily the re-runs of this … --- ## [Recurring Earworms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-earworms/840587)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-earworms/840587 "2019-09-20T21:35:05Z")
I almost always have some music playing in my head. But I’ve noticed over the years that there are some songs that pop in over and over again. And most of the songs aren’t even ones that I particularly love. For a coup… --- ## [Late bloomers in popular music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-bloomers-in-popular-music/840365)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-bloomers-in-popular-music/840365 "2019-09-20T20:54:17Z")
The biggest surprise for me in the passing of The Cars’ Ric Ocasek was his age. 75? Doing the math means he was 34 when their debut album was released. That means he was 40 when I saw them on the Heartbeat City tour. 34 … --- ## [Stereotype of the Jolly/Funny Fat Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotype-of-the-jolly-funny-fat-guy/840116)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotype-of-the-jolly-funny-fat-guy/840116 "2019-09-20T20:33:29Z")
Question is how this got started. AFAICT, fat people aren’t more (or less) funny than thin people, on average. But most stereotypes have some basis and don’t arise out of thin air. A lot of clown costumes deliberately c… --- ## [New podcast "Passenger List"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-podcast-passenger-list/840565)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-podcast-passenger-list/840565 "2019-09-20T19:47:08Z")
This is a serial radio-style dramatic play about a plane that goes missing between Heathrow and JFK. Kaitlin, a woman whose twin brother was on board, does not accept the official explanation of the plane having been dow… --- ## [Best song ever: The Yip Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever-the-yip-song/840398)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-song-ever-the-yip-song/840398 "2019-09-20T19:44:58Z")
Yes? No? Why not? (Just an excuse to start a Robyn Hitchcock admiration thread.) --- ## [Help me find bass parts I can figure out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-bass-parts-i-can-figure-out/839716)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-bass-parts-i-can-figure-out/839716 "2019-09-20T17:25:56Z")
Not the fish, the instrument. OK, so in another thread discussing the bass line of Miss American Pie, someone mentioned that he knew Bruce Thomas, a famous and fantastic bass player, probably my favorite. So, I was lis… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=479) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=481)