# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=674 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 675 --- ## [Rance Howard dies at 89](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rance-howard-dies-at-89/802718)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rance-howard-dies-at-89/802718 "2017-11-26T15:27:43Z")
He had a long career as a character actor on the and in movies. 280 acting credits on the imdb. His biggest role was father to director Ron Howard and grandfather to actress Bryce Howard. Rance was one of those charact… --- ## [Different Walking Dead Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-walking-dead-thread/802694)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-walking-dead-thread/802694 "2017-11-26T14:12:50Z")
Got Netflix about 6 months ago. And had heard about the Walking Dead series. The first one or two where great. I’m on season three now I think. It really seems (or seemed) to have great character development. Good s… --- ## [Stuffing waffles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-waffles/802695 "2017-11-26T13:55:44Z")
So I have a new waffle iron. For $16, I couldn’t resist. I made my first waffles a couple of weeks ago. (Of course I’ve had waffles. But aside from an automatic waffle maker at a hotel about four years ago, I’ve neve… --- ## [What made you give up on a book series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-give-up-on-a-book-series/799087)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-made-you-give-up-on-a-book-series/799087 "2017-11-26T13:08:39Z")
I’m just about to give up on Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant / Rivers of London series. There are a number of reasons: the quality of his writing has gone down, he seems more interested in graphic novels - the latest of wh… --- ## [Wines That Go Well with Turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wines-that-go-well-with-turkey/802003)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wines-that-go-well-with-turkey/802003 "2017-11-26T07:21:36Z")
I’m generally a beer man and don’t know squat about wine. We’re having Thanksgiving dinner with some neighbors and bringing the wine. Any recommendations? --- ## [Alternative to Sam's Club's Members' Mark Nacho Cheese sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-sams-clubs-members-mark-nacho-cheese-sauce/802724)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-sams-clubs-members-mark-nacho-cheese-sauce/802724 "2017-11-26T03:03:40Z")
I don’t know why, but I love the flavor of this cheese dip better than any others I’ve tried. The only problem is that it comes in a rather large can that I can never seem to finish before it goes bad. Does anyone know o… --- ## [Cast-iron waffle maker, electric stove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-waffle-maker-electric-stove/802722)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-iron-waffle-maker-electric-stove/802722 "2017-11-26T02:17:22Z")
I have an old cast-iron waffle maker like this one. (I don’t know if mine is a Griswold, or a Wagner, or something else.) How do I use it on an electric stove? --- ## [The Most Interesting Man On Star Trek??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-interesting-man-on-star-trek/637136 "2017-11-26T00:44:58Z")
There’s a photo going around on Facebook (and elsewhere) which claims that “The World’s Most Interesting Man” once played a Red Shirt on \*Star Trek \*- and didn’t die! However, the photo looks nothing like him, even accou… --- ## [Wine with "notes of asphalt"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-with-notes-of-asphalt/799918)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-with-notes-of-asphalt/799918 "2017-11-26T00:13:34Z")
As someone who enjoys wine but is no means a connoisseur, I find the descriptions on bottles and placards interesting. Recently, I found a bottle whose label claimed it had “notes of asphalt.” What kind of note IS asphal… --- ## [Creepy family dynamics in film and TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-family-dynamics-in-film-and-tv/802272)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-family-dynamics-in-film-and-tv/802272 "2017-11-25T22:43:46Z")
Perhaps we can avoid obvious candidates such as Cruel Intentions and The Royal Tennenbaums wherein creepy familial relationships are plot points? Forbidden Planet, 1956 Years ago an exploratory expedition from Earth to… --- ## [Shameless (US/HBO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-us-hbo/802623)
**Author:** [@busterpickle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/busterpickle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-us-hbo/802623 "2017-11-25T22:17:56Z")
Surprised, no thread for the season? Any ways, I looked on another site where it’s just 500 or so posts of gibberish about 8x03, a topic comes up about Kev’s… \[SPOILER\] DNA test where they say he is from an inbred town… --- ## [A different people, same name question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-people-same-name-question/779896)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-people-same-name-question/779896 "2017-11-25T22:13:10Z")
I’d love to see a serious, well-done movie about the opening of Japan. Not a comedy or parody, but (just because it would be funny) starring Matthew Perry as Matthew Perry. How about some other actors with a historical n… --- ## [Does anyone else think Hobbes is supposed to represent how kids see their stuffed animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-hobbes-is-supposed-to-represent-how-kids-see-their-stuffed-animals/802682)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-think-hobbes-is-supposed-to-represent-how-kids-see-their-stuffed-animals/802682 "2017-11-25T21:26:48Z")
In the Anniversary book Watterson subtley says that the reason he never licensed the strip is because he thinks pretending stuffed animals are alive is a common thing and the strip is supposed to hit close to home. I thi… --- ## [ID obscure 1960s-70s youth Greek Mythology book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-obscure-1960s-70s-youth-greek-mythology-book/778607)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-obscure-1960s-70s-youth-greek-mythology-book/778607 "2017-11-25T20:26:14Z")
I figure this is quite the longshot, but I’m wondering if anyone can help identify a specific Greek mythology book I had when young. I assume it was published in the late 60s-early 70s. The cover was quite distinctive.… --- ## [Nissan: screw the force, Luke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nissan-screw-the-force-luke/802612)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nissan-screw-the-force-luke/802612 "2017-11-25T19:24:48Z")
So, Nissan is apparently the official car company of the Rebellion/Republic or something. Fine, Lucas can make his money any way he wants/can. However, in this commercial, the young driver/padowan is basically told by D… --- ## [Another "Help Me Find A Song" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-find-a-song-thread/793343)
**Author:** [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-find-a-song-thread/793343 "2017-11-25T18:09:16Z")
My Google skills are failing me. The other day I was on hold with an insurance company and the hold music was this really catchy, upbeat country-ish song and the singer sounded like Darius Rucker. I wasn’t on hold long… --- ## [The Nine Billion Names of God: Anyone done the math?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-anyone-done-the-math/802322)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nine-billion-names-of-god-anyone-done-the-math/802322 "2017-11-25T17:49:02Z")
Every science fiction fan knows of “The Nine Billion Names of God”, a short story by Arthur C. Clarke. The premise is that there’s a Tibetan monastery that has decided that the purpose of man is to enumerate all of the … --- ## [Thanksgiving help needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-help-needed/801857)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-help-needed/801857 "2017-11-25T14:16:58Z")
I live with and care for my elderly, dementia-addled mother. My sister comes by now and again, helps out, brings us meat from the commissary. This week, she brought what is to be our Thanksgiving dinner: a 3lb Butterba… --- ## [Would History Channel be more popular/make more money by focusing on historical fiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-history-channel-be-more-popular-make-more-money-by-focusing-on-historical-fiction/802512)
**Author:** [@Arrogantly\_Ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogantly_Ignorant)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-history-channel-be-more-popular-make-more-money-by-focusing-on-historical-fiction/802512 "2017-11-25T12:41:52Z")
As someone who loves history, I’ve always found most History Channel content disappointing. In the 90s, they focused on documentaries which I would have normally loved except almost all of them seemed to revolve around W… --- ## [Pies pies pies...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pies-pies-pies/802597)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pies-pies-pies/802597 "2017-11-25T09:02:33Z")
I like fruit pie. But I’ve been reading all these thread by people who hate gooey fruit pie. So I thought I would post my recipes for apple pie and apple-cranberry pie. Both pies are put into a pie crust and baked at 45… --- ## [Songs about WD-40](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wd-40/802210 "2017-11-25T05:06:00Z")
There’s a country songabout a hard-working blue-collar worker that proudly says: “There ain’t nothing that he can’t fix With some WD-40 and a Craftsman wrench.” Now, I doubt if anybody else in human history has ever w… --- ## [Left pizza on counter overnight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-pizza-on-counter-overnight/802410)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/left-pizza-on-counter-overnight/802410 "2017-11-25T01:45:51Z")
In what I hope was not a sign of declining mental faculties, I covered up my leftover pizza with foil, then promptly did not put it in the refrigerator. I’m still going to bring a couple of slices with me for lunch, but … --- ## [Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Season 3 (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season-3-open-spoilers/802188)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season-3-open-spoilers/802188 "2017-11-25T00:52:11Z")
I kept waiting to see a thread pop up about the show, but finally searched, and discovered it’s hardly been talked about at all (here’s a link to the minimal first season discussion). If I missed a thread, please lemme k… --- ## [Top Gear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear/802628)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-gear/802628 "2017-11-24T22:49:38Z")
Does anyone know when/if the new seasons of Top Gear or Top Gear: America will start? --- ## [Curry Chicken Question: Imparting Sweetness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-chicken-question-imparting-sweetness/801928)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curry-chicken-question-imparting-sweetness/801928 "2017-11-24T19:44:45Z")
I made a straightforward curry chicken recipe tonight: so many tsp of off-the-shelf curry powder to so many cups of cream. It’s good, but it’s not nearly as good as the chicken curry I used to get at my favorite Indian r… --- ## [What is the best Thanksgiving side dish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thanksgiving-side-dish/802318)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-thanksgiving-side-dish/802318 "2017-11-24T19:23:01Z")
Was going to make a poll but didn’t want to leave any options out. What’s the best? Only pick one. --- ## [Ken Burns new "The Vietnam War" documentary on PBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burns-new-the-vietnam-war-documentary-on-pbs/796616)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-burns-new-the-vietnam-war-documentary-on-pbs/796616 "2017-11-24T17:49:09Z")
Anyone watching this? I thought the first episode was a little disjointed, jumping around in timeframes, but still a good setup for what is to come, I suspect. Better set your DVR, because it’s not once per week-- it’… --- ## [What was this 70s/80s horror movie I ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-horror-movie-i/798930)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-70s-80s-horror-movie-i/798930 "2017-11-24T05:47:49Z")
Saw it on TV in the late 90s and can only remember one scene. There are several middle aged or older people, both men and women, in a room. When they open a door to the outside all they see is super dense fog and light.… --- ## [Kitchen appliance recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-appliance-recommendations/600651)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-appliance-recommendations/600651 "2017-11-24T02:36:17Z")
We’re remodeling our kitchen, and part of the renovation will involve replacing all of our existing appliances. I love to cook and am looking forward to having high-performance appliances that will last for a while, see… --- ## [Malcolm Young RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-young-rip/801981)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2017, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-young-rip/801981 "2017-11-24T02:22:03Z")
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