# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1014&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1015 --- ## [1-800-Gambler question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-800-gambler-question/971834)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-800-gambler-question/971834 "2022-09-20T01:38:11Z")
Hi SD, So I often hear commercials for 1-800-Gambler, where you can call to get help for a gambling addiction. The language used to be, “If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-Gambler.” Now, the… --- ## [Car battery care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-care/971760)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-care/971760 "2022-09-19T22:53:57Z")
I’ve recently been given a company car to use. So my normal vehicle (Chevy PU) sets up a lot. The car battery goes dead within a week or two. I realize I could start it and let it run for a bit every day to prevent this… --- ## [Why So Much Violence In Mid Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-violence-in-mid-canada/494073)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-much-violence-in-mid-canada/494073 "2022-09-19T22:24:31Z")
From Canada.Com Full Story \[URL=“http://www2.canada.com/news/saskatoon+highest+crime+rates+canada/1358203/story.html?id=1358203”\] I would think Montreal or Toronto or some other big city would have a higher rate. Now … --- ## [HBO's "OZ". Did it get ever... well...get good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hbos-oz-did-it-get-ever-well-get-good/365138 "2022-09-19T22:16:21Z")
HBO has started replaying OZ from the begining and I’ve managed to catch a lot of it having missed it the first go 'round. I have to say… It kind of sucks. Ham fisted directing. Trite stories. LOST’s Michael’s to the cam… --- ## ["Sweet Sweet Connie" Hamzy, made infamous by Grand Funk Railroad, dies at 66](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-sweet-connie-hamzy-made-infamous-by-grand-funk-railroad-dies-at-66/949535 "2022-09-19T22:00:50Z")
I actually read about it in my local newspaper yesterday; it stopped just short of saying that she was a groupie. Here’s a link with a different story. And another story. --- ## [Why does the release date of the new Stephen King book “Fairy Tale” have to be @#$&\*$# Sept. 6?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-release-date-of-the-new-stephen-king-book-fairy-tale-have-to-be-sept-6/970999 "2022-09-19T21:55:59Z")
So today, Labor Day Monday, also is my birthday. On this lazy birthday day I thought I would treat myself by buying and downloading on my Kindle Stephen King’s new novel “Fairy Tale”, which seems to be getting good pre-r… --- ## [Seems the U.S. Census might not be that accurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seems-the-u-s-census-might-not-be-that-accurate/971780 "2022-09-19T21:54:05Z")
As reported here: Report: Some census takers who fudged data didn’t get fired | AP News It seems that the Census workers may have fudged the data a smidgen to meet goals and gain bonuses…but there is another side of th… --- ## [Did you ever run across a record store with a listening booth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-across-a-record-store-with-a-listening-booth/971727 "2022-09-19T20:46:35Z")
Back in the day (as you’ll recall), when you bought an LP, you were usually buying a pig in a poke. Often there was no way to hear the songs (aside from a hit single or two) before plunking down your money. So many visi… --- ## [Questions about voters from Puerto Rico and Washington D.C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-voters-from-puerto-rico-and-washington-d-c/971729)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-voters-from-puerto-rico-and-washington-d-c/971729 "2022-09-19T19:52:03Z")
I know that residents of Puerto Rico (and of other American insular territories whose inhabitants are US citizens) cannot vote for the POTUS or Congress, because they are a territory, not a state, as well as residents of… --- ## [Gasoline/diesel dispenser: how much pressure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-diesel-dispenser-how-much-pressure/971807)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-diesel-dispenser-how-much-pressure/971807 "2022-09-19T19:36:10Z")
Inspired by this video, which explains how a gasoline dispenser nozzle “knows” to shut off when your tank is full: When you turn the dispenser on (i.e. put your credit/debit card in, select a fuel grade), … --- ## [New dog - Suggest names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-suggest-names/969230 "2022-09-19T19:16:39Z")
Today I picked up a 4-5 mo old doberman puppy. Not chipped, no one responded to the ads. The woman who found him couldn’t keep him, so I got him. He needs a name. I’m thinking Merlin or Scout. Here’s a poor pic - you’ll… --- ## [Socially Responsible Sesame Street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-responsible-sesame-street/971775 "2022-09-19T18:01:55Z")
It’s been many decades since I took much interest in the goings-on of Sesame Street. I couldn’t begin to speculate how it has changed. But a comedy radio bit, possibly itself a decade old, had a comedian lamenting the … --- ## [Sherri Papini purported abduction (Update: She has been sentenced for faking her own kidnapping)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 231\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sherri-papini-purported-abduction-update-she-has-been-sentenced-for-faking-her-own-kidnapping/772976 "2022-09-19T17:48:04Z")
Since Sherri Papini has returned safely to her husband I’ve notice that many stories are slipping the adjective apparent in to qualify abduction, such as this one. Anyone think there’s more here than meets the eye, or … --- ## [No one has anything to say for an MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-one-has-anything-to-say-for-an-mmp/971428 "2022-09-19T17:35:36Z")
3:30am Pacific, and no one’s started an MMP? I hope everyone’s as OK as one gets on Monday. Take it away. :slight\_smile: --- ## [If you are living with a significant other, would you like to engage in an experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-living-with-a-significant-other-would-you-like-to-engage-in-an-experiment/971575)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-are-living-with-a-significant-other-would-you-like-to-engage-in-an-experiment/971575 "2022-09-19T16:47:16Z")
We were doing this at work and thought it was fun. Ask your person: “If I were to send you to the store for chips and dip, what would you bring me back?” No more information then that. Now, did they give the “right” ans… --- ## [Social Security: Widow entitled to choose husband's benefits after he passes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-widow-entitled-to-choose-husbands-benefits-after-he-passes/971821)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-widow-entitled-to-choose-husbands-benefits-after-he-passes/971821 "2022-09-19T16:11:51Z")
My Google-fu and SDMB-fu have failed me. But this may be a common question and answer. Let’s say a wife retires early (prior to full retirement age) and starts to collect SS benefits of $2200/month. Husband waits unti… --- ## [Whither “staunch”? Are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-staunch-are-you/971476)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-staunch-are-you/971476 "2022-09-19T14:50:27Z")
This word was used a lot twenty years ago. I had friends who described themselves as staunch conservatives or staunch advocates of political correctness or many other political or rights-based things. Did this word g… --- ## [Anyone remember episode of Malcom in t mid when asthma kid says who invented spoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280)
**Author:** [@andrewdt85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewdt85)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-episode-of-malcom-in-t-mid-when-asthma-kid-says-who-invented-spoon/311280 "2022-09-19T13:35:33Z")
First off, don’t try googling ‘malcolm’ or ‘malcolm in the middle’ w/ ‘spoony spoonikus’ or ‘spoony spoonicus,’ or ‘invented the spoon.’ The episode was like 99 season, this one, when Malcolm becomes dumb like Reese. At… --- ## [Could the Tacoma Narrows Bridge have been saved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge-have-been-saved/971492)
**Author:** [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-tacoma-narrows-bridge-have-been-saved/971492 "2022-09-19T11:15:06Z")
I suspect a lot of Dopers have seen footage of this, but for anyone who hasn’t: I grew up only a few miles from there, and a few decades later, so I’ve heard and read various things about it over the years.… --- ## [Copyright question: Does a band hold a copyright or one person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-does-a-band-hold-a-copyright-or-one-person/971608)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-question-does-a-band-hold-a-copyright-or-one-person/971608 "2022-09-19T08:56:05Z")
Let’s say Sting wants to sing “Every Breath You Take” after the band broke up. Or John Lennon wanted to sing “All You Need Is Love” after the band broke up. Do all members have rights to the music they made together or… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth's funeral music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeths-funeral-music/971715 "2022-09-19T08:17:54Z")
Let’s talk about it, starting with the procession of the casket from Buckingham to Westminster Palace. Likes, dislikes, most and least favorite? What are you hoping to hear, or not hear, on Monday? All the high Anglican… --- ## [Car stereos and "random" shuffling from MP3s on flash drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-stereos-and-random-shuffling-from-mp3s-on-flash-drives/711221)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-stereos-and-random-shuffling-from-mp3s-on-flash-drives/711221 "2022-09-19T04:53:47Z")
I don’t know if this is a universal problem, but I’m in a carpool and the problem happens in one form or another in all 3 cars – a Chevy, a Toyota and my own Mazda. The problem is that random shuffle … isn’t. In my car… --- ## [\*\*civilian counterparts\*\* of the joint chiefs of staff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-counterparts-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/971600)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-counterparts-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff/971600 "2022-09-19T03:58:02Z")
Hi everyone, part of the book (Decision-Making in American Foreign Policy (p. 162)) says: Ultimately, the United States sent approximately 1,750 Marines to Lebanon to take part in the Multi-National Force overseeing th… --- ## [Mezuzot on a Christian home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mezuzot-on-a-christian-home/189807)
**Author:** [@brianmelendez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianmelendez)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mezuzot-on-a-christian-home/189807 "2022-09-19T02:25:14Z")
I have asked this question of several close friends, both Jewish and Christian–including my best friend Miriam, who is Jewish and whose husband is a Talmudic scholar. I have gotten differing initial reactions, but Miriam… --- ## [Most scene stealing very minor movie role](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414)
**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-scene-stealing-very-minor-movie-role/971414 "2022-09-19T02:17:55Z")
Inspired by this thread, Most influential very minor movie role - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board, let’s do a scene stealing thread. Rules are, must be a speaking role, must be in only one scene. … --- ## [What is meant by the phrase 'well-oiled' as used by Washington Irving to describe Rip Van Winkle's 'disposition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-well-oiled-as-used-by-washington-irving-to-describe-rip-van-winkles-disposition/971723)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-the-phrase-well-oiled-as-used-by-washington-irving-to-describe-rip-van-winkles-disposition/971723 "2022-09-19T01:40:12Z")
What is meant by the phrase ‘well-oiled’ as used by Washington Irving to describe Rip Van Winkle? I’ve only ever come across two definitions: 1. talkative and 2. drunk for personal characteristics. The meaning here seems… --- ## [Does Google Maps assume I'm speeding when giving me estimated time of arrival?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-google-maps-assume-im-speeding-when-giving-me-estimated-time-of-arrival/971440)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-google-maps-assume-im-speeding-when-giving-me-estimated-time-of-arrival/971440 "2022-09-19T01:36:43Z")
There’ve been times when Google Maps gave me an estimated time of arrival (“8:06 PM”) and I would do the math and realize that that was impossible unless I were driving significantly above the speed limit. Even when I we… --- ## [Lying in state - are the people put back in the fridge at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-in-state-are-the-people-put-back-in-the-fridge-at-night/971670)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-in-state-are-the-people-put-back-in-the-fridge-at-night/971670 "2022-09-19T01:31:16Z")
I know people are embalmed. However, what other preservation is used when they’re put on display for extended periods? Is the display box cooled? Are the bodies put back in the morgue fridge at night? It wouldn’t be a… --- ## [My official "I'm retired now" thread. A medical Retrospective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-official-im-retired-now-thread-a-medical-retrospective/967477 "2022-09-19T01:10:54Z")
I dropped the news of my finally getting out of prison (via my retirement after working as a physician there since 2002) in a few other threads, but I promised I’d not hijack those threads in case anyone wanted to ask me… --- ## [Advice on BBQing an 8 lb ribeye roast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-bbqing-an-8-lb-ribeye-roast/971724 "2022-09-19T01:10:30Z")
So the store had a fantastic deal on ribeye roasts- 2/3 off. I figure I will BBQ / slow smoke it tomorrow, but I’ve never done a beef roast before. Plenty of briskets and pork shoulders, but those of course you slow bbq … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1013&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1015&state=tracking)