# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1016&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1017 --- ## [Drunk Driving: When a drunk person sits in the driver's seat? Or, key in the ignition? Or, car turned on? Or, car put in gear to move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-driving-when-a-drunk-person-sits-in-the-drivers-seat-or-key-in-the-ignition-or-car-turned-on-or-car-put-in-gear-to-move/958183)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drunk-driving-when-a-drunk-person-sits-in-the-drivers-seat-or-key-in-the-ignition-or-car-turned-on-or-car-put-in-gear-to-move/958183 "2022-09-17T17:20:58Z")
To be clearer, I am wondering when police can arrest you for a DUI? I read recently of some guy, who was drunk, getting in his car and not going anywhere (he intended to sleep it off in his car) and the police arrested … --- ## [What does the "Book" say about strangers? Migrants? Others?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-book-say-about-strangers-migrants-others/971713)
**Author:** [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-book-say-about-strangers-migrants-others/971713 "2022-09-17T17:09:21Z")
In this forum, the Bible is used to explain, to justify, to rationalize views about strangers. And this forum is a place of many books. I want this thread to be only citations from books (or from reputable sources), th… --- ## [EVGA will no longer do business with NVidia...seems to be out of the GPU market completely](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evga-will-no-longer-do-business-with-nvidia-seems-to-be-out-of-the-gpu-market-completely/971696)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evga-will-no-longer-do-business-with-nvidia-seems-to-be-out-of-the-gpu-market-completely/971696 "2022-09-17T16:28:53Z")
Title kinda says it all. This is being widely reported. Here are a couple articles. You can Google for plenty more. EVGA says they will continue to support already sold cards but are otherwise done. Not sure how a co… --- ## [Website Design for Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/website-design-for-business/969462 "2022-08-11T11:06:19Z")
Once in a while I read books by entrepreneurs who launched successful web based businesses. They often say something along the lines of “I came up with a good idea but knew little about computers and paid (some person f… --- ## [Meaning of slang term "much in" in England?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-slang-term-much-in-in-england/966295)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-slang-term-much-in-in-england/966295 "2022-09-17T14:17:46Z")
Currently watching the Endeavour series, set in 1960s England. In a recent episode, one character asked the other, “much in?” This appears to be an English colloquialism, and a Google search hasn’t turned up a clear an… --- ## [Why is food and energy not included in the CPI-U inflation measure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-food-and-energy-not-included-in-the-cpi-u-inflation-measure/971576)
**Author:** [@hat\_trick\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hat_trick_1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-food-and-energy-not-included-in-the-cpi-u-inflation-measure/971576 "2022-09-17T11:47:34Z")
Looking at the link below, the page says the Current Price Index-Urban is “All items less food and energy in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted.” https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CUUR0000SA0L… --- ## [Inablility to comment on Imgur](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inablility-to-comment-on-imgur/971603)
**Author:** [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inablility-to-comment-on-imgur/971603 "2022-09-17T11:46:06Z")
I had posted a series of photos on imgur because the jack on my boat trailer was stuck and I posted a question on r\\boating on reddit with a link to imgur. I had wanted to respond to a comment on imgur because I had actu… --- ## [Hammertoe Surgery Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammertoe-surgery-experiences/971590)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammertoe-surgery-experiences/971590 "2022-09-17T06:51:07Z")
As the title indicates I’m interested in hearing from those who’ve had hammertoe surgery recently. I’m 76 and considering having my toes fixed at last. I investigated many years ago and was told about wires sticking out… --- ## [Trump Embraces QAnon Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-embraces-qanon-again/971680)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-embraces-qanon-again/971680 "2022-09-17T05:58:38Z")
Does Trump’s recent/continued endorsement of QAnon help or hurt his reelection chances? It seems perfectly normal if you’re an Ultra MAGA, but if you are conservative-leaning independent, does it hurt Trump, help Trump, … --- ## [Trolls RU Again, The sequel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-ru-again-the-sequel/971334 "2022-09-17T04:17:17Z")
Following in the footsteps of this wise poster I am splitting off a new thread for troll watching. This is where to discuss trolling. --- ## [Is there a name for this style of tablet case/stand, and why is it so rare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-tablet-case-stand-and-why-is-it-so-rare/971697)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-style-of-tablet-case-stand-and-why-is-it-so-rare/971697 "2022-09-17T01:30:06Z")
I have a Samsung galaxy tab S6 with their keyboard book cover case. It looks like this. Ignore the keyboard part, that detaches and it’s not what I’m talking about. The case on the back of the tablet has a hinge with a l… --- ## [Fred Franzia, creator of 'Two Buck Chuck' and champion of affordable wine, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-franzia-creator-of-two-buck-chuck-and-champion-of-affordable-wine-has-died/971638)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fred-franzia-creator-of-two-buck-chuck-and-champion-of-affordable-wine-has-died/971638 "2022-09-16T21:18:01Z")
Let us raise a glass to the man who championed affordable wine for the masses. --- ## [Watching a football game on Amazon Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-a-football-game-on-amazon-prime/971640 "2022-09-16T19:31:21Z")
Unless there’s a way to get out of it, the picture consists of a big banner on top, big banner on the bottom, and what’s left is a split screen- the game on the right half, and a gaggle of nondescript bros in easy chairs… --- ## [Tell me about Eurail and/or European trains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-eurail-and-or-european-trains/971032)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-eurail-and-or-european-trains/971032 "2022-09-16T19:10:31Z")
I’m considering a trip to Europe next summer for myself, my wife, my SIL, and my niece. I was thinking about a few days in London, then Paris, and then Rome. We’d fly from the US to London and then fly back from Rome. I … --- ## [Anyone remember this 40+ year-old TV commercial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-40-year-old-tv-commercial/692595)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-this-40-year-old-tv-commercial/692595 "2022-02-08T21:33:00Z")
In another news group, four of us are trying to recall a 40+ year-old TV commercial. Can anyone tell me/us what this was a commercial for? We all agree on the following: It shows a man in his twenties hitchhiking on t… --- ## [Everyone has a twin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-twin/47988)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-has-a-twin/47988 "2022-09-16T18:50:23Z")
We’ve all heard that saying and I know most of us have probably seen someone who either looked exactly like us or someone we know, what I’m wondering is has anyone done a DNA test to compare people who look nearly identi… --- ## [Advice for a newly diagnosed possible breast cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-a-newly-diagnosed-possible-breast-cancer/966142)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-a-newly-diagnosed-possible-breast-cancer/966142 "2022-09-16T18:49:34Z")
So far I’ve had the mammo, a stereotactic breast biopsy, MRI and now they want to do an excisional biopsy under anesthesia. They keep saying “it’s not cancer” so what the hell are they doing? Is all of this to rule out c… --- ## [Facebook Thinks I'm An Evangelical Christian And I Can't Convince It Otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-thinks-im-an-evangelical-christian-and-i-cant-convince-it-otherwise/971326)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-thinks-im-an-evangelical-christian-and-i-cant-convince-it-otherwise/971326 "2022-09-16T18:02:59Z")
Nine out of ten of the “Sponsored” ads I get on FB are from this evangelical ministry or that one. The remaining are for like “Patriot Flags” or body armor or survival foods or what have you. These things are like the H… --- ## [What is extremely common in real life but almost never happens in TV or movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-real-life-but-almost-never-happens-in-tv-or-movies/971441)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-extremely-common-in-real-life-but-almost-never-happens-in-tv-or-movies/971441 "2022-09-16T17:57:27Z")
Of course inspired by What is extremely common in TV or movies but almost never happens in real life? I thought a take on the reverse might make an interesting, if much shorter, thread. I’ll start off with a couple off… --- ## [Real estate purchase closing - share experiences where it didn't close?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-purchase-closing-share-experiences-where-it-didnt-close/971507)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-estate-purchase-closing-share-experiences-where-it-didnt-close/971507 "2022-09-16T17:28:44Z")
We are buying a new home and are a week away from closing on the loan. Our loan officer has congratulated us as he has been given the approval to close. Between my spouse and I, this is the 7th home we have purchased ove… --- ## [Do NYC MTA Employees Pay Into Social Security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nyc-mta-employees-pay-into-social-security/971562)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nyc-mta-employees-pay-into-social-security/971562 "2022-09-16T17:18:47Z")
Long story short, my father was an MTA employee (management) from the mid-1980s until his retirement about 10 years ago, and worked in another sector of the railroad industry before that. My parents have been divorced si… --- ## [Hole in ceiling; any danger in putting plastic over it until it can be re-drywalled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-ceiling-any-danger-in-putting-plastic-over-it-until-it-can-be-re-drywalled/971574)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hole-in-ceiling-any-danger-in-putting-plastic-over-it-until-it-can-be-re-drywalled/971574 "2022-09-16T16:48:53Z")
We had an air conditioner leak that damaged our ceiling drywall. The leak has since been repaired, the drywall and insulation removed, and appropriate moisture mitigation completed by a restoration company. However, the… --- ## [Cool girl: the trope that isn't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-girl-the-trope-that-isnt/971454)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-girl-the-trope-that-isnt/971454 "2022-09-16T16:05:17Z")
Spoilers for Gone Girl Every now and then, somebody will post Amy Dunne’s the Cool Girl monologue from “Gone Girl” on Reddit or Tumblr or some other site (it is in both the book and the movie, albeit slightly different)… --- ## [Future of the MAGA movement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-maga-movement/971401)
**Author:** [@SharltoCopley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharltoCopley)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-of-the-maga-movement/971401 "2022-09-16T15:27:38Z")
Like most stupid things, the MAGA movement is here to stay. It will stay past Trump and will become its own thing until new joiners two hundred years from now won’t even know what MAGA means until they read the pamphlet … --- ## [Trying to remember a 60s-70s song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-60s-70s-song/971477)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-remember-a-60s-70s-song/971477 "2022-09-16T14:34:16Z")
Someone made me a music mixtape years ago and I am trying to place one of the songs. Much of it wasn’t even music - it was the charismatic lead singer on stage at some large concert - and he was mostly talking, and givi… --- ## [What's an appropriate concession speech when losing to a fascist or someone similar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-appropriate-concession-speech-when-losing-to-a-fascist-or-someone-similar/971160)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-appropriate-concession-speech-when-losing-to-a-fascist-or-someone-similar/971160 "2022-09-16T13:58:50Z")
I don’t mean the sort of speech Hillary gave when losing in 2016 to Trump, who is a wanna-be fascist that probably couldn’t even define fascism in any dictionary sense, but losing to someone who is a true Hitler 2.0 or t… --- ## [What was the last "generation defining" band or artist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-generation-defining-band-or-artist/971589)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-last-generation-defining-band-or-artist/971589 "2022-09-16T13:37:05Z")
So in this post I opined that the last “generation defining” band in the UK at least was Oasis in mid 1990s. My thinking behind this is to be “generation defining” a band has to be: Firstly a very commercially success… --- ## [Inventions that went backward](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-went-backward/962852)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-went-backward/962852 "2022-09-16T11:53:19Z")
What are some progressive inventions that lacked key components of what they replaced? For example, black and white photography added realism and immediacy, but it replaced paintings, which were in color. --- ## [Countries with exactly one island state/province](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-with-exactly-one-island-state-province/971556)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countries-with-exactly-one-island-state-province/971556 "2022-09-16T11:18:03Z")
I got to wondering which countries have a single state/province/region/1st level administrative unit that’s an island or island group. The island state must have the exact same status as the country’s mainland states, so… --- ## [Ohhhh, What\_Exit... that's not what doxxing is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641)
**Author:** [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2022, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohhhh-what-exit-thats-not-what-doxxing-is/971641 "2022-09-16T07:15:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from Claims of "Ritual Abuse". Whats the reason?: Put everything back, please. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1015&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1017&state=tracking)