# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1025&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1026 --- ## [Another inexperienced couple sinks their boat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-inexperienced-couple-sinks-their-boat/808657 "2022-09-06T19:29:27Z")
So. No experience. 24 and 26 years old, barely out of school and they are tired of paying for a house. "How can we live our lives when we’re working most of the day and you have to pay so much just to live?” Well, guy… --- ## [DRM error from Project Gutenberg on (Kindle) Fire 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drm-error-from-project-gutenberg-on-kindle-fire-10/945428)
**Author:** [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drm-error-from-project-gutenberg-on-kindle-fire-10/945428 "2022-09-06T19:09:51Z")
For several years I had downloaded books from Project Gutenberg to my (Kindle) Fire 8. This was particularly useful when I wanted to read something in an environment where direct internet connection was impossible or a … --- ## [I "get" grinding pepper. But grinding salt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-grinding-pepper-but-grinding-salt/970764)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-get-grinding-pepper-but-grinding-salt/970764 "2022-09-06T19:02:39Z")
Was at a restaurant for lunch today. There were two small grinders on the table. One contained peppercorn, and other contained salt. I think I understand why freshly ground pepper would be better than pre-ground pepper … --- ## [Youtube Music "add to playlist" option broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-add-to-playlist-option-broken/971064)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-music-add-to-playlist-option-broken/971064 "2022-09-06T15:44:59Z")
About a week ago, I noticed the option to add the contents of one playlist in Youtube Music to another playlist stopped working properly for me. Did this happen to anybody else? In particular, the problem seems to be w… --- ## [Men with shaved head and full beard - are you a fan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-shaved-head-and-full-beard-are-you-a-fan/970344)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-shaved-head-and-full-beard-are-you-a-fan/970344 "2022-09-06T15:34:17Z")
Over the past year or so, I’ve noticed an increasing number of younger men (20s-30s) sporting this look, with their heads completely shaven, and full beards. Some of the beards are somewhat trimmed, but many are quite l… --- ## [What's fermenting the sugar water in my hummingbird feeders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-fermenting-the-sugar-water-in-my-hummingbird-feeders/968729)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-fermenting-the-sugar-water-in-my-hummingbird-feeders/968729 "2022-09-06T14:44:12Z")
Cornell Ornthology tells me to change the sugar water in my feeder “before it gets cloudy” (how would I know it’s about to get cloudy?) because the sugar water ferments and turns to alcohol. While I understand that yeas… --- ## [When did Europeans start settling what is South Africa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-europeans-start-settling-what-is-south-africa/970721)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-europeans-start-settling-what-is-south-africa/970721 "2022-09-06T14:41:49Z")
I recall some right wing site made the claim a few years ago, around the time Mandela passed, that whites actually pre-dated blacks in the region, what became South Africa, and that black “settlors” came later. A claim … --- ## [Medieval Monks were Riddled with Worms, Study Finds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-worms-study-finds/969961)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medieval-monks-were-riddled-with-worms-study-finds/969961 "2022-09-06T13:29:01Z")
This gives new meaning to “Diet of Worms” https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/19/uk/medieval-monks-parasites-study-gbr-scli-intl-scn/index.html --- ## [List of Countries where the constitution is interpreted per Original Intent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-countries-where-the-constitution-is-interpreted-per-original-intent/970862)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-of-countries-where-the-constitution-is-interpreted-per-original-intent/970862 "2022-09-06T13:26:30Z")
“The term original intent refers to the notion that the judiciary should interpret the Constitution (including its amendments) in accordance with the understanding of its framers.” Original Intent | The First Amendment E… --- ## [Why did Aleksandar Milles commit those crimes? Was it really just for the money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-aleksandar-milles-commit-those-crimes-was-it-really-just-for-the-money/970948)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-aleksandar-milles-commit-those-crimes-was-it-really-just-for-the-money/970948 "2022-09-06T13:10:38Z")
Edit: this was originally posted in Cafe Society, not sure why it was moved. He sounds like an urban legend, or a villain from some 90s Gothic thriller. But he was real. Aleksandar Milles was a Satanist and a prolific b… --- ## [Helicopter rotorwash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-rotorwash/971004)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helicopter-rotorwash/971004 "2022-09-06T12:18:52Z")
Need answer fast. At ground level what is the wind speed of the rotorwash of a Blackhawk helicopter engaging in a fast rope insertion? I’m assuming that the helicopter would be about 50 feet above ground level but if an… --- ## [Use of leftover ranch dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-leftover-ranch-dip/528610 "2010-02-14T21:54:40Z")
My wife called to tell me that we have some leftover ranch dip from my son’s V-Day party. Are there any interesting recipes that call for ranch dip as an ingredient? I like it on hamburgers, but that isn’t really what … --- ## [Is Mazda reliable now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mazda-reliable-now/969643)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mazda-reliable-now/969643 "2022-09-06T07:45:38Z")
It’s well known that Toyotas and Hondas usually go 250,000 miles without needing major engine or transmission work. But my sister’s 2009 Corolla was just totaled in an accident, and she’s looking at a 2010-2013 Mazda 3 t… --- ## [Connecting via Ethernet to a switch to my Google Mesh router](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-via-ethernet-to-a-switch-to-my-google-mesh-router/967348)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-via-ethernet-to-a-switch-to-my-google-mesh-router/967348 "2022-07-06T21:00:00Z")
I have a Verizon Fios system. I have a Verizon ActionTec cable modem/router. It creates a network that we’ll call VerizonGas. I have a Google Mesh router (and two Google Nest wireless access points). The Google router h… --- ## [Google Chrome "Privacy Error" on everything, after internet re-connection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-privacy-error-on-everything-after-internet-re-connection/953941)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-chrome-privacy-error-on-everything-after-internet-re-connection/953941 "2021-11-07T18:28:39Z")
So a tree fell in my yard and knocked down the cable that supplies internet service to my house. AT&T, which is my service provider, came over and re-connected the cable. The internet works normally now, except for one v… --- ## [Please help me troubleshoot a Win 10 Update failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-win-10-update-failure/951083)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-troubleshoot-a-win-10-update-failure/951083 "2021-09-23T21:35:30Z")
My parents’ laptop doesn’t automatically update anymore, since the functional update to version 20H2 in May. I started to update via the Microsoft Update Assistant, but to no avail, it always threw the error 0xc1900101. … --- ## [My tv is acting independently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tv-is-acting-independently/970816 "2022-09-06T04:20:03Z")
I have a tv. My neighbor lets me use her wi fi, so I get my local news stations, and youtube. I turned the tv off. Ten minutes later it came on by itself, and the top right corner said new device detected. And it showed… --- ## [Searching for posts by the poster’s name only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-posts-by-the-poster-s-name-only/969312 "2022-09-06T04:15:23Z")
To further explain: my user name is also the name of an iconic guitar brand. If I do a search for my posts or threads, is there a way to do so that excludes all the instances in guitar threads? IOW, search for “Stratoc… --- ## [Can Wholesalers Sell Direct to the Public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-wholesalers-sell-direct-to-the-public/970743)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-wholesalers-sell-direct-to-the-public/970743 "2022-09-06T03:54:51Z")
I have always wondered why there are Wholesalers in the first place, for one. And, why won’t they sell direct to the public? Yet, aren’t there some who will sell direct? And if so, how does one go about finding them onli… --- ## [How to do a meta-search](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-meta-search/970959)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-do-a-meta-search/970959 "2022-09-05T22:51:53Z")
So, earlier today, I felt like a dramatization of an Agatha Christie novel. Was mostly in the mood for Marple, but would not have written off a good Poirot, or for that matter, something Christie-like, such as a Josephin… --- ## [My laptop mysteriously maxed itself out on memory on its own and now only shows a black screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-laptop-mysteriously-maxed-itself-out-on-memory-on-its-own-and-now-only-shows-a-black-screen/970964 "2022-09-05T20:45:20Z")
Have a weird computer issue and I’d appreciate any advice: I have a laptop (2018 Asus Vivobook) that I have kept disconnected from Internet for a year. I haven’t downloaded or added anything to it. But recently it sudde… --- ## [Rice a Roni with foie gras and truffles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-a-roni-with-foie-gras-and-truffles/971013)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rice-a-roni-with-foie-gras-and-truffles/971013 "2022-09-05T19:48:53Z")
Prepare one box of Rice a Roni using a good, preferably French, butter. President will do nicely. Or substitute duck fat for a more intense flavor. Replace 1/2 cup of the water with white wine. When the liquid is absorbe… --- ## [Bud Cort turns 75](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bud-cort-turns-75/970912 "2022-09-05T19:11:08Z")
If the internet is to be trusted, today Bud Cort turned 75, making him the same age Ruth Gordon was when they made Harold and Maude. I find this…I don’t know what. It was the first movie that really moved me, and I recal… --- ## [AI-generated images and artistic endeavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-generated-images-and-artistic-endeavor/970718 "2022-09-05T18:37:53Z")
Continuing the discussion from Digital art creator algorithm website: Spinning this off from the image-sharing thread to avoid a hijack, but also because it’s interesting. Plenty of folks are pointing out that photog… --- ## [Japanese Major League Baseball customs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-major-league-baseball-customs/970475)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-major-league-baseball-customs/970475 "2022-09-05T18:28:03Z")
Yesterday was all Ichiro, all the time in Seattle due to him being inducted in the Mariners Hall of Fame. Anyway, they replayed his last game, which was against Oakland, but played in Tokyo at the start of the 2019 seas… --- ## [Comic Strip Character Porn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strip-character-porn/970856 "2022-09-05T18:13:42Z")
This question came to me after watching the movie “Funny Pages”. In the opening scene the main character is with one of his teachers looking at a strip that has the comic strip character Henry and his girl friend gettin… --- ## [Actors you like \[even\] more than before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-like-even-more-than-before/970555 "2022-09-05T17:50:47Z")
In contrast to Actors you don’t like anymore, who are some actors that you like more now than before? I’ve always enjoyed Henry Winkler, but watching him in Barry has given me a whole new appreciation of his depth. --- ## [A contemporary review of Psycho: "campy" and "funny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-contemporary-review-of-psycho-campy-and-funny/970474 "2022-09-05T16:55:20Z")
NPR’S Weekend Edition has an occasional thing called “Movies You Missed”, where they find someone who has never seen an iconic film, make them watch it, and get their impressions. This week it was Alfred Hitchcock’s Psy… --- ## [Why did it take forever for the world to realize cow manure was better for farming than human poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-forever-for-the-world-to-realize-cow-manure-was-better-for-farming-than-human-poop/969964)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-it-take-forever-for-the-world-to-realize-cow-manure-was-better-for-farming-than-human-poop/969964 "2022-09-05T16:35:41Z")
Continuing the discussion from Medieval Monks were Riddled with Worms, Study Finds: Ive read in various sources that parasites were a leading cause of death in the medieval and ancient world because of the use of human … --- ## [Why can't newscasters pronounce (and use) words properly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-newscasters-pronounce-and-use-words-properly/970988)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-newscasters-pronounce-and-use-words-properly/970988 "2022-09-05T15:19:37Z")
I don’t want to get into what constitutes “properly” just now (there are those who believe that every pronunciation and usage that a native speaker employs is by definition a correct one) but there are newscasters whose … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1024&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1026&state=tracking)