# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1044 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1045 --- ## [Driving in HOV lanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-hov-lanes/968354)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-in-hov-lanes/968354 "2022-07-27T05:50:43Z")
Say you are legally driving in the HOV lane, cruising 5 mph over the posted limit. If someone is coming up behind you in the lane, do you feel you should move out of the lane so they can pass, speed up if safe, or mainta… --- ## [The Alan Parsons Live Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alan-parsons-live-project/688449 "2022-07-27T05:25:09Z")
Scroll down here: http://www.paccleveland.com/event/545103-alan-parsons-live-project-cleveland/ I’ve been a fan of the Alan Parsons Project since the late Seventies. It was a great show last night at the Masonic Audito… --- ## [We've got Monkeypox!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-monkeypox/180552)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-got-monkeypox/180552 "2022-07-27T04:56:11Z")
It’s official. The United States has Monkeypox! I hereby nominate Monkeypox as the funniest disease name ever. I demand that we make it a matter of national policy to immediate contract lemurpox and orangapox. Not to … --- ## [Why would a grocery app offer 50% off any-size order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-grocery-app-offer-50-off-any-size-order/968564)
**Author:** [@edwin\_klockars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwin_klockars)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-grocery-app-offer-50-off-any-size-order/968564 "2022-07-27T04:30:44Z")
I just received (and used) a promotion for a new GoPuff competitor (category of food delivery apps that use strategic hubs to provide rapid delivery of food and convenience items). What I cannot understand is what sort … --- ## [Prominent conservatives issue report rebutting Trump election claims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prominent-conservatives-issue-report-rebutting-trump-election-claims/967959)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prominent-conservatives-issue-report-rebutting-trump-election-claims/967959 "2022-07-27T04:05:31Z")
There’s a hopeful sign. Whatever reason they’re doing it for, I approve https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/conservatives-report-trump-2020-election-claims/index.html --- ## [How does photolithography acheive finer resolution than the wavelength?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-photolithography-acheive-finer-resolution-than-the-wavelength/968484)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-photolithography-acheive-finer-resolution-than-the-wavelength/968484 "2022-07-27T00:37:54Z")
Thinking about silicon wafers here. Back in the dark ages when I had physics classes at university, it seemed to be an article of faith that you can’t accurately image anything smaller than the wavelength of the light y… --- ## [My package takes a road trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-package-takes-a-road-trip/968473)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-package-takes-a-road-trip/968473 "2022-07-27T00:17:00Z")
So I order a pound of coffee from an established company on the Fourth of July, hoping to see it within a week. While I have yet to receive it, I have been following it via Fed-Ex tracking and apparently it is on a hell… --- ## [Best bang for the buck sunglass warranty available](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bang-for-the-buck-sunglass-warranty-available/968498)
**Author:** [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bang-for-the-buck-sunglass-warranty-available/968498 "2022-07-27T00:03:05Z")
I was down in Ocean City Maryland last weekend and walking on the boardwalk ducked into del Sol. The sales guy there was going over how great the warranty was on their sunglasses. That you could actually get a new pair i… --- ## [Joni Mitchell Returns to Newport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joni-mitchell-returns-to-newport/968557)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joni-mitchell-returns-to-newport/968557 "2022-07-26T23:18:55Z")
For the first time in 9 years, Joni Mitchell performed in public last weekend at the Newport Folk Festival. After her 2015 brain aneurysm she taught herself how to play the guitar again by watching old tapes of herself.… --- ## [How do I ask this question on Google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ask-this-question-on-google/967737)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ask-this-question-on-google/967737 "2022-07-26T21:09:10Z")
I am looking for info about a singer that used to appear on Portland Public Access a decade or so ago. Strange goggle eyewear and he wore a head covering that was shaped like a lobster. No matter how I phrase the quest… --- ## [Working from home: Do you masturbate during work hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-from-home-do-you-masturbate-during-work-hours/951282 "2022-07-26T21:04:18Z")
poll Settling a bet with Mrs. A … and hoping for some fun stories to read over the weekend. --- ## [How does methanol get into alcoholic beverages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-methanol-get-into-alcoholic-beverages/831629)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-methanol-get-into-alcoholic-beverages/831629 "2022-07-26T19:44:59Z")
We drink ethanol from fermented liquid. Sometimes we hear about poor controls in illegal hootch-making that results in methanol being produced, a Very Bad Thing. But what is the difference between a safe process for mak… --- ## [What is the old tune in this "Baby and Bingo" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-old-tune-in-this-baby-and-bingo-song/968610)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-old-tune-in-this-baby-and-bingo-song/968610 "2022-07-26T19:18:11Z")
I couldn’t remember what this old tune was from, so I hummed it into Google Sound Search (their version of Shazam), and it spat out this YouTube video: Can someone please identify the original, old tune tha… --- ## [If/When Vesuvius Erupts Again, Is Naples Screwed? Is Tokyo Screwed When Fuji Erupts Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-when-vesuvius-erupts-again-is-naples-screwed-is-tokyo-screwed-when-fuji-erupts-again/967422)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-when-vesuvius-erupts-again-is-naples-screwed-is-tokyo-screwed-when-fuji-erupts-again/967422 "2022-07-26T18:15:28Z")
It seems we enjoy building major cities near dormant (or active) volcanoes. --- ## [Legal question re offsetting tort justments (Depp/Heard related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-offsetting-tort-justments-depp-heard-related/968601)
**Author:** [@Jingleheimer-Schmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jingleheimer-Schmidt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-offsetting-tort-justments-depp-heard-related/968601 "2022-07-26T18:13:31Z")
Suppose A & B sue each other in court for some sort of tort, which may or may not be slander/libel (no difference, I would think). A is awarded $2M against B; B is awarded $10M against A. So it would seem at first glance… --- ## [Have you ever received or delivered a death message?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-received-or-delivered-a-death-message/968359)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-received-or-delivered-a-death-message/968359 "2022-07-26T17:15:58Z")
Listening to the January 6 hearings, Secret Service agents guarding Pence can be heard giving their last messages to family. Anyone else ever received these messages, or given them? I have received them twice, during my… --- ## [RW media outlet makes the ludicrous leap in logic that Democrats are voting to legalize polygamy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rw-media-outlet-makes-the-ludicrous-leap-in-logic-that-democrats-are-voting-to-legalize-polygamy/968393)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rw-media-outlet-makes-the-ludicrous-leap-in-logic-that-democrats-are-voting-to-legalize-polygamy/968393 "2022-07-26T16:58:39Z")
Washington Examiner again. Sorry. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-democrats-voted-to-legalize-polygamy/ar-AAZQsaG?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=01a06a9ea9274167b8f92efd37e2002a While Justice Clarence Thomas did say … --- ## [The Gray Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gray-man/968407)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gray-man/968407 "2022-07-26T16:56:03Z")
Not a great movie. Pretty generic spy-thriller plot. Bad performances outside the leads, and the leads weren’t great with the exception with a corny over the top Chris Evans performance. Action scenes were too tightly sh… --- ## [Poverty-mode thinking, despite not being povvo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poverty-mode-thinking-despite-not-being-povvo/968509)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poverty-mode-thinking-despite-not-being-povvo/968509 "2022-07-26T16:51:42Z")
Hiya all, as you might recall of me, I was a single mum bringing up 4 x kids (plus various others) over the years. I was in a perpetual state of housing and food insecurity for MANY years, but since then, as the kids hav… --- ## [Messaging App Notification Option](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messaging-app-notification-option/968597)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messaging-app-notification-option/968597 "2022-07-26T15:46:16Z")
Just in case any of you are involved in or know someone involved in the development of one of the various messaging apps in the world (Whatsapp, Slack, Instagram, Microsoft Teams, etc.), I just wanted to suggest a smarte… --- ## [People with really strong accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-really-strong-accents/968317)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-really-strong-accents/968317 "2022-07-26T14:46:23Z")
I was listening to a call in show last night. One of the callers was from Liverpool, she talked with the host for about 10 minutes, and had an extremely strong accent. It was pretty much impossible for me to hear anythin… --- ## [Actor David Warner has died aged 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-david-warner-has-died-aged-80/968521)
**Author:** [@WhyKickAMooCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyKickAMooCow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-david-warner-has-died-aged-80/968521 "2022-07-26T14:07:00Z")
Just read that British actor David Warner has died, just a few days before his 81st birthday. Some of the films I loved him in are: Straw Dogs, The Omen, Cross of Iron, Time Bandits, Tron, The Company of Wolves Waxwork… --- ## [Civil war comes to America. How exactly is that supposed to work again? What are the victory conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-comes-to-america-how-exactly-is-that-supposed-to-work-again-what-are-the-victory-conditions/968453)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-comes-to-america-how-exactly-is-that-supposed-to-work-again-what-are-the-victory-conditions/968453 "2022-07-26T12:49:05Z")
Starting anew so as not to hijack Half of americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon, survey finds. How exactly is it expected to last more than a week considering the lack of ready supplies to a majority of the partici… --- ## [Agzem has been banned for continuing trolling of the board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agzem-has-been-banned-for-continuing-trolling-of-the-board/968588)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agzem-has-been-banned-for-continuing-trolling-of-the-board/968588 "2022-07-26T12:41:49Z")
agzem has been banned for continuing trolling of the board. Most recent offense in MPSIMS, Went off-topic and very political in this thread. In January 2021 Coming into a thread to “debunk” a claim no one has made … --- ## [Futuristic car ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/futuristic-car-id/968543 "2022-07-26T12:11:51Z")
I saw this photo in a meme today. https://forum.watmm.com/uploads/monthly\_2022\_07/20220711\_120154.jpg.3f8e6073e1c126f7a241a11b50ea77b1.jpg I can’t find anything about it. It would be nice to know about the house, but … --- ## [Groups where female is not the lead singer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groups-where-female-is-not-the-lead-singer/966977 "2022-07-26T08:43:25Z")
I can only think of Talking heads --- ## [Greatest single-LP, one-performer anthology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-single-lp-one-performer-anthology/968480)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greatest-single-lp-one-performer-anthology/968480 "2022-07-26T08:00:50Z")
What’s your favorite, single-LP anthology collecting previously-issued music by one performer or band? (No double albums, no box sets.) A CD qualifies, as long as its length doesn’t exceed the 45 minutes or so of a stand… --- ## [The Fucked-Up US Health Care System, Case #725,867,992 (Moderately Long & Rambling)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fucked-up-us-health-care-system-case-725-867-992-moderately-long-rambling/968228 "2022-07-26T07:33:27Z")
A word to the fore: the following is a rant, not a request for information (if it were the latter, I would have put it elsewhere). Should anyone have any suggestions after reading it, I certainly wouldn’t reject them; bu… --- ## [If no atom bombs dropped on Japan in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-no-atom-bombs-dropped-on-japan-in-ww2/967011)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-no-atom-bombs-dropped-on-japan-in-ww2/967011 "2022-07-26T05:00:46Z")
Let say for some reason or other, the US never drops the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The response to the American ultimatum may have been mistranslated? The USSR invading may have changed minds, or just sani… --- ## [Is there a way to convert a table from MS Word into an Excel spreadsheet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-convert-a-table-from-ms-word-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/968530)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-convert-a-table-from-ms-word-into-an-excel-spreadsheet/968530 "2022-07-26T04:16:23Z")
I’ve got a table in Word that is a mixture of text and numbers. I thought the numbers would be stable, but I’m now having to update and change them, including totals. I’d prefer to convert rather than retyping it all, if… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1043) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1045)