# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1050&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1051 --- ## [Is there any way to get Google Play to show and let me install all apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-google-play-to-show-and-let-me-install-all-apps/969315)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-get-google-play-to-show-and-let-me-install-all-apps/969315 "2022-08-09T06:42:25Z")
I just bought a tablet on ebay, the model was first manufactured in 2017 so whilst not new it’s not exacty ancient. All I want it for is watching Netflix when I’m away from the internet, (and possibly other streaming ser… --- ## [Why are white babies bald?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181)
**Author:** [@davidw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidw)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-white-babies-bald/462181 "2022-08-09T06:31:45Z")
Speaking generally, it seems that white babies are born bald, while babies of all other ethnic groups are born with hair. Why is that? --- ## [Is Alex Jones going to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092 "2022-08-09T05:36:34Z")
In FQ so hoping for factual answer not a discussion of how happy you’d be if this happened… In case like this (After Alex Jones’ lawyers accidentally leak years of emails, Infowars financial documents are revealed in co… --- ## [My line would have been better. (Quotes/comebacks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-line-would-have-been-better-quotes-comebacks/969344)
**Author:** [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-line-would-have-been-better-quotes-comebacks/969344 "2022-08-09T02:56:31Z")
Or: I wish I was in their shoes. We’ve all heard of or seen situations where we would have had the opportunity to deliver the perfect line but those involved blew their chance. I have 3. I’m sure you’ve got a few good o… --- ## [Question regarding disappeared computer files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-disappeared-computer-files/969179)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-disappeared-computer-files/969179 "2022-08-09T02:50:36Z")
When files just disappear on my MacBook Air and don’t show up again, are there traces of the file on the hard drive? If I haven’t deleted (i.e. put them in Trash and empty) them how and why do they disappear? It has ha… --- ## [Why does MLB delay/postpone games more often than the NFL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270)
**Author:** [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mlb-delay-postpone-games-more-often-than-the-nfl/969270 "2022-08-09T02:30:51Z")
Baseball games get delayed/postponed due to rain fairly often. In my experience, football games rarely get cancelled due to inclement weather. It seems snow would be harder on the players than rain. Why the different … --- ## [Observations from watching Game 4 of the 1987 NBA finals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/observations-from-watching-game-4-of-the-1987-nba-finals/969332 "2022-08-09T00:10:52Z")
Watching a rerun from 35 years ago… (and most amazingly) there was a play where the refs disagreed on which team knocked the ball out of bounds, so they called a jump ball. Very few 3 point attempts. At one point Ainge… --- ## [Thoughts on bass players who simply follow the guitarist(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bass-players-who-simply-follow-the-guitarist-s/969109 "2022-08-08T23:59:10Z")
It seems there are some bass players who just follow whatever the guitarist is doing. Dee Dee Ramone comes to mind, as does Cliff Burton. What are your thoughts on this? Are they doing it because the music would be wors… --- ## [FBI executes search warrant at Mar-a-Lago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-executes-search-warrant-at-mar-a-lago/969330)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fbi-executes-search-warrant-at-mar-a-lago/969330 "2022-08-08T23:19:54Z")
Ninja’d. This can be closed. --- ## [Tell us about your worst vacation ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-worst-vacation-ever/968619)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-about-your-worst-vacation-ever/968619 "2022-08-08T22:21:08Z")
Mine happened about 20 years ago. There were 14 of us - all family - sharing a large house for a week. 'round about day 3, a couple folks got a stomach bug. A day or 2 later, probably half the people in the house were ha… --- ## [Batgirl movie put into the vault. Not to be released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batgirl-movie-put-into-the-vault-not-to-be-released/968991 "2022-08-08T22:02:21Z")
Wow, must be as bad as Catwoman or something? I wonder what the heck happened to make this movie so bad, they aren’t even shoving it over to streaming or Blu-ray? I mean, some version of it has to leak at some point, ma… --- ## [Best fix for this mistake (flea prevention med on cats)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261 "2022-08-08T21:12:52Z")
I have three cats and I dose them regularly with the flea prevention stuff you apply to the backs of their necks (Flea 5X Plus for cats from Pet Meds, to be precise). With three cats who aren’t always around at the same… --- ## [Selling Deodorant - Men vs Women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-deodorant-men-vs-women/968847)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-deodorant-men-vs-women/968847 "2022-08-08T20:53:40Z")
It seems like a lot of stuff men use to smell and sweat less have names which are masculine, but really kind of bizarre. Arctic Force. Manly. Canadians know it takes toughness to fight the cold. And a whole bunch of … --- ## [Battery breakthrough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-breakthrough/969248)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-breakthrough/969248 "2022-08-08T20:37:21Z")
Not sure which forum this goes in; will take a guess at this one. It doesn’t seem to me to be exactly Factual Questions, but it might be; but putting it here should give more possible range to the discussion. (No, disco… --- ## [Migrating to a New Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-to-a-new-computer/969266)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/migrating-to-a-new-computer/969266 "2022-08-08T19:04:48Z")
Well, I got a new laptop. An expensive way to solve minor memory issues I suppose. I have moved all the files to the new machine. Word, Mail, and Brave (my browser) are up and running. Getting the Bluetooth mouse to lin… --- ## [Jack Batty - Traveling Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-traveling-doper/964113)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-batty-traveling-doper/964113 "2022-08-08T17:51:02Z")
A spin off of Meet Bob. Some of you may have noticed my Meet Bob thread in which I introduced my dog two years ago and our ensuing adventures. Scroll to the end of that thread and you’ll see we are now on the road with … --- ## [Delete this post please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313 "2022-08-08T17:34:18Z")
ugh. please delete --- ## [Old fashioned vacation spots with small motels and tourist traps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231 "2022-08-08T16:38:12Z")
I’m thinking of such areas as Hot Springs Arkansas and Wisconsin Dells. Here in Ohio the coast from Lorain to Toledo had dozens and dozens of mom and pop motels, cabins and cottages often with their own tiny beach. “Sle… --- ## [How to contact an author?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-an-author/969223)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-contact-an-author/969223 "2022-08-08T14:20:46Z")
Specifically, one Craig Symonds. He is a well-respected author, especially on the subject of WW2 U. S. naval history. His publisher is the Oxford University Press. --- ## [Manacles, shackles, neck...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manacles-shackles-neck/599767)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manacles-shackles-neck/599767 "2022-08-08T14:12:03Z")
I think of manacles as shackles that go around the wrists, and shackles as irons that go around the ankles. Is there a term for neck shackles? --- ## [Ivana Trump is dead at 73](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivana-trump-is-dead-at-73/967969 "2022-08-08T14:01:34Z")
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/14/politics/ivana-trump-death/index.html Ivana Trump, an ex-wife of Donald Trump, has died in her home in New York City, the former President posted on Truth Social. There was no word on a … --- ## [Has there ever been an "academically sucessful" school shooter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-an-academically-sucessful-school-shooter/968922)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-an-academically-sucessful-school-shooter/968922 "2022-08-08T13:40:22Z")
We all understand that school shootings by students are typically from disgruntled troubled people with the problems that we can all imagine on some level. But i was wondering if there were any examples of school shooter… --- ## [End of an era NBC’s long-running soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’ moving exclusively to Peacock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-nbc-s-long-running-soap-opera-days-of-our-lives-moving-exclusively-to-peacock/969073 "2022-08-08T13:38:49Z")
Wow for the first time ever (going back to the radio days) there’s not going to be a soap opera on NBC My dear departed mother would be hurling things violently as she was an avid watcher from when it started until the … --- ## [Help with Excel formatting of Zip Codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-excel-formatting-of-zip-codes/969156)
**Author:** [@Linda1219](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linda1219)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-excel-formatting-of-zip-codes/969156 "2022-08-08T12:51:34Z")
I have been reformatting a column in my Excel spreadsheet to be for zip codes (5 digits) I have done it as a custom format, a special format, a text format and a general format but none of them stay in place once I save … --- ## [Financial Modeling World Cup (MS Excel eSports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-modeling-world-cup-ms-excel-esports/969244)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-modeling-world-cup-ms-excel-esports/969244 "2022-08-08T12:42:15Z")
My wife just turned on ESPN2. We caught the last 30 seconds of a tabletop hockey championship. And now, Excel eSports. I didn’t know this was a thing. I was ok with not knowing this was a thing. Yet I’ve put my newspaper… --- ## [What is your best higher taste, lower calorie meal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-best-higher-taste-lower-calorie-meal/944498)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-best-higher-taste-lower-calorie-meal/944498 "2021-06-19T04:23:12Z")
I’ve been experimenting with eating a big lunch and a lower calorie supper - using things like homemade sushi, shrimp dinners and calamari. Seafood makes it easy. There are whole cookbooks devoted to good lower calorie… --- ## ["If Brittney Griner had been caught in some America states she would have gotten a higher sentence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-brittney-griner-had-been-caught-in-some-america-states-she-would-have-gotten-a-higher-sentence/969106)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-brittney-griner-had-been-caught-in-some-america-states-she-would-have-gotten-a-higher-sentence/969106 "2022-08-08T09:57:45Z")
Ever since Brittney Griner got sentence to 9 years in Russian Prison for her “drug smuggling” I’ve seen people opine on Twitter that “the sentence isn’t that extensive, in some US states to this day you’ll get 10-15 year… --- ## [The Slugabed MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slugabed-mmp/968910)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-slugabed-mmp/968910 "2022-08-08T03:16:59Z")
It’s nearly lunchtime over here and there’s no new MMP, thus I am taking it upon myself to start one for you! You is clearly all being slugabeds today! In other news, it’s 19c/66f with a predicted high of 23c/73f and i… --- ## [Does it matter whether you take Latin American Spanish courses to study for the IB and GCSE/GCE exams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286 "2022-08-08T03:16:33Z")
I’ve recently looked at the issue of students taking Latin American Spanish courses in international schools offering IB and GCSE/GCE exams in Spanish. Some schools offer only Castilian Spanish. Which version of Spanish … --- ## [Queen Elizabeth could become longest serving monarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-could-become-longest-serving-monarch/968447)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-could-become-longest-serving-monarch/968447 "2022-08-08T03:15:01Z")
Louis XIV of France has the record now at 72 years. He started at age 5 and had regents until age 14. She’s at 70 years now. I’m sure she knows these numbers. I think this may play a slight role in her not… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1049&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1051&state=watching)