# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1056 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1057 --- ## [Impressions Anyone? Cam of Walking In New York City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressions-anyone-cam-of-walking-in-new-york-city/967779)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impressions-anyone-cam-of-walking-in-new-york-city/967779 "2022-07-15T06:06:23Z")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4WeAR7tctA So what are your impressions after watching this for a few minutes? For example the first thing which struck me was that I had thought from reading the media that New York Ci… --- ## [Advice needed: parking in Jersey, staying in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-parking-in-jersey-staying-in-nyc/967886)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-parking-in-jersey-staying-in-nyc/967886 "2022-07-15T04:32:51Z")
I am brining my daughter to New York City for a few days in August. We are driving down from Toronto, and staying in Manhattan, but I’d rather not drive IN to Manhattan (which I’ve done before and was not super pleasant… --- ## [You Tube Narration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-narration/967938)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-tube-narration/967938 "2022-07-15T02:28:30Z")
What is with the computer generated vaguely English accent on some of the 'Unsolved Mysteries’ videos? I know it is generated because it makes pronunciation errors on some words - words I know that my British friends hav… --- ## [Carpenters, woodworkers, handymen: most durable finish for exterior threshold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-woodworkers-handymen-most-durable-finish-for-exterior-threshold/967917)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2022, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-woodworkers-handymen-most-durable-finish-for-exterior-threshold/967917 "2022-07-15T00:59:39Z")
I’m replacing an old painted wooden threshold on our front door with a new oak one, and looking at finishes that will keep it from chipping and wearing away like the old one has. But many of the polyurethane finishes int… --- ## [Bubble ball bull games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-ball-bull-games/967954)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubble-ball-bull-games/967954 "2022-07-14T23:31:33Z")
This rodeo event has been around for some years and the fools keep coming forward for their chance to win a few hundred bucks if they outrun a BULL while wearing a bubble ball. Are they fucking nuts, and the crowd is la… --- ## [Circadian Medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circadian-medicine/967911)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circadian-medicine/967911 "2022-07-14T23:09:51Z")
I’m kind of fascinated by this article in the New York Times Magazine. Everyone knows that the body has a sleep/wake cycle regulated by ambient light and hormones like melatonin. This article discusses newer research s… --- ## [Is it "Summer" in Australia right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-summer-in-australia-right-now/567467)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-summer-in-australia-right-now/567467 "2022-07-14T22:43:56Z")
Or is it just warm in the Winter? In other words, does the actual name of the season change when you cross the equator? --- ## [Math for a baseball spaceship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-for-a-baseball-spaceship/967738)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-for-a-baseball-spaceship/967738 "2022-07-14T22:39:33Z")
As a mental exercise, I created the following specific scenario: Your spaceship, which is out in space traveling at some unspecified speed, has a dry weight mass of 12 tons (12000Kg). It is loaded with a million America… --- ## [Supplement ratio oddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-ratio-oddity/967826)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-ratio-oddity/967826 "2022-07-14T22:37:05Z")
Per doctor’s instructions, I’m taking a calcium / vitamin D supplement. Weirdly, the supplement contains 125% of my vitamin D requirement (1000 IU) - but only HALF of my calcium requirement. Why wouldn’t they try to pr… --- ## [How are the Dresden books nowadays? No spoilers, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-dresden-books-nowadays-no-spoilers-please/967839)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-the-dresden-books-nowadays-no-spoilers-please/967839 "2022-07-14T22:37:02Z")
I dropped off after Skin Game, which was pretty good, Dead Beat and Fool Moon. I’ve heard he hasn’t gotten any better at female characters. How are the more recent ones? --- ## [What do you recall about President Obama’s ascent to the White House?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-recall-about-president-obama-s-ascent-to-the-white-house/967873)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-recall-about-president-obama-s-ascent-to-the-white-house/967873 "2022-07-14T20:44:10Z")
I wasn’t engaged in politics at all until Scumbag # 1 threaded the needle of the Republican primary in 2016. I documented in another thread a couple of years ago, how I wasn’t paying TOO much attention leading up to the… --- ## [Speaking of illegal immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-illegal-immigration/967966)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-illegal-immigration/967966 "2022-07-14T19:33:46Z")
What would happen to a US citizen who snuck into Mexico, and decided to stay a while? I could exist there indefinitely if I had access to an ATM. If I went off the beaten path, would I ever be challenged? And if they cau… --- ## [Iran on the verge of Nuclear Weapons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-on-the-verge-of-nuclear-weapons/967960)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iran-on-the-verge-of-nuclear-weapons/967960 "2022-07-14T18:56:06Z")
I haven’t seen any threads about this recently, but I heard a report on NPR this morning, so I thought I’d put something up. Here’s some cause for concern. We can thank Trump for derailing the Iran Treaty, which he was… --- ## [X-rated films of the late 1960s , or R-rated after X denoted porno films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-rated-films-of-the-late-1960s-or-r-rated-after-x-denoted-porno-films/967776)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-rated-films-of-the-late-1960s-or-r-rated-after-x-denoted-porno-films/967776 "2022-07-14T18:19:53Z")
I’m writing an article about those films of the late 60s and early 70s that featured explicit (or very suggestive) sex scenes, where actors were at least partially nude but totally and plainly engaged in sex acts on scre… --- ## [Why do you admire astronauts (if you do)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-admire-astronauts-if-you-do/966571)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-admire-astronauts-if-you-do/966571 "2022-07-14T15:56:04Z")
Inspired by the “national treasure” thread, in which several Americans identified the Apollo astronauts as major national heroes. I didn’t want to threadshit, and I certainly don’t have anything in particular against ast… --- ## [How does a Horseshoe Crab find the Water after Breeding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-horseshoe-crab-find-the-water-after-breeding/967877)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-horseshoe-crab-find-the-water-after-breeding/967877 "2022-07-14T15:49:30Z")
This year my family and I were able to visit New Jersey during Horseshoe Crab breeding season. To breed, the males attach themselves to the back of a female, and the female crawls out of the ocean at high tide onto the b… --- ## [Divorce and Obituaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-obituaries/967491)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-obituaries/967491 "2022-07-14T14:36:14Z")
A friend has just passed away. He and I shared a hobby with others over decades. His obituary was extensive and well thought out. Mentioned his upbringing, his college education which he did not complete. A job where… --- ## [What was the most anachronistic thing you've seen in a fictional work that wasn't intentional or an accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-anachronistic-thing-youve-seen-in-a-fictional-work-that-wasnt-intentional-or-an-accident/953956)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 489\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-anachronistic-thing-youve-seen-in-a-fictional-work-that-wasnt-intentional-or-an-accident/953956 "2022-07-14T13:58:16Z")
Barring stuff like Blazing Saddles where all the anachronisms are a joke, or something that was unavoidably left in by mistake like seeing airplane contrails in a work set in the Middle Ages, or something where that was … --- ## [Atari is 50 years old - what have you liked about them? what did they do wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atari-is-50-years-old-what-have-you-liked-about-them-what-did-they-do-wrong/967137)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atari-is-50-years-old-what-have-you-liked-about-them-what-did-they-do-wrong/967137 "2022-07-14T13:53:37Z")
50 years as a brand, but it’s not the same company, I don’t think. Anyone have fond memories of Atari games throughout their 50 year memory? I do and will share below. Also, how the heck did they mess up so bad that the… --- ## [Academics And Writers Of The SDMB: Do You Remember The First Time You Were Cited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academics-and-writers-of-the-sdmb-do-you-remember-the-first-time-you-were-cited/967784)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/academics-and-writers-of-the-sdmb-do-you-remember-the-first-time-you-were-cited/967784 "2022-07-14T13:30:31Z")
I got cited today! I’m not an academic and have published no academic papers (I doubt anything I wrote as an undergrad was groundbreaking), but I am a low-rent news writer for an E-list website. And today, a C-list websi… --- ## [I Am VERY Patient With Technology. Can Anyone Else Relate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-patient-with-technology-can-anyone-else-relate/967857)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-very-patient-with-technology-can-anyone-else-relate/967857 "2022-07-14T12:48:08Z")
Because I do really wonder if I am alone. I’ll give an example. My father and I got a CD player about twenty years ago. We had a choice between the deluxe one and the somewhat cheaper one. We could’ve easily gotten the … --- ## [How to make sure clothes dry without a washer spin cycle? (Need answer or washer fix fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sure-clothes-dry-without-a-washer-spin-cycle-need-answer-or-washer-fix-fast/967853)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-sure-clothes-dry-without-a-washer-spin-cycle-need-answer-or-washer-fix-fast/967853 "2022-07-14T11:13:51Z")
I had a small load of laundry in the washer, just a towel, some underwear, and socks. But after it finished, everything was waterlogged. I tried setting the washer back to rinse and spin, but nothing happens. I hear the … --- ## [Gas Mileage Drop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-mileage-drop/967793)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-mileage-drop/967793 "2022-07-14T10:27:31Z")
I have a 2012 Toyota Rav4 with less than 100K miles. I’ve had it for 6 years and have reliably gotten 25 MPG. In the last few months the mileage is down to 21.5. I change the oil regularly, and changed the air filter, ev… --- ## [Holding Supreme Court justices accountable to what they said they'd do/wouldn't do during Senate confirmation hearings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-supreme-court-justices-accountable-to-what-they-said-theyd-do-wouldnt-do-during-senate-confirmation-hearings/967833)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-supreme-court-justices-accountable-to-what-they-said-theyd-do-wouldnt-do-during-senate-confirmation-hearings/967833 "2022-07-14T08:41:30Z")
Ever since Roe was overturned, there have been many complaints that Gorsuch/Barrett/Kavanaugh “lied” during Senate hearings by saying things like “Roe is settled law” and then voting to overturn it once they did get conf… --- ## [Trump waives executive privilege for Bannon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-waives-executive-privilege-for-bannon/967728)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-waives-executive-privilege-for-bannon/967728 "2022-07-14T07:50:46Z")
I suspect this is covered in another thread, but I’m too lazy to go searching today. According to this NBC article, Trump has waived executive privilege so that Bannon can testify. Or, as TFG puts it, “I will waive E… --- ## [I can no longer read David Baldacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-no-longer-read-david-baldacci/920277)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-no-longer-read-david-baldacci/920277 "2022-07-14T06:43:23Z")
I have read a number of his books over the years. I never thought he was a particularly good writer, but his books helped fill the gaps when I needed something to read. I remember liking the Camel Club series and the Wil… --- ## [Have you heard this origin story of the 50 star US flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-this-origin-story-of-the-50-star-us-flag/967519)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-this-origin-story-of-the-50-star-us-flag/967519 "2022-07-14T04:53:32Z")
You can read the whole story here. I have never heard it myself so I was curious how widespread it was. Kind of TLDR: In 1959 a junior in high school did a 50 star flag as a class project, as the flag at that point had … --- ## [Why do modern casinos don't have easy places for people to sit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-modern-casinos-dont-have-easy-places-for-people-to-sit/967813)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-modern-casinos-dont-have-easy-places-for-people-to-sit/967813 "2022-07-14T04:51:41Z")
PREEMPTIVE READ THE TEXT DONT JUST BLURT OUT THE ANSWER AHEAD OF TIME LIKE ITS A GAME SHOW Okay, i understand in the old days you didn’t want seats in a casino because the only places you wanted people to sit in a casin… --- ## [How are Ear buds powered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-ear-buds-powered/967902)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-ear-buds-powered/967902 "2022-07-14T04:42:53Z")
The usb charger cord plugs into the box. There’s lights on the box that indicate the charge. You can see 2 prongs in the box that makes contact with the ear bud. Is there also a battery in the ear bud? Is it being charg… --- ## [OB-GYN from the San Francisco area is planning a floating clinic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ob-gyn-from-the-san-francisco-area-is-planning-a-floating-clinic/967823)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ob-gyn-from-the-san-francisco-area-is-planning-a-floating-clinic/967823 "2022-07-14T03:54:34Z")
“This is going to be a very large monetary effort that is funded by philanthropy and maybe a donated vessel,” said Dr. Meg Autry, an OB-GYN and professor at UCSF. “Basically a reproductive floating health clinic,” sa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1055) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1057)