# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1056&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1057 --- ## [Questions about the viability of 5 day old lunch meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-viability-of-5-day-old-lunch-meat/968323)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-viability-of-5-day-old-lunch-meat/968323 "2022-08-02T19:36:12Z")
So last Saturday I bought a commercial deli-style family-sized package of sliced turkey breast, thinking I’d make sandwiches for the next several days. But besides opening and consuming some of the turkey that same day, … --- ## [Atlantic City (and maybe Las Vegas, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlantic-city-and-maybe-las-vegas-etc/968267 "2022-08-02T18:14:01Z")
Someone mentioned AC in another thread. I assumed it was a country, but when I looked up postal code abbreviations, there was no AC. It turned out that AC is Atlantic City. I’d never heard it abbreviated before. That… --- ## [Help me improve my attitude towards technology - such as website changes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-improve-my-attitude-towards-technology-such-as-website-changes/968930 "2022-08-02T17:44:14Z")
I’ve posted in the past regarding my somewhat Luddite tendencies. I don’t HATE technology - I just don’t really enjoy interacting with it. And I really find it difficult when something I’ve interacted with seamlessly f… --- ## [Why does my cell phone show "no service" periodically for a few hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cell-phone-show-no-service-periodically-for-a-few-hours/967727)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-cell-phone-show-no-service-periodically-for-a-few-hours/967727 "2022-08-02T17:18:04Z")
Here’s the question: is this a network/coverage problem or a hardware problem (signaling that my phone is about to go belly-up). My carrier is T-Mobile. I’m using a BlackBerry Key2, running on Android 8.1.0, the latest … --- ## [Does today's unanimous Senate approval of a permanent DST bill mean it's a fait accompli?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-todays-unanimous-senate-approval-of-a-permanent-dst-bill-mean-its-a-fait-accompli/961145 "2022-08-02T17:03:24Z")
\[Note to mods: I really tried to think of the correct forum for this post, but I really couldn’t decide. So I placed it here, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you can think of a better forum.\] Today the Senate unanimous… --- ## [Question for the UK contingent in the audience (British police slang)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-uk-contingent-in-the-audience-british-police-slang/967692)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-uk-contingent-in-the-audience-british-police-slang/967692 "2022-08-02T16:11:34Z")
I’m watching Vera with Brenda Blethyn at the moment. I have to ask: Do British policewomen really call witnesses and suspects “Luv” and “Pet” when they’re interviewing/interrogating them? It reminds me of Christie Love… --- ## [Anyone have MultiVersus on their radar? (Smash Bros.-style online brawler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-multiversus-on-their-radar-smash-bros-style-online-brawler/968974 "2022-08-02T15:27:31Z")
There have been a string of failed Smash Bros. clones over the years, and I don’t think I enjoyed any of them. MultiVersus (launch trailer | subreddit) may be the first one that I think will go the distance. It’s owned … --- ## [Presidential address @ 7:30pm Eastern re: US counterterrorism strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-address-7-30pm-eastern-re-us-counterterrorism-strike/968941)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-address-7-30pm-eastern-re-us-counterterrorism-strike/968941 "2022-08-02T13:30:14Z")
Just came down the pipe about 10 minutes ago. From the White House: Speculation: --- ## [Of the "Big 4" American Fighter Plane Types of the 80's-90's, who was the loser overall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-the-big-4-american-fighter-plane-types-of-the-80s-90s-who-was-the-loser-overall/968818 "2022-08-02T12:28:21Z")
The big four fighters that were all introduced to the US Air Force or US Navy inventories starting in the 1970’s and almost all of them are still seeing active use in the US military inventories to this day. I’m speakin… --- ## [Factual info about illumination on the surface of Venus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-info-about-illumination-on-the-surface-of-venus/968856)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-info-about-illumination-on-the-surface-of-venus/968856 "2022-08-02T11:38:58Z")
I’m trying to get a sense of how bright the surface of Venus would appear in the visible wavelengths to a hypothetical human astronaut in an unobtanium pressure suit. Venus is significantly closer to the Sun, but has muc… --- ## [Could the Republicans gather enough votes in state legislatures to radically rewrite the Constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-republicans-gather-enough-votes-in-state-legislatures-to-radically-rewrite-the-constitution/968899)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-republicans-gather-enough-votes-in-state-legislatures-to-radically-rewrite-the-constitution/968899 "2022-08-02T11:30:44Z")
This article seems to think that that might be their long game. That’s kinda frightening. You could say goodbye to abortion rights and gay marriage forever, probably. Trans rights, too. --- ## [Board Games for non\[yet\]-readers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/board-games-for-non-yet-readers/968043 "2022-08-02T08:19:54Z")
Hey, guys-- I haven’t been around in a while, because I’ve been busy, and haven’t been online much at all. But I need some advice, and I can’t think of a better place. I’m being asked to start a “specials” program for t… --- ## [A question on those photographs of galaxies from space telesccopes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-those-photographs-of-galaxies-from-space-telesccopes/968723)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-those-photographs-of-galaxies-from-space-telesccopes/968723 "2022-08-02T07:48:27Z")
You’ve probably seen them, such as the one here from Hubble, or this from JWST. If you don’t want to click through, these are just the typical deep space photographs of scores of galaxies in a single frame. My question … --- ## [Prior To Plumbing, What Were The (American English) Euphemisms For Urination/Defecation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-plumbing-what-were-the-american-english-euphemisms-for-urination-defecation/967904)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-plumbing-what-were-the-american-english-euphemisms-for-urination-defecation/967904 "2022-08-02T07:48:21Z")
Before technology enabled us to say we need to “use the bathroom” or “use the toilet” or “use the facilities” or whatever, what did people say? Particularly if they didn’t use vulgarities like “piss” and “shit.” Would a … --- ## [MLB: July 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 222\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-july-2022/967252 "2022-07-31T21:40:07Z")
As always, July 1 means Bobby Bonilla day! The trade deadline this season won’t be until August 2, but we could see fire sales happening sooner, the Cubs and Nationals dismantling last year was painful. --- ## [Women's cycling and giving birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-cycling-and-giving-birth/968883 "2022-08-02T05:51:32Z")
Anybody knowledgable of body mechanics out there? For women that are competitive in road cycling, does having given birth change a women’s body mechanics such that it affects their cycling? Does it affect anything in a… --- ## [Can you help me remember this adult cartoon that aired on cable from many years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-remember-this-adult-cartoon-that-aired-on-cable-from-many-years-ago/968951)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-remember-this-adult-cartoon-that-aired-on-cable-from-many-years-ago/968951 "2022-08-02T05:26:33Z")
Read the thread on Primal, watched the first two episodes and loved it. It reminded me of an older adult cartoon that may have been on Liquid TV or similar. It featured a primitive man in a futuristic world. He befriends… --- ## [How important is it that Trump and his cronies are directly investigated quickly and come to trial quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-that-trump-and-his-cronies-are-directly-investigated-quickly-and-come-to-trial-quickly/968939)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-that-trump-and-his-cronies-are-directly-investigated-quickly-and-come-to-trial-quickly/968939 "2022-08-02T04:40:19Z")
I’d like to directly discuss the conflict between: The longer Trump and his associates are outside a courtroom, the more emboldened they and their allies become. It is important that they face consequences to help stav… --- ## [UEFA Women's Euro 2022 and the England Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-womens-euro-2022-and-the-england-team/968652)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uefa-womens-euro-2022-and-the-england-team/968652 "2022-08-02T04:11:15Z")
Anyone following the football (that’s “soccer” for the American types) going on right now? Because England are absolutely storming the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 Championship. Five games, no losses, TWENTY goals scored (inc… --- ## [What do your friends and relatives eat that you find to be just plain nasty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972 "2022-08-02T02:53:10Z")
What do your friends and relatives eat that you find to be just plain nasty? My landlady’s son eats Chef Boyardee ravioli straight from the can, without heating it, like he’s a criminal on the lam or something. --- ## [Beer Is Beer In Most Romance Languages, Except In Spanish And Portuguese; Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-is-beer-in-most-romance-languages-except-in-spanish-and-portuguese-why/968429)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-is-beer-in-most-romance-languages-except-in-spanish-and-portuguese-why/968429 "2022-08-02T01:54:28Z")
Based on my cursory Googling, it looks like “beer” is basically the same word in other Romance languages: “birra” in Italian, “bière” in French, and “bere” in Romanian. It’s also “beer” in non-Romance European languages,… --- ## [Tour de France 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2022/967688)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tour-de-france-2022/967688 "2022-08-02T01:15:12Z")
Didn’t see a thread for 2022, which is odd because we have (or had) some hardcore fans. I’m more of a casual fan myself. What I’ve found interesting so far (I’m a bit behind). Is M. Cort Nielsen’s record number of mounta… --- ## [Large patients on operating tables](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-patients-on-operating-tables/968839)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-patients-on-operating-tables/968839 "2022-08-02T01:05:47Z")
What do surgeons/hospitals do when large patients need surgery and won’t fit on a standard operating table? Are there larger tables available if needed? --- ## [What adhesive for regluing rubber gasket on a blender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adhesive-for-regluing-rubber-gasket-on-a-blender/509975)
**Author:** [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-adhesive-for-regluing-rubber-gasket-on-a-blender/509975 "2022-08-01T23:53:21Z")
So my SO and I have a nice blender. At the bottom of the pitcher there is a thin rubber gasket where the pitcher screws into its base to keep things from leaking. And the gasket has come almost completely unglued from th… --- ## [July mini-rants. Who is this Julius Caesar guy anyway? Why does HE deserve a month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants-who-is-this-julius-caesar-guy-anyway-why-does-he-deserve-a-month/967249 "2022-08-01T23:45:52Z")
Co-workers are clearing their desks in preparation for the long weekend - and I happen to be next in line for these processes. So I’m getting flooded with work. Some “rush” jobs. My company’s management also makes it … --- ## [Guitar strings backwards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-strings-backwards/968923)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-strings-backwards/968923 "2022-08-01T23:11:57Z")
This is Tom Morello Looks like he has the bottom of the strings at the top of the guitar. Any reason to do that? https://twitter.com/PNCArena/status/1553955799663362049/photo/3 --- ## [Chess robot breaks seven-year-old boy's finger during chess tournament](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-robot-breaks-seven-year-old-boys-finger-during-chess-tournament/968485 "2022-08-01T21:39:36Z")
Blake Lemoine may have a point. “The robot broke the child’s finger,” Sergey Lazarev, Moscow Chess Federation President, told Tass news agency. “This is of course bad.” you think …? No, Discourse. My topic is absol… --- ## [Give me your DNA testing and opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-dna-testing-and-opinions/968866)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-dna-testing-and-opinions/968866 "2022-08-01T21:13:25Z")
I’m doing some personal genealogy lately and am considering submitting a DNA test. Have you ever done one of these? Which one? How do the distinct DNA tests differ from each other? Did you discover anything useful? How r… --- ## [Do racehorses appreciate that they are racing (against other horses)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racehorses-appreciate-that-they-are-racing-against-other-horses/964178)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-racehorses-appreciate-that-they-are-racing-against-other-horses/964178 "2022-08-01T20:44:47Z")
Racehorses clearly understand that the idea is for them to run fast, and they also can see that there are other horses alongside them which are doing the same thing. But do they understand that there is any significance … --- ## [How do I search within a thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-within-a-thread/968654)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-search-within-a-thread/968654 "2022-08-01T19:02:33Z")
If I remember correctly, the old software had a “search within this thread” option. I am not seeing that in Discourse. I see the Advanced search options, but I sure cannot figure out how to search within the current thr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1055&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1057&state=watching)