# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1067 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1068 --- ## [Getting tired of San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-tired-of-san-francisco/836641)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-tired-of-san-francisco/836641 "2022-07-03T18:47:09Z")
I know there are lots of reasons to hate this city, whether you live here or not. It seems to be a touchstone for a lot of people. I originally moved here in 1980 because I felt more comfortable being gay here (although … --- ## [San Francisco for 3-4 days - what must I not miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-for-3-4-days-what-must-i-not-miss/959478)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-for-3-4-days-what-must-i-not-miss/959478 "2022-07-03T17:01:54Z")
I’ve never been, but I’m going. What are some must-sees? My plan is to grab the hop-on hop-off bus, probably the 2-day pass. My only plans so far: Walk the Golden Gate bridge (anyone done this?) Haight-Ashbury (a … --- ## [Catholic Bishops can suck my ass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-bishops-can-suck-my-ass/944594)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-bishops-can-suck-my-ass/944594 "2022-07-03T16:50:24Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/catholic-bishops-back-document-that-could-lead-to-limits-of-communion-for-biden/ar-AALbAMb?ocid=Peregrine&li=BBnb7Kz U.S. Catholic bishops on Friday voted to back a measure that … --- ## [Recommend me a dashcam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dashcam/967268)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dashcam/967268 "2022-07-03T16:27:12Z")
I could use a recommendation for a good dashcam. Anything else I should know? Is a dashcam very noticeable - as in, would it make the car more of a target for break-ins because it’s a visible object of value? (My car … --- ## [ID this mystery tuber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-tuber/967292)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-mystery-tuber/967292 "2022-07-03T12:21:56Z")
Here in Korea, potatoes are suddenly hard to come by. I found some in a small local grocery, but in the harsh light of my kitchen, I’m not sure these are potatoes. They are the size and shape of regular cooking potatoes,… --- ## [Your favorite obscure Rolling Stones songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obscure-rolling-stones-songs/966054)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-obscure-rolling-stones-songs/966054 "2022-07-03T12:04:32Z")
What are some of your favorite songs by the Rolling Stones that aren’t exceptionally well known? Something the casual fan wouldn’t know, something that you won’t get by asking Alexa to play The Rolling Stones? I’ll star… --- ## [Marvel binge watch order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-binge-watch-order/967316)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-binge-watch-order/967316 "2022-07-03T06:06:11Z")
I’m not much of a fan, but I do enjoy watching each Marvel property once. Sort of like James Bond or Tom Cruise movies. Last thing I saw was the second Infinity Stone movie when it came to cable. At the time I binged th… --- ## [Medicare Part A only? I have a job and private coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-a-only-i-have-a-job-and-private-coverage/967121)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-a-only-i-have-a-job-and-private-coverage/967121 "2022-07-03T05:35:59Z")
I turned 65 and need to sign up for Medicare, but how? Some research indicates that understanding Medicare and making a good informed decision isn’t an option for people who aren’t Medicare professionals. I have a good… --- ## [Black & White movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-white-movies/967307)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-white-movies/967307 "2022-07-03T03:51:21Z")
In my past as a profesional still photographer I shot a lot of B&W film. I just trusted/assumed that the film would render color via grey scale in an acceptable fashion and didn’t give it much thought. That said, I am a… --- ## [Baby nicknames](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-nicknames/966550)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-nicknames/966550 "2022-07-03T03:38:36Z")
I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this, and I know we’ve discussed nicknames we give our pets, but what about our kids, grandkids, sibs, whatever? When my daughter was a baby/toddler, we called her either Poot or … --- ## [Wait, this was off topic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-was-off-topic/967209)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-this-was-off-topic/967209 "2022-07-03T03:35:09Z")
So someone asked (in IMHO not FQ) about “Levying war on the United States” and I cited John Walker Lindh, who literally levied war on the United States, as in he literally fought US troops on the battlefield (as well as O… --- ## [Hate speech and censorship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-speech-and-censorship/842871)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hate-speech-and-censorship/842871 "2022-07-03T02:33:56Z")
I’ve received a warning for “hate speech” in this thread : https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=884596 Specifically here : https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=21950191&postcount=183 Cop… --- ## [Let's negotiate peace in Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-negotiate-peace-in-ukraine/961973)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-negotiate-peace-in-ukraine/961973 "2022-07-03T01:19:21Z")
In other threads, we’ve thrown around ideas about what kind of agreement would end the war in Ukraine. I thought it deserved its own thread, but if mods decide this belongs somewhere else that’s cool. So, let’s figure o… --- ## [A bit of a win in a curious time of Australian isolation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-win-in-a-curious-time-of-australian-isolation/948412)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bit-of-a-win-in-a-curious-time-of-australian-isolation/948412 "2022-07-02T23:02:08Z")
Sydney is in lockdown due to COVID-19 Delta and a solid dollop of complacency on the immunological front (only 36% of the eligible population have single dose and 18% fully vaccinated) But a bit of a win for me is that … --- ## [Supreme Court might destroy voting rights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-might-destroy-voting-rights/967216)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-might-destroy-voting-rights/967216 "2022-07-02T21:04:51Z")
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in its fall 2022 session on whether state courts play any role in judging the constitutionality of election laws and legislative district maps passed by state legislatures. The c… --- ## [Print PDF file as Book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-pdf-file-as-book/967242)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-pdf-file-as-book/967242 "2022-07-02T20:57:36Z")
I have two PDF files, one 166 pages and the other 300 pages, that I’d like to have printed and bound as books. I found several Internet sites that perform this service. However, I’d like to know if anyone here has used s… --- ## [Who was the first adult to treat you like an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-adult-to-treat-you-like-an-adult/967255)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-adult-to-treat-you-like-an-adult/967255 "2022-07-02T20:15:04Z")
This is a huge event in most people’s lives, I think. Certainly in mine. I had an older, married cousin who liked to sit up late at night and smoke cigarettes and drink coffee, and when I’d stay over at night at their pl… --- ## [It's official: the Archbishop of San Francisco is holier than The Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-the-archbishop-of-san-francisco-is-holier-than-the-pope/967124)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-official-the-archbishop-of-san-francisco-is-holier-than-the-pope/967124 "2022-07-02T19:51:13Z")
… Pelosi’s home archbishop, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, has said he will no longer allow her to receive the sacrament in his archdiocese because of her support for abortion rights. Cordileone, a co… --- ## [Did you go to drive in movies as a kid? What crazy things did you see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-drive-in-movies-as-a-kid-what-crazy-things-did-you-see/966871)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-drive-in-movies-as-a-kid-what-crazy-things-did-you-see/966871 "2022-07-02T19:30:52Z")
When I was a kid I used to go spend a week or so with my aunt and uncle in MI. They were big on going to the drive ins. One (of several) movies I recall was this sci-fi gem. Also, this classic examination … --- ## [Would the environmental pressures imposed by humans make the housefly of today significantly harder to swat than their ancestors of 1000 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-environmental-pressures-imposed-by-humans-make-the-housefly-of-today-significantly-harder-to-swat-than-their-ancestors-of-1000-years-ago/967097)
**Author:** [@SmartBulbInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartBulbInc)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-environmental-pressures-imposed-by-humans-make-the-housefly-of-today-significantly-harder-to-swat-than-their-ancestors-of-1000-years-ago/967097 "2022-07-02T19:10:38Z")
For context, I am primarily referring to Musca domestica. Recently the thought occurred to me that due to short life cycle of the common housefly, and due to the fact that such flies have interacted with humans for thou… --- ## [Trump: Where is my Gerald Ford?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-where-is-my-gerald-ford/967092)
**Author:** [@civilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/civilis)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-where-is-my-gerald-ford/967092 "2022-07-02T19:09:46Z")
Upon learning about the pardon requests submitted by Juliani and Meadows to tRump, I had to have a little chuckle. Who was going to give Trump a pardon? If Trump goes down, he is going to take others with him. So Donald … --- ## [I Lost My Last Uncle-Or-Aunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-last-uncle-or-aunt/967075)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-my-last-uncle-or-aunt/967075 "2022-07-02T17:08:35Z")
We technically buried my Uncle Carl May 5th. But there’s a reason why I share it now. It is still weighing heavily on my mind. I told my cousin that during the funeral. And it still is. Like I told many people at the ti… --- ## [What defines an organisation as rogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-an-organisation-as-rogue/967218)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-an-organisation-as-rogue/967218 "2022-07-02T17:04:18Z")
I’m speaking about the SCOTUS specifically, with their repeal of constitutional (medical) privacy (and thus abortion, if I understand the details correctly) and rumors (announced plans?) to look at other rights such as m… --- ## [Linguistics question : Spanish and Portuguese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-question-spanish-and-portuguese/966195)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linguistics-question-spanish-and-portuguese/966195 "2022-07-02T16:10:32Z")
Spanish and Portuguese are clearly closely related, but distinct languages. Do those two languages have a precursor other than Latin, from which they both descended, or is it more accurate to say that both descended dir… --- ## [Statehood for Puerto Rico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-puerto-rico/921465)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statehood-for-puerto-rico/921465 "2022-07-02T15:53:41Z")
This move is not on the Dems’ platform but they’re clearly favorable to considering it, and PR is having yet another statehood referendum in November. This is not like DC statehood. There are two special problems: P… --- ## [Use of ambiguous letters in security codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-ambiguous-letters-in-security-codes/966773)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/use-of-ambiguous-letters-in-security-codes/966773 "2022-07-02T14:40:34Z")
Fuck Login.gov and their goddamn alphanumeric 2-factor security codes. You give me a fucking code full of Bs and Vs and zeros and Os and then you lock me out for putting in the wrong code too many times?!?!?! FUCK YOU. … --- ## [Did I ruin my battery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ruin-my-battery/966986)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ruin-my-battery/966986 "2022-07-02T13:39:42Z")
I have one of those external batteries one uses to charge a phone or tablet. It’s actually rather old – I used to show it off as the newest, greatest gadget before everyone had these things. Anyway, it puts out 5v at 2… --- ## [Did radio stations actually call random numbers as part of a contest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-radio-stations-actually-call-random-numbers-as-part-of-a-contest/967160)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-radio-stations-actually-call-random-numbers-as-part-of-a-contest/967160 "2022-07-02T12:42:54Z")
This was a sitcom plot I saw a lot in the 90s, both Full House and The Simpsons had plots where a radio station was said to call random phone numbers (which were entirely random, nobody had actually signed up for the con… --- ## [Transferring photos from iPhone to computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-photos-from-iphone-to-computer/966892)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-photos-from-iphone-to-computer/966892 "2022-07-02T12:37:49Z")
I take a lot of pictures (and more since apparently, I’m decent at it) on my phone, but now it’s telling me my storage is full. There are a lot of pictures on there I don’t want to lose. I bought a little flash-drive thi… --- ## [Questions about getting rid of / giving away an old boat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-getting-rid-of-giving-away-an-old-boat/967187)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-getting-rid-of-giving-away-an-old-boat/967187 "2022-07-02T12:13:41Z")
1971 Saf-T-Mate Admiral. First boat I ever bought- I kept it even through a newer open-bow I bought and then sold when it turned out to be a lot of trouble. This old Saf-T-Mate was a lot of fun - 65HP Evinrude Triumph al… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1066) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1068)