# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1078 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1079 --- ## [Questions about those power boats with all the engines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-power-boats-with-all-the-engines/966510)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-those-power-boats-with-all-the-engines/966510 "2022-06-22T21:09:07Z")
You all probably see those videos appearing on your FB feed. Powerboats with five or six 450 h.p. engines on the back. Is that actually the HP for those motors? A total of 3000 h.p. seems unlikely for any conveyance, le… --- ## [Jurassic World Dominion Question (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-dominion-question-spoilers/966066)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jurassic-world-dominion-question-spoilers/966066 "2022-06-22T20:55:52Z")
So just watched the new Jurassic World:Dominion movie. Haven’t followed all of the others very close, so maybe I missed something. When the hero’s first meet Tim Cook Dodgson, he is nearly incoherent and asking Ramsey … --- ## [Independence Day \[Spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-spoilers/966590)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-spoilers/966590 "2022-06-22T20:37:23Z")
Not spoiling because it is an older film. Deal with it. I tpisses me off, there are freaking ALIENS overhead. No shit for real aliens. Right overhead. Surrounding the earth. SO the gnarly dude who has been claiming for… --- ## [Should Christopher Walken be allowed to touch Stonehenge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-christopher-walken-be-allowed-to-touch-stonehenge/963177)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-christopher-walken-be-allowed-to-touch-stonehenge/963177 "2022-06-22T20:03:49Z")
Mr. Walken is now appearing in a British series called “The Outlaws”, created by and starring Stephen Merchant. Mrs. solost and I watched ep 1, and I had mixed feelings about it. I settled in expecting to enjoy some love… --- ## [Have You ALWAYS Slept on the Same Side of the Bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-always-slept-on-the-same-side-of-the-bed/966372)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-always-slept-on-the-same-side-of-the-bed/966372 "2022-06-22T18:50:15Z")
It occurs to me that I have always slept on the side of the bed nearest the night stand/desk so that I could keep my glasses near to hand in my pre LASIK days, and to get to the alarm. But, which side of the bed that is… --- ## [Is there a way to know whether you had COVID in the past if you are now vaccinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-whether-you-had-covid-in-the-past-if-you-are-now-vaccinated/966596)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-know-whether-you-had-covid-in-the-past-if-you-are-now-vaccinated/966596 "2022-06-22T17:08:18Z")
So in February 2020, I came down with what I thought at the time was food poisoning. I started feeling queasy before lunch and finally left work after projectile vomiting in my wastebasket, and had to be walked downstair… --- ## [Yellowstone....when it will be reopened and repaired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-when-it-will-be-reopened-and-repaired/966252)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellowstone-when-it-will-be-reopened-and-repaired/966252 "2022-06-22T17:00:18Z")
Its here, because I’m looking for reasonably thought out speculation; knowing that there isn’t a factual answer. Do any of you have a somewhat informed thought on when: Yellowstone will reopen? It will be substantiall… --- ## [Evaluating Kamala Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-kamala-harris/966473)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluating-kamala-harris/966473 "2022-06-22T16:24:55Z")
Kamala Harris is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Yet I feel like I don’t have a lot of information about her to evaluate her performance or her potential. I know she has served California both as its attorney gene… --- ## [Holcombe Energy Systems - The New Steorn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holcombe-energy-systems-the-new-steorn/959192)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holcombe-energy-systems-the-new-steorn/959192 "2022-06-22T16:16:00Z")
The old timers here will recall us amusing ourselves kicking around a free energy scam called “Steorn Orb” back in 2006. Over the last few days Holcombe Energy Systems have popped up on youtube, and on facebook running … --- ## [Recently captured American fighters in Ukraine: mercenaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-captured-american-fighters-in-ukraine-mercenaries/966552)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recently-captured-american-fighters-in-ukraine-mercenaries/966552 "2022-06-22T15:55:29Z")
Russia is claiming that three recently captured Americans fighting Russian forces with Ukraine’s military are mercenaries and are not entitled to the same protections as Ukrainian soldiers according to the Geneva Convent… --- ## [Bitcoin mining for domestic heating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-mining-for-domestic-heating/966612)
**Author:** [@QMatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QMatic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitcoin-mining-for-domestic-heating/966612 "2022-06-22T14:57:26Z")
Does this make sense? One of the main criticisms of bitcoin and other proof-of-work cryptocurrencies is the enormous amount of energy expended in mining. However, since all that energy is eventually going to turn to heat… --- ## [The best closing lines/stanzas in songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-closing-lines-stanzas-in-songs/958878 "2022-06-22T13:51:54Z")
Inspired by the this thread and my own posting of Bob Dylan examples, I’m now listening to “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” and noticed once more what a great song “Masters of War” is. You can’t attack the “military-industri… --- ## [IPhone Virus - Anyone Seen This -Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-virus-anyone-seen-this-help/966533)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-virus-anyone-seen-this-help/966533 "2022-06-22T11:57:06Z")
Couple of days ago some entity dropped several items in my calendar, complete with alerts to annoy me. I also started receiving phone calls associated with these items/alerts. Further, they can’t be deleted. In all the… --- ## [What was the best episode of Columbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-episode-of-columbo/966126)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-best-episode-of-columbo/966126 "2022-06-22T11:04:47Z")
And why is it Ransom for a Dead Man? Lee Grant kills her husband, dumps the body, and tells police he was kidnaped.\* She and Columbo then match wits for the rest of the movie. It’s a real joy to watch Grant and Falk tog… --- ## [The Karaoke Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karaoke-thread/966595)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-karaoke-thread/966595 "2022-06-22T10:59:42Z")
For reports of your karaoke adventures. It had been about three years since I’d last been able to do karaoke-- two songs on the Carnival Sunrise cruise to The Bahamas-- prior to May 4, 2022, when Mom and I went to a bar… --- ## [Document scanning software that gives high quality but small files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-scanning-software-that-gives-high-quality-but-small-files/966428)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/document-scanning-software-that-gives-high-quality-but-small-files/966428 "2022-06-22T04:07:19Z")
idk whether the software goes with the scanner machine and is fixed or not, but if we can choose, then I want to ask the best one there is for my need. So, I have some documents that I want to scan. I have noticed that … --- ## [I am and have been SO over the Biden/Carter comparisons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-and-have-been-so-over-the-biden-carter-comparisons/966597)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-and-have-been-so-over-the-biden-carter-comparisons/966597 "2022-06-22T03:59:44Z")
Carter is my favorite President in my lifetime. He was genuinely a good person. He at least has the Camp David Accords to his credit. No, he didn’t start a war that would kill a million Iranians. He created ‘National ma… --- ## [To what extent do Americans consider British history part of theirs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-americans-consider-british-history-part-of-theirs/965430)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-do-americans-consider-british-history-part-of-theirs/965430 "2022-06-22T03:30:52Z")
Observing from a non-Anglo-Saxon perspective, it seems to me that events or people from British history feature quite prominently in American educational curricula and the canon of what is considered general knowledge. T… --- ## [Small splinter (glass) in foot: is pre-flamed needle still SOP? \[NEED ANSWER FASTISH\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-splinter-glass-in-foot-is-pre-flamed-needle-still-sop-need-answer-fastish/966434)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-splinter-glass-in-foot-is-pre-flamed-needle-still-sop-need-answer-fastish/966434 "2022-06-22T03:16:50Z")
See subject. (I just saw “standard operating procedure” is a nice double meaning.) It’s been a long time since self-debridement and certainly since Mom-debridement. Is the poking around with a flame “sterilized” needle … --- ## [Explanations of massive futuristic constructions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanations-of-massive-futuristic-constructions/966494)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanations-of-massive-futuristic-constructions/966494 "2022-06-22T02:35:40Z")
In a thread on UFOs, someone mentioned a mothership half the size of th moon. And I thought of this while watching Dune, where they had all of these massive constructions - both on planets and in space. What movies, bo… --- ## [Happy Father's Day. Tell me about your Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-tell-me-about-your-dad/966463)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-tell-me-about-your-dad/966463 "2022-06-22T02:29:30Z")
Happy Father’s Day, dopers. In the spirit of the holiday, tell me one interesting fact about your dad, or somebody that you looked up to as a dad. I’ll go first. When my dad was in the service he worked at the hospital w… --- ## [Would the Ammunition Fired by an AR-15 Penetrate a Typical School Classroom Door with Lethal Force Remaining?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-ammunition-fired-by-an-ar-15-penetrate-a-typical-school-classroom-door-with-lethal-force-remaining/965808)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-ammunition-fired-by-an-ar-15-penetrate-a-typical-school-classroom-door-with-lethal-force-remaining/965808 "2022-06-22T01:47:52Z")
Title pretty much says it all. I know there are different kinds of ammo, and different kinds of doors. But most schools I’m familiar with have either a steel door, usually pretty heavy, or that classic birch veneer over … --- ## [Most-Populated Buildings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-populated-buildings/965180)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-populated-buildings/965180 "2022-06-22T01:42:10Z")
I was sort of wondering if any building might be comparable to the population of a well-known city. About 26,000 people are in the Pentagon on a good day. An apartment complex in Saint Petersburg has about 18,000 reside… --- ## [Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot- An Heatwave MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-hot-hot-hot-an-heatwave-mmp/966090)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-hot-hot-hot-an-heatwave-mmp/966090 "2022-06-22T01:27:55Z")
So is anybody not getting triple digits this week? Stay inside if you can, and if you’re in the heat like me, stay hydrated. \[Coffee Talk\]I’m verklempt, talk amongst yourselves.\[/Coffee Talk\] From last MMP: {{{{JtC}… --- ## [Patten hits outs at China's 'vengeful' acts in Hong Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patten-hits-outs-at-chinas-vengeful-acts-in-hong-kong/966545)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patten-hits-outs-at-chinas-vengeful-acts-in-hong-kong/966545 "2022-06-22T01:06:08Z")
the last British govenor of hong kong acts surprised that china did exactly what everyone else in the world thought they’d do once they had control of HK Wasn’t part of the criticism against him and the British governme… --- ## [Investing 2022: Should I buy the dip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-2022-should-i-buy-the-dip/966197)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-2022-should-i-buy-the-dip/966197 "2022-06-22T00:23:06Z")
Disclaimer: You can’t time the market. Invest for the long term in a diversified portfolio. Enjoy the wonders of compound interest. Blah, blah, blah… Back in 2019 my IRA was invested in a basket of diverse ETFs recom… --- ## [Do people really shoot fireworks for Martin Luther King Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-shoot-fireworks-for-martin-luther-king-day/966539)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-really-shoot-fireworks-for-martin-luther-king-day/966539 "2022-06-21T22:18:31Z")
I was listening to a popular podcast where the host made the claim they were driving through a city during Martin Luther King Day this year and saw actual fireworks flying into the air at night, and the host made the ass… --- ## [What to do in Indianapolis for a day in mid-July?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-indianapolis-for-a-day-in-mid-july/966255)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-indianapolis-for-a-day-in-mid-july/966255 "2022-06-21T22:11:49Z")
Yet another “what should I do in this city?” thread. I’m going to be in Indianapolis for a conference in mid-July and I believe it’s at the Sheraton City Centre. I’ve been warned that the conference organizer often end… --- ## [Help me find this animated short - monkey, pomegranate, bus station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-short-monkey-pomegranate-bus-station/966460)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-short-monkey-pomegranate-bus-station/966460 "2022-06-21T22:10:51Z")
So I was reading the New Yorker on line and one of the videos interspersed through the text caught my attention (I usually try not to let them disrupt my reading). I forget the title but I’m pretty sure it had “bus stat… --- ## [How do I prepare for my first ballet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-prepare-for-my-first-ballet/965401)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-prepare-for-my-first-ballet/965401 "2022-06-21T21:57:27Z")
We are going to see Swan Lake by the National Ballet of Canada. I’ve listened to the music many times over the years, replacing my worn out cassette tape with a CD, and now MP3s. I’m looking forward to see the music co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1077) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1079)