# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1095&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1096 --- ## [The most hated man in the Toronto area - you almost feel sorry for him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-hated-man-in-the-toronto-area-you-almost-feel-sorry-for-him/742448)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-hated-man-in-the-toronto-area-you-almost-feel-sorry-for-him/742448 "2022-06-21T12:27:41Z")
Marco Muzzo flew home from his Vegas bachelor party in a private jet, drinking on the plane. After landing, he and buddies went straight to a bar and drank some more. He then hopped in his car to drive home. Before he m… --- ## [Interesting/weird/amusing tombstones you have seen.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-weird-amusing-tombstones-you-have-seen/758919)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-weird-amusing-tombstones-you-have-seen/758919 "2022-06-21T12:04:38Z")
This thread has two inspirations. One is a thread on another board about “terrible tombstones” The other is several threads here asking for examples of rare or interesting items, such as cars and birds. Grave markers … --- ## [Military aircraft – fast cross-country pit stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-aircraft-fast-cross-country-pit-stop/966160)
**Author:** [@Judge\_Phred1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judge_Phred1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-aircraft-fast-cross-country-pit-stop/966160 "2022-06-21T08:04:09Z")
I was recounting this story recently, and realized that I was not 100% sure of all of the facts and how clear my memory was – so I thought that this board might help me to get the facts right and have an interesting disc… --- ## [Is everyone on craigslist a scam artist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-on-craigslist-a-scam-artist/964946)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-on-craigslist-a-scam-artist/964946 "2022-06-21T07:05:25Z")
I posted a piece of furniture for sale yesterday ($300) and got an interesting response: The potential buyer wanted it, but couldn’t get there right away. So he would send me a cashier’s check for the amount plus an ext… --- ## [Arby's selling wagyu beef burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arbys-selling-wagyu-beef-burger/964948)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arbys-selling-wagyu-beef-burger/964948 "2022-06-21T03:32:44Z")
I had to look this up to make sure that it wasn’t a hoax, but it seems legitimate. Arby’s, best known for selling roast beef sandwiches, has had other kinds of sandwiches on its menu for years. Chicken sandwiches, fi… --- ## [How long can I expect to continue to test positive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-i-expect-to-continue-to-test-positive/966461)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-can-i-expect-to-continue-to-test-positive/966461 "2022-06-21T03:08:59Z")
I tested positive for Covid with symptoms resembling a cold, and then tested positive again 8 days later with no symptoms remaining. How long before I can expect to be free of the virus and test negative again? As a po… --- ## [Five Years turns 50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-turns-50/966525)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-years-turns-50/966525 "2022-06-20T22:52:11Z")
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was released 50 years ago this week. It’s arguably David Bowie’s greatest album, and certainly the longest titled.\* In these days of existential dread, there… --- ## [How Can I Search the Secret FBI Watchlist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-search-the-secret-fbi-watchlist/966495)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-search-the-secret-fbi-watchlist/966495 "2022-06-20T21:38:51Z")
Apparently some sort of secret FBI watch list was accidentally disclosed and is now online. I searched for it, but the site I went to started asking me a lot of questions making me think it is some sort of scam. Does an… --- ## [Federal or other agency to report credit fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-or-other-agency-to-report-credit-fraud/966446)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-or-other-agency-to-report-credit-fraud/966446 "2022-06-20T21:07:26Z")
I was sorting through mail and opened an envelope that I thought was junk mail, from Rocket Mortgage. When I looked at it more closely, I saw it had a name that I don’t recognize at all, but it has my address. I moved in… --- ## [Free speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech/965303)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-speech/965303 "2022-06-20T20:15:04Z")
Can free speech truly exist without good manners? --- ## [Take An Academic Potshot!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-an-academic-potshot/966271)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-an-academic-potshot/966271 "2022-06-20T19:06:07Z")
The purpose of this thread is to take an academic potshot. The idea is to make a barbed but good-natured joke at any subject, field, specialty or associated item. Genuine antipathy belongs in the pit and not this threa… --- ## [Colorado winters and freeway tire chains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-winters-and-freeway-tire-chains/966444)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-winters-and-freeway-tire-chains/966444 "2022-06-20T18:54:35Z")
I just drove I70 today. Lots of permanent signs saying “chains required when flashing” and similar. What’s the law? Does every car and truck need chains when the signs indicate? Four wheel drive trucks, too? What happe… --- ## [Most interesting car ever seen on the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-interesting-car-ever-seen-on-the-road/947198)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-interesting-car-ever-seen-on-the-road/947198 "2022-06-20T18:46:08Z")
Cars today are designed by the laws of aerodynamics yielding a parabolic sameness to their profiles. In another time car designs were driven by other, sometimes fanciful, goals. There were home builts and customs and fu… --- ## [Does hiring a chaffeur eliminate your legal liability if you are in a car accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hiring-a-chaffeur-eliminate-your-legal-liability-if-you-are-in-a-car-accident/966191)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-hiring-a-chaffeur-eliminate-your-legal-liability-if-you-are-in-a-car-accident/966191 "2022-06-20T17:32:50Z")
I would surmise that if you are a famous celebrity, one reason you’d want a chauffeur (not least of being that nobody wants to drive themselves through LA traffic) is that you could be on the hook for huge monetary damag… --- ## [My croton bloomed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-croton-bloomed/966441)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-croton-bloomed/966441 "2022-06-20T17:05:38Z")
I’ve had this plant for 5 years come August, and never knew it even could bloom. I’m a proud plant granddaddy! Pictures below – not mine, and this is not my blog, but it looks about like this. And by the way, I realize … --- ## [More projection than a 12-screen cineplex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-projection-than-a-12-screen-cineplex/966487)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-projection-than-a-12-screen-cineplex/966487 "2022-06-20T15:25:34Z")
This is a thread on your favorite projection by a political actor, whether elected politician or activist or whatever. Lately I’ve been hearing lots of comments about the R’s projecting their faults onto the D’s, but thi… --- ## [Do electric vehicle (EV) charging stations charge a lower rate if you charge at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-electric-vehicle-ev-charging-stations-charge-a-lower-rate-if-you-charge-at-night/966447)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-electric-vehicle-ev-charging-stations-charge-a-lower-rate-if-you-charge-at-night/966447 "2022-06-20T13:51:58Z")
If you own an electric vehicle such as a Tesla and use one of their charging stations does the price they charge depend on the time of day you plug in? Or, do they charge you a flat rate regardless of when you plug in? … --- ## [Did pigs really eat people on a ship in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pigs-really-eat-people-on-a-ship-in-ww2/966050)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pigs-really-eat-people-on-a-ship-in-ww2/966050 "2022-06-20T13:39:38Z")
I was reading one of Stephen Ambrose’s WW2 books and came across a throwaway line about pigs that had been kept on board a ship (for food, I’d guess) and got out during an attack by German aircraft? This was years ago, … --- ## [If A Plane Crash Lands, Is Pilot Responsible For Damage On The Ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-plane-crash-lands-is-pilot-responsible-for-damage-on-the-ground/966429)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-plane-crash-lands-is-pilot-responsible-for-damage-on-the-ground/966429 "2022-06-20T13:15:46Z")
Notice as this guy lands his glider in a farmer’s field. The crop appears to have been harvested, so I’m guessing the damage is negligible. But what if he’d destroyed the farmer’s tomatoes or cannabis or whatever, would … --- ## [Best Streaming Service for Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-streaming-service-for-movies/965928 "2022-06-20T11:17:26Z")
My TV viewing time is strongly skewed towards movies and not ongoing series. Right now, Netflix is my favorite because they have the widest range of movies that I know of. My question to the Cafe is, am I right? If so… --- ## [Can soda indirectly prevent you from getting fat? (by causing gastric problems)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-soda-indirectly-prevent-you-from-getting-fat-by-causing-gastric-problems/966410)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-soda-indirectly-prevent-you-from-getting-fat-by-causing-gastric-problems/966410 "2022-06-20T10:26:02Z")
Every or almost every single article on negative effects of soda mentions the chance of getting obese and various heart problems that come with it. Also high blood pressure. I am a 26 year old guy without any (diagnosed… --- ## ["Dopesick" drama mini-series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459 "2022-06-20T05:16:49Z")
I’m a little late to the party here as this premiered back in October, but I somehow had never heard of it until Danny Strong appeared as a guest on Bill Maher last Friday and it was discussed. Strong created the series… --- ## [What's It Take To Remove a Bad Umpire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-take-to-remove-a-bad-umpire/966368)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-it-take-to-remove-a-bad-umpire/966368 "2022-06-20T05:12:44Z")
I’ve read some articles about a suspect umpire in the MLB that has a reputation for making bad calls behind the plate. Can he be removed, or at least rotated to another umpire position? What are the MLB’s policies on thi… --- ## [Visiting Chicago for a couple days. Could use some help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chicago-for-a-couple-days-could-use-some-help/966120)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-chicago-for-a-couple-days-could-use-some-help/966120 "2022-06-20T04:00:33Z")
We’re planning a short family vacation at the end of the month. Really want to take our kids to the Shedd Aquarium, Museum of Science and Industry, and the Field Museum. I’m trying to find a place to stay and it’s prett… --- ## [Cervical Cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cervical-cancer/963772)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cervical-cancer/963772 "2022-06-20T03:58:40Z")
This past week, the wife was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The doctor is optimistic though since it turns out the cancer has not spread like was initially feared. It looks like it can be addressed with an operation. We… --- ## [Baby proofing a sliding screen door](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-proofing-a-sliding-screen-door/966306)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-proofing-a-sliding-screen-door/966306 "2022-06-20T02:15:29Z")
The nickel is right up against the frame and edge of the door, showing that there’s not enough room for one of those sticky tape lock mechanisms. I’m hoping someone here has had to secure a similar door. I would prefer n… --- ## [What has Merrick Garland accomplished as AG?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-merrick-garland-accomplished-as-ag/966190)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-merrick-garland-accomplished-as-ag/966190 "2022-06-19T23:31:47Z")
I haven’t really heard much about DOJ acting - certainly not with respect to any transgressions related to the prior administration. I presume he must be preoccupied with a number of other important projects - but I’m n… --- ## [Alec Guinness replaces Ewan McGregor in Kenobi deepfake video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-guinness-replaces-ewan-mcgregor-in-kenobi-deepfake-video/966152)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alec-guinness-replaces-ewan-mcgregor-in-kenobi-deepfake-video/966152 "2022-06-19T22:01:16Z")
Mildly spoilerish. Ewan McGregor Replaced with Alec Guinness in the Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi Series - YouTube. Its…good. I do wonder if I would have been fooled if I hadn’t known that it was a deepfake and hadn’t watch… --- ## [Do humans, as observers, occupy a special place when observing Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-humans-as-observers-occupy-a-special-place-when-observing-earth/966007)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-humans-as-observers-occupy-a-special-place-when-observing-earth/966007 "2022-06-19T21:22:56Z")
The Copernican Principle states that Earth doesn’t occupy a special place when observing the Universe. So does it apply to humans as well? Do humans occupy a special place when observing the Earth? --- ## [Whatis the oldest known example of jewelry set with gemstones? With Gold? With Silver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatis-the-oldest-known-example-of-jewelry-set-with-gemstones-with-gold-with-silver/966436)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatis-the-oldest-known-example-of-jewelry-set-with-gemstones-with-gold-with-silver/966436 "2022-06-19T20:35:51Z")
What is the oldest known example of jewelry set with gemstones? With Gold? With Silver? Just a random pondering of mine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1094&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1096&state=tracking)