# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1096&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1097 --- ## [So it looks like Russia is going to win this war after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-looks-like-russia-is-going-to-win-this-war-after-all/966035)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-it-looks-like-russia-is-going-to-win-this-war-after-all/966035 "2022-06-19T18:38:03Z")
.McDonalds restaurants are all re-opening in Russia. (though without the arches). They are covering the McDonalds logo with the Russian flag. paywalled cite: Two months ago the news was optimistic.We all smugly enjoy… --- ## [Starting a remote job, kinda unhappy with it ... anyone want to give me a pep talk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-remote-job-kinda-unhappy-with-it-anyone-want-to-give-me-a-pep-talk/965999)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-remote-job-kinda-unhappy-with-it-anyone-want-to-give-me-a-pep-talk/965999 "2022-06-19T17:08:11Z")
The contract I have worked on for the last few years has ended, and for months, I have had plans in place to move into a new position with a different company. That job fell through, and I ended up accepting a different… --- ## [Why is my iPhone slowing down in loading pages in Safari!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-slowing-down-in-loading-pages-in-safari/966147)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-iphone-slowing-down-in-loading-pages-in-safari/966147 "2022-06-19T17:02:35Z")
It’s been getting worse over the past few days - it’s taking a long time to load pages. Doesn’t seem tied to any particular site : SDMB, Wikipedia. Google news - I get blank white pages, or the spinning circle, or no ch… --- ## [My perfect cruise: Duluth to Antarctica](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379 "2022-06-19T16:43:59Z")
Cruise from Duluth to Antarctica in 2023 The Mrs and I are really enchanted by this cruise itinerary. Start out by following the old Edmund Fitz’s track! We both have agreed that we’d love to tour the Great Lakes more… --- ## [Kids book about spies in the revolutionary war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-book-about-spies-in-the-revolutionary-war/966448)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-book-about-spies-in-the-revolutionary-war/966448 "2022-06-19T15:41:27Z")
I know this is a long shot, but here goes: I remember that that when I was in maybe 4th or 5th grade, so around 1982-3, I started reading a paperback book about spies in the American Revolutionary War. It had Benedict A… --- ## [Is there anything universally special about the notes on the musical scale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-universally-special-about-the-notes-on-the-musical-scale/966199)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-universally-special-about-the-notes-on-the-musical-scale/966199 "2022-06-19T10:16:51Z")
Backstory: After my guitar was recently “set up” by the teenager at Guitar Center, I noticed that the tuner imbedded in the guitar itself seemed to register all the strings just slightly flat, when compared to the tuner … --- ## [Has annoying music ever driven you out of a business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-annoying-music-ever-driven-you-out-of-a-business/966243)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-annoying-music-ever-driven-you-out-of-a-business/966243 "2022-06-19T09:39:08Z")
The discussion about TV or No TV in restaurants got me thinking one of my pet peeves in restaurants and retail businesses: loud, annoying music. Yesterday we stopped in a discount department store that has always had an… --- ## [Charges of sex assault w/ voluntarily intoxicated victims](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charges-of-sex-assault-w-voluntarily-intoxicated-victims/966387)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charges-of-sex-assault-w-voluntarily-intoxicated-victims/966387 "2022-06-19T06:23:05Z")
I read an article about a new IL law in which the fact that a victim voluntarily became intoxicated does not preclude charges of sexual assault, under the idea that the intoxicated person could not consent. From the law… --- ## [Are “bumpy” chair ramps substantially better than smooth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bumpy-chair-ramps-substantially-better-than-smooth/965922)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-bumpy-chair-ramps-substantially-better-than-smooth/965922 "2022-06-19T04:07:30Z")
All over my city crews are installing bright yellow ramps with little bumps. Are these a huge improvement, or is it a make-work project? --- ## [How much should i go down from initial offer (buying new car - need answer sorta fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-go-down-from-initial-offer-buying-new-car-need-answer-sorta-fast/966412)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-go-down-from-initial-offer-buying-new-car-need-answer-sorta-fast/966412 "2022-06-19T04:06:19Z")
So I’m about to drive a long way to get a car tomorrow. They said they don’t settle on final price over the phone but gave me a highball estimate of $56K, telling me there’s room to negotiate. I said thanks, I might ca… --- ## [Videos bleeping out inoffensive words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-bleeping-out-inoffensive-words/966141 "2022-06-19T03:25:08Z")
I’ve noticed something recently on YouTube. Some videos are bleeping out words that really aren’t offensive. On a “Did you know” video the kept bleeping out the word Nazi. But the movie they were talking about was abou… --- ## [The long Covid inevitability chain of logic: any flaws?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-covid-inevitability-chain-of-logic-any-flaws/966391)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-long-covid-inevitability-chain-of-logic-any-flaws/966391 "2022-06-19T02:33:12Z")
I’ve been reading about, and thinking over, the comments of those online generally afraid of long Covid casting a shadow over the planet, and this seems to be the chain of logic: Covid will never be eliminated. Even if… --- ## [RIP Mark Shields](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-shields/966443)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-shields/966443 "2022-06-19T01:51:27Z")
Don’t know if this is the proper forum for this post but this made me sad.Political commentator and columnist Mark Shields dies at 85 - POLITICO He knew his history. --- ## [Humorous things you’ve seen in job postings or resumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-things-you-ve-seen-in-job-postings-or-resumes/966393)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-things-you-ve-seen-in-job-postings-or-resumes/966393 "2022-06-19T00:35:57Z")
Resumania has always been good for a laugh during the stress of job hunting. As far as what I’ve seen recently, I just saw a job which said the salary range was from $3 to $400,000, that’s quite a range!! From below m… --- ## [Does anything at all happen if a day is declared National/State such-and-such day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-at-all-happen-if-a-day-is-declared-national-state-such-and-such-day/966328)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anything-at-all-happen-if-a-day-is-declared-national-state-such-and-such-day/966328 "2022-06-19T00:34:25Z")
There seem to be a zillion such days. (What got me to thinking about it is that a guy I work with updates his email signature every day to include “\[Today’s date\] is National \[such-and-such\] day”.) I’m aware that these … --- ## [Do you wait for and watch any TV show live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wait-for-and-watch-any-tv-show-live/965690)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wait-for-and-watch-any-tv-show-live/965690 "2022-06-18T21:04:53Z")
Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, meant that you either watched a TV show on the day and time it was aired. If you missed it and were lucky, you were able to rewatch it over the summer as a rerun. Now, between DVRs, On D… --- ## [My Venus flytrap is utterly useless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-venus-flytrap-is-utterly-useless/966308)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-venus-flytrap-is-utterly-useless/966308 "2022-06-18T20:53:49Z")
Even when I trap flies in a plastic CUP and put them OVER the flytrap, so that the fly is virtually guaranteed to land on the traps sooner or later, the Venus flytrap will trigger in such a way that the fly escapes the c… --- ## [Wondering if this was a scam attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-this-was-a-scam-attempt/966380)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-this-was-a-scam-attempt/966380 "2022-06-18T20:37:25Z")
I’m not in any debt of any kind or behind on any bills. My Transunion and Equifax scores are 828 and 832 respectively as of this morning. Last week, Friday, June 10th, I received a $100 bill for a doctor appointment I h… --- ## [New Dog - Name suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-name-suggestions/966408)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-name-suggestions/966408 "2022-06-18T19:25:29Z")
We lost our bestest buddy Pixel about 6 months ago, and earlier this week met this guy: He was left in front of the vet clinic in a shopping cart. I just happened to be there with on… --- ## ["Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" was there a Bacon's dining room scene?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-seconds-over-tokyo-was-there-a-bacons-dining-room-scene/966237)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thirty-seconds-over-tokyo-was-there-a-bacons-dining-room-scene/966237 "2022-06-18T19:09:49Z")
The Tokyo raid was planned in the dining room of Bacon’s resort. AFAIR there was a scene in the movie of that event. However, when I saw the movie the other night, the scene was not there. Is the scene a figment of my ag… --- ## [Rewriting trite, formulaic sports stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-trite-formulaic-sports-stories/966366)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewriting-trite-formulaic-sports-stories/966366 "2022-06-18T19:04:08Z")
Tampa Bay Lightning Depressed By Series-Opening Loss Lightning coaches and players say their 4-3 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche makes it unlikely they can come back to win the Stanley Cup in the Finals. Head co… --- ## [A misunderstanding FOR ME TO POOP ON!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-misunderstanding-for-me-to-poop-on/966417)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-misunderstanding-for-me-to-poop-on/966417 "2022-06-18T18:26:37Z")
Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, and a film crew from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert we’re arrested at the Capitol for being there without proper identification or something. --- ## [I retired recently. Lots of grim economic forcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-retired-recently-lots-of-grim-economic-forcasts/965895)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-retired-recently-lots-of-grim-economic-forcasts/965895 "2022-06-18T18:06:43Z")
I recently retired, with a small pension, and began looking for a job I’d enjoy. But I’ve been hearing some mighty scary economic forecasts. How bad does this look for the job market? Any good news on the economy? An… --- ## [The U.K. receives less sunlight than almost all of the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-k-receives-less-sunlight-than-almost-all-of-the-usa/963687)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-u-k-receives-less-sunlight-than-almost-all-of-the-usa/963687 "2022-06-18T17:56:34Z")
Is this Tweet true? https://twitter.com/alexhern/status/1519990155825881088?s=21&t=n33UPdwhTGkui\_-tfoYg0A I assume it’s due to the very short hours of sunlight during winter days in the U.K. due to the northern latitu… --- ## [WiseGuy - remember that series?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiseguy-remember-that-series/966209)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiseguy-remember-that-series/966209 "2022-06-18T16:36:24Z")
A strange new TV network popped up called Circle. And there it is - Wise Guy. I loved that series, Ray Sharkey, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey and look, Johnathan Banks doing an early Mike Ehrmantraut. While I was looking… --- ## [Questions about the 9/11 rubble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-9-11-rubble/966250)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-9-11-rubble/966250 "2022-06-18T15:53:10Z")
I know some of the rubble has been preserved as relics. Another portion was painstakingly examined for years by NYC medical examiners for evidence at the smallest level for human remains (a sacred undertaking, in my view… --- ## [Calculations made by animals and humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculations-made-by-animals-and-humans/966251)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculations-made-by-animals-and-humans/966251 "2022-06-18T15:31:51Z")
Primarily I am thinking of pouncing or throwing things. Jumping spiders can jump up to 50 times their length and land on their prey. To me that would take some serious calculations. If you give a human something like a w… --- ## [Why do gas pumps slow down before they stop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gas-pumps-slow-down-before-they-stop/358191)
**Author:** [@Vashbul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vashbul)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-gas-pumps-slow-down-before-they-stop/358191 "2022-06-18T14:56:47Z")
Whenever you pump gas at a self-service filling station, there’s always that awful moment when you’re about 30 cents from your prepaid amount when the pump slows down to a crawl. Getting that last bit into the tank can s… --- ## [What do you call marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865 "2022-06-18T14:44:34Z")
My son (jokingly) chastises me for calling it “pot”. He says that’s a Boomer word. He generally calls it “weed”. Is it true that “pot” is a dated word? “Weed” was certainly in use when I was young (1960s-70s), but I ten… --- ## [Hardware update question for gaming on new machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardware-update-question-for-gaming-on-new-machine/966382)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardware-update-question-for-gaming-on-new-machine/966382 "2022-06-18T14:28:58Z")
I’m a computer programmer DB analyst. Not a hardware guy. But I have added ram, swapped hard drives, installed network cards and stuff. Not a lot, but I’m not afraid of the guts of the machine. I go through periods of w… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1095&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1097&state=tracking)