# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1097&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1098 --- ## [You wouldn't think this would be hard to explain, but \[Year To Date\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wouldnt-think-this-would-be-hard-to-explain-but-year-to-date/966399)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wouldnt-think-this-would-be-hard-to-explain-but-year-to-date/966399 "2022-06-18T13:30:02Z")
… I’ve googled this and still can’t find an explanation in straightforward, plain English. Year-to-date means “since January 1st of this year” Year-over-year means “over the last 365 days”. Do I have that right? --- ## [Would you pay 1000$ for this grill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-1000-for-this-grill/966283)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-1000-for-this-grill/966283 "2022-06-18T13:12:08Z")
here’s the grill and going by the description if ti works as good as claimed id get it if I had the funds , --- ## [Are Objects With Mass Moving Through Me At All Times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-objects-with-mass-moving-through-me-at-all-times/966247)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-objects-with-mass-moving-through-me-at-all-times/966247 "2022-06-18T13:07:10Z")
From my very limited understanding of astrophysics, there are various particles zipping about the universe at all times. If they have mass, does that mean that when they hit a solid object – say, for example, a 140kg mal… --- ## [Supreme Court of Canada: parole ineligibility of more than 25 years is unconstitutional](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-canada-parole-ineligibility-of-more-than-25-years-is-unconstitutional/965242)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-of-canada-parole-ineligibility-of-more-than-25-years-is-unconstitutional/965242 "2022-05-31T01:40:11Z")
The Supreme Cour of Canada released its decision today in R v Bissonette, which dealt with multiple periods of parole ineligibility for mass murderers. Bissonnette attackef a mosque some years ago, shooting and killing … --- ## [Bring back “user location.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-user-location/966418)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-back-user-location/966418 "2022-06-18T12:23:06Z")
I’d like to see a return of user location and have it displayed next to or under the username in thread posts. I don’t believe I’m alone in lamenting the demise of this feature. Knowing where posters reside helps put man… --- ## [Jack and Coke to be sold together in cans soon (debut in Mexico later this year; expected in U.S. in '23)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-and-coke-to-be-sold-together-in-cans-soon-debut-in-mexico-later-this-year-expected-in-u-s-in-23/966139)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-and-coke-to-be-sold-together-in-cans-soon-debut-in-mexico-later-this-year-expected-in-u-s-in-23/966139 "2022-06-18T11:35:39Z")
Jack Daniels and Coca-Cola, the classic mixed drink, will be gloriously combined in cans starting later this year in Mexico, and debuting worldwide by the end of next year. --- ## [47 cats found living in a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/47-cats-found-living-in-a-car/966311)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/47-cats-found-living-in-a-car/966311 "2022-06-18T05:23:31Z")
47 cats were rescued from a car in sweltering 90-degree Minnesota heat on Tuesday. Their owner had recently become homeless and didn’t want to leave the cats behind. If you’re about to become homeless, suck it up an… --- ## [Bad bad bad spooky area. But only at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-spooky-area-but-only-at-night/966316)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-spooky-area-but-only-at-night/966316 "2022-06-18T04:19:21Z")
We travelled thru an area today. Seems harmless in the daytime. A few years ago I traveled this route, alone, at least once a week. It would be dusk as as soon as I hit this bump in road, Spookesville, here I come. T… --- ## [Some relief for divorced partners of people in student loan debt may be on its way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-relief-for-divorced-partners-of-people-in-student-loan-debt-may-be-on-its-way/966415)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-relief-for-divorced-partners-of-people-in-student-loan-debt-may-be-on-its-way/966415 "2022-06-18T02:46:03Z")
The Senate has passed, by unanimous consent, the Joint Consolidation Separation Act, allowing married couples who consolidated their student loans in exchange for a lower interest rate (a program that was shuttered in 20… --- ## [New toy - security camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toy-security-camera/966367)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-toy-security-camera/966367 "2022-06-18T00:15:18Z")
So mrAru bought a security camera that screws into a standard light fixture so he installed it in the outside front fixture on the barn. So far I have spotted 2 of the outside cats \[ferals we did the catch vax and neuter… --- ## [Extremely cool Infographics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-cool-infographics/966398 "2022-06-17T23:38:09Z")
This could also go in the QZ: --- ## [Automatic romance between opposite sex (or two gay) characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084 "2022-06-17T21:55:40Z")
Though inspired by TV and movie plots, in which a man and a woman (or two gay characters (though I haven’t seen this in a movie I assume it happens as well)) are thrown into some situation and eventually fall in love, I’… --- ## [Impact of mortgage transfers on credit scores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-mortgage-transfers-on-credit-scores/966394)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impact-of-mortgage-transfers-on-credit-scores/966394 "2022-06-17T19:44:46Z")
I have a very high credit score, but one thing I’m getting dinged a bit for is number of accounts opened in the last two years. This is mostly the result of multiple mortgage refis as the rates kept decreasing. However t… --- ## [Legal Beagles and Pedants: Can "within" a given time "of receipt" include the time before rather than after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216 "2022-06-17T18:43:53Z")
“Do X within 48 hours of receipt” usually means a person has 48 hours after getting something to accomplish X. Can it also mean that the person can do X 48 hours before receipt? For example: “Person A must inspect the g… --- ## [Thought experiment, heat exchange, conservation of energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314 "2022-06-17T17:54:41Z")
Not proposing a viable process here, just using it as a thought experiment. Suppose I took a small air-conditioning set up and made a few modifications. Instead of a fan blowing over the condenser and the evaporator I h… --- ## [Mod-edited post not marked as mod-edited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-edited-post-not-marked-as-mod-edited/966205 "2022-06-17T17:53:21Z")
Continuing the discussion from A U-Haul full of "Patriot Front" extremists pulled over on their way to Pride event: I have no problem with the moderation, but I’m concerned that the edited posts have no indication that… --- ## [What mental health assessment might my kids have taken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-assessment-might-my-kids-have-taken/966388)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mental-health-assessment-might-my-kids-have-taken/966388 "2022-06-17T17:49:28Z")
As an example, one of my kids was having problems with anxiety. During intake, rather than something small like the GAD-7 assessment, we were given a much longer assessment that was clearly intended to identify a wide r… --- ## [Alien Signals Detected by China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-signals-detected-by-china/966268)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-signals-detected-by-china/966268 "2022-06-17T16:28:09Z")
Most likely radio interference, but maybe not. Fun to think about. Actually, it looks like it’s already been discounted. --- ## [Cross-media tracking of my preferences or coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370 "2022-06-17T15:29:20Z")
I did a similar post a few years ago, when I still worked in an office. I went to Qdoba for lunch, paid cash, and put copious amounts of Cholula on my burrito (Qdoba has Cholula only; Chipotle has Tabasco only; it’s like… --- ## [A Question About Data and Anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299 "2022-06-17T15:06:51Z")
I don’t know if there is a factual answer to this or not so I am putting it here. I know this has been asked rhetorically in the past, but I don’t recall ever seeing the question posed as an actual serious question. Wh… --- ## [Ants and Rain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-and-rain/966307)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ants-and-rain/966307 "2022-06-17T14:45:56Z")
This story is inspired by my driveway. I have a lot of anthills in my driveway. And I can’t help but observe them and their lives. Ants are very industrious. Forget bees. Did you know, after every rainstorm, after it dr… --- ## [Carpet, cork, hardwood floors, and sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427 "2022-06-17T14:29:57Z")
Every year at the strata AGM, there is a motion to amend the bylaws to allow owners to replace carpets with cork, lino, vinyl, or hardwood floors. It is regularly defeated, as people worry about sound between the units i… --- ## [3 (or 4) way switch wiring confusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303 "2022-06-17T14:06:28Z")
I’m trying to figure out how this lighting circuit is wired behind the drywall. Power comes into the big switch box from the breaker through wire 3 (14/2). This hot wire is spliced to supply power to switch 1, which goe… --- ## [Go on three cliche](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-on-three-cliche/965938)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-on-three-cliche/965938 "2022-06-17T12:14:10Z")
Hi SD, What is the first instance of the “go on three” cliche? Where two characters are about to do something daring, and one says “on the count of three!” He starts to count, and the other person says “You mean one t… --- ## [Automotive terminology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-terminology/425562)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-terminology/425562 "2022-06-17T10:20:54Z")
I was reading an article on Austin Healeys about how AH considered using a Rolls Royce engine to continue the production of the big Healeys. In the article they refer to the engine as being an inlet over-exhaust 4-1litr… --- ## [Do speed limit cameras cut some slack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-speed-limit-cameras-cut-some-slack/965450)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-speed-limit-cameras-cut-some-slack/965450 "2022-06-17T10:14:26Z")
It’s extremely common for cops to not issue speeding tickets unless you’re exceeding the speed limit by 5 MPH or so (closer to 10 on highways). But what about these speed limit cameras? Are they programmed to refrain fro… --- ## [Old telegraph wires along railroad tracks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-telegraph-wires-along-railroad-tracks/966049)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-telegraph-wires-along-railroad-tracks/966049 "2022-06-17T09:41:23Z")
Last month I took a long distance train trip, from Sacramento to Chicago. One thing I noticed all along the tracks were these old telegraph wires on old fashioned glass insulators. I actually managed to accidentally ge… --- ## [Personalized For You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015 "2022-06-17T09:33:22Z")
I do a lot of reading - some medicine, some more esoteric stuff. I try to stay sort of current with several subjects including business. Digital marketing has been a thing for many years. Big computer companies can ea… --- ## [Which animals will you kill, or have killed on your behalf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119 "2022-06-17T02:37:25Z")
A while back I read a book I found interesting, discussing our complicated relations with animals. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat.. I thought about this book when, in a recent thread, some posters took me to ta… --- ## [Chillwell A/C units. Do they work or is it a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chillwell-a-c-units-do-they-work-or-is-it-a-scam/966272)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chillwell-a-c-units-do-they-work-or-is-it-a-scam/966272 "2022-06-17T02:11:53Z")
Hello Everyone, So for the millionth time a Chillwell as came up on YouTube. If you’re not familiar this is a gadget that is about the size of a small box that is supposed to 'revolutionize the A/C industry". The ad cla… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1096&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1098&state=tracking)