# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1101&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1102 --- ## [When Pence said "I'm not getting in that car"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-pence-said-im-not-getting-in-that-car/965942)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-pence-said-im-not-getting-in-that-car/965942 "2022-06-13T04:59:49Z")
Now the story is that he didn’t want the opticals of his retinue retreating from the Capitol. Am I the only one who assumed he was afraid of a “Tessio from the Godfather” scenario? --- ## [How (theoretically) can metal detectors be defeated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-theoretically-can-metal-detectors-be-defeated/686830)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-theoretically-can-metal-detectors-be-defeated/686830 "2022-06-13T04:47:45Z")
I’m only asking because I’m sure that if there is any possible combination of materials that could hide a metal object from metal detectors, the major intelligence agencies are using them. But from a physics standpoint, … --- ## [Are there are any other current American products named after stereotypes/slurs, like Scotch Tape (and maybe Scottish Inns)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-are-any-other-current-american-products-named-after-stereotypes-slurs-like-scotch-tape-and-maybe-scottish-inns/965706)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-are-any-other-current-american-products-named-after-stereotypes-slurs-like-scotch-tape-and-maybe-scottish-inns/965706 "2022-06-13T04:37:28Z")
I understand “Scotch Tape” was named so because of the stereotype of Scottish people being cheap, and it was perceived the makers of the tape were being cheap with the adhesive. I’ve also read that “Scottish Inns” were … --- ## [A D Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 279\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-d-day-mmp/965733 "2022-06-13T04:31:17Z")
I’m old enough that my dad was in WWII (the big one according to Herbert T. Gillis). But are the young ‘uns aware of what happened on June 6, 1944? Still in England where it is dreary and rainy. We did not attend any … --- ## [Admins and mods: what is your vision for this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-and-mods-what-is-your-vision-for-this-board/965590)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admins-and-mods-what-is-your-vision-for-this-board/965590 "2022-06-13T03:27:45Z")
Not a complaint or challenge. I’m not here to argue or invite anyone else to argue. This is a good faith question to those most invested in this boards operation to share their views as individuals. The individuals’ back… --- ## [What are my options if I can't find a job within my career field?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-if-i-cant-find-a-job-within-my-career-field/966076)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-my-options-if-i-cant-find-a-job-within-my-career-field/966076 "2022-06-13T00:31:16Z")
Not sure what to do here. I have a degree in industrial design, which is essentially an art degree. It’s a great field to get into and you work on things such as product styling. I left my internship a year ago and moved… --- ## [Is random sampling factually accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-random-sampling-factually-accurate/965865)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-random-sampling-factually-accurate/965865 "2022-06-13T00:15:30Z")
I haven’t seen this question asked here to my knowledge but has there ever been an empirical verification that random sampling is actually a true predictor of results. Let me explain: there are 10 barrels of apples. Exam… --- ## [On the ethics of doing business with tyrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-ethics-of-doing-business-with-tyrants/966033)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-ethics-of-doing-business-with-tyrants/966033 "2022-06-12T23:03:04Z")
This is a spin-off of the thread in the Game Room about the LIV golf league, but I think there’s a bigger issue here, which goes beyond sports. Not infrequently (such as with the golf league), there’s a controversy abou… --- ## [NYT article - Do Swedish People Feed Their Guests?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-article-do-swedish-people-feed-their-guests/965574)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyt-article-do-swedish-people-feed-their-guests/965574 "2022-06-12T22:48:30Z")
So I read this NYT article and I’m confused. At the beginning of the article it says: Instead, when it’s time to eat, a child might go home, stay in the friend’s room and play or sit at the table with the family and no… --- ## [Do you remember Burger King's Pizza Burger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-burger-kings-pizza-burger/965975)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-burger-kings-pizza-burger/965975 "2022-06-12T22:24:02Z")
Bored Panda has a interesting article of old ads. I don’t remember Burger Kings Pizza Burger. It looks delicious. I’m surprised it didn’t take off. It would be great for couples or a family with little kids. It needs … --- ## [Myopia and Eyestrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopia-and-eyestrain/643212)
**Author:** [@jbaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myopia-and-eyestrain/643212 "2022-06-12T22:04:53Z")
Twenty years on, what’s the straight dope on myopia and eyestrain? See Will sitting too close to the TV, reading with bad light, etc., ruin your eyes? - The Straight Dope. --- ## [Starbucks isn't worth it any more (and the company is getting \[already?\] evil)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-isnt-worth-it-any-more-and-the-company-is-getting-already-evil/965645)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starbucks-isnt-worth-it-any-more-and-the-company-is-getting-already-evil/965645 "2022-06-12T21:00:28Z")
Union-busting assholery. That’s the obvious evil. Hard to square with their target market (I would assume more Liberals than Conservatives are into high(?)-quality coffee and bougie snacks) and their reputation for givin… --- ## [Why does it have to be all or nothing with abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-have-to-be-all-or-nothing-with-abortion/963939)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-have-to-be-all-or-nothing-with-abortion/963939 "2022-06-12T20:27:35Z")
I don’t understand either the pro or anti abortion extremists, why does one always have to completely ignore the rest and not try to find a middle ground? It’s not even that hard, imagine this, abortion allowed for ever… --- ## [Music Notation Question - Dotted Half Note = Quarter Note](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-notation-question-dotted-half-note-quarter-note/965797)
**Author:** [@yearofglad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearofglad)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-notation-question-dotted-half-note-quarter-note/965797 "2022-06-12T20:21:39Z")
I downloaded and am learning a piano piece. A snippet of it is shown here. (The site requires registration or I’d link to it directly.) At the top, it says “Andante” and then in parentheses shows a dotted half note, an … --- ## [How do cable addresses work (e.g., "Wire Paladin, San Francisco")?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cable-addresses-work-e-g-wire-paladin-san-francisco/829983)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-cable-addresses-work-e-g-wire-paladin-san-francisco/829983 "2022-06-12T18:45:12Z")
I’m watching all of Have Gun Will Travel from the beginning. I bought myself the boxed set a while back. I’m a Wild Thing. Once we kids figured out that “Wire” wasn’t the man’s first name, it raised the question, how wo… --- ## [Using 40 Volt Lawnmower Batteries for Emergency Lighting and Other Electrical Uses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-40-volt-lawnmower-batteries-for-emergency-lighting-and-other-electrical-uses/965909)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-40-volt-lawnmower-batteries-for-emergency-lighting-and-other-electrical-uses/965909 "2022-06-12T16:54:57Z")
I recently purchased a Hart (Walmart) electric lawnmower powered by 40 volt, 6 AH batteries. It has occurred to me that I could use these batteries for electric lighting and other electrical uses like running a laptop wh… --- ## [Why is the top quark a "Unique" opportunity to study a raw quark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-top-quark-a-unique-opportunity-to-study-a-raw-quark/966059)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-top-quark-a-unique-opportunity-to-study-a-raw-quark/966059 "2022-06-12T16:07:45Z")
The wikipedia page on the top quark says that: Okay. It’s clear that once they were able to study a top quark in the small amount of time that it exists, they were able to study a “bare” quark. But why can’t the same t… --- ## [Visiting Kentucky in August- Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-kentucky-in-august-advice/965852)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-kentucky-in-august-advice/965852 "2022-06-12T15:56:08Z")
I’ll be visiting Wilmore (just outside of Lexington) for about a week to see my mother, and I was wondering about what to see, eat and drink while there. I considered taking the train but unfortunately Amtrak doesn’t go… --- ## [Advice on CAD drafting as a career?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cad-drafting-as-a-career/965790)
**Author:** [@IDKittyKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IDKittyKat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-cad-drafting-as-a-career/965790 "2022-06-12T10:47:27Z")
I’m seeking to earn a certificate for CAD/CAE design and want to know if this would be a good career track for me. – What kinds of jobs are there? – How easy would it be to land a CAD job? – What would the requirement… --- ## [Descriptive Thread Title: I don't wanna cause any trouble.But I wanna explain, if I can about my thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-thread-title-i-dont-wanna-cause-any-trouble-but-i-wanna-explain-if-i-can-about-my-thread-titles/966056)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/descriptive-thread-title-i-dont-wanna-cause-any-trouble-but-i-wanna-explain-if-i-can-about-my-thread-titles/966056 "2022-06-12T09:04:31Z")
I’ve read the rules again. I’m not anything if not open to suggestions. I agree sometimes my titles are problematic. I’ll try to do better. I’m a silly and careless poster. Most of my threads are about me, me, me. I … --- ## [Songs where the singer is being a good friend/lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-singer-is-being-a-good-friend-lover/947321)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-the-singer-is-being-a-good-friend-lover/947321 "2022-06-12T04:35:30Z")
Last night, I was thinking about the song “Trouble Me” by 10,000 Maniacs. It’s about being a supportive and trustworthy lover/friend, and it made me think of how few songs I know with that theme. Most sings seem to eit… --- ## [Word for "one-of-a-kind person"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-one-of-a-kind-person/965186)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-for-one-of-a-kind-person/965186 "2022-06-12T04:21:35Z")
This is bugging the crap out of me, and Google ain’t helping. I’m trying to think of a particular word for a person who is one-of-a-kind, who perhaps stands out against all others in their field (perhaps in an idiosyncra… --- ## [Craving cigarettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-cigarettes/964437)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craving-cigarettes/964437 "2022-06-12T02:52:43Z")
I quit for good over 10 years ago, and after the first few days or weeks, never really looked back. Prior to that, I’d smoked most of my life, and finally quit not because of fear of cancer, but fear of COPD in later lif… --- ## [U.S. law governing use of U.S.-origin equipment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-law-governing-use-of-u-s-origin-equipment/966021)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-law-governing-use-of-u-s-origin-equipment/966021 "2022-06-12T01:33:36Z")
In a memorandum laying out considerations and examining the options for U.S. policy should the Secretary’s meetings in Buenos Aires not produce a breakthrough in the negotiations sufficient to stem the gathering momentum… --- ## [Dracaena draco v. Yucca filamentosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dracaena-draco-v-yucca-filamentosa/965842)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dracaena-draco-v-yucca-filamentosa/965842 "2022-06-12T00:56:39Z")
Can someone help me explain to a Dunning-Kruger sufferer that these are two different plants? She keeps insisting that because “yucca” is a regional colloquial nickname for the Dracaena, that somehow proves they’re the s… --- ## [Disappearing Boundary Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-boundary-island/965756)
**Author:** [@SoccerDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoccerDad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearing-boundary-island/965756 "2022-06-11T22:36:47Z")
I may be getting this all wrong but here goes; I read long ago about an island whose location helped delineate the boundary between Massachusetts and one of either Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New York (via Long Island… --- ## [Catfish, evidently, swallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-evidently-swallow/965993)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfish-evidently-swallow/965993 "2022-06-11T22:15:23Z")
--- ## [Coffee making a buzzing sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-making-a-buzzing-sound/562640)
**Author:** [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-making-a-buzzing-sound/562640 "2022-06-11T21:07:32Z")
This morning I made my coffee as usual - I used a Capresso machine, poured it into a clean cup, added 2 packets of splenda, and a bit of half and half. About a minute or 2 later I noticed a buzzing/fizzing sort of sound… --- ## [Medical billing: any better with Kaiser or similar, than with other medical plans (for Senior)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing-any-better-with-kaiser-or-similar-than-with-other-medical-plans-for-senior/966037)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-billing-any-better-with-kaiser-or-similar-than-with-other-medical-plans-for-senior/966037 "2022-06-11T21:03:58Z")
Being over 65, I have Medicare parts A and B (and D, but that’s not an issue), and a 3rd party supplementary “gap” coverage plan which they call Part F. If I have any kind of outpatient procedure beyond a routine doctor’… --- ## [Help plan our driving trip- San Diego to San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-plan-our-driving-trip-san-diego-to-san-francisco/964894)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-plan-our-driving-trip-san-diego-to-san-francisco/964894 "2022-06-11T20:58:01Z")
Greetings! Since I have had such amazing luck polling the TMs in the past for travel planning, I’m back to solicit ideas for our (that’s going to be Mr Kitty and I) first post-pandemic-lockdown trip this fall. Here are… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1100&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1102&state=tracking)