# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1134&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1135 --- ## [Id this actor \[1971 television program\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-actor-1971-television-program/963965)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-actor-1971-television-program/963965 "2022-05-04T21:24:27Z")
This could just be an anonymous extra. However, I think it looks like a rather (shortly thereafter) well-known actor of that era. If no one else thinks it’s “anybody,” I’ll say who I thought it might be (I’d give a 3 o… --- ## [Tell me about the Christian flag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-christian-flag/837299)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-christian-flag/837299 "2022-05-04T19:41:44Z")
My multinational employer has Yammer, a Facebook-like social network for employees. Most of the discussion groups are related to work or IT, but there are a few hobby- and family-oriented groups. One recent entry had an… --- ## [Approximately How Big Is The Jeopardy! Screen Where You Write Your Final Jeopardy Answer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-how-big-is-the-jeopardy-screen-where-you-write-your-final-jeopardy-answer/963880)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/approximately-how-big-is-the-jeopardy-screen-where-you-write-your-final-jeopardy-answer/963880 "2022-05-04T19:02:34Z")
On yesrterday’s episode, the Final Jeopardy question had something to do with John Wilkes Booth and a performance he and his brother had acted in. Since one of my life’s goals is to appear on Jeopardy! and make a fool of… --- ## [American Motors, Rambler, Nash, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-motors-rambler-nash-etc/963323)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-motors-rambler-nash-etc/963323 "2022-05-04T18:42:50Z")
Let’s talk about the defunct American Motors Corporation, which gave us the Gremlin, Pacer, Matador, etc., each of which garnered at least one mention in the Ugliest Car thread. I never owned one but they always intrigu… --- ## [I am sick and tired of all these betting commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-and-tired-of-all-these-betting-commercials/963778)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-and-tired-of-all-these-betting-commercials/963778 "2022-05-04T18:09:30Z")
I think legalized betting (and to a lesser degree, fantasy sports) are making sports worse. I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re ruining it, but they’re making it worse. Commercials on ESPN and every regional sports … --- ## [WTF Boston? "Attacks by Boston youth ‘terrorizing unsuspecting citizens’ continue downtown; police can’t make arrests because many suspects ‘too young’"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-boston-attacks-by-boston-youth-terrorizing-unsuspecting-citizens-continue-downtown-police-can-t-make-arrests-because-many-suspects-too-young/963851)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-boston-attacks-by-boston-youth-terrorizing-unsuspecting-citizens-continue-downtown-police-can-t-make-arrests-because-many-suspects-too-young/963851 "2022-05-04T17:17:02Z")
I saw the article below that details some young kids running amok in downtown Boston including assaulting people. The article says Boston police cannot arrest or detain anyone under the age of 12. Why? I mean, I get t… --- ## [So, anyone know anything about Chrome and bookmarks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-know-anything-about-chrome-and-bookmarks/963917)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anyone-know-anything-about-chrome-and-bookmarks/963917 "2022-05-04T17:07:02Z")
I use Google Chrome almost exclusively for my web browsing. A couple of days ago, I was in a web-based meeting (not using Zoom). After the meeting, I noticed that my bookmarks in the “bookmarks bar” were all gone. As … --- ## [My Singing Journey Continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-singing-journey-continues/963940)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-singing-journey-continues/963940 "2022-05-04T16:34:23Z")
So I have been accepted into the music program at a university. This will be my fourth degree. :slight\_smile: I know I don’t need the degree to be a professional singer, but for my specific goals I think it will be helpf… --- ## [May 4 for lefties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4-for-lefties/963945)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-4-for-lefties/963945 "2022-05-04T16:25:45Z")
May 4, 1886, Haymarket affair, started with 1 May protests for 8-hour day, a May 4 protest in Chicago against police brutality against striking workers that saw a bombing and the police firing into a crowd, the execution… --- ## [So I just tried real licorice, and am pretty impressed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-tried-real-licorice-and-am-pretty-impressed/963802)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-just-tried-real-licorice-and-am-pretty-impressed/963802 "2022-05-04T16:02:23Z")
I’m one of those folks who can’t stand black licorcice candy. I find the flavour revolting—almost nauseating. Give me a bag of assorted-flavour candy, and I’ll hand it back to you with all the icky black ones rattling … --- ## [How are Republican/Democrat talking points generated that they all seem to get on board with at the same time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-republican-democrat-talking-points-generated-that-they-all-seem-to-get-on-board-with-at-the-same-time/963814)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-republican-democrat-talking-points-generated-that-they-all-seem-to-get-on-board-with-at-the-same-time/963814 "2022-05-04T15:21:45Z")
I was browsing Reddit and saw the picture shown below. Regardless of how you feel about the issue I am curious how it is that all these people parrot the same talking point at the same time. Sometimes verbatim, sometim… --- ## [How does this scam work? (fake invoice without an URL for the mark to visit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-scam-work-fake-invoice-without-an-url-for-the-mark-to-visit/963896)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-this-scam-work-fake-invoice-without-an-url-for-the-mark-to-visit/963896 "2022-05-04T15:13:17Z")
From time to time I get order confirmation invoices on the following lines: From: (a Gmail address) To: my e-mail address Subject: Order\_Confirmation\_Invoice We Are Renewing It For You. Dear, \, Than… --- ## [Night court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-court/963847)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-court/963847 "2022-05-04T14:47:56Z")
I like a lot of old TV shows, but I have never seen “Night Court”. Does anybody know why? --- ## [What the Heck Is It?! (semi trailer design)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-it-semi-trailer-design/963803)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-it-semi-trailer-design/963803 "2022-05-04T11:21:27Z")
My question is regarding a semi’s trailer design. First of all, it is a full semi trailer and not something that is shipped via railroad and bolted to a trailer frame. Second, I see them every day, so this design is no… --- ## [Does anyone else hate Andy Serkis as much as I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-hate-andy-serkis-as-much-as-i-do/963213 "2022-05-04T11:19:41Z")
Physical turn the screen off revulsion. If i were a billionaire I’d pay him whatever he asked to just kick the shit out of him. --- ## [What's the biggest airline to have no flights going to/from/through the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-airline-to-have-no-flights-going-to-from-through-the-usa/958712)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-biggest-airline-to-have-no-flights-going-to-from-through-the-usa/958712 "2022-05-04T09:30:08Z")
This is trivial enough that it could have gone into MPSIMS, but I’m trying to find the answer to it: What is the biggest airline in the world that runs no flight operations involving the USA at all? (no flights to, or fr… --- ## [New Shakes? Alabama Order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shakes-alabama-order/963916)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-shakes-alabama-order/963916 "2022-05-04T08:13:23Z")
Has anyone ever done a mashup of New Order’s “Temptation” and Alabama Shakes’s “Always Alright”? And if not, WHY not? --- ## [Caterpillar ID anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-id-anyone/963810)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-id-anyone/963810 "2022-05-04T02:20:16Z")
Yesterday we were doing spring cleaning in our garage. My gf placed a birdhouse onto one of the lawn tractors that is covered by a sheet. Minutes later (?) the sheet was covered with tiny (2 mm) caterpillar/inchworm ty… --- ## [How Do You Define having Read a Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-having-read-a-book/963675)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-having-read-a-book/963675 "2022-05-04T01:51:47Z")
I’ve been perusing book channels looking for reading suggestions, and I’ve noticed some of those YouTube host saying things like, “Yeah, back then I was reading a book a day”. One guy claims to have read 164 books in a … --- ## [Bed skirt to keep out cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-skirt-to-keep-out-cats/963892)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-skirt-to-keep-out-cats/963892 "2022-05-04T01:48:27Z")
I need recommendations, or even just a source, for a bed skirt that will keep cats out from under my bed. Googlefu is weak, since I mostly get hits for bed skirts with cat pictures on them. Not what I want. --- ## [Looking for a recipe: doctoring up store-bought pickles to make them sweet & spicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-recipe-doctoring-up-store-bought-pickles-to-make-them-sweet-spicy/963884)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-recipe-doctoring-up-store-bought-pickles-to-make-them-sweet-spicy/963884 "2022-05-03T22:44:17Z")
A friend of mine at a place I used to work would make these fantastic pickles. She added stuff to a jar of store-bought pickle slices and turned them into these sweet-hot-spicy addictive treats. I’ve been googling this, … --- ## [What can you do with silica gel moisture-absorbent packets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-silica-gel-moisture-absorbent-packets/963766)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-do-with-silica-gel-moisture-absorbent-packets/963766 "2022-05-03T22:05:31Z")
I remember they have uses but forget what they are. --- ## [Will The Radio Buttons On My Steering Wheel Control An Aftermarket Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-radio-buttons-on-my-steering-wheel-control-an-aftermarket-radio/963824)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-radio-buttons-on-my-steering-wheel-control-an-aftermarket-radio/963824 "2022-05-03T21:39:26Z")
My car ('06 Buick LeSabre) has buttons on the steering wheel that control the volume and band on the factory radio that came installed in the vehicle. Mrs. H and I would like to replace that with an XM-ready aftermarket … --- ## [MLB: April 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2022/962491)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-april-2022/962491 "2022-05-03T20:36:32Z")
It’s kinda lousy for opening day weather wise in most of the USA. Cubs/Brewers got their game in, I wouldn’t want to be watching baseball in the weather today at Wrigley. Nationals/Mets in a rain delay, they might get t… --- ## [Could this be a meteorite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-meteorite/963693)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-this-be-a-meteorite/963693 "2022-05-03T18:05:34Z")
My brother has had this rock for years. He found it in the Okanagan in the interior of BC. It attracts a magnet and feels heavy for its size. … --- ## [Fuck RyanAir and Fuck Brexit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ryanair-and-fuck-brexit/963692)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-ryanair-and-fuck-brexit/963692 "2022-05-03T17:45:38Z")
Was booked to go on my first trip abroad since before Covid - a trip to Portugal for a golf weekend with friends. I got to the airport and RyanAir refused me boarding because my passport, despite being valid until Decem… --- ## [RIP Ric Parnell aka Spinal Tap drummer Mick Shrimpton](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ric-parnell-aka-spinal-tap-drummer-mick-shrimpton/963815)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ric-parnell-aka-spinal-tap-drummer-mick-shrimpton/963815 "2022-05-03T17:34:40Z")
Ric Parnell is now joining the likes of Peter James Bond, John “Stumpy” Pepys, and Eric “Stumpy Joe” Childs. The article doesn’t say the cause of death but I assume it was a bizarre accident. And also be… --- ## [POLL: What is your mortgage and/or prop taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-mortgage-and-or-prop-taxes/963689)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-your-mortgage-and-or-prop-taxes/963689 "2022-05-03T16:19:05Z")
My monthly mortgage payment is: poll My annual property taxes are: poll --- ## [Snooker: "Chess With Balls"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooker-chess-with-balls/917179)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snooker-chess-with-balls/917179 "2022-05-03T16:11:52Z")
Since I’m working from home and not going out much I’m probably going to watch more of the World Championships of this wonderful game than ever before. Anybody else a snooker fan? It usually takes a few frames to get int… --- ## [How to eliminate squeak in a finished floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eliminate-squeak-in-a-finished-floor/963874)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-eliminate-squeak-in-a-finished-floor/963874 "2022-05-03T15:39:40Z")
My kitchen floor squeaks. The basement is unfinished, so I’ve been able to stand on a stepladder down there and feel the kitchen subfloor moving up and down relative to the joist when my wife walks on the kitchen floor.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1133&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1135&state=tracking)