# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1159 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1160 --- ## [Seabiscuit: What did Red want the $20 for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seabiscuit-what-did-red-want-the-20-for/221705)
**Author:** [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seabiscuit-what-did-red-want-the-20-for/221705 "2022-03-26T18:50:25Z")
Okay, I just rented Seabiscuit. Good movie. Anyway, sometime after all the principal players came together, Red Pollard (the jockey) asked Charles Howard (the owner) to borrow ten dollars. He began to explain that he had… --- ## [A browser question: any idea how I'm doing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-browser-question-any-idea-how-im-doing-this/961739 "2022-03-26T17:49:45Z")
This question is completely motivated by curiosity. It is a puzzle, not a problem. The browser is Chrome. I have used it for a long time and sometimes do various things on it by rote. What I usually do for some applicat… --- ## [No trouble code on Nissan rogue but dash light is on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trouble-code-on-nissan-rogue-but-dash-light-is-on/961701)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-trouble-code-on-nissan-rogue-but-dash-light-is-on/961701 "2022-03-26T17:39:01Z")
It’s a 2017 AWD. I hit a big pothole and got new wheels and tires. OBD 2 shows nothing . I will take it to a shop . The light is on for slip issues. --- ## [How deep can an average person dive with and without basic scuba gear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-an-average-person-dive-with-and-without-basic-scuba-gear/961366)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-deep-can-an-average-person-dive-with-and-without-basic-scuba-gear/961366 "2022-03-26T16:29:43Z")
If you’re just an average 20-40 year old, without any diving experience and it’s effects on your breath holding, then: How deep can you dive without any equipment and for how long? How deep if you have a basic air … --- ## [Smoking Wolf toy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-wolf-toy/957601 "2022-03-26T15:34:17Z")
(I didn’t really where to put this so…) When I was a wee lad, my grandfather had a small toy wolf that smoked cigarettes. As I remember the wolf was realistic(ish) and stood about 2" tall. The cigarettes were long and t… --- ## [Ivermectin Isn't Horse Medicine!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-isnt-horse-medicine/949831)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivermectin-isnt-horse-medicine/949831 "2022-03-26T14:11:52Z")
Well, yeah, I mean, it is used as a medication for horses. But in discussions on this board about its use for treating COVID - and let me be clear, I think that use is idiotic - quite a few posters have referred to it as… --- ## [Does anyone else find having a TV constantly on unsettling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-having-a-tv-constantly-on-unsettling/704675)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-find-having-a-tv-constantly-on-unsettling/704675 "2022-03-26T12:35:08Z")
We’re gearing up for our annual holiday time visit to my wife’s parents and as usual, I find myself dreading the trips. I’m always completely stressed out by the end of the trip. One of the reasons is the tv is always … --- ## [Simple (?) Powerbank Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-powerbank-question/961685)
**Author:** [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-powerbank-question/961685 "2022-03-26T09:33:55Z")
Electronics aren’t my strong suit so can someone explain for a dumbo like me how this would work. Some handheld flashlights (torches) have a powerbank feature. If such a flashlight had a fully charged 3000 mAh 18650 bat… --- ## [Strong colorings in commercial food products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-colorings-in-commercial-food-products/961657)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-colorings-in-commercial-food-products/961657 "2022-03-26T08:20:20Z")
I was looking at an online video about failed fast food items. One was a burger that Burger King had for Halloween, in which the bun was colored black with A-1. I’d give long odds there was “black” food coloring in it … --- ## [ID a movie: motorcyclist decapitated by plate glass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-motorcyclist-decapitated-by-plate-glass/961010)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-movie-motorcyclist-decapitated-by-plate-glass/961010 "2022-03-26T06:38:28Z")
No, it’s not The Omen. As a 10-year-old, I saw The Omen on broadcast television. Last night I found it as a TCM on-demand title and decided to watch it again. This time I’d get to see in all its R-rated glory the infamo… --- ## [Why do credits take so long to process](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-credits-take-so-long-to-process/961686)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-credits-take-so-long-to-process/961686 "2022-03-26T06:24:42Z")
Had an issue where Safeway stole $230 out of my account when paying for groceries. Don’t worry, this is a FQ not a rant. I immediately noticed it on my receipt and customer service refunded the charge back onto my card… --- ## [Is there any proven way to diminish the amount of junk mail I receive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-proven-way-to-diminish-the-amount-of-junk-mail-i-receive/961664)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-proven-way-to-diminish-the-amount-of-junk-mail-i-receive/961664 "2022-03-26T04:10:36Z")
I’m putting this here because I’m looking for a factual answer, not anecdotes. When I moved from California to a new house in Montana 13 years ago I got zero junk mail for the first 3-4 weeks. Then, as I had expected, t… --- ## [Any animals observed to have a cuisine? i.e. mixing/altering food to possibly enhance flavor/nutrition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-animals-observed-to-have-a-cuisine-i-e-mixing-altering-food-to-possibly-enhance-flavor-nutrition/961638)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-animals-observed-to-have-a-cuisine-i-e-mixing-altering-food-to-possibly-enhance-flavor-nutrition/961638 "2022-03-26T03:08:23Z")
Any non-human animals that is. Any animals seen taking food and throwing it on a salt lick? Or perhaps mixing meat with fruit as we do fish with lemon? Letting it age/ripen for other than future food supply purposes? … --- ## [What is the purpose of the Straight Dope Message Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/959405)
**Author:** [@PokestarFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PokestarFan)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-straight-dope-message-board/959405 "2022-03-26T01:50:52Z")
I found the link to the forum from a blog post about Discord and old-style forums. I googled the Straight Dope, and it used to be a QnA panel on a newspaper from the 70s. So is the forum the same thing (questions and ans… --- ## [Bacon, butter and salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-butter-and-salt/961644)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacon-butter-and-salt/961644 "2022-03-26T01:24:54Z")
I picked up some cabbage and onions from the Pierogi Palace in Cleveland. Their pierogis are amazing. They make eastern European (Ukrainian) style which are much larger then the Polish style and have a hand braided edge. … --- ## [Kiss Kiss Bang Bang -- Whatinaheck is Warner doing to this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-whatinaheck-is-warner-doing-to-this-thing/330507)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-whatinaheck-is-warner-doing-to-this-thing/330507 "2022-03-26T01:17:56Z")
I caught the new film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang the other night. This is screenwriter Shane Black’s (Lethal Weapon, The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight) directorial debut and the first film produced from his script in… --- ## [Weird, pointlessly long video ads - can anyone explain them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-pointlessly-long-video-ads-can-anyone-explain-them/649882)
**Author:** [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-pointlessly-long-video-ads-can-anyone-explain-them/649882 "2022-03-26T00:15:30Z")
I’ve seen online ad campaigns that, after a click or two, want you to sit through a long-winded, talky video promising secrets of weight loss / finding love / making money and other staples of hooks-for-gullible-fish adv… --- ## [Madeline Albright has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madeline-albright-has-died/961580)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madeline-albright-has-died/961580 "2022-03-25T22:04:52Z")
I can’t find anything online yet, but it’s breaking news. She was 84. Oh the wiki shows it. --- ## [Most impressive win-loss-(draw) records in sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-win-loss-draw-records-in-sports/961684)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressive-win-loss-draw-records-in-sports/961684 "2022-03-25T21:50:26Z")
I just saw the amazing North Macedonia goal vs. Italy yesterday, and learned that prior to the loss, Italy was 48-0-11 in home World Cup qualifiers. Now they are 48-1-11, which is still incredible. It reminded me of Ra… --- ## [Jewish heads of state/government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewish-heads-of-state-government/431613 "2022-03-25T20:51:52Z")
Excepting the modern state of Israel, and the ancient Jewish states of the same region, has there ever been a head of state or head of government who actively practised Judaism? Note that I am not referring to Jews in a… --- ## [When the kid dies in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kid-dies-in-a-movie/961127)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-kid-dies-in-a-movie/961127 "2022-03-25T20:06:55Z")
Recently I was watching again a movie on TCM title Westward the Women. For it’s time it was fairly gritty. It’s a drama about a wagon train of women traveling to California to marry. Before they start the guy who orga… --- ## [Are captchas going away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-captchas-going-away/957624)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-captchas-going-away/957624 "2022-03-25T19:47:24Z")
A few years ago I came across those damned complex captcha fairly often. You know, the ones with half a dozen fonts, letters at all angles and overlapping each other, etc. But I realized I haven’t seen one in a long time… --- ## [Talk To Me About Colon Cancer (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-colon-cancer-dont-need-answer-fast/961184)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-colon-cancer-dont-need-answer-fast/961184 "2022-03-25T19:19:50Z")
My understanding is that by the time the patient experiences symptoms of colon cancer, it’s too late, and that’s why the American Cancer Society is so keen on early colonoscopies. Is this the case? Also, does the colon c… --- ## [New method for medical test -- how to interpret the results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-method-for-medical-test-how-to-interpret-the-results/961661)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-method-for-medical-test-how-to-interpret-the-results/961661 "2022-03-25T18:28:18Z")
I recently had a number of medical tests, one of which was erythrocyte sedimentation rate (or ESR, or send rate). My test result fell in what would be considered the normal range using the “modified Westergren method” b… --- ## [What has the Biden administration done that's so awful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-the-biden-administration-done-thats-so-awful/959060 "2022-03-25T17:24:15Z")
Trying to get factual (or at least rational opinion-based) answers here. It’s difficult to sift through the venom and desperate gamesmanship (from both sides) to get an issue-related discussion. I have read many articles… --- ## [Cars flying Ukrainian flag reported vandalized in Toronto](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-flying-ukrainian-flag-reported-vandalized-in-toronto/960535)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-flying-ukrainian-flag-reported-vandalized-in-toronto/960535 "2022-03-25T16:39:55Z")
I have no words … In at least one case, it was a guy who got out of a car flying a Russian flag. I have a couple of Ukrainian car flags on order and will not hesitate to fly them. --- ## [Spyderco Tri-Angle Sharpmaker plus diamond sharpening stones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spyderco-tri-angle-sharpmaker-plus-diamond-sharpening-stones/961706)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spyderco-tri-angle-sharpmaker-plus-diamond-sharpening-stones/961706 "2022-03-25T15:57:08Z")
The Sharpmaker sells on Amazon for about $80. The diamond stones that fit the Sharpmaker sell for $60. Both items for $100. --- ## [Russian invasion & seriousness of politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-invasion-seriousness-of-politics/960297)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-invasion-seriousness-of-politics/960297 "2022-03-25T15:38:18Z")
One thing that this Ukraine tragedy has really shown (or should really show) is that a career in politics shouldn’t just be regarded as some easy way to have a job. I particularly find Canada’s foreign minister, Melanie… --- ## [Do you own a tomahawk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-tomahawk/961596 "2022-03-25T15:25:25Z")
Do you own a tomahawk? poll --- ## [I think the pandemic has made everybody a little bit crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-pandemic-has-made-everybody-a-little-bit-crazy/958764)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-the-pandemic-has-made-everybody-a-little-bit-crazy/958764 "2022-02-02T21:05:16Z")
Yelling at flight attendants who ask you to put on your mask. Assaulting Walmart associates who ask for same. And now, a report that a 40-person brawl broke out at Golden Corral when they ran out of steak. You think… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1160)