# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1190&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1191 --- ## [That armored-vehicle column/convoy north of Kiev](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276 "2022-03-05T14:57:23Z")
what are the most likely scenarios of the Ukr. engaging this 10-60km (depending sources) long convoy full of tanks/supply trucks/tankers/armed personnel carrier/artillery pieces? does the situation get more favorable (o… --- ## [I'm Hosting the party and playing The Beatles - choose Red or Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-hosting-the-party-and-playing-the-beatles-choose-red-or-blue/960358 "2022-03-05T14:45:25Z")
I keep The Beatles Red and Blue albums on all my devices. Thats almost 60 songs. I don’t have the original Beatles albums except on old & badly scratched vinyl. I’m hosting the party with beer,wine and soda pop. Which B… --- ## [Question for fellow Landlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155 "2022-03-05T13:35:45Z")
I have several rental properties. One of them is a story and a half built in the early 1900s so 2 small upstairs bedroom and a staircase with multiple turns. The current tenants have lived there about 7 years and are mo… --- ## [Six-letter Wordle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-wordle/960504)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-letter-wordle/960504 "2022-03-05T05:50:27Z")
I’ve been trying the six-letter version to see if it’s more challenging than the five-letter one. Yes and no. I can cover all five vowels, the letter Y, and six common consenants with two guesses - ADIEUS and PORTLY. An … --- ## [Canadian university graduates: Do you recall your student number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-university-graduates-do-you-recall-your-student-number/960392)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-university-graduates-do-you-recall-your-student-number/960392 "2022-03-05T12:11:57Z")
I still remember my undergrad student number at the University of Toronto: 790-XXX-XXX. (Where Xs replace the actual numbers, for privacy’s sake.) I cannot recall my student number at the University of Alberta, where I … --- ## [Can a congress person be escorted out of a SOTU address for heckling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-congress-person-be-escorted-out-of-a-sotu-address-for-heckling/960422)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-congress-person-be-escorted-out-of-a-sotu-address-for-heckling/960422 "2022-03-05T05:12:45Z")
I won’t argue that’s what should have happened at Tuesdays night Address, I’m just wondering if they could. I vaguely remember there being some sort of law that prevents law enforcement (or anybody) from keeping congres… --- ## [Under what non-adoptive circumstances might a birth certificate be sealed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-non-adoptive-circumstances-might-a-birth-certificate-be-sealed/960472)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/under-what-non-adoptive-circumstances-might-a-birth-certificate-be-sealed/960472 "2022-03-05T03:43:09Z")
None of this first-hand info, so what I describe is the absolute limit of my knowledge on the subject. Anyway. . . I have a relative who claimed that her birth certificate is ‘sealed’ (the word I got from two other rel… --- ## [Fill 'Er Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235 "2022-03-05T03:42:00Z")
As I stand outside in the whipping wind with temps below zero filling my gas tank, I often think, I’d gladly pay a little extra per gallon if someone would pump the gas for me and I can stay in my warm car. So how much … --- ## [Dry Shampoo for Cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shampoo-for-cats/960415)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-shampoo-for-cats/960415 "2022-03-05T02:30:02Z")
My cat Tippy is huge. I know I shouldn’t have let her get that way, but I have three cats to feed, and she will go after the other’s leftovers, whether they are leftovers or not. But the bottom (snerk) line is, Tippy c… --- ## [My grandmother, she came from Kyiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmother-she-came-from-kyiv/960366)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grandmother-she-came-from-kyiv/960366 "2022-03-05T02:05:48Z")
My grandmother, she came from Kyiv Born there in times of strain and strife Before the Wars. Sustained by faith and table scraps, When soldiers came felt she must leave. And fled abroad to save her life. Progenitor… --- ## [State of the Union thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-thread/960322)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-the-union-thread/960322 "2022-03-05T00:24:01Z")
Did I miss it? Hasn’t there typically been a State of the Union watch along thread? --- ## [Adopting stepchildren: Can children legally have 3 or more parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-stepchildren-can-children-legally-have-3-or-more-parents/957552)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-stepchildren-can-children-legally-have-3-or-more-parents/957552 "2022-03-05T00:22:00Z")
I’ve been wondering about the adoption of stepchildren in more unusual setups. In all adoptions obviously the child’s, um, prospective parent must want and consent to this. I assume if both the current parents are aliv… --- ## [When - and how - would we detect an interstellar object the size of the Moon headed right at us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-would-we-detect-an-interstellar-object-the-size-of-the-moon-headed-right-at-us/960256)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-how-would-we-detect-an-interstellar-object-the-size-of-the-moon-headed-right-at-us/960256 "2022-03-04T23:47:37Z")
Supposing a Moon-like object approaches the Solar System on a collision path with Earth (or the Moon!). When and how do we detect it? We can assume this object is spherical and roughly 3,500 km in diameter. With my bas… --- ## [We should talk about strokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-talk-about-strokes/958662)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-should-talk-about-strokes/958662 "2022-03-04T23:14:01Z")
In light of recent events that occurred in the otherwise lighthearted Polls only: No discussion thread, I just wanted to create a thread where we can actually talk about it. Not necessarily that specific event, but just … --- ## [Seeking: "Switcher" Guide for MacOS --\> iOS (i.e., iPhone tutorial for Mac proficient, cell-ignorant person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463 "2022-03-04T22:55:22Z")
You’re perhaps familiar with the various guides and tutorials for “switchers” who know Windows like the back of their hands but are for the first time dipping their toes into Mac waters, or perhaps vice versa? I’m looki… --- ## [Stars that got better at playing their instruments after they got famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-that-got-better-at-playing-their-instruments-after-they-got-famous/957993 "2022-03-04T22:34:27Z")
Rightly or wrongly I think that musicians tend to not improve musically after they get famous. I’m not talking about writing better songs. I mean getting better at the technical aspects of playing their instruments. I t… --- ## [Oreo Cookie symbol question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreo-cookie-symbol-question/960419 "2022-03-04T21:58:39Z")
What is the meaning (if any) of the symbol stamped on Oreo cookies? --- ## [Europe's largest nuclear power plant on fire {Fire is Out but now in Russian Control}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-on-fire-fire-is-out-but-now-in-russian-control/960436)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-on-fire-fire-is-out-but-now-in-russian-control/960436 "2022-03-04T21:58:31Z")
A contested Ukrainian nuclear plant is under attack by Russian forces Russians in Ukraine seize Europe's largest nuclear power plant : NPR --- ## [It's happening again: we have another feral kitten hanging around!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-happening-again-we-have-another-feral-kitten-hanging-around/960465 "2022-03-04T21:13:08Z")
A few years ago we had a bunch of feral kittens show up on our porch and ended up taking in two of them (old thread here: Anyone have experience taking in feral cats?) and they’ve been great cats ever since. There’s a n… --- ## [I found a hole in my yard. A really big, deep hole. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460 "2022-03-04T21:08:31Z")
We bought a house last year and owing to the fact that the last owner – who was very elderly and was his wife’s primary caregiver to boot – passed away in May of 2019, little in the way of yard maintenance had been done … --- ## [Henry Blake's plane was shot down over the Sea Of Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-blakes-plane-was-shot-down-over-the-sea-of-japan/806031 "2022-03-04T20:42:42Z")
This famous event in the TV Series MAS\*H… how likely was it? I will preface this by saying I am not a war or Korean War expert in any way. So feel free to correct me if necessary! However, based on what I know, it wou… --- ## [Amusing Animal parenting moments in photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-animal-parenting-moments-in-photos/960467)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-animal-parenting-moments-in-photos/960467 "2022-03-04T19:23:41Z")
I enoyed this collection of photos. Cats have such strong expressions. They’re almost human. There’s other animals too. --- ## [Anna Netrebko fired from the Met Opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-netrebko-fired-from-the-met-opera/960442 "2022-03-04T18:59:56Z")
Renowned Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has been let go from the Met Opera. Not because she’s Russian, but because she’s refused to distance herself from Vladimir Putin. I’ve always been a huge fan of Netrebko, and not m… --- ## [Serendipitous Arts/Entertainment Discoveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serendipitous-arts-entertainment-discoveries/960424 "2022-03-04T18:43:42Z")
In the year prior to covid I was looking through the various articles that surface in my phone’s newsfeed and there was one along the lines of “Dozer is one of the most under-rated stoner rock bands” or something along t… --- ## [Unintended consequences of Russian invasions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-of-russian-invasions/960065)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-of-russian-invasions/960065 "2022-03-04T18:28:34Z")
It’s my understanding that the 1979-1989 Russian invasion of Afghanistan is widely believed to have been a contributing factor in the rise, if not the creation, of Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and eventually ISIS. With the und… --- ## [Online Training sucks... especially the narrated slide show style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-training-sucks-especially-the-narrated-slide-show-style/952766)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-training-sucks-especially-the-narrated-slide-show-style/952766 "2022-03-04T18:24:25Z")
Anyone else here really, REALLY hate the sort of “narrated slide show” style of training videos where some dork reads out what’s on the screen, but you can’t fast forward past it once you’ve read the short paragraph, and… --- ## [Paint damage on car -- can a detailing place fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432 "2022-03-04T18:14:29Z")
I have to park outside. Lots of bird poop, twigs, leaves, and just nature in general. The parking spot gets some sun, but not a lot of direct sunshine. I noticed this brownish, rusty-looking stuff on the trunk of the car… --- ## [What happens if there's a long-term electricity outage that covers a large area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-long-term-electricity-outage-that-covers-a-large-area/959829)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-theres-a-long-term-electricity-outage-that-covers-a-large-area/959829 "2022-03-04T17:36:00Z")
Although I haven’t seen anything recently, for a time there was a spate of articles claiming that the electrical grid in the US was susceptible to hacking. (Usually the article implied Russian hackers might do this.) A… --- ## [Substitute yogurt for sour cream in Beef Stroganoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substitute-yogurt-for-sour-cream-in-beef-stroganoff/960423 "2022-03-04T17:21:46Z")
Title question pretty much says it all. In the eternal quest of ‘what to make for dinner tonight?’ I have mushrooms, onions, noodles and ground beef. So I’m thinking an easy Beef Stroganoff. But sadly, I do not have sour… --- ## [Heavy Metal (magazine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heavy-metal-magazine/960388 "2022-03-04T17:09:06Z")
Somewhere in the depths of my storage unit I have a collection of Heavy Metal magazines, from Issue 1 to… sometime in the late-'80s? Early- to mid-'90s? I had a subscription until they changed their format and I lost i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1189&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1191&state=tracking)