# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1223 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1224 --- ## [Virginia Governor Youngkin Wants to Kill Children (and their families)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-governor-youngkin-wants-to-kill-children-and-their-families/958011 "2022-01-19T18:53:54Z")
One of Hizzoner’s first moves was to sign an executive order banning schools from enforcing mask mandates. Yes, those very kids whose families are antimaskers, and thus at increased risk of catching and spreading COVID,… --- ## [What makes a curry/kebab compelling eating after a night out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-curry-kebab-compelling-eating-after-a-night-out/412602)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-a-curry-kebab-compelling-eating-after-a-night-out/412602 "2022-01-19T18:05:30Z")
After watching the rugby this evening and having a few, I’m pining for a curry. Based on my experiences of kebab houses and curry houses after hours, I’d say I’m not the only one who likes a curry/kebab, either. But wh… --- ## [Diagnosing Low Oil Pressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnosing-low-oil-pressure/957384)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnosing-low-oil-pressure/957384 "2022-01-19T17:23:21Z")
Let me just list what is going on. 2008 GMC Envoy and I have already changed the sensor - no change. Apparently mine was the last year that did not use the mesh filter. I have an oil leak that is getting worst and the… --- ## [What was the first 'single movie' released in theatres as multiple films?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-single-movie-released-in-theatres-as-multiple-films/957878)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-single-movie-released-in-theatres-as-multiple-films/957878 "2022-01-19T16:44:19Z")
We’re watching Cleopatra (1963). Joe Mankiewicz came out with a six-hour film, which he suggested should be released as two, separate, three-hour films. It wasn’t. So what was the first ‘single film’ that was released… --- ## [Places that became tourist attractions for one reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-became-tourist-attractions-for-one-reason/955998)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-became-tourist-attractions-for-one-reason/955998 "2022-01-19T16:32:06Z")
Did tourists go to Liverpool before the Beatles? Would Gettysburg be anything but a small PA town if not for the battle? Would Pisa be a world destination if not for the tower? Any other examples? It doesn’t have to … --- ## [Semester at Sea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semester-at-sea/957797)
**Author:** [@Meltdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meltdown)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semester-at-sea/957797 "2022-01-19T16:31:34Z")
Has anyone been a part of the Semester at Sea program? Or know anyone who has? My son, who is currently a sophomore in college, found out about this program and applied and has been accepted, and now he has to decide i… --- ## ["v/r" in a business email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-r-in-a-business-email/227379)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-r-in-a-business-email/227379 "2022-01-19T15:53:18Z")
OK, so I got an email today that went something like this: What’s the v/r mean? This guy loves to be all ‘official’ n stuff. --- ## [Joe Pickett on Spectrum Originals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pickett-on-spectrum-originals/955734)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pickett-on-spectrum-originals/955734 "2022-01-19T15:49:56Z")
New show based on CJ Box’s books. So far just one episode.Being an avid CJBox fan I was looking forward to it. I’ll give it more time. The only casting I find correct, so far, Carol Laurence, as his MIL. --- ## [What do the people who think ivermectin is effective against COVID-19 believe is the reason health providers do not want to prescribe it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-people-who-think-ivermectin-is-effective-against-covid-19-believe-is-the-reason-health-providers-do-not-want-to-prescribe-it/957674)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-people-who-think-ivermectin-is-effective-against-covid-19-believe-is-the-reason-health-providers-do-not-want-to-prescribe-it/957674 "2022-01-19T15:16:12Z")
Some kind of conspiracy I assume? Or what? --- ## [iPhone Pictures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-pictures/957998)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-pictures/957998 "2022-01-19T14:23:59Z")
I take a lot of pictures with my iPhone. I’m currently using a 13. All of my phones have taken really great pictures. I’ve had many of them enlarged (ordered online at Walmart Photo) and framed. I’ve had blankets made fo… --- ## [What can be done to compel a foreign witness to testify in a US civil tria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-to-compel-a-foreign-witness-to-testify-in-a-us-civil-tria/957832)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-be-done-to-compel-a-foreign-witness-to-testify-in-a-us-civil-tria/957832 "2022-01-19T13:02:20Z")
So I just read this: The civil case against Prince Andrew is likely to involve calling his former equerry to testify. Presumably he’s living in the UK, so is this just wishful thinking in the part of the plantiff? I… --- ## [Tomorrow is Dec 24, which (may) mean one thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-dec-24-which-may-mean-one-thing/956554)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomorrow-is-dec-24-which-may-mean-one-thing/956554 "2022-01-19T12:56:58Z")
Right up there with Rankin Bass classics: The annual Kevin Spacey bizarre Xmas video A Christmas tradition since 2018, and at least some of you knew when you clicked on the thread. --- ## [MS Word (or MS Word 365) Idiosyncracies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-or-ms-word-365-idiosyncracies/958012)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-or-ms-word-365-idiosyncracies/958012 "2022-01-19T02:04:43Z")
Can someone explain the following: 1. When I press the “P” (i.e., the Paragraph-type of “P”) button to reveal spacing in a document, sometimes between sentences there appears a degree symbol adjacent the “dot” indicating… --- ## [Why was my post hidden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-post-hidden/958014)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-my-post-hidden/958014 "2022-01-19T01:04:07Z")
I started this topic: "Has someone already cloned a person? - #6 by Love\_Rhombus and received a notification that a post had been hidden after being flagged. Is there a way I can find out what I did wrong? --- ## [Did the USSR have a counterpart to the USGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ussr-have-a-counterpart-to-the-usgs/957615)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-ussr-have-a-counterpart-to-the-usgs/957615 "2022-01-19T00:27:50Z")
I was randomly inspecting the globe via google maps and discovered this photo that someone posted of an overlook seemingly in the middle of nowhere in Russia. Tilting down, one can view a plaque, you can almost make out… --- ## [What is causing the chip shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-causing-the-chip-shortage/957760)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-causing-the-chip-shortage/957760 "2022-01-18T23:31:46Z")
My friend had to wait 11 months for a Hino truck. Another friend who is a small time network installer has been waiting months for some hardware for $70,000 project. He is really afraid that he will lose his customer. Y… --- ## [The age 40+ Chosen One?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-40-chosen-one/957622)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-age-40-chosen-one/957622 "2022-01-18T22:42:48Z")
I’m looking for fantasy or scifi or horror stories where someone is at least 40 years old when it is revealed that he or she is the chosen one who is destined to save their people or the kingdom or the whole freakin’ wor… --- ## [Prostate Biopsy Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prostate-biopsy-question/957177)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prostate-biopsy-question/957177 "2022-01-18T21:55:35Z")
I’m having one in a couple of weeks. I’m not expecting a walk in the park, but I’m assuming that since I’m allowed to drive myself home it can’t be too excruciating. Anyone who’s experienced one have an opinion? --- ## [Websites That Are Completely Free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-that-are-completely-free/957953)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/websites-that-are-completely-free/957953 "2022-01-18T18:45:07Z")
I started a website when I was 16, but YouTube took over, and it wasn’t worth paying. I’m just looking for a completely free place to create a website. I don’t have a dollar to spend, and creating this cheap website to … --- ## [Car distributor making loud buzzing sound.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-distributor-making-loud-buzzing-sound/598385)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-distributor-making-loud-buzzing-sound/598385 "2022-01-18T18:15:13Z")
Hi all. Have an early 80’s model car. Its been sitting up quite a while. In the process of getting it up and running again. Anyhow, when I put juice to the electrical system the distributor makes a very loud buzzing,spa… --- ## [Influence Peddling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-peddling/957958)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/influence-peddling/957958 "2022-01-18T18:13:47Z")
Canada would seem to have some pretty focused and clear criminal laws against influence peddling. Officials are not permitted to use their position to gain, or attempt to gain, any benefit or anything of value for thems… --- ## ["Jingle Bells Batman Smells..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/956164)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jingle-bells-batman-smells/956164 "2022-01-18T17:19:27Z")
“Robin Laid an Egg The Batmobile Lost its wheel And…” When you were growing up what was the next line? For me it was “and the commissioner broke his leg”. I never heard “And the Joker got away” until I was an adult … --- ## [Papers stolen from car; anything I should watch out for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-stolen-from-car-anything-i-should-watch-out-for/957960)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papers-stolen-from-car-anything-i-should-watch-out-for/957960 "2022-01-18T17:16:17Z")
My car has been broken into and rifled several times over the years, enough that I put on the valet lock on the trunk years ago. It was broken into last night for the second time in about three weeks, the shortest since… --- ## [RIP, Marlon Bundo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-marlon-bundo/958004 "2022-01-18T17:05:05Z")
--- ## [Factual question about hostage situations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-hostage-situations/957941)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-hostage-situations/957941 "2022-01-18T16:55:50Z")
Hi SD, Gonna cut to the chase with this one. The hostage situation in TX was 11 hours long. How does the hostage taker go to the bathroom? Not only in terms of the heightened emotions and danger causing the bowels … --- ## [How do I install a lock on my car’s data port?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-install-a-lock-on-my-car-s-data-port/957766)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-install-a-lock-on-my-car-s-data-port/957766 "2022-01-18T16:33:29Z")
So, last month there was an article about car thieves in Toronto using Apple Tags to track cars they want to steal: According to this National Post article, one way to reduce car theft is to : How do I do that, plea… --- ## [If I have covid, can I accidentally pass it to someone through the mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-covid-can-i-accidentally-pass-it-to-someone-through-the-mail/957406)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-have-covid-can-i-accidentally-pass-it-to-someone-through-the-mail/957406 "2022-01-18T15:49:36Z")
(Why hello, FBI, I hope you’re enjoying my search history. I am attempting not to pass my covid to other people, actually.) I live in Virginia. If I write a letter or card to a friend of mine who lives in Florida, wha… --- ## [Does anyone legitmate actually dispute the "Revenge" idea of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Boycott?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-legitmate-actually-dispute-the-revenge-idea-of-the-1984-los-angeles-olympics-boycott/957920)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-legitmate-actually-dispute-the-revenge-idea-of-the-1984-los-angeles-olympics-boycott/957920 "2022-01-18T10:46:38Z")
As we call know, the Soviet Union as well as a dozen Soviet/Communist aligned countries boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles officially citing “Security Concerns” with the idea that the new Ronald Reagan adm… --- ## [Does the term "Lost Cause" with respect to the Confederacy have a contrarian meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-term-lost-cause-with-respect-to-the-confederacy-have-a-contrarian-meaning/957789)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-term-lost-cause-with-respect-to-the-confederacy-have-a-contrarian-meaning/957789 "2022-01-18T05:04:00Z")
The term “Lost Cause” is defined as “a hopeless undertaking”, but I have not seen that definition used with respect Edward Pollard’s expression to describe the antebellum South. How did Pollard use that particular phras… --- ## [Oven Calibration - What is Being Measured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-calibration-what-is-being-measured/957937)
**Author:** [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oven-calibration-what-is-being-measured/957937 "2022-01-18T02:42:59Z")
My wife has recently complained that the oven seemed “off” - that it was not as hot as it was set to be. We had a cheap thermometer that seems to agree but I know they are notoriously inaccurate. I mentioned this to an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1222) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1224)