# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1232 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1233 --- ## [Recommendation: BBC Radio 4: The Coming Storm (about Jan 6th)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-bbc-radio-4-the-coming-storm-about-jan-6th/957554)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-bbc-radio-4-the-coming-storm-about-jan-6th/957554 "2022-01-10T22:09:37Z")
\ Just now I was listening to BBC Radio 4, and they had a series called “The Coming Storm”, talking in depth about the politics and culture around the events of Jan 6th Capitol… --- ## [Is the "now the rats only eat rat" story from Skyfall plausible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-now-the-rats-only-eat-rat-story-from-skyfall-plausible/957533)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-now-the-rats-only-eat-rat-story-from-skyfall-plausible/957533 "2022-01-10T21:25:54Z")
In the James Bond film Skyfall, villain Raul Silva introduces himself by telling a story to Bond: Silva: Hello, James. Welcome. Do you like the island? My grandmother had an island. Nothing to boast of. You could walk a… --- ## [What would we (society in general) have done if the flu mutated to be like Omicron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-we-society-in-general-have-done-if-the-flu-mutated-to-be-like-omicron/957542)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-we-society-in-general-have-done-if-the-flu-mutated-to-be-like-omicron/957542 "2022-01-10T20:55:42Z")
I got to idly wondering the other day how society would have reacted had the influenza virus mutated to be more similar to the Omicron variant of COVID-19- i.e. more lethal and more transmissible, instead of COVID happen… --- ## [Do mandatory reporting laws override attorney/client privilege, confessional and spousal privilege?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mandatory-reporting-laws-override-attorney-client-privilege-confessional-and-spousal-privilege/823935)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mandatory-reporting-laws-override-attorney-client-privilege-confessional-and-spousal-privilege/823935 "2022-01-10T20:24:37Z")
I was reading something that noted Oklahoma (and perhaps other states, I do not know) has a mandatory reporting law (any one who becomes aware of child abuse must report it to the state) that covers everyone in the state.… --- ## [Three way race in 2024--your view?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-way-race-in-2024-your-view/957400)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-way-race-in-2024-your-view/957400 "2022-01-10T19:54:39Z")
Let’s say Trump runs in 2024–a leap, I know, but the alternative is he doesn’t, and then he screws the race up for whoever does by dithering and attacking other candidates and teasing, etc. So GOP: Trump. Dems: Let’s a… --- ## [Screen captures from Google Maps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-captures-from-google-maps/957427)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-captures-from-google-maps/957427 "2022-01-10T18:24:46Z")
What’s the best way to capture a photo from Google Maps? When I’m in street mode, and I zoom in on a building or a house I’d like a photo of, I can’t figure out how to make a copy. Help, please? --- ## [That darn cat! (dog or rabbit or bird...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-cat-dog-or-rabbit-or-bird/957404)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-darn-cat-dog-or-rabbit-or-bird/957404 "2022-01-10T17:55:02Z")
What’s something your ridiculous pet has done lately? This cat might look like the picture of innocence… https://i.imgur.com/Mytv7XJ.jpg but there the boy’s asleep. The windows in this house are drafty, so once a yea… --- ## [Contradictory Stories Within Bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictory-stories-within-bands/957459)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contradictory-stories-within-bands/957459 "2022-01-10T17:18:06Z")
I tend to notice stories slowly changing after going on a site like newspapers.com and work chronologically to see how they shift a story where they were the main character. Jagger and Ronnie Wood insist that “Miss You”… --- ## [Do you like to make plans or "play it by ear"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-make-plans-or-play-it-by-ear/957374)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-make-plans-or-play-it-by-ear/957374 "2022-01-10T16:04:01Z")
Say I invite you over for dinner next Saturday. Do you prefer to set a specific time at which we expect you to arrive, or do you prefer to just set an approximate time to be firmed up later? If the second, when does th… --- ## [How honest ought a eulogy/obituary be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-honest-ought-a-eulogy-obituary-be/956428)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-honest-ought-a-eulogy-obituary-be/956428 "2022-01-10T16:00:19Z")
I’m often impressed at the extent to which folk tend to present overly complimentary images of deceased persons. What are your thoughts about that? Why do people do it? I’m not saying obits should be the opportunity t… --- ## [Peak Age of Death Perception?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-age-of-death-perception/957517)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peak-age-of-death-perception/957517 "2022-01-10T15:00:04Z")
It amuses me somewhat to hear people bewailing the terrible frequency of deaths lately–this week, it’s all Betty White, and Bob Saget, and whoever–because it’s only natural (inevitable, really) that as one gets older, th… --- ## [Watch Bald Eagle eggs hatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573)
**Author:** [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-bald-eagle-eggs-hatch/576573 "2022-01-10T14:34:46Z")
Live webcam here. The eggs are supposed to hatch today or tomorrow. I’ve been checking in every hour or two all day. Mama Eagle (I assume it’s Mama) has been restless recently. She was moving around and I could see three… --- ## [2021 SDMB \[THEMED\] Celebrity Death Pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-sdmb-themed-celebrity-death-pool/927026 "2022-01-10T14:31:27Z")
NOTE: As we started in 2019, Themed Death Pool Lists will be posted and tracked in a separate thread. If you are looking for the 2021 Celebrity Death Pool thread, click here phungi (aka: the Death Shroom) checking in a… --- ## [In the UK, is the term “shire” frequently used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-is-the-term-shire-frequently-used/957444)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-uk-is-the-term-shire-frequently-used/957444 "2022-01-10T14:14:53Z")
Assuming that we’re not talking about LotR, are any of the counties commonly referred to as shires? Does it matter if we’re talking about a county with -shire as the suffix? --- ## [Taxes over the years in blue v red states](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-over-the-years-in-blue-v-red-states/957388)
**Author:** [@Mdm.President](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdm.President)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-over-the-years-in-blue-v-red-states/957388 "2022-01-10T13:43:38Z")
Apparently my googling skills aren’t the best. I’m looking for citable information on how the talking point of blue states railroading higher taxes has played out over the last several decades. Has there really been tha… --- ## [Sidney Poitier has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidney-poitier-has-died/957376)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sidney-poitier-has-died/957376 "2022-01-10T12:44:57Z")
He was 94. In The Heat Of The Night is one of my favourite films. --- ## [Canada records temperature below -51°C for the first time eight years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-records-temperature-below-51-c-for-the-first-time-eight-years/956703)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canada-records-temperature-below-51-c-for-the-first-time-eight-years/956703 "2022-01-10T12:27:25Z")
https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/news/article/canada-records-temperature-below-51-c-for-the-first-time-eight-years A bit nippy in the NWT tonight. :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :snowflake: :cold\_face: … --- ## [Noise-reducing, soundproof curtains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noise-reducing-soundproof-curtains/957387)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noise-reducing-soundproof-curtains/957387 "2022-01-10T08:37:55Z")
My street gets more and more busy, and I’m at the end of my rope with the noise. I don’t want to lay out cash for new windows, and I suspect that the walls themselves are too thin and not well insulated. (No point in rep… --- ## [How does the bank know the bill(s) I want to pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-bank-know-the-bill-s-i-want-to-pay/956510)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-bank-know-the-bill-s-i-want-to-pay/956510 "2022-01-10T08:02:59Z")
Today, I got bills for my driver’s licence and car registration. The first is due by my birthday in late January and second at the end of January based on my last name. I decided the time had come to figure out how to … --- ## [What, exactly, is trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-trolling/957390)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-trolling/957390 "2022-01-10T05:33:07Z")
Think of Biden’s speech yesterday. Every word of it was true, but some of it was clearly intended to get up the orange menace’s nose. Is that trolling? Or is trolling only when the statement is false–or at least you h… --- ## [I scratched my copper tile, any help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scratched-my-copper-tile-any-help/957499)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-scratched-my-copper-tile-any-help/957499 "2022-01-10T05:23:36Z")
Copper tile on a wall in the kitchen. I was too aggressive cleaning it and it’s scratched. I’ve looked up and tried everything on line - baking soda/salt/lemon juice/ car wax. Nada. Any ideas? --- ## [Dissection of Mobius Strip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissection-of-mobius-strip/957478)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dissection-of-mobius-strip/957478 "2022-01-10T04:23:02Z")
I know what happens if I dissect a Mobius strip with a cut along the centerline and also with a cut one-third of the way across the strip. What happens with the dissections one fourth, one fifth, one sixt, etc. all the w… --- ## [Engine Flush: scam or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-flush-scam-or-no/124612)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engine-flush-scam-or-no/124612 "2022-01-10T04:02:34Z")
Not knowing a damn thing about my car, I always feel like I’m being taken at the mechanic and/or lube shop. One thing that always sets off my snake-oil alarm is the “engine flush” I’m supposed to get every few oil chang… --- ## [Ripping my CDs to hard drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-my-cds-to-hard-drive/957246)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ripping-my-cds-to-hard-drive/957246 "2022-01-10T03:50:27Z")
Most info on the Dope is older. I’d like an up-to-date recommendation on a program to use for ripping my pile of CDs to my hard drive. It’s an older tower system running Win 7 professional (it won’t upgrade to Win 10/11-… --- ## [Kellogg's Raisin Bran vs Post Raisin Bran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelloggs-raisin-bran-vs-post-raisin-bran/90551)
**Author:** [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kelloggs-raisin-bran-vs-post-raisin-bran/90551 "2022-01-10T01:26:37Z")
Inspired by the What’s Your Favorite Cereal? thread. Which is better, Post or Kellogg’s? Is there any difference at all? Both boxes look suspiciously alike. My grocery store prices them exactly the same. Which was the f… --- ## [Amazon Echo Show Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-show-question/957480)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-show-question/957480 "2022-01-10T01:11:37Z")
I’ve got a 5" show next to my bed and use it for an alarm, clock, and to play music. The upper left corner displays the outdoor temperature, But it’s usually incorrect. For example it’s currently 35 degrees, but the dis… --- ## [New Year snow in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-snow-in-the-mmp/957133)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-year-snow-in-the-mmp/957133 "2022-01-10T00:16:52Z")
Sitting in the ambulatory surgery waiting room… Waiting. It was still raining when we walked in but we’re promised 7" of snow, so we got that going for us. Cafeteria doesn’t open for another 45 min. It’s gonna be a long … --- ## [Virginia election-talk me down off the ledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-election-talk-me-down-off-the-ledge/953496)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 295\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-election-talk-me-down-off-the-ledge/953496 "2022-01-10T00:09:23Z")
We are so screwed here in Virginia. It looks like all of the statewide offices are going to go Republican which probably means both chambers will also flip. The state is incredibly gerrymandered so that the Democrats b… --- ## [What IS it with Republicans and not wanting to get vaccinated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-republicans-and-not-wanting-to-get-vaccinated/954004)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 315\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-republicans-and-not-wanting-to-get-vaccinated/954004 "2022-01-10T00:08:28Z")
As of today, 5.05 million people worldwide, including 754,000 people in the United States, have died from coronavirus, with domestic cases well above 45 million. And we’ve got one of the two major political parties in t… --- ## [Your prized possessions, after you die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-prized-possessions-after-you-die/955594)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-prized-possessions-after-you-die/955594 "2022-01-09T20:04:01Z")
There are things that I have lusted after in the 80s that I finally managed to own in the 2000s. Synthesizers, Cassette decks, Turntables, Heavy Amplifiers and Speakers. Then there are my LPs, Books and CDs. DVDs. Th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1233)