# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1291 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1292 --- ## [Creepy music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-music/954020)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creepy-music/954020 "2021-11-10T01:59:14Z")
I’m looking for recommendations for get-under-your-skin wide-eyed creepy music that you play with the lights on. The original Blair Witch movie may not be everyone’s favorite, but the last track on the “soundtrack” is a… --- ## [Angelo Mosca, Terror of the CFL in the Sixties: RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelo-mosca-terror-of-the-cfl-in-the-sixties-rip/954049)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/angelo-mosca-terror-of-the-cfl-in-the-sixties-rip/954049 "2021-11-10T01:27:41Z")
Angelo Mosca, terror of the CFL in the Sixties and early Seventies, has died aged 84. Tough as nails, a rep as a dirty player, winner in five Grey Cups, pro wrestler, and even at age 74, not afraid of getting into a rum… --- ## [Man living on bread alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-living-on-bread-alone/954007)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-living-on-bread-alone/954007 "2021-11-10T01:25:23Z")
I was reading Cecil’s column on living on bread alone. I wanted to see if he addressed the fact that since the quote is quite old that trying it with modern bread is not a fair comparison. He doesn’t try to come up wi… --- ## [I Fall To Pieces: An Autumn MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-to-pieces-an-autumn-mmp/953606)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-fall-to-pieces-an-autumn-mmp/953606 "2021-11-09T23:11:13Z")
Halloween is over for another year, and it’s feeling like False Fall here in N.C. Time for Thanksgiving, except for those people who skip over that and go straight to Christmas :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: Also, my tree … --- ## [Actor goes from second banana (or other side role) to lead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-goes-from-second-banana-or-other-side-role-to-lead/951057)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-goes-from-second-banana-or-other-side-role-to-lead/951057 "2021-11-09T21:43:46Z")
There have been several cases of this, especially of actors who later became iconic in that role Jeremy Brett – Regarded by many (including me) as the quintessential Sherlock Holmes in the Granada TV/WGBH series. But he… --- ## [What do you think is going on with Gavin Newsom? He's sort of MIA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-going-on-with-gavin-newsom-hes-sort-of-mia/953970)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-going-on-with-gavin-newsom-hes-sort-of-mia/953970 "2021-11-09T21:19:47Z")
Here’s a story: This is fueling some “booster shot is bad” talk since he hasn’t been seen in public or on video since receiving his. --- ## [Racing: any mode of transportation not raced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racing-any-mode-of-transportation-not-raced/953806)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racing-any-mode-of-transportation-not-raced/953806 "2021-11-09T21:15:52Z")
Is there any form of transportation that is not raced? OK, spaceships are not raced (and don’t bring up the Space Race, that’s not the kind of racing I’m talking about) and neither are airliners. At least not officially,… --- ## [Batch change Chrome HTML Document (.pdf) back to Adobe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batch-change-chrome-html-document-pdf-back-to-adobe/954053)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batch-change-chrome-html-document-pdf-back-to-adobe/954053 "2021-11-09T20:43:47Z")
Windows 10. After the last update, all of my PDFs now appear on my desktop with the Chrome icon and “Chrome HTML Document (.pdf)” as their property. How do I shift them back to appearing as an Adobe document so I can eas… --- ## [Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallurgist-admits-faking-steel-test-results-for-navy-subs/954046)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metallurgist-admits-faking-steel-test-results-for-navy-subs/954046 "2021-11-09T20:36:53Z")
https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Metallurgist-admits-faking-steel-test-results-for-16603885.php More awful news from the US Navy. I cannot even imagine what was going through this woman’s mind. Seems to me the Ch… --- ## [Is there a social security number equivalent to Jenny's number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-social-security-number-equivalent-to-jennys-number/953937)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-social-security-number-equivalent-to-jennys-number/953937 "2021-11-09T20:23:10Z")
Just a weird thought that struck me. I’m not sure it counts as a ‘factual’ question, but I don’t see that it fits anywhere else. Sorry if a mod has to move the post. Most everybody knows about “Jenny’s number” – from … --- ## [Criticize these glib religious summaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticize-these-glib-religious-summaries/953797)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criticize-these-glib-religious-summaries/953797 "2021-11-09T20:16:34Z")
I have always been impressed by people who can take a highly complex topic and summarize it very concisely. It’s a rare skill - since it is hard to do well without leaving out too much, becoming trite or even being offe… --- ## [Space resources...who owns them and, realistically, how should we handle this going forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-resources-who-owns-them-and-realistically-how-should-we-handle-this-going-forward/953997)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/space-resources-who-owns-them-and-realistically-how-should-we-handle-this-going-forward/953997 "2021-11-09T20:11:13Z")
So, for many of you, I know the thinking is we will never be in a position to exploit resources off-planet, that it will never happen, so there shouldn’t be any reason to worry about it. This discussion isn’t for you, b… --- ## [Dry, dry, dry skin - flakes everywhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-dry-dry-skin-flakes-everywhere/953930)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-dry-dry-skin-flakes-everywhere/953930 "2021-11-09T19:48:17Z")
As I age my skin becomes drier. This is getting to be more and more of an issue for me. I limit my bathing in the sense of lounging in hot water (which makes my joints happier) to but once a week. If that much. I use… --- ## [Experience with epiretinal membrane surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/948082)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/948082 "2021-11-09T19:14:10Z")
Have any Dopers ever needed surgery for an epiretinal membrane? It seems I’m looking at that in the next year or so, for one eye or possibly both. Although I’m tired of having eye issues throughout my life (details avai… --- ## [Would you be offended if someone set up a divorce pool during your wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-offended-if-someone-set-up-a-divorce-pool-during-your-wedding/953865)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-offended-if-someone-set-up-a-divorce-pool-during-your-wedding/953865 "2021-11-09T18:48:21Z")
Suppose during your wedding, you found out a guest was putting together a divorce pool with some of the other guests. How much would it bother you? Would it matter if the person doing it was a sibling, relative, friend, … --- ## [Digital zooms on cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-zooms-on-cameras/954030)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-zooms-on-cameras/954030 "2021-11-09T18:01:35Z")
Like most digital cameras, my phone offers a “digital zoom” function whereby I can take close-up pictures of an object. But of course this function cannot do anything about the hardware constraints of the camera, such as… --- ## [What goes through peoples’ minds? (road-ragey related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-through-peoples-minds-road-ragey-related/954008)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-through-peoples-minds-road-ragey-related/954008 "2021-11-09T17:43:20Z")
OK, it didn’t exactly escalate to road rage, maybe road irritation? I was out for a drive with my two young grandkids, in part to look at the changing leaves. We were on a winding rural two-lane road. I noticed I was be… --- ## [I've been treated for asthma since 1977. Why not now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-treated-for-asthma-since-1977-why-not-now/953942)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-treated-for-asthma-since-1977-why-not-now/953942 "2021-11-09T17:43:19Z")
First it was OTC and prescription inhalers and tablets. Chemicals, if not delivery systems, familiar to the Victorians, even the ancient Egyptians. Then it was inhaled steroids, All manner of meds, most of which I’ve … --- ## [Professor Francis Boyle deserves credit for his findings re: Covid 19!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-francis-boyle-deserves-credit-for-his-findings-re-covid-19/953794)
**Author:** [@Itsokaytohategoogle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Itsokaytohategoogle)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professor-francis-boyle-deserves-credit-for-his-findings-re-covid-19/953794 "2021-11-09T17:15:34Z")
Boyle is widely involved in many issues all over the world. He found evidence showing a link between the Wuhan Lab and the Univ. of North Carolina BSL-3 lab, and was ignored. He called his evidence “the smoking gun”. Th… --- ## [Comcast outage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-outage/954052)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-outage/954052 "2021-11-09T16:41:07Z")
This morning Comcast went down around 730 Central. I’m seeing reports of outages across Chicagoland, and elsewhere. Surprised to not see a thread about it. Had to go into the office for the first time in a while. Anyo… --- ## [Anyone else having internet problems today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-internet-problems-today/953901)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-internet-problems-today/953901 "2021-11-09T16:24:22Z")
I’m having problems with several different, unrelated websites loading either slowly or not at all when using my home Wi-Fi and local ISP. Some sites load just fine. SDMB is one that doesn’t. Everything works fine if … --- ## [Cream recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-recipes/953913)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cream-recipes/953913 "2021-11-09T15:48:10Z")
The grocery store had whipping cream on sale for $1.50/1/2 gallon. Guess who’s googling cream recipes right now. Last year I made clotted cream, and that’s on the agenda again. Probably honey caramels, too. It’s not the … --- ## [Cutter's Way film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutters-way-film/953927)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutters-way-film/953927 "2021-11-09T15:21:38Z")
Just watched again for at least the 10th time. What is it about this that resonates with me so? --- ## [Does a simple word processing program still exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simple-word-processing-program-still-exist/953854)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-simple-word-processing-program-still-exist/953854 "2021-11-09T14:45:57Z")
I wrote this Young Adult novel, for my daughter, about 15 years ago now. At that time, I used a PC and wrote it with Word. Then I got a Mac and used Pages to rewrite it. Now I still have a Mac and Word for Mac (and also … --- ## [Musk, figure out how to pay your own damn taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-figure-out-how-to-pay-your-own-damn-taxes/953935)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-figure-out-how-to-pay-your-own-damn-taxes/953935 "2021-11-09T14:48:12Z")
Hey dummy shithead scum bucket, the rest of us have figured this shit out a long time ago, and even lots of us have money set aside automatically to ensure we have the money when tax day arrives. For those who need help… --- ## [Progressive proposal for wealth taxes--why not just do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-proposal-for-wealth-taxes-why-not-just-do-this/953812)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-proposal-for-wealth-taxes-why-not-just-do-this/953812 "2021-11-09T13:56:56Z")
The Democratic progressives have proposed a wealth tax (taxing net assets, not income), as well as other aggressive measures to get the very wealthy to “pay their fair share.” I’m all for fairness, but it seems to me tha… --- ## [A horse question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-horse-question/953945)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-horse-question/953945 "2021-11-09T13:15:27Z")
I saw a clip from an upcoming rodeo type program, and one of the riders had his horse do what might be a common move for equestrian events, but I have never seen it. The horse was trotting with his front legs extended no… --- ## [Optimistic Voices (Wizard of Oz song)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimistic-voices-wizard-of-oz-song/953905)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimistic-voices-wizard-of-oz-song/953905 "2021-11-09T12:01:29Z")
The choir sounds like it’s shining light or radiating something magical. Does the choral arrangement draw on some well-known characteristic of opera? Was it something popular before WWII? I always thought I… --- ## [How fast can I accelerate an M-Type asteroid without destroying it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-i-accelerate-an-m-type-asteroid-without-destroying-it/953868)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-can-i-accelerate-an-m-type-asteroid-without-destroying-it/953868 "2021-11-09T10:29:27Z")
Okay, the setup: I want to take an 8-900 meter M-Type asteroid—the type that’s mostly metallic, hence the “M”—attach an engine to it, and fly it around the solar system a little. Nevermind where I’m getting the engine t… --- ## [Famouspoets.com - how bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famouspoets-com-how-bad/118846)
**Author:** [@Plavacek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plavacek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famouspoets-com-how-bad/118846 "2021-11-09T10:24:42Z")
At some point in my inbox spam, I found an email from famouspoets.com, advertising a $50K poetry contest. Since I had just finished a poetry class in college, I said what the hell, and submitted one of mine. So it’s to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1292)