# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1338 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1339 --- ## [What do y'all think about my record of consecutive wins in solitaire spider 4suits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-my-record-of-consecutive-wins-in-solitaire-spider-4suits/950886)
**Author:** [@Orey82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orey82)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-my-record-of-consecutive-wins-in-solitaire-spider-4suits/950886 "2021-09-18T22:25:09Z")
I reached 250 consecutive wins in solitaire spider 4 suits!!! :grin::grin::grin::tada: --- ## [Shower Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-time/949905)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-time/949905 "2021-09-18T21:21:37Z")
I just finished getting caught up on the “Why Are You Always Late?” topic in MPSIMS. There was a great debate on how much time should be spent in the shower and how do you know how long your shower takes. I didn’t get w… --- ## [Discovery One in 2001: A Space Odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-one-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/840467)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-one-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/840467 "2021-09-18T21:01:15Z")
What kind of propulsion system did that ship use? Could it exist in real life? --- ## [Lost all respect for my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-all-respect-for-my-wife/950399)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-all-respect-for-my-wife/950399 "2021-09-18T20:55:08Z")
She’s never held a job longer than 2 years because she always claims her supervisors hate her. She quit her most recent job 2 years ago and hasn’t lifted a finger since. The promise was, “I can focus on finding a new job… --- ## [God Bless America, Land that I Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-land-that-i-love/950514)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-america-land-that-i-love/950514 "2021-09-18T20:22:57Z")
https://i.imgur.com/TRnOSnr\_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium \[Album\] God Bless America, Land that I Love … --- ## [Does the song Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg remind you of your dad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-song-leader-of-the-band-by-dan-fogelberg-remind-you-of-your-dad/950727)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-song-leader-of-the-band-by-dan-fogelberg-remind-you-of-your-dad/950727 "2021-09-18T20:01:01Z")
I always think of dad during the years he battled early Parkinson’s. His love for music kept him going until he could no more. He always had sad eyes but towards the end they were also tired and weary. He was never th… --- ## [Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners might join the SEC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-longhorns-and-oklahoma-sooners-might-join-the-sec/947025)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-longhorns-and-oklahoma-sooners-might-join-the-sec/947025 "2021-09-18T19:08:09Z")
Only speculation at this point. But it would make things wildly interesting if true. I understand this won’t be popular for similar reasons that the European Super League wasn’t welcome, but as a Horns fan I’d love th… --- ## [One slice or two? Toaster question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-slice-or-two-toaster-question/919400)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-slice-or-two-toaster-question/919400 "2021-09-18T19:00:57Z")
I just got a new toaster. It came with an insert recommending against using only one slot when toasting, as doing so causes uneven browning. A handy chart showed what each side of a piece of toast would look like on each… --- ## ["Pregnant People" v. "Pregnant Women"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-people-v-pregnant-women/950848)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-people-v-pregnant-women/950848 "2021-09-18T18:12:28Z")
Continuing the discussion from Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News: My bold. Turns out This Is a Thing. Upper East Side of New York City. Its name, the Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women … --- ## [Tell me about enforcers in hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-enforcers-in-hockey/950538)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-enforcers-in-hockey/950538 "2021-09-18T16:33:57Z")
I know little about hockey\* beyond the basic principles of the game, but recently I’ve come across the concept of enforcers. Apparently, they’re players whose designated role is to retaliate against opposing players that… --- ## [Flying abandoned helicopter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-abandoned-helicopter/949927)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-abandoned-helicopter/949927 "2021-09-18T16:28:17Z")
If someone completely untrained in helicopter flight—apart from knowing what a joy stick was —jumped into an abandoned but functional helicopter and got it started up, what would be the most likely next scenario? Lotta n… --- ## [How to navigate from the end of a long thread to a different forum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-navigate-from-the-end-of-a-long-thread-to-a-different-forum/950872)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-navigate-from-the-end-of-a-long-thread-to-a-different-forum/950872 "2021-09-18T16:00:50Z")
At the bottom of a short thread, if I want to move to a different forum I scroll upwards to get to the chooser box at the top of the thread. But if it’s a long thread, scrolling takes a long time, mostly because I quickl… --- ## ["School vandalism challenge" hits TikTok](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-vandalism-challenge-hits-tiktok/950781)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-vandalism-challenge-hits-tiktok/950781 "2021-09-18T15:19:20Z")
Here’s the most recent story I could find about it. However, it’s apparently going on all over the place. Yeah, it’s a really good idea to commit a crime and post it on social media. I understand the teenage brain, … --- ## [What kind of a computer/client do you need to use Windows365 or AVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-computer-client-do-you-need-to-use-windows365-or-avd/950786)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-a-computer-client-do-you-need-to-use-windows365-or-avd/950786 "2021-09-18T15:07:16Z")
Windows365 and Azure Virtual Desktop are “virtual PC’s”. And the technical information always starts and ends with “You need a licence”. Evidently big business is buying these licences and using the products. But what… --- ## [So the Iranian head of Nuclear Program has been killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-iranian-head-of-nuclear-program-has-been-killed/926601)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-iranian-head-of-nuclear-program-has-been-killed/926601 "2021-09-18T14:38:44Z")
How worried should we be? --- ## [Research re significance of relationship type, for the suicide bereaved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-re-significance-of-relationship-type-for-the-suicide-bereaved/950869)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/research-re-significance-of-relationship-type-for-the-suicide-bereaved/950869 "2021-09-18T13:58:04Z")
Where can I find research, textbooks, et cetera, discussing how suicide bereavement depends on the type of relationship a person had to the deceased? I think grieving and better surviving a loss to suicide has different … --- ## [What's the relationship between C and C++?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-relationship-between-c-and-c/950446)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-relationship-between-c-and-c/950446 "2021-09-18T13:41:07Z")
I know a little bit of Python (for hobby programming purposes, nothing at professional level) and would now like to get into some compilable languages. C and C++ suggest themselves as popular options here. What’s the rel… --- ## [Boosters will depend on whether you're over... well, what? 16 or 60? Can't hear which it is!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boosters-will-depend-on-whether-youre-over-well-what-16-or-60-cant-hear-which-it-is/950820)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boosters-will-depend-on-whether-youre-over-well-what-16-or-60-cant-hear-which-it-is/950820 "2021-09-18T13:17:19Z")
On television news program they keep using an age as a milestone with different booster shot approaches, but I’ll be damned if I can tell whether they are saying “16” or “60”. Which one is an important milestone in today… --- ## [Cartoon talk now heard on the street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-talk-now-heard-on-the-street/950842)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-talk-now-heard-on-the-street/950842 "2021-09-18T12:35:09Z")
Tina’s frenemies, Tammy and Jocelyn, do it. Lola from Big Mouth also does it. That very annoying “-aah” that they put at the end of (usually) interjections. What is that? At first I thought it was a new Valley-Girl type … --- ## [How long before a dead animal smells?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-a-dead-animal-smells/950719)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-a-dead-animal-smells/950719 "2021-09-18T12:20:28Z")
Rabbit in a not hot environment in a crawlspace. 1 day? A week? We can’t catch the guy. It refuses to go into live traps with very good bait. --- ## [Author of a favorite online site is terminally ill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-a-favorite-online-site-is-terminally-ill/950417)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/author-of-a-favorite-online-site-is-terminally-ill/950417 "2021-09-18T06:01:13Z")
BIG sadness. Winchell Chung a.k.a. nyrath@twitter.com, and creator of the Atomic Rockets - Atomic Rockets website, went into the hospital at the end of August and has since been diagnosed with metastasized prostate cance… --- ## [How do I add images to an existing private album in the Imgur app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-add-images-to-an-existing-private-album-in-the-imgur-app/950854)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-add-images-to-an-existing-private-album-in-the-imgur-app/950854 "2021-09-18T02:18:12Z")
Adding images to private albums on the imgur website is simplicity itself, but I can’t figure out how to do it on the app. My best friend is trying to save her phone photos to imgur, and can’t go through her computer be… --- ## [Things you learned from meal delivery kits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-meal-delivery-kits/950485)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-meal-delivery-kits/950485 "2021-09-17T23:45:02Z")
We started using these before Covid, but ramped up our use during the worst of times. Probably have used most of the various companies. I have learned: Fond is a thing. Cook everything in the same pan. it flavors eve… --- ## [Baby food and blandness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-food-and-blandness/950759)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-food-and-blandness/950759 "2021-09-17T23:10:37Z")
My impression is baby food sold in Canada and the US is designed to be bland, perhaps designed to appeal to basic preferences for salt and sweet at most. My questions are is this the case? 2 do other societies start b… --- ## [Need answer fast: partial refund on eBay, and the sales tax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-partial-refund-on-ebay-and-the-sales-tax/950716)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-partial-refund-on-ebay-and-the-sales-tax/950716 "2021-09-17T22:44:57Z")
I am negotiating a partial refund from a seller who made a mistake in their listing, so that the item I got was not what I thought I was buying. I am still interested in it, but it is worth less than I paid. My purchase… --- ## [New Understanding of Science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-understanding-of-science/950574)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-understanding-of-science/950574 "2021-09-17T21:30:05Z")
Maybe not the best title, but… My question is; what thing, video, magazine article, presentation, what have you, caused a little click in your head allowing you a sudden better grasp of something in science. It could b… --- ## [Is this the beginning of the end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end/947060)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 430\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end/947060 "2021-09-17T20:01:36Z")
Having been a regular/semi-regular poster here for over 2 decades, I’ve seen distinct trends in the personality and culture of this little community. It’s ebbed and flowed. Have you perused the ATMB forum lately? Ther… --- ## [Red Lobster after COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-after-covid/945402)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-after-covid/945402 "2021-09-17T19:31:37Z")
A.K.A., as we’ve always called it - “Dead Lobster.” But my 95 year old Mom loves it. Loves it!! Virgin Bahama Mama frozen drink, those rolls, and usually, the Admiral’s Platter. Ugh. We take her because we love her. But … --- ## [AMA - Procotocolectomy or life pooping in a bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-procotocolectomy-or-life-pooping-in-a-bag/950771)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ama-procotocolectomy-or-life-pooping-in-a-bag/950771 "2021-09-17T19:10:41Z")
So, for the past 6 years now I have been dealing with colorectal cancer, thought we had it whipped via chemo and radiation once, but the little barstid came back and the chemo didn’t touch it so I ended up getting my rec… --- ## [Fine, how would YOU write Return of the Jedi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-how-would-you-write-return-of-the-jedi/681909)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-how-would-you-write-return-of-the-jedi/681909 "2021-09-17T18:13:03Z")
It has been pretty well established that Return of the Jedi sucked, so, from a blank slate, how would you write it? I am envisioning a situation where Jabba the Hutt and Bobba Fett play more significant roles. As in, Ja… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1339)