# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1374 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1375 --- ## [Moving my cat 500 miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-cat-500-miles/918780)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-my-cat-500-miles/918780 "2021-08-08T01:57:03Z")
I am moving from NJ to VA. I’ve moved cats before, 3 of them, and it was not fun. I was moving from NYC to Rhode Island, about a 3 1/2 hour drive. We were not even out of Manhattan when a bad smell permeates the truck. … --- ## [Kindly identify this movie - animated over live action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindly-identify-this-movie-animated-over-live-action/948208)
**Author:** [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindly-identify-this-movie-animated-over-live-action/948208 "2021-08-08T01:52:57Z")
A movie released in the 1990s/early 2000s (I think) was created by shooting live action, and then animating over every frame. My google-fu is weak and I can’t find the title of it. In case it would be helpful to have s… --- ## [Food/beverages you like that have been discontinued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-beverages-you-like-that-have-been-discontinued/843469)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-beverages-you-like-that-have-been-discontinued/843469 "2021-08-08T01:23:32Z")
Talk about the food or beverages that you enjoyed as a kid, that they no longer make! --- ## [Is anyone else having troubles with notifications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-troubles-with-notifications/948212 "2021-08-08T00:52:34Z")
When a number shows up on my J in the corner, that means I have new notifications. And I used to be able to click and see the posts that got comments. But in the last three days, I just get a spinning disc, and the comme… --- ## [Rules for middle aged happiness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-middle-aged-happiness/947287)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-middle-aged-happiness/947287 "2021-08-07T20:25:13Z")
The Atlantic has a story which claims three rules to increase happiness for those neither young nor old: Gather friends and feed them, laugh in the face of calamity, and cut out all the things––people, jobs, body parts–… --- ## [Things in fiction that annoy you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-fiction-that-annoy-you/946932)
**Author:** [@Trisha\_Gaurav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trisha_Gaurav)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-fiction-that-annoy-you/946932 "2021-08-07T20:10:13Z")
It bugs me how in movies where the non English speakers hear their language as English, it never occurs to them they could break the communication barrier by writing. First time I noticed was in Disney’s Tarzan. As a kid… --- ## [Where were the British horn bands of the 60s and 70s? (If any....)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-the-british-horn-bands-of-the-60s-and-70s-if-any/948097)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-the-british-horn-bands-of-the-60s-and-70s-if-any/948097 "2021-08-07T18:05:16Z")
Horn bands (Chicago, Blood Sweat & Tears, The Electric Flag, among others) were pretty common in the USA in the 60s and 70s. Many other bands used horn sections on some of the songs they recorded (including The Doors an… --- ## [US Signs peace accord with Taliban](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-signs-peace-accord-with-taliban/848701)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-signs-peace-accord-with-taliban/848701 "2021-08-07T17:45:34Z")
In Doha today. All I can say, 'Bout time. Give peace a chance. --- ## [How is the Rosenhan experiment viewed in modern psychiatry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-rosenhan-experiment-viewed-in-modern-psychiatry/631070)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-rosenhan-experiment-viewed-in-modern-psychiatry/631070 "2021-08-07T17:28:13Z")
I find it very interesting as relates to bias and the pathologizing of everyday behaviour(the pseudopatients note taking being seen as a symptom). Also interesting is the idea that what you are diagnosed with depend… --- ## [Anita Bryant's lesbian granddaughter gets married to her fiance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anita-bryants-lesbian-granddaughter-gets-married-to-her-fiance/947646)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anita-bryants-lesbian-granddaughter-gets-married-to-her-fiance/947646 "2021-08-07T17:15:57Z")
I really wasn’t sure if this was a fit for P&E because of Bryant’s background and activism. Either way, I feel bad for her for having such a toxic and unpleasant person for a grandmother and having to arrange a wedding a… --- ## [Captive State : Seen it (...or have I ?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captive-state-seen-it-or-have-i/948196)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captive-state-seen-it-or-have-i/948196 "2021-08-07T15:27:52Z")
We just watched Captive State on Netflix (Canada) yesterday. Well-made alien invasion movie, not a big Michael Bay thing, just a dystopic / resistance story with some interesting twists. After every movie I see, I look … --- ## [Overly strict modding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-strict-modding/947961)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overly-strict-modding/947961 "2021-08-07T14:43:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Non-binary player on the Canadian Women’s National Soccer Team: This modding in this thread seems overly strict to me. It’s impossible to address the OP at all if we aren’t allowed to sta… --- ## [Help me identify the people in this video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-the-people-in-this-video/399456)
**Author:** [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-the-people-in-this-video/399456 "2021-08-07T14:02:46Z")
It’s The Talking Heads “Wild Wild Life.” Video here . I picked out some people from the band, and John Goodman and Sam Kinison, but are the other people well known? --- ## [What's the most significant digits, mass measurement, possible of an iphone X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-significant-digits-mass-measurement-possible-of-an-iphone-x/948137)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-significant-digits-mass-measurement-possible-of-an-iphone-x/948137 "2021-08-07T12:32:32Z")
Inspired by this thread : Whats the best possible accuracy, of an off the shelf weighing machine, that can measure an object approximately as big as the iphone X (~0.4 lbs or 0.2 kg) ? By off the shelf, I mean a bala… --- ## [Norwegian Elkhounds & War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-elkhounds-war/284495)
**Author:** [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norwegian-elkhounds-war/284495 "2005-01-15T19:23:48Z")
I have been on a Dog Book kick, reading over and over and over again about dog breeds. One rather hefty tome from the library mentions in the Norwegian\* Elkhound write up that ‘in the event of war the Secretary (whateve… --- ## [What does milk do for this recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-milk-do-for-this-recipe/948159)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-milk-do-for-this-recipe/948159 "2021-08-07T06:25:31Z")
Instant Pot meatballs I made this about a month ago, and skipped the milk. I didn’t have any in the house, and didn’t see the need for it. But, I’m making meatballs again tonight, for a few people besides myself. Wil… --- ## [What is this chord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-chord/947927)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-chord/947927 "2021-08-07T05:01:01Z")
The highlighted one. When I first looked at it, I saw an A Major chord and thought WTF?? But then I looked again and realized that there was an Eb, not an E. D’oh! So, next I saw the tritone between Eb and A, and thoug… --- ## [Petty things you'd change if you were God](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-things-youd-change-if-you-were-god/946964)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/petty-things-youd-change-if-you-were-god/946964 "2021-08-07T04:10:03Z")
I’d give all annoying, biting and stinging insects a terrible fear of humans so they’d flee at the sight of us. (Don’t want to screw up the ecosystem by vanishing them entirely.) --- ## [Is there a theoretical limit to how deep a solid structure can travel into Jupiter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-theoretical-limit-to-how-deep-a-solid-structure-can-travel-into-jupiter/948164)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-theoretical-limit-to-how-deep-a-solid-structure-can-travel-into-jupiter/948164 "2021-08-07T03:41:47Z")
I was reading this article, which seems to suggest that the deepest any man made object can travel into Jupiter is about 430 miles, or about 1% of the distance to it’s center, before it is crushed. Is there a theoretica… --- ## [Oh, No! Dusty Hill Of ZZ Top- R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-dusty-hill-of-zz-top-r-i-p/947546)
**Author:** [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-dusty-hill-of-zz-top-r-i-p/947546 "2021-08-07T02:57:01Z")
Oh no! Oh Hell. It’s being reported that Dusty Hill, bassist in one of America’s greatest ever rock bands, has passed away. --- ## [Now I want a sandwich or fifty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-want-a-sandwich-or-fifty/668491)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-want-a-sandwich-or-fifty/668491 "2021-08-07T01:58:57Z")
50 States, 50 Sandwiches (actually 51) My top five: Florida: The Cuban Georgia: Ann’s Ghetto Burger Hawaii: Hawaiian BBQ Kalua Pork Sandwich Maine: Lobster Roll Nebraska: Blackstone Reuben --- ## [Cartoon booths in shops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-booths-in-shops/948044)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-booths-in-shops/948044 "2021-08-07T00:13:20Z")
I have a memory as a small child of visiting a supermarket and there was a little booth like an arcade game where you could sit and watch cartoons for quarters. Was this a real thing? --- ## [First mention of cell phones in a song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-mention-of-cell-phones-in-a-song/948116)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-mention-of-cell-phones-in-a-song/948116 "2021-08-07T00:11:05Z")
I’m listening to the superb 1998 Belle And Sebastian EP “This Is Just A Modern Rock Song”. In “I Know Where The Summer Goes”, Stuart Murdoch sings: I know, you can tell me again I’ve got my mobile phone It’s full of s… --- ## [Probability of throwing three sixes in a row?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-throwing-three-sixes-in-a-row/947574)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probability-of-throwing-three-sixes-in-a-row/947574 "2021-08-06T22:09:30Z")
(There was a time I knew this, sigh) A basic probability calculation would yield 1/216, or (1/6)(1/6)(1/6), But, surely that’s the probability of throwing just three identical numbers not just three 6’s. Throwing three… --- ## [Succession drama at Scholastic Books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/succession-drama-at-scholastic-books/947964)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/succession-drama-at-scholastic-books/947964 "2021-08-06T21:12:11Z")
Succession Drama at Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will Succession Drama Grips Scholastic: CEO’s Sudden Death, an Office Romance and a Surprise Will - WSJ This is probably paywalled, bu… --- ## [Useful Therapy Advice That Clicked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-therapy-advice-that-clicked/948008)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useful-therapy-advice-that-clicked/948008 "2021-08-06T20:20:38Z")
Curious if anyone had some therapeutic wisdom they’d like to share. --- ## [...I don't understand this guidance at all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-guidance-at-all/948161)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-this-guidance-at-all/948161 "2021-08-06T19:00:38Z")
…I do not understand this guidance at all. I don’t think I quoted them out of context. The post was immediately above mine so the context was there. The rest of the response didn’t address either of my questions, so I s… --- ## [You think you're in Las Vegas - but you're not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-think-youre-in-las-vegas-but-youre-not/947561 "2021-08-06T18:41:11Z")
Planning a trip to Las Vegas? Most likely, you won’t see Las Vegas at all. You will land at the airport in Paradise NV, and you might be staying at Circus Circus in Winchester NV. These two places are actually “unincorpo… --- ## [Covid Vaccines in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccines-in-canada/934089)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 512\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-vaccines-in-canada/934089 "2021-08-06T18:26:36Z")
I just talked to my sister in BC. Both she and her husband have pre-existing health conditions. My sister has asthma, and her husband just finished cancer treatments, and they’re both over 60. She said they can’t get a v… --- ## [Which food might have caused my distress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-food-might-have-caused-my-distress/947610)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-food-might-have-caused-my-distress/947610 "2021-08-06T17:55:10Z")
Some disgusting details but I toned it down. We ate out last night at one of our usual places. Got done eating at 10:00 pm. I had a normal meal: 6oz top sirloin medium rare, baked potato and garden salad with ranch dres… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1373) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1375)