# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1382 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1383 --- ## [Honoring My Favorite Uncle (Help Dessert) FAST Plz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honoring-my-favorite-uncle-help-dessert-fast-plz/947557)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honoring-my-favorite-uncle-help-dessert-fast-plz/947557 "2021-07-30T01:14:34Z")
Just pulled into the HEB. He fractured his hip a few weeks ago and is doing poorly. He’s on my mind. Need dessert idea. Outside bbq shish ka bob’s,steak, shrimp and all the veggies, with free flowing tears. He 91 and … --- ## [12 year old boy arrested for opening Christmas present early](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-arrested-for-opening-christmas-present-early/384291)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-year-old-boy-arrested-for-opening-christmas-present-early/384291 "2021-07-30T00:55:18Z")
Top notch police work by the Rock Hill, South Carolina Police Department led to the arrest of a twelve-year old boy for larceny. He was charged after his mother revealed to police that the child had, without permission, … --- ## [Amazingly efficient solar panels and batteries are put on the market - political and economic effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-efficient-solar-panels-and-batteries-are-put-on-the-market-political-and-economic-effects/947550)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazingly-efficient-solar-panels-and-batteries-are-put-on-the-market-political-and-economic-effects/947550 "2021-07-30T00:46:21Z")
So, some amazing, almost magical, new tech is created and put on the market (non-exclusively licensed). A solar panel the size of a dinner plate can easily power the average American home. Battery technology to go with … --- ## [Why do stadium organs sound different than regular organs? ARE they different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-stadium-organs-sound-different-than-regular-organs-are-they-different/946507)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-stadium-organs-sound-different-than-regular-organs-are-they-different/946507 "2021-07-30T00:37:01Z")
This question came to me when I was watching this week’s episode of Monsters at Work, which was a baseball episode. The closing theme had a rendition of the franchise’s iconic “If I Didn’t Have You”, rendered by a stadi… --- ## [Do other message boards you post on delete posts and/or allow you to question moderation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-message-boards-you-post-on-delete-posts-and-or-allow-you-to-question-moderation/947510)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-message-boards-you-post-on-delete-posts-and-or-allow-you-to-question-moderation/947510 "2021-07-30T00:21:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from How should the Pit be changed, if at all?: puzzlegal and I are discussing other message boards and whether they delete posts and allow you to question moderation. puzzlegal says that most… --- ## [My Condenser Just Stopped Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-condenser-just-stopped-working/947281)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-condenser-just-stopped-working/947281 "2021-07-30T00:15:57Z")
My A/C condenser in the backyard just stopped working, about two hours ago. The fan continues to blow. And the heat is rising. The office of the company that installed it opens tomorrow at 7:30a (I live in Eastern Dayli… --- ## [Hey, Granny wrek! How have the grandwrekkers interfered with your hoglet hunts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-granny-wrek-how-have-the-grandwrekkers-interfered-with-your-hoglet-hunts/947450)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-granny-wrek-how-have-the-grandwrekkers-interfered-with-your-hoglet-hunts/947450 "2021-07-30T00:06:25Z")
Or are you teaching the little dears to shoot? --- ## [Really Long Term Global Warming Effects](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-long-term-global-warming-effects/941345)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-long-term-global-warming-effects/941345 "2021-07-29T23:49:05Z")
It seems to me that if we run up the CO2 levels enough, it just might create another carboniferous period, creating a new “layer” of fossil fuels. For the next civilization. --- ## [Tides times on PEI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tides-times-on-pei/947566)
**Author:** [@keeganst94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeganst94)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tides-times-on-pei/947566 "2021-07-29T23:32:19Z")
I recently moved to Prince Edward Island (PEI), and have noticed what I find to be a strange (and annoying) phenomenon with the tides. In Charlottetown, on the coast facing the mainland, the tide times are nearly exactly… --- ## [Average amount of caffeine in a rounded (heaped) teaspoon of Buendia coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-amount-of-caffeine-in-a-rounded-heaped-teaspoon-of-buendia-coffee/947592)
**Author:** [@wiskaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wiskaz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/average-amount-of-caffeine-in-a-rounded-heaped-teaspoon-of-buendia-coffee/947592 "2021-07-29T22:09:43Z")
Can be seen here Amazon.com --- ## [2021 NBA offseason thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-nba-offseason-thread/947609)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2021-nba-offseason-thread/947609 "2021-07-29T21:50:46Z")
The NBA offseason is upon us, with the Milwaukee Bucks having won the NBA championship. The Detroit Pistons won the NBA draft lottery and are going to take Cade Cunningham first overall; that’s not in question unless so… --- ## [Wedding Reception/Party: is this a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-reception-party-is-this-a-thing/947059)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-reception-party-is-this-a-thing/947059 "2021-07-29T21:34:50Z")
My daughter and her then-fiance eloped a few months ago, getting married without having to deal with COVID stuff. After the wedding they closed on a house and have moved in. They wanted to have a combination housewarm… --- ## [When is full approval expected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-full-approval-expected/947366)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-full-approval-expected/947366 "2021-07-29T20:24:34Z")
As probably everyone knows, the vaccines available in the US (Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson and Johnson) are all approved under an Emergency Use Authorization, not full approval. And fairly obviously, the companies that … --- ## [How can I read Gmail without adding the account to my phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-read-gmail-without-adding-the-account-to-my-phone/947522)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-read-gmail-without-adding-the-account-to-my-phone/947522 "2021-07-29T18:41:22Z")
My mom gets email that she doesn’t always understand. She wants me to look at it. Can I use the web browser without having the account added to my Android phone? This used to be very common. Hey let me use your compute… --- ## [Stopped listening to music in 1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-listening-to-music-in-1980/947519)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopped-listening-to-music-in-1980/947519 "2021-07-29T18:18:18Z")
…more or less–I entered a Ph. D. program and my life as I knew it came to a halt. I have, however, listened to a bit now and again. (“Missing You” below played incessantly as I packed to leave my doctoral program five ye… --- ## [New B&D device charger - will it work the same with a different capacity battery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-b-d-device-charger-will-it-work-the-same-with-a-different-capacity-battery/947601)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-b-d-device-charger-will-it-work-the-same-with-a-different-capacity-battery/947601 "2021-07-29T18:16:44Z")
Our Black & Decker Dustbuster just stopped working and we bought a new one. (I can’t even take the old one apart in the event that there’s a user serviceable problem that I might see.) The old one was a 14.4 v version… --- ## [Surge among kids when they go back to school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surge-among-kids-when-they-go-back-to-school/947339)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surge-among-kids-when-they-go-back-to-school/947339 "2021-07-29T17:33:06Z")
I sure hope I wrong, but I think there is a good chance there will be a surge of covid cases among kids when school is back in session in places where mask mandates are banned and kids won’t be wearing masks. Am I likel… --- ## [How is vaccine progress going globally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-vaccine-progress-going-globally/947590)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-vaccine-progress-going-globally/947590 "2021-07-29T16:23:16Z")
Theres about 8 billion people globally, how is vaccine progress going in the rest of the world? I’ve heard Africa has barely started, has anything been done to help get them more vaccines and health care workers? What a… --- ## [I Suppose There Should Be A MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-there-should-be-a-mmp/946811)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-suppose-there-should-be-a-mmp/946811 "2021-07-29T12:54:20Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and fair (as opposed to ugly?) with a predicted high of 88 and presumed rain/tstorms/apocalypse for this afternoon and evenin’. We shall see. I shall bet… --- ## [Movies you got to see way too young. Thoughts on them now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-to-see-way-too-young-thoughts-on-them-now/947464)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-got-to-see-way-too-young-thoughts-on-them-now/947464 "2021-07-29T11:39:54Z")
Did you get to see any movies when you were a kid that you probably shouldn’t have or that your parents would not have allowed had they realized what was in them? I remember being pretty innocent as a kid, but I was bor… --- ## [Orbital mechanics and the conservation of energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orbital-mechanics-and-the-conservation-of-energy/947579)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orbital-mechanics-and-the-conservation-of-energy/947579 "2021-07-29T11:27:07Z")
Suppose you have a spacecraft in a circular orbit around a planet. It now does a prograde burn to accelerate. As anyone who’s ever played Kerbal can attest, that will raise the craft into a higher orbit; more specificall… --- ## [How to deal with wasps under a wood deck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-wasps-under-a-wood-deck/947420)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-wasps-under-a-wood-deck/947420 "2021-07-29T10:51:33Z")
Wasps have set up a nest under our wood deck, unfortunately right at an area where we have a doorwall we come in and out of. My wife got stung this past weekend. There’s no access underneath the deck, other than the thi… --- ## [The Supremes \[RIP Mary Wilson\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supremes-rip-mary-wilson/854642)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-supremes-rip-mary-wilson/854642 "2021-07-29T09:47:00Z")
I wasn’t around in the 60s and, until earlier this month, only knew of the Supremes by their hit songs on the radio, mostly attributing their popularity to Diana Ross. I saw Dreamgirls, but didn’t connect any dots into t… --- ## [New York-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-presbyterian-weill-cornell-medical-center/947055)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-presbyterian-weill-cornell-medical-center/947055 "2021-07-29T08:43:42Z")
This hospital apparently once had a really good reputation. So when I got the call at 4:30 am on Friday that my father’s memory care residence was sending him to the hospital, I thought he was going to the right place. … --- ## [Threads are in the dungeon... err.. coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-in-the-dungeon-err-coming/947515)
**Author:** [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-are-in-the-dungeon-err-coming/947515 "2021-07-29T07:09:55Z")
This I like: “Threads are conversations that take place under an original message, held in their own space away from the main chat.” This I don’t like: “If a thread is inactive for 24 hours, it’s archived to prevent a l… --- ## [5 year economic outlook due to Covid and governmental response - your opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-year-economic-outlook-due-to-covid-and-governmental-response-your-opinions/947419)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-year-economic-outlook-due-to-covid-and-governmental-response-your-opinions/947419 "2021-07-29T03:05:38Z")
Please do feel free to comment on any country you like, even if it isn’t your own. I’m in the US, and have no special knowledge of economics. But I do know we’ve had inflation below the target amount for quite a while.… --- ## [The Ronco Rotisserie...anyone have one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ronco-rotisserie-anyone-have-one/92222)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ronco-rotisserie-anyone-have-one/92222 "2021-07-29T02:53:26Z")
I’m thinking of getting one, because I adore rostisserie’d meats. They do end up juicy and tender, at least on a BBQ rotisserie. Does it accomodate big chickens and roasts? Easy to use? Easy to clean? Does the meat come… --- ## [A very l-o-n-g and angry yet embarrassing tale of a bicycle tire which you may find amusing at my expense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-l-o-n-g-and-angry-yet-embarrassing-tale-of-a-bicycle-tire-which-you-may-find-amusing-at-my-expense/947451 "2021-07-29T01:55:53Z")
I got a flat on my bike just a few minutes into my ride. I ride about 40-45 miles a week. I’m not a competitive rider, but I prefer riding a bike outdoors to any other form of cardio exercise. I average 15 MPH, so not bl… --- ## [Joey\_P is a hillbilly pothead who lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-p-is-a-hillbilly-pothead-who-lies/947292)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joey-p-is-a-hillbilly-pothead-who-lies/947292 "2021-07-28T22:58:26Z")
…or so the state of Wisconsin has on file. Long story short, my business fired an employee a while back. He filed for unemployment and it was denied. He appealed the denial and an appeal hearing was scheduled. He didn’t… --- ## [Slow cooker - lid lifting - thermal mass (a/k/a What A Crock !)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-lid-lifting-thermal-mass-a-k-a-what-a-crock/947437)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-lid-lifting-thermal-mass-a-k-a-what-a-crock/947437 "2021-07-28T22:40:25Z")
For a while, I was all about my leviathan cast iron skillet. For the most part, if I couldn’t make it in that skillet, I just wouldn’t make it. It felt like a stovetop betrayal. My skillet is taking a much needed culi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1383)