# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1393 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1394 --- ## [What replaced saloons and bars during Prohibition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-replaced-saloons-and-bars-during-prohibition/946251)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-replaced-saloons-and-bars-during-prohibition/946251 "2021-07-19T20:00:59Z")
Obviously I know about speakeasies, but I mean more in the sense of “Where did people go legally for social beverage consumption, perhaps with some live entertainment, instead of going to a bar or the saloon they used to… --- ## [Scaling up Ingenuity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaling-up-ingenuity/946612)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scaling-up-ingenuity/946612 "2021-07-19T19:56:08Z")
The Ingenuity helicopter only weighs 4 lbs, but it has two rotor blades that are 4 feet long and rotate at 2400 rpm. That’s a lot more lifting surface and rotation speed than a similar sized copter on Earth would need. S… --- ## [How do I enlarge a game window? (Caster of Magic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-enlarge-a-game-window-caster-of-magic/946841)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-enlarge-a-game-window-caster-of-magic/946841 "2021-07-19T18:57:01Z")
I enjoyed the 1994 game ‘Master of Magic’, so was delighted when a new version came out recently ‘Caster of Magic for Windows’. I’ve bought the game and it started as expected (with the old fun intro.) However the game… --- ## [Chronos, remove your commentary on this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-remove-your-commentary-on-this-thread/946844)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-remove-your-commentary-on-this-thread/946844 "2021-07-19T18:46:50Z")
You can read it here, it’s a short one, only 25 posts. In talking about the General Milley quotes (plus 140 other people)that came out that week, all of which were of course denied by the people that supposedly said the… --- ## [ID a horticultural(?) technique? Trees completely grafted horizontally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-horticultural-technique-trees-completely-grafted-horizontally/946800)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-horticultural-technique-trees-completely-grafted-horizontally/946800 "2021-07-19T18:40:42Z")
I briefly saw a photograph, but was unable to capture it so I can’t do an image search on it. And many attempts at googling have utterly failed me. The picture showed a long driveway (I think it wasn’t paved with aspha… --- ## [How to choose a new tenant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-choose-a-new-tenant/946530)
**Author:** [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-choose-a-new-tenant/946530 "2021-07-19T18:34:15Z")
I have a condo that I rent out, and it’s time to choose new tenants. Because apparently I can’t properly determine comparable rentals, I priced it about 5% too low, which doesn’t sound like much, but has brought in a flo… --- ## [RIP Dogmeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dogmeat/946839)
**Author:** [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dogmeat/946839 "2021-07-19T18:28:45Z")
River, the dog that Fallout 4’s Dogmeat was based on, has died. https://www.polygon.com/2021/6/28/22553991/fallout-4-dogmeat-actor-dies-obituary-rip-river-joel-burgess --- ## [How do coal rollers control when their vehicle spews black smoke and when it does not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-coal-rollers-control-when-their-vehicle-spews-black-smoke-and-when-it-does-not/946512)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-coal-rollers-control-when-their-vehicle-spews-black-smoke-and-when-it-does-not/946512 "2021-07-19T17:39:28Z")
There are people who - intentionally or not - have vehicles that spew out thick clouds of black smoke. Sometimes they purposefully release the black smoke to harass protesters or someone they don’t like. But - how do th… --- ## [What was the "Message" I was supposed to get from "Courage Under Fire"? (Spoiler)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-message-i-was-supposed-to-get-from-courage-under-fire-spoiler/614202)
**Author:** [@Super\_Kapowzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Kapowzler)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-message-i-was-supposed-to-get-from-courage-under-fire-spoiler/614202 "2021-07-19T17:13:40Z")
Dear Fans: This movie is complete bullshit. If one approaches this movie “the way they want us to POV”, we get another “feel-good” happy ending Meg Ryan and Justice for All movie. But the problem is that Meg Ryan neve… --- ## [Community - observations of a couple of strange casting choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-observations-of-a-couple-of-strange-casting-choices/946603 "2021-07-19T16:33:10Z")
Hey, so my wife and I never saw Community, but we are watching it now and finding it to be good, but not great. We’re on season 3 and the show’s quality is quite up and down. Anyway, that isn’t the main point of this thr… --- ## [How is the Constitutional Right to Bear Arms So Heavily Infringed Upon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-constitutional-right-to-bear-arms-so-heavily-infringed-upon/825781)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 642\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-constitutional-right-to-bear-arms-so-heavily-infringed-upon/825781 "2021-07-19T15:08:36Z")
Sorry, title should say, “How is THE Constitutional Right to Bear Arms So Heavily Infringed Upon?” Now stay with me here . . . When you look at the First Amendment, it seems that any law which may impose limitations up… --- ## [Existing movies you would like to see, but which don't seem to be available, or you haven't gotten around to them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existing-movies-you-would-like-to-see-but-which-dont-seem-to-be-available-or-you-havent-gotten-around-to-them/946764)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/existing-movies-you-would-like-to-see-but-which-dont-seem-to-be-available-or-you-havent-gotten-around-to-them/946764 "2021-07-19T14:57:17Z")
NOT movies you’d like to see made, but movies which were made and which presumably still exist. (They either aren’t readily available or you haven’t gotten around to them.) I’ll start with two. “Trader Horn” (1931). … --- ## [What is "standard" flatware in country X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-standard-flatware-in-country-x/940386)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-standard-flatware-in-country-x/940386 "2021-07-19T14:33:28Z")
The thread on the use of “the small fork” reminded me that we didn’t have any “small forks” in our everyday flatware when I grew up in Norway. I did a quick image search first on “flatware” and then on “bestikk”\*. Most o… --- ## [Tips on Dealing With Stress from a Sales Job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-dealing-with-stress-from-a-sales-job/847191)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-dealing-with-stress-from-a-sales-job/847191 "2020-02-02T16:01:06Z")
Disclaimer: I love my job. It’s “technically” sales, in that I have a monthly quota to meet, but I’m not on commission. I do get a bonus if I make the monthly goal, but it’s not enough to break me if I don’t get it. I… --- ## [Any great Texas Hold'Em tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-great-texas-holdem-tips/287120)
**Author:** [@Ithaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ithaka)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2005, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-great-texas-holdem-tips/287120 "2005-02-04T08:09:20Z")
I’ve got my first proper poker game coming up next month (Feb 18th). It’s going to be a pretty amateur game and the stakes are low, but I’d still really like to win or at least do ok. I’ve got fairly good card sense but … --- ## [Polly Want a Cracker? (Vaccine passports)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polly-want-a-cracker-vaccine-passports/940919)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polly-want-a-cracker-vaccine-passports/940919 "2021-07-19T11:26:20Z")
Chicago is introducing “Vax Pass” , which will allow fully vaccinated people to participate in major summer group events in the city of Chicago. I think it’s a great idea. It is medically sound, and it also rewards pe… --- ## [Spoonerisms. Not something our @Spoons would say. But he might play this game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoonerisms-not-something-our-spoons-would-say-but-he-might-play-this-game/943878)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoonerisms-not-something-our-spoons-would-say-but-he-might-play-this-game/943878 "2021-07-19T09:35:03Z")
I was called a spoonerism today. Think: Wrekdabeck. I found it funny. --- ## [Credit Card Programs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-programs/946593)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-programs/946593 "2021-07-19T07:29:21Z")
Hey Y’All I’m getting ready to take a new job where I’ll be charging a LOT of stuff. Travel and business expenses- including such evils as renting space at trade shows ($$$$). Where I’ve worked in the past I’ve been iss… --- ## [Hypotheticals in debate about views and positions - where is the line between inquiry and trap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypotheticals-in-debate-about-views-and-positions-where-is-the-line-between-inquiry-and-trap/946709)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypotheticals-in-debate-about-views-and-positions-where-is-the-line-between-inquiry-and-trap/946709 "2021-07-19T04:37:08Z")
I’ve been wrestling with thoughts about the utility and validity of using hypotheticals in debates… On the one hand, they can be useful in refining the borders of a debater’s position - i.e. “you have a firm stance that… --- ## [Why do PA's (Physicians Assistant) need a Masters degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pas-physicians-assistant-need-a-masters-degree/946758)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-pas-physicians-assistant-need-a-masters-degree/946758 "2021-07-19T04:29:56Z")
I had the impression PA’s were Nurses with extra training. I’ve been treated by PA’s at Urgent Care Centers. They can prescribe antibiotics, give shots etc. There’s a real doctor in charge at those clinics. But the PA’s … --- ## [What's noteworthy about your day in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-noteworthy-about-your-day-in-the-mmp/946293)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 265\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-noteworthy-about-your-day-in-the-mmp/946293 "2021-07-19T04:20:29Z")
Just FYI, on this day in 1962, “iconic British rock band the Rolling Stones performed their first show, billed as the Rollin’ Stones, at a club in London.” (copied from here.) And on this day in 1962, I was enjoying sum… --- ## [Threads with men as objects of lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-with-men-as-objects-of-lust/944854)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-with-men-as-objects-of-lust/944854 "2021-07-19T02:01:49Z")
Just read the mod note in the thread Harrison Ford’s body in Temple of Doom–The best men’s body in film? The mod What\_Exit admits that the thread would have been closed had it been bikini shots of women, but as it’s me… --- ## [How can a captcha both test for bots AND train the bot on the other side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-captcha-both-test-for-bots-and-train-the-bot-on-the-other-side/946730)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-captcha-both-test-for-bots-and-train-the-bot-on-the-other-side/946730 "2021-07-19T01:09:23Z")
We all know the “click on all photos with a fire hydrant in them” kind of captcha. The idea behind them, presumably, is to weed out bots trying to access the web page protected with the captcha - a human user is able to … --- ## [The "Seed Scam" - What is the end goal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729 "2021-07-19T01:01:12Z")
Apparently people in Tennessee and North Texas are receiving unordered packages from China with seeds in them. The FDA is warning people not to plant them. (Why someone would open anything they didn’t order is a totall… --- ## [Today (July 12 2021) is the 125th Anniversary of Revere Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-july-12-2021-is-the-125th-anniversary-of-revere-beach/946357)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-july-12-2021-is-the-125th-anniversary-of-revere-beach/946357 "2021-07-18T23:09:29Z")
125 years ago today Revere Beach was declared America’s First Public Beach. Bear in mind that most of the pictures you find are from long after the dedication. Revere Beach has a long history, and at first not much wa… --- ## [Lupin on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lupin-on-netflix/946023)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lupin-on-netflix/946023 "2021-07-18T21:33:21Z")
I just finished watching Lupin on Netflix. It’s a French-import cop/criminal/heist show, with quite a bit of race/class consciousness. (The protagonist is a black son of a poor immigrant, all of which factor in quite a b… --- ## [Question on fixing an oil leak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-fixing-an-oil-leak/946019)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-fixing-an-oil-leak/946019 "2021-07-18T21:07:17Z")
2006 GMC Envoy Denail. 185,000 miles I’ve been fighting an oil leak for a while. Today while changing the oil I think I finally located it. It’s on the front of the block and a ton of oil on the pully right below the … --- ## [Captain Jack McCarthy - what'd he say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-jack-mccarthy-whatd-he-say/91810)
**Author:** [@ShouldBeWorking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShouldBeWorking)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-jack-mccarthy-whatd-he-say/91810 "2021-07-18T20:39:43Z")
When I was a kid, I watched a television show with a guy dressed up like a salty, sea captain named Captain Jack McCarthy. (This was in NY in the late 60’s/early 70’s). He would introduce cartoons and stuff. At the clos… --- ## [I pit the asshole who drugged my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-asshole-who-drugged-my-wife/943791)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-asshole-who-drugged-my-wife/943791 "2021-07-18T18:50:54Z")
Last Wednesday, my wife went to a bar in a nearby major city to see a band she likes. She went with some friends, but they flaked on her and left early. She stayed because she enjoyed the music. I didn’t go because I … --- ## [Egg size and egg makeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-size-and-egg-makeup/946205)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-size-and-egg-makeup/946205 "2021-07-18T18:16:00Z")
Is the proportion of egg yolks to egg white the same for a small chicken egg as it is with a large or jumbo chicken egg? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1394)