# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1413 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1414 --- ## [Mild Rant: I Don't Want To Be Your Business Partner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-i-dont-want-to-be-your-business-partner/943977)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-rant-i-dont-want-to-be-your-business-partner/943977 "2021-06-30T19:10:32Z")
Last year, coinciding with The Big Pandewski, both my second-best friend and I happened to lose our jobs (completely different jobs.) I searched for a new job for awhile, but decided to get into consulting, and that’s … --- ## [What evidence is there that American POWs were left behind in Vietnam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-evidence-is-there-that-american-pows-were-left-behind-in-vietnam/934087)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-evidence-is-there-that-american-pows-were-left-behind-in-vietnam/934087 "2021-06-30T18:39:34Z")
My title is my question. Is there credible evidence that Vietnam did not return all the POWs? --- ## [House inspector missed roof defect to the tune of $15000; any recourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-inspector-missed-roof-defect-to-the-tune-of-15000-any-recourse/945325)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-inspector-missed-roof-defect-to-the-tune-of-15000-any-recourse/945325 "2021-06-30T18:16:46Z")
This is from a friend, so I don’t know how accurate the situation was explained to me. Said friend just bought a house and had it inspected before signing. He moved in then tells me the roof needs fixing, that it has h… --- ## [What's the best OTC source of caffeine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-otc-source-of-caffeine/945017)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-otc-source-of-caffeine/945017 "2021-06-30T17:36:01Z")
This nursing home only provides decaf coffee. My blood pressure is fine but they don’t have real coffee to give. I had a can of Monster yesterday and I felt better, but it was not enough and a mite dear for the effect.… --- ## [Are there any popular songs implicitly about bisexuality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-popular-songs-implicitly-about-bisexuality/939692)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-popular-songs-implicitly-about-bisexuality/939692 "2021-06-30T17:33:47Z")
Just like the title says. Please don’t bring up songs that don’t specifically mention gender to make the claim that it might be about bisexuals. Thank you. --- ## [Anyone got any family Depression-to-war-work stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-any-family-depression-to-war-work-stories/944772)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-got-any-family-depression-to-war-work-stories/944772 "2021-06-30T17:14:36Z")
Just was reading some on this recently, and wondered if anyone had any personal or family anecdotes to share. WWII put America back to work. So I’d expect USA-centric thoughts, but I’m certainly open to others. Obvious… --- ## [Effect of each body on room temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-each-body-on-room-temperature/945220)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-of-each-body-on-room-temperature/945220 "2021-06-30T16:34:54Z")
It’s too hot to do anything but lie around pondering who I might be willing to smother if it would lower the temperature in here a few degrees, so I thought I’d kick this question to the board. Assuming you have a 12’12’… --- ## [Songs with non-rhyming lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-non-rhyming-lyrics/945272)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-non-rhyming-lyrics/945272 "2021-06-30T16:02:23Z")
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do The chorus rhymes, but the verses do not. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne Some of it rhymes, most of it doesn’t, and the parts that do seem more like coincidence than intentional. Pearl Jam - Jer… --- ## [Did you know 3G service is shutting down July 15?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-3g-service-is-shutting-down-july-15/945323)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-3g-service-is-shutting-down-july-15/945323 "2021-06-30T15:57:24Z")
Consumer Cellular has a pop up warning when customers sign in. They’re sending my mom a free replacement 4G flip phone. CC did the same thing in 2018 when 2G shut down. My phone was a Sony Xperia xz2. Claims to be 4g co… --- ## [Support for unification has increased dramatically in Northern Ireland over the past 8 years \[morphed to Brexit revisited\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-unification-has-increased-dramatically-in-northern-ireland-over-the-past-8-years-morphed-to-brexit-revisited/934005)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/support-for-unification-has-increased-dramatically-in-northern-ireland-over-the-past-8-years-morphed-to-brexit-revisited/934005 "2021-06-30T15:55:24Z")
Eight years ago, public opinion in Northern Ireland was strongly against unification. 65 percent supported remaining part of the UK and only 17 percent favored joining the rest of Ireland. But now, it’s drawn so near as… --- ## [How does one scroll to the bottom of a thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-scroll-to-the-bottom-of-a-thread/945217)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-scroll-to-the-bottom-of-a-thread/945217 "2021-06-30T15:51:53Z")
… without scrolling to the bottom of the thread? --- ## [Is the original covid-19 pretty much extinct now or still circulating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-original-covid-19-pretty-much-extinct-now-or-still-circulating/945083)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-original-covid-19-pretty-much-extinct-now-or-still-circulating/945083 "2021-06-30T15:47:02Z")
the original covid 19 evolved into the alpha/UK variant. this variant was about 50% more contagious so it displaced the original covid in cases. now the delta variant is about 50% more infectious than the alpha variant a… --- ## [Is the coastline paradox only applicable to physical coastlines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-coastline-paradox-only-applicable-to-physical-coastlines/944844)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-coastline-paradox-only-applicable-to-physical-coastlines/944844 "2021-06-30T14:53:15Z")
The coastline paradox states that due to their fractal-like properties, the length of a given coastline approaches infinity as the “ruler” used to measure it gets smaller and smaller. Suppose that I sketch a map of the … --- ## [How would I listen to a movie in my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-listen-to-a-movie-in-my-car/945213)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-listen-to-a-movie-in-my-car/945213 "2021-06-30T13:58:11Z")
The title is the OP. Assume I want to listen to, say, The Social Network while on a road trip. How would I be able to do so w/o having Netflix (or whatever) display over my GPS? Don’t need answer fast. --- ## [Trivia question: what rock star used to groom horses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-what-rock-star-used-to-groom-horses/944902)
**Author:** [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-question-what-rock-star-used-to-groom-horses/944902 "2021-06-30T13:56:07Z")
This was a question on a radio trivia contest. I tried Google, but all I got were articles on how to groom horses, and being a horse owner, I KNOW how to do that. Before he got famous, what classic rocker was so poor h… --- ## [Fuck you, Chinese Communist Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-chinese-communist-party/325852)
**Author:** [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-chinese-communist-party/325852 "2005-10-15T15:42:53Z")
Dear Hu Jintao and other associated fuckwits, I’m sick and tired of your goddamn national firewall. You block anything that says things you don’t want to hear, like a fucking child covering his ears yelling “LALALALALAL… --- ## [How big a factor is language for international footballers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-factor-is-language-for-international-footballers/945036)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-factor-is-language-for-international-footballers/945036 "2021-06-30T12:08:28Z")
I read about players like Christian Pulisic and Saki Kumagai playing in Germany and Toni Kroos playing in Spain, and wonder how big an issue language is for them in their first few years. It’s hard enough to communicate … --- ## [Naked and Afraid and Violating Lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-and-violating-lockdown/945207)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-and-afraid-and-violating-lockdown/945207 "2021-06-30T10:02:08Z")
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/naked-sunbather-fines-sydney-lockdown-intl-hnk/index.html They were startled by a deer? I could see if they were surprised by, say, a Moose, but a deer? Deer apparently aren’t nativ… --- ## [End of 55 days at Peking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-55-days-at-peking/942208)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-55-days-at-peking/942208 "2021-06-30T04:40:53Z")
near the end of the film, the relief forces arrive. Each marching to it’s own tune. Can anyone ID the songs and nations in order? (that one is cut, sorry) British , Americans, Austro -Hunga… --- ## [Is bowling on a roll lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bowling-on-a-roll-lately/945267)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bowling-on-a-roll-lately/945267 "2021-06-30T04:31:32Z")
I recently got back into the online dating world and I’m noticing a lot of women saying in their profiles that they like bowling. I’ve bowled in the past and had fun so I’m making no value judgements about the game, I’m … --- ## [Supreme Court Declines To Consider Trans Bathroom Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-declines-to-consider-trans-bathroom-case/945185)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-declines-to-consider-trans-bathroom-case/945185 "2021-06-30T04:23:54Z")
Which means the earlier ruling saying it was unlawful to prevent a student from using the bathroom of their preferred gender stands. So, AIUI, that ruling now has legal force in the 4th Federal Circuit (the Carolinas,… --- ## [How hot is it-and discourse doesn't like the title so here are some more words that I can share](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-and-discourse-doesnt-like-the-title-so-here-are-some-more-words-that-i-can-share/944378)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hot-is-it-and-discourse-doesnt-like-the-title-so-here-are-some-more-words-that-i-can-share/944378 "2021-06-30T04:01:04Z")
Central AZ, 11:00 pm and its down to 91F. How hot is it in your neck of the woods? Please share the time and general location with the temp. Discourse is a poopyhead. --- ## [House wiring question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-wiring-question/945275)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-wiring-question/945275 "2021-06-30T03:56:19Z")
Garbage disposal plugs in under the sink. If the breaker box is to be believed it is on its own circuit. A while back the switch will not turn on the disposal. I get under the sink and plug it into the other outlet an… --- ## [Cars with Scottish names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-with-scottish-names/945215)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-with-scottish-names/945215 "2021-06-30T01:19:17Z")
I only found one - the Argyll GT. Maybe there aren’t anymore. Mind you, there were plenty of cars manufactured in Scotland but they had names like Hillman and Scamp. I thought the Saturn Skye was one but turns out it is … --- ## [Fridge Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-problems/943084)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fridge-problems/943084 "2021-06-29T23:19:27Z")
I’ll just start by saying I can’t/won’t contact my slumlord. I don’t think its covered by the lease, anyway. I keep throwing food away because it goes bad, and its stressing me out. I’ve tried to make adjustments, and I… --- ## [Amazon’s new price of doing business—the right to buy ownership stakes in vendors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-s-new-price-of-doing-business-the-right-to-buy-ownership-stakes-in-vendors/945282)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-s-new-price-of-doing-business-the-right-to-buy-ownership-stakes-in-vendors/945282 "2021-06-29T21:47:32Z")
The e-commerce giant started including warrants—rights to buy stock in the future at a set price—in vendor contracts a decade ago. But in recent years, Amazon has been making the unusual request more frequently, accordi… --- ## [SPACs, can someone explain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacs-can-someone-explain/945273)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spacs-can-someone-explain/945273 "2021-06-29T21:26:02Z")
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies are publicly traded companies set up to acquire private corporations for the purpose of allowing them to public without all the bother, not to mention oversight, involved in setting … --- ## [Good songs, movies, and poetry about the way the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-movies-and-poetry-about-the-way-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-our-lives/945278)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-songs-movies-and-poetry-about-the-way-the-covid-19-pandemic-has-changed-our-lives/945278 "2021-06-29T21:16:50Z")
A short time ago, Journey released a new song, “The Way We Used to Be”, which depicts a couple separated from each other for months at a time due to the need to social distance. Any other examples of good … --- ## [The "animation is here and the world is ending" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-animation-is-here-and-the-world-is-ending-thread/945032 "2021-06-29T20:52:26Z")
Now that animated gifs are allowed, what is your reaction? Shock? Panic? Thrill? Or are you just waiting … --- ## [How does an analog speed indicator / tachometer work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-analog-speed-indicator-tachometer-work/945252)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-analog-speed-indicator-tachometer-work/945252 "2021-06-29T20:52:39Z")
I’ve been wondering about this for an embarrassingly long time. How does an analog tachometer work ? I have no problem imagining how to do it digitally if the device has some memory and a reliable time reference (quartz… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1412) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1414)