# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1427 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1428 --- ## [Should I, or should I not, feed my dogs a grain free diet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-should-i-not-feed-my-dogs-a-grain-free-diet/944097)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-or-should-i-not-feed-my-dogs-a-grain-free-diet/944097 "2021-06-16T21:47:35Z")
I looked on the interwebs for an answer. The answer was … Grain free may or may-not be linked to a heart condition. don’t ask us, talk to your vet. For what, exactly?? This was PetMD and AKC. You guys consult with vets… --- ## [You Are Invited To The SDMB Potluck!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-invited-to-the-sdmb-potluck/943996)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-invited-to-the-sdmb-potluck/943996 "2021-06-16T19:54:46Z")
Welcome to the SDMB Potluck! Unfortunately, with distance and Covid, this will be a virtual affair. You can bring whatever dish, ideally different from everyone else’s. A thread from 8 years ago suggests some “go to” … --- ## [Was the Titanic launched to great fanfare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-titanic-launched-to-great-fanfare/944364)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-titanic-launched-to-great-fanfare/944364 "2021-06-16T19:12:00Z")
The Titanic disaster was, it goes without saying, perhaps one of the most well-known sea disasters in modern history. When the ship was first launched, was there a lot of fanfare surrounding it? When the ship sank, did… --- ## [Opening a file \[json file\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-file-json-file/944405)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-a-file-json-file/944405 "2021-06-16T18:56:34Z")
I have a ‘json’ file downloaded on my tablet. For the life of me I don’t remember what it is. Can someone tell me how to open it? --- ## [Super Rapid Blooming Overhead Chaff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rapid-blooming-overhead-chaff/944169)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rapid-blooming-overhead-chaff/944169 "2021-06-16T18:44:33Z")
I read a memo from the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (Iklé) to Secretary of Defense Weinberger dated 24 June 1982. It says: On June 10, 1982, the Navy released 6 Super Rapid Blooming Overhead Chaff (SRBOC) launc… --- ## [Art Deco is weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-deco-is-weird/944257)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-deco-is-weird/944257 "2021-06-16T18:01:02Z")
I absolutely LOVE art deco architecture. You’d be hard pressed to find an art deco building interior or exterior I don’t like. Yet the furniture, knick nacks etc., associated with art deco I find almost universally hid… --- ## [Uh. . . Anyone in the KC MO area that could do a Doper a favor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-anyone-in-the-kc-mo-area-that-could-do-a-doper-a-favor/943059)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-anyone-in-the-kc-mo-area-that-could-do-a-doper-a-favor/943059 "2021-06-16T16:56:35Z")
I’m on the East Coast, and have a damaged package (USPS) that never made it to its destination. USPS can neither deliver it nor send it back. It’ll have to be picked up and repackaged. Any takers and I’ll PM the detail… --- ## [Man found dead inside a dinosaur statue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-found-dead-inside-a-dinosaur-statue/942834 "2021-06-16T16:49:16Z")
A man was found dead inside a statue in Catalonia after he apparently fell in trying to retrieve his cell phone and got trapped. --- ## [Anyone have some good "first reaction" videos? (first reaction to hearing a piece of music .)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355 "2021-06-16T16:33:19Z")
I just stumbled across this guy hearing Robin Trower’s Too Rolling Stoned for the first time. Apparently he has a YT channel devoted to this but I just watched this one as I’m a huge Trower fan. Does NOT have to be a pos… --- ## [Successful credit card reversals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-credit-card-reversals/944332)
**Author:** [@oldoaktree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldoaktree)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/successful-credit-card-reversals/944332 "2021-06-16T16:29:31Z")
What’s your most expensive credit card reversal you’ve been able to get? Obvious fraud where you simply didn’t make the charge doesn’t count. I’m talking about a dispute with the business that you did actually have a t… --- ## [Clever vaccination incentives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-vaccination-incentives/942238)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clever-vaccination-incentives/942238 "2021-06-16T16:10:01Z")
This has come up in passing in other threads. I thought it would be fun and interesting to put this in one place. Some of the incentives are obvious (but apparently effective): But this new one caught my eye: It’s… --- ## [This was not the morning I had planned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-was-not-the-morning-i-had-planned/944295)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-was-not-the-morning-i-had-planned/944295 "2021-06-16T15:20:34Z")
I did not plan to find myself driving from the barn where I board my horse Ben to the hospital with a wad of paper napkins stanching the bleeding from my ankle. But let me start at the beginning: I’d watched the mornin… --- ## [Super-rich: how does this tax avoidance strategy work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rich-how-does-this-tax-avoidance-strategy-work/944029)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rich-how-does-this-tax-avoidance-strategy-work/944029 "2021-06-16T14:49:31Z")
The news feeds this week are abuzz with the fact that the super-rich don’t pay much in the way of income taxes, even as their net worths grow at astronomical rates. In discussing the issue, This CNN article describes a … --- ## [What's this awful insect(!) in my dying hibiscus plant? how do I get rid of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-awful-insect-in-my-dying-hibiscus-plant-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/944375)
**Author:** [@teddybound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teddybound)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-awful-insect-in-my-dying-hibiscus-plant-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it/944375 "2021-06-16T14:26:16Z")
So a few weeks ago I posted about my hibiscus plant dying… today I finally looked very close at the dying leaves and found the culprit… … --- ## [Age gaps in relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-gaps-in-relationships/818556)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-gaps-in-relationships/818556 "2021-06-16T13:50:42Z")
What’s the largest age gap in a relationship you’ve been in, or have seen? For me, it was college. I know I might be judged for saying this, but in my sophomore year of college, when I was 19/20, I was in a year-long re… --- ## [BippityBoppityBoo : Cake-Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bippityboppityboo-cake-day/944130)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bippityboppityboo-cake-day/944130 "2021-06-16T13:41:59Z")
@BippityBoppityBoo has been with us for a full year! Congrats, and thanks for sticking around. (Lots of newbies run screaming into the night…) --- ## [Can you catch Covid if everyone is wearing a mask?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-catch-covid-if-everyone-is-wearing-a-mask/943327)
**Author:** [@craft458](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/craft458)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-catch-covid-if-everyone-is-wearing-a-mask/943327 "2021-06-16T11:01:16Z")
I am wondering if you can catch Covid if everyone is wearing a mask? I would be wearing a bandanna or cloth facemask. I also wonder about situations where everyone is wearing a mask but I have to take my mask off for exa… --- ## [TubaDiva has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-has-passed-away/914121)
**Author:** [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Replies:** 425\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tubadiva-has-passed-away/914121 "2021-06-16T05:39:58Z")
I just got word from a friend who knows her from the Atlanta juggling community that Our Humble TubaDiva passed away, I believe yesterday. No details known as yet. --- ## [Unexpected result of volunteering for a medical trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-result-of-volunteering-for-a-medical-trial/944369)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-result-of-volunteering-for-a-medical-trial/944369 "2021-06-16T05:09:13Z")
I signed up as a volunteer for an ALZ trial here locally. With both parents having dementia and/or ALZ, it was important to me. I had interviews, blood and urine tests, mental acuity tests and then a PET scan. I was happ… --- ## [Moving in together and finances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-in-together-and-finances/943543)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-in-together-and-finances/943543 "2021-06-16T04:03:51Z")
Hi everyone, I’d like your input. My boyfriend is planning on moving in with me this summer. This is a house that I bought five years ago, and I can’t figure out what would be a fair financial arrangement. Since I’ve … --- ## [What insurance do you buy because you want to and not because it’s required?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-insurance-do-you-buy-because-you-want-to-and-not-because-it-s-required/944005)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-insurance-do-you-buy-because-you-want-to-and-not-because-it-s-required/944005 "2021-06-16T03:57:15Z")
By “required”, I’m thinking of homeowner’s, auto, and medical. I understand that in some cases, those types of insurance are not always required but for the most part, either a lien-holder or the government requires it. … --- ## [Gangs of London (no spoilers if you streamed on AMC+ PLEASE) discussion (WEEKLY SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-london-no-spoilers-if-you-streamed-on-amc-please-discussion-weekly-spoilers/942354)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gangs-of-london-no-spoilers-if-you-streamed-on-amc-please-discussion-weekly-spoilers/942354 "2021-06-16T03:35:20Z")
I ask because you can download the entire series on AMC+ which I imagine most of us don’t have, and those that don’t can only watch week to week (as of this post May 15), I really enjoy this show because of the gratuito… --- ## [What is the purpose (and name) of this little outsole extension on the heel of trail running shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-and-name-of-this-little-outsole-extension-on-the-heel-of-trail-running-shoes/943883)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-and-name-of-this-little-outsole-extension-on-the-heel-of-trail-running-shoes/943883 "2021-06-16T03:28:20Z")
I just ordered this black pair of New Balance trail running shoes, and the gum outsole has a LONG “tab” where the sole extends out past the heel. This is a common design in trail running and hiking shoes. New Balance te… --- ## [Whale tries to eat man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-tries-to-eat-man/944124)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-tries-to-eat-man/944124 "2021-06-16T02:50:53Z")
In local news (New England) – a humpback whale tried to eat a man who was diving for lobsters. He was actually IN THE WHALE’s CLOSED MOUTH. FInally the whale spit him out. Here he is telling what happened. … --- ## [How Do You Declare A 'Day'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-declare-a-day/943822 "2021-06-16T02:31:43Z")
As I understand it, there is an ice cream day, a doughnut day. A cat day, a dog day. You get the picture. How do you declare a day? And do you even need legislative action? And if you don’t, then can in fact anyone do i… --- ## [Hey Bad Bad Bad Lady!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bad-bad-bad-lady/944247)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-bad-bad-bad-lady/944247 "2021-06-16T02:17:12Z")
Inquiring minds gotta know! Are the puzzle books providing a distraction on D-Days? Just about every word puzzle was available in one book or another. I used to really enjoy logic puzzles until I went on Pain Management… --- ## [Male, Sexually Active Octogenarian in Senior Home - Sweet & Harmless, or Predator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-sexually-active-octogenarian-in-senior-home-sweet-harmless-or-predator/944111 "2021-06-16T02:11:37Z")
This article in HuffPost raised the question for me: The upshot: author’s widowed father (now deceased) moved into a senior retirement community and has been emotionally, romantically, and presumably physically involve… --- ## [McDonald's early policy - we don't hire women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-early-policy-we-dont-hire-women/925717)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-early-policy-we-dont-hire-women/925717 "2021-06-16T02:11:00Z")
I came across this article a few years back when researching the earliest McDonald’s in NE Ohio. The article is a 1959 interview of one of the largest McDonald’s operators - Donald Coffey from Arlington Heights. After h… --- ## [How do you post to the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-to-the-sdmb/943624)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-post-to-the-sdmb/943624 "2021-06-16T01:15:16Z")
Simple poll: which device do you use most often to post to the SDMB? poll I mostly use my phone to post to the SDMB. I think that’s why I don’t tend to write very long posts nor posts which require multiple cites. When… --- ## [Identify this prison break movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-prison-break-movie/944358)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-prison-break-movie/944358 "2021-06-16T01:11:02Z")
I can’t remember the title of this movie, which features a complicated scheme where a group of prisoners escape from prison, and immediately break into a mint in order to print up a bunch of currency. They fire up the p… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1428)