# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1456 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1457 --- ## [Options for the disposition of a loved one's cremated remains years after their death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-the-disposition-of-a-loved-ones-cremated-remains-years-after-their-death/942173)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-the-disposition-of-a-loved-ones-cremated-remains-years-after-their-death/942173 "2021-05-17T04:26:39Z")
My friend “Mary Lou” has in her possession the ashes of her late partner “Penelope” who died 15 years ago. What are Mary Lou’s options for the disposition of these remains at this point? She doesn’t want to scatter them,… --- ## [Do you care about whether the Wright brothers were the first to perform powered flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-whether-the-wright-brothers-were-the-first-to-perform-powered-flight/940858)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-whether-the-wright-brothers-were-the-first-to-perform-powered-flight/940858 "2021-05-17T03:51:31Z")
I spend a lot of time these days browsing stackexchange.com . I steer away from the politics forums, but the (moderated) forums I look at give me some knowledge of modern conspiracy theories without putting me in direct … --- ## [Republicans primaried by Trumpists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-primaried-by-trumpists/942211)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-primaried-by-trumpists/942211 "2021-05-17T03:05:49Z")
Has any R candidate been primaried by a Trumpist yet? OK, it’s well known that Kemp, Raffensperger, and any Senator/Representative who voted to impeach is going to be primaried, or at least an attempt will be made, in t… --- ## ["That would be in the butt, Babe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-would-be-in-the-butt-babe/942160 "2021-05-17T02:46:14Z")
Pigs and rodents are able to use their intestines for respiration. Rodents and pigs share with certain aquatic organisms the ability to use their intestines for respiration, finds a study publishing May 14th in the j… --- ## [Screen skipping, when using mouse scroll wheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-skipping-when-using-mouse-scroll-wheel/940892)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screen-skipping-when-using-mouse-scroll-wheel/940892 "2021-05-17T02:36:32Z")
This happens to me when I am using my mouse scroll wheel to scroll up a thread, rather than using the onscreen drag thing. I hope that’s clear. Anyway, after scrolling through some small number of screens’ worth of posts… --- ## [If I port my mobile number to a VOIP provider, can I still use Whatsapp on my own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-port-my-mobile-number-to-a-voip-provider-can-i-still-use-whatsapp-on-my-own/942250)
**Author:** [@wiskaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wiskaz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-port-my-mobile-number-to-a-voip-provider-can-i-still-use-whatsapp-on-my-own/942250 "2021-05-17T02:29:21Z")
Thanks! --- ## [RIP Norman LLoyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norman-lloyd/941964)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-norman-lloyd/941964 "2021-05-17T01:19:45Z")
One of the longest working actors around. He did make it to 106. --- ## [Why is Liz Cheney taking this lying down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-liz-cheney-taking-this-lying-down/932352)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-liz-cheney-taking-this-lying-down/932352 "2021-05-17T00:15:34Z")
For the umpteenth time, we have had headlines like this: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/wyoming-republican-cheneys-vote-was-middle-finger-to-residents/vi-BB1dsj2o And from her…nothing. Why doesn’t she come ou… --- ## [What if Thanos had used an Infinity Stone to de-Serum Steve Rogers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-thanos-had-used-an-infinity-stone-to-de-serum-steve-rogers/942132)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-thanos-had-used-an-infinity-stone-to-de-serum-steve-rogers/942132 "2021-05-16T23:54:07Z")
Inspired by this Reddit thread. For those that don’t care to click on the link, it’s a shot of Thanos saying “You know what? Screw you” \* UNCAPTAINS YOUR AMERICA \* …and the next panel showing the pre-serum Steve Roge… --- ## [Identify Short Story?: Starvation, Couple, Thwarted Scenario Engineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-short-story-starvation-couple-thwarted-scenario-engineer/929337)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-short-story-starvation-couple-thwarted-scenario-engineer/929337 "2021-05-16T22:57:54Z")
I forget some of the backstory but somehow a wealthy and/or powerful guy gets a couple to consent to play his game. And he deprives them of everything. And they’re reduced to fighting over the tiny scraps of food. And… --- ## [Wrath of Man - plot hole questions - spoilers after first](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-man-plot-hole-questions-spoilers-after-first/942237)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrath-of-man-plot-hole-questions-spoilers-after-first/942237 "2021-05-16T22:30:16Z")
Saw this last night. Standard Strahan movie, with I guess a bit of Guy Ritchie trying to be arty (maybe he is know for that, I don’t follow movies much). Fine for what it is, glad I saw it, won’t watch it again. Saw “Sc… --- ## [Who Ranks Financial Instruments' Performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-ranks-financial-instruments-performance/942051)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-ranks-financial-instruments-performance/942051 "2021-05-16T21:42:29Z")
I’ve been surfing the web for the latest rankings of Top 100 financial groups (investment firms, fiduciaries, etc) and a list of how financial products (instruments?) rank based on performance. One would think this shou… --- ## [Changes in security over time (imposter, scams, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-security-over-time-imposter-scams-etc/941591)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-security-over-time-imposter-scams-etc/941591 "2021-05-16T21:29:13Z")
In this thread about imposter Frank Abagnale the laxity of airplane and hospital security were being discussed. Let’s look at the big changes in the world since ye olde days before metal detectors and photo ids. In so m… --- ## [Nancy Drew, the CW series (full frontal spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-drew-the-cw-series-full-frontal-spoilers/942055)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-drew-the-cw-series-full-frontal-spoilers/942055 "2021-05-16T20:40:00Z")
(This has been touched on in this thread, but after the latest episode I finally decided to start a seperate thread.) Okay, the series started off with a seemingly supernatural mystery. I wondered if it would resolve wi… --- ## [Rhythm of Steve Winwood’s “Valerie”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhythm-of-steve-winwood-s-valerie/942063)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rhythm-of-steve-winwood-s-valerie/942063 "2021-05-16T19:53:05Z")
Is there a name for this kind of rhythm? It sounds to me like an eighth note and two sixteenths, as in dum-digga, dum-digga, etc. I think I’ve heard it in a Madness recording, maybe toward the end when they speed up a bi… --- ## [Can anyone find anything about this old play/musical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-find-anything-about-this-old-play-musical/942236)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-find-anything-about-this-old-play-musical/942236 "2021-05-16T19:48:56Z")
Flyer posted in a local history Facebook group. From 1935. No title given, unless the title is All Star Cast. I’ve had no luck with googling some of the character names and descriptions (like “Modernistic Misses.”) … --- ## [Will higher wages (USA) end tipping creep for fast causal restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-higher-wages-usa-end-tipping-creep-for-fast-causal-restaurants/941777)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-higher-wages-usa-end-tipping-creep-for-fast-causal-restaurants/941777 "2021-05-16T19:24:40Z")
Over the past few years, there’s been an annoying trend of tipping creep in fast casual places like Starbucks, Chipotle, Panera, Potbelly’s, etc. With Chipotle raising wages, is there a prayer that this will quash this … --- ## [Riemann's posts in 'The Quarantine Zone'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riemanns-posts-in-the-quarantine-zone/941965)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riemanns-posts-in-the-quarantine-zone/941965 "2021-05-16T19:13:45Z")
Yes, and as I pointed out, you reported those statements incorrectly when you said: That kind of imagination is expected in ‘Great Debates’, but it has no place in ‘The Quarantine Zone’, where people are expected to r… --- ## [Continuing to keep masking for your own reasons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-to-keep-masking-for-your-own-reasons/941850)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-to-keep-masking-for-your-own-reasons/941850 "2021-05-16T19:06:58Z")
Food for thought. I can understand the desire for the anonymity/protection from intrusion that the face mask offers. (This may be paywalled. I accessed it for free through Pocket. I’ll quote as much relevant stuff as … --- ## [DIL. Casserole Queen had a cow butchered. Ground most of into hamburger meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dil-casserole-queen-had-a-cow-butchered-ground-most-of-into-hamburger-meat/941411)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dil-casserole-queen-had-a-cow-butchered-ground-most-of-into-hamburger-meat/941411 "2021-05-16T18:23:16Z")
We’re in trouble now. I don’t think I’ll survive her new passion: Meatloaves. Yep. Plural. So far we’ve had Cajun meatloaf and Mexican rice Meatloaf. The Mexican rice one was outstandingly bad. Bad. Bad. (In case y… --- ## [What's Q up to these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-q-up-to-these-days/942207)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-q-up-to-these-days/942207 "2021-05-16T16:58:54Z")
Since Biden supporters generally aren’t into QAnon I haven’t heard anything since the riot (other than the q shaman). Are CTs still flying? When’s the next date that Trump will take over? Have there been any q drops? --- ## [Goodbye Sweet Duncan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-duncan/942108)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-sweet-duncan/942108 "2021-05-16T16:06:26Z")
My dog Duncan just passed away suddenly earlier today. I just told the vet, yesterday, about a couple of things that worried me about Duncan. Based on what I told him, and what happened it seems that he had a heart attac… --- ## [Israel/palestine war: independent news soures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-war-independent-news-soures/942202)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israel-palestine-war-independent-news-soures/942202 "2021-05-16T15:27:33Z")
Instead of de-railing the Israel/Palestine war thread I am sharing some of my favorite sites, blogs, and independent journalist’s. Feel free to include yours. PLEASE DO NOT POST CORPORATE MEDIA LINKS You’re cooperatio… --- ## [Which do you eat first: the burger or the fries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-eat-first-the-burger-or-the-fries/941042)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-do-you-eat-first-the-burger-or-the-fries/941042 "2021-05-16T13:56:52Z")
You have your favorite burger and fries in front of you, fresh and hot, made just like you like 'em. Which do you eat first? poll --- ## [2018 FBI Background check on Kavanaugh may have been fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-fbi-background-check-on-kavanaugh-may-have-been-fake/938025)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2018-fbi-background-check-on-kavanaugh-may-have-been-fake/938025 "2021-05-16T13:12:20Z")
FBI did not talk to him or Ford . That seems really dumb to skip both of them --- ## [The Creation of Iconic Images for the Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-iconic-images-for-the-movies/939443)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-iconic-images-for-the-movies/939443 "2021-05-16T13:12:06Z")
It sometimes happens that an image representing a character or idea is used in a movie that was not inherent in the original idea or source material, but which gets picked up by practically everyone because it has become… --- ## [Using Excel, can I extract specific items from this terrible data file?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-excel-can-i-extract-specific-items-from-this-terrible-data-file/942113)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-excel-can-i-extract-specific-items-from-this-terrible-data-file/942113 "2021-05-16T12:29:30Z")
Disclaimer: nobody needs to do my homework for me. I just want to know if what I want to do is even possible to automate in Excel, or if I’m going to have to do it by hand. I have a terrible, terrible report designed by… --- ## [What Are These Art Pieces On Some Agricultural Buildings Called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-art-pieces-on-some-agricultural-buildings-called/942155)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-art-pieces-on-some-agricultural-buildings-called/942155 "2021-05-16T12:08:20Z")
I apologize for the not-great pic, but note the red barn at the top, with the words “vintage market.” Above it is a piece of art depicting geometric patterns. I’ve seen these on a lot of barns/farmhouses around here – in… --- ## [Question on grading of collectibles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-grading-of-collectibles/939543)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-grading-of-collectibles/939543 "2021-05-16T11:01:52Z")
I’ve looked at various sites that offer grading services for things like sports memorabilia or trading cards. The grading and payment process confuses me and it’s couched in how they describe it. So here’s an example (… --- ## [Elections in which the winner wasn't seated. Are there any examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-in-which-the-winner-wasnt-seated-are-there-any-examples/941939)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elections-in-which-the-winner-wasnt-seated-are-there-any-examples/941939 "2021-05-16T07:40:20Z")
We have the thread about what will happen if / when Republicans refuse to certify an election won by a Democrat. That seems like an extreme step, which is why it’s all the scarier that it seems (IMHO) not only possible,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1455) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1457)