# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1474 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1475 --- ## [Charles Booker running for Senate? (D-KY)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-booker-running-for-senate-d-ky/937979)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-booker-running-for-senate-d-ky/937979 "2021-04-28T22:43:18Z")
Here’s one of his tweets, but he’s been strongly hinting he’s running for a while. https://twitter.com/booker4ky/status/1371469700669001730?s=21 As well as him going all Biblical, I’m sure that thrills his lefty base ht… --- ## [Silliest reason you’ve seen someone quit a job over](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-reason-you-ve-seen-someone-quit-a-job-over/939936)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silliest-reason-you-ve-seen-someone-quit-a-job-over/939936 "2021-04-28T22:14:33Z")
It’s been a while but I remember a temporary job where someone quit because they weren’t allowed to tie up the microwave for a long time by cooking Stouffers frozen lasagna. There were a lot of employees and thus microwa… --- ## [Did you know that you can create spinoff threads directly from the reply interface?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-you-can-create-spinoff-threads-directly-from-the-reply-interface/940968)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-that-you-can-create-spinoff-threads-directly-from-the-reply-interface/940968 "2021-04-28T21:52:59Z")
Continuing the discussion from DrDeth's suspension: I did not. I still hate infinite scrolling, but Discourse is pretty cool sometimes. ETA: The first line in this post “continuing the discussion…” was automatically a… --- ## ["Off Topic" posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-topic-posts/940101)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-topic-posts/940101 "2021-04-28T21:52:26Z")
Re the GD thread about " Gun owner’s liability when it comes mishaps involving their children". There was a lot of discussion about how the law treats parental liability for child mishaps in general, involving pools and … --- ## [Size weirdness in furnace filters, need help (relatively fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-weirdness-in-furnace-filters-need-help-relatively-fast/701044)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/size-weirdness-in-furnace-filters-need-help-relatively-fast/701044 "2021-04-28T21:44:29Z")
Has anybody run across this? I have two heat pumps. One takes a 20 x 20 x 1 size filter and the other a 20 x 25 x 1 size. Actually, the size of the slots are 19.5 x 19.5 and 19.5 x 24.5. I have had to use the cheap blue… --- ## [I'm not enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-enough/940287)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-enough/940287 "2021-04-28T21:13:31Z")
I’ve never been enough. Not enough artist. Not enough daughter to my outstanding Daddy. Not enough sibling to my large group of sibs. Not enough wife. Not enough Mother. Not enough pet mom. Not enough my anything. … --- ## [Common cold, Covid and R0, what am I missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cold-covid-and-r0-what-am-i-missing/940883)
**Author:** [@Stego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stego)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-cold-covid-and-r0-what-am-i-missing/940883 "2021-04-28T21:13:03Z")
(mods, posting here as I am looking for a factual answer. Please move to QZ if you deem it more appropriate.) Since the.beginning of the pandemic, my family and I have been pretty much in isolation. The only social extr… --- ## [Pasta Noodles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasta-noodles/940890)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasta-noodles/940890 "2021-04-28T20:32:30Z")
Italian food uses simple ingredients to make delicious traditional meals. Despite its popularity, Italians do not always welcome changes to tried-and-true techniques which evoke memories of family and feasts. Craving p… --- ## [Did the policy about mods locking and closing threads vs. deleting and whisking them to the corn fields change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-policy-about-mods-locking-and-closing-threads-vs-deleting-and-whisking-them-to-the-corn-fields-change/940982)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-policy-about-mods-locking-and-closing-threads-vs-deleting-and-whisking-them-to-the-corn-fields-change/940982 "2021-04-28T20:26:39Z")
I seem to recall that threads were never deleted, just closed and locked, so as to preserve the history of the board, with the exception of bot spamming posts being deleted. Seems like lately there have been threads tha… --- ## [It’s a win for Amazon!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-win-for-amazon/939684)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-a-win-for-amazon/939684 "2021-04-28T20:26:00Z")
I’m quite happy that the attempt at union organization at Amazon was crushed in the recent ballot. No Amazon Union: Alabama Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing : NPR Progressives really need to drop the ‘Amazon … --- ## [The Nevers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nevers/940972)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nevers/940972 "2021-04-28T19:02:56Z")
New Show on HBO. Quite interesting. Started as a Joss Whedon show, but he is no longer active, or so I heard. A weird Alien ship or meteorite hits London, creating The Touched women (and a few men) with each one u… --- ## [Weeding...with lasers! (But no sharks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-with-lasers-but-no-sharks/940810)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weeding-with-lasers-but-no-sharks/940810 "2021-04-28T17:26:46Z")
A third-generation prototype of a farming machine that weeds by burning out the weeds with lasers. Dunno how close it is to general release but still pretty cool. Would lasers be considered organic?! --- ## [What late-nite TV show theme music is this song reminding me of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-late-nite-tv-show-theme-music-is-this-song-reminding-me-of/940947)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-late-nite-tv-show-theme-music-is-this-song-reminding-me-of/940947 "2021-04-28T16:32:10Z")
Here’s a song that few people will probably be familiar with, outside of fans of a niche of 80s jazz fusion - and most fans of the overall jazz genre probably would loathe it. Wizard Island, by the Jeff Lorber Fusion (ap… --- ## [Virginia educrats drop the hammer on advanced math education](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-educrats-drop-the-hammer-on-advanced-math-education/940396)
**Author:** [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virginia-educrats-drop-the-hammer-on-advanced-math-education/940396 "2021-04-28T16:16:35Z")
In culmination of other trends from the recent war on academic excellence being waged by the Virginia Democratic Party, a proposal endorsed by party stakeholders including the governor and his DOE superintendent will com… --- ## [Uncle Sam Does Not Belong in Girls’ Dorms or Showers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-sam-does-not-belong-in-girls-dorms-or-showers/940878)
**Author:** [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uncle-sam-does-not-belong-in-girls-dorms-or-showers/940878 "2021-04-28T16:04:16Z")
So I happened across this letter today, regarding the College of the Ozarks suing Joe Biden over, I think, one of his executive orders: So I read this letter expecting to find out what, exactly, Biden has done to viol… --- ## [Hail, cysters!. (A thread for those with PCOS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-cysters-a-thread-for-those-with-pcos/49596)
**Author:** [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hail-cysters-a-thread-for-those-with-pcos/49596 "2001-01-15T17:18:50Z")
Over here, I mentioned that I have a condition called PolyCystic Ovary Syndrome. I shouldn’t have been surprised when two other women chimed in with the same diagnosis as well, but I was. Considering that anywhere from … --- ## [Does the bad engineering in "The Cold Equations" ruin the story for you? (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bad-engineering-in-the-cold-equations-ruin-the-story-for-you-open-spoilers/575384)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-bad-engineering-in-the-cold-equations-ruin-the-story-for-you-open-spoilers/575384 "2021-04-28T15:14:56Z")
I expect that most of us are familiar with this classic hard-sf story by Tom Godwin. But just in case we have any virgins among us, I’ll link to the story. To summarize: the story is set in a future in which humanity ha… --- ## [Do stray animals show/help each other find food spots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stray-animals-show-help-each-other-find-food-spots/940906)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stray-animals-show-help-each-other-find-food-spots/940906 "2021-04-28T14:48:20Z")
an aside in this thread got me thinking https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meat-bars When someone mentions he feeds the stray cats the hot dogs mentioned in the thread he later posts "why do all the stray cats show up he… --- ## [What is the current state of domestic air travel? (Fact-based answers, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-current-state-of-domestic-air-travel-fact-based-answers-please/849774)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-current-state-of-domestic-air-travel-fact-based-answers-please/849774 "2021-04-28T14:44:08Z")
Asking for fact-based answers, based on something you know from a reliable source. Cites welcome. I have heard a lot about people and businesses curtailing unnecessary travel, but I have not heard anything about domesti… --- ## [One-Sided Toast - Calling all U.K.ers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sided-toast-calling-all-u-k-ers/48439)
**Author:** [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sided-toast-calling-all-u-k-ers/48439 "2021-04-28T14:33:46Z")
I only knew this bit of data from Sting’s “Englishman in New York” song: “I don’t drink coffee I take tea my dear, I like my toast done on one side” I thought: “Wow, do the English really only toast their bread on one… --- ## [Advice for calling a friend who has dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-calling-a-friend-who-has-dementia/940703)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-calling-a-friend-who-has-dementia/940703 "2021-04-28T14:13:58Z")
TLDR version: I’m virtually certain that a friend I have not seen in a few years has slid into dementia. I just realized I have a phone number for her and would like to call, but would appreciate tips on how to talk with… --- ## [A McDonald's question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mcdonalds-question/940864)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mcdonalds-question/940864 "2021-04-28T12:35:08Z")
Why didn’t Ray Krok just start his own burger chain instead of buying out McDonald’s? I never thought the McDonald’s were ambitious enough to challenge him if they expanded, which (afaict) they weren’t all that intereste… --- ## [Is there any evidence that exercise soon after shot reduces effectiveness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-exercise-soon-after-shot-reduces-effectiveness/940788)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-evidence-that-exercise-soon-after-shot-reduces-effectiveness/940788 "2021-04-28T11:56:32Z")
Tomorrow morning I get my second Moderna shot. On the day of my first shot I felt fine and went hiking and had a grand time. On the day after the first shot I felt tired and went to bed early, and my arm had a little sor… --- ## [Tiger woods in very serious car crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579)
**Author:** [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-woods-in-very-serious-car-crash/933579 "2021-04-28T10:20:51Z")
tiger woods was the only person in a single car roll over crash in california. they had to use the jaws to get him out of the vehicle, and he was rushed to the hospital. this happened about an hour ago. --- ## [Doolittle Raiders: Why didn't they all head for Soviet territory to begin with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doolittle-raiders-why-didnt-they-all-head-for-soviet-territory-to-begin-with/940285)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doolittle-raiders-why-didnt-they-all-head-for-soviet-territory-to-begin-with/940285 "2021-04-28T10:15:24Z")
The Doolittle Raiders that bombed Japan were meant to land in China - and they all did, except for one that diverted to the Soviet city of Vladivostok, due to consuming fuel at a higher rate than expected. I’m wondering… --- ## [Street car wires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-car-wires/940730)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-car-wires/940730 "2021-04-28T08:48:50Z")
I’m trying to figure out what the strips that look like tape on these trolley wires are. Any guesses? --- ## [Converting from CNG to gasoline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-from-cng-to-gasoline/563699)
**Author:** [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-from-cng-to-gasoline/563699 "2021-04-28T07:27:43Z")
Pretty straight forward. Can I convert a vehicle that is CNG (and has probably always been CNG) to run on gasoline? (fwiw odometer is around 25K) Is it expensive? If so, who does that kind of work? Is this a bad idea… --- ## [The Soviet Union, the Czech Republic, and food culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-soviet-union-the-czech-republic-and-food-culture/940522)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-soviet-union-the-czech-republic-and-food-culture/940522 "2021-04-28T05:34:15Z")
Watched an episode of “No Reservations” last night in which Bourdain explored Prague, in the Czech Republic. It came up on multiple occasions that decades of eastern-bloc communism “ruined” the old Czech food culture, a… --- ## [Who is using THC for pain management?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-using-thc-for-pain-management/843140)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-using-thc-for-pain-management/843140 "2019-11-18T14:21:24Z")
Hope this doesn’t get locked. I’m aware that I am soliciting Opinion, not medical advice. Who here is successfully using THC products to manage pain? At this point I’m living 24/7 with lower spine pain, hip pain and stu… --- ## [Looking for a debt collection law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-debt-collection-law/940891)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-debt-collection-law/940891 "2021-04-28T00:10:30Z")
I have been looking at both the FCRA and FDCA and I cannot find what I need. Where is the law that a debt collector must report accurate information to the Credit Reporting Agencies. Like if you make online payments it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1475)