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**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-guitar-mavens/937957 "2021-03-16T00:28:52Z")
My husband plays classical guitar. When I get my stimulus check, I’m thinking of buying him a new instrument. All I know is it needs to ba a 6-string acoustic guitar with nylon strings. This guitar is in the right price … --- ## [Bagram airfield crash question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagram-airfield-crash-question/657631)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bagram-airfield-crash-question/657631 "2021-03-15T23:46:11Z")
A 747 cargo plane crashed at Bagram airfield last week. The crash was captured by the dasboard camera of a ground vehicle. The video is here. I’m two-clicking it because it shows seven people dying, and some people mi… --- ## [News of the world movie with Tom Hanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-world-movie-with-tom-hanks/937956)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-of-the-world-movie-with-tom-hanks/937956 "2021-03-15T22:03:42Z")
It’s on Amazon now. It’s OK but it’s mostly just a series of bad things that happen to him and the girl he is helping get back now. --- ## [So, your wife has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-wife-has-died/937411)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-your-wife-has-died/937411 "2021-03-15T22:57:52Z")
The wife of my \[service provider\] died, youngish, leaving kids still in school. So I acknowledged it. I did this because, for me, having other people acknowledge that events have happened is an important part of helping… --- ## [Mank (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mank-open-spoilers/928673)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mank-open-spoilers/928673 "2021-03-15T22:05:08Z")
So what do people think? It’s beautifully shot in black and white and has yet another stunning performance by Gary Oldman disappearing in the character but otherwise I was disappointed. First of all it’s based on a lar… --- ## [CNN is no longer journalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-no-longer-journalism/937366)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-is-no-longer-journalism/937366 "2021-03-15T21:58:04Z")
CNN is pathetically biased and drenched with elitist movie-star ideology and hypocrisy. Especially the Cuomo brothers show. What a joke and an insult to journalism. --- ## [Big Mafia trial in Italy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-mafia-trial-in-italy/937954)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-mafia-trial-in-italy/937954 "2021-03-15T21:50:48Z")
Over 300 guys on trial, over 400 murders. 600 lawyers. Courtroom built for the trial. --- ## [What counts as a “lap?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-a-lap/937732)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-counts-as-a-lap/937732 "2021-03-15T21:22:48Z")
Usually I think of a lap as something that exists only when I’m sitting down. But it could be clinically described as the anterior surface of the legs between the hips and the knees, when perpendicular to the dominant di… --- ## [Unexpected precision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-precision/937720)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-precision/937720 "2021-03-15T20:21:57Z")
I placed an Instacart order which included a request for 2 pounds of ground beef. The web site tells me that what I’m actually getting is 2.0299999999999994 pounds. I counted the 13 nines. I fully understand how floating… --- ## [Why can't I add pictures to my post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-add-pictures-to-my-post/932973)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-add-pictures-to-my-post/932973 "2021-03-15T20:18:40Z")
Is it configuration of my settings, or a permission level set by the administrators? --- ## [Alley Oop needs the reprint treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alley-oop-needs-the-reprint-treatment/937843)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alley-oop-needs-the-reprint-treatment/937843 "2021-03-15T20:03:12Z")
Oop was never one of my top favorite among ancient newspaper strips, but recently one of his time travel stories has been posted on a Facebook site for such stuff, and I have to say it leaves me wanting more. The art, of… --- ## [What’s the catch with this Fanduel offer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-catch-with-this-fanduel-offer/932855)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-catch-with-this-fanduel-offer/932855 "2021-03-15T18:43:25Z")
An online sports betting site called Fanduel has been advertising HARD here in Michigan over the past month or so. Constant TV commercials and I’m getting online ads for it as well. In the latest commercial they make an… --- ## [Are Doctors still asking odd (to me) questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-doctors-still-asking-odd-to-me-questions/933133)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-doctors-still-asking-odd-to-me-questions/933133 "2021-03-15T18:39:46Z")
I haven’t been to a doctor in a long time and my gf has been getting on my case about it. The thing is, the last time I was at a doctor’s office I was offended/weirded out by the out-of-left-field questions they asked. … --- ## [Has anyone yet figured out how to deliver custom IT projects successfully?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-yet-figured-out-how-to-deliver-custom-it-projects-successfully/937373)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-yet-figured-out-how-to-deliver-custom-it-projects-successfully/937373 "2021-03-15T18:23:43Z")
Over the course of the past 25 years, I’ve been involved in the delivery of all sorts of “bespoke” IT solutions. By which I mean usually some one-off project for a specific company to address some specific problem. i.e… --- ## [Is there a place where someone (I) can talk to a real person regarding LibreOffice problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-where-someone-i-can-talk-to-a-real-person-regarding-libreoffice-problems/937896)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-where-someone-i-can-talk-to-a-real-person-regarding-libreoffice-problems/937896 "2021-03-15T18:15:09Z")
A lot of the “help” provided for free from LibreOffice is either directed toward more tech savvy people or meant for people doing office-type projects and deals with all sorts of arcane tools, etc. I’m just a guy wantin… --- ## [Beckdawrek thinks bad bad bad weird things](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-thinks-bad-bad-bad-weird-things/937514)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-thinks-bad-bad-bad-weird-things/937514 "2021-03-15T17:58:26Z")
Why do normal clocks stop at 12? Wouldn’t 24 be better? Why don’t they have layaway in stores anymore? Why are fingertip towels necessary? Why do I have so many pets? Pet envy? Is rock ‘n’ roll really here to stay? Why… --- ## [Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) or Colorado Chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-chipmunk-neotamias-minimus-or-colorado-chipmunk-neotamias-quadrivittatus/937941)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-chipmunk-neotamias-minimus-or-colorado-chipmunk-neotamias-quadrivittatus/937941 "2021-03-15T16:30:10Z")
Are there any chipmunk experts here on the SDMB? How do you tell the difference between the Least Chipmunk (Neotamias minimus) and the Colorado Chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) in the field? Their ranges overlap her… --- ## [How, if at all, would any of the other 2020 Dem candidates be doing better than President Biden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-if-at-all-would-any-of-the-other-2020-dem-candidates-be-doing-better-than-president-biden/937864)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-if-at-all-would-any-of-the-other-2020-dem-candidates-be-doing-better-than-president-biden/937864 "2021-03-15T16:01:28Z")
Inspired by a discussion starting here: The Biden Administration - the first 1,500 days \[NOT an Afghanistan discussion\] - #471 by Guest-starring\_Id I know, I know, it’s only been fifty-some days since the Inauguration a… --- ## [LastPass (password manager) limiting their free tier starting March 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lastpass-password-manager-limiting-their-free-tier-starting-march-16/937861)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lastpass-password-manager-limiting-their-free-tier-starting-march-16/937861 "2021-03-15T15:56:20Z")
There’s really not much to say, but if you use LastPass then you can choose to subscribe or only be able to access your passwords either on mobile or desktop. The subscription costs $36/yr. Everyone should be using a p… --- ## [What is a "bridge" in a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bridge-in-a-song/932787)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-bridge-in-a-song/932787 "2021-03-15T15:41:02Z")
I’ve read definitions online but I’m basically illiterate when it comes to music so those definitions are pretty much useless to me. Can someone give me a couple examples of bridges? I’m very familiar with Elvis songs s… --- ## [Anyone have a favorite recipe for cornmeal pudding (Indian) pudding? \[title fixed\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-favorite-recipe-for-cornmeal-pudding-indian-pudding-title-fixed/921791)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-a-favorite-recipe-for-cornmeal-pudding-indian-pudding-title-fixed/921791 "2021-03-15T15:40:24Z")
Years ago, I made Indian pudding for the first time using a recipe from Diet for a Small Planet. For the milk, I used some homemade yogurt that didn’t set for some reason. The results were insanely delicious, to me, but… --- ## [If Democracts hold majority at next Pres election, what prevents them from rejecting Electors vote and winning rejection based on majority in both houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democracts-hold-majority-at-next-pres-election-what-prevents-them-from-rejecting-electors-vote-and-winning-rejection-based-on-majority-in-both-houses/929970)
**Author:** [@jonpluc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonpluc)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-democracts-hold-majority-at-next-pres-election-what-prevents-them-from-rejecting-electors-vote-and-winning-rejection-based-on-majority-in-both-houses/929970 "2021-03-15T14:43:05Z")
How does Democracy deal with this i guess 'loophole"? If one Party happens to hold majority in both Houses of Congress and the President of thier party does not win, have we now established a Precident that the Majority … --- ## [Freeman Dyson, dead at 96 \[died 28 Feb. 2020\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeman-dyson-dead-at-96-died-28-feb-2020/850465)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeman-dyson-dead-at-96-died-28-feb-2020/850465 "2021-03-15T14:34:01Z")
(I searched for a thread about this and didn’t find it. It happened a month ago, so possibly my search was inadequately thorough.) This is me being ignorant about physics. I only knew Dyson’s name from his eponymous Dys… --- ## [Could Jim Croce be considered a "deep track" artist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jim-croce-be-considered-a-deep-track-artist/937807)
**Author:** [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-jim-croce-be-considered-a-deep-track-artist/937807 "2021-03-15T13:49:22Z")
I’ve loved Jim Croce since I was really little (probably 5-6 y/o). However, I barely ever hear his songs on the radio (even satellite radio!), and when 60s-70s era classic rock is being discussed, I pretty much never hea… --- ## [Air Conditioner For Bedroom (Not a Window Unit)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-for-bedroom-not-a-window-unit/937524)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-conditioner-for-bedroom-not-a-window-unit/937524 "2021-03-15T13:49:01Z")
I already have a window AC unit… It’s 5-6 years old, and even a brand new one wouldn’t help me in the situation I’m in… I like my room at about 50 degrees F, which was no problem a few weeks ago. I constantly have my ven… --- ## [General Electric: The Next Enron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-electric-the-next-enron/838755)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-electric-the-next-enron/838755 "2021-03-15T13:14:39Z")
Yesterday, forensic accountant and investor Harry Markopolis dropped a bombshell report which argues over the course of 170 pages that accounting fraud at General Electric is larger in scale than we saw with Enron, that … --- ## [The Kind of Music You Hear While Seeing Local Bands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-music-you-hear-while-seeing-local-bands/937850)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kind-of-music-you-hear-while-seeing-local-bands/937850 "2021-03-15T13:04:12Z")
Excluding original material. When I say “local” it doesn’t have to mean your city alone, but if you go around the world, what do the locals play? I’ve been all around North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and I’d… --- ## [Happy PI Day 2021!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-2021/937871)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-2021/937871 "2021-03-15T13:00:49Z")
Yes, it is time (once again) to wish a Happy PI Day to all the folks at the Straight Dope Message Board!!! For those few people that may not have heard of PI Day, you may read all about it here: --- ## [Sea slug can chop off its own head and then regrow its body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-slug-can-chop-off-its-own-head-and-then-regrow-its-body/937476)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-slug-can-chop-off-its-own-head-and-then-regrow-its-body/937476 "2021-03-15T12:25:19Z")
Pretty amazing. These guys can sever their own heads. Then the head crawls around for a few weeks as it grows a new body. They may discard the body to get rid of parasites, which seems pretty extreme to me. They may … --- ## [Everyone named Gord is from Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784 "2021-03-15T11:05:12Z")
I can’t recall hearing a US person who goes by Gord but I am sure there are some. Saw yet another Gord from Canada today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1517) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1519)