# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1527 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1528 --- ## [BBQ Smoke Gets In Your Eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/937133)
**Author:** [@Rix29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rix29)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbq-smoke-gets-in-your-eyes/937133 "2021-03-06T20:23:34Z")
Is it straight hallucination or does the smoke from a BBQ grill shift to blow directly into the direction of the person tending the grill? No matter what the direction of the prevailing wind, the smoke seems invariably t… --- ## [Brass to PVC In DWV Plumbing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brass-to-pvc-in-dwv-plumbing/937282)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brass-to-pvc-in-dwv-plumbing/937282 "2021-03-06T20:09:52Z")
I am replacing my drain in my tub. I want to go to a trip lever drain, but the Moen one I am looking at is all brass. Everything else is currently PVC slip joints. Can I just connect the brass into the PVC using the s… --- ## [Did Gandalf accidentally save Middle Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-gandalf-accidentally-save-middle-earth/937189)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-gandalf-accidentally-save-middle-earth/937189 "2021-03-06T20:04:27Z")
The Istari were sent to help Middle-Earth against Sauron. When Gandalf picked Bilbo to go with the Dwarves, he inadvertently set up Bilbo to intercept the ring after Gollum dropped it saving it from being found by an Orc… --- ## [Waiting for Jello to harden and other food that takes foreeeever to be ready to eat!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-jello-to-harden-and-other-food-that-takes-foreeeever-to-be-ready-to-eat/933928)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-jello-to-harden-and-other-food-that-takes-foreeeever-to-be-ready-to-eat/933928 "2021-03-06T19:33:43Z")
:stuck\_out\_tongue\_closed\_eyes: Waiting for Kool Pops, Otter Pops? for you youngsters, to freeze. Turkey that starts to cook after lunch and you have to wait for dinner. Pre-instant pudding that you had to add hot milk … --- ## [Origin of Vampire Invitation Myth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-vampire-invitation-myth/515563)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-vampire-invitation-myth/515563 "2021-03-06T18:47:21Z")
Some of the classic qualities of the vampire can be easily explained. Even though sunlight wasn’t considered deadly to them until the film Nosferatu, it makes sense since vampires were always considered to be nocturnal.… --- ## [Mr. Show appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-show-appreciation-thread/612526)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-show-appreciation-thread/612526 "2021-03-06T18:41:44Z")
I saw the shit out of it! --- ## [Any risk moderate democratic senators will cross over and become republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-risk-moderate-democratic-senators-will-cross-over-and-become-republicans/937335)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-risk-moderate-democratic-senators-will-cross-over-and-become-republicans/937335 "2021-03-06T18:38:19Z")
In 2001 the GOP controlled the senate 50-50, because Cheney was the VP tie breaker. Then Jim Jeffords (republican from VT) switched from GOP to independent and caucused with the democrats, giving the dems control of the … --- ## [What does a forensics club do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-forensics-club-do/641759)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-forensics-club-do/641759 "2021-03-06T18:37:55Z")
On The Simpsons, a flashback reveals that a teenage Marge Bouvier (future Simpson) did poorly at a competition with her “forensics club” because she had stayed up most or all of the night with Homer. If I recall correct… --- ## [Shouldn’t commercial encryption systems be easily crackable by Governments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-commercial-encryption-systems-be-easily-crackable-by-governments/934205)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouldn-t-commercial-encryption-systems-be-easily-crackable-by-governments/934205 "2021-03-06T17:55:02Z")
I am the furtherest thing from an expert in cryptography. But, from what I have seen on TV and read, admittedly things made for laymen, one of the things that made a code crackers life easier is knowing some or part of a… --- ## [What the heck is a “flannel”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-a-flannel/933905)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-a-flannel/933905 "2021-03-06T16:54:58Z")
I’ve heard this term a couple of times but yesterday it was used towards me. Guys were mis-behaving in public and I politely asked them to tone it down a bit. One of them said to me, “calm down flannel”. It get that it… --- ## [Dem Rep suing Trump and others over Jan 6th](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-rep-suing-trump-and-others-over-jan-6th/937277)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dem-rep-suing-trump-and-others-over-jan-6th/937277 "2021-03-06T13:39:05Z")
Sounds like a good idea to me --- ## [Who was the last US president not to bomb another country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-us-president-not-to-bomb-another-country/937294)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-last-us-president-not-to-bomb-another-country/937294 "2021-03-06T12:04:55Z")
It was Joe Biden for a whole 36 days… who was the last to get through an entire term without doing this? --- ## [Changing my oil question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-oil-question/699721)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-my-oil-question/699721 "2021-03-06T09:41:37Z")
I have a 2008 Toyota RAV4, which holds (I believe) just above 4 quarts of oil. I do a lot of driving for work, and put 25 - 30K miles a year on the car. It currently has about 175K. It burns oil, at a rate of about a … --- ## [Pitting my future sister-in-law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-future-sister-in-law/931059)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-my-future-sister-in-law/931059 "2021-03-06T06:32:45Z")
A few months back, I took some money out of my retirement account that I had earmarked for a few things: buying a new car, and taking a vacation with my fiancée (and possibly eloping while we were there). I work nights,… --- ## [Is Brutal Athletic Training Human Trafficking? (John Geddert/Gymnastics Coach Charges/Suicide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brutal-athletic-training-human-trafficking-john-geddert-gymnastics-coach-charges-suicide/937306)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-brutal-athletic-training-human-trafficking-john-geddert-gymnastics-coach-charges-suicide/937306 "2021-03-06T04:59:50Z")
(topic withdrawn by author, will be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flagged) --- ## [RIP Mark Pavelich (US Olympics 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Hockey Team) Dead Due to CTE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-pavelich-us-olympics-1980-miracle-on-ice-hockey-team-dead-due-to-cte/937307)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mark-pavelich-us-olympics-1980-miracle-on-ice-hockey-team-dead-due-to-cte/937307 "2021-03-06T05:29:17Z")
Olympic “Miracle” hockey star and Iron Range sports legend Mark Pavelich was found dead Thursday in a central Minnesota residential treatment center, bringing to an end the life of a man who reached the pinnacle of inte… --- ## [So how does storage on a cablebox work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-storage-on-a-cablebox-work/937303)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-storage-on-a-cablebox-work/937303 "2021-03-06T03:57:26Z")
This might be a better fit for “General Questions,” but since not everyone’s cablebox is necessarily going to work the same way, and this may become a thread about people discussing how their boxes work, and the pluses a… --- ## [Why is Boston called "Beantown"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-boston-called-beantown/749953)
**Author:** [@Maeganspop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeganspop)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-boston-called-beantown/749953 "2021-03-06T02:19:44Z")
I read the column, but I don’t get it. It answered why a town in New England would be called “Beantown”, but why specifically Boston? Can someone enlighten me? --- ## [Is Labneh or Labaneh something I should try?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-labneh-or-labaneh-something-i-should-try/937297)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-labneh-or-labaneh-something-i-should-try/937297 "2021-03-06T01:37:25Z")
I saw it in the grocery store the other day and it looked interesting. Apparently it’s sort of like cream cheese, but its parent is yogurt? Do you spread it on toast or bagels? I like trying new food, but I hate to buy a… --- ## [Have you ever named your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-named-your-car/933324)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-named-your-car/933324 "2021-03-06T00:16:36Z")
I can think of three named cars I’ve known. When I was a kid, my sister drove a beater Plymouth Valiant. She called it Bertha the Pig, or just Bertha, for some reason. When Wife and I refer to her car, we’re too lazy t… --- ## [Lifespan of LeCreuset enameled cast iron?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifespan-of-lecreuset-enameled-cast-iron/934197)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifespan-of-lecreuset-enameled-cast-iron/934197 "2021-03-05T23:17:36Z")
Trying to figure out if this is the natural progression of things, if I have damaged my dutch oven, or if maybe I’m just imagining things. I have a LeCreuset #26 enameled cast iron Dutch oven (this one, in cerise). I’ve… --- ## [De-Apple-ifying my life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-apple-ifying-my-life/933842)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-apple-ifying-my-life/933842 "2021-03-05T19:54:17Z")
My first computer back in the 90s was an Apple. I have for the most part had Apple products almost nonstop. I’ve always liked them and found them much better than PCs. The one drawback is the cost, and it still is a prob… --- ## [Is there a strong Christian backlash to Trump's sedition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strong-christian-backlash-to-trumps-sedition/930895)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-strong-christian-backlash-to-trumps-sedition/930895 "2021-03-05T19:50:07Z")
I just this article about a Christian backlash against Franklin Graham’s support of Trump, Over 16,000 Christians Want Franklin Graham Fired for ‘Helping Incite’ Capitol Riot (msn.com) …and I was wondering if there was… --- ## [Can you believe in a political philosophy if you care about evidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-believe-in-a-political-philosophy-if-you-care-about-evidence/933952)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-believe-in-a-political-philosophy-if-you-care-about-evidence/933952 "2021-03-05T17:48:44Z")
Someone on another forum was saying you can’t, because sooner or later the evidence will conflict with it and then you have to choose between them. I think maybe it’s possible in theory, but not with any of the currently… --- ## [How realistic is it that we make huge progress on vaccinations globally, then a strain immune to vaccines develops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-it-that-we-make-huge-progress-on-vaccinations-globally-then-a-strain-immune-to-vaccines-develops/937124)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-realistic-is-it-that-we-make-huge-progress-on-vaccinations-globally-then-a-strain-immune-to-vaccines-develops/937124 "2021-03-05T17:46:28Z")
the more people vaccinated the lower the odds of new mutations right? but since the virus can live in animals is there also a meaningful risk that the virus will evolve in other mammals and end up immune to vaccines? ho… --- ## [Carpenter/contractor hourly rate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenter-contractor-hourly-rate/937269)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenter-contractor-hourly-rate/937269 "2021-03-05T17:45:23Z")
Just started on a bathroom remodel and was paying the carpenter based on the whole job- materials and labor. Materials are on site sitting in the garage. Carpenter broke his wrist slipping on the ice and will be unable… --- ## [Microsoft has it in for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-has-it-in-for-me/937182)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-has-it-in-for-me/937182 "2021-03-05T17:36:29Z")
Two months ago I bought a new computer which came with Windows 10. Although the legacy programs I like worked fine in Windows 7 as I expected they do not run in 10. But now there is a new problem. I have a legal copy of… --- ## [Japanese speakers: help with translation of a term](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-speakers-help-with-translation-of-a-term/934120)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-speakers-help-with-translation-of-a-term/934120 "2021-03-05T17:35:42Z")
The Hamaoka Nuclear Exhibition Center has a dome theater that used to have an OMNIMAX (IMAX dome) film projector, but they converted it to digital in 2018, and renamed it, since they couldn’t use the IMAX brand any more. … --- ## [How can we Dems help non-tRump Republicans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-dems-help-non-trump-republicans/933923)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-dems-help-non-trump-republicans/933923 "2021-03-05T16:13:17Z")
WaPo Per this article, many of our world allies are concerned that even with tRump gone, America may still not be back to normal. The CPAC program and its worship of the Golden Ass statue demonstrate that those concern… --- ## [Closing threads again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads-again/937267)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-threads-again/937267 "2021-03-05T15:09:29Z")
@What\_Exit, if you think my thread isn’t a debate, could you please move it to a more appropriate form rather than closing it? It seems like any thread that goes against the majority view gets closed these days. (And mea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1526) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1528)