# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1553 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1554 --- ## [Excel Q on averaging of interpolated data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-q-on-averaging-of-interpolated-data/932467)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-q-on-averaging-of-interpolated-data/932467 "2021-02-09T02:21:18Z")
If I have 4 readings: Timestamp Value 2/6/21 6:00 20 2/7/21 6:00 44 2/7/21 7:00 46 2/7/21 8:00 45 The average of the values is 39. But that’s not correct - the average should account for the missing rea… --- ## [RIP Christopher Plummer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-christopher-plummer/932277)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-christopher-plummer/932277 "2021-02-09T02:04:02Z")
He died at 91 https://twitter.com/i/events/1357750763783548928 --- ## [Does anyone like hospital gowns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-hospital-gowns/932299)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-like-hospital-gowns/932299 "2021-02-09T00:36:21Z")
worst invention ever. I assume they use the same crap design outside the US? It is open in the back. I had one that was good , it had an extra sleeve hole so it would stay on. --- ## [In Chess, What Happens With The Clock After A Draw Is Offered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-what-happens-with-the-clock-after-a-draw-is-offered/932373)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-what-happens-with-the-clock-after-a-draw-is-offered/932373 "2021-02-09T00:33:36Z")
White offers a draw. Does he then punch his clock and Black loses time while he considers it? Or does an arbiter stop both clocks? --- ## [Cool Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-words/922827 "2021-02-09T00:20:01Z")
I was chatting with my brother about some DIY stuff recently, and I somehow uttered two ‘words’ that immediately struck me as cool: Grub screw Plinth block Which made me think about a whole litany of words that, IMHO,… --- ## [Live camcorder recordings at bluegrass festivals/HDMI splitter question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-camcorder-recordings-at-bluegrass-festivals-hdmi-splitter-question/932418)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-camcorder-recordings-at-bluegrass-festivals-hdmi-splitter-question/932418 "2021-02-08T22:32:39Z")
I have just learned that my dad has about 30 videos he recorded on a Sony camcorder. Most of them would have been at the Galax Fiddler’s convention held every year in Galax, VA. But he also has one of Doc Fucking Watso… --- ## [Fartin' and burpin' in the MMP! Welcome to the Shortest Month in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fartin-and-burpin-in-the-mmp-welcome-to-the-shortest-month-in-the-mmp/931971)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fartin-and-burpin-in-the-mmp-welcome-to-the-shortest-month-in-the-mmp/931971 "2021-02-08T21:51:58Z")
Someone fire up the air freshener, it’s a new MMP! Between living alone for the first time in a long while, and the general isolation of lockdown/quarantine, and specifically the cover that masks provide … I’ve utterly … --- ## [How long does it take for a parachute to fall 3,000 meters? Banzai parachuting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-parachute-to-fall-3-000-meters-banzai-parachuting/451227)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-a-parachute-to-fall-3-000-meters-banzai-parachuting/451227 "2021-02-08T21:01:52Z")
For those unaware of banzai parachuting, it involves: getting a plane to 3,000 meters, throwing your parachute out, then waiting, then jumping after the parachute, and trying to get it on and deployed in time. The curre… --- ## [The Science of The Expanse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-the-expanse/932304)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-science-of-the-expanse/932304 "2021-02-08T20:55:26Z")
What do you think of the physics and other sciences in the world of The Expanse? How realistic is it? --- ## [FL nuke plant had 3 problems in 1 week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-nuke-plant-had-3-problems-in-1-week/932461)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-nuke-plant-had-3-problems-in-1-week/932461 "2021-02-08T20:32:45Z")
I would hope management of the plant changed --- ## [Identify a movie from a vague memory - musical disclaimer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-from-a-vague-memory-musical-disclaimer/930544)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-movie-from-a-vague-memory-musical-disclaimer/930544 "2021-02-08T19:53:53Z")
I saw part of this movie decades ago on TV; possibly from the 1950s. What I remember is that part of it was about production of a stage musical - and the musical’s plot was based on someone famous (who the people in the… --- ## [How good of a boxer was Leon Spinks? (RIP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-boxer-was-leon-spinks-rip/932356)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-of-a-boxer-was-leon-spinks-rip/932356 "2021-02-08T19:52:30Z")
Leon Spinks has died. Although I do love boxing, I don’t remember too much about him. I’m going to be watching some of his fights on YouTube tonight. Anyway, this is basically a memorandum thread but also a good way to… --- ## [Asset allocation in retirement portfolio: what is yours? Do you rebalance? How often? Age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asset-allocation-in-retirement-portfolio-what-is-yours-do-you-rebalance-how-often-age/931883)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asset-allocation-in-retirement-portfolio-what-is-yours-do-you-rebalance-how-often-age/931883 "2021-02-08T19:40:13Z")
Not looking for a debate about what is “the” right approach, and know of the various rules that are out there. More curious about what this group of at least moderately informed investors actually do. I just checked min… --- ## [Mission Impossible 2 is a terrible movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-2-is-a-terrible-movie/931996)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mission-impossible-2-is-a-terrible-movie/931996 "2021-02-08T18:50:23Z")
Yesterday I was flipping through Amazon Prime and I noticed that they had a bunch of Mission Impossible movies available for streaming. I thought I had seen them all and I remember generally liking them: they’re silly b… --- ## [Banned Scrabble words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-scrabble-words/914803)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned-scrabble-words/914803 "2021-02-08T18:48:37Z")
Scrabble has banned 225 words from tournament use. But they don’t even list the banned words correctly, giving them with the letters rearranged in alphabetical order. Some of them are pretty easy to figure out, but other… --- ## [Spider-Man: Far From Home - Seen it thread - SPOILERS!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-far-from-home-seen-it-thread-spoilers/836426)
**Author:** [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-man-far-from-home-seen-it-thread-spoilers/836426 "2021-02-08T17:49:24Z")
Spider-Man: Far From Home has opened here in Australia, and I saw it Monday night. For the first post, a couple of non-spoiler observations: Zendaya and Tom Holland have really good chemistry, and their characters’ re… --- ## [Doom Patrol Season 1 (DC/HBO series) (open spoilers for season 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-patrol-season-1-dc-hbo-series-open-spoilers-for-season-1/930280)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doom-patrol-season-1-dc-hbo-series-open-spoilers-for-season-1/930280 "2021-02-08T17:25:22Z")
Now that Doom Patrol is on HBO streaming I finally got a chance to see it. I just finished season 1. Wow, what an amazing show. I rank it up there with The Umbrella Academy as among my current favorites. What an amazin… --- ## [Flying in the early days of air transport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-in-the-early-days-of-air-transport/931467)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-in-the-early-days-of-air-transport/931467 "2021-02-08T17:18:49Z")
My first experience of flying was as a passenger on a flight from a small airport near London to Freetown, (in what was then, British) West Africa. I was four at the time. It was a BOAC flight in a DC3 and we had to make… --- ## [When a recipe calls for an onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-recipe-calls-for-an-onion/932266)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-recipe-calls-for-an-onion/932266 "2021-02-08T16:58:53Z")
When a recipe calls for an onion without being specific to the type which do you choose, red, white or yellow? And why? Does the choice you make depend on the type of dish you are making? I don’t know why but I seem to … --- ## [What percentage "relatively unharmed" by pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-relatively-unharmed-by-pandemic/932141)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-relatively-unharmed-by-pandemic/932141 "2021-02-08T16:09:17Z")
Of course, everyone has been adversely impacted by the pandemic. But my wife and I have not had our earnings reduced, and no one terribly close to us has died. To a large extent, the greatest we could say is that we ha… --- ## [Anyone have any serial killer stories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-serial-killer-stories/932247)
**Author:** [@SleepyJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyJoe)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-serial-killer-stories/932247 "2021-02-08T15:26:35Z")
I figure there’s a lot of older people here from California and out West and New York. I’ve been bored lately and listening to documentaries and podcasts about infamous serial killers. Anyone ever have a run in with a f… --- ## [George Shultz: Sec State under Reagan who did so much to end the Cold War, died at 100 today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-shultz-sec-state-under-reagan-who-did-so-much-to-end-the-cold-war-died-at-100-today/932415)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-shultz-sec-state-under-reagan-who-did-so-much-to-end-the-cold-war-died-at-100-today/932415 "2021-02-08T14:42:21Z")
I know Reagan isn’t too popular here, but Shultz was a really solid Secretary of State that helped make the world safer by bringing Reagan and Gorbachev together. He served Ike & Nixon also and advised Bush the Elder. H… --- ## [Doo-wop in 80s cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-in-80s-cartoons/932395)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doo-wop-in-80s-cartoons/932395 "2021-02-08T13:27:06Z")
I was watching 80s cartoon themes on YouTube, and I realized that a lot of 80s cartoons had doo-wop in them, either in the theme, or in musical numbers. Why did a lot of 80s cartoons have doo-wop? --- ## [When writing SAT essays what is the most favored format?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-writing-sat-essays-what-is-the-most-favored-format/741862)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-writing-sat-essays-what-is-the-most-favored-format/741862 "2021-02-08T13:17:27Z")
Hi When writing SAT essays, do examiners prefer to see pros and cons on an issue expressed in the same paragraph or in separate paragraphs? I look forward to your feedback. --- ## [Super Bowl LV - Whatcha Eatin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lv-whatcha-eatin/932399)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-bowl-lv-whatcha-eatin/932399 "2021-02-08T12:41:47Z")
So this year the Super Bowl parties will be greatly tempered if not outright cancelled for most everyone, but that doesn’t mean folks aren’t whipping up some indulgent goodies and mixing up some adult beverages. So share… --- ## [Question on Client/Attorney privilege](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-client-attorney-privilege/849549)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-client-attorney-privilege/849549 "2021-02-08T12:12:32Z")
Let’s say I own an company. I ask my company attorneys to file a DCMA takedown of some videos on youtube. The email back all the ways it is a bad idea but I being the boss insist on being an idiot and make them file th… --- ## [Is there a word or term in psychology for feeling "ok"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-or-term-in-psychology-for-feeling-ok/932339)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-word-or-term-in-psychology-for-feeling-ok/932339 "2021-02-08T07:26:04Z")
A class I’m taking talks about the four main emotions, "scholars agree there are four core emotions that we all experience (and then scholars argue about if there’s any additional common core emotions). Anger 2. Joy … --- ## [18th Annual Super Bowl Early Picks Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/18th-annual-super-bowl-early-picks-thread/929812 "2021-02-08T04:09:25Z")
Sorry for the delay folks, but it’s that time of year again! The playoff teams are set, so it’s time for our annual contest – can you predict the Super Bowl a month before the game and join our list of champions?: Year … --- ## [Where might Trump go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-might-trump-go/930300)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-might-trump-go/930300 "2021-02-08T03:58:19Z")
Seriously. He has burned so many bridges that I wonder where he might go? I think NYC is out of the question. Mar-A-Lago is good for three weeks out of the year (yeah, he is bound to fight that and may ask for zoning va… --- ## [Whoomp! I'm officially out of touch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoomp-im-officially-out-of-touch/932155 "2021-02-08T03:46:00Z")
I enjoy the Geico ? commercial with the rap group Tag Team singing “Scoop - there it is”. A quick search shows it is a take off on their song, “Whoomp - there it is”. How cool is this, a rap duo of middle aged guys. The… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1552) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1554)