# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1581 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1582 --- ## [Whatever happened to Janet Baird (Adventuress, Cook, Author, Consumer Adviser)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-janet-baird-adventuress-cook-author-consumer-adviser/930552)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-janet-baird-adventuress-cook-author-consumer-adviser/930552 "2021-01-14T21:27:12Z")
Came across her name while trying to find info on the ‘Bonus Gifts Coupons’ that were seen on products in the late 1960s. She was the face of the program, although I haven’t been able to determine exactly who started it… --- ## [How to Extend the Time Between Re-Fuelings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-extend-the-time-between-re-fuelings/930475)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-extend-the-time-between-re-fuelings/930475 "2021-01-14T21:12:15Z")
People ask me questions. I don’t know the answers, so I ask you guys… A customer asked me if it would hurt the car to fill the fuel tank so full that you could see the gasoline in the gas-cap flange of his vehicle. He… --- ## [Physics Question? ( I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-i-think/930341)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-i-think/930341 "2021-01-14T21:00:49Z")
Suppose I built a track with up and down humps like a roller coaster track. Slightly concave so a ball bearing would stay in the center while rolling. The ball would start rolling on a downhill slope higher than the high… --- ## [Happy post: Japanese Octogenerian Sits in with New Orleans Jazz Band](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-post-japanese-octogenerian-sits-in-with-new-orleans-jazz-band/930259)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-post-japanese-octogenerian-sits-in-with-new-orleans-jazz-band/930259 "2021-01-14T20:55:56Z")
I saw this on reddit this morning (that board is good for some things…). It’s so wonderful. This Japanese woman was a jazz drummer in her younger days, and she and her late husband had always dreamed of going to New Orl… --- ## [What's Trump's end game for the last 14 days of his presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-trumps-end-game-for-the-last-14-days-of-his-presidency/929599)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 243\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-trumps-end-game-for-the-last-14-days-of-his-presidency/929599 "2021-01-14T20:44:56Z")
Congress is going to declare Biden the winner on Wednesday. So Trump will be out of even the most remote and bizarre options for trying to overturn the election. What will he do with his last 14 days? There will certai… --- ## [Cookie Baking Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cookie-baking-question/930541 "2021-01-14T19:54:25Z")
I bake a lot of cookies and have gotten pretty good at controlling the finished color of the cookies but not perfect. If I break a cookie in half I can see where the brownness on the bottom is greater than the browness o… --- ## [London restaurants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-restaurants/643976)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-restaurants/643976 "2012-12-18T22:51:09Z")
I’m traveling to London soon and am looking for restaurant recommendations. Anything from really fancy to gastropub to cutting edge to ethnic hole in the wall. Thank you all in advance! --- ## [Why Is/Was Trump So Popular](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-was-trump-so-popular/929987)
**Author:** [@songsearch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/songsearch)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-was-trump-so-popular/929987 "2021-01-14T18:37:54Z")
It’s certainly not a personality cult - the man definitely does not radiate charisma. It worries me that nobody is asking the question. What caused the events of Jan. 6? For that many people to be unhappy with the el… --- ## [Were real, Western-style horse-drawn stagecoaches still used at all in the 1920s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-real-western-style-horse-drawn-stagecoaches-still-used-at-all-in-the-1920s/930402)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-real-western-style-horse-drawn-stagecoaches-still-used-at-all-in-the-1920s/930402 "2021-01-14T17:49:22Z")
I recently listened to The Dain Curse by Dashiell Hammett, a then-contemporary story written in the late 1920s. At a couple of points the first person narrator mentions taking “the stage” from a small-town train statio… --- ## [Seeking clarification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarification/930521)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarification/930521 "2021-01-14T17:30:19Z")
Modnote: Please don’t do this without labeling the photoshopped humor picture as humor, a joke, or some such. Not in P&E and not in GD. A friend sent me a funny picture in a text message. I uploaded it to imgbb, fou… --- ## [A test thread q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-q/930491)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-q/930491 "2021-01-14T17:13:42Z")
Testing this out test --- ## [So what would have happened after 1/6 had the riot been successful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-would-have-happened-after-1-6-had-the-riot-been-successful/930286)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-would-have-happened-after-1-6-had-the-riot-been-successful/930286 "2021-01-14T17:09:38Z")
So let’s say that the rioters on 1/6 were successful (however that’s defined). What might have happened next? Civil war? Lots of lawsuits? Emergency Congressional appointments and a do-over of the vote certification … --- ## [Alien dilemma friend or foe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-dilemma-friend-or-foe/930184)
**Author:** [@Squidsak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squidsak)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-dilemma-friend-or-foe/930184 "2021-01-14T16:52:40Z")
it’s my humble opinion that when alien life makes itself known they will be of the nice variety for this reason…there is no profit to warp across the light-years in an attempt to concur habitable planets resourses when b… --- ## [What does "safe harbor" really mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-safe-harbor-really-mean/930308)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-safe-harbor-really-mean/930308 "2021-01-14T16:03:12Z")
The electoral college procedure has a “safe harbor date” by which to send unquestionable slates of electors. My 401k has a “safe harbor match” plan that gets the company out of some compliance rules. Investor relations … --- ## [Wind turbine blades being transported by truck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wind-turbine-blades-being-transported-by-truck/930208)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wind-turbine-blades-being-transported-by-truck/930208 "2021-01-14T15:58:16Z")
This article from Jalopnik has some crazy photos of a 200+ foot long wind turbine blade being transported by truck, with the blade sticking way up in the air. There’s also a YouTube video of a smaller blade being transpo… --- ## [Do you buy name brand or store brand ketchup and/or mustard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-name-brand-or-store-brand-ketchup-and-or-mustard/929729)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-buy-name-brand-or-store-brand-ketchup-and-or-mustard/929729 "2021-01-14T15:57:22Z")
I’ve always been perfectly happy with store brand (usually Publix or Walmart’s Good Value) and saving a few cents. But a lot of people must buy the Heinz and French’s since they take a lot of shelf space. Do people rea… --- ## [What is this tune from The Lucy Show and Sooper Goop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune-from-the-lucy-show-and-sooper-goop/930498)
**Author:** [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-tune-from-the-lucy-show-and-sooper-goop/930498 "2021-01-14T13:23:38Z")
In Season 5 Episode 3 of The Lucy Show, “Lucy the Bean Queen” (1966), Ed Begley (Sr.) sings a jingle about a fictitious brand of beans. You can listen to it at the 6:15 mark, here: The Lucy Show |TV-1966| LUCY AND THE BE… --- ## [Question regarding a 90 day evection on Section 8 tenant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-a-90-day-evection-on-section-8-tenant/930464)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-a-90-day-evection-on-section-8-tenant/930464 "2021-01-14T13:03:23Z")
I work with a property management company. We’ve recently had to serve a 90 notice to vacate to one of our tenants due to uninhabitability. There was a natural gas line that ran through several other units that started l… --- ## [If people got super powers in the real world what would motivate most villains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-got-super-powers-in-the-real-world-what-would-motivate-most-villains/930445)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-got-super-powers-in-the-real-world-what-would-motivate-most-villains/930445 "2021-01-14T11:31:06Z")
In the real world if a number of random people from all demographics and walks of life got super powers (that ranged between nuisances to city destroying) what would most of those who become villains be motivated by? Co… --- ## [Movies that can't possibly be real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cant-possibly-be-real/929289)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-cant-possibly-be-real/929289 "2021-01-14T11:05:41Z")
I’m watching Frankie & Alice, whose plot description sounds like an SNL sketch: Halle Berry as a stripper, Frankie, with dissociative personalities. One of them is just Halle Berry speaking baby talk, lisp and all, and a… --- ## [Movie so bad you had to keep watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-so-bad-you-had-to-keep-watching/925848)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-so-bad-you-had-to-keep-watching/925848 "2021-01-14T10:37:18Z")
Sometimes I fall asleep with the TV in the bedroom on and wake up to a really bad movie. So bad that I can’t tear my eyes away from it. Or weird. Weird enough that I’ve come here to ask if perhaps I hallucinated it. Two … --- ## [When a player switches teams, do they share secret info from their previous teams like signals, strategies, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-player-switches-teams-do-they-share-secret-info-from-their-previous-teams-like-signals-strategies-etc/930332)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-a-player-switches-teams-do-they-share-secret-info-from-their-previous-teams-like-signals-strategies-etc/930332 "2021-01-14T06:40:11Z")
Teams often have their own secret info they use during games, such as play calls in football, batter signals in baseball, etc. When a player switches from one team to another, do they share all that secret info with the… --- ## [Without the moon there would be no life on earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-the-moon-there-would-be-no-life-on-earth/926704)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-the-moon-there-would-be-no-life-on-earth/926704 "2021-01-14T06:27:29Z")
Or so claims this article I read. It claims, in part, that: I find it hard to believe that life is that dependent on the moon. Sure, everything might change, life might have to evolve to adapt to the changes but all li… --- ## [Rinsing Ground Beef? Dear God, why, Why?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rinsing-ground-beef-dear-god-why-why/928164)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rinsing-ground-beef-dear-god-why-why/928164 "2021-01-14T05:56:02Z")
So, this came across my news feed. The short version is that the video poster is rinsing cooked ground beef to reduce the fat content according to advice of a nutrition class taken years ago. My first response was ho… --- ## [Resignations and the 25th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resignations-and-the-25th-amendment/930483 "2021-01-14T05:41:30Z")
Were there any major resignations after Pence said that the 25th Amendment was off the table? I’m thinking that one or more of these resignations was/were an attempt to avoid having to deal with voting against Trump if … --- ## [FYI: NSFW - Double Spoilers Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-nsfw-double-spoilers-rule/930452)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-nsfw-double-spoilers-rule/930452 "2021-01-14T05:26:53Z")
So, there is a rule that NSFW material should be behind double spoilers. I just posted something that is borderline NSFW (not strictly but enough to warrant it maybe). Anyway, it looks like double spoilers gets converted… --- ## [So the Bears still suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-bears-still-suck/926753)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-bears-still-suck/926753 "2021-01-14T05:25:59Z")
Just going by their performance today. --- ## [With malice toward none, with charity for all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-malice-toward-none-with-charity-for-all/930484)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-malice-toward-none-with-charity-for-all/930484 "2021-01-14T05:20:41Z")
We all know Trumpers and it’s tempting to tell them “I told you so.” Deutsche Bank, the PGA, other Republicans turning on him, corporations shutting down donations, Pompeo dissed by Luxembourg, fill in your own blank. … --- ## [Missing thread in BBQ Pit forum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread-in-bbq-pit-forum/929931)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-thread-in-bbq-pit-forum/929931 "2021-01-14T05:05:31Z")
Not sure if I’m doing something wrong or not, but the following thread has had recent activity and posts that have been made (including one made just a few moments ago), but for some reason the thread is not shown in the… --- ## [What is the most typical British surname?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-typical-british-surname/930284)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-typical-british-surname/930284 "2021-01-14T05:01:44Z")
A name such as “Robertson” won’t really do because there are scads of Robertsons (Smiths, Joneses, Millers) all over the world. I’m wondering if there are names that really haven’t traveled so much, but are abundant enou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1580) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1582)