# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1630 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1631 --- ## [What's an unusually difficult or rare task at your job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-unusually-difficult-or-rare-task-at-your-job/847243)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-unusually-difficult-or-rare-task-at-your-job/847243 "2020-12-02T05:53:17Z")
I was watching “The Hunt for Red October” for the umpteenth time today. There’s a scene where Alec Baldwin gets winched down from a helicopter to a submarine in the middle of the north Atlantic on a windy day. The first … --- ## [Remember, remember! The rants of November, The Election treason and plot. (minirants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november-the-election-treason-and-plot-minirants/924468)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-remember-the-rants-of-november-the-election-treason-and-plot-minirants/924468 "2020-12-02T05:16:36Z")
I have had the same earworm continuously for the last two week. Not the whole song. Just the refrain. Over and over and over. Pilot of the airwaves Here is my request You don’t have to play it But I hope you’ll do… --- ## [Does this composting method work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-composting-method-work/926162)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-composting-method-work/926162 "2020-12-02T05:09:39Z")
Read up on it and it seems almost too simple for good composting. Get 2 plastic garbage cans and drill small holes in them for ventilation. Spend a week putting compost stuff in the one that has compost already in it (… --- ## [Question for Instacart workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-instacart-workers/926986)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-instacart-workers/926986 "2020-12-02T05:03:12Z")
If you are a grocery store picker only (no delivery), what information do you receive about the customer? I’ve been doing store pick up at a couple of more local stores where shoppers are employees, but the big chain us… --- ## [What keeps online casinos honest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-online-casinos-honest/917550)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-online-casinos-honest/917550 "2020-12-02T04:10:47Z")
There seem to be a lot of ads promoting online casinos with a variety of games, including things like slots. A physical casino has substantial investment, regular auditing and its reputation. Yet even real casinos migh… --- ## [In remembrance of Nate Wooley (Jonathan\_Chance), 1967-2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance-of-nate-wooley-jonathan-chance-1967-2020/926065)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-remembrance-of-nate-wooley-jonathan-chance-1967-2020/926065 "2020-12-02T04:03:38Z")
On November 12, 2020, we at the Straight Dope learned with sadness of the death of Nate Wooley, known on this board as Jonathan\_Chance, a member since 1999 and a moderator since 2013. He was 53 years old. Nate was a cha… --- ## [Has anyone issued a pre-emptive pardon before Ford did it for Nixon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-issued-a-pre-emptive-pardon-before-ford-did-it-for-nixon/926976)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-issued-a-pre-emptive-pardon-before-ford-did-it-for-nixon/926976 "2020-12-02T03:20:50Z")
Lots of discussion lately about pre-emptive presidential pardons. I’m still not clear on the legal justification for letting them stand when the President putatively intends to hand them out like Halloween treats? What’s… --- ## [Guiliani starting to get nervous? asking Trump about a pre-emptive pardon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guiliani-starting-to-get-nervous-asking-trump-about-a-pre-emptive-pardon/926958)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guiliani-starting-to-get-nervous-asking-trump-about-a-pre-emptive-pardon/926958 "2020-12-02T03:03:37Z")
Hmm. Rudy may be starting to look ahead and thinking “Oh-oh”? --- ## [Tabasco or Frank's Red Hot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-or-franks-red-hot/925145)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tabasco-or-franks-red-hot/925145 "2020-12-02T02:49:07Z")
poll Now that the election is over, let’s vote for something that really matters :roll\_eyes: So I’ve traditionally been a Tabasco guy, but Costco did not have Tabasco, so my wife brought home a giant 2-pack of Frank’s R… --- ## [Beckdawrek and her bad bad bad visitor (or "the little jerk")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-her-bad-bad-bad-visitor-or-the-little-jerk/926721)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-and-her-bad-bad-bad-visitor-or-the-little-jerk/926721 "2020-12-02T01:38:44Z")
I’ve been indisposed and discommoded for a bit. Mostly I laid in bed and was awakened to eat or clean up. Except, once a day I insisted on sitting outside on the deck for awhile. For some reason no one wanted me too. So… --- ## [3-4 cop cars and just 1 car pulled over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-cop-cars-and-just-1-car-pulled-over/926733)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-cop-cars-and-just-1-car-pulled-over/926733 "2020-12-02T00:40:44Z")
I see this now and then. 3 or 4 cops and just 1 guy pulled over? Saw it last week. Is this because other cops are close by and have nothing else to do? Or does the first cop think he needs backup? --- ## [Old cat, how will I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cat-how-will-i-know/926456)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cat-how-will-i-know/926456 "2020-12-02T00:28:27Z")
He’s 18. Some arthritis, kidney disease under control at this point, indoor/outdoor (please don’t suggest keeping him in now, just don’t. ) He’s gotten very very pudgy, fat even. He sleeps 90% of the day. His bowels are… --- ## [Battle Ground - Dresden Files (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-ground-dresden-files-open-spoilers/921858)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-ground-dresden-files-open-spoilers/921858 "2020-12-02T00:21:08Z")
WARNING: This thread contains open spoilers Thread for discussion of the latest Dresden Files book, Battle Ground Downloaded my copy this morning and pretty much read it straight through. Thought Peace Talks was a litt… --- ## [Bold Amazon recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-amazon-recommendations/926943)
**Author:** [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bold-amazon-recommendations/926943 "2020-12-01T23:48:33Z")
I got signed up for our corporate Amazon account today. First order was a receiver adapter for a trailer, a can of electric contact cleaner, and a USB-RS232 adapter. After I order it throws up a bunch of recommendation… --- ## [Are covid stimulus benefits to be reconciled based on 2020 filing status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-covid-stimulus-benefits-to-be-reconciled-based-on-2020-filing-status/926952)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-covid-stimulus-benefits-to-be-reconciled-based-on-2020-filing-status/926952 "2020-12-01T23:01:59Z")
My understanding was that the initial distribution of stimulus checks was based on 2018 filing status, or 2019 where available. But I saw somewhere that it was supposed to be ultimately based on 2020 status, and that the… --- ## [Signs of a Bad Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-a-bad-project/917113)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-a-bad-project/917113 "2020-12-01T22:54:50Z")
I’m wrapping up one project and about to start another. For entirely unrelated reasons (cough!) I’ve updated my list of “Signs of a Bad Project”. I thought I’d share with the SDMB for helpful feedback. My current list fo… --- ## [Should the U.S. give Pt. Roberts to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-give-pt-roberts-to-canada/153930)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-u-s-give-pt-roberts-to-canada/153930 "2020-12-01T21:42:24Z")
When the 49th Parallel was defined as the border between the United States and Canada, a little bit of southern British Columbia became part of the U.S. Pt. Roberts is part of the state of Washington, but it is connecte… --- ## [What is the most "transgressive" food you've eaten?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-transgressive-food-youve-eaten/923464)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-transgressive-food-youve-eaten/923464 "2020-12-01T20:47:11Z")
Let’s be generous in our definition of “transgressive” - if a food could shock you and/or people whose opinions you care about, for cultural, religious, health, aesthetic, or other reasons, it counts. I ate endangered s… --- ## [Rex Hamilton, huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-hamilton-huh/640796)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rex-hamilton-huh/640796 "2020-12-01T20:25:25Z")
The thread on the new Abraham Lincoln movie made me look up Rex Hamilton of Police Squad fame. I appears all he ever did was impersonate Abe on Police Squad. Did he act otherwise? If not, then why the accolades “Starr… --- ## [Brand for soft sugar cookies like those used for decorated cookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-for-soft-sugar-cookies-like-those-used-for-decorated-cookies/926900)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-for-soft-sugar-cookies-like-those-used-for-decorated-cookies/926900 "2020-12-01T20:22:52Z")
I see a lot of recipes for soft sugar cookies, but I hate to bake. What I’m looking for a brand of sugar cookies like the ones you get with some decorated cookies. Not chewy soft, but not definitely not crisp or hard. A… --- ## [Only Three Percent of Republican Voters Think Biden Won?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-three-percent-of-republican-voters-think-biden-won/926929)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-three-percent-of-republican-voters-think-biden-won/926929 "2020-12-01T20:18:33Z")
Okay, I’ve heard this statistic on \*The Young Turks \* a couple of times. Cenk says that only three percent of those who voted for Trump believe that Joe Biden won the election. Can this possibly be accurate? Sure, ther… --- ## [Hearing an album on vinyl for the first time after you’ve heard the CD/digital](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-an-album-on-vinyl-for-the-first-time-after-you-ve-heard-the-cd-digital/926864)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-an-album-on-vinyl-for-the-first-time-after-you-ve-heard-the-cd-digital/926864 "2020-12-01T20:11:33Z")
Anyone done this? I abandoned vinyl quickly after CDs became available. I don’t have much nostalgia for the vinyl era except for the cover art and extras included. My eyesight sucks so reading CD lyrics has always been h… --- ## [Nuclear attack scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-scenario/925328)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-scenario/925328 "2020-12-01T19:52:20Z")
We have a sophisticated nuclear defense system, but it is primarily a missile defense system. Suppose a nuclear state with commercial flights to the U.S. uses a commercial airliner refitted as a bomber flying on a filed … --- ## [Sixty-one year old sidewalk graffiti](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixty-one-year-old-sidewalk-graffiti/525262)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixty-one-year-old-sidewalk-graffiti/525262 "2020-12-01T19:49:15Z")
Years ago I tried to start a thread about old graffiti. Unfortunately I didn’t have a digital camera at the time, and was not very successful at making my objective clear, because people replied back with descriptions … --- ## [The fraud that is right wing populism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fraud-that-is-right-wing-populism/926949)
**Author:** [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fraud-that-is-right-wing-populism/926949 "2020-12-01T19:42:23Z")
I’m really fed up of Republicans in Washington acting like they’re the true representatives of the working class against the dastardly elite! We’re about to conclude four years of a New York so-called billionaire who wa… --- ## [Deported from US , who pays for the plane/bus/train/etc. ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deported-from-us-who-pays-for-the-plane-bus-train-etc-ticket/926285)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deported-from-us-who-pays-for-the-plane-bus-train-etc-ticket/926285 "2020-12-01T19:27:28Z")
I think the Gov. buys the ticket but maybe not. We have a Canadian who got out of jail after 12 years for killing his wife and is being deported back to Canada. I would guess he has no money but maybe a friend or … --- ## [Whence the urge to be transgressive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-urge-to-be-transgressive/925907)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-urge-to-be-transgressive/925907 "2020-12-01T19:14:02Z")
President 45 has been rightly said to have released the unspoken racist in a lot of people during his tenure. But something else he seems to have done is to have released the inner transgressive spoiled brat in a lot of … --- ## [Beck looks for bad, bad, bad shoes. (The lil'wrekker ain't happy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-looks-for-bad-bad-bad-shoes-the-lilwrekker-aint-happy/926928)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-looks-for-bad-bad-bad-shoes-the-lilwrekker-aint-happy/926928 "2020-12-01T19:03:27Z")
I had to go to the doctor Monday. He was mean to me. Never mind that. After we ate at Taco Bell the lil’wrekker suggested we go to the giant shoe emporium and ‘just’ try on for S&Gs. Now, I know this ploy. The lil’wrek… --- ## [Supreme Court time limit for cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-time-limit-for-cases/926939)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-time-limit-for-cases/926939 "2020-12-01T18:57:17Z")
Is there a time limit for the Supreme Court to either grant or deny certiorari for a case, or can they keep the case in an unresolved legal limbo indefinitely? --- ## [This warning is pretty lame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-warning-is-pretty-lame/925906)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-warning-is-pretty-lame/925906 "2020-12-01T18:55:25Z")
This warning for UR2 is pretty bad: I don’t UR2’s reply is really that different than many other replies that go on in a GD thread. I don’t even think it justifies a mod note. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1629) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1631)