# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1686 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1687 --- ## [Another "Help me remember the title of a movie I liked" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-movie-i-liked-thread/922803)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-movie-i-liked-thread/922803 "2020-10-12T17:50:22Z")
I rented it on DVD from Netflix back yonder before streaming. Netflix used to have a place where you could look at all the movies you’ve ever rented, but if it’s still a feature, I couldn’t find it today. Movie takes pl… --- ## [Please help me find a face cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-face-cream/617851)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-a-face-cream/617851 "2012-04-07T23:31:27Z")
Upon close examination, I’ve noticed little patches of dry skin all over my face. I had combination/oily skin as a teenager, but nowadays it tends to be dry all over. I don’t generally get pimples, though, fortunately. I… --- ## [How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? By Cecil Adams May 29, 1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-gas-pump-know-to-shut-itself-off-by-cecil-adams-may-29-1981/922687)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-gas-pump-know-to-shut-itself-off-by-cecil-adams-may-29-1981/922687 "2020-10-12T12:48:06Z")
From 1981? Some of you might think this is a zombie thread. But no, it is currently being discussed in Hacker News: --- ## [Weird webcam problem: Losing sound connection in the middle of a call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-webcam-problem-losing-sound-connection-in-the-middle-of-a-call/922792)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-webcam-problem-losing-sound-connection-in-the-middle-of-a-call/922792 "2020-10-12T12:45:52Z")
I have a weird problem with my webcam (Logitech C170, running on a Windows 10 machine). The webcam has an integrated camera, and I use that camera to connect to video conferences (the webcam is connected to the computer … --- ## [How easy is it to end up homeless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-end-up-homeless/922555)
**Author:** [@alanmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alanmartin)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-end-up-homeless/922555 "2020-10-12T12:28:47Z")
This obviously depends on where you live. I’m in the UK and though there are supports for homeless people, it’s easy to slip through the cracks and end up on the streets. I know if it weren’t for my parents, I’d be homel… --- ## [Finally a real Fusion breakthrough? The SPARC Experiment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-real-fusion-breakthrough-the-sparc-experiment/922257)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-a-real-fusion-breakthrough-the-sparc-experiment/922257 "2020-10-12T11:57:25Z")
So quietly a really big news item is slipping by in this year of horror. I’m not educated enough to do this news justice but roughly SPARC is an MIT led project. It is a compact, high-field, DT burning tokamak. Talk is … --- ## [Gay Rights and Gorsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-rights-and-gorsuch/922717)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-rights-and-gorsuch/922717 "2020-10-12T09:29:38Z")
I don’t have cites. But these all happened recently. So look it up :slight\_smile: . On a recent gay rights issue, specifically whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to gays, the court ruled in favor of gay rights… --- ## [The pro-mask side needs to step up its influencing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pro-mask-side-needs-to-step-up-its-influencing-game/915842)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pro-mask-side-needs-to-step-up-its-influencing-game/915842 "2020-10-12T09:17:15Z")
It’s not possible for these people to simultaneously be so stupid that they can easily be manipulated by Donald Trump and conspiracy theory memes on Facebook, yet also either TOO stupid or not stupid enough to be influen… --- ## [What was this California juice drink from the 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-california-juice-drink-from-the-1980s/828716)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-california-juice-drink-from-the-1980s/828716 "2020-10-12T08:18:30Z")
I haven’t lived in San Francisco since I was a teenager in the 1980s. I recently found a picture that included a can of drink that I used to have all the time back then, but I can’t remember what it was called. I know th… --- ## [False-flag recruitment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-flag-recruitment/922205)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-flag-recruitment/922205 "2020-10-12T06:18:54Z")
Over in the secret-agent TV show thread, I remembered the premise one of those shows was built around: a character (a) who‘s perfectly willing to get recruited by a given spy agency, with cover identities and front compa… --- ## [Coffee brand from the 60s. Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476)
**Author:** [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-brand-from-the-60s-help/922476 "2020-10-12T04:33:44Z")
I was just reminiscing tonight about the 1960s and food and drink. But the following has got me stumped, so I turn to you, dear friends, to see if you can help. My folks had a particular brand of coffee they drank. Here… --- ## [Smokers for cooking - which one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-for-cooking-which-one/922632)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-for-cooking-which-one/922632 "2020-10-12T03:48:09Z")
I’m giving serious consideration into delving into the world of smoking meat, fish etc. The Rec Tec 340 pellet smoker seems to have a lot of fans. Is there anything I should be aware of before going down this particular … --- ## [Christine Brennan, hyperbolic reporting, and Agendas are bad for football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-brennan-hyperbolic-reporting-and-agendas-are-bad-for-football/920833)
**Author:** [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christine-brennan-hyperbolic-reporting-and-agendas-are-bad-for-football/920833 "2020-10-12T03:36:32Z")
Some background: Christine Brennan is a sports columnist for USA Today, a commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR, and a best-selling author. Wikipedia She calls out the Big 10 for reversing course to actual… --- ## [Going back to school in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-school-in-the-mmp/922253)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 318\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-back-to-school-in-the-mmp/922253 "2020-10-12T03:05:11Z")
If you’re back in classes, yay! Share! But I was thinking about the olden days when we were kids and school started up again. What do you remember most vividly? Is there anything you miss about this time of year? Got and… --- ## [Umm, wait... what? Caddy shack is how old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-wait-what-caddy-shack-is-how-old/922464)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/umm-wait-what-caddy-shack-is-how-old/922464 "2020-10-12T03:03:16Z")
The movie Caddyshack is old. How old? I just found out, randomly, that Caddyshack was released before Porky’s. Mind blown. --- ## [Lead Paint Concerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-paint-concerns/922713)
**Author:** [@koenigSIGG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koenigSIGG)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lead-paint-concerns/922713 "2020-10-12T00:15:00Z")
Hello I have been getting conflicting messages online about lead road paint in uk. Some sites say it is still used to date, while others say in 2019 it was banned by EU, after they had previously allowed Dominion Colour… --- ## [How did the gay guys get pink as their color?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-gay-guys-get-pink-as-their-color/921565)
**Author:** [@razordance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razordance)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-gay-guys-get-pink-as-their-color/921565 "2020-10-12T00:13:58Z")
Pink is every STRAIGHT guy’s favorite color! --- ## [Great YouTube Comedy Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-youtube-comedy-bits/920526)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-youtube-comedy-bits/920526 "2020-10-12T00:01:24Z")
I enjoyed this modern rendition of Baby, It’s Cold Outside. It says something about modern mores. --- ## [What song do the Soviet sailors sing in "The Hunt for Red October"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-the-soviet-sailors-sing-in-the-hunt-for-red-october/335935)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-song-do-the-soviet-sailors-sing-in-the-hunt-for-red-october/335935 "2020-10-11T22:39:39Z")
In the movie, Sean Connery, er, Capt. Ramius gives a rousing speech and the sailors all resume their duties with renewed determination. What song do they sing? Anyone have a link to a performance of it (need not be the… --- ## [After 40 years at Boeing, it is time to retire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-40-years-at-boeing-it-is-time-to-retire/916119)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-40-years-at-boeing-it-is-time-to-retire/916119 "2020-10-11T22:14:34Z")
June 19, 1980, I was hired by Boeing to build hydrofoils for the US Navy. After 3 layoffs and rehires, I finally was hired for the last time in 1986. Most of my career was spent in the 737 program, from the tail end of t… --- ## [Pre-digital Photography - Postcards and "Laser prints": Distinctive Look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-digital-photography-postcards-and-laser-prints-distinctive-look/922735)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-digital-photography-postcards-and-laser-prints-distinctive-look/922735 "2020-10-11T22:04:44Z")
Hi folks - Background: I know just enough about photography & photo printing to butcher the terminology & confuse myself. Back in the day I had a nice 35mm SLR, a few so-so lenses & shot rolls and rolls of mediocre slid… --- ## [Tell me about Germany's quiet law(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-germanys-quiet-law-s/922215)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-germanys-quiet-law-s/922215 "2020-10-11T20:47:39Z")
From a modest amount of research, it appears that most stores are closed many or most or all Sundays, and that any sort of noisy activity is forbidden both on Sundays and national holidays, as well as between 7pm-7am eve… --- ## [Why did telegram services last as long as they did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-telegram-services-last-as-long-as-they-did/921986)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-telegram-services-last-as-long-as-they-did/921986 "2020-10-11T20:23:02Z")
I saw an article that said the last telegram was sent in the US in 2006; two weeks later the world would see the first Tweet. When you consider the telephone was invented a little over 30 years after telegraph, it begs t… --- ## [Where do they get blood for emergency pet surgeries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-blood-for-emergency-pet-surgeries/922503)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-they-get-blood-for-emergency-pet-surgeries/922503 "2020-10-11T19:04:47Z")
I tried googling this but couldn’t find a good answer. I assume that blood transfusions are sometimes needed for pet surgeries much as they are for human surgeries. If it’s a planned surgery I assume they can remove som… --- ## [Post facial trauma, how much time before a black eye appears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-facial-trauma-how-much-time-before-a-black-eye-appears/922281)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-facial-trauma-how-much-time-before-a-black-eye-appears/922281 "2020-10-11T17:33:47Z")
Given the nature of the question, I’ve placed it here rather than in GQ. I’m perfectly OK with educated guesses and personal experiences. With that being said, to the extent that a GQ answer is possible, please share. I… --- ## [The psychological traits that shape your political beliefs | TED talk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychological-traits-that-shape-your-political-beliefs-ted-talk/922566)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-psychological-traits-that-shape-your-political-beliefs-ted-talk/922566 "2020-10-11T17:31:37Z")
I watched this last evening. My wife watched it this morning. We both agreed that it was preaching to the choir. I’ve long consumed a great deal of news from as many points on the political spectrum as I can, and – wh… --- ## [What band has gone the longest without a line-up change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-has-gone-the-longest-without-a-line-up-change/105189)
**Author:** [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-band-has-gone-the-longest-without-a-line-up-change/105189 "2020-10-11T15:46:14Z")
What band (any genre) has gone the longest continuous period of time without adding, losing, or replacing any members or breaking up then reuniting? My guess is ZZ Top Their first album came out in 1970, and the still h… --- ## [Plant id help - cannot reuse titles I guess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-help-cannot-reuse-titles-i-guess/919250)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plant-id-help-cannot-reuse-titles-i-guess/919250 "2020-10-11T15:37:18Z")
Does anyone know what this is? \[Album\] What the heck is this? … --- ## [New(ish) Professional Sports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-professional-sports/922706)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ish-professional-sports/922706 "2020-10-11T15:03:06Z")
I just learned last year about the sport of Pickleball, which was created in 1965. It’s played at both the amateur and professional level. A couple of years ago, I also discovered the sport of Roundnet, which apparently … --- ## [Tell me about mobile home living (pluses and minuses)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mobile-home-living-pluses-and-minuses/840667)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mobile-home-living-pluses-and-minuses/840667 "2020-10-11T14:50:36Z")
The spouse and I probably have around ten years left until retirement, and we’re trying to decide what we want to do with ourselves. One of the things that’s come up a lot is where we’ll live, and what kind of living sit… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1685) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1687)