# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1712 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1713 --- ## [Coolest name in the Movie industry (Rip Torn)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-name-in-the-movie-industry-rip-torn/918112 "2020-09-19T16:40:12Z")
There are a lot of weird names amongst actors/actresses and directors. What are some worth mentioning? I got 4 actors/actresses i think have bad ass names: Rip Torn Powers Boothe Brad Pitt Tallulah Bankhead So any … --- ## [Need a one time very small favor from someone who doesn't know me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-one-time-very-small-favor-from-someone-who-doesnt-know-me/920844)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-one-time-very-small-favor-from-someone-who-doesnt-know-me/920844 "2020-09-19T16:07:03Z")
I just need to make sure the facebook link I want to put on my business cards for my very small time side hustle is correct. I want this checked by someone who is not already my facebook friend and with a computer I hav… --- ## [How do they engrave new names on existing headstones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-engrave-new-names-on-existing-headstones/237399)
**Author:** [@NFlanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NFlanders)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-engrave-new-names-on-existing-headstones/237399 "2017-01-10T16:33:49Z")
My grandfather-in-law has already been buried and has a rather large headstone cemented in place. When my grandmother-in-law dies, how will they engrave her name on it? Will they dig out the whole stone or engrave her ra… --- ## [Is there a time travel story with this plot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-time-travel-story-with-this-plot/920955)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-time-travel-story-with-this-plot/920955 "2020-09-19T14:51:42Z")
Last night I had trouble sleeping, and started thinking about the lengths people go to in order to look and feel younger. Somehow my thoughts meandered along a path until I arrived at time travel. What if the best way t… --- ## [What is this mystery sphere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mystery-sphere/920440)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-mystery-sphere/920440 "2020-09-19T14:22:38Z")
Ms. Napier spotted this sphere in an antiques, minerals, and curiosity shop yesterday and bought it for me, at the price of “$18 for pair” though nobody could find its supposed mate. I can’t figure out what it is. It is… --- ## [Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. - Oh, shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-oh-shit/920964)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruth-bader-ginsburg-has-died-oh-shit/920964 "2020-09-19T14:12:36Z")
RGB dead. StG --- ## [On TV Tonight -- My #1 Favorite Movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tv-tonight-my-1-favorite-movie/920953)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-tv-tonight-my-1-favorite-movie/920953 "2020-09-19T13:50:05Z")
“Harry and Tonto” Turner Classic Movies 10pm ET (check your local listings) --- ## [Is this "ritual" from The Wyoming Incident ARG really "dangerous"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ritual-from-the-wyoming-incident-arg-really-dangerous/758030)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ritual-from-the-wyoming-incident-arg-really-dangerous/758030 "2020-09-19T12:57:49Z")
The Wyoming Incident is an Alternate Reality Game that started almost a decade ago in 2006. It’s not really important to the question, but if you want background, there’s a 44 minute video on the subject by Night Mind he… --- ## [Help! I Misremembered The Name of That Science Fiction Story!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-misremembered-the-name-of-that-science-fiction-story/920973)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-i-misremembered-the-name-of-that-science-fiction-story/920973 "2020-09-19T11:20:17Z")
The name of the story that I’m thinking of is apparently not The Door Into Summer, as I’d been thinking for decades now. This was an entire novel, and it was written no later than the '70s, since I read it as a child/te… --- ## [What's the difference between the Chili Mac and Chili 3-Way at Steak N Shake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-chili-mac-and-chili-3-way-at-steak-n-shake/920985)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-difference-between-the-chili-mac-and-chili-3-way-at-steak-n-shake/920985 "2020-09-19T06:07:57Z")
I’ve always wondered this, and the internet at large also doesn’t seem to know the answer judging on a few google searches. I always assumed the Chili Mac was Chili on Macaroni while the Chili 3-Way is the “Skyline Chili… --- ## [US Election workers who are not US citizens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-election-workers-who-are-not-us-citizens/920882)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-election-workers-who-are-not-us-citizens/920882 "2020-09-19T05:27:34Z")
My google-fu is brutally way off right now. I’m just simply trying to find out if a non-US citizen can help with any US electoral work. I’m getting sick and fed up at seeing what’s going on, down there, and yeah yeah I g… --- ## [Quarantine TV - some cool stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-tv-some-cool-stuff/920976)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-tv-some-cool-stuff/920976 "2020-09-19T04:37:40Z")
We may be the only people in America that don’t stream anything. I don’t really care for TV (I was never allowed to watch it as a kid) and he’s perfectly happy with watching what I call the “Hitler channel” (military his… --- ## [Were There Many "White" Slaves in Antebellum America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-many-white-slaves-in-antebellum-america/329387)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-many-white-slaves-in-antebellum-america/329387 "2020-09-19T02:42:40Z")
I was reading about Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson’s slave, mistress, and mother to his children (strong DNA evidence). However, I suprised about a few things. First was that she was Thomas Jefferson’s sister-lin-law. T… --- ## [Voting starts today here in NC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-starts-today-here-in-nc/919803)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-starts-today-here-in-nc/919803 "2020-09-19T01:40:31Z")
For mail in votes. I will probably vote early in October in person. --- ## [Woman killed in "freak elevator accident" - how did the elevator fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-killed-in-freak-elevator-accident-how-did-the-elevator-fall/920794)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-killed-in-freak-elevator-accident-how-did-the-elevator-fall/920794 "2020-09-19T00:53:14Z")
When I was a very young child, my dad told me about a friend of his who fell down an elevator shaft and died. Maybe this was to try to scare me away from open elevator shafts specifically, but its result was to give me a… --- ## [Rare example of meteorological humor sighted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-example-of-meteorological-humor-sighted/920951)
**Author:** [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-example-of-meteorological-humor-sighted/920951 "2020-09-19T00:27:31Z")
Tropical storm Beta formed in the Gulf of Mexico today, and Forecaster Beven’s official National Hurricane Center “400 PM CDT Fri Sep 18 2020” storm discussion, reviewing the effect of a “mid-level ridge building to the … --- ## [Looking for recommendations on a new Android password keeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-on-a-new-android-password-keeper/920961)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-on-a-new-android-password-keeper/920961 "2020-09-19T00:17:16Z")
I’ve been using aWallet Cloud for a while and in general I’m satisfied. My dissatisfaction lies in the inability to backup my data. I follow the procedure and it supposedly creates a file (CVS format) in a particular pla… --- ## [Rip rbg 1933-2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rbg-1933-2020/920960 "2020-09-19T00:14:31Z")
Reuters is reporting Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died from complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. ETA:CNN reports on it now. --- ## [Latest Trump sex assault story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-trump-sex-assault-story/920868)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-trump-sex-assault-story/920868 "2020-09-18T23:37:02Z")
From 1997 . I think there are almost 20 of these but I don’t think any are recent . --- ## [Identity, politics, and the in-fighting of the left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-politics-and-the-in-fighting-of-the-left/843199)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 626\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-politics-and-the-in-fighting-of-the-left/843199 "2020-09-18T23:27:14Z")
Identity, in one way or another, has been at the center (or at least, the shadowy background) of politics in recent years. In Germany, we have the ‘Identitäre Bewegung’ (identitary movement), a far-right extremist group;… --- ## [USPS rescued by judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-rescued-by-judge/920931)
**Author:** [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-rescued-by-judge/920931 "2020-09-18T23:15:29Z")
The judge specifically pointed out the politics of the postal service “slowdown”. I didn’t see anything about the Postal Police though. --- ## [Bob Woodward book on Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-woodward-book-on-trump/920217)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-woodward-book-on-trump/920217 "2020-09-18T23:04:18Z")
Trump is so dumb he admitted he played down the virus when he knew it was serious. also Woodward: NSA and CIA have classified evidence Russia placed malware in election registration systems of two Florida counties, S… --- ## [Work issue: taking over from a 10+ year expert, WWYD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-issue-taking-over-from-a-10-year-expert-wwyd/920721)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-issue-taking-over-from-a-10-year-expert-wwyd/920721 "2020-09-18T22:46:03Z")
I’m a little more than one year into this job and getting more and more frustrated with one aspect of it. I’m an analyst, doing waterfall software requirements, which isn’t hard. But also I’m expected to be client-faci… --- ## [Your experience recovering from back surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-recovering-from-back-surgery/920825)
**Author:** [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-recovering-from-back-surgery/920825 "2020-09-18T22:45:54Z")
I am seeing the neurosurgeon next week. It is not certain that it will be surgery, and not certain what type of surgery it would be if we go that route. You are not a doctor. if you are a doctor you are certainly not m… --- ## [Census Bureau's Covid-19 Impact Survey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-bureaus-covid-19-impact-survey/920949)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/census-bureaus-covid-19-impact-survey/920949 "2020-09-18T22:29:08Z")
The Census Bureau is doing a Covid-19 Impact Survey of some households. I have been selected for one of these. I have concerns about the survey, and how it will be used. I looked on the Census site and found the quest… --- ## [Question about hair - on body](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hair-on-body/920876)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-hair-on-body/920876 "2020-09-18T22:02:19Z")
At 50 – suddenly it startet to grow dark hair on me. Ive always been a hairless person (exept the usual places) Its under the t-shirt on the arms - but some on my legs? --- ## ["Federal judge temporarily blocks USPS policy changes nationwide". Why is this not front page news?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-usps-policy-changes-nationwide-why-is-this-not-front-page-news/920945)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-usps-policy-changes-nationwide-why-is-this-not-front-page-news/920945 "2020-09-18T20:23:33Z")
This seems like big news to me, but the story is being buried. I wouldn’t even know about it if it weren’t for a friend on FB. --- ## [Anyone have experience with health insurance Patient Centered care programs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-health-insurance-patient-centered-care-programs/920946)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-health-insurance-patient-centered-care-programs/920946 "2020-09-18T21:27:28Z")
My wife has a complicated medical syndrome that has involved her going to large number of different doctors. We just got a call from her internist suggesting that she should enroll in CareFirst’s Patient-Centered Medica… --- ## ["Property of US Government"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-of-us-government/920852)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-of-us-government/920852 "2020-09-18T20:35:00Z")
The other day I ordered a 2.5 gallon water container from REI’s website for use when I go on photo trips. When I received the box and opened it and looked at my new acquisition, well… there on the side, molded into the… --- ## [Next number in this sequence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-number-in-this-sequence/920832)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-number-in-this-sequence/920832 "2020-09-18T20:31:54Z")
I found this video on Youtube, where Harvard students are asked five questions of varying difficulty. At 2m55s they ask the question: which number logically follows this series? 4, 6, 9, 6, 14, 6, … ? The answer they … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1711) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1713)