# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1802 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1803 --- ## [Will using an extension cord reduce the chance of popping a breaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-using-an-extension-cord-reduce-the-chance-of-popping-a-breaker/914395)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-using-an-extension-cord-reduce-the-chance-of-popping-a-breaker/914395 "2020-07-06T18:28:15Z")
As an academic exercise; In an electrical circuit, that is prone to popping a breaker when running a device, if I add a 50 extension cord as a resister, would I reduce the chance of popping that breaker? --- ## [Belgravia - For Fans of Downton Abbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgravia-for-fans-of-downton-abbey/914517)
**Author:** [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belgravia-for-fans-of-downton-abbey/914517 "2020-07-06T18:10:57Z")
Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, has a new series out called Belgravia. You can stream the first few episodes for free on Amazon Prime. While I thoroughly enjoyed them, I am too cheap to pay for the rest … --- ## [Best(Cheapest?) place to buy domain names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheapest-place-to-buy-domain-names/642138)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheapest-place-to-buy-domain-names/642138 "2020-07-06T17:37:54Z")
What company is the best to register a domain name at? Please no new posters. --- ## [Trumptilla in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumptilla-in-your-area/914377)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumptilla-in-your-area/914377 "2020-07-06T17:30:42Z")
There is supposed to be a pro-Trump boat parade in the local waterways today. My staunch Trumper marina neighbor claims 800 boats are supposed to be in it. I don’t know what he has in that cigar he’s always smoking but I… --- ## [Newsmax Commercials on CNN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newsmax-commercials-on-cnn/914419 "2020-07-06T17:09:42Z")
They basically say, this station you’re watching is “fake news”, so come over to us. Is CNN required to accept these ads, or are they simply doing it to bring in more short-term revenue? If the latter, surely they don’… --- ## [What are you hate-watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-hate-watching/912481)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-hate-watching/912481 "2020-07-06T16:54:39Z")
Normal People (Hulu). Apparently based on a best-selling novel, although why people would pay money and spend hours on this story is a mystery to me. It’s the story of Marianne and Connell, two 30-year-old Irish high s… --- ## [People that 'do stuff' in big cities, what do you do there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-do-stuff-in-big-cities-what-do-you-do-there/912767)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-do-stuff-in-big-cities-what-do-you-do-there/912767 "2020-07-06T16:49:19Z")
I live in a moderately large city. I don’t really go out but I like the fact that I have restaurants and comedy shows to partake in. We have sporting events too but I don’t normally go to those. If time or money aren’t … --- ## [Who Posted? function](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-posted-function/914480)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-posted-function/914480 "2020-07-06T16:37:50Z")
The old message board software had a Who Posted? function, where you could see a list of all users who posted in a particular thread. Does it exist in this iteration? If so, how do you use it? I can’t find it. If not, … --- ## [Malcolm X on white liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-x-on-white-liberals/854997)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malcolm-x-on-white-liberals/854997 "2020-07-06T15:41:02Z")
So conservatives have been posting this over and over again over the past few days. It is allegedly a quote by Malcom X: Is the quote real? I’m struggling to find its source. There are other quotes on YouTube where … --- ## [Fathead dough question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathead-dough-question/914306)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fathead-dough-question/914306 "2020-07-06T15:05:13Z")
Has anyone tried it? Mr CelticKnot is officially pre-diabetic, and we are cutting carbs and sugar as much as we can. But we love them, and are looking for decent substitutes. (I don’t care what every website and food … --- ## [Never received email or letter from bank, should I insist on extra time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-received-email-or-letter-from-bank-should-i-insist-on-extra-time/914372)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-received-email-or-letter-from-bank-should-i-insist-on-extra-time/914372 "2020-07-06T14:45:00Z")
I have a preferential rate at my bank. Normally I’d need to give 90 days notice to quit, but they’re about to reduce the rates so for a limited period I can quit immediately. The thing is they’re supposed to give 60 days… --- ## [Ennio Morricone dies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ennio-morricone-dies/914467)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ennio-morricone-dies/914467 "2020-07-06T14:32:34Z")
One of my favorite composers. You probably have heard his famous theme from the film “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.” Here’s a less famous work that has haunted me for years: The Man with the Harmonica. --- ## [Turning off surge protector in lightning: Enhance or reduce its protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-surge-protector-in-lightning-enhance-or-reduce-its-protection/851454)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turning-off-surge-protector-in-lightning-enhance-or-reduce-its-protection/851454 "2020-07-06T14:14:08Z")
When there is a lot of lightning, and one turns off a surge protector extension cord, is one enhancing or diminishing the device’s protective properties by doing so? (if electronics are still attached to the device) --- ## [Who should be the executor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-executor/913985)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-should-be-the-executor/913985 "2020-07-06T12:15:04Z")
My parents are in their eighties and have an appointment next week to meet with an attorney to update their wills. My mother said that she was going to ask that my brother and I be listed as executors, rather, for exampl… --- ## [How do I find my posts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-my-posts/914119)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-my-posts/914119 "2020-07-06T10:43:35Z")
How do I find all of the posts I have made? --- ## [A cough in your face (Legal question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cough-in-your-face-legal-question/914435)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cough-in-your-face-legal-question/914435 "2020-07-06T06:33:42Z")
Suppose Person A (for Asshole not wearing a mask) deliberately coughs or spits in Person B’s (who is wearing a mask) face. So, to discourage Person A from repeating this action, Person B gives Person A a 5 - 10 second s… --- ## [The Pick-Up Artist movement is a scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pick-up-artist-movement-is-a-scam/648543)
**Author:** [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Replies:** 296\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pick-up-artist-movement-is-a-scam/648543 "2013-02-19T15:15:52Z")
So, the PUA movement is a scam. I feel like I’m saying Ms. Cleo can’t tell you your future if you call her now. I mean, this is so outdated. The only reason I’m bringing it up is because it came up in another thread a… --- ## [Why "preparator", rather than "preparer"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-preparator-rather-than-preparer/914066)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-preparator-rather-than-preparer/914066 "2020-07-06T04:33:57Z")
I have a relative and some friends who work at the Field Museum here in Chicago. In discussions with them, every once in a while reference will be made to a “preparator” - the person who "prepares’ material gathered in … --- ## [Were 2020 Service Academy graduates taken immediately into the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-2020-service-academy-graduates-taken-immediately-into-the-military/914287)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-2020-service-academy-graduates-taken-immediately-into-the-military/914287 "2020-07-06T03:53:19Z")
A friend recently graduated from college, and having gone through 4 years of ROTC, was granted a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force. He was initially scheduled to enter tech school in September, but was … --- ## [That's what \_\_\_\_ said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-said/914346)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-what-said/914346 "2020-07-06T03:30:15Z")
On the old board I made a topic of the old saw from The Office, “that’s what she said.” When I read it the next day I was embarrassed about how lame it was, especially since The Office first aired in 2006. Is anyone not… --- ## [Peanut butter and banana bites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-banana-bites/914364)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peanut-butter-and-banana-bites/914364 "2020-07-06T02:48:14Z")
Take a piece of bread, dab in a huge spoonfull of peanut butter and a few slices of banana, fold it over, and fry in butter. Food of the Gods, I am telling you. Elvis’s favorite sandwich. Add bacon, which I have not d… --- ## [Benny Mardones, responsible for creepiest, most pervy music video ever made, has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-mardones-responsible-for-creepiest-most-pervy-music-video-ever-made-has-died/913949)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/benny-mardones-responsible-for-creepiest-most-pervy-music-video-ever-made-has-died/913949 "2020-07-06T02:27:06Z")
Benny Mardones passed away a couple of days ago from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 73. This thread is not to memorialize him, but to remember him as the person responsible for the creepiest, most pervy music video e… --- ## [Something good about HGTV's House Hunters, believe it or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-good-about-hgtvs-house-hunters-believe-it-or-not/911114)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-good-about-hgtvs-house-hunters-believe-it-or-not/911114 "2020-07-06T00:46:38Z")
It is an offshoot called “House Hunters: Comedians on Couches”, where two comedians(two regular, one guest) make with the snark while watching episodes of the series “House Hunters”, MST3K style. They pick out episodes … --- ## [Tributes to Jennifer Paradis (@TubaDiva) - musical, visual, and written](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tributes-to-jennifer-paradis-tubadiva-musical-visual-and-written/914155)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tributes-to-jennifer-paradis-tubadiva-musical-visual-and-written/914155 "2020-07-05T23:44:50Z")
In Paradisum (Gabriel Fauré) In paradisum deducant te angeli May angels lead you into paradise (Please add your own.) --- ## [Another awesome new Discourse feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-awesome-new-discourse-feature/914343)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-awesome-new-discourse-feature/914343 "2020-07-05T23:43:11Z")
If a thread is raised from the dead Discourse inserts a little message – just saw a thread from 2001 that said “19 years later” --- ## [Religion/society question from non-religious person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-society-question-from-non-religious-person/914386)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religion-society-question-from-non-religious-person/914386 "2020-07-05T23:07:01Z")
I call myself an atheist, I was not raised with religion. I have gone a couple times with the inlaws, but that’s it. That said, I am familiar with the Christian ideals and concepts, I’m not totally ignorant. Many tim… --- ## [Fleetingly flirting with 'fleet'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleetingly-flirting-with-fleet/913581)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleetingly-flirting-with-fleet/913581 "2020-07-05T23:06:08Z")
‘Fleet’, at one time, only meant a group of ships. Then, by extention, it could refer to a group of land vehicles such as taxis, hearses, busses, or garbage trucks. Or airplanes, but definitely moving vehicles. Some tim… --- ## [Might be a mid-year crisis (June mini-rants thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-a-mid-year-crisis-june-mini-rants-thread/854887)
**Author:** [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Replies:** 196\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-be-a-mid-year-crisis-june-mini-rants-thread/854887 "2020-07-05T23:04:48Z")
So today’s my birthday and it has been just a series of minor, pebble-in-shoe annoyances. \[ul\] \[li\]I had to set the alarm for seven am to wake my son up for work, only to have him tell me he works at 9:30 instead of ei… --- ## [How to open pump bottles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-pump-bottles/912960)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-open-pump-bottles/912960 "2020-07-05T21:31:36Z")
I have 3 different pump bottles and can’t get the pump to pop up on any of them. I tried various things I found on youtube with no luck. One guy said it took him 30 minutes to get it working. Anyone have any tips … --- ## [Worst webcam ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-webcam-ever/26002)
**Author:** [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-webcam-ever/26002 "2020-07-05T21:21:37Z")
I watched the first episode of Big Brother and immediately came to the conclusion that is was the most asinine show on TV. Since then, I have paid no attention to the show. However, my dad said the website had some inter… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1801) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1803)