# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1837 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1838 --- ## [Caterpillar 797 Production Numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-797-production-numbers/778193)
**Author:** [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caterpillar-797-production-numbers/778193 "2020-06-11T12:46:41Z")
How many have been made? how many are still in use? and where are they being used? I think I had heard that almost half were in Canada working in the Tar sands… --- ## [What sports will still be going on over the next month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-will-still-be-going-on-over-the-next-month/849377)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sports-will-still-be-going-on-over-the-next-month/849377 "2020-06-11T09:47:45Z")
The PGA and the Masters have still insisted they will play without fans. NASCAR the same. Both as of now. If you consider wrestling a “sport” AEW is still moving forward with its weekly TNT show, though I believe they a… --- ## [Dear Penthouse Letters...(sfw)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-penthouse-letters-sfw/855414)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-penthouse-letters-sfw/855414 "2020-06-11T07:12:51Z")
Or, My Flum has been moxed! Arrived home from work today to find something occuring in my kitchen that has never happened to me before…ever! The GF’s car was out front when I pulled up. I walked in the house to a visi… --- ## [Double (or more) concert bills that would have been great but never happened, that you know of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-or-more-concert-bills-that-would-have-been-great-but-never-happened-that-you-know-of/854879)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-or-more-concert-bills-that-would-have-been-great-but-never-happened-that-you-know-of/854879 "2020-06-11T04:26:08Z")
For me, the ultimate combination of music acts that never, to my knowledge, performed together and should have would have been Rush and King’s X. Can anyone else think of something similar? --- ## [COVID stimulus check = advanced tax credit??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-stimulus-check-advanced-tax-credit/855306)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-stimulus-check-advanced-tax-credit/855306 "2020-06-11T03:32:16Z")
I recently received an email from my tax preparer about the COVID stimulus payments, with the following language: “The checks will be an advanced credit from the government towards your 2020 return”. I am not a tax exp… --- ## [How I survived flying with 2 cats on 3 airplanes during the coronavirus and a civil rights crisis.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-survived-flying-with-2-cats-on-3-airplanes-during-the-coronavirus-and-a-civil-rights-crisis/855111)
**Author:** [@Anxious\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anxious_Squirrel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-survived-flying-with-2-cats-on-3-airplanes-during-the-coronavirus-and-a-civil-rights-crisis/855111 "2020-06-11T03:15:31Z")
You probably don’t remember, but back when I was still themysterywriter, I made a thread here about how I was scared my cats were going to die when we had to move across the ocean. Well, that move is finally over, and th… --- ## [Mass gatherings during a pandemic are a terrible idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-gatherings-during-a-pandemic-are-a-terrible-idea/854979)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-gatherings-during-a-pandemic-are-a-terrible-idea/854979 "2020-06-11T02:57:21Z")
Yes, I realize the murder of George Floyd was a terrible atrocity. I saw the video. But have people forgotten that there’s a pandemic virus still spreading through the country? I thought the right wing anti-lockdown prot… --- ## [Looking for advice on home generator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-home-generator/855285)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-advice-on-home-generator/855285 "2020-06-11T02:26:00Z")
Last fall I was without power for three days because PG&E shut things down during a period of high winds. It’s almost certain that the same thing will happen this year, and for several years to come. I’m thinking of buyi… --- ## [Small Movie Set](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335)
**Author:** [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-movie-set/855335 "2020-06-11T02:13:55Z")
Somehow this trivia question popped up while watching endless television. What is the smallest movie set or stage used in a major movie? While you could mention the movie you and your brother made in your bathroom when y… --- ## [Looking for a Texas-style Brisket recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-texas-style-brisket-recipe/855224)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-texas-style-brisket-recipe/855224 "2020-06-11T02:05:30Z")
I grew up on Jewish beef brisket, and while I enjoyed it (especially my Aunt Doris’s) I was never a huge fan. I much prefer a Texas style smoked brisket, but I don’t have a smoker. Working from home I have the ability to… --- ## [Could I get that quarter out from under your pointy boot? I just got to have one more snack cracker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-that-quarter-out-from-under-your-pointy-boot-i-just-got-to-have-one-more-snack-cracker/855133)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-get-that-quarter-out-from-under-your-pointy-boot-i-just-got-to-have-one-more-snack-cracker/855133 "2020-06-11T01:48:43Z")
I’m here lamenting the uselessness of two $20 tickets to go see Southern Culture on the Skids at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach later tonight. Dirt track date, baby. Demolition derby starts at eight. Yeah, they don’t seem to a… --- ## [Deaf people and "hearing voices"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-people-and-hearing-voices/855016)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaf-people-and-hearing-voices/855016 "2020-06-11T01:20:18Z")
At some times, for various reasons, people hallucinate someone talking to them. It can be due to a mental illness such as schizophrenia, or in a dream or dreamlike state, or the result of hallucinogenic drugs, or whatev… --- ## [Garden/House Plant ID, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-house-plant-id-please/855311)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garden-house-plant-id-please/855311 "2020-06-11T00:37:32Z")
Hello everyone, What plant is this? It looks similar to the arum that grows in our yard. I got it from my mom’s place, and we don’t know how to care for it. … --- ## [Little acts of racism that are too small to publicise but are irksome all the same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-acts-of-racism-that-are-too-small-to-publicise-but-are-irksome-all-the-same/855407)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-acts-of-racism-that-are-too-small-to-publicise-but-are-irksome-all-the-same/855407 "2020-06-10T23:22:45Z")
Growing up in my hometown, I was the only person in my area of any discernible different race - half Indian. Oh, I didn’t mention that I was in state care, so I didn’t actually have a family cultural reference, just a h… --- ## [How much danger am I in running my circular saw backwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-danger-am-i-in-running-my-circular-saw-backwards/855341)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-danger-am-i-in-running-my-circular-saw-backwards/855341 "2020-06-10T23:08:22Z")
Background: I’ve built myself a workbench topped with an 11/16" layer of plywood and 3/4" layer of melamine particle board. I need to trim the edges so that the layers match and are the right distance from the lower bou… --- ## [So why is it that the police unions are so strong and able to block reform?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-is-it-that-the-police-unions-are-so-strong-and-able-to-block-reform/855386)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-is-it-that-the-police-unions-are-so-strong-and-able-to-block-reform/855386 "2020-06-10T22:59:49Z")
My understanding is whenever legislators try to do reform legislatively the police union blocks them. Seattle for example is having a lot of examples of police abuse. But Seattle is a democratic town, and Washington sta… --- ## [Kim Jong Un "In Grave Condition"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-in-grave-condition/852250)
**Author:** [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kim-jong-un-in-grave-condition/852250 "2020-06-10T21:59:19Z")
This was posted in the Pit in the Trump Clusterfuck thread, but my response there is hijack, so I thought I’d move it here: So if he dies, who takes over? Is there another Kim warmed up in the bullpen? The younger sist… --- ## [Snowpiercer Qs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-qs/854373)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snowpiercer-qs/854373 "2020-06-10T21:52:44Z")
Instead of necro-ing this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890560&highlight=snowpiercer Apparently, this train has no destination: it’ll just keep chugging along around the frozen world… f… --- ## [Is there strategic value in making extreme political demands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-strategic-value-in-making-extreme-political-demands/855403)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-strategic-value-in-making-extreme-political-demands/855403 "2020-06-10T21:20:00Z")
I’ve seen many people on social media arguing that it’s good for a segment of the Left to stake out an extreme position, like “Abolish the Police”… while another more moderate segment calls for “Reform the police.” The v… --- ## [Have any police unions offered empathy? Have any other unions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-police-unions-offered-empathy-have-any-other-unions/855374)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-police-unions-offered-empathy-have-any-other-unions/855374 "2020-06-10T20:28:41Z")
I’m generally of the opinion that unions can offer an important counter-balance to corporations but right now I’m done with police unions. They should all be disbanded. Now. I am seriously irritated after reading this… --- ## [David Brock, Media Matters, and the IRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brock-media-matters-and-the-irs/855379)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-brock-media-matters-and-the-irs/855379 "2020-06-10T20:28:15Z")
I got in a discussion with my mother about some of the finer points of political discourse. She made the claim that the IRS had David Brock in court over financial irregularities. Looking into it, I find that some grou… --- ## [Henry 8th heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-8th-heir/855231)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-8th-heir/855231 "2020-06-10T20:11:47Z")
When Henry VIII died, his son,Edward VI of England was crowned, and 'ruled" until he died at the age of 15 or 16. Edward picked Lady Jane Grey. But the Powers that Be Cut Janes head off and put Mary on the throne. The f… --- ## [I went whale-watching. In Montreal.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-whale-watching-in-montreal/855012)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-went-whale-watching-in-montreal/855012 "2020-06-10T19:58:36Z")
The other day I went out walking. I walked to the south edge of the island and saw the humpback whale that has somehow made its way into the St-Lawrence River in Montreal. It’s an amazing animal to see, though it’s sad … --- ## [IMPORTANT: Go to UserCP and verify your email.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-go-to-usercp-and-verify-your-email/855392)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/important-go-to-usercp-and-verify-your-email/855392 "2020-06-10T19:49:28Z")
As we prepare to migrate to the new Straight Dope Message Board site, it’s really important that your personal information be correct and up to date. Right now go here: UserCP / Your Profile Look at that page. You s… --- ## [Iron City Houserockers, anyone know them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-city-houserockers-anyone-know-them/855186)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iron-city-houserockers-anyone-know-them/855186 "2020-06-10T19:48:30Z")
I am rediscovering some bands tonight that I have not listened to for years. My God, the transition from Old Man Bar to Junior’s Bar. And the other songs on the album - Pumping Iron, Angela, Price of Love, every damn o… --- ## [Spear Phishing...is this how it works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spear-phishing-is-this-how-it-works/855332)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spear-phishing-is-this-how-it-works/855332 "2020-06-10T19:19:02Z")
A good friend of mine has asked for my technical help, and I just want to know if I am advising her correctly. Let’s call her “Agent X.” Her professional acquaintances (we’re both in the real estate brokerage business)… --- ## [Ignorant Bigots Raise Racist Flag Yet Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-bigots-raise-racist-flag-yet-again/759644)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-bigots-raise-racist-flag-yet-again/759644 "2020-06-10T18:50:16Z")
So, who didn’t see this coming? Seriously, what is it with the love affair with those who pretend the south was hunky dory and that damn rag? --- ## [Does my work need to let us know if someone in the office tests positive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-work-need-to-let-us-know-if-someone-in-the-office-tests-positive/855283)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-my-work-need-to-let-us-know-if-someone-in-the-office-tests-positive/855283 "2020-06-10T18:19:25Z")
I work in an office of about 50 people. Two women have been conspicuously absent for the last week. One of them in the receptionist (who has the most interaction with the public) and one is a file clerk, who also functio… --- ## [Thoughts during the lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-during-the-lockdown/851211)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-during-the-lockdown/851211 "2020-06-10T18:11:14Z")
Just be careful because people are going crazy from being in lock down! Actually I’ve just been talking about this with the microwave and toaster while drinking coffee and we all agreed that things are getting bad. I did… --- ## [Actual pic of JFK Secret Service agent. . . or TV prop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-pic-of-jfk-secret-service-agent-or-tv-prop/855207)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-pic-of-jfk-secret-service-agent-or-tv-prop/855207 "2020-06-10T18:05:16Z")
In the “Quantum Leap” episode “Lee Harvey Oswald,” as the story ends, we see Sam, who has replaced a Secret Service Agent leaning against a wall. As he leaps, the frame dissolves to a picture of (possibly) a Secret Serv… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1836) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1838)