# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1925 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1926 --- ## [When did models get so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-models-get-so-expensive/851636)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-models-get-so-expensive/851636 "2020-04-14T16:15:01Z")
Someone on FB posted a vintage photo of a Thomas Morse S-4C Scout. Of course I had a Guillow’s flying model of it when I was a kid. Wait… What? The price of the kit at Amazon it $65.00! :eek: The Guillow’s website s… --- ## [Why are chyrons so often full of errors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chyrons-so-often-full-of-errors/851697)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-chyrons-so-often-full-of-errors/851697 "2020-04-14T16:14:13Z")
I notice it mostly with the local news, but any chyrons or banners along the bottom of the screen seem prone to misspellings, bad grammar, and typos. Is there some reason for this? --- ## [An aural illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aural-illusion/851768)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-aural-illusion/851768 "2020-04-14T15:47:26Z")
I just wanted to share this with the Dopers. I just connected my new computer to my reciever and then had a Zoom session with my son. When he was speaking, the sound appeared to come from the computer which was directl… --- ## [\[When did people first connect sex and\] reproduction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-first-connect-sex-and-reproduction/851435)
**Author:** [@Dana\_Scully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dana_Scully)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-people-first-connect-sex-and-reproduction/851435 "2020-04-14T15:47:22Z")
when did humanity figure out that sex caused babies? --- ## [This check may not be cashed at a check cashing agency or money service business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-check-may-not-be-cashed-at-a-check-cashing-agency-or-money-service-business/851462)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-check-may-not-be-cashed-at-a-check-cashing-agency-or-money-service-business/851462 "2020-04-14T15:34:16Z")
Yesterday I got a check in the mail from a class action settlement (I used to own a car that was affected by the Takata airbag recall; it was related to that). The check contains the disclaimer in the title – “This chec… --- ## [Increased Testing and Mathematical Models in Epidemiology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-testing-and-mathematical-models-in-epidemiology/851770)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/increased-testing-and-mathematical-models-in-epidemiology/851770 "2020-04-14T15:28:20Z")
I went to sleep last night reading an undergraduate textbook on differential equations. Throughout the book, the author did a very good job showing how differential equations can be very useful in creating mathematical … --- ## [what to do with a cat I had to trap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-cat-i-had-to-trap/851570)
**Author:** [@cmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmore)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-cat-i-had-to-trap/851570 "2020-04-14T15:15:56Z")
let me start by saying I like cats. I’ve had several, I have two now. the two I have now are indoor/ outdoor cats. they’ve been fixed, current on shots. they stay in my yard, come when I call them (unless sleepi… --- ## [What color clothes do you buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028 "2020-04-14T14:54:18Z")
When I was putting away my laundry the other day, I noticed my shirts tend to favor the red family (red, pink, orange, purple) - even those with patterns. There are some blues and greens that I deliberately bought becau… --- ## [Legal consequences of “unknown” cause of death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-unknown-cause-of-death/851638)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-consequences-of-unknown-cause-of-death/851638 "2020-04-14T14:50:16Z")
This question stems from a situation I encountered in my professional life. Briefly, a man was brought to the Emergency Department, already pulseless, I worked on him for long enough to determine that further resuscitat… --- ## [Suggested temporary restaurant guidelines when it’s time to “open” again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-temporary-restaurant-guidelines-when-it-s-time-to-open-again/851482)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggested-temporary-restaurant-guidelines-when-it-s-time-to-open-again/851482 "2020-04-14T14:47:15Z")
Let’s say America starts allowing restaurants to reopen mid-May to June providing the cases start declining to a suitable level. Probably one of the top things Americans miss is getting out of the house and eating out. W… --- ## [Any Health Benefits To Coca-Cola?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-health-benefits-to-coca-cola/851388)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-health-benefits-to-coca-cola/851388 "2020-04-14T14:47:12Z")
i just had my first Coca-Cola in more than ten years. A taste for the stuff. Meh. But–are there any actual Health or Nutritional benefits to the stuff? Besides calories from sugar, I mean. --- ## [Songs that hit #1 in some areas, and sank without a trace in others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-1-in-some-areas-and-sank-without-a-trace-in-others/851673)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-hit-1-in-some-areas-and-sank-without-a-trace-in-others/851673 "2020-04-14T13:31:03Z")
These threads about #1 songs made me think of this, and in particular of Wings’ “Mull of Kintyre”, which in the late 1970s was a monster hit pretty much everywhere in the world that kept a chart, except the United States… --- ## [What did people in traditional desert societies do for toilet paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-in-traditional-desert-societies-do-for-toilet-paper/851671)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-people-in-traditional-desert-societies-do-for-toilet-paper/851671 "2020-04-14T13:18:16Z")
Something I’ve been wondering about. Deserts are kind of short in the “soft flat leaves” department. (As far as I know). (I am not an expert on deserts). There’s not a lot of water to waste pouring over your nethers, eit… --- ## [N95 masks and odors - what is the science?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n95-masks-and-odors-what-is-the-science/851713)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/n95-masks-and-odors-what-is-the-science/851713 "2020-04-14T13:18:16Z")
Dear Daughter, ICU RN, reported to me today that when she is wearing a properly-fitted N95 mask, she can still smell coffee brewing, and patient’s bowel movements. Q1: is this cause for alarm? Q2: if this is expected, … --- ## [Which game is hardest to cheat at (NOT fix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-is-hardest-to-cheat-at-not-fix/846603)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-game-is-hardest-to-cheat-at-not-fix/846603 "2020-04-14T12:32:05Z")
In light of the baseball sign stealing scandal (backing my previous thread that baseball might be the most unsportsmanlike game of all) which game is the hardest to cheat at? I nominate soccer. There’s no special equipm… --- ## [We've lost Tim Brooke-Taylor, a Goodie in every sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-tim-brooke-taylor-a-goodie-in-every-sense/851681)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weve-lost-tim-brooke-taylor-a-goodie-in-every-sense/851681 "2020-04-14T12:09:00Z")
Not sure how far beyond Britain, Australia or the Commonwealth this will resonate, but Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of the Goodies, a classic half-hour British comedy show has died, a victim of coronavirus. The Goodies s… --- ## [8 Variants of COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-variants-of-covid-19/851696)
**Author:** [@EhhMon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EhhMon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-variants-of-covid-19/851696 "2020-04-14T10:57:36Z")
Scientist and Health Officials have discovered 8 variants of COVID-19. The most widely known Variants are: Variant A Variant B Variant C Variant D Variant E Variant A was found up and down the West Coast of the US,… --- ## [What would this sci-fi crime be called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-sci-fi-crime-be-called/851662)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-this-sci-fi-crime-be-called/851662 "2020-04-14T10:20:02Z")
In a story I’m writing, a young woman wants to be more powerful so she has her mind transferred into a robot body. However, things go haywire and her mind is only duplicated into the new body, not removed. The human body… --- ## [Company develops drone that can disinfect with UVC light (really?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-develops-drone-that-can-disinfect-with-uvc-light-really/851742 "2020-04-14T09:59:58Z")
“This drone can disinfect approximately 1,000 cubic feet within ten minutes of flight time” Sounds way to fast with something as power limited as a drone. Anybody with more knowledge of the subject? https://www.kctv5.c… --- ## [What would be a good greek name for a half man half pear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-greek-name-for-a-half-man-half-pear/851694)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-greek-name-for-a-half-man-half-pear/851694 "2020-04-14T07:35:59Z")
Say that you, quite bizarrely I know, had a character in fiction that was half man half pear. What would be a good name derived from Greek? --- ## [High jumping dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-jumping-dog/851730)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-jumping-dog/851730 "2020-04-14T05:11:25Z")
In case you are wondering the twitter user is Will Wheaton’s wife. https://twitter.com/i/status/1249755450767097856 --- ## [This dump has a Coronal positive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-dump-has-a-coronal-positive/851727)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-dump-has-a-coronal-positive/851727 "2020-04-14T05:06:51Z")
Details to come. Oldest got a call from here. I didn’t. --- ## [Bill Maher: "We SHOULD blame China."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-we-should-blame-china/851550)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-we-should-blame-china/851550 "2020-04-14T04:39:13Z")
As usual, Bill is spot on, a lonely voice of reason in the wilderness (Sam Harris is too, but Bill is funnier): \[QUOTE\] You can't yell at someone for breaking a rule you just made up. Scientists, who are generally pre… --- ## [Geometry proof of triangle sides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geometry-proof-of-triangle-sides/851632)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geometry-proof-of-triangle-sides/851632 "2020-04-14T04:30:22Z")
The online math tutor I’m using has an exercise that at one point depends on angles being congruent based on the side-side-side triangle postulate. The problem is I can’t find where that premise was explicitly proven- th… --- ## [bestbloger game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestbloger-game/851743)
**Author:** [@bestbloger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bestbloger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bestbloger-game/851743 "2020-04-14T04:21:08Z")
A large-scale 5V5 real human game, a strategic game to train hand speed and brain https://www.bestbloger.com --- ## [Could Bruce Lee really pop all those joints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-bruce-lee-really-pop-all-those-joints/318566)
**Author:** [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-bruce-lee-really-pop-all-those-joints/318566 "2020-04-14T03:18:23Z")
I’m referring specifically to the scene in Return of the Dragon right before Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) and Colt (Chuck Norris) fight it out in the coliseum. Bruce Lee does a drawn out, pre-fight warm up where he takes off h… --- ## [Has AI / Analytics found insights into COVID-19 ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ai-analytics-found-insights-into-covid-19/851693)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ai-analytics-found-insights-into-covid-19/851693 "2020-04-14T02:32:30Z")
So before the Epidemic, it was widely talked about how AI and Data Analytics was revolutionizing the world and finding deep insights which were previously not possible. Since there is so much data from around the world,… --- ## [False negative tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-negative-tests/851676)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-negative-tests/851676 "2020-04-14T02:32:09Z")
All tests have false negatives, some due to the test itself under ideal circumstances, some due to technique in sample acquisition. Interpreting results, in studies and clinically, needs to be done with an appreciation o… --- ## [New world monkeys](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-world-monkeys/851162)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-world-monkeys/851162 "2020-04-14T02:14:05Z")
What’s the current thinking on how new world monkeys got to the new world? Thanks. --- ## [If you have a D.N.R. on file, will a hospital refuse you a ventilator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-a-d-n-r-on-file-will-a-hospital-refuse-you-a-ventilator/851602 "2020-04-14T01:21:59Z")
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