# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1942 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1943 --- ## [We got an offer on our property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-an-offer-on-our-property/850825)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-an-offer-on-our-property/850825 "2020-04-04T03:54:46Z")
Bear with me: this sounds like it should be in MPSIMS, but it really isn’t. And I seriously want advice if I’m overlooking something. We got an offer on some property we own. We still own our house, and the land it is … --- ## [Will the WHO survive the reckoning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-who-survive-the-reckoning/850688)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-who-survive-the-reckoning/850688 "2020-04-04T03:26:10Z")
I’ve been reading a lot about some governments anger with the Chinese for their reaction to the outbreak. Undeniably, Chinese government initially ignored or repressed news of the problem exemplified by the famous arrest… --- ## [What restrictions for the hospital ships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-restrictions-for-the-hospital-ships/851020)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-restrictions-for-the-hospital-ships/851020 "2020-04-04T02:59:13Z")
The two navy hospital ships that have been sent to NY and LA are not there to treat coronavirus patients, but rather other patients that the coronavirus has displaced from hospitals. OK, fine, we still need to treat othe… --- ## [What’s your favorite potato chip, both brand and flavor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-potato-chip-both-brand-and-flavor/850139)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-potato-chip-both-brand-and-flavor/850139 "2020-04-04T01:49:44Z")
Absolutely not posting a poll because I’m looking for new ideas. I’ve been eating Munchos and Kettle chips (various flavors) for a year now. I really should have brought back a ton of Walkers crisps from the U.K. as they… --- ## [Buying a telescope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-telescope/847425)
**Author:** [@the\_bing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_bing)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-telescope/847425 "2020-04-04T01:12:02Z")
Hi all I want to buy my wife a telescope so she can stargaze (and me too). I know nothing about telescopes and what features are desirable. I see many options in lots of different budgets but i though i’d ask the cleve… --- ## [Games that can be played by phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-can-be-played-by-phone/850514)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-that-can-be-played-by-phone/850514 "2020-04-04T00:21:31Z")
In this age of social isolation I’d like to engage some friends in games we could play together while physically separated, preferably while in voice contact. Not looking for online games\*. I want to be talking to one pe… --- ## [A \[what were you thinking?\] in memory of....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-were-you-thinking-in-memory-of/851008)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-what-were-you-thinking-in-memory-of/851008 "2020-04-04T00:19:15Z")
An old, dear friend passed away this week, and we are thinking of watching many hours of Star Trek in honor of him\*. I started thinking of memorials and things done in honor of a deceased loved one. Most of the time, t… --- ## [Does freezing (or refrigeration) kill the virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-freezing-or-refrigeration-kill-the-virus/850936)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-freezing-or-refrigeration-kill-the-virus/850936 "2020-04-03T23:23:18Z")
If I bring frozen food home without disinfecting it, and put it immediately into the freezer, is any COVID-19 on it killed? And how about refrigerated items? --- ## [Enchanting Sophia, I'm Mad About You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enchanting-sophia-im-mad-about-you/555475 "2020-04-03T22:21:21Z")
From a song we sung in elementary school, mid to late 1960s. The lyrics talk about some hideously ugly creature named Sophia, who is bald, wears a mop for a wig, and suffers from other physical maladies, but with whom t… --- ## [COVID-19 closures, postponements and cancellation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-closures-postponements-and-cancellation/849376)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-closures-postponements-and-cancellation/849376 "2020-04-03T22:10:16Z")
I thought it would be helpful to start tracking closures and cancellations in one place. School Systems and Universities -Maryland Schools -San Francisco Unified School District -Stanford -SF Diocese Schools -Ohio … --- ## [Cleaning leather--COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-leather-covid/850996)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-leather-covid/850996 "2020-04-03T22:04:39Z")
How to clean leather to remove COVID? I have no special leather cleaners. --- ## [Cars & COVID--does it die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-covid-does-it-die/850994 "2020-04-03T21:28:29Z")
The inside of a car tops 130 degrees, if you leave it in the sun. If I leave the car set 24 hours, will the CV-19 dies? --- ## ["We may destroy our economy." What does this actually mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-destroy-our-economy-what-does-this-actually-mean/850190)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-may-destroy-our-economy-what-does-this-actually-mean/850190 "2020-04-03T21:05:37Z")
I understand that it is hypothetical, but I am looking for actual answers rather than opinions. (Is that even possible with this question?) But I would like to understand the concern/worry that people are expressing i… --- ## [Coronavirus Rent Strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-rent-strike/850705)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-rent-strike/850705 "2020-04-03T20:12:49Z")
\*\*Should real estate owners face the brunt of a rent strike for 90 days? \*\* Critics of the approach counter with… --- ## [The SDMB Celebrity Death Pool has lost its entertainment value](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool-has-lost-its-entertainment-value/850892)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-celebrity-death-pool-has-lost-its-entertainment-value/850892 "2020-04-03T20:11:46Z")
For me, at least. I’m wondering if I am alone in this. I still open the thread on occasion, but now it just saddens me. Up until COVID I was a fairly enthusiastic player. I considered posting this in the Death Pool thr… --- ## [Debunk or confirm, please...\[long coronavirus survival on Princess Cruise ship\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-or-confirm-please-long-coronavirus-survival-on-princess-cruise-ship/850987)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debunk-or-confirm-please-long-coronavirus-survival-on-princess-cruise-ship/850987 "2020-04-03T19:32:55Z")
I’ve heard reports that 17 days after anyone had been on the princess cruise ship they found the virus. But I read where what they found were snippets of RNA from the virus, not the virus. That seems to me to be what you… --- ## [YouTube videos with lots of hilarious comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-with-lots-of-hilarious-comments/850978)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-videos-with-lots-of-hilarious-comments/850978 "2020-04-03T19:16:33Z")
As we all know YouTube comments are often the worst humanity has to offer. Racism, sexism, xenophobia, and many more flavors of mouth-breather on full display. Sometimes though, they’re hilarious and perhaps even bette… --- ## [My Mom died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/850753)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mom-died/850753 "2020-04-03T18:22:28Z")
No, not from COVID-19. She passed away on January 5 at the age of 78. She had had a series of small strokes several years ago which left her physically frail. She then developed severe COPD (she’d been a heavy smoker … --- ## [Parking ticket written after posted time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-ticket-written-after-posted-time/850696)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parking-ticket-written-after-posted-time/850696 "2020-04-03T18:06:09Z")
“They” say that if a parking ticket is written after the restricted time posted on the sign, the ticket is invalid. Who is this They, and are they related to Dr. Google? Does anyone have an actual legal cite for that in… --- ## [Are there any Apps that can track the location of my/your bluetooth devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-apps-that-can-track-the-location-of-my-your-bluetooth-devices/850899)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-apps-that-can-track-the-location-of-my-your-bluetooth-devices/850899 "2020-04-03T18:05:31Z")
I have a bluetooth earbud that is forever getting lost. Is there an app that can track the thing, so that I can find it easier? Thanks in Advance Ficer67 --- ## [Why Consciousness is not Computation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-consciousness-is-not-computation/850402)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-consciousness-is-not-computation/850402 "2020-04-03T17:29:25Z")
The journal Minds and Machines has been kind enough to let an article of mine slip through peer review: The Abstraction/Representation Account of Computation and Subjective Experience (Full text accessible here. If you… --- ## ["Your laptop battery has 255% of power available"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-laptop-battery-has-255-of-power-available/850850)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-laptop-battery-has-255-of-power-available/850850 "2020-04-03T16:53:02Z")
So my laptop (Asus Vivobook) informs me that my laptop battery has\*\* 255%\*\* power. This is odd for two reasons: It’s more than a hundred percent; I don’t have a battery in my laptop - I removed it years ago. What cou… --- ## [How can I print long text files (+50 pages) with page numbers on them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-long-text-files-50-pages-with-page-numbers-on-them/850974)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-print-long-text-files-50-pages-with-page-numbers-on-them/850974 "2020-04-03T16:50:46Z")
I don’t use a printer and never used one, but my mom brought one from her work and she needs me to print her a list of a few thousand people with some info in each row. I got the document in PDF over mail and if I print … --- ## [How smart are raccoons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-raccoons/458993)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-smart-are-raccoons/458993 "2020-04-03T16:47:53Z")
Inspired by the poop thread. How intelligent are raccoons? They seem curious. They have little hands with which they’re very dextrous. But most of the dead things I see in the road are raccoons. They don’t seem to l… --- ## [Frozen margarita recipe for those of you who want one really bad! (also in anticipation of 5 May)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-margarita-recipe-for-those-of-you-who-want-one-really-bad-also-in-anticipation-of-5-may/850859)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frozen-margarita-recipe-for-those-of-you-who-want-one-really-bad-also-in-anticipation-of-5-may/850859 "2020-04-03T16:43:35Z")
I figure some good frozen margaritas might be nice for some folks right about now, especially since most restaurants and bars are closed. This recipe is the fruit of Dave Arnold’s “Liquid Intelligence” book about cockta… --- ## [Are there affordable ways to get audiobooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-affordable-ways-to-get-audiobooks/850891)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-affordable-ways-to-get-audiobooks/850891 "2020-04-03T16:25:21Z")
The public library is shut down for physical audiobooks. I have the libby app where I can get digital audiobooks for free, which is nice, but they don’t always have the ones I want. Audible sounds nice, but its $15 a mo… --- ## [A scientific Fountain of Youth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scientific-fountain-of-youth/850930)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-scientific-fountain-of-youth/850930 "2020-04-03T16:20:25Z")
Did the most significant news story of all time just slip quietly by during the furor over the pandemic? Or is this cold fusion redux? --- ## [Favorite Soothing Female Vocalists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-soothing-female-vocalists/847953 "2020-04-03T16:13:13Z")
Roberta Flack - I Can See The Sun In Late December Catherine Howe, Karen Carpenter are a couple of other examples. --- ## [Should I resurrect Battlefield 2 or move on to something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resurrect-battlefield-2-or-move-on-to-something-else/849116)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-resurrect-battlefield-2-or-move-on-to-something-else/849116 "2020-04-01T19:01:33Z")
I loved the shit out of BF2. I could play Karkand, Sharqi or Jalalabad all damn day long. So I neglected it when my gaming rig died in 2014 or so. Apparently Steam ditched a lot of accounts, I ditched my CD media, I… --- ## [How much does the US spend per year fighting the flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-us-spend-per-year-fighting-the-flu/850814)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-the-us-spend-per-year-fighting-the-flu/850814 "2020-04-03T16:04:37Z")
More than one US politician has complained about the economic costs of social distancing in the fight against COVID-19, pointing out that we don’t shut down the economy even though 20,000-50,000 people die of the flu eve… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1941) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1943)