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**Author:** [@Peddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-program-keyless-entry-with-key-in-ignition/850605 "2020-03-29T19:40:10Z")
How can I program my keyless entry on my Honda CRV 1999 when the key is in the ignition it would not respond. Is this the only way to program it? --- ## [hardtack and salt beef](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtack-and-salt-beef/850398)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardtack-and-salt-beef/850398 "2020-03-29T19:34:55Z")
There are a lot of Tall Ship sailings, and some try to recreate the garb, duties etc of the days of Wooden ships and iron men. But do any of them try to feed the crew on hardtack, salt beef, peas, etc? --- ## [Can't program keyless entry with key in ignition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-program-keyless-entry-with-key-in-ignition/850609)
**Author:** [@Peddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peddy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-program-keyless-entry-with-key-in-ignition/850609 "2020-03-29T19:27:27Z")
Can’t program keyless entry with key in ignition How can I program my keyless entry on my Honda CRV 1999 when the key is in the ignition it would not respond. Is this the only way to program it? --- ## [Which side has more hypocrisy than the other side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-has-more-hypocrisy-than-the-other-side/849756)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-has-more-hypocrisy-than-the-other-side/849756 "2020-03-29T19:11:26Z")
Which side has more hypocrisy than the other side? --- ## [General election polls: of value when?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-election-polls-of-value-when/849998)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-election-polls-of-value-when/849998 "2020-03-29T19:06:27Z")
Many have, when head to head polls against Trump were cited in support of candidate A or B, oft-repeated that general election head to head polls are not very useful too early on. True that. But now we have a presumptiv… --- ## [How is Trump's approval rating going up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-approval-rating-going-up/850604)
**Author:** [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trumps-approval-rating-going-up/850604 "2020-03-29T18:12:32Z")
I’m certainly no fan of Trump to begin with, so maybe I have a hard time understanding the mindset of his supporters at baseline. But somehow through all of the administration’s mismanagement of the Covid Crisis his app… --- ## [Annual flu death rate and vax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-flu-death-rate-and-vax/850596)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-flu-death-rate-and-vax/850596 "2020-03-29T18:04:25Z")
COVID-19 rates keeps getting compared to annual flu rates. Of the annual deaths for which flu is the cause, what percentage of those people had had their annual flu vaccination? To ask it another way, if most or all peop… --- ## [Please explain Trump's pronouncements on the $2.2 trillion assistance package.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-trumps-pronouncements-on-the-2-2-trillion-assistance-package/850603)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-trumps-pronouncements-on-the-2-2-trillion-assistance-package/850603 "2020-03-29T17:59:44Z")
Hi The media talks about a $2.2 trillion assistance package. But Trump and his top economic advisor Larry Kudlow keep repeating $6.2 trillion. How much of a package was actually voted on by Congress and what is Trump… --- ## [Why are the NFL, MLB, and NBA considering major format changes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-nfl-mlb-and-nba-considering-major-format-changes/847765)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-nfl-mlb-and-nba-considering-major-format-changes/847765 "2020-03-24T00:42:03Z")
I’ve been reading about the NBA wanting to add a midseason tournament and expand the playoffs. The NFL wants to add another game and expand their playoffs as well. Now I see this story about MLB and some goofy (to me) … --- ## [Do guide dogs know their owners are blind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-guide-dogs-know-their-owners-are-blind/850501)
**Author:** [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-guide-dogs-know-their-owners-are-blind/850501 "2020-03-29T17:48:30Z")
I Googled “guide dogs know blind” to see if this had come up before on the SDMB. Didn’t find anything, although I noticed that someone asked in 2001 if blind people get visuals on acid. :slight\_smile: Factual responses … --- ## [They left me to start a new pker thread. So here it is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-left-me-to-start-a-new-pker-thread-so-here-it-is/733208)
**Author:** [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-left-me-to-start-a-new-pker-thread-so-here-it-is/733208 "2016-11-05T21:59:31Z")
Results from first week of the last quarter of 2015; 1 ME 2 Mathinator 3 Dag 4 Frosted glass Please read the following commercial message, brought to you by the SDMB poker group: New players are welcome. We’re a fr… --- ## [Bridge: 7 No Trumps baby!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-7-no-trumps-baby/762229)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 1117\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridge-7-no-trumps-baby/762229 "2020-03-26T21:57:55Z")
Brag alert! Bid and made last night. And we were the only pair who bid it. --- ## [The "will" to survive and get better affecting prognoses of diseases and ailments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-will-to-survive-and-get-better-affecting-prognoses-of-diseases-and-ailments/850485)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-will-to-survive-and-get-better-affecting-prognoses-of-diseases-and-ailments/850485 "2020-03-29T17:38:42Z")
I’ve heard, in the context of cancer battles for example, that there were some studies showing that patients who had a strong mental will to make it had somewhat better prognoses. Is this actually legit in anyway, and i… --- ## [Lets talk about our Mental Health. How you coping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-mental-health-how-you-coping/850343)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-our-mental-health-how-you-coping/850343 "2020-03-29T17:34:45Z")
This is a hotline to use if you need to talk to someone. 844-863-9314 So, I’m pretty emotional. Lots of swings in my mood. Sometimes I’m just so angry with how awful everything is and other times I’m just overwhelmed w… --- ## [Half-Life Alyx ending question \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-alyx-ending-question-spoilers/850461)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-alyx-ending-question-spoilers/850461 "2020-03-29T17:12:53Z")
I don’t own a VR headset but I watched the shortened video with the important story elements. Alyx asks the G-Man that she wants the Combine off Earth and the G-Man says that this “nudge” (request) is too large for his … --- ## [A second-hand medical account](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-hand-medical-account/849750)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-second-hand-medical-account/849750 "2020-03-29T16:41:54Z")
My cousin/neighbor here in South Carolina drove her brother to the eye doctor today for an outpatient cataract removal. (She was surprised that elective non-critical operations like that.) she said that in the waiting ro… --- ## [I cannot turn video on on my computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-turn-video-on-on-my-computer/850457)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-turn-video-on-on-my-computer/850457 "2020-03-29T16:06:22Z")
A good friend introduced me to Zoom the other day. We had a chat and I could see her moving around, but she saw just one fixed snapshot of me sitting at my computer. Since then I have tried, in vain, to turn on the vid… --- ## [Let's talk about 'rational' immigration policy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-rational-immigration-policy/838754)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-rational-immigration-policy/838754 "2019-09-17T23:34:12Z")
Two opposing positions are often expressed on immigration: Left-wingers support “Open borders” Right-wingers support “Send them back - we’re full!” For the purposes of this discussion, let’s assume both extremes are w… --- ## [Programming my Honda CR-V 1999](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-my-honda-cr-v-1999/850591)
**Author:** [@Peddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peddy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/programming-my-honda-cr-v-1999/850591 "2020-03-29T15:47:53Z")
Because I can’t lock the door with the key in the ignition I am not able to program the keyless entry. Can anyone help in this endeavor? --- ## [Fox news host does show drunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-does-show-drunk/850583)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-host-does-show-drunk/850583 "2020-03-29T15:42:59Z")
Certainly seemed like she was drinking before the show --- ## [Where do you think Arlington is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236 "2020-03-29T15:13:24Z")
Poll coming. If I mention the city name ‘Arlington’ to you, where do you think of first? --- ## [How many Groundhog Days in the movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-groundhog-days-in-the-movie/96539 "2020-03-29T15:12:15Z")
Just saw the Bill Murray flick again, and wondered how many times Bill had to relive the same day in order to learn all he had to learn about the PA town Punk-something? Every detail of those people’s lives, keyboard pla… --- ## [Great COVID mapping/charting app.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-covid-mapping-charting-app/850584)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-covid-mapping-charting-app/850584 "2020-03-29T14:11:29Z")
This mapping app is one of the best I’ve seen. Lot’s of ways to quickly and easily look at the data - University of Virginia COVID-19 Dashboard Does not seem to work in IE. Works well in Chrome. --- ## [This Is Us: Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-4/840952 "2020-03-29T14:06:49Z")
Season 4 started this week and I didn’t see a thread yet. Anyone still watching? The first episode was very reminiscent of the pilot, with stories about several seemingly unrelated people and you’re trying to figure out… --- ## [How big is your closet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-your-closet/850327)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-your-closet/850327 "2020-03-29T13:33:55Z")
Our house was built in 1975. The master bedroom closet is a whopping 5’ wide, and the closets in the other 2 bedrooms were each 4’. Coming from a house that had 2 walk-in closets, this was a bit of an adjustment. But we … --- ## [Does Covid-19 linger in the body after have been ill with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-19-linger-in-the-body-after-have-been-ill-with-it/850524)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-covid-19-linger-in-the-body-after-have-been-ill-with-it/850524 "2020-03-29T13:11:14Z")
Does Covid-19 linger in the body after have been ill with it? I was wondering if the Covid-19 virus lingers in the body of people after they have been sick from it and could they still be carriers to transmit it after t… --- ## [Google Maps directions - if you keep taking the alternate route, will you ever get there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-directions-if-you-keep-taking-the-alternate-route-will-you-ever-get-there/850556)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-directions-if-you-keep-taking-the-alternate-route-will-you-ever-get-there/850556 "2020-03-29T12:48:46Z")
I use Google Maps for driving directions a lot. I do sometimes laugh about the “alternate routes” that show up as I drive. For instance, if I turn off the freeway at the next exit, it will only add 10 minutes to my route… --- ## [Estimating the percentage of contagious people walking around](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-percentage-of-contagious-people-walking-around/850397)
**Author:** [@Settimo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Settimo)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estimating-the-percentage-of-contagious-people-walking-around/850397 "2020-03-29T12:00:18Z")
Anyone have any ideas (or cites) for estimating the actual number (a/o %) of contagious people walking around in a given region (that is, those not yet isolating themselves, but out and about)? They would have built up a… --- ## [Does this movie exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-movie-exist/850415)
**Author:** [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-movie-exist/850415 "2020-03-29T11:57:30Z")
We were watching Ghost Nation the other day, and I came up with an idea for a horror movie that I thought is so obvious that I’m certain it’s been done. I’m not a fan of the genre though, but if I describe it then maybe… --- ## [NAF: operating a Japanese (100V) appliance in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naf-operating-a-japanese-100v-appliance-in-the-us/815407)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naf-operating-a-japanese-100v-appliance-in-the-us/815407 "2020-03-29T11:22:04Z")
Currently in Japan, contemplating the purchase of a rice cooker to take back to the United States. These are labeled as “for use in Japan only”, and are designed to operate on 100V mains. There is a section of rice co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1951) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1953)