# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1957 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1958 --- ## [What did the US Senate fight over with coronavirus bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-us-senate-fight-over-with-coronavirus-bill/850299)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-us-senate-fight-over-with-coronavirus-bill/850299 "2020-03-26T23:19:13Z")
I want to keep this GQ. I want as many facts as possible, let’s try to link consequences to their respective forums, link to a new thread. The US Senate just pasted a corona virus bill, after negotiations lasted days; w… --- ## [Mary Anne Vs. Ginger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-anne-vs-ginger/850370)
**Author:** [@Secret\_Goldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Goldfish)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mary-anne-vs-ginger/850370 "2020-03-26T23:10:53Z")
I was confused but then I saw Stepford Wives. Ginger all the way. --- ## [Tuesday Trivia....Beuller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuesday-trivia-beuller/850371)
**Author:** [@Secret\_Goldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Secret_Goldfish)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuesday-trivia-beuller/850371 "2020-03-26T23:05:15Z")
Does anybody do Tuesday Trivia by…ecch…hairball…I hate to say it because we had a Twitter War…I vowed never to promote his name. God forgive me…Ken Jennings? --- ## [What was your opinion of Harry Carey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-harry-carey/848740)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-harry-carey/848740 "2020-03-26T22:43:21Z")
Man, I kicked a hornets nest today. So, for those old enough to remember, what was your opinion of Harry Carey? Preferably as a Cubs announcer, but all opinions are welcome. --- ## [How much of the job market is made up of essential workers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-job-market-is-made-up-of-essential-workers/850237)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-job-market-is-made-up-of-essential-workers/850237 "2020-03-26T22:34:19Z")
How much of the job market is made up of essential workers? The UK has gone into lockdown, and people are being asked to work from home and not travel to work unless they are an essential worker. \[Withdrawn\] Children o… --- ## [Biden must immediately pledge to never care about the deficit as president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-must-immediately-pledge-to-never-care-about-the-deficit-as-president/850031)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-must-immediately-pledge-to-never-care-about-the-deficit-as-president/850031 "2020-03-26T22:32:06Z")
Seriously, with the pandemic crisis raging and the congressional bailout packages running a likely tab of multiple trillions of dollars, it is inevitable that the GOP will do an about-face on deficits the very second tha… --- ## [How do you use Slack in your workplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-slack-in-your-workplace/850320)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-slack-in-your-workplace/850320 "2020-03-26T22:16:35Z")
My previous job was very much behind the times technologically. I’ve been volunteering on political campaigns lately and Slack is a tool that we’re using. It seems like it’s just a mass IM tool that works on all platfor… --- ## [Before I ask someone to marry me I check with my kids.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-ask-someone-to-marry-me-i-check-with-my-kids/850136)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-i-ask-someone-to-marry-me-i-check-with-my-kids/850136 "2020-03-26T22:02:59Z")
“But Blossom is my age!” "Blossom may be, but Mayim Bialik is seven years older than you. " What makes me think I have a chance? On her YouTube channel she often remarks about the sad emptiness of her ring finger. I’… --- ## [Covering concrete retaining wall in faux stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-concrete-retaining-wall-in-faux-stone/850054)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covering-concrete-retaining-wall-in-faux-stone/850054 "2020-03-26T21:50:06Z")
We have a smooth-surfaced painted concrete retaining wall in the back yard, about 9 feet high in most places, and running for 20-50 feet (not sure how much we want to resurface, but at least 20 linear feet, so figure 200… --- ## [Democrats not doubling down. What are some examples?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-not-doubling-down-what-are-some-examples/850258)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-not-doubling-down-what-are-some-examples/850258 "2020-03-26T21:25:18Z")
In the interests of fairness, and since in my other thread I have accused the Republicans of always doubling down even in the presence of evidence that they are wrong, I thought it might be useful to look at the other si… --- ## [How long do you think it’ll take you to trust going out again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-it-ll-take-you-to-trust-going-out-again/850261)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-think-it-ll-take-you-to-trust-going-out-again/850261 "2020-03-26T21:17:43Z")
No matter how many people this disease affects, no matter how many waves may or may not happen in the future, eventually half of the U.S. population will have to try to get back into a normal routine SOMETIME, whether it… --- ## [The coffin at Value Village in Ottawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffin-at-value-village-in-ottawa/850205)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-coffin-at-value-village-in-ottawa/850205 "2020-03-26T21:15:25Z")
WTF? If you don’t have a Facebook account you probably can’t see this. Value Village is like the Goodwill, or Salvation Army…and someone left a coffin at the back door drop off. There’s got to be a good story behind th… --- ## [Which actor has the greatest 'bad guy' ratio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-the-greatest-bad-guy-ratio/849548)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-actor-has-the-greatest-bad-guy-ratio/849548 "2020-03-26T21:05:38Z")
I’m watching The Mandalorian and thinking that I’ve never seen Giancarlo Esposito every play a real good guy. I looked him up in IMDB and he’s been in a whole lot more movies than I care to watch (I mean HOLY SHIT!, he’s… --- ## [Is 'employment hoarding' a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-employment-hoarding-a-thing/850089)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-employment-hoarding-a-thing/850089 "2020-03-26T20:45:05Z")
In times of social and health crisis such as exists now, is it proper or ethically questionable for me to get a second job when many people have just lost their primary source of employment? My current job is pretty sta… --- ## [Businesses that either won’t be hurt or will profit during the COVID-19 crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-either-won-t-be-hurt-or-will-profit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/850150)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-that-either-won-t-be-hurt-or-will-profit-during-the-covid-19-crisis/850150 "2020-03-26T20:33:25Z")
Off the top of my head: ANYONE involved in healthcare, from hospitals to suppliers to pharmacies I think is the most obvious one. Grocers and food producers Online television and movie on demand companies News media … --- ## [Social distancing on album covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-on-album-covers/850357)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-distancing-on-album-covers/850357 "2020-03-26T20:14:39Z")
A website has reimagined some classic album covers so that the artists appear to be maintaining a distance of six feet apart from each other. These include classic albums from the Beatles, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, and KISS,… --- ## [The checks they're sending are a scam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-checks-theyre-sending-are-a-scam/850315)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-checks-theyre-sending-are-a-scam/850315 "2020-03-26T20:11:31Z")
My recollection is that the $300/$600 check that the US government gave us in 2008 was not free money. It was a loan, or more technically, an advance from the tax refunds we would otherwise have gotten the following year… --- ## [Staircase wit: dreams edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-wit-dreams-edition/850329)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staircase-wit-dreams-edition/850329 "2020-03-26T20:10:51Z")
The scene: a forested mountain with an inexplicable rhinoceros. My dad and I are trying to get down the mountain without being charged. Unnervingly, we lose sight of Inexplicable Rhinoceros as he walks into a crevasse. … --- ## [Do you think that learning to drive is a rite of passage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-learning-to-drive-is-a-rite-of-passage/850271)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-learning-to-drive-is-a-rite-of-passage/850271 "2020-03-26T20:04:57Z")
Well I was wondering if you think learning to drive a car is a rite of passage similar to an 18th birthday party or a 21st birthday party or getting married. And if you think someone doesn’t have disabilities people have… --- ## [Ever made a friction fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-made-a-friction-fire/850342)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-made-a-friction-fire/850342 "2020-03-26T19:32:52Z")
Have you ever made, or at least attempted, to make a friction fire? What method did you use? Were you successful? Been watching a lot of survival shows during self-quarantine. Mostly “Dual Survival,” but a few others to… --- ## [OK to mix brands of laundry detergent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-mix-brands-of-laundry-detergent/270649)
**Author:** [@iwakura43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iwakura43)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-mix-brands-of-laundry-detergent/270649 "2020-03-26T19:16:06Z")
Sometimes I find myself with a few drops of laundry detergent in each of a few different bottles–different brands, of course. Is there any reason not to mix a couple teaspoons of this brand, a couple of that brand? In fa… --- ## [TV station reporters broadcasting from home? Is it a ratings stunt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-reporters-broadcasting-from-home-is-it-a-ratings-stunt/850293)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-station-reporters-broadcasting-from-home-is-it-a-ratings-stunt/850293 "2020-03-26T19:14:59Z")
My local ABC affiliate began broadcasting some of their local news reports from home. The Metrologist and several assignment reports earnestly informed us (cue dramatic music) that they’re isolating and working from home… --- ## [Covid-19 frivolous lawsuits ... How are they going to prove it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-frivolous-lawsuits-how-are-they-going-to-prove-it/850340)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-frivolous-lawsuits-how-are-they-going-to-prove-it/850340 "2020-03-26T17:53:35Z")
Ford Motor Company wants to open their production lines back up April 6th Fine with me, but what if someone gets the virus while working at Ford or any company like Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, Fedex, UPS, Uber, law enforce… --- ## [Poll: Are you working from home due to Coronavirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus/849563)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-are-you-working-from-home-due-to-coronavirus/849563 "2020-03-26T17:29:28Z")
My company has told its workers to stay home over the next week or so. How about you? --- ## [Earthquake hits Salt Lake City -- causes Moroni to Drop his Trumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-hits-salt-lake-city-causes-moroni-to-drop-his-trumpet/849740)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-hits-salt-lake-city-causes-moroni-to-drop-his-trumpet/849740 "2020-03-26T16:58:00Z")
…and half of his arm, as well. I hope all Utah Dopers are well. From all reports, although the earthquake epicenter only a few miles from downtown, and it registered 5.7, there wasn’t much serious damage. I hadn’t real… --- ## [Night workers - what is/was your life schedule like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-workers-what-is-was-your-life-schedule-like/850093)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/night-workers-what-is-was-your-life-schedule-like/850093 "2020-03-26T16:52:40Z")
I think it’s safe to say that folks who work a more or less normal day job have a typical routine:\[ul\] \[li\]Get up\[/li\]\[li\]Go to work\[/li\]\[li\]Come home\[/li\]\[li\]Do stuff till bedtime\[/li\]\[/ul\] When I was younger and sing… --- ## [Democratic items in stimulus bill that have little or nothing to do with coronavirus relief](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-items-in-stimulus-bill-that-have-little-or-nothing-to-do-with-coronavirus-relief/850147)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democratic-items-in-stimulus-bill-that-have-little-or-nothing-to-do-with-coronavirus-relief/850147 "2020-03-26T16:43:13Z")
Some of the items in the Democratic House bill for coronavirus reliefare not related to the pandemic or economic stimulus at all. Examples of such include: And some other things besides. The practice of ballot harves… --- ## [Considering Zpack for a virus (COVID19) - Destroys don't take a antibiotic for a virus argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-zpack-for-a-virus-covid19-destroys-dont-take-a-antibiotic-for-a-virus-argument/850130)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-zpack-for-a-virus-covid19-destroys-dont-take-a-antibiotic-for-a-virus-argument/850130 "2020-03-26T16:41:31Z")
It seems like Zpack is being considered as part of a cure/treatment for COVID19. That seems to obliterate the argument that antibiotics do nothing against viruses. Just that it was considered as a potential treatment s… --- ## [So just how powerful and moneyed is the cruise ship lobby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-powerful-and-moneyed-is-the-cruise-ship-lobby/849862)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-just-how-powerful-and-moneyed-is-the-cruise-ship-lobby/849862 "2020-03-26T16:39:25Z")
I hear that they’re one of the industries clamoring for a bailout, and the idea that they could get it strikes me as absurd. Do they have more money and influence than I think? --- ## [Did Suzanne Somers Wear A Wig on "Three's Company"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-suzanne-somers-wear-a-wig-on-threes-company/850308)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-suzanne-somers-wear-a-wig-on-threes-company/850308 "2020-03-26T16:36:02Z")
I was talking to someone and the show came up. He insists that Suzanne Somers wore a wig for the role of “Chrissy.” I think he’s wrong… Anyone have any ideas of which is correct? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1956) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1958)