# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1969 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1970 --- ## [Has anyone here ever met a Mafia member/associate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-a-mafia-member-associate/849507)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-a-mafia-member-associate/849507 "2020-03-20T01:40:15Z")
Mostly referring to the Italian-American version but any stories will do. Without giving too much away how did you know? What were they like? Did they try to get you or someone you knew involved with less than savory be… --- ## [savings time birth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savings-time-birth/849057)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/savings-time-birth/849057 "2020-03-20T01:39:07Z")
My friend had her baby Thursday. But I was thinking, what if she’d given birth tonight at 2 a.m.? Would it be recorded at 2 or 3 because of the time change? :slight\_smile: --- ## [March 17: the overshadowed-by-covid-19 primaries (FL,IL,OH,AZ)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-17-the-overshadowed-by-covid-19-primaries-fl-il-oh-az/849408)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-17-the-overshadowed-by-covid-19-primaries-fl-il-oh-az/849408 "2020-03-20T01:34:42Z")
On Tuesday, March 17, four states with 577 delegates will vote: FL (219), IL (155), OH (136), and AZ (67). Once those states have voted, the voting for 61.5% of the delegates will have been completed. This is the last … --- ## [What's the little down arrow do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-little-down-arrow-do/849667)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-little-down-arrow-do/849667 "2020-03-20T00:50:04Z")
You know the one when you hover over it that shows the text “Go to first new post”. You know the one that when you click on it sometimes takes you to the first new post but other times it takes you to some random post i… --- ## [How safe to fly from Colombia to United States right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-to-fly-from-colombia-to-united-states-right-now/849771)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-to-fly-from-colombia-to-united-states-right-now/849771 "2020-03-20T00:30:00Z")
Someone I know has a ticket to fly non-stop from Colombia to the United States; how dangerous is it to fly right now? What if they wear a surgical mask and gloves? Is it so bad just one carrier in the cabin that will inf… --- ## [Easy return flight to US customs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-return-flight-to-us-customs-question/849690)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-return-flight-to-us-customs-question/849690 "2020-03-19T23:46:17Z")
You’d think finding the answer to this via google would be easy but I can’t seem to get a straight answer from any source. I figure anyone here can give me a quick straight up easy answer. I have a flight from Cabo Mex… --- ## [Tapatalk: Subscribed Threads aren't added to Daily Email Notifications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-subscribed-threads-arent-added-to-daily-email-notifications/849848)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tapatalk-subscribed-threads-arent-added-to-daily-email-notifications/849848 "2020-03-19T23:16:56Z")
I’m on a lo-computer diet and try to limit my websurfing, and therefore SD-surfing, to my cell phone. I’m set up at SDMB with Daily Email Notifications for threads I subscribe to or post in. On the computer, it’s always … --- ## [Trader Joe's is cleaned out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trader-joes-is-cleaned-out/849829)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trader-joes-is-cleaned-out/849829 "2020-03-19T22:35:02Z")
I went to Trader Joe’s in West Seattle just now. Many of their shelves are bare. And it looks like they’re getting low on 3-buck chuck. (Mrs. L.A. can go through a case a week.) I called, and was told that with the b… --- ## [Why isn't my "home brew" hand sanitizer working "properly?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-my-home-brew-hand-sanitizer-working-properly/849579)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-my-home-brew-hand-sanitizer-working-properly/849579 "2020-03-19T22:31:25Z")
I was able to snag a few bottles of “Corn Huskers Lotion.” If you don’t already know, Corn Huskers Lotion is a “moisturizer” of sorts that’s been around for about 100 years. The first three ingredients are water, glyceri… --- ## [The earliest spring in 124 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earliest-spring-in-124-years/849787)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-earliest-spring-in-124-years/849787 "2020-03-19T22:23:09Z")
Tonight, at 11:49 EDT, will be the vernal equinox. It will be the earliest spring since 1896. The reason has to do with Pope Gregory XIII, Daylight Saving Time and leap year. Not this leap year, but the one back in 2000.… --- ## [COVID-19 vs 2009 Swine Flu Reaction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vs-2009-swine-flu-reaction/849799)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-vs-2009-swine-flu-reaction/849799 "2020-03-19T22:17:03Z")
I am trying to understand the level of variance in impact that COVID-19 has wrought… from melting our economy and shutting down businesses and schools versus the H1N1 “swine flu” from 2009. Maybe I have forgotten but i … --- ## [that Stranger On A Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stranger-on-a-train/834295 "2020-03-19T21:55:19Z")
Has anyone heard from \*\*Stranger On A Train? \*\*I enjoy and appreciate his comprehensive and thoughtful posts; I’ve missed him over the last month or so. I hope all’s going well. --- ## [So what are the prepper forums and websites doing now? Laughing at us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-prepper-forums-and-websites-doing-now-laughing-at-us/849665)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-the-prepper-forums-and-websites-doing-now-laughing-at-us/849665 "2020-03-19T21:53:48Z")
'Cause for years I sure laughed at them. Well, actually, I never much paid attention to the preppers\*. I know that National Geographic did a series of TV shows about them, but other than seeing the 30-second promos, I … --- ## [Why we are experiencing so many technical problems on the board.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-are-experiencing-so-many-technical-problems-on-the-board/849840)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-are-experiencing-so-many-technical-problems-on-the-board/849840 "2020-03-19T21:17:21Z")
Copied from my original announcement, apparently not everyone has seen this. We are well aware your user experience has gone from occasionally bad to bad too much of the time. You’re really hating 502/504 and the word… --- ## [The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 1: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-1-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/691091)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-1-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs/691091 "2020-03-19T20:11:58Z")
The Walt Disney Company has been making us laugh, cry, get angry, whoop for joy, sing, dance, and fall in love since its first feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1939. In this, the first part of an intend… --- ## [Air fryers: Worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers-worth-it/847440)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-fryers-worth-it/847440 "2020-03-19T20:10:19Z")
Inspired by: I’ve been making do, happily I thought, with either Lamb Weston Idaho brand frozen fries, or seasoned frozen fries and onion rings by Alexia. Pop 'em in a convection oven at 450F and they come out pretty … --- ## [The only one character you liked / tolerated in a film or TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-one-character-you-liked-tolerated-in-a-film-or-tv-show/849809)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-only-one-character-you-liked-tolerated-in-a-film-or-tv-show/849809 "2020-03-19T20:06:35Z")
(Preferably not the leading actor.) 70’s Show - Red. Star Trek - hot Orion girl. Because ST was such a ridiculous behemoth of a franchise spanning over five decades in TV and film, Ima gonna cheat on my own OP and add M… --- ## [Banana Blossoms in Brine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-blossoms-in-brine/849836)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-blossoms-in-brine/849836 "2020-03-19T20:05:29Z")
Somehow I have a can of this; don’t ask how. Anyway, what is it and what do (or can) I do with it? Google says it can be used as a fish substitute??? 550 ml. Product of Thailand. It expired last October, but that doesn… --- ## [Interviewing & Health Benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-health-benefits/849775)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interviewing-health-benefits/849775 "2020-03-19T19:41:44Z")
My daughter is just breaking out into the world, and I am not sure how to advise her on this one issue / question: She has some health issues that involve some expensive treatments to keep things under control. Assuming … --- ## [The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 2: Pinocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-2-pinocchio/737550)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-2-pinocchio/737550 "2020-03-19T19:22:36Z")
The Walt Disney Company has been making us laugh, cry, get angry, whoop for joy, sing, dance, and fall in love since its first feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1939. In this, the second part of an intend… --- ## [The Music and Magic of the Disney Animated Canon, Vol. 4: Dumbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-4-dumbo/849828)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-music-and-magic-of-the-disney-animated-canon-vol-4-dumbo/849828 "2020-03-19T19:01:57Z")
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pinocchio Fantasia Clocking in at about 63 minutes, Dumbo is one of the shortest films in the Disney canon. RKO wanted to extend it an extra ten minutes or so, but Walt said no; he’d t… --- ## [Want to be a scientist? Play this game.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-a-scientist-play-this-game/451405)
**Author:** [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-be-a-scientist-play-this-game/451405 "2020-03-19T18:50:14Z")
foldit, the protein-folding puzzle game. You fold proteins, and you earn points for designing something that’s chemically stable. Good designs will be used in actual research projects and applications. --- ## [People On Respirators Face Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-respirators-face-down/849605)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-respirators-face-down/849605 "2020-03-19T18:46:39Z")
I keep seeing pictures of people in Italian ICU’s who are lying face down. This is supposedly because that makes artificial respiration more effective, but also that it’s a last-ditch method. I’ve never heard of this b… --- ## [Coronavirus parody of My Sharona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-parody-of-my-sharona/849824)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-parody-of-my-sharona/849824 "2020-03-19T18:27:11Z")
Since Weird Al said he won’t do one, I suppose this was inevitable. It’s going viral, if you’ll pardon the expression. My Corona Normally, I’d have put this in Cafe Society, but since this forum is here, I thought it w… --- ## [Every approx 20 years, a "Black Swan" shocking event completely changes America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-approx-20-years-a-black-swan-shocking-event-completely-changes-america/849315)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-approx-20-years-a-black-swan-shocking-event-completely-changes-america/849315 "2020-03-19T18:26:59Z")
I’m a big believer in cyclical history. As per the OP A little vague before Pearl Harbor but let me suggest: -1861- American Civil War -1880??? (I’ll take suggestions but it does seem Reconstruction fell apart by then… --- ## [Together, At Home music series from Global Citizen and the WHO.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/together-at-home-music-series-from-global-citizen-and-the-who/849777)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/together-at-home-music-series-from-global-citizen-and-the-who/849777 "2020-03-19T18:20:05Z")
Musicians are out of work and isolated at home just like everyone else. Chris Martin held a live Instagram show Tuesday, March 17. He talked about the virus and how it’s effecting people’s lives. Chris sang a few reques… --- ## [Is ANYDESK software dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anydesk-software-dangerous/849785)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anydesk-software-dangerous/849785 "2020-03-19T17:37:45Z")
Because of the corona virus I may have to work from home, which I have never done before. I’ve been told to use Anydesk software to connect to my computer at work. But this seems dangerous and a violation of my priva… --- ## [Has anyone else been getting this type of suspicious email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-been-getting-this-type-of-suspicious-email/849737)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-else-been-getting-this-type-of-suspicious-email/849737 "2020-03-19T17:32:30Z")
I have now received 2 suspicious emails titled “Congratulations. Your order from xxxx was successful.” xxx in my 2 cases was Taco Bell and Kroger. Upon opening, the email says “Congratulations. Click here.” Of course,… --- ## [How does the government get cash to deserving people and businesses amid the corona virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-government-get-cash-to-deserving-people-and-businesses-amid-the-corona-virus/849703)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-government-get-cash-to-deserving-people-and-businesses-amid-the-corona-virus/849703 "2020-03-19T17:12:37Z")
Hi How does the government get cash to deserving people amid the corona virus? It’s all very well to talk about handing out cash to people and businesses but as 9/11 taught us, compensation and bailouts can be abused. T… --- ## [RIP McCoy Tyner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mccoy-tyner/849044)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-mccoy-tyner/849044 "2020-03-19T16:44:19Z")
Jazz pianist for John Coltrane’s quartet has died at 81. A terrific, talented, and ground-breaking pianist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1968) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1970)