# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1985 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1986 --- ## [Dolly Parton, Emmyllou Harris and Linda Rondstadt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-emmyllou-harris-and-linda-rondstadt/849129)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dolly-parton-emmyllou-harris-and-linda-rondstadt/849129 "2020-03-09T19:55:57Z")
Emmylou started out as a folk singer, didn’t like country music until she met Graham Parsons. She and Linda didn’t know each other until they met on a Neil Young tour, so many other things I did not know. … --- ## [Excluding Fans, How Many People Are At a Major Sporting Event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-fans-how-many-people-are-at-a-major-sporting-event/849157)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excluding-fans-how-many-people-are-at-a-major-sporting-event/849157 "2020-03-09T19:34:41Z")
Inspired by this video of Inter Milan playing in an empty stadium due to coronavirus. I’m guessing there were actually about 100-200 or so people in the building that day. Teams: 20(?) or so on each side. Other Team E… --- ## [Another dead dog thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dead-dog-thread/847178)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-dead-dog-thread/847178 "2020-03-09T18:41:58Z")
We put Buster down this morning. He was the 3d golden we’ve taken from puppy to end, and he might’ve been the best (and the previous 2 were no slouches!) Our kids were at college and have been out of the house for most… --- ## [Vacating conviction after pardon - how common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacating-conviction-after-pardon-how-common/797961)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacating-conviction-after-pardon-how-common/797961 "2020-03-09T17:45:16Z")
Our \[sarcasm\]beloved\[/sarcasm\] former sheriff Joe Arpaio is now petitioning the court to vacate his conviction for criminal contempt now that Lord Dampnut has pardoned him. From my layman’s perspective this seems ludicro… --- ## [Exercise and your Immune Systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-your-immune-systems/849127)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-your-immune-systems/849127 "2020-03-09T17:30:40Z")
According to this WebMD article, regular exercise will boost your immune system and keep you from catching colds, flu, etc. Of course, you also have to eat well, wash your hands frequently and get enough sleep, but “stud… --- ## [On storing leftover Jerk Shrimp kebabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-storing-leftover-jerk-shrimp-kebabs/849155)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-storing-leftover-jerk-shrimp-kebabs/849155 "2020-03-09T17:07:16Z")
If there are pineapple chunks on the skewers, don’t store the shrimp and pineapple together. That is all. (My leftovers-for-lunch shrimp are mushy. I forgot that pineapple will cook the already cooked shrimp. :() --- ## [Hummingbird feeders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbird-feeders/848905)
**Author:** [@Intolt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intolt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hummingbird-feeders/848905 "2020-03-09T17:03:36Z")
Has anyone experience with hummingbird feeders that attach to a window with suction cups? It was an impulse purchase, and now I start to think it through. Would it be dangerous for the birds i.e. flying into the window… --- ## [Perpetual Motion and Inertia.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perpetual-motion-and-inertia/849089)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perpetual-motion-and-inertia/849089 "2020-03-09T16:53:22Z")
Something I have wondered about at least since high school. Supposedly there is no such thing as perpetual motion. But isn’t that basically what inertia is? ‘Things in motion tend to stay in motion. Things at rest tend… --- ## [Favorite Phil Collins/Genesis song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-phil-collins-genesis-song/846322 "2020-03-09T15:39:57Z")
So… I just started rediscovering Phil Collins. I use to think he was kind of a dick because of how he was depicted in South Park, (how Matt and Trey were talking about him at the Oscars on Conan - seemingly disapproving … --- ## [Back to "normality" in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normality-in-the-mmp/848775)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-normality-in-the-mmp/848775 "2020-03-09T15:06:18Z")
Insomnia is, as Beck would say, a bad bad bad thing. It is, however, frequent enough for me to qualify as “normality”. Also, DH is finally returning to work, nearly 6 months after a broken leg. Modified duty, yes. Basic… --- ## [Do you think Baseball vs Football is still funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-baseball-vs-football-is-still-funny/849113)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-baseball-vs-football-is-still-funny/849113 "2020-03-09T14:15:56Z")
Yes! I think George Carlin is a genius and while I’ve heard baseball vs football at least 1000 times, I still find it amusing. Every now and then NBC shows the first episode of SNL and George delivers it on that show. A… --- ## [Doper Kopek (has passed)(Ruble in the MMP) edited title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-kopek-has-passed-ruble-in-the-mmp-edited-title/847595)
**Author:** [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Replies:** 363\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-kopek-has-passed-ruble-in-the-mmp-edited-title/847595 "2020-03-09T14:06:43Z")
This is Mrs. Kopek (Ruble in the MMP) with some serious news. I don’t usually post on these boards (except in the celebrity death pools) but I wanted to let you know that Kopek is in the cardiac intensive care unit in c… --- ## [Advice on low-flow appliances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-low-flow-appliances/848810)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-low-flow-appliances/848810 "2020-03-09T13:38:23Z")
After 28 years, our septic system is failing, which basically means the drain field is no longer absorbing water very well. Our intervals between needing the system pumped out have gone from the usual 3+ years, to 2 yea… --- ## [Why should i plant seeds few cms/inches in the soil for germination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-plant-seeds-few-cms-inches-in-the-soil-for-germination/849097)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-plant-seeds-few-cms-inches-in-the-soil-for-germination/849097 "2020-03-09T10:41:01Z")
In nature, most seeds falls off the plant and lie on the surface. They germinate ok. So why do instructions in some seed packets specify planting seeds upto an inch in the soil? --- ## [New LED 100w Lightbulb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-led-100w-lightbulb/849073)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-led-100w-lightbulb/849073 "2020-03-09T09:53:52Z")
One of the lightbulbs in my bathroom vanity went out, so I got a new LED bulb out of the package to replace. Didn’t work. Hmm, so I tried it in a lamp to see if the problem was bulb or the light itself. Didn’t work in… --- ## [Best service for sending money to someone overseas (Japan) and why you think so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-service-for-sending-money-to-someone-overseas-japan-and-why-you-think-so/849043)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-service-for-sending-money-to-someone-overseas-japan-and-why-you-think-so/849043 "2020-03-09T08:19:07Z")
Xoom seems to have the lowest rates at present, but they are a PayPal company, so there’s a certain amount of baggage there. I’m especially interested in your experience regarding reliability and consistency of service … --- ## [Blu-ray/DVD ripper for OS X Catalina?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blu-ray-dvd-ripper-for-os-x-catalina/844258)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blu-ray-dvd-ripper-for-os-x-catalina/844258 "2019-12-05T02:20:17Z")
Question in the title. :slight\_smile: Currently using Handbrake, but after an upgrade from a much older version it stopped unencrypting. Does not have to be free- would just like something that works. Thanks! --- ## [Is standard gauge the best gauge for high speed rail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-standard-gauge-the-best-gauge-for-high-speed-rail/848736)
**Author:** [@Yakamaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yakamaniac)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-standard-gauge-the-best-gauge-for-high-speed-rail/848736 "2020-03-09T04:26:38Z")
There seems to be little impetus to experiment with different track gauges when designing high speed rail systems Is this because of the proven superiority of the standard gauge, or just reluctance to buck the system? … --- ## [Would you live in a crooked house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-in-a-crooked-house/848707)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-live-in-a-crooked-house/848707 "2020-03-09T03:52:17Z")
Short version: Your super-genius friend QUERCUS SHOSANNA (Inventor of the no-paradox time machine from a recent thread) has designed and constructed a tesseract house like that in the Bob Heinlein short story “… And H… --- ## [When should we move our stock portfolio into recession mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-we-move-our-stock-portfolio-into-recession-mode/848572)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-we-move-our-stock-portfolio-into-recession-mode/848572 "2020-03-09T03:23:18Z")
I’m putting this in GD since there may not be a factual answer and I expect there to be a lively debate on the topic. The stocks that one would own during a bull market are different than the defensive stocks they would… --- ## [Nonbinary character on "Deputy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbinary-character-on-deputy/849039)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbinary-character-on-deputy/849039 "2020-03-09T02:19:46Z")
There’s a pretty good show, “Deputy”, currently airing. One of the characters came out last week as nonbinary, when previously they identified as a lesbian woman. They had a girlfriend in the show and everything seemed… --- ## [Your top-3 needle drops in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-top-3-needle-drops-in-movies/848703 "2020-03-09T01:40:42Z")
An idea taken from “The Big Picture” podcast… what are the best uses of a song in movies? Rules: No list bots! In your initial post, please limit yourself to three entries. The needle drop has to be to a song (or piec… --- ## [Are you ready for XFL football?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-xfl-football/844171)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-ready-for-xfl-football/844171 "2020-03-09T00:26:59Z")
Do you even care about XFL football? :smiley: Here is the 2020 television schedule…but I’m wondering if that entire schedule will get played before the plug is pulled. --- ## [Redefining POTUS's "Executive Privilege"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefining-potuss-executive-privilege/849076)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redefining-potuss-executive-privilege/849076 "2020-03-09T00:07:31Z")
I like to dream of a better future from time to time and I started to ponder this hypothetical situation. Suppose, just for a moment that some future POTUS decides that “Executive Privilege” has been wildly abused by pr… --- ## [What chronic conditions increases risks to die from Corona virus ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chronic-conditions-increases-risks-to-die-from-corona-virus/848879)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chronic-conditions-increases-risks-to-die-from-corona-virus/848879 "2020-03-09T00:06:27Z")
Question 1. Basically the subject. Is it high blood pressure, diabetes, allergies, smoking … ? Question 2. For people with the above conditions, is there any supplements or drugs they can take as a precaution ? --- ## [Fuck "progressives" and the system for not respecting Jay Inslee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-progressives-and-the-system-for-not-respecting-jay-inslee/848989)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-progressives-and-the-system-for-not-respecting-jay-inslee/848989 "2020-03-08T23:21:12Z")
Seriously, Andrew Yang? Marianne Williamson? Tulsi Gabbard? No offense, but Mayor Pete? Over Jay Inslee? An environmentalist, a solid governor of an entire state that includes not just urban Seattle but also rural rabid… --- ## [How did my debit card get ripped off using “gas/fuel“ purchases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-debit-card-get-ripped-off-using-gas-fuel-purchases/849109)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-debit-card-get-ripped-off-using-gas-fuel-purchases/849109 "2020-03-08T22:37:57Z")
Somebody ran five $89.xx “Gas/fuel” purchases on my debit card at “Reseda Oil Corporation”. No physical address is given. I’m researching online to see if it’s a legitimate gas station. My assumption is that it actuall… --- ## [Least pathetic fanbase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-pathetic-fanbase/848346)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/least-pathetic-fanbase/848346 "2020-03-08T22:14:14Z")
Not sure if this thread belongs here or in IMHO, but I was talking with a colleague about fandom this week, and we seemed to come to the conclusion that (context of fictional works in books, film, TV) every fanbase we ca… --- ## [Another Coronavirus Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-coronavirus-thread/849031)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-coronavirus-thread/849031 "2020-03-08T22:13:37Z")
How do medical workers, such as ER nurses, avoid getting infected by a COVID-19 patient who happens to just walk into the Emergency Room? They’re not wearing full hazmat suits all day and a normal face mask isn’t going t… --- ## [CNN headline - If you want to know why Bernie is still running, look at the election of 1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-headline-if-you-want-to-know-why-bernie-is-still-running-look-at-the-election-of-1912/849054)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-headline-if-you-want-to-know-why-bernie-is-still-running-look-at-the-election-of-1912/849054 "2020-03-08T21:58:16Z")
Bernie was running in 1912? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1984) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1986)