# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=206&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 207 --- ## [Why does osteoarthritis pain wax and wane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-osteoarthritis-pain-wax-and-wane/1024458)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-osteoarthritis-pain-wax-and-wane/1024458 "2025-11-08T22:24:41Z")
I’m posting this in GQ, hoping to get responses other than anecdotal. I have pretty severe arthritis in one hip. It varies from completely asymptomatic, to quite painful - causing a pronounced limp and feeling of insta… --- ## [Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosi-first-woman-to-serve-as-us-house-speaker-to-retire-from-congress/1024627)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosi-first-woman-to-serve-as-us-house-speaker-to-retire-from-congress/1024627 "2025-11-08T20:21:11Z")
Nancy Pelosi, first woman to serve as US House speaker, to retire from Congress Nancy Pelosi, the first woman to serve as the powerful Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said on Thursday that she will not ru… --- ## [Another iWoz question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iwoz-question/1024609)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-iwoz-question/1024609 "2025-11-08T18:44:15Z")
At the end of Chapter 3, starting when Wozniak was in high school (class of 1968) “I got manuals for minicomputers from Varian, Hewlett-Packard, Digital Equipment, Data General, and many more companies. Whenever I had a… --- ## [Will no-one think of the ostriches?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-no-one-think-of-the-ostriches/1024472)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-no-one-think-of-the-ostriches/1024472 "2025-11-08T14:17:04Z")
The Supreme Court of Canada may. Nearly a year ago, a federal agency order a cull of a domestic flock of ostriches at an ostrich ranch in BC, because of cases of avian flu. The ostrich ranchers have been fighting the c… --- ## [Another old radio show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-old-radio-show/1024687 "2025-11-08T13:55:40Z")
This was probably late 70s and 80s. I’m pretty sure it was a college radio station. This was a serial. The protagonist was a woman who was maybe a detective. It was an absurdist comedy, set possibly in the near future. T… --- ## [Can I run a PowerPoint to a projector and broadcast a Zoom meeting simultaneously from the same laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-a-powerpoint-to-a-projector-and-broadcast-a-zoom-meeting-simultaneously-from-the-same-laptop/1024504)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-a-powerpoint-to-a-projector-and-broadcast-a-zoom-meeting-simultaneously-from-the-same-laptop/1024504 "2025-11-08T13:34:56Z")
I’ve done plenty of Zoom calls and PowerPoints separately, but never both at the same time. Can I, or do I need two PCs? The situation: an in-person meeting where we will show a PPT using a Dell laptop connected to a pr… --- ## [Silence of the Lambs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silence-of-the-lambs-question/508969)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silence-of-the-lambs-question/508969 "2025-11-08T12:04:31Z")
So I stumble across Special Agent Starling and Dr. Lecter the other night and see the scene: “A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.” And then he makes that noise… --- ## ['Erection in a cravat' - verifying a possibly poorly remembered quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erection-in-a-cravat-verifying-a-possibly-poorly-remembered-quote/1024684)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/erection-in-a-cravat-verifying-a-possibly-poorly-remembered-quote/1024684 "2025-11-08T08:25:19Z")
For reasons that need not trouble any of you, I used a quote about someone looking like ‘an erection in a cravat’. I half-remember this as a line from a review or gloss of the appearance of Buddy Love, the ultra-smooth … --- ## [Is this an 1800's British expression? Saying "of last importance" when you actually mean "most important."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-1800s-british-expression-saying-of-last-importance-when-you-actually-mean-most-important/1024676)
**Author:** [@CanHandleTheTruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanHandleTheTruth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-1800s-british-expression-saying-of-last-importance-when-you-actually-mean-most-important/1024676 "2025-11-08T07:55:44Z")
I’m currently reading a book written in England in the mid-1800’s. The author keeps saying “it is of the very last importance that…” when he actually means it is the most important thing. A very curious way of speaking. --- ## [Has anyone used Cost Plus Drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-used-cost-plus-drugs/1024539)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-used-cost-plus-drugs/1024539 "2025-11-08T00:29:14Z")
Has anyone used Cost Plus Drugs for any of their medications? I’ve been diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism and prescribed a drug that is outrageously expensive. I tried to use a GoodRx coupon but Kroger said the price … --- ## [Half-Life Inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-inquiry/1020665)
**Author:** [@IridiumIodineSulfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IridiumIodineSulfur)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-life-inquiry/1020665 "2025-11-07T21:02:30Z")
How do half-lives allow full decay? My understanding is that in time t, half of the radioactive sample decays. I don’t understand how the full sample can decay if it is a half of the sample at a time. Eventually, there … --- ## [If something is "dropped" from ISS altitude, do we need to worry about it burning up on re-entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-dropped-from-iss-altitude-do-we-need-to-worry-about-it-burning-up-on-re-entry/1024514)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-dropped-from-iss-altitude-do-we-need-to-worry-about-it-burning-up-on-re-entry/1024514 "2025-11-07T20:53:14Z")
I know that asteroids, spacecraft, etc. are subject to burning up when entering the atmosphere due to the friction of the object against the atmosphere – which is why great care is taken to safeguard spacecraft and the o… --- ## [I have arrived](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-arrived/1024349)
**Author:** [@Alli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alli)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-arrived/1024349 "2025-11-07T20:03:57Z")
Kinda IYKYK. I’ve been around for a very long time, but am new here to SD. SDC? I’ll figure it out. A friend recommended this place. The forums I’ve been on for the last couple of years is in its way out, so I need a new… --- ## [Can you identify this person's accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-persons-accent/1024457)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-persons-accent/1024457 "2025-11-07T19:40:39Z")
Near the end of the video she says she’s American, but her accent is unlike any American accent I’ve ever heard. She sounds kind of like Barbara Walters … sort of Received Pronunciation meets Trans Atlantic. Can anyone … --- ## [What should we do with confederate monuments and statues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 587\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694 "2025-11-07T19:06:04Z")
Some people say; Move them to a site less public. Rip them down and grind them up. Leave them up and put up opposite statues such as civil rights leaders. Just leave them alone and learn from them. I’m ok … --- ## [What is the dope on the Farmer's Almanac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dope-on-the-farmers-almanac/467531)
**Author:** [@Dripping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dripping)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dope-on-the-farmers-almanac/467531 "2025-11-07T18:48:08Z")
Some folks swear by this thing. I see it all the time at my local grocery. My guess is that it’s just a booklet full of old folklore and hit-or-miss predictions, but folks sure seem almost in awe of it around here (rural… --- ## [About the "Sandwich Guy" verdict (guy who threw a subway sandwich at ICE agent not guilty of assault)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-sandwich-guy-verdict-guy-who-threw-a-subway-sandwich-at-ice-agent-not-guilty-of-assault/1024668)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-sandwich-guy-verdict-guy-who-threw-a-subway-sandwich-at-ice-agent-not-guilty-of-assault/1024668 "2025-11-07T17:55:45Z")
Sean Dunn became a meme and a sort of metaphor for the fight against authoritarian government when he threw a Subway sandwich at an ICE agent and wound up in a courtroom facing charges of assault. The jury acquitted him … --- ## [Jerry Andrus' clever dragon illusion: make one yourself!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-andrus-clever-dragon-illusion-make-one-yourself/343022)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-andrus-clever-dragon-illusion-make-one-yourself/343022 "2025-11-07T17:10:33Z")
I’ve been a big fan of magician Jerry Andrus for years, not so much for his magic tricks as his inventive and totally original illusion gadgets. I just found a new one (to me) which you can download and make yourself i… --- ## [The poetry of Donald Trump - Special South Somewhere edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-south-somewhere-edition/1024613)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-trump-special-south-somewhere-edition/1024613 "2025-11-07T16:13:37Z")
Our nation’s poet has offered us another glimpse of his special genius. This time he has chosen geography as his theme. For generations, Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I m… --- ## [Will Abby Zwerner (teacher shot by 6-year-old and awarded $10 million) actually get any money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-abby-zwerner-teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-and-awarded-10-million-actually-get-any-money/1024662)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-abby-zwerner-teacher-shot-by-6-year-old-and-awarded-10-million-actually-get-any-money/1024662 "2025-11-07T15:56:05Z")
Abby Zwerner, a teacher shot by a six-year-old, has been awarded $10 million in her lawsuit against the principal of the school for failing to intervene when it was suspected/known that the lad had brought a loaded gun t… --- ## [Ragnarok (Netflix series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ragnarok-netflix-series/943581 "2025-11-07T15:26:08Z")
I couldn’t find a thread on this show. Anyone else watch? I just finished the 2nd (and latest) season. I enjoyed it. It’s sort of a cross between Thor and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. --- ## [China Wants Aircraft Carriers-How Long To Develop Naval Air Arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-wants-aircraft-carriers-how-long-to-develop-naval-air-arm/565220)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-wants-aircraft-carriers-how-long-to-develop-naval-air-arm/565220 "2025-11-07T15:10:32Z")
The Chinese navy wants to project itself-and to challenge the US Navy, they need a carrier and some planes. I think it takes quite a while to train naval pilots-and manning an aircraft carrier is a tall order. Suppose th… --- ## [Any Shakespeare deniers on this board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197)
**Author:** [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shakespeare-deniers-on-this-board/701197 "2025-11-07T14:31:30Z")
As the thread heading asks, is there anyone on Straightdope who doesn’t believe Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare? It’s a subject which interests me. I suspect there is perhaps any older thread on this subject, but am unsure… --- ## [Chance China invades Taiwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chance-china-invades-taiwan/1009959)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chance-china-invades-taiwan/1009959 "2025-11-07T14:07:21Z")
I’m assuming Trump’s election means Ukraine is fucked. But what are the chances it emboldens China to invade Taiwan? How is America likely to respond in that scenario, and is there any chance Taiwan can defend itself wit… --- ## [Threads about the British royal family don't belong in Politics and Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-about-the-british-royal-family-dont-belong-in-politics-and-elections/1024649)
**Author:** [@FurloeRoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FurloeRoth)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/threads-about-the-british-royal-family-dont-belong-in-politics-and-elections/1024649 "2025-11-07T13:14:22Z")
There is a big thread in the Politics and Elections forum, discussing the reign of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. He is the head of state of the that country, but is not involved in the politics of it. The monar… --- ## [Has anyone experience with a hermaphrodite cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-experience-with-a-hermaphrodite-cat/1024596)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-experience-with-a-hermaphrodite-cat/1024596 "2025-11-07T06:47:43Z")
About two months ago, a very small male kitten came to us . He was skinny, shaggy, and very hungry. Since he obviously wanted to stay with us, I made an appointment with the vet for an initial examination and vaccination… --- ## [Scrolling stops before the end](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-stops-before-the-end/1024624)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scrolling-stops-before-the-end/1024624 "2025-11-07T06:32:55Z")
This may be a browser issue Firefox) rather than the board software. I typically read the posts in a thread by using the scroll wheel. Starting about a week ago, intermittently a few posts from the last one, anywhere fr… --- ## [The Florentine diamond wasn't lost after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florentine-diamond-wasnt-lost-after-all/1024648)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florentine-diamond-wasnt-lost-after-all/1024648 "2025-11-07T03:57:13Z")
The Habsburgs just kept it hidden for 100 years… Quote: Its 137 carats, intricately cut, passed through the hands of one European dynasty after another – the Medicis, the Habsburgs – before disappearing in the fog of… --- ## [Should Trump get credit if there's a Gaza peace deal? \[+Will the Deal Hold and will Trump continue to support it?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-get-credit-if-theres-a-gaza-peace-deal-will-the-deal-hold-and-will-trump-continue-to-support-it/1023708)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-trump-get-credit-if-theres-a-gaza-peace-deal-will-the-deal-hold-and-will-trump-continue-to-support-it/1023708 "2025-11-07T03:55:44Z")
Regarding the deal currently on the table to return hostages…what was Trump’s role? Would he deserve some credit as a peacemaker? (I’m willing to graciously concede that a blind squirrel finds an acorn now and then) --- ## [Infected, aggressive Rhesus monkey escapes crashed truck in Mississippi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371 "2025-11-07T03:31:36Z")
Infected monkey escapes crash on Mississippi interstate | News | fox13memphis.com A truck carrying Rhesus monkeys from Tulane University crashed on I-59, just north of Heidelberg at mile marker 117 on Tuesday. The sher… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=205&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=207&state=muted)