# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=219&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 220 --- ## [Identify this song from the Classic Rock era (mellow ballad with acoustic guitar and synthesizer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-from-the-classic-rock-era-mellow-ballad-with-acoustic-guitar-and-synthesizer/1024091)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-song-from-the-classic-rock-era-mellow-ballad-with-acoustic-guitar-and-synthesizer/1024091 "2025-10-19T20:32:41Z")
A song came on my local Classic Rock station the other night, and I didn’t catch the name of it. The first two thirds of it is just the vocalists and an acoustic guitar, a la the first few verses of Danny’s Song. Then th… --- ## [How often do you wash your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-wash-your-car/1024050 "2025-10-19T20:02:24Z")
For some reason, in my area car washes are everywhere. I recently signed up for a membership at one, where I can get my car washed once a day for a monthly fee. I pretty much go every day. Washing my car has become a … --- ## [Obscure Youtube Features and Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-youtube-features-and-behavior/994239)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-youtube-features-and-behavior/994239 "2025-10-19T19:55:15Z")
I thought I’d start a general thread about these things, since I’ve occasionally noticed various weird things here and there that other people might want to talk about. A long time ago I started building music playlists… --- ## [Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) closest approach to Earth on Tuesday 10/21](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-c-2025-a6-lemmon-closest-approach-to-earth-on-tuesday-10-21/1024089)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comet-c-2025-a6-lemmon-closest-approach-to-earth-on-tuesday-10-21/1024089 "2025-10-19T19:21:23Z")
It’s not as impressive at last years Tsuchinshan-Atlas, but it might still be worth a try on the evening of 10/21. I saw it this morning, from the very light-polluted Phoenix area. It was just barely a naked-eye object. … --- ## [1950s Movie where Satan throws an Entitled Woman Straight To Hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-movie-where-satan-throws-an-entitled-woman-straight-to-hell/1024082)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1950s-movie-where-satan-throws-an-entitled-woman-straight-to-hell/1024082 "2025-10-19T17:32:10Z")
There was a movie/musical in the 1950s where a man is sent down to stand before Satan to learn what Hell he was to face for all eternity. The man was confused because he didn’t think that he was that bad. I few minutes… --- ## [Getting an Ebay purchase from Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-ebay-purchase-from-japan/1023976)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-an-ebay-purchase-from-japan/1023976 "2025-10-19T15:44:09Z")
So I order an item. DHL sends me confusing emails about how to get it through customs. Interacting with robots gets me nowhere. Finally, it comes down to them needed my SSN. The furriner I just talked to (and yelled at a… --- ## [The Fancy Chocolate Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fancy-chocolate-thread/972484)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fancy-chocolate-thread/972484 "2025-10-19T15:16:57Z")
I don’t want to hijack the white chocolate thread with tales of other chocolates, but I do want to write about the fancy chocolates I’ve tried recently, and thought others might want to add their experiences, too. Why I… --- ## [What do you think constitutes "fairness" when two mature individuals begin sharing housing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-constitutes-fairness-when-two-mature-individuals-begin-sharing-housing/1024060)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-constitutes-fairness-when-two-mature-individuals-begin-sharing-housing/1024060 "2025-10-19T15:15:29Z")
The situation: two mature friends are discussing moving in together, and how they should handle their living expenses has become a somewhat…divisive…topic. Their current situations: She is a 58 year old widow living … --- ## [About the damage to Trump's right ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-damage-to-trumps-right-ear/1023998)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-damage-to-trumps-right-ear/1023998 "2025-10-19T08:45:12Z")
On the most recent Time Magazine cover they show a most unflattering photo of Trump. In this photo they show his right ear, which show no damage whatsoever. Can a person’s ear recover that fast and that completely after … --- ## [Harper Lee has Died - To Kill a Mockingbird \[Feb 2016\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-has-died-to-kill-a-mockingbird-feb-2016/746558)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harper-lee-has-died-to-kill-a-mockingbird-feb-2016/746558 "2025-10-19T07:11:16Z")
Reported on the front page of the NYTimes online. A wonderful, powerful story that came at a time when it was a welcome meditation on the American character. Thank you, ma’am. --- ## [Anime characters with caret eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-characters-with-caret-eyes/1024017)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-characters-with-caret-eyes/1024017 "2025-10-19T04:30:15Z")
I’m looking for anime characters with caret eyes. Like literally, whatever anime character style the emoticon is most closely based on ^ \_ ^ For whatever reason, Google basically ignores symbols in searches and none of … --- ## [Anglicanism Split!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglicanism-split/1024045)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anglicanism-split/1024045 "2025-10-19T02:23:01Z")
From Premier Christian News: The article closes with: --- ## [Things no one said in 1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434 "2025-10-19T01:05:23Z")
(one saying per post, please) I’ll start: I lost my phone. --- ## [Canadopers: is the job market really THAT bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-is-the-job-market-really-that-bad/1024049)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadopers-is-the-job-market-really-that-bad/1024049 "2025-10-19T00:46:10Z")
Now that I am Canadian, I have filed for permanent residence for Tom\_Scud. After a couple of IT-related false starts, his application is moving along - quoted processing times are around a year, but it seems like there’s… --- ## [Unintended Consequences From $100k Visas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-from-100k-visas/1023317)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unintended-consequences-from-100k-visas/1023317 "2025-10-18T22:17:09Z")
This Economist article implies expensive specialty visas will just be a boon to the Indian computer industry. It does not much mention China but easily might. What other unintended consequences might such a policy have… --- ## [What show with Loretta Long was this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-with-loretta-long-was-this/1024075)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-show-with-loretta-long-was-this/1024075 "2025-10-18T21:55:55Z")
I don’t remember exactly when, sometimes in the 70’s I think, there was a program playing on the television with Loretta Long (Susan Robinson on Sesame Street). I wasn’t paying attention to it, or even watching TV. It w… --- ## [Tonic triad lead-in to the minor submediant - What song does this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonic-triad-lead-in-to-the-minor-submediant-what-song-does-this/1015962)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tonic-triad-lead-in-to-the-minor-submediant-what-song-does-this/1015962 "2025-10-18T21:46:40Z")
I got this progression stuck in my head, stuck in my soul. When jamming at the keyboard I sometimes feel an urge to play this. I know I heard it in a song. Probably a '60s soul tune. It plays the arpeggiated tonic triad … --- ## [Wild Mountain Thyme vs Heather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-mountain-thyme-vs-heather/1023050)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wild-mountain-thyme-vs-heather/1023050 "2025-10-18T21:35:28Z")
Why would one want to remove thyme that is growing around heather? --- ## [The classical song used to denote dainty propriety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classical-song-used-to-denote-dainty-propriety/1017583)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-classical-song-used-to-denote-dainty-propriety/1017583 "2025-10-18T20:40:35Z")
There is a classical song that seems to be shorthand for dainty tea parties and the like. It may have been used in things like grey poupon or the fancy jelly that didnt want you to call it jelly (Polaner all fruit). Mos… --- ## [“Faith” Apparently Contributes $1.2Trillion to the US Economy Annually?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-apparently-contributes-1-2trillion-to-the-us-economy-annually/1024055)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faith-apparently-contributes-1-2trillion-to-the-us-economy-annually/1024055 "2025-10-18T19:27:11Z")
I was reading a filing and it claimed “the faith sector…including Christianity, the largest… contributes approximately $1.2 T to the US economy each year” as backed by some “interdisciplinary journal of research on relig… --- ## [Optical illusion flag with pattern visible only on camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optical-illusion-flag-with-pattern-visible-only-on-camera/1024036)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optical-illusion-flag-with-pattern-visible-only-on-camera/1024036 "2025-10-18T18:16:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3): \[TAKE NOTE - this post is in Factual Questions. Please return to the Pit thread to s… --- ## [And then there was Justin. John Lodge of the Moody Blues dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-justin-john-lodge-of-the-moody-blues-dies/1023852)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-there-was-justin-john-lodge-of-the-moody-blues-dies/1023852 "2025-10-18T18:04:21Z")
John Lodge, bassist/ singer/ songwriter for the Moody Blues has died. That leaves Justin Hayward the only surviving member. NYT gift link One of his songs: https://youtu.be/N\_J-hmyAS6c?si=5T\_OyHFlQ9PRiRwM --- ## [Measuring distance on Google Maps: improved version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-on-google-maps-improved-version/1024056)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/measuring-distance-on-google-maps-improved-version/1024056 "2025-10-18T17:22:31Z")
\[I wrote this a couple years ago\] This post is about investigating Google Maps’ accuracy – specifically, how accurately you can measure distances off of it. If you’re not interested in that, no need to read any furth… --- ## [Neil Degrasse Tyson disproves flat earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-degrasse-tyson-disproves-flat-earth/1023501)
**Author:** [@Surfing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surfing)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-degrasse-tyson-disproves-flat-earth/1023501 "2025-10-18T17:11:24Z")
Of course the world isn’t flat. However, I’m having trouble understanding this video and how it supposedly proves it. Could someone explain? Tyson video I did a very simple experiment (below) using a cup as the build… --- ## [Describe the most representative photo/image of Uranus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960)
**Author:** [@oligArchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oligArchie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-the-most-representative-photo-image-of-uranus/1023960 "2025-10-18T12:56:18Z")
I have an image of Uranus in our guest bathroom. No one has ever commented on it. Not that I have a butt-ton of visitors or anything. Which probably explains most of my this problem. The image I have framed and displaye… --- ## [Chess players: do you have a hard time mentally switching between two-dimensional (computer) and three-dimensional (OTB) chess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-do-you-have-a-hard-time-mentally-switching-between-two-dimensional-computer-and-three-dimensional-otb-chess/1023997)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-players-do-you-have-a-hard-time-mentally-switching-between-two-dimensional-computer-and-three-dimensional-otb-chess/1023997 "2025-10-18T12:19:13Z")
I’ve found that I’m much better (not that that’s saying much) playing chess in two dimensions than in three. The setup and the pieces just seem to make more sense to me. Looking at a board in three dimensions messes with… --- ## [An evening with Pavlov’s Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-pavlov-s-dog/1024070)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-evening-with-pavlov-s-dog/1024070 "2025-10-18T10:49:14Z")
Back in the mists of time past, many many moons ago, when PT was a callow youth at boarding school with uninformed and unformed musical taste I came across Pavlov’s Dog. My roommate had a turntable, with a modest and ecl… --- ## ["Kryptos" sculpture - Can you decode it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kryptos-sculpture-can-you-decode-it/5279)
**Author:** [@Waneman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waneman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kryptos-sculpture-can-you-decode-it/5279 "2025-10-18T04:51:18Z")
I tried to search the Strightdope messages to see if this subject has been covered. It involves the sculpture in the CIA’s New Headquarters Building Courtyard. Since I know this board is visited by some of the world’s g… --- ## [NFL Week 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-6/1023746 "2025-10-18T03:09:05Z")
And then there were none. The Broncos rode into Philadelphia and overcame a 14-point halftime deficit to hand the Eagles their first loss. Then on Sunday night, the Patriots, behind second-year quarterback Drake Maye, s… --- ## [When should you replace a car? (maintenance costs vs purchase/lease costs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-replace-a-car-maintenance-costs-vs-purchase-lease-costs/1023839)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-replace-a-car-maintenance-costs-vs-purchase-lease-costs/1023839 "2025-10-18T00:46:33Z")
Financially & practically speaking, is there an “optimal” point at which an already paid-off car should be replaced/traded in for another vehicle? I currently drive a 2016 Subaru Crosstrek, and it’s actually been totall… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=218&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=220&state=muted)