# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=241&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [Test for strikeout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-strikeout/1022926)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-for-strikeout/1022926 "2025-09-16T23:01:06Z")
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**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-dvd-drive-does-not-self-start-in-windows-11/1023096 "2025-09-16T21:39:27Z")
I have the original CD for Office 2003. It worked OK in Windows 10 although it did ask for permission to modify whenever I started Word. My new mini computer does not have a way to hook up a drive so I bought an external… --- ## [What happens if a state National Guard refuses to be federalized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-state-national-guard-refuses-to-be-federalized/1023075)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-state-national-guard-refuses-to-be-federalized/1023075 "2025-09-16T21:22:38Z")
How exactly does the President activate National Guard units? Does the order go from POTUS to the Secretary of Defense to the state Governor to the state Adjutant-General and so on down the line? At what point can an off… --- ## [Do you know anyone you're worried will get deported?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-youre-worried-will-get-deported/1023056)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-youre-worried-will-get-deported/1023056 "2025-09-16T20:13:21Z")
As the title says. Do you know anyone with a target on their back? We arrived at a station in life that we have two people come clean twice a month. One is… Mexican? Speaks with a heavy accent. But speaks English. The… --- ## [Making the right edge of Firefox wider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-right-edge-of-firefox-wider/1023078)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-the-right-edge-of-firefox-wider/1023078 "2025-09-16T20:12:47Z")
The slide bar is really narrow and shrinks even further if the cursor is not hovering. Seems like it used to be wider. --- ## [Yahoo can go somehow sit on its own face after the most steaming spicy bowl of chili](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-can-go-somehow-sit-on-its-own-face-after-the-most-steaming-spicy-bowl-of-chili/774295)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-can-go-somehow-sit-on-its-own-face-after-the-most-steaming-spicy-bowl-of-chili/774295 "2025-09-16T20:02:53Z")
When I go through my yahoo email every morning, I first encounter the yahoo homepage, with news stories. Yahoo is definitely not my main news source (preferring, first, local news, then stuff like Huff Po/NPR/BBC/The Ne… --- ## [I am trying to find a certain puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-trying-to-find-a-certain-puzzle/1023093)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-trying-to-find-a-certain-puzzle/1023093 "2025-09-16T17:15:51Z")
I think it is called a “Smart Maze”. It is a variation of a Rubik’s cube, but every square contains a section of a track and the purpose is to move a small steel ball from the beginning to the end square by twisting the… --- ## [How long would Charlie Kirk have lasted here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-charlie-kirk-have-lasted-here/1023044)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-charlie-kirk-have-lasted-here/1023044 "2025-09-16T16:58:00Z")
poll --- ## [Crazy optimism: daylight bombing in WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-optimism-daylight-bombing-in-wwii/1022968)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-optimism-daylight-bombing-in-wwii/1022968 "2025-09-16T16:24:05Z")
As everyone knows, the US entered WWII figuring its bombers could drop bombs civilizedly, just destroying military targets, as long as they flew in daylight. So that became the plan. It seems Norden’s president had said… --- ## [Non-Apple, non-Samsung smart watch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-apple-non-samsung-smart-watch/1022873)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-apple-non-samsung-smart-watch/1022873 "2025-09-16T16:06:52Z")
I bought a Samsung smart watch last November, it crapped out on me (black screen, only info shown is 100% charge) three days ago. Samsung claims warranty expired on August 31 (9.5 month warranty? You surprise me, Samsung… --- ## [Recommend some music similar to the Jeeves & Wooster theme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-similar-to-the-jeeves-wooster-theme/258518)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-music-similar-to-the-jeeves-wooster-theme/258518 "2025-09-16T15:24:20Z")
So I’ve been watching the BBC series Jeeves and Wooster lately, with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and I love the theme music, which surprises me. I generally find I really don’t like jazz very much, but this song is jus… --- ## [How the HELL do I make a good Minecraft YouTube video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-i-make-a-good-minecraft-youtube-video/1022951 "2025-09-16T15:02:04Z")
Okay, I’m a small Minecraft YouTuber for a few months now, and I do PVP. I’ve lost all inspiration, and I need some video ideas. Any video ideas are okay, just no IRL stuff. Who knows? maybe your suggestion will be my n… --- ## [Does Anyone Ever Regret Joke Outfits for Special Occasions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-regret-joke-outfits-for-special-occasions/1023041)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-regret-joke-outfits-for-special-occasions/1023041 "2025-09-16T14:32:59Z")
I was checking my Facebook feed when I come across a photo of a young couple who were going to homecoming. As I get older, young people only look younger, and I think they’re high schoolers rather than college. The kid… --- ## [How do you think? Inner dialogue? Images? No images? Can you hear anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-inner-dialogue-images-no-images-can-you-hear-anything/1022800)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-inner-dialogue-images-no-images-can-you-hear-anything/1022800 "2025-09-16T13:32:35Z")
The fact that people don’t think alike has only in recent years become known to me. And by “think alike” I’m not referring to content, I’m referring to style, manner, system. I think in words, sentences, including the s… --- ## [Tuberculosis in the mid 1950s: Diagnosis? Treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuberculosis-in-the-mid-1950s-diagnosis-treatment/1023017)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuberculosis-in-the-mid-1950s-diagnosis-treatment/1023017 "2025-09-16T06:53:07Z")
I was doing some family history research and I came across a person who died of TB at 55 in 1954 (central South Carolina). Now, we’ll never know factually if that was the correct diagnosis, but my questions: Would a sm… --- ## [Does a Jacob's Ladder have any practical use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-jacobs-ladder-have-any-practical-use/1022811)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-jacobs-ladder-have-any-practical-use/1022811 "2025-09-16T06:22:39Z")
We’ve seen it in old movies: the mad scientist in his lab full of weird equipment, oddly shaped glassware and strange machines. There’s always a Jacob’s Ladder. There’s an electric a… --- ## [Are baseball caps universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-baseball-caps-universal/1022282)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-baseball-caps-universal/1022282 "2025-09-16T05:53:12Z")
I just saw a photo of Trump showing his “MAGA hat” collection to some European leaders. It made me think - are baseball caps (the style, not caps with actual baseball team logos on them) universal around the world? Wher… --- ## [Recent Developments in Memphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-developments-in-memphis/979302)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-developments-in-memphis/979302 "2025-09-16T02:45:58Z")
I just did a quick search for “Memphis” to make sure there wasn’t a threat about the horrible murder by the police in that city. There does not seem to be one. (There are threads about lots of bad things that have happen… --- ## [Luna Lovegood is NOT supposed to be the hottest little thing at Hogwarts!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luna-lovegood-is-not-supposed-to-be-the-hottest-little-thing-at-hogwarts/410232)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luna-lovegood-is-not-supposed-to-be-the-hottest-little-thing-at-hogwarts/410232 "2025-09-16T01:20:41Z")
So why does she look like this: WarnerBros.com | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Movies (pick Luna from the drop-down menu). That girl is seriously cute. And while I understand the idea that practically all… --- ## [Charlie Kirk threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charlie-kirk-threads/1022986 "2025-09-16T00:38:42Z")
There seem to be a lot of these threads about Charlie Kirk and his murder. Do we think that maybe there should be an omnibus thread or at least cleaned up into 2 or 3 threads? There’s a lot of overlap in them. --- ## [Removing algae from artificial turf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-algae-from-artificial-turf/1023071)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-algae-from-artificial-turf/1023071 "2025-09-16T00:09:26Z")
I have algae forming on my artificial putting green. Does anyone know the best way to remove the algae without harming the turf? I see methods online but I want it to be safe before I apply. --- ## [Phonetic Alphabet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonetic-alphabet-question/1022768)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonetic-alphabet-question/1022768 "2025-09-16T00:03:26Z")
In the Phonetic Alphabet for the letter “L” one uses “lima”. Is it pronounced “lyma” like the bean or “leema” like the city in Peru? --- ## [Sean Astin, the ring bearer, elected SAG-AFTRA president](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-astin-the-ring-bearer-elected-sag-aftra-president/1023018)
**Author:** [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sean-astin-the-ring-bearer-elected-sag-aftra-president/1023018 "2025-09-15T22:27:45Z")
Well, congratulations for becoming mayor of the shire President of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Sam: It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. I… --- ## [Finish Carpentry Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-carpentry-advice/1023040)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-carpentry-advice/1023040 "2025-09-15T22:25:02Z")
Hi everyone. In another thread, I mentioned that I decided to make my own custom sliding closet doors. Well, the first one is built, and now I just need to route in the door pull and then stain & urethane. If you look a… --- ## [Emmy Awards 2025 watch along](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-awards-2025-watch-along/1023048)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-awards-2025-watch-along/1023048 "2025-09-15T21:50:15Z")
I watched a lot of TV this year so I’m tuning in live. The host is Nate Bargatze. He did a sketch at the top with some SNL cast members in the same vain as his very funny SNL George Washington sketches. Bargatze played … --- ## [Replacing an iPad battery and privacy issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-an-ipad-battery-and-privacy-issues/1023047)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-an-ipad-battery-and-privacy-issues/1023047 "2025-09-15T20:54:15Z")
Several years ago, my beloved Samsung Galaxy phone was starting to die. It was the first cell I’d owned where I could not pop open the back and swap out batteries. Ahh well, I thought. I can just take it to a cell phone… --- ## [Old bottled water -- wow!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bottled-water-wow/1001141)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-bottled-water-wow/1001141 "2025-09-15T20:38:37Z")
For obscure reasons, I’ve had a case of bottled spring water sitting on the landing at the top of the basement stairs untouched for what must be several years now. Normally I keep it in the garage in the winter and down… --- ## [How old a car can I buy without worrying about scarce parts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-a-car-can-i-buy-without-worrying-about-scarce-parts/1021874)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-a-car-can-i-buy-without-worrying-about-scarce-parts/1021874 "2025-09-15T20:04:56Z")
For 25 years my partner and I were happily carless, but we recently moved to a city where cars are virtual necessities. My father sold us his ten-year-old car, which my partner drives most days, and now I’m looking for … --- ## [Virtual Boy games coming to Nintendo Switch 1 and 2 Online in February; need dedicated headset](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-boy-games-coming-to-nintendo-switch-1-and-2-online-in-february-need-dedicated-headset/1022985)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virtual-boy-games-coming-to-nintendo-switch-1-and-2-online-in-february-need-dedicated-headset/1022985 "2025-09-15T17:25:38Z")
When I first saw this on Facebook I didn’t believe it, so I looked for a reputable source before posting it here Remember the ill-fated Nintendo Virtual Boy? It’s coming back. Sorta. Its games will be released over time… --- ## [Aftermarket License Plates Displayed on Car as if Real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-license-plates-displayed-on-car-as-if-real/1020504)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aftermarket-license-plates-displayed-on-car-as-if-real/1020504 "2025-09-15T15:14:34Z")
Continuing the discussion from Custom Licence Plates — Seen in the Wild: It has become increasingly stylish around here (South FL) to put completely aftermarket AKA fake license plates on the back of your car. Folks ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=240&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=242&state=watching)