# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=247 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 248 --- ## [Legal hypothetical involving store theft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-hypothetical-involving-store-theft/1022676)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-hypothetical-involving-store-theft/1022676 "2025-09-03T16:37:26Z")
Let us say a store prominently posts this sign: “WARNING SHOPLIFTERS! ALL ITEMS IN THIS STORE ARE MARKED $1000. NON-CRIMINAL DISCOUNTS APPLIED AT CHECKOUT FOR ALL PAYING CUSTOMERS ONLY. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WITH PR… --- ## [US Interstates - maintenance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-interstates-maintenance/1022390)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-interstates-maintenance/1022390 "2025-09-03T15:31:53Z")
Many Interstates and other divided highways have wide, well-kept grassy medians and margins. However - I don’t ever recall seeing a mower doing their job. How is the grass so well kept in most places? How often is it mow… --- ## [SDMB stuff that makes me smile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-stuff-that-makes-me-smile/963434)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-stuff-that-makes-me-smile/963434 "2025-09-03T14:32:14Z")
The little yellow flag was up, in my upper right corner, so I clicked on it and saw this: “Sauron Russia invades Ukraine” And thought: “Oh great: now we’ll have to send anti-Orc weaponry to Ukraine!” --- ## [The Menendez Murder Case Revisited](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-menendez-murder-case-revisited/33874)
**Author:** [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-menendez-murder-case-revisited/33874 "2025-09-03T14:11:02Z")
I was watching a made-for -TV movie about the brothers Menendez (Lyle and Eric), who were convicted of murdering their parents in 1989. The movie was quite well done-only, I have a hard time with the characterization of… --- ## [End users buying goods from out of the country, how are tariffs paid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-users-buying-goods-from-out-of-the-country-how-are-tariffs-paid/1022069)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-users-buying-goods-from-out-of-the-country-how-are-tariffs-paid/1022069 "2025-09-03T14:08:03Z")
FQ? Politics? Somewhere else, I’m not sure, but it’s technically factual question, so I’ll start it here. We can skip the hypotheticals and jump right into the actual situation. There’s a product I’m looking to buy. It… --- ## [A time travelers dilemma: where to store vintage documents for hundreds of years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-travelers-dilemma-where-to-store-vintage-documents-for-hundreds-of-years/1022575)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-time-travelers-dilemma-where-to-store-vintage-documents-for-hundreds-of-years/1022575 "2025-09-03T13:46:11Z")
So I’ve taken up time traveling as a nice hobby to keep me busy. It’s a little time consuming, but definitely worth it. But it’s also pricey, what with the plutonium and all. Fortunately, I’ve stumbled on a brilliant … --- ## [Getting vaccinated abroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-vaccinated-abroad/1022700)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-vaccinated-abroad/1022700 "2025-09-03T13:10:49Z")
Okay, so it’s gotten complicated to get vaccinated for covid in the US. But my son points out that we are visiting Japan in October. Does anyone know if we could get jabbed there? And if so, what we’d need to do and wha… --- ## [What can you buy with a quarter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-buy-with-a-quarter/1022665)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-you-buy-with-a-quarter/1022665 "2025-09-03T13:02:53Z")
You have 25 cents in your pocket and that’s all. No cell phone, no charge cards. What can you buy with it? You must pay taxes if applicable. If you are European, you have a 20 Euro-cent coin or perhaps a 20 pence coin i… --- ## [Time traveling for profit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveling-for-profit/1022599)
**Author:** [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-traveling-for-profit/1022599 "2025-09-03T11:22:29Z")
Continuing the discussion from A time travelers dilemma: where to store vintage documents for hundreds of years: Rather than hijacking the discussion of storing documents to make a fortune, what other methods can be use… --- ## [Botticelli, August 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698)
**Author:** [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Replies:** 306\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2025/1021698 "2025-09-03T03:45:02Z")
New Botticelli thread here. --- ## [RIP Rainier V. Weiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rainier-v-weiss/1022675)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rainier-v-weiss/1022675 "2025-09-03T01:48:25Z")
Who? Nobel prize co-winner in n2017 for his work on LIGO and the detection of gravitational waves. Also, according to Wikipedia: Weiss helped realize a number of challenging experimental tests of fundamental physics. … --- ## [What computer game is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-is-this/1022650)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-game-is-this/1022650 "2025-09-03T00:14:43Z")
I’ve seen some adverts for a simple computer game and would like to know what it’s called. The game features a narrow walkway. The player controls a Warrior firing up the walkway at various opposition. Early on there a… --- ## [Factual Question about the Epstein Files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-the-epstein-files/1021320)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-question-about-the-epstein-files/1021320 "2025-09-03T00:01:17Z")
What is in the “Epstein files”? Who created the files, and who owns them (ie, has control over whether or not they’re released?) And how are they different from the grand jury testimony – whose release was recently sou… --- ## [How can Sharp Cheddar go rancid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sharp-cheddar-go-rancid/1022670)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sharp-cheddar-go-rancid/1022670 "2025-09-02T23:34:15Z")
I routinely buy Sargento sliced, sharp cheddar. I like it on sandwiches and Ritz crackers. The package has a ziploc type seal. I opened a new package and the cheese tasted off. I didn’t eat that slice. A week later I n… --- ## [What are some forms of information that undermine the simple 'oppressor vs oppressed' western narrative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-forms-of-information-that-undermine-the-simple-oppressor-vs-oppressed-western-narrative/1021868)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 214\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-forms-of-information-that-undermine-the-simple-oppressor-vs-oppressed-western-narrative/1021868 "2025-09-02T23:17:04Z")
So let me try to explain what I mean. I am talking about how in the west, there is a narrative on the left (I consider myself left leaning) that all of history and culture can be looked at through the lens of campism. Th… --- ## [Banana bread, rethink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-bread-rethink/1022690)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-bread-rethink/1022690 "2025-09-02T22:58:33Z")
We have a lot of dark bananas. So my mid-daughter is making her loaded banana nut bread. Anything might go in it. Today she even grated carrot into it. I personally like a dark brown banana bread. I resist the cocoa rou… --- ## [Take This Job and Shove It - meaning of the song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-job-and-shove-it-meaning-of-the-song/1022667)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-job-and-shove-it-meaning-of-the-song/1022667 "2025-09-02T21:06:50Z")
The song, most famously performed by Johnny Paycheck in 1977, was mentioned in another thread, which brought it to mind. Did the singer actually quit his job? Or does he just fantasize about quitting? The song starts o… --- ## [Why do credit card companies charge annual fees for certain cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-credit-card-companies-charge-annual-fees-for-certain-cards/1022640)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-credit-card-companies-charge-annual-fees-for-certain-cards/1022640 "2025-09-02T20:52:46Z")
OK, to make money…i get that. But is that it? Is it to make it appear more “exclusive”? It seems that alot of people looking for a new card may skip the one with an annual fee and go with a no fee card that perhaps o… --- ## [Inflation index relative to silver and gold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflation-index-relative-to-silver-and-gold/1022605)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inflation-index-relative-to-silver-and-gold/1022605 "2025-09-02T20:44:25Z")
In the A time travelers dilemma: where to store vintage documents for hundreds of years thread, the question was raised of having to pay e.g. a law firm for document storage and thus eating into potential profits. I was … --- ## [Head injuries and criminal behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-injuries-and-criminal-behavior/1022005)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/head-injuries-and-criminal-behavior/1022005 "2025-09-02T20:22:39Z")
I put this in debates, because right now although it is too soon, it my either become established fact, or dropped by the wayside, so form your opinions carefully! It’s long, so you can skip to the TL;DR: if you want. B… --- ## [Can you see these images?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-see-these-images/1022643)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-see-these-images/1022643 "2025-09-02T19:47:53Z")
Yes, it’s another thread about difficulties with image posting on the SDMB, but I’ve never before encountered this particular problem. In this thread, several people are unable to see the posted images, while I and sever… --- ## [How often do police officers commit murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-police-officers-commit-murder/1022609)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-police-officers-commit-murder/1022609 "2025-09-02T19:00:07Z")
Specifically excluding the use of excessive force in confrontations with the public while on duty. That is, how often do police officers jealously murder their significant others, or get into lethal bar fights while off-… --- ## [Four days in Barcelona in August](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-days-in-barcelona-in-august/1018447)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-days-in-barcelona-in-august/1018447 "2025-09-02T18:36:21Z")
My wife is presenting at a conference in Barcelona this August (paid for by work), so I’ll be taking the opportunity to join her for a short stay. August would not normally be my choice of times to visit Barcelona, but c… --- ## [Ugh. Doggie Diarrhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-doggie-diarrhea/1022373)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-doggie-diarrhea/1022373 "2025-09-02T15:20:41Z")
Der Hund hat Der D. No reason to worry, this happens with dogs from time to time. Inevitably, the day I say “shit, better call the vet” (because it’s been 5 or 6 days) is the day it just clears up, sometimes because he p… --- ## [Anyone else's dog do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-dog-do-this/1022591)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-elses-dog-do-this/1022591 "2025-09-02T14:38:55Z")
Burp like a person. If you were in the other room you’d assume it was a person. BUUUURRRRRPPP --- ## [New Study on Nutrition and Healthy Aging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-study-on-nutrition-and-healthy-aging/1016419)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-study-on-nutrition-and-healthy-aging/1016419 "2025-09-02T10:01:48Z")
An interesting study came out recently in Nature, looking at the self-reported diet of 105,015 people and comparing various foods and diets over 30 years. The study prioritized “healthy aging”, which it defined as reachi… --- ## [Developing an AI feature for free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-an-ai-feature-for-free/1022660)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-an-ai-feature-for-free/1022660 "2025-09-02T09:40:21Z")
We’re producing a new version of an app that provides geospatial data and I want to explore adding a search feature that can turn a natural language query into structured data which contains the type of data (basically a… --- ## [Putting a golf ball on a rotating green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-a-golf-ball-on-a-rotating-green/1022495)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-a-golf-ball-on-a-rotating-green/1022495 "2025-09-02T03:11:29Z")
This came up in a movie I watched recently: a golfer was tyring to make a simple putt (3 or so meters) on a perfectly flat, level green. Because reasons, the green was rotating clockwise at a certain number of RPMs (use … --- ## [Snow plowing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-plowing/1022625)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-plowing/1022625 "2025-09-02T00:12:43Z")
A friend of mine lives in the mountains of Colorado on a dirt Forest Service road. The road is pretty rough with some pretty bumpy spots and depressions. It’s at 9,300 ft elevation and gets plenty of snow. Probably a qu… --- ## [Unjust August (Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 396\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unjust-august-mini-rants/1021570 "2025-09-02T00:05:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants): I’m going to start off the month with a real mini mini-rant but a funny one. One of my toilet seats broke so I’m looking to replace it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=246) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=248)