# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=273&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 274 --- ## [Anno City Builder Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anno-city-builder-series/1021086)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anno-city-builder-series/1021086 "2025-07-23T00:57:03Z")
I didn’t see any existing threads for this series of games, so I figured I’d make one. Both to discuss my ongoing adventures in Anno 1800, and to discuss the upcoming Anno 117. Anno is a City builder series. I’ve only p… --- ## [Roads Are Most Slippery Just After it Starts Raining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-are-most-slippery-just-after-it-starts-raining/1021159)
**Author:** [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roads-are-most-slippery-just-after-it-starts-raining/1021159 "2025-07-23T00:36:12Z")
This is a frequently repeated claim, that roads/pavement are the most slippery in the first 10 minutes or so after rain starts, because the rain brings dirt, brake dust, tire rubber, and oils to the surface. After it’s … --- ## [Do adult women wear capelets (AI warning)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-adult-women-wear-capelets-ai-warning/1021162 "2025-07-22T23:00:33Z")
I’ve oft seen younger girls (viz, pre-adolescent) wear garments like this. \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [What causes dry eyes and lungs when the air is very humid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-dry-eyes-and-lungs-when-the-air-is-very-humid/1021204)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-dry-eyes-and-lungs-when-the-air-is-very-humid/1021204 "2025-07-22T22:33:21Z")
Ever since I moved into a different apartment, the internal air was really humid (69-72% humidity), so I ran a big dehumidifier to try to get it down. I also got two digital hygrometers. What happened then was rather od… --- ## [Battle of Midway: what time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-midway-what-time/1021167)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-midway-what-time/1021167 "2025-07-22T19:50:45Z")
Everyone’s read about the history-making five minutes, 10:25 to 10:30, when the Dauntlesses hit the three Japanese carriers. Was that Hawaii time, or what? How far west did the battle take place? First guess is it was H… --- ## [You’re on Jeopardy: what’s your interview anecdote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-on-jeopardy-what-s-your-interview-anecdote/1021150)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-re-on-jeopardy-what-s-your-interview-anecdote/1021150 "2025-07-22T19:41:05Z")
Put another way, what line should Ken Jennings (or Alex Trebeck, if the world was fair) feed you to elicit a short, interesting blurb during the brief interview portion of Jeopardy, held during the first round once the s… --- ## [The end of an era. Ozzy Osbourne retires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-ozzy-osbourne-retires/979235)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-an-era-ozzy-osbourne-retires/979235 "2025-07-22T18:43:44Z")
Not much to add to that. I’ve always been a fan, but was never able to see him in concert. --- ## [Does sports talk radio (in the US) pay any attention to soccer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sports-talk-radio-in-the-us-pay-any-attention-to-soccer/1021131)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-sports-talk-radio-in-the-us-pay-any-attention-to-soccer/1021131 "2025-07-22T18:20:19Z")
I haven’t really listened to sports talk radio in over a decade, but when I did, the nationally syndicated and local shows alike both treated soccer somewhere on a continuum from hostile indifference to unmasked hostilit… --- ## [HVAC DEAD--I wish I was, too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-dead-i-wish-i-was-too/1021081)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hvac-dead-i-wish-i-was-too/1021081 "2025-07-22T18:20:04Z")
In the South, with no AC. Motherboard inj HVAC died. Tech may or may not be able to jury-rig a temp fix. But a new motherboard may take 2 months to get here from China. --- ## [Crazy flooding in our area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-flooding-in-our-area/1021112)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-flooding-in-our-area/1021112 "2025-07-22T17:50:17Z")
We live just outside Washington, DC on the Maryland side, and got around 5 inches of rain in a fairly short period of time yesterday afternoon/evening. People living next to a nearby creek were advised to evacuate, and … --- ## [How do I sign in to gmail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sign-in-to-gmail/1015368)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-sign-in-to-gmail/1015368 "2025-07-22T17:08:07Z")
I have a gmail account I set up for my late-stepfather. I’m trying to log in, and I get this page: \[Album\] imgur.com … --- ## [Chocolate, Cinnamon and Marzipan Dreams (How Do We Like It?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-cinnamon-and-marzipan-dreams-how-do-we-like-it/1021094 "2025-07-22T17:07:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Trolls R Us Resurrections: Ok, kidz, let’s move. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Ten years on, they're dead. (Women aviators)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-years-on-theyre-dead-women-aviators/491121 "2025-07-22T17:06:22Z")
A decade ago I bought a book called Women And Flight, a book profiling 36 contemporary female pilots. I read several chapters but never got around to finishing it. You know how it is; you get involved in something else… --- ## [How do you cook fennel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-fennel/1021164)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-fennel/1021164 "2025-07-22T16:49:12Z")
A friend gave me some raw fennel. Not the frilly top part you use as garnish, it’s the actual fennel plant including some of the root. I like the flavor of fennel, because I like anise and licorice, although I read that … --- ## [Hunter Biden interview](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-interview/1021170)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunter-biden-interview/1021170 "2025-07-22T16:42:44Z")
I think its the first time hes spoken in a while. There are so many f bombs you start wanting to count them. Anyone view it? --- ## [Time or date in movies or songs where your perception of that time/date has changed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-or-date-in-movies-or-songs-where-your-perception-of-that-time-date-has-changed/1020607)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-or-date-in-movies-or-songs-where-your-perception-of-that-time-date-has-changed/1020607 "2025-07-22T16:30:30Z")
I had a hard time thinking of a good way to state my OP, but yesterday I heard Tom T Hall’s ‘Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine’. The first few evocative lines are: “How old do you think I am?” he said I said, “Wel… --- ## [What is the hardest choice you've had to make in a video game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-choice-youve-had-to-make-in-a-video-game/1021014)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-hardest-choice-youve-had-to-make-in-a-video-game/1021014 "2025-07-22T15:37:01Z")
Look, it’s a game. It’s not real. It’s like a movie or show or book. You know it’s fiction, so you know choices don’t matter a whole lot… ..but sometimes… …sometimes you get really into a good game and it’s well-writte… --- ## [What percentage of people would work in this hypothetical society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-work-in-this-hypothetical-society/1020712)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-people-would-work-in-this-hypothetical-society/1020712 "2025-07-22T11:54:47Z")
I get that this is not a plausible hypothetical. So no need to point that out. In this society you do not have to work to live. You don’t even have to have a reason to not work. If all you want to do all day is drink be… --- ## [Bought an RV, dinette table won't lock in place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-an-rv-dinette-table-wont-lock-in-place/1021165)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-an-rv-dinette-table-wont-lock-in-place/1021165 "2025-07-22T11:50:52Z")
First of all, I realize that I would be better off asking about this in a dedicated RV forum. I’ve been trying to register at one, and it requires me to respond to an email notification to complete my registration. I kee… --- ## [AI Art Project: I re-imagined all 30 MLB teams as if they were 100-year-old British football clubs, with shields generated by AI (redux)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-art-project-i-re-imagined-all-30-mlb-teams-as-if-they-were-100-year-old-british-football-clubs-with-shields-generated-by-ai-redux/1020996 "2025-07-22T10:16:00Z")
\[This is my second attempt at this thread. Due to image-embedding-related fuckups and missing the edit window, I decided to ask a mod to close the first thread, and I’m starting this one.\] OK, you know how British/Europ… --- ## [Handling an Amazon refund issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-an-amazon-refund-issue/1020749)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handling-an-amazon-refund-issue/1020749 "2025-07-22T09:10:16Z")
Back in February I bought a Dell laptop from an Amazon third-party seller. In May I was having some trouble with the trackpad so I contacted Dell for a repair. Much to my surprise Dell said that they had no record of a w… --- ## [Is measuring and mixing “science”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-measuring-and-mixing-science/1020932)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-measuring-and-mixing-science/1020932 "2025-07-22T06:21:35Z")
Continuing the discussion from Just curious how drowning a bunch of kids can be considered God's will: Despite the thread this comes from this seems to me a potentially interesting question. Is “measuring, weighing, mix… --- ## [In European soccer, do adjectives like “Real” or “Inter” or “United” mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-do-adjectives-like-real-or-inter-or-united-mean-anything/1021085)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-european-soccer-do-adjectives-like-real-or-inter-or-united-mean-anything/1021085 "2025-07-22T01:18:47Z")
I know that professional soccer originated in clubs, so Arsenal FC is the Football Club that originated near an arsenal (or whatever, doesn’t really matter). But I see clubs with names that leave me a bit baffled. Like R… --- ## [Musk’s Neuralink falsified federal forms, claims to qualify for racial diversity program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-s-neuralink-falsified-federal-forms-claims-to-qualify-for-racial-diversity-program/1021130)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musk-s-neuralink-falsified-federal-forms-claims-to-qualify-for-racial-diversity-program/1021130 "2025-07-22T00:28:16Z")
Also, Despite the overt sexual nature of Grok’s companions, they are available to users as young as 12 years old and come with a “Kid Mode” that can be activated. They also have an NSFW mode. XAI is offering up to… --- ## [Acrylic vs. enameled stainless steel bathtubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrylic-vs-enameled-stainless-steel-bathtubs/1021096)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acrylic-vs-enameled-stainless-steel-bathtubs/1021096 "2025-07-22T00:18:19Z")
To make a long story short, we are going to replace our bathtub because it’s discolored. (It works fine, but we are contemplating a major relocation, and whether we sell the house or rent it out, we will need to have the… --- ## [Who was this early female aviator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-early-female-aviator/427125)
**Author:** [@Genital\_Warthog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genital_Warthog)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-this-early-female-aviator/427125 "2025-07-21T23:59:44Z")
I remember reading about her in one of those Whatever Happened to… books from the 1970s, so she was still alive then. I can’t remember a single thing about her accomplishments except that she was a pioneering female avi… --- ## [Help needed for PC malware extension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-for-pc-malware-extension/1020950)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-needed-for-pc-malware-extension/1020950 "2025-07-21T23:33:47Z")
A malicious extension called NebulaTachyonen appeared in Microsoft Edge on my ThinkPad. It says it’s been added by my “organization” though I don’t belong to any. There’s no option to remove it manually. I’ve read every… --- ## [Weird question I thought of about space trajectories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-i-thought-of-about-space-trajectories/946949)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-i-thought-of-about-space-trajectories/946949 "2025-07-21T22:47:43Z")
I wondered if space trajectories are straight. At first blush it would seem to be the most economical fuel-wise. But then I remembered that most deep flights slingshot around other planets. So I googled it only to find … --- ## [Connie Francis has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connie-francis-has-died/1020972)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connie-francis-has-died/1020972 "2025-07-21T20:47:17Z")
Another powerful voice of the ballad genre has died at 87. We’re all sorry now. --- ## [The Alamo acquires Pee-Wee's bike for its new museum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-acquires-pee-wees-bike-for-its-new-museum/1021101)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alamo-acquires-pee-wees-bike-for-its-new-museum/1021101 "2025-07-21T20:11:45Z")
The Alamo announced today that they have acquired the original stunt bike used in Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure for their new visitor center and museum opening in 2027, where it will go on permanent display. Obviously, give… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=272&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=274&state=tracking)