# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=280&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 281 --- ## [Musical Texas Dopers - Who is/was Pepe Lopez?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-texas-dopers-who-is-was-pepe-lopez/1020812)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-texas-dopers-who-is-was-pepe-lopez/1020812 "2025-07-14T16:50:16Z")
Referenced in the second verse of the Old 97s song “Desperate Times” (first verse references Abbie Hoffman. I know who he was.) Last night I dreamt of you Pepe Lopez strung out on the stage It don’t even look like yo… --- ## [Commodore 64 emulator - multiplayer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commodore-64-emulator-multiplayer/999680)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commodore-64-emulator-multiplayer/999680 "2025-07-14T16:28:19Z")
I use the CCS64 Emulator to play the Commodore 64 games of my youth. There doesn’t seem to be a way to play online with other people built in, but I’m wondering if there’s a way to do it. Over a LAN? Screen sharing? Any … --- ## [Advice about expiration dates for medications - Plan B specifically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-expiration-dates-for-medications-plan-b-specifically/1020719)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-about-expiration-dates-for-medications-plan-b-specifically/1020719 "2025-07-14T14:47:55Z")
You are not my doctor and I would never take medical advice from a rando on the internet. But… How long do you think Plan B would be after the expiration date? Would it help to store it in the freezer or would that kil… --- ## [Do you have a bidet or hand sprayer in your home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bidet-or-hand-sprayer-in-your-home/1020392)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bidet-or-hand-sprayer-in-your-home/1020392 "2025-07-14T13:32:40Z")
To most Americans these are exotic devices found only overseas or, rarely, at some fancy hotel or some uptown friend’s house (cf. Crocodile Dundee discovering one in a NY hotel). My wife and her sister are on a month-lo… --- ## [What is the fastest way to cool down the interior of your car on a hot summer day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-cool-down-the-interior-of-your-car-on-a-hot-summer-day/1020745 "2025-07-14T11:04:48Z")
So lets say you are going to drive somewhere after your car has been sitting in the summer heat for hours. What is the fastest way to cool down the interior air so that the car becomes more comfortable? If you have a re… --- ## [(Old) A high seas MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-high-seas-mmp/1020586 "2025-07-14T10:41:37Z")
Just finished a 1 mile walk around the Promenade Deck. It’s overcast and chilly. I see the edge of the earth - hope we don’t sail over! Happy Moanday! --- ## [Utility Room Fluorescent Light Fixture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-room-fluorescent-light-fixture/1020738)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utility-room-fluorescent-light-fixture/1020738 "2025-07-14T10:30:33Z")
I have a fluorescent light fixture in my laundry room. It takes four foot fluorescent tubes. It was working OK, and then, according to my wife, it flashed and then both bulbs didn’t work – she actually thought the powe… --- ## [Confederate base names going away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-base-names-going-away/927855 "2025-07-14T03:18:05Z")
Shocked that the GOP is telling Trump to go F\*k himself on this bill. Approved In both house and senate. --- ## [There’s a black hole in the center of “almost” every galaxy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-s-a-black-hole-in-the-center-of-almost-every-galaxy/1020830)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-s-a-black-hole-in-the-center-of-almost-every-galaxy/1020830 "2025-07-14T03:03:25Z")
I’ve heard that statement quite a few times In various science shows and videos. Why the “almost”? Is it just that we haven’t observed every galaxy, or are there galaxies that we know of that definitively don’t have bl… --- ## [Computer advice (How to prepare for switching to a new Windows laptop)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-advice-how-to-prepare-for-switching-to-a-new-windows-laptop/1014899)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-advice-how-to-prepare-for-switching-to-a-new-windows-laptop/1014899 "2025-07-14T02:44:58Z")
I’ve got a Windows 10 laptop that’s getting old and is not capable of handling Win11, so I’m going to need a new computer sometime soon. But I want to make the process of transferring all my settings and data as easy as … --- ## [Why have conservatives left this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 735\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-conservatives-left-this-message-board/1017016 "2025-07-14T02:41:52Z")
Taking this hijack elsewhere. Mods can move it to the forum of their choice: I don’t know where to put it. Continuing the discussion from Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party: Most MAGA are… --- ## [Speed of Light question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-question/1020771)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-question/1020771 "2025-07-14T00:50:58Z")
I think I have this right, but I feel like I have this wrong, and I’d sure appreciate some help in finding out which it is. As I understand it, if you shoot a beam of light from the Earth to the Moon such that it’ll ref… --- ## [Anyone ever do a Grand Canyon Rim to Rim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-a-grand-canyon-rim-to-rim/1003125 "2025-07-14T00:33:41Z")
Not retiring yet but am becoming more open to taking more time off and doing my fantasy trips while I am still physically fit enough to pull them off. One of that list is the Grand Canyon rim to rim trip. Thinking of fun… --- ## [Are there non-ICE agents acting like ICE agents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-non-ice-agents-acting-like-ice-agents/1020725)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-non-ice-agents-acting-like-ice-agents/1020725 "2025-07-13T20:33:07Z")
On reddit and in a few opinion pieces in media, I’ve seen people say or speculate that a lot of the people who are claiming to be ICE are not actually employed by ICE and are impersonating them (or perhaps deputized in s… --- ## [Dating Ultimatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-ultimatum/1020459)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-ultimatum/1020459 "2025-07-13T20:15:18Z")
This post generated a lot of discussion on TwitteX today: Perhaps surprisingly, a lot of the responses were positive, saying men/people usually know if the other person is ‘the one’ quite quickly, so two years is plen… --- ## [Why are you always late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 996\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-always-late/942631 "2025-07-13T19:53:23Z")
This may come across as a pitting but I honestly want to know the thinking process behind being late all of the time. This is one of the sticking points between Mrs. Cad and me. She is always late. ALWAYS. She says w… --- ## [Have any of you weirdos tried eating bugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710)
**Author:** [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-weirdos-tried-eating-bugs/1020710 "2025-07-13T19:53:01Z")
I’m a relatively adventurous foodie, and I’m interested in reducing my carbon footprint. I also have some health issues that seem to be easier to manage when I have a diet that includes animal protein. So I have been tem… --- ## [Tell me about strawberries and yogurt with pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715 "2025-07-13T16:55:55Z")
Not going to judge, but never heard of this dish which has shocked Wimbledon. --- ## [Sevin (the insecticide)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevin-the-insecticide/1020706 "2025-07-13T16:15:12Z")
As a youth I remember seeing Sevin recommended as an insecticide for flowers and vegetables. I have been growing 2 chestnut trees to help rebuild the mighty chestnut forests. Recently I spotted some Japanese beetles caro… --- ## [Mowing the lawn with a Weed Eater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mowing-the-lawn-with-a-weed-eater/1020046)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mowing-the-lawn-with-a-weed-eater/1020046 "2025-07-13T15:58:28Z")
I have several neighbors who hire people to cut their grass, and the hired help use “weed trimmers.” OK, it gets the job done, but in all my years this is the first time I’ve ever noticed it. Is that common? I’ve alwa… --- ## [How to identify a geode.. definitely MMPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-identify-a-geode-definitely-mmps/1020810)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-identify-a-geode-definitely-mmps/1020810 "2025-07-13T14:59:12Z")
Backstory: I helped out a friend with moving house, she gave me a small quartz (?) rock as a thank-you - she’s not exactly wealthy, and I did the move for free (with her help). I don’t know the backstory, but I am pretty… --- ## [Expletives in the Service of "Toughening Up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expletives-in-the-service-of-toughening-up/1020733)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expletives-in-the-service-of-toughening-up/1020733 "2025-07-13T12:26:17Z")
Allan Sherman (1924-1973), the song parodist responsible for “Camp Granada” (“Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!”) and a lot of unfortunately forgotten gems. The year he died, Playboy Press (Hefner was a friend and a fan) publi… --- ## [Your Favourite Retro Video Game (Best For its Time)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-retro-video-game-best-for-its-time/1012883)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-retro-video-game-best-for-its-time/1012883 "2025-07-13T06:59:01Z")
Obviously technology continues to improve video game graphics. I recently had opportunity to play the old school game Ultima IV. It strikes me that given the memory and technological constraints of the time, it is a pe… --- ## [Looking for a way to save/transfer messages from cordless phone digital voicemail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-save-transfer-messages-from-cordless-phone-digital-voicemail/1020802)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-way-to-save-transfer-messages-from-cordless-phone-digital-voicemail/1020802 "2025-07-13T04:07:33Z")
Other than not deleting them, which we are doing. We have a cordless phone for our landline, and this has a digital voicemail system. We do not use the landline voicemail. Someone we know has sent us threatening voicema… --- ## [Did you ever reject b&w tv/favor color (once you had an option)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-reject-b-w-tv-favor-color-once-you-had-an-option/1020406)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-reject-b-w-tv-favor-color-once-you-had-an-option/1020406 "2025-07-13T01:57:53Z")
Was just reading an old thread and old shows got mentioned and it made me think of my childhood and the older shows I watched. I didn’t like black & white shows or movies when I was a child. Actually, I recall an age whe… --- ## [Why we have Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-trump/1020197)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-we-have-trump/1020197 "2025-07-13T01:39:19Z")
Trump won, and everyone knows why. It was because liberals put up with too much, or not enough. It was because Kamala Harris ran, or didn’t run early enough. It is because Biden dropped out, or didn’t drop out when he sh… --- ## [Well...ex-CUSE, me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ex-cuse-me/1020760)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-ex-cuse-me/1020760 "2025-07-13T01:03:36Z")
When you bump into someone, or need to get past…say you bump them very slightly, either way. The kind thing to do is say, “excuse, me”. Acoording to to actual degree of the effrontery, maybe add an “I’m sorry”. What r… --- ## [Are there any Dopers who attended either Live Aid show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-who-attended-either-live-aid-show/1020804)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-dopers-who-attended-either-live-aid-show/1020804 "2025-07-12T23:05:10Z")
CNN is doing a big 40-year memorial broadcast. Good concerts, but boy, did that money cause more problems than it solved. Farm Aid followed, and still continues! IIRC the money generally goes to things like scholarshi… --- ## [Why do we "launch" an investigation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-launch-an-investigation/1020705)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-launch-an-investigation/1020705 "2025-07-12T23:08:58Z")
Occasionally someone “opens” an investigation but it seems no one just “starts” one. --- ## [Describe a city using only one-syllable words, try to guess other posters' cities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-city-using-only-one-syllable-words-try-to-guess-other-posters-cities/1013256 "2025-07-11T10:57:14Z")
The town on the Thames, where King Charles lives. The town on the Seine, where the Sun King once reigned. Named for a dead bird who comes back to life. The Town of Wind, on a Great Lake The town with a big arch; … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=279&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=281&state=watching)