# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=31 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 32 --- ## [Passenger plane crashes near DC-area’s Reagan Airport {Jan 29, 2025}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-plane-crashes-near-dc-area-s-reagan-airport-jan-29-2025/1013602)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passenger-plane-crashes-near-dc-area-s-reagan-airport-jan-29-2025/1013602 "2026-10-09T00:46:50Z")
A regional jet collided with a helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia on Wednesday evening, according to DC Fire and EMS. The aircraft went down in the Potomac River vicinity of the airpo… --- ## [Why would Google have delisted the Cleveland Public Library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-google-have-delisted-the-cleveland-public-library/1033659)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-google-have-delisted-the-cleveland-public-library/1033659 "2026-10-08T22:57:23Z")
I first noticed an issue with this a week or so ago. I Googled “Cleveland Public Library”, and although the results contained sub-sites for various branches of the library, none of them pointed to https://cpl.org/ , the… --- ## [Has anyone here used a Mudita Kompakt? I’m test-driving one and have some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-used-a-mudita-kompakt-i-m-test-driving-one-and-have-some-questions/1033436)
**Author:** [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-used-a-mudita-kompakt-i-m-test-driving-one-and-have-some-questions/1033436 "2026-10-08T20:58:00Z")
I’ve had it a few days so far, and I’ve been taking my time getting acquainted, I guess you could say. Just today I discovered that the initial system update I performed upon unboxing didn’t bring me all the way up to th… --- ## [I just realised I am old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realised-i-am-old/1009575)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 550\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realised-i-am-old/1009575 "2026-10-08T20:51:32Z")
I am watching a premier league football game (I do not often watch football) and I see a bunch of kids running around. --- ## [Songs you didn't realize were covers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-realize-were-covers/927496)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-didnt-realize-were-covers/927496 "2026-10-08T20:47:39Z")
I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but a few days ago I very nearly posted something in the retro music genre thread about how the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Love Rollercoaster” had a very 1970s sound. Then I Googled … --- ## [Plumbing Fixture Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-fixture-q/1033677)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-fixture-q/1033677 "2026-10-08T20:12:59Z")
There are vast areas of the culture that passed me by completely. Football, video games, and gangster rap are only three of them. A fourth, plumbing, is why I call you today. I am staying at my sister’s old brownstone f… --- ## [Extraordinary result in Quebec](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary-result-in-quebec/1033632)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extraordinary-result-in-quebec/1033632 "2026-10-08T19:04:20Z")
I don’t think I have ever seen this before. In 2022, the CAQ (roughly translated as Coalition Future Quebec) party won a majority of seats in the Quebec “National” assembly. They held 79 seats of 127. Yesterday (Oct. 5) … --- ## [What does this META notice mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-meta-notice-mean/1033679)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-meta-notice-mean/1033679 "2026-10-08T19:03:46Z")
Account settings | Meta Is it legit? What am I losing? Do I actually gain anything at all? --- ## [The Great SDMB Movie Poll - Round 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-4/1033596)
**Author:** [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-sdmb-movie-poll-round-4/1033596 "2026-10-08T18:11:53Z")
poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll poll p… --- ## [I need medical/life advice, experienced or otherwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-medical-life-advice-experienced-or-otherwise/1033621)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-medical-life-advice-experienced-or-otherwise/1033621 "2026-10-08T16:52:53Z")
Recent blood tests ordered by my referring orthopedist (the one who recommended a hip replacement and referred me to the surgeon) have revealed that my “rheumatoid factor” (RF) is quite high (30.5 where normal is apparen… --- ## [Social unrest (france, spain) ... sign of things to come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-unrest-france-spain-sign-of-things-to-come/1033673)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-unrest-france-spain-sign-of-things-to-come/1033673 "2026-10-08T16:12:30Z")
Hi there, I am not trying to formulate a “0-hypothesis” here, but I just wonder if those - seemingly unconnected - evevents are the point of an iceberg that is slowly breaking from below through the calm waters. (mostl… --- ## [Parental Guidance lables for LP and CD recordings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-guidance-lables-for-lp-and-cd-recordings/1033617)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-guidance-lables-for-lp-and-cd-recordings/1033617 "2026-10-08T15:47:35Z")
When I was 10 years old, and my brother was almost 13, my parents ( meaning my Mom ) bought us a comedy album for Hanukkah. No doubt she was polling her teacher colleagues for ideas. Put into our hands was “George Carli… --- ## [Second Hip Replacement, 8 years on. Comparison/Contrast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hip-replacement-8-years-on-comparison-contrast/1033070)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-hip-replacement-8-years-on-comparison-contrast/1033070 "2026-10-08T15:46:47Z")
Last Friday I had the left hip replaced at the same facility, the Hospital For Special Surgery in NYC. HSS has, for at least 17 years, been voted the # 1 Orthopedic joint (ha.) in America for good reason. They are zealou… --- ## [Boiled hot dogs?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-hot-dogs/1033279)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boiled-hot-dogs/1033279 "2026-10-08T15:42:52Z")
Prompted by a stray comment in the executive chef thread… My mom boiled our hot dogs, my wife’s mom did the same. I adopted the practice until I realized I wasn’t bound by tradition and throwing them in a skillet is fas… --- ## [Friend with staph infection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-with-staph-infection/1033628)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-with-staph-infection/1033628 "2026-10-08T14:55:41Z")
70-year old woman with several significant health problems, from diabetes to COPD to urinary incontinence and more, including, we increasingly suspect, some form of dementia or cognitive impairment. She is unable or unwi… --- ## [Possible beginning of a new pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-beginning-of-a-new-pandemic/1033599)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-beginning-of-a-new-pandemic/1033599 "2026-10-08T14:41:57Z")
A Russian employee of an infectious disease research center in Siberia died of a pneumonia of supposedly unknown origin (or perhaps pneumonic plague). The center is the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia. … --- ## [Crew of the Discovery in 2001 a Space Odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crew-of-the-discovery-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/816598)
**Author:** [@ssgenius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ssgenius)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crew-of-the-discovery-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/816598 "2026-10-08T13:47:07Z")
Not sure if this goes in Cafe Society or IMHO Watching the movie 2001, a Space Odyssey, I thought why not send a husband wife pair up there instead of Frank Poole and Dave Bowman? Yes, I know that it is a 1960s movie b… --- ## [Interaction in a beer store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interaction-in-a-beer-store/1033626)
**Author:** [@LavenderMagnolia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderMagnolia)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interaction-in-a-beer-store/1033626 "2026-10-08T13:12:07Z")
This happened several years ago now, but I remembered it when looking at some photos the other day, from the city where we lived in at the time. I’ve never quite understood this. A nearby beer/wine store had one of thos… --- ## [OK more language fun: "Rapine and pillaging" vs. "Raping and pillaging"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-more-language-fun-rapine-and-pillaging-vs-raping-and-pillaging/1033655)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-more-language-fun-rapine-and-pillaging-vs-raping-and-pillaging/1033655 "2026-10-08T12:26:22Z")
I’ve sometimes seen the idiom said as “Rapine and pillaging”–which from a strictly grammarian standpoint is just atrocious parallelism (or lack thereof), an adjective (?) paired with a gerund. Shouldn’t it be “raping an… --- ## [Why does ESPN ID players with Sr designation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-espn-id-players-with-sr-designation/1033623)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-espn-id-players-with-sr-designation/1033623 "2026-10-08T11:38:26Z")
Just an observation, but recently I’ve noticed that ESPN–haven’t seen it other places–where they call Aaron Jones Sr and Deebo Samuel Sr, but why? I mean, neither player has son playing in league, so is there a need to i… --- ## [Whither Canada and the European Union?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-canada-and-the-european-union/1033063)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-canada-and-the-european-union/1033063 "2026-10-08T00:02:05Z")
So it seems like Mark Carney is currently making a serious attempt to redefine Canada’s relationship with the European Union, if not setting Canada on the path to actual EU membership, then perhaps some alternative form … --- ## [Comedians and comedy acts you've seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-and-comedy-acts-youve-seen/1033244)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comedians-and-comedy-acts-youve-seen/1033244 "2026-10-07T23:20:55Z")
This past Friday my wife and I saw Jim Gaffigan at the Fox Theater in Detroit. I had not been looking forward to driving downtown, fighting traffic and crowds, and just the whole hassle, having recently injured my shoul… --- ## [Eva Marie Saint just passed at 102](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eva-marie-saint-just-passed-at-102/1033634)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eva-marie-saint-just-passed-at-102/1033634 "2026-10-07T21:44:53Z")
Probably best known for North by North West opposite Cary Grant or On the Waterfront opposite Brando. She worked into her 90s. One of the last of old Hollywood, or maybe the last star. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm00016… --- ## [AI "security incidents" and other adventures in misalignment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-security-incidents-and-other-adventures-in-misalignment/1033470)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-security-incidents-and-other-adventures-in-misalignment/1033470 "2026-10-07T20:25:37Z")
Remember how in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Jim Kirk rewires the Kobayashi Maru scenario because he wants a different outcome? We cheered him on, right? I certainly did! Because I trusted his goals were aligned to ou… --- ## [Is Lionel Messi the greatest footballer of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lionel-messi-the-greatest-footballer-of-all-time/724681)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lionel-messi-the-greatest-footballer-of-all-time/724681 "2026-10-07T19:09:09Z")
(yes yes I know, he has nothing on Lev Yashin as a GK:D) The guy has so many pros that its a wasted of time just listing them so I am going to point out the cons. One con Unlike Pele and Maradona, he has not won a Wo… --- ## [Please help me identify this 80's music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119)
**Author:** [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119 "2026-10-07T19:06:38Z")
This would be the early 80’s, when music videos first started playing on TV. I don’t remember the song or the band, but the story of the video was of a teenage girl who has a crappy home life and runs away. At the end … --- ## [Is a homogeneous society a better, healthier option in the modern age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-homogeneous-society-a-better-healthier-option-in-the-modern-age/1033066)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-homogeneous-society-a-better-healthier-option-in-the-modern-age/1033066 "2026-10-07T18:09:31Z")
I’ve come to believe that a homogeneous society, like that in Japan, is much healthier than a society consisting of many different value systems and behavior. I see the components of our society pulling against one anot… --- ## [The SIH (Suffer in Hell) Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sih-suffer-in-hell-thread/1000217 "2026-10-07T18:08:53Z")
When someone really awful but also really famous dies, they get rightfully roasted in their RIP thread. But sometimes someone doesn’t quite breach the level of fame that earns a personal thread, and yet fully deserve a … --- ## [Please help me solve this Rebus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-solve-this-rebus/573672)
**Author:** [@Fofer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fofer)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-solve-this-rebus/573672 "2026-10-07T17:51:41Z")
Please help me solve this rebus. It’s been tickling my brain for weeks, and it’s been keeping me up at night. I asked the puzzle-creator for clues and he wouldn’t budge. Until I aske… --- ## [Poster iiandyiiii is pitted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-iiandyiiii-is-pitted/1033360 "2026-10-07T17:46:02Z")
You’re against the war. We get it. As a US Navy veteran currently working in the DoD, this must be very personal for you. I have not doubt you have the utmost concern for the troops. But here’s the thing… when I ment… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=32)