# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=314&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 315 --- ## [Could you train a horse to live on the moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-train-a-horse-to-live-on-the-moon/1018485)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-train-a-horse-to-live-on-the-moon/1018485 "2025-05-19T19:50:46Z")
Several decades from now travel to the moon is do-able, but still challenging. A bit like going to Antarctica today - you live a little rough, but humans have a foothold. There are pressurized domes and people live there… --- ## [Donald Trump is Big Brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-is-big-brother/1018547 "2025-05-19T19:47:56Z")
Not only is he Auric Goldfinger, now he’s Big Brother from 1984. That’s the almost inevitable comment made after a giant portrait of Trump showed up as a banner on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Building I’m flab… --- ## [What are your thoughts/opinions on "bumping" older threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-opinions-on-bumping-older-threads/1001087 "2025-05-19T19:39:33Z")
Even though some people may have mixed feelings towards bumping older threads that aren’t active anymore, I don’t see it being much of an issue IMO, but it depends on what the thread is about: If someone asked for some … --- ## [Welcome!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/16)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome/16 "2025-05-19T19:35:29Z")
Hi, folks, and welcome to the “Comment on Cecil’s Columns” folder. Though the Boss is still far from comfortable with this computer thing, we’ve persuaded him to check in periodically to read your comments about his colu… --- ## [Are foreign restaurants with English menus guaranteed tourist traps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-foreign-restaurants-with-english-menus-guaranteed-tourist-traps/1018440)
**Author:** [@Dirtymartini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirtymartini)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-foreign-restaurants-with-english-menus-guaranteed-tourist-traps/1018440 "2025-05-19T18:56:22Z")
Well are they? Plus if anyone knows good restaurants in Barcelona I’d like to know. Plus I don’t speak a word of Spanish. I get there in 3 days. --- ## [Warning: Morbid question about death and pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-morbid-question-about-death-and-pets/1018489 "2025-05-19T13:49:33Z")
Let’s say you have a pet dog, cat or other animal(s) that roam around your home. You die in their presence but no one else’s. Q1: Would you be OK (obviously as you think about it now) with them scavenging flesh off your… --- ## [Solar panels to fast-charge an EV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-to-fast-charge-an-ev/977619)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-panels-to-fast-charge-an-ev/977619 "2023-01-08T21:15:29Z")
This story features a Shell station in England that now offers only EV charging (no more gas/petrol sales). One sentence caught my attention: The awnings over each charger are equipped with solar panels and can fully c… --- ## [(Old) Who's thinking about summer plans in the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-whos-thinking-about-summer-plans-in-the-mmp/1018289 "2025-05-19T07:50:46Z")
It maybe late for some or early for others. Still, if you’re hoping to vacation this summer, have you started or completed plans? Or opted for a staycation? If you go, bring me a souvenir! :rofl: Happy Moanday!! --- ## [Ethical Conundrums in Sci Fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-conundrums-in-sci-fi/984101)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-conundrums-in-sci-fi/984101 "2025-05-19T06:14:32Z")
What are some examples of science fiction, whether it be novels, short stories, movies, or tv episodes, that do a very good job examining a complex ethical issue? --- ## [Part of the Dems problem is a propaganda asymmetry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-dems-problem-is-a-propaganda-asymmetry/1010163)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-the-dems-problem-is-a-propaganda-asymmetry/1010163 "2025-05-19T02:59:00Z")
You have one party that has unapologetically launched a full-blown alternative right-wing media establishment that is encompassed on social media, podcasts, cable “news”, and various websites. As Steve Bannon says, they… --- ## [We have goose eggs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-goose-eggs/1018249 "2025-05-19T01:55:58Z")
Not me personally. A restaurant in Regina, in the Earl’s chain. They had a couple of big planters outside their main entrance, and Mama Goose decided one of them was the perfect spot for a nest. Daddy Goose is also invo… --- ## [Rockers with surprising side hustles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rockers-with-surprising-side-hustles/1018365 "2025-05-18T23:00:33Z")
Brain May from Queen is, rather famously, an astrophysicist, but did you know Jeff “Skunk” Baxter from both Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers is a defense contractor and advisor to Congress on missile defense? And I don… --- ## [How do I go to the last post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-to-the-last-post/1009491)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-go-to-the-last-post/1009491 "2025-05-18T22:59:54Z")
without having to scroll through all the posts in the thread? --- ## [President Biden Dropping Out of Race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540)
**Author:** [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Replies:** 586\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-biden-dropping-out-of-race/1004540 "2025-05-18T22:40:52Z")
I wonder if his Covid is bad. --- ## [Question about automobile batteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-automobile-batteries/1018349)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-automobile-batteries/1018349 "2025-05-18T22:10:36Z")
I had an oil change today, which cost $150 (although that did include an air filter) and they told me that I “needed a new battery.” I just bought one last year! They said it was “charging at 510 when it should be at l… --- ## [Ghosts (US) Season 4 General Discussion (Spoilers in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-us-season-4-general-discussion-spoilers-in-op/1005028)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-us-season-4-general-discussion-spoilers-in-op/1005028 "2025-05-18T21:45:00Z")
Ghosts returns to CBS on October 17 (appropriately, two weeks before Halloween). Some spoilers have come out. I’ll put them in increasing order of importance. And I’m not going to hide them in spoiler boxes, else we’ll … --- ## [RIP Joe Don Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-don-baker/1018418)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joe-don-baker/1018418 "2025-05-18T21:35:08Z")
I didn’t see this posted. Joe Don Baker, who starred in Walking Tall in the role of Buford Pusser (an actual person and professional wrestler turned lawman), died on May 7th. --- ## [What year and unit are these old military photos from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-and-unit-are-these-old-military-photos-from/1018509)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-year-and-unit-are-these-old-military-photos-from/1018509 "2025-05-18T21:18:08Z")
A friend found these photos of an ancestor in the (presumably US) military around 1912. Any thoughts on getting an exact year or more details such as unit or location? … --- ## [How much do/did your school lunches cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-did-your-school-lunches-cost/1018420)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-did-your-school-lunches-cost/1018420 "2025-05-18T14:20:48Z")
We were chatting about our REAL old school days, and what we remembered from then, and got on the subject of school lunches. My experience: First grade was at a tiny town school – the entire town had pretty much been bu… --- ## [Minnesota trial of Derek Chauvin (killer of George Floyd) reactions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-reactions/939024)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 1105\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-reactions/939024 "2025-05-18T08:30:03Z")
Mods can feel free to move if this is better suited to GD or MPSIMS. I didn’t see a thread to follow along the trial, so here’s one. I found the dispatcher’s testimony yesterday compelling – I hadn’t known about her al… --- ## [Andor (starting September 21, 2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/andor-starting-september-21-2022/971787 "2025-05-18T04:05:09Z")
12 total episodes. Once it is one episode per week, I personally think no spoilers until the next day (24 hours?), but I’ll go with the majority. I might be the only one, but I am quite interested in Mon Mothma, and ho… --- ## [Rent A Celebrity For A Day - who would you pick and what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-a-celebrity-for-a-day-who-would-you-pick-and-what-would-you-do/1018369)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rent-a-celebrity-for-a-day-who-would-you-pick-and-what-would-you-do/1018369 "2025-05-18T03:50:40Z")
It has to be a living celebrity and they won’t do anything overtly illegal or sexual, they aren’t going to blow you or be the wheel man of your getaway car. They also won’t give you money or any gifts so the only thing … --- ## ["Starfish Prime" space nuclear test: how big was the "fireball"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfish-prime-space-nuclear-test-how-big-was-the-fireball/1018466)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starfish-prime-space-nuclear-test-how-big-was-the-fireball/1018466 "2025-05-18T03:25:08Z")
(Using the term “fireball” for the sake of title shorthand, it should properly be called a “debris cloud.”) Starfish Prime, nuclear test, 1962. 1.4 megaton nuclear warhead, detonated at an altitude of 250 miles. Video … --- ## [Any experience with OLED monitors for work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-oled-monitors-for-work/1016837)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-oled-monitors-for-work/1016837 "2025-05-18T02:44:12Z")
I recently smashed my laptop into my desktop computer monitor by accident (the laptop won), and thus need to replace it. My previous monitor is a few years old, and I understand there’s a lot of advances in display tech… --- ## [I've been rewatching CBS' "Cold Case", and one thing is clear: season six finale makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-rewatching-cbs-cold-case-and-one-thing-is-clear-season-six-finale-makes-no-sense/828837)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-rewatching-cbs-cold-case-and-one-thing-is-clear-season-six-finale-makes-no-sense/828837 "2025-05-18T01:37:22Z")
I highly doubt many people on here remember these episodes. But, in case some posters do, and are willing to discuss this, I’m going to leave this here. This is about the two-part six season finale of the CBS’ crime dram… --- ## [Pete Rose dead at 83](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-rose-dead-at-83/1008307)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-rose-dead-at-83/1008307 "2025-05-18T01:12:30Z")
Baseball legend Pete Rose has passed away at the age of 83. --- ## ["Five Gates to Hell" (1959): What is this woman saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-gates-to-hell-1959-what-is-this-woman-saying/1018459)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-gates-to-hell-1959-what-is-this-woman-saying/1018459 "2025-05-18T00:42:55Z")
Video, for your perusal. You can hear the exchange at 37:27, the animated actress is Patricia Owens, who gets in Miss Jane’s face telling her that there’s only one way to survive the ordeal (basically by giving up the g… --- ## [Band whose best-known song sounds like Pink Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-whose-best-known-song-sounds-like-pink-floyd/1018471 "2025-05-18T00:35:14Z")
For years I would hear a song on Classic Rock radio that I would have sworn was Pink Floyd and I was surprised to find it was by some band I’d never heard of before. I can hear the song in my mind but for the life of me… --- ## [Diseases vs. Syndromes: Using an apostrophe vs. Turning away from an apostrophe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diseases-vs-syndromes-using-an-apostrophe-vs-turning-away-from-an-apostrophe/1018302)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diseases-vs-syndromes-using-an-apostrophe-vs-turning-away-from-an-apostrophe/1018302 "2025-05-18T00:17:05Z")
Why are syndromes names after people non-apostrophed (Marfan, Klinefelter, Turner, Down) as opposed to diseases (Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, Parkinson’s, Hansen’s)? Any reason other than, well, “that’s just how we do it?… --- ## ["Dutched" versus non-dutched cocoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutched-versus-non-dutched-cocoa/1018464)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dutched-versus-non-dutched-cocoa/1018464 "2025-05-17T22:23:41Z")
Is there any conceivable reason why someone might be sensitive to cocoa processed with alkali but not sensitive to unprocessed cocoa? I’m wondering if I’m imagining things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=313&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=315&state=tracking)