# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=323 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 324 --- ## [...Leverage to return in "reimagined" show, four cast to return](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leverage-to-return-in-reimagined-show-four-cast-to-return/852390)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leverage-to-return-in-reimagined-show-four-cast-to-return/852390 "2025-05-03T16:39:09Z")
…well this blew my mind. I’ve just started a rewatch (for the 10,000th time) and the news that Leverage is getting a reboot was very pleasing for me :slight\_smile: Cite. Parker, Sophie and Elliot to return full time, … --- ## [Planning a One-Week Stay in New York with my Daughters - Summer 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-one-week-stay-in-new-york-with-my-daughters-summer-2024/992683)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-a-one-week-stay-in-new-york-with-my-daughters-summer-2024/992683 "2025-05-03T11:26:22Z")
My elder daughter will turn 18 at the end of 2024, and I, 50. My younger daughter will turn 15 that summer, and she has always wanted to visit the US. So, when we discussed what we should do to celebrate these milestone… --- ## [So, if I want to time travel to 1890](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-want-to-time-travel-to-1890/1017768 "2025-05-03T08:07:48Z")
I would like to time travel to Lorain, Ohio about 1890. I would be photographing things that are not well documented today. Globeville, which was demolished and covered by the steel mill starting in 1895. The eastern qua… --- ## [AI-powered calf robot to confront leather-clad Greenville shoppers, PETA announces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-powered-calf-robot-to-confront-leather-clad-greenville-shoppers-peta-announces/1017714)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-powered-calf-robot-to-confront-leather-clad-greenville-shoppers-peta-announces/1017714 "2025-05-03T05:59:44Z")
Welp, this is it, folks. We’ve officially crossed the line into a cyberpunk dystopia. Mark your calendars. --- ## ["Radio Free America?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-free-america/1009917)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-free-america/1009917 "2025-05-03T04:22:25Z")
Is there any interest in setting up a “Radio Free America,” on the AM band? Wolfman Jack used to make it big by setting up 500,000 watt transmitters in Mexico that could blanket the US, and as they were in Mexico, were … --- ## [Let WaPo out of the doghouse? A trivial quandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-wapo-out-of-the-doghouse-a-trivial-quandry/1017782)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-wapo-out-of-the-doghouse-a-trivial-quandry/1017782 "2025-05-03T04:08:07Z")
Last year Jeff Bezos blocked the WaPo from expressing some pointedly anti-tRump commentary. Many subscribers dropped their subsccriptions in disgust over his spineless performance. Following the election Bezos continued… --- ## [How Often Do Non-U.S. Strongmen Hold Meetings Where Subordinates Engage in Serial Flattery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-non-u-s-strongmen-hold-meetings-where-subordinates-engage-in-serial-flattery/1017753)
**Author:** [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-non-u-s-strongmen-hold-meetings-where-subordinates-engage-in-serial-flattery/1017753 "2025-05-03T03:50:47Z")
This is from yesterday’s U.S. cabinet meeting: Hegseth: Bondi: Noem: We have seen this in prior Trump cabinet meetings. And commentators have made statements about Trump’s cabinet meetings being similar to somethi… --- ## [2025 NFL Draft Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nfl-draft-thread/1017430)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2025-nfl-draft-thread/1017430 "2025-05-03T03:49:58Z")
We’re 24 hours out, give or take, from the first pick of the 2025 NFL Draft. Time for a new thread! This year’s draft will take place outside the historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay. Below are the dates and times for ea… --- ## [In the King’s English, what’s a “99”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-king-s-english-what-s-a-99/1017677)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-king-s-english-what-s-a-99/1017677 "2025-05-02T23:47:40Z")
In a British sitcom I’ve been watching, a character describes his perfect date to a friend. He takes his beloved to a beach, they take a train so they can pre-game with drinks, they have a picnic, “go for a stroll along … --- ## [Acoustic Imaging is pretty cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-imaging-is-pretty-cool/1017803)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acoustic-imaging-is-pretty-cool/1017803 "2025-05-02T23:00:18Z")
Linking in the middle, Adam Savage finds an air leak using a $25K Fluke. \< 1 min https://youtu.be/UPVcwDzhBZ8?t=456 --- ## [OkGo drops a second video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drops-a-second-video/1016906)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-drops-a-second-video/1016906 "2025-05-02T22:08:28Z")
They’re back with a shiny new video. The visuals reflect back on a number of their previous videos and maintain the tradition of one-takes. --- ## [Predictions about the Harvey Weinstein Trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-about-the-harvey-weinstein-trial/846505)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-about-the-harvey-weinstein-trial/846505 "2025-05-02T19:07:30Z")
I must admit to being flabbergasted how rich and powerful men (like Cosby and Weinstein and Danny Masterson) behave as if the charges they face for raping multiple women are just “no big deal” and they will be able to d… --- ## [Qblocks - why does this game use so much data?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qblocks-why-does-this-game-use-so-much-data/1017757)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qblocks-why-does-this-game-use-so-much-data/1017757 "2025-05-02T18:57:34Z")
Short version: my wife has been playing this game on her phone. It’s a sort of Tetris-y wood block puzzle game. Turns out it used up about 15GB of our limited data plan this month. How could this one game use that much d… --- ## [New York farmer shocked, SHOCKED, to discover that he has to pay tariffs on his imports, not Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-farmer-shocked-shocked-to-discover-that-he-has-to-pay-tariffs-on-his-imports-not-canada/1017205)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-farmer-shocked-shocked-to-discover-that-he-has-to-pay-tariffs-on-his-imports-not-canada/1017205 "2025-05-02T18:40:56Z")
New York farmer apparently buys some of his inputs from neighbouring Canada . Didn’t have a problem with the tariffs, because he’d been assured by Donald Trump that Canada would pay them. That’s how Trump tariffs work, … --- ## [What is high school like these days (OP is more specific)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-high-school-like-these-days-op-is-more-specific/1017663)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-high-school-like-these-days-op-is-more-specific/1017663 "2025-05-02T17:46:11Z")
I put this in IMHO instead of FQ because I expect answers to be anecdotal and based on individual Dopers’ experiences as parents. And also, for the record, I’m not on a first name basis with any high school students or a… --- ## [Colman's Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colmans-mustard/1014555)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colmans-mustard/1014555 "2025-05-02T16:31:24Z")
I’ve read somewhere (FB? I don’t know) some posts warning Americans that they can’t use ‘English mustard’ (Colman’s) like they do American yellow mustard. Well, I have some prepared Colman’s and I thought I’d have chee… --- ## [Why are Buddha statues so popular in the west?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-buddha-statues-so-popular-in-the-west/970431)
**Author:** [@HorribleMutantBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HorribleMutantBoy)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-buddha-statues-so-popular-in-the-west/970431 "2025-05-02T15:40:22Z")
It’s very easy to find statues of Buddhas (Siddhartha or Budai) in western shops or sitting in gardens often mass produced. Now I’d go out on a limb here and assume that most of these statues I see aren’t possessed by pe… --- ## [RIP Sian Barbara Allen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sian-barbara-allen/1016767)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-sian-barbara-allen/1016767 "2025-05-02T13:56:37Z")
Died March 31 from Alzheimer’s. She was all over the tube in the 70s: With Bette Davis in Scream, Pretty Peggy, Patty Duke in You’ll Like My Mother, many of the TV staples. Was involved with Richard “John Boy” Thomas fo… --- ## [Have you ever made your own lemon pepper seasoning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-your-own-lemon-pepper-seasoning/1017712)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-made-your-own-lemon-pepper-seasoning/1017712 "2025-05-02T13:40:00Z")
As in zest of a lemon, some fresh ground pepper and maybe some salt? In my head this sounds awesome. But I have a feeling I may be disappointed with the results. Mainly because I’ve used the bottle stuff my whole life. … --- ## [Do British couples prefer not to find out the sex of their gestating baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-couples-prefer-not-to-find-out-the-sex-of-their-gestating-baby/1017678)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-british-couples-prefer-not-to-find-out-the-sex-of-their-gestating-baby/1017678 "2025-05-02T09:25:51Z")
This came up in a British sitcom I’ve been watching. A pregnant woman’s friend knows the sex of her baby, and the woman begs her friend not to tell her. Here in the States, according to a cite I read, 50-70 percent of e… --- ## [Tracing phone calls.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-phone-calls/743793)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-phone-calls/743793 "2016-01-22T18:49:14Z")
While watching a 1968 film, the police are trying to trace the phone call made by the murderer. OK, that was 1968. I see police trying to trace phone calls on cop shows today. Many times, there’s, “We didn’t have enou… --- ## [What might we learn if we could salvage the Library of Alexandria before it was burned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-we-learn-if-we-could-salvage-the-library-of-alexandria-before-it-was-burned/1017660)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-we-learn-if-we-could-salvage-the-library-of-alexandria-before-it-was-burned/1017660 "2025-05-02T02:43:17Z")
Suppose we have some technology indistinguishable from magic that allows us to do this. We might go back disguised as scholars with cameras to take pictures of all the scrolls. Or more directly perhaps we can digitally… --- ## [Have you ever chosen to visit (or avoid visiting) someplace because of a TV show or movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-chosen-to-visit-or-avoid-visiting-someplace-because-of-a-tv-show-or-movie/1017703)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-chosen-to-visit-or-avoid-visiting-someplace-because-of-a-tv-show-or-movie/1017703 "2025-05-02T00:03:51Z")
I don’t mean a documentary or a travel show - just any fictional program. Lately we’ve been watching a lot of shows on BritBox and now there are a dozen or so places I want to visit and explore. Of course, my husband wi… --- ## [Drawing up a will online: Yes? No? Maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-up-a-will-online-yes-no-maybe/1017617)
**Author:** [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drawing-up-a-will-online-yes-no-maybe/1017617 "2025-05-01T23:17:21Z")
Neither mrs. dirtball nor I could be said to be good at planning very far beyond “I’m gonna go hit the Taco Bell drive-through for a Burrito Supreme. You want me to get you one?” That said, we both recognize the importa… --- ## [The Great Tree and Shrubbery Purge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tree-and-shrubbery-purge/1017711)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tree-and-shrubbery-purge/1017711 "2025-05-01T22:56:40Z")
My neighborhood got wrecked last evening during a freak storm that clocked 80 mph winds. Tons of trees and roofs damaged. The sound of chainsaws fills the air this morning. Discovered a tree down in my backyard when I w… --- ## [Why Is Trump Such A Bad President and Bad Person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-such-a-bad-president-and-bad-person/1016111)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-trump-such-a-bad-president-and-bad-person/1016111 "2025-05-01T22:48:06Z")
One of my granddaughters intends to marry a hardcore TrumpSucker soon, and Mrs. Watering and I have been getting a bit of flack about not supporting the mariage. Both she and her mother (my daughter) are not at all polit… --- ## [False awakening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-awakening/1017570)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/false-awakening/1017570 "2025-05-01T22:36:57Z")
As a card-carrying cat lady, I volunteer for a local rescue group and two days ago acquired a newborn litter of 5 kittens. They require a tedious and grubby procedure approximately every two hours: record the amount of k… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #29 – April, 2025 – “Smooth”: Poll Added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-29-april-2025-smooth-poll-added/1016538)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-29-april-2025-smooth-poll-added/1016538 "2025-05-01T21:51:08Z")
Monthly Photo Competition #29 – April, 2025 – “Smooth” This is the monthly thread for April, 2025. The topic this month is “smooth”, chosen by Turek. Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread… --- ## [The Roman Catholic Church can go sit on a crucifix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roman-catholic-church-can-go-sit-on-a-crucifix/957926)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-roman-catholic-church-can-go-sit-on-a-crucifix/957926 "2025-05-01T20:41:58Z")
A 12 year old boy is sexually abused by a priest, and does the Polish Roman Catholic Church deny that it happens? No. What happens is that those rat bastards are trying to push the story that the 12 year old boy was ga… --- ## [Cite for microwaving plastic being bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-for-microwaving-plastic-being-bad/1017633)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-for-microwaving-plastic-being-bad/1017633 "2025-05-01T19:15:38Z")
I assumed that microwaving frozen dinners in the little plastic trays they all come in is bad for you, but am having a remarkably difficult time coming up with a credible cite. I don’t eat a lot of frozen dinners – mayb… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=324)