# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=353 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 354 --- ## [I have a battery that is fully charged but won't start my plow truck I did a test on the alternator and it's good and charging, the starter is good also the only way it will start is by jumping it with my second battery or jumping it with my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-battery-that-is-fully-charged-but-wont-start-my-plow-truck-i-did-a-test-on-the-alternator-and-its-good-and-charging-the-starter-is-good-also-the-only-way-it-will-start-is-by-jumping-it-with-my-second-battery-or-jumping-it-with-my-car/1015618)
**Author:** [@Eagle12426](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eagle12426)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-battery-that-is-fully-charged-but-wont-start-my-plow-truck-i-did-a-test-on-the-alternator-and-its-good-and-charging-the-starter-is-good-also-the-only-way-it-will-start-is-by-jumping-it-with-my-second-battery-or-jumping-it-with-my-car/1015618 "2025-03-18T11:06:31Z")
My truck battery is fully charged but will not start my truck unless it is jumped. The alternator is good pushing out 12-14 amps the starter is good. Any thoughts on what it is? --- ## [Trump's disgusting shakedown of Zelensky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 382\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-disgusting-shakedown-of-zelensky/1014940 "2025-03-18T08:42:00Z")
I know. There are other Trump threads. If this feels redundant, shut it down. But there are occasionally moments so over the fucking top that I feel like they deserve their own separate discussion. BBC article with vide… --- ## ["Gap" insurance for policy not owned by me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gap-insurance-for-policy-not-owned-by-me/1015723)
**Author:** [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gap-insurance-for-policy-not-owned-by-me/1015723 "2025-03-18T04:26:24Z")
I’m not sure that factual questions is the right place - mods, please move if I’ve landed wrong. So, I own a condo and the condo community is in a flood zone. The Association carries flood insurance for the structures.… --- ## [Ted Lasso on Apple TV {Returns March 15, 2023}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299)
**Author:** [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Replies:** 883\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-lasso-on-apple-tv-returns-march-15-2023/918299 "2025-03-18T00:33:02Z")
A few years ago, NBC started broadcasting premier league games. As promotion, they ran a series of ads about an American football coach named Ted Lasso who had for some reason been hired to manage Tottenham. Pretty funny… --- ## [Does Martin Eberhard have the second Tesla Roadster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-martin-eberhard-have-the-second-tesla-roadster/1015552)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-martin-eberhard-have-the-second-tesla-roadster/1015552 "2025-03-18T00:02:45Z")
Continuing the discussion from An exact duplicate of the Voyager I craft passes by Earth; how close for our equipment to detect it?: With all due respect, can you support that assertion? I didn’t hear anything about it… --- ## [Fantasy Baseball 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2025/1014736)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantasy-baseball-2025/1014736 "2025-03-17T22:31:29Z")
Not only have pitchers and catchers reported, but the rest of the teams have as well - with games in full swing all weekend. I managed to tune in to a bit of a Royals game on the MLB app while running errands, and it fel… --- ## [Kate Bush and Rupert Holmes wrote the same song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-and-rupert-holmes-wrote-the-same-song/1015591)
**Author:** [@LUNAROXAS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LUNAROXAS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kate-bush-and-rupert-holmes-wrote-the-same-song/1015591 "2025-03-17T22:18:33Z")
“Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes is about a guy who is so bored with his current partner that he seeks out a woman who advertised in the personals about liking, among other things, piña coladas. They meet… --- ## [Kiss or Slap Girls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405)
**Author:** [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-or-slap-girls/1015405 "2025-03-17T22:07:29Z")
My Facebook feed is constantly getting short videos of young women (one in particular, but there are several) who ask guys on the street, “Kiss or Slap?” The guys usually say, “Slap,” then she presents her butt like a h… --- ## [Minimalist Composers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-composers/1015607)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimalist-composers/1015607 "2025-03-17T20:40:03Z")
I recently attended a concert where a string quartet played a Philip Glass composition. I hadn’t listened to any Glass for quite a while, and I really enjoyed it. I’d like to explore more minimalist music, but Steve Rei… --- ## [Parents or other relatives of intellectual or artistic prodigies: What tipped you off, and how old was the child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-or-other-relatives-of-intellectual-or-artistic-prodigies-what-tipped-you-off-and-how-old-was-the-child/1014893)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-or-other-relatives-of-intellectual-or-artistic-prodigies-what-tipped-you-off-and-how-old-was-the-child/1014893 "2025-03-17T20:12:53Z")
I’m just curious. One of my nieces is highly intelligent (Oh, they both are, but one in particular is off the charts) and in her case, she was 8 months old and sitting in her exersaucer. My brother, her dad, said, “Bou… --- ## [What's going on with the Comptroller of the Currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-comptroller-of-the-currency/1015731)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-the-comptroller-of-the-currency/1015731 "2025-03-17T18:08:24Z")
I think P&E is the right spot for this. For the last 5 years (4 yrs, 10 mos) we have been without a confirmed Comptroller of the Currency. In that time, there have been four acting comptrollers. Notice that the time h… --- ## [How far will elected MAGAts go with Canschluss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-will-elected-magats-go-with-canschluss/1015632)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-will-elected-magats-go-with-canschluss/1015632 "2025-03-17T17:18:04Z")
I’m sure that for most elected MAGAts, Canschluss talk was fine, bacause it owned the libs. It was funny, and it made the old man happy. But they have to know it’s never going to happen. Canadians can’t be tariffed into … --- ## [Do you know anyone who is a walking fire hazard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696)
**Author:** [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-who-is-a-walking-fire-hazard/1015696 "2025-03-17T17:04:05Z")
Ugh, I have a cousin who has zero foresight when it comes to fire hazards. He has several electronic heaters around his house. He leaves them on unattended sometimes. One time he left one on in the bathroom unintended w… --- ## [Problem with msn.com links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-msn-com-links/1015682)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-msn-com-links/1015682 "2025-03-17T16:52:37Z")
So I posted a link to https ://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/he-voted-for-trump-now-his-wife-sits-in-an-ice-detention-center/ar-AA1B0Qwo \[note an extra space added to show what is happening\] And the link was instead poste… --- ## [2023: 11-year-old girl FAFOs while misusing 911 service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-11-year-old-girl-fafos-while-misusing-911-service/1015690 "2025-03-17T16:22:45Z")
This video was just posted yesterday, and is going viral. TL : DW - an 11-year-old girl, about whom I am guessing had never been in trouble before, prank-called 911, stating that she had witnessed a kidnapping. None of… --- ## [Flu, how to do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-how-to-do-it/1015419 "2025-03-17T16:14:30Z")
Need help two major things: how do I clear my nose out so I can breath, & how do I sit up in terms of posture, not greatness. I am 58, and to my knowledge, have never had flu before. So I need shortcuts om all the comfor… --- ## [Poll: Is “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” about LSD / drugs / psychedelia, or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-about-lsd-drugs-psychedelia-or-not/1015334)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds-about-lsd-drugs-psychedelia-or-not/1015334 "2025-03-17T15:58:52Z")
poll Continuing the discussion from Myths that form about songs and bands / band members: Within that thread sprang up a bit of a debate over the true origin and meaning of the song Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds, with s… --- ## [Covid, Amtrak: thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-amtrak-thoughts/1013167)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-amtrak-thoughts/1013167 "2025-03-17T15:04:27Z")
We’ve long wanted to take Amtrak from Seattle to Chicago/Milwaukee and back. Friends in Milwaukee have invited us out for a couple of weeks in April. It’s hard for us to evaluate the Covid risk and so, we turn to the Dop… --- ## [Is Amazon blocking some political podcasts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-blocking-some-political-podcasts/1015697 "2025-03-17T13:34:57Z")
We used to be able to get various left-leaning podcasts like Democracy Docket, Unjustified, Shrinking Trump, and Weekend Show with Anthony Davis through our Echo Devices. Alexa now claims not being able to find them, t… --- ## [Wal-Mart Equate Brand Product is "Women Owned"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-equate-brand-product-is-women-owned/1015351)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-equate-brand-product-is-women-owned/1015351 "2025-03-17T12:50:28Z")
So, I’ve been using Wal-Mart’s Everyday Clean shampoo for years now. It’s sold under their Equate brand, which according to Wikipedia is a private label store brand of Wal-Mart’s, and which they’ve owned since 1993. The… --- ## [Why wasn't The Hulk Nude The First Time He Transformed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-hulk-nude-the-first-time-he-transformed/1015548)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-hulk-nude-the-first-time-he-transformed/1015548 "2025-03-17T12:07:05Z")
I can suspend disbelief enough to assume Bruce Banner figured out how to create some pants that wouldn’t completely come apart at the seams later, but the first time there’s no way Banner’s pants would have survived the … --- ## [(Old) Who, me? I started the MMP today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-who-me-i-started-the-mmp-today/1015386 "2025-03-17T06:10:11Z")
I’ve been waiting for y’all but no one jumped in to start, so Annie encouraged me to go for it. --- ## [Question about different "areas" in a home basement foundation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-different-areas-in-a-home-basement-foundation/1015446)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-different-areas-in-a-home-basement-foundation/1015446 "2025-03-17T06:05:24Z")
A new house is being built near me. Right now, the foundation is poured. It will have a full basement - with 3 “escape” windows. When I look at the foundation, it is divided into 4 separate “areas.” The main area (wi… --- ## [Let us assume that Victor Frankenstein was real, and it all worked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-assume-that-victor-frankenstein-was-real-and-it-all-worked/1015470)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-us-assume-that-victor-frankenstein-was-real-and-it-all-worked/1015470 "2025-03-16T23:41:20Z")
We are assuming that the MOVIE VERSION of Frankenstein actually happened. And a Human-like being could be assembled from parts of the dead, and re-animated by electrical & chemical means. This would have happened in th… --- ## [The fate of the 1890 Census - DESTROYED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-1890-census-destroyed/1015673 "2025-03-16T23:40:12Z")
The loss of veterans records by fire came up in a recent thread and it reminded me of the terrible fate that befell the 1890 Census. The 1890 Census was an important one for other reasons but particularly in Lorain, Ohio… --- ## [Why did the Jedi take a side in the Clone Wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-jedi-take-a-side-in-the-clone-wars/1015660)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-jedi-take-a-side-in-the-clone-wars/1015660 "2025-03-16T23:11:54Z")
I am reading a Star Wars novel set in the first days of the Galactic Empire (it starts literally days after Palpatine makes his speech to the Senate). There is a character who had fought for the Separatists and they wer… --- ## [Topic ban for Aspidistra, no more posting about Trans People will be allowed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topic-ban-for-aspidistra-no-more-posting-about-trans-people-will-be-allowed/1015676 "2025-03-16T20:36:14Z")
Topic Ban for @Aspidistra for Trans Issues. She is no longer to post about Trans people at all. As the poster has been unable to follow explicit moderation instruction when informed they are in violation of our existing… --- ## [Tornado bit me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670)
**Author:** [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-bit-me/1015670 "2025-03-16T20:10:44Z")
However, it was my country shack in the MO outback, and not much damage. However, my childhood town, in Arnold MO, was damaged. The elementary school that I attended seems intact, but many of the old trees were downed.… --- ## [Could Gov J B Pritzker be the next leader of the Democratic party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gov-j-b-pritzker-be-the-next-leader-of-the-democratic-party/1014596)
**Author:** [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-gov-j-b-pritzker-be-the-next-leader-of-the-democratic-party/1014596 "2025-03-16T19:59:02Z")
He gave an awesome State of the State. Here’s a link to the text: Gov J B Pritzker’s 2025 State of the State here are a few excerpts: “I know it’s in fashion at the federal level right now to just indiscriminately sl… --- ## [I've been selected for jury duty next week - circuit court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-selected-for-jury-duty-next-week-circuit-court/569977 "2025-03-16T19:42:17Z")
I answered my first juror questionnaire online a few months ago and last month I received a summons. I am to report to the courthouse for the juror pool Monday morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=352) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=354)