# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=353&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 354 --- ## [Liquid pressure differential gage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-pressure-differential-gage/1015221)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquid-pressure-differential-gage/1015221 "2025-03-20T21:03:43Z")
Going to make a little pressure differential gage for measuring low air pressures ( below 2" - and +) I will be using clear plastic hose with no vent. I would like it to express itself over a longer distance than would … --- ## [I just rewatched Heaven Can Wait (1978)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rewatched-heaven-can-wait-1978/684087)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-rewatched-heaven-can-wait-1978/684087 "2025-03-20T19:41:23Z")
I remember really enjoying it when it first came out, and I have to say, it was just as good this time. Funny, warm and winning - a bittersweet supernatural comedy/romance. Warren Beatty and Julie Chris… --- ## [Weight bar question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-bar-question/1015853)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-bar-question/1015853 "2025-03-20T19:22:05Z")
I have a bar from the 80s, how safe am i? I always think that its going to break. What makes weight bars so durable and strong? Im sure there are some strong answers :slight\_smile: --- ## [SDMB Back on Google's Good Side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-back-on-googles-good-side/1015874)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-back-on-googles-good-side/1015874 "2025-03-20T19:10:21Z")
Recently I’ve had a few instances where I searched for something and one of the results was a SDMB thread. That hasn’t been happening for a long time. That would be interesting if somehow the algorithm is paying more at… --- ## [Fun with math](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-math/1014033)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-math/1014033 "2025-03-20T18:55:09Z")
A couple weeks ago when I was snowed in, I recorded my furnace duty cycle time vs deltaT between inside/outside temp. I took the two most extreme points with outside temps varying between 2 and 19 degf. Took my current t… --- ## [Add (or how the Democrats can win again) to a thread title](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-or-how-the-democrats-can-win-again-to-a-thread-title/1015802)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/add-or-how-the-democrats-can-win-again-to-a-thread-title/1015802 "2025-03-20T17:44:19Z")
Inspired by two simultaneous PE threads with that parenthetical. I’ll start. Cybertrucks falling apart (or how the Democrats can win again) Are there any programs for breeding super-athletes? (or how the Democrats can… --- ## [I'm in third place on the SDMB!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-third-place-on-the-sdmb/1015829)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-third-place-on-the-sdmb/1015829 "2025-03-20T15:22:21Z")
I just clicked on the 3 horizontal menu bars near my user name. Selected “Users” then “Topics Created” and “Year”. Damn, I started 108 topics in the past year. I’m 2 ahead of Beckdawrek". But Love\_Rhombus at 148 and HeyH… --- ## [46+ people, believed to be Mexican migrants, found dead in and near a truck in San Antonio {2022-06-28}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-people-believed-to-be-mexican-migrants-found-dead-in-and-near-a-truck-in-san-antonio-2022-06-28/967018)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/46-people-believed-to-be-mexican-migrants-found-dead-in-and-near-a-truck-in-san-antonio-2022-06-28/967018 "2025-03-20T13:27:09Z")
This sounds like a case of smuggling gone awry, to put it lightly. The story keeps getting worse all the time. --- ## [UK small claims court - substituted service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-small-claims-court-substituted-service/1015845)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-small-claims-court-substituted-service/1015845 "2025-03-20T13:19:40Z")
I’m involved in a minor dispute with a company which I intend to take to the small claims court. I’ve had several small claims before, so I know what to do. There is, however one difference in this case. The register… --- ## [Has the "cell phone at gas pump = disaster" warning been debunked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-cell-phone-at-gas-pump-disaster-warning-been-debunked/1015610)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-cell-phone-at-gas-pump-disaster-warning-been-debunked/1015610 "2025-03-20T12:42:15Z")
About to gas up, and i need to make a call. Is it safe? --- ## [Cruise ships: Why does the ship gather your bags and then deliver to your room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-why-does-the-ship-gather-your-bags-and-then-deliver-to-your-room/1015466)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-ships-why-does-the-ship-gather-your-bags-and-then-deliver-to-your-room/1015466 "2025-03-20T05:15:37Z")
I have not been on many cruises (one really) but I have watched videos and it seems passengers always give up their bags when embarking and then staff delivers them to your room a bit later. That seems a lot of work for… --- ## [Rabbit fencing for a garden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-fencing-for-a-garden/1015074)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-fencing-for-a-garden/1015074 "2025-03-20T01:27:55Z")
I’m thinking at least 2’ above ground and maybe 6" deep? Probably a coated 1" grid type of fencing. Will this work? I think the garden will be 15’ x 20’. Ground is fairly soft, so hopefully shallow trenching won’t be… --- ## [Are cruise ship drink packages cost-effective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cruise-ship-drink-packages-cost-effective/1015665)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cruise-ship-drink-packages-cost-effective/1015665 "2025-03-19T23:57:18Z")
An offshoot of this thread: Cruise ships: Why does the ship gather your bags and then deliver to your room? - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board How much do you have to drink to make them worth the cost, an… --- ## [Does a cease-fire in Ukraine make Trump Nobel-worthy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cease-fire-in-ukraine-make-trump-nobel-worthy/1015836)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cease-fire-in-ukraine-make-trump-nobel-worthy/1015836 "2025-03-19T23:48:32Z")
It appears that things are happening wrt a cease-fire in Ukraine. Is it that Biden thought that Ukraine could defeat Russia on the battlefield, given enough resources? And that Zelensky realized that he will never gain… --- ## ["The Year You Were Born" birthday cards - would "the years 5-20 years after you were born" be better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-you-were-born-birthday-cards-would-the-years-5-20-years-after-you-were-born-be-better/1015834)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-year-you-were-born-birthday-cards-would-the-years-5-20-years-after-you-were-born-be-better/1015834 "2025-03-19T23:20:23Z")
I recently attended my great aunt’s 90th birthday. She had a giant card an on the back was list of notable events and most popular song and that sort of thing from the year she was born. I’ve seen those before (always t… --- ## [Knee'd! My latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kneed-my-latest/1015833 "2025-03-19T23:03:38Z")
No, not baking bread or trying to trick my junior scrabble players, to believe, that kneed is really a word. I didn’t fight off an attacker. A few days ago I woke up on the floor. It was tossy, turny kinda night. I f… --- ## [Are there any places in the world that drive on the same side of the car and the road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-in-the-world-that-drive-on-the-same-side-of-the-car-and-the-road/1015752)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-places-in-the-world-that-drive-on-the-same-side-of-the-car-and-the-road/1015752 "2025-03-19T22:46:43Z")
I know that I’m the USVI, traffic is on the left side of the road because reasons, but since they’re part of the US, their cars are intended for the American market. Viz, both steering wheel and traffic are on the left. … --- ## [What day of the week was the Ides of March, 44BC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-was-the-ides-of-march-44bc/206164)
**Author:** [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-day-of-the-week-was-the-ides-of-march-44bc/206164 "2025-03-19T22:08:28Z")
I know the Ides was 15th March, but I was idly wondering what day of the week Julius Caesar was killed. (I’m assuming this date is in the Julian Calendar, which was introduced in 45 BC.) I did a cursory web search, but… --- ## [Kennedy Center Honors (2010) Paul McCartney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-center-honors-2010-paul-mccartney/1015841)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kennedy-center-honors-2010-paul-mccartney/1015841 "2025-03-19T21:55:10Z")
I know Trump took over the Director spot I know he bitched about sight lines and how Lee Greenwood would barely be be visible to anyone, as most concert venues are designed I LOL’d when I heard him bitch about how the u… --- ## [Jesse Colin Young of the Youngbloods has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-colin-young-of-the-youngbloods-has-died/1015749)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesse-colin-young-of-the-youngbloods-has-died/1015749 "2025-03-19T21:08:13Z")
Maybe I missed it, but I’m a little gobsmacked that no one has posted this yet: Gift link: From the article: Jesse Colin Young, whose sincere tenor vocals for the Youngbloods graced one of the most loving anthems o… --- ## [Anyone have (or remember) a 2000 or so Sony camcorder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-or-remember-a-2000-or-so-sony-camcorder/1015819)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-or-remember-a-2000-or-so-sony-camcorder/1015819 "2025-03-19T19:37:50Z")
Trying to digitize old tapes with OSB studio. No problem with video but getting no sound on the recordings even though the audio monitor shows decible levels. The only solution I have found is to go into the menu on the … --- ## [Eight fatalities, multiple injuries in 71-vehicle accident on Kansas interstate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-fatalities-multiple-injuries-in-71-vehicle-accident-on-kansas-interstate/1015637)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eight-fatalities-multiple-injuries-in-71-vehicle-accident-on-kansas-interstate/1015637 "2025-03-19T19:32:53Z")
Winds blowing over 80 mph created near-blackout conditions on I-70 in western Kansas, causing a massive pileup involving 71 cars and trucks. Eight people died and there were at least 55 injured. The highway was closed … --- ## [Advice on laptop brands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-laptop-brands/1015710)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-laptop-brands/1015710 "2025-03-19T18:54:11Z")
I’m looking at buying a new laptop, nothing too fancy (13-14’', 16 Gb RAM, 1 Tb SSD: it is not intended for gaming) and wonder about which brands are currently to be recommended or avoided. I found a fairly recent threa… --- ## [Basketball players using low sneakers now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-players-using-low-sneakers-now/1015307)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basketball-players-using-low-sneakers-now/1015307 "2025-03-19T17:51:41Z")
I am not an avid basketballer (neither actively nor passively) … but I recently have seen a lot of footage (ha!), where baskeballers use low cut sneakers/trainers. why? … … --- ## [How do some actors end up type-cast?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-actors-end-up-type-cast/1015542)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-actors-end-up-type-cast/1015542 "2025-03-19T15:16:56Z")
I assume most actors relish the chance to try different roles, based on nothing in particular other than knowing how I hated to do repetitive jobs. But it seems few get to stretch, while many are stuck in a very limiting… --- ## [The ubiquity of cell phones in today's TV police procedurals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ubiquity-of-cell-phones-in-todays-tv-police-procedurals/1015018)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ubiquity-of-cell-phones-in-todays-tv-police-procedurals/1015018 "2025-03-19T14:48:54Z")
This is really mundane and pointless, but it has to do with TV, so I put it here. Also: I don’t really have a point, just wanted to share an observation. TV cops have come a l-o-o-o-ng way from the days when Lennie Bris… --- ## [Fictional government agency programs, networks and DEI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-government-agency-programs-networks-and-dei/1015772)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-government-agency-programs-networks-and-dei/1015772 "2025-03-19T14:16:34Z")
One thing network shows that are fiction based on existing government agencies are known for are diversity, equity, and inclusion. Fictional government agents come in all colors, creeds, religions and sexes, but I am wo… --- ## [Tell Me About "Green Card Holders"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-green-card-holders/1015671)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-green-card-holders/1015671 "2025-03-19T05:38:11Z")
So the Immigration people arrested a student from Columbia University. It seem the Powers That Be did not like his activities relating to protests on campus. Much is being made that he is married to an American, has a ch… --- ## [Hey, Baker, how's that Phelps cult coming along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baker-hows-that-phelps-cult-coming-along/1015625)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-baker-hows-that-phelps-cult-coming-along/1015625 "2025-03-19T05:30:16Z")
I think it’s Baker who lives quite near the compound. Let me know if I’m wrong. I hadn’t thought about them in awhile. Are they still up to their shenanigans, or have they fizzled out? --- ## [Evangelicals and Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evangelicals-and-trump/1015801)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evangelicals-and-trump/1015801 "2025-03-19T04:52:42Z")
I read recenty - but for the life of me I can’t remember where - that Evangelicals were the only major demographic in which Trump won the popular vote. I’ve gone through my web history and googled around, but still can’… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=352&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=354&state=tracking)