# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=355 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 356 --- ## [Why is Canada pulling American alcohol off the shelves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canada-pulling-american-alcohol-off-the-shelves/1015180)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-canada-pulling-american-alcohol-off-the-shelves/1015180 "2025-03-15T01:59:33Z")
I get not ordering MORE alcohol. But why pull the stuff that’s already been paid for? --- ## [Human Foot Washed Up on Beach: Male or Female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917)
**Author:** [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-foot-washed-up-on-beach-male-or-female/458917 "2025-03-14T23:17:24Z")
This morning a sixth human foot was found inside a shoe washed up on a beach in Washington state somewheres. Previous feet which have washed up have been identified as having belonged to a male or female. How is this e… --- ## [Music exchange thread - give one, get one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-exchange-thread-give-one-get-one/1015358)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-exchange-thread-give-one-get-one/1015358 "2025-03-14T22:47:19Z")
I am trying to expand my tastes in music and find new selections to enjoy across the entire range of Western musical genres - from classical to rap to pop (anything except death metal). I want folks to share their person… --- ## [Leon the Lobster, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leon-the-lobster-rip/1014927)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leon-the-lobster-rip/1014927 "2025-03-14T22:06:22Z")
I am very sad about this news I started watching Leon’s videos very early on. I think there were only two posted when I discovered them. This is unexpected. I am as sad about this as I was when I found out that Billi… --- ## [Just how, exactly, did my credit card get scammed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-how-exactly-did-my-credit-card-get-scammed/1000222 "2025-03-14T20:09:33Z")
Early on Tuesday morning I logged in to my internet banking to check a payment had been made. BUT, I found that my credit-card had been ‘hacked’ with two transactions. I immediately rang the bank to cancel the card and … --- ## [What is the most bulletproof way to buy a decent used car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bulletproof-way-to-buy-a-decent-used-car/1014996)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-bulletproof-way-to-buy-a-decent-used-car/1014996 "2025-03-14T19:44:23Z")
I hear horror stories about dealers, and apparently a national clearinghouse like Carvana is scarcely better. Is there a good alternative to Carvana? All I want is a decent fuel efficient workhorse vehicle like a Toyota … --- ## [Ski jump scandal rocks Norway!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ski-jump-scandal-rocks-norway/1015502)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ski-jump-scandal-rocks-norway/1015502 "2025-03-14T19:43:23Z")
Honest question: is there any sport without some kind of scandal or cheating in its history? And how much did these guys stand to gain if they got away with it? --- ## [Questions about new engine oils and their many varieties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-new-engine-oils-and-their-many-varieties/1015524)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-new-engine-oils-and-their-many-varieties/1015524 "2025-03-14T18:21:26Z")
I decided to start changing my own oil again, after ~15 years of paying for the service. After visiting three auto-parts stores, I found a surprising variety of special purpose oils: Truck and SUV, European car, Superc… --- ## [Name for Irrational numbers that follow a pattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-irrational-numbers-that-follow-a-pattern/1015301)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-irrational-numbers-that-follow-a-pattern/1015301 "2025-03-14T16:39:51Z")
Is there a name for irrational numbers that follow a pattern (or maybe better: a rule), like 0.10110011100011110000…. or 1.357911131517…. --- ## [How can I propagate some Yaupon Holly trees from cuttings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-propagate-some-yaupon-holly-trees-from-cuttings/1015482)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-propagate-some-yaupon-holly-trees-from-cuttings/1015482 "2025-03-14T16:21:18Z")
I have an area that I’d like to have a few more Yaupon Holly trees. I have some of them already. I’m having difficulty finding them at nurseries in my area that are at a size I can work with. They are in 7+ gallon pots a… --- ## [What kind of regular things can AI currently be used for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-regular-things-can-ai-currently-be-used-for/1015523)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-regular-things-can-ai-currently-be-used-for/1015523 "2025-03-14T16:02:08Z")
I’ve tended to be a late adopter of new technology. It could very well be that AI as it stands right now can be helping me out, but that I’m missing out due to not knowing how to use it, or even what it could be useful … --- ## [Favorite Little Debbie snack cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318 "2025-03-14T15:15:57Z")
I’ve loved the Little Debbie selection of snack cakes since I was a wee lad. My love of these snack cakes runs deep. How deep? Well, my favorite episode of Good Mythical Morning is, hands-down, the one where they taste a… --- ## [Noxious seaweed farts, or, Costco's chemical warfare on America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noxious-seaweed-farts-or-costcos-chemical-warfare-on-america/1015536)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noxious-seaweed-farts-or-costcos-chemical-warfare-on-america/1015536 "2025-03-14T15:02:57Z")
Lately, my partner and I have been buying roasted seaweed snacks from Costco and eating them through the day. They’re really quite delicious, but they’ve turned our cozy little home into a biohazard Superfund site. It’s… --- ## [Do Navy ships provide a off-duty rec area topside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-navy-ships-provide-a-off-duty-rec-area-topside/1015497)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-navy-ships-provide-a-off-duty-rec-area-topside/1015497 "2025-03-14T12:05:27Z")
Being confined below deck must get old on a long peacetime deployment. How much access does off-duty Navy crews have to the outside? Can they stand at the rails and enjoy the fresh air? Is there a rec area with chairs … --- ## [Recommend software for budgeting and tracking monthly spending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-software-for-budgeting-and-tracking-monthly-spending/1014654)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-software-for-budgeting-and-tracking-monthly-spending/1014654 "2025-03-14T08:37:17Z")
My wife and I are looking for this. We liked the old Mint budgeting app, but Mint shut down a year ago. So far we have looked at Every Dollar (Dave Ramsey product), Credit Karma, Quicken, Rocket Money (only a little bit)… --- ## [Anne Marie Hochhalter, paralyzed in Columbine shooting, dies aged 43](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-marie-hochhalter-paralyzed-in-columbine-shooting-dies-aged-43/1014485)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anne-marie-hochhalter-paralyzed-in-columbine-shooting-dies-aged-43/1014485 "2025-03-14T03:49:21Z")
The story does not give her exact cause of death, but hinted that it was due to her 25 years of paraplegia. She should be considered the 16th fatality. Her mother committed suicide 6 months after the shooting, but she … --- ## [Why is fentanyl smuggled in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fentanyl-smuggled-in/1015184)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fentanyl-smuggled-in/1015184 "2025-03-14T03:43:55Z")
The stuff seems to not be hard to produce. Regular kitchens can suffice and the precursors are allegedly pretty widely available used for lots of other manufacturing. So why aren’t the cartels just doing a Walter White … --- ## [Program for playing music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-for-playing-music/1014085)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-for-playing-music/1014085 "2025-03-14T01:15:45Z")
I play guitar and sing in a three person band. I currently use Ultimate Guitar Pro on an Ipad for help with lyrics and chords onstage. It has a lot of glitches though. What other programs do folks use for this? I’m looki… --- ## [Will my coffee stay hotter if I wait a bit before milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-coffee-stay-hotter-if-i-wait-a-bit-before-milk/1015473)
**Author:** [@BrantMcFritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrantMcFritter)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-my-coffee-stay-hotter-if-i-wait-a-bit-before-milk/1015473 "2025-03-14T00:21:28Z")
Hello. Just had a thought and I know for sure I’m not the man to ask. My brain should know better than to ask me stuff like this. Anyway this is what I wondered - If I wait, say 30 seconds before adding milk to my coffe… --- ## [Help me remember a Scandinavian Crime drama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-scandinavian-crime-drama/1015527)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-a-scandinavian-crime-drama/1015527 "2025-03-13T21:46:08Z")
I saw it a few years ago on a well known streaming service though I cannot be confident which. It was a limited series adapted from a novel. It was about an older awkward English man with some amateur crime solving exp… --- ## [Fellow members of the SDMBBA What strange crimes have you seen charged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-members-of-the-sdmbba-what-strange-crimes-have-you-seen-charged/1014883 "2025-03-13T19:54:08Z")
A few months back I noticed an “Unlicensed Practice of Dentistry” on a criminal docket in my home jurisdiction. Turns out nobody got hurt, she was doing good work out of her front parlor. I imagined that the local APA wh… --- ## [Laptop battery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-battery/1015495)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-battery/1015495 "2025-03-13T18:17:31Z")
I have a Samsung laptop that I bought in August of '22. Since a couple weeks ago the battery has only been charging up to 79%. Anybody know why? And does thismean I need to buy a new battery? --- ## [Pete Buttigieg, senator from Michigan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigieg-senator-from-michigan/1013945)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pete-buttigieg-senator-from-michigan/1013945 "2025-03-13T17:30:41Z")
That’s what he’s thinking about doing, since their sitting senator is planning to retire. https://www.axios.com/2025/01/28/pete-buttigieg-michigan-senate?fbclid=IwY2xjawIRP4hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHdNkrEcxg-9rJVwIGe\_x\_eqMeQ-Y… --- ## [What is this called (horsebite? how does a horse bite an apple? knee squeeze?)? Do many people even know what I'm talking about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-called-horsebite-how-does-a-horse-bite-an-apple-knee-squeeze-do-many-people-even-know-what-im-talking-about/1015403)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-called-horsebite-how-does-a-horse-bite-an-apple-knee-squeeze-do-many-people-even-know-what-im-talking-about/1015403 "2025-03-13T17:01:32Z")
There is a movement when someone grabs your knee (usually an adult–say, grandparent—when you are a kid) on the sides of it and presses into the sides with their thumb and index fingers. This causes a momentary funny feel… --- ## [An actor/actress on Sisters who is “ difficult to work with”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actor-actress-on-sisters-who-is-difficult-to-work-with/1015140)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-actor-actress-on-sisters-who-is-difficult-to-work-with/1015140 "2025-03-13T16:45:25Z")
I was listening to a podcast where the guest was the director of a few episodes of Sisters. The guest said she and the show mutually parted ways because she couldn’t get along with a particular actor/actress (she was del… --- ## [Can an animal really be impervious to all known chemical weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-animal-really-be-impervious-to-all-known-chemical-weapons/1015420)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-animal-really-be-impervious-to-all-known-chemical-weapons/1015420 "2025-03-13T16:28:26Z")
A common sci-fi or horror trope of creatures gone amok is that they somehow become immune to “all known chemical deterrents or weapons” to explain why we can’t just kill these evil ants or wasps. Usually this isn’t even … --- ## [Is it typical to have a dozen or more email hacking attempts a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-typical-to-have-a-dozen-or-more-email-hacking-attempts-a-day/1015487)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-typical-to-have-a-dozen-or-more-email-hacking-attempts-a-day/1015487 "2025-03-13T16:04:49Z")
Today I was reviewing my activity on my Microsoft email account, something I’d never really bothered with before, at least not in years. I was surprised to see I was having well over a dozen unsuccessful attempts at ope… --- ## [If we have canine, feline, equine, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-have-canine-feline-equine-etc/1015483)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-have-canine-feline-equine-etc/1015483 "2025-03-13T15:13:32Z")
… then why isn’t it pronounced “mah-RYNE”? --- ## [Photographers: Tips on shooting the Northern Lights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-tips-on-shooting-the-northern-lights/1013383)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-tips-on-shooting-the-northern-lights/1013383 "2025-03-13T14:41:12Z")
In a few weeks I will be in Norway, hoping to see the Northern Lights. I will be using my Samsung Galaxy S21 phone. (I have a DLSR, Canon 80D, but have decided on my last several trips that my phone does about as well f… --- ## [Say something good about Donald Trump. Can you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-good-about-donald-trump-can-you/1014705 "2025-03-13T08:05:02Z")
Mods, if you feel this is better suited for Politics, feel free to move it. Putting it here initially, though, because I feel/mean it more so as a lighthearted topic more about the man rather than his politics directly … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=354) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=356)