# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=356 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 357 --- ## [How understanding are companies if I wanted to help them out once a week? Depending on my main job's schedule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-understanding-are-companies-if-i-wanted-to-help-them-out-once-a-week-depending-on-my-main-jobs-schedule/1006018)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-understanding-are-companies-if-i-wanted-to-help-them-out-once-a-week-depending-on-my-main-jobs-schedule/1006018 "2025-03-13T07:19:31Z")
Even though these “2nd jobs” would most likely be in retail and food service, I used to work once a week (at Chipotle) in between my full time job from before. But since I was starting to lose interest in warehousing, I… --- ## [What is this symbol within this Baltimore logo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-symbol-within-this-baltimore-logo/1015414)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-symbol-within-this-baltimore-logo/1015414 "2025-03-13T06:05:07Z")
I thought we had done this exact one last year or so, but I cannot find it. Now, my daughter has this sign and we are trying to figure out what that weird design is within the left part of the “B”. … --- ## [Solidity of Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solidity-of-hamlet/75907)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solidity-of-hamlet/75907 "2025-03-13T03:26:41Z")
With the overwhelming response to Dead Horse, NM (well, at least a couple of responses including a rimshot), I bring you yet another mundane, pointless post I must share: Solidity of Hamlet By Will Shake’n’Bake TUBBY,… --- ## [Are you any good at guessing peoples' ages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-any-good-at-guessing-peoples-ages/1015474)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-any-good-at-guessing-peoples-ages/1015474 "2025-03-13T01:57:13Z")
I’m 71 and I try to guess how old someone is by looking at them and comparing them to me. But it’s difficult. I have no gray yet and I’m not too wrinkled. But we all age according to out genetics and life experiences, r… --- ## [Who wrote "My name is Sarah" poem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-my-name-is-sarah-poem/970749)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wrote-my-name-is-sarah-poem/970749 "2025-03-13T00:27:46Z")
So, this poem has been online for years. Interesting enough, it is most commonly found copy-pasted on author’s profiles on Fanfiction.net. The poem (with slight variations) reads as it follows: My name is Sarah, I am bu… --- ## [The Presidential approach to the 2026 FIFA Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-approach-to-the-2026-fifa-cup/1015275)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-presidential-approach-to-the-2026-fifa-cup/1015275 "2025-03-13T00:20:31Z")
He has declared that this will be the largest sporting event in history!, And has put together a task force that consists of Himself as the Chair and the Vice-Prez as (of course) the Vice Chair…but that’s not all… --- ## [My first ant invasion in my condo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ant-invasion-in-my-condo/1015399)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ant-invasion-in-my-condo/1015399 "2025-03-12T23:39:07Z")
Took a couple of years, but I got there. I only wish I didn’t find it after reusing a bowl and finding them crawling on my food. :stuck\_out\_tongue: I’ll be buying ant traps and making sure my dishes are clean and no foo… --- ## [How does timekeeping work on trans-oceanic passages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-timekeeping-work-on-trans-oceanic-passages/1015369)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-timekeeping-work-on-trans-oceanic-passages/1015369 "2025-03-12T19:39:32Z")
Let’s say I’m traveling from Southampton to New York on a ocean liner. The ship sails at 1800. Supper is at 2000, I assume Southampton time. The next night, the ship will have crossed a time zone or two. Supper at 2000 … --- ## [Soul Man — Missing or Misremembered Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-man-missing-or-misremembered-scene/1015410)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soul-man-missing-or-misremembered-scene/1015410 "2025-03-12T19:08:57Z")
Watched Soul Man on DVD, first time seeing it in decades. allthegood had never seen it, just the SNL skits. I saw scenes I remembered from before — especially the one where they perform behind chicken wire and rednecks… --- ## [Transgenic vs transgender](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgenic-vs-transgender/1015314)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transgenic-vs-transgender/1015314 "2025-03-12T19:04:40Z")
As you probably are aware, in his address to Congress the other day, Trump railed against “transgender” mice being a part of governmentally funded experiments, when it was actually work being done on transgenic mice. He’… --- ## [Help me select or invent a Cranberry-Walnut Pie recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-or-invent-a-cranberry-walnut-pie-recipe/993251)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-select-or-invent-a-cranberry-walnut-pie-recipe/993251 "2023-11-20T00:19:24Z")
I’m inspired by someone on these boards mentioning Nantucket Pie, but that’s kind of an upside-down cake version despite its name. I want a proper pie made with cranberries and walnuts, and I want it to look approximatel… --- ## [What are some good free WYSIWYG HTML editors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-free-wysiwyg-html-editors/1015439)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-good-free-wysiwyg-html-editors/1015439 "2025-03-12T14:56:15Z")
This is just to edit fairly simple generated 1-3 page HTML pages. Notepad++ is strictly text and so too slow. I would like to delete sections, move up divisions and change Font sizes and type easily. I’ve seen TinyMCE,… --- ## [How much transphobia is permissible before banning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-transphobia-is-permissible-before-banning/1015457)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-transphobia-is-permissible-before-banning/1015457 "2025-03-12T14:48:35Z")
Continuing the discussion from Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread: Although it’s actually an earlier warning in that thread that I want to discuss: If three warnings for misgendering isn’t resulti… --- ## [How to find records of cruise ship planned vs actual itineraries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-records-of-cruise-ship-planned-vs-actual-itineraries/1015173)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-records-of-cruise-ship-planned-vs-actual-itineraries/1015173 "2025-03-12T11:53:23Z")
I recently went on a Viking cruise that was scheduled to sail from Bergen, Norway, to the Norwegian cities of Alta and Tromso (above the Arctic Circle), then Narvik, Amsterdam, and London. Because of heavy storms in the… --- ## [What is the purpose of this new spam call tactic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-this-new-spam-call-tactic/1015418)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-this-new-spam-call-tactic/1015418 "2025-03-12T11:30:05Z")
I’ve been getting a lot of spam phone calls lately. And I noticed that have a new trick. My phone rings. I pick it up and say “Hello”. The spammer immediately says “Hello” back to me but then she doesn’t say anything el… --- ## [An exact duplicate of the Voyager I craft passes by Earth; how close for our equipment to detect it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exact-duplicate-of-the-voyager-i-craft-passes-by-earth-how-close-for-our-equipment-to-detect-it/1015449)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-exact-duplicate-of-the-voyager-i-craft-passes-by-earth-how-close-for-our-equipment-to-detect-it/1015449 "2025-03-12T05:56:03Z")
Let’s say an alien civilization made a spacecraft that, as luck would have it, matches the Voyager I piece for piece and gram for gram. How close would it have to get for any of our equipment to detect it? Edited to add… --- ## [Flow (Latvian animated movie) - anyone seen this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flow-latvian-animated-movie-anyone-seen-this/1012899)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flow-latvian-animated-movie-anyone-seen-this/1012899 "2025-03-12T05:26:37Z")
I hadn’t heard of it until a few days ago, and it sounds really wonderful. Has anyone here seen it, and what did you think? --- ## [We need to get far more serious about organized cyber-crime scamming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-get-far-more-serious-about-organized-cyber-crime-scamming/1014274)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-get-far-more-serious-about-organized-cyber-crime-scamming/1014274 "2025-03-12T05:24:21Z")
The Economist Magazine had a cover story on 8 Feb 2025 entitled Scam Inc. Organized crime associated with cyberscams extracts $50 billion per year from American citizens. Cybercrime rivals the illegal drug industry in si… --- ## [What is it like to be on a film set when the star doesn't show up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-on-a-film-set-when-the-star-doesnt-show-up/1015385)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-on-a-film-set-when-the-star-doesnt-show-up/1015385 "2025-03-12T02:12:26Z")
E.g. Dwayne Johnson was allegedly sometimes up to 8 hours late for filming Big Red One. There’s also stories about everybody from Marilyn Monroe to Johnny Depp staying in their trailers for hours. I was wondering what a… --- ## [Median and halving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-and-halving/1015436)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-and-halving/1015436 "2025-03-12T02:11:43Z")
I have seen this both ways so I’m wondering if there is a technically correct answer and if not, what the consensus is. Assume an odd amount of data that you want to split into the low half and high half. Does the medi… --- ## [How should I plan for weather on a long car trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-plan-for-weather-on-a-long-car-trip/1015079)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-plan-for-weather-on-a-long-car-trip/1015079 "2025-03-12T01:18:12Z")
I live in West Central MT, but have spent the winter in Tulsa, OK, and now it’s time to head back. It’s a 1635 mile trip, and would only take 25 hours if I drove straight through, but I plan on stopping to sleep at night… --- ## [Getting one's "armadillo" through a metal detector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-ones-armadillo-through-a-metal-detector/1015447 "2025-03-12T00:43:58Z")
So, was Derek Smalls’ “armadillo” a foil wrapped cucumber or zucchini? --- ## [Ship crash off U.K. coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-crash-off-u-k-coast/1015435)
**Author:** [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-crash-off-u-k-coast/1015435 "2025-03-12T00:38:52Z")
News account. Another news account. I’m a bit surprised there’s been no discussion of this ongoing incident. Tanker Stena Immaculate, a U.S.-flagged tanker (a rarity in itself, as I understand it) carrying jet fuel for … --- ## [Botticelli February 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2025/1013905 "2025-03-11T22:01:36Z")
Hello hello hello and welcome to the February Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, here is a thread for general questions, and here are the rules for anyone interested in joini… --- ## [Willing/Inheriting a Mortgaged Property (per the Garn-St. Germain Act)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willing-inheriting-a-mortgaged-property-per-the-garn-st-germain-act/1015271)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willing-inheriting-a-mortgaged-property-per-the-garn-st-germain-act/1015271 "2025-03-11T21:27:15Z")
I’m somewhat belatedly working on how my estate will be handled once I shuffle off the proverbial mortal coil, and one of the issues that’s been of concern is that the house I live in has a mortgage. Then I stumbled acro… --- ## [Are kids more safe today than they were in the 60s/70s (or earlier)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-more-safe-today-than-they-were-in-the-60s-70s-or-earlier/1015339)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-kids-more-safe-today-than-they-were-in-the-60s-70s-or-earlier/1015339 "2025-03-11T20:16:07Z")
Continuing the discussion from How do I find a small backpack for cycling?: The linked thread was on about something completely different but this came up and is interesting (I think). I was born in 1967 so was a kid … --- ## [Soccer: if you’re fouled in the penalty area and score a goal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-if-you-re-fouled-in-the-penalty-area-and-score-a-goal/1015042)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soccer-if-you-re-fouled-in-the-penalty-area-and-score-a-goal/1015042 "2025-03-11T17:56:56Z")
I saw this in an MLS game. A Toronto FC player looked like he was fouled in the Saint Louis City SC penalty area. Even as the Orlando player was fouling him\*, he was sending the ball into the back of the net. If you’re … --- ## [What do you call a dish that is a grain, a meat, and a veg all mixed together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-dish-that-is-a-grain-a-meat-and-a-veg-all-mixed-together/979146)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-dish-that-is-a-grain-a-meat-and-a-veg-all-mixed-together/979146 "2025-03-11T17:16:19Z")
What do you call a dish that is a grain, a meat, and then one or more vegetables mixed together? I am aware there are many specific dishes that meet this description (jambalaya, arroz con pollo, paella), but I am hoping… --- ## [Overland Expo SoCal in Costa Mesa CA — this weekend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overland-expo-socal-in-costa-mesa-ca-this-weekend/1015433)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overland-expo-socal-in-costa-mesa-ca-this-weekend/1015433 "2025-03-11T14:11:58Z")
Is anyone here planning to attend the Overland Expo in Costa Mesa CA this weekend? ➜ About SoCal — Overland Expo® ■ This will be my first one and I’m planning on going on Saturday. It’s not likely that I’ll go on Sunda… --- ## [What should I do with my old desktop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-old-desktop/1015411)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-my-old-desktop/1015411 "2025-03-11T11:55:44Z")
A month ago, I retired after 35 years in IT. My company gave me a year old Windows laptop and a 5 year old desktop. I’ll keep the laptop as is and use it for contracting work with my old company. The desktop is nothing s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=355) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=357)