# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=357&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 358 --- ## [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 … --- ## [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,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=356&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=358&state=tracking)