# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=366&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 367 --- ## [Reacher - the full-sized version is a vast improvement {Season 2, 1st 3 episodes available 2023-12-15}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 249\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reacher-the-full-sized-version-is-a-vast-improvement-season-2-1st-3-episodes-available-2023-12-15/958978 "2025-02-27T03:04:42Z")
The new TV show Reacher came out on Amazon yesterday. My wife and I binged 5 eps yesterday. I’m a longtime fan of the books, and I found it quite enjoyable. Haven’t read Killing Floor in some time, but much of it capt… --- ## [Time conversion from stove simmer to Instant Pot question - need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-conversion-from-stove-simmer-to-instant-pot-question-need-answer-fast/1014509)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-conversion-from-stove-simmer-to-instant-pot-question-need-answer-fast/1014509 "2025-02-27T02:12:44Z")
I’m planning to make Spicy Beef Rendang for dinner today. This is a dinner favorite I’ve made a dozen times or more, but I always make it on the weekend because it takes around 4 hours. But most of that is oven time, and… --- ## [TV shows and movies set in ambiguous time periods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-movies-set-in-ambiguous-time-periods/1014600)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-and-movies-set-in-ambiguous-time-periods/1014600 "2025-02-27T01:52:36Z")
The universe of Severance seems to be set in a weirdly ambiguous time period (which I’m sure is on purpose). Everyone has iPhones, which makes it seem like the present day. But the interior of the Lumen offices seems t… --- ## [Actors playing the same part in a Sequel or Series by a Different Studio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-part-in-a-sequel-or-series-by-a-different-studio/1014782)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-playing-the-same-part-in-a-sequel-or-series-by-a-different-studio/1014782 "2025-02-27T01:27:41Z")
I bring this up because I just finished reading Treasure Island, and I see that Robert Newton played Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney version, then went on to play the same character in Long John Silver (1954), made b… --- ## [I can’t sleep. Give me a recipe for split peas. Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-t-sleep-give-me-a-recipe-for-split-peas-please/1014803)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-t-sleep-give-me-a-recipe-for-split-peas-please/1014803 "2025-02-26T22:38:15Z")
I’m taking the night off work (actually three nights ) while I recover from a mild case of pneumonia, so I’ve decided to cook some pantry stuff. Also because I can’t get to sleep. I found a two-pound bag of pinkish spli… --- ## [Megalodon should be pronounced similar to iguanodon and pteranodon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megalodon-should-be-pronounced-similar-to-iguanodon-and-pteranodon/1014745)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/megalodon-should-be-pronounced-similar-to-iguanodon-and-pteranodon/1014745 "2025-02-26T21:37:26Z")
The title says it. The common pronunciation bugs the hell out of me. It sounds like someone who just came across the word and is reading it aloud without knowing how similar words are pronounced. --- ## [Dad band that made it big?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-band-that-made-it-big/1014755)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dad-band-that-made-it-big/1014755 "2025-02-26T18:41:44Z")
Are there any examples of what I’m terming “dad bands,” ie. Bands trending toward middle age, that would play covers at weddings or local beer tents and fish fries, that made it big? Any middle aged accountant rockers t… --- ## [Hypothetical: Marijuana is completely legal and you're allowed to grow your own. Do you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-marijuana-is-completely-legal-and-youre-allowed-to-grow-your-own-do-you/956025)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-marijuana-is-completely-legal-and-youre-allowed-to-grow-your-own-do-you/956025 "2025-02-26T15:01:56Z")
Title pretty much sums it up. Common sense finally prevailed and MJ is legal and regulated under an amalgam of alcohol and tobacco regulations. With the added proviso that a legal consumer can have X plants or 2X plant… --- ## [What do you think of roadside memorials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-roadside-memorials/342596)
**Author:** [@Let\_the\_machine\_get\_it](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Let_the_machine_get_it)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-roadside-memorials/342596 "2025-02-26T14:02:21Z")
In this city the kids put roadside memorials wherever there’s a fatal accident. Cards, balloons, banners, teddy bears, and strangely liquor bottles, whether or not alcohol was involved. The thing stays up for a couple w… --- ## [New York governor quashes Manhattan congestion pricing project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-governor-quashes-manhattan-congestion-pricing-project/1002541)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-governor-quashes-manhattan-congestion-pricing-project/1002541 "2025-02-26T12:08:16Z")
For decades, the city of New York has planned congestion pricing. More than $500 million has already been spent on a program to charge $15 for cars entering lower/midtown Manhattan. Less than a month before it was to ta… --- ## [(Theoretical) Winning Powerball Ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-winning-powerball-ticket/1014752)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-winning-powerball-ticket/1014752 "2025-02-26T08:22:40Z")
I know that in the U.S. that income from gambling winnings can be offset by gambling losses up to the amount of the winnings, but only if you itemize your deductions on Schedule A instead of taking the standard deduction… --- ## [What is the origin of the phrase "Nuke The Whales"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-nuke-the-whales/792151)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-nuke-the-whales/792151 "2025-02-26T04:40:41Z")
Just as the title says-I would like to know when and where that phrase came from. --- ## [My cat goes nuts for corn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-goes-nuts-for-corn/1014667)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-goes-nuts-for-corn/1014667 "2025-02-26T03:47:52Z")
She’ll fight you for corn on the cob. We have to lock her in the garage when we have it. I can’t leave husks or silks in the trash or they will be all over the floor in the morning. Corn bread crumbs get scoofed up like … --- ## [Stories where magic is just hard work and studying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-magic-is-just-hard-work-and-studying/1014670)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-where-magic-is-just-hard-work-and-studying/1014670 "2025-02-26T03:04:58Z")
There are a lot of stories (books, movies, whatever) where the main character is a wizard/sorcerer/mage/witch/whatever. But in most of them, it seems like the ability to do magic is just something innate, that you eithe… --- ## [Anonymous clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394 "2025-02-26T02:41:51Z")
@Dung\_Beetle opened a thread today on “Your attention-getting clothes.” I have a small number of what I call “graphic tees” but I actually hate wearing anything that attracts attention so I almost never wear them. I also… --- ## [Math problem (1 or 100) (obelus vs solidus)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-problem-1-or-100-obelus-vs-solidus/715834)
**Author:** [@Machete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machete)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-problem-1-or-100-obelus-vs-solidus/715834 "2025-02-26T01:59:24Z")
Hello, so, this problem appeared in my social feed today: 20 ÷ 2 (5+5) = ? I normally ignore these types of posts. Occasionally, I’d do the problem in my head but always just move on never bothering to reply. Howeve… --- ## [Buying a new vehicle, negotiating question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-new-vehicle-negotiating-question/1014749)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-new-vehicle-negotiating-question/1014749 "2025-02-26T01:56:15Z")
Maybe should go in IMHO. If so, please move. I ordered a new vehicle from the factory through a dealership. It has arrived and I have an appointment to take delivery this weekend. The price on the build sheet lists the … --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #26 – January, 2025 – “Blue” (poll added)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-26-january-2025-blue-poll-added/1012458 "2025-02-26T01:10:34Z")
This is the monthly thread for January, 2025. The topic this month is “Blue”, chosen by @beowulff . Please post only your photo and, if you want, a title in this thread. Any other text belongs in the rolling discussion … --- ## [Can anyone identify this encyclopedia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-encyclopedia/615881)
**Author:** [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-encyclopedia/615881 "2025-02-26T01:05:26Z")
When I was a wee flod, growing up in Pennsylvania, we had an encyclopedia, as many middle-class families did. It wasn’t one of the big names, though, and I’m trying to remember what it was called. Unfortunately my parent… --- ## [Post-fire post (but not the Post Fire)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-fire-post-but-not-the-post-fire/1014809)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-fire-post-but-not-the-post-fire/1014809 "2025-02-26T01:02:46Z")
I haven’t been by here the past couple of months (not that gaps are rare for me), but I did notice there were some threads on the California wildfires. Maybe of interest: my family and I remain displaced due to the Eato… --- ## [Is this proper use of English: "\[x\] will make you laugh and sick"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700 "2025-02-26T00:05:35Z")
Watching a YouTube theme park attraction review video, the narrator said, of a certain attraction, that “this ride will make you laugh and sick.” That hit my ears wrong. “This ride will make you laugh and puke,” sure – t… --- ## [Asteroid 2024 yr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asteroid-2024-yr4/1013676 "2025-02-25T23:29:00Z")
It currently has a 1.2% chance of hitting earth in 2032. Not high odds, but still I wish I had any confidence at all that the current world leadership could get together to deal with the risk. --- ## [How is carbon dating greenland shark eye lenses accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-carbon-dating-greenland-shark-eye-lenses-accurate/1014217)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-carbon-dating-greenland-shark-eye-lenses-accurate/1014217 "2025-02-25T22:02:00Z")
I’m familiar with carbon 14 being generated by cosmic rays, then entering the food chain through photosynthetic plants and then eventually consumed by animals. I’m comfortable with the idea that carbon dating animal bon… --- ## [Advice--plugged drain on countertop dishwasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-plugged-drain-on-countertop-dishwasher/1014754 "2025-02-25T21:47:21Z")
Title says it all. I’ve tried vinegar, hot water, liquid soap (you can unplug a toilet with it, so why not?) and Zap Drain defense (non-caustic enzyme–don’t hurt pipes), snake and plunger. Nada. Phooey. Not gonna cal… --- ## [Are we ready to fully automate air traffic control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ready-to-fully-automate-air-traffic-control/1013685)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-ready-to-fully-automate-air-traffic-control/1013685 "2025-02-25T21:15:19Z")
Is technology now good enough to fully automate the US air traffic control system? I strongly doubt it, but I wanted to give better informed Dopers a place to chime in. I didn’t want this topic to distract from the threa… --- ## [Should Canada Quit the Five Eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-canada-quit-the-five-eyes/1013323)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-canada-quit-the-five-eyes/1013323 "2025-02-25T21:08:29Z")
The Five Eyes is an intel-sharing group: Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. Why should Canada be sharing national security intel with the United States, the country that now poses the greates… --- ## [I don't understand the end game of the Graceland auction fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-end-game-of-the-graceland-auction-fraud/1014787)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-the-end-game-of-the-graceland-auction-fraud/1014787 "2025-02-25T20:30:25Z")
Lady who perpetuated the scheme pleads guilty I just don’t understand what she thought would happen. How did she decide this was a way to actually physically come out ahead? Can anyone explain the logic behind how sh… --- ## [Bigfoot.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809)
**Author:** [@liontamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liontamer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot/696809 "2025-02-25T18:59:11Z")
I’m sure this has been discussed but who here has had an encounter? There are at least two shows dedicated to them. Personally I think they are induced by drugs, alcohol or some combination of the two. I also do not w… --- ## [How do I stop getting emails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-getting-emails/1014784)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-getting-emails/1014784 "2025-02-25T18:45:38Z")
Recently I’ve been getting emails at my Gmail address from the Dope. I don’t want these cluttering up my inbox. I don’t recall signing up for emails so I don’t know how to turn them off. Does anybody here have any sugges… --- ## [I picked up a dumped dog today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-picked-up-a-dumped-dog-today/1014336 "2025-02-25T18:40:55Z")
I found a female yellow lab lab mix. No collar or chip. Very sweet girl. When I stopped my car, she came running to it and tried to climb in. Probably dumped, but hopeful there’s an owner. I’ve posted on the post & found… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=365&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=367&state=tracking)