# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=388&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 389 --- ## [Hot wax at car wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-wax-at-car-wash/1013260)
**Author:** [@stosh1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stosh1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-wax-at-car-wash/1013260 "2025-01-24T18:56:50Z")
I get my car washed to get the road salt and other crap off of it and was wondering how good is the hot wax they advertise? --- ## [Is it inevitable one of these freed J6ers attacks a Democratic politician?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inevitable-one-of-these-freed-j6ers-attacks-a-democratic-politician/1013214)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-inevitable-one-of-these-freed-j6ers-attacks-a-democratic-politician/1013214 "2025-01-24T17:49:53Z")
By freeing even the ones convicted of violent offenses hasn’t he just told a radical group of people they are free to commit violence in his name with no repercussions? It seems inevitable they or someone inspired by the… --- ## [Gas line freeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-line-freeze/1013222)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-line-freeze/1013222 "2025-01-24T17:27:55Z")
44 years ago I got my driver’s license. Most of the time since has been spent living and driving in the state of Michigan. One piece of advice from my father that I remember to this day (but don’t really follow) is to no… --- ## [How The Virus Stole Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-virus-stole-xmas/1012150)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-virus-stole-xmas/1012150 "2025-01-24T16:59:30Z")
Is this the “guess the virus” thread? If I list symptoms and time frames, is there a chance someone can spot what it is? Last Sunday, my eldest and his GF went to a Hallmark-Con. ( Yeah, it’s getting pretty gross alre… --- ## [Should the Numerous Overlapping Trump Threads Be Replaced By a More Logical Set of Threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-numerous-overlapping-trump-threads-be-replaced-by-a-more-logical-set-of-threads/1013278)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-numerous-overlapping-trump-threads-be-replaced-by-a-more-logical-set-of-threads/1013278 "2025-01-24T16:57:33Z")
There are a great many overlapping Trump threads. Discussing the same subject in multiple places it is not satisfactory to some of us. So I was thinking of closing the existing threads and replacing them with a more log… --- ## [What do you expect to be the first "REALLY BAD NEWS" from the Trump administration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-expect-to-be-the-first-really-bad-news-from-the-trump-administration/1013054)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-expect-to-be-the-first-really-bad-news-from-the-trump-administration/1013054 "2025-01-24T16:54:08Z")
Many of us anticipate all manner of unpleasant things from the Trump administration. In a perverse way I was wondering whether I actually HOPED he would do something really blatantly evil and/or stupid, to justify my fe… --- ## [Mmmmm Chicken Noodle Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-chicken-noodle-soup/1013133)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmmmm-chicken-noodle-soup/1013133 "2025-01-24T16:51:38Z")
Made some yesterday from mostly scratch(used premade broth). I’d never made chicken soup before, but I think it turned out pretty ok. Looked at plenty of recipes before deciding to just strike out on my own. One thing … --- ## [Hey, SURVIVOR fans, you might like this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-survivor-fans-you-might-like-this/1013179)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-survivor-fans-you-might-like-this/1013179 "2025-01-24T16:01:30Z")
Deal or No Deal Island. We started it once and didn’t make it past the first episode. Tried again, and the rest of the show was actually pretty good. They do play Deal or No Deal at some point in the show but the empha… --- ## [Mariano Rivera accused of ignoring sexual abuse at his ministry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mariano-rivera-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-abuse-at-his-ministry/1013218)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mariano-rivera-accused-of-ignoring-sexual-abuse-at-his-ministry/1013218 "2025-01-24T13:52:13Z")
https://www.gnvinfo.com/former-ny-yankee-pastor-mariano-rivera-sued-for-intimidating-child-in-gainesville-2/ The victim is identified as Jane Doe… Clara Rivera convinced Doe’s mom to allow her daughter to attend the Ig… --- ## [Farewell letter from Biden to Federal employees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-letter-from-biden-to-federal-employees/1013120)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farewell-letter-from-biden-to-federal-employees/1013120 "2025-01-24T13:07:43Z")
A couple of days ago, President Biden sent a farewell letter to federal employees. It was a nice letter; you can read the text here, but what we federal employees received was a PDF file of a letter drafted on US White… --- ## [What is Trump inheriting from Biden in terms of broader economy/crime/energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trump-inheriting-from-biden-in-terms-of-broader-economy-crime-energy/1011722)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trump-inheriting-from-biden-in-terms-of-broader-economy-crime-energy/1011722 "2025-01-24T12:47:38Z")
I would argue that Biden is handing Trump a nation that is economically & socially in much better shape than what Trump handed to Biden in 2021. Biden got no credit for this at all. And the Dems lost an election, even … --- ## [Identify this Science Fiction Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-science-fiction-novel/1013290)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-science-fiction-novel/1013290 "2025-01-24T12:44:16Z")
I read it in the late 70s, but I’d guess it’s 60’s or earlier, I remember the book being reasonably weathered when I got it from the library. A fleet of aliens visits Earth. They tell us there’s a migrant species that i… --- ## [The Silk Road](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-silk-road/664996 "2025-01-24T06:52:54Z")
I was wondering - does anyone have any experience with The Silk Road on the TOR network? Any stories? I am curious in how it works. Basically a person looking to sell makes a post and people make a payment through bitco… --- ## [USA 2025 Inauguration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-2025-inauguration/1013153)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-2025-inauguration/1013153 "2025-01-24T03:13:05Z")
I’ve always enjoyed watching the ceremonies with the pageantry. They’ve usually had close-up shots of the senators, Supremes and family with entourage. They’ve usually a Marine Corps band, a vocalist and a poet come up i… --- ## [Did anyone take tomorrow off work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-tomorrow-off-work/1009692)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-tomorrow-off-work/1009692 "2025-01-24T03:08:40Z")
I’m going to get pizza, drink whiskey and cross my fingers. I voted early, donated money, and don’t live in a swing state. --- ## [I met Keir Dullea tonight!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-met-keir-dullea-tonight/589324 "2025-01-24T02:19:00Z")
The Cleveland Cinematheque screened a new print of 2001: A Space Odyssey tonight and Keir Dullea, who played astronaut David Bowman, appeared for Q&A and autographs afterwards. The Cinematheque has shown several of his … --- ## ['Kingmakers' PC game - travel back in time to 1400AD with modern weapons to save the future...groovy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingmakers-pc-game-travel-back-in-time-to-1400ad-with-modern-weapons-to-save-the-future-groovy/1012856)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kingmakers-pc-game-travel-back-in-time-to-1400ad-with-modern-weapons-to-save-the-future-groovy/1012856 "2025-01-24T00:20:14Z")
I have no words… --- ## [Are Department Stores Dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-department-stores-dinosaurs/293078)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-department-stores-dinosaurs/293078 "2025-01-23T22:52:01Z")
Reecently, MACY’s (Federated Department Stores) has announced its intention to acquire the MAY Co. chain (including FILENE’s Dept. stores. This seems to me to be evidence that the decline of the department store is accel… --- ## [Muting the announcers during sporting events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-the-announcers-during-sporting-events/1010064)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-the-announcers-during-sporting-events/1010064 "2025-01-23T22:27:22Z")
As I’ve gotten older I have become increasingly annoyed the announcers during games. Not because I like or dislike any of them in particular, but because they never shup up, not for a second, both of the talking loud and… --- ## [LA valve Trump speaks of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-valve-trump-speaks-of/1013291)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-valve-trump-speaks-of/1013291 "2025-01-23T21:30:08Z")
What is this “valve” that Trump wants turned back to Los Angeles? Is he confused about something, or did he make it up? --- ## [Apparently Facebook wants everyone to follow Donald Trump now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-facebook-wants-everyone-to-follow-donald-trump-now/1013180 "2025-01-23T21:27:28Z")
My cousin just posted that she got a notification on Facebook that Donald Trump changed his profile pic. “Why the fuck am I getting notifications from this rapist?” she wondered out loud to herself. She went to her profi… --- ## [Correlation between inflation and crime rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-between-inflation-and-crime-rates/1013258)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/correlation-between-inflation-and-crime-rates/1013258 "2025-01-23T20:46:51Z")
Just thinking rationally but knowing nothing factual, it seems to me that crime, particularly petty crimes, would increase in tough economic times, since the poor bear the burden most as things get more expensive while p… --- ## [What’s the point of withdrawing from W.H.O.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-withdrawing-from-w-h-o/1013227)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-point-of-withdrawing-from-w-h-o/1013227 "2025-01-23T20:51:39Z")
I assume that Trump’s reasoning is that the U.S. doesn’t benefit directly from WHO membership, and that we spend money on other countries (small, weak, populated by non-white non-Christians, etc.) that do benefit from WH… --- ## [New conspiracy theory in the works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-in-the-works/1013200)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-conspiracy-theory-in-the-works/1013200 "2025-01-23T20:38:45Z")
Mods: I put this here as it tangentially involves politics. If I was mistaken, please move it to the appropriate venue. So I was in the local Family Dollar today, and I heard an extremely loud guy was asking one of the … --- ## [Can someone explain to me how Executive Orders work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-how-executive-orders-work/1013248)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-to-me-how-executive-orders-work/1013248 "2025-01-23T20:35:13Z")
I’m not American, but like everyone in the World, I’ve been witnessing the flurry of executive orders coming out of the White House. I’m intrigued with how these work, and how they differ from other initiatives which th… --- ## [Problem solving as we age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-solving-as-we-age/1013295)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-solving-as-we-age/1013295 "2025-01-23T20:32:01Z")
This is primarily about solving obligatory problems as opposed to non-obligatory problems. I have noticed a definite change in my thought processes since retirement. Nonobligatory problems were usually shelved when I ran… --- ## [Perry Mason on HBO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perry-mason-on-hbo/911306 "2025-01-23T20:07:55Z")
I liked it but it was slow. It’s set in 1932 when Perry is young and struggling to find work. He lives on a farm with 2 cows and there is also a small runway. He is working on case as a private detective. He a… --- ## [Cigar Aficianodos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-aficianodos/1013252 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
One of my coffee shop buddies’ smokes cigars. He has what I think an odd habit of dipping the end of his cigar in coffee then spending the next 15 min or so trying to light it. Is this a real thing? or does my friend jus… --- ## [Ever have laminate flooring repaired/replaced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-laminate-flooring-repaired-replaced/1013226 "2025-01-23T17:32:55Z")
After being ultra careful with keeping the laminate flooring (fake wood planks) that covers out entire first level for the past 7 years we finally had a dishwasher leak that ran down the seams of the flooring and now hav… --- ## [I have knee problems - tell me about arthroscopic surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-knee-problems-tell-me-about-arthroscopic-surgery/1013254 "2025-01-23T16:47:00Z")
I’m old, fat, and lazy, and my knees are taking the brunt of the stress. I’ve got arthritis and a torn medial meniscus in my left knee. I’ve had a hyaluronic acid shot recently, so I’m waiting to see how that works. I’ve… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=387&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=389&state=watching)