# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=407&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 408 --- ## [Identify This Western For Me Based on a Single Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-western-for-me-based-on-a-single-scene/1012217)
**Author:** [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-western-for-me-based-on-a-single-scene/1012217 "2024-12-27T16:36:41Z")
I remember watching it as a kid in the 1980s, but I’m pretty sure the movie is from the 70s. I remember almost nothing about it except the good guy and the villain have a boxing match at the end of it. Both participant… --- ## [Arrest made in the Delphi murder case](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrest-made-in-the-delphi-murder-case/974086)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arrest-made-in-the-delphi-murder-case/974086 "2024-12-27T16:24:25Z")
I searched for an old thread from 2017. I’ve read this guy lives very close to the crime scene and police considered him a person of interest. I’m glad they finally have evidence to charge him. It has to be a parents w… --- ## [Any except Jews start day at sundown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-except-jews-start-day-at-sundown/1012198)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-except-jews-start-day-at-sundown/1012198 "2024-12-27T15:28:02Z")
The account in Genesis of the seven days of creation–And the evening and the morning was the first day–is, I assume, the reason Jews celebrate a day as starting at sundown and ending on the next day. I would have though… --- ## [Desert. Deserted. Dessert. (I don't think desserted is a word, but I sure like the idea of it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-deserted-dessert-i-dont-think-desserted-is-a-word-but-i-sure-like-the-idea-of-it/1012047)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-deserted-dessert-i-dont-think-desserted-is-a-word-but-i-sure-like-the-idea-of-it/1012047 "2024-12-27T04:24:28Z")
Ok. Say in some weird psychic occurrence you fell off a cruise ship. You grabbed an igloo floating by. And got washed up on a beach. It’s a island. Just randomly close enough. No one is on this island. Just lots of … --- ## [Will The Marvels flop? \[Open spoilers after post 112-ish\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-marvels-flop-open-spoilers-after-post-112-ish/992837)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 203\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-marvels-flop-open-spoilers-after-post-112-ish/992837 "2024-12-27T02:46:46Z")
I am not rooting for it to fail by any means, in fact I just bought tickets to see it, but I couldn’t help but notice that nearly every showing on its opening Saturday was empty or nearly empty at my local theater. Is t… --- ## [Wood working ( math)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-working-math/1012200)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-working-math/1012200 "2024-12-27T01:34:59Z")
I am making a small barrel out of 1X4’s. 11.5 diameter. I am dividing the circumference by 12=3.013 inches for each board cut on 15 degrees. When I am finished the 12 points will be about 1/8" higher than the flat spot o… --- ## [For All Mankind TV program Physics. Spoilers requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-mankind-tv-program-physics-spoilers-requested/1012126)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-all-mankind-tv-program-physics-spoilers-requested/1012126 "2024-12-26T23:26:35Z")
I began streaming “For All Mankind”. I’m in season two, and wondering about a few things. The most obvious is that there is no transmission lag between Earth and Moon, but I am willing to accept that for dramatic reason… --- ## [Need answer fast - what could make a swimming pool boil furiously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-could-make-a-swimming-pool-boil-furiously/1012165)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-could-make-a-swimming-pool-boil-furiously/1012165 "2024-12-26T21:26:45Z")
It’s near midnight now at my apartment complex and the tenant swimming pool is bubbling and roiling furiously and sending out huge clouds of vapor. The area has a strong smell of chlorine. What causes this? Do such swimm… --- ## ["Life is Beautiful" (1997) \[Unboxed spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-beautiful-1997-unboxed-spoilers/1012190)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-beautiful-1997-unboxed-spoilers/1012190 "2024-12-26T20:46:41Z")
Had never seen it until TCM aired in back to back with the documentary on “The Day the Clown Cried.” Some random thoughts, and I’m inviting anyone with more insight into the movie (or the doc). It took a while for it t… --- ## ["Reading for Comprehension". Why Else Would You Read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-for-comprehension-why-else-would-you-read/1012121)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-for-comprehension-why-else-would-you-read/1012121 "2024-12-26T19:46:15Z")
I’ve often seen Dopers insulting others by saying something like, “You need to read for comprehension!” It’s a nasty and infantile insult, IMO, but whatever… folks are gonna bitch, especially in the Bitching Zone (the P… --- ## [Compression socks and copper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compression-socks-and-copper/1012142)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compression-socks-and-copper/1012142 "2024-12-26T19:38:46Z")
What’s the deal about copper as an ingredient of compression socks? How does copper make them better? I see lots of claims that various socks have copper, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out how that would work. You’d… --- ## [They’ve found a 35,000 year old saber tooth tiger kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-ve-found-a-35-000-year-old-saber-tooth-tiger-kitten/1011777 "2024-12-26T18:13:55Z")
And it has toe beans! And fur! (I can’t believe this hasn’t been posted yet - and if it has, sorry, I really did search diligently) Anyway, this is a very cool find. As far as I can tell it’s pretty much intact. Link:… --- ## [Could they design helicopters based on drones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-design-helicopters-based-on-drones/786180)
**Author:** [@Born\_to\_be\_Mild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Born_to_be_Mild)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-they-design-helicopters-based-on-drones/786180 "2024-12-26T17:48:34Z")
The title says it all really, Could the way drones fly (with four sets of rotors) influence the design of passenger carrying aircraft? Are there any examples already in use? (I’ve only seen helicopters with 2 sets of r… --- ## [How best to glue metal parts to miscellaneous plastics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-glue-metal-parts-to-miscellaneous-plastics/1011888)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-glue-metal-parts-to-miscellaneous-plastics/1011888 "2024-12-26T16:59:16Z")
I need to glue a couple hundred little aluminum tags to the plastic caps of vials of essential oils and aroma compounds. What method would work best? The vials come from many different sources. The type of plastic obvio… --- ## [Hardest recognizable song to hum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-recognizable-song-to-hum/197795)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardest-recognizable-song-to-hum/197795 "2024-12-26T16:50:50Z")
For these purposes, “human beat box” sounds are equivalent to humming. So, what’s the hardest song to hum/beatbox to someone and have them know it, but yet, one would recognize it in a heartbeat on the radio? My candid… --- ## [Parents may sell me their car artificially cheap. What are the tax and legal implications of this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-may-sell-me-their-car-artificially-cheap-what-are-the-tax-and-legal-implications-of-this/1012132)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-may-sell-me-their-car-artificially-cheap-what-are-the-tax-and-legal-implications-of-this/1012132 "2024-12-26T15:41:35Z")
My parents have recently suggested a generous gift/offer (although it’s only tentative; they may decide not to.) They have a secondhand car that is worth somewhere between $17-21k on the market right now, but they are of… --- ## [A note to SDMB newcomers in late December](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-to-sdmb-newcomers-in-late-december/1012129)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-note-to-sdmb-newcomers-in-late-december/1012129 "2024-12-26T14:34:31Z")
Traditionally, there’s a reduction in post traffic at this time of year. Everybody’s busy with holiday stuff. I remember a newcomer a few years ago who groused, “Where is everybody? I thought this was The Teeming Million… --- ## [Rotation of axes update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-axes-update/1012163)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rotation-of-axes-update/1012163 "2024-12-26T10:48:47Z")
Rather than hyperzombize this old thread: Rotation of axes - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board Rotation in the fourth dimension looks like THIS: (2) 4-Dimensional Rotation - YouTube --- ## [Christmas Eve 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-eve-2024/1012138 "2024-12-26T10:08:58Z")
Christmas Eve. All the rushing around is done. Watching / listening to Carols from King’s Cambridge. « Once in Royal David’s City … » Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noël! --- ## [Sitcom actors who became famous for dramatic movie roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-actors-who-became-famous-for-dramatic-movie-roles/1011533)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sitcom-actors-who-became-famous-for-dramatic-movie-roles/1011533 "2024-12-26T04:43:31Z")
Many actors who first became famous in television sitcoms have gone on to become famous movie-star comedians. Much less common, I think, are sitcom stars who later become even more famous for dramatic roles on the silve… --- ## [Help me ID this song, circa 2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song-circa-2000/1009611)
**Author:** [@Nature\_s\_Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nature_s_Call)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-song-circa-2000/1009611 "2024-12-26T03:46:06Z")
This has been driving me crazy for years. There was a song I heard during the peak of Napster and Limewire’s popularity. The song was from a female singer/songwriter - low production value, voice and instrument only, m… --- ## [In what condition are Marie Curie's remains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-condition-are-marie-curies-remains/1012090)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-condition-are-marie-curies-remains/1012090 "2024-12-25T23:17:38Z")
As I understand it, Marie Curie’s remains are in a coffin lines with an inch of lead, because they’re radioactive. Would the radioactivity tend to preserve her body? Or would she rot like everyone else? --- ## [Enron? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enron-really/1011362)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enron-really/1011362 "2024-12-25T23:12:24Z")
This ad ran on the back page of today’s (12/8/24) Sunday NYT \[Album\] Enron newspaper ad … --- ## [Question about wills with conditions - don't need answer fast - this is hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-wills-with-conditions-dont-need-answer-fast-this-is-hypothetical/1012134)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-wills-with-conditions-dont-need-answer-fast-this-is-hypothetical/1012134 "2024-12-25T22:56:23Z")
My MIL died a couple of weeks ago and my husband is the executor. That’s only relevant because it got me thinking about wills. (Hers is simple and straightforward - no property, just splitting up a bank account.) It got… --- ## [What handgun ammunition has the most kinetic energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-handgun-ammunition-has-the-most-kinetic-energy/1011959)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-handgun-ammunition-has-the-most-kinetic-energy/1011959 "2024-12-25T21:46:48Z")
My impression is the 50 caliber desert eagle and the 44 magnum are the most powerful ammunition available on a handgun. I’ve seen guns that look like stock-less, short barreled AK-47s that fire 7.62x39 ammunition, but I… --- ## [Were you led to believe Santa's Reindeer were male?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-led-to-believe-santas-reindeer-were-male/217559)
**Author:** [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-led-to-believe-santas-reindeer-were-male/217559 "2024-12-25T16:57:43Z")
When calling off the name of Santa’s reindeer, don’t you get the impression they are all male? I mean a name like “Rudolph?” Even in the cartoon RUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER, he is shown to be a “guy” because he is sep… --- ## [Movie, Conclave (2024; fiction, papal conclave)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-conclave-2024-fiction-papal-conclave/1009864)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-conclave-2024-fiction-papal-conclave/1009864 "2024-12-25T16:26:38Z")
The missus and I had the in-laws over for dinner last night, to commiserate about, you know, Tuesday. And we also talked about this movie and it looks pretty good. Has anyone seen it? What’d you think? We’re thinking of… --- ## [How strong is NATO without USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-is-nato-without-usa/1011100)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strong-is-nato-without-usa/1011100 "2024-12-25T05:43:02Z")
I assume Trump will isolate USA, and probably pull out of NATO, so, how strong is NATO vs for instance russia without USA? There are a few Nuclear weaponed nations even without USA in NATO. But in general, surely France,… --- ## [Silver Palate mashed potatoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-palate-mashed-potatoes/641585)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-palate-mashed-potatoes/641585 "2024-12-25T04:58:31Z")
Not health food by any means, but sheer awesomely rich starchy goodness: These mashed potatoes can be made ahead and reheated. Feel free to substitute lower-fat dairy products. Makes 6-8 servings. 9 large baking potato… --- ## [Why America was founded (Elon Musk rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-america-was-founded-elon-musk-rant/1011917)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-america-was-founded-elon-musk-rant/1011917 "2024-12-25T04:47:02Z")
America declared independence and fought a war because a rich, unelected, foreign man (King George III) told Americans what to do for his own benefit. Now history is repeating itself … Elon Musk “Any member of the Hous… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=406&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=408&state=watching)