# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=422&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 423 --- ## [Economics of electric vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-electric-vehicles/998908)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economics-of-electric-vehicles/998908 "2024-12-06T03:31:04Z")
Interesting study has come out from economics researchers at the University of British Columbia, comparing the costs of gas vehicles to electric vehicles. They conclude that the point at which EVs become cheaper, long-t… --- ## [Will the attempt in July 2024 (Butler, Pennsylvania) go down as one of the biggest alternative-history what-ifs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-attempt-in-july-2024-butler-pennsylvania-go-down-as-one-of-the-biggest-alternative-history-what-ifs/1009800)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-attempt-in-july-2024-butler-pennsylvania-go-down-as-one-of-the-biggest-alternative-history-what-ifs/1009800 "2024-12-06T01:34:38Z")
Thinking alternate history: If Trump had been defeated by Harris in the election last night, then him turning his head to the right at Butler in July wouldn’t have made much difference - either way, he’d have been kept … --- ## [Recommend books about Empathic Justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-about-empathic-justice/1006387)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-books-about-empathic-justice/1006387 "2024-12-06T01:23:03Z")
I’ve mentioned in the past that the school I work for has a theme for each year, and that our summer reading books are chosen to reflect that theme. Well, I’m now on the committee that picks those books, and I’d like to… --- ## [I want a cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-cat/1011131)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-a-cat/1011131 "2024-12-06T01:17:50Z")
I currently have 4 dogs - A doberman, a doberman mix, a possible catahoula mix and a probable pit bull mix. I lost my last indoor Siamese cats a few years ago, and I miss having a cat in the house. My dogs are reasonably… --- ## [A TV series called Earth Abides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tv-series-called-earth-abides/1011184 "2024-12-06T01:00:29Z")
I was looking for something on the Internet Movie Data Base and saw an ad for a new series. It’s based on the book Earth Abides I read it growing up. My dad once mentioned, when he saw me with a copy, that there had b… --- ## [2024 US House of Representatives elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-house-of-representatives-elections/1000512)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-us-house-of-representatives-elections/1000512 "2024-12-06T00:04:44Z")
A thread suggested by Railer13. Some polling that may be of interest: For the thread on the upper house: 2024 US Senate Elections --- ## [I Have A Thermal Imager!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-thermal-imager/724162)
**Author:** [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-thermal-imager/724162 "2024-12-06T00:02:02Z")
And it is awesome! It is the FLIR One that plugs into my iPhone, is tiny, and actually images long wave IR. UPS delivered it yesterday and the first thing I did was look up at my ceiling. I now know exactly where all th… --- ## [Weird edit box behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-edit-box-behavior/1011228)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-edit-box-behavior/1011228 "2024-12-05T23:58:42Z")
I’m having an odd behavior on my edit window on my phone. Normally when I select Reply, the window opens at the bottom of the screen, and then when I select the box to pull up the keyboard, the small window expands to f… --- ## [Botticelli - November 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-november-2024/1009446 "2024-12-05T22:39:09Z")
It’s a new month (sort of), and a new round of Botticelli! Let the congregation say “Amen”! I am P! Linky to last month’s thread. --- ## [What do the names of the days of the week in Spanish mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-names-of-the-days-of-the-week-in-spanish-mean/1011070)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-names-of-the-days-of-the-week-in-spanish-mean/1011070 "2024-12-05T22:12:34Z")
Lunes (Monday) I get, Luna being the word for Moon Martes (Tuesday)?? Miercoles (Wednesday)?? Jueves (Thursday)?? Viernes (Friday)?? Sabado (Saturday) = Sabbath Domingo (Sunday) = \[something akin to\] Lord’s Day --- ## [Hemangiosarcoma and Dogs question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemangiosarcoma-and-dogs-question/1010343 "2024-12-05T21:20:51Z")
Sadly, our dog was just diagnosed with this following a surgery to remove his spleen. My understanding is cancer is not uncommon in older dogs and not painful in itself. The dog laps up copious amounts of water with res… --- ## [Amazon problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-problem/1011130 "2024-12-05T20:34:53Z")
I accidentally ordered an item twice.om Amazon. I went ahead and used both items. Now they are pestering me to return the second item And I obviously can’t. The robots can’t understand and I can’t seem to reach a human. … --- ## [When do you go to the doctor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-go-to-the-doctor/1011153 "2024-12-05T19:40:38Z")
I was talking to my 75-y/o sister-in-law yesterday and she shared a rather scary tidbit. When visiting some friends a few months back, they’d gone hiking or something and SIL said she felt breathless and some pain in her… --- ## [How do you prepare your Turkey? - 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-your-turkey-2022/975381)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-your-turkey-2022/975381 "2024-12-05T19:20:40Z")
Just looking for favorite tips and tricks. I have a method I use to cook that I plan to stick with, but I was thinking about the prep stage. . . I still have some time to do a dry brine. . . what do you guys do? Marinade… --- ## [Kurdish Exodus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdish-exodus/1011166)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kurdish-exodus/1011166 "2024-12-05T19:02:41Z")
It’s currently looking likely that Syrian rebels, backed by Turkey, might be able to overthrow Assad. If Israel jumped in to aid, that would probably make it a slam dunk. The early indication, though, is that neither Er… --- ## [Do you rebalance your portfolio? If so how often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-rebalance-your-portfolio-if-so-how-often/1010476 "2024-12-05T18:42:52Z")
Investing guidance is to rebalance with some regularity, which should both keep the portfolio at your level of “risk” (well volatility) tolerance, AND increase returns for risk level if asset classes are not well correla… --- ## [Why does PBS change its programming for pledge drives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-pbs-change-its-programming-for-pledge-drives/1010988)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-pbs-change-its-programming-for-pledge-drives/1010988 "2024-12-05T18:26:22Z")
My local PBS affiliate shows what I think is standard public television fare most of the time - children, cooking and travel shiws during the day and documentaries in the evening, plus some British drama. Except every s… --- ## [Do I want a dental implant or a bridge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-want-a-dental-implant-or-a-bridge/969524 "2024-12-05T18:09:06Z")
Yesterday a crown fell off a tooth while I was eating. I went to the dentist today, hoping they could just glue it back on. HA! No chance. The tooth is on the bottom right. Going by this picture, I think it’s the one lab… --- ## [Ohio's anti-trans brigade continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 144\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861 "2024-12-05T16:37:19Z")
Ohio has become the latest state to sign an anti-trans bathroom bill into law, this one limited to K-12 schools and some higher education facilities. I don’t have much commentary here, I’m just depressed. This is the l… --- ## [They will be begging to have Deep State come back after Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-will-be-begging-to-have-deep-state-come-back-after-trump/1011202)
**Author:** [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-will-be-begging-to-have-deep-state-come-back-after-trump/1011202 "2024-12-05T15:16:15Z")
They will be begging to have Deep State come back after Trump, because the deep state is what keeps us healthy and alive and gets us some education. The corporations are what keeps deep state in some control, thorough lo… --- ## [The odds of drawing these two poker hands. (Playing Balatro)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odds-of-drawing-these-two-poker-hands-playing-balatro/1010941)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-odds-of-drawing-these-two-poker-hands-playing-balatro/1010941 "2024-12-05T14:22:05Z")
First, for anyone who can answer this question, let me recommend the game Balatro. It’s a deck-building roguelite based on playing poker hands and it’s fantastic. It’s up for game of the year in a number of surveys. Fo… --- ## [Thanos and the Rapture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanos-and-the-rapture/1011144)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanos-and-the-rapture/1011144 "2024-12-05T13:36:48Z")
It occurs to me that when Thanos snapped his fingers and half of all living things disappeared, there must have been a lot of Evangelical Christians who would have seen this as the Rapture. Being as it was actually a ra… --- ## [Kamala Harris and the runup to the 2024 Presidential Election {No more on Guns}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 2423\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-presidential-election-no-more-on-guns/1004571 "2024-12-05T05:12:57Z")
We have the thread discussing Biden’s fateful decision to suspend his re-election campaign. And we have a thread to discuss the dem’s new ticket. But I don’t yet see the specific definitive thread on the Kamala Harris … --- ## [Could-have-beens movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-have-beens-movies/1010992)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-have-beens-movies/1010992 "2024-12-05T00:07:22Z")
I beleive Tom Cruise could do a great Western movie. Jack Nicholson as Dracula. In other words, an actor/actress that would be cast as something completely different successfully. Not Helen Mirren as Frankenstein, no, ra… --- ## [1940s movie ID: Reflection of headlights in mirror causes car to fall off cliff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1940s-movie-id-reflection-of-headlights-in-mirror-causes-car-to-fall-off-cliff/1011137)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1940s-movie-id-reflection-of-headlights-in-mirror-causes-car-to-fall-off-cliff/1011137 "2024-12-04T23:33:44Z")
Someone on the Turner Classic Movies Fan Site (FB) asked: Many years ago, I saw a movie that featured multiple accidents on a deserted road, that occurred as a result of headlights from oncoming trucks. The authorities… --- ## [What are some legal ways to work for a for-profit business without getting paid or compensated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-legal-ways-to-work-for-a-for-profit-business-without-getting-paid-or-compensated/1011073)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-legal-ways-to-work-for-a-for-profit-business-without-getting-paid-or-compensated/1011073 "2024-12-04T23:09:37Z")
Similar to how people can volunteer for a non-profit, is there a way for people to volunteer at for a for-profit company? Some examples of this could be a retired person wanting spend time feeling productive, a friend wa… --- ## [When walking, prefer to turn left](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-walking-prefer-to-turn-left/1011132)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-walking-prefer-to-turn-left/1011132 "2024-12-04T22:21:14Z")
With the colder weather outside I have started to do my daily hour long walk inside the house. 2 stories + basement making a loop around the kitchen table, then dining room table, upstairs into the guest bedroom down the… --- ## [What happens to safety deposit boxes years or decades after someone has died and it remains unclaimed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-safety-deposit-boxes-years-or-decades-after-someone-has-died-and-it-remains-unclaimed/1010724)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-safety-deposit-boxes-years-or-decades-after-someone-has-died-and-it-remains-unclaimed/1010724 "2024-12-04T21:32:55Z")
I just read about WC Fields having a ton of safety deposit boxes, some apparently under false names. A friend of his, in the late 1940’s, speculated much of his fortune/valuables might still be spread around in these bo… --- ## [Bektashi: Does Europe really need another microstate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bektashi-does-europe-really-need-another-microstate/1011114)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bektashi-does-europe-really-need-another-microstate/1011114 "2024-12-04T20:33:20Z")
Consider: Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta (to say nothing of Sealand). I’m going to go out on a limb here and say Europe has a surfeit of microstates and doesn’t need another. Yet, Albani… --- ## [Why would a stretch of city street have speed limit x in one direction, y in the other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-stretch-of-city-street-have-speed-limit-x-in-one-direction-y-in-the-other/1011161)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-stretch-of-city-street-have-speed-limit-x-in-one-direction-y-in-the-other/1011161 "2024-12-04T20:17:40Z")
This stretch of road in Salem, Missouri has a speed limit of 35 for westbound traffic, 20 for eastbound traffic. I don’t get it – there’s no school nearby, although there is a public park/ swimming poo/ community center … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=421&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=423&state=tracking)