# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=430&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 431 --- ## [Drilling concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drilling-concrete/1010312)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drilling-concrete/1010312 "2024-11-22T17:09:38Z")
I am installing shelves in the garage. The walls are concrete, and drilling for restraints to the walls is very hard going. Does anyone have advice to make it easier? The plan is to screw a fitting to the wall which wil… --- ## [Selling the car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-car/1010572)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-the-car/1010572 "2024-11-22T16:15:23Z")
I’m looking for options to sell Mrs. Plant’s old car. Something like carvana, where someone comes to examine the car, makes an offer and takes it away if one agrees. Personal experiences requested. Thanks! --- ## [CDC recommends spring COVID booster for people 65 and up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-recommends-spring-covid-booster-for-people-65-and-up/998260)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cdc-recommends-spring-covid-booster-for-people-65-and-up/998260 "2024-11-22T15:21:29Z")
The spring booster will be an additional shot of the 2023–2024 COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Novavax. The booster dose should be taken after at least four months have passed since a previous … --- ## [Red One movie trailer someone needs a paycheck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-one-movie-trailer-someone-needs-a-paycheck/1003523)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-one-movie-trailer-someone-needs-a-paycheck/1003523 "2024-11-22T15:10:36Z")
Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, and J. K. Simmons? A lot of agents are probably going to get fired, because this looks pretty meh. Still might watch it. --- ## ["I tried a Nuclear War Simulator"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-a-nuclear-war-simulator/1010586)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tried-a-nuclear-war-simulator/1010586 "2024-11-22T13:51:39Z")
YT link Michelle Khare. A youtuber who usually does stuff like “I tried to get to 1000 as a chess player” This was pretty good. Pretty intense. She did everything I would have. Only 10 mins long or so. --- ## [Newtonian relativity puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newtonian-relativity-puzzle/1010508)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newtonian-relativity-puzzle/1010508 "2024-11-22T13:19:11Z")
Here’s a little physics puzzle to while away some time. A car takes a trip along a straight road. For the first hour, it travels at 60 mph. Without turning, it travels at 30 mph for the next hour. 1. What is the averag… --- ## [What car is this? (Big square back station wagon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-is-this-big-square-back-station-wagon/1010504)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-car-is-this-big-square-back-station-wagon/1010504 "2024-11-22T13:11:27Z")
I don’t normally pay very much attention to cars, even when I need one like I do now. But today I saw one pulling away so I couldn’t see the name on the side or anything, and it really caught my eye I have no idea wheth… --- ## [All Charges Against Jussie Smollett Dropped. Er, updated tried and sentenced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-charges-against-jussie-smollett-dropped-er-updated-tried-and-sentenced/831562)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 357\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-charges-against-jussie-smollett-dropped-er-updated-tried-and-sentenced/831562 "2024-11-22T13:01:44Z")
With no previous indication that this was planned, Cook County had all charges against Jussie Smollett dismissed: This has got to be the weirdest true crime case in the history of crime. --- ## [Let's Ride!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ride/1010529)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-ride/1010529 "2024-11-22T07:47:41Z")
He said this will be great. We will enjoy it. Big stars!! “YAY!” sez I. It seems I am easy to entertain. Or foolish. Here goes: About a month ago I DVR’d “VIVA, Knievil” The utter crappiness of it. The kitzchy fu… --- ## [Do Audiobooks Count as Having Read a Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-audiobooks-count-as-having-read-a-book/1010480 "2024-11-22T06:13:30Z")
I find myself torn on this question. I mean, yeah, I guess listening to an audiobook counts as reading. I can say I’ve read “The Outsiders”, “Lord of the Flies”, and “Slaughter House Five” with a clear conscience. How… --- ## [We need to start planning how to primary Jill Stein in the Green party in 2028](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-start-planning-how-to-primary-jill-stein-in-the-green-party-in-2028/1010313)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-start-planning-how-to-primary-jill-stein-in-the-green-party-in-2028/1010313 "2024-11-22T03:36:00Z")
Jill Stein is the green party presidential candidate. She is a Russian asset whose job it is to help the democrats lose. She appears every 4 years, does everything she can to help the democrats lose, then disappears unti… --- ## [Is this UPS activity unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ups-activity-unusual/1010478)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ups-activity-unusual/1010478 "2024-11-22T03:18:57Z")
I have a package I ordered. I received an email from the company on November 6: Your order ---- has been shipped via ups and your tracking number is ---- But when I go to check the tracking on the UPS website, it sa… --- ## [Recommend a tabletop RPG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tabletop-rpg/1008626)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tabletop-rpg/1008626 "2024-11-22T01:54:58Z")
A friend wants to start a role-playing group and asked me for advice (“Do you know what Dungeons and Dragons is?”— so evidently he has heard of it somewhere but has zero previous exposure or experience) I more or less ex… --- ## [Your unabashed tearjerker movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unabashed-tearjerker-movies/1010391)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-unabashed-tearjerker-movies/1010391 "2024-11-22T01:54:22Z")
Movies don’t make me cry, ever. You think you saw some welling up of water in my eyes after a film I just saw? Yeah, no, didn’t happen. Just your imagination. For example, I just now watched the Tom Hanks film, A Man Cal… --- ## [Witnessing your own mental decay](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/witnessing-your-own-mental-decay/988436 "2024-11-22T00:46:49Z")
past 50 here… retaining names was never my strong suit … but I am slowly moving into “embarrasing” territory I was always really good in “ballpark mental math” (e.g. getting pretty close to the actual result of 72% of … --- ## [Classical music ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/1010580)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classical-music-id/1010580 "2024-11-22T00:37:01Z")
I stream a couple of NPR stations’ classical feeds, but if a piece isn’t in their playlists I never know. Kitten Pudding’s music --- ## [How famous was John Wilkes Booth and what is the modern actor equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-was-john-wilkes-booth-and-what-is-the-modern-actor-equivalent/1010443)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-famous-was-john-wilkes-booth-and-what-is-the-modern-actor-equivalent/1010443 "2024-11-22T00:34:26Z")
Was it as if Luke Wilson had shot the president? Or was it more like Randy Quaid? Meaning, did everyone already know JWBs Southern and rebel affiliations and thus had fallen out of favor? I’m not saying Randy is a one t… --- ## [Is language more relevant than color?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-language-more-relevant-than-color/1010571)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-language-more-relevant-than-color/1010571 "2024-11-22T00:10:00Z")
I have noticed that within a group if an Asian or Hispanic or Black person has the same accents as the group there doesn’t seem to be any other distinctions. Since the Obama era I have also noticed a vast I will call it … --- ## [Presidential hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-hypothetical/1010509)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-hypothetical/1010509 "2024-11-22T00:06:39Z")
You are now the president. Not the current one or the next one. It’s you and somehow everyone wrote you in on the ballot. The inauguration is over and you are now in power. We will just assume as president you will do al… --- ## [Two questions about things seen on semi trailers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-things-seen-on-semi-trailers/1010541)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-about-things-seen-on-semi-trailers/1010541 "2024-11-21T22:57:51Z")
While on a road trip on Monday, my friend and I noticed two features on some semi trailers, which neither of us were certain what they were for. I figured that the knowledgeable people here might know more. First, we s… --- ## [Lying by Omission: is this legal everywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-by-omission-is-this-legal-everywhere/1010047)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-by-omission-is-this-legal-everywhere/1010047 "2024-11-21T22:14:58Z")
A short thread on a similar topic from 2005, “Is this illegal? Lying by Omission” centered around Antiques Roadshow-type stories: finding a bargain at a yard sale and such. The consensus was that capitalism is about buyi… --- ## [Where are all the kids who went to school and got sex changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-kids-who-went-to-school-and-got-sex-changed/1010355)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-all-the-kids-who-went-to-school-and-got-sex-changed/1010355 "2024-11-21T21:27:36Z")
The president-elect was indignant about all the kids who went to school and got their gender reassigned against their will, and without the consent of their parents. He even made it part of his routine, and acted out the… --- ## [How many people, total, died in the Roman Colosseum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-total-died-in-the-roman-colosseum/197036)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-total-died-in-the-roman-colosseum/197036 "2024-11-21T21:12:02Z")
…I think it’s pretty much “all there” in the thread title. I figure this knowledge would come in handy if I a) Ever manage to visit Rome myself, or b) Want to “make a scene” while watching a romantic movie set in the Et… --- ## [Google Moon Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-moon-game/1010565)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-moon-game/1010565 "2024-11-21T20:02:18Z")
On the Google homepage there is a fun little moon game today - 11/21/2024. That is all. --- ## [HR 9495, does anyone know what this actually says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-9495-does-anyone-know-what-this-actually-says/1010486)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hr-9495-does-anyone-know-what-this-actually-says/1010486 "2024-11-21T17:55:06Z")
I would like to start sending emails to my representatives in regards to upcoming legislation. Currently, ACLU is worried about HR 9495, but they’re not saying what it actually says, just what affect they think it will… --- ## [Who would I talk to about potential elderly (kinda) scam? 3 states involved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-talk-to-about-potential-elderly-kinda-scam-3-states-involved/1010562)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-i-talk-to-about-potential-elderly-kinda-scam-3-states-involved/1010562 "2024-11-21T16:38:58Z")
I’m aware of a company in one state who has a business that might be taking advantage of a elderly person who lives in assisted care in a second state, about a property they own in a third state. I’m concerned this comp… --- ## [Are you and your SO from the same socioeconomic class? Did either of you “marry up”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-and-your-so-from-the-same-socioeconomic-class-did-either-of-you-marry-up/1008509)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-and-your-so-from-the-same-socioeconomic-class-did-either-of-you-marry-up/1008509 "2024-11-21T16:36:04Z")
Mrs. H and I were both born and raised solidly Lower Middle Class. She in a dirt poor Ozarks mining town, I in a ghetto-adjacent poor neighborhood in Springfield, Illinois (population c. 130,000). Mrs. H’s father worked… --- ## [Listen up, motherfuckers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831)
**Author:** [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/listen-up-motherfuckers/817831 "2024-11-21T15:52:56Z")
In case you haven’t seen it, we’ve removed the restricted word list from the Pit. You are now officially free drop f-bombs at any target, in whatever configuration you desire. Keep in mind, this only applies to the “ba… --- ## [The Homesman -- Anyone else watch this movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homesman-anyone-else-watch-this-movie/1010531)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-homesman-anyone-else-watch-this-movie/1010531 "2024-11-21T14:46:05Z")
Apparently it’s based on a book. It stars Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank, with appearances by Jon Lithgow, Meryl Streep, and James Spader. It feels like they may have taken an interesting story from the book (Three w… --- ## [Awful yet predictable consequences of anti-abortion legislation omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-yet-predictable-consequences-of-anti-abortion-legislation-omnibus-thread/969787)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awful-yet-predictable-consequences-of-anti-abortion-legislation-omnibus-thread/969787 "2024-11-21T14:16:15Z")
@Buck\_Godot came up with this idea after I posted this thread. So here we go. And I put it in the Pit on purpose. Let the F words fly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=429&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=431&state=tracking)