# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=450 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 451 --- ## [In the cheers series finale didn't it close or get torn down or something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-cheers-series-finale-didnt-it-close-or-get-torn-down-or-something/989376)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-cheers-series-finale-didnt-it-close-or-get-torn-down-or-something/989376 "2024-10-24T22:50:22Z")
If I remember the Cheers finale right the story was the city bought it and was going to redevelop the neighborhood so im lost as to why this article brings it up. --- ## [Yamato/Musashi Battleship Quesion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamato-musashi-battleship-quesion/1009096)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yamato-musashi-battleship-quesion/1009096 "2024-10-24T21:42:38Z")
I finished an interesting book entitled “Destroyer Captain,” authors James & David Hornfischer. It follows the career of MOH recipient Capt Ernest Evans. In the section dealing with Leyte Gulf the authors state the Yamat… --- ## [Rest in Peace, Gunny Foley. Louis Gossett jr has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-gunny-foley-louis-gossett-jr-has-died/999563 "2024-10-24T21:25:12Z")
. Yahoo! ➜ Louis Gossett Jr., ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ star who broke barriers in Hollywood, dies --- ## [Why do some websites not let you connect with a VPN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-websites-not-let-you-connect-with-a-vpn/1009110)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-websites-not-let-you-connect-with-a-vpn/1009110 "2024-10-24T21:20:57Z")
I imagine a few might have issues with legal CYA, but just some ordinary website, why stop someone using a VPN from accessing the website? Is it all about their data collection? Just the generic way websites are made? … --- ## [Anyone ever use a service cancellation app like Rocket Money or Experian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-a-service-cancellation-app-like-rocket-money-or-experian/1009113)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-use-a-service-cancellation-app-like-rocket-money-or-experian/1009113 "2024-10-24T20:43:47Z")
There have been a lot of commercials lately for Rocket Money which will search your “something” and cancel unwanted/unneeded services or subscriptions. I see that Experian offers a similar service. I might trust them m… --- ## [Looking for Youtube series featuring God - vague description alert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-youtube-series-featuring-god-vague-description-alert/1009162)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-youtube-series-featuring-god-vague-description-alert/1009162 "2024-10-24T20:05:28Z")
A few years back (maybe 5? 10? More?) I saw a number of videos on Youtube, which were ostensibly interviews with a basically disinterested and clueless God. As I recall God was portrayed by a relatively prolific attrac… --- ## [The war over reality / fake news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-over-reality-fake-news/1008871)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-war-over-reality-fake-news/1008871 "2024-10-24T19:21:31Z")
I don’t think the issue of lies, fake news and gaslighting gets taken seriously enough. Sorry if that caused some of you to spit out your beverage of choice, and I know that it was the premise of a whole movie. But what… --- ## [iPhone calling restriction - “Calling Restrictions Announcement 19.”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-calling-restriction-calling-restrictions-announcement-19/1009108)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-calling-restriction-calling-restrictions-announcement-19/1009108 "2024-10-24T17:49:55Z")
I’ve been trying to call a number I have been calling weekly for the last several years. I now get a recorded message saying the the number has restrictions, specifically, “Calling Restrictions Announcement 19.” I texte… --- ## [My (deceased) father owned two properties, owed significant money to the bank on one, can they seize the other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deceased-father-owned-two-properties-owed-significant-money-to-the-bank-on-one-can-they-seize-the-other/1009074)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-deceased-father-owned-two-properties-owed-significant-money-to-the-bank-on-one-can-they-seize-the-other/1009074 "2024-10-24T17:26:30Z")
My father owned two properties when he died. Property A was a crumbling wreck with three mortgages, the bank is foreclosing and probably just tearing it down and selling the plot. They’ll be taking a yuge loss. Property … --- ## [So Ollie (my cat) is acting weird…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ollie-my-cat-is-acting-weird/1008931)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-ollie-my-cat-is-acting-weird/1008931 "2024-10-24T17:24:19Z")
…and I don’t know what the problem is. He’s about 5-6 years old, neutered, indoor cat. For the last few days to a week, he’s decided that he’s occupying one of the beds in the house. Not a problem, right? Well, he refu… --- ## [Counties with interesting names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counties-with-interesting-names/1009066 "2024-10-24T16:36:36Z")
Election years remind me of the picturesque names some US counties have Bucks County in Pennsylvania, carries a catchet for rusticity Yell County Arkansas, a primal frontier named with a primal scream (although named a… --- ## [The spoken sound of gunshots in English and other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spoken-sound-of-gunshots-in-english-and-other-languages/1009109)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-spoken-sound-of-gunshots-in-english-and-other-languages/1009109 "2024-10-24T16:15:51Z")
In the US kids say, “Bang, bang”. I saw a French comic book once and I’m pretty sure they said, “Flan, flan”. Modern kids say,“Pew, pew” for laser sounds. --- ## [How tasty is cocaine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tasty-is-cocaine/980984 "2024-10-24T14:12:29Z")
Never having been around the stuff I don’t know. I read the real story of the cocaine bear, and it said the bear’s stomach was packed with coke. I guess I imagine the stuff as being bitter, or at least something someone … --- ## [Is there an "effect" that describes an initial infuriating statement that later turns out to be logical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-effect-that-describes-an-initial-infuriating-statement-that-later-turns-out-to-be-logical/1009118)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-effect-that-describes-an-initial-infuriating-statement-that-later-turns-out-to-be-logical/1009118 "2024-10-24T14:08:48Z")
Something like the “Mandela Effect” or the “Streisand Effect”. I’m referring to headlines or initial statements that are designed to stoke outrage and are ‘one sided.’ but that when you delve into the details you find o… --- ## [When does a new day begin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140)
**Author:** [@Chumba\_Wumba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chumba_Wumba)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-a-new-day-begin/1009140 "2024-10-24T13:46:09Z")
The title is the post. Did anybody anticipate the Great Depression? Sure, in retrospect it seems obvious, but hindsight is always 20/20. Weren’t there any economists, businessmen or anybody at all who saw what was coming… --- ## [The Elements of a Trump Rally](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elements-of-a-trump-rally/1008601)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elements-of-a-trump-rally/1008601 "2024-10-24T13:39:04Z")
After reading this analysis in the NYT (limited gift link), deconstructing Trump’s recent rallies and themes, you’d be a fool not to vote for Trump. He may not have signed the traditional ethics papers as part of a gove… --- ## [Multiple Gmail addresses in contact list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gmail-addresses-in-contact-list/1009063)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-gmail-addresses-in-contact-list/1009063 "2024-10-24T13:08:00Z")
I belong to an organization and often send emails to member of the board of directors. Many of these folks have both organization based as well as personal email addresses. so it’s title@orgname as well as joe@gmail.com … --- ## [Metro/subway platform screen doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-subway-platform-screen-doors/1008961)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metro-subway-platform-screen-doors/1008961 "2024-10-24T09:12:22Z")
Just about all new Metros/subways have “platform screen doors” - a wall along the platform with doors that line up with the transit car’s doors that open at the same time. This prevents (or at least increases the difficu… --- ## [Black Sabbath in Latin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbath-in-latin/101086)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-sabbath-in-latin/101086 "2024-10-24T08:05:17Z")
Chequez vous: http://www.sabbatum.com/sound I am not familiar with any Black Sabbath songs, so this holds no irony for me. But it doesn’t sound bad at all. --- ## [Stevie Nicks on SNL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stevie-nicks-on-snl/1008733 "2024-10-24T06:38:19Z")
I’ll be honest, I know she’s a legend but I was wondering what she was doing on SNL. Then I heard her sing The Lighthouse and she blew me away. I checked out the actual recorded version but I prefer the SNL version. Incr… --- ## [Glad to have my PC back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-have-my-pc-back/1009127)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-to-have-my-pc-back/1009127 "2024-10-24T03:42:32Z")
My desktop was in the shop yesterday, which reminded me of how clumsy and inconvenient viewing the SDMB is on my Android. Increasingly slow and erratic behavior on the computer’s part was getting to be unendurable. I fin… --- ## [Steam sale not working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-sale-not-working/1009126)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-sale-not-working/1009126 "2024-10-24T02:39:31Z")
A few days ago, on recommendation from a friend, I put Valheim on my Steam wish-list. Hm, 20 bucks, not bad, but I’ll wait to see if it goes on sale. Lo and behold, yesterday, I got an email “A game on your wish list i… --- ## [The Poetry of Donald J. Trump -- Special September Campaign Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-september-campaign-edition/1006857)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poetry-of-donald-j-trump-special-september-campaign-edition/1006857 "2024-10-24T00:49:03Z")
From Trump’s speech at the Economic Club of New York, September 5 2024 Donald Trump was asked about child care. See if you can understand his response. Well, I would do that And we’re sitting down, You know, I was, … --- ## [Kindle Cloud Reader help: enlarge page for book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-cloud-reader-help-enlarge-page-for-book/1009097)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-cloud-reader-help-enlarge-page-for-book/1009097 "2024-10-23T22:42:10Z")
I’m reading a book on Kindle (read.amazon.com/\[book path\]) but the pages are displayed full length on my screen (Chromebook laptop/Chrome browser; using Firefox didn’t help), which makes the font hard to read. I’m lookin… --- ## ["Gypsy" style in classical music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsy-style-in-classical-music/1009112)
**Author:** [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gypsy-style-in-classical-music/1009112 "2024-10-23T21:40:09Z")
There’s a recognizable style in classical compositions where the title of the piece suggests that it’s supposed to be “Gypsy” style. Is it just a case of composers imitating other composers’ versions in the same style, … --- ## [The 6 greatest British bands of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-greatest-british-bands-of-all-time/1007019)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-6-greatest-british-bands-of-all-time/1007019 "2024-10-23T21:07:10Z")
According to YOU. Genre is open. You can judge by music sales, influence on later music or just the awesomeness of their talent. Whatever you feel qualifies them to be deemed the greatest. But only 6 band and a few word… --- ## [How do you effectively eliminate taxing tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-effectively-eliminate-taxing-tips/1005585)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-effectively-eliminate-taxing-tips/1005585 "2024-10-23T21:01:14Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or in P&E. Both Trump and Harris have proposed eliminating taxes on income from tips. I generally favor increasing minimum wage, and just about anything that will enhance the standard of l… --- ## [Turks and Caicos Islands, luggage and bullets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-and-caicos-islands-luggage-and-bullets/1005246)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turks-and-caicos-islands-luggage-and-bullets/1005246 "2024-10-23T20:07:19Z")
What is up with this? Why are people flying around with stray ammo in their luggage? How stupid do you have to be? The first person? yeah ok…mistake. It was well reported. Check your suitcase out folks. Is T & C on… --- ## [RIP Fernando Valenzuela](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fernando-valenzuela/1009082)
**Author:** [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-fernando-valenzuela/1009082 "2024-10-23T19:32:37Z")
Just announced by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernandomania was such a fun and exciting time to be a Los Angeles Dodgers fans, and he helped to grow the fan base exponentially. And in his prime, he was a damn good pitcher,… --- ## [How do people in the public eye deal with the DMV (or your state's equivalent)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-in-the-public-eye-deal-with-the-dmv-or-your-states-equivalent/1009024)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-in-the-public-eye-deal-with-the-dmv-or-your-states-equivalent/1009024 "2024-10-23T19:08:28Z")
Partly inspired by this thread. How would someone who is likely to be instantly recognized and/or swarmed with fans (or haters) deal with having to go to the DMV to renew their driver’s license (assume it absolutely posi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=449) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=451)