# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=457&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 458 --- ## [“Aircraft” instruments in a Jeep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-instruments-in-a-jeep/1008731)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aircraft-instruments-in-a-jeep/1008731 "2024-10-15T10:51:50Z")
Since getting my Jeep, I have found myself, in some circumstances, wanting to have an objective sense regarding its attitude and movement, that I associate with aircraft-type instruments. Most specifically, but not … --- ## [Apollo 13 transcript typos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-transcript-typos/1008715)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apollo-13-transcript-typos/1008715 "2024-10-15T10:51:46Z")
If you click on Apollo 13 Transcripts, there is an Apollo 13 Technical Air-to-Ground Transcript, which is “the raw transcript provided by NASA to the press during the mission.” I have noticed some obvious errors, e.g., … --- ## [(Reader discretion advised) Michigan physician arrested for sexual abuse of patients, and multiple hidden cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reader-discretion-advised-michigan-physician-arrested-for-sexual-abuse-of-patients-and-multiple-hidden-cameras/1006163)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reader-discretion-advised-michigan-physician-arrested-for-sexual-abuse-of-patients-and-multiple-hidden-cameras/1006163 "2024-10-15T06:59:51Z")
I’m honestly surprised not to see this here, and that it’s not a bigger story (although I realize there are some really big stories going on in the U.S. this week). Dr. Oumair Aejaz, a Michigan physician, was turned in … --- ## [A lightly ridiculous, but serious math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lightly-ridiculous-but-serious-math-question/1008720)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lightly-ridiculous-but-serious-math-question/1008720 "2024-10-15T06:17:55Z")
Halloween is here! And I want to build a pumpkin from 2cm foam and t-shirt material glued on to it. The maths is in the diameter and circumferance. I can calculate both. I cannot work out how to calculate the total area… --- ## [Math: If infinity doesn't exist and we adopt finitism or ultra-finitism, the limit arguments still hold, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-if-infinity-doesnt-exist-and-we-adopt-finitism-or-ultra-finitism-the-limit-arguments-still-hold-right/1008455)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-if-infinity-doesnt-exist-and-we-adopt-finitism-or-ultra-finitism-the-limit-arguments-still-hold-right/1008455 "2024-10-15T04:16:50Z")
Apparently, most mathematicians believe in the existence of infinity. But there are a few practitioners of finitism and ultrafinitism. What are the consequences of these different approaches and do they affect calculus … --- ## [Not a Cameo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-cameo/1008464)
**Author:** [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-cameo/1008464 "2024-10-15T02:25:25Z")
I see all kinds of people these days, actors even, missing the word “cameo.” My understanding of a cameo is a brief uncredited appearance by someone famous for a few seconds in a movie or TV show, like Hitchcock or Stan … --- ## [Trump and Harris agree to September 10th ABC debate - Watch Along Starts at Post 431](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 1799\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-harris-agree-to-september-10th-abc-debate-watch-along-starts-at-post-431/1005440 "2024-10-15T02:13:28Z")
Just Hope Harris’ prep team differs from Joe’s. The debate is on. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J. Trump will face off in a televised prime-time matchup on Sept. 10, ABC News said on Thursday… --- ## [Flukey sports plays](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flukey-sports-plays/1008730)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flukey-sports-plays/1008730 "2024-10-15T02:01:08Z")
There was an extremely flukey play yesterday in the Riders-Lions game in the CFL, with one of the oddest pick-sixes you can imagine. See the embedded video in this story (link goes to a Canadian sports news page, “3 Dow… --- ## [Mr. Charrington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-charrington/1008789)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-charrington/1008789 "2024-10-15T01:46:13Z")
Fool me once, twice but the 3rd time…nope. You cannot control my thoughts. You cannot change my opinions. I’m safe with my thoughts. I always have been. There’s never a problem with this. Of course there’s the alone-e… --- ## [Big D jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-d-jokes/14310)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-d-jokes/14310 "2024-10-15T01:38:00Z")
I remember reading Drew Carey’s 101 Big Dick Jokes. It was hilarious. Judging from the wit I see collected here, we should come up with some good ones. So, anybody know any good big dick jokes? Here’s mine: My dick is … --- ## [How to make $415 million in two years, then lose it all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-415-million-in-two-years-then-lose-it-all/1008467)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-415-million-in-two-years-then-lose-it-all/1008467 "2024-10-15T01:24:17Z")
The article is a little short on specifics, but a remarkable story nonetheless. In 2019, when he was just 29, a BC carpenter with $88K in savings invested it in Tesla stock. The article isn’t entirely clear on how he m… --- ## [Question about sperm cells](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sperm-cells/1008788)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sperm-cells/1008788 "2024-10-15T01:23:27Z")
I know that a sperm is a single cell but how does that cell come into existence, is there a process where another cell changes into a sperm cell? Having just one cell makes it hard to comprehend. --- ## [Sadie's overnight adventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadies-overnight-adventure/1008754)
**Author:** [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sadies-overnight-adventure/1008754 "2024-10-15T01:06:31Z")
So a little while back, we had a cat turn up missing. She had escaped the house unnoticed.It was cold that night and it was dark out when we discovered her disappearance. We were checking nearby houses with flashlights, … --- ## [More fun at the polling station](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-at-the-polling-station/1008687)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-fun-at-the-polling-station/1008687 "2024-10-15T00:56:25Z")
I volunteer at the early voting polling station in my small rural Virginia county. Every day there is some kind of ugliness, but today’s was the worst. A few people were already voting when four people came in at the sa… --- ## [How fast does one's foot move while walking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-ones-foot-move-while-walking/1008692)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-does-ones-foot-move-while-walking/1008692 "2024-10-14T23:14:51Z")
I stubbed my toe the other day, which made me wonder how fast my foot was moving when it hit the chair leg. Say I was walking 3 MPH. If each foot is stationary 1/2 of the time, does that mean the moving foot is swingin… --- ## [Why are people calling this the second Trump assassination attempt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-calling-this-the-second-trump-assassination-attempt/1007347)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-calling-this-the-second-trump-assassination-attempt/1007347 "2024-10-14T22:28:27Z")
I’ve seen a number of people saying that this was the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump. By my count, it’s the third. Have they forgotten the 2016 attempt? Do they figure it doesn’t count because the guy wa… --- ## [Another "who's the woman from the music video" question - George Harrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whos-the-woman-from-the-music-video-question-george-harrison/974369)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-whos-the-woman-from-the-music-video-question-george-harrison/974369 "2024-10-14T21:36:19Z")
The video in question is Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison. The guy will be familiar to Angel fans, Alexis Denisof in his first role, uncredited. I’d always thought the woman was Linda Purl, but she seems to have… --- ## [What's Emma saying on this clip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-emma-saying-on-this-clip/1008559)
**Author:** [@SpacedOutBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacedOutBanana)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-emma-saying-on-this-clip/1008559 "2024-10-14T21:32:30Z")
Gonna sound like a weird question but anyway. :laughing: In the clip it’s Emma Stone with Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie promoting their show The Curse where they’d just done a really fun Q&A during this same event. I… --- ## [Various Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-rants/1008526)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-rants/1008526 "2024-10-14T20:02:22Z")
Bill Maher’s a fucking old piece of bigoted poop, yet people on these Message Board take the guy seriously enough to be actually recurring viewers, and talk about him on ‘The Weekly’. Nothing against that, really. He is … --- ## [Animal adjectives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-adjectives/1008633)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-adjectives/1008633 "2024-10-14T19:55:09Z")
Following on a thread I started last year to list names of visual patterns: What are all the animal-specific adjectives? Here are the ones I know: Bear: ursine Pig: porcine Horse: equine Cow: bovine Fish: piscin… --- ## [Who is you favorite Rat Pack member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-you-favorite-rat-pack-member/1008630 "2024-10-14T19:26:43Z")
I gotta go with Dean Martin. Sinatra’s voice is like silk but Dino’s is like a comforter you can wrap yourself up in on a winter night. Frank and Sammy songs are phenomenal but I think Dean’s humor is what puts his jus… --- ## [Did Lawyer Ethics Change Due To Nixon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-lawyer-ethics-change-due-to-nixon/1008752)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-lawyer-ethics-change-due-to-nixon/1008752 "2024-10-14T19:06:30Z")
Reading an interesting article in the NYT about the ethics of Trump challenging the outcome of the upcoming election if he loses for any reason. It’s a good article, and I link it below. But I was surprised to read the… --- ## [Scorecard review at end of golf round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorecard-review-at-end-of-golf-round/1008764)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorecard-review-at-end-of-golf-round/1008764 "2024-10-14T19:03:51Z")
At the end of a golf round, the group of players in the round (usually 2 or 3 players) typically walk into an office and sit in front of a desk to certify their scores. This is usually only shown when a group containing… --- ## [How to organize books on your Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-organize-books-on-your-kindle/1008763)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-organize-books-on-your-kindle/1008763 "2024-10-14T18:41:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from How do you do books: I’ve acquired enough ebooks that it’s getting hard to find them. How can one organize one’s Kindle library? --- ## [Harris is trouncing Trump in fundraising, I hope this actually translates into an electoral victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-is-trouncing-trump-in-fundraising-i-hope-this-actually-translates-into-an-electoral-victory/1006995)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harris-is-trouncing-trump-in-fundraising-i-hope-this-actually-translates-into-an-electoral-victory/1006995 "2024-10-14T18:36:49Z")
July 2024: Harris and her affiliates raised 310 million. Trump raised 139 August 2024: Harris and her affiliates raised 361 million. Trump raised 130 https://www.axios.com/2024/08/21/harris-trump-fundraising-july-202… --- ## [If the election is stolen in favor of Trump and the courts rule in his favor, do the Democrats just quietly hand over the keys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-election-is-stolen-in-favor-of-trump-and-the-courts-rule-in-his-favor-do-the-democrats-just-quietly-hand-over-the-keys/1006767)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-election-is-stolen-in-favor-of-trump-and-the-courts-rule-in-his-favor-do-the-democrats-just-quietly-hand-over-the-keys/1006767 "2024-10-14T18:03:56Z")
Let’s say that Harris “won” or ought to have won, but due to Republican election officials and other Trumpers refusing to certify, or tampering with votes, or some other shenanigans, Trump is engineered into victory some… --- ## [Anyone remember a Trivia game: Guess the event from the date and place?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-a-trivia-game-guess-the-event-from-the-date-and-place/1008693 "2024-10-14T17:49:27Z")
A few years ago a friend showed me a game he had gotten as a present. It had a pile of cards (the size of Trivial Pursuit cards). On one side there were a date and a location - the player answers with the event that occu… --- ## [I don’t know how this Turkey was killed, but it’s in the oven now! Happy Thanksgiving, Canadopers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-know-how-this-turkey-was-killed-but-it-s-in-the-oven-now-happy-thanksgiving-canadopers/1008774)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-know-how-this-turkey-was-killed-but-it-s-in-the-oven-now-happy-thanksgiving-canadopers/1008774 "2024-10-14T17:41:34Z")
Beautiful autumn day, Piper Mutt is outside in the backyard philosophising, and the Turkey is in the oven! Cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie are done. Side dishes and whipped cream next on the list. Happy Thanksgiving, C… --- ## [Another Kitchen Mystery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-kitchen-mystery/1008721)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-kitchen-mystery/1008721 "2024-10-14T17:09:16Z")
After (several years after) I realized I was cooking with ancient Teflon pans, I replaced them with brand-new Teflonish no-stick pans, but to my surprise, stuff stuck to the pans. Consistently. I would fry up a piece of … --- ## [Cannibis businesses can't get insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibis-businesses-cant-get-insurance/1008658)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibis-businesses-cant-get-insurance/1008658 "2024-10-14T16:34:11Z")
I just saw this on a local news show. Vermont has been hit by a lot of flooding, which caused substantial property loss. The story was about a woman who owned a commercial building in Vermont. She rented the use of the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=456&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=458&state=tracking)