# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=461 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 462 --- ## [Experience with "low-talkers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-low-talkers/1007483)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-low-talkers/1007483 "2024-10-09T14:03:59Z")
Obligatory Seinfeld reference Yesterday at work I had the pleasure of speaking with a newly hired contractor, whose job was to initiate and run a number of conference calls. Both in person and over the phone, she did n… --- ## [So what song did you dance to at your wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-song-did-you-dance-to-at-your-wedding/1008492 "2024-10-09T13:46:25Z")
I was just thinking about this, we’ve been together nearly 25 years. We danced to 10,000 Maniacs Because the Night. I love Natalie Merchant’s voice. At the time & even looking back on it, I think it was a very unconventi… --- ## [Walz & Vance Debate Follow-Along -- Tue, Oct 1, 2024, 8:00 PM CDT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walz-vance-debate-follow-along-tue-oct-1-2024-8-00-pm-cdt/1008284)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 543\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walz-vance-debate-follow-along-tue-oct-1-2024-8-00-pm-cdt/1008284 "2024-10-09T12:54:21Z")
Launching this thread early to allow time to get our ducks in a row. --- ## [TIL about the Waffle House Storm Center](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-about-the-waffle-house-storm-center/1008598)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/til-about-the-waffle-house-storm-center/1008598 "2024-10-09T12:51:59Z")
I’d heard slight references to it here and there, but apparently Waffle House has a serious storm tracker setup that helps FEMA with storm response. Fascinating. https://itsnotgov.org/emergency-services/disaster-relief… --- ## [Sex and Big Butts Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-big-butts-question/1008541)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-big-butts-question/1008541 "2024-10-09T12:12:28Z")
I remember a friend telling a story he dated a woman with a butt so big he could not successfully perform doggy style. They would get in position but her butt jutted out so far he could only make minimal contact with the… --- ## [The Adler Planetarium Has A Cabinet Of Curiousities! (LINK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adler-planetarium-has-a-cabinet-of-curiousities-link/1008567)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adler-planetarium-has-a-cabinet-of-curiousities-link/1008567 "2024-10-09T11:36:02Z")
Chicago’s Adler Planetarium has a marvelous collection of antiques, pertaining to Astronomy! Who knew? HOW CHARMING ! (LINK) --- ## [John Amos R.I.P](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-amos-r-i-p/1008361)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-amos-r-i-p/1008361 "2024-10-09T11:12:38Z")
A fine actor, as James Evans in “Good Times” and as Kunta Kinte in "Roots '. --- ## [In your opinion, how close (or far) are we from radical life extension?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-how-close-or-far-are-we-from-radical-life-extension/831140)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-how-close-or-far-are-we-from-radical-life-extension/831140 "2024-10-09T10:48:42Z")
I don’t want this to be a poll, really just a thread for people to post their thoughts or opinions on this topic. Basically, when do you think we will start seeing radical life extension…or do you think we will never se… --- ## [Does Trump really want to win?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-win/1007453)
**Author:** [@SpicyDuckBillyHunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpicyDuckBillyHunt)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-really-want-to-win/1007453 "2024-10-09T08:00:13Z")
I think he wants to play golf for the next four years and complain about losing. He is doing barely enough to make it seem like he is trying to win the Election. But seriously with 6 weeks to go he’s playing golf in Fl… --- ## [Finding the internal angle of lines drawn on a cube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-internal-angle-of-lines-drawn-on-a-cube/1008573)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-the-internal-angle-of-lines-drawn-on-a-cube/1008573 "2024-10-09T06:32:05Z")
Take a cube and chose two opposite vertices. Draw a line that runs straight from one vertex to a point on an edge of the cube, and from that point straight to the other vertex. Think of it as a surface diagonal(ish) that… --- ## [Was the German word "Vater" ever pronounced with a v sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-german-word-vater-ever-pronounced-with-a-v-sound/1008435)
**Author:** [@Xocomil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xocomil)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-german-word-vater-ever-pronounced-with-a-v-sound/1008435 "2024-10-09T05:13:13Z")
In modern German a v is usually pronounced like an f. Looking through the academic literature (Wiktionary), Vater is spelled with a v beginning in Middle German. Does that reflect the pronunciation of the word or merely … --- ## [How long do dry spices last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-dry-spices-last/1008560)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-dry-spices-last/1008560 "2024-10-09T03:16:55Z")
We have some dry BBQ rub in a closed container, last used about a year ago. I’m grilling ribs this weekend. A difference of opinion has arisen regarding how good the rub should be after this much time in the cabinet. … --- ## [I need to be educated about dash cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-educated-about-dash-cameras/1008332)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-educated-about-dash-cameras/1008332 "2024-10-09T03:03:24Z")
I’ve tried searching to see if this had been addressed earlier, but to no avail, so forgive me if I’m repeating a topic. As background, a few weeks back, my husband’s car was totaled and all the witnesses claimed he ran… --- ## [What magic spell would you use in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magic-spell-would-you-use-in-this-scenario/1008547)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magic-spell-would-you-use-in-this-scenario/1008547 "2024-10-09T02:42:47Z")
You’re a powerful wizard asked by your country’s government to end a costly war. You’re able to cast a single spell on half of the enemy country’s army the day before an upcoming battle. You’re asked to not only permanen… --- ## [How long do you sit in the toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-sit-in-the-toilet/1008514)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-sit-in-the-toilet/1008514 "2024-10-09T02:35:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from Things you think you know, but you do not: I read again and again – and not only in this board – that people read while sitting on the toilet. Magazines, comics, books even! And nowadays,… --- ## [Have you ever held a job that doesn't exist anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-held-a-job-that-doesnt-exist-anymore/1008218)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 155\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-held-a-job-that-doesnt-exist-anymore/1008218 "2024-10-09T02:29:39Z")
Discourse has just informed me that there have been at least two threads on this topic in the past, one in 2014 and one in 2015. I say it’s time for another. Please say how long ago this was-- or at least the mention de… --- ## [Old vehicles in your yard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-vehicles-in-your-yard/1008365)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-vehicles-in-your-yard/1008365 "2024-10-09T02:06:02Z")
Why do you see old, maybe non-running cars, trunks, tractors whatever sitting in people’s yards just rusting away? Why not sell them or give them away? --- ## [Why do humans have such long lives after the end of their reproductive age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-humans-have-such-long-lives-after-the-end-of-their-reproductive-age/1007431)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-humans-have-such-long-lives-after-the-end-of-their-reproductive-age/1007431 "2024-10-09T00:39:19Z")
Humans, in particular women, have, on average, many decades left to live once their reproductive years are over. This is, of course, a great thing, and we’re all happy for every additional year we get; but I wonder how i… --- ## [Factual claims by Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Palestinian territories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-claims-by-ta-nehisi-coates-about-the-palestinian-territories/1008555)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factual-claims-by-ta-nehisi-coates-about-the-palestinian-territories/1008555 "2024-10-08T23:51:37Z")
Coates recently wrote a book about his visit to the West Bank (among other things), and made a number of factual claims in it, arguing that Israeli treatment of Palestinians is akin to the old Jim Crow South or Apartheid… --- ## [Apple juice fermented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice-fermented/1008513)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-juice-fermented/1008513 "2024-10-08T23:35:38Z")
I bought a gallon of apple juice off of the specials rack and it is not very tasty. I suspect that it is fermented. It doesn’t taste sweet at all. If I were to boil it and I found the boiling point to be below 212 would … --- ## [What IS in that name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-in-that-name/1008545)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-in-that-name/1008545 "2024-10-08T22:50:18Z")
Bath tissue? What happened the last time you put TP in the bath/shower? Nope. Ok. Toilet tissue? We all know it’s NOT for the toilet. Now, don’t we? Face tissue? Why not nose tissue? Or pick-up-cat-puke tissue? Or squ… --- ## [Did you bronze your child's baby shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-bronze-your-childs-baby-shoes/1008512)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-bronze-your-childs-baby-shoes/1008512 "2024-10-08T21:48:05Z")
My parents and my in-laws bronzed the shoes of all their kids. My wife and I thought it was kind of a weird, archaic tradition and didn’t do it. Did you? --- ## [SDMB--CAN YOU NAME THAT TUNE IN 17 SECONDS? "Ulterior Motives" MYSTERY SONG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-can-you-name-that-tune-in-17-seconds-ulterior-motives-mystery-song/993680)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-can-you-name-that-tune-in-17-seconds-ulterior-motives-mystery-song/993680 "2024-10-08T20:52:30Z")
“Ulterior Motives” {not it’s real name} is a catchy New Wave 80s song, or part of one, that was found on an old drive by a guy who recorded it off the radio. And nobody can find the rest of the song, nor name the artist… --- ## [What makes the "new moon" a moon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-new-moon-a-moon/1008477)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-new-moon-a-moon/1008477 "2024-10-08T20:32:51Z")
The new moon won’t even make one complete orbit around the Earth so what makes it a new moon of the Earth. It can’t be that it’s affected by the Earth’s gravity – everything is. Is the local part of it’s orbit concave to… --- ## [Apothecary Diaries questions \*SPOILERS\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apothecary-diaries-questions-spoilers/1008569)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apothecary-diaries-questions-spoilers/1008569 "2024-10-08T19:18:25Z")
Why was the Master Strategist sent a finger? Who was the finger from? Why did someone send it to him? Why did it make him believe Mao Mao’s mother was dead? --- ## [Did or did not Trump say in Charlottetown, "There were some fine people on both sides"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-or-did-not-trump-say-in-charlottetown-there-were-some-fine-people-on-both-sides/1008382)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-or-did-not-trump-say-in-charlottetown-there-were-some-fine-people-on-both-sides/1008382 "2024-10-08T18:53:44Z")
That’s my question. I had assumed it was well documented and then I recently read somewhere the claim that it had been refuted. Let me make it clear that I am interested only in the factual question, not any political … --- ## [Are (US) military drill instructors particularly skilled in unarmed combat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-military-drill-instructors-particularly-skilled-in-unarmed-combat/1008457)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-military-drill-instructors-particularly-skilled-in-unarmed-combat/1008457 "2024-10-08T18:39:21Z")
DISCLAIMER: I know that what is depicted in the movies, as regards military life, is fiction. Anyhoo, there are several movie scenes where a recruit and his drill instructor fight it out. In An Officer and a Gentleman, … --- ## [Does the FAA keep a public registery of pilots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-faa-keep-a-public-registery-of-pilots/1008426)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-faa-keep-a-public-registery-of-pilots/1008426 "2024-10-08T18:08:17Z")
It would be interesting to know how long public figures held pilot licenses. What they were rated to fly. (Nothing private like addresses or disciplinary actions) For example, did either George Bush continue flying afte… --- ## [Ron DeSantis is a Fascist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-is-a-fascist/980464)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-is-a-fascist/980464 "2024-10-08T18:06:52Z")
I’m not going to hijack the thread where these statements originated, but I can’t let them pass unrefuted. The scope of this thread is to discuss only whether one believes DeSantis is not or is a fascist or a fascist-… --- ## [Anybody willing to critique my standup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-willing-to-critique-my-standup/1008406)
**Author:** [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-willing-to-critique-my-standup/1008406 "2024-10-08T17:26:43Z")
For about a year now, I’ve been doing standup comedy at open mic nights at bars and clubs near me. Most recently I was part of an open mic night at a comedy club in my hometown. It was in a smaller room in the club, abou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=460) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=462)