# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=462&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 463 --- ## [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… --- ## [What happened to blindgossip.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-blindgossip-com/1008471)
**Author:** [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-blindgossip-com/1008471 "2024-10-08T17:24:33Z")
Used to be a fun site to follow, even though way too many of the items were about Harry/Meghan or the Kardashians. But in 2022, the new posts gradually petered out and just stopped; there’s nothing after December of tha… --- ## [Bear with me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-with-me/1004418)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bear-with-me/1004418 "2024-10-08T17:17:08Z")
Last night, when I was walking back to the house with the dogs, I saw an odd shadow in the beam of my flashlight. It looked like the shadow of the neighbor’s van against the wall of their house, but as I studied it more,… --- ## [Value of a Piece of Eight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-a-piece-of-eight/985978)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/value-of-a-piece-of-eight/985978 "2024-10-08T17:05:11Z")
When I see tales of buccaneers fighting over pieces of eight, I always wonder, just how much was one of them worth at the time. How much could a single coin purchase? Was it a day’s wages? A month? An hour? I realize … --- ## [I'm a librarian, ask me anything!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-librarian-ask-me-anything/981604)
**Author:** [@NinthAcolyte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinthAcolyte)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-librarian-ask-me-anything/981604 "2024-10-08T16:55:55Z")
Hi, folks! I was getting off-topic answering library-related questions in an unrelated thread, so here’s one just for that. Feel free to ask me any library-related questions and I’ll either answer from my own experience … --- ## [Recommend an online co-op game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-online-co-op-game/1008501)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-online-co-op-game/1008501 "2024-10-08T15:44:46Z")
A friend of mine and I like to get together and play games online because we both have chaotic schedules. Usually it’s Civ, but what else would you recommend? We’ve found that we’re not the best at co-operating yet in a … --- ## [How do mechanical watches keep time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mechanical-watches-keep-time/1008498)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-mechanical-watches-keep-time/1008498 "2024-10-08T14:09:39Z")
I understand that there is a main spring and a balance wheel that release force at regular intervals, but what allows it to be so exact? What physical phenomenon allows the balance wheel to always swing at the same rate? … --- ## [Will Trump sell Truth Social in September?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-sell-truth-social-in-september/1006341)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-sell-truth-social-in-september/1006341 "2024-10-08T06:46:18Z")
I’m not sure if this goes in P&E, but probably election strategy goes into it, so I’ll try it here. Trump is apparently free to sell his stake in Truth Social starting around September 25, but will he? On the pro side, … --- ## [I Need Help Finding A Bookcase And A Desk/Entertainment Center/Shelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-finding-a-bookcase-and-a-desk-entertainment-center-shelf/1008517)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-finding-a-bookcase-and-a-desk-entertainment-center-shelf/1008517 "2024-10-08T03:58:46Z")
I recently moved out of a rodent infested, 500 square foot, drafty, hellhole in a high crime neighborhood. I’ve been sorting through stuff and deciding what to keep, what to sell, what to donate, and what to trash. I am … --- ## [How is trump still a viable candidate for president? Really, how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 1543\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-trump-still-a-viable-candidate-for-president-really-how/983949 "2024-10-08T03:55:22Z")
I’m sort of considering this the third of a trilogy of recent trump “How?” threads, along with: How can Trump get away with defaming Carroll as a liar today (5/11/2023)? How is Trump not guilty of manslaughter? (No… --- ## [The 0-17 NFL season, 2024 edition - Who'll be football's White Sox?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-0-17-nfl-season-2024-edition-wholl-be-footballs-white-sox/1006828)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-0-17-nfl-season-2024-edition-wholl-be-footballs-white-sox/1006828 "2024-10-08T02:07:41Z")
The 2017 Browns did it. The 2008 Lions did it. But now it’s even harder to pull off a no win season. All teams are currently eligible. Will the Panthers show they really can get even worse? Can the Patriots choke into a… --- ## [Will Melania Trump's pro-choice stance be a factor in the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-melania-trumps-pro-choice-stance-be-a-factor-in-the-election/1008425)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-melania-trumps-pro-choice-stance-be-a-factor-in-the-election/1008425 "2024-10-08T01:01:02Z")
This was not the October Surprise I was expecting. Melania Trump has gone public as being strongly pro-choice. Will pro-life voters be worried about what the potential first lady thinks? Will this effect how they vote?… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=461&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=463&state=watching)