# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=492&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 493 --- ## [Winter vacation: how low do you set your thermostat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-vacation-how-low-do-you-set-your-thermostat/1006115)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-vacation-how-low-do-you-set-your-thermostat/1006115 "2024-08-27T00:07:01Z")
If you live somewhere that experiences a “proper” winter (snow, ice, freezing temps), when you leave your house for a multi-day vacation during winter, how low do you set your thermostat? --- ## [Are you worried about violence if Harris wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-worried-about-violence-if-harris-wins/1005716)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-worried-about-violence-if-harris-wins/1005716 "2024-08-26T23:16:17Z")
The current headline on the CNN website is “Trump again stirs fears of stolen election claims with latest attacks on Harris” but I’ve encountered surprisingly little discussion of “what will Trumpers do if Harris wins?” … --- ## [Can someone explain the Joe Rogan Experience to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-joe-rogan-experience-to-me/1004322)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-joe-rogan-experience-to-me/1004322 "2024-08-26T22:30:08Z")
As I understand it, the Joe Rogan Experience has been the world’s biggest podcast and discussion youTube channel for some time. Now, I am well aware that YouTube et al are not meritocracies. The most popular videos are … --- ## [Jabba No Badda (Or Streaming Services apparently use foreign prints)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-no-badda-or-streaming-services-apparently-use-foreign-prints/1006276)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jabba-no-badda-or-streaming-services-apparently-use-foreign-prints/1006276 "2024-08-26T22:21:59Z")
I was watching Return of the Jedi on Disney Plus recently and I noticed something weird. In the version of the movie I am used to much of Jabba’s dialogue was subtitled on screen. This time the subtitles were not on scre… --- ## [How do they get these drone-like videos, where there isn't a drone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-these-drone-like-videos-where-there-isnt-a-drone/1006196)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-these-drone-like-videos-where-there-isnt-a-drone/1006196 "2024-08-26T21:55:44Z")
Sorry for the Facebook video, but it’s an example of what I’m talking about. I’ve been watching a lot of motorcycle reels on Facebook. The camera catches the motorcycles from the front, as if they’re on a stick, but th… --- ## ["Search" function on Mac Mail stopped working. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-on-mac-mail-stopped-working-anyone-else/1006269)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-function-on-mac-mail-stopped-working-anyone-else/1006269 "2024-08-26T21:17:11Z")
Title says it all. Did a Mac OS update a few days ago. It seems that now I cannot search my emails. A massive pain the ass. I’ve got 2 Gmail accounts and a work account that has zero to do with Gmail, Google, etc. So, … --- ## ['Murder, He Says' (1945) music and NPR's 'All Things Considered' theme music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-he-says-1945-music-and-nprs-all-things-considered-theme-music/1006227)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-he-says-1945-music-and-nprs-all-things-considered-theme-music/1006227 "2024-08-26T20:26:42Z")
Murder, He Wrote (1945) is on TCM right now. A piece of music plays into the plot. It’s the same music NPR uses to introduce All Things Considered. What is it? Who composed it? When was it composed? --- ## [Is there a way on Android, to set regular alarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-on-android-to-set-regular-alarms/1006139 "2024-08-26T19:45:10Z")
I have to tend to my mother 4 times a day. So i set alarms at those points. Its tiresome to set a new alarm each time she needs her pills. I was wondering, is there a way that i can set alarms at certain points during th… --- ## [Can anybody really get a license to sell fully automatic weapons, and then sell to "friends and family, colleagues, or interested buyers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-really-get-a-license-to-sell-fully-automatic-weapons-and-then-sell-to-friends-and-family-colleagues-or-interested-buyers/1005538)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-really-get-a-license-to-sell-fully-automatic-weapons-and-then-sell-to-friends-and-family-colleagues-or-interested-buyers/1005538 "2024-08-26T19:43:46Z")
I had the apparently misinformed idea that fully automatic weapons were illegal. Now I see a claim that all you need is the magic of an FFL and you too can become a vendor, buy your own at wholesale cost, and sell to fri… --- ## [Favorite Film Critics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-film-critics/1006061)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-film-critics/1006061 "2024-08-26T18:37:15Z")
Lately, I’ve been re-reading John Simon’s film criticism, as collected in his book Reverse Angle, and finding that I enjoy it more than I’d remembered and, far more horrifying, that I agree with most of it, especially hi… --- ## [Does PowerPoint have a template...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-powerpoint-have-a-template/1006250)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-powerpoint-have-a-template/1006250 "2024-08-26T18:35:29Z")
I need a template in PowerPoint for a basic flowchart. (Who creates flowcharts anymore?) Just the basic symbols I can scale and throw something together (with four steps) to please my boss. Does such a thing exist? If n… --- ## [Texas Hindus build 90 foot statue of Hanuman. Texas Christians perfectly fine with it. (Just kidding--Texas Christians freak out.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-hindus-build-90-foot-statue-of-hanuman-texas-christians-perfectly-fine-with-it-just-kidding-texas-christians-freak-out/1006048)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-hindus-build-90-foot-statue-of-hanuman-texas-christians-perfectly-fine-with-it-just-kidding-texas-christians-freak-out/1006048 "2024-08-26T18:35:12Z")
Starting the countdown clock to the first vandalism. --- ## [Cullman, Alabama, water treatment plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cullman-alabama-water-treatment-plant/1006212)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cullman-alabama-water-treatment-plant/1006212 "2024-08-26T18:29:14Z")
They have a tall control tower that looks like a flying saucer from the air. But I have documented dozens of water treatment plants and none had control towers. What do they do up there? And how do they get up there? Loo… --- ## [Anyone else had the New York Times email them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-had-the-new-york-times-email-them/1006257)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-had-the-new-york-times-email-them/1006257 "2024-08-26T18:00:16Z")
At least, I assume it’s The New York Times and not a scam. Update to our Terms of Service, Terms of Sale and Privacy Policy. Dear Reader, We are writing to let you know that we have updated our Terms of Service, Terms… --- ## [Upper Peninsula (UP) Michigan recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-peninsula-up-michigan-recommendations/982637)
**Author:** [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-peninsula-up-michigan-recommendations/982637 "2024-08-26T16:38:16Z")
The Mrs. and I are planning a camping/fishing trip to Michigan, primarily the UP, this fall and would appreciate some suggestions for some additional things to see/do/eat to get the full cultural experience of the region… --- ## [NFL rules on two players on same team with same uniform number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-rules-on-two-players-on-same-team-with-same-uniform-number/1005895)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-rules-on-two-players-on-same-team-with-same-uniform-number/1005895 "2024-08-26T16:01:06Z")
The 49ers currently have two players wearing number 5, quarterback Joshua Dobbs and punter Pressley Harvin. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. Is this something that is only allowed during preseason? Or is it alwa… --- ## [Performance Goals for Plain Job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performance-goals-for-plain-job/1005762)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/performance-goals-for-plain-job/1005762 "2024-08-26T14:19:57Z")
I need ideas for performance goals for a job where I am simply one in a train processing paperwork. I get fed what I need from someone upstream, I process paperwork, and pass it on. Eventually, the paperwork comes back t… --- ## [Persuading one's friends to vote for Harris](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persuading-ones-friends-to-vote-for-harris/1005768)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persuading-ones-friends-to-vote-for-harris/1005768 "2024-08-26T14:15:22Z")
So… I have a friend in Virginia who is leaning towards voting for Trump, because Harris and Walz are too far left. He’s a libertarian. He’s president of his conservative Jewish temple. He has a non-binary child whom he m… --- ## [(Old) A Good Read in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-good-read-in-the-mmp/1005898)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 303\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-good-read-in-the-mmp/1005898 "2024-08-26T13:56:26Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 14c/57f with a predicted high of 19c/67f, and cloudy. Weather app says “It’s mild and fucking overcast outside. Maybe you should stay inside and pay your fucking bills.” Weather app i… --- ## [What's your special lunch treat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-special-lunch-treat/1006152)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-special-lunch-treat/1006152 "2024-08-26T13:35:45Z")
Sweet potato fries with garlic aioli dipping sauce! I don’t often indulge in them but happened to be by the restaurant where I get them on another errand today, so why not! One to-go side order is enough for two lunche… --- ## [Eating pig ears in San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-pig-ears-in-san-francisco/1006190)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-pig-ears-in-san-francisco/1006190 "2024-08-26T13:33:58Z")
Sometimes, you get surprised… Ya see…I’m just sittin’ here quietly, reading a simple NY Times article about Elon Musk’s decision to relocate his company “X” out of San Francisco. The article gives a description of the … --- ## [A poll for Generation X or younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-generation-x-or-younger/1005891)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-for-generation-x-or-younger/1005891 "2024-08-26T13:23:47Z")
I know lots of people my age will know this reference, I want to find out if it had legs past its original life, hence I am asking folks in the younger age brackets. Question: would you understand a reference to “Mutt a… --- ## [This is where I came in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-where-i-came-in/1003829)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-where-i-came-in/1003829 "2024-08-26T11:16:49Z")
Perhaps younger posters don’t know that that’s from the old days of movie theaters, when they had continuous showings. You paid one admission and go in. If you were late for the start of the movie, you saw whatever scene… --- ## [Banana flavoured condoms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-flavoured-condoms/1006138)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banana-flavoured-condoms/1006138 "2024-08-26T10:12:32Z")
Ok. This is a bit of a side story. I was in the courthouse, awaiting the justice to pronounce his opinion. The justice needs to rule on one fact, vis, was I, or was I not, involving myself in crimen injuria when referr… --- ## [81-pound cousin is pregnant, how worried should we be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/81-pound-cousin-is-pregnant-how-worried-should-we-be/1006153)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/81-pound-cousin-is-pregnant-how-worried-should-we-be/1006153 "2024-08-26T01:32:52Z")
My cousin (37 years old) is pregnant, but has always been extremely thin. Previously, we thought it might be anorexia, but she in fact eats a lot of food, it’s just that her body seems to absorb very little of the nutrie… --- ## [Ice Cream Trucks And Carts in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks-and-carts-in-2024/1003735)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks-and-carts-in-2024/1003735 "2024-08-26T01:20:00Z")
Summertime! Part of my childhood was the rare visit from the ice cream truck. More common were bicycle-carts with a small attached freezer. Prices were reasonable, and I never understood how they could make much money… --- ## [When did something being high cost or inconvenient translate into entitlement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-something-being-high-cost-or-inconvenient-translate-into-entitlement/1001802)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-something-being-high-cost-or-inconvenient-translate-into-entitlement/1001802 "2024-08-26T01:15:58Z")
So recently I’ve seen a newspaper article about how the toll roads in North Texas show little mercy to people of color/poor people, and the article basically implies that because these toll roads are somewhat expensive, … --- ## [A plea to USA Dopers (particularly in swing states)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-to-usa-dopers-particularly-in-swing-states/1006166)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-plea-to-usa-dopers-particularly-in-swing-states/1006166 "2024-08-26T01:10:20Z")
(Mods please move if this isn’t the right spot for this.) I am nervous about the integrity of the election this November. It seems more and more likely to me that some will try to interfere with what is (at least IMO) … --- ## [Rib meat? Pork Belly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-meat-pork-belly/1006092)
**Author:** [@Jebbilene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebbilene)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rib-meat-pork-belly/1006092 "2024-08-26T00:42:35Z")
I got some porks ribs from Costco, and they are cut in a rectangular slab. At one end, the long ribs run the width of the slab, but as the ribs get shorter, there is more and more boneless meat at the bottom of them. If … --- ## [Is there any way to rearrange Gmail by “sender”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-rearrange-gmail-by-sender/1006206)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-rearrange-gmail-by-sender/1006206 "2024-08-25T22:23:39Z")
I’ve got a lot of garbage emails from the same people, spammers, companies I no longer care about, and I’d like to eliminate easily some of them going back years, but I see no way to bundle all my emails over the years f… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=491&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=493&state=tracking)