# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=504&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 505 --- ## [Dave Mason fans? Little help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-mason-fans-little-help/1005337)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-mason-fans-little-help/1005337 "2024-08-10T12:38:05Z")
There is a tapas bar we sometimes stop at that has great food and a decent beer menu. We’ve told friends about it, it’s so good.\* I stopped yesterday after doing an errand for my gf and had a beer (on her!). The name o… --- ## [Man gets 50 years in prison for stealing diesel - am I missing something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-50-years-in-prison-for-stealing-diesel-am-i-missing-something/1004741)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-gets-50-years-in-prison-for-stealing-diesel-am-i-missing-something/1004741 "2024-08-10T08:23:06Z")
Recent story here in Texas: A man used a device to get diesel from fuel pumps at an artificially low price. He did this at multiple pumps and eventually got several thousand gallons of free diesel this way. He then got … --- ## [Ohio power outages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-power-outages/1005450)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-power-outages/1005450 "2024-08-10T06:12:17Z")
I know there are some other Dopers living here (one I found out lives 10 miles away IIRC-I myself live near the airport), so a bit surprised there isn’t a thread… Anyway, had hurricane-force winds on Tuesday afternoon, … --- ## [Will The Master follow up on my Lake Michigan Submarine Question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-master-follow-up-on-my-lake-michigan-submarine-question/978509)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-master-follow-up-on-my-lake-michigan-submarine-question/978509 "2024-08-09T23:16:56Z")
Years ago, I asked Unca Cecil about the Mystery Submarine found in Lake Michigan & nearby waters. Sadly, the original column may not be online anymore. :frowning: But I have also heard that yet another mystery submarine… --- ## [Powdered Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-eggs/1005472)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-eggs/1005472 "2024-08-09T20:39:34Z")
I eat relatively few eggs. Most, I use them in baking, or French Toast. And eggs go bad, in the fridge. And I hate wasting food. Speak to me of Powdered Eggs. Do they keep well on the shelf? Can they be used in bak… --- ## [Trying to find a zydeco(?) cajun(?) cover version of The Monotones' "Book Of Love"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-zydeco-cajun-cover-version-of-the-monotones-book-of-love/1005495)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-zydeco-cajun-cover-version-of-the-monotones-book-of-love/1005495 "2024-08-09T20:20:27Z")
Sometime back in the 80s I heard a catchy, up-tempo accordion-based cover of the doo-wop 50s classic. I remember taping it off the radio (KSAN) and bopping to it on my car cassette stereo. Well, that tape is long gone…a… --- ## [Three Taylor Swift concerts cancelled in Vienna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-taylor-swift-concerts-cancelled-in-vienna/1005397)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-taylor-swift-concerts-cancelled-in-vienna/1005397 "2024-08-09T19:28:47Z")
Wow! Since the Ariana Grande concert got shot up, they are serious about that. They should be. IMO. But, boy oh boy, there are some crying folks. They’ll get reimbursed, I think they said. Some people traveled a lon… --- ## [What is this style off fried egg called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-off-fried-egg-called/981079)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-off-fried-egg-called/981079 "2024-08-09T18:45:46Z")
I was out to breakfast with my uncle today, and he’s continually annoyed at not being able to communicate to restaurant staff how he likes his fried eggs cooked. Part of this, I’m sure, is that he doesn’t know what the … --- ## [TV Show or Movie Mashups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-or-movie-mashups/997531)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 208\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-or-movie-mashups/997531 "2024-08-09T18:32:39Z")
Remembering back when In Living Color did a segment on “My Left Foot of Fury”, I was thinking about coming up with some newer title mashups. This Is The Last of Us More? --- ## [Cross fit champion dies in Fort Worth race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-fit-champion-dies-in-fort-worth-race/1005443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-fit-champion-dies-in-fort-worth-race/1005443 "2024-08-09T17:58:40Z")
Tragic news. Don’t these events have boats in the water monitoring the swimmers? Even worse, they had to find the body later? They didn’t see him floating immediately? WTH? --- ## [Google thinks I'm in a different country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-thinks-im-in-a-different-country/1005267)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-thinks-im-in-a-different-country/1005267 "2024-08-09T15:54:52Z")
Specifically, it thinks I’m in Washington DC, when I’m in fact in England. This is a new thing, last week it was fine. Anybody have a fix? I assume it’s something to do with my IP address as it’s across my laptop and pho… --- ## [Can arthritis make the skin covering the affected joint sensitive and painful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-arthritis-make-the-skin-covering-the-affected-joint-sensitive-and-painful/1005195)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-arthritis-make-the-skin-covering-the-affected-joint-sensitive-and-painful/1005195 "2024-08-09T15:17:05Z")
Once she got older, my mom had arthritis in her hands pretty bad. I’m dreading it happening to me, and I think I have arthritis in my right index finger knuckle. But the thing is, the skin around that knuckle is super-… --- ## [How can I view a list of questions I've asked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-questions-ive-asked/1005460)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister\_lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister_lord)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-view-a-list-of-questions-ive-asked/1005460 "2024-08-09T11:06:03Z")
Yes, I’ve undoubtedly asked this before but could someone please tell me how to do this? (Just to remind me, I’ll put the answer in an E-Mail and send it to myself!) --- ## [Need a bed/mattress solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-bed-mattress-solution/1005434)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-bed-mattress-solution/1005434 "2024-08-09T10:21:06Z")
My wife and I are old, as in 61. We currently have a king sized bed that is adjustable and really comfortable. Since both sides are independently adjustable, it’s actually 2 Twin XL beds shoved together. The problem i… --- ## [Looking for a particular Trump thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-trump-thread/1005442)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-trump-thread/1005442 "2024-08-09T10:05:25Z")
I am looking for an old Trump thread where people were asked what it would take not be a follower of Trump. --- ## [Would we lose anything if we ended all Sheriff's departments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-lose-anything-if-we-ended-all-sheriffs-departments/1005347)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-lose-anything-if-we-ended-all-sheriffs-departments/1005347 "2024-08-09T08:00:30Z")
I recently had a discussion with someone wondering what a sheriff does that police don’t. Near as I can tell the difference is a process server. That’s it. Can’t we save millions by ending sheriffs? Is there a reason… --- ## [Chilcotin River landslide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilcotin-river-landslide/1005130)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilcotin-river-landslide/1005130 "2024-08-09T03:35:33Z")
On July 31, a large landslide near the town of Hanceville BC has dammed the Chilcotin River. A lake is forming upstream of the dam; downstream of it, the river is dry. This is obviously temporary: the lake will rise an… --- ## [Requesting some help with making a group term project assignment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-some-help-with-making-a-group-term-project-assignment/1005417)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-some-help-with-making-a-group-term-project-assignment/1005417 "2024-08-09T03:08:15Z")
Alright! The new school year begins next month and I’m totally prepped for the group term project assignment for the second semester. What, second semester? Yes, I said second semester. I’m teaching at a private high sc… --- ## [Do You Keep “Emergency Pet Supplies” In Your House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-emergency-pet-supplies-in-your-house/1005358)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-emergency-pet-supplies-in-your-house/1005358 "2024-08-09T01:38:00Z")
By that, I don’t necessarily mean things like bandages or the like, I mean things like some sort of container that can be used as a shelter, maybe some old towels or a blanket to line it with. Maybe you have some inexpe… --- ## [Suga, from BTS, suspected of DUI while performing national service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suga-from-bts-suspected-of-dui-while-performing-national-service/1005410)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suga-from-bts-suspected-of-dui-while-performing-national-service/1005410 "2024-08-09T00:42:36Z")
Breaking news from Korea Times. Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS was questioned for allegedly driving an electric scooter under the influence, police said Wednesday. “I feel heavy hearted and sorry for disappointing you,”… --- ## [Hijack Policy 2024: A new hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-policy-2024-a-new-hope/1004303)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-policy-2024-a-new-hope/1004303 "2024-08-08T21:36:59Z")
I’m a little uncomfortable with the toughened up hijack policy, but I have a growing sense that there really is no great solution. Still I ask, why are we curbing hijacks again?1 I wasn’t here when the policy was started… --- ## [Purpose of a bathroom niche?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-a-bathroom-niche/1005276)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/purpose-of-a-bathroom-niche/1005276 "2024-08-08T20:51:16Z")
I’ll see if I can figure out how to upload a photo, but in the meantime, I’ll see if I can describe what I’m talking about. In the downstairs bathroom of one of my niece’s home, there is a rectangular niche in the wall … --- ## [House of the Dragon finale 8/4/2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-finale-8-4-2024/1005294)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-finale-8-4-2024/1005294 "2024-08-08T20:31:24Z")
Man, what a letdown of a final. I thought the episode itself was pretty good. If that had been episode 5 in a 10 episode season I would have been pretty pumped about what was coming up. Big buildup! Huge things on the h… --- ## [Old horror movie with a girl with a big mouth full of teeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-horror-movie-with-a-girl-with-a-big-mouth-full-of-teeth/1005432)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-horror-movie-with-a-girl-with-a-big-mouth-full-of-teeth/1005432 "2024-08-08T19:45:13Z")
We were talking about Tim Walz’s abnormally wide mouth (vote blue!) and this half-hidden memory came to the fore: A probably '80s most likely vampire movie where a girl smiles, and smiles, and smiles and. . . opens her … --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.07 7/28/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-07-7-28-24-open-spoilers/1004916)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-07-7-28-24-open-spoilers/1004916 "2024-08-08T19:33:13Z")
2.01: A Son for a Son 2.02: Rhaenyra The Cruel 2.03: The Burning Mill 2.04: The Red Dragon and The Gold 2.05: Regent 2.06: Smallfolk Everything on the TV show can be discussed with no spoiler boxes. Any material fr… --- ## [AI writes a cake recipe, Ann Reardon makes the cake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-writes-a-cake-recipe-ann-reardon-makes-the-cake/1005320)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-writes-a-cake-recipe-ann-reardon-makes-the-cake/1005320 "2024-08-08T19:11:59Z")
I occasionally watch the YouTube channel of a no-nonsense cook trained as a food scientist; she debunks and tests, rather than introducing new recipes. She often engages her husband and son to taste-test. So she asked A… --- ## [Diners, Please! Enough with the Broccoli!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-please-enough-with-the-broccoli/1003373)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-please-enough-with-the-broccoli/1003373 "2024-08-08T19:10:46Z")
I frequent a few local diners and chain restaurants. I’ve noticed of late that the vegetable of the day is broccoli. Plain steamed giant hunks of broccoli. It’s the vegetable of the day every day, Oh, sometimes it’s … --- ## [What does "GOP" stand for these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962 "2024-08-08T18:19:41Z")
Back in the 80’s and 90’s, it was common for devotees of the US Republican Party to have no idea what “GOP” stood for. (Grand Olde Party) It was also common for non-devotees to sit around drinking coffee and coming up … --- ## [Raw chicken sell-by date 12 days after actual purchase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-chicken-sell-by-date-12-days-after-actual-purchase/1005422)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-chicken-sell-by-date-12-days-after-actual-purchase/1005422 "2024-08-08T17:07:42Z")
I bought some raw chicken breast when I went grocery shopping on Saturday, August 3. Yesterday (Aug. 7) I went to put it in the freezer, since I always either cook or freeze raw meat within 4 days. Just in case, I check… --- ## [What if Trump were to die before the November election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-were-to-die-before-the-november-election/1005392)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-were-to-die-before-the-november-election/1005392 "2024-08-08T16:54:11Z")
Trump will not step away from the Republican candidacy as Biden did. But who would take his place if he died? Vance? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=503&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=505&state=tracking)