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**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/failing-restaurant-has-100-creditors/1004968 "2024-07-30T00:26:20Z")
There is a great local (Lakewood, Ohio) grilled cheese sandwich shop called Melt. Guy Fiero visited it once. They expanded to several locations but they did not make it through the Covid saga. Now the last, original loca… --- ## [What does it matter if Trump's ear was damaged by a bullet or shrapnel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-matter-if-trumps-ear-was-damaged-by-a-bullet-or-shrapnel/1004789)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-matter-if-trumps-ear-was-damaged-by-a-bullet-or-shrapnel/1004789 "2024-07-30T00:11:56Z")
There was a rumor that the ear was damaged by pieces of the teleprompter. There is much to do on Youtube over the FBI director testifying to Congress, “We don’t know if it was a bullet or shrapnel”. What does it matter?… --- ## [Football: playing for multiple clubs. Rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-playing-for-multiple-clubs-rules/1004277)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-playing-for-multiple-clubs-rules/1004277 "2024-07-29T23:28:38Z")
Watching England and Spain yesterday, I recognized several players on each team that I’ve seen playing for other teams recently. How is this managed? What if a player is being paid by two clubs and they each have a game… --- ## [My Pneumionia just won't go away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pneumionia-just-wont-go-away/1004858)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pneumionia-just-wont-go-away/1004858 "2024-07-29T23:02:12Z")
I thought I had it beaten, after a week on antibiotics & injection. But, according to the X-Rays, it’s still there. I feel a million years old. New antibiotics & now oral steroids. I feel like shit. --- ## [Direction City \> City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-city-city/926049)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-city-city/926049 "2024-07-29T22:50:26Z")
What direction cities are significantly bigger than the adjacent or nearby non-direction city they’re named for? Direction city is one with a direction in its name. East St Louis IL and West New York NJ, for examples. T… --- ## [Is the heat used by cooking something actually used up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-heat-used-by-cooking-something-actually-used-up/1004860)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-heat-used-by-cooking-something-actually-used-up/1004860 "2024-07-29T22:27:18Z")
Forgive me, I don’t have the knowledge to probably express what I’m wondering about correctly. Consider an old fashioned wood kitchen stove. There’s an area where you put the wood you burn (I think this might be called… --- ## [Brandy, you’re a fine girl. But when did you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandy-you-re-a-fine-girl-but-when-did-you-live/1004235)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 270\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brandy-you-re-a-fine-girl-but-when-did-you-live/1004235 "2024-07-29T21:51:55Z")
When I first heard the classic song “Brandy” by Looking Glass, in my mind, I pictured the song in a historical setting, maybe 17th - 19th century. However, the lyrics give no clue as to when the story is set. So, in yo… --- ## [A tag for Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tag-for-biden/1004818)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-tag-for-biden/1004818 "2024-07-29T21:02:44Z")
He has 5 months left to go in his presidency, and there are 50 or more threads so far with his name in the title. Can we get the man a tag? --- ## [Words You've Read But Never Heard Said](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-read-but-never-heard-said/995769)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-youve-read-but-never-heard-said/995769 "2024-07-29T20:59:34Z")
I know there were earlier similar threads, but I didn’t think waking them back up would be appreciated. I was working on a crossword, and one of the answers was “tang.” I’ve seen it used in books, “There was a tang of s… --- ## [Recycling aluminum foil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-aluminum-foil/1004903)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-aluminum-foil/1004903 "2024-07-29T20:54:39Z")
Figures of how much foil is used each year seem to vary depending on the source. One lists it as 600,000 tons per year in the US but it is 20 year old data. It is probably a small percentage of the overall aluminum produ… --- ## [Oh, don't be such a heel! (Bread business)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dont-be-such-a-heel-bread-business/1004770)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dont-be-such-a-heel-bread-business/1004770 "2024-07-29T19:21:32Z")
When you bake you’re own bread you basically have 2 heels. When you buy bread you have one heel. What’s the other end named? I hope it’s not “toe”. Please say it’s not that. It’s my favorite piece of bread. If they c… --- ## [May he poop on my knee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/may-he-poop-on-my-knee/1004843 "2024-07-29T18:07:38Z")
I’m sure a lot of you, if not most of you, have seen this by now. It’s been around for a decad and a half, anyway. What are the actual lyrics, both in Hindu (or whatever), and in English? --- ## [Why 40ish Percent of the youth might support the Republican Candidate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-40ish-percent-of-the-youth-might-support-the-republican-candidate/1004821)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-40ish-percent-of-the-youth-might-support-the-republican-candidate/1004821 "2024-07-29T16:42:44Z")
I think it’s because how economically frustrated a lot of the age 18-34 crowd is. Head pounded against wall. They grew up in a time of sky-high college tuition, sky-high housing prices, sky-high healthcare costs, Covid … --- ## [Huge potential problems for Canada with Trump's massive deportation plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-potential-problems-for-canada-with-trumps-massive-deportation-plan/1004911)
**Author:** [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-potential-problems-for-canada-with-trumps-massive-deportation-plan/1004911 "2024-07-29T15:29:50Z")
CBC article attached. Trump’s plan to initiate massive deportations of undocumented immigrants was described by a migration expert in these terms: “it would be incredibly expensive, incredibly disruptive to the U.S. eco… --- ## [Can some explain the JD Vance & dolphin thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-explain-the-jd-vance-dolphin-thing/1004952)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-some-explain-the-jd-vance-dolphin-thing/1004952 "2024-07-29T15:14:29Z")
I’ve seen references to this in the media over the last day or so and I’ve tried finding the core thing but it doesn’t make sense to me. So can you folks please explain this? --- ## [Voting-in person or mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-in-person-or-mail/1002207)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-in-person-or-mail/1002207 "2024-07-29T14:11:10Z")
Which would be a better idea? --- ## [The concept of "generations" as defining peer groups is broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-generations-as-defining-peer-groups-is-broken/1004760)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-generations-as-defining-peer-groups-is-broken/1004760 "2024-07-29T14:00:07Z")
Conversation started in another thread spawned this topic. To me, the idea of generations is broken. I do see some value in looking at peer groups by age and comparing general traits of those groups in contrast to other… --- ## [If a domestic US flight, carrying a felon, is forced to land in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-domestic-us-flight-carrying-a-felon-is-forced-to-land-in-canada/1004714)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-domestic-us-flight-carrying-a-felon-is-forced-to-land-in-canada/1004714 "2024-07-29T13:08:19Z")
A friend who is a convicted felon (meth – she’s gotten her life back together) flew from Seattle to Anchorage. If some calamity had befallen the flight and it was forced to land in Canada, would the RCMP like, hold her o… --- ## [How can Biden use the recent SCOTUS Immunity ruling to his benefit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-biden-use-the-recent-scotus-immunity-ruling-to-his-benefit/1003589)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-biden-use-the-recent-scotus-immunity-ruling-to-his-benefit/1003589 "2024-07-29T13:01:35Z")
What’s sauce for the goose…" Without getting too outrageous (using SEAL Team 6 to take out Trump, etc.), what can Biden do to help ensure a November victory, using official acts that cannot be challenged in the courts? --- ## [How would you pronounce this word: Sangamon? (as in Sangamon County, Illinois)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pronounce-this-word-sangamon-as-in-sangamon-county-illinois/1004900)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-pronounce-this-word-sangamon-as-in-sangamon-county-illinois/1004900 "2024-07-29T12:29:09Z")
Sangamon County, Illinois has been in the national news lately after a county deputy shot and killed a woman over a pot of boiling water. I don’t expect people from outside of Central Illinois to be familiar with local p… --- ## [A couple questions about Google Maps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-questions-about-google-maps/1004752)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-questions-about-google-maps/1004752 "2024-07-29T11:32:25Z")
When it calculates distance between two points on a road, does it take into account any changes in elevation? Say, for example, the road goes up a hill and then down a hill. Will the distance calculated by Google Maps … --- ## [Max Q and Re-entry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-q-and-re-entry/1004465)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-q-and-re-entry/1004465 "2024-07-29T10:49:42Z")
When a rocket launches, it accelerates, and thus experiences atmospheric drag as it punches through the air; the faster, the more resistance. After a few minutes, the air is so thin the resistance decreases, until the K… --- ## [Protecting America From Aging Presidents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-america-from-aging-presidents/1004517)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protecting-america-from-aging-presidents/1004517 "2024-07-29T09:14:47Z")
An average 79 year old American who took a job lasting four years would, according to insurance tables and easy calculation, have an eight year life expectancy and a 27% chance of not making it to the end of term. Start… --- ## [Could the Supreme Court declare a amendment proposal unconstitutional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-supreme-court-declare-a-amendment-proposal-unconstitutional/1003666)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-supreme-court-declare-a-amendment-proposal-unconstitutional/1003666 "2024-07-29T06:17:05Z")
I’m aware that the Supreme Court has the power to interpret the Constitution and its authority is therefore derived from the text of the Constitution. This is widely held to mean that the Supreme Court cannot declare any… --- ## [Majority of vehicles on road being EVs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-of-vehicles-on-road-being-evs/977910)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-of-vehicles-on-road-being-evs/977910 "2024-07-29T06:13:03Z")
Anyone have a good estimate of when the majority of vehicles on the road will be EVs? I’m mostly interested in the US, but estimates for other countries are welcome. --- ## [How did the housing market become This corrupt and what can we the people do about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-housing-market-become-this-corrupt-and-what-can-we-the-people-do-about-it/1004782)
**Author:** [@StillhereSicily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StillhereSicily)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-housing-market-become-this-corrupt-and-what-can-we-the-people-do-about-it/1004782 "2024-07-29T03:33:08Z")
I’m actually amazed and appalled, how a supposingly advanced democratic society, has allowed the extent of insanity in our housing market, real-estate and inability to put limitations where they need be. Real-estate is … --- ## [Reddit questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-questions/1004580)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reddit-questions/1004580 "2024-07-29T00:44:34Z")
I am not a poster/user to reddit, but I’ve scanned the posts for the last few years (never joined, will not join). Apparently there is a thing called “agendaposting” which seems related to “astroturfing” and other socia… --- ## [Could the election season be shortened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-election-season-be-shortened/1004896)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-election-season-be-shortened/1004896 "2024-07-28T23:12:39Z")
Kamala’s recent “anointing” and the recent elections in France and England made me wonder again why we go through the horribly protracted election circus here in the US. In this morning’s paper, an editoria said, “Why t… --- ## [IMAP vs. POP - which should I choose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imap-vs-pop-which-should-i-choose/660915)
**Author:** [@Ace\_Weederman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace_Weederman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imap-vs-pop-which-should-i-choose/660915 "2024-07-28T22:10:50Z")
Would any of tech experts here mind helping me figure out the best strategy for retrieving and organizing my email? It’s a good time for me to find a new host for my website and I’m not sure if I should go with IMAP or P… --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.06 "Smallfolk" 7/21/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-06-smallfolk-7-21-24-open-spoilers/1004583)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-06-smallfolk-7-21-24-open-spoilers/1004583 "2024-07-28T21:49:59Z")
Anything that was on the show requires no spoiler boxes. Any material from outside of the show (books, leaks, etc) requires spoiler boxes. \[quote=“SenorBeef, post:1, topic:1004316”\] 2.01: A Son for a Son 2.02: Rhaenyr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=510) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=512)