# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=528 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 529 --- ## [If you ever wanted a little supernatural mixed in with your Yellowstone, I've got the show for you! -- Outer Range](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-wanted-a-little-supernatural-mixed-in-with-your-yellowstone-ive-got-the-show-for-you-outer-range/963677)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-wanted-a-little-supernatural-mixed-in-with-your-yellowstone-ive-got-the-show-for-you-outer-range/963677 "2024-07-05T05:22:46Z")
Anybody else watching? I’ve been enjoying it. I’m a little annoyed it’s a weekly release though. “Outer Range centers on Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin), a rancher fighting for his land and family, who discovers an unfathoma… --- ## [Please help me think through a project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-think-through-a-project/1003579)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-think-through-a-project/1003579 "2024-07-05T02:43:26Z")
When we bought our house, there were (and still are) about a dozen heavy timbers, 4" x 5" x 12’ (there may be different lengths, I can’t measure them effectively where they are now) stacked on a very heavy shelf. I want … --- ## [Obscure children's poet 1910s/1920s: Annette Wynne 'Indian Children'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-childrens-poet-1910s-1920s-annette-wynne-indian-children/1003747)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-childrens-poet-1910s-1920s-annette-wynne-indian-children/1003747 "2024-07-05T02:13:39Z")
This poem was in my third grade state history class in the late 1960s. If you’re interested, here’s a rather scathing review of it. Well, it was a different time, what can we say? She did write a fair number of other … --- ## [ID this (nonfiction?) crime/psychology essay I read as a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nonfiction-crime-psychology-essay-i-read-as-a-child/1003745)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-nonfiction-crime-psychology-essay-i-read-as-a-child/1003745 "2024-07-05T01:27:32Z")
When I was 7-8-9 years old, in the early '90s, I was a voracious reader and already reading at a high school level, and my parents gave me just about anything to read that they thought I’d find interesting, including stu… --- ## [Star Trek Prodigy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-prodigy/959136 "2024-07-05T00:38:06Z")
I waited until the season was over to binge it. It clearly has elements aimed at kids, and some of the Hologram Janeway stuff was pretty rough around the edges, but overall I liked it. It was good enough to place it in t… --- ## [Bad bad bad Ouchy beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ouchy-beck/1003670)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ouchy-beck/1003670 "2024-07-04T21:40:12Z")
So Monday had to have my IV port replaced. Again. This is minor surgery except for the fact they’re tapping into an artery. Eeek. I know I shouldn’t worry. They’ve done it a few times. I ain’t dead yet. I can’t bleed … --- ## [Favorite obscure counter-factual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642 "2024-07-04T20:36:42Z")
So what’s your favorite obscure alternative timeline? What counterfactual historical outcome, that’s not one of the obvious ones (e.g. Hitler got into art school, Lee Harvey Oswald aim was off that day in Dallas, Hanniba… --- ## [Tell me about Venmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-venmo/1003451)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-venmo/1003451 "2024-07-04T20:12:20Z")
I did a favor for an acquaintance I trust. They rewarded me with a $20 Venmo credit. They texted it to my iPhone. Questions: Do I have to have a Venmo account to use it? Is Venmo safe? How do I ‘cash’ in my credit? T… --- ## [Resolved: Bruce Lee's Extraordinary Genius Was Utterly Wasted in His 1970s Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bruce-lees-extraordinary-genius-was-utterly-wasted-in-his-1970s-movies/977843)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-bruce-lees-extraordinary-genius-was-utterly-wasted-in-his-1970s-movies/977843 "2024-07-04T18:11:54Z")
As a former TKD student and teacher, I revered martial arts superstar Bruce Lee in my early years, yet today have feel that four of his five martial arts films (The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Way/Return of the Dragon, and G… --- ## [Trump’s felony conviction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-felony-conviction/1003668)
**Author:** [@rickp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rickp)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-felony-conviction/1003668 "2024-07-04T17:41:57Z")
The 34 counts of falsifying business records that led to Trump’s felony conviction pretty much all correspond to specific checks or invoices. I’ve been trying to find what the dates of these checks and invoices are. If t… --- ## [How's the weather in Austria-Hungary in February?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-in-austria-hungary-in-february/1003691)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-in-austria-hungary-in-february/1003691 "2024-07-04T17:22:04Z")
We’re considering a Danube River cruise – Budapest to Passau – in early February. The prices are reasonable, probably because no one in their right mind would want to do that. :slight\_smile: I would expect that the we… --- ## [Does how we feel affect how smart we are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-how-we-feel-affect-how-smart-we-are/1003542)
**Author:** [@ZeroDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZeroDay)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-how-we-feel-affect-how-smart-we-are/1003542 "2024-07-04T17:07:02Z")
I am new here so please be gentle :slight\_smile: It’s my first post so I hope the category is correct. Here’s something I’ve been thinking about today, while struggling to do something quite complicated for most people … --- ## [Are there cases SCOTUS have to take, or is their caseload totally up to them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-cases-scotus-have-to-take-or-is-their-caseload-totally-up-to-them/1003596)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-cases-scotus-have-to-take-or-is-their-caseload-totally-up-to-them/1003596 "2024-07-04T16:20:48Z")
Pretty much what the title says. --- ## [Automotive antifreeze - WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-antifreeze-wtf/1003602)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automotive-antifreeze-wtf/1003602 "2024-07-04T16:14:49Z")
Time was - there was just antifreeze. And it was good. Then someone got the idea of providing it mixed 50/50 so you didn’t have to guess how much to add. And it was good. Then - maybe 25 years ago some guy at some auto… --- ## [Flood Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flood-insurance/1003578)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flood-insurance/1003578 "2024-07-04T16:03:05Z")
The Midwest has been hit hard by rain and floods for the past few weeks. I’ve seen a lot of videos showing homes being washed away by swollen rivers. What happens when your house and all of the land it’s sitting on is su… --- ## [Security Guards activities while 'on watch'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-guards-activities-while-on-watch/795622)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-guards-activities-while-on-watch/795622 "2024-07-04T15:56:31Z")
My question is inspired by any number of heist movies and TV, but I’m hoping for a factual answer so GQ. Feel free to move to yo CS if considered more appropriate. The set up is some security guards whose main job appea… --- ## [Is "squaring up" defined in the legal code?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-squaring-up-defined-in-the-legal-code/1003635)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-squaring-up-defined-in-the-legal-code/1003635 "2024-07-04T15:45:37Z")
I have been punched in the face a few times by different people in my life. It’s not something to crow about, it’s a predictable outcome for a person who has lived as long as I have and known the type of people I ran wi… --- ## [Could FDR be elected today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-fdr-be-elected-today/1003720)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-fdr-be-elected-today/1003720 "2024-07-04T15:15:36Z")
I know there was a “gentleman’s agreement” to not show him in his chair while President, but obviously things are different now. So could his disability stop him from being elected today? --- ## [Biden v Trump: June 27 debate (Live debate comment here)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-trump-june-27-debate-live-debate-comment-here/1003332)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 894\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-v-trump-june-27-debate-live-debate-comment-here/1003332 "2024-07-04T15:05:57Z")
This thread is for discussion of the debate, speculation about the debate itself and reaction after the conclusion. If the debate does not actually happen this can die a natural death and Aeschines can say “I told you so… --- ## [The One True King of France has arisen, or something](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-true-king-of-france-has-arisen-or-something/1003699)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-true-king-of-france-has-arisen-or-something/1003699 "2024-07-04T14:45:27Z")
The French version of Excaliber has been destoned. I hope kinging pays good because the thing is probably too hot to fence. --- ## [A Genuine Caption Contest (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-genuine-caption-contest-part-1/915731 "2024-07-04T12:49:23Z")
…where the pictures to caption are visible in the thread. The rules should be simple: Somebody posts a picture. Players submit their caption proposals over the next 24 hours. At the end of the 24 hour period, the pers… --- ## [Golf handicap questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-handicap-questions/1003664)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-handicap-questions/1003664 "2024-07-04T06:57:27Z")
I was reading where St Andrews requires a certain handicap to play there and a card must be presented. Who issues and certifies that card? When looking at the layout for local courses I see different length courses … --- ## [Python experts - baffling printing issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-experts-baffling-printing-issue/1003684)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/python-experts-baffling-printing-issue/1003684 "2024-07-04T02:46:01Z")
I am porting an old RealBasic program to Python. I’m working on the UI right now, using PySimpleGui. It’s mostly working, but I am having a really weird printing issue. The print statement is just for debugging, but I wa… --- ## [RIP Apollo 8 Astronaut William Anders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-apollo-8-astronaut-william-anders/1002619)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-apollo-8-astronaut-william-anders/1002619 "2024-07-04T01:34:14Z")
The former astronaut and General Dynamics CEO, who took the iconic Earthrise photo from lunar orbit, has died in a small plane crash on San Juan Island in Puget Sound. --- ## [I Was Quietly Fired As An AAA Auto Club Customer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-quietly-fired-as-an-aaa-auto-club-customer/1003199)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-quietly-fired-as-an-aaa-auto-club-customer/1003199 "2024-07-03T23:19:32Z")
I’ve been an AAA member for a long time. The past few years I upgraded to their Gold card service. I have a 30 year old vehicle that I love and that I intend to drive until it can’t be driven anymore. Last year, I had m… --- ## [This always bothers me about Deep Impact (1998)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-always-bothers-me-about-deep-impact-1998/1003700)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-always-bothers-me-about-deep-impact-1998/1003700 "2024-07-03T21:49:07Z")
So, in the movie, Leo Biederman sends Dr. Marcus Wolf a picture of the comet. Marcus Wolf speeds down the road and dies in a car crash. The comet is named Wolf–Biederman because everyone thought Leo Biederman was in th… --- ## [Amazing drone photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-drone-photos/1003563)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-drone-photos/1003563 "2024-07-03T21:15:53Z")
Drones really are amazing in their versatility, from war to uses in art. I should look into maybe getting one. --- ## [Balder’s Gate 3 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balder-s-gate-3-question/1003556)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balder-s-gate-3-question/1003556 "2024-07-03T21:04:29Z")
I’m only level 3, but I’ve died an awful lot so far. Goblins, spiders, those redcaps-is that typical? I’m a bard bc I’ve never played one and I like the skill monkey/party face aspect even if having my bard built like a … --- ## [Are you aware of the cardinal directions at all times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-cardinal-directions-at-all-times/1002475)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-cardinal-directions-at-all-times/1002475 "2024-07-03T20:04:18Z")
Maybe it’s because I spend my working hours looking at a map of my county. But I always know what cardinal direction I’m facing or travelling. I go NNE to get to the office and of course SSW to back home. And I also k… --- ## [U.S. democracy: Canceled by popular demand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-democracy-canceled-by-popular-demand/1003599)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-democracy-canceled-by-popular-demand/1003599 "2024-07-03T19:29:19Z")
Now that the Supreme Court has handed the arsonist the matches, I want to ask: People in both parties can see authoritarianism on the horizon. Why are so many Americans drawn to it? Why aren’t enough Americans moved to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=527) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=529)