# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=533&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 534 --- ## [Advice -- Traveling to Chicago in a couple of weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-traveling-to-chicago-in-a-couple-of-weeks/1003474)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-traveling-to-chicago-in-a-couple-of-weeks/1003474 "2024-06-29T06:51:55Z")
I’m reading another recent thread on this, but I have some specific questions, and I thought I shouldn’t revive that one? I’m going to be in Chicago for work Sunday evening through Friday. I’ll have Sunday evening and … --- ## [Can the Democratic party nominate someone other than the incumbent President at their convention?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democratic-party-nominate-someone-other-than-the-incumbent-president-at-their-convention/1003428)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-democratic-party-nominate-someone-other-than-the-incumbent-president-at-their-convention/1003428 "2024-06-29T06:22:39Z")
Serious question regarding party rules etc. I believe that is the only hope we have to not see a reelection of Trump. --- ## [Does it matter if my credit score is higher than 700?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-if-my-credit-score-is-higher-than-700/1003453)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-if-my-credit-score-is-higher-than-700/1003453 "2024-06-29T05:48:59Z")
They say you can have a credit score as high as 850. Supposedly a credit score of over 700 is good enough. So my question is does it even matter? --- ## [Fuck pretty people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pretty-people/1003460)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-pretty-people/1003460 "2024-06-29T04:23:19Z")
We date, marry people who are attractive as we are, new analysis finds Shit like that makes me fantasize about disfiguring attractive people. See who wants to fuck them then. If you are hot do us all a favor and rub you… --- ## [Why did John Hammond say this to Dennis Nedry in Jurassic Park?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-hammond-say-this-to-dennis-nedry-in-jurassic-park/1003365)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-john-hammond-say-this-to-dennis-nedry-in-jurassic-park/1003365 "2024-06-29T01:47:51Z")
“I don’t blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them.” I like the quote, because I’m kind of a determinist, but what the hell was he referring to? They were talking about Nedry’s pay. Did he mak… --- ## [Hawaii 5-0 question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-5-0-question/1003418)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-5-0-question/1003418 "2024-06-29T01:16:39Z")
I was watching an old Hawaii 5-0 episode and the killer was walking around police headquarters when he passed a large info board. This mentioned online information about police records. Since they filed the series on l… --- ## [How do you setup a Used Android phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-setup-a-used-android-phone/1003404)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-setup-a-used-android-phone/1003404 "2024-06-29T01:08:21Z")
I want to give my old phone to a relative. It used to be simple. Factory Reset, Change the SIMM and the new person put in their SIMM and signed in Now, I’ve been told a Factory reset requires logging back into the orig… --- ## [Bill Cobbs, another 'Oh, THAT guy' actor passes at 90](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cobbs-another-oh-that-guy-actor-passes-at-90/1003461)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-cobbs-another-oh-that-guy-actor-passes-at-90/1003461 "2024-06-28T23:53:34Z")
RIP my man. I think he may have worked all the way until the very end. --- ## [6/28/2024 - How was your sleep last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-28-2024-how-was-your-sleep-last-night/1003449)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-28-2024-how-was-your-sleep-last-night/1003449 "2024-06-28T22:48:38Z")
I’ve heard directly and indirectly that a lot of people didn’t sleep well last night and feel tired and burned out today. How you guys feelin’ today? --- ## [Philadelphia & SEPTA. Need answers fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-septa-need-answers-fast/1003421)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-septa-need-answers-fast/1003421 "2024-06-28T22:48:29Z")
I will be flying into Philadelphia next week and I just found out that there is a train system that could put me out less than half a mile from my hotel near City Hall for $2.50. Flying on United (Terminal D I think). … --- ## [I feel the DNC considers 2020 to have been a resounding victory when it was anything but](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-dnc-considers-2020-to-have-been-a-resounding-victory-when-it-was-anything-but/1003240)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-dnc-considers-2020-to-have-been-a-resounding-victory-when-it-was-anything-but/1003240 "2024-06-28T22:40:27Z")
IMHO, there are 2 narratives that are guiding Democratic strategy this year: First narrative: Incumbency is a massive advantage. I would question this assumption when presidential incumbents have lost nearly half of a… --- ## [What's this old comic strip reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-comic-strip-reference/1003457)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-old-comic-strip-reference/1003457 "2024-06-28T22:27:23Z")
It’s Thimble Theater (Popeye), 1936. In response to a mysterious noise, Poopdeck sez, “Well, if ye don’t hear it maybe it’s jus’ in me head. Maybe I be gettin’ pixilated…” Popeye sez, “Pixilated??? Oh, I see, ya means pi… --- ## [Twinskie actors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinskie-actors/995986)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twinskie-actors/995986 "2024-06-28T22:03:35Z")
Are Robt. Mitchum, Kirk Douglas, and Charlton Heston essentially interchangeable in many of their movies? --- ## [What's up with all the 'threat' warnings my antivirus software is throwing up lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402 "2024-06-28T19:45:50Z")
Are there more actual threats out there these days, or is my AV software just being overzealous, flagging normal adware that isn’t really a threat? I don’t think it’s just me because I’ve noticed that when I and other p… --- ## [Is there a name for this sort of typesetting error?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-typesetting-error/1003425)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-sort-of-typesetting-error/1003425 "2024-06-28T18:21:57Z")
Suppose a typesetter or secretary is copying from a text into a word processor, and there’s several paragraphs that refer to the same term. Suppose half-way through in a long paragraph of the source document the word “M… --- ## [What the eff are these objects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-eff-are-these-objects/1003437)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-eff-are-these-objects/1003437 "2024-06-28T17:58:05Z")
Sorry for the vague subject line, I don’t know a succinct way to describe them. In the ad served to me on Facebook, they are a bra. Clicking on the link goes to something undescribed in a sunglasses store. But I can’t fi… --- ## [S. Res. 378 vs. S. Res. 382 in April 1982 \[Falklands war\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-res-378-vs-s-res-382-in-april-1982-falklands-war/1003195)
**Author:** [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-res-378-vs-s-res-382-in-april-1982-falklands-war/1003195 "2024-06-28T16:18:27Z")
Why was S. Res. 378 （sponsored by Senator Biden on the Falkland Islands on April 27, 1982）referred to the Foreign Relations Committee for consideration and not brought up for discussion and vote in the full Senate, where… --- ## [Car detailing potions that last? INTERIOR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281 "2024-06-28T15:58:07Z")
So I am going back to rideshare driving part time, and I need to beautify my 2014 Kia Soul in a serious way. I have always loved the way ArmorAll spiffs up my interior plastic… but always hated the way it all goes back … --- ## [The Pony Express Reride: Did you know it’s running today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-reride-did-you-know-it-s-running-today/1003273)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pony-express-reride-did-you-know-it-s-running-today/1003273 "2024-06-28T15:02:33Z")
Did you know? Every year there is a group of horse riders who recreate the Pony Express ride? They ride the 1,800 miles between St. Joseph MO and Sacramento CA, alternating directions each year. Just NOW, at 0800 Pacifi… --- ## [Cars in the US: why are side mirrors on the doors instead of the hood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cars-in-the-us-why-are-side-mirrors-on-the-doors-instead-of-the-hood/1003265 "2024-06-28T14:13:45Z")
Pretty much every car sold in the US has its side mirrors mounted on the doors. In Japan, most taxis (and some privately owned vehicles) have the side mirrors mounted on the front fenders. It seems like this would do a… --- ## [How long would it take for Titanic to hit the sea-floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-titanic-to-hit-the-sea-floor/748184)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-it-take-for-titanic-to-hit-the-sea-floor/748184 "2024-06-28T13:20:41Z")
So the ship gradually fills with water, going down steadily by the bow. Finally, the stern starts to tip upwards. Then the stern breaks off, and the two pieces of Titanic sink beneath the water. So how long from the m… --- ## [Do you pay for a storage unit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330 "2024-06-28T12:36:25Z")
poll (Inspired by another thread about "stuff) What the title asks - do you pay for a storage unit outside of your living unit where you store things? If yes: -what do you keep in it? -how large is it? -how much does… --- ## ["Think outside the box" in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-outside-the-box-in-other-languages/1003401)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/think-outside-the-box-in-other-languages/1003401 "2024-06-28T11:01:40Z")
The clichéd expression “to think outside the box” has a long history in English despite its uncertain origin, certainly long enough to be familiar around the world. However, the expression is idiomatic, and when transla… --- ## [Looking for war movie, with kid named Komatsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-war-movie-with-kid-named-komatsu/827671)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-war-movie-with-kid-named-komatsu/827671 "2024-06-28T10:17:34Z")
Looking for an American colour war film I saw as a child shot around the sixties or early seventies set in Pacific Theatre in WWII or perhaps Korean War or less likely Vietnam War. All I can remember a scene where a comm… --- ## [Why is there no yellow toothpaste?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-yellow-toothpaste/979045)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-yellow-toothpaste/979045 "2024-06-28T07:13:32Z")
I’ve seen lots of white toothpaste. Lots of toothpaste in greens or blues. Red Toothpaste (currently using cinnamon-flavored, in fact). Toothpaste striped in blue or green or red or some combination. There are even b… --- ## [Your Fried Rice Recipe/Technique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fried-rice-recipe-technique/932963)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fried-rice-recipe-technique/932963 "2024-06-28T05:08:28Z")
It’s been awhile since we’ve had a good fried rice thread, and I’d love to see other folks’ techniques. Over the last several years I’ve gotten my recipe to something relatively quickly, fairly reliable, and super-deli… --- ## [Yesterday was the surrender at Appomattox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-surrender-at-appomattox/1000127)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-surrender-at-appomattox/1000127 "2024-06-28T04:55:11Z")
Or as I call it- VT day - Victory over the traitors. I was playing Marching through Georgia-Hurrah! Hurrah! We bring the jubilee! Hurrah! Hurrah! The flag that makes you free! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the… --- ## [Seeking clarity re projectors & “TV Sticks” and streaming..,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarity-re-projectors-tv-sticks-and-streaming/998073)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-clarity-re-projectors-tv-sticks-and-streaming/998073 "2024-06-28T03:33:25Z")
I am a dedicated iOS user, because I have been dedicated Mac User since the 80s. For years my “television watching“ (who knows what the correct terms are anymore in these days of streaming), has been exclusively closeup… --- ## [William Lewis named Publisher & CEO of The Washington Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-lewis-named-publisher-ceo-of-the-washington-post/992660 "2024-06-28T02:06:07Z")
This is not good news. Lewis is scarcely the balanced journalist we might have hoped for. If we couldn’t get balance, we would have hoped for a slight liberal (factual?) bent. Instead we’ve been given this Murdoch tra… --- ## [When you were a kid, how did you envision heaven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-how-did-you-envision-heaven/1003318)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-how-did-you-envision-heaven/1003318 "2024-06-28T01:34:00Z")
First off, this is not a thread to discuss whether or not there is a heaven or anything else about beliefs. It is as the Topic line asks. When you first heard about heaven - at 5 or 6 or 7 or whenever - what did your li… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=532&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=534&state=watching)