# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=55&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 56 --- ## [German translation in "Marathon Man" (1976)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-in-marathon-man-1976/1031806)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-in-marathon-man-1976/1031806 "2026-07-23T17:59:35Z")
Not that it’s actually needed for the scene, but inquiring minds wanna know. Near the beginning of the movie a car driven by a man named Szell stalls, and an already highly POed motorist (Rosenbaum, whose car repairs ha… --- ## [Depositing checks in an ATM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depositing-checks-in-an-atm/1031815)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depositing-checks-in-an-atm/1031815 "2026-07-23T16:56:56Z")
I typically deposit any checks in the ATM in front of my bank. But you can deposit a check anywhere, I’m pretty sure. So how do those checks get from an ATM across town back to my bank? Does the ATM sequester checks from… --- ## [Shove the Fumbler or Punishment in Olde London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shove-the-fumbler-or-punishment-in-olde-london/447833)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shove-the-fumbler-or-punishment-in-olde-london/447833 "2026-07-23T16:17:47Z")
You can now read the proceedings of the London courts from 1674-1913 online. These are the complete documents which include such things as punishments: Anybody know what “Shove the Fumbler” is? A google search is exa… --- ## [Are EM waves additive like sound waves? Or do they remain distinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-em-waves-additive-like-sound-waves-or-do-they-remain-distinct/1031648)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-em-waves-additive-like-sound-waves-or-do-they-remain-distinct/1031648 "2026-07-23T15:41:27Z")
Background: When two sonic sine waves of close frequency occur at the same time, we hear them as the average of the two frequencies, with the amplitude pulsing at the rate of the difference between the two frequencies (… --- ## [Tell me about Gothenburg Sweden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-gothenburg-sweden/1031792)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-gothenburg-sweden/1031792 "2026-07-23T14:39:08Z")
A friend and I are going to Gothenburg mid August. I’ve been looking stuff up, but I’m curious if any dopers have any ideas for stuff to do. I know @Charlie\_Tan is from that part of the world, though he doesn’t post here… --- ## [The Union was able to draft slaves in the Civil War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-union-was-able-to-draft-slaves-in-the-civil-war/1031753)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-union-was-able-to-draft-slaves-in-the-civil-war/1031753 "2026-07-23T12:37:31Z")
I’ve been doing some genealogical research in some local papers. I found a draft list from The Valley Register of Middletown Maryland from May 20, 1864. I was just skimming the list to see what names I may know, when at … --- ## [Would a neighbor's clover lawn upset you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-neighbors-clover-lawn-upset-you/1031439)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-neighbors-clover-lawn-upset-you/1031439 "2026-07-23T04:49:12Z")
Would you be upset if your neighbor pulled up all their grass and planted miniature clover instead? It feels like the perfect answer to the “lawn problem” to me. Miniature clovers need mowing at most a couple of times … --- ## [Please recommend a portable AC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-portable-ac/1031839)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-portable-ac/1031839 "2026-07-23T03:34:56Z")
My portable air conditioner is nonfunctional. (It was a hunk o’ junk from a popular brand name–think Very Cold Air.) It’s in the 90s, and I don’t do well with heat. I live in a second floor apartment and can’t have a win… --- ## [Can trackers be attached to a device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503 "2026-07-23T01:22:49Z")
I have a problem. My, wife, whose memory is failing, repeatedly lays her e-reader down in some random place, piles papers on top and then cannot find it. Sometimes it takes me an hour to locate it. So I thought of atta… --- ## [Literally, seriously so ok, really and truly \[found bin full of spice jars and shakers in pantry\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-seriously-so-ok-really-and-truly-found-bin-full-of-spice-jars-and-shakers-in-pantry/1031847)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/literally-seriously-so-ok-really-and-truly-found-bin-full-of-spice-jars-and-shakers-in-pantry/1031847 "2026-07-22T22:22:44Z")
I wandered into the pantry to count my protein drinks. I noticed a clear bin that’s new. Full of small spice jars and shakers. I pull it down one shelf to look-see. I counted 9 little jars of cinnamon. Varying levels. … --- ## [Toy Story 5: Rise of the LLMs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-5-rise-of-the-llms/1024790 "2026-07-22T21:45:10Z")
Toy Story is on tap for summer, 2026, and it looks like the main cast will all be back! Logline: Bonnie is going to get a new toy called Lily Pad, a touchpad ‘friend’ who will try to separate her from her other toys. #Me… --- ## [Avatar is basically Aliens but from the perspective of the Aliens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-is-basically-aliens-but-from-the-perspective-of-the-aliens/1031714)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-is-basically-aliens-but-from-the-perspective-of-the-aliens/1031714 "2026-07-22T21:34:24Z")
I watched Avatar Fire and Ice (or whatever it’s called) and I finally figured out what always sort of put me off about the series. It’s basically the Aliens series but through the eyes of the Xenomorphs. The main diffe… --- ## [Firehouse Subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firehouse-subs/1027532 "2026-07-22T19:07:00Z")
The following is a letter I have tried to sent to Firehouse Subs headquarters but I don’t know if I succeeded as companies do not make it easy to sent them letters- Today, February 9, 2026, I stopped at the local Fireho… --- ## [Tell me about your Ambien (and other sleep aids) experiences...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ambien-and-other-sleep-aids-experiences/534795)
**Author:** [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ambien-and-other-sleep-aids-experiences/534795 "2026-07-22T18:36:14Z")
My wife has a prety tough time sleeping at night, and not much of the normal stuff seems to be working. She takes Melatonin as it is, and she is worried that is going to stop helping as she is up to taking 10mg or more … --- ## [Are prediction markets inherently, fatally corrupt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prediction-markets-inherently-fatally-corrupt/1031828)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-prediction-markets-inherently-fatally-corrupt/1031828 "2026-07-22T17:58:00Z")
“Prediction markets” (Kalshi, etc) being a euphemism for “online casino”. In their advertising “trade” is a euphemism for “bet”. It seems to me that any gambling forum that allows bets on activities where the outcome i… --- ## [What's the most impressive thing 1,000 random people could build in 20 years, trapped in a terrarium with raw elements and a library?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-impressive-thing-1-000-random-people-could-build-in-20-years-trapped-in-a-terrarium-with-raw-elements-and-a-library/1031417)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-impressive-thing-1-000-random-people-could-build-in-20-years-trapped-in-a-terrarium-with-raw-elements-and-a-library/1031417 "2026-07-22T17:53:06Z")
Imagine there’s a slightly powerful alien species — let’s call them the Dorg —who’s grown bored of their neck of the stars. One cosmic weekend, they make a wrong left turn and stumble upon Earth. Looks like it would make… --- ## [Reccomend a puzzle game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-a-puzzle-game/920831)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reccomend-a-puzzle-game/920831 "2026-07-22T15:42:12Z")
Anybody got any reccomendations for a good PC puzzle game? My PC is pretty old, I think it ran Elder Scrolls: Oblivion OK but I wouls not want to test it with anything that requires more processing than that, so no “The … --- ## [Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, age 82, arrested on suspicion of DUI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-age-82-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/965322)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-paul-age-82-arrested-on-suspicion-of-dui/965322 "2026-07-22T11:57:11Z")
I realize this is a personal issue, but that’s awfully old for that kind of thing. It also makes me wonder if perhaps he has early dementia, and is drinking to cope with it? --- ## [How seriously should I take this warning about defrosting vacuum-sealed fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-should-i-take-this-warning-about-defrosting-vacuum-sealed-fish/1031827)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-should-i-take-this-warning-about-defrosting-vacuum-sealed-fish/1031827 "2026-07-22T00:57:13Z")
So, I often get videos from this food scientist in my YouTube feed. She seems like she really knows her stuff, and I like how she makes no-nonsense videos that cut through all the BS and myths of food quality and safety. … --- ## [Yeah! Josh Gates finds a 74 year old plane wreck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-josh-gates-finds-a-74-year-old-plane-wreck/1031831 "2026-07-21T22:46:05Z")
At least he was the host on the episode filmed for this season’s “Expedition Unknown”. --- ## [Time machine, tool making question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735 "2026-07-21T21:07:42Z")
Over in the 1000 random people thread, @mixdenny posted So, easier hypothetical, suppose you were sent back in a time machine to 10,000 years ago here on earth, how long would it take you to make a: Crescent wrench H… --- ## [The California Economy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-economy/1031790)
**Author:** [@threeorangept2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorangept2)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-california-economy/1031790 "2026-07-21T17:30:50Z")
I have in recent months heard the claim that California has the fourth (sometimes third) largest economy in the world. Presumably one and two would be the rest of the USA and China. This would mean, however, that Califor… --- ## [Chiropteran Invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropteran-invasion/1031681)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropteran-invasion/1031681 "2026-07-21T17:20:12Z")
This morning around 4:30 AM I started hearing a soft bumping sound coming from outside my bedroom. Looking out the window, many, many small bats were flying onto the house then flying away. I went outside to investigate,… --- ## [What's a boy like Jeff Bezos to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-boy-like-jeff-bezos-to-do/1031746)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-boy-like-jeff-bezos-to-do/1031746 "2026-07-21T16:41:39Z")
Suppose that Jeff Bezos is visited by three ghosts and wakes with an epiphany. He has long been aware that his lower-level employees are not paid enough. Many qualify for government assistance and some are even homeles… --- ## [Which mobile service provider did you end up choosing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mobile-service-provider-did-you-end-up-choosing/1031793)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mobile-service-provider-did-you-end-up-choosing/1031793 "2026-07-21T16:40:10Z")
I’ve been on Spectrum Mobile for a while and I’m paying $50 a month for one line with unlimited data. Based on TV ads I’ve seen, I think I can probably get a better deal from someone else. If you changed your service pro… --- ## [How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499 "2026-07-21T16:39:08Z")
You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your pos… --- ## [Speed of light / reflection question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-reflection-question/1031814)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speed-of-light-reflection-question/1031814 "2026-07-21T15:39:26Z")
In this video, a camera that can take a trillion frames per second captures a photon entering the frame (headed for an apple). The technician explains that you can see the photon(s) coming by the reflection on the table… --- ## [Do you check out of hotels or just leave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-check-out-of-hotels-or-just-leave/1031678)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-check-out-of-hotels-or-just-leave/1031678 "2026-07-21T15:22:16Z")
I always just leave. If I had needed a receipt for business purposes and one hadn’t been slipped under the door, I would have gone through the formal process but other than that I don’t really see the purpose. --- ## [Broadcast sports virtual ads aren't "targeted" yet, are they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-sports-virtual-ads-arent-targeted-yet-are-they/1031810)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broadcast-sports-virtual-ads-arent-targeted-yet-are-they/1031810 "2026-07-21T12:54:28Z")
Because I source industrial manufacturing parts on-line all day at work my ad feed while browsing are never ending ads for stuff I purchase. Even at home they’ve found a way to link to my work browsing history and fill a… --- ## [Non-political, pure-sports discussion about how women compete against trans athletes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-pure-sports-discussion-about-how-women-compete-against-trans-athletes/1029893)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-political-pure-sports-discussion-about-how-women-compete-against-trans-athletes/1029893 "2026-07-21T12:23:24Z")
There is another re-hash of the MtF transgender athletes in women’s sports thread going on in Politics. I wanted to try a non-political thread, one purely about sports and leaving politics out of it. If cis-women are co… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=54&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=56&state=watching)