# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=557&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 558 --- ## [Homeowners Insurance for treehouses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowners-insurance-for-treehouses/1002008)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowners-insurance-for-treehouses/1002008 "2024-05-24T20:05:13Z")
How difficult is it to get homeowners insurance for a treehouse? Can you get coverage for beaver damage? Under “Type of foundation” do you put “root”? Are you covered if a branch from the same tree the house is in fal… --- ## [Planet Of The (Hanna Barbara) Apes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-hanna-barbara-apes/1002007)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planet-of-the-hanna-barbara-apes/1002007 "2024-05-24T19:47:14Z")
Did Magilla Gorilla and Grape Ape ever meet up in any Hanna Barbara cartoon? I’ll even take a guest appearance on Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law. :smile: --- ## [Anybody still watching Young Sheldon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-watching-young-sheldon/812355)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-still-watching-young-sheldon/812355 "2024-05-24T19:37:56Z")
I notice the thread discussing this has dropped off the displayed CS pages, and the Search function seems to be broken, so I’ll start a new one to resurrect. I’m really digging this show. I didn’t expect to, but I find … --- ## [Social Security Windfall Provision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-windfall-provision/1001521)
**Author:** [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-windfall-provision/1001521 "2024-05-24T18:56:34Z")
I’m putting this here because I know it’s going to turn into a debate. There is a Windfall Elimination Provision in Social Security that affects benefits for certain people who had public sector jobs where they did not… --- ## [Does anyone here use Xojo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-xojo/1002034)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-xojo/1002034 "2024-05-24T18:37:27Z")
My version is too old to generate MacOS/64bit apps. I’d like to generate an modern app from my old code. --- ## [New Zealand to completely outlaw smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-zealand-to-completely-outlaw-smoking/955804 "2024-05-24T18:11:06Z")
From 2027, the minimum age legal age to buy tobacco in New Zealand will be increased annually by one year from the present age of 18. So if you’re a 13 year old now, it will never be legal for you to buy tobacco in New Z… --- ## [Jardiance is a scary drug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jardiance-is-a-scary-drug/998868)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jardiance-is-a-scary-drug/998868 "2024-05-24T18:07:57Z")
For the record I am a Type II diabetic. I’m not particularly conscientious about it, and I’m on several non-insulin drugs for it. (Metformin, Victoza.) Have been for many years. Recently after having routine bloodwork d… --- ## [Question on cleaning car leather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-cleaning-car-leather/1002028)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-cleaning-car-leather/1002028 "2024-05-24T17:49:32Z")
To clean our leather couches, we use Weiman’s cleaner and conditioner. Is the leather used for car dashes/door panels & seats different enough that I should not be using this when cleaning my car? Is there a better way… --- ## [Effective "Student Driver" stickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-student-driver-stickers/1002022)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effective-student-driver-stickers/1002022 "2024-05-24T16:05:46Z")
I saw one of these yesterday: --- ## [Pigeon Forge commercial jingle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeon-forge-commercial-jingle/1002027)
**Author:** [@Dingbang1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigeon-forge-commercial-jingle/1002027 "2024-05-24T16:02:57Z")
The current tv commercial for Pigeon Forge, TN, has a child singing a jingle about all the wonderful things to do there. I am positive I’ve heard this tune before with different lyrics and it’s driving me crazy trying to… --- ## [What is the deal with street names in Miami?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-deal-with-street-names-in-miami/1001163 "2024-05-24T13:56:19Z")
I am from Austin, which has a habit of changing street names every few blocks. However, that has done nothing to prepare me for Miami. I am a motorcoach operator (fancy title for “bus driver”) in Miami providing a shut… --- ## [Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season 10 Episode 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-10-episode-17/999597)
**Author:** [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us-season-10-episode-17/999597 "2024-05-24T13:33:36Z")
I don’t know if anyone is still watching this show (and I didn’t want to revive a years-old thread) but Javi Rufo, the first performer on tonight’s show, had an act that was simply astonishing. He received a rare standin… --- ## [Favorite cicada recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cicada-recipes/1001823)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cicada-recipes/1001823 "2024-05-24T11:47:35Z")
I’m patiently waiting for emergence of nice tender nymphs to blanch and cook up. Last time I did a simple stir fry but anyone have any other favorite recipes to try? --- ## [Poll: Would you like to Pit @Humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947 "2024-05-24T08:00:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Would you undergo surgery for an advanced and reliable brain computer interface?: I concur. But not only because of the polls, but mainly because of the subjects he starts. They seem to b… --- ## [What would color-blind aurora watchers see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-color-blind-aurora-watchers-see/1001526)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-color-blind-aurora-watchers-see/1001526 "2024-05-24T03:41:22Z")
Would they just see lighter or brighter areas, or would they see the aurorae in the same colors that they would see that pink, green, etc. if it was clothing, flowers, signs, etc.? --- ## [Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155 "2024-05-24T03:35:56Z")
The video: Anyone watch it? --- ## [Are there real differences between various toothpastes or are they largely the same thing that are marketed differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-real-differences-between-various-toothpastes-or-are-they-largely-the-same-thing-that-are-marketed-differently/1001182)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-real-differences-between-various-toothpastes-or-are-they-largely-the-same-thing-that-are-marketed-differently/1001182 "2024-05-24T03:18:32Z")
I am bewildered when I go to the store at the variations of toothpaste on offer. Not just from different manufacturers but options the same manufacturer offer. Here is a sample of only some of the offerings from Crest: … --- ## [What do you think happens when we put a baby orca brain in a baby human body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-put-a-baby-orca-brain-in-a-baby-human-body/1001762)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-put-a-baby-orca-brain-in-a-baby-human-body/1001762 "2024-05-24T02:37:16Z")
Imagine you placed a baby orca brain in a baby human head. and raised it in a healthy human household. Would this creature be smarter and more capable than a primate? Would it be good at math? Understand speech? Or woul… --- ## [The Adult ADHD Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708 "2024-05-24T02:24:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (… and Bears): Are you an adult? Do you have ADHD? Do you think you might? Share your experience here! At age 34 I was dia… --- ## [Tom Lehrer lives!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-lives/1001905)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-lives/1001905 "2024-05-24T01:02:40Z")
At ninety-frickin’-six (!) he hardly seems to have lost a step Anyone in London and able to see this show? I fondly remember seeing Tomfoolery in London in 1980, just a collection of his songs with some attempt at stag… --- ## [US gold coins as currency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-gold-coins-as-currency/931657)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-gold-coins-as-currency/931657 "2024-05-24T00:50:49Z")
The US minted gold coins until the 1930’s (and then a long gap). The denominations were: $2.50 (quarter eagle), $5 (half eagle), $10 (eagle), and $20 (double eagle). Would they have been used in daily transactions, or we… --- ## [I quit smoking pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808 "2024-05-23T23:55:42Z")
On sort of a whim I bought one of these vaporizers. Then, after reading up, bought a Wand, an induction heater. The hype on these things is pretty correct- weed goes a lot further and is more flavorful. As long as you do… --- ## [When You Get Promoted/Relegated, Do You Get A Grace Period (so to speak)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447 "2024-05-23T23:22:47Z")
Like if your team is promoted from Championship League to Premier League, do you get a couple of seasons to find your bearings with the new level of competition? Or can you be sent right back to Championship after one se… --- ## [Enjoying music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-music/1001826)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-music/1001826 "2024-05-23T23:17:30Z")
I really enjoy music when I am out even if I am at someone else’s home but for some reason I can’t enjoy music in my own home by myself. I turn it on all the time but it always ends up being turned way down or off shortl… --- ## [Do Any Of The 50 States Have An Honor And Awards System?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-50-states-have-an-honor-and-awards-system/1001740)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-50-states-have-an-honor-and-awards-system/1001740 "2024-05-23T22:18:32Z")
You know how like, in the UK, you can be awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire), or in the US you can be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Do any of the 50 US states have a similar system? Like, could Missou… --- ## [Yet another list to tear apart (Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-list-to-tear-apart-apple-musics-100-best-albums-list/1001960)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-list-to-tear-apart-apple-musics-100-best-albums-list/1001960 "2024-05-23T21:37:53Z")
Yeah, I know. Lists – particularly music lists – often seem to be created primarily to generate outrage. Here is a link to Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums list. It is a very crapified list, in my opinion. Some observati… --- ## [Dinosaur extinction event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction-event/1001527)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction-event/1001527 "2024-05-23T21:12:20Z")
The Nicaraguan asteroid/comet impact 65 million years ago wiped out all the dinosaurs… …and other species, I presume. How did species like crocodilians and other reptiles survive? Why didn’t plesiosaurs make it like o… --- ## [Duration of air sucked out of plane/space ship as depicted in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duration-of-air-sucked-out-of-plane-space-ship-as-depicted-in-movies/1001798)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duration-of-air-sucked-out-of-plane-space-ship-as-depicted-in-movies/1001798 "2024-05-23T20:55:44Z")
I’ve seen it so many times in movies and TV series: someone opens a door or blows a hole in the hull of an airplane or movie, and everyone needs to hold on to furniture or wall braces to avoid getting sucked out by the s… --- ## [I'm pitting cellular providers (I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-cellular-providers-i-think/1001778)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-cellular-providers-i-think/1001778 "2024-05-23T20:52:02Z")
If I understand this article correctly, then this is a well deserved pitting of cellular providers. It’s about iSIMs. They’re planning to do away with SIM cards. Phones will come.with the number integrated into the pr… --- ## [Some Questions About the United States Space Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040 "2024-05-23T19:59:23Z")
Among some of the things I was wondering about the U.S. Space Force; Do they have local recruiters yet like the other branches of the service or must one go through the USAF Recruiters? Do the enlisted personnel have the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=556&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=558&state=tracking)