# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=585 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 586 --- ## [Chicken & Egg situation vis a vis rock FM and "Classic Rock" and guitar-based rock is dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-situation-vis-a-vis-rock-fm-and-classic-rock-and-guitar-based-rock-is-dead/1000236)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-egg-situation-vis-a-vis-rock-fm-and-classic-rock-and-guitar-based-rock-is-dead/1000236 "2024-04-16T17:51:34Z")
This is something that has bugged me for some time. Until the very early 2000s I could hear on FM rock radio stations new releases of current rock. Then, to me anyway, it’s like someone passed some global edict that FM r… --- ## [Please Help Me save My Boxelder Tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-save-my-boxelder-tree/1000267)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-save-my-boxelder-tree/1000267 "2024-04-16T15:07:00Z")
So a massive branch (nearly half the tree) tore off so my front year Boxelder has a massive wound. For the uninitiated, Boxelder wood is a step below balsa. It’s trash wood. It’s a trash tree. But it’s the only shade… --- ## [Family medicine practitioners keep disappearing -- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-medicine-practitioners-keep-disappearing-why/1000012)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-medicine-practitioners-keep-disappearing-why/1000012 "2024-04-16T14:47:21Z")
Just got another medical appointment cancellation due to yet another family medicine practitioner disappearing. What is up with this? I had the same doctor for decades, then he retired a few years ago, and each one I’ve … --- ## [What does your household consume \*less\* of than usual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-household-consume-less-of-than-usual/999935)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-household-consume-less-of-than-usual/999935 "2024-04-16T13:21:46Z")
Well, many of you might have read/posted in this thread: which of course begs the question (start nitpicking :wink: ) … what are food (and non-food) categories that you buy little or none? here are ours (buckle up an… --- ## [Recommend a tablet for note taking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tablet-for-note-taking/1000321)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tablet-for-note-taking/1000321 "2024-04-16T10:50:48Z")
I already have more computers than I want. But I do still like making handwritten notes. I’m now using a Rocket Book. It’s basically ‘paper’ that you take pictures of and upload, and then erase it with water and cloth. I… --- ## ['Good Times' Racist reboot on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-times-racist-reboot-on-netflix/999790 "2024-04-16T04:52:40Z")
I’ve only watched the original a handful of times, but this doesn’t look anywhere close to the source material. Norman Lear (the original’s producer), Stephen Curry(The basketball guy??), and Seth MacFarlan… --- ## [Tomatoes and knives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomatoes-and-knives/1000253)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomatoes-and-knives/1000253 "2024-04-16T04:16:24Z")
If you want to slice a ripe tomato cleanly, you need a sharp knife. Or a serrated blade. What is the mechanical property of tomatoes or material property of tomato skin that makes them resistant to slicing? --- ## [How much are you paying to board a dog overnight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-you-paying-to-board-a-dog-overnight/1000065)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-you-paying-to-board-a-dog-overnight/1000065 "2024-04-16T04:08:03Z")
I just had my 20 pound dog boarded at the vet for 4 nights and paid $160 for it. That seemed a little high to me. I’m curious what others are paying. --- ## [USA TSE, total solar eclipse: April 2024 (was "three years away for USA" when started)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 1123\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873 "2024-04-16T03:55:25Z")
Start making your plans, it’s only three years away. The next major TSE, total solar eclipse, in the USA and to cross a significant part of CONUS\* will be in 3 years, in Apr 2024. — from Texas to Maine; or more complet… --- ## [Who was the biggest opponent Mike Tyson beat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-opponent-mike-tyson-beat/999298)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-biggest-opponent-mike-tyson-beat/999298 "2024-04-16T02:40:53Z")
(Man, if you laid odds on me starting two Mike Tyson threads… :grin:) The discussion about the impending trainwreck between Mike Tyson and the nauseating waste of oxygen hellspawn of the month got me to thinking about T… --- ## [Star Wars Gamers, Please help me find this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-gamers-please-help-me-find-this/1000014)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-gamers-please-help-me-find-this/1000014 "2024-04-16T02:34:23Z")
I am looking for a specific Star Wars First Person Shooter console game I loved in the near past and want to play again with my young son. I believe it was for Playstation 4, but it might be Playstation 3 or an Xbox gen… --- ## [Do all countries make patriotic action movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-make-patriotic-action-movies/1000203)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-make-patriotic-action-movies/1000203 "2024-04-16T02:14:04Z")
I’m only familiar with American cinema, like Glory, Clear & Present Danger, and Patriot, just to name a few. Do other nations create these kinds of jingoistic action films? I think I’ve heard of some Chinese ones that we… --- ## [Post your April 8, 2024, eclipse pictures (April 8, 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-april-8-2024-eclipse-pictures-april-8-2024/998491)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-april-8-2024-eclipse-pictures-april-8-2024/998491 "2024-04-16T01:16:53Z")
On April 8, 2024, another total solar eclipse will pass over parts of the US. Fortunately for me, this one will go right over where I live. A fellow photographer friend who lives out in the country not far from me is … --- ## [Last season of Curb your Enthusiasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-season-of-curb-your-enthusiasm/1000334)
**Author:** [@Midtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Midtown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-season-of-curb-your-enthusiasm/1000334 "2024-04-16T01:11:56Z")
Why is exactly was the line moving so slow? That Larry had to provide water? Atlanta is a largely African American town. --- ## [Augusta National Golf Club, set up for members](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augusta-national-golf-club-set-up-for-members/1000282)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/augusta-national-golf-club-set-up-for-members/1000282 "2024-04-16T01:04:23Z")
I’ve googled about, and while there’s tons of info on the Masters and Augusta, I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. Which is: How is Augusta set up for members?—regular, non-tournament weeks, that is. Are the gr… --- ## [Can a federal marshal arrest a sheriff or a state police officer or a Texas Ranger -- or a US Navy Seal in combat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-federal-marshal-arrest-a-sheriff-or-a-state-police-officer-or-a-texas-ranger-or-a-us-navy-seal-in-combat/999973)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-federal-marshal-arrest-a-sheriff-or-a-state-police-officer-or-a-texas-ranger-or-a-us-navy-seal-in-combat/999973 "2024-04-15T23:49:39Z")
In the United States, can a federal marshal arrest a sheriff or a state police officer or a Texas Ranger – or a US Navy Seal engaged in combat? These scenarios have long fascinated me. I realize the US Navy Seal in comba… --- ## [FQ About Bible Versions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fq-about-bible-versions/999554)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fq-about-bible-versions/999554 "2024-04-15T23:48:08Z")
Obviously inspired by Trump’s Bible, but looking for factual answers and so it doesn’t only apply to that example. Can anyone weigh in on what various religions say/would say about adding things like the Constitution an… --- ## [Arkansas is a beautiful state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-is-a-beautiful-state/1000322)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arkansas-is-a-beautiful-state/1000322 "2024-04-15T23:37:53Z")
We went to Arkansas for the 2024 eclipse. Morrilton had some issues so we went to Russelville and let me tell you what, it is a beautiful city. Then we went home through the southern Ozarks and the scenery is phenomenal… --- ## [Tomahawk Steak - overrated fad, sez I](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomahawk-steak-overrated-fad-sez-i/807134)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tomahawk-steak-overrated-fad-sez-i/807134 "2024-04-15T23:26:45Z")
Everyone has been buzzing about tomahawk steaks for a year or so now, and I am baffled. I bow to no one in my love of a good ribeye steak, but people are paying premium prices for an extra-long bone that creates a steak … --- ## [Do they make shock collars for parrots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-make-shock-collars-for-parrots/999942)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-make-shock-collars-for-parrots/999942 "2024-04-15T23:10:33Z")
I’m getting pretty tired of my brother’s parrots screaming their heads off because someone parked a truck across the street two doors down and- gasp!- strangers are walking around outside! They’re the bird equivalent of … --- ## [Things to do with an afternoon in Montreal (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-an-afternoon-in-montreal-need-answer-fast/1000037)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-with-an-afternoon-in-montreal-need-answer-fast/1000037 "2024-04-15T23:02:08Z")
We’re driving to Montreal on Tuesday, just for a few hours. Suggestions? We were there in 2017; one day was spent initially in the old town section then wandering with @EmilyG ; the next was at the botanical garden. It… --- ## [Is the abortion ban equating to higher birth rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-abortion-ban-equating-to-higher-birth-rates/1000246)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-abortion-ban-equating-to-higher-birth-rates/1000246 "2024-04-15T23:00:02Z")
Simple question: Is the abortion ban (in some of the US states) equating to higher birth rates? --- ## [Today I was annoyed by](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-annoyed-by/1000252)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-was-annoyed-by/1000252 "2024-04-15T22:59:15Z")
Not sure if we currently have an annoyances/ pet peeves thread but if so I couldn’t find it. So here goes. Traffic in the right lane is going ridiculously slow. The left lane is open so I move over to pass. Once I do, s… --- ## [Almost three years into my job and haven't been fired yet...is it time to move on anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-three-years-into-my-job-and-havent-been-fired-yet-is-it-time-to-move-on-anyway/997892)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-three-years-into-my-job-and-havent-been-fired-yet-is-it-time-to-move-on-anyway/997892 "2024-04-15T22:23:35Z")
So this is actually the fourth in a series of topics I’ve posted, mulling over my current job (now going on almost three years). New job going so well it has me concerned Job still going well after almost 2 years…still… --- ## [Please settle this disagreement between me and my wife -- let's get between the sheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-settle-this-disagreement-between-me-and-my-wife-lets-get-between-the-sheets/999146)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-settle-this-disagreement-between-me-and-my-wife-lets-get-between-the-sheets/999146 "2024-04-15T21:58:44Z")
So, thanks for following the click-bait subject line. Here’s the deal: My wife and I have a disagreement about the proper way to put linens on the bed. We’ve been together for more than thirty years. When I put the s… --- ## [Algebraic proof of De Morgan's Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebraic-proof-of-de-morgans-laws/1000294)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/algebraic-proof-of-de-morgans-laws/1000294 "2024-04-15T21:55:33Z")
My Discrete Math book (Epp, 5th edition) has a list of properties of the union and intersection operations for sets. The first five properties listed are the commutative laws for union and intersection, the associative … --- ## [Birthday candle numbers--which numeral is sold the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-candle-numbers-which-numeral-is-sold-the-most/1000304)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-candle-numbers-which-numeral-is-sold-the-most/1000304 "2024-04-15T21:51:29Z")
I just attended a birthday party for a 12 year old. With a typical kid’s chocolate cake, horrible bright blue frosting–and three, yes three, candles: the numerals 3,4, and 5. I asked why, and the kid’s younger sister(a… --- ## [Guy on a Missile: What effect on the missile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-on-a-missile-what-effect-on-the-missile/1000296)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guy-on-a-missile-what-effect-on-the-missile/1000296 "2024-04-15T21:48:01Z")
In various movies, a person finds themselves on a bomb or missile. To what degree would that effect the aerodynamics of the missile? Of course this is going to depend on the missile, so let’s say: Minuteman III/Titan … --- ## [Dune Part 2 Question (Spoilers…I guess)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-2-question-spoilers-i-guess/998360 "2024-04-15T20:50:58Z")
Does everything in Part 2 take place in less than 9 months? --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll/999924 "2024-04-15T19:42:47Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter R . Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first relea… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=584) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=586)