# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=595&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 596 --- ## [Suspension of 7 days for Sam Stone, again hijacking threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-of-7-days-for-sam-stone-again-hijacking-threads/999783)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suspension-of-7-days-for-sam-stone-again-hijacking-threads/999783 "2024-04-03T17:52:13Z")
@Sam\_Stone is being suspended for a pattern of frequently hijacking discussions. He has accrued 6 formal warnings in the last 3 years for hijacking, plus more than 20 mod notes. In order to retain his posting privileges… --- ## [What kind of insurance do my parents need? (late 60s, think nothing suddenly bad will befall them)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-insurance-do-my-parents-need-late-60s-think-nothing-suddenly-bad-will-befall-them/999742)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-insurance-do-my-parents-need-late-60s-think-nothing-suddenly-bad-will-befall-them/999742 "2024-04-03T17:27:53Z")
My parents are nearing age 70. They both hold dual US-Taiwan citizenship. Mother lives in Texas, father is in Taiwan but will retire and come to Texas soon. They have no health insurance and are still in relatively good… --- ## [Corruption in College Basketball - DoJ to have major presser at 12pm (EST) today.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corruption-in-college-basketball-doj-to-have-major-presser-at-12pm-est-today/797345)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corruption-in-college-basketball-doj-to-have-major-presser-at-12pm-est-today/797345 "2024-04-03T16:31:17Z")
Looks like it will include Auburn University as Asst Coach Chuck Person is named. Also hearing about a “major international sportswear company” being involved as well… --- ## [What sort of financial advisor/consultant do I need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-financial-advisor-consultant-do-i-need/999683)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-financial-advisor-consultant-do-i-need/999683 "2024-04-03T16:21:03Z")
Wife and I have some money in tax-deferred accounts, and some other money in ordinary investments. In both cases, it’s just mutual funds that feature some mix of bonds and stocks. I also have some inherited IRAs that … --- ## [Taxes! \[insert retching noises\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-insert-retching-noises/999410)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxes-insert-retching-noises/999410 "2024-04-03T16:00:56Z")
Mr VOW and I have always had someone do our taxes. We were introduced to a tax expert when we bought income property, and we simply turned everything over to him. Even after we sold that property, we stayed with him. Ove… --- ## [My allergies are annoying me. Anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allergies-are-annoying-me-anyone-else/999733)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-allergies-are-annoying-me-anyone-else/999733 "2024-04-03T15:28:05Z")
It is now 0445, or zero dark early as we used to say, and I’ve been awake for a couple of hours. My allergies / hay fever have been talking to me in recent weeks, and very much so in the last couple of days. Are you amo… --- ## [Largest US City Without a Commercial Airport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-us-city-without-a-commercial-airport/396358)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-us-city-without-a-commercial-airport/396358 "2024-04-03T14:43:13Z")
Excluding cities that are suburbs of other cities, what is the largest U.S. city without an airport (or with an airport that doesn’t offer commercial flights)? You all may be interested to know that Springfield, Illinoi… --- ## [I got my copper mugs. Any Mule cocktails you're partial to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-copper-mugs-any-mule-cocktails-youre-partial-to/999470)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-copper-mugs-any-mule-cocktails-youre-partial-to/999470 "2024-04-03T14:04:20Z")
Been craving a Mule cocktail lately. I’ve never made one at home. If anybody has a recipe they’d like to share, I’d love to hear it. --- ## [Can we lighten up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lighten-up/999584)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-lighten-up/999584 "2024-04-03T07:03:34Z")
I got mildly mod noted for responding to a tiny joke @Gatopescado made in a poll about Trump. I’m not disputing the note. I didn’t realize it was in P&E. That’s on me. But I come here to be entertained and responded to… --- ## [How could the Pathfinder station on Amara determine information about the core of the planet? \[On Mars\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-pathfinder-station-on-amara-determine-information-about-the-core-of-the-planet-on-mars/999766)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-pathfinder-station-on-amara-determine-information-about-the-core-of-the-planet-on-mars/999766 "2024-04-03T05:15:07Z")
From the Wikipedia article on Pathfinder: Using Doppler tracking and two-way ranging, scientists added earlier measurements from the Viking landers to determine that the non-hydrostatic component of the polar moment of… --- ## [Are the people close to you changing if/why they vote for Trump and Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-close-to-you-changing-if-why-they-vote-for-trump-and-why/999573)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-people-close-to-you-changing-if-why-they-vote-for-trump-and-why/999573 "2024-04-03T03:53:16Z")
A couple of related polls to set the stage: poll poll poll poll Sorry for the block of polls, but they should be short. I wanted to examine the mechanisms by which individuals are confirming or changing their reasoning… --- ## [Accuracy, precision, something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-precision-something-else/999641)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accuracy-precision-something-else/999641 "2024-04-03T02:23:12Z")
I have a fever. When I take my temperature, it varies by a degree or two from reading to reading. However, it gives me the results to the nearest tenth of a degree. Does that mean it’s precise but not accurate? Looki… --- ## [Retirement question. How does one retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956)
**Author:** [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-question-how-does-one-retire/997956 "2024-04-03T01:52:08Z")
Without making this post too long, I don’t know how to go about retirement. I was always told that I would never be able to retire, so not to worry about it. I did go through a meeting with a Fidelity wealth guy in 200… --- ## [Money for peace - proposal for peace in the Middle East](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-peace-proposal-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/999638)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-for-peace-proposal-for-peace-in-the-middle-east/999638 "2024-04-03T00:30:11Z")
This all obviously couldn’t even start until the current war ends, but let’s assume (and hope) that it ends soon. Let’s pay for peace. For a nice round number, let’s assume there are ten million Israelis and five millio… --- ## [Snow and Watertown, NY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-and-watertown-ny/999713 "2024-04-03T00:27:37Z")
We’re debating to go to Watertown, NY or Bellevue, OH (near Sandusky) for the solar eclipse. Both are on or very near the centerline of the path of totality. The extended forecast shows Watertown should be clear on Monda… --- ## [How do you feel about President Harris?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-president-harris/999577)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-president-harris/999577 "2024-04-03T00:22:32Z")
Considering Biden’s age, I feel there is a good chance if he wins in 2024 that we will have President Harris before 2028. Let’s say that happens, how would you all feel about it? I know there is a lot of hate on her bu… --- ## [Getting through a tough period of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-through-a-tough-period-of-life/999693 "2024-04-02T23:11:25Z")
Hi,my parents divorced 3 years ago and I haven’t learned nothing useful from them.Back than I was at a naval college and I wanted to graduate but I didn’t have any skills to promote the 2nd year because I had no idea wha… --- ## [How long are we going to 'tolerate' intolerance, esp Islamic fundamentalism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-we-going-to-tolerate-intolerance-esp-islamic-fundamentalism/999407)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-are-we-going-to-tolerate-intolerance-esp-islamic-fundamentalism/999407 "2024-04-02T21:43:24Z")
I have in mind this article (oddly titled in the link) about stoning women to death: Taliban leader says women will be stoned to death in public I’m starting this in the pit already, because I am going to express some … --- ## [What are these welts (?) on my arm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-welts-on-my-arm/981872 "2024-04-02T20:47:08Z")
For a couple of years now, these purple blotches have appeared occasionally on my forearms. They last maybe a week and slowly fade away. After a few weeks a new set will appear. Very rarely, just twice, they will bleed. … --- ## [Botticelli March 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-march-2024/998124 "2024-04-02T20:47:06Z")
Getting an early start on the next month, but welcome to the March 2024 Botticelli thread! Here’s last month’s thread, which contains an excellent summary of the rules, written by @De\_La\_Rue, that I am shamelessly plagar… --- ## [Greetings from the Amazon Fresh Supermarket!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-amazon-fresh-supermarket/977281)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greetings-from-the-amazon-fresh-supermarket/977281 "2024-04-02T19:35:07Z")
Yesterday the wife and I made our first visit to the Amazon Fresh store for the first time. Looks like they only have a few stores in the DC metro area, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, and one outside Philadelphia right n… --- ## [Since we've likely turned into a group of listers (no not a medical thread, but wash your hands anyway)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-weve-likely-turned-into-a-group-of-listers-no-not-a-medical-thread-but-wash-your-hands-anyway/997051)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-weve-likely-turned-into-a-group-of-listers-no-not-a-medical-thread-but-wash-your-hands-anyway/997051 "2024-04-02T19:10:38Z")
I’m starting a thread of listing things. I’ll name two things, you complete the list. Keep going any how you want\*. \*(I’ve found rules don’t work on you goofs) Noir movies Blackberries (Next poster, feel free … --- ## [How common is the term "cookie" in skiiing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-the-term-cookie-in-skiiing/616330 "2024-04-02T18:44:33Z")
Recently I looked at hotels in Breckenridge Colorado for my trip out west this early September (for hiking and acclimatization purposes, not skiing). But now, occasionally when I just surf the web there will be ads for … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2024-edition/998294)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2024-edition/998294 "2024-04-02T18:11:46Z")
March is upon us, spring is in the air… and a 15 pound schnoodle is in my lap, so forgive any typos. Someone got groomed yesterday and is still working through the trauma. So whatcha all readin? I started many book in … --- ## [What are some of your Presidential “hot takes”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-your-presidential-hot-takes/999738 "2024-04-02T17:13:15Z")
Curious to know what hot takes or unpopular opinions folks have about US presidents (whether it be policy, measures of success or failure, election issues, who “should have won”, etc.) --- ## [Things you've seen abroad you wish were adopted world wide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 536\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-youve-seen-abroad-you-wish-were-adopted-world-wide/943094 "2024-04-02T17:02:32Z")
Restaurant Food Weight - All over Europe in every restaurant any food item has a portion weight listed. So even if you don’t know what 500 G of french fries looks like, you quickly get a sense of what you’ll need for a … --- ## [How long will life on this planet be possible for in your estimation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-life-on-this-planet-be-possible-for-in-your-estimation/996808)
**Author:** [@philipdalton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/philipdalton)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-will-life-on-this-planet-be-possible-for-in-your-estimation/996808 "2024-04-02T16:49:46Z")
How long will it be before everything just gets burnt to a frazzle? --- ## [Best (or worst) April Fool's jokes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-or-worst-april-fools-jokes/999685 "2024-04-02T16:44:02Z")
In my case for a few years when we were teens I would prop a tall cup of water over my sister’s bathroom door-and each year she would forget what happened the previous year and fall for it, again. I got an Eviltron to u… --- ## [Was William Henry Johnson of the 369th infantry regiment buried with a headstone bearing the name William Henry Johnson or Henry Johnson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-william-henry-johnson-of-the-369th-infantry-regiment-buried-with-a-headstone-bearing-the-name-william-henry-johnson-or-henry-johnson/999739)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-william-henry-johnson-of-the-369th-infantry-regiment-buried-with-a-headstone-bearing-the-name-william-henry-johnson-or-henry-johnson/999739 "2024-04-02T16:28:27Z")
Was William Henry Johnson of the 369th infantry regiment buried in 1929 at Arlington National Cemetery with a headstone bearing the name ‘William Henry Johnson’ or ‘Henry Johnson’? --- ## [Huge Increase In School Absenteeism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-increase-in-school-absenteeism/999579 "2024-04-02T16:26:40Z")
I could not say if this article (gift link below) is accurate, but it certainly seems school absenteeism has dramatically increased since Covid. This seems like it could be or become a huge problem. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=594&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=596&state=tracking)