# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=596 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 597 --- ## [What are your thoughts and opinions on drinking and/or smoking during camping trips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-drinking-and-or-smoking-during-camping-trips/999123)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-thoughts-and-opinions-on-drinking-and-or-smoking-during-camping-trips/999123 "2024-04-02T08:29:34Z")
Even though certain “public” camping areas are strict on drinking and smoking, I understand the possible risks and problems that may occur (if some groups can’t control their consumption levels in a responsible manner) H… --- ## [The VP would have been better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vp-would-have-been-better/999616)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-vp-would-have-been-better/999616 "2024-04-02T07:10:04Z")
Inspired by the President Harris thread, in our lifetimes, say since 1960, which vice president do you think would have been better than the president they served under? --- ## [Do you have a preferred bedtime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-bedtime/999367)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-bedtime/999367 "2024-04-02T06:39:39Z")
For years, I rose at 5 for work, so come 9pm, I was usually dragging. I’ve been retired for just over 4 years, and I still wake early, so I’m still beat by 9 or so. I may stay up later reading, but it’s extremely rare… --- ## [Any actors before Frank Morgan in Oz that played 5 roles in a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-actors-before-frank-morgan-in-oz-that-played-5-roles-in-a-movie/999659)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-actors-before-frank-morgan-in-oz-that-played-5-roles-in-a-movie/999659 "2024-04-02T04:48:29Z")
So Morgan is credited for 5 roles in Wizard of Oz. 1939. Why yes, I am watching the Wizard of Oz on Easter. --- ## [What's your interpretation of a sphere "spinning clockwise"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-a-sphere-spinning-clockwise/999397)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-interpretation-of-a-sphere-spinning-clockwise/999397 "2024-04-02T03:06:08Z")
Spam email from some trivia website: “Which Two Planets in Our Solar System Spin Clockwise?” My mind: Ermm, clocks are circles, planets are spheres. We viewing this planet from the south pole or the north pole? Does… --- ## [Dead celebrities in current TV commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrities-in-current-tv-commercials/999671)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-celebrities-in-current-tv-commercials/999671 "2024-04-02T02:44:51Z")
let’s make a list of dead people still appearing in current commercials selling products. I’ll start it off: Larry King dead going on 4 years. Elmer Hauldren dead 13 years. Bill Mays dead 15 years! Colonel Sanders d… --- ## [Trapped in the past, you accidentally kill your favourite novelist. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-the-past-you-accidentally-kill-your-favourite-novelist-what-do-you-do/999658)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-the-past-you-accidentally-kill-your-favourite-novelist-what-do-you-do/999658 "2024-04-02T02:37:34Z")
You borrow Marty McFly’s DeLorean and travel to the past in hopes of catching a glimpse of your all-time favourite novelist in their formative years, about a year before their first book comes out. Due to a miscalculati… --- ## [Ear protectors for use with hearing aids at a concert? Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-protectors-for-use-with-hearing-aids-at-a-concert-suggestions/999675)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-protectors-for-use-with-hearing-aids-at-a-concert-suggestions/999675 "2024-04-02T02:28:14Z")
Yesterday I posted about my experience at a concert venue where the sound was way too loud (and had a very muddy mix). I ended up leaving because it was simply not enjoyable (or even bearable). I wear RITE hearing aids… --- ## [Can you still put your pants on standing up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-put-your-pants-on-standing-up/999511)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-put-your-pants-on-standing-up/999511 "2024-04-02T02:03:34Z")
Well? poll --- ## [Making tough decisions: What's your go-to approach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tough-decisions-whats-your-go-to-approach/998571)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-tough-decisions-whats-your-go-to-approach/998571 "2024-04-02T01:29:38Z")
Do you go by gut/heart feeling? Do you analyze by head? Do you write out long lists of pros and cons on paper? Do you consult a lot of family and friends and then go by consensus majority? etc. etc. --- ## [How was sound (note) frequency first measured?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-sound-note-frequency-first-measured/999578)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-sound-note-frequency-first-measured/999578 "2024-04-02T00:40:47Z")
Its not intuitive to me how we first determined a note was 440Hz in the first place. Also, when was this first done…AND…is there any ‘non-subjective’ reason why we have decided that particular frequencies are ‘better’ t… --- ## [What happened with this attempted CC scam/fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-with-this-attempted-cc-scam-fraud/999185 "2024-04-02T00:30:36Z")
A few days ago my bank pinged their app on my phone about a suspected fraudulent transaction. Sure enough there was a pending transaction from a petrol station in Houston Texas for … 8 cents. I’ve never been there in my … --- ## [What historic battlefields have you been to and did you like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historic-battlefields-have-you-been-to-and-did-you-like-it/999630)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historic-battlefields-have-you-been-to-and-did-you-like-it/999630 "2024-04-02T00:29:07Z")
As the title asked, what battlefields have you been to? I’m speaking specifically about battlefields that have been maintained in some way to preserve its historical context. Feel free to mention other battlefields that … --- ## [How good can Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-can-tyrese-haliburton-and-the-indiana-pacers-be/995575)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-can-tyrese-haliburton-and-the-indiana-pacers-be/995575 "2024-04-02T00:09:42Z")
The Indiana Pacers have been playing some exciting basketball, and Tyrese Haliburton is one of the main reasons why. He became only the third player in NBA history to have consecutive games with 20 points and 20 assists… --- ## [Former NFL Pro Bowl Cornerback Vontae Davis found dead at 35](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nfl-pro-bowl-cornerback-vontae-davis-found-dead-at-35/999699)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-nfl-pro-bowl-cornerback-vontae-davis-found-dead-at-35/999699 "2024-04-01T23:22:53Z")
He played his first 3 years with Miami, then played for Indianapolis for 6 years, and then played for Buffalo for his last year before retiring. Former NFL tight end Vernon Davis was his older brother. Police have sa… --- ## [Trump, Personal and Business Financing in Light of Current and Future Judgments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-personal-and-business-financing-in-light-of-current-and-future-judgments/996782)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-personal-and-business-financing-in-light-of-current-and-future-judgments/996782 "2024-04-01T23:22:03Z")
Continuing the discussion from Civil Trial: Trump v E. Jean Carroll (Carroll wins, awarded $5 million, plus 83.3 million): A thought that is specifically related to this judgement, but applies to Trump overall as well. … --- ## [Can this proviso be legally enforced (severance contract with Weisselberg)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-proviso-be-legally-enforced-severance-contract-with-weisselberg/999692)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-proviso-be-legally-enforced-severance-contract-with-weisselberg/999692 "2024-04-01T23:08:07Z")
Quoting directly from today’s Times: “Mr. Trump’s company paid Mr. Weisselberg’s legal bills and awarded him a $2 million severance, with a condition: He could not voluntarily cooperate with any law enforcement agency.” … --- ## [Cooking with ground turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-ground-turkey/999606)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-with-ground-turkey/999606 "2024-04-01T22:52:11Z")
I think the only way I have ever cooked turkey is roast the entire bird for hours, with or without stuffing. I did this once every few years when ‘my turn to host’ came up on the local family Thanksgiving rotation. Bey… --- ## [Alabama Rot (disease in dogs of unknown cause)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rot-disease-in-dogs-of-unknown-cause/999710)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alabama-rot-disease-in-dogs-of-unknown-cause/999710 "2024-04-01T22:49:00Z")
There have been some news articles recently about reported cases of Alabama Rot in my locality lately; it’s a rare, but typically fatal disease, first reported in the 1980s, affecting dogs that manifests as sores - often… --- ## [My utility company only recognizes 2 windows browsers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-utility-company-only-recognizes-2-windows-browsers/999646)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-utility-company-only-recognizes-2-windows-browsers/999646 "2024-04-01T22:40:10Z")
On top of all their other sins (causing wildfires, charging ratepayers for judgments against them due to said fires, charging ratepayers for improvements so that they won’t cause wildfires, etc.) I found out yesterday th… --- ## [Would killing someone on the moon/ in space be a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-killing-someone-on-the-moon-in-space-be-a-crime/999657)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-killing-someone-on-the-moon-in-space-be-a-crime/999657 "2024-04-01T20:53:43Z")
Say an astronaut gets space fever and murders a crew mate. Is it still murder? Also, in a Cafe Society thread someone mentioned that Would that be an act of war? --- ## [Struggling with relationship difficulties, as wedding approaches…needing advice/support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-relationship-difficulties-as-wedding-approaches-needing-advice-support/999114)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/struggling-with-relationship-difficulties-as-wedding-approaches-needing-advice-support/999114 "2024-04-01T20:40:44Z")
So, I’ve been a long-time lurker (but occasional poster) here, and I apologize in advance for the long post, but I am feeling really stuck in between a rock and a hard place and am struggling with knowing how to best mov… --- ## [Side question re planetary rotation: how did astronomers figure out that Uranus is so oddly tilted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-question-re-planetary-rotation-how-did-astronomers-figure-out-that-uranus-is-so-oddly-tilted/999625)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-question-re-planetary-rotation-how-did-astronomers-figure-out-that-uranus-is-so-oddly-tilted/999625 "2024-04-01T20:11:27Z")
Question arising from the clockwise sphere thread. How did astronomers detect Uranus’s tilted rotation? Isn’t it pretty featureless from the top of the cloud cover? Does it have an equivalent of Jupiter’s Great Red Sp… --- ## [My OUTgoing email is being blocked: GoDaddy/Outlook/Inkyphish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-outgoing-email-is-being-blocked-godaddy-outlook-inkyphish/998162)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-outgoing-email-is-being-blocked-godaddy-outlook-inkyphish/998162 "2024-04-01T19:43:29Z")
GoDaddy is our host, and they fairly recently? moved to Outlook. They apparently use something called Inkyphish for security. I think this is a GD thing not an MS thing … but I’m not sure. At any rate, any time I try to… --- ## [Sawblade hits store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawblade-hits-store/999628)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sawblade-hits-store/999628 "2024-04-01T19:25:05Z")
Guy enters store. Shortly after, an errant Sawblade hits store. Looks to me like a concrete cutting saw. Brian --- ## [MLB Parks - Drainage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-parks-drainage/999624)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-parks-drainage/999624 "2024-04-01T18:05:53Z")
When constructing MLB parks, specifically outfields, how is drainage dealt with? Are there drains under the grass? Specific soil composition? Thx. --- ## [DeSantis's war on Disney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantiss-war-on-disney/963073)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 395\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantiss-war-on-disney/963073 "2024-04-01T17:27:43Z")
From a legal standpoint, how can Florida Governor DeSantis and the legislature vote on Disney’s special status within the state in what is clearly, by any objective measure, retaliation for them speaking up against a law… --- ## [Does anyone know of a college that has (or had) an Arians or Erians Hall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-college-that-has-or-had-an-arians-or-erians-hall/999629)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-college-that-has-or-had-an-arians-or-erians-hall/999629 "2024-04-01T16:43:12Z")
I’m just curious. I got a bunch of books that clearly belonged to a college student from the 1960s, and Google is only leading me to people named, for instance, Arian Hall or Erian Hall. Someone out there has to know w… --- ## [Supplement question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-question/999540)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplement-question/999540 "2024-04-01T16:14:41Z")
Seems I’m low in vitamin D. I’m often low in something or another. I take a multivitamin. Potassium. Biotin. Iron. Every other week. And B injection once a week. So Doc prescribed vitamin D2 gel caps. I’m thinking… --- ## [Amber13 has been banned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber13-has-been-banned/999684)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amber13-has-been-banned/999684 "2024-04-01T16:07:35Z")
Amber13 has a proven history of creating incomprehensible OPs, and engaging in behavior which appears to be intentional obfuscation when asked to clarify her posts. We have determined that Amber13 is either trolling or i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=595) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=597)