# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=625&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 626 --- ## [Names of weird or abscure car parts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-weird-or-abscure-car-parts/165628)
**Author:** [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-weird-or-abscure-car-parts/165628 "2024-02-21T07:00:44Z")
I want to stump a friend of mine b/c he thinks he is a master mechanic when it comes to cars. So give me a list of weird car parts and their functions to see if I can stump him. Parts with acronyms works too. --- ## ["We're sharing a drink we call loneliness"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-sharing-a-drink-we-call-loneliness/997782)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-sharing-a-drink-we-call-loneliness/997782 "2024-02-21T05:14:56Z")
“but it’s better than drinkin’ alone” Is it? Here on the internet, the Dope, games, online only friends, doing business online, families chatting on those sites. Streaming movies at home. Are we a lonelier world? Is … --- ## [Question about moderation in Latitia James Drops the Civil Hammer thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-latitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-thread/997699)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-latitia-james-drops-the-civil-hammer-thread/997699 "2024-02-21T04:48:19Z")
In this P&E thread, moderator What Exit says In response to: Which was a reference to Actually, or are you being sarcastic? I don’t subscribe to his website. Which was in the midst of a conversation about the … --- ## [I'm the idiot who washed his darks with sweatpants that had gasoline on them, ask me anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-the-idiot-who-washed-his-darks-with-sweatpants-that-had-gasoline-on-them-ask-me-anything/997563)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-the-idiot-who-washed-his-darks-with-sweatpants-that-had-gasoline-on-them-ask-me-anything/997563 "2024-02-21T04:41:50Z")
ffs. I was pouring gas from a gas can when some spilled on my sweats. No big deal, I’ll just change. And oh, look, almost all my dark clothes are dirty, I’ll wash them together! Just jam them all in there! You know wha… --- ## [Is there a good computer for grandmas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-computer-for-grandmas/992723)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-computer-for-grandmas/992723 "2024-02-21T04:39:30Z")
TL;DR version: what’s the best setup for elderly people who are really bad with computers, but still want to use one? My mom (in her eighties) still wants to use her computer, but it’s becoming too difficult to do just … --- ## [The Census and the Definition of Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-and-the-definition-of-human/964062)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-census-and-the-definition-of-human/964062 "2024-02-21T04:32:07Z")
The Census is used to decide political power. It does this by counting all humans inside the different states. Human is undefined. We have, for example, the proposed law in Louisiana that would make it a homicide to en… --- ## [Unknown caller silencing on cell phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-caller-silencing-on-cell-phones/980979)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-caller-silencing-on-cell-phones/980979 "2024-02-21T04:23:52Z")
Since being retired, I have stopped garbage cell phone calls from ringing and interrupting me by turning on the silencing of unknown callers. This works . . . until I need to receive a call from somebody I want to hear … --- ## [Why Won't "Mail" Work on My MacBook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-mail-work-on-my-macbook/997779)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-mail-work-on-my-macbook/997779 "2024-02-21T04:18:06Z")
About 6 months ago, “Mail” (or Outlook for Mac?) stopped working on my MacBook for no apparent reason. If my Xfinty password is stored on the MacBook (maybe under Settings?) AND if this password changed AND if this ch… --- ## [Meet the artist who inspired Edward Hopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-artist-who-inspired-edward-hopper/997799)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-artist-who-inspired-edward-hopper/997799 "2024-02-21T03:32:43Z")
We all know Hopper’s Nighthawks. But did you know his teacher & inspiration, Martin Lewis? CHECK OUT SOME OF HIS URBAN ART. SHRIEKS OF URBAN ISOLATION. (LINK) --- ## [One day and night in New Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-and-night-in-new-haven/997711)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-and-night-in-new-haven/997711 "2024-02-21T02:59:26Z")
We’re going up tomorrow (Sunday Feb 18) arriving around noon. Probably doing a self (app) guided tour of Yale but other than that have no clue. We’re staying close to campus and it looks like there are many bars and rest… --- ## [“Honest to Goodness” fee? (Dubious extra fees.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-to-goodness-fee-dubious-extra-fees/997734)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honest-to-goodness-fee-dubious-extra-fees/997734 "2024-02-21T02:02:13Z")
There’s a chain restaurant here that adds a 3% “Honest to Goodness” fee on the bill “so we can continue to offer you low prices”. One of those sketchy places that advertises small sized, mediocre versions of a meal at a… --- ## [The Sound of Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-music/997760)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sound-of-music/997760 "2024-02-21T01:29:37Z")
Hulu offers The Sound of Music now. I watched it earlier this evening for the first time in about 50 years. --- ## [US Immigration politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-immigration-politics/997564)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-immigration-politics/997564 "2024-02-21T00:11:51Z")
There have been enough contentious topics on the board lately, so I figured I’d start one where we could all agree. But then I started this one instead. Anyway, here’s where we stand: -Immigration in the US is at an a… --- ## [TV series with aliens as neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810 "2024-02-20T23:14:52Z")
I’ve started rewatching The Neighbors (which I don’t think I saw all the way through on the first run) and it is reminding me that there was another recentish (maybe inside of 5 years ago, definitely inside of 10) series… --- ## [Tracing a tripped outlet--Electrical Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-a-tripped-outlet-electrical-question/995247)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-a-tripped-outlet-electrical-question/995247 "2024-02-20T21:32:41Z")
As succinctly as possible: I have a dead circuit in my house but the breaker switches are not tripped–we are presuming there’s some GFCI upstream from the breaker but downstream from the known dead outlets that has tripp… --- ## [Blue Bloods Season 14 premieres Feb 14 at 10 Eastern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-season-14-premieres-feb-14-at-10-eastern/997098)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-season-14-premieres-feb-14-at-10-eastern/997098 "2024-02-20T20:12:38Z")
Viewers will remember Blue Bloods got cancelled in May 2023. CBS decided to air one more season. 10 episodes will air this Spring and 8 in the Fall. I think the entire cast is returning. :smiley: Tom Selleck is 79 now.… --- ## [Houthi Rebels and Shipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houthi-rebels-and-shipping/995980)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houthi-rebels-and-shipping/995980 "2024-02-20T20:05:44Z")
I haven’t seen a thread on this, but you’ve probably heard that the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are attacking shipping in the Red Sea, standing in solidarity with the Palestinians. So this has the US and others sendi… --- ## [Internal conflict in the Wisconsin Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277 "2024-02-20T19:23:49Z")
Background: I considered putting this in FQ because I’m hoping for a reasonably objective discussion, but it’s inherently political so I chose this forum. Short version: Conservative justices held the majority on the… --- ## [Why are my plum pits exploding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-plum-pits-exploding/515385)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-plum-pits-exploding/515385 "2024-02-20T18:37:41Z")
I’ve gotten some plums lately that have a pit which has separated inside the fruit. It hasn’t been all my plums (I’ve been canning, so I have a large sample size), but maybe a third to a half. Some of them are just spl… --- ## [How long do you have to post a bond prior to an appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-post-a-bond-prior-to-an-appeal/996998)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-post-a-bond-prior-to-an-appeal/996998 "2024-02-20T17:16:59Z")
In the E. Jean Carroll case, the defendant was found liable by the jury and ordered to pay $83 million. He immediately announced that he would appeal the decision, but analysts have been pointing out that he would need … --- ## [Why does losing the Super Bowl have such a massive stigma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-losing-the-super-bowl-have-such-a-massive-stigma/997645)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-losing-the-super-bowl-have-such-a-massive-stigma/997645 "2024-02-20T16:38:25Z")
It’s happened: The 49ers are now being called chumps. Some fans are already comparing them to the freaking Bills. There was a when I thought winning earned immunity. Sure, the Patriots and Steelers are dregs now, but whe… --- ## [The Great American Eclipse Part 2: April 8 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-eclipse-part-2-april-8-2024/997829)
**Author:** [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-eclipse-part-2-april-8-2024/997829 "2024-02-20T15:12:26Z")
With not much more than six weeks to go I guess I should start to live up to my name: you probably know by now that the second Great American Eclipse is coming, on 8 April, when the best visible Total Solar Eclipse for … --- ## [Was Trump 'convicted' for defamin Jean Carroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-trump-convicted-for-defamin-jean-carroll/997280)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-trump-convicted-for-defamin-jean-carroll/997280 "2024-02-20T14:48:09Z")
THis in not about politics or even Trump or not Trump. This is about the use of the word ‘conviction’ in characterizing the defamation case involving E.Jean Carroll. has the sentence: “Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday … --- ## [How long is too long to stay in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733 "2024-02-20T14:17:35Z")
Asking for a friend. --- ## [Seeing one year old posts with today's date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-one-year-old-posts-with-todays-date/959436)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-one-year-old-posts-with-todays-date/959436 "2024-02-20T13:56:05Z")
The idiosyncratic way in which dates are displayed in posts has been discussed before, I believe, but today, I noticed that (probably due to time zone issues) there are posts displaying today’s (Feb 14) date (for me), wh… --- ## [Singers that make you reach for the dial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-make-you-reach-for-the-dial/997480)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-make-you-reach-for-the-dial/997480 "2024-02-20T13:51:14Z")
Whilst overall having a huge sweatspot for “OKish” voices (80% of which I neither greatly like or dislike), there are one or 2 that really yank my chain: the 12 year old kid singing for Rush Michael McDonald (competent… --- ## [Why are court reporters and sketch artists still needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-court-reporters-and-sketch-artists-still-needed/996751)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-court-reporters-and-sketch-artists-still-needed/996751 "2024-02-20T03:17:29Z")
Watching a court reporter typing away during a an obviously filmed/recorded session why are court reporters and sketch artists still needed? In case the tech goes down? For media images (we rarely see artists sketches th… --- ## [If you made up a Roman god of traffic control, what would be its name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398 "2024-02-20T00:48:56Z")
The Romans had gods of little things, like Cardea, the goddess of hinges. So what would the god/dess of traffic control be? The best I can come up with is Delineatus - possibly spelled differently. --- ## [A curious line from the play "Harvey"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curious-line-from-the-play-harvey/997620)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curious-line-from-the-play-harvey/997620 "2024-02-20T00:20:31Z")
The Lil’wrekker is in a Harvey production (she’s the young nurse) The Doctor says, in reference to Elwood, at one point "Outdated as a cast iron deer. Does anyone know what this means? --- ## [Musicians you probably never heard of (but should have)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-you-probably-never-heard-of-but-should-have/997525)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-you-probably-never-heard-of-but-should-have/997525 "2024-02-20T00:12:42Z")
A thread about musicians that have huge talent, but are widely unknown … Let me start out with a guy that was Frank/Nat/Sammy/Dean all rolled into one (and a level of musicality that probably surpasses all of them) … y… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=624&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=626&state=tracking)