# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=628&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 629 --- ## [Rural Alabama radio station has its transmitter and 200-foot tower stolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-alabama-radio-station-has-its-transmitter-and-200-foot-tower-stolen/997370)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rural-alabama-radio-station-has-its-transmitter-and-200-foot-tower-stolen/997370 "2024-02-17T01:04:28Z")
It was already off line for maintenance, and when the maintenance workers showed up, there was nothing for them to work on. Tower, transmitting equipment, etc. all gone. For me, I’m guessing it was totally an inside jo… --- ## [Do Stay-At-Home Parents Get Shafted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stay-at-home-parents-get-shafted/997489)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stay-at-home-parents-get-shafted/997489 "2024-02-16T23:58:02Z")
This article implies stay-at-home parenting has been given plenty of lip service. But the omnipresent old assumptions someone is at home mismatch with reality: school summer hours, lack of affordable child care, or tryi… --- ## [Songs recorded with alternate lyrics to the original but not for humor or satire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-recorded-with-alternate-lyrics-to-the-original-but-not-for-humor-or-satire/973199 "2024-02-16T22:45:25Z")
I know satirical versions of songs are a dime a dozen ala Weird Al but are there a lot of songs recorded, either by the original artist or someone else, that changed the lyrics into a different song but not done for humo… --- ## [Dedicated Lighting Circuits (US, residential; could be pertinent to other places)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-lighting-circuits-us-residential-could-be-pertinent-to-other-places/997523)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dedicated-lighting-circuits-us-residential-could-be-pertinent-to-other-places/997523 "2024-02-16T21:05:49Z")
So I read recently the US code is going to allow 10A circuits with 16g wire for dedicated lighting. With the lower consumption of LEDs I can see how this would make sense. Though, it would likely (IMO) mean either more u… --- ## [Need to open a sealed outdoor light](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-open-a-sealed-outdoor-light/997669)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-open-a-sealed-outdoor-light/997669 "2024-02-16T19:32:20Z")
Hi for “reasons” I need to open this outdoor light - to swap out the included battery there are no screws on it, its front-glass is silicon-glued in … … --- ## [Did you experience covid rebound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-experience-covid-rebound/996273)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-experience-covid-rebound/996273 "2024-02-16T19:31:55Z")
Forget scientific studies. What’s OUR annecdotal evidence? poll If you’ve had covid multiple times, vote based on your most recent confirmed bout. There’s a bias baked into the poll because it’s likely that there’s a c… --- ## [Chicken Little gets job as Florida cop, continues his battle with oaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-gets-job-as-florida-cop-continues-his-battle-with-oaks/997577)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-little-gets-job-as-florida-cop-continues-his-battle-with-oaks/997577 "2024-02-16T19:09:18Z")
An acorn fell on his car. He thinks he has been shot by the man handcuffed in the back of the car, falls to the ground and empties a clip into his own patrol car while panicking about his gunshot wound. Somehow nobody di… --- ## [Any one remember Don Murray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-remember-don-murray/839828)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-one-remember-don-murray/839828 "2024-02-16T18:44:49Z")
I like him as governor Break in conquest of the planet of apes. --- ## [Coffee Quest: Drinking the worlds best coffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-quest-drinking-the-worlds-best-coffee/995344)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-quest-drinking-the-worlds-best-coffee/995344 "2024-02-16T17:58:04Z")
I mentioned in a few threads that I was going to do this but I have started to drink the worlds best coffee. My technique as kifed from James Hoffman: Fill a pyrex bowl with water. place my Hario 60 upside down in it … --- ## [Have some 79 Year Old Soup. LINK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-79-year-old-soup-link/997663)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-some-79-year-old-soup-link/997663 "2024-02-16T17:48:30Z")
You go first. Allegedly, it’s safe. EAT THE SOUP. I DARE YOU. {LINK} Btw–this counts as cuisine. --- ## [Another Cool Infographics Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-infographics-thread/997569)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-cool-infographics-thread/997569 "2024-02-16T16:42:32Z")
I have a soft spot for interesting information presented well. Previous threads on this topic were popular, so am presenting more graphics I enjoyed, some of which are clever. --- ## [On DrDeth's Suspension](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-drdeths-suspension/997666)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-drdeths-suspension/997666 "2024-02-16T15:50:57Z")
Comments about moderation belong in ATMB, but the announcement thread is of course closed, so I am creating this to say: Are you mods gluttons for punishment, or what? He’s not going to change. And I really don’t agr… --- ## [Politics on The Daily Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-on-the-daily-show/997619)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-on-the-daily-show/997619 "2024-02-16T14:42:20Z")
I’m making a thread here because The Daily Show will be, for the rest of the year, a political program. The show is not about Jon Stewart and his return. He’s there only one day a week; if that’s all anybody watches that… --- ## [DrDeth Suspended 30 Days redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days-redux/997661)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drdeth-suspended-30-days-redux/997661 "2024-02-16T13:35:59Z")
After increasing his need for moderation of late and then often arguing with the staff, he crossed a line on February 13th. He spammed 3 threads, hijacking at least one with an out of place rant about Jon Stewart. A… --- ## [NFL Black Monday 2024 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-black-monday-2024-thread/995750)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-black-monday-2024-thread/995750 "2024-02-16T13:14:46Z")
Riverboat Ron of the Commanders will be the first to set sail late tonight or tomorrow morning. --- ## [New York House CD3 Special Election Suozzi (D) v. Pilip (R) to Replace George Santos' Seat in Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-house-cd3-special-election-suozzi-d-v-pilip-r-to-replace-george-santos-seat-in-congress/997537)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-house-cd3-special-election-suozzi-d-v-pilip-r-to-replace-george-santos-seat-in-congress/997537 "2024-02-16T12:43:03Z")
I didn’t see anything on this race, but I think it’s an important one. Looks like Dems are going to take this district to replace George Santos. It’s a bellwether for the presidential election in November, and it bodes… --- ## [Putin's Political Rival Is Assassinated Figuratively By Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-political-rival-is-assassinated-figuratively-by-court/779332)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putins-political-rival-is-assassinated-figuratively-by-court/779332 "2024-02-16T12:22:06Z")
Putin’s popular political opponent is convicted, eliminating him from the election. It looks like trumped-up charges to me, considering that Of course this most recent trial was different from the previous one, and wh… --- ## [Evidently there's another kind of little critter inside of us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidently-theres-another-kind-of-little-critter-inside-of-us/997651)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evidently-theres-another-kind-of-little-critter-inside-of-us/997651 "2024-02-16T11:02:32Z")
A New Obelisk ‘Lifeform’ Is Hiding Inside Humans We’re not sure if it’s exciting or not that scientists just discovered new ‘lifeforms’ inside of our bodies. Tiny bits of RNA, smaller than a virus, colonize bacteria in… --- ## [Latest TV Show “Opening Credits”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tv-show-opening-credits/997524)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-tv-show-opening-credits/997524 "2024-02-16T07:23:49Z")
I’ve started watching Better Call Saul, a great show. I love its brief, slapdash and interrupted introduction (opening credits). The “intro”, with title and brief credits of the biggest names, occasionally appears at t… --- ## [How small could humans be and develop a similar civilization?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-could-humans-be-and-develop-a-similar-civilization/997490)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-small-could-humans-be-and-develop-a-similar-civilization/997490 "2024-02-16T06:30:57Z")
How small could humans have been before it would really hamper development? An average of 4 feet tall? 2 feet? 1 foot? The two things that struck me were: Use of fire. This is pretty instrumental to staying warm (ali… --- ## [Restaurants with limited menus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-with-limited-menus/995738)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-with-limited-menus/995738 "2024-02-16T04:08:25Z")
I was doing a thought experiment in my head, and I ran up against this. What would, or could, you do? You have made a reservation for you and your SO for his birthday, at a high-end restaurant, which neither of you has … --- ## [Cooking for dementia patients - any special tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-dementia-patients-any-special-tips/997592)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-for-dementia-patients-any-special-tips/997592 "2024-02-16T03:28:35Z")
I cook regularly for a family that includes a father with dementia; he is still “with it” sometimes but it is getting worse. Today his daughter mentioned that “he doesn’t care very much what he eats,” but she has also re… --- ## [US Air Force May Reintroduce Warrant and Chief Warrant Officer Ranks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-force-may-reintroduce-warrant-and-chief-warrant-officer-ranks/997299)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-force-may-reintroduce-warrant-and-chief-warrant-officer-ranks/997299 "2024-02-16T03:27:46Z")
From here: Air Force officials are considering bringing back warrant officers and may start creating a training program this year, reversing a decision from 65 years ago when the service ended that grade, according to … --- ## [Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2024-02-16T02:56:17Z")
Love/hate exercise Figured that this meta-thread is long overdue-obviously the OP didn’t want discussion cluttering up the original, but here we can do so to our hearts’ content… I chose the first one-tho it typically … --- ## [Where do I have to go to get French-milled soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-have-to-go-to-get-french-milled-soap/996676)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-have-to-go-to-get-french-milled-soap/996676 "2024-02-16T02:45:08Z")
I have a bar of Zest in my travel soap dish now because the French-milled soap I was using for six months finally depleted (I got it some time ago at a department store, and started using it last summer). They don’t seem… --- ## [According to this article the uk is going to hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-this-article-the-uk-is-going-to-hell/997630)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-this-article-the-uk-is-going-to-hell/997630 "2024-02-16T01:59:32Z")
I found this article and although it seems to have a right-leaning bias is there was a grain of truth in it --- ## [How many pills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pills/997392)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pills/997392 "2024-02-16T01:47:56Z")
I just had a checkup and the doctor wants me to take another pill. I’m now up to 18 a day, plus eye drops. Now six of those are nonprescription vitamins, one is a prescription mineral supplement, and four are part of a… --- ## [Stories about pop culture inspiration - do you buy them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-pop-culture-inspiration-do-you-buy-them/997094)
**Author:** [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-pop-culture-inspiration-do-you-buy-them/997094 "2024-02-16T01:35:58Z")
Being a huge fan of the Alien franchise, I’ve often heard the story about how the chestburster scene in the movie was a surprise to the cast, which is how Ridley Scott got such great horrified performances out of them. N… --- ## [Trump’s new low (re: backstabbing NATO)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-new-low-re-backstabbing-nato/997485)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-s-new-low-re-backstabbing-nato/997485 "2024-02-16T00:56:22Z")
These people boggle my mind. --- ## [Apparently cheese gets you mildly high?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cheese-gets-you-mildly-high/995291)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-cheese-gets-you-mildly-high/995291 "2024-02-16T00:44:29Z")
found this today … lots of things i didnt know…explains why i eat a lot of it lol [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=627&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=629&state=tracking)