# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=670&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 671 --- ## [How did the Russians meddle in our election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-russians-meddle-in-our-election/819293)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-russians-meddle-in-our-election/819293 "2023-12-19T13:28:03Z")
This is GQ, but it will be very difficult to keep it here. All I ask is that posters give it the old college try. So, two questions: What specifically is it alleged that the Russians did to “meddle” in the 2016 elec… --- ## [Split-bus electrical panels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-bus-electrical-panels/994719)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-bus-electrical-panels/994719 "2023-12-19T13:17:59Z")
I think I have an understanding of what’s going on, but I want to be sure I’m not missing anything. My sister has an older house (~1950s) and wants to install an EV charger. I’m giving them a spare mobile charger, so t… --- ## [Another question for UK residents - did you have tax deferred retirement accounts before PPS/SIPP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-uk-residents-did-you-have-tax-deferred-retirement-accounts-before-pps-sipp/994620)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-uk-residents-did-you-have-tax-deferred-retirement-accounts-before-pps-sipp/994620 "2023-12-19T12:03:36Z")
Just sort of randomly thought about UK retirements and wondered about their equivalent to 401k, so looked it up. I saw these were created in the late 1980s. I know state and occupational pensions are much older, of cours… --- ## [Booze for the Holidays - Box Wine Edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booze-for-the-holidays-box-wine-edition/994724 "2023-12-19T11:04:28Z")
With out of town friends coming for the New Year holiday, I got my booze shopping done on Friday. This year we are making said friend’s traditional eggnog (his departed father’s version) rather than mine: raw eggs, cre… --- ## [Halving a raisin bran muffin recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halving-a-raisin-bran-muffin-recipe/994797 "2023-12-19T06:30:21Z")
So I want to bake some raisin bran muffins. I have a recipe I used in the past that was okay, but like most of them it makes a dozen muffins, way too much for just us. Halving the ingredient amounts is no problem excep… --- ## [Solitaire Chess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitaire-chess/993989)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitaire-chess/993989 "2023-12-19T05:49:40Z")
On my favorite puzzle site, there’s a new (at least to them and me) kind of Chess problem: Solitaire Chess. The rules are straightforward: Pieces move as standard chess pieces. You can perform only capture moves. You … --- ## [Philadelphia Experts: Novelist needs help with city geography and outlying neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-experts-novelist-needs-help-with-city-geography-and-outlying-neighborhoods/994700)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-experts-novelist-needs-help-with-city-geography-and-outlying-neighborhoods/994700 "2023-12-19T04:34:46Z")
My sophomore novel is centered in and around Philadelphia. I’ve made two trips to Philly, but spent too much time downtown, near U of Penn. I would sincerely appreciate help with the following: I need to base one of th… --- ## [Car crash involving the Presidental motorcade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-crash-involving-the-presidental-motorcade/994784)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-crash-involving-the-presidental-motorcade/994784 "2023-12-19T02:31:27Z")
Biden wasn’t in the hit SUV and was getting dinner then. Drinking by the driver might be involved. Sedan crashes into SUV traveling with president's motorcade, driver charged with DUI - ABC News The headline made me ima… --- ## [Can Amy prevent hubby from passing on wealth to his next wife after Amy's death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-amy-prevent-hubby-from-passing-on-wealth-to-his-next-wife-after-amys-death/994713)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-amy-prevent-hubby-from-passing-on-wealth-to-his-next-wife-after-amys-death/994713 "2023-12-19T02:24:15Z")
Is is possible for Amy, married to Bob, to set up some legal instrument that will prevent Bob, after Amy’s death, from passing on to any subsequent spouse (Carol) the nest-egg that Amy and Bob accumulated together, and i… --- ## [Bad Santa (2003)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-santa-2003/994611 "2023-12-19T00:56:16Z")
I don’t know about you, but I love this movie. I love it more than I love A Christmas Story. I love it more than I love Christmas Vacation or Die Hard. Someday I’ll get tired of those movies. This one will forever remain… --- ## [Scorigami-related football rules question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorigami-related-football-rules-question/994749)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorigami-related-football-rules-question/994749 "2023-12-19T00:54:45Z")
I recently re-watched the video in which Jon Bois explains his Scorigami concept. One feature of this is his explanation of how a game could have a final score of 6 - 1. It requires a safety against the scoring team on… --- ## [I hereby humbly submit this entry to the Darwin Awards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-humbly-submit-this-entry-to-the-darwin-awards/974959)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hereby-humbly-submit-this-entry-to-the-darwin-awards/974959 "2023-12-19T00:18:19Z")
Guy dancing on the top of a semi smacks into bridge and dies: --- ## [Chicken or Egg Problem with Closet Double Doors Off-Track](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-or-egg-problem-with-closet-double-doors-off-track/994570)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-or-egg-problem-with-closet-double-doors-off-track/994570 "2023-12-19T00:05:34Z")
My main hall closet is parallel and flush to the corridor. It has two, heavy\*, six panel doors that hang from above on an overhead track. The doors slide past each other with a tight tolerance. At the floor, front and ce… --- ## [An Illegal Act As A Defense Against An Even Worse Illegal Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-illegal-act-as-a-defense-against-an-even-worse-illegal-act/994710)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-illegal-act-as-a-defense-against-an-even-worse-illegal-act/994710 "2023-12-18T23:33:11Z")
Let’s say that a coach (patently illegally) installs a hidden camera in a women’s locker room. A woman claims that on Friday, December 15, 2023, at 4:30 pm, Coach sexually assaulted her in the women’s locker room. “An no… --- ## [Are men able to have genital sex if they no longer produce any testosterone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-able-to-have-genital-sex-if-they-no-longer-produce-any-testosterone/993930)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-able-to-have-genital-sex-if-they-no-longer-produce-any-testosterone/993930 "2023-12-06T14:53:41Z")
A friend, 62, recently underwent surgical removal of his prostate, followed by radiation therapy, for prostate cancer, after which his oncologist prescribed an anti-androgen medication for the rest of his life, which as … --- ## [When would you have learned you could fly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-have-learned-you-could-fly/994718)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-would-you-have-learned-you-could-fly/994718 "2023-12-18T22:25:11Z")
Flying seems like one of the most exciting powers out there. But when would you realize you could do it? I’ve never fallen off of anything particularly high, for example. --- ## [Paying cash instead of CC-is it spreading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-cash-instead-of-cc-is-it-spreading/993862)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-cash-instead-of-cc-is-it-spreading/993862 "2023-12-18T20:31:43Z")
Has anyone noticed an increase in the number of places offering a discount for cash payment? Around here, South Louisiana, it certainly seems to be spreading to more and more stores. Mostly restaurants, but not entirely.… --- ## [GPS satellites; relativity correction for solar gravity variation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-satellites-relativity-correction-for-solar-gravity-variation/994776)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gps-satellites-relativity-correction-for-solar-gravity-variation/994776 "2023-12-18T18:36:12Z")
Plenty of discussions of relativity and time dilation lately, so here’s another one. The global positioning system features corrections for general and special relativity due to the movement of the satellites relative t… --- ## [Done with Christmas shopping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/done-with-christmas-shopping/994662 "2023-12-18T16:26:00Z")
Box of See’s Victoria Toffee for the Missus. Box of See’s soft centers for me. My mom used to get this for my sister and me growing up although hers was nuts and chews. She hadn’t done it for a while so I revived the … --- ## [Local attractions you have never been to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-attractions-you-have-never-been-to/994722)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-attractions-you-have-never-been-to/994722 "2023-12-18T16:18:11Z")
Are there any points of interest or events that are close to you that you have never visited? They can be cultural, historical or just touristy. I thought about this when something came up on my feed about the renactment… --- ## [The most difficult liscense plate to remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-difficult-liscense-plate-to-remember/168935)
**Author:** [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-difficult-liscense-plate-to-remember/168935 "2023-12-18T15:43:31Z")
Say I wanted to be a thief, but still have my car legally registered. I would want the plate (seven letters) to be the most difficult to remember. No vanity plates. Actually, I saw a plate the other day that I had a h… --- ## [US - unnumbered "Interstates"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-unnumbered-interstates/994691)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-unnumbered-interstates/994691 "2023-12-18T15:15:37Z")
I’ve noticed that some major highways (e.g. Florida Turnpike, Garden State Parkway) lack Interstate numbers. Do they not meet Interstate standards for some reasons? Are there any other highways in the same status? --- ## [Are Cloverleaves nuclear targets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cloverleaves-nuclear-targets/994731)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cloverleaves-nuclear-targets/994731 "2023-12-18T15:00:12Z")
Many major high speed highway interchanges are accomplished by constructing a Cloverleaf: Green-cloverleaf-highway-.jpg (2048×1152) (pngworldwide.com) Beig that, during wartime, the US Armed Forces would transport some… --- ## [Did Ancient Maritime Navigation Techniques Presume A Round Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-maritime-navigation-techniques-presume-a-round-earth/994447)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ancient-maritime-navigation-techniques-presume-a-round-earth/994447 "2023-12-18T13:58:37Z")
I know that the idea that everyone thought the Earth was flat until Columbus got lost trying to sail around it is a fallacy. What I’m asking is, did the maps, navigational techniques, devices and methods they used to det… --- ## [Parents who name their child just the diminutive/short form of a given name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-name-their-child-just-the-diminutive-short-form-of-a-given-name/994382)
**Author:** [@Oswald\_Bastable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oswald_Bastable)\ **Replies:** 297\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-name-their-child-just-the-diminutive-short-form-of-a-given-name/994382 "2023-12-18T13:42:29Z")
Why? I know it’s an irrational disdain, but it just makes me cringe. This isn’t about parents giving their children unusual names, or even names they’ve just made up, and generally I’m pretty much in the ‘call your kid … --- ## [Can anyone tell me anything about these cups? (Style/era, manufacturer, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-anything-about-these-cups-style-era-manufacturer-etc/994746)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-tell-me-anything-about-these-cups-style-era-manufacturer-etc/994746 "2023-12-18T11:35:50Z")
Once again here I am with more mystery objects. But in contrast to the watch I posted about awhile back, I have even less information about this set of two espresso cups and saucers. They look very distinctive, but nei… --- ## [Maddow's explanation of Trump's use of "fascist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddows-explanation-of-trumps-use-of-fascist/993116)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maddows-explanation-of-trumps-use-of-fascist/993116 "2023-12-18T10:47:47Z")
On her show last night, Rachel Maddow gave a succinct, and rather eloquent, explanation of Trump including “fascists” among those vermin he intends to eradicate upon his 2024 electoral victory: he is calling those to the… --- ## [Duets you wish would (or could have) exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-you-wish-would-or-could-have-exist/994740)
**Author:** [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-you-wish-would-or-could-have-exist/994740 "2023-12-18T10:18:08Z")
I was just watching (for the umpteenth time) the music video of Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton doing Rena’s older hit “Does He Love You”. Two queens of country music blending their voices in a duet which, to my mind, pre… --- ## [Is there a place for "Sanctity" in a modern society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-sanctity-in-a-modern-society/991028 "2023-12-18T07:01:04Z")
Previous conversationI agree with everything he says so far, but his conclusion seems exactly backwards to me. Haidt is arguing that because most people would be offput by a man having sex with a chicken despite nobody… --- ## [A Pattern Among Fake FB Accts — Who Else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pattern-among-fake-fb-accts-who-else/994661)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pattern-among-fake-fb-accts-who-else/994661 "2023-12-18T06:26:53Z")
I get a small but constant trickle of fake Facebook accounts attempting to ‘friend’ me. What they all have in common is: • They are using a name that is already the name of a real person who is already my ‘friend’ on F… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=669&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=671&state=tracking)