# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=670&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 671 --- ## [L.A. DJ Jim Ladd has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/l-a-dj-jim-ladd-has-died/994791 "2023-12-19T22:51:10Z")
Jim Ladd, Radio Veteran and SiriusXM Personality, Dead at 75 He was the inspiration for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “The Last DJ" I used to hear him on KMET. --- ## [New computer won't boot from the old drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-boot-from-the-old-drive/994837)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-wont-boot-from-the-old-drive/994837 "2023-12-19T22:11:04Z")
It sees the drive, just not as a boot drive. One option may be to get an M.2 drive and make that the boot drive. I was planning on doing that eventually. The questions are If I do that is there any reason I couldn’t… --- ## [How do I keep granite sealer odor out of the rest of the house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-granite-sealer-odor-out-of-the-rest-of-the-house/994836)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-keep-granite-sealer-odor-out-of-the-rest-of-the-house/994836 "2023-12-19T21:19:41Z")
We are going to have a granite sealer applied to newly installed granite, and I want to try to keep that very strong odor out of the rest of our house. How would you recommend we do that? Here are some of my ideas. H… --- ## [WTH Walmart? You can't sell good wrapping paper anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wth-walmart-you-cant-sell-good-wrapping-paper-anymore/994782 "2023-12-19T20:54:14Z")
Yes, Truely and Entirely Mundane. I want to decorate a cardboard box that I keep with snacks on my bedroom dresser. Open the Walmart App and Search wrapping paper. I see standard cheap, thin Christmas and birthday wra… --- ## [Delusional Egomaniacal LOTR fan-fiction writer has a bad day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delusional-egomaniacal-lotr-fan-fiction-writer-has-a-bad-day/994800 "2023-12-19T20:53:25Z")
Demetrious Polychron is a fan-fiction writer. He wrote what he described as a “pitch-perfect” prequel to the Lord of the Rings books. Sure that the Tolkien estate would be eager to collaborate on publishing his books, he… --- ## [Telling Jams Apart -- Need Help Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-jams-apart-need-help-fast/994446)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-jams-apart-need-help-fast/994446 "2023-12-19T19:53:34Z")
OK, I got really stupid. A couple months ago I made jam for Christmas presents. Two types I made were Cherry – made from dark sweet cherries – and Blueberry Marmalade – blueberries with lemon and orange flesh and finel… --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter R? See rules in OP: final poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-r-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/994479 "2023-12-19T19:51:29Z")
Rules : Submissions are limited to 5 per person. Please do not post title suggestions or comments on alternative titles. This takes a little of the fun out of the process. It is ok, after the polls are posted, to name… --- ## [I may have some thing similar to Aphantasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-some-thing-similar-to-aphantasia/994575)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-have-some-thing-similar-to-aphantasia/994575 "2023-12-19T18:15:19Z")
I may have some thing similar to Aphantasia disorder. When I close my eyes and try to visualize a family member or friend, it is like worse than an old low quality VHS tape. If I close my eyes and visualize a vacation … --- ## [Legal question: Tarzan, his cousin, and the House of Lords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-tarzan-his-cousin-and-the-house-of-lords/994792 "2023-12-19T16:01:13Z")
Not sure if this belongs in CS or IMHO. It is the late 19th Century. John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke, disappears. While missing, his son and heir, John Junior, is born. One day, the child is playing with his father’… --- ## [Can I measure my time dilation displacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-time-dilation-displacement/994696)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-measure-my-time-dilation-displacement/994696 "2023-12-19T14:48:27Z")
I have traveled over a million miles as a passenger in jet aircraft. According to GPT4 that produces 2 microseconds of time displacement. I’d like to use that as a science project with my great grand daughter. We both h… --- ## [Advice for selling a used car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-selling-a-used-car/993382)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-selling-a-used-car/993382 "2023-12-19T14:25:53Z")
I have a used car to sell. I have sold my own used cars before, but not for a long while. The threads on this I could find here are 20+ years old, and things have changed. This thread is primarily about how to advertise… --- ## [Is it possible to use my iPhone to play music on good speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-my-iphone-to-play-music-on-good-speakers/994806)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-my-iphone-to-play-music-on-good-speakers/994806 "2023-12-19T14:18:22Z")
I have an iPhone and have the music app, so I can select albums and stuff that I want to hear. But the sound on my iPhone is not very good. Are there speakers that can connect somehow to my iPhone to play music, with … --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=669&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=671&state=watching)