# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=684&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 685 --- ## [Does this (being long familiar with songs/tunes but not being able to identify) also happen to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-being-long-familiar-with-songs-tunes-but-not-being-able-to-identify-also-happen-to-you/993318 "2023-11-29T22:53:43Z")
Prompted by what I experienced yesterday in evening in dancing school - I sneaked a peek on the laptop with the playlist and saw the song was called Heart of Glass by Blondie. Finally learned that title, after always hea… --- ## [Snow day!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day/993817)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-day/993817 "2023-11-29T22:47:23Z")
I’m a teacher in the Cleveland area. Today we had our first snow day of the year! I got up with my alarm at 6:30, checked my phone to be sure, and saw nothing, and started on my usual morning routine. While I’m in the… --- ## [Please tell me how bad this car problem is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-bad-this-car-problem-is/976239)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-how-bad-this-car-problem-is/976239 "2023-11-29T21:39:58Z")
I just bought a 2016 Honda HRV, lightly used. A few days after I bought it, I opened up the back, and I heard water sloshing around. So there’s a leak in there somewhere, and the water drains out, but if there’s a lot of… --- ## [The pleasures of getting rid of 'stuff'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pleasures-of-getting-rid-of-stuff/993490)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pleasures-of-getting-rid-of-stuff/993490 "2023-11-29T20:24:06Z")
I’m the type of person who has always tended to accumulate stuff. The tools for an old hobby linger long past my interest in the hobby, every book I ever bought (well, nearly) fill bookcases – there are eight just in my… --- ## [Adding quikrete to paver base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-quikrete-to-paver-base/993295)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-quikrete-to-paver-base/993295 "2023-11-29T19:23:39Z")
I have some quikrete left over and I am putting in a pathway along the side of the house. I plan on laying a couple inches of paver base and then sand over it to fill in the gaps before laying the paver themselves. Th… --- ## [... today I lost it - live in a zoom meeting!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-lost-it-live-in-a-zoom-meeting/993825)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-i-lost-it-live-in-a-zoom-meeting/993825 "2023-11-29T17:55:31Z")
It = jacket crown … while I was giving a presentation in a zoom meeting … I felt something really hard in my mouth going around… a jacket crown got loose … luckily from a moler, so not completely “in your face” … but ne… --- ## [Legal distinction between militia and troops in late 18th century USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-distinction-between-militia-and-troops-in-late-18th-century-usa/993752)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-distinction-between-militia-and-troops-in-late-18th-century-usa/993752 "2023-11-29T17:29:30Z")
Or more precisely, what exactly at the time legally distinguished USA militia who were summoned to duty from conscripts pressed into an army? The latter was of course near universal in Europe during the French/Napoleonic… --- ## [Does claustrophobia disqualify you from being a cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-claustrophobia-disqualify-you-from-being-a-cop/993787)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-claustrophobia-disqualify-you-from-being-a-cop/993787 "2023-11-29T17:20:21Z")
Not that it should, mind. But I could imagine it causing problems and not being a good explanation for an officer’s response to a situation in a tight space. --- ## [Uploading pics from phone to Google Slides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-pics-from-phone-to-google-slides/993860)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uploading-pics-from-phone-to-google-slides/993860 "2023-11-29T15:27:09Z")
I have looked it up online and most techniques for uploading a picture from your phone to a Google Drive app involved downloading Google Drive or the App (in this case Slides) on your phone. Everyone that I will be work… --- ## [Why are rice cookers asymmetric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-rice-cookers-asymmetric/992826)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-rice-cookers-asymmetric/992826 "2023-11-29T14:57:53Z")
Living in Asia, I’ve seen a few rice cookers that have the thickness of 1 side very significantly different from the opposite side, despite the fact that both the inner pot & the outer case are round. Do you also have th… --- ## [What's your favorite holiday pie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-holiday-pie/993596)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-holiday-pie/993596 "2023-11-29T14:49:57Z")
Inspired by the Costco pumpkin pie thread. I like pumpkin pie just fine, but I have to say I prefer the custard and mincemeat varieties (separately, of course). --- ## [Chicken in pepperoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-pepperoni/993783)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-in-pepperoni/993783 "2023-11-29T14:24:51Z")
Looking at frozen pizzas and some packages of pepperoni, most have chicken as an ingredient. Why? I assume cost but beef and pork can be pretty cheap. Is it a lower fat thing? --- ## [Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has unspecified dementia (has died, Nov. 19, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-has-unspecified-dementia-has-died-nov-19-2023/984791)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-first-lady-rosalynn-carter-has-unspecified-dementia-has-died-nov-19-2023/984791 "2023-11-29T14:04:12Z")
At 95, that’s actually not a surprise. It still stinks. --- ## [A Centaur and a Cyclops Walk into a Bar.... finish the joke (Xena reference)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centaur-and-a-cyclops-walk-into-a-bar-finish-the-joke-xena-reference/986432)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-centaur-and-a-cyclops-walk-into-a-bar-finish-the-joke-xena-reference/986432 "2023-11-29T09:11:42Z")
OK. So there’s an episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, which I was watching today (bought 5 seasons during the first month of the pandemic) called “Warrior… Priestess… Tramp” in which the barmaid \[READ: madam of the best … --- ## [London tube advice -- near LHR to Whitechapel area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-tube-advice-near-lhr-to-whitechapel-area/991409)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-tube-advice-near-lhr-to-whitechapel-area/991409 "2023-11-29T08:18:33Z")
This is early morning (arriving 0745) Sunday Oct 15. My hotel is near the Hayes & Harlington station. My destination is Hyatt Place London City East. I’m confused by what the tfl (Transport for London) website is telli… --- ## [Are there many songs about rainbows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-many-songs-about-rainbows/993589 "2023-11-29T05:13:18Z")
Ever since the Great Rainbow Bridge Bombing of '23 I’ve had Rainbow Connection stuck in my head. As I wonder every time when Kermit asks why there are so many songs about rainbows, I wonder: are there “so many” songs abo… --- ## [Extreme polygamy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-polygamy/990020)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-polygamy/990020 "2023-11-29T02:08:42Z")
The kind associated with Middle Eastern or Asian potentates\*; or for a modern example, Hugh Hefner. A guy who has scores or even hundreds of women available for sex. So just how does a mere mortal practically handle this… --- ## [Math Q: Who invented the Order of Operations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-q-who-invented-the-order-of-operations/991061)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-q-who-invented-the-order-of-operations/991061 "2023-11-29T01:18:48Z")
And why? is there an explanation for how it came to be? Looking to you, @Hari\_Seldon :wink: --- ## [Israeli English accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-english-accents/993019)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/israeli-english-accents/993019 "2023-11-29T00:48:18Z")
ISTM that the majority of Israelis that appear in English speaking TV interviews have what sounds an American accent. Have most of them been educated in America? Or does an Israeli accent just happened to sound similar t… --- ## [The creation of Israel was not a colonial project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-creation-of-israel-was-not-a-colonial-project/991967 "2023-11-28T23:34:25Z")
I’ve been following the various debates online that have heated up into overdrive since the atrocious Hamas attacks earlier this month. One of the most common criticisms of Israel from the left is that Israel was create… --- ## [The Lie of Black Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lie-of-black-friday/993077)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lie-of-black-friday/993077 "2023-11-28T23:24:22Z")
Just bought something that is a “Black Friday” deal. It was an excellent deal - I haven’t seen the price beaten anywhere. But it’s two weeks before it’s actually Black Friday… and this was the last one in stock. And sin… --- ## [Why has quality, loose-leaf decaf tea become scarce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-quality-loose-leaf-decaf-tea-become-scarce/993771)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-quality-loose-leaf-decaf-tea-become-scarce/993771 "2023-11-28T22:28:18Z")
And I know lots of folks will point me to various decafs they see online, but I’m talking about specific high-quality stuff. I buy from Harney, but I also like Positively Tea. I used to buy decaf loose-leaf Assam or Ir… --- ## [How stable is a "generation"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stable-is-a-generation/993282)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-stable-is-a-generation/993282 "2023-11-28T21:30:46Z")
Have we lit upon a definition of “a generation” that is stable over time? It seems to me that the average age that a parent (of either sex) has his or her children constitutes a generation, no? Is this an acceptable mea… --- ## [How big a generation have you created personally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-generation-have-you-created-personally/993299)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-generation-have-you-created-personally/993299 "2023-11-28T19:47:45Z")
To gather data for my factual question along the same lines, I’d like to ask Dopers to say how old they were on, on average, when their kids were born. To participate. please Make sure you’re done having kids. By mak… --- ## [When the gift is less memorable than the gift opening experience. Looking for ideas especially for kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-gift-is-less-memorable-than-the-gift-opening-experience-looking-for-ideas-especially-for-kids/993726)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-gift-is-less-memorable-than-the-gift-opening-experience-looking-for-ideas-especially-for-kids/993726 "2023-11-28T18:28:56Z")
I’m not sure if this is the correct forum for this. Mods, please excuse and correct my error if I guessed wrong. I’m 67 so I’ve seen a Christmas or two. I remember the fun we had when my uncle received a gag gift from m… --- ## [Where are the motorcycle commercials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-motorcycle-commercials/991251)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-the-motorcycle-commercials/991251 "2023-11-28T18:07:04Z")
:notes: Get yourself a Honda Built like a watch that was meant to last a hundred years… :notes: :notes: Yamaha! Won’t you fly me away Today is the day, don’t look the other way! Yamaha! Today is the day! :notes: … --- ## [Asiana flight 8124: how was this door opened in flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asiana-flight-8124-how-was-this-door-opened-in-flight/984630)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asiana-flight-8124-how-was-this-door-opened-in-flight/984630 "2023-11-28T16:30:21Z")
A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight in South Korea managed to open an exit door a few minutes before the plane landed: The obvious question: how was this possible? Previous discussions have indicated that when a… --- ## [THOR: Ragnarok- Seen It!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-ragnarok-seen-it/800574)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thor-ragnarok-seen-it/800574 "2023-11-28T15:06:45Z")
Thanks to the glory of AMC Stubs, your man Scrappy was at the Opening Night Fan Event! I enjoyed it thoroughly. Visually awesome, flowed well, lots of call-outs to the comics. They thanked a couple of specific Thor writ… --- ## [NBA 2022-23 Season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 385\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-2022-23-season/973311 "2023-11-28T15:04:43Z")
Fivethirtyeight.com is predicting a contentious year with eleven teams given greater than a five percent chance of glory. This includes the Raptors, predicted to come in fifth in the East with a 50-32 record. Comments … --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begins with the letter G? See rules in OP - FINAL POLL ADDED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begins-with-the-letter-g-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/993242 "2023-11-28T14:45:15Z")
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