# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=690 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 691 --- ## [Sharpening Blurry 1970s-Era VHS or Betamax Video Images](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharpening-blurry-1970s-era-vhs-or-betamax-video-images/993028)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharpening-blurry-1970s-era-vhs-or-betamax-video-images/993028 "2023-11-22T14:29:24Z")
I just viewed on YouTube a five-minute video recorded in the mid-1970s. By today’s hi-def standards, the video quality is terrible. I believe this black-and-white video was originally shot on VHS or Betamax tape, then co… --- ## [Which versions of the Vinland Sagas mention Skraelings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-versions-of-the-vinland-sagas-mention-skraelings/993356)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-versions-of-the-vinland-sagas-mention-skraelings/993356 "2023-11-22T12:48:59Z")
I’m reading a 1997 paperback of “The Sagas of Iceland”. I was expecting to see the word Skraeling in the text. Instead I see the repeated word ‘natives’. Which translations use the terrm Skraeling? Has the term ‘Skraeli… --- ## [Songs you’ve played over and over and over again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-ve-played-over-and-over-and-over-again/993462)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-ve-played-over-and-over-and-over-again/993462 "2023-11-22T12:14:08Z")
What songs have you enjoyed so much that you’ve played them over and over and over again? My wife is out of town and I’m missing her right now, a great deal. So, I find myself listening to David Gates’ beautiful voice, … --- ## [To All the Clothes I've Loved Before](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-clothes-ive-loved-before/983725)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-all-the-clothes-ive-loved-before/983725 "2023-05-10T17:40:03Z")
The other day, I got to thinking about some of the clothes that I used to own that I wish I either a) still had the body to pull off, 2) could still find, iii) Hi Opal!, or D) still had the body to pull off if I could on… --- ## [What are these (Indian?) greeting gestures that I've seen in films called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-indian-greeting-gestures-that-ive-seen-in-films-called/993489)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-indian-greeting-gestures-that-ive-seen-in-films-called/993489 "2023-11-22T11:43:00Z")
It’s a bit embarrassing asking for cultural advice on the basis of Bollywood films and Mary Poppins, but what can I do. In an incredibly cheesy dance scene from Om Shanti Om, Sha Rukh Khan performs what seems to be a res… --- ## [Kirk v Picard... already done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-v-picard-already-done/18014)
**Author:** [@BlakJak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlakJak)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kirk-v-picard-already-done/18014 "2023-11-22T06:44:54Z")
So has the Kirk versus Picard debate been done? Is this, in fact, a question that gets asked periodically by some daft newbie? And what about Sisko and Janeway? Do they get a mention? (yes, I watch unhealthy amounts of… --- ## [21st Annual Steelers March to the Super Bowl Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/989876)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/21st-annual-steelers-march-to-the-super-bowl-thread/989876 "2023-11-22T06:39:56Z")
It’s that time of the year, folks. While I no longer drink, this series is now old enough to pour one, and even though I’m not around that much anymore, mostly because outside of football I’m not as combative as I used t… --- ## [Question abou Mr Trump's fraud trial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-abou-mr-trumps-fraud-trial/993486)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-abou-mr-trumps-fraud-trial/993486 "2023-11-22T06:22:07Z")
If I understand correctly, Trump is on trial for inflating the prices of his properties to obtain favorable loans and insurance deals. Has any insurance company or loan company sued Trump? If Trump was doing this to av… --- ## [Food combinations you found surprisingly terrible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combinations-you-found-surprisingly-terrible/591636)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-combinations-you-found-surprisingly-terrible/591636 "2023-11-22T05:30:07Z")
I’m not talking about some oddball combination that you may expect to be gross but still try anyway, like barbecue chicken-flavored ice cream or something. I’m talking about things you think should work together, but do… --- ## [Rip midcentury menu..... it was fun while it lasted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-midcentury-menu-it-was-fun-while-it-lasted/958448)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-midcentury-menu-it-was-fun-while-it-lasted/958448 "2023-11-22T04:59:15Z")
Welp one of the first blogs I followed is ending Ok if you’ve never heard of the website it was mainly known for featuring recipes between 1930 and 1980 But the major draw was the “recipe testS” in which she made some … --- ## [Recommendations for a new credit card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-new-credit-card/993496)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-new-credit-card/993496 "2023-11-22T04:38:04Z")
I usually don’t like having tons of unneeded bills to pay (so Mr. Absentminded here doesn’t forget to pay a bill), but I almost got stuck on a recent trip where my only credit card was declined, and I had to use a debit … --- ## [Anyone Doubting the Divide in America Should Get a Load of This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doubting-the-divide-in-america-should-get-a-load-of-this/993127 "2023-11-22T00:54:08Z")
I stumbled across this while perusing travel videos and holy shit, is it chilling. So this is a YouTube piece about travelling through less popular US states for tourists and if you skim through until 2:15, you come acr… --- ## [Knitters, What's the Most Bizarre Thing You've Ever Knitted or Wanted to Knit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitters-whats-the-most-bizarre-thing-youve-ever-knitted-or-wanted-to-knit/260261)
**Author:** [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knitters-whats-the-most-bizarre-thing-youve-ever-knitted-or-wanted-to-knit/260261 "2023-11-22T00:18:42Z")
In a few weeks, I’m going to be doing a program on knitting at Western Pennsylvania Mensa’s annual Regional Gathering. The theme of the thing is “Creative Mayhem” and the reason I jumped in is I finally found a pattern … --- ## [What are your favorite thought experiments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-thought-experiments/993394)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-thought-experiments/993394 "2023-11-22T00:02:50Z")
What are your favorite thought experiments and why? My example is the experience machine by Robert Nozick. It serves to show whether the person being asked values hedonism over anything else, whether they value what’s r… --- ## [Need a gift idea for $20 - $25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-20-25/992957)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-gift-idea-for-20-25/992957 "2023-11-21T23:52:37Z")
I’m sort of stumped so looking for an assist. Must be unisex For a random adult, but nothing risqué and no gag gifts Availability on Amazon is a plus but not required Any ideas? Thanks! mmm --- ## [Anonymous abused woman. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-abused-woman-what-to-do/993438)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-abused-woman-what-to-do/993438 "2023-11-21T23:15:33Z")
I went down to my local bar this afternoon, and got into conversation with two very drunk people. They were strangers until today, but had bonded (since lunch time) over the fact that the guy had been left at the altar (… --- ## [A weird poll: which “superpower” would you take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-poll-which-superpower-would-you-take/993309)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-weird-poll-which-superpower-would-you-take/993309 "2023-11-21T22:23:18Z")
Another weird question that’s been bugging me for so long that I just had to ask. Some explication: Option 1: You can eat, but you don’t need to. You’ll never feel hungry, and if you do eat, some other instinctual sig… --- ## [Terrible late night trump impersonations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-late-night-trump-impersonations/993494)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-late-night-trump-impersonations/993494 "2023-11-21T21:10:09Z")
I put it here because it’s not really political in nature. Anyway, imho Colbert is the worst. Is the shittiness of his trump supposed to be part of whatever joke he’s doing? I can do a better trump than him and I’m no co… --- ## [I pit NCAA.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ncaa-com/993493)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-ncaa-com/993493 "2023-11-21T19:33:01Z")
You would think the NCAA would be accurate when it came to things like listing college football records, but I just noticed that, on the NCAA.com website, both 5-6 Colorado State and 3-8 San Diego State are listed with 4… --- ## [Recommend me an e-bike!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-e-bike/984919)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-an-e-bike/984919 "2023-11-21T18:45:32Z")
Mrs. solost purchased an e-bike a couple Summers ago, and she absolutely loves it. Her model, the HeyBike Cityscape, seems to be discontinued, but this model looks pretty much like hers. She’s encouraged me to get one as… --- ## [Self taught guitarists: how did you do it? What do you wish you could go back and do differently when you were just starting your guitar playing journey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-taught-guitarists-how-did-you-do-it-what-do-you-wish-you-could-go-back-and-do-differently-when-you-were-just-starting-your-guitar-playing-journey/988309)
**Author:** [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-taught-guitarists-how-did-you-do-it-what-do-you-wish-you-could-go-back-and-do-differently-when-you-were-just-starting-your-guitar-playing-journey/988309 "2023-11-21T18:15:52Z")
I’ve been getting back into guitar playing and trying to have more focused practice when I play each day. I wouldn’t call myself a “beginner”, but I don’t think I’m near the “intermediate” stage yet. I know chords and po… --- ## [What are studdable tires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-studdable-tires/993404)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-studdable-tires/993404 "2023-11-21T17:44:28Z")
Just saw an advert from OK Tire for “studdable tires” What are studdable tires? --- ## [I need a recommendation for a power bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-power-bank/993407)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-recommendation-for-a-power-bank/993407 "2023-11-21T16:24:50Z")
I have rechargeable hearing aids (Unitron Moxie B9), which go into a charging case to charge. If in the case, they don’t automatically turn off (which is stupid, because if they’re in the case, they aren’t in your ears),… --- ## [Guitarists - thoughts on Shrednecks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-thoughts-on-shrednecks/992960)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-thoughts-on-shrednecks/992960 "2023-11-21T16:11:31Z")
Hey folks! Do any of you have a Shred neck, or something Shredneck-like? Do you find it worth the cost? They seem like a neat idea and I have thought of getting one. Or, alternatively, buying a cheap yard-sale guitar an… --- ## [Uh-oh: The Most Annoying Pop Songs Ever Made](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-the-most-annoying-pop-songs-ever-made/993281)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-the-most-annoying-pop-songs-ever-made/993281 "2023-11-21T15:08:59Z")
I say uh-oh, because what does it mean if you like any of these songs? Here’s the list. Do you like any of these? --- ## [Dog bite Friday...surgery for kid tomorrow morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-friday-surgery-for-kid-tomorrow-morning/993411)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-bite-friday-surgery-for-kid-tomorrow-morning/993411 "2023-11-21T14:16:01Z")
So on Friday arvo, after school, the grandkid was visiting a mate and was bitten by a dog. I’m not sure of the exact details, I believe kiddo was patting a friendly dog behind a fence, when this other bloody mongrel came… --- ## [Substituion while the game is active](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substituion-while-the-game-is-active/993428)
**Author:** [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/substituion-while-the-game-is-active/993428 "2023-11-21T14:12:33Z")
Is ice hockey the only team game in which substitution is allowed while the “ball” is in play. And yes I know the probably apocryphal story about King Kelly coming off the bench to catch the foul ball. --- ## [Regarding my 2nd warning in the "Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-my-2nd-warning-in-the-discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread/993020)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regarding-my-2nd-warning-in-the-discussion-thread-for-the-hamas-attacks-israel-thread/993020 "2023-11-21T13:42:39Z")
I was banned from the “Discussion thread for the Hamas Attacks Israel thread, October 2023” for pointing out to someone who had been misrepresenting my posts that they were misrepresenting my posts. I had assumed that a… --- ## [Need help identifying a movie or TV scene ("She was a whore" at a cemetery)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-movie-or-tv-scene-she-was-a-whore-at-a-cemetery/993456)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-movie-or-tv-scene-she-was-a-whore-at-a-cemetery/993456 "2023-11-21T05:18:56Z")
There was a scene in a movie or TV series in which a woman is talking to a man and she says, “This was so-and-so… she was a whore.” Just the matter-of-fact way she says it is so funny. And then a moment later she flash… --- ## [What thought or effort has gone into a merger between the alternatives to Twitter/X?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thought-or-effort-has-gone-into-a-merger-between-the-alternatives-to-twitter-x/993325)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-thought-or-effort-has-gone-into-a-merger-between-the-alternatives-to-twitter-x/993325 "2023-11-21T04:39:41Z")
Seems to me the largest hurdle in these newer places getting off the ground successfully is that the alternative market to Twitter/X is the multiple venues, too many people quitting but all going to discrete places. Have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=689) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=691)