# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=690&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 691 --- ## [Not getting notifications for a thread I'm tracking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-notifications-for-a-thread-im-tracking/993543)
**Author:** [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-getting-notifications-for-a-thread-im-tracking/993543 "2023-11-22T21:18:26Z")
What am I doing wrong? I’m playing Botticelli over in Thread Games - hosting this round, as a matter of fact - but, even though I have the thread set to “Tracking”, I’m not getting the New Reply notifications (that littl… --- ## [Relive your life a second time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relive-your-life-a-second-time/992576)
**Author:** [@Persimmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persimmon)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relive-your-life-a-second-time/992576 "2023-11-22T19:49:09Z")
What are some things you would do differently knowing what you know now? I’ve often heard the saying, “life is not a dress rehearsal”. In other words, we don’t often get a second chance to do anything over again. You j… --- ## [Dearly Beloved. We have gathered to bury the Loch Ness Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-have-gathered-to-bury-the-loch-ness-monster/993128)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dearly-beloved-we-have-gathered-to-bury-the-loch-ness-monster/993128 "2023-11-22T19:36:13Z")
Yes, Children. The reason we cannot find Nessie is cause she’s DEAD. And buried. This guy says so. He deed the deed wid his Widdle Shovel. Here Lies Nessie. Or, at least SOMEBODY lies. (LINK) --- ## [Has a SDMB regular ever been a newsworthy criminal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-regular-ever-been-a-newsworthy-criminal/993402)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-sdmb-regular-ever-been-a-newsworthy-criminal/993402 "2023-11-22T19:04:33Z")
Someone makes the news for one notorious reason or other and one of us who knows them realizes, “Wow, that’s RandyAndy, a frequent poster!” Here is an old thread about dopers who knew someone in the news, but those pers… --- ## [How long before journalists quit referring to: "formerly known as Twitter"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-journalists-quit-referring-to-formerly-known-as-twitter/993442)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-journalists-quit-referring-to-formerly-known-as-twitter/993442 "2023-11-22T17:25:10Z")
Musk renamed Twitter to X 17 weeks or almost 120 days ago, or 1/3 of a year. Articles continue to be written in which they will say “was posted on X, formerly known as Twitter”. What’s the normal period after a name ch… --- ## [Might I have seen a "freak show" of some kind, as a child in the mid-50's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-have-seen-a-freak-show-of-some-kind-as-a-child-in-the-mid-50s/992850)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/might-i-have-seen-a-freak-show-of-some-kind-as-a-child-in-the-mid-50s/992850 "2023-11-22T17:16:38Z")
I have a memory of going to a circus with my father when I was pretty young, so maybe around 1955. I remember going into a separate tent and sort of passing along an aisle with sets of exhibits of some kind on each side … --- ## [Insulating a pipe under the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-pipe-under-the-house/993334)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-pipe-under-the-house/993334 "2023-11-22T16:30:27Z")
As long as the plumber was out digging up our yard to repair the sewer pipe, I asked him to make the faucet (‘hose bib’, he called it) functional. And now it is. But Winter is coming. I’m pretty sure he didn’t insulat… --- ## [Advances in supercomputers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advances-in-supercomputers/993530)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advances-in-supercomputers/993530 "2023-11-22T16:15:34Z")
What advances are being explored on the cutting edge of computer design these days. Is there any new supercomputer that’s on the horizon that’s on par with the sort of advance that a Cray-1 represented over existing comp… --- ## [The US Department of Justice really wants me to contact them for some reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-department-of-justice-really-wants-me-to-contact-them-for-some-reason/993483)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-department-of-justice-really-wants-me-to-contact-them-for-some-reason/993483 "2023-11-22T15:52:15Z")
So I’ve been getting these letters from the DOJ. In it it basically says I may have been a victim of a crime and to contact them for a class action lawsuit. The letter doesn’t say what the lawsuit is about which is anno… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK 11 Men on the field, Buffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-11-men-on-the-field-buffalo/993214)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-11-men-on-the-field-buffalo/993214 "2023-11-22T15:48:38Z")
This week starts with a great matchup in Baltimore and ends with a Super Bowl rematch in Kansas City. But in between there are 7 woofers in which the spread is at least a touchdown. Thursday night: Bengals @ Ravens (-… --- ## [A curiosity question about Marvel Universe characters from a non-follower](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curiosity-question-about-marvel-universe-characters-from-a-non-follower/993333)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curiosity-question-about-marvel-universe-characters-from-a-non-follower/993333 "2023-11-22T15:40:14Z")
This may have been asked before, if so I apologize and humbly request a link that I could not find for myself. Having watched bits and pieces of various MU movies on TV, I was always struck by Black Widow, who did not s… --- ## [Dame Judi Dench can recite a Shakespearean sonnet at the drop of a hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-judi-dench-can-recite-a-shakespearean-sonnet-at-the-drop-of-a-hat/992533)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dame-judi-dench-can-recite-a-shakespearean-sonnet-at-the-drop-of-a-hat/992533 "2023-11-22T15:23:52Z")
Love her… and having Ahnuld there is just the icing on the cake!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6\_0VBS9AOhE --- ## [Who's to Blame for Trump's Oversteps in Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-to-blame-for-trumps-oversteps-in-law/993275)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-to-blame-for-trumps-oversteps-in-law/993275 "2023-11-22T15:11:48Z")
Carrying on a discussion from a different thread: Except I think this fellow was radicalized long before Trump or his lawyers became the subject of any gag orders, so I fail to grasp the nexus between one thing and the… --- ## ["Terms apply"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-apply/993480)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-apply/993480 "2023-11-22T14:37:07Z")
At the end of many podcast and radio ads, I am hearing the phrase “Terms apply” tacked on. Why would they need to say this? In virtually any commercial transaction, there are terms, and they apply. Why do they have to ad… --- ## [Have you ever heard of Pelmanism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-pelmanism/993429)
**Author:** [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-heard-of-pelmanism/993429 "2023-11-22T14:32:37Z")
I hadn’t. Until I saw a multipage advertisement in the back of a book I was reading. It was printed in 1920. The Pelman Institute was founded in the 1890s to help people develop their brains – in particular, their memori… --- ## [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 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=689&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=691&state=watching)