# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=695 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 696 --- ## [Need some motivational tips for running/jogging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-motivational-tips-for-running-jogging/993180)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-motivational-tips-for-running-jogging/993180 "2023-11-16T02:24:30Z")
I have no problem with running as long as it’s secondary to some other goal/purpose. I struggle with running if it’s for running’s sake alone. For instance, if I’m playing ultimate frisbee or flag football, I have no pr… --- ## [NFL 2023: WEEK TEN Amendments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-ten-amendments/992962)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2023-week-ten-amendments/992962 "2023-11-16T01:19:18Z")
A day late, but here’s thread for the current week. Here are the games: Thursday: Panthers @ Bears (-3.5) (Bears won 16-13, dammit) Sunday morning in Frankfurt: Colts (-2) @ Patriots Sunday early games: 49ers (-3)… --- ## [Are Tovala meals just better TV Dinners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tovala-meals-just-better-tv-dinners/993195)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tovala-meals-just-better-tv-dinners/993195 "2023-11-16T00:02:42Z")
Remember TV Dinners? Whenever I see a Tovala commercial, I think that they’re just selling TV Dinners but made better, and you have to have their special oven. ISTM that I could make the same thing from scratch, and sa… --- ## [Microwave oven odd operation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-oven-odd-operation/993154)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-oven-odd-operation/993154 "2023-11-15T21:03:45Z")
Emerson microwave. +95% of the time when the door is opened the timer stops and the start button has to be pressed after closing the door. Every now and then the timer will keep running and when you close the door it aut… --- ## [Guinness, are you guys on some kind of psychedelic drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-are-you-guys-on-some-kind-of-psychedelic-drugs/993170)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guinness-are-you-guys-on-some-kind-of-psychedelic-drugs/993170 "2023-11-15T20:56:37Z")
I couldn’t find the “Commercials you hate thread” So I made this one. There’s a ad for their non-alcoholic variety. It’s singing foam on top of the Guinness glass. Singing that “Hero” song that’s so irritating. I get … --- ## [Vivek Ramaswamy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vivek-ramaswamy/989352 "2023-11-15T20:43:49Z")
Here’s an interesting article on his background. I didn’t know he was one of Martin Shkreli’s investors --- ## [Why did the Mathematician fail biology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-mathematician-fail-biology/993188)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-mathematician-fail-biology/993188 "2023-11-15T20:11:45Z")
Because he couldn’t believe cells multiply by dividing. . . . . :smiley: --- ## [Do vegans/vegetarians have to do vitamin-counting to make sure they don't overdose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-vegetarians-have-to-do-vitamin-counting-to-make-sure-they-dont-overdose/993084)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-vegans-vegetarians-have-to-do-vitamin-counting-to-make-sure-they-dont-overdose/993084 "2023-11-15T20:05:24Z")
I’ve been trying to go vegetable-heavy on my diet (all those decades of refined flour, carbs, meat, sugar, salt, took a toll on my body) but I’m surprised at how packed a lot of these vegetables are. Even just one cup of… --- ## ["In Politics, Consequences Equal Intent": yea or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-politics-consequences-equal-intent-yea-or-nay/993091)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-politics-consequences-equal-intent-yea-or-nay/993091 "2023-11-15T20:02:58Z")
The general proposition of course is debatable and has been previously. The question I’d like to examine is if in the specific arena of politics and law, where outcome is a central issue, it holds true. Certainly a great… --- ## [Geneva Conventions, bombing hospitals, exception when combatants shelter there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneva-conventions-bombing-hospitals-exception-when-combatants-shelter-there/993196)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneva-conventions-bombing-hospitals-exception-when-combatants-shelter-there/993196 "2023-11-15T19:21:01Z")
This is a factual question. I’ve heard on news programs that the Geneva Conventions (or the documents they generated) say a military cannot bomb certain targets such as hospitals and schools. But I’ve also heard on these… --- ## [Question re: Gaza Infrastructure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-gaza-infrastructure/993121)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-gaza-infrastructure/993121 "2023-11-15T19:09:02Z")
Considering the Israel-Egypt blockade of Gaza, how are all the buildings, streets, etc. built? What industry does Gaza have? From the footage of the war, it’s a dense, urban, modern-looking landscape, with tall-ish build… --- ## [What was Blondie's maiden name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-blondies-maiden-name/173975)
**Author:** [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-blondies-maiden-name/173975 "2023-11-15T18:23:13Z")
From the Blondie website: http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/blondie/about.htm "From flapper and playboy to pop culture icons. It was way back in 1930 when Dagwood Bumstead first met Blondie. (Consider yoursel… --- ## [How long before we have 3D printed organs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-3d-printed-organs/993033)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-3d-printed-organs/993033 "2023-11-15T18:13:12Z")
How long before we have 3D printed organs used in medicine like 3D printed liver or 3D printed kidney or heart. Is this some thing that is 10 years away or some thing more like 20 years away? What problems have they ha… --- ## [Are woman's clothing sizing somewhat based on children's clothing sizing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-womans-clothing-sizing-somewhat-based-on-childrens-clothing-sizing/993193)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-womans-clothing-sizing-somewhat-based-on-childrens-clothing-sizing/993193 "2023-11-15T15:33:43Z")
After looking at a old thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-womens-clothing-sizes/ I have to ask that the woman’s sizing system comes close to that of children’s clothes in their numbering sizin… --- ## [AED use with dextrocardiac patient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aed-use-with-dextrocardiac-patient/992335)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aed-use-with-dextrocardiac-patient/992335 "2023-11-15T14:47:52Z")
DH and I were talking about a CPR class he had taken years ago, where he learned the use of an AED. It occurred to both of us to wonder how those cope with a dextrocardiac patient, especially if the patient is unable to … --- ## [Most Useless Cover Songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-cover-songs/989174)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-useless-cover-songs/989174 "2023-11-15T14:02:51Z")
i.e.; songs that sound so much like the original that you wonder why they they were made. 311- Love Song Weezer- Africa To me, both of these sound so much like the original The Cure and Toto, respectively, versions th… --- ## [My opinion: Some websites say your password is wrong when its not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-some-websites-say-your-password-is-wrong-when-its-not/991507)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-opinion-some-websites-say-your-password-is-wrong-when-its-not/991507 "2023-11-15T14:02:04Z")
I am CONVIENCED that some websites say you have the wrong password when you enter the correct password. My browser has saved the password for this website and entered it automatically for the past year. And now suddenl… --- ## [Biden and Trump polling neck and neck: How, exactly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-and-trump-polling-neck-and-neck-how-exactly/988267)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-and-trump-polling-neck-and-neck-how-exactly/988267 "2023-11-15T13:13:38Z")
According to current news reports, Trump and Biden are literally neck and neck, in surveys typically framed as “If the election were held today…”. This is in spite of Trump’s mounting legal perils and lengthy record of … --- ## [What's the deal with AP courses in high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-ap-courses-in-high-school/992501)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-ap-courses-in-high-school/992501 "2023-11-15T11:35:51Z")
I suppose we used to have AP way back when I was in high school, you know, when we didn’t smoke in the bathroom because students were supposed to smoke in the courtyard. Despite being pretty good at science and math, I d… --- ## [Oh boy ... (implanted?) memories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-implanted-memories/993015)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-boy-implanted-memories/993015 "2023-11-15T07:36:53Z")
Based on this pic from another thread: … triggert the following train of thought… yep I know that, abbey road studios I’ve been there around 2015/16 while in Lon… --- ## [“No Good Deed” by Victor Gischler (Spoiler Requested)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-good-deed-by-victor-gischler-spoiler-requested/993155)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-good-deed-by-victor-gischler-spoiler-requested/993155 "2023-11-15T02:18:58Z")
If you intend to pick up this book, read no further. If you have read this book, I need to know how it ends. I was reading this on a plane yesterday and was about a dozen pages from the end when I landed…and left it in t… --- ## [Need tech help re: recording programs that show via streaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tech-help-re-recording-programs-that-show-via-streaming/993150)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tech-help-re-recording-programs-that-show-via-streaming/993150 "2023-11-15T01:52:47Z")
We have only stupid TVs, i.e. no smart TVs, hence, we either input, via HDMI, the cable system or the computer/streaming system. We can record anything that comes via the cable by using the DVR system that it comes thro… --- ## [Who is the audience for the NFL overseas games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-audience-for-the-nfl-overseas-games/993031 "2023-11-15T01:10:27Z")
Just what the topic line says. The tv shows a full and fully engaged crowd. Lots of NFL merch being worn. Are there that many loyal NFL fans in Europe? Are they following specific teams? If so what makes certain teams mo… --- ## [Kick it up a couple notches: That whole-step modulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-it-up-a-couple-notches-that-whole-step-modulation/992839)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kick-it-up-a-couple-notches-that-whole-step-modulation/992839 "2023-11-15T01:09:03Z")
Songwriters know a cheap but effective trick to make their tune more interesting, more exciting: Suddenly jump the key up a whole step. There are countless examples. The earliest one I’ve noted yet is “Telstar” (1962) b… --- ## [Percent of Earth's surface north of the Arctic Circle that is land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percent-of-earths-surface-north-of-the-arctic-circle-that-is-land/993050)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percent-of-earths-surface-north-of-the-arctic-circle-that-is-land/993050 "2023-11-15T00:15:08Z")
For some reason, I’m having a hard time finding this out. For the purposes of my question, ‘land’ does not include ice, just solid ground above sea level. So ice shelves and polar ice caps don’t count. I was tempted to s… --- ## [What shots do my formerly-outdoor-now-100%-indoor cats now need? (If any?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shots-do-my-formerly-outdoor-now-100-indoor-cats-now-need-if-any/993064)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shots-do-my-formerly-outdoor-now-100-indoor-cats-now-need-if-any/993064 "2023-11-14T23:49:47Z")
Three months ago (can it be so long already?) I moved from a house to an apartment. Discussed thoroughly here. At the house where I lived for 10 years, my two 10-year-old cats used to go in and out at will, all over the… --- ## [Terrible ice hockey death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-ice-hockey-death/992397)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrible-ice-hockey-death/992397 "2023-11-14T22:30:23Z")
" SHEFFIELD, England — Police are investigating the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson after his neck was cut by a skate blade in a game in England. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers at … --- ## [Real-life bands with punny names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-bands-with-punny-names/992818)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-bands-with-punny-names/992818 "2023-11-14T22:01:09Z")
Which real-life musical groups have names based on puns? The prototypical example would be The Beatles (beat / beetles). Novelty, parody, and cover bands tend to do this a lot, as with Dread Zeppelin (who play reggae r… --- ## [Takeaways from Election Day 2023?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/takeaways-from-election-day-2023/992864)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/takeaways-from-election-day-2023/992864 "2023-11-14T21:47:17Z")
What lessons, strategies, and reasons to hope or despair do you think came out of this past Election Day for both sides? Is abortion a winning issue for the left? What does the right think of what happened? Go nuts! --- ## [Mitt Romney is not running for reelection next year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-is-not-running-for-reelection-next-year/990066)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mitt-romney-is-not-running-for-reelection-next-year/990066 "2023-11-14T20:32:55Z")
He seemed to be one of the less-MAGA Republicans at times and voted to convict Trump in 2020, though he also gushed over Donald and seemed to be angling for a Cabinet post-perhaps Secretary of State-when the plum jobs we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=694) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=696)