# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=701&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 702 --- ## [Medicare for me soon. Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-for-me-soon-questions/992726)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-for-me-soon-questions/992726 "2023-11-07T22:36:47Z")
I am in open enrollment for Medicare. I was going to enroll in an advantage plan because I need dental and optical. I shopped a little a couple of months ago and thought I had a likely plan. Last week I was looking with … --- ## [Your thoughts on the evolution of SDMB in time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-evolution-of-sdmb-in-time/991935)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-evolution-of-sdmb-in-time/991935 "2023-11-07T22:14:21Z")
Hi there, if you’d do a synthesis on how the SDMB has changed/evolutioned over the past 20 or 10 years … what would be your thoughts? Here are my gut-anwers: we got collectively old! - I still recall 20 or so years a… --- ## [Is the word imbeciles prohibited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-imbeciles-prohibited/991961)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-imbeciles-prohibited/991961 "2023-11-07T22:03:29Z")
In the polls only thread, somebody used the term dribbling imbeciles. It was not directed at anyone specifically. But it got a moderator note saying it was a slur against disabled people. It seems to me that if that’s t… --- ## [Interesting school art work you saw at school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-school-art-work-you-saw-at-school/992773)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-school-art-work-you-saw-at-school/992773 "2023-11-07T19:24:49Z")
I remember various works of student art that I saw at school and that caught my interest. Let me share some of the ones that I remember, why not leave some record of these anonymous old works that would otherwise be comp… --- ## [Will this cooking hack (no one is talking about) work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-cooking-hack-no-one-is-talking-about-work/992699)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-cooking-hack-no-one-is-talking-about-work/992699 "2023-11-07T21:15:00Z")
I have had a huge success with coating tatertots with a little oil and baking them. Deep fried goodness with a lot less oil. That’s the hack that Big Tots™ doesn’t want you to know about but not the one this thread is … --- ## [Philadelphia bridges falling down, falling down (breaking) {2023-06-11}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-bridges-falling-down-falling-down-breaking-2023-06-11/985323)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philadelphia-bridges-falling-down-falling-down-breaking-2023-06-11/985323 "2023-11-07T21:08:23Z")
I-95 collapses in NE Philly Okay, so it was an overpass, not a bridge, & it was a tanker truck on fire underneath it that caused it to buckle & NB lanes to collapse but SB lanes are also comprised --- ## [How good or bad a movie is/was "Sixteen Candles"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-or-bad-a-movie-is-was-sixteen-candles/992665)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-or-bad-a-movie-is-was-sixteen-candles/992665 "2023-11-07T20:58:19Z")
About 40 years after it was first released, I just saw “Sixteen Candles.” I was expecting something light and charming, if perhaps a little dated. Boy, was I disappointed. IMHO, by today’s standards it was pretty terrib… --- ## [Invitations, rejections, and alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invitations-rejections-and-alternatives/992710)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invitations-rejections-and-alternatives/992710 "2023-11-07T20:45:08Z")
Allow me to clarify my topic. You issue an invitation to a group - family or friends or coworkers or whatever - to an event or a restaurant or whatever, your treat. You are so generous and such a cool friend!! :+1: Not… --- ## ["Now and Then" - the last Beatles song being debuted {2023-11-02}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-and-then-the-last-beatles-song-being-debuted-2023-11-02/992460)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-and-then-the-last-beatles-song-being-debuted-2023-11-02/992460 "2023-11-07T20:17:29Z")
When the three surviving Beatles got together in the mid 90s, they turned two of John’s demos into new Beatles songs (“Free as a Bird” and "Real Love). There was a third song that they did some work on, but it was such a… --- ## [Bad bad bad, whatcha got there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-whatcha-got-there/992716)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-whatcha-got-there/992716 "2023-11-07T20:08:24Z")
I got a interesting birthday gift. I won’t tell you which knucklehead decided this was a good idea of a gift for me. They are close to me, apparently not close enough. I received a cute little tin. I thought maybe a sc… --- ## [Has Anyone Placed Recording Devices in "Haunted" Houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-placed-recording-devices-in-haunted-houses/391019)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-placed-recording-devices-in-haunted-houses/391019 "2023-11-07T19:49:28Z")
Inspired by those idiotic “Ghost HUnter” TV shows (like “TAPS”); my question: why clamber around old houses, castles, hospitals, etc., in hopes of catching a glimpse of a ghost? Why not set up a series of detectors (temp… --- ## [The Banning of Sam Stone for Socking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banning-of-sam-stone-for-socking/992767)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-banning-of-sam-stone-for-socking/992767 "2023-11-07T18:24:02Z")
Could we get some more information on this? My understanding of socking is that someone gets banned, comes back under another name and within a few weeks suspicions are raised, data checked and the person gets banned. B… --- ## [Do mixed octane fuels average out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mixed-octane-fuels-average-out/992371)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mixed-octane-fuels-average-out/992371 "2023-11-07T17:49:24Z")
My car’s manufacturer recommends 91 octane. All the pumps around here have 87, 89 and 93. Do octane ratings average arithmetically, or is there some qualitative difference? If I mix 89 and 93 do I get gas that is rated 9… --- ## [What is the best song that begins with the letter L? Please limit to 3 submissions or less](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-that-begins-with-the-letter-l-please-limit-to-3-submissions-or-less/991881 "2023-11-07T16:13:06Z")
Exclude articles “a”, “an”, and “the”. Please include the artist. Possible poll fodder. mmm --- ## [Happy Fall Back Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fall-back-day/992636)
**Author:** [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fall-back-day/992636 "2023-11-07T15:24:18Z")
I know there are many arguments we can have about the strain of changing back and forth between Standard and Daylight Savings times and about which time we should settle in if we cut it out, but this isn’t that. This is… --- ## [Most impressively sung single line of lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressively-sung-single-line-of-lyrics/933360)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-impressively-sung-single-line-of-lyrics/933360 "2023-11-07T14:47:56Z")
Joni Mitchell’s final line in “Big Yellow Taxi” shoes off her chops, stretching her range from quite high to quite low. I’m pretty sure, though, the laughter (which came across to me as contrived, forced) was a separa… --- ## [What is your favourite live sport stadium or venue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-live-sport-stadium-or-venue/992644)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favourite-live-sport-stadium-or-venue/992644 "2023-11-07T14:39:48Z")
I’ve seen rankings of “the best places to watch” whatever live sport, but it is a fact that the sports teams most prefer are usually the same ones they liked when they were under ten years old. There is something nostal… --- ## ["I stopped explaining myself ... people only understand from their level of perception": Origin of quote known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-explaining-myself-people-only-understand-from-their-level-of-perception-origin-of-quote-known/984595)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-explaining-myself-people-only-understand-from-their-level-of-perception-origin-of-quote-known/984595 "2023-11-07T11:08:09Z")
Factual Question is essentially the title. The full quote (I think?) is as follows: “I stopped explaining myself when i realized people only understand from their level of perception.” Googling that quote makes it look… --- ## [What was the state of cellphone video camera quality in 2007?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-state-of-cellphone-video-camera-quality-in-2007/992646)
**Author:** [@thevolleyballer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thevolleyballer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-state-of-cellphone-video-camera-quality-in-2007/992646 "2023-11-07T10:48:16Z")
I’m watching an episode from late 4th season of 2 & 1/2 Men. For those who don’t know, it was a sitcom with Charlie Sheen as a playboy Charlie in a Malibu beach house, with Jon Cryer as the brother Alan who comes to live… --- ## [Baseball rules changes 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-changes-2023/992498)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-rules-changes-2023/992498 "2023-11-07T05:26:34Z")
Is there a consensus on how well the new Major League Baseball rules for 2023 worked out? I don’t watch baseball enough to have an informed opinion, but I’m curious what others think. --- ## [Dates in titles {Should be in the CYMD format like 2023-05-11}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dates-in-titles-should-be-in-the-cymd-format-like-2023-05-11/992637)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dates-in-titles-should-be-in-the-cymd-format-like-2023-05-11/992637 "2023-11-07T04:12:51Z")
Just a small thing this but any chance we could stick to using more descriptive dates in titles? This caught my eye just now and it confused me at first as I thought it referred to today! Back in 2010 there was a guid… --- ## [Resolved: Rules changes in all four major U.S. sports that completely fix their flaws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-rules-changes-in-all-four-major-u-s-sports-that-completely-fix-their-flaws/991578)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-rules-changes-in-all-four-major-u-s-sports-that-completely-fix-their-flaws/991578 "2023-11-07T03:06:26Z")
Okay, maybe not completely. And the scoring decision changes I wouldn’t actually want made since it would booger up a century of stats. But if I had a time machine!… Anyways, here goes: MLB: “Run scored” should be … --- ## [Best Netflix Original shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-netflix-original-shows/846172 "2023-11-07T02:26:25Z")
Recommend me some Netflix original shows. Is there anything on Netflix that’s as good as something on HBO or FX? --- ## [Cecil on heroin in lethal injections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-heroin-in-lethal-injections/738461)
**Author:** [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cecil-on-heroin-in-lethal-injections/738461 "2023-11-06T23:28:45Z")
Cecil missed a couple of points in his somewhat recent article Why isn’t heroin used for lethal injections? regarding why opiates in general and heroin in specific aren’t used in lethal injection, chief among which is th… --- ## [Tell Me About Homeschooling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-homeschooling/992366)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-homeschooling/992366 "2023-11-06T23:22:15Z")
I don’t know many people who were homeschooled. There have been some previous threads on this, arguing it is often done to inculcate religious views, avoid discrimination, by libertarian hippies or the libertarian deepl… --- ## [Criminal captured with Forklift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-captured-with-forklift/992698)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-captured-with-forklift/992698 "2023-11-06T23:13:50Z")
I admire the employees quick thinking. This guy wasn’t going anywhere until the cops arrived. :grinning: They raised crime busting to new heights. --- ## [Paying off my mortgage question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-off-my-mortgage-question/992488)
**Author:** [@Persimmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persimmon)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-off-my-mortgage-question/992488 "2023-11-06T23:07:06Z")
I have a 120k loan at 4.67% and paying it off at about 600 bucks per month. If I have 25k sitting in my bank doing nothing, if I use that to help pay off my loan, will it lower my interest rate and help or does it no… --- ## [Would this business venture be feasible and/or legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-business-venture-be-feasible-and-or-legal/992705)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-business-venture-be-feasible-and-or-legal/992705 "2023-11-06T22:43:30Z")
It would involve providing cash for kidnappers or extortionists. They want small bills in large amounts, nonsequenced, which you swiftly supply to the victim’s relatives for an modest :smile: fee. Would this be legal,… --- ## [Why did the casino demand my ID (everyone's ID) when entering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-casino-demand-my-id-everyones-id-when-entering/991583)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-casino-demand-my-id-everyones-id-when-entering/991583 "2023-11-06T22:41:30Z")
I do not gamble at all (I mean, I have a few times in my life but can count it on one hand). But, out of curiosity, I went into the new(ish) Bally’s casino in downtown Chicago. It is in the old Medinah Temple building … --- ## [Has this ever happened in history, Government knows about terror attack, lets it happen to take advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-in-history-government-knows-about-terror-attack-lets-it-happen-to-take-advantage/992113)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-this-ever-happened-in-history-government-knows-about-terror-attack-lets-it-happen-to-take-advantage/992113 "2023-11-06T21:56:08Z")
No I’m not taking about false flags. The Reichstag Fire, Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and currently the Hamas attack on Israeli, have all been accused of being events that the respective Government knew about beforehand, but all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=700&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=702&state=tracking)