# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=710&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 711 --- ## [Parker and Stone buy Casa Bonita restaurant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-and-stone-buy-casa-bonita-restaurant/948668)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parker-and-stone-buy-casa-bonita-restaurant/948668 "2023-10-28T20:55:23Z")
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of the popular Comedy Central series South Park have announced that they have struck a deal to buy the beloved Colorado landmark, which is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy. They … --- ## [Rubber Soul {1965} track review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-soul-1965-track-review/992184)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rubber-soul-1965-track-review/992184 "2023-10-28T19:03:54Z")
Side One Drive my Car: Solid song, but nothing special. Still has an older Beatles sound to it. Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown): Holy crap this is beautiful and masterful piece. I’m not sure what the influences wer… --- ## [Are you mostly "back to before COVID" in terms of daily life and behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-mostly-back-to-before-covid-in-terms-of-daily-life-and-behavior/986081)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-mostly-back-to-before-covid-in-terms-of-daily-life-and-behavior/986081 "2023-10-28T18:13:22Z")
… Emboldened by the government’s recent lifting of the public health emergency, Americans who have tried to be rule-following pandemic citizens for the past three summers are at last abandoning precautions as the cor… --- ## [Five days in Dublin in September. Advice on activity and lodging for guys just over 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045 "2023-10-28T17:09:46Z")
We’re Swedish, flying in from Sweden. Some friends and I, just over 60 y.o. arrive in Dublin 9/13 and leave 9/17. We got three fulls days and some time on the travel days too. None of us has been to Eire before. Obviou… --- ## [Have you ever eaten at a celebrity chef's restaurant? How was your experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-at-a-celebrity-chefs-restaurant-how-was-your-experience/984011)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-at-a-celebrity-chefs-restaurant-how-was-your-experience/984011 "2023-10-28T17:02:21Z")
Back in the early/mid-90s I worked in Manhattan, two block away from Bobby Flay’s Mesa Grill. I’m not sure how famous he was then, but I went there once for lunch. I remember the food being very good. It was much more ex… --- ## [Bad car deal-what is my recourse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-car-deal-what-is-my-recourse/992149)
**Author:** [@LilahBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilahBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-car-deal-what-is-my-recourse/992149 "2023-10-28T16:29:48Z")
I recently bought a car and during the negotiations we agreed on a price and were offered a certain payment at a 5.9% interest rate. When they sold the loan I got my statement and the payment is the same, but the interes… --- ## [Why are the DEA and the BATFE independent agencies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-dea-and-the-batfe-independent-agencies/992142)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-dea-and-the-batfe-independent-agencies/992142 "2023-10-28T15:30:02Z")
I’ll give the U.S. Marshals and the Secret Service a pass because of seniority. Now I do understand that because the federal government doesn’t have a general police power authority, federal law enforcement agencies hav… --- ## [Do Capital Gains Screw the Poor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-capital-gains-screw-the-poor/986644)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-capital-gains-screw-the-poor/986644 "2023-10-28T14:35:59Z")
Online, a friend posted about the evil that is billionaires. One of the assertions was that the process of becoming a billionaire was immoral. I noted that a person who bought $10k in bitcoins in 2011 would have $2.2 B… --- ## [Missing Soccer Team Found Alive in Cave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-soccer-team-found-alive-in-cave/817173)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 547\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-soccer-team-found-alive-in-cave/817173 "2023-10-28T13:03:34Z")
I never saw this coming. Wow. In a week of terrible news it is sure great to get something so positive! Hurrah! --- ## [Fan Dressed As Giant Erection May Have Been Peenalized At College Football Game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-dressed-as-giant-erection-may-have-been-peenalized-at-college-football-game/992141)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-dressed-as-giant-erection-may-have-been-peenalized-at-college-football-game/992141 "2023-10-28T02:49:03Z")
Huffington Post is having WAY too much fun with this story --- ## [Richard Roundtree (Shaft) dies at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-roundtree-shaft-dies-at-81/992061)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-roundtree-shaft-dies-at-81/992061 "2023-10-28T02:34:30Z")
Shaft has the ultimate movie title double entendre. You’ll understand if you know the theme song and movie franchise. Richard Roundtree and Pam Grier were the earliest black action stars. Important part of movie histor… --- ## [Experimental jazz pioneer Carla Bley dies at 87](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experimental-jazz-pioneer-carla-bley-dies-at-87/991817)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experimental-jazz-pioneer-carla-bley-dies-at-87/991817 "2023-10-28T02:25:48Z")
It wasn’t my kind of music, but she was a trailblazer in her own right. (And she had some of the coolest hair I’ve ever seen on a woman.) --- ## [Albums, singles, greatest hits, compilations, playlists - how do you prefer to listen to music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-singles-greatest-hits-compilations-playlists-how-do-you-prefer-to-listen-to-music/991859)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-singles-greatest-hits-compilations-playlists-how-do-you-prefer-to-listen-to-music/991859 "2023-10-28T02:23:19Z")
Prompted by Northern Piper’s thread “Do you listen to albums in a language you don’t understand?”. An interesting side conversation has come about, between those who prefer to listen to albums, versus the many, many oth… --- ## [If a restaurant puts the wrong style fries in the menu image, is that false advertising?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-restaurant-puts-the-wrong-style-fries-in-the-menu-image-is-that-false-advertising/990555)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-restaurant-puts-the-wrong-style-fries-in-the-menu-image-is-that-false-advertising/990555 "2023-10-28T00:43:55Z")
I see this all the time (mainly mom and pops) but basically the menu has these beautiful steak or crinkle cut fries, then you order them and they’re normal fries. Always made me curious, is that false advertising or any… --- ## [Did Jim Henson die of AIDS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-henson-die-of-aids/327888)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-jim-henson-die-of-aids/327888 "2023-10-28T00:07:15Z")
I remember that Jim Henson suddenly “dropped dead” of pneumonia with little-to-no previous symptoms of health problems. It always struck me as bizarre at the time, but it seems even weirder in retrospect - how can a comp… --- ## [What is the oldest continually used building in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-continually-used-building-in-the-world/992135)
**Author:** [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-continually-used-building-in-the-world/992135 "2023-10-27T21:51:10Z")
I’m not looking for something like the pyramids but a building used primarily for habitation or commerce. As a for instance Paul Revier’s house in Boston is the oldest building in Boston but would not count as it hasn’t… --- ## [NC Democrat to flip, give GOP supermajority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-democrat-to-flip-give-gop-supermajority/982200)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-democrat-to-flip-give-gop-supermajority/982200 "2023-10-27T21:24:56Z")
It looked like North Carolina Democrats has dodged a bullet after the midterm elections, with the GOP coming one seat shy of securing a 2/3 majority in the General Assembly that would allow them to override Democratic Go… --- ## [What Good are Gag Orders against Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-are-gag-orders-against-trump/991753)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-are-gag-orders-against-trump/991753 "2023-10-27T20:12:33Z")
So, Trump gets slapped with a gag order, and immediately holds a press conference blithering about how corrupt New York Attorney General Leticia James is. Why isn’t Trump behind bars for contempt of court? No really, w… --- ## [Why so few new Christmas albums this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-new-christmas-albums-this-year/992182)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-few-new-christmas-albums-this-year/992182 "2023-10-27T19:10:48Z")
Last year there were half a dozen or more. This year we have compilation Christmas albums from RuPaul and Pentatonix. Cher has a new one out (her Santa Baby is very good), and Brandy has one coming out on November 10th… --- ## [How did the US actually pay for the Louisiana Purchase or Alaska?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-actually-pay-for-the-louisiana-purchase-or-alaska/991991)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-us-actually-pay-for-the-louisiana-purchase-or-alaska/991991 "2023-10-27T19:05:30Z")
In 1803 the US bought a great swath of land from France for $15 million (The Louisiana Purchase). In 1867 the US bought what is now Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million. Obviously this is way before electronic tra… --- ## [Why do I always have to clear my cache to view one of my favorite sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-have-to-clear-my-cache-to-view-one-of-my-favorite-sites/992126)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-always-have-to-clear-my-cache-to-view-one-of-my-favorite-sites/992126 "2023-10-27T19:04:27Z")
There’s a website I like to check several times a day because I’m a Bears fan addicted to the latest trade scuttlebutt: Chicago Bears News & Rumors For the last couple of weeks, I’ve noticed that the site won’t update u… --- ## [How do I dislike the new BBC News app? Let me count the ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-dislike-the-new-bbc-news-app-let-me-count-the-ways/992021)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-dislike-the-new-bbc-news-app-let-me-count-the-ways/992021 "2023-10-27T18:53:51Z")
Nothing earth-shaking here. My BBC News app just “upgraded” to the new “BBC GNL” app on my phone and tablet. Hate it, hate it, hate it. It’s not just hard to read and use, but it removed the ability to select topics s… --- ## [Donating plasma for money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-plasma-for-money/118567)
**Author:** [@parisms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parisms)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-plasma-for-money/118567 "2023-10-27T18:29:07Z")
I know this is available, but I can’t for the life of me find a place in MD where you can donate and the red cross is of no help. Can anyone help me find this info --- ## [NFL WEEK 7 RBs Leaping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-rbs-leaping/991804)
**Author:** [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7-rbs-leaping/991804 "2023-10-27T18:20:50Z")
Probably real life intruding but I didn’t see a Week 7 thread, so here it is! Some things we learned: the Patriots are really that bad! The 49ers and Eagles are really good but not infallible! CJ Stroud is looking reall… --- ## [First snow of the year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-year/992031)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-snow-of-the-year/992031 "2023-10-27T17:41:01Z")
We got it overnight. Several centimetres, it looks like. I woke up to the sound of my keenly energetic neighbour shovelling his sidewalk and thought « that can’t be good. » --- ## [Disney's Once Upon A Studio brings together 534 characters for Disney's 100th Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneys-once-upon-a-studio-brings-together-534-characters-for-disneys-100th-anniversary/991893)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneys-once-upon-a-studio-brings-together-534-characters-for-disneys-100th-anniversary/991893 "2023-10-27T13:03:25Z")
Article and close up photos here: Disney Once Upon a Studio short - YouLoveIt.com I’m a sucker for pictures with a boatload of characters, be it DC, Marvel, Disney or whatever. Looking over the photos I find a few char… --- ## [The Beatles Red, Blue...and Green Album?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-red-blue-and-green-album/957943)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-red-blue-and-green-album/957943 "2023-10-27T11:23:07Z")
My lifelong love for the Beatles began with listening to their albums some of my older cousins had. When I was about ten, I got the Red and the Blue Albums and wore the grooves out of them. That was almost 45 years ago. … --- ## [Avoiding soldering by using double-sided conductive tape + shrink tubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-soldering-by-using-double-sided-conductive-tape-shrink-tubes/991878)
**Author:** [@ColdBrew50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdBrew50)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avoiding-soldering-by-using-double-sided-conductive-tape-shrink-tubes/991878 "2023-10-27T10:57:55Z")
Title sort of says it all. I just have to connect some long-ish leads to a few battery posts (stubs, really) to a PCB. I’m really tired of soldering. Why not use an aluminum, say, conductive tape, with double-sided co… --- ## [Any tips&tricks for my new Asus ROG Alley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-tricks-for-my-new-asus-rog-alley/992162)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-tricks-for-my-new-asus-rog-alley/992162 "2023-10-27T09:11:23Z")
I bought one of these and i find it hard to navigate and understand. Got any experience and tips or tricks to get it useful’ler? Regarding updates, Mods! or outside programs? I just had to buy a new TB HDD card , which… --- ## [How is it possible that a drawbridge can be seriously unbalanced by painting it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-that-a-drawbridge-can-be-seriously-unbalanced-by-painting-it/991586)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-possible-that-a-drawbridge-can-be-seriously-unbalanced-by-painting-it/991586 "2023-10-27T08:43:34Z")
Earlier today I was running around Chicago taking advantage of Open House Chicago where many places were open to the public to tour for free (it is a really great thing and fun…also happening tomorrow (Sunday October 15,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=709&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=711&state=tracking)