# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=732&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 733 --- ## [The players tried to leave the field, the marching band refused to yield, what details have been concealed, the way they tased this guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 431\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-players-tried-to-leave-the-field-the-marching-band-refused-to-yield-what-details-have-been-concealed-the-way-they-tased-this-guy/990216 "2023-09-26T10:33:35Z")
A very odd story of a band director who wouldn’t stop band directing. --- ## [How Do You Organize Your Kindle Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-your-kindle-books/990510)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-organize-your-kindle-books/990510 "2023-09-26T09:23:22Z")
Do you organize your Kindle books? Yes, I did ask this six years ago, and I am asking again. I feel like I have such an enormous influx of books and samples I never manage to keep up with categorizing the stuff. Do you … --- ## [Nazis win World War 2 and put Swastikas in other countries flags, any historical precedence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nazis-win-world-war-2-and-put-swastikas-in-other-countries-flags-any-historical-precedence/990655 "2023-09-26T07:24:35Z")
You see this all the time in fiction, Man in the High Castle, Wolfenstein, Hearts of Iron, but basically the Nazis take over America (or other countries) and that countries flag suddenly just has a swastika in it. For Am… --- ## [Woman dies from power outage, listed as homicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-from-power-outage-listed-as-homicide/989397)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-dies-from-power-outage-listed-as-homicide/989397 "2023-09-26T04:08:38Z")
Here is a news article on it: Some one intentionally damaged a power station which caused the woman who was using a supplementary oxygen machine to die with her pre-existing condition. If someone is arrested and conv… --- ## [Longevity/durability of '70s/'80s composite aircraft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longevity-durability-of-70s-80s-composite-aircraft/990177)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longevity-durability-of-70s-80s-composite-aircraft/990177 "2023-09-26T01:54:46Z")
NB: I am asking specifically about aircraft made with foam-fiberglass sandwich construction, not carbon, wood composite, or other. I first became aware of composite aircraft when I read an article in the July 1980 issue… --- ## [Has anyone ever personally apologized to you on Yom Kippur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-personally-apologized-to-you-on-yom-kippur/990613)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-personally-apologized-to-you-on-yom-kippur/990613 "2023-09-26T00:43:22Z")
Or tried to make amends, like “Here’s a replacement for that thing of yours I ruined”? If so, how did you react? Did you ever get a call/email to that effect from someone you’d forgotten about, and forgotten whatever the… --- ## [Removing nails from a concrete floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-nails-from-a-concrete-floor/990600)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-nails-from-a-concrete-floor/990600 "2023-09-26T00:05:19Z")
We have a finished bedroom in our basement, which I use for my home office. I recently tore out the old and nasty carpet in there and put down an area rug until I can get some laminate flooring put in. The tack strips ar… --- ## [Florida’s “big bend” region](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-s-big-bend-region/989433)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-s-big-bend-region/989433 "2023-09-25T23:21:16Z")
When did that area start being called by that name? I’d never heard that expression before despite having lived in Florida (not that part) throughout the 90s. --- ## [I've been watching Conan the Barbarian - what am I missing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-watching-conan-the-barbarian-what-am-i-missing/989481)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-been-watching-conan-the-barbarian-what-am-i-missing/989481 "2023-09-25T22:16:32Z")
I recently read a couple of articles about the aging Arnold, and realized I had never seen CtB. So I decided to correct this gap in my cinematic experience. Is it that this is considered good by people who liked pulp c… --- ## [A baffling failure (and its solution). Caution: Nerd alert!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-baffling-failure-and-its-solution-caution-nerd-alert/990611)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-baffling-failure-and-its-solution-caution-nerd-alert/990611 "2023-09-25T22:10:05Z")
My wife and I have a 2nd home in Williams, AZ. It’s a pretty basic place, and we don’t even have city water. I have a 250 gallon “tote” that I tow to bring water from Bearizona to our house, where I fill up a large under… --- ## [Pot Grow Site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-grow-site/990499)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pot-grow-site/990499 "2023-09-25T21:47:34Z")
See the following address in Google Maps: Google Maps Is this a pot grow site? The location is in Mendicino county, a known center for such sites. If not, what is it? --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #10 - September 2023 - “Shadow and light”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-10-september-2023-shadow-and-light/989424 "2023-09-25T21:21:50Z")
This is the monthly thread for September 2023. The topic this month is “Shadow and light”, chosen by @aurora\_maire Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. One entry per person per month. To make t… --- ## [Music Creators Assemble!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-creators-assemble/979626)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-creators-assemble/979626 "2023-09-25T20:25:13Z")
In another thread, a few of us started talking music creation. So let’s chat! I know there must be even more of you out there. I am primarily a singer, although I also play flute and a dash of piano. I sing folk, folk r… --- ## [3 months late on estimated tax payments, how screwed am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-months-late-on-estimated-tax-payments-how-screwed-am-i/989915)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-months-late-on-estimated-tax-payments-how-screwed-am-i/989915 "2023-09-25T19:30:21Z")
I made about $16,000 this year in freelance income from April-Sept thus far. Not much. But instead of reporting the income next April, apparently I was supposed to be sending in payments on estimated taxes as early as t… --- ## [Places with funny names, with completely innocent origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-with-funny-names-with-completely-innocent-origins/989654)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-with-funny-names-with-completely-innocent-origins/989654 "2023-09-25T19:13:38Z")
I’ll start with Weed, California, in far northern California near Mount Shasta. The town is named after a man named Abner Weed, but of course they play up the slang meaning of weed for the tourists. And speaking of wee… --- ## [COVID Test Expiration Dates Extended](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-expiration-dates-extended/990674)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-test-expiration-dates-extended/990674 "2023-09-25T18:14:10Z")
My son recently tested positive, so I looked through my various tests that I’ve gathered over time and noticed that a lot of them are expired. However, the FDA is now extending the expiration date for lots of the tests: … --- ## [70s Slow-Tempo Chill Prog w/ Woman on Vocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-slow-tempo-chill-prog-w-woman-on-vocals/988044)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-slow-tempo-chill-prog-w-woman-on-vocals/988044 "2023-09-25T18:02:38Z")
So much ‘prog’ (and all of its sub-genres) seem to be very fast, aggressive, and I’ve listened to hundreds of 70s albums, and after 20 years, self-awareness, and helps from others; it’s easier to narrow things down. Ano… --- ## [When is it OK to Steech an Amazon Package?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-to-steech-an-amazon-package/944250 "2023-09-25T17:53:40Z")
So, we live at house # XX3. Three times, packages have come to us for #XX1. Which would be next door, but there is no XX1. Also, the name on the package does NOT match the family name of the house next door, where XX1 wo… --- ## [I Was Sent an Affidavit of Heirship, Do I /Have/ To Fill It Out? (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-sent-an-affidavit-of-heirship-do-i-have-to-fill-it-out-dont-need-answer-fast/990251)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-sent-an-affidavit-of-heirship-do-i-have-to-fill-it-out-dont-need-answer-fast/990251 "2023-09-25T15:49:38Z")
So my Dad died a couple of years ago, leaving behind his house, a crumbling wreck worth way less than what he owed on it. He remained married to his estranged third wife - I think they had an “arrangement” so that she co… --- ## [Sex Education -- Netflix TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-education-netflix-tv-show/846914)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-education-netflix-tv-show/846914 "2023-09-25T14:59:39Z")
The second season just dropped and I really like the show. It about Otis Milburn, a teen whose mother is a sex therapist. Otis has overheard a log of her counseling sessions, and has gained a bit of knowledge (but no pr… --- ## [Gotta Pick a Republican for 2024- Whom Do You Pick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pick-a-republican-for-2024-whom-do-you-pick/990548)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gotta-pick-a-republican-for-2024-whom-do-you-pick/990548 "2023-09-25T14:49:57Z")
Suppose that Trump is NOT the nominee in 2024, but that a Republican will win the general election. Who is your choice? Preferably from the current primary candidates, but I’d be interested in others as well. Personall… --- ## [Resurgence in vaccine lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurgence-in-vaccine-lies/990557)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resurgence-in-vaccine-lies/990557 "2023-09-25T14:48:03Z")
Ignorance is wonderful innit? The rising appeal of anti-vaccine activism has been underscored by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s insurgent presidential campaign and fueled by prominent factions of the GOP. The mainstreaming o… --- ## [BS and claiming you can get $6400 a month from the "Gov"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bs-and-claiming-you-can-get-6400-a-month-from-the-gov/990504)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bs-and-claiming-you-can-get-6400-a-month-from-the-gov/990504 "2023-09-25T14:34:19Z")
Hello Everyone, While on YouTube recently I’ve noticed we’re being bombarded with ads claiming there is a “State Subsidy” and anyone can get $6400 a month from the good old Government. Now anyone with half a brain know… --- ## [Fixing a Bullet Damage on a Car (purely hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-bullet-damage-on-a-car-purely-hypothetical/990645)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-a-bullet-damage-on-a-car-purely-hypothetical/990645 "2023-09-25T12:53:13Z")
So I’m driving along minding my own business when suddenly I’m accosted by gun toting lunatics. After a frantic car chase, I managed to get away. But my car is a mess! It is riddled with bullet holes! Now replacing the g… --- ## [Are you stymied by newspaper paywalls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-stymied-by-newspaper-paywalls/989809)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-stymied-by-newspaper-paywalls/989809 "2023-09-25T12:04:01Z")
Note that while I don’t recall if it’s spelled out in the rules, a mod once directly asked me not to post instructions on how to bypass paywalls. I’ll flag this as soon as I post it to see if a current mod wants to add a… --- ## [(Old, thankfully.) Just call it pee-pee ‘cause it’s all your’n MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thankfully-just-call-it-pee-pee-cause-it-s-all-your-n-mmp/990294)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-thankfully-just-call-it-pee-pee-cause-it-s-all-your-n-mmp/990294 "2023-09-25T07:22:20Z")
It’s Monday on the Right Coast anyway, so… Here’s a picture of a urinal at Diamond Knot Brewery & Alehouse, made from an Anheuser-Busch keg. I wonder… Is the beer recycled too? … --- ## [It's a party! Where do the wild animals go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-party-where-do-the-wild-animals-go/990658)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-party-where-do-the-wild-animals-go/990658 "2023-09-25T05:33:03Z")
I live in a neighborhood with plenty of trees etc and many of the typical critters, bunnies, squirrels, chipmunks and various birds including hawks. I am assuming many of these have their homes and nests or roost nearby… --- ## [Recommend some movies to make the best use of my new TV!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-movies-to-make-the-best-use-of-my-new-tv/990489)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-movies-to-make-the-best-use-of-my-new-tv/990489 "2023-09-25T05:20:35Z")
Please, danke, thank you very much :wink: I bought my last TV fourteen years ago and haven’t had one at all for the past three, however I decided to shell out and purchased a swish Samsung with sound-bar and bass speake… --- ## [Friends who have sold their works to the movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-who-have-sold-their-works-to-the-movies/990621)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-who-have-sold-their-works-to-the-movies/990621 "2023-09-25T04:44:18Z")
I have friends, successful writers in a way that I am not successful (though we did get to be friends because of their respect for my writing), who have made a lot of money selling their work to be adapted to the movies.… --- ## [Are American elites trying to create a class apartheid society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-elites-trying-to-create-a-class-apartheid-society/990114)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-american-elites-trying-to-create-a-class-apartheid-society/990114 "2023-09-25T00:44:32Z")
The current war on public education in the US, coupled with the ever-rising costs of childcare and housing, is an alarming trend that threatens to permanently impoverish and enslave the next generation. Crumbling safety … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=731&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=733&state=tracking)