# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=744&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 745 --- ## [What is the name of this type of puzzle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-type-of-puzzle/989828)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-type-of-puzzle/989828 "2023-09-11T16:34:55Z")
I enjoy this sort of logic puzzle: Three families with different surnames live on adjacent houses and each have a different pet. The Green family have a dog. The family that live in the middle house are not called Bro… --- ## [Keeping fresh tomatoes in vinegar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-fresh-tomatoes-in-vinegar/989854 "2023-09-11T15:51:58Z")
I like sliced tomatoes on my sandwiches, but being alone, I only use about a 1/3 of a tomato on a sandwich. I’ve been slicing them and putting them in vinegar in the fridge, which seem to be working well… but I’ve been… --- ## [What, exactly, is the appeal of going to a drive-in movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-the-appeal-of-going-to-a-drive-in-movie/989518 "2023-09-11T15:15:06Z")
Drive-in movies were apparently once quite popular, but haven’t really been a thing during my lifetime. I’ve always wondered, quite frankly, why? What’s the point? OK, I’ll try to answer my own question in part - I gues… --- ## [Good news, bad news (more bad than good) at the VOW environs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-news-bad-news-more-bad-than-good-at-the-vow-environs/989593 "2023-09-11T14:45:29Z")
I do so identify with @Beckdawrek “bad bad bad” reports! Good news: actually, massively good news! I used the back pay from the VA for Mr VOW’s reconsidered disability plus savings I had meticulously accumulated over ti… --- ## [Has any part of the natural world adapted to the structure of a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-part-of-the-natural-world-adapted-to-the-structure-of-a-week/989932)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-part-of-the-natural-world-adapted-to-the-structure-of-a-week/989932 "2023-09-11T14:35:11Z")
I’m thinking of animals or even plants changing their behaviour at weekends, but any other interpretation of the question would be equally interesting. Might urban animals behave differently in a rush hour for instance? --- ## [When Socrates in The First Alcibiades refers to 'demus'(twice) ishe referring to citizen or does it have another meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socrates-in-the-first-alcibiades-refers-to-demus-twice-ishe-referring-to-citizen-or-does-it-have-another-meaning/989933)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-socrates-in-the-first-alcibiades-refers-to-demus-twice-ishe-referring-to-citizen-or-does-it-have-another-meaning/989933 "2023-09-11T13:34:19Z")
Every translation of ‘demus’ I get is a common man/citizen. When Socrates says to Alcibiades: "Then imagine, my dear fellow, that I am the demus and the ecclesia, for in the ecclesia, too you will have to persuade men … --- ## [Ahmad Jamal has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahmad-jamal-has-died/982755 "2023-09-11T13:02:06Z")
Jazz great dead at 92. Pianist, composer and jazz legend for six decades. --- ## [Why does Socrates in Plato's "The First Alcibiades" refer to the Peparethians as "ignoble Peparethians"? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-socrates-in-platos-the-first-alcibiades-refer-to-the-peparethians-as-ignoble-peparethians-what-made-them-ignoble-in-the-eyes-of-the-athenians/989874 "2023-09-11T11:37:31Z")
Why does Socrates in Plato’s “The First Alcibiades” refer to the Peparethians as “ignoble Peparethians”? What made them ignoble in the eyes of the Athenians? --- ## [(Old) Be-Laboring A Point- An End Of Summer MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 319\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-be-laboring-a-point-an-end-of-summer-mmp/989574 "2023-09-11T07:04:18Z")
First! W00t! --- ## [When did toilet paper stop being called that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-toilet-paper-stop-being-called-that/989559)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-toilet-paper-stop-being-called-that/989559 "2023-09-11T02:49:42Z")
Quick one before I go out shopping… So I was at Costco yesterday, and I remembered that I’m starting to run low on toilet paper. I walked past the paper towels (none of which are identified as such) to the familiar pack… --- ## [Future Man--anyone watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/future-man-anyone-watching/802625 "2023-09-10T22:22:46Z")
I binged all 13 episodes over the past couple of nights. It is hilarious and well written. --- ## [Did the Indian Luna rover find any sign of water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-indian-luna-rover-find-any-sign-of-water/989889)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-indian-luna-rover-find-any-sign-of-water/989889 "2023-09-10T22:00:54Z")
It landed and has done some good science, it seems. But as far as I can see, there has been no report of it discovering any water (or ice) near the Lunar south pole? Of course there may be some time before the full res… --- ## [Why Wednesday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wednesday/989687 "2023-09-10T21:54:47Z")
It;s interesting that in every big city I’ve lived in, the daily paper has food day on Wednesday–restaurant reviews, recipes, wine selections, etc; why Wednesday and not other days, like say Fridays, when people do cooki… --- ## [Salt Lake City may soon become unlivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-lake-city-may-soon-become-unlivable/966397 "2023-09-10T21:49:25Z")
The Great Salt Lake has been shrinking dramatically over the past 40 years, setting a record last year which is expected to be surpassed this summer. And that’s a problem. Not only is the Great Salt Lake vital to the… --- ## [Name for this concept? (looping sequences)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-concept-looping-sequences/989843)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-concept-looping-sequences/989843 "2023-09-10T21:44:34Z")
I’m wondering if there’s a name for something I’ve noticed. I’ve defined it below in italics. Sequences are comprised of elements. For example, 1-2-3-4 has four elements. If a sequence is looped such that there is one … --- ## [Fighting movies where different arts battle each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighting-movies-where-different-arts-battle-each-other/989838 "2023-09-10T21:42:26Z")
I recently watched Secret of the Chinese Kung Fu on Netflix DVD. The basic plot is: a sailor who has washed ashore in a small town must battle a wannabe crime boss. The sailor has kung fu! So the boss brings in hired mus… --- ## [Seattle or San Diego?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-or-san-diego/989631)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-or-san-diego/989631 "2023-09-10T20:20:15Z")
I’ve accepted a new job, and it means that we can move back to the states (we’re currently in Canada, and have been kind of unhappy here). We’ve got two options: If we move to San Diego (where my new employer is), it’s … --- ## [Does fission inherently involve emitting ionizing radiation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fission-inherently-involve-emitting-ionizing-radiation/989877)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fission-inherently-involve-emitting-ionizing-radiation/989877 "2023-09-10T20:18:22Z")
I was thinking about future energy sources, and how fission is always considered a dead end, because it involves materials that are radioactive and probably also toxic. But is this necessarily the case? Could there hypo… --- ## [Exercise and appetite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-appetite/989785)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-and-appetite/989785 "2023-09-10T19:55:00Z")
In the glucose flattening thread a side discussion came up here regarding exercise and its impact on burning calories during the rest of the day. And certainly different sorts of exercise impact that in many different w… --- ## [Help finding Pintagall, India](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-pintagall-india/989753)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-pintagall-india/989753 "2023-09-10T19:49:57Z")
A colleague is going through the diary of a 19th century British seaman who makes a reference to “Pintagall, India.” He can’t find a reference to such a place anywhere. Of course the seaman may be spelling phonetically, … --- ## [Who else likes spiders? (Don’t click if you don’t!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-likes-spiders-don-t-click-if-you-don-t/989473 "2023-09-10T19:49:42Z")
While I was setting up to try to get some moon shots on Wednesday, I saw this big guy by my truck: --- ## [Ope, sorry, but here's a poll about Midwesterners and the use of the term 'ope'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ope-sorry-but-heres-a-poll-about-midwesterners-and-the-use-of-the-term-ope/989398)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ope-sorry-but-heres-a-poll-about-midwesterners-and-the-use-of-the-term-ope/989398 "2023-09-10T19:40:01Z")
poll I’ve seen some YouTube videos about the use of the term ‘ope’, mostly notably from Charlie Berens, a Wisconsiner who makes humorous videos about being a Midwesterner. For those who are not familiar, it’s a sort of … --- ## [Not sure how to extrapolate crime rate based on this survey of defensive gun use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-how-to-extrapolate-crime-rate-based-on-this-survey-of-defensive-gun-use/989211)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-sure-how-to-extrapolate-crime-rate-based-on-this-survey-of-defensive-gun-use/989211 "2023-09-10T19:33:38Z")
According to this survey, gun owners used a firearm defensively about 1.67 million times a year. (On the low end, a study Politifact cited from the Rand Corp estimated about 100,000 times a year). How would you do the … --- ## [Right-Wing Panics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-panics/989760)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-panics/989760 "2023-09-10T18:32:54Z")
I’m interested in thinking of a list of right-wing panics in recent America - there might be one out there already that someone could point me towards (but given the overt political nature of the topic, I thought I’d put… --- ## ["Lift Every Voice And Sing" performed at KC Chiefs game, and the RWNJ crowd is going ape-doodoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lift-every-voice-and-sing-performed-at-kc-chiefs-game-and-the-rwnj-crowd-is-going-ape-doodoo/989864 "2023-09-10T17:27:46Z")
There are a bunch of YT videos of an acapella youth chorus singing this tune, AKA “The Black National Anthem”, prior to the “Star Spangled Banner”, and some goofs are saying that the crowd booed the youth choir. At firs… --- ## [Economic damage of (single pieces of) plastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-damage-of-single-pieces-of-plastic/989580)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/economic-damage-of-single-pieces-of-plastic/989580 "2023-09-10T17:11:46Z")
Hi. I want to know the impact of individual plastic items on everything (us, animals, the Earth…) all converted into money. For example, this specific type of bottle generally brings about a damage of x dollars per piece… --- ## [Where is the "Gangs of New York" graveyard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-gangs-of-new-york-graveyard/344686 "2023-09-10T15:32:06Z")
There’s a graveyard shown at the end of the movie. I was curious as to if it’s real and who’s buried there? --- ## [Solar powered motion sensor light question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-powered-motion-sensor-light-question/989858)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-powered-motion-sensor-light-question/989858 "2023-09-10T13:32:00Z")
We have a shed in our backyard to which I attached a solar powered motion sensor light. It is probably ten years old. Tonight I noticed for the first time that it is significantly dimmer. It has 10 x 10 LED (I believe/a… --- ## [Anime Scott Pilgrim series coming to Netflix November 17](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865)
**Author:** [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anime-scott-pilgrim-series-coming-to-netflix-november-17/989865 "2023-09-10T13:07:51Z")
Why am I only learning about this now? :slight\_smile: Scott Pilgrim Takes Off premiers on Netflix November 17 and the entire cast of the 2010 Edgar Wright Scott Pilgrim film are reprising their roles. The show was devel… --- ## [Another Data Breach--oh, the irony!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-data-breach-oh-the-irony/946925 "2023-09-10T12:51:16Z")
I got a letter today from the law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll informing me of a “data event” in which my name and SSN may have been accessed. How nice of them to let me know. They’ve offered me 2 years of credit m… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=743&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=745&state=muted)