# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=750&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 751 --- ## [Amateur CGI? (Haunted house)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-cgi-haunted-house/989528)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-cgi-haunted-house/989528 "2023-09-02T21:44:49Z")
Below is a video of a supposedly “haunted house”. Of course I think it’s nonsense. But I have to say the graphics are impressive. (Bonus points for getting the dog to play along). So is there software out there that peo… --- ## [Tropical Storm/Hurricane Idalia to Hit Florida/East Coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226 "2023-09-02T20:50:02Z")
Dopers living in the affected areas: what preparations have you done? --- ## [UTMB (Ultra Trail Mont Blanc) 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utmb-ultra-trail-mont-blanc-2023/989426)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utmb-ultra-trail-mont-blanc-2023/989426 "2023-09-02T19:05:35Z")
Ultra Trail Mont Blanc is widely considered the world’s premier ultra-running event. The 2023 edition starts tomorrow (Sep 1) at 6pm in Chamonix (southeastern France). Around 2300 runners will race over a course of 171… --- ## [Should we get a budgie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455 "2023-09-02T18:44:50Z")
Our cleaning lady has a number of parakeets… who, being healthy young birds, have produced MORE parakeets. She wants to give us one. I kinda want one. She asked us to suggest a name, so she can get it used to it. I su… --- ## [MLB: August 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2023/987980)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2023/987980 "2023-09-02T17:14:15Z")
Better late than never – here’s the new thread for August. --- ## [All right ... so how do I sue U-Haul in small claims court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207 "2023-09-02T16:47:38Z")
I just moved over Labor Day weekend (from NYC upstate to Ulster County, NY). I was supposed to have been getting a truck from U-Haul. I made a reservation 45 days in advance. I got no truck. I had to rent from another co… --- ## [What's the largest island you can drive to from the mainland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-island-you-can-drive-to-from-the-mainland/989457)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-island-you-can-drive-to-from-the-mainland/989457 "2023-09-02T16:18:36Z")
What’s the largest island you can drive to from the mainland? Just got to wondering. After a small bit of research, I decided to break it into three sub-questions based on whether you can drive via a bridge, a causeway,… --- ## [What should a new U.S. motto be? (instead of "In God We Trust")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080 "2023-09-02T15:27:58Z")
A recent Pit thread about Louisiana requiring the above national motto to be displayed on all school classroom walls (presumably only publicly funded schools, but I don’t think that point was raised in the part of the th… --- ## [Why does it matter if the SCOTUS is unpopular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-matter-if-the-scotus-is-unpopular/986582)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-it-matter-if-the-scotus-is-unpopular/986582 "2023-09-02T13:31:32Z")
The SCOTUS has been delivering what some people call regressive rulings. News outlets have been producing articles concerning a resulting decline in public opinion of the SCOTUS. I do not want to discuss the rulings the… --- ## [Edge of our universe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-our-universe/989164)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-our-universe/989164 "2023-09-02T13:22:15Z")
Obviously inspired by EnolaStraight’s question, but different. If the Universe began with an initial explosive expansion from one state into a different one. Is there a large amount of energy and maybe something else, t… --- ## [When and why did we forget how to sharpen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-forget-how-to-sharpen/986833)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-and-why-did-we-forget-how-to-sharpen/986833 "2023-09-02T13:19:14Z")
I have taken up hand tool woodworking in the last couple of years and keeping your tools sharp is a critical skill. As such, there’s a whole bunch of ink spilled (and products for sale) w.r.t. this. However, if you loo… --- ## [Health insurance won't pay, because no one knows how to bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-wont-pay-because-no-one-knows-how-to-bill/989372)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-wont-pay-because-no-one-knows-how-to-bill/989372 "2023-09-02T12:25:02Z")
So i made an appointment at Walgreens to get an RSV vaccine. I got there, and they said they couldn’t bill my insurance. Does my insurance not cover it (in which case I’m willing to pay) or does it just not cover it her… --- ## [How much debt to Wall Street/ US government did the Bolshevik government renege on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-debt-to-wall-street-us-government-did-the-bolshevik-government-renege-on/989454)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-debt-to-wall-street-us-government-did-the-bolshevik-government-renege-on/989454 "2023-09-02T11:44:06Z")
How much debt to Wall Street/ US government did the Bolshevik government renege on ? --- ## [Of Astronauts and Corvettes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-astronauts-and-corvettes/981858)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-astronauts-and-corvettes/981858 "2023-09-02T11:37:44Z")
I never thought much about it (other than being jealous), but recently the windmills of my mind began churning: I understand a local Chevy dealership gave each (Mercury?) astronaut a brand new Corvette. However, wasn’t i… --- ## [What if Trump had run in 2012?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-had-run-in-2012/987642)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-had-run-in-2012/987642 "2023-09-02T05:48:46Z")
The question came to mind while reading the thread about getting rid of the internet. It seems to me that Trump and the movement he inspired are a lot more to blame for our current state of affairs than is the internet.… --- ## [How many trips to the Titanic did the Titan make? apologies for another thread about this craft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-trips-to-the-titanic-did-the-titan-make-apologies-for-another-thread-about-this-craft/986051)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-trips-to-the-titanic-did-the-titan-make-apologies-for-another-thread-about-this-craft/986051 "2023-09-02T03:49:38Z")
I’m getting mixed information and its a bit obfuscated. I know it made several ‘test’ dives at various depths and attempted to go to the Titanic a few times that were aborted. But I’m not getting good information on ho… --- ## [What animals would be more dangerous if enlarged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-animals-would-be-more-dangerous-if-enlarged/983050 "2023-09-02T02:53:39Z")
Giant spiders and scorpions are a favorite of movies, but spiders are pretty fragile. Would a colossal housecat (I’m thinking maybe tiger-sized or even bus-sized), for example, be dangerous to humans? A crow? A wombat? --- ## [Blue Moon🎶](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-moon/989378)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-moon/989378 "2023-09-02T01:57:16Z")
Pardon my singing. Seems there’s a blue moon tonight. Not by color, I’m led to believe it has something to do with how many full moons their are in a certain period of time. Time to raise heck!! --- ## [Jet: To leave suddenly, year of first use](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-to-leave-suddenly-year-of-first-use/989207)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jet-to-leave-suddenly-year-of-first-use/989207 "2023-09-02T01:48:01Z")
We’re watching To Have And Have Not (1944). Humphrey Bogart’s character says, ‘How to you know I won’t do a jet?’ Clearly, he’s asking how the person knows he won’t ‘take the money and run’. Jet aircraft were very new… --- ## [ONJ on Broadway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onj-on-broadway/989484)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/onj-on-broadway/989484 "2023-09-02T01:04:36Z")
I have a question that I can’t find the answer to online. Maybe you guys know? I’ve heard some songs lately on Sirius XM’s Broadway Channel from Grease and Xanadu, songs made famous by Olivia Newton-John. Her versions… --- ## [Anyone live in an apartment, and own an EV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-an-apartment-and-own-an-ev/989278)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-in-an-apartment-and-own-an-ev/989278 "2023-09-01T22:44:36Z")
I’m on the market for a new car, and, albeit my current car gets about the best mileage out there (41mpg), when I bought it, and gas stations having EV chargers wasn’t a thing in Indiana, back in 2016, I really hoped thi… --- ## [Should there be an age limit on Federal offices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-an-age-limit-on-federal-offices/989405)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-there-be-an-age-limit-on-federal-offices/989405 "2023-09-01T22:40:33Z")
Should there be an age limit on Federal office holders (POTUS, VP, Senate, House) poll --- ## [SDMB NFL Pick 'em and Survival Leagues 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2022/970246)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-nfl-pick-em-and-survival-leagues-2022/970246 "2023-09-01T21:37:23Z")
Now in our 800th year. Last year’s thread I sent out renewal invites to everyone who was in each league last year, but the survival league didn’t have that option so you’ll have to join manually. Everyone is invited to… --- ## [Better SW for FrontEnding Data Input into MS SQL Server: Tableau or Crystal Reports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-sw-for-frontending-data-input-into-ms-sql-server-tableau-or-crystal-reports/989423)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/better-sw-for-frontending-data-input-into-ms-sql-server-tableau-or-crystal-reports/989423 "2023-09-01T21:16:13Z")
In the workplace I want to create a web-based front end in which outside folks will fill in forms and click a ‘submit’ button and it creates a new data row in a Microsoft SQL Server table. Left to my own devices, I’d wh… --- ## [Does anyone know the title of this song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-title-of-this-song/989381)
**Author:** [@Mallard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mallard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-the-title-of-this-song/989381 "2023-09-01T21:11:31Z")
I’ve googled what I can remember of the chorus of this song but I’ve had no luck at all. It was a record we had when I was a small child and I played it over and over again on my dad’s 78 RPM record player that he got a… --- ## [Hackers of the world take heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hackers-of-the-world-take-heart/989435 "2023-09-01T13:56:33Z")
Ever 5 putt?! Paul Goydos on the Senior tour was leading by 1 on 17, putting for birdie from 35’. Watch it, and take heart that however badly you hacked up the course last weekend, you didn’t freaking 5-jack any greens… --- ## [Why so many socks/trocks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-socks-trocks/988871)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-many-socks-trocks/988871 "2023-09-01T09:33:52Z")
I’d like to know why this message board is so vulnerable to socks and trocks. With so many intelligent people here, it seems odd that any random screwball with an email account can cause so much trouble. I’d be delighte… --- ## [1 Turn a Day phone or PC game with friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-turn-a-day-phone-or-pc-game-with-friends/989290)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-turn-a-day-phone-or-pc-game-with-friends/989290 "2023-09-01T07:13:43Z")
I have a friend or two I would like to casually play a game with. Nothing serious, a quick turn or two a day, perhaps 5 minutes of my time but which ideally will be something fun to mull over all day. Chess is out, I l… --- ## [First dust storm this summer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dust-storm-this-summer/989443)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dust-storm-this-summer/989443 "2023-09-01T04:05:52Z")
\[Album\] imgur.com --- ## [Can a motherboard be “slow”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-motherboard-be-slow/989407)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-motherboard-be-slow/989407 "2023-09-01T04:04:02Z")
I am buying a new media center screen thing for my wrangler. The guy in the shop said of the cheaper of the option “this one has slow motherboard” as one of the reasons why it is cheaper. I thought it sounded strange bec… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=749&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=751&state=watching)