# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=751 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 752 --- ## [The Wonderful site Baseball-Reference has added a Baseball Wiki call the Bullpen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-wonderful-site-baseball-reference-has-added-a-baseball-wiki-call-the-bullpen/368387 "2006-08-12T02:02:44Z")
http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Main\_Page It has the potential to be very good. Hopefully some of our baseball fan members will help contribute to improve the articles they are knowledgeable on. Wiki’s are si… --- ## [I have just come up with a cunning plan by which we can all be wealthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-just-come-up-with-a-cunning-plan-by-which-we-can-all-be-wealthy/989269 "2023-08-31T13:28:29Z")
I happened to notice that one can search the SDMB for posts after the current date. All we need to do is resolve to post the results of various future horse races, lottery results etc, and then search now for our future… --- ## [What Exit, some clarity please on hijacks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exit-some-clarity-please-on-hijacks/989298 "2023-08-31T12:57:02Z")
I’m a little confused. The thread is about a union of actors–SAG-AFTRA–and an action they’ve taken as the actors’ union to get better working conditions (including compensation) for their members. I definitely get tha… --- ## [I can't see my books on my new-to-me Kindle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-books-on-my-new-to-me-kindle/989377 "2023-08-31T12:31:14Z")
I’ve had a Kindle for years, but after not using it for a while, I turned it on and it wouldn’t boot. I tried troubleshooting the issue, but didn’t get anywhere and decided to buy a new-to-me Kindle Fire 7 9th Generatio… --- ## [Local/regional legislatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-regional-legislatures/989210 "2023-08-31T12:15:20Z")
The title is not very descriptive, but I couldn’t think of a better one. I know that there are other countries that have a federalist system–off hand, I can think of Canada, Germany, and Australia. I’m sure there are o… --- ## [Opening pop-top cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521 "2023-08-31T12:13:21Z")
A lot of canned foods now come in those pop-top cans – the kind where you pull the entire top off. I have a hard time with some of those, due in part of increasing arthritis or maybe just general old-age decrepitude. C… --- ## [Horchata, a treat made with rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horchata-a-treat-made-with-rice/989208 "2023-08-31T11:02:11Z")
Have you ever had it? Was it a childhood treat made by Mama or perhaps Abuela or Abuelo? Was it something you purchased? What did you think of it if it was not a childhood treat? I made some this evening, using the s… --- ## [Words We Pronounce Wrong But Nobody Cares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807 "2023-08-31T08:53:04Z")
I can think of two words (well, a word and a phrase) that just about every American pronounces wrong, but no one seems to care anymore and it just goes on. Note that I’m not talking about dialectical differences here, s… --- ## [Any wills, trust, and estates lawyers licensed in NY around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375 "2023-08-31T08:08:58Z")
To make a very long story short, I am being presented with a bunch of legal documentation regarding the disposition of my recently deceased father’s assets that makes absolutely no sense to me: a will (which is pretty cl… --- ## [Oil bottle / cruet 'sweats' oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-bottle-cruet-sweats-oil/849226 "2023-08-31T05:23:08Z")
Hi. I’ve got a ceramic cruet I picked up at an art/wine fair. I used it for maybe a year in my old house, filled with olive oil. I moved to a new house with an old, ugly kitchen and this pretty bottle just didn’t go so I… --- ## ["Pumpkin Eater" - judge says its a homophobic slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pumpkin-eater-judge-says-its-a-homophobic-slur/984618 "2023-08-31T03:37:58Z")
There has been some bemusement amongst my colleagues about a local decision (just overturned on appeal) wherein a judge, without input from either party, contended and ultimately found that referencing a person called Pe… --- ## [Hospital billing/ insurance question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-billing-insurance-question/989089 "2023-08-31T03:03:21Z")
I’m asking here because I have a vague recollection of this being law but maybe I’m misunderstanding or misremembering. I thought this was covered under ACA or some other semi-recent law. The situation is this: you are … --- ## [The Fate of the Musk Corporations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981 "2023-08-31T02:30:53Z")
Mods: Perhaps this is better for IMHO? If so, then please move. Musk has always been a bit unstable, but in the past several months (around when he bought Twitter) he’s has grown increasingly erratic. There have recentl… --- ## [Recommend a masters degree program to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374 "2023-08-31T02:08:53Z")
I’m trying to get a part-time gig teaching at the local community college. Basically, I’m looking to retire, but I need something to do. or I will rot. And I like to teach, and think I’d be good at it. I spoke to the wo… --- ## [The End of the F\*\*\*ing World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world/989379)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world/989379 "2023-08-31T01:57:30Z")
We just watched this Netflix black comedy series and it was very good. It reminded me of the Fargo series. A bit of gore and great acting by the leads, Highly recommended, --- ## [PA may make their presidential primary date earlier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-may-make-their-presidential-primary-date-earlier/989357)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pa-may-make-their-presidential-primary-date-earlier/989357 "2023-08-31T01:52:42Z")
It’s partly to account for Passover. Some dates that are in the pipeline: March 19, March 26, or April 2. I live in PA, but I can’t visualize how this would change anything for me as a voter. Would it be a seismic chang… --- ## [Dryer lint trap being clogged - is the risk that the dryer would catch on fire, or that the air vent would catch on fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-lint-trap-being-clogged-is-the-risk-that-the-dryer-would-catch-on-fire-or-that-the-air-vent-would-catch-on-fire/989287)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dryer-lint-trap-being-clogged-is-the-risk-that-the-dryer-would-catch-on-fire-or-that-the-air-vent-would-catch-on-fire/989287 "2023-08-31T00:30:54Z")
For some reason, I failed to clean the dryer lint trap for a long time when it’d always been automatic habit for me. Now I found out this morning the thing was fully clogged and that’s why my clothes had been remaining w… --- ## [Gentlemen: Do you like Rom-Coms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-do-you-like-rom-coms/988178)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlemen-do-you-like-rom-coms/988178 "2023-08-31T00:28:56Z")
I admit it: I like romantic comedies. Some more than others, and some I don’t care for at all. We guys are supposed to like action pictures: Stallone pounding the crap out of somebody, Schwartzeneggar pounding the crap… --- ## [International Chess Federation and trans players](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-chess-federation-and-trans-players/988772 "2023-08-30T23:58:36Z")
Note: I would really like this thread not to devolve into the usual trans arguments. Also note: I have tried very hard to get the terminology correct, as I understand it, and I am relying on the NPR report for the correc… --- ## [Fellow (brand) travel mug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-brand-travel-mug/989371)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-brand-travel-mug/989371 "2023-08-30T22:42:43Z")
Based on something I read online (I thought it was here on SDMB but I’m blessed if I can find it) I bought a Fellow travel mug, and I am here to mostly praise it. I got the 16 ounce mug with a wide mouth, and I only use… --- ## [How do you research online purchases these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-research-online-purchases-these-days/989231)
**Author:** [@Lavender\_Pebble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Pebble)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-research-online-purchases-these-days/989231 "2023-08-30T21:44:33Z")
The last few years I’ve been feeling more and more like researching anything to buy is becoming harder. I’m curious how others approach buying things. So how do you research online purchases these days? I generally trus… --- ## [Diabetes apps on smart phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetes-apps-on-smart-phones/989260)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diabetes-apps-on-smart-phones/989260 "2023-08-30T21:11:07Z")
An ad for one of these came and went while I was playing a game, but now I wish I’d paid more attention. I’m not sure if I understand these correctly. Do they somehow actually read your blood glucose with the phone’s cam… --- ## [Youtube--- what are "shorts"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-what-are-shorts/987460)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-what-are-shorts/987460 "2023-08-30T20:31:19Z")
When I open the main page of Youtube, it shows me a bunch of clips, arranged in rows. Various subjects, of various time lengths, and like all youtube clips I can use the tools under the picture (ie. glance at the time … --- ## [Trump bail amount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054 "2023-08-30T20:25:50Z")
Why was it set to such a low amount? How could 200k prevent Trump from fleeing? Couldn’t it just as well have been set to 0? --- ## [Movie moments that are only effective in the theater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-are-only-effective-in-the-theater/985919)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-moments-that-are-only-effective-in-the-theater/985919 "2023-08-30T20:13:21Z")
I know from other threads there are many here who don’t like going to movie theaters for whatever reason. To me there is no better way of watching a movie. There are physical and psychological aspects that can’t be repli… --- ## [Do insurance companies have a routine to eliminate duplicate claims?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-insurance-companies-have-a-routine-to-eliminate-duplicate-claims/988731)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-insurance-companies-have-a-routine-to-eliminate-duplicate-claims/988731 "2023-08-30T20:01:18Z")
Suppose you (an eee-vil person) own something of some significant value (house, car, piece of art, jewelry) that you really don’t care to own any longer, and don’t want to go to the hassle of trying to sell. You decide y… --- ## [Removing duplicate songs on iPod after deleting them in iTunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duplicate-songs-on-ipod-after-deleting-them-in-itunes/989324)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-duplicate-songs-on-ipod-after-deleting-them-in-itunes/989324 "2023-08-30T19:41:15Z")
I searched and the most recent thread suitable to just add this question to is from 2013, so here goes: I have an iPod (4th gen?) and use iTunes on Windows to manage the music on it. Recently, I discovered I had done s… --- ## [Severe Hijack, about US borders, moved to pit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-hijack-about-us-borders-moved-to-pit/988949)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/severe-hijack-about-us-borders-moved-to-pit/988949 "2023-08-30T19:26:58Z")
What, even at the border? --- ## [There's been a setback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-setback/989188)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-setback/989188 "2023-08-30T18:49:19Z")
Or rather, there hasn’t been. A relative recently posted pictures of their new house in a historic area of their town, and it’s one of those greystone/townhouse-types where the front door opens right onto the sidewalk. A… --- ## [Should we go back to waxed paper Cups and Containers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-go-back-to-waxed-paper-cups-and-containers/989315)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-go-back-to-waxed-paper-cups-and-containers/989315 "2023-08-30T18:43:33Z")
Should we go back to waxed paper Cups and Containers? poll Waxed paper Cups and boxes were standard food containers for most of my life. Wendys, Burger King, McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants used them. Cardboa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=750) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=752)