# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=754&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 755 --- ## [How reliable is the Express (British paper)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-the-express-british-paper/988945)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-the-express-british-paper/988945 "2023-08-28T15:57:16Z")
From the Ukraine Thread, I’ve got a question. @aceplace57 posted a quote from the Express, a British paper. Later on, I posted a question: @EddyTeddyFreddy followed up with: Then I posted: Then @What\_Exit said… --- ## [Why do schools and universities have such toxic workplace cultures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-and-universities-have-such-toxic-workplace-cultures/988902)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-and-universities-have-such-toxic-workplace-cultures/988902 "2023-08-28T15:46:24Z")
Pre-amble: I’ve worked in around education and corporate training for ~22 years. I have two post-graduate degrees in education (and almost a doctoral degree, long story…), and have worked in state secondaries, independen… --- ## [If you play one or more musical instruments, why did you choose the one(s) you chose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-one-or-more-musical-instruments-why-did-you-choose-the-one-s-you-chose/982157)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-one-or-more-musical-instruments-why-did-you-choose-the-one-s-you-chose/982157 "2023-08-28T13:49:31Z")
My dad played the accordion, so when I was 6 or 7, I took accordion lessons. I wrote my first composition at age 7 - a polka! Once I got to 7th grade, I bought my first guitar and a book of chords, and I taught myself t… --- ## [Let's remember the Good Old Days! /s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-remember-the-good-old-days-s/988062)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-remember-the-good-old-days-s/988062 "2023-08-28T13:48:17Z")
Let’s remember the Good Old Days when life was so much better. Remember when everybody smoked and you could smoke anywhere? You could smoke in movie theaters, on airplanes, in a hospital room or at the doctors office. R… --- ## [What has been done to these weird looking trees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-done-to-these-weird-looking-trees/987822)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-been-done-to-these-weird-looking-trees/987822 "2023-08-28T13:38:27Z")
I came across this striking image long ago but don’t remember what the location was. The trees lining the path up to the really old looking building have all had something done to them, maybe three or four feet from the… --- ## [What is this screw? called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-screw-called/989126)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-screw-called/989126 "2023-08-28T07:27:34Z")
Sorry, no photo, (which I couldn’t post anyway!), but what I’m referring to is the kind of tiny, ‘thread only’, (for lack of proper terminology), screw type thing. They are often used to tighten the door handle once it’… --- ## [Who is the redhead singer on Do It Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-redhead-singer-on-do-it-again/989055)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-redhead-singer-on-do-it-again/989055 "2023-08-28T04:36:49Z")
My favorite Steely Dan song. Who is the redhead lead singer? Wikipedia doesn’t say. Link Do It Again (Steely Dan song) - Wikipedia Redhead dude on the left and Fagan is on the right in the thumbnail preview. … --- ## [How long would a dead squirrel stay on your sidewalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090 "2023-08-28T04:28:56Z")
Just curious about your thoughts. I live in a decent Chicago burb, with curbs and sidewalks. There is a public middle school at the south end of my block. At the north end of our block is a home that recently went thr… --- ## [How to lubricate leather WITHOUT softening it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-lubricate-leather-without-softening-it/989167)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-lubricate-leather-without-softening-it/989167 "2023-08-28T03:42:07Z")
I have a belt that, instead of having a typical buckle, fastens with pegs that go into the holes. They’re a tight fit, which I’d like to preserve, but I would like to “grease” them a bit so long as it doesn’t soften the … --- ## [Vinland Saga - animated show (Netflix). Anyone else watching this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinland-saga-animated-show-netflix-anyone-else-watching-this/989052)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vinland-saga-animated-show-netflix-anyone-else-watching-this/989052 "2023-08-28T01:53:29Z")
I am about 4 episodes into the second season and dare I say it, I kind of love this show. It’s a Viking show and as painful as it is to say this, I think its quality is more consistently high than Vikings, a show I real… --- ## [What is Prigozhin's (Wagner chief) motivation and endgame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prigozhins-wagner-chief-motivation-and-endgame/986002)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prigozhins-wagner-chief-motivation-and-endgame/986002 "2023-08-28T01:50:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2): Yevgeny Prigozhin just released a 30-minute video with more attacks on the Russian Department of Defense and (indirectly) Putin. Link here. W… --- ## [Share your experience with vertigo (BPPV) as patient or medic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-vertigo-bppv-as-patient-or-medic/967575)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experience-with-vertigo-bppv-as-patient-or-medic/967575 "2023-08-28T00:12:39Z")
About 15 years ago or so, I was driving home and making a right turn when the car flipped over. It didn’t actually, but that’s how it felt. Suddenly everything seemed to be spinning. Fortunately, I was only two blocks fr… --- ## [Chess: Why Can't The King Be Removed From The Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-why-cant-the-king-be-removed-from-the-board/989133)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-why-cant-the-king-be-removed-from-the-board/989133 "2023-08-27T21:41:22Z")
This chess YouTuber (an International Master) supports a change to the rules: basically, that the King can be removed from the board. Specifically, if you and I are playing and you move a piece that reveals a check on yo… --- ## [Does a degree or certificate matter for computer programming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-degree-or-certificate-matter-for-computer-programming/988937)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-degree-or-certificate-matter-for-computer-programming/988937 "2023-08-27T20:01:55Z")
Hi. I am interested in getting a job as a computer programmer, however I don’t know the best way to go about it. You can possibly do very good at it while being completely self taught, but I don’t know how if you can out… --- ## [Would a standard retail anti-malware/AV program protect my PC from a Stuxnet-level threat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-standard-retail-anti-malware-av-program-protect-my-pc-from-a-stuxnet-level-threat/989037)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-standard-retail-anti-malware-av-program-protect-my-pc-from-a-stuxnet-level-threat/989037 "2023-08-27T20:00:01Z")
Imagine a Stuxnet-level malware threat racing around the world, infecting millions of computers. Do retail-level antivirus/anti-malware programs such as Norton, McAfee, BitDefender, MalwareBytes, Kaspersky, etc. offer su… --- ## [Grocery staples in your household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-staples-in-your-household/979767)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grocery-staples-in-your-household/979767 "2023-08-27T19:08:30Z")
What do you buy every time you go to the grocery store? For my family, that list is short - milk, eggs, bread, and fresh fruit - we always use enough to need it each week. Everything else only gets purchased when we run … --- ## [Has the SDMB's web address changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmbs-web-address-changed/989119)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmbs-web-address-changed/989119 "2023-08-27T18:58:12Z")
My bookmark to the SDMB no longer seems to work. It just conked out. Little back-and-forth balls (latest Firefox, Windows 10) forever. Not even a 404, just … nothing. My bookmark’s address is: https://boards.straigh… --- ## [A New Revelation about Schroedinger's Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-revelation-about-schroedingers-cat/989158 "2023-08-27T18:51:31Z")
It’s not true that all revelations come from the three B’s – the Bed, the Bus, and the Bath. I had this sudden flash of insight while walking my cat. It’s not a question of whether Schroedinger’s Cat is Alive or Dead. I… --- ## [Aspenglow's moderation..\[Rules about quotes\]\[Note - Title edited\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglows-moderation-rules-about-quotes-note-title-edited/989116)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglows-moderation-rules-about-quotes-note-title-edited/989116 "2023-08-27T16:24:31Z")
In post number 4556 of this thread a poster named enipla wrote and I responded (in post #4564) Don’t forget that there is one, and only one thing which matters much more than anything in this list: It matters ONLY … --- ## [UPS driver. US $170k per year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-driver-us-170k-per-year/988813)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-driver-us-170k-per-year/988813 "2023-08-27T15:59:01Z")
I’ve met a lot of truckers working as a doctor. It’s a pretty hard life, especially the long-haul international stuff. It’s stressful to be in traffic all the time, way most people drive. It’s not my place to say what… --- ## [Question about the 19th Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-19th-amendment/989142)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-19th-amendment/989142 "2023-08-27T15:24:45Z")
Hopefully this belongs here. My question is the 19th amendment was ratified in 1919 - 1920 by 36 states yet I see that many of the southern states “ Maryland- 1941 all the way to Mississippi 1984 “ had not fully ratifie… --- ## [Another AI images question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ai-images-question/979951)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-ai-images-question/979951 "2023-08-27T15:16:37Z")
If I try to generate a picture of “a garbage truck shaped like an elephant”, how does it know to place the head of the elephant at the front of the vehicle? Sometimes pictures are combined more like a collage, but many … --- ## [Oh yes, Tennessee, tell me again how the problem is trans care and drag queens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723)
**Author:** [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-yes-tennessee-tell-me-again-how-the-problem-is-trans-care-and-drag-queens/981723 "2023-08-27T14:47:41Z")
There are some things I love about living here in Tenses, particularly in Nashville. I’ve made wonderful friends here. The food is delicious. The community that I live in is both culturally diverse and some of the mo… --- ## [Recent advice about masks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-advice-about-masks/989176)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-advice-about-masks/989176 "2023-08-27T14:47:38Z")
Aaron Collins, aka, “the mask nerd” had just released a new video Now that it’s easy to buy real masks, he’s focusing on fit and comfort. This is a summary of good masks that are relatively easy to breathe… --- ## [Infuriating computer monitor issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infuriating-computer-monitor-issue/989080)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infuriating-computer-monitor-issue/989080 "2023-08-27T14:07:32Z")
I have a 27" Acer monitor. 1920x1080, 165Hz refresh rate. I just got a new GPU, I upgraded to a Gigabyte RTX 4070 from an EVGA GTX 1080. Anyways, I switch out the cards, button up the case, plug it in, plug in my monito… --- ## [Work-in-Progress, Advance Readers Sought: Within the Box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-in-progress-advance-readers-sought-within-the-box/986618)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-in-progress-advance-readers-sought-within-the-box/986618 "2023-08-27T06:20:46Z")
In 1982, after I’d come out but before I headed forth to major in women’s studies\*, I was in training to be a licensed practical nurse (LPN) and got crossways with the program and dismissed from it. That provoked my par… --- ## [Edge of the universe and hawking radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-the-universe-and-hawking-radiation/989029)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edge-of-the-universe-and-hawking-radiation/989029 "2023-08-27T04:16:28Z")
Due to the limit of the speed of light, the farthest possible distance we can see is approx. 46.6 billion light years away. This radius describes a spherical boundary beyond which we cannot see. It has been stated that… --- ## [Musical Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-questions/672587 "2023-08-27T01:07:18Z")
Here are 10 questions. The questions are answered directly in the lines from rock and roll songs. There are several eras and sub-genres. They range from simple to not-so-simple. When all 10 questions have been answered,… --- ## [Let's talk about modern folk music, and why it's weird and silly for the most part](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-modern-folk-music-and-why-its-weird-and-silly-for-the-most-part/412193)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-modern-folk-music-and-why-its-weird-and-silly-for-the-most-part/412193 "2023-08-26T23:51:51Z")
What’s up with modern folk music? It seems that something happened to folk music at some point where it became a) specifically “grad school”-ish, with a sort of affluent “NPR sensibility” b) kind of silly and novelty-o… --- ## [Films that that had added footage AFTER completion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/films-that-that-had-added-footage-after-completion/988973 "2023-08-26T22:54:47Z")
I’m not talking about things like George Lucas’ “special editions” of the Star Wars films, or the “Extended Editions” and “Director’s Cuts” of movies. Or the way Disney re-released The Lion King with added animated fotoa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=753&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=755&state=tracking)