# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=793 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 794 --- ## [SCotUS upholds religious freedom – however,](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-religious-freedom-however/986379)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-upholds-religious-freedom-however/986379 "2023-07-01T04:19:07Z")
The court ruled in favor of a website designer who did not want to produce a site celebrating a gay marriage. Yaay religious freedom! Yaay Freeze Peach! You Go 1A! Except, Yes, the court can apparently rule on a th… --- ## [Aspenglow, please explain how this constitutes a personal attack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglow-please-explain-how-this-constitutes-a-personal-attack/986315)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aspenglow-please-explain-how-this-constitutes-a-personal-attack/986315 "2023-07-01T03:35:57Z")
In the P&E thread about the American Experience that you’ve now instructed me to stay out of, you also wrote that I was insulting another poster personally: Moderating: When we end up on that famous ashheap, will you… --- ## [What is the legal definition of a religious organization in the U.S.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-definition-of-a-religious-organization-in-the-u-s/986359)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-legal-definition-of-a-religious-organization-in-the-u-s/986359 "2023-07-01T02:56:30Z")
And can I start my own to get all the nifty “protections?” --- ## [Why "so-called Canada" in this email I got from an environmental advocacy group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-called-canada-in-this-email-i-got-from-an-environmental-advocacy-group/986304)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-so-called-canada-in-this-email-i-got-from-an-environmental-advocacy-group/986304 "2023-07-01T02:21:20Z")
I just got an email asking me to sign a petition demanding that British Columbia stop old growth logging. I’m not Canadian let alone British Columbian so I don’t know what weight my signature carries if any, but I sign… --- ## [Obsolete accounting question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-accounting-question/986368)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obsolete-accounting-question/986368 "2023-07-01T01:24:46Z")
Obsolete because now paper checks are processed by the electronic “check truncation” system (which also largely did away with check kiting). But back when checks took some days to officially clear was it the practice for… --- ## [An egg salad recipe so good you'll plotz!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egg-salad-recipe-so-good-youll-plotz/986076)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-egg-salad-recipe-so-good-youll-plotz/986076 "2023-07-01T01:03:04Z")
(as Shakespeare once said) I’ve been substituting homemade yogurt for mayonnaise in all my recipes lately and, disgusting as it might sound, it actually tastes better: a little tangy, not quite so sweet, but the consist… --- ## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 261\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel-spoilers/803565 "2023-07-01T00:49:03Z")
Season 1 of this Amazon Original serieswas released on 11/28, and I inhaled it over the weekend. I LOVED it. I actually can’t think of anything about it that I didn’t like. A high-level setup would be to say that in 195… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - June 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2023-edition/984751)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-june-2023-edition/984751 "2023-06-30T23:08:19Z")
A little over a month ago, I went out in wind, snowing coming down sideways and scooped up the big Siamese my neighbor left behind when he moved and brought it in. We named him Ghost because in the dark the white patches… --- ## [How to refresh \*only ONE\* pivot table in an Excel workbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-refresh-only-one-pivot-table-in-an-excel-workbook/986353)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-refresh-only-one-pivot-table-in-an-excel-workbook/986353 "2023-06-30T22:53:54Z")
Microsoft Office Standard 2016 on a Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit PC. Excel workbook has many sheets (tabs) which each contain a copy of the original pivot table. They’re all pivoted different ways, but linked to the same… --- ## [Elvis sings "Baby Got Back"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elvis-sings-baby-got-back/986366 "2023-06-30T22:58:11Z")
Faked with AI of course, but it’s surprisingly believable. --- ## [The Great Ongoing .22 Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-22-thread/986268 "2023-06-30T22:47:51Z")
I saved this thread in Word a year ago. I’m not sure if it’s complete, but I thought I’d post it anyway. Sears JC Higgins .22 Model 41 single shot rife (Marlin Model 101) This was/is my first firearm. Walther P22 … --- ## [Recommendations for a replacement wall-hanging 'weather station'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-replacement-wall-hanging-weather-station/986380)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-replacement-wall-hanging-weather-station/986380 "2023-06-30T22:22:57Z")
I guess ‘weather station’ is what they’re referred to from searching Amazon. I’ve had a wall-hanging thermometer / hygrometer / barometer for around 30 years, that survived two or three moves, and today I clumsily knocke… --- ## [Plumbing issue with pinhole drip from copper pipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-issue-with-pinhole-drip-from-copper-pipe/986231)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-issue-with-pinhole-drip-from-copper-pipe/986231 "2023-06-30T19:53:41Z")
My hot water line to the kitchen & deep sink has a pin hole leak in a longish run in my basement shop. I usually ask my BIL these questions but he is literally on his way to surgery. He is a retired plumber. It is a ver… --- ## [Russian ice-hockey player arrested as spy in Poland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ice-hockey-player-arrested-as-spy-in-poland/986371)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ice-hockey-player-arrested-as-spy-in-poland/986371 "2023-06-30T19:08:15Z")
It seems the war in Ukraine is touching everything, and even in places where there’s no fighting Russia is trying to cause trouble. This athlete is accused of spying as part of a large ring. On the one hand, this will m… --- ## [What do these lyrics mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-these-lyrics-mean/986367 "2023-06-30T18:58:30Z")
I know this subject has been done to death. Probably even this very song, since it’s so old. However, I watched a YouTube video recently that stated that Maniac, from Flashdance, was originally a song about a serial kill… --- ## [Any African-American news anchors who speak on air with an African-American Vernacular accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016 "2023-06-30T18:51:47Z")
Whenever I see black news anchors, they speak entirely without any African-American vernacular English accent. In some cases it sounds natural (e.g. Lester Holt of NBC News), but in other cases it sounds like they are s… --- ## [Publishing my songs on YouTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/publishing-my-songs-on-youtube/986285 "2023-06-30T18:22:26Z")
I’ve started to upload my catalog of original songs. (Moderators: if you think this should be in a different forum, please move it. This is not a commercial project, I’m not expecting to monetize anything or go viral!) … --- ## [Mixing baking soda and vinegar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-baking-soda-and-vinegar/985593)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mixing-baking-soda-and-vinegar/985593 "2023-06-30T18:14:14Z")
I have an ongoing need for CO2. My plan to get my fix is to mix baking soda with regular old kitchen 5% acid white vinegar. So far things are going well, but when my reaction vessel calms down there is still a good dea… --- ## [Stranger to blue water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105 "2023-06-30T17:20:35Z")
As I said in another thread, we’re watching Kingsman: The Golden Circle. ‘Merlin’ likes John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads. I’ve noticed that that song seems to be popular and known worldwide. Like, in additi… --- ## [Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yellowstone River](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freight-train-carrying-hot-asphalt-molten-sulfur-plunges-into-yellowstone-river/986077)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freight-train-carrying-hot-asphalt-molten-sulfur-plunges-into-yellowstone-river/986077 "2023-06-30T16:41:26Z")
Lovely. Just lovely. Why can’t it ever be a train car full of ping pong balls or something that crashes, rather than cars full of hazardous materials? Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into Yello… --- ## [What do y'all think about the "We Didn't Start The Fire" reboot by Fall Out Boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-yall-think-about-the-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reboot-by-fall-out-boy/986282 "2023-06-30T16:01:48Z")
Timewise it seems to jump around more than the original, but I still liked it a lot. Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire (Lyric Video) - YouTube --- ## [Was the Y2K crisis overstated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-y2k-crisis-overstated/983924)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-y2k-crisis-overstated/983924 "2023-06-30T15:49:47Z")
In the Baker’s Dozen III thread, @Bicycle\_Bill called Y2K a nothing burger. But was it, really? I’m inclined to disagree; I think the reason it caused minimal disruption was because so many people and so much money was … --- ## [Store bought hard boiled eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-bought-hard-boiled-eggs/981987)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/store-bought-hard-boiled-eggs/981987 "2023-06-30T14:29:11Z")
I occasionally buy hard-boiled eggs at stores. They always have a distinctive, off-putting flavor but, according to the ingredient listing, are simply eggs. They are also rubbery. What’s going on? Also: The sell-buy dat… --- ## [What the heck is going on with my hard drive storage on my PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-my-hard-drive-storage-on-my-pc/986241)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-going-on-with-my-hard-drive-storage-on-my-pc/986241 "2023-06-30T13:25:53Z")
I work from home using a Win10 PC with a 500GB SSID primary hard drive. Recently, say within the last month, I noticed the primary HD was getting kind of full- down to 25% capacity. I made a mental note to keep an eye o… --- ## [The Third Condiment - what should it be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-third-condiment-what-should-it-be/986091 "2023-06-30T12:15:34Z")
I don’t think this has come up before. There’s an old piece where Cecil explains how come we ended up with salt and pepper; and apparently, back in the day, mustard was sometimes the default third condiment - though it r… --- ## [Doper authors, how much "writer's regret" do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-authors-how-much-writers-regret-do-you-have/986235 "2023-06-30T10:54:56Z")
Do you ever think of your old books, “I should have phrased this differently in this or that paragraph,” or “I wish I’d changed this or that about the storyline and characters?” --- ## [Have you had a cardiac ablation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050)
**Author:** [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-a-cardiac-ablation/986050 "2023-06-30T09:42:37Z")
I have had a lot of atrial fibrillation and have had my heart restarted at least six times this year (DC-conversion). Monday I’m going to the hospital to get cardiac ablation, which hopefully will either cure me or at le… --- ## [Question about airport terminology \[and emergency procedures\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airport-terminology-and-emergency-procedures/986255)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-airport-terminology-and-emergency-procedures/986255 "2023-06-30T01:16:02Z")
My Beloved watches a lot of shows about true airline tragedies and (listening in the background) I notice that a majority of the time when the tower is asking how many people are on the plane they ask “How many souls on… --- ## [Pulp Fiction minutiae](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulp-fiction-minutiae/949853 "2023-06-30T00:56:52Z")
If you search the Internets you will find discussions of damn near every second of Pulp Fiction. There are lists of the dozens or hundreds of the movie references and inside jokes. But I noticed something the last time I… --- ## [Microscopic "handbag" sells for $63K at auction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microscopic-handbag-sells-for-63k-at-auction/986314 "2023-06-29T23:32:47Z")
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