# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=793&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 794 --- ## [Why does that train horn sound for over an hour some nights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-that-train-horn-sound-for-over-an-hour-some-nights/767026)
**Author:** [@Kiramin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiramin)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-that-train-horn-sound-for-over-an-hour-some-nights/767026 "2023-07-01T21:12:54Z")
Ok, granted, it’s 3am & I’m a little desperate. The train is a fact of life, but why does the horn sound for 90+ minutes some nights? It’s like a phone’s busy signal (anyone remember land lines?)- it’s consistent. The tr… --- ## [A 'Who' Song. (?) ...asking for a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-who-song-asking-for-a-friend/986376)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-who-song-asking-for-a-friend/986376 "2023-07-01T19:42:26Z")
I thought I’d ask here.She said it was driving her mad! can’t think of the name, it’s silly… It’s a girl’s name ending in -A …(like Perdit-A or Athen-A)…some more and then something like “she’s a \_\_\_” (and then an answ… --- ## [Challenger II takes 70 RPG hits and survives: true?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenger-ii-takes-70-rpg-hits-and-survives-true/471043)
**Author:** [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenger-ii-takes-70-rpg-hits-and-survives-true/471043 "2023-07-01T18:43:25Z")
Wikipedia states a Challenger II sustained 70 RPG hits in Basra, 2003. All crew survived. Their reference is a BBC news article where a defence consultant repeats the claim (trustworthy?). Is this true or not? --- ## [What are these "going nowhere fast" candidates thinking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-going-nowhere-fast-candidates-thinking/986232)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-going-nowhere-fast-candidates-thinking/986232 "2023-07-01T17:36:14Z")
Say you’re the governor of some backwater state, 40ish, with vague Presidential ambitions off in some distant future, decades hence. Either party, and it doesn’t much matter if you’re a Congressman or a Senator or a Mayo… --- ## [What effect will the SC decision about affirmative action have on college application essays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-the-sc-decision-about-affirmative-action-have-on-college-application-essays/986410)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-effect-will-the-sc-decision-about-affirmative-action-have-on-college-application-essays/986410 "2023-07-01T16:29:25Z")
There’s an interesting article in The Atlantic about minority students now needing to write their application essays about their racial backgrounds, so as to get around the new requirement that colleges ask about their r… --- ## [Botticelli June 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875)
**Author:** [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Replies:** 379\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-june-2023/984875 "2023-07-01T15:38:52Z")
Hello hello hello and welcome to the June Botticelli thread, with me, your host W. De La Rue. Here is last month’s thread, and here are the rules for anyone interested in joining: How does this work? One person, the ho… --- ## [Is there a term for this specific kind of non-solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-specific-kind-of-non-solution/986191)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-term-for-this-specific-kind-of-non-solution/986191 "2023-07-01T15:27:28Z")
Imagine that we had a systemic problem, like “30% of working people in the US can’t afford to see a doctor” - yes, I’m aware of medicaid blah blah I’m just giving an easy to understand example. One person asserts that t… --- ## [Awkward/bizarre moments that must have happened in a movie but were NOT depicted on screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-bizarre-moments-that-must-have-happened-in-a-movie-but-were-not-depicted-on-screen/986202)
**Author:** [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awkward-bizarre-moments-that-must-have-happened-in-a-movie-but-were-not-depicted-on-screen/986202 "2023-07-01T14:52:27Z")
I am here looking for awkward/bizarre moments that must have happened in a movie(or television show) but were NOT depicted on screen. For example I was watching Terminator 2: Judgement Day again. In it there was a scene… --- ## [Smoking meats at a higher elevation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-meats-at-a-higher-elevation/986200)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-meats-at-a-higher-elevation/986200 "2023-07-01T14:00:06Z")
I recently bought a Pit Boss vertical pellet smoker. I like how it cooks, and have been fairly successful with lamb and beef, but not for pork. I use the trusty 3-2-1 method at 225 degrees F to cook St. Louis style ribs … --- ## [Sharding & Sub-Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharding-sub-threads/986310)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharding-sub-threads/986310 "2023-07-01T13:14:23Z")
I’m not sure what all features the board software supports, or how much power we have to request features, but I have been thinking about an issue with massively centralized conversation sources (MCCS) like the SDMB. (A… --- ## [Sketchy News Confirmation : Assassination Attempt On Putin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketchy-news-confirmation-assassination-attempt-on-putin/986361)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sketchy-news-confirmation-assassination-attempt-on-putin/986361 "2023-07-01T12:17:41Z")
A news-blurb on the bottom of Cheddar News claimed that an assassination attempt was made on Vladimir Putin, & thwarted by Security Services. Any confirmation or details? --- ## [Now I know the true difference between Brits and Yanks: it's mud!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-the-true-difference-between-brits-and-yanks-its-mud/986078)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-the-true-difference-between-brits-and-yanks-its-mud/986078 "2023-07-01T10:53:38Z")
It all comes down to the Wellies…(otherwise knows as .Wellington boots.) Now,ya see, a half a century ago, I lived in England for a couple years as a child. And I vaguely remember having a pair of Wellies. My Mom\* mad… --- ## [Gen Xers and older millennials really just want to go back in time to before the internet existed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-xers-and-older-millennials-really-just-want-to-go-back-in-time-to-before-the-internet-existed/985764)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gen-xers-and-older-millennials-really-just-want-to-go-back-in-time-to-before-the-internet-existed/985764 "2023-07-01T09:08:39Z")
According to a new Harris Poll shared exclusively with Fast Company, most Americans would prefer to live in a simpler era before everyone was obsessed with screens and social media, and this sentiment is especially stro… --- ## [Unique Sentences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-sentences/986195)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-sentences/986195 "2023-07-01T05:14:06Z")
This BoredPanda post made me chuckle. --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=792&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=794&state=muted)