# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=829&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 830 --- ## [Trivia about your favorite musicians and songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-about-your-favorite-musicians-and-songs/984026)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-about-your-favorite-musicians-and-songs/984026 "2023-05-16T14:31:26Z")
This is a thread in which each post will have one (1) fact about one of your favorite musicians or songs. I’ll start. The incomparable Bill Withers held a note for 18 seconds near the end of “Lovely Day”, setting the c… --- ## [Anyone use Amazon Pharmacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-amazon-pharmacy/983790)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-amazon-pharmacy/983790 "2023-05-16T14:18:33Z")
Medicare isn’t going to cover a pricey prescription that I need. I’ve looked at Canadian pharmacy pricing for this drug and it’s not much better than what an American pharmacy would charge. i thought to price it on Ama… --- ## [Basic Financial Literacy - why is it SO uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-financial-literacy-why-is-it-so-uncommon/981841)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/basic-financial-literacy-why-is-it-so-uncommon/981841 "2023-05-16T13:00:17Z")
After hanging around here two decades and some change, I’ve run across a lot of threads that remind me that people (in the general sense) have very little financial literacy. They often get into crippling debt, take suc… --- ## [Columbo - a few questions for discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbo-a-few-questions-for-discussion/957074)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 232\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/columbo-a-few-questions-for-discussion/957074 "2023-05-16T12:22:48Z")
Columbo was a huge hit in the 70’s. The show is still featured on many streaming channels. Sundance channel has run it late at night for awhile. I assume it’s on Netflix? It’s inspired newer shows like Law & Order Crim… --- ## [My dad died this morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-this-morning/984031)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died-this-morning/984031 "2023-05-16T05:55:39Z")
After a year-long struggle with complications after an extremely aggressive cancer surgery, Dad died early this morning. (Note to self: if you have a mass in your abdomen the size of a 3rd-trimester fetus, and your docto… --- ## ["Wanna see my kitty?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-see-my-kitty/256346)
**Author:** [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-see-my-kitty/256346 "2023-05-16T03:33:52Z")
I’m going to tell this in installments. It is alternately funny and sad, and it’s a long story. I’m not really sure why I’m sharing it, but it seems right to do so. I’ll try to post installments as I write them. This… --- ## [What are your fitness goals and how have they changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-and-how-have-they-changed/983777)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-fitness-goals-and-how-have-they-changed/983777 "2023-05-16T03:25:07Z")
There’s been a series of fitness threads lately in a variety of the fora and in one @Toxylon appropriately pointed out that “\[g\]oals vary, though, as they should.” Which made me wonder about revisiting a nearly ten year… --- ## [Vice, Viceland, Vice News...on youtube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-viceland-vice-news-on-youtube/960580)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-viceland-vice-news-on-youtube/960580 "2023-05-16T01:58:34Z")
Some of you may know Vice News from HBO. Here’s a broadcast, “On the Ground in Ukraine.” I first encountered it as a channel on DirecTV. I’m not sure about their history. They do have programs like “Wee… --- ## [Funniest Product Description I've Seen in a While. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-product-description-ive-seen-in-a-while/983916)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-product-description-ive-seen-in-a-while/983916 "2023-05-16T01:41:22Z")
While searching for items at my local grocery store’s website, the list included “Buffalo Trace.” Naturally, I had to find out what that was. What I found was a description so profoundly man-oriented it is right up ther… --- ## [Calculating the date of Easter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-the-date-of-easter/983059)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-the-date-of-easter/983059 "2023-05-16T00:41:07Z")
I tried looking up the method of calculating the date of Easter, but the only thing any site really said was the Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. That in my mind is not really a calculation. I… --- ## [Alligators in Tamaulipas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligators-in-tamaulipas/984053)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alligators-in-tamaulipas/984053 "2023-05-15T22:34:35Z")
A trivia question I asked several people last week was “The alligator is native to the U.S. and which other country?” The expected answer was China. However, my brother, who is quite knowledgeable about such things, s… --- ## [Suburban Mom Handcuffed, Jailed for Making 8-Year-Old Son Walk Half a Mile Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburban-mom-handcuffed-jailed-for-making-8-year-old-son-walk-half-a-mile-home/975046)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suburban-mom-handcuffed-jailed-for-making-8-year-old-son-walk-half-a-mile-home/975046 "2023-05-15T22:03:39Z")
This sounds totally crazy to me. I walked half a mile alone to school from first grade to high school almost every day. --- ## [The History Of Battles That Both Sides Lost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-battles-that-both-sides-lost/983971)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-history-of-battles-that-both-sides-lost/983971 "2023-05-15T20:44:20Z")
I mean, lost more than usual. --- ## [What sort of glitch makes a computer change its Microsoft Word settings without being asked to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-glitch-makes-a-computer-change-its-microsoft-word-settings-without-being-asked-to/984054)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-glitch-makes-a-computer-change-its-microsoft-word-settings-without-being-asked-to/984054 "2023-05-15T18:58:58Z")
Yesterday I clicked on an email in Gmail, turns out it was suspect, Gmail then immediately logged me out of my account and sent a “suspicious activity detected, may be malware, you have been logged out for your own prote… --- ## [Whoops, broke my shoulder, so excuse my typing for a while](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoops-broke-my-shoulder-so-excuse-my-typing-for-a-while/983713 "2023-05-15T17:52:42Z")
today i was walking the dog on a beautiful spring day on a flat gravel road i’ve walked thousands if times before. suddenly my left foot slid on a pebble and down i went onto my outstretched left hand, then onto my left… --- ## [Compositing images with ImageMagick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compositing-images-with-imagemagick/984062)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compositing-images-with-imagemagick/984062 "2023-05-15T16:27:00Z")
I locked my camera down so it could take consistent pictures of a room with the same angle and lighting. I took a picture of the empty room, then I took images of myself in various poses in separate places in the room, n… --- ## [The Beatles, the Hamburg years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-the-hamburg-years/984040)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-the-hamburg-years/984040 "2023-05-15T14:54:05Z")
I started this thread for a specific question, but any Beatles/Hamburg stuff is welcome, of course. When they were in Hamburg they played long sets, and they made it a group policy to not repeat songs, and they ended up… --- ## [A poll about gun ownership : US and non-US posters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-gun-ownership-us-and-non-us-posters/983807)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-gun-ownership-us-and-non-us-posters/983807 "2023-05-15T14:24:47Z")
I’m curious to see how ownership of firearms breaks down on this Board, as between Americans and non-Americans. Purely unscientific, etc. Just humour me. poll --- ## [Three things the Piper Techno-peasant has recently learnt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-the-piper-techno-peasant-has-recently-learnt/984044)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-the-piper-techno-peasant-has-recently-learnt/984044 "2023-05-15T13:33:12Z")
I’ve been discovering that the “control” key has magic powers! Control Z undoes the last action, while Control Y repeats the last action! Control + makes the font display bigger, and Control - shrinks it! This Control… --- ## [Do you like eggs sunny side up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-eggs-sunny-side-up/983958 "2023-05-15T13:23:05Z")
If you like eggs, do you like them sunny side up? I like them just about every way imaginable but I cannot bring myself to eat them SSU. poll --- ## [How effective have I been in my boycott?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-have-i-been-in-my-boycott/983712)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-have-i-been-in-my-boycott/983712 "2023-05-15T13:20:46Z")
During the Trump administration, I became aware that the president or owner of Goya products was a big Trump supporter and contributor, so I decided not to purchase any more Goya products. I was probably one or two Goya … --- ## [Letting go of my mother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letting-go-of-my-mother/983906)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letting-go-of-my-mother/983906 "2023-05-15T12:05:03Z")
One of the reasons I had to retire was I was so fucking tired of death. Now I’m watching my mother get steadily worse in a hospital bed. Somehow 88 years old isn’t long enough. Her mother lived to be 104 so we hoped we h… --- ## [\[Old\] GoGo On Vacation! -A Holiday MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gogo-on-vacation-a-holiday-mmp/983731)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 314\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gogo-on-vacation-a-holiday-mmp/983731 "2023-05-15T11:45:19Z")
Vacation, all I ever wanted… I suppose I am officially on vacation(as opposed to just having my usual Sunday off). I’ve done day drinking. I’ve done evening drinking. I’m doing some really early morning drinking righ… --- ## [Insect sexual dimorphism where only the males are flightless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-sexual-dimorphism-where-only-the-males-are-flightless/984000)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insect-sexual-dimorphism-where-only-the-males-are-flightless/984000 "2023-05-15T08:17:57Z")
I was thinking about glow worms and oil beetles and winter apple moths - where the females of the species are flightless and typically don’t travel very far from the place they hatched, grew and pupated into adulthood. … --- ## [Speak to me only in Simpsons Quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 1106\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-only-in-simpsons-quotes/631819 "2023-05-15T04:43:06Z")
Inspired by this thread and a post in CS about the Simpsons, let’s start a discussion/story where you must respond with a quote from the Simpsons’. You may quote the TV show (including the Tracey Ullman shorts) as well … --- ## ["Free" music downloads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-music-downloads/984034)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-music-downloads/984034 "2023-05-14T21:55:50Z")
What’s up with MP3.PM, a website which claims to offer free music downloads and appears to have songs unavailable on Amazon or Apple Music? What bad stuff will happen to me if I (attempt to) download a song? Will I have … --- ## [Election in Turkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-in-turkey/984041)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-in-turkey/984041 "2023-05-14T21:52:47Z")
A big deal thing. If neither gets a majority then there is a run off. Currently too close to call with 80% counted. Seems like the biggest small party is headed by an Erogdon supporter? Anyone have a good understanding… --- ## [Was Thorin Oakenshield famous or a nobody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thorin-oakenshield-famous-or-a-nobody/984038)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-thorin-oakenshield-famous-or-a-nobody/984038 "2023-05-14T20:13:45Z")
Going by what I’ve read in The Hobbit my impression was that Thorin Oakenshield was a nobody, the grandson heir of an extinct throne who was personally reduced to blacksmithing or even coal mining at times. Like the nume… --- ## [The TV show plot summary game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-plot-summary-game/979004)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tv-show-plot-summary-game/979004 "2023-05-14T17:57:26Z")
It’s January and you know what that means, a whole slew of new TV shows for everyone to try to get into before they’re mostly cancelled! In this game, as with the The movie plot summary game, the last player will have p… --- ## [Why are eggs divided into yolks and whites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-eggs-divided-into-yolks-and-whites/984008)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-eggs-divided-into-yolks-and-whites/984008 "2023-05-14T17:40:09Z")
Continuing the discussion from Is the ratio of yolk/white basically the same across egg sizes? How about species?: Good question! No idea. I hope this is not a hijack, but I would like to know what the whites and the yo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=828&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=830&state=watching)