# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=847 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 848 --- ## [Join me in freedom from Kitchen Clutter!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-freedom-from-kitchen-clutter/982848)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/join-me-in-freedom-from-kitchen-clutter/982848 "2023-04-22T15:11:42Z")
(Yeah, this is another of my threads that I’m not sure where it goes. Definitely Mundane and likely soliciting Personal Opinions. OTOH, it is about cooking (sort of?) and that seems to get priority when slotting topics… --- ## [Electrical wiring help please - GFCI wiring related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-wiring-help-please-gfci-wiring-related/982749)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electrical-wiring-help-please-gfci-wiring-related/982749 "2023-04-22T14:33:22Z")
I need to replace a standard outlet located in a garage with a GFCI. I thought it would be straightforward but I cannot get the wiring right. The old outlet is in a box with a switch. I cannot visualize the cables so it… --- ## [That movie you can't resist watching again and again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-movie-you-cant-resist-watching-again-and-again/982879 "2023-04-22T13:43:14Z")
What’s that movie (or movies) that when you stumble across it when you’re idly channel surfing, even though you’ve seen it a million times, you have to stop and watch it again? I have a couple: The Magnificent Seven (t… --- ## [I have decided to retire!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-retire/982981)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-decided-to-retire/982981 "2023-04-22T13:25:17Z")
After doing a few calculations I determined it was doable so I called the Social Security department yesterday and set up an appointment. In the last year or so have made me realize that what time I have left is limit… --- ## [NYC Parking Structure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-parking-structure/982871)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-parking-structure/982871 "2023-04-22T12:58:52Z")
57 Ann St., NYC parking structure collapse today-Do they know what the cause of it is yet? --- ## [How do apps know the current rules for DST?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-apps-know-the-current-rules-for-dst/982845)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-apps-know-the-current-rules-for-dst/982845 "2023-04-22T06:42:33Z")
It’s straightforward, if perhaps a bit complex, to write a clock app that knows when DST is in effect for your current location. How do apps handle it when the government changes those dates? --- ## [In wake of school shooting, Tennessee legislators take action to protect the vulnerable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wake-of-school-shooting-tennessee-legislators-take-action-to-protect-the-vulnerable/982908)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-wake-of-school-shooting-tennessee-legislators-take-action-to-protect-the-vulnerable/982908 "2023-04-22T06:23:40Z")
by enacting a law to protect gun companies from lawsuits. Obviously, the gun companies are the real victims of all these shootings and need special legal protections. --- ## [It’s 4/20 - Happy holidays!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-4-20-happy-holidays/982977)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-4-20-happy-holidays/982977 "2023-04-22T06:04:46Z")
For millions of Americans, using cannabis has become normalized. And, due to some stoner kids in the 70’s, the number “420” has become a reference to smoking cannabis. Which means that today - April 20th - has become t… --- ## [Weird ads on the interwebs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ads-on-the-interwebs/983008)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-ads-on-the-interwebs/983008 "2023-04-22T04:27:27Z")
So I jumped onto Amazon to check out prices on Birkenstock sandals, because my current ones are, quite honestly, ready for the compost bin. So I came across an ad for a (reasonably priced) pair, checked the product desc… --- ## [Huntington Ingalls Industries data breach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huntington-ingalls-industries-data-breach/983038 "2023-04-22T03:09:57Z")
This one doesn’t seem to be headline news yet, but the company – the Navy’s largest contractor, I believe – just sent out the letters days ago. I got one and it sounds pretty serious: “…As a result of the investigation,… --- ## [Cable TV Box Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-tv-box-question/982975)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-tv-box-question/982975 "2023-04-22T03:04:21Z")
We live in what is essentially an apartment building. All the units come with a Comcast cable box for the TV. It’s a basic box with no recording ability. It seems like I should be able to buy a DVR and install it in plac… --- ## [Should Carnut Move to Bellingham, WA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-carnut-move-to-bellingham-wa/982153)
**Author:** [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-carnut-move-to-bellingham-wa/982153 "2023-04-22T01:56:25Z")
In the MPSIMS poll thread, there is a question about which is the best town to live in that lists several decent places. The two that got the most votes are Santa Fe, NM and Bellingham, WA. I’ve thought about moving to … --- ## [How is it that Phantom of the Opera is the most financially successful entertainment event ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-phantom-of-the-opera-is-the-most-financially-successful-entertainment-event-ever/680663)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-it-that-phantom-of-the-opera-is-the-most-financially-successful-entertainment-event-ever/680663 "2023-04-22T01:12:49Z")
I wanted to start a thread about the Phantom of the Opera after I read this bit from wikipedia: That’s pretty hugely impressive. I’ve never seen a live performance but I love the original cast recording and listen to … --- ## [Do the Great Debates rules extend to Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-great-debates-rules-extend-to-cecils-columns-staff-reports/983037)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-great-debates-rules-extend-to-cecils-columns-staff-reports/983037 "2023-04-22T00:50:04Z")
I ask because we have yet another climate change debate brewing, which is against the rules for GD and P&E but not technically against the rules for Cecil’s Columns. The rule changes predated the Cecil’s Columns coming l… --- ## [Starship launch: did some engines go out then come back on again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-launch-did-some-engines-go-out-then-come-back-on-again/982974)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-launch-did-some-engines-go-out-then-come-back-on-again/982974 "2023-04-22T00:37:04Z")
I saw from the graphic that not all engines were lit at launch and then a few went out during the launch only to come back on again. Anyone have an explanation? --- ## [Anyone watch Kleo on Netflix? I have a question about the last episode (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-kleo-on-netflix-i-have-a-question-about-the-last-episode-spoilers/983021)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watch-kleo-on-netflix-i-have-a-question-about-the-last-episode-spoilers/983021 "2023-04-21T22:27:47Z")
So, the main thrust of the plot after Sven and Kleo teamed up was to get ahold of the MacGuffin® brand red suitcase containing evidence of collaboration between former East German leader Honecker and Reagan. But Sven wa… --- ## [Yoshio Yoda (1934-2023): Penultimate surviving cast member of "McHale's Navy" (1964)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoshio-yoda-1934-2023-penultimate-surviving-cast-member-of-mchales-navy-1964/982910)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoshio-yoda-1934-2023-penultimate-surviving-cast-member-of-mchales-navy-1964/982910 "2023-04-21T22:21:48Z")
This leaves John Wright (Willy) as the last survivor. I have no memory of Willy, I suspect he (and Edson ‘Virgil’ Stroll) were mainly ensemble players and didn’t get featured very much. --- ## [Charity or the National Debt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-or-the-national-debt/980881)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charity-or-the-national-debt/980881 "2023-04-21T22:20:59Z")
There was a story in the national papers here a few months ago which I thought raised an interesting question. I can’t recall the exact details but one hundred years ago a very rich man left a fund which after one hundr… --- ## [Mod is subtracting value in the DeSantis thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-is-subtracting-value-in-the-desantis-thread/982987)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mod-is-subtracting-value-in-the-desantis-thread/982987 "2023-04-21T19:41:31Z")
The thread: I ain’t mad; this is just my opinion about how to treat such a thread. We were having a nice discussion. Since it’s politics, Trump is heavily involved. Mod kept coming in and saying to stop talking about… --- ## [Ballpark Digest's Best of the Ballparks fan vote 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballpark-digests-best-of-the-ballparks-fan-vote-2023/982364)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ballpark-digests-best-of-the-ballparks-fan-vote-2023/982364 "2023-04-21T18:32:55Z")
For those who like ballparks, and who like to vote even (or especially) if they don’t know what they’re talking about, Ballpark Digest is now conducting the first round of its annual (I think) Best of the Ballparks compe… --- ## [Heardle ("Name That Tune"-type game) shutting down May 5](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heardle-name-that-tune-type-game-shutting-down-may-5/982998)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heardle-name-that-tune-type-game-shutting-down-may-5/982998 "2023-04-21T17:40:41Z")
Heardle is an internet game that started early last year during the Wordle (word guessing game) craze. In Heardle, there is one song per day. The gist of the game is that you listen to the first second of the song. If… --- ## [How Old Do You Feel (In Your Head)? Are You Average?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-in-your-head-are-you-average/981269)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-in-your-head-are-you-average/981269 "2023-04-21T17:36:07Z")
A lot of people feel younger than their chronological age. I was interested in this Atlantic article suggesting average people (over the age of forty) feel 20% younger than their actual age. This is not from asking peo… --- ## [Thimble Theater before Popeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimble-theater-before-popeye/942262)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thimble-theater-before-popeye/942262 "2023-04-21T17:28:56Z")
E.C.Segar’s comic strip Thimble Theater ran for 10 years before Popeye ever showed up. Olive’s main boyfriend was Ham Gravy. AFAIK, there are few reprints of prePopeye TT. Fantagraphics has a great set of Popeye reprints… --- ## [Tell me about your chemical stress test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-chemical-stress-test/618432)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-chemical-stress-test/618432 "2023-04-21T17:18:05Z")
So I’m undergoing workup for gastric bypass in a couple of months. I’ve had some issues with palpitations so my surgeon made me go see a cardiologist. I’ve cut WAY back on caffeine and hardly have any palpitations anym… --- ## [Al Jaffee Died At 102 (2023-04-10)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-jaffee-died-at-102-2023-04-10/982475 "2023-04-21T17:15:11Z")
I haven’t given much thought to Jaffee in recent decades. But he was a genius and an influence for many, many people… and I was sorry to hear that he had passed. --- ## [Did Your Sibling(s) Do Weird Things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sibling-s-do-weird-things/982695)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-sibling-s-do-weird-things/982695 "2023-04-21T16:36:20Z")
Inspired by this BoredPanda thread inspired by TV, this is the place to tell stories about sibling quirks. --- ## [Parler is apparently pronounced /parlor/ now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parler-is-apparently-pronounced-parlor-now/930153)
**Author:** [@Olfatbut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olfatbut)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parler-is-apparently-pronounced-parlor-now/930153 "2023-04-21T16:20:37Z")
Parler has been in the news lately and when I heard NPR pronounce it “Parlor” I was like wtaf? And then another podcast pronounced it that way. According to wikipedia: The name was originally intended to be pronounced … --- ## [Will Jim Butcher ever write the final Dresden books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-jim-butcher-ever-write-the-final-dresden-books/966516)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-jim-butcher-ever-write-the-final-dresden-books/966516 "2023-04-21T15:39:49Z")
I get the feeling he has the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ fatigue that Conan Doyle complained about. Apparently this wasn’t the series he really wanted to write in the first place? What d’you think? Of course he may be under… --- ## [Breaking up gravel to install driveway -- without breaking my back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-gravel-to-install-driveway-without-breaking-my-back/982915)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-up-gravel-to-install-driveway-without-breaking-my-back/982915 "2023-04-21T15:27:49Z")
My driveway is completely paved with concrete except for the last 10 feet or so where it connects to the street, which is just compacted gravel. The gravel is a nuisance and I want to remove it and pour concrete in ther… --- ## [How to get cigarette smell out of hair, fabrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-cigarette-smell-out-of-hair-fabrics/982676)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-cigarette-smell-out-of-hair-fabrics/982676 "2023-04-21T13:38:37Z")
Recently I did a favor for a friend who smokes. She was out of town and I stayed in her house caring for her dogs for four days. I only spent abut four hours actually with her and a lit cigarette, but of course the hou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=848)