# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=876 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 877 --- ## [Track & Field World's reaction to Fosbury Flop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-field-worlds-reaction-to-fosbury-flop/792300)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/track-field-worlds-reaction-to-fosbury-flop/792300 "2023-03-14T19:37:17Z")
At the 1968 Olympics, Dan Fosbury shocked the world by winning the High Jump gold metal using a very unorthodox way of jumping. Was the Olympic committee and the judges “ready” for this kind of jump? Did other competito… --- ## [Anyone with a "Never Meet Your Heroes" story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-a-never-meet-your-heroes-story/981080)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-with-a-never-meet-your-heroes-story/981080 "2023-03-14T19:30:42Z")
Truth is that I’m bored and I crave a conversation with with entities other than my cat. This topic popped in my head, and I can’t think of any examples for myself. Like, I never learned first-hand that Bill Murray was … --- ## [How common are American neighborhoods in foreign cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-american-neighborhoods-in-foreign-cities/980850)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-american-neighborhoods-in-foreign-cities/980850 "2023-03-14T18:14:54Z")
Just this. I think it was more common in the past, but I do not know. --- ## [How to lookup mineral rights owned by a person when you don't know where the property is located?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-lookup-mineral-rights-owned-by-a-person-when-you-dont-know-where-the-property-is-located/981177)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-lookup-mineral-rights-owned-by-a-person-when-you-dont-know-where-the-property-is-located/981177 "2023-03-14T18:08:44Z")
(Not everyone is aware, but mineral rights to a piece of property are often separate from the property itself. Although you may own the land, you don’t necessarily own the rights to the minerals under that land. Those m… --- ## [How far back does the association between the devil and fiddles go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-does-the-association-between-the-devil-and-fiddles-go/981130)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-does-the-association-between-the-devil-and-fiddles-go/981130 "2023-03-14T17:46:11Z")
In Leonard Cohen’s posthumously released song Happens to the Heart he sings this line. “Now the angel’s got a fiddle, the devil’s got a harp” which plays against the stereotype. That got me thinking about where the ste… --- ## [Old/outdated technologies you still use at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-outdated-technologies-you-still-use-at-work/981030)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-outdated-technologies-you-still-use-at-work/981030 "2023-03-14T16:53:19Z")
Sometimes we need to transfer files between two computers. If they’re on the same network, then it’s easy-peasy. But if they’re not on the same network, or one (or both) are stand-alone (e.g. a home computer), then it be… --- ## [World Baseball Classic - The Brits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-baseball-classic-the-brits/981053)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-baseball-classic-the-brits/981053 "2023-03-14T15:27:40Z")
Anyone know the level of interest in the WBC in the UK? --- ## [Anyone know of rent to own housing sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-rent-to-own-housing-sites/981133)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-of-rent-to-own-housing-sites/981133 "2023-03-14T15:09:50Z")
Since our last attempt at getting fianced fell short we’re looking in rent-to-own places but all you get is sites with pictures with a "sign up for info "box where agree to get spammed by credit repair places and the li… --- ## [My Father has passed away - how did you deal with the loss of your parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-has-passed-away-how-did-you-deal-with-the-loss-of-your-parents/980480)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-has-passed-away-how-did-you-deal-with-the-loss-of-your-parents/980480 "2023-03-14T14:21:56Z")
My mom called a couple of hours ago crying and let me know that my father had passed away. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s for quite some time but suddenly had a heart attack and departed this world at age 88, I… --- ## [I might be able to watch the Relativity launch today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-able-to-watch-the-relativity-launch-today/980869)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-able-to-watch-the-relativity-launch-today/980869 "2023-03-14T12:59:12Z")
So, I’m in Titusville, FL for a conference this week, and the news just reported that there’s a launch planned for today! If I understand right, this is the first launch of a 3D printed rocket, and simultaneously the fi… --- ## [How big is a diamond molecule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-a-diamond-molecule/981108)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-is-a-diamond-molecule/981108 "2023-03-14T12:31:54Z")
How big is a diamond molecule? I put this question in IMHO and not FQ because I believe any response will be more like an opinion than a fact. --- ## [Happy "PI Day"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/981144)
**Author:** [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/981144 "2023-03-14T09:10:15Z")
I am very familiar with the Richter Scale. It is based on a number system whose root is the square root of 1,000 or 31.6227766016838 A Richter 1 earthquake has an energy of 1,995,262.3149689 joules. Since this number … --- ## [What does an orchestra conductor do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-orchestra-conductor-do/818173)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-orchestra-conductor-do/818173 "2023-03-14T08:10:37Z")
Ok, I admit I’m a Philistine. I know little about performing music of any kind, and even less about symphonic music. But I’ve never understood just what the conductor does, and why he’s considered so important in an or… --- ## [(Chaim) Topol, 1935-2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaim-topol-1935-2023/980906)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chaim-topol-1935-2023/980906 "2023-03-14T07:32:20Z")
It hasn’t hit the international press yet, but Israeli actor Chaim Topol, most famous for his definitive performance in Fiddler on the Roof, passed away last night at the age of 87. --- ## [Is the NAACP actually being contradictory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-naacp-actually-being-contradictory/981137)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-naacp-actually-being-contradictory/981137 "2023-03-14T03:44:14Z")
the name includes the words “colored people”, so it should include all people of color–Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islanders? But does it actually involve itself with other “races” --- ## [Chess facepalm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-facepalm/980712)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-facepalm/980712 "2023-03-14T03:29:53Z")
This is more applicable to ‘Dailys’ (Online correspondence chess) then over the board chess…though it certainly can apply. You all ever pour an obsessive amount of energy into a game…working out all the lines from a cri… --- ## [Message app that translates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-app-that-translates/981076)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/message-app-that-translates/981076 "2023-03-14T03:01:16Z")
Does anyone know of an app (free or paid) that you can use for texting and will automatically translate from English to Spanish and vice versa? I’m texting a woman I met at work but she speaks less English than I do Spa… --- ## [Matzo balls joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matzo-balls-joke/981120)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matzo-balls-joke/981120 "2023-03-14T02:00:29Z")
There’s a story about Marilyn Monroe, having been fed matzo ball soup several times by her mother-in-law, asked “do you guys eat any other part of the matzo?” Is this original with her or just a variation of an older jo… --- ## [Robert Blake has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake-has-died/980958)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-blake-has-died/980958 "2023-03-14T01:34:19Z")
Robert Blake, the controversial actor who won a Lead Actor Emmy for Baretta and starred in films including In Cold Blood and Lost Highway before a murder trial ended his career, died today of heart disease in Los Ange… --- ## [Xkcd 03/11/2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-03-11-2023/981074)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-03-11-2023/981074 "2023-03-14T01:05:48Z")
What’s the joke here? AFAIK radians in fact do allow one to calculate the number of square degrees of sky. --- ## [Death-Row Inmate Gets New Trial After 48 Years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-row-inmate-gets-new-trial-after-48-years/684738)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-row-inmate-gets-new-trial-after-48-years/684738 "2023-03-14T00:46:14Z")
Iwao Hakamada, on death row in Japan for a 1966 quadruple murder that DNA evidence now shows he may not have committed after all. Amnesty International named him the world’s longest-serving death row inmate. His confessi… --- ## [Private School in Miami warns staff to not get COVID-19 vaccine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/private-school-in-miami-warns-staff-to-not-get-covid-19-vaccine/940839 "2023-03-14T00:24:26Z")
Yep, you read that right: A private school with two campuses in Miami has warned its staff against taking vaccines that prevent COVID-19, saying it will not employ anyone who has been inoculated and spreading misinform… --- ## [What’s up with Slingblade and where can I watch it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-slingblade-and-where-can-i-watch-it/981026)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-up-with-slingblade-and-where-can-i-watch-it/981026 "2023-03-13T23:18:35Z")
So I had a hankering for some biscuits and mustard last week and my wife had never seen slingblade so I went to find somewhere to stream it and to my shock it’s not only missing from the subscription services but it’s al… --- ## [Pls help ID this recent mystery/horror movie I watched last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pls-help-id-this-recent-mystery-horror-movie-i-watched-last-night/981128)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pls-help-id-this-recent-mystery-horror-movie-i-watched-last-night/981128 "2023-03-13T21:16:35Z")
This is a fairly new movies. I don’t remember the name. I just read the description and clicked the movie. It starts out this guy and girl hook up at a bar. They then proceed to go back to her place. Which is basically … --- ## [Lawsuit against Rec.gov -- Ticketmaster of the National Parks and Federal lands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-against-rec-gov-ticketmaster-of-the-national-parks-and-federal-lands/981125)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawsuit-against-rec-gov-ticketmaster-of-the-national-parks-and-federal-lands/981125 "2023-03-13T20:51:04Z")
National Park Traveler article: Lawsuit Alleges Recreation.Gov Is Cluttered With “Junk Fees,” Seeks Millions In Refunds Looking to visit Glacier National Park this summer? You’re going to need a reservation…and it’s goi… --- ## [Judy Garland - any opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judy-garland-any-opinions/981046)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judy-garland-any-opinions/981046 "2023-03-13T20:42:58Z")
I was watching ‘A Star is Born’ on tv today, and I cranked up the volume when she sang ‘The Man That Got Away’. Her rendition still sends chills down my spine. But the millennial here got a bit irritated and said wha… --- ## [Is there a way to guarantee you get to fly on a Boeing 787?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-guarantee-you-get-to-fly-on-a-boeing-787/980742)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-guarantee-you-get-to-fly-on-a-boeing-787/980742 "2023-03-13T20:44:03Z")
I have really wanted to fly in a Boeing 787. To date, never happened. My brother who is FAR more well travelled than I am has, so far, never flown on a 787. Is there a way to choose a particular model plane to fly on? … --- ## ["Hide My Profile" option will be disabled Sunday, 7/14/2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/978175)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hide-my-profile-option-will-be-disabled-sunday-7-14-2024/978175 "2023-03-13T19:15:14Z")
We’re going to disable the “Hide My Profile” option on Sunday, 7/14/2024, at roughly 8pm CDT. After this time, you will no longer be able to hide your profile and any optional information you’ve posted in it will be pub… --- ## [Are leaders getting worse? Were they always this bad? How we make better ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-leaders-getting-worse-were-they-always-this-bad-how-we-make-better-ones/981069)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-leaders-getting-worse-were-they-always-this-bad-how-we-make-better-ones/981069 "2023-03-13T18:49:28Z")
An observation: Over the last decade or two, the quality of leaders seem to have plummeted. The recent presidents are a joke, our techbro elites are cray cray whiny man-childs, our pundits yell louder than ever yet say n… --- ## [Experiences with Medicare vs Medicare Advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-medicare-vs-medicare-advantage/955201)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-medicare-vs-medicare-advantage/955201 "2023-03-13T18:19:04Z")
I’m trying to decide during open enrollment. The ads make Medicare Advantage sound like the best thing since sliced bread, but they’re not exactly unbiased. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=875) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=877)