# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=892&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 893 --- ## [Diagnose this guitar amp problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-this-guitar-amp-problem/979887)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-this-guitar-amp-problem/979887 "2023-02-21T20:09:40Z")
I have a Hendriksen JazzAmp that suddenly started making crackling/popping sounds. At first I thought it was line noise from the guitar but it continued when I unplugged the guitar. Then it even continued faintly after I… --- ## [Movies Centered Around Single Outcast Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582 "2023-02-21T18:44:26Z")
I tend to love these movies. I just used the term “Outcast” as am umbrella. It could be a 35-yr old woman who’s a virgin (Rachel, Rachel) or a woman who might be shy, overweight (Sugarbaby)… Especially movies where there… --- ## [Are (new) Kia Souls good cars? Anybody have experience with them? (Plus a car warranty question.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-new-kia-souls-good-cars-anybody-have-experience-with-them-plus-a-car-warranty-question/840174 "2023-02-21T18:08:57Z")
This a two-part question, but not separate enough to warrant two different threads. First. I’m seriously considering buying a new Kia Soul. I have a 70 mile commute and two hulking teenagers to haul around and, after se… --- ## [Anyone still like / make aspic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-like-make-aspic/979834)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-like-make-aspic/979834 "2023-02-21T17:50:44Z")
I made Chicken Piccata last night for a romantic VD dinner with Mrs. solost. In my version of Piccata I take homemade bone broth and reduce it to about 1/4 of its original volume to make the sauce. I had a little reduce… --- ## [Do you own any albums/tapes/CDs of Syd Barrett's solo work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-tapes-cds-of-syd-barretts-solo-work/979883)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-tapes-cds-of-syd-barretts-solo-work/979883 "2023-02-21T17:23:47Z")
Possibly forgotten, I brought up Syd Barrett’s album, “Barrett” today in another thread. I was wondering how many people had bought any of his solo work. So a poll. poll BTW: Syd Barrett was Summarythe fo… --- ## [Tires for a 2007 RAV4 for most comfortable ride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tires-for-a-2007-rav4-for-most-comfortable-ride/980099)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tires-for-a-2007-rav4-for-most-comfortable-ride/980099 "2023-02-21T16:58:30Z")
This is an offshoot of my other thread about my 2007 Toyota RAV4. Now that I’ve put in seat extenders and it is more comfortable to drive, I’m more inclined to actually drive it. Unfortunately, my RAV4 has a hard and n… --- ## [Kaleidoscope, Netflix limited series with a gimmick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaleidoscope-netflix-limited-series-with-a-gimmick/977556)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kaleidoscope-netflix-limited-series-with-a-gimmick/977556 "2023-02-21T16:47:42Z")
I’m gonna say there are spoilers in this thread off the bat, being that this is a Netflix series and most people tend to binge those. I’ll keep the OP spoiler free. \*Kaleidoscope \*is a Netflix limited series that dropp… --- ## [How to fix sputtering Bluetooth speaker connection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-sputtering-bluetooth-speaker-connection/980144)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-sputtering-bluetooth-speaker-connection/980144 "2023-02-21T15:53:15Z")
My JBL speaker has served me well for 2 years. My primary phone updated to Android 13. Since then I can’t play music through the JBL speaker without it sputtering. The short stops and starts are very annoying. It happe… --- ## [In Chess Tournaments, Do 1st Board, 2nd Board, etc. Actually Mean Anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-tournaments-do-1st-board-2nd-board-etc-actually-mean-anything/980087)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-chess-tournaments-do-1st-board-2nd-board-etc-actually-mean-anything/980087 "2023-02-21T12:51:51Z")
In this video, the host speaks of entering a chess tournament, and describes the players on his team assigned to 1st Board, etc. I see the sense this makes in terms of seeding – your 1st guy plays theirs, your 2nd plays … --- ## [Can someplace be a tourist trap if you don't pay money to see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someplace-be-a-tourist-trap-if-you-dont-pay-money-to-see-it/978768)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someplace-be-a-tourist-trap-if-you-dont-pay-money-to-see-it/978768 "2023-02-21T11:48:25Z")
Is money the one thing that transforms a travel destination that’s merely a waste of time into a bona fide Tourist Trap? I’d like to read some pro and con arguments before submitting my opinion. poll --- ## [Should I learn stenography?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-learn-stenography/980073)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-learn-stenography/980073 "2023-02-21T10:26:40Z")
I’m actually a fairly fast and accurate typist with traditional QWERTY (US) and the Hangeul Dubeolsik keyboards, and a middling typist on the Dvorak keyboard. Since I’m not allergic to code switching the fingering on the… --- ## [Prior to the 2014 invasion of Ukraine, was there any evidence of ethnic cleansing of Russians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-the-2014-invasion-of-ukraine-was-there-any-evidence-of-ethnic-cleansing-of-russians/980042)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prior-to-the-2014-invasion-of-ukraine-was-there-any-evidence-of-ethnic-cleansing-of-russians/980042 "2023-02-21T08:29:23Z")
I want to be clear that I am asking for factual responses, to the best it’s possible. If this evolves into a debate later, fine, but I’m not looking to stir up trouble. I’ll explain: Over in the Trumpy parts of the int… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Beck..."I will walk 500 miles, I will walk 500 more..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-i-will-walk-500-miles-i-will-walk-500-more/979677)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-beck-i-will-walk-500-miles-i-will-walk-500-more/979677 "2023-02-21T07:55:21Z")
My lionhearted aide, Ivy insists. Seriously, she’s killing me. We’re in the early piglet making season so feral hogs are all hormoned up and careless. We’re seeing way too many for comfort. I’m always toting my trusty… --- ## [How the hell did I end up with so many water bottles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-did-i-end-up-with-so-many-water-bottles/979996 "2023-02-21T06:35:42Z")
Especially since I don’t use one. I keep cases of water in my classroom so I will pull from those when I get thirsty. So how did I end up with 20+ expensive (and not so much) water bottles in my possession? A cursory in… --- ## [Converting Excel Time to Elapsed Seconds - Problem with Fractional Seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-excel-time-to-elapsed-seconds-problem-with-fractional-seconds/980088)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-excel-time-to-elapsed-seconds-problem-with-fractional-seconds/980088 "2023-02-21T05:03:42Z")
There have been a few questions about converting Excel times in cells (0:00:00.0) in other threads, but I haven’t found the answer to this specific issue. I have times in a column formatted as above. Each time uses fra… --- ## [How old is Sagittarius A\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-sagittarius-a/980072)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-sagittarius-a/980072 "2023-02-21T04:49:28Z")
How old is it? What would be the process for a supermassive black hole to form? Is it because of its location at the Centre of the galaxy? (Question spawned by the discussion on destroying floppy disks.) --- ## [How is "wokeness" responsible for the loss of abortion rights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-wokeness-responsible-for-the-loss-of-abortion-rights/980084)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-wokeness-responsible-for-the-loss-of-abortion-rights/980084 "2023-02-21T03:48:44Z")
I don’t understand why you are asking this question. Is it because of true ignorance or is this rhetoric? I ask because this question is only helping to convince me that progressives have taken their eye off the ball so… --- ## [Upcoming Jim Morrison Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jim-morrison-documentary/946120)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-jim-morrison-documentary/946120 "2023-02-21T02:46:13Z")
New Jim Morrison Documentary www.billboard.com/articles/news/9598663/jim-morrison-documentary-jam-inc-gunpowder-sky-exclusive/ I hope no one like Oliver Stone or Martin Scorsese make this, but I don’t want some young d… --- ## ["I don't know" is now a valid response to a Factual Questions post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-is-now-a-valid-response-to-a-factual-questions-post/980115)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-is-now-a-valid-response-to-a-factual-questions-post/980115 "2023-02-21T02:09:46Z")
I direct you to this this post of mine. I asked a factual question; “Is an old PC PSU “safe” to mess with.” I expected reasonable answers (a couple of which I got pretty quickly), but the first response from Whack-a-Mo… --- ## [How do I delete a corrupt zombie file in Win 10?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-corrupt-zombie-file-in-win-10/980025)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-corrupt-zombie-file-in-win-10/980025 "2023-02-21T01:56:21Z")
I can’t delete it, move it, rename it or do anything with it. I tried using cmd, no joy there either. It’s like the file exists but it doesn’t. So I tried deleting the whole folder, nope can’t do that either. Somehow… --- ## [Killing friends' dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-friends-dreams/973480)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-friends-dreams/973480 "2023-02-21T00:41:48Z")
As a software engineer, I often get friends and colleagues pitch me ideas for things that will supposedly make us rich if I just do all the work. The ideas are always bad\*, and with a lack of understanding of both the m… --- ## [Driving a car while wearing a hard cervical collar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-car-while-wearing-a-hard-cervical-collar/980090)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-a-car-while-wearing-a-hard-cervical-collar/980090 "2023-02-20T22:35:03Z")
This is about whether to drive a car while wearing a hard cervical collar after neck surgery. I am now 27 days post surgery, namely anterior cervical discectomy and fusion at C4-5. I did also have this surgery on C5-7 fo… --- ## [Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 1482\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894 "2023-02-20T21:53:22Z")
Occasionally there are phrases and/or terms that make their way into conversational vogue among journalists and others that just rub me the wrong way. Sometimes it’s because they’re pretentious, others because they’re f… --- ## [Is an old PC PSU "safe" to mess with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-old-pc-psu-safe-to-mess-with/980097)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-an-old-pc-psu-safe-to-mess-with/980097 "2023-02-20T19:52:55Z")
I gave my 7 y/o an old Dell PC to take apart. He’s steadily worked his way to where the last thing out was the power supply. I opened the PSU so he could look inside, but I was hesitant to let him poke around inside be… --- ## [Worst single lines of dialogue from artistic works](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-single-lines-of-dialogue-from-artistic-works/980002 "2023-02-20T19:51:04Z")
I turned on the TV just in time to catch this awful line of dialogue from the 1965 film Genghis Kahn: If I were free from this yoke, my hands would still your jackal breath forever! I was dumbfounded. Didn’t know wheth… --- ## [Which character in the DC comics universe would you like to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-character-in-the-dc-comics-universe-would-you-like-to-be/979927 "2023-02-20T17:53:19Z")
Notice that I said “character” and not “superhero”. Let’s try to stick to the comics for now, please. I think I would like to be Alfred Pennyworth. The pay is good, the job is never boring…and you can tell The Batma… --- ## [A science-y question about yeast bread rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-science-y-question-about-yeast-bread-rising/979930)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-science-y-question-about-yeast-bread-rising/979930 "2023-02-20T17:17:32Z")
So, today I did my usual seat-of-the-pants, no-recipe, no-rules sourdough bread, starting with a sponge, a rise, and a second rise in bread pans. Only … I forgot to check the bread for a long time on the second rise, an… --- ## [Can we have all the active format tags in the UI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-all-the-active-format-tags-in-the-ui/980012)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-have-all-the-active-format-tags-in-the-ui/980012 "2023-02-20T16:14:26Z")
@codinghorror There are more tags that can be used. I discovered \[u\], which I think is a BB tag. \< br\> works as well so at least one html tag works. I realize the window for composing is small and the bar at the top can… --- ## [How A Cadbury Chocolate Egg Thief Was Caught Red-Handed By Police easter bunny relieved](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-cadbury-chocolate-egg-thief-was-caught-red-handed-by-police-easter-bunny-relieved/980046)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-a-cadbury-chocolate-egg-thief-was-caught-red-handed-by-police-easter-bunny-relieved/980046 "2023-02-20T16:07:37Z")
even tho they’re made by kraft now and not as good as they used to be … they have no idea what he was going to do with them all --- ## [Can anyone remember this short PBS Masterpiece Theater program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remember-this-short-pbs-masterpiece-theater-program/980083)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remember-this-short-pbs-masterpiece-theater-program/980083 "2023-02-20T15:29:07Z")
It was probably in the 70’s, on Sunday night, not a long series. Set in England in the 20’s or 30’s, a wealthy widow of a certain age was being wooed by a young traveling scam artist who swept her off her feet and propo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=891&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=893&state=watching)