# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=900&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 901 --- ## [Best ways to use up a pint of heavy whipping cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ways-to-use-up-a-pint-of-heavy-whipping-cream/978312)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-ways-to-use-up-a-pint-of-heavy-whipping-cream/978312 "2023-02-12T05:28:21Z")
We’ve got an unopened pint of heavy whipping cream in the fridge left over from the holidays. It’s expiration date is at the end of the week, and I’d like to use it up on something rather than pitch it. Could beat it an… --- ## [3D figures, .stl files and copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-figures-stl-files-and-copyright/979636)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-figures-stl-files-and-copyright/979636 "2023-02-12T02:23:15Z")
I got myself a 3D printer a few months ago. Still haven’t set it up, too much stuff going on. :slightly\_frowning\_face: I have been looking around various sites at what files are available for printing. I could name hund… --- ## [Billy Collins Live CD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-collins-live-cd/979223)
**Author:** [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-collins-live-cd/979223 "2023-02-12T01:37:35Z")
Attention poetry-loving Dopers: I am culling the clutter. Have a Billy Collins Live CD, (performance at the Peter Norton Symphony Space in 2005), in the box. The box is not perfect (a couple small bends and rips), the … --- ## [Why is distilled water suddenly so hard to find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-distilled-water-suddenly-so-hard-to-find/979505)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-distilled-water-suddenly-so-hard-to-find/979505 "2023-02-12T00:26:57Z")
Can’t find it anywhere around here in NE WI. Stocks have been sporadic since mid Nov. Local Walmart puts out a pallet of the stuff and it’s gone in minutes, same with other stores. Once in a while I can find a gallon … --- ## [What genre of music is popular with American Football fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-of-music-is-popular-with-american-football-fans/979575)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-of-music-is-popular-with-american-football-fans/979575 "2023-02-11T22:00:04Z")
It’s been suggested by a co-worker that Super Bowl halftime shows should reflect the tastes of the viewing audience. But what is that preference? Country? Hip-hop? Pop? (As usual with my threads, I’m not entirely sure wh… --- ## [Mystery mail from DMV coming today, should I be worried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mail-from-dmv-coming-today-should-i-be-worried/979631)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-mail-from-dmv-coming-today-should-i-be-worried/979631 "2023-02-11T20:49:35Z")
I get the USPS Informed Delivery email every morning so I know what’s going to be delivered in the mail that day. This morning’s notice included a very mysterious envelope coming from the DMV. The mysteries: –It’s addre… --- ## [Anthology series (1980s?) Invasion from another planet similar to TZ "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthology-series-1980s-invasion-from-another-planet-similar-to-tz-will-the-real-martian-please-stand-up/979596)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthology-series-1980s-invasion-from-another-planet-similar-to-tz-will-the-real-martian-please-stand-up/979596 "2023-02-11T20:26:30Z")
I had posted this on the IMDB forum, and so far have gotten zip for an answer, which bothers me because those cats are really sharp, and it’s leading me to believe I’ve imagined the whole thing. Anyway, here’s what I re… --- ## [Lego dimensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-dimensions/979632)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lego-dimensions/979632 "2023-02-11T18:16:08Z")
This is an FQ, but I’m putting it in Cafe Society for expanded discussion about making things with Lego®. As everyone probably knows, I have a new nixie tube clock that needs a case. I want something retro/industrial-l… --- ## [Electronics Dopers: Jumper wires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-dopers-jumper-wires/979541)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-dopers-jumper-wires/979541 "2023-02-11T17:52:26Z")
I bought a nixie tube clock kit a couple/three years ago. One look at it, and it’s more advanced than I can handle. (My experience with electronics is with a Radio Shack 100-in-1 electronics kit, where you attach compo… --- ## [Ever had a dream that actually could pass for a decent story/song/movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-dream-that-actually-could-pass-for-a-decent-story-song-movie/979508)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-dream-that-actually-could-pass-for-a-decent-story-song-movie/979508 "2023-02-11T17:05:44Z")
I’m sure we’ve all had those dreams where you THINK it would make a good movie/short story/novel/song…then you think about it or maybe think about telling someone and you realize …‘enh. its a bit crap.’ But have any for… --- ## [Is Biden more successful than Obama was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-biden-more-successful-than-obama-was/979564 "2023-02-11T17:02:08Z")
In the thread on the State of the Union address thread we had the following posts Now I like Biden alright but I don’t see that he has been more effective than Obama. His main accomplishment is the Infrastructure Bil… --- ## [Google Earth -- Is this an ancient impact crater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-is-this-an-ancient-impact-crater/360153)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-earth-is-this-an-ancient-impact-crater/360153 "2023-02-11T16:24:30Z")
I was exploring southern New Hampshire with Google Earth and came across this structure \[Google Earth required\] in Pawtuckaway State Park that looks strikingly like the ancient remains of a terrestrial impact crater abou… --- ## [Anyone actually been inside a massive data center?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-actually-been-inside-a-massive-data-center/979463)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-actually-been-inside-a-massive-data-center/979463 "2023-02-11T16:18:11Z")
I’ve worked in IT and have seen some pretty impressive corporate setups, but not say, AWS or Azure scale. My old company built a new data center in the last decade, but the majority went unused as cloud was more widely … --- ## [According to Classical Athenian law in 399 BC did Socrates have to obey the court summons or could have chosen to ignore it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-classical-athenian-law-in-399-bc-did-socrates-have-to-obey-the-court-summons-or-could-have-chosen-to-ignore-it/979497)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-classical-athenian-law-in-399-bc-did-socrates-have-to-obey-the-court-summons-or-could-have-chosen-to-ignore-it/979497 "2023-02-11T16:06:35Z")
I have read that Socrates chose to go to court. Most websites simply say that he complied with a summons. Did he have a choice ? If he had ignored it would it have meant going into exile? --- ## [What info do y'all have on The National Police Association?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-do-yall-have-on-the-national-police-association/979462)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-do-yall-have-on-the-national-police-association/979462 "2023-02-11T15:25:57Z")
A lot of my right-leaning friends are singing their praises, but they don’t seem to have page(or even a mention, for that matter) on Wiki. Google says their national headquarters is a P.O. box in Indianapolis, and their… --- ## [Happy Valley, anyone else watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valley-anyone-else-watching/915362)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-valley-anyone-else-watching/915362 "2023-02-11T15:22:44Z")
Is anyone else watching Happy Valley?? I am riveted to this. https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a832987/happy-valley-season-series-3-cast-start-date-filming-bbc-air-date-release/ They’re working on season 3, from what I und… --- ## [Boston University unveiled a new Martin Luther King Jr. statue. Is it just me or does it look like someone performing a sexual act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-university-unveiled-a-new-martin-luther-king-jr-statue-is-it-just-me-or-does-it-look-like-someone-performing-a-sexual-act/978230)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-university-unveiled-a-new-martin-luther-king-jr-statue-is-it-just-me-or-does-it-look-like-someone-performing-a-sexual-act/978230 "2023-02-11T15:01:26Z")
Here’s an article about it: I’ll leave it to you to decide: --- ## [NFL 2022: Conference Championship Week](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-conference-championship-week/978794 "2023-02-11T08:07:21Z")
We’re down to four teams, three of which were here last year. And both games look like great matchups. Here they are, all times EST, odds as of Wednesday. Sunday, January 28 3:00 pm: 49ers vs. Eagles (-2.5, 46.5) 6:30… --- ## [Lottery Ticket distribution in a rotating horizontal cylinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-ticket-distribution-in-a-rotating-horizontal-cylinder/979610)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-ticket-distribution-in-a-rotating-horizontal-cylinder/979610 "2023-02-11T05:55:21Z")
A local lottery near me uses a large drum to hold the tickets. I wonder how effective the mixing of the tickets is by just rotating the drum a few times? The tickets are dropped in through a single centered slot. I have… --- ## [Help me remember the title of a murder mystery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-murder-mystery/734116)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-the-title-of-a-murder-mystery/734116 "2023-02-11T03:06:43Z")
A long time ago I read a murder mystery and I was not able to find it by searching the internet. I read the story as a tween and I don’t have the greatest memory so any (or all) of this may be wrong: A rich old codger … --- ## [Does anyone have a standing weekly hair appointment nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-standing-weekly-hair-appointment-nowadays/979489)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-standing-weekly-hair-appointment-nowadays/979489 "2023-02-11T03:00:34Z")
When I was an adorable kid (yes, I really was) my grandmother had a weekly hair appointment. Every Wednesday, 10 a.m., to have her hair washed and set. (And cut every sixth week.) She slept in this satin bonnet-type th… --- ## [The shit of the 21st century is demotivating me to do... pretty much anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shit-of-the-21st-century-is-demotivating-me-to-do-pretty-much-anything/978736 "2023-02-11T02:57:58Z")
I was born in 1971. I think it must be weird for young people growing up today, since, sure, they have never known a world without the internet, but they have also never known a motivated world, either. (This pertains to… --- ## [Any love for Battle Brothers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-battle-brothers/979465)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-for-battle-brothers/979465 "2023-02-11T01:57:06Z")
I’ve heard of Battle Brothers when it first came out, apparently 5 or so years ago, but I never ended up getting it. I recently picked it up, with the DLC, on sale to play on my Steam Deck, and dang, what a fun game! It… --- ## [Significance of this artwork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-this-artwork/979534 "2023-02-11T00:48:53Z")
Is it just whimsical or some deeper meaning perhaps related to the contents of the book? The book is titled “Texte zur Kurtz” and has a nail driven through it. https://www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/lot\_E1A403E907?utm\_s… --- ## [I Don’t Care If Trump Doesn’t Spend a Day in Prison](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-if-trump-doesn-t-spend-a-day-in-prison/978915)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-care-if-trump-doesn-t-spend-a-day-in-prison/978915 "2023-02-10T23:38:54Z")
And I hate his orange guts as much as anyone I know. If he had to do a life sentence at hard labor pounding boulders into dust on nationwide free 24/7 TV, I would enjoy the spectacle, but if he gets off scot-free, I won’… --- ## [Records are black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/records-are-black/979403)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/records-are-black/979403 "2023-02-10T22:56:04Z")
I’ve been buying records for decades. With few exceptions, they were always black. But now, often as not, they are different colors. Red, green, yellow, clear, any color you can think of and sometimes several smooshed … --- ## ["Cunk on Earth" mockumentary on Netfilx](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunk-on-earth-mockumentary-on-netfilx/979201)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cunk-on-earth-mockumentary-on-netfilx/979201 "2023-02-10T22:52:13Z")
Ya like science shows about the the history of the human race, going back the Neanderthals and later, like the cave paintings at Lascaux? Who doesn’t? Ya like Spinal Tap? This show, starring Dianne Morgan (if you are i… --- ## [The shifting tides of racist language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shifting-tides-of-racist-language/977841)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shifting-tides-of-racist-language/977841 "2023-02-10T22:21:34Z")
I didn’t want to hijack the Welsh thread, and in it, they mention that being gypped is a slight against gypsies. It got me thinking that there are idioms that are racist that may not be obvious (at least to me, without … --- ## [Something's wrong on the Internet! (Google Maps)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somethings-wrong-on-the-internet-google-maps/979456 "2023-02-10T22:07:15Z")
There’s a place shown on Google Maps as Skunk Point (Santa Rosa Island) State Marine Reserve There are a few things wrong with this: it’s positioned on Santa Cruz Island, it’s on land, and the link goes to pictures and … --- ## [Tchaikovsky's "Marche Slave Op. 31" = Disney's Aladdin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tchaikovskys-marche-slave-op-31-disneys-aladdin/361611)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tchaikovskys-marche-slave-op-31-disneys-aladdin/361611 "2023-02-10T21:41:19Z")
This thread about Disney songs reminded me of something that has plagued me for days. DAYS, I tells ya. While at Border’s a week or so ago, I bought a CD of Tchaikovsky’s work to study to. Listening through the CD, I ca… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=899&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=901&state=watching)