# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=912&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 913 --- ## [General Motors stock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-motors-stock/978808)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/general-motors-stock/978808 "2023-01-26T18:05:41Z")
I’m trying to chart the price of General Motors stock (GM on NYSE) since 1920, from quotes in old online newspapers. However - there were unreported stock splits in the early days, and I’m trying to figure out what/when … --- ## [Cat avatars on the Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-avatars-on-the-dope/978151 "2023-01-26T13:44:53Z")
I actually don’t know if this should’ve been in atmb, but I am curious how many other Dopers use a feline for their avatar… Come show yourself. meow. --- ## [Name of Photographer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-photographer/978823)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-photographer/978823 "2023-01-26T07:20:33Z")
I know there have been a billion photos taken of NYC, there was a series in black and white of NYC in winter, at night. Really stunning shots of bridges, benches, and Central Park with the skyscrapers lit up in the back… --- ## [Is the situation on the TV show Emergency! still the reality for EMS care in California?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-situation-on-the-tv-show-emergency-still-the-reality-for-ems-care-in-california/978672)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-situation-on-the-tv-show-emergency-still-the-reality-for-ems-care-in-california/978672 "2023-01-26T03:52:09Z")
As a wee lad, I loved watching Emergency! on TV. However, even as a child, there were aspects of the way paramedics were dispatched that seemed extremely wasteful to me. On TV, our heroes John and Roy are firefighters … --- ## [Help Me With This Sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-sign/978409)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-this-sign/978409 "2023-01-26T01:59:19Z")
I’ve mentioned before that there is a sign maker shop on the highway I drive on every day and every few weeks he has a new sign out front with new a pun or joke on it. Some of you here helped me “get” one of the signs a … --- ## [Putin = Hitler... or Kaiser Wilhelm II?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-hitler-or-kaiser-wilhelm-ii/978431)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putin-hitler-or-kaiser-wilhelm-ii/978431 "2023-01-26T00:09:22Z")
\[Offshoot from the Russia invades Ukraine thread\] There was an interesting bit of discussion in an episode of the podcast that aceplace57 linked to earlier in the thread. The writer/historian Owen Matthews talks about … --- ## [Bram Stoker's Dracula, translation of a line \[in Romanian\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256 "2023-01-25T23:55:22Z")
Hello, I just saw this movie, and I’m wondering about the scene in the cinema right after Mina and Dracula first meet. He takes her aside, and tells her do not fear him. She tells him a few times to stop it. Then he s… --- ## [Twitter profile editing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-profile-editing/978752)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-profile-editing/978752 "2023-01-25T22:30:34Z")
No doubt it’s simple but I cannot find it. How do I do the following? Edit birth date. Hide birth date from public view. I set the account up back in 2011, if that matters. Thanks in advance! --- ## [Who has the best permanent scowl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-best-permanent-scowl/978628)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-the-best-permanent-scowl/978628 "2023-01-25T22:26:12Z")
I accidentally posted this in ATMB (under a slightly different title) when I went there for current instructions on how to add an image. Instead I’ll just include a link. And I assume this is the correct forum for this t… --- ## [Why is ' Why is assisted suicide for mental illness controversial?' controversial? {It Wasn't, it was a Trock Thread}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-why-is-assisted-suicide-for-mental-illness-controversial-controversial-it-wasnt-it-was-a-trock-thread/978498)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-why-is-assisted-suicide-for-mental-illness-controversial-controversial-it-wasnt-it-was-a-trock-thread/978498 "2023-01-25T21:55:02Z")
Thread went bye-bye. The discussion seemed cordial and respectful. Lots of relevant social issues out on the plate for consideration. ¿Que pasa? --- ## [Well the far right gets revenge: M&Ms says it's replacing 'beloved spokescandies' with Maya Rudolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-far-right-gets-revenge-m-ms-says-its-replacing-beloved-spokescandies-with-maya-rudolph/978680)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-the-far-right-gets-revenge-m-ms-says-its-replacing-beloved-spokescandies-with-maya-rudolph/978680 "2023-01-25T19:55:34Z")
:roll\_eyes: is all I can say --- ## [When are the spite investigations supposed to start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-spite-investigations-supposed-to-start/978795)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-are-the-spite-investigations-supposed-to-start/978795 "2023-01-25T18:13:50Z")
Here’s hoping it’s televised, and that MTG will be one of the inquisitors. The Hunter probe should be a lot of fun. I wonder if Dr Fauci would even bother showing up for his. --- ## [NFL 2022: Divisional Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-divisional-round/978463)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-divisional-round/978463 "2023-01-25T17:09:08Z")
We’re down to four! Some of the storylines for the week: The Bengals offensive line has been hammered by injuries. But Buffalo and their offensive line didn’t exactly look dominant last week either. I’ll predict the Bi… --- ## [Bosda needs a hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-needs-a-hand/978682)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bosda-needs-a-hand/978682 "2023-01-25T16:27:25Z")
Guys–I retired in April 22. Putin sank my 401k. I’ve been putting in for jobs, but I have discovered that one of my references is sick, and may die. Another will give me a Personal reference, but not a business one. … --- ## [Shooting in Monterey Park Lunar New Year festival leaves at least 10 dead \[2023-01-21\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-monterey-park-lunar-new-year-festival-leaves-at-least-10-dead-2023-01-21/978606)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-in-monterey-park-lunar-new-year-festival-leaves-at-least-10-dead-2023-01-21/978606 "2023-01-25T16:01:04Z")
The attack occurred at the end of the first day of a two-day street festival to celebrate Lunar New Year. The event, which began on the eve of Lunar New Year, is one of the largest free street fairs in Southern Califo… --- ## [Growing veggies indoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-veggies-indoors/978673)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-veggies-indoors/978673 "2023-01-25T13:51:53Z")
Inspired by the shortages thread in QZ. I have new indoor lights in the basement utilty room that are incredibly bright. I wonder if this is an opportunity. Can I grow lettuce down there? Tomatoes? Any advice? --- ## [Help me save my Shop-Vac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-my-shop-vac/978227)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-save-my-shop-vac/978227 "2023-01-25T13:18:44Z")
Ten years or so ago, I bought this Shop-Vac combo wet-dry vacuum/leaf blower, and I’ve been very happy with it since. A couple of weeks ago, I removed the full bag to put in a new one, and somehow I’ve lost a critical pa… --- ## [Google spreadsheet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-spreadsheet-question/978767)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-spreadsheet-question/978767 "2023-01-25T12:08:53Z")
I have a column of numbers and I want to add 10 to each number in the column. In Excel, as I recall, it’s been many years, you could highlight the cells and create a formula. How would I do this in Google? After it is… --- ## [Canadian Woman Got Drunk at Concert Blew up a Home and caught the neighborhood on fire is Now Suing the venue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-woman-got-drunk-at-concert-blew-up-a-home-and-caught-the-neighborhood-on-fire-is-now-suing-the-venue/978659)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-woman-got-drunk-at-concert-blew-up-a-home-and-caught-the-neighborhood-on-fire-is-now-suing-the-venue/978659 "2023-01-25T09:24:39Z")
Ok this dumbass wants to make leaving a concert take 4 fucking hours or longer? because she decided to drive home drunk? Now if this was here in Cali they might have a shot because anyone serving booze is supposed t… --- ## [The SDMB PC Game Hall of Fame: The First Round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-pc-game-hall-of-fame-the-first-round/977903)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-pc-game-hall-of-fame-the-first-round/977903 "2023-01-25T06:57:19Z")
It’s time to create our PC Game Hall of Fame. There are a lot of rules and explanations, so I’ll try to keep it not too boring. We’re all going to create an SDMB PC Video Game Hall of Fame in a series of voting rounds.… --- ## [Re-engineering a turbo-ramjet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-engineering-a-turbo-ramjet/978755)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-engineering-a-turbo-ramjet/978755 "2023-01-25T05:50:55Z")
Look at this image of a Pratt and Whitney J58 turbo-ramjet: 63ae17a2b5962683ab44f80b9934b6d5.jpg (1180×831) (pinimg.com) Specifically, the large tubes which bypass the compressor and turbine sections during supersonic … --- ## [How Do I Know A 100 Trillion Dollar Bill Is Real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-a-100-trillion-dollar-bill-is-real/628856)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-know-a-100-trillion-dollar-bill-is-real/628856 "2023-01-25T02:06:59Z")
OK I see these Zimbabwe 100 trillion dollar bills for sale on eBay and other sites, but my question is, how would you know if it’s real. I mean anyone with a color copier could just take a front and back copy and sell o… --- ## [How do I find a D&D/Pathfinder group to join in my local area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-d-d-pathfinder-group-to-join-in-my-local-area/978259)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-d-d-pathfinder-group-to-join-in-my-local-area/978259 "2023-01-25T01:16:57Z")
For a couple months I have been thinking of joining a D&D group in my area. With the recent fuss over the OGL from Wizards of the Coast I am happy to try Pathfinder too. My question is how to find a group? Obviously, … --- ## [College Admissions/Financing Questions-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-admissions-financing-questions/978337)
**Author:** [@CBStine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBStine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-admissions-financing-questions/978337 "2023-01-25T01:15:54Z")
Hi all. Long-time lurker here. I have a few general questions about college admissions and financing that I hope the collective knowledge of the Dope can help answer. For background: My daughter will graduate this spri… --- ## [Is home solar power as unsustainable as I think with net metering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-home-solar-power-as-unsustainable-as-i-think-with-net-metering/978607)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-home-solar-power-as-unsustainable-as-i-think-with-net-metering/978607 "2023-01-25T00:45:04Z")
I’ve looked into solar and in NY the best I can describe it is if you go solar you are screwing your neighbors who are having your neighbors pay for your power bill. Yes I can’t see it other then that, you are screwing … --- ## [Leaving an EV parked for a week - will it lose charge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-an-ev-parked-for-a-week-will-it-lose-charge/978661)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-an-ev-parked-for-a-week-will-it-lose-charge/978661 "2023-01-24T23:06:17Z")
I’ll be taking delivery of a 2019 VW e-Golf tomorrow. It’s being provided by my employer to cover the period until my official company car (an Audi Q4 e-Tron) is delivered and will be my first EV. I have a wallbox instal… --- ## [Help with a (made up) statistical statement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-made-up-statistical-statement/978744)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-made-up-statistical-statement/978744 "2023-01-24T21:30:36Z")
I want to provide an example of a statistically relevant quantitative milestone where a fictional device performs with a 95% accuracy compared to some gold standard. I want to include a ‘correct’ measure of statistical … --- ## [I hate Jacksonville Nazis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-jacksonville-nazis/978513)
**Author:** [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-jacksonville-nazis/978513 "2023-01-24T20:54:21Z")
Seriously - WTF is going on in Jacksonville and elsewhere in Florida? Someone (or several someones) has been projecting Neo-Nazi messages on the sides of buildings. I mean, this is hardly the only incident invol… --- ## [Boats on the Champlain canal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boats-on-the-champlain-canal/978677)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boats-on-the-champlain-canal/978677 "2023-01-24T19:55:10Z")
Googling around, I saw that there are waterways connecting the St. Lawrence River to Lake Champlain and connecting Champlain to the Hudson river, which leads to New York City and the sea. I wonder if these are used for c… --- ## [What valid conclusions can be drawn about a given generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-valid-conclusions-can-be-drawn-about-a-given-generation/978634)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-valid-conclusions-can-be-drawn-about-a-given-generation/978634 "2023-01-24T18:02:54Z")
In the recent thread “Have Baby Boomers Wrecked the Planet?” a fair amount of commentary relies on the notion that we can speak of (for instance) the “Boomer” generation as being typified by certain characteristics and a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=911&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=913&state=tracking)