# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=914&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 915 --- ## [Is it really remarkable to have people close to you in your phone book with their actual full name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-remarkable-to-have-people-close-to-you-in-your-phone-book-with-their-actual-full-name/978450)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-remarkable-to-have-people-close-to-you-in-your-phone-book-with-their-actual-full-name/978450 "2023-01-23T05:31:44Z")
Recently I looked at a Twitter post https://twitter.com/wrefinnej/status/1355610126254804994?lang=en (don’t recollect from where, but the person linking posted that as an example of something remarkable) It seems th… --- ## [In the absence of legal options, does a black market for slot machines ever develop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-absence-of-legal-options-does-a-black-market-for-slot-machines-ever-develop/978600)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-absence-of-legal-options-does-a-black-market-for-slot-machines-ever-develop/978600 "2023-01-23T05:04:35Z")
In areas of the world where various forms of gambling are officially illegal, you see underground sports betting, underground poker tournaments, underground casinos with roulette wheels and craps tables etc. But I don’t … --- ## [7 day suspension for D\_Anconia for hijacking and quoting user out of context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-day-suspension-for-d-anconia-for-hijacking-and-quoting-user-out-of-context/978055)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-day-suspension-for-d-anconia-for-hijacking-and-quoting-user-out-of-context/978055 "2023-01-23T05:00:00Z")
He has been warned for hijacking threads multiple times and did it yet again, but this time by grievously misquoting DrDeth to make his hijacking point. Tax avoidance was not the subject of the thread. And what he cut… --- ## [Have you been a victim of a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-a-victim-of-a-crime/977226)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-been-a-victim-of-a-crime/977226 "2023-01-23T04:55:04Z")
I’ve been exempted from jury duty, and that got me thinking about how many times I’ve been the victim of a crime. In junior high, someone stole $20 out of my locker in gym class; In high school, someone stole a CB radi… --- ## [Most truck-heavy highways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-truck-heavy-highways/978520)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-truck-heavy-highways/978520 "2023-01-23T04:27:12Z")
Living on the East Coast I travel I-95 a lot. There’s certainly a lot of trucks on I-95, but there’s also a ton of “normal” traffic as well. I thought there were a lot of trucks on 95 but I recently took a drive from Lo… --- ## [Let's Talk Alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869)
**Author:** [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869 "2023-01-23T04:09:15Z")
hey so I apologize for a few things firstly my lack of proper punctuation and grammar etc and that this isn’t written with anything resembling some of the beautiful posts I’ve seen and see often throughout here that real… --- ## [Worthwhile Directors Cuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-directors-cuts/978321)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worthwhile-directors-cuts/978321 "2023-01-23T04:07:49Z")
I am a child of the 80’s and as such ‘Directors Cuts’ to me were always cheap marketing gimmicks to sell you the same VHS copy of Commando over again. I’m not a collector, and anyone having any particular edition of any… --- ## [Lisa Marie Presley billboards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-billboards/978261)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisa-marie-presley-billboards/978261 "2023-01-23T04:02:32Z")
In case you weren’t aware, LMP died the other day. Yesterday I had occasion to drive down 2 major Chicago area expressways - The Eisenhower and 294. Both of them had numerous electronic billboards, simply stating her n… --- ## [Seeing Windows network users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-windows-network-users/978462)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-windows-network-users/978462 "2023-01-23T02:00:29Z")
Where on a Windows server, can you see users and the devices they are logged into? --- ## [Scissor Sisters: Who is "the old Joanna"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scissor-sisters-who-is-the-old-joanna/413843)
**Author:** [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scissor-sisters-who-is-the-old-joanna/413843 "2023-01-23T00:54:58Z")
In the Scissor Sisters’ song “I Don’t Feel Like Dancing,” one of the lyrics is “I don’t feel like dancin’ when the old Joanna plays.” Who is Joanna? --- ## [Smoking fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-fish/978456)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-fish/978456 "2023-01-23T00:30:36Z")
I enjoy eating fish that’s been smoked (and salted, probably over-salted, to my taste). But smoked whitefish and salmon is very expensive stuff which restricts me to eating it as a luxury. Is it very difficult to achieve… --- ## [Need advice fast ... cooking a NY Strip Steak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-fast-cooking-a-ny-strip-steak/978466)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-fast-cooking-a-ny-strip-steak/978466 "2023-01-23T00:08:55Z")
I picked up a 1lb NY Strip steak and a 1lb swordfish piece to make a “surf and turf” dinner for tonight. I’ve never cooked a steak. Help. What do I do? I’ve got a range and an oven. Some dutch ovens, an over-sized cast … --- ## [Time Will Always Tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-will-always-tell/978459)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-will-always-tell/978459 "2023-01-23T00:08:13Z")
I was looking at the thread, “Self-Driving Cars are Still Decades Away”. I was thinking that it is a pretty safe prediction because it will take years to prove whether the OP is right or wrong in his prediction, and the… --- ## [Movie credits: before movie vs. After movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-credits-before-movie-vs-after-movie/978619)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-credits-before-movie-vs-after-movie/978619 "2023-01-22T21:31:48Z")
This is something I’ve been curious about… Today, when you see a movie, the movie credits are rolled after the movie. Way back when, the full movie credits were shown before the movie began and at the end of the movie,… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad ghost adventures. (or: that ghost ain't right)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ghost-adventures-or-that-ghost-aint-right/978265)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-ghost-adventures-or-that-ghost-aint-right/978265 "2023-01-22T21:28:04Z")
As previously stated it’s been a noisy time here in the Ghostly convalescent ward. I keep trying to justify it by saying pets are walking around or someone is up and downstairs. Ivy, my loyal CNA has me on a baby monit… --- ## [Nitrite content of canned foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitrite-content-of-canned-foods/978591)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nitrite-content-of-canned-foods/978591 "2023-01-22T20:50:36Z")
I’m finding this a surprisingly difficult thing to pin down on the Internet; just what is the nitrite content per serving of various canned meat products? A gazillion references to the fact that canned meat contains nitr… --- ## [Does the Treasury Dept have to what the speaker of the house says?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-treasury-dept-have-to-what-the-speaker-of-the-house-says/978338)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-treasury-dept-have-to-what-the-speaker-of-the-house-says/978338 "2023-01-22T20:28:50Z")
So details of the deal Kevin McCarthy made with the MAGA wing of the GOP, in order to get the votes for speaker: Namely in the event of a debt ceiling impasse he will instruct the Treasury Depr to pay for the bits of g… --- ## [Question re sale of real estate held by a trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-sale-of-real-estate-held-by-a-trust/977986)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-sale-of-real-estate-held-by-a-trust/977986 "2023-01-22T20:19:38Z")
We hold title to our home in the name of our trust. We should be selling the house in a few months. When we receive the proceeds from the sale, and they are deposited into our bank account, how does it work when our ba… --- ## [Christopher Moore's arc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-moores-arc/978242)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christopher-moores-arc/978242 "2023-01-22T20:03:54Z")
Inspired by @carrps. I have loved Christopher Moore since finding him maybe 15 years ago. Practical Demonkeeping was from 1992, and all those early books were silly, sexy and awesome. I really think he hit his height … --- ## [Outrage Fatigue - Can anyone relate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrage-fatigue-can-anyone-relate/978410)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrage-fatigue-can-anyone-relate/978410 "2023-01-22T19:55:12Z")
I’m posting to ask if anyone else can relate to how I’m feeling at the beginning of 2023? When trump was elected, I and others were out in front on this board and elsewhere, constantly citing his outrageous statements a… --- ## [Why did the FAA change ECG requirements, and what is the change about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-faa-change-ecg-requirements-and-what-is-the-change-about/978452)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-faa-change-ecg-requirements-and-what-is-the-change-about/978452 "2023-01-22T19:51:04Z")
In recent days, there are a lot of websites claiming that: The US Federal Aviation Administration has relaxed ECG requirements for pilots, i.e. people with less-than-stellar ECG measurements will now be medically clea… --- ## [Multiple choice conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-choice-conundrum/978611)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multiple-choice-conundrum/978611 "2023-01-22T19:45:13Z")
I saw this elsewhere: If you pick an answer to this question at random, what is the chance that you are correct? A) 25% B) 50% C} 60% D) 25% No, there are no misprints. :smile: I’m thinking the answer is “B”. Am… --- ## [What have you learned today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-learned-today/955526)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-you-learned-today/955526 "2023-01-22T18:08:05Z")
Growing up, a ‘brodie’ meant putting your foot down on your motorcycle, and spinning the rear tire around, making circles with your foot as the pivot point. There’s an old (short?) movie from the '30s on TCM where a wom… --- ## [“I don’t like your tone of voice”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-your-tone-of-voice/978570)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-like-your-tone-of-voice/978570 "2023-01-22T17:20:40Z")
Challenge: The next 5 people who approach you and engage in conversation, reply to what they say with, “I don’t like your tone of voice”. I don’t know what made me think of this, but I did it. Three of the five looked… --- ## [I have a request for real answer. It might be naughty. But here goes: \[meaning of 'fluffer'\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-request-for-real-answer-it-might-be-naughty-but-here-goes-meaning-of-fluffer/978595)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-request-for-real-answer-it-might-be-naughty-but-here-goes-meaning-of-fluffer/978595 "2023-01-22T17:08:59Z")
I was reading a book. The guy ask the the woman(love interest) if she thinks she needs a ‘fluffer’ Can anyone tell me what that means? --- ## [Annoying Ad Trope? (Not an actual employee.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-trope-not-an-actual-employee/978597)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-ad-trope-not-an-actual-employee/978597 "2023-01-22T17:00:15Z")
There have been a bunch of recent Canadian ads all using the same trope: eccentric, enthusiastic employee impersonator dealing with customer, then revealed to not actually be working at the store being advertised. The a… --- ## [Fictosexuals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictosexuals/978408)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictosexuals/978408 "2023-01-22T16:25:28Z")
Hi SD, I never heard this term before, but it describes people who are in love with/marry fictional characters. In real life. I just read how this 38-year-old from Japan, Akihiko Kondo, married a fictional, computeriz… --- ## [Thoughts about balancing 401k and cash savings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-balancing-401k-and-cash-savings/978424)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-about-balancing-401k-and-cash-savings/978424 "2023-01-22T16:13:13Z")
I recently got myself a condo, which is very nice and reasonable within my earnings, but I’m spending more on housing expenses now than I do renting (for the time being), so I’m taking another look at my budget. I’m sti… --- ## [Distant distribution of Local Newspapers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distant-distribution-of-local-newspapers/978317)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/distant-distribution-of-local-newspapers/978317 "2023-01-22T15:16:44Z")
We live in South Florida, and in every supermarket and chain pharmacy is a newspaper rack, from which one can purchase USA Today, the New York Times, etc. Also available are that day’s copies of the New York Post and the… --- ## [How often does Bollywood produce “serious” movies, without song and dance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-bollywood-produce-serious-movies-without-song-and-dance/978555)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-bollywood-produce-serious-movies-without-song-and-dance/978555 "2023-01-22T14:45:53Z")
How often are these big hits domestically? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=913&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=915&state=tracking)