# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=932 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 933 --- ## [Blood pressure apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031 "2022-12-05T17:57:12Z")
I am looking for a good pressure app for Android. I have downloaded four so far that do everything BUT actually take my blood pressure. Y’all have any advice? --- ## [Breaking - The Queen is unwell (has died): 8 Sep 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 1010\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-queen-is-unwell-has-died-8-sep-2022/971212 "2022-12-05T17:45:51Z")
This could be major, as The Palace is very guarded normally about the Queen’s health, but it’s been announced that’s she’s unwell, with doctors being concerned and the family being informed. From the BBC: --- ## [GA Governor Brian Kemp for President in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-governor-brian-kemp-for-president-in-2024/975995)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ga-governor-brian-kemp-for-president-in-2024/975995 "2022-12-05T16:54:48Z")
With Georgia Governor Brian Kemp winning re-election over Stacey Abrams this year, and several arguments to be made that he’s taken on Trump and defeated him as no other Republican has, there’s talk from at least one sou… --- ## [Would the student debt forgiveness deal been more palatable to those against it if reframed as student loan "interest" forgiveness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-student-debt-forgiveness-deal-been-more-palatable-to-those-against-it-if-reframed-as-student-loan-interest-forgiveness/970672)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-student-debt-forgiveness-deal-been-more-palatable-to-those-against-it-if-reframed-as-student-loan-interest-forgiveness/970672 "2022-12-05T15:44:22Z")
The idea of forgiving student debt really seems to rub a lot of people the wrong way. That someone is not paying back the principal amount of what they borrowed is “unfair” to them. However, a lot of these people I have… --- ## [Nick Bollettieri dies at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-bollettieri-dies-at-91/976056)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-bollettieri-dies-at-91/976056 "2022-12-05T13:51:37Z")
I am not sure if it goes here or not since I guess he was a celebrity, but it does seem appropriate: There is no question that he had big impact on the way Tennis players were developed, and the list of his pupils who… --- ## [A question about Lucky Number Slevin (open spoilers for this 2006 movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lucky-number-slevin-open-spoilers-for-this-2006-movie/976038)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-lucky-number-slevin-open-spoilers-for-this-2006-movie/976038 "2022-12-05T14:13:23Z")
We saw this movie for the first time last night on Netflix (Canada). Loved it. I hope it’s all right if I spoil the movie at this point. (Contemporaneous thread on the movie in question.) One thing I’m wondering about… --- ## [How do stores that sell extremely expensive items vet customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stores-that-sell-extremely-expensive-items-vet-customers/975640)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-stores-that-sell-extremely-expensive-items-vet-customers/975640 "2022-12-05T13:12:51Z")
For most of us, we walk into a store, ask to see some item and the store hands it to us. Or, we walk into a car dealership and say we want to test drive the latest Buick and they hand us the keys. How does this work wi… --- ## [Actors you don't like anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-dont-like-anymore/970458)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-dont-like-anymore/970458 "2022-12-05T12:24:52Z")
We’re watching Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), in which Charles Coburn (1877-1961) acts. We watch a lot of movies on TCM, and we see him frequently. I just can’t get past that he was a White Supremacist. Mel Gibson w… --- ## [Fair Use question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-use-question/975167)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-use-question/975167 "2022-12-05T08:28:41Z")
@Aspenglow did the right thing by erring to the conservative on this one, but it did make me wonder: Is it different for a government site than for a commercial site or ‘work?’ Could I have quoted the totality of thi… --- ## [Cows on the run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-on-the-run/975928 "2022-12-05T07:36:48Z")
About two dozen cows have been on the loose since August in rural Quebec. They got spooked by lightning, jumped a fence, and never returned to their owner’s fields. It’s been a problem trying to capture them; some are pr… --- ## [Whaddya mean, it's December in the MMP?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaddya-mean-its-december-in-the-mmp/975673)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whaddya-mean-its-december-in-the-mmp/975673 "2022-12-05T06:58:55Z")
Well, in a coupla days, anyway. Thus unleashes the onslaught of Christmas music - ugh, a couple of my current coworkers and one of my managers are SOOPER into Christmas, so I fear the awaiting auditory plagues - but at l… --- ## [Army general declares Americans too fat or criminal to fight in rebuke of service leaders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-general-declares-americans-too-fat-or-criminal-to-fight-in-rebuke-of-service-leaders/970961)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/army-general-declares-americans-too-fat-or-criminal-to-fight-in-rebuke-of-service-leaders/970961 "2022-12-05T04:56:13Z")
my thoughts on this 1 he’s right to a point .my dads friends who still are in the army complain they’re not doing basic training, is a fat camp that teaches people how to shoot and march anymore Also, a lot of today’s … --- ## [What new car do you think could last you the rest of your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-car-do-you-think-could-last-you-the-rest-of-your-life/975711)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-car-do-you-think-could-last-you-the-rest-of-your-life/975711 "2022-12-05T03:20:17Z")
I will buy you a brand new car. Any brand, any trim level, any options that you want. Only catches are, it has to be a brand new car, and you can never own any other car for the rest of your life. You can never sell thi… --- ## [Alan Toffler, "Future Shock" and the Trumpers. You views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-toffler-future-shock-and-the-trumpers-you-views/975590)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alan-toffler-future-shock-and-the-trumpers-you-views/975590 "2022-12-05T02:37:18Z")
It’s possible this could be a Great Debate. But, carry on. Alan Toffler described “Future Shock” Future Shock - Wikipedia as—… society is undergoing an enormous structural change, a revolution from an industrial socie… --- ## [I pit the Amazon Prime interface for Thursday Night Football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-amazon-prime-interface-for-thursday-night-football/974352)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-amazon-prime-interface-for-thursday-night-football/974352 "2022-12-05T01:13:10Z")
Couldn’t decide between the Game Room or Cafe Society, but since this is basically a gripe I’ll put it here. Plus, I can swear more. Why does Prime make it so fucking hard to watch a football game? I like to watch games… --- ## [Where's your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526 "2022-12-05T00:24:30Z")
Once upon a time, the phone hung on the wall in the kitchen or sat on a table in the living room or maybe even on the night stand. Then it went mobile, and before long, the musical question was “Where is my/your phone??” … --- ## [Background choral singing in 'epic' movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-choral-singing-in-epic-movies/976024 "2022-12-04T22:50:05Z")
I’m watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy on cable this weekend, for the umpteenth time. Something I always wondered about, there is a sweeping, dramatic score in a lot of epic movies, and in this one, the chorus of vo… --- ## [Guitarists and their voice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarists-and-their-voice/975244 "2022-12-04T22:31:41Z")
You hear Mark Knopfler play, and you know its him. Slash, Angus Young, the Edge, any number of others, they all have a distinctive way they play. What makes it so? Is it a specific setup of pedals and instrument? I h… --- ## [Which French authors and philosophers did Shakespeare read?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-french-authors-and-philosophers-did-shakespeare-read/976006 "2022-12-04T21:31:42Z")
Which French philosophers and authors did Shakespeare read? --- ## [Should I visit my dying mother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-dying-mother/975978)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-visit-my-dying-mother/975978 "2022-12-04T20:42:39Z")
A few things. My mom is a drama queen so her dying may be greatly exaggerated. My sister is close by to her so I’m waiting to confirm whether or not death is imminent. Secondly, my mom and I are not estranged, but I w… --- ## [Colibri has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921)
**Author:** [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Replies:** 228\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colibri-has-died/954921 "2022-12-04T19:47:24Z")
Moderator Colibri (George) has died. George, you were my SDMB mentor and a good friend. You will be missed. My condolences to his family and to all who knew him. --- ## [Indians and airport wheelchairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775 "2022-12-04T19:38:05Z")
My guy looks big and healthy but he can only walk about 100 feet before he has crippling leg pain. While we wait for the VA to approve a bypass for his leg, we went on a trip, planned, bought and paid for in 2019, that i… --- ## [Question regarding Neo-Classical Architecture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908 "2022-12-04T19:12:29Z")
Looking onliune all I tend to see is modern Neo-Classical architecture associated with the Alt-Right. Do liberals like Neo-Classical architecture? I so why? If not, why not? I’m asking this question because architecture … --- ## [Minor objection to warning (Game Room)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-objection-to-warning-game-room/975976)
**Author:** [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minor-objection-to-warning-game-room/975976 "2022-12-04T19:09:17Z")
Deshaun Watson is an NFL quarterback accused by dozens of masseuses of sexual misconduct. Total scumbag. Texans cut him, because scumbag, then the Browns signed him to a massive deal. The NFL slaps him on the wrist with … --- ## [Explain this business model to me (winner winner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-business-model-to-me-winner-winner/974966)
**Author:** [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-business-model-to-me-winner-winner/974966 "2022-12-04T17:20:08Z")
My kid found this app called winner winner. (I promise this isn’t spam or an ad. play it or don’t, I am not affiliated in any way.) Apparently you can remotely control carnival game machines through it, like claw mac… --- ## [Question on British slang](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-british-slang/975999 "2022-12-04T16:31:11Z")
I’m watching a documentary on the Royal Scot’s (train) journey through the Peaks District. At one point, the narrator says “The service staff \[cooks, waiters\] continue to woo the passengers with even more \[what sounded… --- ## [Wrapping My Cold Groceries in a Warm Insulating Grocery Bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-my-cold-groceries-in-a-warm-insulating-grocery-bag/974860)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-my-cold-groceries-in-a-warm-insulating-grocery-bag/974860 "2022-12-04T15:15:01Z")
This happened in August in the D.C. area. I left Costco with my groceries, which included cold milk, orange juice, yogurt, ice cream, and similar. Facing a 20-minute ride home, I wrapped the cold stuff inside an insulate… --- ## [OMG, y'all. Mike Warns @dropzone passed away suddenly (2022-May-22) - GoFundMe link now set up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-yall-mike-warns-dropzone-passed-away-suddenly-2022-may-22-gofundme-link-now-set-up/964904 "2022-12-04T15:10:28Z")
I spoke to his daughter. She said it was sudden and unexpected. I knew he was having troubles. I’m so sorry he died He was my hero, my surrogate Daddy and my good friend. Y’all have a pleasant thought for him and his… --- ## [Marvel's Midnight Suns: Anyone playing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-midnight-suns-anyone-playing-it/976019)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvels-midnight-suns-anyone-playing-it/976019 "2022-12-04T14:54:51Z")
I picked up Marvel’s Midnight Suns game. I am a HUGE fan of XCOM and this seemed an XCOM-like game. It isn’t but there are comparisons to be made. It is made by the same developer (Firaxis) and the heritage is there (… --- ## [How bad is a root canal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-a-root-canal/974811)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-a-root-canal/974811 "2022-12-04T14:37:13Z")
I haven’t had a root canal in 50 years and I remember nothing about that experience. But I’m scheduled for one on Monday. Normally I just use nitrous for all procedures, including crowns. Never had any pain during or af… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=931) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=933)