# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=934&state=watching [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 935 --- ## [You have any unconventional meatloaf recipes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-any-unconventional-meatloaf-recipes/963881 "2022-12-30T18:40:47Z")
I’m in the mood for a meatloaf tonight. Except, I don’t want the traditional meatloaf mom used to make. I’m more interested in something off the beaten path. Thanks for all suggestions. --- ## [R.I.P. Pele, Good bye to the king](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297)
**Author:** [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-pele-good-bye-to-the-king/977297 "2022-12-30T17:26:00Z")
One of the greatest ever. --- ## [Sad stories about clothing that has disappeared on you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-stories-about-clothing-that-has-disappeared-on-you/977117)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sad-stories-about-clothing-that-has-disappeared-on-you/977117 "2022-12-30T17:05:31Z")
I have two articles of clothing whose disappearance is mysterious to me, because I liked these clothes and would have never chosen to discard them. One was a blue suede jacket, in the style of a denim jacket that looked … --- ## [Any evidence that teaching kids about healthy boundaries and consent to physical contact reduces abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-teaching-kids-about-healthy-boundaries-and-consent-to-physical-contact-reduces-abuse/977225)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-evidence-that-teaching-kids-about-healthy-boundaries-and-consent-to-physical-contact-reduces-abuse/977225 "2022-12-30T17:03:11Z")
There is a trend in contemporary parenting which recommends that parents teach their kids about bodily autonomy and consent to contact. One way this manifests is that parents should help their kids establish and maintain… --- ## [Update apple watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-apple-watch/977341)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/update-apple-watch/977341 "2022-12-30T16:43:42Z")
I decided to start using my Apple Watch, series 3 again. It has been awhile, it currently is on OS 6.2 and needs to get up to 8.7.1. I cannot get it to do that. The updates will not download on the iphone, it just fre… --- ## [Racial Surprises on old TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-surprises-on-old-tv-shows/977222)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/racial-surprises-on-old-tv-shows/977222 "2022-12-30T15:26:56Z")
So, I was watching Dragnet (the TV series) on Amazon Prime. In Season 2, Episode 10 (The Missing Realtor) which aired in 1967 there were some surprises for the era. Detectives Friday and Gannon go to a real estate offi… --- ## [Is the furnace in Home Alone based on a real furnace model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-furnace-in-home-alone-based-on-a-real-furnace-model/977329)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-furnace-in-home-alone-based-on-a-real-furnace-model/977329 "2022-12-30T15:06:52Z")
In Home Alone, a minor plot point involves Kevin overcoming his phobia of a fearsome-looking furnace in the basement of McCallister family home: The furnace resembles an old-style coal-fired gravity furnac… --- ## [How Can I Refill A Script When My Pharmacy And Doctor's Office Are Closed? (Need answer kind of fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-refill-a-script-when-my-pharmacy-and-doctors-office-are-closed-need-answer-kind-of-fast/977129)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-refill-a-script-when-my-pharmacy-and-doctors-office-are-closed-need-answer-kind-of-fast/977129 "2022-12-30T14:58:01Z")
I am out of my rescue inhaler, Albuterol, and I’m gasping for breath. I’ve been sipping coffee (I read that that helps), but I don’t know that I can sustain this until tomorrow. My regular pharmacy is closed, as is my ph… --- ## [Turn off Autoplay on Prime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-autoplay-on-prime/977287)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turn-off-autoplay-on-prime/977287 "2022-12-30T14:16:28Z")
We watch shows on Prime on our Sony smart TV. At the end of an episode, a box pops up in the lower right corner showing what’s coming up next, and a timer showing when the show will automatically start – typically about… --- ## [Need help find a horror movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-find-a-horror-movie/977103)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-find-a-horror-movie/977103 "2022-12-30T13:14:29Z")
Looking for movie about a girl who agrees to house sit an old person. The parent people tell her not to go upstairs. She calls her best friend over. The parent people come home. They tell her the grandparent upstairs is … --- ## [Does this condensation control solution exist? (or something like it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-condensation-control-solution-exist-or-something-like-it/977241)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-condensation-control-solution-exist-or-something-like-it/977241 "2022-12-30T12:38:17Z")
Background: I’ve recently moved into a quite old house, part of which has some problems with condensation and damp. Most of the house is heated and is warm and dry, except for an unheated wing containing the kitchen, an… --- ## [The Cabin at the End of the World (book)/Knock at the Cabin (film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cabin-at-the-end-of-the-world-book-knock-at-the-cabin-film/977200)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cabin-at-the-end-of-the-world-book-knock-at-the-cabin-film/977200 "2022-12-30T05:44:54Z")
Okay, so I am deep into Paul Tremblay’s 2018 novel The Cabin at the End of the World, which I started just a few days ago. It’s one of those books that makes me apprehensive about what’s on the next page, but I have to … --- ## [Re: the January 6 hearings follow-along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-january-6-hearings-follow-along-thread/977144)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-the-january-6-hearings-follow-along-thread/977144 "2022-12-30T04:36:08Z")
I am posting to apologize for my post in the above thread about Trump’s video response to the January 6th Committee referrals. Even though it was (I guess) technically not off topic in itself, I should have realized that… --- ## [Can anyone identify the subject of a bronze bust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-subject-of-a-bronze-bust/977294)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-the-subject-of-a-bronze-bust/977294 "2022-12-30T04:02:59Z")
Can anyone identify the subject of the bronze bust on the right, the woman with the initials GRC? It is a small bronze portrait bust by sculpture artist Catherine Wentworth. Wentwor… --- ## [Restraints](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restraints/977029)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restraints/977029 "2022-12-30T02:54:56Z")
Would restraint straps for a surgical table work on an autopsy table? --- ## [Lawyer types: Question about business keeping percentage of refund as processing fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-types-question-about-business-keeping-percentage-of-refund-as-processing-fee/974737)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-types-question-about-business-keeping-percentage-of-refund-as-processing-fee/974737 "2022-12-30T02:24:20Z")
We have some property that we are going to sell. I called a service about getting an appraisal. They sent me an invoice and stated they would schedule the appraisal after they received payment. I sent them a check. We h… --- ## [Prisoners at the House of the Good Shepherd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-at-the-house-of-the-good-shepherd/977242)
**Author:** [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prisoners-at-the-house-of-the-good-shepherd/977242 "2022-12-30T01:23:55Z")
I was looking for a relative in the United States Census, 1910 and came across a census return from a Catholic institution called the House of the Good Shepherd in Brooklyn. It was located on Hopkinson Avenue and Pacific… --- ## [Whats the book series /tv show you read/watch for the characters and their development and not necessarily the plot redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-book-series-tv-show-you-read-watch-for-the-characters-and-their-development-and-not-necessarily-the-plot-redux/977021)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-book-series-tv-show-you-read-watch-for-the-characters-and-their-development-and-not-necessarily-the-plot-redux/977021 "2022-12-29T23:31:59Z")
About 6 years ago I posted this Ive decided to expand it a bit this time and add tv series so please do tell … --- ## [Would opening up employer health insurance enrollment to friends/family of employees reduce uninsurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-opening-up-employer-health-insurance-enrollment-to-friends-family-of-employees-reduce-uninsurance/975550)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-opening-up-employer-health-insurance-enrollment-to-friends-family-of-employees-reduce-uninsurance/975550 "2022-12-29T22:55:50Z")
So when jobs have asked me to apply for health insurance there are usuallly 4 options. Self Self plus partner Self plus partner and kids Self plus kids, no partner Would letting people add friends or family lower un… --- ## [Were John Brown or Charles Guiteau crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-john-brown-or-charles-guiteau-crazy/977139)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-john-brown-or-charles-guiteau-crazy/977139 "2022-12-27T21:21:23Z")
If so, who was crazier? If not, why not? To me, they’re both raving lunatics, though very articulate and superficially sane rationalizers of their violent acts. I base this judgment (of their insanity) on their shared c… --- ## [Guess what Texas immigration authorities did to Kamala Harris - AGAIN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-texas-immigration-authorities-did-to-kamala-harris-again/977091)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-what-texas-immigration-authorities-did-to-kamala-harris-again/977091 "2022-12-29T22:29:26Z")
You guessed it - dumped a busload of migrants on her doorstep. On Christmas Eve night, this time. Just when I think some people can’t sink any lower, well, they do. --- ## [Mass Killings in the United States (2022)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2022/957844)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-killings-in-the-united-states-2022/957844 "2022-12-29T20:42:05Z")
Mass killings in the United States, 2022 Four or more dead (Suicides Indicated by an asterisk) By a single killer (The killer is charged, or would have been charged had he lived.) By any criminal means ==2022== 3 … --- ## [Coelacanth Jam\* (A thread to update the Medlar Chronicles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coelacanth-jam-a-thread-to-update-the-medlar-chronicles/924830)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coelacanth-jam-a-thread-to-update-the-medlar-chronicles/924830 "2022-12-29T20:16:07Z")
Or coelacanth jelly, I suppose I should say on an American board. With a few people sharing my interest in medlars (an almost forgotten fruit that has been grown in Britain for thousands of years) – Hi to @Dung\_Beetle @… --- ## [World Cup 2022 - discussion, predictions, and thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2022-discussion-predictions-and-thoughts/974476)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 2126\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2022-discussion-predictions-and-thoughts/974476 "2022-12-29T20:05:11Z")
Yes, this is happening in Winter for most of the competitors since Qatar is hosting it because…they bribed for it or something? I know it is controversial, but I’ll likely be watching it anyway. In the US, who actually … --- ## [Do you brine chicken? Is it worth the effort?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-brine-chicken-is-it-worth-the-effort/975345)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-brine-chicken-is-it-worth-the-effort/975345 "2022-12-29T19:38:09Z")
I like barbecue chicken baked in the oven. A friend suggested brine to make it more juicy. It doesn’t look difficult. Waiting for the cooked brine to cool before using would take at least ab hour. 2 to 3 hours to brin… --- ## [Which civil service postings in Republican or Imperial Roman times could be appointed rather than elected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-service-postings-in-republican-or-imperial-roman-times-could-be-appointed-rather-than-elected/977247)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-service-postings-in-republican-or-imperial-roman-times-could-be-appointed-rather-than-elected/977247 "2022-12-29T19:21:55Z")
Which civil service postings in Republican or Imperial Roman times could be appointed rather than elected? I know that legates (legati) were appointed. What about magistrates? quaestors? Were they ever appointed by a co… --- ## [Is legal possession of treasure instant once a person reaches it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-legal-possession-of-treasure-instant-once-a-person-reaches-it/976947)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-legal-possession-of-treasure-instant-once-a-person-reaches-it/976947 "2022-12-29T18:12:54Z")
Common trope of fiction and cinema: there’s buried treasure, people find the treasure. Now suppose the treasure were buried somewhere in…the Arizonan desert or somewhere (but not federal or government land.) Say two riv… --- ## [Legal options for claim on rotten wood joists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-options-for-claim-on-rotten-wood-joists/952010)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-options-for-claim-on-rotten-wood-joists/952010 "2022-12-29T18:12:38Z")
Mostly my question is, “Should I get a lawyer, or is this hopeless?” Nine years ago we had a deck built. The decking is Trex but the joists are wood. I discovered that most of the joists were rotting, most from the top … --- ## [Keir Starmer: I will abolish House of Lords and will replace it with elected chamber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-i-will-abolish-house-of-lords-and-will-replace-it-with-elected-chamber/975219)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keir-starmer-i-will-abolish-house-of-lords-and-will-replace-it-with-elected-chamber/975219 "2022-12-29T17:30:44Z")
Keir Starmer will abolish the House of Lords and replace it with a new elected chamber as part of plans to “restore trust in politics”, the Observer understands. In a sweeping constitutional overhaul, the Labour leader… --- ## [Tom Lehrer puts all his work in the Public Domain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-puts-all-his-work-in-the-public-domain/977286)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-puts-all-his-work-in-the-public-domain/977286 "2022-12-29T17:18:36Z")
…and for now is letting anyone download his music from his website for free! But it won’t last long. See details at: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=933&state=watching) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=935&state=watching)