# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=935&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 936 --- ## [Part of thorn deep in my skin, what happens if I don't remove it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-thorn-deep-in-my-skin-what-happens-if-i-dont-remove-it/130654)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/part-of-thorn-deep-in-my-skin-what-happens-if-i-dont-remove-it/130654 "2022-12-28T20:37:48Z")
This year I grew \*Solanum Sisymbrifolium\* in my garden (for the edible fruits); the entire plant is armed with impressive needle-sharp spines, even on the leaf ribs and the calyces. So I was separating one of the ripe f… --- ## [Looking for SF Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-sf-novel/977149 "2022-12-28T18:51:29Z")
Read an SF novel several years ago (sometime in the 2000-2010 range, I think) and would like to get a copy again. As best as I can recall, it was about some advertising guy who, in an attempt to further his career, inter… --- ## [Is chatgpt making good points about renormalization and qft here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chatgpt-making-good-points-about-renormalization-and-qft-here/977163)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chatgpt-making-good-points-about-renormalization-and-qft-here/977163 "2022-12-28T18:49:22Z")
Input: Simulate a debate between 2 physicists arguing over the validity of renormalization in quantum field theory Physicist 1: “Renormalization is a crucial part of quantum field theory and has been extremely successfu… --- ## [Miss Anne Elk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-anne-elk/977130)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-anne-elk/977130 "2022-12-28T18:23:08Z")
I did a little off-roading while my wife was in class yesterday. Startled this large herd of elk. The photo only shows maybe 1/3 of them. … --- ## [Topping off NiMH batteries using a timer. Good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topping-off-nimh-batteries-using-a-timer-good-idea/977219)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topping-off-nimh-batteries-using-a-timer-good-idea/977219 "2022-12-28T17:32:18Z")
Somebody on here is bound to be a battery expert. I’ve got a few dozen rechargeable NiMH AA and AAA batteries I use around the house for various purposes. I use two chargers, both of which are “intelligent” units with … --- ## [Chrome extension for blocking websites that requires you to disable your adblocker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-extension-for-blocking-websites-that-requires-you-to-disable-your-adblocker/977087)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrome-extension-for-blocking-websites-that-requires-you-to-disable-your-adblocker/977087 "2022-12-28T16:59:28Z")
Essentially the topic is self explanatory. Ideally I would like to have a search engine / news aggregator that excludes websites with the subject feature, but I think that’s not possible. So would it be possible to have… --- ## [Gas pricing shenanigans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-pricing-shenanigans/977164)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-pricing-shenanigans/977164 "2022-12-28T15:38:50Z")
We have three or four low-priced gas stations in our small town. That is, low-priced for the bay area. Almost every one has some variation on the debit/credit/cash price shuffle: it’s 10 cents extra per gallon if you … --- ## [Will eating these make me sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-eating-these-make-me-sick/977197)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-eating-these-make-me-sick/977197 "2022-12-28T14:57:29Z")
I just unwrapped a present that has been sitting under our Xmas tree for 5 days. It includes some Spanish cheese, some sort of sausage and a package of prosciutto. The two meats say “keep refrigerated” on their labels. 5… --- ## ["Synchronizing" Two Outlook Calendars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronizing-two-outlook-calendars/977162)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/synchronizing-two-outlook-calendars/977162 "2022-12-28T15:02:50Z")
I currently use two Outlook addresses regularly : My.Name@MyWorkplace My.Name@FamousPIM The latter is my personal email. Is there a way I can have the events planned in both calendars visible in one place ? It would m… --- ## [Won't you take me to Monkey Town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-you-take-me-to-monkey-town/760956)
**Author:** [@rogerwilco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerwilco)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wont-you-take-me-to-monkey-town/760956 "2022-12-28T14:59:33Z")
I’ve heard Montgomery Alabama referred to as “Monkey Town” going back to the 80’s when I was in the USAF. (Montgomery has a large Air Force training base.) I recently used the expression referring to Montgomery and was… --- ## [Formerly rare food you now expect your grocery to stock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-rare-food-you-now-expect-your-grocery-to-stock/976862)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-rare-food-you-now-expect-your-grocery-to-stock/976862 "2022-12-28T01:44:33Z")
The first time I heard of burrata it was in article about how it was a rare imported Italian delicacy. Today I expect to find it without trouble when I go grocery shopping. What other foods were you once surprised to fin… --- ## [Randolph the Bow-Legged Cowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randolph-the-bow-legged-cowboy/140868)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randolph-the-bow-legged-cowboy/140868 "2022-12-28T01:17:12Z")
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148217 That link should be a thread about twisted Christmas Carols. It jiggled my memory, and caused me to ask this question. Fact: In 1954, I was in 4th … --- ## [Henry Cavill replaced by Liam Hemsworth as Geralt in The Witcher tv series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-cavill-replaced-by-liam-hemsworth-as-geralt-in-the-witcher-tv-series/973988)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/henry-cavill-replaced-by-liam-hemsworth-as-geralt-in-the-witcher-tv-series/973988 "2022-12-28T00:58:07Z")
Cavill has one more season that they have filmed that will air in a future date. --- ## [Is Breaking Bad as funny as Better Call Saul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaking-bad-as-funny-as-better-call-saul/955220)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-breaking-bad-as-funny-as-better-call-saul/955220 "2022-12-28T00:28:35Z")
TLDR: There’s a lot of humor in Better Call Saul, generally around Bob Odenkirk’s behavior and constant ethical dilemmas. Does Breaking Bad have the same level of humor? Full version: When Breaking Bad first came out an… --- ## [Anyone want to do the 2022 Secret Santa? \[Last Call, sign-ups end 11/15\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 225\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-want-to-do-the-2022-secret-santa-last-call-sign-ups-end-11-15/973657 "2022-12-28T00:16:53Z")
I started it last year and it worked out OK. I’m hoping it will work out better with more lead time. Ok, so here’s what you gotta do: Put a message in here saying you’re in. In your message put a little bit about the … --- ## [Wrong-o, Mary Lou - origin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-o-mary-lou-origin/106925)
**Author:** [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-o-mary-lou-origin/106925 "2022-12-27T23:38:10Z")
I’ve used this phrase at least since middle school (ca. 1975), but cannot remember where I picked it up from. Google-ing got me nowhere. Any clues? --- ## [Where to buy a classy, but not totally boring special-occasion dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-classy-but-not-totally-boring-special-occasion-dress/977141)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-classy-but-not-totally-boring-special-occasion-dress/977141 "2022-12-27T23:38:03Z")
My little brother (he’s actually 33 and 6’3") is getting married in September 2023, and the dress code for the big event itself is Cocktail Attire. Actually, if you want to be technical, he had a City Hall wedding this p… --- ## [Holiday whine/self pity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-whine-self-pity/977095)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-whine-self-pity/977095 "2022-12-27T21:52:50Z")
Today I’ve come to a point in my life where my daughter and her family’s behavior have made me hate life and Christmas. I used to love Christmas when my kids were little. It was a struggle some years, but we always manag… --- ## [How close will historians ever get to knowing what transpired between Trump and Putin behind closed doors at Helsinki?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-will-historians-ever-get-to-knowing-what-transpired-between-trump-and-putin-behind-closed-doors-at-helsinki/977035)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-will-historians-ever-get-to-knowing-what-transpired-between-trump-and-putin-behind-closed-doors-at-helsinki/977035 "2022-12-27T21:39:23Z")
The Topic is pretty much it, with the note that I’m wondering less about the absolute verbatim truth of their conversation than I am about the essence. How do they reach conclusions about things like this? What conclusio… --- ## [Complicated Question About British Aristocracy c. 1824 (Better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complicated-question-about-british-aristocracy-c-1824-better-explained-in-op/977167)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complicated-question-about-british-aristocracy-c-1824-better-explained-in-op/977167 "2022-12-27T20:43:09Z")
DISCLAIMER: All dates are approximate. I’m watching a delightful TV show that takes place at several points in history in a British manor house built in c. 1700. In the modern (2019) timeline, the house is in a state of… --- ## [Can anyone identify this music box tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-music-box-tune/977176)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-identify-this-music-box-tune/977176 "2022-12-27T20:33:58Z")
Hi folks, does anyone know what this tune is called ? I cannot remember and it’s driving me crazy. TIA --- ## [Anyone from Tucson - odd property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-from-tucson-odd-property/977066)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-from-tucson-odd-property/977066 "2022-12-27T18:33:54Z")
I notice this huge open lot with a couple of houses on E Grant Rd. Of course, much of Grant Rd around here used to look like this into the mid 1980s. Are they just hold outs not wanting to give up their land? --- ## [Given how polarizing a figure Galileo has become if you cut him out of the equation would Newton have gleaned enough cosmological knowledge from Kepler and others to have come up with his Principia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-how-polarizing-a-figure-galileo-has-become-if-you-cut-him-out-of-the-equation-would-newton-have-gleaned-enough-cosmological-knowledge-from-kepler-and-others-to-have-come-up-with-his-principia/977124)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/given-how-polarizing-a-figure-galileo-has-become-if-you-cut-him-out-of-the-equation-would-newton-have-gleaned-enough-cosmological-knowledge-from-kepler-and-others-to-have-come-up-with-his-principia/977124 "2022-12-27T18:26:58Z")
Given how polarizing a figure Galileo has become in recent years (he’s loved or loathed by different factions for various reasons) , I was wondering if you cut him out of the equation would Newton have gleaned enough cos… --- ## [What is the worst single line in an advertisement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-single-line-in-an-advertisement/976762)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-single-line-in-an-advertisement/976762 "2022-12-27T18:22:44Z")
There have been occasional threads on annoying or ineffective ads in the past. Also the most annoying commercials or slogans. This thread is meant to pick a single line from any advertisement you found to be a ridiculo… --- ## [Online advertisements for niche products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-advertisements-for-niche-products/977174)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-advertisements-for-niche-products/977174 "2022-12-27T18:05:43Z")
While reading the Washington Post on a device I don’t own but while logged into my wapo account, I was served a DoubleClick (Google, which I was not logged into) ad for filter bag housings and fittings from Baghouse Amer… --- ## [Yesterday (2019 film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-2019-film/829769 "2022-12-27T17:45:12Z")
From the makers of Slumdog Millionaire. A struggling musician gets hit by a car and wakes up in a world where no-one ever heard of the Beatles or their music…and HE becomes a Rock God. --- ## [Share your warmest, brightest, most AWEsome holiday memories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-warmest-brightest-most-awesome-holiday-memories/561456)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-warmest-brightest-most-awesome-holiday-memories/561456 "2022-12-27T16:35:22Z")
You know, for symmetry. --- ## [Do the kids in your life watch older television shows?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-kids-in-your-life-watch-older-television-shows/976853)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-kids-in-your-life-watch-older-television-shows/976853 "2022-12-27T15:35:06Z")
Several times when there has been discussion of music, there’s talk about how many young fans like Classic Rock. Or even older jazz and big band. Of course, it’s often filtered down to just the hits that had long surviv… --- ## [Aliens - so what were the Colonial Marines actually prepared for (tactically)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-so-what-were-the-colonial-marines-actually-prepared-for-tactically/711260)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aliens-so-what-were-the-colonial-marines-actually-prepared-for-tactically/711260 "2022-12-27T14:47:57Z")
I was watching Aliens the other day on HBO or Starz or whatever. The film still holds up very well. But my big question. What were the Colonial Marines actually prepared to face on LV-426? What I mean is this. They… --- ## [Question regarding the Christoph Scheiner vs Galileo Galilei dispute on sunspots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-christoph-scheiner-vs-galileo-galilei-dispute-on-sunspots/977068)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-christoph-scheiner-vs-galileo-galilei-dispute-on-sunspots/977068 "2022-12-27T14:31:37Z")
Did Christoph Scheiner ever come around to the Copernican model or accept that sunspots were a phenomenon that occurred on the surface of the sun? The Parallel Worlds of Christoph Scheiner and Galileo Galilei Galileo Ga… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=934&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=936&state=tracking)