House vs. Senate - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Jan 28, 2009 · I’m always hearing about bills that are passed by the House, only to die in the Senate, or vice-versa. Why does this happen? Shouldn’t both represent the same cross-section of their constituents? For example, with the “Wall-Street-bail out,” it was almost defeated because of some House Republicans . . . but apparently the Senate had no such problem. Here are the …
Anyone Have Experience with Cast Iron Baseboards?
Dec 21, 2024 · OK, these are pretty uncommon today, but my house has forced hot water with cast iron baseboards. If you’ve never seen them, the are: They work just like the more common steel & fin tube you see, but there are no fins. They just heat up. Personally, I’m of mixed feelings on them. They take forever to heat up from cold, but once warm they stay warm forever too. I …
Farm vs Plantation. - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
Sep 10, 2018 · What is the difference between a farm, and a plantation?
Toll House Cookies -vs- Chocolate Chip Cookies - Straight Dope
May 10, 2011 · I’ve been watching reruns of Hazel on AntennaTV and I noticed everyone on the show refers to “Toll House Cookies.” Frankly it irritates me when Harold (a small child) asks for toll house cookies. My question is, do you or does anyone you know ever refer to chocolate chip cookies as toll house cookies? [and yes I realize Toll House is just a particular recipe (or kind …
Advice on home wifi sought! - Straight Dope
Jan 1, 2025 · I have working wifi at home using old Apple gear: two AirPorts and a Time Capsule (which I also use to backup my Mac). So old that the last Apple store person I spoke to didn’t even know Apple ever made wifi gear! It all works fine in general but I’ve had to replace the Capsule twice when the disk or fan died. Of course it won’t last forever, and I assume newer equipment …
Cartoons: Max Fleischer vs Walt Disney - Straight Dope
Mar 28, 2006 · I don’t recall them ever being on TV (although other folks, growing up elsewhere, saidf they saw them). I finally saw some at an art movie house (at a Fleischer retrospective – they showed a lot of Fleischer cartoons over the course of three months. Drool) and got others at a library (on sound 16 mm – this was pre-VCR).
Minced beef vs. ground beef - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Dec 30, 2024 · Mincemeat is literally minced with a knife, whereas ground beef is ground up in a meat grinder. They are both lesser cuts of beef, but the processing with a knife vs. a grinder produces different textures. The “minced beef” you’d buy in a Tesco, Morrisons or Sainsburys supermarket in the UK is NOT chopped by hand.
Lawry's vs. Johnny's seasoned salt - Straight Dope
Oct 13, 2016 · As far as I can tell there are only four locations in the US and six internationally. The closest to me is over a three hour drive. If you can’t taste it they are probably doing it right as it shouldn’t over power, but enhance. I’m pretty sure though that what is being discussed is the product with the orange lid you can find in pretty much any supermarket in the country. Kind of …
Matt Gaetz withdraws from AG nomination - Straight Dope
Nov 21, 2024 · He was re-elected for the next term. I don’t know what either the House rules or Florida’s rules are on this situation. I can’t remember ever coming up before. I can imagine him saying that he will serve his new term and dare Mike Johnson to do anything about it, even if the Ethics Committee report comes out.
"Our House" - "two cats in the yard?" - Straight Dope
May 5, 2009 · I’ve always liked the song Our House by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, who are one of my favorite bands. (I saw them all together a few years ago - they were truly amazing, and Neil Young’s voice in particular sounds exactly the same as it did decades ago.) It’s a really distinctive song, because all of the rest of the songs on that album (Deja Vu) are very …