# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=120 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 121 --- ## [Letter of Demand re: easement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-of-demand-re-easement/992137)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 166\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-of-demand-re-easement/992137 "2023-10-31T15:08:42Z")
Mrs Cad talked to an attorney and I hope she was not charged because the information was worthless. We own a piece of property in the mountains. It has an easement from a private road that you need to 4x4 over to get t… --- ## [Why does Canada's Lake Erie coast have so little population?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-canadas-lake-erie-coast-have-so-little-population/992108 "2023-10-31T00:32:31Z")
I was looking at a map of Ontario and I noticed there are no major cities on the Canadian side of Lake Erie. I think the biggest town on the coast is Leamington with a population of around thirty thousand. It seems like… --- ## [Will appetite suppressants affect US food culture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-appetite-suppressants-affect-us-food-culture/992307)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-appetite-suppressants-affect-us-food-culture/992307 "2023-10-30T19:37:47Z")
Recently I’ve heard a few comments suggesting that the increased use of Ozempic and other appetite suppressants were having a noticeable affect on the food industry. Big pharma vs big ag? I have never needed an appetit… --- ## [The origin of "Cletus" as the stereotypical redneck name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-cletus-as-the-stereotypical-redneck-name/955325)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-origin-of-cletus-as-the-stereotypical-redneck-name/955325 "2023-10-30T15:12:38Z")
Didn’t know if there was a factual answer to the question so I put it here. How did “Cletus” become the stereotypical name for a backwoods redneck hillbilly type? Was it a thing before the “Simpsons” character? --- ## [Anaphylactic allergy to shellfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anaphylactic-allergy-to-shellfish/992232)
**Author:** [@Amia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anaphylactic-allergy-to-shellfish/992232 "2023-10-30T10:52:13Z")
Help! I was reared in a family where I could dismember a whole lobster in my high chair before I was potty trained. I love food! Every type of cuisine and though I prefer some I love most. Shellfish has been my favorite … --- ## [My basketball pole, which was concreted in, collapsed. It left only the "stump" of the pole, which is the concreted in part, left. Is there a way to saw the stump down to the ground more or less evenly? (](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600 "2023-10-30T03:57:57Z")
I’m trying to avoid an expensive bill by having a concrete company come and jackhammer the concrete and remove the metal “stump” of the pole. I’d be happy to saw it down flat with the ground and dig around the area a bi… --- ## [Your Worst Substitute Teachers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-substitute-teachers/208950)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2023, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-substitute-teachers/208950 "2023-10-30T02:55:48Z")
Grade 8 Science: Our science teacher has been away for the last couple of days. So far everything has been normal, all the substitutes have been fine. Most of them kept us from slacking off, which is a pretty good accom… --- ## [A different kind of time travel conundrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-time-travel-conundrum/991993)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-time-travel-conundrum/991993 "2023-10-29T23:12:42Z")
You wake up, and all memory has been wiped back to your fifteenth birthday. What pleasantly surprises you the most? What disappoints you the most? What astounds you the most? --- ## [How has halloween gone from scary to horror?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-halloween-gone-from-scary-to-horror/990433)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-has-halloween-gone-from-scary-to-horror/990433 "2023-10-29T14:50:31Z")
I am looking at Halloween decorations and costumes on Amazon. Halloween used to be about scary. Jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, bats, spiders, witches, etc Then it went to being more adult and sexy. But at least not for deco… --- ## [Does Anyone Have Some Knowledge Of Native North American Languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-some-knowledge-of-native-north-american-languages/991654)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-some-knowledge-of-native-north-american-languages/991654 "2023-10-29T02:21:14Z")
Me too, but FWIW I’ve been studying Lenape, a closely related Eastern Algonquian language. I’ve developed an interest in Native North American Languages recently, but it’s impossible to come across them where I live… --- ## [Lightsaber question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-question/992065)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightsaber-question/992065 "2023-10-28T20:57:24Z")
So a childhood dream came true and I finally got a real lightsaber. It is just like in the movies! It goes bzzzzzz and cuts through stuff like a hot knife through butter, and the blade is a gorgeous tyrian purple in colo… --- ## [Five days in Dublin in September. Advice on activity and lodging for guys just over 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-days-in-dublin-in-september-advice-on-activity-and-lodging-for-guys-just-over-60/982045 "2023-10-28T17:09:46Z")
We’re Swedish, flying in from Sweden. Some friends and I, just over 60 y.o. arrive in Dublin 9/13 and leave 9/17. We got three fulls days and some time on the travel days too. None of us has been to Eire before. Obviou… --- ## [Found money - yay! (what do you do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-money-yay-what-do-you-do/991503)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-money-yay-what-do-you-do/991503 "2023-10-27T03:25:16Z")
You unexpectedly come into a significant chunk of money. I leave the definition of “significant” to you - what’s significant to me as a retiree with virtually no debt likely differs if you have 3 kids in college and a ca… --- ## [Why don't females like model trains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-females-like-model-trains/706106)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-females-like-model-trains/706106 "2023-10-26T22:38:00Z")
It’s something I dont understand. The model train gene. I have been to many train exhibits from small “Thomas the Tank Engine” events to bigger shows and its something that always amazes me. Scenario: The big model tra… --- ## [Vacuum-cleaner experts: Buy a used Riccar for $20?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-cleaner-experts-buy-a-used-riccar-for-20/992125)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-cleaner-experts-buy-a-used-riccar-for-20/992125 "2023-10-26T20:17:20Z")
I saw a Riccar Vibrance R20SC at a thrift store for $19.99. Seemed in good shape, ran OK, but the hose suction seemed weak compared to a Shark NV350 I’ve been using. Is this apparently weak suction a characteristic of Ri… --- ## [Using vacation mode on water heater every other day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-vacation-mode-on-water-heater-every-other-day/991903)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-vacation-mode-on-water-heater-every-other-day/991903 "2023-10-26T14:21:07Z")
I don’t need my gas water heater but once every two days. I’m debating whether to use vacation mode. Any thoughts? --- ## [Please Recommend a Book Providing Neutral History on the Creation of the Nation of Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-book-providing-neutral-history-on-the-creation-of-the-nation-of-israel/992079)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-book-providing-neutral-history-on-the-creation-of-the-nation-of-israel/992079 "2023-10-26T04:39:43Z")
I’d like to think that I’ve got a pretty good superficial understanding of the establishment of Israel as a nation. Pretty much what I’ve read has been published in newspapers over the years, articles I’ve read on Wikip… --- ## [Tell me about your spinal anesthesia + hip replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-spinal-anesthesia-hip-replacement/991490)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-spinal-anesthesia-hip-replacement/991490 "2023-10-26T03:53:53Z")
Much to my alarm, my surgeon wishes to use spinal anesthesia (are all spinal anesthesias epidurals? I didn’t wish to assume.) to do my hip replacement. I have researched it online and been quite surprised to find out it’… --- ## [Are these advertised products frauds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306)
**Author:** [@Yelnick\_McWawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yelnick_McWawa)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-advertised-products-frauds/988306 "2023-10-25T22:12:54Z")
Are these frauds? Or are they genuine and I’m missing something? I’ve seen all of these products advertised on YouTube videos. Some are available on Amazon, eBay, and Lowe’s. Why hasn’t the FTC sued these companies f… --- ## [Second showers for twins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-showers-for-twins/991853)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/second-showers-for-twins/991853 "2023-10-25T20:44:30Z")
Been debating whether to post this, then, reading some other stuff, and thinking about the average age, and swath of experience here, plus the fact that it’s pretty anonymous, so I decided, why not? It won’t be the final… --- ## [Can someone help me figure out how long this battery will last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-figure-out-how-long-this-battery-will-last/991016)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-help-me-figure-out-how-long-this-battery-will-last/991016 "2023-10-25T15:58:42Z")
I need help trying to figure out if this power station would run some things on my fish tank. I can’t seem to figure out/understand volts/watts etc. I have a heater and an air pump. There are some other things as well li… --- ## [Tennis Elbow - advice for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow-advice-for-sleeping/991879)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow-advice-for-sleeping/991879 "2023-10-25T12:29:01Z")
Obligatory acknowledgement: You are not my doctor. I have an ortho appointment on Monday, but I’d like to be a little less of a zombie between now and then. I am 99.9% sure that tennis elbow is the right diagnosis. T… --- ## [Help me. \[questions re: bipolar disorder\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-questions-re-bipolar-disorder/708827)
**Author:** [@theo112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theo112)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-questions-re-bipolar-disorder/708827 "2015-02-01T15:14:34Z")
I need help. I have been diagnosed with Bi-Polar type 1 Disorder, and I also did some research and I have rapid cycling of my mood swings, it can happen in 1 day, week, month etc. Both sides are pretty bad I am in my Dep… --- ## [What app is the worst?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-app-is-the-worst/991982)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-app-is-the-worst/991982 "2023-10-24T21:28:21Z")
Desktop and phone apps both in the running. And I mean mainstream apps. No small piece of crap ones and no games. I think by far is Spotify. Until recently they did not store if you wanted a playlist on shuffle or se… --- ## [IDF's alleged recording of Islamic Jihad, and questions of journalistic integrity and trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idfs-alleged-recording-of-islamic-jihad-and-questions-of-journalistic-integrity-and-trust/991857)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idfs-alleged-recording-of-islamic-jihad-and-questions-of-journalistic-integrity-and-trust/991857 "2023-10-24T18:52:38Z")
The alleged recording of “Hamas” operatives discussing the rocket failure that was released by the State of Israel’s official Twitter account is being disputed: --- ## [Was being afraid of getting an erection in the locker room shower an actual thing among guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-being-afraid-of-getting-an-erection-in-the-locker-room-shower-an-actual-thing-among-guys/930710)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-being-afraid-of-getting-an-erection-in-the-locker-room-shower-an-actual-thing-among-guys/930710 "2023-10-24T13:55:52Z")
Inspired by another post here, despite never actually taking a fully nude shower in the PE Locker room in Middle/High school (if you did took showers you took them with your underwear or swim trunks on) I remember both a… --- ## [What word processor I can use now that Word has gone crazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-processor-i-can-use-now-that-word-has-gone-crazy/991924)
**Author:** [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-processor-i-can-use-now-that-word-has-gone-crazy/991924 "2023-10-24T13:27:02Z")
I don’t do a lot of word processing but when I do I want to just do it! Not relearn a new program! Help me with a really solid basic word processor, preferably one I can import my Word files into somehow. I do use tab… --- ## [To what degree do you think generational titles are useful? Particularly Baby Boomers in comparison to others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-degree-do-you-think-generational-titles-are-useful-particularly-baby-boomers-in-comparison-to-others/991565)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-degree-do-you-think-generational-titles-are-useful-particularly-baby-boomers-in-comparison-to-others/991565 "2023-10-24T12:52:35Z")
This will be a pretty US-centric topic from my end, but if you want to comment on your own country, please do. I think the first thing is to acknowledge that the titles are used for grouping people are, if not stereotyp… --- ## [Anybody bought a rental rv?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-bought-a-rental-rv/991897)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-bought-a-rental-rv/991897 "2023-10-24T11:18:03Z")
I think it may be time for a bit of a size upgrade from my little 16 foot Fun Finder so I’ve started looking for something a tad larger. This is the time of year to purchase as prices go down as winter storage looms. I’m… --- ## [Men absentmindedly stroking their beard, annoying/irritating or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-absentmindedly-stroking-their-beard-annoying-irritating-or-not/595252)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2023, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-absentmindedly-stroking-their-beard-annoying-irritating-or-not/595252 "2023-10-24T09:00:26Z")
Having been induced to grow a short beard for the first time in my life (by a party who apparently likes her men bearded), I often catch myself at a new mannerism: when thinking on something or just woolgathering, I put … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=119) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=121)