# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=127 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 128 --- ## [Have You Stayed in a Backpacking Hostel During COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-a-backpacking-hostel-during-covid/989155)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-stayed-in-a-backpacking-hostel-during-covid/989155 "2023-09-01T01:17:44Z")
I’m going to guess no, so I won’t elaborate too much, but I traveled a lot between 2004-2013 and have stayed in many hostels in Europe, Australia, Asia, and North America. Has anyone done this recently? I’ve tried to ima… --- ## [Recommend a backup camera for an RV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-backup-camera-for-an-rv/989370)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-backup-camera-for-an-rv/989370 "2023-08-31T23:55:16Z")
We have a 22 foot Class C motorhome. The center rear-view mirror is all but useless. It also has a backup camera, which isn’t much better - things look a lot further away than they really are. We’re looking into buying a… --- ## [Custom vinyl tiles for a kitchen floor? (and tiling the plane)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-vinyl-tiles-for-a-kitchen-floor-and-tiling-the-plane/989190)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-vinyl-tiles-for-a-kitchen-floor-and-tiling-the-plane/989190 "2023-08-31T20:11:50Z")
There’s been an exciting new development in tiling the plane. Aperiodic tiling with a single tile. And, hey, I hate my kitchen floor (mostly because the ceramic tiles are too hard, and always look dirty) so maybe thi… --- ## [Any leads on disability consultant (for dealing with insurance, disability claims, etc)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308)
**Author:** [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-leads-on-disability-consultant-for-dealing-with-insurance-disability-claims-etc/989308 "2023-08-31T19:57:15Z")
My sister has an autoimmune disease which is extremely severe and has led to her not being able to work (she had a high-powered job before she got sick). With medication she can now at least do a minimum of simple tasks … --- ## [Help me replace my (hot) water heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-hot-water-heater/989293 "2023-08-31T19:17:27Z")
Hi All. I am the proud owner of a 50 gal tank style propane water heater that is 23 years old. While still barely just broken in and for various reasons I want to replace it soon. A little about the home, it’s a secon… --- ## [PragerU can't teach!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prageru-cant-teach/989233 "2023-08-31T18:16:49Z")
OK, yes, PragerU’s videos can help reinforce indoctrination into whatever we’re calling the US’s present rightwing ideology. But apparently, what they now provide for classroom instruction is half-assed and bad. They kno… --- ## [Opening pop-top cans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-pop-top-cans/955521 "2023-08-31T12:13:21Z")
A lot of canned foods now come in those pop-top cans – the kind where you pull the entire top off. I have a hard time with some of those, due in part of increasing arthritis or maybe just general old-age decrepitude. C… --- ## [Words We Pronounce Wrong But Nobody Cares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 333\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-we-pronounce-wrong-but-nobody-cares/831807 "2023-08-31T08:53:04Z")
I can think of two words (well, a word and a phrase) that just about every American pronounces wrong, but no one seems to care anymore and it just goes on. Note that I’m not talking about dialectical differences here, s… --- ## [Any wills, trust, and estates lawyers licensed in NY around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wills-trust-and-estates-lawyers-licensed-in-ny-around-here/989375 "2023-08-31T08:08:58Z")
To make a very long story short, I am being presented with a bunch of legal documentation regarding the disposition of my recently deceased father’s assets that makes absolutely no sense to me: a will (which is pretty cl… --- ## [The Fate of the Musk Corporations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-the-musk-corporations/988981 "2023-08-31T02:30:53Z")
Mods: Perhaps this is better for IMHO? If so, then please move. Musk has always been a bit unstable, but in the past several months (around when he bought Twitter) he’s has grown increasingly erratic. There have recentl… --- ## [Recommend a masters degree program to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-masters-degree-program-to-me/989374 "2023-08-31T02:08:53Z")
I’m trying to get a part-time gig teaching at the local community college. Basically, I’m looking to retire, but I need something to do. or I will rot. And I like to teach, and think I’d be good at it. I spoke to the wo… --- ## [How do you research online purchases these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-research-online-purchases-these-days/989231)
**Author:** [@Lavender\_Pebble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Pebble)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-research-online-purchases-these-days/989231 "2023-08-30T21:44:33Z")
The last few years I’ve been feeling more and more like researching anything to buy is becoming harder. I’m curious how others approach buying things. So how do you research online purchases these days? I generally trus… --- ## [Trump bail amount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-bail-amount/989054 "2023-08-30T20:25:50Z")
Why was it set to such a low amount? How could 200k prevent Trump from fleeing? Couldn’t it just as well have been set to 0? --- ## [There's been a setback](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-setback/989188)
**Author:** [@epbrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-been-a-setback/989188 "2023-08-30T18:49:19Z")
Or rather, there hasn’t been. A relative recently posted pictures of their new house in a historic area of their town, and it’s one of those greystone/townhouse-types where the front door opens right onto the sidewalk. A… --- ## [Should we go back to waxed paper Cups and Containers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-go-back-to-waxed-paper-cups-and-containers/989315)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-go-back-to-waxed-paper-cups-and-containers/989315 "2023-08-30T18:43:33Z")
Should we go back to waxed paper Cups and Containers? poll Waxed paper Cups and boxes were standard food containers for most of my life. Wendys, Burger King, McDonald’s and other fast food restaurants used them. Cardboa… --- ## [What are the verbs to express imagining the sound , taste and touch of something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-verbs-to-express-imagining-the-sound-taste-and-touch-of-something/989270)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-verbs-to-express-imagining-the-sound-taste-and-touch-of-something/989270 "2023-08-30T15:52:31Z")
If to visualize is to form an imagined visual image what verbs describe imagining a sound, taste, smell or touch ? --- ## [Should I have offered a tip in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-offered-a-tip-in-this-situation/989265)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-have-offered-a-tip-in-this-situation/989265 "2023-08-30T15:36:13Z")
I had to pick up a very heavy but compact\* package at UPS today. My car is a hatchback. There were no other customers when I stopped in, and the young woman clerk offered to help me get it into my car, so I accepted. She… --- ## [Cutting the Cord Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-questions/988328)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-questions/988328 "2023-08-30T02:57:24Z")
I really want to cut the cable cord but have been hesitant because I wasn’t sure how to go about it and I didn’t want to have to get an antenna for ABC, NBC, CBS. We’re going to be getting a new TV shortly. We have a sma… --- ## [Should airlines be required to offer obese passengers another seat or two at no extra charge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-airlines-be-required-to-offer-obese-passengers-another-seat-or-two-at-no-extra-charge/985445)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 220\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-airlines-be-required-to-offer-obese-passengers-another-seat-or-two-at-no-extra-charge/985445 "2023-08-29T20:28:55Z")
There is a current change.org petition authored by a social media influencer, Jaelynn Chaney, asking for the FAA to regulate airlines that fly in the US to provide obese passengers, at no cost to the passengers, an extra… --- ## [GH Power: sounds like a scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gh-power-sounds-like-a-scam/989232)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gh-power-sounds-like-a-scam/989232 "2023-08-29T20:22:01Z")
There was a recent Yahoo article about this company. They supposedly react scrap aluminum and water to produce hydrogen, alumina, and heat energy. I’m not posting any links because the board software doesn’t seem to li… --- ## [Best bicycle chain lubricant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bicycle-chain-lubricant/985695)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-bicycle-chain-lubricant/985695 "2023-06-21T15:25:21Z")
I think I have some good old fashioned Tri-Flow around somewhere, but I can’t find it. Back in the day when I did a lot of trail biking I used a white lubricant that had paraffin in it. The wax helped keep dirt and mud… --- ## [The Future of Navies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-navies/988049)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-navies/988049 "2023-08-29T17:19:28Z")
A discussion begun in a different thread pointed out that Ukraine’s successful naval drone strike on a Russian warship has got to be causing the navies of the world to take notice. The principle of a ‘fire ship’ that ram… --- ## [Why Aren’t You Protesting In The Streets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-you-protesting-in-the-streets/988836)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-you-protesting-in-the-streets/988836 "2023-08-28T17:50:16Z")
A National Post letter to the editor suggests Canadians should be protesting in the streets over eighty unfilled judicial vacancies. And laments that they aren’t. While this might be true and be problematic, it occurs … --- ## [Culture and evolution on Generation Ships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-and-evolution-on-generation-ships/988726)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-and-evolution-on-generation-ships/988726 "2023-08-28T16:09:39Z")
Spinning this off from the what to do with the dead bodies thread … Potentially hundreds of thousands of years of a relatively small population with a hard top limit in a confined space. Progeny have to be tightly regu… --- ## [How reliable is the Express (British paper)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-the-express-british-paper/988945)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-the-express-british-paper/988945 "2023-08-28T15:57:16Z")
From the Ukraine Thread, I’ve got a question. @aceplace57 posted a quote from the Express, a British paper. Later on, I posted a question: @EddyTeddyFreddy followed up with: Then I posted: Then @What\_Exit said… --- ## [Why do schools and universities have such toxic workplace cultures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-and-universities-have-such-toxic-workplace-cultures/988902)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-schools-and-universities-have-such-toxic-workplace-cultures/988902 "2023-08-28T15:46:24Z")
Pre-amble: I’ve worked in around education and corporate training for ~22 years. I have two post-graduate degrees in education (and almost a doctoral degree, long story…), and have worked in state secondaries, independen… --- ## [If you play one or more musical instruments, why did you choose the one(s) you chose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-one-or-more-musical-instruments-why-did-you-choose-the-one-s-you-chose/982157)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-play-one-or-more-musical-instruments-why-did-you-choose-the-one-s-you-chose/982157 "2023-08-28T13:49:31Z")
My dad played the accordion, so when I was 6 or 7, I took accordion lessons. I wrote my first composition at age 7 - a polka! Once I got to 7th grade, I bought my first guitar and a book of chords, and I taught myself t… --- ## [Let's remember the Good Old Days! /s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-remember-the-good-old-days-s/988062)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-remember-the-good-old-days-s/988062 "2023-08-28T13:48:17Z")
Let’s remember the Good Old Days when life was so much better. Remember when everybody smoked and you could smoke anywhere? You could smoke in movie theaters, on airplanes, in a hospital room or at the doctors office. R… --- ## [How long would a dead squirrel stay on your sidewalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-would-a-dead-squirrel-stay-on-your-sidewalk/989090 "2023-08-28T04:28:56Z")
Just curious about your thoughts. I live in a decent Chicago burb, with curbs and sidewalks. There is a public middle school at the south end of my block. At the north end of our block is a home that recently went thr… --- ## [What is Prigozhin's (Wagner chief) motivation and endgame?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prigozhins-wagner-chief-motivation-and-endgame/986002)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 259\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-prigozhins-wagner-chief-motivation-and-endgame/986002 "2023-08-28T01:50:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 2): Yevgeny Prigozhin just released a 30-minute video with more attacks on the Russian Department of Defense and (indirectly) Putin. Link here. W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=126) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=128)