# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=130 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 131 --- ## [What is this creature crawling on my utility meter at 5:00 this morning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-creature-crawling-on-my-utility-meter-at-5-00-this-morning/988100)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-creature-crawling-on-my-utility-meter-at-5-00-this-morning/988100 "2023-08-10T20:37:05Z")
Captured on my WYZE camera, which is positioned at the side of my house. Unfortunately it’s B&W footage. If it’s a bug, it’s a BIG one. :open\_mouth: VIDEO --- ## [Stupidest building design you've experienced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-building-design-youve-experienced/985287)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-building-design-youve-experienced/985287 "2023-08-10T16:35:59Z")
We’ve got threads about stupid product design and stupid software design. There’s gotta be a lot of bad building design out there. Any good stories? --- ## [How can I fix this fingernail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-fix-this-fingernail/955864)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-fix-this-fingernail/955864 "2023-08-10T03:19:36Z")
Minor but annoying problem. One of my fingernails appears to have a permanent split in it. I trim it back and file it down as far as I can, but under magnification I can still see the split. I keep filing it as it grows … --- ## [Why are unhappy Mother-in-Law stories almost always about the \*grooms\* mother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-unhappy-mother-in-law-stories-almost-always-about-the-grooms-mother/988150)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-unhappy-mother-in-law-stories-almost-always-about-the-grooms-mother/988150 "2023-08-09T23:46:56Z")
Why are Mother-in-Law jokes/stories almost always about the groom’s mother? poll I’ve noticed that overwhelmingly complaints about Mothers-in-Law are about the groom’s mother. What causes this? Okay, they’re also almo… --- ## [Optimal desk lighting for home desktop PC setup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimal-desk-lighting-for-home-desktop-pc-setup/988154)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optimal-desk-lighting-for-home-desktop-pc-setup/988154 "2023-08-09T21:04:29Z")
How are your eyes? I’ve recently read about eye strain from imperceptibly flickering LED bulbs and blue light from PC monitors. I know I need to improve the very bright lighting in my home office, especially given that I… --- ## [Is this a legit reason to request medical accommodation at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-legit-reason-to-request-medical-accommodation-at-work/987983)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-legit-reason-to-request-medical-accommodation-at-work/987983 "2023-08-09T18:50:18Z")
I have suffered chronic depression for decades. I have taken a whole laundry list of anti-depressants over the years, and most have been unhelpful at best. Not to say I am not functional (and I am definitely not suicida… --- ## [Elastic shirt stays for men - give me your honest opinion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elastic-shirt-stays-for-men-give-me-your-honest-opinion/987662)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elastic-shirt-stays-for-men-give-me-your-honest-opinion/987662 "2023-08-09T16:48:03Z")
Keep your shirt down and your socks up. Two birds, meet one stone. Looks to me like they would work, possibly uncomfortable, though? Also, pretty danged geeky. Have you ever worn them? Know anyone who has? Other comme… --- ## [How can Cardi B not be charged because of "insufficient evidence?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-cardi-b-not-be-charged-because-of-insufficient-evidence/988039 "2023-08-09T16:20:22Z")
THere’s video of her throwing the microphone. How can there not be sufficient evidence that she assaulted someone and be charged? --- ## [Question about property / local taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-property-local-taxes/988187)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-property-local-taxes/988187 "2023-08-09T14:25:09Z")
I had a startling chat with my sister-in-law recently. She’s British, but lives in the US, working for a large US Corporation. She’s recently bought a house for (an astonishing) $2.5 million. Yes, she is loaded. But wha… --- ## [If You Lived With A Monster, Would You Ever Get The Hiccups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-lived-with-a-monster-would-you-ever-get-the-hiccups/987798)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-lived-with-a-monster-would-you-ever-get-the-hiccups/987798 "2023-08-09T05:41:20Z")
Well? Would you? --- ## [Best beginner's yoga videos on YouTube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beginners-yoga-videos-on-youtube/988185)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beginners-yoga-videos-on-youtube/988185 "2023-08-09T03:20:11Z")
I am looking for a good beginner YouTube video, no more than 10-15 minutes long. I see many choices available, and I will browse them, but if anyone has a favorite I’d like to hear about it. These old bones need some st… --- ## [Did/Does your medical provider let you know about your right to switch doctors? Was it hard to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-does-your-medical-provider-let-you-know-about-your-right-to-switch-doctors-was-it-hard-to-do/988076)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-does-your-medical-provider-let-you-know-about-your-right-to-switch-doctors-was-it-hard-to-do/988076 "2023-08-09T01:43:21Z")
In another thread about the usefulness of the internet, someone said that the internet lets people know that they have the right to see other physicians, and that the providers don’t let them know about that right and/or… --- ## [Why are the lights coming on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-lights-coming-on/988210)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-lights-coming-on/988210 "2023-08-08T20:21:51Z")
So we just upgraded our internet to something new and fast. This required bringing the router in through a different entrance point, as the new service does not work through the existing coaxial service. To simplify the… --- ## [What’s your favorite Apple Watch app (or apps) that doesn’t come delivered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-apple-watch-app-or-apps-that-doesn-t-come-delivered/952112)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-apple-watch-app-or-apps-that-doesn-t-come-delivered/952112 "2021-10-13T01:01:41Z")
Mine is definitely Golf Pad. Yes, it’s something of a specialty app but it’s great for keeping my golf score, tracking my shots, and recommending which club to use based on conditions. --- ## [There are only three classes of men…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-three-classes-of-men/988164)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-only-three-classes-of-men/988164 "2023-08-08T12:52:14Z")
Lovers of wisdom, lovers of honour, lovers of gain. Was Plato right? Most men I know want you to be proud of their (perceived) achievements… --- ## [Some help from '99ers needed about ubb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-from-99ers-needed-about-ubb/987483)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-from-99ers-needed-about-ubb/987483 "2023-08-07T19:13:06Z")
Have to admit my memory is not up to the task. How long did we have ubb? Did we switch to vbulletin because ubb sucked? Hard to imagine something as bad as vbulletin back then. http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTM… --- ## [Have you ever stayed in a windowless hotel room? Would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-in-a-windowless-hotel-room-would-you/988028)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-in-a-windowless-hotel-room-would-you/988028 "2023-08-07T18:48:42Z")
For me, yes I’ve stayed in several windowless hotel rooms. Most of them have been pod style hotels, but there was one I stayed at in New Orleans which looked like it was an office building conversion. I don’t mind rooms… --- ## [Friend needs help coping with knee replacement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-needs-help-coping-with-knee-replacement/988161)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-needs-help-coping-with-knee-replacement/988161 "2023-08-07T18:01:45Z")
The usual disclaimer applies here. You’re not a doctor? No problem, I understand. You’re a doctor, but not my doctor or my friend’s doctor? That’s fine too. If you have any experience, training, or knowledge that mi… --- ## [Yet Another Estate Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-estate-question/988047)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-estate-question/988047 "2023-08-07T17:02:47Z")
My wife’s 87 year-old father died about a year ago without writing a will. Of course there are complications, such as an estranged wife who was still legally married to him, a pseudo-hoarded house and farm lot, seven sib… --- ## [Need answer fast: What to do in and around Toronto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-to-do-in-and-around-toronto/987939)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-what-to-do-in-and-around-toronto/987939 "2023-08-07T15:37:41Z")
TL:DR, visiting a Chinese lady friend that today I figured out is pretty loaded and basically “interviewing” me if I’m suitable material for a relationship. She has car(s), lives in Markham, and basically is only familia… --- ## [Tackiest Souvenir?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tackiest-souvenir/986815)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tackiest-souvenir/986815 "2023-08-07T04:21:51Z")
Souvenirs are often pretty tacky. It is natural to want a keepsake of a pleasant vacation, but the traditional things at best are sometimes stereotypes, and at worst cheap and shoddy. What is the tackiest souvenir yo… --- ## [Hunch: Putin will try to muddy the waters of his vanity war by push-shoving Belarus into the war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunch-putin-will-try-to-muddy-the-waters-of-his-vanity-war-by-push-shoving-belarus-into-the-war/988142)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunch-putin-will-try-to-muddy-the-waters-of-his-vanity-war-by-push-shoving-belarus-into-the-war/988142 "2023-08-06T17:58:28Z")
Can you explain what you think this means and why you find it ominous? --- ## [Best New IPhone Apps and Games 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-iphone-apps-and-games-2023/987402)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-iphone-apps-and-games-2023/987402 "2023-08-06T07:59:31Z")
There are hundreds of thousands of apps. Given so much competition, it is no longer enough for an app to be good to be successful. You have to be able to take away attention from other ones. Since older programs that… --- ## [Special Ops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops/987493)
**Author:** [@thefifinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thefifinator)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops/987493 "2023-08-05T23:38:07Z")
I know a guy who claims he was special ops. I have my doubts. A few things he has told me. He wore vibram 5 finger shoes in combat (he said - when you are special ops the normal regulations don’t apply). When I asked… --- ## [Steakhouse Near Ft. Bliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steakhouse-near-ft-bliss/988064)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steakhouse-near-ft-bliss/988064 "2023-08-05T20:00:29Z")
I am trying to recall the name of a steakhouse just outside the El Paso airport. Maybe some SDopers assigned to Ft. Bliss know what steakhouse I am thinking of. This is not a chain restaurant. It is a little pricey, but … --- ## [I'm Going to Sicily next Week - Any Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-sicily-next-week-any-recommendations/987153)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-sicily-next-week-any-recommendations/987153 "2023-08-05T15:18:35Z")
I’ll be staying in Palermo for a week. I’d like to focus on three types of activities, in the following order of importance : Cultural visits ; Enjoying the nightlife ; Reading on the beach. I don’t need advice for po… --- ## [What is your opinions/suggestions about this business venture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinions-suggestions-about-this-business-venture/988026)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinions-suggestions-about-this-business-venture/988026 "2023-08-05T14:59:20Z")
Before you dismiss this as silly, bear in mind Pet Rocks, The Star Registry and NFTs. :grin: I would like to get into the business of buying and selling souls. Ceremonial bills of sale (and registry of same), terms o… --- ## [AITA on Reddit Weird? Weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aita-on-reddit-weird-weddings/986881)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aita-on-reddit-weird-weddings/986881 "2023-08-05T07:28:48Z")
I’ve got this guilty pleasure. I read a lot of the AITA about weddings on redit. I wonder am I the only one who finds that weddings have gotten sort of weird? I mean there are claims of “dress codes” for all attendees do… --- ## [A sudden bout of yawns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-bout-of-yawns/987987)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-bout-of-yawns/987987 "2023-08-05T05:09:01Z")
Has anyone ever experience this? A yawning ‘attack’ that seems to come out of the blue. For me, though it’s pretty random, I noticed that one could come after I have breakfast for some time, say, 70-75 mins. Then all of … --- ## [Plastic as building insulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-as-building-insulation/988074)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-as-building-insulation/988074 "2023-08-05T00:27:37Z")
I wonder why plastic bottles aren’t washed, shredded and used as insulation. It could be blown in as cellulose was in the 1950s and 60s, or heat formed into bats to fit between 16" or 24" studs. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=131)