# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=161 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 162 --- ## [What historical events have slipped down the memory hole?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-events-have-slipped-down-the-memory-hole/976478 "2022-12-22T01:56:38Z")
I wasn’t sure where else to put this. I’ve been listening to Rachel Maddow’s podcast Ultra about the sedition trial of Nazi sympathizers in the United States in 1943. Is this common knowledge that I just never heard abo… --- ## [How worried should I be (phone scam)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-phone-scam/976852)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-worried-should-i-be-phone-scam/976852 "2022-12-21T23:24:11Z")
We have a minor problem with the phone line, and I called Verizon. I reached a woman with a heavy indian accent, who listened to my problem and told me she would forward my call to the person who could help. But before s… --- ## [Christianity: Is it a sin to try and prove god?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-is-it-a-sin-to-try-and-prove-god/976784)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-is-it-a-sin-to-try-and-prove-god/976784 "2022-12-21T21:36:39Z")
OK. I’m not the least bit religious. But I did attend Sunday School as a lad, and I’m pretty sure that I was taught about the importance of faith, that one believed because of faith, and that faith was very important. B… --- ## [Lumps on Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumps-on-elbow/975765)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lumps-on-elbow/975765 "2022-12-21T20:27:06Z")
I already have made a doctor’s appointment for this. Lately, I have noticed a lump on my left elbow. But today I discovered another. A doctor will see me in two weeks. How scared should I be in the mean time? The lu… --- ## [Why Would USPS Deliver A Package Back To The Sender With No Explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-usps-deliver-a-package-back-to-the-sender-with-no-explanation/976864)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-usps-deliver-a-package-back-to-the-sender-with-no-explanation/976864 "2022-12-21T18:04:51Z")
I mailed a package from Missouri to Ohio a week or so ago. Today our contractor rural carrier delivered it back. I wasn’t here when it happened, but Mrs. H said that she asked the carrier what was up with that, and point… --- ## [Jane Fonda referred by Congress to DOJ for treason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-fonda-referred-by-congress-to-doj-for-treason/976880)
**Author:** [@Janus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jane-fonda-referred-by-congress-to-doj-for-treason/976880 "2022-12-21T12:03:41Z")
Obviously this has not happened. And Ms Fonda is not treasonous. But if a congressional committee referred this to the DOJ, would the DOJ be obliged to investigate? --- ## [Diets and Obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diets-and-obesity/962955)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diets-and-obesity/962955 "2022-12-21T16:23:42Z")
I’ve been reading an interesting book on the scientific basis of dieting and obesity, Secrets From The Eating Lab. It makes a number of arguments and supports them, but I have not read the studies it cites. These inclu… --- ## [What were you wrong and right about - predicting future trends in fashion, music, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-wrong-and-right-about-predicting-future-trends-in-fashion-music-etc/976589)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-wrong-and-right-about-predicting-future-trends-in-fashion-music-etc/976589 "2022-12-21T11:18:15Z")
Just searching topics for interesting things to read. And I found the What the Hell Was Wrong with People in the 1970’s? thread. In in there are several predictions about what people would think about 2006 (then curren… --- ## [How many days' march would it have been for the Persians from Thermopylae to Athens (ca. 85 miles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-march-would-it-have-been-for-the-persians-from-thermopylae-to-athens-ca-85-miles/976877)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-march-would-it-have-been-for-the-persians-from-thermopylae-to-athens-ca-85-miles/976877 "2022-12-21T05:13:21Z")
How many days’ forced march would it have been for the Persians from Thermopylae to Athens (ca. 85 miles). One day or less? --- ## [Help me buy a travel computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-travel-computer/976820)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-travel-computer/976820 "2022-12-21T02:33:16Z")
About ten years ago, I bought an MS Surface to travel with. At the time, my son worked at MS and I was able to get a substantial discount. It is now having trouble holding power and I am afraid the battery is coming to… --- ## [Other than enjoying the elements, is there anything that makes outdoors running better than indoors treadmilling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-enjoying-the-elements-is-there-anything-that-makes-outdoors-running-better-than-indoors-treadmilling/976747)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-enjoying-the-elements-is-there-anything-that-makes-outdoors-running-better-than-indoors-treadmilling/976747 "2022-12-21T01:51:14Z")
Been looking to get into the gradual habit of jogging/running 2-3 miles a day. I cannot see any advantage that outdoors running has over treadmilling, unless one particularly enjoys the scenery or wants exposure to the e… --- ## [Recommend a treadmill for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-treadmill-for-me/976861)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-treadmill-for-me/976861 "2022-12-21T00:45:57Z")
I’m redoing my basement, and when I’m done it will be air conditioned and ventilated and better lit. And have room for a treadmill. I know nothing about treadmills. My goal isn’t to run. I want to walk. Probably with a … --- ## [Why do all gas stoves/ranges have a big griddle down the middle now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-gas-stoves-ranges-have-a-big-griddle-down-the-middle-now/976292)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-all-gas-stoves-ranges-have-a-big-griddle-down-the-middle-now/976292 "2022-12-20T21:43:25Z")
I am choosing a new range for my kitchen remodel and the nicer ones all have a griddle. What does it do that I can’t do in a regular pan or on my outdoor grill? It seems to me like it would be a bitch to clean and it wou… --- ## [English grammar. Do you say "each of the ring parts projects/project"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-grammar-do-you-say-each-of-the-ring-parts-projects-project/976833)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-grammar-do-you-say-each-of-the-ring-parts-projects-project/976833 "2022-12-20T14:17:23Z")
In written (not spoken) English what do you use, “projects” or “project”? Is it different for spoken English? poll --- ## [Explain how rich people think](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-rich-people-think/974435)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-how-rich-people-think/974435 "2022-12-20T13:42:26Z")
I do not get the motivation of billionaires like Musk and possibly Trump. They seem to spend their entire lives trying to add to their fortunes at the expense of others, which doesn’t make any sense to me. I retired the … --- ## [Should I bother recovering my couch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bother-recovering-my-couch/976777)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bother-recovering-my-couch/976777 "2022-12-20T12:09:08Z")
In my attempt to figure out what furniture should go where, I find myself still in possession of my ratty old couch that is nevertheless frustratingly comfortable, so I want to keep it around. But it’s falling to pieces… --- ## [The cynicism of the '60s & '70s v. the naiveté of the '50 - real or imagined, a new turn or reversion to baseline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cynicism-of-the-60s-70s-v-the-naivete-of-the-50-real-or-imagined-a-new-turn-or-reversion-to-baseline/976709)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cynicism-of-the-60s-70s-v-the-naivete-of-the-50-real-or-imagined-a-new-turn-or-reversion-to-baseline/976709 "2022-12-20T03:44:07Z")
This started with me rather recently reading an article about being a (rural midwestern) college student during the Vietnam war and not believing the President would lie to the people, and other (urban, northeastern) col… --- ## [Developing Algorithms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-algorithms/976803)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/developing-algorithms/976803 "2022-12-19T22:43:59Z")
Every time I sit down at the computer, I have this wish that my computer would take me to places I haven’t been before and then walk me down a path of more detail where I cold veer off if something caught my attention. I… --- ## [Statistics package for the home in retirement: SAS? R? or...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-package-for-the-home-in-retirement-sas-r-or/976779)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-package-for-the-home-in-retirement-sas-r-or/976779 "2022-12-19T21:36:41Z")
I’m retiring within months. But I’ve been using SAS statistical analysis software for 34 years and would like to be able to continue doing the things it’s helped me do for my various personal scientific interests in reti… --- ## [Was ChatGPT Used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chatgpt-used/976721)
**Author:** [@Petek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petek)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-chatgpt-used/976721 "2022-12-19T17:28:40Z")
I hang out on another forum where cooking is discussed. Recently, a new member posted replies that seemed to me were generated by ChatGPT. I’d be interested in other opinions whether or not this is the case. In the follo… --- ## [Thoughts on jogging with dogs under a year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-jogging-with-dogs-under-a-year-old/976751)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-jogging-with-dogs-under-a-year-old/976751 "2022-12-19T17:10:28Z")
I find many on line sources that advise against taking dogs out on runs until that are over a certain age, usually twelve months, sometimes fifteen, rarely nine. The stated rationale is open growth plates and therefore … --- ## [Dead Dad Solicitors: I'm ready to fuck with them. Keep me legal...Return Evelope Glitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-dad-solicitors-im-ready-to-fuck-with-them-keep-me-legal-return-evelope-glitter/975179)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-dad-solicitors-im-ready-to-fuck-with-them-keep-me-legal-return-evelope-glitter/975179 "2022-12-18T23:24:35Z")
Howdy. To move things along dad died of an unknown blood cancer and as a Republican donor, the GOP and other entities will not stop harassing him from beyond the grave. I have written things like “Stop asking dead men … --- ## [Peripheral Neuropathy Numb/tingling feet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy-numb-tingling-feet/914085)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peripheral-neuropathy-numb-tingling-feet/914085 "2022-12-18T19:45:15Z")
Interested in knowing if anyone has been cured of numb/tingling feet, and what treatment was used in curing it. --- ## [Buy one get one free. Is this a whoosh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-one-free-is-this-a-whoosh/976671)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-one-get-one-free-is-this-a-whoosh/976671 "2022-12-18T16:21:34Z")
Just saw an ad for Handy Heater Turbo Heat. As if their claims of what it can do aren’t horseshit enough, they then say “buy one and we’ll send you another free. Just pay a separate fee”. Wait a minute. Shipping is alre… --- ## [DNA question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-question/976658)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dna-question/976658 "2022-12-17T20:58:14Z")
What are some of the fantastic possible aspects of DNA that serious scientists suspect. Is there any evidence that the host can alter his own DNA by his behavior. --- ## [Options for streamlining membership payments online](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-streamlining-membership-payments-online/976691)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-streamlining-membership-payments-online/976691 "2022-12-17T17:03:00Z")
I’m working on a project for a non-profit I have started volunteering for and I was hoping someone here can give me more info about using forms that will accept Paypal payments. The organization currently has a membersh… --- ## [Qatar World Cup: Good Return on Investment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-world-cup-good-return-on-investment/976030)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/qatar-world-cup-good-return-on-investment/976030 "2022-12-17T03:01:23Z")
I have read Qatar spent between 300 and 400 billion dollars to host the World Cup. I have seen it claimed this is more than all the modern Olympics put together. They built seven state of the art stadia. Attracted the… --- ## [Would increasing life costs in order to increase salaries make sense? Example of Switzerland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-increasing-life-costs-in-order-to-increase-salaries-make-sense-example-of-switzerland/976486)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-increasing-life-costs-in-order-to-increase-salaries-make-sense-example-of-switzerland/976486 "2022-12-16T23:33:20Z")
No matter how many cities and countries I’ve looked at, the same cost to salary “balance” keeps appearing, it’s either high expenses and high salaries or low expenses with low salaries, but overall the percentage of how … --- ## [Any HVAC experts? I need advice (Draft Inducer & Pressure switch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hvac-experts-i-need-advice-draft-inducer-pressure-switch/976662)
**Author:** [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hvac-experts-i-need-advice-draft-inducer-pressure-switch/976662 "2022-12-16T19:46:51Z")
I have a Carrier HK06WC069 that is failing to start its heat cycle, the draft inducer spins, then I get a blink code 23, Pressure Switch Stuck Open. I can pinch the pressure switch’s rubber hose a few times and hear the… --- ## [What is your experience with emdr?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-experience-with-emdr/976541)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-experience-with-emdr/976541 "2022-12-16T16:04:06Z")
Someone mentioned it to me last night and I am intrigued. That said, the skeptic in me is hesitant. The therapy for me would be more for anger over things from my childhood rather than ptsd or physical abuse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=160) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=162)