# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=163 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 164 --- ## [Need suggestions for my "Most Evil Corps in History" game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-my-most-evil-corps-in-history-game/963611)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-for-my-most-evil-corps-in-history-game/963611 "2022-12-12T14:03:32Z")
(While this is about a future thread game, I placed this in IMHO as I felt I would get a more varied response in this forum. If y’all disagree, move it as you wish.) Going to start a thread game (as well as make an actu… --- ## [I don't understand "Student Loans" for college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-student-loans-for-college/942523)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 185\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-understand-student-loans-for-college/942523 "2021-06-04T20:10:31Z")
My son is attending Virginia Tech next year, and of course, requires his tuition be paid, some of which will be paid by loans. But I would never think that he has to take out loans to pay for college, that’s up to me to… --- ## [Need answer fast: domestic money transfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-domestic-money-transfer/976308)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-domestic-money-transfer/976308 "2022-12-12T03:34:54Z")
First, no need to point out that this is idiotic - believe me, I agree, and had to stop myself from delivering a lecture about personal responsibility and enabling when I was consulted for advice. Okay, now that that par… --- ## [Travel Q: flight connection time in MUC airport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-q-flight-connection-time-in-muc-airport/976314)
**Author:** [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-q-flight-connection-time-in-muc-airport/976314 "2022-12-12T03:21:58Z")
I was wondering if anyone else ever flew through Munich who might share their experience. Planning a trip to Rome Italy ( from the US ) and one of the flight pairs I’m considering has a 1:30 connection time from the arri… --- ## [Dopers over 60 - do you feel respected? Irrelevant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-60-do-you-feel-respected-irrelevant/974745)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-over-60-do-you-feel-respected-irrelevant/974745 "2022-12-12T02:16:47Z")
My wife is 61 and I’m 62. We’re doing quite well - financially secure, kids grown and independent, pretty healthy. Debating when we retire and how we lead our lives then. One thing we often think about is how increasi… --- ## [Continuing story/update - newly blind person (now age 92)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-story-update-newly-blind-person-now-age-92/976103)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-story-update-newly-blind-person-now-age-92/976103 "2022-12-12T01:03:22Z")
Continuing the discussion from Help/resources for a person newly blind at age 91: Mary Lou will be turning 92 on Dec 10. Her vision has improved ever-so-slightly to where she can sort of see large areas of something. In… --- ## [Advice on eliminating on-prem IT resources](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-eliminating-on-prem-it-resources/975454)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-eliminating-on-prem-it-resources/975454 "2022-12-11T19:12:40Z")
Just asking for some advice from SDMB members who have Windows Server, network, and VOIP experience for the best way to handle a downsizing project that I’ve been wrestling with. A little background first: This is for a… --- ## [San Jose becomes largest city to abolish minimum parking requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-jose-becomes-largest-city-to-abolish-minimum-parking-requirements/976198)
**Author:** [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-jose-becomes-largest-city-to-abolish-minimum-parking-requirements/976198 "2022-12-11T18:10:13Z")
Continuing a discussion from 11 years ago… Minimum parking laws are stupid. @RickJay put it eloquently enough back then: I posted this link, which although from a libertarian-leaning site, cites plenty of data demon… --- ## [Remodel Opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remodel-opinions/976020)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remodel-opinions/976020 "2022-12-04T23:32:11Z")
Looking for thoughts on best bang for the buck on home resale. We will probably be in this house another 10-15 years, but I don’t see this as being the last stop for us. Right now we have a medium sized bathroom and a g… --- ## [EVs and rentals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evs-and-rentals/976119)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evs-and-rentals/976119 "2022-12-10T16:23:10Z")
For those who rent and don’t have access to an outside outlet, how do you charge your EV? Go to a charger facility or string an electrical cord to your car? Does anyone have a owner or landlord who is assisting in helpin… --- ## [Sudden, Intense Left Calf Pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-left-calf-pain/975540)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-intense-left-calf-pain/975540 "2022-12-10T15:52:56Z")
I’ll go and see a doctor if it happens again but since it’s getting better, I’m more curious than worried for the moment. As I was walking down a couple of steps yesterday afternoon, I felt a sudden, extremely sharp pai… --- ## [How many Canadian provinces and US states have you been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-canadian-provinces-and-us-states-have-you-been/975615 "2022-12-10T05:14:27Z")
I’ve been to 9 provinces and 2 territories in Canada. 12 states and DC in the US. (I’m defining “been to” as actually spent more than 24 hours on the ground. Fly/overs and short landings don’t count .) In Canada, I’m… --- ## [Is USPS tracking working for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-usps-tracking-working-for-you/976228)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-usps-tracking-working-for-you/976228 "2022-12-09T20:50:16Z")
I haven’t been able to track anything for about a week or so. No matter if I follow a link or go to the USPS site and enter the number, all I get is a hung up page. It doesn’t even time out or give an error message. Noth… --- ## [Without looking, do you know the wattage of your microwave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-do-you-know-the-wattage-of-your-microwave/976082)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-looking-do-you-know-the-wattage-of-your-microwave/976082 "2022-12-09T14:13:12Z")
Since I live alone and I don’t always feel like cooking after a long day at work, I eat more frozen dinners than is probably good for me, and I was musing recently about the standard disclaimer in the microwave instructi… --- ## [Most Archaic Anthem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archaic-anthem/976081)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-archaic-anthem/976081 "2022-12-09T08:49:31Z")
National anthems often occupy a special place in people’s hearts. Updates tend to be controversial. Yet many were written in the 1700s (or some time ago) and reflect bygone values and countries born of violent revoluti… --- ## [How do you feel about fraternities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fraternities/974601)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fraternities/974601 "2022-12-08T21:08:46Z")
I spent a long time in university and have fairly neutral feelings about fraternities. I was wondering how other Dopers felt about them? --- ## [A mnemonic for the difference between "bring" and "take", please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mnemonic-for-the-difference-between-bring-and-take-please/976014)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mnemonic-for-the-difference-between-bring-and-take-please/976014 "2022-12-08T11:53:41Z")
Every time I use the word “bring” to mean “take”, and “take” to mean “bring”, my dear sweet mother corrects me like she’s a third-grade straight-A student and it’s making me kinda nuts. Is there a mnemonic I can use to … --- ## [Time Person of the Year 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2022/960206 "2022-12-08T00:46:13Z")
As of today, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a slam dunk to win. But, it’s not even March yet, so who knows what will happen? Covid has shown us that it doesn’t like to be ignored. --- ## [Should feminists not care about male issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738)
**Author:** [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-feminists-not-care-about-male-issues/975738 "2022-12-07T16:00:42Z")
“If men want hugs, they need to start hugging other men.“ There is a type of feminist rhetoric that I have witnessed, namely that (female) feminists should not (have to) care about men or the issues they face. Women hav… --- ## [Men's experiences with facial waxing (As opposed to shaving)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-experiences-with-facial-waxing-as-opposed-to-shaving/377673)
**Author:** [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-experiences-with-facial-waxing-as-opposed-to-shaving/377673 "2022-12-07T02:36:57Z")
I have a problem: I’m lazy. I don’t like taking the time to shave daily, and when I can get away with it, leave the razor and shaving cream down. I’m seriously considering waxing as an alternative to shaving. The way I s… --- ## [Exploiting Anthony Bourdain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploiting-anthony-bourdain/962639)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exploiting-anthony-bourdain/962639 "2022-12-06T21:41:55Z")
I loved Kitchen Confidential and when I first read it I sought out most of Bourdain’s other writing. I liked his travel TV. I was saddened when he died. I’m watching Roadrunner on CNN. Lots of people loved the guy. … --- ## [If the Soviets had eventually landed on the moon after the US, would anything have really changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-soviets-had-eventually-landed-on-the-moon-after-the-us-would-anything-have-really-changed/976007)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-soviets-had-eventually-landed-on-the-moon-after-the-us-would-anything-have-really-changed/976007 "2022-12-06T20:34:14Z")
Let’s pretend that somehow the Soviets are able to power through their problems with the N1 lunar rocket and manages to get a crew together for expected launch in 1971 (the earliest I believe they could have done it with… --- ## [Experience with a Daily Money Manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-a-daily-money-manager/976063)
**Author:** [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-a-daily-money-manager/976063 "2022-12-06T19:51:09Z")
Hi Dopers, Does anyone here have experience working with a Daily Money Manager? This is not a financial planner or secretary, but somewhere in between. According to the American Association of Daily Money Managers (AADM… --- ## [Rudy has a new legal problem, potential jail time for contempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151 "2022-12-06T15:37:33Z")
Nothing to do with elections; just a humdrum case of failing to pay support to his ex-wife, in the amount of $235,000; blew off the court by not appearing; ex-wife got a consent judgment against him. NY Judge says tha… --- ## [Who knows about holding an estate sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-holding-an-estate-sale/976021)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-holding-an-estate-sale/976021 "2022-12-06T04:54:25Z")
We had a death in the family recently. They lived alone and owned the usual household items plus a good amount of stuff that nobody in the family particularly wants (tools, collectibles, knicks and knacks). It seems an e… --- ## [Is this a plot hole in this mystery I just finished?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-plot-hole-in-this-mystery-i-just-finished/976034)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-plot-hole-in-this-mystery-i-just-finished/976034 "2022-12-06T03:36:03Z")
The story was pretty good, but at the very end there seemed to be this plot hole. Place, UK and Cyprus. Time, 1971. In order to convince the authorities that person A, a Turkish Cypriot (who is actually dead) has fled … --- ## [Psychiatrist: I can't do counseling with you unless you let me speak with a family member: is this normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/psychiatrist-i-cant-do-counseling-with-you-unless-you-let-me-speak-with-a-family-member-is-this-normal/973787 "2022-12-06T02:46:54Z")
I had/have an appointment with a licensed psychiatrist here in Texas this week, but he sent me an email telling me he can’t do counseling (or follow-up counseling) unless I authorize him to speak to a direct family membe… --- ## [Do Nightshade vegetables worsen arthritis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nightshade-vegetables-worsen-arthritis/976059)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-nightshade-vegetables-worsen-arthritis/976059 "2022-12-05T20:41:47Z")
I make and eat a lot of dishes with bell peppers and tomatoes, and to a lesser extent, potatoes. I also like eggplant, though I don’t eat it nearly as much, and I use a lot of cayenne pepper and paprika, other members of… --- ## [Advice on new printer and photo software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-new-printer-and-photo-software/976025)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-new-printer-and-photo-software/976025 "2022-12-05T18:12:51Z")
Two questions - first, what would you recommend for a good home printer? Low volume, mostly B&W, handful of family photos every once in awhile. El cheapo PIXMA I got on sale is just a POS with poor design and poor qual… --- ## [Blood pressure apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031 "2022-12-05T17:57:12Z")
I am looking for a good pressure app for Android. I have downloaded four so far that do everything BUT actually take my blood pressure. Y’all have any advice? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=162) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=164)