# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=172 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 173 --- ## [Thanksgiving: Acrimonious Holiday Get-Together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-acrimonious-holiday-get-together/972863)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanksgiving-acrimonious-holiday-get-together/972863 "2022-10-12T13:34:02Z")
I read that 60% of Americans dislike getting together with their families for holidays, in part because political views have become so entrenched that it is even difficult to discuss things neutrally. This number has to… --- ## [Graphic design knowledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-design-knowledge/545623)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graphic-design-knowledge/545623 "2010-07-06T19:53:20Z")
Hey guys, So I’ve been into graphic/web design ever since I was a kid, but only a year or so ago did I to get serious about getting disciplined with learning/improving. I’m 26 years old, and I work for a small web/mobil… --- ## [Tips for Managing a Million Deadlines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-managing-a-million-deadlines/972906)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-managing-a-million-deadlines/972906 "2022-10-12T07:02:25Z")
My job (grant writer) already entails managing a lot of deadlines. I do it mostly through my Outlook Calendar and a mediocre grants management system.\* It works to keep track of about fifty grants/reports per year. But n… --- ## [When should you stop watering your lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-stop-watering-your-lawn/972905)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-you-stop-watering-your-lawn/972905 "2022-10-12T03:35:24Z")
For those of you live in a northern climate, when is it time to stop watering your lawn, and when is it time to winterize your irrigation system? I live in Montana, and the temps during the day are in the high 60s and dr… --- ## [What is cursive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cursive/971828)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cursive/971828 "2022-10-11T20:13:13Z")
Intrigued by this article: I asked myself: what is it that Americans cannot read or write? Do they mean any fluently handwritten text that is not in AllCaps (which I see in Wikipedia is rather called block letters when… --- ## [Explain: The Impossible Broken Drain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-impossible-broken-drain/972949)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-impossible-broken-drain/972949 "2022-10-11T20:04:51Z")
Our sink has a typical drain assembly pictured here. The linkage seems connected, and the handle moves when I move the linkage. However, the stopper part of the drain itself does not move. How can this be? As I recall, t… --- ## [Sea minerals for health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-minerals-for-health/971684)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-minerals-for-health/971684 "2022-10-11T16:20:07Z")
My wife has bought a bottle of sea minerals with stinging nettle from the farm where we buy honey and bee pollen. The place is a holistic haven, giving bee sting therapy among many other things. The minerals come with a … --- ## [Medicare Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-thread/970488)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-thread/970488 "2022-10-11T00:50:37Z")
As with many others on this Board, I am marching inexorably into my senior years. I will turn 65 next year and must soon make a decision about Medicare. My understanding is I will start to be bombarded with confusing inf… --- ## [Amazon wanting me to answer customers questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-wanting-me-to-answer-customers-questions/943858)
**Author:** [@breakneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/breakneck)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-wanting-me-to-answer-customers-questions/943858 "2022-10-11T00:41:28Z")
has anybody else been asked by an amazon customer to answer a question about a product? I am not getting paid by amazon to do customer service work for them . Then when I wrote an email to them stating that the richest m… --- ## [Moving a parked manual car uphill](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-parked-manual-car-uphill/972774)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-a-parked-manual-car-uphill/972774 "2022-10-10T18:19:33Z")
A few years ago, I was on vacation with family in Martinique. We had rented a small, underpowered car (Hyundai i10, with a 1 litre engine) with a manual transmission, and I ended up as the designated driver. At one poin… --- ## [Advice on helping my bf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-helping-my-bf/972587)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-helping-my-bf/972587 "2022-10-10T17:40:57Z")
Ok. Some of you know the story. Been with this man for over a year. He lived in my building. Hes 36, I am 61 but do not look it. I put my number under his door to start things. All was great for months. Then I got hire… --- ## [Bed sore cushion for recliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-sore-cushion-for-recliner/973016)
**Author:** [@dauerbach1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-sore-cushion-for-recliner/973016 "2022-10-10T14:37:34Z")
Just a shot in the dark here. Trying to find the best cushion for my mom to help prevent/heal her bedsores. There are only a couple hundred out there. Looking for one someone can recommend from experience. The inflat… --- ## [What's the worst park/forest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-park-forest/972585)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-park-forest/972585 "2022-10-10T04:30:17Z")
The worst park, to me, in theory could be one that contains only sports fields and nothing else. And while I’m sure I’ve been to some of those, I can’t remember any specific ones. There is a city park a couple miles from… --- ## [Experience with reverse osmosis water systems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-reverse-osmosis-water-systems/969757)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-reverse-osmosis-water-systems/969757 "2022-10-10T01:43:05Z")
Ann Arbor’s municipal water supply has been under threat of pollution for a while now: For many years, a dioxane plume has been slowly creeping across town and contaminating municipal and private wells. The city has b… --- ## [Afghanistan Today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghanistan-today/948624)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 519\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2022, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghanistan-today/948624 "2022-10-10T00:50:03Z")
It takes something fairly big in world news to make the local news here. They say that the Taliban has captured four provincial capitals and Afghanistan will fall within a few days. I know several brave Canadian soldie… --- ## [Physics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question/972902)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question/972902 "2022-10-09T20:12:44Z")
If an object were very large, say 1,000 light years across, and it was traveling through space and came across out universe, would it experience our universe as a so9lid object or more like a gas? --- ## [Any Advent Calendars that are actually worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advent-calendars-that-are-actually-worth-it/972513)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advent-calendars-that-are-actually-worth-it/972513 "2022-10-08T10:03:09Z")
For whatever reason, I like the extremely modest thrill of getting a little surprise on each day in December. There are really really cheap Advent Calendars that have basically the same piece of garbage chocolate behind… --- ## [Five Simple Tricks to Stop Depression....Um, No Not Simple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-simple-tricks-to-stop-depression-um-no-not-simple/970758)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-simple-tricks-to-stop-depression-um-no-not-simple/970758 "2022-10-08T00:02:36Z")
I saw an article in my newsfeed (? not sure if that’s the word?) that was headlined “Five Simple Tricks to Stop Depression”. I would love to link it but I lost the url. Great, right? Five Simple Tricks? After a wall … --- ## [Why are crush deaths at sporting events almost exclusively at soccer games?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-crush-deaths-at-sporting-events-almost-exclusively-at-soccer-games/972610)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-crush-deaths-at-sporting-events-almost-exclusively-at-soccer-games/972610 "2022-10-07T13:42:36Z")
After hearing about this weekend’s tragedy, I looked up the Wikipedia page on human stampedes/crushes and it confirmed my hunch: the overwhelming vast majority of sports events leading to deaths have happened at soccer g… --- ## [My New-ish Job is Bad, How Do I Explain at Interviews?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-job-is-bad-how-do-i-explain-at-interviews/972598)
**Author:** [@SparkleLilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparkleLilly)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-ish-job-is-bad-how-do-i-explain-at-interviews/972598 "2022-10-07T09:26:31Z")
I undertook a significant relocation across the country in early 2022 for a management position at Acme Corp (not a real name). The day I arrived, I found out the director had quit abruptly less than 2 weeks prior. Since… --- ## [Have you heard of the (UK) Daily Mail, what's your opinion about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-heard-of-the-uk-daily-mail-whats-your-opinion-about-it/600527 "2022-10-07T02:39:00Z")
The Daily Mail seems to have quite the reputation on some boards, so I’m curious if the non-British here read or know-of it. --- ## [Dealing with aging parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-aging-parents/749015 "2022-10-06T23:54:56Z")
I found this article in the Atlantic “What Aging Parents want From their Kids”. Anyone who has or is dealing with this issue understands the complexity of how the role of parent-child suddenly become reversed. Alot of … --- ## [Setting up videoconferencing with my TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-videoconferencing-with-my-tv/972623 "2022-10-06T19:36:02Z")
Hi all, this is very much in the “idle speculation” phase. We have a typical living room setup in our house; TV at one end of the room, sofa at the other. We do regular video calls with family. These are done on an iPad … --- ## [Transportation Help - West Lafayette IN to Downer's Grove IL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-help-west-lafayette-in-to-downers-grove-il/972686 "2022-10-06T04:51:30Z")
Hey y’all I need to get a young adult (too young to rent a car but \>18) from West Lafayette IN to Downer’s Grove IL. 2.5h each way, down in the morning and back in the afternoon. Bus will work, but would require an over… --- ## [Would you ride with an unlicensed driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-with-an-unlicensed-driver/972472)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ride-with-an-unlicensed-driver/972472 "2022-10-06T01:57:12Z")
One of our best friends lost her license a couple of decades ago after a traffic violation/conviction, and she never took steps to get it back. Yet she still drives. That kinda bothers me, but, my wife and I aren’t abo… --- ## [Looking to find a hippy-dippy officiant to renew my vows near the Muir Woods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-a-hippy-dippy-officiant-to-renew-my-vows-near-the-muir-woods/972735)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-find-a-hippy-dippy-officiant-to-renew-my-vows-near-the-muir-woods/972735 "2022-10-06T01:37:11Z")
…Maybe better to be in IMHO… My wife and I are traveling West to “find ourselves” after postponing our honeymoon after my dad died and my mom became a full time ALZ live-in. Pretend we live in Texas and are going West … --- ## [Education, Post-Covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-post-covid/972765)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/education-post-covid/972765 "2022-10-05T23:35:24Z")
I was reading a book talking about how one French-Canadian province started classes in May 2021 after Covid. It was critical because the emphasis was on academics and removed physical education, drama and music from the… --- ## [Why is it Donald J Trump v USA, instead of US v Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-donald-j-trump-v-usa-instead-of-us-v-trump/972758)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-donald-j-trump-v-usa-instead-of-us-v-trump/972758 "2022-10-05T18:52:36Z")
Talking about the case with the classified documents. As I see it Trump was being investigated for a crime, then sued the government somehow before he was put on trial. If I understand it, this would be akin if I got c… --- ## [1st Appointment w/ new surgeon. How to prepare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-appointment-w-new-surgeon-how-to-prepare/972770)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-appointment-w-new-surgeon-how-to-prepare/972770 "2022-10-05T17:06:13Z")
How do I make the most of my first appointment with a spinal surgeon who is new to me? What to remember to ask? All suggestions welcome! My spinal surgeon retired, then the pandemic hit, and only now I’ve got myself an … --- ## [Opinions on lindens (and black gum and silverbell) trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-lindens-and-black-gum-and-silverbell-trees/972602)
**Author:** [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-lindens-and-black-gum-and-silverbell-trees/972602 "2022-10-05T16:20:55Z")
We are getting a new street tree. Meaning a tree in the bit of ground between the sidewalk and the curb in front of our house. We have a very restricted list to choose from. We had a Japanese plum in that spot which d… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=171) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=173)