# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=189 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 190 --- ## [Levying war on the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levying-war-on-the-united-states/967196)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/levying-war-on-the-united-states/967196 "2022-07-07T22:41:57Z")
Thinking about it, and I suppose IMHO is best. Looking for opinions after all. Though this might be moved I’m sure. I know this is a very contentious subject. Fictional events are welcome. As are historic events. To be… --- ## [Finding affordable sterilization procedures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-affordable-sterilization-procedures/967087)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-affordable-sterilization-procedures/967087 "2022-07-07T22:37:41Z")
My daughter lives in a fairly “blue” state, so her access to terminating a pregnancy is still safe (though she’s taken to referring to the US as the Republic of Gilead). She has never been pregnant. I’m not sure she’s … --- ## [If people were armed (concealed firearms) on a NYC subway, I would not feel safe would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-were-armed-concealed-firearms-on-a-nyc-subway-i-would-not-feel-safe-would-you/967351)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-were-armed-concealed-firearms-on-a-nyc-subway-i-would-not-feel-safe-would-you/967351 "2022-07-07T21:55:57Z")
From this post Only if those people had the most excellent training might I feel safer. Might. --- ## [When electricity production is taken into account, how green are EV's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-electricity-production-is-taken-into-account-how-green-are-evs/966881)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-electricity-production-is-taken-into-account-how-green-are-evs/966881 "2022-07-07T19:20:23Z")
It’s easy to say that EV’s are cleaner than any petrol or diesel car, but what if we take into account everything that’s required for electricity to be made and reach the car? Only about 30% of electric energy even reac… --- ## [Can you recommend good tight weave carpets that clean well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-good-tight-weave-carpets-that-clean-well/967403)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-good-tight-weave-carpets-that-clean-well/967403 "2022-07-07T17:43:16Z")
I’m looking into carpet in my guest room. Requires a tight weave, dense carpet that’s wheelchair friendly for a elderly guest. The wheels will cut grooves into the rug and even cut the pad over extended use. Need a good… --- ## [White spots in my mouth and throat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-spots-in-my-mouth-and-throat/967512)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-spots-in-my-mouth-and-throat/967512 "2022-07-07T13:11:12Z")
This doesn’t seem important enough to see a doctor about, but I have a sore throat, and a stomach ache. And I’ve been attributing both to acid reflux. But I recently developed a weird sensitive bump on the back of my gum… --- ## [Amazon Delivery Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-delivery-question/967509)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-delivery-question/967509 "2022-07-07T05:18:29Z")
This might belong in another category, so a mod is free to move if appropriate. I place an Amazon order. They say will be delivered Tuesday. I look on the app and it eventually shows it’s 10 stops away. Later it shows … --- ## [Need help understanding a notice regarding a probated will (Virginia). Need answer fast-ish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-understanding-a-notice-regarding-a-probated-will-virginia-need-answer-fast-ish/966511)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-understanding-a-notice-regarding-a-probated-will-virginia-need-answer-fast-ish/966511 "2022-07-07T04:17:59Z")
My wife’s father died last year, and relations between her and his second wife are not good. So in all that follows, please assume, as we are, that the stepmother is doing all that she can to screw my wife. Her father l… --- ## [Breed guessus (WISDOM pending)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breed-guessus-wisdom-pending/966969)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breed-guessus-wisdom-pending/966969 "2022-07-07T02:41:29Z")
We have used WISDOM PANEL DNA identification on our dogs. It’s fun, there are medical applications, and they now can show you dogs related to yours. I’ve guessed correctly on the primary breed with Loki and Kizzy, b… --- ## [I'm driving, stopped at a red light and in the left turn lane. A fire engine comes up behind me, siren blaring, lights flashing, pulls behind me and lays on the horn. What do I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-driving-stopped-at-a-red-light-and-in-the-left-turn-lane-a-fire-engine-comes-up-behind-me-siren-blaring-lights-flashing-pulls-behind-me-and-lays-on-the-horn-what-do-i-do/967487)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-driving-stopped-at-a-red-light-and-in-the-left-turn-lane-a-fire-engine-comes-up-behind-me-siren-blaring-lights-flashing-pulls-behind-me-and-lays-on-the-horn-what-do-i-do/967487 "2022-07-07T01:34:07Z")
Title says it all. While this has not happened to me I have a fire station not far from me and I see this rather often. Someone is at an intersection and in the fire engine’s way and the fire engine driver lays on the … --- ## [Dopers who have worked on a telephone crisis or advice line: Ever get a call from someone you knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-worked-on-a-telephone-crisis-or-advice-line-ever-get-a-call-from-someone-you-knew/967526)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-have-worked-on-a-telephone-crisis-or-advice-line-ever-get-a-call-from-someone-you-knew/967526 "2022-07-07T00:42:06Z")
I’ve never done that kind of work, but I’m curious. --- ## [Chores: on schedule or when needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chores-on-schedule-or-when-needed/967415)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chores-on-schedule-or-when-needed/967415 "2022-07-06T18:21:15Z")
I hear that some people are organized enough that they do certain things on certain days on a regular basis - like a day for laundry, a day for vacuuming, a day for cleaning bathrooms, etc. I thought about trying that o… --- ## [Resources (books) to learn about Christianity for Children in Atheist Households (written by atheists)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-books-to-learn-about-christianity-for-children-in-atheist-households-written-by-atheists/967414 "2022-07-06T16:38:54Z")
Background: I am a Hindu Atheist and went to a Catholic school from Kindergarten to highschool, back in India. I am now an immigrant living in the US. As a teenager, it was very traumatic for me to learn that my Cathlol… --- ## [Why does one seem to get less "bathroom warning" at home than in public? (Possible TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-one-seem-to-get-less-bathroom-warning-at-home-than-in-public-possible-tmi/967430)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-one-seem-to-get-less-bathroom-warning-at-home-than-in-public-possible-tmi/967430 "2022-07-06T10:39:42Z")
I’m not sure if this is really a Factual Question or not, but it seems to be the case for me. Is it just me, or other people, too? At home, my body gives me a mere minute’s warning sometimes that I need to go to the re… --- ## [Is it racist to call someone from Turkey a Turk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-racist-to-call-someone-from-turkey-a-turk/967358)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-racist-to-call-someone-from-turkey-a-turk/967358 "2022-07-06T00:02:14Z")
My mom and a neighborhood group are writing a song for a July 4th celebration and in it they refer to Dr. Oz as “the Turk.” It sounds a little off or racist to me, but perhaps I’m seeing something that isn’t there? --- ## [Open Sunday to Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-sunday-to-saturday/967460)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/open-sunday-to-saturday/967460 "2022-07-05T23:28:10Z")
Hi SD, I saw a sign yesterday saying “Pool is open from 12 PM - 7 PM, Sunday to Saturday”. Why don’t they just say 24/7? “Every Day” is a good choice of words. Am I supposed to intuit something educational from this “… --- ## [Highland Park shooter's tattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highland-park-shooters-tattoo/967482)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highland-park-shooters-tattoo/967482 "2022-07-05T22:55:32Z")
(I tried to embed the image but Discourse wouldn’t let me. You can easily find it online.) The Highland Park shooter has a tattoo below his right eye. It resembles a tally of 5 sort of – where you make 4 vertical line… --- ## [Looking for load-bearing plastic blocks (cheap)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-load-bearing-plastic-blocks-cheap/967347)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-load-bearing-plastic-blocks-cheap/967347 "2022-07-05T17:48:20Z")
I’m thinking of using some wooden planks that I already have to build some bookshelves. Remember in college when you’d use concrete blocks and boards to build shelves? That’s what I want to do, but I don’t want to use … --- ## [Words or phrases you used as a young person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-you-used-as-a-young-person/388925)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-or-phrases-you-used-as-a-young-person/388925 "2022-07-05T17:47:29Z")
What words or phrases were in your youthful lexicon? Awesome – Very good Bitchin – Very good Bite the big cookie – Die Boff – Have sex with Chuck you, Farley – A general dismissal Cream – 1. To beat soundly (‘We cr… --- ## [Getting a gas dryer connected -- all done, but no heat (dryer is mechanically fine)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gas-dryer-connected-all-done-but-no-heat-dryer-is-mechanically-fine/966860)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-gas-dryer-connected-all-done-but-no-heat-dryer-is-mechanically-fine/966860 "2022-07-05T16:16:09Z")
The house was very helpful with my shower plumbing issue last summer. It’s now time for what I hope will be a much simpler fix. Long story short: Our 50-something year old home needed some of the original gas cocks repl… --- ## [Why are people following me on TikTok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-following-me-on-tiktok/967357)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-following-me-on-tiktok/967357 "2022-07-05T12:09:36Z")
I’m fairly new to TikTok. I don’t post videos but I will occasionally comment. And my comments are typically nothing noteworthy. Yet people are following me. I’m guessing money is involved somehow. But what’s the gig? --- ## [What memes or bumper stickers actually make a good point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memes-or-bumper-stickers-actually-make-a-good-point/964879)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-memes-or-bumper-stickers-actually-make-a-good-point/964879 "2022-07-05T11:58:03Z")
I have no bumper stickers on my car, I do not read or post to Twitter. This is because I feel it’s very unlikely that any actual wisdom can be expressed in so few words. There is always context that goes beyond the pithy… --- ## [Lightweight personal CRM / project management software for citizen participation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-personal-crm-project-management-software-for-citizen-participation/966856)
**Author:** [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-personal-crm-project-management-software-for-citizen-participation/966856 "2022-07-04T23:42:47Z")
I have a handful of causes for which I send a few emails a month. The turnaround time for anything involving a government agency though is typically glacial, and I will absolutely forget who I mailed about what when and… --- ## [Help finding old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-old-thread/967360 "2022-07-04T23:35:12Z")
I’m almost sure this was on the Dope but I’m having no luck finding it. Thread about bars saving leftover drinks in a large container and then selling it for cheap. --- ## [Perfect memory...at a high price](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-memory-at-a-high-price/967276)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perfect-memory-at-a-high-price/967276 "2022-07-04T20:55:44Z")
Premise: A new process allows you to have a perfect memory…but only for a period of forty years. You remember everything for the last forty years, but all names, faces, books, movies and music is wiped from before then… --- ## [Small armpit growth (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-armpit-growth-dont-need-answer-fast/967108)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-armpit-growth-dont-need-answer-fast/967108 "2022-07-04T16:33:24Z")
Firstly I have made an appointment to see a doctor - this thread is just to ‘tide me over’ until I see them. So I have a growth in my armpit. It’s a small reddish bulb on a tiny stalk (if that makes sense.) No pain - a… --- ## [What exactly is a 'poke-cherry'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-poke-cherry/967089)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-poke-cherry/967089 "2022-07-04T15:22:41Z")
I read the term ‘poke-cherry juice’ in a passage dating from the US Civil War or around that time. I hadn’t seen the term before. Is it a certain species of cherry or an ordinary cherry prepared in a certain way. I could… --- ## [Profanity in the news media](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-the-news-media/966225)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profanity-in-the-news-media/966225 "2022-07-04T13:23:34Z")
I’m sure you’ve seen the quote from Bill Barr, former attorney general under Trump, commenting on the conspiracy theories being floated by the administration to explain Trump’s loss in the election: “The claims of fraud … --- ## [Flattened car hood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flattened-car-hood/966930)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flattened-car-hood/966930 "2022-07-03T23:52:09Z")
I paid entirely too much and waited entirely too long to get my '66 MGB back from the body guy. (Translation: I got ripped off.) The bonnet (hood) was slightly flattened at some point – not by the body guy, but he did … --- ## [Post-Roe life; Arrested for menstrual cycle app? Maybe so](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-roe-life-arrested-for-menstrual-cycle-app-maybe-so/965235)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-roe-life-arrested-for-menstrual-cycle-app-maybe-so/965235 "2022-07-03T21:52:14Z")
According to a story on NPR’s Science Friday, women who track their menstrual cycles might find that info being snooped by anti-abortion police agencies. A woman who misses an expected period by a few weeks might find he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=190)