# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=193 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 194 --- ## [Wondering if this was a scam attempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-this-was-a-scam-attempt/966380)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-if-this-was-a-scam-attempt/966380 "2022-06-18T20:37:25Z")
I’m not in any debt of any kind or behind on any bills. My Transunion and Equifax scores are 828 and 832 respectively as of this morning. Last week, Friday, June 10th, I received a $100 bill for a doctor appointment I h… --- ## [I retired recently. Lots of grim economic forcasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-retired-recently-lots-of-grim-economic-forcasts/965895)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-retired-recently-lots-of-grim-economic-forcasts/965895 "2022-06-18T18:06:43Z")
I recently retired, with a small pension, and began looking for a job I’d enjoy. But I’ve been hearing some mighty scary economic forecasts. How bad does this look for the job market? Any good news on the economy? An… --- ## [Calculations made by animals and humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculations-made-by-animals-and-humans/966251)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculations-made-by-animals-and-humans/966251 "2022-06-18T15:31:51Z")
Primarily I am thinking of pouncing or throwing things. Jumping spiders can jump up to 50 times their length and land on their prey. To me that would take some serious calculations. If you give a human something like a w… --- ## [What do you call marijuana?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-marijuana/926865 "2022-06-18T14:44:34Z")
My son (jokingly) chastises me for calling it “pot”. He says that’s a Boomer word. He generally calls it “weed”. Is it true that “pot” is a dated word? “Weed” was certainly in use when I was young (1960s-70s), but I ten… --- ## [Automatic romance between opposite sex (or two gay) characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-romance-between-opposite-sex-or-two-gay-characters/966084 "2022-06-17T21:55:40Z")
Though inspired by TV and movie plots, in which a man and a woman (or two gay characters (though I haven’t seen this in a movie I assume it happens as well)) are thrown into some situation and eventually fall in love, I’… --- ## [Legal Beagles and Pedants: Can "within" a given time "of receipt" include the time before rather than after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-beagles-and-pedants-can-within-a-given-time-of-receipt-include-the-time-before-rather-than-after/966216 "2022-06-17T18:43:53Z")
“Do X within 48 hours of receipt” usually means a person has 48 hours after getting something to accomplish X. Can it also mean that the person can do X 48 hours before receipt? For example: “Person A must inspect the g… --- ## [Thought experiment, heat exchange, conservation of energy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-heat-exchange-conservation-of-energy/966314 "2022-06-17T17:54:41Z")
Not proposing a viable process here, just using it as a thought experiment. Suppose I took a small air-conditioning set up and made a few modifications. Instead of a fan blowing over the condenser and the evaporator I h… --- ## [Cross-media tracking of my preferences or coincidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-media-tracking-of-my-preferences-or-coincidence/966370 "2022-06-17T15:29:20Z")
I did a similar post a few years ago, when I still worked in an office. I went to Qdoba for lunch, paid cash, and put copious amounts of Cholula on my burrito (Qdoba has Cholula only; Chipotle has Tabasco only; it’s like… --- ## [A Question About Data and Anecdotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-data-and-anecdotes/966299 "2022-06-17T15:06:51Z")
I don’t know if there is a factual answer to this or not so I am putting it here. I know this has been asked rhetorically in the past, but I don’t recall ever seeing the question posed as an actual serious question. Wh… --- ## [Carpet, cork, hardwood floors, and sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpet-cork-hardwood-floors-and-sound/963427 "2022-06-17T14:29:57Z")
Every year at the strata AGM, there is a motion to amend the bylaws to allow owners to replace carpets with cork, lino, vinyl, or hardwood floors. It is regularly defeated, as people worry about sound between the units i… --- ## [3 (or 4) way switch wiring confusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303)
**Author:** [@mmmiiikkkeee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mmmiiikkkeee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-or-4-way-switch-wiring-confusion/966303 "2022-06-17T14:06:28Z")
I’m trying to figure out how this lighting circuit is wired behind the drywall. Power comes into the big switch box from the breaker through wire 3 (14/2). This hot wire is spliced to supply power to switch 1, which goe… --- ## [Personalized For You!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personalized-for-you/966015 "2022-06-17T09:33:22Z")
I do a lot of reading - some medicine, some more esoteric stuff. I try to stay sort of current with several subjects including business. Digital marketing has been a thing for many years. Big computer companies can ea… --- ## [Which animals will you kill, or have killed on your behalf?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-animals-will-you-kill-or-have-killed-on-your-behalf/966119 "2022-06-17T02:37:25Z")
A while back I read a book I found interesting, discussing our complicated relations with animals. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat.. I thought about this book when, in a recent thread, some posters took me to ta… --- ## [Recommendations for my road trip (Charlotte to Jacksonville)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-my-road-trip-charlotte-to-jacksonville/965754)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-my-road-trip-charlotte-to-jacksonville/965754 "2022-06-16T22:57:36Z")
Hey gang! It’s that time of year again! I’m heading off on my annual Baseball Trip next week, and as usual, I turn to the Dope for help filling the hours between games. If you’re familiar with the following places, and/… --- ## [Thinking about buying an e-bike - suggestions/tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-an-e-bike-suggestions-tips/965554)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-buying-an-e-bike-suggestions-tips/965554 "2022-06-16T22:55:49Z")
A couple years back, my car suffered some mechanical failures while out of town which would’ve cost more than the car was worth, so I decided to have it towed away and scrapped for what little the parts were worth. Since… --- ## [Houston solving homelessness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-solving-homelessness/966233)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houston-solving-homelessness/966233 "2022-06-16T19:09:40Z")
I’d be interested in your opinion or experiences regarding the reported success of Houston in resheltering the homeless. Is it described accurately? Is there local resistance? What do you think about it? --- ## [Updating my resume; opinions wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-resume-opinions-wanted/965903)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-resume-opinions-wanted/965903 "2022-06-16T16:35:49Z")
I was promoted a couple months ago, and I’m updating my resume to reflect my new position. Here’s my dilemma: My promotion took effect on the 1st of April. If I list my previous position as ending in March (which is t… --- ## [Prescribing antibiotics based on tele-health appointment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescribing-antibiotics-based-on-tele-health-appointment/965884)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescribing-antibiotics-based-on-tele-health-appointment/965884 "2022-06-15T21:17:35Z")
Mrs. Charming and Rested has a cough and cold symptoms (including fever under 101 degrees at its peak) that have persisted for about nine days. Two other people seemingly infected at the same time and presumably from th… --- ## [Neutral air fresheners/odor absorbers for vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutral-air-fresheners-odor-absorbers-for-vehicle/966244)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutral-air-fresheners-odor-absorbers-for-vehicle/966244 "2022-06-15T16:38:25Z")
My car’s not particularly stinky, but it does transport stinky clothing (‘outdoor sports in the Florida summer’ levels of stinky) a few times a week and the odors can persist for a day or so. Does anybody have any sugge… --- ## [Will with restrictive conditions - can they be enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-with-restrictive-conditions-can-they-be-enforced/966166)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-with-restrictive-conditions-can-they-be-enforced/966166 "2022-06-15T15:11:20Z")
First off, I don’t need answer fast - our wills are done, and they’re simple and straightforward. Rather, this is the result of some weird musings the I doubt will ever apply to me. Legally, could certain restrictions e… --- ## [Security cameras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras/966192)
**Author:** [@flaming\_yawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flaming_yawn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras/966192 "2022-06-15T12:23:02Z")
What is cheap security camera set up? I want 3 cameras and to be able to watch on my phone. any suggestions? --- ## [Physics question maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-maybe/966168)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-question-maybe/966168 "2022-06-15T01:28:09Z")
If there was a creature so large that our universe was microscopic to it. Would it’s version of light travel at a speed relative to it’s size? Or does the speed of light make such things an impossibility. --- ## [How likely is it that there are undiscovered long-lost ancient buildings in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-there-are-undiscovered-long-lost-ancient-buildings-in-the-world/965473)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-likely-is-it-that-there-are-undiscovered-long-lost-ancient-buildings-in-the-world/965473 "2022-06-14T23:27:11Z")
It’s probably fair to say that we, collectively as humans, have discovered all ancient ruins of significant scale (i.e Machu Picchu, Chichen Itza, Angkor Wat, etc…), and that there are probably innumerous ancient smaller… --- ## [Watch "caulk" for waterproofing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-caulk-for-waterproofing/966098)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-caulk-for-waterproofing/966098 "2022-06-14T15:00:13Z")
My digital watch battery died, and while the O ring looks intact, I’d like to “belt and suspenders” by applying something to ensure the watch remains waterproof. Case says 100m which I know is static and so the real movi… --- ## [Could prisoners serve 1,000 year virtual sentences in 8 hours in the future?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-prisoners-serve-1-000-year-virtual-sentences-in-8-hours-in-the-future/965762)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-prisoners-serve-1-000-year-virtual-sentences-in-8-hours-in-the-future/965762 "2022-06-14T14:26:12Z")
This is something that popped up on my Facebook feed a couple of days ago. Note that the article is from 2014. I’m pretty sure they got the idea from the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Hard Time”, in which O’Bri… --- ## [Advice on how my wife and I can save the country and the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-my-wife-and-i-can-save-the-country-and-the-world/965976)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-my-wife-and-i-can-save-the-country-and-the-world/965976 "2022-06-13T23:59:24Z")
Last year I retired, and my wife, an educator for 40 years, took a job as a teacher after spending the previous 15 years or so as a school administrator. So as of next Friday, she will have her first real summer off in m… --- ## [Dual citizenship - has anyone here relinquished your US citizenship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-has-anyone-here-relinquished-your-us-citizenship/965254)
**Author:** [@wombattver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wombattver)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dual-citizenship-has-anyone-here-relinquished-your-us-citizenship/965254 "2022-06-13T18:55:04Z")
I’ve asked this before, a long time ago but am unable to find the thread. We have not lived in the US for 6 years. Our daughter, 18, will go to uni either in the UK or Australia. She and dad are dual citizens USA/Aussie.… --- ## [Housing prices and inflation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-prices-and-inflation/966082)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/housing-prices-and-inflation/966082 "2022-06-13T18:41:24Z")
We’ve seen huge increases in US housing prices over the past few years. We know that housing markets go through boom-and-bust cycles. How is inflation likely to factor into that this time? On the one hand, higher inte… --- ## [I got new tires on my car, but the tire store over inflated them. Is there a reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-tires-on-my-car-but-the-tire-store-over-inflated-them-is-there-a-reason/965904)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-new-tires-on-my-car-but-the-tire-store-over-inflated-them-is-there-a-reason/965904 "2022-06-13T18:11:53Z")
My car says to inflate tires to 30 psi. Fine and good, but I just got 4 new tires a few weeks ago and when I checked the pressure (using one of those cheap, $1 pencil tire pressure gauges) I noticed my tires are all in t… --- ## [Obscure 3D Technology Idea From the Early 1980s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-3d-technology-idea-from-the-early-1980s/966080)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-3d-technology-idea-from-the-early-1980s/966080 "2022-06-13T18:00:30Z")
Now this one you’d have to be alive in the early 80’s to even remember. Because I haven’t heard anything about it since then. It was the early 1980s. And I was about 11 or 12, if you must know. And there was this human … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=192) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=194)