# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=198 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 199 --- ## [Call recorder apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-recorder-apps/964705)
**Author:** [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-recorder-apps/964705 "2022-05-19T20:31:50Z")
I’ve been looking for an app that will let me instantly record both sides of a cellphone conversation on the fly when I press a button. This would be very useful to take audio notes in a situation where a pen and paper a… --- ## [Summer Hats — Can They Cool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-hats-can-they-cool/963568)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-hats-can-they-cool/963568 "2022-05-19T15:57:23Z")
Can a hat keep you cooler than wearing no hat (without soaking the hat with water)? To personalize the matter, I’d like a wide brim hat that protects my head from UV, and that doesn’t make my head feel hot. With the hat… --- ## [Vascular surgery for claudication - anyone ever try this for pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vascular-surgery-for-claudication-anyone-ever-try-this-for-pain/964663)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vascular-surgery-for-claudication-anyone-ever-try-this-for-pain/964663 "2022-05-19T05:33:05Z")
The VA doctors we’ve seen suggest PT and walking, but I would like to know if there is a surgical relief for claudication of the legs? I am willing to go outside the VA system. Walking has become so difficult for my par… --- ## [Fun things to do during a one day layover in downtown Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-to-do-during-a-one-day-layover-in-downtown-chicago/959015)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-to-do-during-a-one-day-layover-in-downtown-chicago/959015 "2022-05-19T04:30:05Z")
As I mentioned in my other thread, I have finally booked my long distance Amtrak trip for mid May. If everything’s on schedule (It is Amtrak so it may well not be), I should arrive at Union Station at 2:50 pm. My secon… --- ## [Tips for trip to Washington/Philadelphia in spring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-trip-to-washington-philadelphia-in-spring/964446)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-trip-to-washington-philadelphia-in-spring/964446 "2022-05-18T19:46:57Z")
I’m planning a trip to the U.S. (flying from Europe) next year spring (around may) with my teenage son. We expect to first go to NY, which I’ve been to before (and there is currently another thread on NY). Our idea was t… --- ## [Does she have a point ? "Woman Horrified After Seeing That Her Husband Used A Contact Photo Of Her On His Phone"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-she-have-a-point-woman-horrified-after-seeing-that-her-husband-used-a-contact-photo-of-her-on-his-phone/963220)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-she-have-a-point-woman-horrified-after-seeing-that-her-husband-used-a-contact-photo-of-her-on-his-phone/963220 "2022-05-18T18:35:34Z")
Personally, I’d have do this because I can’t remember people and I’ve hung up on people that I needed to talk to that I forgot who they were it’s one reason mom paid for caller id back in the day Does she have a po… --- ## [Please explain Buy - Borrow - Die to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-buy-borrow-die-to-me/964305)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-buy-borrow-die-to-me/964305 "2022-05-18T18:11:19Z")
For some reason, lately my news feed has had an article or two on the Buy-Borrow-Die strategy. I’m not at all sure I understand the nitty-gritty on it. Suppose Lee owns $1 million dollars in stock from Fortune 500 comp… --- ## [Tell me about Carvana, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-carvana-please/964464)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-carvana-please/964464 "2022-05-18T16:29:31Z")
I’m looking for a good used car, and I found a Prius I like. The only problem is, it’s Carvana. I’m a little wary of using the online dealers, and I don’t know what kind of problems I might run into. Has anyone had any e… --- ## [How would the US fare in invading Ukraine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-us-fare-in-invading-ukraine/964547)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-us-fare-in-invading-ukraine/964547 "2022-05-18T00:33:11Z")
Not that I am advocating it nor do I want to give the Russians any advice, but If the Ukraine was right next door and we wanted to invade it with like ambitions to what Russia is trying, would we be better at it? This a… --- ## [Reverse Mortgages and Homeowner's Insurance Obligations (LONG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-mortgages-and-homeowners-insurance-obligations-long/963651)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-mortgages-and-homeowners-insurance-obligations-long/963651 "2022-05-18T00:02:14Z")
My wife (of nearly two months) inherited a house from a childhood friend, and moved into it with her sister in 2016. Her sister, using an employee discount from her employer, paid the homeowner’s insurance until some tim… --- ## [Why does the Italian culture almost have a monopoly on the mediterranean ambient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-italian-culture-almost-have-a-monopoly-on-the-mediterranean-ambient/964340)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-italian-culture-almost-have-a-monopoly-on-the-mediterranean-ambient/964340 "2022-05-17T22:51:48Z")
What are the first things that spring to most people’s minds when they hear the word “mediterranean”? Positano and the Amalfi coast Vespa’s Narrow Italian streets Italian cypress Sicilian music Pasta and pizza Santori… --- ## [Finland Being A Badass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finland-being-a-badass/964527)
**Author:** [@Tana\_The\_Gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tana_The_Gnome)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finland-being-a-badass/964527 "2022-05-17T21:42:30Z")
If anyone has anymore of Finland being badass in the face of Russia’s threats, please send it to me. Examples being today when a admiral tweeted and I fucking quote “You are welcome here to join the 200,000 Russians that… --- ## [Does that big star decoration that many houses have mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-that-big-star-decoration-that-many-houses-have-mean-anything/964505)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-that-big-star-decoration-that-many-houses-have-mean-anything/964505 "2022-05-17T19:09:43Z")
My husband is retiring in a year or two and we plan to move near our grandson in western Pennsylvania-- suburbs of Pittsburgh. Let me say this early-- we are people of color. For fun and research, I’ve been doing Zillow… --- ## [Corny aphorisms that you’ve come to live by](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corny-aphorisms-that-you-ve-come-to-live-by/956306)
**Author:** [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corny-aphorisms-that-you-ve-come-to-live-by/956306 "2022-05-17T10:20:28Z")
Not even “OK Boomer” material, since these were hoary old axioms before Abe Lincoln had his first shave. Waste not, want not. Checking my privilege, granted, since a big bad hit would wipe me out regardless of frugality… --- ## [What cities have a natural wonder or landmark right in the city or at least adjacent to it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-a-natural-wonder-or-landmark-right-in-the-city-or-at-least-adjacent-to-it/961476 "2022-05-17T03:04:45Z")
What cities have a natural wonder or landmark right in the city or at least adjacent to it? I am talking about a canyon, waterfall, rock arch, mesa, cavern or something spectacular that people might travel to come see. … --- ## [Can humans take a lesson from canines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-take-a-lesson-from-canines/964454)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-humans-take-a-lesson-from-canines/964454 "2022-05-17T02:55:46Z")
Looking at a domestic dog as opposed to a wolf and they barely resemble on another yet genetically they are the same animal, Not all of these physical changes happened because they were selected for. These physical chang… --- ## [How much of a college education should be free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-college-education-should-be-free/963715)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2022, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-a-college-education-should-be-free/963715 "2022-05-17T01:48:48Z")
Better put, how much of a college education should taxpayers cover? Tuition Books Supplies Misc fees Room Board Postgrad Other And should there be some sort of payback if a student chooses to party the semester away? … --- ## [The omnibus "I can't unsee it" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-i-cant-unsee-it-thread/964372)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-i-cant-unsee-it-thread/964372 "2022-05-16T21:56:08Z")
Things once you notice it, you can’t stop NOT noticing it. I’ll start: Former Texas Governor Ann Richards and Mom from Futurama are the same person. … --- ## [Changing jobs in your 40s; or, steronz overshares about his mental health](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-jobs-in-your-40s-or-steronz-overshares-about-his-mental-health/964506)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-jobs-in-your-40s-or-steronz-overshares-about-his-mental-health/964506 "2022-05-16T20:30:04Z")
I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember. It caused me to drop out of college my first go-round, and it got so bad about 3 years ago that I’m not sure how I kept my job. Around that time… --- ## [Advice on which cat bed to get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-which-cat-bed-to-get/964458)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-which-cat-bed-to-get/964458 "2022-05-16T09:12:21Z")
My cats like a cat bed I’ve bought them but there’s 1 bed for 3 cats, 2 of whom particularly like the bed. I’ve narrowed down a list of cat beds that I think they might like. I’d ask them in purrson if I could but I don… --- ## [John Cleese's High Praise of Bill Hicks and Finding a Hi-Resolution Version of the Video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleeses-high-praise-of-bill-hicks-and-finding-a-hi-resolution-version-of-the-video/964485)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-cleeses-high-praise-of-bill-hicks-and-finding-a-hi-resolution-version-of-the-video/964485 "2022-05-16T06:18:02Z")
TL;DR - I’d like opinions on how to find the best-resolution versions of videos. At the same time, I’d like you guys to consider watching the video I am seeking a better version of: John Cleese and Michael Palin praising… --- ## [High Pitched Whine from CRT TVs, can anyone else hear it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pitched-whine-from-crt-tvs-can-anyone-else-hear-it/699135)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pitched-whine-from-crt-tvs-can-anyone-else-hear-it/699135 "2022-05-16T03:37:05Z")
If I am in the same room as a CRT TV while it is on, unless the volume is jacked way up, I can hear this high pitched whine that drives me crazy and makes my ears hurt. A lot of people I know can’t hear it at all, but I… --- ## [How far back in time could you go and have your tech reverse engineered? (or at least spur innovation)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-could-you-go-and-have-your-tech-reverse-engineered-or-at-least-spur-innovation/964321)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-back-in-time-could-you-go-and-have-your-tech-reverse-engineered-or-at-least-spur-innovation/964321 "2022-05-16T02:54:55Z")
I was wondering what scientists and engineers in 1960 would make of my cell phone if I traveled back in time with it. Would they be able to make head or tails of it? Would they be able to learn anything from it that wo… --- ## [Overwintering Plants Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwintering-plants-question/964465)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwintering-plants-question/964465 "2022-05-16T00:43:02Z")
I live in Northwest Montana, growing zone 5, and last year I planted a number of different perennials in my backyard. Some grasses, and some flowering and woody shrubs. Some of the plants were planted in the ground, whil… --- ## [Should graduation speakers ‘go rogue?’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-graduation-speakers-go-rogue/964358)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-graduation-speakers-go-rogue/964358 "2022-05-15T20:13:15Z")
First of all, I’m referring to student speakers such as the valedictorian, not an invited well known public figure. My opinion is a big fat NO. A graduation speech isn’t an open forum for one person with a captive audie… --- ## [Can anyone point to a argument made before the Supreme Court that changed one or more justices' minds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-point-to-a-argument-made-before-the-supreme-court-that-changed-one-or-more-justices-minds/964403)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-point-to-a-argument-made-before-the-supreme-court-that-changed-one-or-more-justices-minds/964403 "2022-05-15T11:54:17Z")
Subject line kinda says it all. My suspicion is all supreme court justices have their minds made up about a given case well before it is argued in front of them. Do we have any examples of a justice who had their mind … --- ## [Shower curtain liners: cloth or plastic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-curtain-liners-cloth-or-plastic/964189)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-curtain-liners-cloth-or-plastic/964189 "2022-05-15T08:42:48Z")
A month or two ago, I put our slightly moldy plastic shower curtain liner into the tub with some bleach. It was a wrestling match to scrub it clean and hang it back up again. And now it’s moldy again! I’d like to try … --- ## [Slightly cross-eyed women. Attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721)
**Author:** [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slightly-cross-eyed-women-attractive/537721 "2022-05-15T08:31:36Z")
A buddy of mine mentioned recently that he found women that are slightly cross-eyed to be very attractive. I found his comment to be very interesting because I agree that there is something about a woman being slightly… --- ## [Which Single Parenting Decision Makes The Biggest Difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-single-parenting-decision-makes-the-biggest-difference/964164)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-single-parenting-decision-makes-the-biggest-difference/964164 "2022-05-14T20:36:06Z")
Read something that said a couple makes about 1700 decisions in the first year alone once they have a child. After that “decision”, it stated that the biggest effect on the child was where to raise it. Of course that m… --- ## [Poll: Elon Musk buys Twitter. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-elon-musk-buys-twitter-what-do-you-do/963414)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-elon-musk-buys-twitter-what-do-you-do/963414 "2022-05-14T17:01:38Z")
Twitter is expected to shortly announce its sale to Elon Musk. If this goes through: poll (For the purpose of this poll, assume the news reports are genuine and this isn’t some weird pump-and-dump thing that Musk will … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=197) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=199)