# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=257 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 258 --- ## [Employee owned companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-owned-companies/941864)
**Author:** [@Delayed\_Reflex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delayed_Reflex)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employee-owned-companies/941864 "2021-05-20T11:06:03Z")
Inspired by some of the more recent discussion in this thread, I thought it might be interested to have a spin-off thread rather than derail that thread. I was thinking it would be good to have a more open-ended discussi… --- ## [Your greatest travel adventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-travel-adventure/941384)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-greatest-travel-adventure/941384 "2021-05-20T10:27:45Z")
Tell us about your most exotic and/or daring trip! --- ## [$1million to do the most good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1million-to-do-the-most-good/942473)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1million-to-do-the-most-good/942473 "2021-05-20T05:39:13Z")
Totally hypothetical here, and I can’t come up with a good answer myself. Lets say you had $1million that you had to give away, but you wanted it to do the absolute most good; where would you put it. Lets try some cons… --- ## [Question about liability for a tree on my property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-liability-for-a-tree-on-my-property/942373)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-liability-for-a-tree-on-my-property/942373 "2021-05-20T01:09:54Z")
There is a large mulberry tree on the corner of my lot in Washington, DC. My neighbor in the adjoining lot has started excavating his lot to apparently dig out his basement and add more parking. In the course of the ex… --- ## [How do I ask about my sister's remains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ask-about-my-sisters-remains/942130)
**Author:** [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-ask-about-my-sisters-remains/942130 "2021-05-20T00:53:36Z")
My sister died in March and was cremated. My brother made all the arrangements, but I haven’t heard what happened with them after that. (We are not on good terms; in fact, I’m hesitant to ask at all for fear he won’t ans… --- ## [Wedding ring after death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-ring-after-death/942251)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-ring-after-death/942251 "2021-05-20T00:03:33Z")
Answer one or both polls, if appropriate. Thank you! When you die, assuming you pass before your spouse, do you want your ring to stay with your remains or do you want it to pass to someone? poll . . . If you have l… --- ## [Used EV or hybrid vehicle for a 16 year old first time driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-ev-or-hybrid-vehicle-for-a-16-year-old-first-time-driver/942268)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/used-ev-or-hybrid-vehicle-for-a-16-year-old-first-time-driver/942268 "2021-05-19T21:47:42Z")
Just today started looking at EV or hybrid vehicles for middle child as a first car for a 16 year old. I want to go used and under $20k for sure, and preferably under $15k. Looking for something more stodgy than peppy as… --- ## [Emergancy surgery questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergancy-surgery-questions/942047)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergancy-surgery-questions/942047 "2021-05-19T19:10:28Z")
A friend had to have kidney stones pulverized about a month ago. I’m assuming they put a stint to aid passing of stone, she said it the stone was really big. Anyway fast forward a few minutes ago, she’s scheduled for em… --- ## [Sort out these dietary terms: vegetarian, vegan, plant-based](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sort-out-these-dietary-terms-vegetarian-vegan-plant-based/942335)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sort-out-these-dietary-terms-vegetarian-vegan-plant-based/942335 "2021-05-19T17:03:34Z")
AIUI, vegans do not consume any animal products, including honey, and jello. (Let’s leave out clothing and shoes for this discussion.) AIUI, vegetarians don’t consume flesh from two- and four-legged animals (and possibl… --- ## [Do you remember smoking sections on airplanes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-smoking-sections-on-airplanes/941974)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-smoking-sections-on-airplanes/941974 "2021-05-19T15:01:58Z")
I barely do, roughly 1987 and it was awful. I bet if I could find those clothes I was wearing, they’d still reek of smoke. I think there were times almost every single person except teenage me had a lit cigarette and it … --- ## [What would you do if you had the Flash’s powers for a week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-had-the-flash-s-powers-for-a-week/942075 "2021-05-18T23:15:02Z")
You’re given the powers of the current comic book version of the Flash (except for time travel/manipulation). You’ll be able to move at light speed, have a nanosecond reaction time, conjure lightning/electricity and tur… --- ## [Anyone ever have a laser iridotomy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-have-a-laser-iridotomy/932709)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-have-a-laser-iridotomy/932709 "2021-05-18T19:49:56Z")
I saw my opthalmologist today and he said that I’d need this procedure within six months to a year. The space between my iris and cornea is getting squished by an enlarging lens, and it’s closing off the ducts which dra… --- ## [Which dressing gown do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162)
**Author:** [@HughGoply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HughGoply)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-dressing-gown-do-you-prefer/933162 "2021-05-18T17:30:39Z")
Purple Peacock Unlined Silk Dressing Gown Or Navy Large Paisley Unlined Silk Dressing Gown https://us.newandlingwood.com/mens-dressing-gowns/all-dressing-gowns/navy-large-paisley-unlined-silk-dressing-gown The weig… --- ## [Speaking of the death penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-the-death-penalty/942308)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-the-death-penalty/942308 "2021-05-18T16:30:19Z")
Well, no one was :slightly\_smiling\_face: Anyway, South Carolina is apparently going to offer their condemned the choice of firing squad or electric chair, because unobtainable death chemicals. What I’m wondering about is… --- ## [Capital One Bank, any opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-one-bank-any-opinions/942263)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capital-one-bank-any-opinions/942263 "2021-05-18T04:27:05Z")
I no longer have a mortgage, and don’t carry a big balance in my checking, so I’ve been notified that when my savings and checking combined balance goes below $20K, I will be charged $12/mo. for “servicing.” I have a Cap… --- ## [Do you like the smell of peonies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-peonies/942226)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-smell-of-peonies/942226 "2021-05-18T01:32:46Z")
The peonies are in bloom at my in-laws’ house, so when my wife goes to visit she has been bringing some back home to put in a vase on the kitchen table. For me, peonies have an overpowering smell, and not a pleasant one… --- ## [Any tales of Trumpists having their insanity leak into other areas of their lives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tales-of-trumpists-having-their-insanity-leak-into-other-areas-of-their-lives/941705)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tales-of-trumpists-having-their-insanity-leak-into-other-areas-of-their-lives/941705 "2021-05-17T23:07:20Z")
It’s kind of hard to have that kind of thinking (as such) remain hermetically sealed off from the rest of someone’s life, or so one would think. Excepted would be those who were already nuts, and were thus likely drawn … --- ## [If your cell phone might cause brain tumors, what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-cell-phone-might-cause-brain-tumors-what-would-you-do/942294)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-cell-phone-might-cause-brain-tumors-what-would-you-do/942294 "2021-05-17T19:56:37Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the evidence that radiation from cell phones poses a risk to human health?: So a new report that seems to be legitimate says you have a 1% chance of developing an serious and often… --- ## [Airline vouchers - is there a way to keep them active?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-vouchers-is-there-a-way-to-keep-them-active/942266)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-vouchers-is-there-a-way-to-keep-them-active/942266 "2021-05-17T17:15:25Z")
Like a lot of us, I had 3 trips booked and paid for when the shit hit the fan. Cancelled all of them. Now we can travel, so rebooked 2 of them and saved about $800 which I have in vouchers. One of them was our annual mus… --- ## [Options for the disposition of a loved one's cremated remains years after their death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-the-disposition-of-a-loved-ones-cremated-remains-years-after-their-death/942173)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-the-disposition-of-a-loved-ones-cremated-remains-years-after-their-death/942173 "2021-05-17T04:26:39Z")
My friend “Mary Lou” has in her possession the ashes of her late partner “Penelope” who died 15 years ago. What are Mary Lou’s options for the disposition of these remains at this point? She doesn’t want to scatter them,… --- ## [Do you care about whether the Wright brothers were the first to perform powered flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-whether-the-wright-brothers-were-the-first-to-perform-powered-flight/940858)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-whether-the-wright-brothers-were-the-first-to-perform-powered-flight/940858 "2021-05-17T03:51:31Z")
I spend a lot of time these days browsing stackexchange.com . I steer away from the politics forums, but the (moderated) forums I look at give me some knowledge of modern conspiracy theories without putting me in direct … --- ## [Who Ranks Financial Instruments' Performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-ranks-financial-instruments-performance/942051)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-ranks-financial-instruments-performance/942051 "2021-05-16T21:42:29Z")
I’ve been surfing the web for the latest rankings of Top 100 financial groups (investment firms, fiduciaries, etc) and a list of how financial products (instruments?) rank based on performance. One would think this shou… --- ## [Changes in security over time (imposter, scams, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-security-over-time-imposter-scams-etc/941591)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changes-in-security-over-time-imposter-scams-etc/941591 "2021-05-16T21:29:13Z")
In this thread about imposter Frank Abagnale the laxity of airplane and hospital security were being discussed. Let’s look at the big changes in the world since ye olde days before metal detectors and photo ids. In so m… --- ## [Will higher wages (USA) end tipping creep for fast causal restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-higher-wages-usa-end-tipping-creep-for-fast-causal-restaurants/941777)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-higher-wages-usa-end-tipping-creep-for-fast-causal-restaurants/941777 "2021-05-16T19:24:40Z")
Over the past few years, there’s been an annoying trend of tipping creep in fast casual places like Starbucks, Chipotle, Panera, Potbelly’s, etc. With Chipotle raising wages, is there a prayer that this will quash this … --- ## [IRAs: Simple Question on "Earned Income"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iras-simple-question-on-earned-income/941957)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iras-simple-question-on-earned-income/941957 "2021-05-16T06:45:00Z")
I understand you must have earned income to qualify for a conventional or Roth IRA. Is that to say the funds used to open an IRA must come from your earned income somehow? Or, is it a simple matter of a checking a box: C… --- ## [Graduation Time of Year - A.K.A. "Touch" all your Parents Friends, Acquaintances, Customers for Money and other stuff et al](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduation-time-of-year-a-k-a-touch-all-your-parents-friends-acquaintances-customers-for-money-and-other-stuff-et-al/942087)
**Author:** [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduation-time-of-year-a-k-a-touch-all-your-parents-friends-acquaintances-customers-for-money-and-other-stuff-et-al/942087 "2021-05-16T03:32:23Z")
It’s that wonderful time of year. General Contractors Daughter HS Graduation and then off to college–so send announcements out to every possible person you can think of, hoping that the will give you money. Listen ki… --- ## [Any good sites comparing immigration attitudes in the US over the years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-sites-comparing-immigration-attitudes-in-the-us-over-the-years/942171)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-sites-comparing-immigration-attitudes-in-the-us-over-the-years/942171 "2021-05-15T20:02:37Z")
I occasionally get into immigration debates where some argue that this wave off immigrants is somehow “different”. I contend that the language is always the same and is some variation of “they don’t share our values and… --- ## [How do you feel about California?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-california/939181)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-california/939181 "2021-05-15T15:22:20Z")
Inspired by the “How do you feel about Texas?” thread in this forum. I was born and raised in California and I love it, but it has its issues like any other state. I love the diversity and the creative energy in Silico… --- ## [Is your net worth above or below the ideal amount?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-net-worth-above-or-below-the-ideal-amount/941785)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-net-worth-above-or-below-the-ideal-amount/941785 "2021-05-15T15:10:38Z")
Where is your net worth relative to the “ideal” amount? Let’s get past a few definitional items: Net worth = Value of all of your assets - value of all your debt and obligations Example: Cash $5 4… --- ## [I greatly enlarged an image with surprising results](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-greatly-enlarged-an-image-with-surprising-results/942081)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-greatly-enlarged-an-image-with-surprising-results/942081 "2021-05-15T12:24:37Z")
I love ancient comic strips so, on a whim, I decided to have a Sunday panel blown up into a 2’ x 3’ poster. I went to a printing web site and copy & pasted a panel. I didn’t really have high hopes. I knew that I was to j… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=256) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=258)