# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=298 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 299 --- ## [How best to clean mold without Chlorine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-clean-mold-without-chlorine/920064)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-clean-mold-without-chlorine/920064 "2020-09-15T01:27:52Z")
Our old freezer had to be unplugged for a few weeks, and the inside grew shockingly moldy. For reasons to do with the safety of various pets in the house, we cannot use chlorine in this particular space.\* I’ve heard it… --- ## [Please tell me about individual healthcare insurance (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-individual-healthcare-insurance-us/920508)
**Author:** [@Reno\_Nevada\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada_Jr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-individual-healthcare-insurance-us/920508 "2020-09-14T22:38:24Z")
Ever since my mid-twenties, I have been covered by medical insurance through my employer. Sometimes the plan has been great, sometimes not-so-great, but I always just took what I was given. Now I am thinking about reti… --- ## [Is this a real claw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-claw/919739)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-claw/919739 "2020-09-14T18:54:42Z")
About 40 years ago my great grandpa gave me this claw. I don’t remember what he said to me about it. Is it real? It’s very hard but not like rock. … --- ## [Need advice for a friend - teaching English abroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-a-friend-teaching-english-abroad/524902)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-for-a-friend-teaching-english-abroad/524902 "2010-01-16T02:03:50Z")
Hey all, So I have a very good friend who a couple years back graduated from Austin P. (sp?) University with a double major in English and Communications. Which he has hardly used extensively in the only job he can fin… --- ## [Unbiased opinion on website UI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-opinion-on-website-ui/920453)
**Author:** [@MMathhews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MMathhews)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unbiased-opinion-on-website-ui/920453 "2020-09-14T14:22:05Z")
Hi everyone. Just a small survey on the UI of the website I’m working on. Just write down what you like and what you do not like on the website. Homepage, articles, anything. Not sure if I or any members of my team can … --- ## [Do sensitive people like dark humour more than less sensitive people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sensitive-people-like-dark-humour-more-than-less-sensitive-people/919987)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sensitive-people-like-dark-humour-more-than-less-sensitive-people/919987 "2020-09-14T05:10:33Z")
I have a love and hate relationship with dark humor (or “black comedy”). It sometimes free me from my worries and anxiety. But it also sometimes give me a strange anxiety because I realize that people can take pleasure f… --- ## [The New French Scooter-Car; Practical in any US Cities?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-french-scooter-car-practical-in-any-us-cities/920432)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-french-scooter-car-practical-in-any-us-cities/920432 "2020-09-14T03:38:12Z")
This weird contraption seems perfect for Paris. A miniature electric cycle with a metal shell that parks easily and can go at considerable speeds for significant distances. Any market for this in the US? Or too underp… --- ## [My kid is enrolling in college this year. So I decided to pen a letter to Admissions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-is-enrolling-in-college-this-year-so-i-decided-to-pen-a-letter-to-admissions/849908)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-is-enrolling-in-college-this-year-so-i-decided-to-pen-a-letter-to-admissions/849908 "2020-09-13T19:36:12Z")
The one copied is for St. Johns, but I also sent the same to Hofstra, Adelphi, and Rutgers. We’ll see if they respond! Names changed to protect the unknown. Formatting is as it appears on original email. I did attach a… --- ## [Ist there a significant difference between AirBNB and 'renting a holiday apartment'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ist-there-a-significant-difference-between-airbnb-and-renting-a-holiday-apartment/813314)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ist-there-a-significant-difference-between-airbnb-and-renting-a-holiday-apartment/813314 "2020-09-13T19:29:45Z")
I have read a lot in the last few years about ‘Airbnb apartments displacing normal residential renters in European cities’, ‘cities such as Palma de Mallorca banning Airbnb’, etc. Now we (Mops and Möpsin) have spend a l… --- ## [What recreational drugs in your opinion should someone avoid taking at all costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recreational-drugs-in-your-opinion-should-someone-avoid-taking-at-all-costs/831220)
**Author:** [@kleptomaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kleptomaniac)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-recreational-drugs-in-your-opinion-should-someone-avoid-taking-at-all-costs/831220 "2020-09-13T18:28:14Z")
Assuming we go by the premise that there are some drugs which might be okay despite government propaganda and societal stigma to use. Almost everyone here has I assume used alcohol, lesser smoked weed, and MDMA, mushroo… --- ## [What do I do with the Markers for my kitties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-markers-for-my-kitties/920446 "2020-09-13T17:24:04Z")
We’re close to selling the house. We have 2 small markers for our departed kitties where we buried them. Is it OK to leave the markers? Should I take the markers? Should I bury the markers? Both markers are wooden, h… --- ## [Breakfast Seltzer. "Hard" Breakfast Seltzer. Really](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-seltzer-hard-breakfast-seltzer-really/920416)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-seltzer-hard-breakfast-seltzer-really/920416 "2020-09-13T16:53:27Z")
It’s a thing. A bad thing IMHO but a thing nonetheless. What’s the world coming to? --- ## [Giving examples about someone's personality when it's only the tip of the iceberg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-examples-about-someones-personality-when-its-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/920198)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-examples-about-someones-personality-when-its-only-the-tip-of-the-iceberg/920198 "2020-09-13T10:05:28Z")
Something I’ve been struggling to communicate of late: Sometimes people will challenge a description of themselves “What do you mean, I am immature? Can you give an example?” The difficulty lies in that they may be so t… --- ## [Being armed - or even learning self-defense - increases the chance you'll be harmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-armed-or-even-learning-self-defense-increases-the-chance-youll-be-harmed/919548)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-armed-or-even-learning-self-defense-increases-the-chance-youll-be-harmed/919548 "2020-09-12T23:11:06Z")
For the most part, and for most people - there are exceptions. My thinking is that people who are armed or who know self-defense are emboldened to be more confrontational and less likely to back away from potentially vi… --- ## [Letter from Insurance Company -- Legitimate or Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-insurance-company-legitimate-or-scam/787758)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-from-insurance-company-legitimate-or-scam/787758 "2020-09-13T05:43:22Z")
My mother died a couple of years ago. We’d not been in touch at all this century, and I had not even known for sure if she was alive or dead until someone notified me of her death. That was in 2015. Today I received a le… --- ## [Feeling Emotions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-emotions/917349 "2020-09-13T03:39:39Z")
It’s something I heard, well read, in a Buddhist magazine (or forum). I heard it said that we don’t genuinely feel anything during meditation. Does this mean that how we feel about events and things that happen to us is … --- ## [Why did playing cards become THE prop for magic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-playing-cards-become-the-prop-for-magic/920100)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-playing-cards-become-the-prop-for-magic/920100 "2020-09-13T01:30:24Z")
I get that it’s super compact and easy to carry around. I guess their compactness allows for easy manipulation and slights. Probably why coins are popular too. And I guess, maybe, that their numeric nature allows for… --- ## [Tuscan "Wine Windows," useful during 1600s plague, useful again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuscan-wine-windows-useful-during-1600s-plague-useful-again/920429)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuscan-wine-windows-useful-during-1600s-plague-useful-again/920429 "2020-09-12T19:37:13Z")
Interesting history factoid. Over the centuries, Europe has suffered through plagues, pestilence and the Black Death. When Italy became the first Western country to be hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the city of Fl… --- ## [Without googling anything, what does "self-actualized" mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-anything-what-does-self-actualized-mean-to-you/920161)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-googling-anything-what-does-self-actualized-mean-to-you/920161 "2020-09-12T19:30:43Z")
It seems to me the term is something that means whatever a person wants it to mean. Which is not necessarily a bad thing. It brings to my mind two concepts: self-acceptance (knowing you’re flawed and highly imperfect, … --- ## [Treadmill workouts. Suggestions and critiques of my plan requested](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-workouts-suggestions-and-critiques-of-my-plan-requested/920352)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/treadmill-workouts-suggestions-and-critiques-of-my-plan-requested/920352 "2020-09-12T16:21:48Z")
I’m planning to start working out using a treadmill, and I’d like some suggestions and critiques of my current plan. First some background of where I’m starting from. I’m 43, overweight / obese at 220 lbs, 5’4", and ha… --- ## [How can I hang my very heavy cutting board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-hang-my-very-heavy-cutting-board/920387)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-hang-my-very-heavy-cutting-board/920387 "2020-09-12T14:34:38Z")
I recently purchased a large heavy teak cutting board. It’s really beautiful so I’d like to display it in some manner, preferably on a wall in the kitchen. Its dimensions are 18 x 25 x 2 and weighs about 13 pounds. I bou… --- ## [Travel restrictions from Japan to US - return of green card holder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-restrictions-from-japan-to-us-return-of-green-card-holder/920381)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-restrictions-from-japan-to-us-return-of-green-card-holder/920381 "2020-09-11T22:52:13Z")
Anyone have any experience or knowledge of current conditions? My husband is a Japanese citizen with a US green card, and he wants to travel to Japan due to urgent family issues. He understands about the self-quarantinin… --- ## [What if the POTUS used force to win a reelection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-potus-used-force-to-win-a-reelection/920214)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-the-potus-used-force-to-win-a-reelection/920214 "2020-09-11T22:47:28Z")
By executive order or use of military or anything at his disposal this hypothetical POTUS is determined to be reelected. Doing things like detaining people, physically stopping people likely not to vote for him, even de… --- ## [How best to get a fine wristwatch serviced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-get-a-fine-wristwatch-serviced/920132)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-get-a-fine-wristwatch-serviced/920132 "2020-09-11T21:18:13Z")
My aging father recently gave me his mid-1960s Omega Constellation watch. It’s a nice looking device, but it has a couple problems I’d like to get fixed. For one, the crown has broken off, so you can’t set the time.\* It … --- ## [Any thoughts on this piece on free speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-this-piece-on-free-speech/919397)
**Author:** [@complexfreeformd2r](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/complexfreeformd2r)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-this-piece-on-free-speech/919397 "2020-09-11T19:43:41Z")
I can’t tell if this is satire or serious, but it seems to be serious since it’s so fleshed out. In any case, any thoughts, rebuttals, comments to the professor’s proposal? --- ## [Self-employment help! (I don't know what I'm doing...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-help-i-dont-know-what-im-doing/919159)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-employment-help-i-dont-know-what-im-doing/919159 "2020-09-11T04:48:26Z")
So, with COVID, combined with the general downturn in the energy economy, I’ve been essentially unemployed since St. Patrick’s Day. The time has come for me to find a new job- a frightening prospect for me, as I have w… --- ## [How are you dealing w/ pre-election stress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-w-pre-election-stress/919533)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-you-dealing-w-pre-election-stress/919533 "2020-09-11T00:08:31Z")
Just recently, I noticed my stress level had increased over the possibility of Trump being re-elected. I had come back from a vacation during which I was blissfully out of touch, but the continuing unrest, and possible … --- ## [Older members, Do you have more soreness from working out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-members-do-you-have-more-soreness-from-working-out/919851)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-members-do-you-have-more-soreness-from-working-out/919851 "2020-09-10T21:45:36Z")
poll I’ve exercised more this summer. Primarily with a 8lb weight bar and several dumb bells. Nothing over 10lbs. I do three reps of twenty for each exercise. I bought a exercise bike that includes arm exercises. Simila… --- ## [Anyone used an online mortgage company like Rocket, Quicken, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-an-online-mortgage-company-like-rocket-quicken-etc/919256)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-used-an-online-mortgage-company-like-rocket-quicken-etc/919256 "2020-09-10T21:32:54Z")
I’m considering refinancing and it seems that the lowest rates come from the primarily online lendors like Rocket, SoFi, Quicken etc. If anyone has experience with a company that’s presence is mainly online instead of b… --- ## [How did you know when it was over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-know-when-it-was-over/920131)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-know-when-it-was-over/920131 "2020-09-10T18:56:25Z")
Yes I left “it” ambiguous. In these COVID days, well… My hunch is that there are certain signs. Maybe your job was over or your relationship was over or there were friendships you let lapse and never went back or some… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=297) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=299)