# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=307 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 308 --- ## [Where do you see yourself a year from now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-see-yourself-a-year-from-now/915895)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-see-yourself-a-year-from-now/915895 "2020-07-27T02:29:45Z")
Serious question, considering the uncertainty and panic running around right now. What do you see your life as being like a year from now? How are you living your life now because of your conclusion? Please no answers t… --- ## [Which US Presidents need a definitive book written about them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidents-need-a-definitive-book-written-about-them/915448)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-us-presidents-need-a-definitive-book-written-about-them/915448 "2020-07-26T16:49:15Z")
Off the top of my head, I’m thinking we need new and substantial books on Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Andrew Jackson. --- ## [Advice for cultivating Venus Fly Traps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-cultivating-venus-fly-traps/916153)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-cultivating-venus-fly-traps/916153 "2020-07-26T02:52:16Z")
I’ve recently acquired some Venus Fly Traps and they seem to be a bit fickle. I mixed 50/50 sphagnum moss & perlite. They’re in a large round globe-like bowl that’s roughly shaped like a jack-o-lantern - it’s rounded but… --- ## [Salary/income: Do you think in terms of per-month or per-year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-income-do-you-think-in-terms-of-per-month-or-per-year/914862)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-income-do-you-think-in-terms-of-per-month-or-per-year/914862 "2020-07-26T02:26:20Z")
In America, I have noticed that income is generally described on a per-year basis: i.e., the average American earns $38,000 a year, or something like that. But living abroad, I noticed it was much more commonly describe… --- ## [Anyone ever had a "surgical matrixectomy"? (Surgical removal of a deformed toenail)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-surgical-matrixectomy-surgical-removal-of-a-deformed-toenail/575894)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-surgical-matrixectomy-surgical-removal-of-a-deformed-toenail/575894 "2020-07-26T02:21:04Z")
My podiatrist recommended that I have a surgical matrixectomy: this is a surgical permanent removal of a damaged and deformed toenail. While this sounds minor, my doctor says I’ll be bandaged for 14 days, with very limi… --- ## [Will the Covid19 precautions noticeably reduce the flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-covid19-precautions-noticeably-reduce-the-flu/849488)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-covid19-precautions-noticeably-reduce-the-flu/849488 "2020-07-25T21:17:47Z")
It seems like the precautions are the same and it should take a noticeable hit on the flu and some other diseases such as the cold. --- ## [Is this a reasonable estimate for electrical service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-reasonable-estimate-for-electrical-service/911912)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-reasonable-estimate-for-electrical-service/911912 "2020-07-25T15:16:30Z")
Friday I had an electrician come to give me an estimate to replacement my 60-year old fuse box with a breaker box, and upgrade my electrical service from 60 amp to 200 amp. I just got the estimate, and it’s a total of $3… --- ## [Is V-8 Enough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-v-8-enough/855689)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-v-8-enough/855689 "2020-07-25T14:30:39Z")
I might as well tell you. I am obese and suffer from Type 2 Diabetes. I am having mixed results (if even that) controlling both. Anyway I know that it’s a proven fact that vegetables are very good for your health. In fa… --- ## [Having "the talk" with an aging parent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-talk-with-an-aging-parent/916165)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-the-talk-with-an-aging-parent/916165 "2020-07-25T12:25:22Z")
This is a hard question for me to ask, but I think it’s time for my dad to move out of his house and into assisted living or near to me or, preferably, both. He’s adamantly opposed to even discussing this. He (usually) a… --- ## [UK question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-question/916286)
**Author:** [@kswiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kswiss)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-question/916286 "2020-07-25T10:31:30Z")
Do you consider yourself ethnically “British” or ethnically “English”, “Welsh”, Scottish", “Irish”, “Jamaican”, “Pakistani”, etc Regardless of whether you consider yourself to be a proud and loyal citizen of the United… --- ## [What does Trump mean that the U.S. has one of the lowest covid mortality rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-mean-that-the-u-s-has-one-of-the-lowest-covid-mortality-rates/915622)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-trump-mean-that-the-u-s-has-one-of-the-lowest-covid-mortality-rates/915622 "2020-07-25T07:14:50Z")
I’m asking here because I don’t think there’s a definite answer – other than, “He’s just making it up.” The U.S. covid deaths per million is now 429 (COVID - Coronavirus Statistics - Worldometer), which makes it the 10th… --- ## [Is COVID turning the clock ahead, or back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-turning-the-clock-ahead-or-back/916022)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-covid-turning-the-clock-ahead-or-back/916022 "2020-07-24T21:45:23Z")
Just kinda a thought experiment. At times I’ve thought that peoples’ reactions to COVID are resulting in behaviors more consistent with an earlier time - say 50 years ago or so. Sure, these are all gross generalities, … --- ## [If the World Was Going to End in Six Months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-was-going-to-end-in-six-months/916096)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-world-was-going-to-end-in-six-months/916096 "2020-07-24T19:51:38Z")
I have actually thought about this hypothetical situation from time to time. I think it would reveal a lot of things about human psychology, among other things. Picture it. There’s an asteroid hurtling towards earth. It… --- ## [Does anyone else here subscribe to Newspapers.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-subscribe-to-newspapers-com/915975)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-subscribe-to-newspapers-com/915975 "2020-07-24T19:25:44Z")
I signed up a few weeks ago after a free trial, and “cleaned” my computer last night. When I tried to sign on, it not only made me change my password, but said I no longer had a paid subscription and therefore could not… --- ## [Is the word "negro" a slur?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-negro-a-slur/915838)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-word-negro-a-slur/915838 "2020-07-24T18:54:36Z")
Roger Stone got some heat over the weekend for using the term “negro” to refer to black radio host Morris O’Kelly. Here is the story: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/business/roger-stone-racial-slur-radio-show/index.htm… --- ## [Anyone ever have a Tuft fracture? How did recovery go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-have-a-tuft-fracture-how-did-recovery-go/916213)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-have-a-tuft-fracture-how-did-recovery-go/916213 "2020-07-24T18:41:50Z")
Two weeks ago tomorrow I was cutting a piece of wood on a miter saw when the wood seized up on the blade and kicked back, violently wrenching the wood out of my hand and flinging it across the room. My first thought was … --- ## [Does "WOKE" hate the movie Joker (2019)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-woke-hate-the-movie-joker-2019/915610)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2020, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-woke-hate-the-movie-joker-2019/915610 "2020-07-24T16:33:09Z")
I am not from the US or from any of the English speaking countries. So, I have difficulty understanding the politics perfectly. I came across several videos on Youtube that talks about how “woke” hates the movie Joker. I… --- ## [Is this a decent entry-level gaming PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-decent-entry-level-gaming-pc/916068)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-decent-entry-level-gaming-pc/916068 "2020-07-23T22:32:19Z")
My son (13) has been saving up his $ for the new Xbox that’s coming out this winter. Now that he has his goal of $500 saved, he suddenly has decided he wants a gaming PC because… reasons, I guess. He wants to play Minecr… --- ## [Replace battery on 2007 Prius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-battery-on-2007-prius/915511)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2020, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-battery-on-2007-prius/915511 "2020-07-23T04:17:30Z")
So today the inevitable happened - a few years ago, I facilitated my mom buying a friend’s used Prius, because her prior car had been held together with duct tape and baling wire for years, and it was a great deal. The P… --- ## [What are these vegetables?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-vegetables/916051 "2020-07-22T23:46:34Z")
We get a bag-o-veggies each week from the local farmers’ market. They put whatever they want into it. This week there were these very small. . .somethings. Any ideas? https://imgur.com/a/rALlu35 --- ## [Flies! Friggin' flies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-friggin-flies/797443)
**Author:** [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-friggin-flies/797443 "2020-07-22T21:57:27Z")
So the past couple of days has seen upwards of 20 flies in my kitchen and always several swarming around my head in the connected living room! They have seemed to come out of nowhere and just keep appearing. I looked a… --- ## [Explain being called "boss."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-being-called-boss/854873)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-being-called-boss/854873 "2020-07-22T16:31:33Z")
I’m a middle-aged white guy. Last year I moved from a mostly white area to a place where blacks and Latinos make up a lot more of the population. Among young men in retail and service jobs – mechanics, counter clerks, e… --- ## [Is this use of the verb "belie" correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-the-verb-belie-correct/915789)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-the-verb-belie-correct/915789 "2020-07-22T06:12:13Z")
A forward-thinking high school senior has taken on Trader Joe’s for some of their marketing. The student’s petition evidently includes this text: “labels some of its ethnic foods with modifications of ‘Joe’ that belies a… --- ## [What is the best way to buy a house online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-buy-a-house-online/915514)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-buy-a-house-online/915514 "2020-07-22T02:13:26Z")
Hi. I have X amount of money and I can spend Y amount on buying a house. I can either buy it outright or spread out the pain over a 30 year loan. I have been looking on realtor.com and frankly it is tedious. How would yo… --- ## [Why do people swear on a Bible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-swear-on-a-bible/915890)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-swear-on-a-bible/915890 "2020-07-21T22:54:13Z")
People are often depicted in courtroom dramas as swearing on a Bible. A lot of public officials are sworn in on a Bible, though it is not legally required. Keith Ellison was sworn into Congress on a Quran. You can be swo… --- ## [Men's shorts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shorts/915848)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-shorts/915848 "2020-07-21T21:28:41Z")
I’ve been wearing a pair of cargo shorts that are now much too big for me. Yesterday I got some roofing adhesive on them, so I decided it’s time to get some new shorts. I went for Carhartt 10" ‘Rigby’ shorts, as I’m ki… --- ## [What's in your Quarentine Garden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-in-your-quarentine-garden/852515 "2020-07-21T19:46:17Z")
I’ve been seeing a lot more windowsill gardens while I’m walking the dogs and and am reading online that many folks have taken up gardening in a small or large way to help pass the time. I have a yard and love playing in… --- ## [Theoretical Ultimate Biplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-ultimate-biplane/914885)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Reynolds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Reynolds)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-ultimate-biplane/914885 "2020-07-21T19:30:22Z")
One thing that bothered me in aircraft development is the sudden jump from planes that would not look out of place in WWI to the BF-109 and similar fighters. A sudden switch from rotary-engine, fixed landing gear, open-c… --- ## [Is ethnic theming (always) offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ethnic-theming-always-offensive/915833)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ethnic-theming-always-offensive/915833 "2020-07-21T19:02:05Z")
Inspired by the petition against ‘Trader Jose’s taco shells’ mentioned in this post: Is this use of the verb "belie" correct? I don’t really understand why this is supposed to be offensive, but it made me think. When I… --- ## [Ethics of taking money to remove a negative review](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-taking-money-to-remove-a-negative-review/913188)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-taking-money-to-remove-a-negative-review/913188 "2020-07-21T17:25:46Z")
in December I bought a pair of phone chargers from a third-party Amazon marketplace seller. Neither one actually charged the phone. I returned them, got a refund, and wrote a review: I plugged this into a Galaxy S10 an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=308)