# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=387 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 388 --- ## [What is the Most Evil Thing Hackers Could do in the 2020 Elections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-evil-thing-hackers-could-do-in-the-2020-elections/836558)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-evil-thing-hackers-could-do-in-the-2020-elections/836558 "2019-07-11T22:54:43Z")
I hope this is in the right forum. So suppose you were in charge of the Russian/Chinese/Israeli/Iranian effort to mess with the US election, for whatever reason or for whichever candidate. What would you do? Kicking th… --- ## [I've got a bad case of tennis elbow. What works for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bad-case-of-tennis-elbow-what-works-for-you/836842)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-a-bad-case-of-tennis-elbow-what-works-for-you/836842 "2019-07-11T20:42:36Z")
I’ve been fighting off a case of tennis elbow for a couple of months. Ice and rest keep the pain at a tolerable level, but it flares right back up again. Yesterday I had to go home because mousing was excruciatingly pa… --- ## [Healthiest food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthiest-food/836857 "2019-07-11T19:00:21Z")
What is the healthiest fruit? How about vegetable? Food item in general? --- ## ["Taken" scenario (Liam Neeson movie) in real life - what would parents do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taken-scenario-liam-neeson-movie-in-real-life-what-would-parents-do/836780)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taken-scenario-liam-neeson-movie-in-real-life-what-would-parents-do/836780 "2019-07-11T18:28:34Z")
I was thinking about the \*Taken \*movie series with Liam Neeson recently and wondering how it would apply to parents in real life (only loosely applying, not actually everything the way it happened in the movies): Suppos… --- ## [August and the Symbolic Calendar Question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-and-the-symbolic-calendar-question/836812 "2019-07-11T16:52:28Z")
I came up with this question when I saw just such a calendar in one of my teacher’s rooms in the 5th grade. I guess I can also tell you that was 40 years ago. Consider the symbolic picture calendar. Every month shows yo… --- ## [Free Tickets Kinda Lost...What Would You Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-tickets-kinda-lost-what-would-you-do/836884)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-tickets-kinda-lost-what-would-you-do/836884 "2019-07-11T12:04:21Z")
My company offered free tickets to a minor league ballgame for free. I asked if I could get some for a certain date, and I never heard back. So, I assumed they went to someone else. Now, a week later, I get an email from… --- ## [What are your beard growing experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-beard-growing-experiences/705000)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-beard-growing-experiences/705000 "2019-07-11T03:57:52Z")
About every three or four years I decide to stop shaving and let my beard grow. Usually it’s at the tail end of a vacation when I’m not shaving and decide to just let it grow even after returning to work. Well this is … --- ## [Pour-it-in head gasket sealer? Your thoughts, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pour-it-in-head-gasket-sealer-your-thoughts-please/836769)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pour-it-in-head-gasket-sealer-your-thoughts-please/836769 "2019-07-11T02:06:40Z")
Have you ever used this stuff? Was it a godsend, or did it cause much pain and sorrow? There’s a list of them at this website. http://oilandwaterproject.org/ My stepson’s 2004 Honda Civic (~250k miles on the clock) has… --- ## [Frugal people...what purchases do you not skimp on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frugal-people-what-purchases-do-you-not-skimp-on/836657)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frugal-people-what-purchases-do-you-not-skimp-on/836657 "2019-07-10T23:46:02Z")
…besides toilet paper? --- ## [What do I need to write to sell an upright piano?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-write-to-sell-an-upright-piano/836775)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-write-to-sell-an-upright-piano/836775 "2019-07-10T22:43:55Z")
I have an Austrian Stingl in another country that will be sold by a friend. --- ## [Position of green on a horizontal stoplight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/position-of-green-on-a-horizontal-stoplight/836722)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/position-of-green-on-a-horizontal-stoplight/836722 "2019-07-10T22:18:45Z")
Without looking, do you expect the green light to be on the left or right of a horizontally mounted stoplight? I had never really thought about this, until I was recently somewhere (Texas) that most stoplights were hori… --- ## [your favorite historical event that didn't really happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-event-that-didnt-really-happen/836369)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-historical-event-that-didnt-really-happen/836369 "2019-07-10T20:24:15Z")
When I first got the idea for this thread, “favorite” wasn’t going to be part of it. But I realize there are so many I want to limit responses to just one per poster. I just watched the Indominablle Teddy Roosevelt on A… --- ## [Why "Lifestyle Centers"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lifestyle-centers/836767)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-lifestyle-centers/836767 "2019-07-10T15:39:45Z")
Why are “Lifestyle Centers”- shopping centers with typical mall stores facing a fake main street with parking behind being built as opposed to any other format? Is there really a desire by consumers to park behind the st… --- ## [I have to say, I don't get it..... \[cars by gas pumps that are not being filled\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-say-i-dont-get-it-cars-by-gas-pumps-that-are-not-being-filled/835651)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-say-i-dont-get-it-cars-by-gas-pumps-that-are-not-being-filled/835651 "2019-07-10T14:43:06Z")
You arrive at a gas station and all pumps are occupied by cars. Nearly half of them have a car by them but are not pumping gas. You wait until one opens. In the time you waited for a free pump, pumped your gas (paying… --- ## [What is the smallest pan you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-pan-you-own/836727)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-pan-you-own/836727 "2019-07-10T14:39:01Z")
Inspired by this thread (So what do you use a 3 1/2" skillet for?), what is the smallest pan you own, and what do you use it for? The smallest pan I own is a 6.5" cast iron skillet. I use it to make breakfast for one, s… --- ## [Visiting Washington, DC. Anything I need to book in advance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-washington-dc-anything-i-need-to-book-in-advance/835608)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-washington-dc-anything-i-need-to-book-in-advance/835608 "2019-07-10T14:06:16Z")
Soon I’ll be travelling to a conference in Austin, and on the way I will be stopping over for the weekend (June 22–23) in Washington, DC. Are there any popular tourist sites there that it is necessary or advisable to ma… --- ## [Embassy Suites Hotel I stayed at only had parking spaces for "Compact" cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-suites-hotel-i-stayed-at-only-had-parking-spaces-for-compact-cars/836554)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embassy-suites-hotel-i-stayed-at-only-had-parking-spaces-for-compact-cars/836554 "2019-07-10T12:41:04Z")
Recently stayed at an Embassy Suites, great hotel but the bizarre thing I noticed was that literally every single parking space in the parking lot around it was labeled COMPACT. Every single space, the only parking space… --- ## [Anyone have experience with all-on-four/ teeth-in-day dental reconstruction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-all-on-four-teeth-in-day-dental-reconstruction/836380)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-all-on-four-teeth-in-day-dental-reconstruction/836380 "2019-07-10T01:35:36Z")
This is the procedure that puts a full set of teeth in on 4 or 6 implanted supports, they are essentially permanent dentures. Apparently it can be done in a single visit. I’m tired of fighting my lousy teeth and this se… --- ## [On Hetero-normative Dating: The Woman Makes the First Move](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hetero-normative-dating-the-woman-makes-the-first-move/836227)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-hetero-normative-dating-the-woman-makes-the-first-move/836227 "2019-07-10T01:31:15Z")
I’m recently separated from my wife of 9 years, and I’m not yet dating again, so none of this is meant to be boastful. While I’m reasonably good looking, I’ve never been a lothario. There are guys who always have a gir… --- ## [Tuft And Needle-Why buy a mattress online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-and-needle-why-buy-a-mattress-online/836776)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuft-and-needle-why-buy-a-mattress-online/836776 "2019-07-09T18:19:50Z")
I have been hearing “Tuft And Needle” mattress ads on the radio lately, and their two main selling points seem to be that You only “have” to choose between two mattresses, and You are getting it shipped to you, so you … --- ## [Short vacation before or after business trip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-vacation-before-or-after-business-trip/836766)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-vacation-before-or-after-business-trip/836766 "2019-07-09T17:59:40Z")
I’m headed to Bangalore again this fall and planning a layover in Doha, Qatar for a few days as part of the travel. I can do so before or after my work week, it’s not going to make a significant difference in price or ti… --- ## [Math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question/836644)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-question/836644 "2019-07-09T17:46:55Z")
I have a friend who has a magical ability where he is able to turn a stone into a dollar bill. He charges a service fee .06 cents for every stone he turns into a dollar bill. What my question is is how many stones woul… --- ## [TIME Magazine: Your Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-your-thoughts/836661)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-magazine-your-thoughts/836661 "2019-07-09T17:11:45Z")
I’ve read TIME since I was old enough to read, which would make it over fifty years now. My parents had a subscription when I was a child, and when I was a child, I liked to look at the pictures (especially of the Apoll… --- ## [How Badly does Sun Glare effect your driving vision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-does-sun-glare-effect-your-driving-vision/836593)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-does-sun-glare-effect-your-driving-vision/836593 "2019-07-09T14:37:11Z")
I had a traffic wreck last Sunday. I was at a light waiting for a left turn. Light changed and I started making the turn. The setting sun caught me directly in the eyes. I’ve never been blinded so badly before. I hit a… --- ## [Am I Required to Show a Potential Employee their Background Check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-required-to-show-a-potential-employee-their-background-check/836467)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-required-to-show-a-potential-employee-their-background-check/836467 "2019-07-09T02:46:23Z")
I’m in the process of hiring an assistant for my office. We’ve made them a job offer pending them successfully passing a drug screen and a background check. They say they’ll pass the drug screen and I don’t doubt it, b… --- ## [Examples of the best looking reasonably achievable body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-the-best-looking-reasonably-achievable-body/836640)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-the-best-looking-reasonably-achievable-body/836640 "2019-07-09T00:20:38Z")
I was thinking about how people say about bikini models and male action heroes that you can’t get their body, shown off as an ideal, unless your entire job is getting that body (and getting paid for it). So I got to thin… --- ## [Why isn't there MORE credit card and checking account fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-there-more-credit-card-and-checking-account-fraud/836689)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-there-more-credit-card-and-checking-account-fraud/836689 "2019-07-09T00:05:25Z")
With all the bank fraud that exists, it surprises me that there isn’t more–now and historically. You could set up a fake web site with fake products and take orders and collect all the credit card numbers you can eat. I’… --- ## [Buying a demo / loaner car vs. used](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-demo-loaner-car-vs-used/836483)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-demo-loaner-car-vs-used/836483 "2019-07-08T20:26:46Z")
I’m email haggling right now with a dealer over a demo unit for a particular model that’s relatively low popularity. It has a small number of miles (\< 5k) and is last year’s model. There have been no substantial changes … --- ## [July 4 cookout delimna: my wife always gets sick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-cookout-delimna-my-wife-always-gets-sick/836328)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-4-cookout-delimna-my-wife-always-gets-sick/836328 "2019-07-08T19:15:31Z")
Every Memorial Day, July 4, and Labor Day my MIL and FIL very kindly invite us for a cookout with doggies or burgers. Even Fathers Day, my FIL insists on just having hot dogs on his grill despite insistence on us buying … --- ## [What would you do? (parking place dispute)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-parking-place-dispute/836409)
**Author:** [@Mrs\_Fairway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Fairway)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-parking-place-dispute/836409 "2019-07-08T18:57:44Z")
I live in a condo. When I bought the place (in 2003), it came with an assigned parking spot with my unit number painted on it. Sometime over the last several years the condo association did away with assigned parking but… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=386) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=388)