# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=396 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 397 --- ## [Guide Rail or Guard Rail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guide-rail-or-guard-rail/835073)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guide-rail-or-guard-rail/835073 "2019-06-07T09:21:40Z")
A road I travel on daily is undergoing construction (destruction?). They are removing all of the metal rails that stop cars from plummeting off the road. I assume these rails will eventually be replaced by new and impro… --- ## [How is your physical health? How do you feel about your overall bodily health?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-physical-health-how-do-you-feel-about-your-overall-bodily-health/835031)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-your-physical-health-how-do-you-feel-about-your-overall-bodily-health/835031 "2019-06-07T07:01:32Z")
I couldn’t fit a third question into the subject line – How does your physical health affect your quality of life? --- ## [Deprecating names for city residents (a Jam Eater speaks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deprecating-names-for-city-residents-a-jam-eater-speaks/835128)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deprecating-names-for-city-residents-a-jam-eater-speaks/835128 "2019-06-07T04:32:23Z")
Inspired by this thread. So far as I can tell we haven’t done this before - but I’m sure someone will put me right if we have. A few examples of insulting names for city residents cropped up in the earlier thread. Surel… --- ## [How much do you do on the very last day of vacation (departure day)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-do-on-the-very-last-day-of-vacation-departure-day/835101)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-do-on-the-very-last-day-of-vacation-departure-day/835101 "2019-06-07T02:02:07Z")
Assume that you get up at the usual time in the morning, and don’t leave until nighttime. Feel free to account for differences if you’re domestic or international, and how long your return flight is. --- ## [Has anyone tried Instapainting? Would a Van Gogh copy look good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-instapainting-would-a-van-gogh-copy-look-good/834492)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-instapainting-would-a-van-gogh-copy-look-good/834492 "2019-06-06T20:26:44Z")
It would be pretty cool to have a Van Gogh hanging in my living room but since I don’t have $40m laying around I thought it might be fun to have a reasonable copy. Prints, though, just don’t do Van Gogh justice; you rea… --- ## [Dangerous Driving Hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-driving-hypothetical/835014)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangerous-driving-hypothetical/835014 "2019-06-06T18:19:12Z")
Driver A in front of you is travelling at 30 miles per hour in a 50 mph zone and apparently feels you (Driver B) have been following too closely behind them, or that you’ve left your brights on, or committed some other d… --- ## [Anyone else starting to get "concern fatigue"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-starting-to-get-concern-fatigue/834957)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-starting-to-get-concern-fatigue/834957 "2019-06-06T17:28:10Z")
I’m starting to get what, for lack of a better term, I’ll call “concern fatigue”. I mean, it seems like every time I turn around, someone is making a more or less valid demand that I be concerned about something- the en… --- ## [Stars & the Vietnam War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-the-vietnam-war/835074)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stars-the-vietnam-war/835074 "2019-06-06T15:31:29Z")
I was just a kid during the Vietnam war so I don’t know about many of the details. I had no family members that fought in it. We were never taught anything about it in school either. So most of my info comes from a boss… --- ## [Ideas to Preserve Concrete Footprint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-preserve-concrete-footprint/834962)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-to-preserve-concrete-footprint/834962 "2019-06-06T15:17:52Z")
My grandpa built a lake cabin in the late 1940s. He poured a concrete sidewalk and between that and the cabin he poured a small slab where he put his footprint and wrote his initials and the date. The cabin was sold ab… --- ## [How do you feel about clowns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-clowns/835025)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-clowns/835025 "2019-06-06T13:31:36Z")
That’s pretty much it. --- ## [A Fun Job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-job/835075)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2019, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-fun-job/835075 "2019-06-06T04:32:55Z")
I can understand and respond to anyone saying anything, but there is very little I am interested in saying to anyone right now. Can I use this to make money somehow? --- ## [Plastic bags banned in Cleveland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-bags-banned-in-cleveland/834914)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-bags-banned-in-cleveland/834914 "2019-06-05T19:21:35Z")
Cuyahoga County, Ohio has banned plastic bags starting in January. I’m trying to imagine the huge stacks of paper bags that Walmart will need. They take up a lot more space then the compressed plastic bags. We re-use th… --- ## [What should I know as a manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-as-a-manager/832406)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-as-a-manager/832406 "2019-06-05T19:00:17Z")
I’m now officially a manager for a team. Yikes! I feel so unready. I have a “worker bee” mindset. So, fellow SDMBers, what do you think I need to know and do to be a good manager? Fire away! And thinks in advance for you… --- ## [Recommend a good mic/speaker setup for video conferencing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-mic-speaker-setup-for-video-conferencing/835081)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-mic-speaker-setup-for-video-conferencing/835081 "2019-06-05T18:16:05Z")
I’m on video calls a couple times a week. They can sometimes run several hours. I currently have a nice dual-ear headset, but I’m looking for something more low profile. I want to look like a regular person when I’m talk… --- ## [High school yells/cheers that don't name the high school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-yells-cheers-that-dont-name-the-high-school/158193)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-yells-cheers-that-dont-name-the-high-school/158193 "2019-06-05T18:07:46Z")
From what I’ve seen, in the early days of public high schools, there seem to have been a couple of things you don’t see today, principally because they were so few and far between. First, you had the high school varsit… --- ## [Do you use a fan in your bedroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-fan-in-your-bedroom/834499 "2019-06-05T16:44:48Z")
Do you use a fan in your bedroom? Could be a ceiling fan, oscillating, or box fan. I’m mostly thinking of summer, but winter counts too. --- ## [Do you remember your first date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-your-first-date/835041)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-remember-your-first-date/835041 "2019-06-05T16:42:02Z")
I actually don’t. And, of course, there’s always the question of what is a date. We’re actually still friends to this day but I can not remember what the first date was. I’ll assume it was some combination of go to the m… --- ## [How do you deal with a coworker who talks to you like you're stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-a-coworker-who-talks-to-you-like-youre-stupid/835028)
**Author:** [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-a-coworker-who-talks-to-you-like-youre-stupid/835028 "2019-06-05T14:00:58Z")
Is there some special trick to this? This is not someone above me, but at the same level. I’m not sure he’s even aware of it, although I’ve heard other people remark on it. It just grates on me. I’m not sure if I might b… --- ## [Vacuum cleaners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-cleaners/705256)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-cleaners/705256 "2019-06-05T01:25:16Z")
When I got my first apartment, my dad gave me a Hoover Decade 80 upright vaccum cleaner like the one on the right. It’s in the shop now, being serviced. (It probably needs a new pulley, as the belt pops off with little… --- ## [Hoodies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoodies/834721)
**Author:** [@I-VI-ii-V](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I-VI-ii-V)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoodies/834721 "2019-06-04T23:11:37Z")
Please explain the appeal of wearing a hoodie. They limit your field of view and practically remove all peripheral vision. Why would you want to walk around with a bag on your head at all times? --- ## [Poll: How do you wash your hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-wash-your-hands/834971)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-wash-your-hands/834971 "2019-06-04T22:30:33Z")
In the spirit of debating the proper way to do mundane things, we often find ourselves living with someone who does something different than we do (direction of toilet paper unfurling, squeezing toothpaste tube, loading … --- ## [(Abortion) Faulty "Just stop having sex when you wouldn't welcome a baby" - argument](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-faulty-just-stop-having-sex-when-you-wouldnt-welcome-a-baby-argument/834759)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-faulty-just-stop-having-sex-when-you-wouldnt-welcome-a-baby-argument/834759 "2019-06-04T20:48:51Z")
Pro-lifers seem to subscribe to the argument: “Well, then just don’t have sex if a baby would be a problem”. I’m trying to sense what lies beneath this argument. ( Not the abortion argument - the then stop having sex-a… --- ## [Hypothetical: The conjoined twins.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-conjoined-twins/834788)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-the-conjoined-twins/834788 "2019-06-04T20:45:59Z")
Meet Jake and Blake. They are conjoined twins. Jake wants an operation that will separate them. Blake most certainly does NOT want the operation because he will die as a result of it. Which of the two should have the f… --- ## [The percentage of parents who truly love their kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-percentage-of-parents-who-truly-love-their-kids/834200)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-percentage-of-parents-who-truly-love-their-kids/834200 "2019-06-04T19:32:31Z")
As many true-crime stories evince, it is not the case that all parents love their children; indeed, some outright murder them. But the majority of parents worldwide still presumably have unconditional love for their biol… --- ## [Money transfer help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-transfer-help-please/834894)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-transfer-help-please/834894 "2019-06-04T19:10:50Z")
The problem: I have a physical check for $200,000 that I need to deposit to my online bank. They accept e-deposit (pic from my iPhone) but only for $50,000 at a time. My options are, as I see it, take the check to the i… --- ## [Should I Get a Second Cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-second-cat/835022)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-second-cat/835022 "2019-06-04T17:59:41Z")
So! I have a wonderful kitty baby, Peanut Butter. She’s a great cat, cuddly, lots of meowing, but a bit standoffish. Like, she’s okay with new people, and warms up quickly, but there’s a little fear in her. When I fi… --- ## [Deterministic message-passing : why isn't this software engineering pattern used more often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deterministic-message-passing-why-isnt-this-software-engineering-pattern-used-more-often/834999)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deterministic-message-passing-why-isnt-this-software-engineering-pattern-used-more-often/834999 "2019-06-04T13:47:53Z")
So I work at a company that deploys embedded systems. These systems are produced in millions of units. They fail sometimes. And it costs inordinate amounts of time to hunt down the faults - often several months, where… --- ## ['Merica Back to Back World War Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merica-back-to-back-world-war-champs/834873)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merica-back-to-back-world-war-champs/834873 "2019-06-04T13:35:49Z")
I saw this on a tshirt the other day, and it pissed me off! Why? are we rooting for a 3fer? When did the USA get a trophy and bragging rights over the rest of the world. Why in the world would someone make the tragedy of… --- ## [Upgrade Windows 7 to Windows 10](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-windows-7-to-windows-10/834875)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upgrade-windows-7-to-windows-10/834875 "2019-06-04T09:26:03Z")
I’m sure everyone knows that support for Windows 7 will end in January 2020. Has anyone recently upgraded their computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10? Tell me how it went. Did you pay anything for Windows 10? Any proble… --- ## [Phonemic palatalized vs. "other" consonant systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonemic-palatalized-vs-other-consonant-systems/834839)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phonemic-palatalized-vs-other-consonant-systems/834839 "2019-06-04T04:59:26Z")
I’m fascinated by the split in consonants that so far I only know of in Russian and in the Insular Celtic languages (principally Irish/Irish Gaelic). For those who don’t know, in these language, many of the consonants c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=395) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=397)