# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=437 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 438 --- ## [Garage renovation code considerations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-renovation-code-considerations/826364)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garage-renovation-code-considerations/826364 "2018-12-20T03:47:48Z")
I want to do a little work on my garage to create a mud room. I checked with my codes people and they said since I’m building a new wall, I’ll be required to get a permit for it. It’s a 1-car attached garage, on the ea… --- ## [Iceland in January?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-in-january/826387)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-in-january/826387 "2018-12-20T03:12:05Z")
My recollection is that there are a few Icelandic Dopers around, who I am hoping can give some advice: my wife and I are heading to Iceland at the end of January for a very short jaunt (4 nights\*) to try to see some nort… --- ## [Can this fridge be saved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-fridge-be-saved/826276)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-this-fridge-be-saved/826276 "2018-12-20T03:06:44Z")
The house was built new in 1995 or perhaps 1996. The refrigerator is original equipment. At present, it’s the only major appliance that has not been replaced (except the cooktop, which I sorta wish would die as I would l… --- ## [Right wing push for criminal justice system reform: WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-push-for-criminal-justice-system-reform-wtf/826231)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-wing-push-for-criminal-justice-system-reform-wtf/826231 "2018-12-20T02:19:47Z")
Recent news of republican movement towards “reform” of the criminal justice system has me completely baffled. The Donald is on board, and various republican coalitions are eager to pursue the notion. On Face the Nation t… --- ## [Tips or tricks for making pills delayed \*activation\* (not extended delay)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-or-tricks-for-making-pills-delayed-activation-not-extended-delay/825129)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-or-tricks-for-making-pills-delayed-activation-not-extended-delay/825129 "2018-12-20T00:09:14Z")
Most all medications are created to being working soon after you take them. Some of them will last a short time, other will last a long time, but all seem like they start working as soon as you take them. I was wonderi… --- ## [Considering driving from St. Louis to Mt. Rushmore. What to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-driving-from-st-louis-to-mt-rushmore-what-to-see/825957)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-driving-from-st-louis-to-mt-rushmore-what-to-see/825957 "2018-12-19T22:23:20Z")
Next year, around Memorial Day, I might be driving from St. Louis to Mt. Rushmore or thereabouts. I want to stay on as many two-lane roads as I can, and kind of follow the Missouri River up to about the Nebraska-South D… --- ## [Communication: Substitutes for colloquial usage: retarded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communication-substitutes-for-colloquial-usage-retarded/826238)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/communication-substitutes-for-colloquial-usage-retarded/826238 "2018-12-19T22:22:38Z")
Rather than hijack the ATMB thread on misogyny, I thought I’d put the discussion here. I think I can dispense with “This guy is a retard.” Perfectly adequate substitutes include “Idiot” and “Stupid sh\*\*”. In fact they … --- ## [Do you own a clock radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-clock-radio/826211)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-clock-radio/826211 "2018-12-19T19:38:18Z")
Today I was chatting with a couple of couples in their 20s, and they mentioned their home computer devices and their cellphones. I realized they used them for what I’ve always used clock radios for. Sure enough, when I… --- ## [Tent Cities in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tent-cities-in-the-us/826230)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tent-cities-in-the-us/826230 "2018-12-19T15:12:48Z")
Has anyone ever lived in one, or know about them? And if you are outside the US, do you have them? --- ## [Polish Jokes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-jokes/826050)
**Author:** [@mrka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrka)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polish-jokes/826050 "2018-12-19T15:00:04Z")
When I was a boy, books with Polish jokes would appear regularly at the corner store. Perhaps once a week or a couple times every month. I remember a profusion of jokes so a new booklet appeared every week in my mind. … --- ## [Shingles Shot - have you gotten one? Any side effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-shot-have-you-gotten-one-any-side-effects/812223)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shingles-shot-have-you-gotten-one-any-side-effects/812223 "2018-12-19T14:24:25Z")
My doctor authorized a shingles shot for me at the pharmacy (a couple months ago, I hope it’s still in effect). I can stop in to get it any time. Some people said they’ve had a troublesome reaction, some said don’t be … --- ## [Custom PC building sites or doing it yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-pc-building-sites-or-doing-it-yourself/825996)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-pc-building-sites-or-doing-it-yourself/825996 "2018-12-19T04:55:43Z")
A few days ago, after 8 years of loyal service, Papa Charlie’s memory started faltering and he just up and turned blue. My power supply and GPU are still good so I’d rather buy a custom computer that doesn’t have them. … --- ## [Meaning of 'my muse'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-my-muse/826285)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-my-muse/826285 "2018-12-19T02:49:06Z")
Famous artists frequently name people they’re fond of as being ‘my muse’. Everyone knows a muse is ostensibly someone who inspires you, but what I want to know is there some sort of implicit sexual subtext associated wi… --- ## [Where should New York spend Trump's Money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-new-york-spend-trumps-money/826331 "2018-12-19T00:11:14Z")
So where do you think this money should go? My ideas: Committee to protect Journalists Immigrant defence project Clinton Foundation :smiley: Anyone else? Serious answers will be welcomed but unserious answers ma… --- ## [Launching space missions from LEO vs the ground](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launching-space-missions-from-leo-vs-the-ground/826346)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/launching-space-missions-from-leo-vs-the-ground/826346 "2018-12-18T23:50:19Z")
Some people have suggested building a spacecraft, for example for a Mars mission, in LEO rather than building it on the ground. Obviously, this would be greatly more expensive and more difficult. However, it does have … --- ## [LGBTQIA etc--is there common ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbtqia-etc-is-there-common-ground/826221)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lgbtqia-etc-is-there-common-ground/826221 "2018-12-18T23:48:14Z")
Speaking from a USA perspective, but very open to views from other countries. The scope of publicly/commonly acknowledged sexual identities has expanded over the last few decades. I’m wondering–specifically hoping for … --- ## [Transexual Children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transexual-children/826035)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transexual-children/826035 "2018-12-18T22:27:23Z")
Not positive I am using the right term. Children who identify as the opposite sex. I realize many children are just born this way but I wonder if a significant percentage of these children are influenced by other biolog… --- ## [A battle to the death of mammals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-to-the-death-of-mammals/826117)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-battle-to-the-death-of-mammals/826117 "2018-12-18T20:48:02Z")
Say there’s a Wimbledon-style tournament of mammals fighting each other. A polar bear fights a lion and a tiger fights a gorilla, with the two survivors fighting. Which mammal would survive? (Did I omit any possibly su… --- ## [Music speaker recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-speaker-recommendations/826329)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-speaker-recommendations/826329 "2018-12-18T19:40:28Z")
I want to listen to music while working out on my exercise bike in the morning but my headphones don’t have enough ventilation so I’ll have to use speakers. I prefer electronic or video game music for working out so good… --- ## [Hoover Dam will last 10,000 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoover-dam-will-last-10-000-years/826241)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoover-dam-will-last-10-000-years/826241 "2018-12-18T16:50:16Z")
I was watching a YouTube video where the presenter states that; “If humans disappeared, the Hoover dam would be one of the last things standing over 10,000 years later” This thing is holding back billions of pounds of … --- ## [How to reply to "I say Merry Christmas!!1!"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reply-to-i-say-merry-christmas-1/825359)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-reply-to-i-say-merry-christmas-1/825359 "2018-12-18T15:53:22Z")
Where I work, I will be seeing 1000’s of people over the holidays. I plan on saying “Happy Holidays” to people. Last year there were some who took offense and would angrily and loudly proclaim “MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!” to my … --- ## [Two year non-compete just to interview?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-year-non-compete-just-to-interview/826146)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-year-non-compete-just-to-interview/826146 "2018-12-18T08:14:15Z")
I had a phone interview recently with a consulting “firm”. I use the term “firm” in quotes, because it’s really just 4 guys outsourcing a bunch of 1099 contractors to their old Arthur Andersen contacts. Fine. Not real… --- ## [Is Elon Musk malingering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elon-musk-malingering/819942)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-elon-musk-malingering/819942 "2018-12-18T07:35:02Z")
He’s been talking about lack of sleep and overwork lately. It seems since his “funding secured” tweet, which has drawn SEC scruitiny. Is he going to claim “temporary insanity” from sleep deprivation? Or “non-insane autom… --- ## [Do you want to be informed if a relative/friend whom you haven't talked to in years passes away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-informed-if-a-relative-friend-whom-you-havent-talked-to-in-years-passes-away/826220)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-be-informed-if-a-relative-friend-whom-you-havent-talked-to-in-years-passes-away/826220 "2018-12-18T03:50:54Z")
Okay, I realize this sounds cruel, but I really don’t want to know if someone I haven’t been in contact for years/decades passes away. I want to remember them as I last saw/thought of them. When my Mom passed away a cou… --- ## [Bad diets and strokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-diets-and-strokes/826288)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-diets-and-strokes/826288 "2018-12-18T01:56:28Z")
My friend, age 50, had a stroke recently. Hes in rehab getting stronger. I am curious how much his diet played into this. He had a sausage egg muffin for breakfast, a kfc chicken little for lunch, and usually one for din… --- ## [Help me figure out how to get pics off a trail cam to something my Dad can see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-how-to-get-pics-off-a-trail-cam-to-something-my-dad-can-see/826266)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-how-to-get-pics-off-a-trail-cam-to-something-my-dad-can-see/826266 "2018-12-17T22:06:09Z")
My brother got my Dad a trail cam to take pics of deer in his back yard. It’s this one. Problem is, my Dad is old, he has no dexterity in his hands, and can’t operate a tablet or computer pretty much at all. We can show… --- ## [Looking for an example 1099-R form for an IRA to Roth IRA conversion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-example-1099-r-form-for-an-ira-to-roth-ira-conversion/826196)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-example-1099-r-form-for-an-ira-to-roth-ira-conversion/826196 "2018-12-17T20:12:32Z")
I’ll omit the long backstory (but can go into it later if anyone is interested). The short version: I’m trying to generate a certain amount of taxable income by converting some IRA money into a Roth IRA. This type of c… --- ## [Is the antibiotic bacitracin effective against teatnus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-antibiotic-bacitracin-effective-against-teatnus/826151)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-antibiotic-bacitracin-effective-against-teatnus/826151 "2018-12-17T19:18:22Z")
In most parts of the world you get tetanus shots, some every 10 years, some places like england they don’t give you anymore after age 14 unless you get a really bad injury. This made me wonder about the effectiveness of… --- ## [Are you looking forward to winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-looking-forward-to-winter/825829)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-looking-forward-to-winter/825829 "2018-12-17T17:15:09Z")
I want to find the probability whether a randomly selected person is looking forward to winter, and also find that conditional probability given they are a Florida resident. I saw such a poll with results, and was curio… --- ## [What national park-like place did you last visit outside your home country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-park-like-place-did-you-last-visit-outside-your-home-country/826017)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-national-park-like-place-did-you-last-visit-outside-your-home-country/826017 "2018-12-17T04:49:43Z")
Offshoot of this thread. Mine is easy since despite having spent around 30 days outside the USA I’ve only been to the Cotswolds AONB in England. It was exactly 2 1/2 years ago because someone informed me of the Pulse Ni… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=438)