# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=523 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 524 --- ## [Confused about the Mueller indictments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-the-mueller-indictments/808962)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-the-mueller-indictments/808962 "2018-02-20T14:16:19Z")
Reading the CNN reporting, it sounds like a bunch of stuff that isn’t even a crime. Setting up fake social media accounts? Buying ads under false identities? Given that the Russians will never stand trial, is this less a… --- ## [Overloading for Blood Draws & Urine Tests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overloading-for-blood-draws-urine-tests/808976)
**Author:** [@palmer7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palmer7)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overloading-for-blood-draws-urine-tests/808976 "2018-02-20T02:54:40Z")
I have terribly deep veins (just like my mother). So, I have to hydrate in order for them to stick out. However, I always seem to drink too much water, so my bladder fills up while waiting and by the time I actually see … --- ## [Happy Birthday George. Celebratiing with a drive...from Maine to Florida. Tomorrow.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-george-celebratiing-with-a-drive-from-maine-to-florida-tomorrow/809098)
**Author:** [@longPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longPath)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-george-celebratiing-with-a-drive-from-maine-to-florida-tomorrow/809098 "2018-02-20T01:04:45Z")
Given the holiday, I feel that I95 might be a better bet than I81? I haven’t done the trip inover 10 years. Usually try to avoid 95 through Metropoliis. Please, any advice? --- ## [Tthe minimum number of foods to remain healthy. Name them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tthe-minimum-number-of-foods-to-remain-healthy-name-them/809045)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tthe-minimum-number-of-foods-to-remain-healthy-name-them/809045 "2018-02-19T23:51:23Z")
What is the minimum number of foods that a person could be limited to and remain as healthy as the average American. Name the foods. --- ## [Need the advice of someone with lots of corporate political saavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-advice-of-someone-with-lots-of-corporate-political-saavy/808239)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-advice-of-someone-with-lots-of-corporate-political-saavy/808239 "2018-02-19T21:57:50Z")
I’ll put the background explanation below, and lead with my question: I’m on a team that manages a set of data processing documentation that is used by our external customers. Because the company is just now elevating … --- ## [Where can I find a sweater like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-sweater-like-this/809069)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-sweater-like-this/809069 "2018-02-19T20:03:40Z")
This is a screen shot of a sweaterfrom an episode of Inspector Lewis. It has full length sleeves, and there’s this shawl that is mysteriously attached to one side so that it may be flung artfully over the opposite should… --- ## [They don't make colds the way they used to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-make-colds-the-way-they-used-to/809131)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-dont-make-colds-the-way-they-used-to/809131 "2018-02-19T19:58:50Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but the last few colds I’ve had are nothing like the ones I used to get. Back in the day, I’d start with kind of a raw scratchy feeling in the back of the throat. After a day or two the congestion wou… --- ## [Pain management clinic questions:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-management-clinic-questions/809095)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pain-management-clinic-questions/809095 "2018-02-19T19:12:18Z")
Kaylasmom has been getting seen by the pain management program at UCI Medical School. Without going into too much detail about the whys and the wherefores, she’s scheduled to have a pain-blocking agent injected epidural… --- ## [What should I have done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-have-done/808908)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-have-done/808908 "2018-02-19T18:54:31Z")
Tonight, on my way home from work, I stopped at the grocery store. This is an inner-city downtown grocery store, with lots of weird stuff. Sort of like Big Lots for food. Sitting against the wall outside the grocery stor… --- ## [Generally speaking, how many masculine groups/cutulres are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-speaking-how-many-masculine-groups-cutulres-are-there/808579)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-speaking-how-many-masculine-groups-cutulres-are-there/808579 "2018-02-19T06:13:22Z")
There is gangster, cowboy, soldiers/military nerds, MMA bros, frat boys, metrosexuals, chavs, Hunter-and-gatherers, MRAs, etc I am missing anything relavant? --- ## [China dopers - comms without WeChat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-dopers-comms-without-wechat/809089)
**Author:** [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-dopers-comms-without-wechat/809089 "2018-02-19T03:40:59Z")
I’m about to send a child to China on exchange. Last time our family sent a child to China, their recommended way of keeping in touch with the group was via WeChat. Upon investigation, this appeared to be totally unusab… --- ## [Question on an insurance claim re: totaled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-an-insurance-claim-re-totaled/807344)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-an-insurance-claim-re-totaled/807344 "2018-02-19T03:35:06Z")
Put in IMHO since it might be a legal question. A person turned left illegally and totaled my son’s truck. I spent $4000 buying the truck and then had to replace the engine for $1500. I’m expecting the other driver’s i… --- ## [Wealth Management](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealth-management/799870)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wealth-management/799870 "2018-02-19T00:32:06Z")
Been back in the US for more than year now and been meaning to talk to a wealth manager. We finally need to get around to that. What are some good and reputable firms? --- ## [People’s obsession with truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-s-obsession-with-truth/808539)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-s-obsession-with-truth/808539 "2018-02-19T00:07:12Z")
It’s mostly the last half of the second link that just had me shaking my head. Why is that everyone claims to have “the answer”, and that anyone who doesn’t follow them is deluded? The price of truth is everything. … --- ## [CD-to-MP3-player problems. Weird. Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-mp3-player-problems-weird-help/809083)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cd-to-mp3-player-problems-weird-help/809083 "2018-02-18T23:42:29Z")
I got U2’s newest CD, Songs of Experience and wanted to put the songs on my Sansa MP3 player. The all-in-one comp has no disc drive, so I put the CD in a laptop. When I opened it, it said Songs of Innocence (the first … --- ## [The Americans who still have old British accents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-who-still-have-old-british-accents/808864)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-americans-who-still-have-old-british-accents/808864 "2018-02-18T23:30:36Z")
Found this on YouTube. An Island off Virginia, where people still use the old East Anglian accent. Sounds like a Southerner and an Aussie had a bastard child, fell out and the kid spent six months a year with each. Int… --- ## [Today's Olympic Google Doodle: What Animal Is That?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-olympic-google-doodle-what-animal-is-that/808781 "2018-02-18T17:03:23Z")
Today’s Google Doodle is a cute little cartoon about a blue animal awaking in a cave, falling down a hill that’s also a luge/bobsled course, and at the bottom he receives a score and a medal. What kind of animal is that… --- ## [Countdown to Win10 free conversion deadline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-win10-free-conversion-deadline/760971)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-win10-free-conversion-deadline/760971 "2016-08-25T15:46:07Z")
I’ve been clinging to my Win7Pro like a child with a blankie. As the deadline looms, I need to fish or cut bait. Do I want Win 10? I don’t have any issues with Win7. StG --- ## [Do you like the new Chrome underlines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920 "2018-02-18T09:47:28Z")
(This is about as mundane and pointless as it can get, but it is a poll, so…) What do you guys think of the way that Chrome 64 handles underlines? It skips a bit for descenders. (For those who don’t have Chrome, enjoin … --- ## [Has the internet made people more obnoxious in your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-made-people-more-obnoxious-in-your-opinion/808972)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-internet-made-people-more-obnoxious-in-your-opinion/808972 "2018-02-18T00:02:06Z")
Want to see what everyone says here. From memes, to social media, to internet trolling, would find it hard to argue otherwise WTF, miscategorized it again. Need to fight that tendency. --- ## [If your headlights were left on for two hours but you caught it in time, what do you NEED to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-headlights-were-left-on-for-two-hours-but-you-caught-it-in-time-what-do-you-need-to-do/808667)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-headlights-were-left-on-for-two-hours-but-you-caught-it-in-time-what-do-you-need-to-do/808667 "2018-02-17T17:27:06Z")
Hey all, So I’m borrowing my sister’s van, which has no alarm or automatic shutoff of any kind if the headlights are left on. I think you can all guess what happened… :wink: I left the headlights on for about two hours … --- ## [Should I get a "smart" thermostat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-smart-thermostat/790374)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-smart-thermostat/790374 "2017-07-11T16:51:41Z")
I’ve got an old-school round mercury switch thermostat which probably pre-dates the Apollo program, and it is going buggy (temperature in the house never matches temperature set), so I should probably replace it. Being k… --- ## [For Women Only/Rape by Fraud](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-rape-by-fraud/553082)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-women-only-rape-by-fraud/553082 "2018-02-17T16:05:18Z")
You are either single or can imagine if you were still single. If a man told you he was single and you went to bed with him only to find out later that he was married, would you feel raped ? --- ## [How do you pronounce "extraordinary" and "often"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-extraordinary-and-often/808859)
**Author:** [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-extraordinary-and-often/808859 "2018-02-17T15:23:22Z")
Extraordinary - I always knew it to be pronounced “Eks-tror-din-ary” but at some point I started noticing people pronouncing it as “Extra-Ordinary” Which is the preferred pronunciation? Often - Half the people I know … --- ## [Highest paying job for which one must wear a name tag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highest-paying-job-for-which-one-must-wear-a-name-tag/808844 "2018-02-17T14:59:27Z")
In the thread about unconventional advice, Chefguy contributed this: Made me wonder what are the most high paying and / or prestigious jobs that still require wearing a name tag? Let’s not count IDs on lanyards and suc… --- ## [BMW 325i for tracking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmw-325i-for-tracking/808591)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmw-325i-for-tracking/808591 "2018-02-17T04:06:02Z")
As I’ve posted before, I’m getting into HPDE events. I’ve been using my '02 530i (e39), but she’s really heavy and I don’t want to kill her, as she’s on her way to being a classic. I’ve found an '03 325i for $1200, I’m … --- ## [You wouldn't download a city...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wouldnt-download-a-city/808812)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-wouldnt-download-a-city/808812 "2018-02-17T01:41:30Z")
So China has done something incredible. They seem to have copied Paris. All the famous parts of the city. This is impressive. It’s also sort of a sign of why modern China seems to be working. You couldn’t make anoth… --- ## [Impossible topics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-topics/808943)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-topics/808943 "2018-02-17T00:49:48Z")
A recent Cafe Society thread about pineapple brought this to mind. Because, as most of you knew the moment you saw the word, it only took a few posts before somebody tried to start a pizza debate. Stunningly, in this c… --- ## [Best latex paint remover for tile and hardwood floors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-latex-paint-remover-for-tile-and-hardwood-floors/808934)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-latex-paint-remover-for-tile-and-hardwood-floors/808934 "2018-02-16T20:49:18Z")
Been painting. No major spills. We used drop cloths. But invariably a stray droplet will land on the floor and not get cleaned off before it dries. I’m a bit unsure what to use on hardwood floors? I don’t want to dama… --- ## [Ethics \[clean energy non-profit contract with oil company\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-clean-energy-non-profit-contract-with-oil-company/808914)
**Author:** [@rfein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rfein)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-clean-energy-non-profit-contract-with-oil-company/808914 "2018-02-16T18:13:04Z")
Is it ethical for a not for profit organization promoting clean energy to enter into a contract with an oil company where that oil company will provide sponsorship money? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=522) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=524)