# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=602 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 603 --- ## [Question about the Big Bang (the event not the show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-big-bang-the-event-not-the-show/789479)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-big-bang-the-event-not-the-show/789479 "2017-06-20T23:24:52Z")
I’m putting this here because I don’t know that there really is a factual answer. I’ve often wondered why it’s called the Big Bang. When I think of a bang, I imagine a loud noise and an explosion. When I visualize an exp… --- ## [Questions about the "psych" tests on job applications](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-psych-tests-on-job-applications/689718)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-psych-tests-on-job-applications/689718 "2017-06-20T23:12:19Z")
What is the deal with these tests? Some of the questions just make no sense. What are they looking for? I took notes this time, and I want to share them with you to get your input. I am job hunting again. I have decide… --- ## [How fast do you suppose the rubber on a timing belt degrades at room temperature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-suppose-the-rubber-on-a-timing-belt-degrades-at-room-temperature/784768)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-fast-do-you-suppose-the-rubber-on-a-timing-belt-degrades-at-room-temperature/784768 "2017-06-20T20:53:31Z")
I’ve got an old car with an interference engine. Honda recommends changing the timing belt every 60,000 miles or 6 years. It’s been about 12 years since the belt was changed, but only 43,000 miles. I’m reluctant to sp… --- ## [Please, advice on how to get my sister out of jury duty because of financial hardship!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-advice-on-how-to-get-my-sister-out-of-jury-duty-because-of-financial-hardship/789079)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-advice-on-how-to-get-my-sister-out-of-jury-duty-because-of-financial-hardship/789079 "2017-06-20T20:04:25Z")
My sister just got called for jury duty and is almost losing her mind. She’s self employed as a small business owner, 100% responsible for financially supporting the household, and a spouse with health issues who doesn’… --- ## [What should a baby wear in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-baby-wear-in-public/559079)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-baby-wear-in-public/559079 "2017-06-20T19:40:03Z")
I know that a lot of people have strong opinions about how thoroughly clothed infants should be while in public places… so what do you think? There are three issues covered here: Appropriate footwear Diaper coverag… --- ## [Survey on Trump-targeted nuisance lawsuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-on-trump-targeted-nuisance-lawsuits/789039)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survey-on-trump-targeted-nuisance-lawsuits/789039 "2017-06-20T19:35:05Z")
“I don’t really care if the lawsuits against Trump – emoluments, First Amendment Twitter blocking, etc – are truly merited or not. Even if they’re baseless, they serve an important public goal in distracting Trump and ma… --- ## [Explain to me the allure of Fidget Spinners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-allure-of-fidget-spinners/785882)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-allure-of-fidget-spinners/785882 "2017-06-20T19:27:59Z")
Fidget Spinners Bonus points if you can provide demonstrable proof that they actually have measurable utility. Feel free to include visual aids, string theory or quantum bogodynamics in your argument. --- ## [What do you think the Cosby verdict will be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-cosby-verdict-will-be/789029)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-the-cosby-verdict-will-be/789029 "2017-06-20T19:04:36Z")
It’s day 4 of the jury deliberations in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case. It is anticipated that the jury may be close to a verdict today. So far the questions from the jury to the judge have centered around the vict… --- ## [Allergic to my jerkish cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allergic-to-my-jerkish-cat/789395)
**Author:** [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allergic-to-my-jerkish-cat/789395 "2017-06-20T18:30:53Z")
I need some advice. I have a cat that has a few behavioral problems. Mainly, he pees inappropriately when the least bit stressed or annoyed. We manage this by reducing his stress, keeping his litter boxes clean and redu… --- ## [Normal for someone to ask, within weeks, if relationship is headed for marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-for-someone-to-ask-within-weeks-if-relationship-is-headed-for-marriage/789247)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-for-someone-to-ask-within-weeks-if-relationship-is-headed-for-marriage/789247 "2017-06-20T18:15:27Z")
I have had several relationships. In half of them, the women that I was dating wanted to know, very soon - within just a few weeks or months of the relationship beginning - whether the relationship was headed towards mar… --- ## [Is there a point where extended jury debate infringes on a defendant's right to a fair trial?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-point-where-extended-jury-debate-infringes-on-a-defendants-right-to-a-fair-trial/789171)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-point-where-extended-jury-debate-infringes-on-a-defendants-right-to-a-fair-trial/789171 "2017-06-20T17:59:05Z")
12 Angry Men with Henry Fonda highlighted this problem in 1957. Nothing has particularly changed in the intervening years. Judges routinely use the Allen Charge to send deadlocked juries back to try again. If you haven’… --- ## [Best earbuds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-earbuds/789381)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-earbuds/789381 "2017-06-20T17:11:24Z")
Has anyone shopped extensively for the best earbuds? What have you found out? I have noticed a big variance in quality, in sound, details etc. Do you have to stick with famous names? --- ## [Is it me or is there a lot more roadkill in the spring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-there-a-lot-more-roadkill-in-the-spring/789249)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-me-or-is-there-a-lot-more-roadkill-in-the-spring/789249 "2017-06-20T04:10:27Z")
In my little corner of the world (Queens/Long Island border) there are a lot of birds, opossums, racoons and cats dead on the road these days (not so much squirrels though. You’d think there would be but no) and I’m wond… --- ## [One-off, low volume, direct mail - does this service exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-off-low-volume-direct-mail-does-this-service-exist/789028)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-off-low-volume-direct-mail-does-this-service-exist/789028 "2017-06-20T02:57:35Z")
I just moved. I need to update my address with a handful of businesses that don’t have online presences or otherwise need a letter to confirm my new address. I also don’t have a personal printer handy, and I can’t remem… --- ## [Incident at my job--please help me process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incident-at-my-job-please-help-me-process/789191)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incident-at-my-job-please-help-me-process/789191 "2017-06-20T01:45:02Z")
Hi SD. I am going to try and make this as concise as possible, because no one wants to read huge walls of text. I work as the accompanist at the synagogue where I grew up. For years, the cantor (music leader), the rab… --- ## ["Fidgit Spinners" marketed as therapy devices for "ADD, ADHD, Anxiety, and Autism"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fidgit-spinners-marketed-as-therapy-devices-for-add-adhd-anxiety-and-autism/789188)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fidgit-spinners-marketed-as-therapy-devices-for-add-adhd-anxiety-and-autism/789188 "2017-06-19T23:48:38Z")
I loved gyroscopes as kid and to this day I like engineered spinning things as much as anyone but the appeal of a handheld fidgit spinner" (for me) is going to get worn out in a few minutes. In looking at Amazon these de… --- ## [Flat Car Tire: How long ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-car-tire-how-long-ago/789303)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flat-car-tire-how-long-ago/789303 "2017-06-19T22:42:25Z")
A couple posts in this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=828426 on lessons learned the hard way prompted me to think about flat tires on cars. Years ago they were pretty common. Most people kn… --- ## [How locally do you live? Where do you bike/walk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-locally-do-you-live-where-do-you-bike-walk/788775)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-locally-do-you-live-where-do-you-bike-walk/788775 "2017-06-19T22:02:05Z")
My wife just got back from running a couple of errands on her bike - dry cleaner, mailing a letter, and commented on how much she appreciates “living locally.” Yesterday I biked to the library. Wonder how many of you l… --- ## [Cheap & easy alternative to shredding important papers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-easy-alternative-to-shredding-important-papers/671143)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-easy-alternative-to-shredding-important-papers/671143 "2017-03-20T18:05:00Z")
I have a half-dozen large boxes of old papers that I need to get rid of. These are things that really ought to get shredded: bank statements, canceled checks, pay stubs, utility bills, etc, etc. Most are still in the env… --- ## [Flooring options for our living room](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flooring-options-for-our-living-room/725246)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flooring-options-for-our-living-room/725246 "2017-06-19T15:07:06Z")
So (WOOT!) we just paid off our house. Now that we officially own the place, it’s time to take up the hideous and worn-out Berber carpet in the living room. We were thinking of some kind of wood-type thing that doesn’t … --- ## [Which bank is best to join in a new town?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bank-is-best-to-join-in-a-new-town/789325)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-bank-is-best-to-join-in-a-new-town/789325 "2017-06-19T14:08:04Z")
In the Dallas area and moving from the big city to a suburb, I’d like to know which well-known bank you’d feel your business would be safest with for computer banking. Which has the best reputation in your opinion? --- ## [What is the fastest acting form of benadryl/Diphenhydramine you can buy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-acting-form-of-benadryl-diphenhydramine-you-can-buy/789221)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-acting-form-of-benadryl-diphenhydramine-you-can-buy/789221 "2017-06-19T13:30:23Z")
I occasionally have anxiety, and a 12 or 25mg dose of benadryl is usually enough to put it into remission. The problem is if I take a pill orally, it can take an hour to start working. I bought some liquid Diphenhydrami… --- ## [The approaching " Great Recession " anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-approaching-great-recession-anniversary/789243)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-approaching-great-recession-anniversary/789243 "2017-06-19T12:00:47Z")
It’s soon to be ten years since the U.S. (and then the world’s) economy “fell off a cliff.” What significant changes are in place to prevent it from happening for virtually all the same causes? --- ## [Online-only job application ok for blue collar work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-only-job-application-ok-for-blue-collar-work/789155)
**Author:** [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-only-job-application-ok-for-blue-collar-work/789155 "2017-06-19T10:30:34Z")
My workplace has recently moved from traditional paper applications to online-only. The powers that be work in an all-office environment where most people either manage or push paper in an administrative capacity and ar… --- ## [Why are most cell phone flashlight apps pointless?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-cell-phone-flashlight-apps-pointless/789105)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-cell-phone-flashlight-apps-pointless/789105 "2017-06-19T06:32:05Z")
So, I was wondering if there were some apps that could make the default flashlight as bright as the camera burst flashlight or something. Because the quick burst of light is brighter than the normal flashlight. I was wan… --- ## [Is the federation of American scientists - Military analysis network a good source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-federation-of-american-scientists-military-analysis-network-a-good-source/789274)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-federation-of-american-scientists-military-analysis-network-a-good-source/789274 "2017-06-19T06:14:42Z")
Yes, it had been discontinued, and is then a little outdated, but otherwise it a good source of information? What are some good alternatives? Thanks. --- ## [What is the best flashlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-flashlight/789169)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-flashlight/789169 "2017-06-19T04:38:24Z")
So, what is a good flashlight that you would recommend? It should contain at least 6 rechargeable 18650 lithium batteries for good battery life, and not be too bright so that it lasts long. It also should be waterproofe… --- ## [Unknown host name and internet status in routers settings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-host-name-and-internet-status-in-routers-settings/788763)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unknown-host-name-and-internet-status-in-routers-settings/788763 "2017-06-19T00:37:11Z")
There are some unknown host names and internet status in routers settings. Unknown host name and unknown IP address showing up and despairing. And entries showing self-assigned. Also unknown IP address showing up and d… --- ## [Tablet or other game device for someone with a brain injury](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablet-or-other-game-device-for-someone-with-a-brain-injury/789248)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tablet-or-other-game-device-for-someone-with-a-brain-injury/789248 "2017-06-18T20:18:16Z")
A friend of mine had a heart attack while out in the woods. Her family called for help and did what they could, but her brain didn’t get enough oxygen for a few minutes. She will probably never recover. I visit her week… --- ## [Is it normal behavior for big male stars to mentor aspiring female actresses the way Cosby did?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-behavior-for-big-male-stars-to-mentor-aspiring-female-actresses-the-way-cosby-did/789244)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-behavior-for-big-male-stars-to-mentor-aspiring-female-actresses-the-way-cosby-did/789244 "2017-06-18T01:26:04Z")
I know there are some dopers familiar with the entertainment industry so if they would weigh in it would be appreciated. I have not followed the Cosby trial in a detailed fashion and I know even less about the norms of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=601) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=603)