# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=696 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 697 --- ## [Post your experiences with melatonin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-experiences-with-melatonin/767206)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-experiences-with-melatonin/767206 "2016-10-03T21:38:14Z")
Mostly along the lines of: did it help? I’ve always had some minor issues with sleep but lately (maybe for the past year) I never feel rested and I think the quality of my sleep is just not very good. Either I can’t f… --- ## [Are you a lights-on person or a lights-off person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lights-on-person-or-a-lights-off-person/767357)
**Author:** [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-lights-on-person-or-a-lights-off-person/767357 "2016-10-03T20:45:49Z")
No, I don’t mean during sex. I mean to wake up. When I wake up, I want to turn on all the lights. It helps me to wake up. I’m married to a guy, though, who likes to get up and leave the lights off until he is more aw… --- ## [Jury Nullification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/767235)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jury-nullification/767235 "2016-10-03T19:26:59Z")
If you are sitting on a Jury and the facts presented convince you that the prosecutor’s case met the requirements of proof that the defendant had committed the crime you have the option to decide to vote not guilty effec… --- ## [Hosting a friend on election day-- how not to kill each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-a-friend-on-election-day-how-not-to-kill-each-other/767308)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-a-friend-on-election-day-how-not-to-kill-each-other/767308 "2016-10-03T18:03:04Z")
One of my (and to a lesser extent, oft wears hats’) friends is coming to visit us soon. The friend and I have very different political views; hats’ views tend to line up with mine. This friend is going to be here…on e… --- ## [Puzzling chest pain issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-chest-pain-issue/767287)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puzzling-chest-pain-issue/767287 "2016-10-03T16:03:07Z")
I’ve been to a cardiologist to see why I get these mild-to-moderate chest pains when I walk or run. I did the radioactive treadmill test thing, and she couldn’t find anything wrong. But I still get the chest pains, so … --- ## [Where does hyphenating end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-hyphenating-end/767552)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-hyphenating-end/767552 "2016-10-03T15:41:58Z")
So for people who have decided to hyphenate last names when they get married where does it end? For example if Bob Allen and Sue Baxter get married and they change their names to Baxter-Allen. They then have a child name… --- ## [How do I buy RAM for my laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-buy-ram-for-my-laptop/767351)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-buy-ram-for-my-laptop/767351 "2016-10-03T15:34:48Z")
A windows update maxed out my RAM and made my laptop a useless lump of metal. So I was able to (very slowly) do a system restore to an earlier version and now it works again. I have 6GB of RAM on my laptop right now, a … --- ## [Have you ever ridden in the back of a pickup truck? (uncapped pickups only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ridden-in-the-back-of-a-pickup-truck-uncapped-pickups-only/767258)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-ridden-in-the-back-of-a-pickup-truck-uncapped-pickups-only/767258 "2016-10-03T11:43:52Z")
We were talking about this at work a few days ago… I \*\*loved \*\*when we were allowed to ride around in the back of my best friend’s dad’s pickup truck when I was a kid. You don’t see people in the back of pickups anymore,… --- ## [Can the government declare your work is classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-declare-your-work-is-classified/767176)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-government-declare-your-work-is-classified/767176 "2016-10-03T07:46:44Z")
On Big bang theory the big theme for the season seems to be that the guys have developed a better method for stabilizing missiles in flight or some such. One of the characters claims that the government could come in and… --- ## [Saving Hitler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-hitler/767400)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-hitler/767400 "2016-10-03T02:56:14Z")
Everybody knows Hitler’s time travel exemption act prevents anybody from killing Adolf before his allotted time in the bunker. But what of instead of trying to kill him, we tase him \*just \*before he pulls the trigger on … --- ## [Another "Am I the only one who?" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-am-i-the-only-one-who-thread/766136)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-am-i-the-only-one-who-thread/766136 "2016-10-03T00:06:54Z")
(Okay, you have to be someone who wears tennis skirts/dresses to join me, which I understand lets out a lot of you.) But this time I apparently AM the only one who…objects most strenuously to having to buy tennis dresse… --- ## [Miami-Dade County in Florida has had a pit bull ban for 20 years. What are the results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-dade-county-in-florida-has-had-a-pit-bull-ban-for-20-years-what-are-the-results/767511)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miami-dade-county-in-florida-has-had-a-pit-bull-ban-for-20-years-what-are-the-results/767511 "2016-10-02T19:10:41Z")
Apparently Miami-Dade County in Florida has had a pitbull ban in effect for the last 20 years. Despite numerous attempts to overturn the ban it has been reaffirmed several times by the voters in the county over that peri… --- ## [Weaning a kitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaning-a-kitten/767391)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weaning-a-kitten/767391 "2016-10-02T14:33:34Z")
I picked up a stray kitten about 10 days ago in pretty bad shape about 3 weeks old. She is doing very well now and I am feeding her every 3 hours by bottle. I would like to start weaning the kitten but she doesn’t show a… --- ## [Why do different industries have such a disparity in their attitudes towards firing people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-different-industries-have-such-a-disparity-in-their-attitudes-towards-firing-people/766853)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-different-industries-have-such-a-disparity-in-their-attitudes-towards-firing-people/766853 "2016-10-02T10:41:54Z")
I work in Information Technology (IT) and being fired is routine and expected for almost everyone. The typical IT worker only lasts months to a few years in any given job but most of them land another one if they have re… --- ## [Carpenters - question about hidden hinges on old cabinets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-question-about-hidden-hinges-on-old-cabinets/767378)
**Author:** [@A.James](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.James)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpenters-question-about-hidden-hinges-on-old-cabinets/767378 "2016-10-02T07:49:38Z")
So I’m in the process of refinishing my old cabinets and want to switch to hidden hinges. The problem I’m finding is that my cabinets are made oddly. I’m having a tough time finding a hidden hinge that works with them. … --- ## [What would you like to experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-experience/766776)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-like-to-experience/766776 "2016-10-02T01:32:37Z")
A spin-off from this thread (Speaking about (subject) without ever experiencing (subject) firsthand) http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=803338 There are various things in life that for different reaso… --- ## [Tell me about kitchen flooring materials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kitchen-flooring-materials/764220)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-kitchen-flooring-materials/764220 "2016-10-01T19:34:12Z")
We are about to pull the trigger on redoing the kitchen floor; the people who flipped our condo building in 2003 — well, let’s just say they didn’t use the finest of materials. We have a guy lined up to do the project f… --- ## [Anybody having trouble with Verizon? (Outbound calls)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-having-trouble-with-verizon-outbound-calls/767280)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-having-trouble-with-verizon-outbound-calls/767280 "2016-10-01T17:39:22Z")
Our family has mobile phone service through Verizon. My stepdaughter has a couple of sick kids and was trying to call their schools yesterday to let them know. But whenever she tried to call them, she never heard the pho… --- ## [Help me solve the real-life mystery about my late brother-in-law (apologies for novella-like length)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-solve-the-real-life-mystery-about-my-late-brother-in-law-apologies-for-novella-like-length/764759)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-solve-the-real-life-mystery-about-my-late-brother-in-law-apologies-for-novella-like-length/764759 "2016-10-01T16:37:13Z")
Post-writing preamble: After all this, I realize this is really mostly me just blogging about this whole awful, tragic mess, and what it’s done to my beloved sister, and me too since I’m also grieving for both of them. F… --- ## [Best fall weekend road trip within 2- 3 hours of Chicago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fall-weekend-road-trip-within-2-3-hours-of-chicago/767350)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fall-weekend-road-trip-within-2-3-hours-of-chicago/767350 "2016-10-01T16:29:02Z")
So we’re having the kitchen floor refinished next weekend, which means we need to vacate the premises for 3 days while the fumes dissipate (and because of the layout of our place, you have to walk through the kitchen to … --- ## [Buyer Beware! Many new 4K TV's only have ONE 4K HDMI connection!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buyer-beware-many-new-4k-tvs-only-have-one-4k-hdmi-connection/767124)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buyer-beware-many-new-4k-tvs-only-have-one-4k-hdmi-connection/767124 "2016-10-01T15:51:05Z")
Yes, they make 4K TV’s now, but many only have ONE 4K HDMI connection! The other HDMI connections will not allow 4K video (2160p). Only HD 1080p!!! :smack::smack::smack::smack: If I am going to buy a 4K TV, I would wan… --- ## [Why woud anyone invest in a Trump business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-woud-anyone-invest-in-a-trump-business/767292)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-woud-anyone-invest-in-a-trump-business/767292 "2016-10-01T10:23:53Z")
Let’s suppose that after Trump had bankrupted three businesses he came to you and asked to invest in the great new business he was starting. Why would you, or anyone else, put money into a Trump scheme? I cannot imagin… --- ## [Closing Accounts and Credit Score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-accounts-and-credit-score/767321)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-accounts-and-credit-score/767321 "2016-10-01T05:41:33Z")
A few years back things were tight, and I had to use my credit card quite a bit. I think the balance got up to about $15K. Once things got better, I stopped using it and put myself on an aggressive payment plan. I jus… --- ## [Would you vote to convict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-to-convict/766941)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-to-convict/766941 "2016-10-01T03:31:58Z")
Woman is in a house and is violently raped by a man whom she thought was a family friend. She suffers severe symptoms of PTSD including nightmares and can’t stand being touched by another human including her husband. Hus… --- ## [Pepe the Frog designated as hate symbol by ADL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-the-frog-designated-as-hate-symbol-by-adl/767200)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepe-the-frog-designated-as-hate-symbol-by-adl/767200 "2016-10-01T03:18:32Z")
Story here Like 99% of Internet headlines, this is misleading. The ADL was actually referring to the times somebody made Pepe look like Hitler or some other pejorative personality and used him for anti-Semitic and racis… --- ## [Tarsal tunnel syndrome anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarsal-tunnel-syndrome-anyone/767255)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tarsal-tunnel-syndrome-anyone/767255 "2016-10-01T02:26:27Z")
Oh lucky me. Hurts like hell. Trying to get relief, maybe a healing with acupuncture (no scoffing–I believe) and PT. Anyone else ever deal with a painful yet numb heel that makes walking miserable? Did you have to have s… --- ## [Yahoo Games was shut down this year, nobody noticed, and what does that say abut the Web?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-games-was-shut-down-this-year-nobody-noticed-and-what-does-that-say-abut-the-web/767275)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yahoo-games-was-shut-down-this-year-nobody-noticed-and-what-does-that-say-abut-the-web/767275 "2016-10-01T01:12:13Z")
I went to graduate school in 1998, coming back from Japan, and it was the first time I went online on a regular basis (as was true of many people at the time). I had a fast connection in the Purdue computer lab, and sudd… --- ## [Opinions sought on the benefits of PC upgrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-the-benefits-of-pc-upgrade/767161)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-sought-on-the-benefits-of-pc-upgrade/767161 "2016-09-30T22:51:47Z")
I have the following PC: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 CPU:Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz which I can push to a reliable 4GHz CPU cooler: Water cooler. Hydro series H50 120mm, I think. RAM: 8GB of DDR3. NB frequency: 20… --- ## ["... Bravely Fighting \[Illness/Disease\]"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravely-fighting-illness-disease/767229)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bravely-fighting-illness-disease/767229 "2016-09-30T22:36:37Z")
A very common trope. Personally I don’t see what’s brave about wanting to live, or conversely, that there’s anything cowardly about deciding that further treatment is not worthwhile. Is the above completely obvious and … --- ## [Would Potsdam have ended differently had Roosevelt and Churchill been there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-potsdam-have-ended-differently-had-roosevelt-and-churchill-been-there/767211)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-potsdam-have-ended-differently-had-roosevelt-and-churchill-been-there/767211 "2016-09-30T22:03:22Z")
Would the Potsdam Conference and indeed, the Cold War have had different results if Churchill had been re-elected and Roosevelt lived? I am reading The Deal by Charles L. Mee, and he paints a bleak picture of Truman and … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=695) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=697)