# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=716 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 717 --- ## [Honesty as a requirement for political office.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-as-a-requirement-for-political-office/761839)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-as-a-requirement-for-political-office/761839 "2016-08-05T21:01:36Z")
Hi SD, I am not politically savvy, but I have been thinking about this for a while. I am not sure if honesty should be considered such an important prerequisite to holding political office. People seem to make a big d… --- ## [Are there organizations/ideals you support but wouldn't want on your resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-organizations-ideals-you-support-but-wouldnt-want-on-your-resume/760689)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-organizations-ideals-you-support-but-wouldnt-want-on-your-resume/760689 "2016-08-05T13:27:00Z")
I’m starting a job hunt and in my searches I’ve found a couple of organizations whose mission I strongly support and who have jobs that I would probably enjoy. But at the same time, they are highly political and politic… --- ## [Nurses: three interviews for an RN job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurses-three-interviews-for-an-rn-job/761543)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nurses-three-interviews-for-an-rn-job/761543 "2016-08-05T13:02:38Z")
My daughter, an RN, is relocating from Roanaoke to Pittsburgh. While she job/apartment hunts she is living with us (an interesting experience worthy of its own thread). She applied for a “charge nurse” position in an … --- ## [Help! I'm having an Ikea crisis!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-an-ikea-crisis/761604)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-im-having-an-ikea-crisis/761604 "2016-08-05T12:41:50Z")
Ikea woes…I just bought a Tomnas bookshelf from Ikea, and the pieces don’t fit together. I have several other shelves and other things from Ikea, and I’ve run into a few problems putting them together, but nothing that c… --- ## [Dishwasher wiring question, anyone have a current copy of the NEC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-wiring-question-anyone-have-a-current-copy-of-the-nec/752525)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwasher-wiring-question-anyone-have-a-current-copy-of-the-nec/752525 "2016-08-05T05:55:15Z")
TLDR, I’m pretty sure WI (and probably my jurisdiction follows the current NEC, I just want to know the proper way to hook up my dishwasher. TLDR2, I’d like to avoid a ton of ‘you should probably…’ type guesses, the int… --- ## [Name our new dogs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-our-new-dogs/761575)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-our-new-dogs/761575 "2016-08-05T01:59:59Z")
We just adopted 2 young pit bulls from the Sacramento Shelter. One boy, one girl, both about a year and a half old. they get spayed eutered on Friday and we bring them home on Saturday. Both are smallish for pit bulls … --- ## [Going to have a baby what enhancements would you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-have-a-baby-what-enhancements-would-you-like/761493)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-have-a-baby-what-enhancements-would-you-like/761493 "2016-08-05T00:01:51Z")
So sometime in the near future you or your baby mama is planning on having a baby. Your doctor says that if you provide the necessary bits he and modify the embryo before implantation to eliminate some genetic issues or … --- ## [How many times a day should you brush your teeth? Some people say 2 or 3 times or after every meal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-day-should-you-brush-your-teeth-some-people-say-2-or-3-times-or-after-every-meal/761363)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-a-day-should-you-brush-your-teeth-some-people-say-2-or-3-times-or-after-every-meal/761363 "2016-08-04T17:20:14Z")
How many times a day should you brush your teeth? Some people say three times a day and other people say after every meal. The more your brush your teeth in day the whiter your teeth? And is it true brushing your teeth … --- ## [Windows 10? What is the Big Deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-what-is-the-big-deal/761728)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-what-is-the-big-deal/761728 "2016-08-04T15:46:26Z")
I have Windows 10 on my home PC. Other than showing pretty pics (and always asking me if I’d like to see more like this), wtf? What is the big deal about Windows 10? What was wrong with Windows 7? And, why did MS have t… --- ## [Another "Why does my cat do this?" Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-why-does-my-cat-do-this-thread/564767)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-why-does-my-cat-do-this-thread/564767 "2016-08-04T04:05:33Z")
My cat Becket does some strange things sometimes. For instance, when I get home from work, he often does this. Don’t know why, but he does it enough that I suppose he just likes it. But this thread isn’t about that. I… --- ## [Social security for terminally ill folk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-for-terminally-ill-folk/761571)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-for-terminally-ill-folk/761571 "2016-08-04T02:22:17Z")
So lets say there is a 20 year old person who has been diagnosed with X disease and has 5 years to live. Why should that person be forced to pay into the social security retirement trust fund when they know they’ll never… --- ## [Some help with a snippet of obscene street Spanglish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-a-snippet-of-obscene-street-spanglish/761647)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-help-with-a-snippet-of-obscene-street-spanglish/761647 "2016-08-04T01:55:01Z")
I have this: My editor writes: It doesn’t have to be perfect grammar (might even be best if it isn’t) but it should sound and read like something a homophobic Hispanic dude would say, and a little less like a monolin… --- ## [TV show autograph cards a good investment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-autograph-cards-a-good-investment/761596)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-autograph-cards-a-good-investment/761596 "2016-08-03T22:38:44Z")
Are autograph cards like this one A good investment or are these kind of like Franklin Mint or Precious Moments stuff in that they’re sold as “collectable” but no one actually cares about them? --- ## [Insurance Scam - Where to report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-scam-where-to-report/761617)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-scam-where-to-report/761617 "2016-08-03T21:25:49Z")
TL;DR “Insurance Company” claims that my car was involved in a fatal hit and run. Police corroborate that it was not. To whom do I report this fraud? The long version: Recently I received a message from an Insurance … --- ## [Reinheitsgebot 500 years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinheitsgebot-500-years-later/761182)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reinheitsgebot-500-years-later/761182 "2016-08-03T16:11:58Z")
The German beer purity law no doubt made a lot of sense five centuries ago, but IMHO doesn’t make sense to enforce it in 2016. Sure, it helped create a distinctive (and rather uniform) style of beer for which Germany is … --- ## [Why are paper RXs considered more secure than electronic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-paper-rxs-considered-more-secure-than-electronic/761568)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-paper-rxs-considered-more-secure-than-electronic/761568 "2016-08-03T14:47:05Z")
This musing due to spending a day with wifey in ER last week, culminating in electronic RXs put in for Flexeril and a paper script for vicodin. Why on earth are paper RXs considered more secure? Not that I’m inclined to… --- ## [Baltimore airport-eating and drinking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-airport-eating-and-drinking/759313)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baltimore-airport-eating-and-drinking/759313 "2016-08-03T13:33:22Z")
I will be at the Baltimore airport for a few hours. I haven’t been in the area since the 1990’s. I remember all you can eat crab, happy hours with great snacks, crab cakes. But I will have a just a few hours at the ai… --- ## [Did my friend have a "blackout"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-friend-have-a-blackout/761588)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-friend-have-a-blackout/761588 "2016-08-03T12:15:24Z")
My friend was driving in her car, and she fell into what seemed like a dream state and then ended up in the left-hand lane, no blinkers on. She suddenly came too. Her foot on the break, as if she were about to turn into… --- ## [Need to find a place for 3 months. any advice helpful](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-place-for-3-months-any-advice-helpful/761518)
**Author:** [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-find-a-place-for-3-months-any-advice-helpful/761518 "2016-08-03T07:12:24Z")
Actually this is for my brother, he has been living back at our parents house but he is getting married and he just doesn’t want to live there with his wife and her two kids. He’s having a house being built, but it won’t… --- ## [Pros and Cons of GoDaddy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-godaddy/757382)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-godaddy/757382 "2016-08-03T07:07:05Z")
Totally new at this website thing. I want a website for a small business with an email feature so people can reach me, plus a counter so I know how many visitors I have. First, tell me the good and bad of selecting GoDa… --- ## [Need some advice - shoulder surgery upcoming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-advice-shoulder-surgery-upcoming/761605)
**Author:** [@mopace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mopace)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-advice-shoulder-surgery-upcoming/761605 "2016-08-03T03:07:35Z")
Hello, I have my first surgery in 8 days and im nervous. The following will be done: -diagnostic arthoscopy of the right shoulder -subacromial decompression -distal clavicle resection -arthoscopic debrindement of t… --- ## [How many defections can the EU survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-defections-can-the-eu-survive/761390)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-defections-can-the-eu-survive/761390 "2016-08-02T20:55:56Z")
After brexit I have to wonder if the EU can survive many more defections. From an outsider perspective there seems to be a few countries that keep it together and an exit of say Germany or France at this point may cause … --- ## [Personl finance gurus: Which is the best option? (selling/buying a home near-ish to retirement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personl-finance-gurus-which-is-the-best-option-selling-buying-a-home-near-ish-to-retirement/761454)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personl-finance-gurus-which-is-the-best-option-selling-buying-a-home-near-ish-to-retirement/761454 "2016-08-02T06:39:01Z")
Jorge and Maude own their home outright, it is valued around 1.5k. They would like to sell and move to a home selling for around 2.5k. They are six years from retirement and socking away around $1,500 per month into the… --- ## [I need some uplifting phrases, please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-uplifting-phrases-please/761399)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-uplifting-phrases-please/761399 "2016-08-02T04:58:42Z")
Part 1 Okay, so many of you know that my husband died at the end of last year (and if that’s now the millionth time I’ve typed that on these boards, I sincerely apologize), and in the end, he spent almost two weeks in h… --- ## [A dishwasher too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dishwasher-too-far/761490)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dishwasher-too-far/761490 "2016-08-02T04:24:12Z")
I want to buy a dishwasher, but I think the only place I can put it could be too far from the sink and the water pipes. Here is a photo of my old and unpleasant kitchen. There’s only one place I can put an appliance wit… --- ## [Waiting in line at Disney World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-in-line-at-disney-world/760664)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-in-line-at-disney-world/760664 "2016-08-02T03:42:16Z")
Just read this article in which the author writes of waiting in line with his kids for the Frozen Ever After attraction. Waiting in line for 3 hours. In Florida heat of 91 degrees. With a huge number of young children wi… --- ## [Hosting a student from China - need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-a-student-from-china-need-answer-fast/725106)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-a-student-from-china-need-answer-fast/725106 "2016-08-02T03:36:36Z")
So late last week we wound up signing on to host a student from China for 3 weeks (Beijing, I believe). It’s through a summer program target at high-school-age students, and we’ve done similar things in the past. Of cou… --- ## [Hypothetical: How would spot a time traveller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-how-would-spot-a-time-traveller/761069)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-how-would-spot-a-time-traveller/761069 "2016-08-02T01:14:29Z")
You live in a world where time machines exist. Any criminal or state with sufficient resources can travel back in time and screw up history. You are an investigator tasked to identify disruptions in history that would … --- ## [Female Dopers: "Captain,""Sir" or "Ma'am"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-captain-sir-or-maam/146171)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-captain-sir-or-maam/146171 "2016-08-02T00:40:13Z")
A quick and non-weird question this week, for the females dopers on the board, specifically: if you were in command of a ship, would you prefer the rest of the crew to call you “Captain,”“Sir” or “Ma’am”? The only fictio… --- ## [Keep a promise to your best friend and remain middle-class, or break it and become a billionaire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-promise-to-your-best-friend-and-remain-middle-class-or-break-it-and-become-a-billionaire/761122)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-promise-to-your-best-friend-and-remain-middle-class-or-break-it-and-become-a-billionaire/761122 "2016-08-01T21:53:21Z")
Continuing my current theme, here is the story of DAVE, DON, and CHRISTOPHER. The former two are both men in their late 30s. A year ago one might hae said the same thing about Christpher, but today only the past tense i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=715) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=717)