# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=725 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 726 --- ## [Home repair, fascia, question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-repair-fascia-question/759654)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-repair-fascia-question/759654 "2016-07-12T19:18:22Z")
I’ve got a knot-hole in one of my fascia boards and I’d like to “fill-it-in” with something (then paint over it). I’d rather not replace the entire fascia if I don’t have to. Can you recommend something to “patch” the ho… --- ## [Tribunal rules against China in dispute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribunal-rules-against-china-in-dispute/759737)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tribunal-rules-against-china-in-dispute/759737 "2016-07-12T18:58:35Z")
Link China of course has no intention of abiding by the ruling which is toothless anyway. But it’s ironic that the US, UK and other Western nations are stating that China should heed the tribunal, given the fact that t… --- ## [Christianity and The Ark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-and-the-ark/759678)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christianity-and-the-ark/759678 "2016-07-12T16:32:40Z")
Inspired by all the discussion about the new Ark Theme Park. The developer was quoted as saying What does the ark have to do with Christianity? Even by creationist timelines (1 page PDF file), the ark story happened 23… --- ## [Black Lives Matter... A flawed phrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-matter-a-flawed-phrase/759450)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-lives-matter-a-flawed-phrase/759450 "2016-07-12T13:57:06Z")
My facebook feed is once again flooded with one group saying Black Lives Matter which is met with another group saying All Lives Matter, which leads to an annoying back-and-forth between the two groups with each side mis… --- ## [How do you tell your parents that you are moving far away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-that-you-are-moving-far-away/758893)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-that-you-are-moving-far-away/758893 "2016-07-12T13:45:32Z")
I live in Tennessee right now and I want to move to New Hampshire. I first suggested this to my parents about two months ago and my dad tried to completely guilt trip me into staying, saying that I’d be abandoning them a… --- ## [The NRA's internal revolt over Philando Castile.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-internal-revolt-over-philando-castile/759543)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nras-internal-revolt-over-philando-castile/759543 "2016-07-12T12:58:56Z")
As a representative of “the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization,” is Wayne Lapierre constipated? --- ## [Feeling content with your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-content-with-your-life/759639)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feeling-content-with-your-life/759639 "2016-07-12T12:11:46Z")
Are you content with your life? I am quite content. I feel very fortunate in many ways. Here is an interesting video - The 3 Happiness Myths: I’m a fan of the movie “The Butterfly Effect” and I think it is saying that… --- ## [Converting an IRA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-an-ira/759640)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/converting-an-ira/759640 "2016-07-12T09:12:47Z")
In the ongoing resolution of my late father’s estate, my sister (the successor trustee of our parents’ no-longer-revocable trust) found among his assets two IRAs totaling about $200K, and with each of their offspring naa… --- ## [American denied travel back to USA. Explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-denied-travel-back-to-usa-explanation/759657)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-denied-travel-back-to-usa-explanation/759657 "2016-07-12T05:52:23Z")
On June 21, my stepdaughter tried to board a flight from Germany back to the USA. Her US passport was refused, and she was not allowed to board. Now, three weeks later, here is the message I received from her, still in… --- ## [Why "Black" but "white"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-black-but-white/759427)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-black-but-white/759427 "2016-07-12T02:30:32Z")
This isn’t an invitation for any sort of value judgment or political opinion–I just want to understand. In reading articles about the recent killings, I’ve noticed several sites, both news and editorial, referring to “B… --- ## [Comey is playing Democrats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-is-playing-democrats/759329)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-is-playing-democrats/759329 "2016-07-12T00:47:03Z")
Here’s what I really don’t understand… Director Comey found Hillary Clinton to have broken the law, plus lied. Why then is he not recommending prosecution? I believe he’s playing a longer game than folks understand. If h… --- ## ["Sandwich Generation" and Long Distance Caregivers:Opinions Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-generation-and-long-distance-caregivers-opinions-please/759344)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwich-generation-and-long-distance-caregivers-opinions-please/759344 "2016-07-12T00:45:44Z")
Are you caring for a senior, or if not actually caring for them are you concerned about how your sick or aging family member is doing? Are you concerned that you either are not local enough, or not available enough to a… --- ## [Why Does FBI Director Get to Decide Wrongdoing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fbi-director-get-to-decide-wrongdoing/759579)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-fbi-director-get-to-decide-wrongdoing/759579 "2016-07-11T23:59:27Z")
I see the FBI and the FBI Director no different than a cop or P.I. Since when do cops decide guilt or innocence? I don"t follow why FBI Director Comey is not obligated to present the FBI’s objective findings to the US At… --- ## [How to Stream HD Cable from one room to another?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stream-hd-cable-from-one-room-to-another/759567)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-stream-hd-cable-from-one-room-to-another/759567 "2016-07-11T21:40:10Z")
I have Comcast cable TV in my house. In my computer room I have a HDTV with an attached HD cable box. We just upgraded my bedroom TV from an old standard TV to a HDTV. The Cable box in the computer is just 2 rooms from f… --- ## [What is the worst injury/illness you have had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-injury-illness-you-have-had/759405)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worst-injury-illness-you-have-had/759405 "2016-07-11T21:30:53Z")
Just chicken pox for me and a few scrathes --- ## [I'm teaching computer science - help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teaching-computer-science-help/758757)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-teaching-computer-science-help/758757 "2016-07-11T21:21:49Z")
I am a senior teacher in a small school and have been assigned introductory computer science for September. I know very little about this subject. I did a bit of it a million years ago in university and recently have d… --- ## [Anyone know anything about MONEY LAUNDERING and A TAVERN ????](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-money-laundering-and-a-tavern/759135)
**Author:** [@VaneshkaP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaneshkaP)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-anything-about-money-laundering-and-a-tavern/759135 "2016-07-11T21:02:49Z")
Hey to all. I have a quick question. I’ll try and keep it short and to the point. A run down tavern who only has “liquor” to sell (i.e., no cigarettes or food etc) - claims on their income tax return that even though … --- ## [Baton Rouge Police shooting of man selling CD's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baton-rouge-police-shooting-of-man-selling-cds/759240)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baton-rouge-police-shooting-of-man-selling-cds/759240 "2016-07-11T16:46:32Z")
Horrible video .:frowning: I usually am the first one to defend police actions. Not this time. This was extreme excessive force from the very beginning. Then the tasering and shooting. Unbelievable. Sickening. For wh… --- ## [Was F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Gatsby" right about the rich being "different from you or me"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-f-scott-fitzgeralds-gatsby-right-about-the-rich-being-different-from-you-or-me/759170)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-f-scott-fitzgeralds-gatsby-right-about-the-rich-being-different-from-you-or-me/759170 "2016-07-11T15:34:00Z")
There is a famous quote in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” where the titular character says I don’t hang with the generational super mega rich. For those dopers that have directly or indirectly is this stateme… --- ## [Flickering light effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickering-light-effect/759620)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flickering-light-effect/759620 "2016-07-11T15:14:36Z")
OK, I have an unusual and specific request for information. I’m looking to find a way to make a regular incandescent lamp flicker for a special effect. There are two requirements that make it tricky: The effect needs t… --- ## [Is it normal to still be close with your high school friends after you graduate from high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-to-still-be-close-with-your-high-school-friends-after-you-graduate-from-high-school/759606)
**Author:** [@abbacddc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbacddc)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-to-still-be-close-with-your-high-school-friends-after-you-graduate-from-high-school/759606 "2016-07-11T14:59:49Z")
So I was just on a discussion forum about redshirting(delaying a child’s entrance into kindergarten by a year thus making them older than all their classmates). On that forum, a bunch of people said that they wished thei… --- ## [How valuable is the CompTIA CASP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-valuable-is-the-comptia-casp/759390)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-valuable-is-the-comptia-casp/759390 "2016-07-11T14:05:19Z")
My Sec+ is expiring in a few months, and I am thinking that since I will be spending the time and money to renew it anyway, I might as well get a higher-level cert out of it. The CASP will renew what I have, and am ver… --- ## [Any other U.S. Constitution Amendments to be repealed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-u-s-constitution-amendments-to-be-repealed/758842)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-u-s-constitution-amendments-to-be-repealed/758842 "2016-07-11T13:29:13Z")
We already have threads discussing the repeal of the 2nd Amendment and the 22nd. How about the 11th? The 16th? Any others? Or any, if not actually repealed, should be . . . amended? --- ## [Has anybody done the couch to 5k program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-done-the-couch-to-5k-program/759597)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-done-the-couch-to-5k-program/759597 "2016-07-11T13:12:11Z")
I’ve been laid up for a while with a leg injury and I want to get back into running. Trouble is, I’ve lost nearly all my stamina so I can’t just get back to the ten mile runs I used to do. I was just wondering if anyon… --- ## [Defensive firearms training, police vs civilian and center mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defensive-firearms-training-police-vs-civilian-and-center-mass/759183)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defensive-firearms-training-police-vs-civilian-and-center-mass/759183 "2016-07-11T04:11:25Z")
Got into a conversation with a close friend the other day, as I received my CCL in the mail and have started carrying my firearm. Spoke with my friend about whether she’s OK with me carrying when we’re together or I’m vi… --- ## [Typically how often is radar map updated on Weather Apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typically-how-often-is-radar-map-updated-on-weather-apps/759609)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typically-how-often-is-radar-map-updated-on-weather-apps/759609 "2016-07-11T00:41:28Z")
I love my local KATV weather app. The weather radar map is so detailed. We just had a major thunderstorm. I zoomed in on my city and could see some areas in green (light rain) and other areas in yellow (moderate) and eve… --- ## [Do you "really" enjoy going out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-enjoy-going-out/759085)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-really-enjoy-going-out/759085 "2016-07-10T23:44:05Z")
I cannot find it again but a study found that a surprisingly lot of Americans just dont like going out. They prefer to just stay home and do things like internet, watch tv, read, do hobbies, etc… Heck anymore even when p… --- ## [Has anyone calculated how much human capital humanity lost due to the persecution of the Jews in ww2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-calculated-how-much-human-capital-humanity-lost-due-to-the-persecution-of-the-jews-in-ww2/759434)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-calculated-how-much-human-capital-humanity-lost-due-to-the-persecution-of-the-jews-in-ww2/759434 "2016-07-10T19:49:05Z")
Jews make up a disproportionate percentage of scientists, physicians, researchers, mathematicians, etc. They make up about 25% of nobel prize winners and fields medal winners as well as a lot of entertainers. Has anyone… --- ## [What is this legal phrase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-legal-phrase/759576)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-legal-phrase/759576 "2016-07-10T17:04:29Z")
The Congressional Committee interrogating FBI Director occasionally uses some phrase like Mans Har, or such? I can’t catch the phrase. Does anyone know the correct phrase, and what does it mean? --- ## [Scumbag chiropractor just ripped MIL out of $3000!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumbag-chiropractor-just-ripped-mil-out-of-3000/759363)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scumbag-chiropractor-just-ripped-mil-out-of-3000/759363 "2016-07-10T15:59:39Z")
The story I got from my wife is my 73 year old Mother In Law went to see a chiropractor for some pain issue. Said “doctor” talked her into signing up for a $3000 dietary program. Except a few problems: My MIL was in th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=724) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=726)