# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=742 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 743 --- ## [My finger is being weird.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-finger-is-being-weird/755206)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-finger-is-being-weird/755206 "2016-05-30T23:09:37Z")
So I am having an issue with my right index finger. It is swollen, and painful, and I have no idea why. I’ve been just treating it gently for the last few days, but I am not seeing any improvements. It looks like this,… --- ## [Is anyone else bothered by the end of the manned space program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-end-of-the-manned-space-program/755769)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-bothered-by-the-end-of-the-manned-space-program/755769 "2016-05-30T23:05:51Z")
With the end of the shuttle program we no longer have the means to put Americans into space. There may be plans to do so in the future…I dunno. This bugs me at some low-annoyance level. For the first time in almost 60… --- ## [And then... DIABETES!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-diabetes/755640)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-diabetes/755640 "2016-05-30T22:52:39Z")
Right in the middle of buying a house, getting married within a month, weight loss surgery for me, leasing a new Kenworth big truck for him, my fiancé goes for his annual physical and his blood sugar is very high. Becaus… --- ## [$10K wedding or $50K interest free home mortgage loan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10k-wedding-or-50k-interest-free-home-mortgage-loan/755775)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10k-wedding-or-50k-interest-free-home-mortgage-loan/755775 "2016-05-30T22:31:14Z")
My father in law offered to pay for a $10,000 wedding ceremony or give my wife and I a $50,000 interest free loan (pay back in about 10 years) toward buying a home. (We paid him back in about 5 years.) We couldn’t get d… --- ## [So Obama visits Hiroshima, doesn't apologize, but is accused by the right of apologizing anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-obama-visits-hiroshima-doesnt-apologize-but-is-accused-by-the-right-of-apologizing-anyway/755879)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-obama-visits-hiroshima-doesnt-apologize-but-is-accused-by-the-right-of-apologizing-anyway/755879 "2016-05-30T19:59:36Z")
Can’t this guy ever win? Maybe Im wrong, so I read the transcript of his speech: “Apologize” . . . “Sorry” . . . nope, neither word in the speech. Maybe a reasonable regret that we had to drop two fucking nuclear b… --- ## [Ever have a "romantic rival"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-romantic-rival/755887)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-romantic-rival/755887 "2016-05-30T18:18:57Z")
According to literature and TV/movies, it’s a nearly universal experience to openly contend with a romantic rival for the object of your affection. Has this ever actually happened to you or anyone you know? I’ve been … --- ## [When Did We Cease Having a Government That Had Fiscal Responsibility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-cease-having-a-government-that-had-fiscal-responsibility/741707)
**Author:** [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-we-cease-having-a-government-that-had-fiscal-responsibility/741707 "2016-05-30T15:29:51Z")
I was reading a book about the building of the SS United States-the last ocean liner built in the USA. Because (even in the 1950s) passenger liners were often unprofitable, the US Government provided a subsidy to defer … --- ## [Legal source of TV and movies which can be downloaded to a device rather than streamed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-source-of-tv-and-movies-which-can-be-downloaded-to-a-device-rather-than-streamed/756022)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-source-of-tv-and-movies-which-can-be-downloaded-to-a-device-rather-than-streamed/756022 "2016-05-30T14:41:14Z")
Hi all, I have an elderly relative who lives here in the UK, but spends a fair amount of time in her holiday home in Turkey. She’s thinking about buying a tablet of some sort to take with her when she travels, and part … --- ## [Any reason to hang onto this house sale paperwork?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-hang-onto-this-house-sale-paperwork/755884)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-to-hang-onto-this-house-sale-paperwork/755884 "2016-05-30T12:43:55Z")
In 2013, I sold my mother’s house on her behalf (she was alive, but not ambulatory; I had her POA). I kept all of the paperwork I got from the title company, mostly just because. Mom died in November, and the estate lawy… --- ## [Does anyone still call Memorial Day "Decoration Day"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-still-call-memorial-day-decoration-day/755971)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-still-call-memorial-day-decoration-day/755971 "2016-05-30T07:32:04Z")
When I was a kid, back in the '50s, it was known as Decoration Day, a day to decorate the graves of the war dead. But to us kids, it meant a day to decorate our bikes with flowers and streamers, and participate in the pa… --- ## [Tiling mavens, give me your last minute tips (outdoor retaining wall)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiling-mavens-give-me-your-last-minute-tips-outdoor-retaining-wall/755962)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiling-mavens-give-me-your-last-minute-tips-outdoor-retaining-wall/755962 "2016-05-30T03:44:48Z")
I have an ugly concrete-block retaining wall outside, 5’ tall, that I want to tile. My back yard is terraced, so this wall is holding the dirt in the upper level in. Also, the surface at the bottom of the wall is garden,… --- ## [How long do you keep makeup?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-keep-makeup/756053)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-keep-makeup/756053 "2016-05-30T03:42:52Z")
Background: I am on a major household purge of random detritus that has hung around here far too long. Tonight’s project is the master bathroom. I practically never wear eyeshadow or lipstick. I have some that’s…well, … --- ## [More flying advice needed, this time with 91-year old mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-flying-advice-needed-this-time-with-91-year-old-mom/755846)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-flying-advice-needed-this-time-with-91-year-old-mom/755846 "2016-05-30T03:29:52Z")
Next month, I’ll be flying to San Diego and flying back with my 91-year old mother. She’s moving into an assisted living facility near me. She’s very cool with the idea, and I’ve got just about all of my ducks in a row W… --- ## [Some networking questions (kinda long)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-networking-questions-kinda-long/755873)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-networking-questions-kinda-long/755873 "2016-05-30T03:06:19Z")
I can usually deal with networking issues on my own, but this is a new situation for me. Also, it’s at work, so I can’t have the internet down for hours, the transition needs to happen as quickly as possible, like, minu… --- ## [A PhD-level education for $0 from the Internet alone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phd-level-education-for-0-from-the-internet-alone/755907)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-phd-level-education-for-0-from-the-internet-alone/755907 "2016-05-30T02:33:11Z")
With all the information available for free on Wikipedia, YouTube college lectures, and various university websites, I think we have gotten to the point where an intelligent person can get a PhD-equivalent “education” fr… --- ## [Medical question: Do I need a naturopath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-do-i-need-a-naturopath/754818)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-question-do-i-need-a-naturopath/754818 "2016-05-30T02:30:43Z")
TLDR: I am really stopped up, went to an MD, got drugs, they don’t work. Some time less than 30 and more than 20 years ago I got a cold, which resulted in a really bad sinus infection, with left me with a head like a bl… --- ## [So there were these two hippos. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-there-were-these-two-hippos/65477)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-there-were-these-two-hippos/65477 "2016-05-30T01:45:38Z")
And one of them says to the other, “I just can’t get it thru my head today’s Tuesday.” I’ve never actually seen this cartoon, but was told it appeared in a Playboy magazine some time in the 1970s, apparently not in one … --- ## [Are men funnier than women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-funnier-than-women/755731)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-funnier-than-women/755731 "2016-05-29T23:38:16Z")
Provocative sexist headline at whatever o’clock! I’m not actually trying to be sexist, I’m just pondering. I appreciate a sense of humor in a person. It’s one of my favorite human traits. And whenever I encounter a woma… --- ## [Bangs Bashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangs-bashing/755673)
**Author:** [@Stinky\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky_Pete)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bangs-bashing/755673 "2016-05-29T21:15:44Z")
Over the course of years, on multiple occasions, I’ve heard woman A say she “hates” woman B because she wears her hair in bangs. And I don’t get it, I look over at woman B and her hairstyle looks nice in my opinion. But … --- ## [Windows 10 tips, tricks and 2016 advice (Free upgrade deadline is July 29, 2016)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-tips-tricks-and-2016-advice-free-upgrade-deadline-is-july-29-2016/756025)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-tips-tricks-and-2016-advice-free-upgrade-deadline-is-july-29-2016/756025 "2016-05-29T19:24:53Z")
The deadline for the Windows 10 free upgrade is on July 29, 2016, which isn’t too far off. I recommend an upgrade for all users of Windows 8.0 or 8.1. Remember to backup your files: an image backup would be prudent as we… --- ## [Getting in the "Zone"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-zone/755985)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-in-the-zone/755985 "2016-05-29T18:31:41Z")
Something I have experienced throughout my life but have never had much control over are those occasions when I just seem to get into a “zone” of hyper performance. It might last a moment or it might last for a few week… --- ## [I'm tired of Millennials hogging the '90s nostalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-millennials-hogging-the-90s-nostalgia/655488)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-tired-of-millennials-hogging-the-90s-nostalgia/655488 "2016-05-29T15:47:06Z")
I’m from Generation X, and I really coulda sworn the '90s was our decade. But I keep seeing blogs, posts, and email forwards chock full of nostalgia for that decade, but not oriented around the big news events of the ti… --- ## [Recommend a headphone amp for my laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-headphone-amp-for-my-laptop/755777)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-headphone-amp-for-my-laptop/755777 "2016-05-29T08:52:35Z")
The speakers on my laptop are pretty lame and headphones on their own aren’t much better so I’m looking for an inexpensive amp to use with headphones. Any suggestions? --- ## [Very basic shampoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-basic-shampoo/755764)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-basic-shampoo/755764 "2016-05-29T05:13:54Z")
If I want very basic soap, I can get Castile soap, which is free of various additives like fragrances and lathering agents. Here, for example, is a brand available at my local supermarket. Is there an equivalent for sha… --- ## [Ask the painting contractor chick.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-painting-contractor-chick/590548)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-painting-contractor-chick/590548 "2016-05-29T03:32:13Z")
I’ve been a painting contractor (was licensed in the early 1980s in California and have done it ever since with a couple of short breaks, currently in Michigan) since 1979. I can identify some paint brands by odor alone,… --- ## [How big of a turnoff would not having a bathtub in the master bath be to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-turnoff-would-not-having-a-bathtub-in-the-master-bath-be-to-you/755573)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-of-a-turnoff-would-not-having-a-bathtub-in-the-master-bath-be-to-you/755573 "2016-05-28T23:11:56Z")
I live in a small-ish townhouse with a master bedroom and full bath, one small bedroom and a tiny bedroom, and a 2nd full bath. (There’s also a half-bath downstairs.) The 2nd full bath is a small “no frills but function… --- ## [A Discrepancy in the Background Check...Did We Lose the Job? (answer needed pretty fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-discrepancy-in-the-background-check-did-we-lose-the-job-answer-needed-pretty-fast/755574)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-discrepancy-in-the-background-check-did-we-lose-the-job-answer-needed-pretty-fast/755574 "2016-05-28T20:26:16Z")
Ms. Cups is in the throughs of the job search and there may be light at the end of the tunnel, but a small problem came up. The (non government if that helps) company she applied to got a third-party company to run a ba… --- ## [Why sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sleep/755778)
**Author:** [@erocked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erocked)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-sleep/755778 "2016-05-28T18:17:59Z")
Apparently not doing it will kill you. And your not alone, every living animal specie on earth must sleep to stay alive. Why? Obviously science has ideas but no conclusive proof or really any idea why, so what do you t… --- ## [Posters who were adults in 1986. Was Challenger an unforgettable event?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-who-were-adults-in-1986-was-challenger-an-unforgettable-event/680564)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posters-who-were-adults-in-1986-was-challenger-an-unforgettable-event/680564 "2016-05-28T17:25:33Z")
As I get older it takes alot more to shock me. 9/11 certainly did it.(i was 28). But Columbia breaking up in 2003 didn’t. I remember it happening and I was interested in the news about what went wrong but the particula… --- ## [Question about depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-depression/755492)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-depression/755492 "2016-05-28T12:52:58Z")
How does one tell “real” depression, the clinical kind, from just feeling blue or sad for a little while? Are there yes/no questions that can pin down how serious a person’s “down” feelings are? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=741) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=743)