# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=799 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 800 --- ## [Telling people about inventions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-people-about-inventions/742505)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-people-about-inventions/742505 "2016-01-11T01:44:13Z")
I have a friend who several years ago told me about a simple invention. Easy to market, mass appeal and easy to prototype and produce. One of those once in a lifetime type inventions that could be worth hundreds of milli… --- ## [Over the Air Software - Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-air-software-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea/742733)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-the-air-software-who-thought-this-was-a-good-idea/742733 "2016-01-10T22:27:25Z")
OK, this is about Tesla cars - but only because that is the only instance I know of this. So the maker is now sending safety-critical (fuel, steering and braking instructions) to its customer’s cars over the friggin’ ai… --- ## [Financial Planners. I just won the Power Ball.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-planners-i-just-won-the-power-ball/742583)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-planners-i-just-won-the-power-ball/742583 "2016-01-10T22:19:32Z")
Financial Planners. I just won the Power Ball. Where do I park my money in a secured investment? --- ## [What is the oldest country in the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-country-in-the-world/741117)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-oldest-country-in-the-world/741117 "2016-01-10T21:43:42Z")
So I’ve got a theory that the UK is actually the oldest country in the world. Now if we’re to debate this we have to set up some rules on how a country qualifies. If the country was conquered, colonized, had their govern… --- ## [Largest Possible Lotto Winnings Without any Mention of My Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-possible-lotto-winnings-without-any-mention-of-my-name/742682)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-possible-lotto-winnings-without-any-mention-of-my-name/742682 "2016-01-10T21:40:38Z")
Yeah, yeah, yeah, another Lottery question. But this question has popped into my head a few times over the years and I never got around to asking it. Now that I’m looking at a front page of IMHO that has several Lottery… --- ## [Cleft lip experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleft-lip-experiences/742703)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleft-lip-experiences/742703 "2016-01-10T17:46:38Z")
In autumn 2015 I read Mary Webb’s novel Precious Bane, set circa 1820, narrated by a woman with a cleft lip. That sparked my interest in it. I’m now working on a historical novel set in 1794, in which a major character a… --- ## [Caveman vs. Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-vs-astronaut/742502)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caveman-vs-astronaut/742502 "2016-01-10T17:17:20Z")
Assume a temperate environment (forests, hills, rocks etc. with, say, spring like weather) that is neutral (neither one is more familiar with it than the other). Who wins? --- ## [How would you spend your time if virtual reality was perfected?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-your-time-if-virtual-reality-was-perfected/727710)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spend-your-time-if-virtual-reality-was-perfected/727710 "2016-01-10T13:05:32Z")
If we perfected virtual reality, so you could experience any reality of your choosing (laws of physics bend as far as you want), along with immortality, how would you spend eternity? You have complete omnipotent power i… --- ## [What is your initial impression of people with ADHD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-initial-impression-of-people-with-adhd/727682)
**Author:** [@Kimbosquee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimbosquee)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-initial-impression-of-people-with-adhd/727682 "2016-01-10T12:55:09Z")
If I were your new coworker, boss, employee, acquaintance, in-law, etc. whom you have recently gotten to know and told you that I suffer from ADHD when it is relevant, what would be your initial assumption based on what … --- ## [Hawaii Trip - Maui and the Big Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-trip-maui-and-the-big-island/742313)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-trip-maui-and-the-big-island/742313 "2016-01-10T09:31:22Z")
We’re planning a Hawaii trip in late March/early April - minus travelling time, we will have roughly 10 days to play with and had planned to divide our time between Maui and the Big Island. I’m looking for advice on a f… --- ## [Best drivers? Men or women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drivers-men-or-women/742654)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-drivers-men-or-women/742654 "2016-01-10T05:46:17Z")
Who do you think are overall the better drivers? This study says men are:LINK This study says yes, and no: LINK This one says women are: LINK But those are all statistics. Personally I think men in some ways in that … --- ## [Low-mileage used car. Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-mileage-used-car-need-answer-fast/742529)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-mileage-used-car-need-answer-fast/742529 "2016-01-10T02:37:11Z")
Mrs. L.A. wants to buy a vehicle for work. She’s found a 2008 Toyota with only 1,500 miles on it. :dubious: Why does it only have 1,500 miles on it? Only driven on Sundays by a little old lady from Pasadena? The own… --- ## [best nail clipper for big toes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nail-clipper-for-big-toes/742329)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-nail-clipper-for-big-toes/742329 "2016-01-10T02:33:56Z")
What’s the best nail clipper for big toes? My big toe nails have quite a bit of curvature making it difficult to use standard nail clippers on them. --- ## [Four wheel drive vs. all wheel drive.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-wheel-drive-vs-all-wheel-drive/742102)
**Author:** [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-wheel-drive-vs-all-wheel-drive/742102 "2016-01-10T00:11:01Z")
I’m looking to upgrade from a Jeep Liberty 4WD to a roomier SUV. My Jeep’s 4WD past performance has been excellent. I’m finding all wheel drive has cornered the SUV market. I’ve done Internet research on differences betw… --- ## [No, this is not "beautiful weather" -- it's creepy and wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-this-is-not-beautiful-weather-its-creepy-and-wrong/740877)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-this-is-not-beautiful-weather-its-creepy-and-wrong/740877 "2016-01-10T00:01:52Z")
I’m so sick of the weatherbeasts here on the East Coast exclaiming over this “beautiful weather” and expressing chagrin when it actually feels like December (as it does today, however briefly). You know what? This is no… --- ## [Has anyone here ever considered walking out on a job, but didn't, and regretted it later?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-considered-walking-out-on-a-job-but-didnt-and-regretted-it-later/742549)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-considered-walking-out-on-a-job-but-didnt-and-regretted-it-later/742549 "2016-01-09T23:27:38Z")
Several threads here made me think of this. In 1999, I started working at a hospital here in town, and found out very quickly that even though my boss at that job had been in this area for more than 20 years and even ha… --- ## [Experts on Sweden: help me find relevant quotes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-sweden-help-me-find-relevant-quotes/742602)
**Author:** [@birchtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birchtree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experts-on-sweden-help-me-find-relevant-quotes/742602 "2016-01-09T20:57:04Z")
A long-time family friend in his upper-80s is ill, and I want to send him a combination get-well/thank-you card. He’s a prince of a fellow who’s helped us a lot thru the years; he’s of Swedish descent, his parents having… --- ## [Obama's executive action on gun control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-executive-action-on-gun-control/742226)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-executive-action-on-gun-control/742226 "2016-01-09T20:17:16Z")
I’m watching now. Must be most Republicans worst case scenario. I’m a gun owner and I support it. How do you feel about it ? --- ## [P. W. Botha vs Robert Mugabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p-w-botha-vs-robert-mugabe/742606)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p-w-botha-vs-robert-mugabe/742606 "2016-01-09T18:48:03Z")
Alternate title: “ordinary bigotry vs murderous incompetence.” P. W. Botha was the last South African leader to defend apartheid. Other than his racial views, he seems to have been a reasonably good leader who in many… --- ## [Did women suffer from less birthing damage 100 years ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-suffer-from-less-birthing-damage-100-years-ago/741101)
**Author:** [@Torontonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torontonian)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-women-suffer-from-less-birthing-damage-100-years-ago/741101 "2016-01-09T17:32:18Z")
My grandpa is 85 years old. he was the youngest of 12 children, 7 brothers and 4 sisters. they all died except for one brother. I understand this was common in rural areas less than 100 years ago. Did women suffer less … --- ## [How was your 2015? Rate it 1-10.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-2015-rate-it-1-10/741518)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-your-2015-rate-it-1-10/741518 "2016-01-09T16:16:01Z")
Just curious to see what the results look like – 10 being wonderful & amazing & life-changing, 1 being miserable & disastrous, and 5 being just another year, some good and some bad. (Mine was awful, maybe the worst on r… --- ## [Most dog looking breed of dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dog-looking-breed-of-dog/742239)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dog-looking-breed-of-dog/742239 "2016-01-09T16:01:52Z")
Dogs come in a large variety of shapes and sizes. If someone mentions a dog without reference to breed what picture comes into your mind? If you were to pick a breed to put a picture next to its entry in the dictionary w… --- ## [Anyone ever picked up hookers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-picked-up-hookers/742577)
**Author:** [@Kcmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kcmo)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-picked-up-hookers/742577 "2016-01-09T15:57:59Z")
I have for 10 years now. Street walkers only. just curious to hear about anyone elses stories about it. And share my own experiences. Since ive never told anyone about it before. The first time it happened the hooker end… --- ## [And they bag El Chapo... Next stop, U. S. of A.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-they-bag-el-chapo-next-stop-u-s-of-a/742552)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-they-bag-el-chapo-next-stop-u-s-of-a/742552 "2016-01-09T13:22:29Z")
All is right with world, yet again.Think he’ll make it to the USA? --- ## [Are refrigerators deeper now compared to 1989?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-refrigerators-deeper-now-compared-to-1989/742498)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-refrigerators-deeper-now-compared-to-1989/742498 "2016-01-09T04:51:56Z")
I’m ready to replace my refrigerator. Purchased after buying my house in 1989. I didn’t do anything special. Randomly pointed at a 19.5 cubic foot white Fridge and asked when it could be delivered. Fits flush next to my… --- ## [Have you ever been walked out of a job by security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-walked-out-of-a-job-by-security/742400)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-walked-out-of-a-job-by-security/742400 "2016-01-09T04:30:36Z")
I know some companies, if they are afraid they might do something like load a virus into the computer system, will if they are being let go, basically have security come in and walk them out. In some when they show up t… --- ## [What's the most terrifying thing on the Internet you've seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-terrifying-thing-on-the-internet-youve-seen/732284)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-terrifying-thing-on-the-internet-youve-seen/732284 "2016-01-09T04:16:46Z")
I have to give my vote to the Station Nightclub fire footage in Rhode Island. That video will freaking haunt you. :eek: It’s so sad that so many had to die in such a horrible way just because of the stupidity and cowardi… --- ## [Long Term health Care Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-health-care-insurance/742429)
**Author:** [@Imaginary\_Muffins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imaginary_Muffins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-health-care-insurance/742429 "2016-01-09T03:48:57Z")
Say I need a nursing home when I’m 70 (in 10 years). Medicaid will pay, but only after I am destitute. Is Long term Health Care insurance worth the price (which is pretty steep!)? What do you think? Opinions? Suggestions… --- ## [Personal health: did ignorance use to be a bit more bliss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-health-did-ignorance-use-to-be-a-bit-more-bliss/741857)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personal-health-did-ignorance-use-to-be-a-bit-more-bliss/741857 "2016-01-09T03:12:59Z")
I am a hypochondriac of sorts. I worry about my health a lot. I went through a four-year period in which I had terrible PVCs (benign but very, very annoying heart arrhythmia), and I saw my father die a horrible death of … --- ## [Which flashlight/battery combo is best for long term storage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-flashlight-battery-combo-is-best-for-long-term-storage/742500)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2016, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-flashlight-battery-combo-is-best-for-long-term-storage/742500 "2016-01-09T02:56:04Z")
Inspired by this thread. I have a “bump in the night” safe, and I’d like to add a flashlight that would last as long as possible without a battery change or charge. My requirements for the light output are pretty modes… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=798) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=800)