# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=102 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 103 --- ## [Toronto Police Advise Residents to make Car Keys Easily Available to Thieves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-police-advise-residents-to-make-car-keys-easily-available-to-thieves/999037)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toronto-police-advise-residents-to-make-car-keys-easily-available-to-thieves/999037 "2024-03-23T13:34:07Z")
Apparently the police have advised Toronto residents to leave keys near the front doors of their homes so car thieves have easier access to them. Presumably to prevent violence from armed criminals who have already comm… --- ## [Heart rate zone monitors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-zone-monitors/980165)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-rate-zone-monitors/980165 "2024-03-23T03:17:03Z")
Typically I’ve managed my exercise intensity by the perceived exertion test (how hard am I breathing basically) but had once upon a time by had a Polar chest strap one. It came with an app that graphed time in different … --- ## [Grammar Question. Where is the adverb in the noun+adverb compound noun 'sunrise'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-where-is-the-adverb-in-the-noun-adverb-compound-noun-sunrise/999068)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question-where-is-the-adverb-in-the-noun-adverb-compound-noun-sunrise/999068 "2024-03-22T08:09:24Z")
Where is the adverb in the noun+adverb compound noun ‘sunrise’ ? I must have missed something fundamental in every definition of ‘adverb’ I’ve ever read. I don’t see an adverb in this compound construction. To me most a… --- ## [Calling All OH and NY Weather Watchers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-oh-and-ny-weather-watchers/999151)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-oh-and-ny-weather-watchers/999151 "2024-03-22T05:40:58Z")
I’m trying to hedge my bets where to go for the total solar eclipse. I will either wind up in Watertown, NY or Sandusky OH. From what I read, Sandusky is least likely to be affected by Lake Effect snow. (I foolishly fai… --- ## [1st time Paris and France, any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-time-paris-and-france-any-advice/971296)
**Author:** [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1st-time-paris-and-france-any-advice/971296 "2024-03-21T17:26:18Z")
We’re going to Paris! My family (17 and 13 year old kids) are staying for a week and two weekends during their fall break. You folks have been so helpful in past trips, so I knew I should ask here. It’s our first time i… --- ## [Saving the ruby slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saving-the-ruby-slippers/769304 "2024-03-21T05:41:53Z")
MSN? The above is a link to an article about how a pair of the ruby slippers(if I have to explain them, your don’t care) in the Smithsonian are in need of a refurbishing. I loved the movie, still do, but I just can’t s… --- ## [What is "shop class" like now in High Schools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-shop-class-like-now-in-high-schools/998910 "2024-03-21T00:42:26Z")
I went to High School in New York in the '80s. In the context of Total Solar Eclipses and looking for welding glass above the #12 range in the UK I found they come in letter grades and there was a chart showing the highe… --- ## [Senior fall alert services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-fall-alert-services/999043)
**Author:** [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-fall-alert-services/999043 "2024-03-20T23:15:36Z")
Because I live alone and am of “a certain age” my insurance company offered me a free subscription to the Lifeline fall alert service. You wear a button on a necklace or bracelet that can summon help when you push it. Th… --- ## [Will Heads-Up Displays ever become common in production autos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-heads-up-displays-ever-become-common-in-production-autos/999010)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-heads-up-displays-ever-become-common-in-production-autos/999010 "2024-03-20T21:25:55Z")
In the same vein as “Where is my flying car?”, I bring you, “Where are the automobile Heads Up Displays (HUDs) that were promised 30 years ago?” Before you say there ARE cars that you can order with a HUD, there really … --- ## [Tips for giving a cat pills, or how to effectively cover up the taste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-giving-a-cat-pills-or-how-to-effectively-cover-up-the-taste/999003 "2024-03-20T20:13:35Z")
So I need to give my cat two antibiotics (metronidazole/Flagyl and clarithromycin) twice a day and Pepcid once a day for 15 days. I first tried crushing them and mixing them with canned cat food and he barely touched it.… --- ## [Topical treatments/remedies for non-topical pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/topical-treatments-remedies-for-non-topical-pain/998327 "2024-03-20T18:19:42Z")
I’m talking about stuff like Aspercreme, SalonPas, various creams that have “freeze” or “cool” in the name, Arnica gel, etc., for muscle aches, not remedies for painful scratches or surface injuries. Do you swear by (or… --- ## [How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-was-it-for-african-americans-at-the-end-of-wwi-to-settle-in-france-did-france-offer-them-citizenship-was-the-application-difficult/999039 "2024-03-20T17:02:07Z")
How easy was it for African-Americans at the end of WWI to settle in France. Did France offer them citizenship? Was the application difficult ? Did getting the necessary documents from the US pose any problems? --- ## [Intermittent fasting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-fasting/827758)
**Author:** [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intermittent-fasting/827758 "2024-03-19T22:08:58Z")
So, my gf has started to follow intermittent fasting. Which is a kind of diet (although she states it isn’t a diet) where you only eat during 8 hours and fast during 16 hours. She isn’t overweight, and in fact is in grea… --- ## [Trip advise - how unsafe is SF & Oakland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advise-how-unsafe-is-sf-oakland/998671)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advise-how-unsafe-is-sf-oakland/998671 "2024-03-19T21:27:17Z")
I really want to do a long weekend to SF & Oakland this summer; the main reason is to see the A’s before they move & if I’m gonna be there may as well get a Giants game in as well. However, everything I read is about ho… --- ## [Advice on how to negotiate realtor's fee](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-negotiate-realtors-fee/999000)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-negotiate-realtors-fee/999000 "2024-03-19T16:18:26Z")
Okay, I’m new to this. We’re selling our home, and our listing agent just emailed us a list of stuff to do. It attaches the listing agreement. You might have seen in the news that the standard 6% realtor fee is now hi… --- ## [My son has dangerously high blood pressure. And will be admitted into the hospital tomorrow morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-dangerously-high-blood-pressure-and-will-be-admitted-into-the-hospital-tomorrow-morning/998195)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-son-has-dangerously-high-blood-pressure-and-will-be-admitted-into-the-hospital-tomorrow-morning/998195 "2024-03-18T20:21:27Z")
I’m a little freaked out right now. My son is 25. He is skinny. He doesn’t drink or smoke. His mom bought a blood pressure device the other day (for herself). She decided to take my son’s BP. And was shocked to discove… --- ## [Autonomous robot people could be constructed right now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autonomous-robot-people-could-be-constructed-right-now/998540)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autonomous-robot-people-could-be-constructed-right-now/998540 "2024-03-18T18:16:04Z")
I think all of the parts necessary to build autonomous robotic intelligent people already exist, and although integrating the parts may present some technical challenges, the hardest parts have already been invented. I … --- ## [Perplexing computer problem (nothing happening...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexing-computer-problem-nothing-happening/998855)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perplexing-computer-problem-nothing-happening/998855 "2024-03-18T04:40:37Z")
I’m helping one of my daughter’s friends troubleshoot a computer. It is a fairly new build, Gigabyte Aorus B550M Elite AX mobo, AMD Ryzen 7 5700G processor. It… doesn’t work. Hooked everything up, press power, CPU fa… --- ## [Can cling-wrap (kitchen cling-wrap) lose effectiveness over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cling-wrap-kitchen-cling-wrap-lose-effectiveness-over-time/998939)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-cling-wrap-kitchen-cling-wrap-lose-effectiveness-over-time/998939 "2024-03-17T19:34:43Z")
I found a roll of cling-wrap (specifically, Saran-Wrap) in the back of a cabinet. At a guess, I think it has been there for 2-3 years. But it’s plastic…can’t go bad, right? But, when I used it, it really did not cling… --- ## [Now that those of us in the land of Daylight Savings Time have lost an hour . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-those-of-us-in-the-land-of-daylight-savings-time-have-lost-an-hour/998692)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-those-of-us-in-the-land-of-daylight-savings-time-have-lost-an-hour/998692 "2024-03-17T18:14:24Z")
. . . where do you think your hour went. I think mine got lost under the bed. --- ## [Thoughts on Bathroom Tissue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609 "2024-03-17T14:03:04Z")
There have been previous threads about the size of toilet paper rolls. Outside of dollar stores, even the cheapest rolls claim to be at least double sized, claiming 6 rolls = 12, or 12 rolls = 24 or 36 or 72. This se… --- ## [Donald Trump: Politician?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-politician/998672)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-politician/998672 "2024-03-17T09:27:20Z")
The headline of an op-ed in my local Sunday paper reads “Donald Trump, the luckiest politician who ever lived.” I haven’t read the article but that headline made me realize that I don’t consider him a politician. If I w… --- ## [How do you eat things that come as "multiple servings" but inside a single package?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-things-that-come-as-multiple-servings-but-inside-a-single-package/998689)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-things-that-come-as-multiple-servings-but-inside-a-single-package/998689 "2024-03-16T21:55:54Z")
I’m not talking about a large package that contains a bulk amount of a food. Like a ‘party size’ bag of chips that contains a pound or more of potato chips or a bag of frozen fish fillets that has a dozen fillets inside… --- ## [UK, especially London, dopers: Is “alight” common usage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-especially-london-dopers-is-alight-common-usage/998016)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-especially-london-dopers-is-alight-common-usage/998016 "2024-03-16T20:30:49Z")
PA announcements on the tube use the verb “alighting” for leaving the train. I know what the word means, but it sounds old-fashioned and formal to me (as a non-native speaker). Is it common parlance? E.g., if you had to … --- ## [Have I made this Windows laptop sufficiently middle-schooler-proof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-made-this-windows-laptop-sufficiently-middle-schooler-proof/998368)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-i-made-this-windows-laptop-sufficiently-middle-schooler-proof/998368 "2024-03-16T16:24:18Z")
I’m technical director for a play my wife is directing for her middle school. We’ll be using digital scenery provided by Broadway Media, and played back using their app, Stage Player. It is essentially a slide-show progr… --- ## [{if} TikTok is banned. What's next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tiktok-is-banned-whats-next/982055)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-tiktok-is-banned-whats-next/982055 "2024-03-16T14:27:44Z")
Unless you’ve been aggressively avoiding politics you’re likely aware of the rumbling to ban TikTok because it’s a Chinese owned company which a) allows China to track user data and all that entails and b) has code in it… --- ## [Did My Boss Commit An Ethical Violation? (and should I report her?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-boss-commit-an-ethical-violation-and-should-i-report-her/982644)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-my-boss-commit-an-ethical-violation-and-should-i-report-her/982644 "2024-03-16T01:52:48Z")
So, I work for a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation center as a case manager. If you don’t know what that means … it’s hard to explain. If you know you know, ya know? Anyway, one thing my job most definitely does… --- ## [Cat rearing advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-rearing-advice/993059 "2024-03-15T22:25:46Z")
I know this is often a contentious topic here, but hear me out. I recently divorced. My wife got my two dogs. One of the dogs is a cat killer. She has at least 7 to her name, so she needs to live in a cat free house. M… --- ## [Retirement Portfolio Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-portfolio-discussion/995009)
**Author:** [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retirement-portfolio-discussion/995009 "2024-03-15T21:31:20Z")
This is a splinter from the Countdown to Retirement thread in MPSIMS. As I mentioned there, I’ve not had luck finding an investment professional (CFP/CFA) that is willing do to a portfolio review/discussion for a flat/ho… --- ## [Help Me Find Things to Do in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-things-to-do-in-nyc/997424)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-things-to-do-in-nyc/997424 "2024-03-15T14:28:17Z")
On April 2, I’ll be landing at JFK to visit my daughter (back to Portland on April 11). She’s working on a list of activities for the trip, but hasn’t transmitted anything to me yet, beyond the fact that she wants to tak… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=103)