# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=106 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 107 --- ## [Total eclipse on April 8, 2024! I have questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-on-april-8-2024-i-have-questions/997768)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/total-eclipse-on-april-8-2024-i-have-questions/997768 "2024-02-19T14:38:29Z")
So since I live in SE Michigan, it’s only a couple hour drive into Ohio to get myself in the path of totality. I’m thinking of playing hookey from work and taking a day trip to check it out. It’s been a long time since I… --- ## [De-gendering language - is anything truly useful lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-gendering-language-is-anything-truly-useful-lost/997722)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-gendering-language-is-anything-truly-useful-lost/997722 "2024-02-19T04:20:02Z")
If we were to remove the gendering of nouns and pronouns from all languages, would we lose anything that is actually useful? I am not asking here about the poetic beauty of languages as they have grown through the ages … --- ## [Suppose Someone Wanted to Pay You Some Money: How Could they Do that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-someone-wanted-to-pay-you-some-money-how-could-they-do-that/996513)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suppose-someone-wanted-to-pay-you-some-money-how-could-they-do-that/996513 "2024-02-18T05:48:15Z")
We have a current thread: Order any Checks Lately: And the consensus is that very few checks are written. So lets take a reverse situation: someone wants to pay or has paid you: a gift from a sibling, you help a neighb… --- ## [Remember Pay Phones and Dial Arounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-pay-phones-and-dial-arounds/819662)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-pay-phones-and-dial-arounds/819662 "2024-02-17T22:21:25Z")
I sure do. And it makes me feel old for some reason. It also doesn’t seem that long ago. In fact, I remember Saturday Night Live did a really funny skit on dial arounds. Remember that? I have to say, one of the misconc… --- ## [How can sodium alginate make my heartburn worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sodium-alginate-make-my-heartburn-worse/997465)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-sodium-alginate-make-my-heartburn-worse/997465 "2024-02-17T19:17:18Z")
This isn’t exactly medical advice, but I have a feeling there is no definitive answer to this, so I put it here. Sodium alginate is a thickener that has been shown repeatedly in studies to reduce the effects of acid ref… --- ## [Has anyone put in a fire sprinkler in their house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-put-in-a-fire-sprinkler-in-their-house/997538)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-put-in-a-fire-sprinkler-in-their-house/997538 "2024-02-17T12:47:57Z")
I learned today that friends had their house gutted by fire. People are unhurt, but they lost 2 cats and a dog. My house is old, stickbuilt, cheap, and in a rural area with volunteer fir service. (This is NOT a dig at v… --- ## [Is it normal for a large company to have a standing policy of paying its suppliers in 90 days? 120 days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-a-large-company-to-have-a-standing-policy-of-paying-its-suppliers-in-90-days-120-days/990160)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-a-large-company-to-have-a-standing-policy-of-paying-its-suppliers-in-90-days-120-days/990160 "2024-02-17T11:42:59Z")
This is about a large multinational company, supplying parts for many sectors of industry. About 4 years ago they announced internally that all their suppliers would be paid in 90 days, and no interest/penalties would be… --- ## [Need PDF or Word help -- very large document](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pdf-or-word-help-very-large-document/997635)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2024, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-pdf-or-word-help-very-large-document/997635 "2024-02-17T04:31:49Z")
I have a PDF document that I want to print in booklet form (2 pages each front and back on a letter-size sheet) but the pages are in landscape orientation and it doesn’t work well that way. The document is over 400 pages… --- ## [Do Stay-At-Home Parents Get Shafted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stay-at-home-parents-get-shafted/997489)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-stay-at-home-parents-get-shafted/997489 "2024-02-16T23:58:02Z")
This article implies stay-at-home parenting has been given plenty of lip service. But the omnipresent old assumptions someone is at home mismatch with reality: school summer hours, lack of affordable child care, or tryi… --- ## [US Air Force May Reintroduce Warrant and Chief Warrant Officer Ranks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-force-may-reintroduce-warrant-and-chief-warrant-officer-ranks/997299)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-force-may-reintroduce-warrant-and-chief-warrant-officer-ranks/997299 "2024-02-16T03:27:46Z")
From here: Air Force officials are considering bringing back warrant officers and may start creating a training program this year, reversing a decision from 65 years ago when the service ended that grade, according to … --- ## [Where do I have to go to get French-milled soap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-have-to-go-to-get-french-milled-soap/996676)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-have-to-go-to-get-french-milled-soap/996676 "2024-02-16T02:45:08Z")
I have a bar of Zest in my travel soap dish now because the French-milled soap I was using for six months finally depleted (I got it some time ago at a department store, and started using it last summer). They don’t seem… --- ## [Dog problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-problem/997428)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-problem/997428 "2024-02-15T22:37:06Z")
We have a lovely 14 month old crossbreed, female and neutered. She has a delightful disposition, and the sweetest girl ever. Mostly. There is a dog next door who barks maniacally whenever anybody makes a noise here. Doi… --- ## [Another time travel question: how do I get rich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-travel-question-how-do-i-get-rich/997057)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-time-travel-question-how-do-i-get-rich/997057 "2024-02-15T18:35:09Z")
So I’ve come across the typical Time Machine. It’s about the size of a phone booth (or sports car), and it can physically transfer me and whatever I can reasonably fit inside across the years. I’ve managed to resolve a… --- ## [Do you get short of breath when it is windy out side?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-short-of-breath-when-it-is-windy-out-side/996045 "2024-02-15T17:21:24Z")
I have noticed in the summer and winter when it gets windy I get short of breath and was wondering if others here have this problem? Now that it is winter and windy I have noticed the short of breath when it is windy. --- ## [What should I do in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-this-situation/990815)
**Author:** [@kjwrites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjwrites)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-this-situation/990815 "2024-02-15T07:37:47Z")
So, my mother isn’t a very friendly person. She’s kind of a recluse. Well, she has an aunt named Jenny who married a woman named Nikki and they have a daughter named Abbi. And my mother doesn’t really get along with them… --- ## [Why did I vomit during the rescue attempt after the crash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-vomit-during-the-rescue-attempt-after-the-crash/997578)
**Author:** [@IcedSodium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcedSodium)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-i-vomit-during-the-rescue-attempt-after-the-crash/997578 "2024-02-15T00:18:35Z")
A few years ago, I was involved in a car accident, the car crashed into a river at the side of the road and I was trapped, unable to move out of my seat and the car quickly filled up with water. I remember once the car … --- ## [Say something that is true to a person in 1985 that will make you sound like a crazy person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 580\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283 "2024-02-15T00:14:55Z")
So you’ve gone back in time to tell people about the 21st century. Everything you say is true, but they think you’re a crazy person. What truths do you speak? Here’s mine: In the future, your friends will send you pict… --- ## [Did COVID kill Kissing Booths at fairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-covid-kill-kissing-booths-at-fairs/997113)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-covid-kill-kissing-booths-at-fairs/997113 "2024-02-14T21:12:12Z")
I haven’t seen one since 2021, or maybe before that. --- ## [What’s your opinion of Madrid airport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-madrid-airport/997484)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-opinion-of-madrid-airport/997484 "2024-02-14T16:18:25Z")
I’m in the very beginning of planning a trip to the U.K. and Spain this year. I was think of ending the trip in Madrid and flying home to Chicago O’Hare from Madrid airport. Can anyone assuage my feelings that MAD isn’t… --- ## [Poll: Do you recognize the term "Fuzz Testing", and are you a Software Developer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-recognize-the-term-fuzz-testing-and-are-you-a-software-developer/997369)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-recognize-the-term-fuzz-testing-and-are-you-a-software-developer/997369 "2024-02-14T09:27:15Z")
I was talking with a software developer today, and I brought up Fuzz Testing. He’d never heard of it. I thought it was a well-known term. A friend who’s a developer didn’t recognize it either. I guess it’s not commonly k… --- ## [Four day weeks for school children - anyone experienced this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-day-weeks-for-school-children-anyone-experienced-this/997534)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-day-weeks-for-school-children-anyone-experienced-this/997534 "2024-02-14T08:40:45Z")
Starting this thread had a pop-up for 2005! No kidding. Anyway, some districts in my area are proposing this, or have done it. They would have longer days, and take either Monday or Friday off. Of course, this is ver… --- ## [Is anyone keeping their finger on the pulse of Superbowl CTs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-keeping-their-finger-on-the-pulse-of-superbowl-cts/997445)
**Author:** [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-keeping-their-finger-on-the-pulse-of-superbowl-cts/997445 "2024-02-13T23:19:41Z")
I’m really curious about how CTers are interpreting the Superbowl, and the 1st quarter lack of Secret Agents Taylor and Kelce visibility. Is anyone watching CT sites during the game? --- ## [Crazy? Evil? Stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-evil-stupid/984671)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-evil-stupid/984671 "2024-02-13T23:10:39Z")
I sometimes ask people, just out of curiosity, if they think a particular political person they dislike is crazy or evil or stupid, which I think exhausts the possibilities. Rarely does someone respond “None of the abov… --- ## [Tesla software: Not ready for prime time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-software-not-ready-for-prime-time/983803)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-software-not-ready-for-prime-time/983803 "2024-02-13T22:15:05Z")
Not only is Tesla nowhere near self-driving, it is buggy as heck. Bluetooth: Many times cannot connect to the phone for audio. BT has been around for how many years? And how many cheap product can use it without fail… --- ## [...but, then, if The Donald loses in November 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-if-the-donald-loses-in-november-2024/997416)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-then-if-the-donald-loses-in-november-2024/997416 "2024-02-13T20:25:39Z")
MODs: I apologize in advance if this becomes a $#!+storm. It wouldn’t be my first and, if worse comes to worst, I encourage you to lock it down and remove it from history, time, and databases everywhere. This is very c… --- ## [Have you gone through Clear Lens Extraction/Refractive Lens Exchange surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gone-through-clear-lens-extraction-refractive-lens-exchange-surgery/997081)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-gone-through-clear-lens-extraction-refractive-lens-exchange-surgery/997081 "2024-02-13T16:45:57Z")
I just saw a commercial for this procedure, and I was wondering if any of you have gone through with it and/or have an opinion about it? --- ## [What obligation do for-profit enterprises have to serve a community?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obligation-do-for-profit-enterprises-have-to-serve-a-community/997097)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-obligation-do-for-profit-enterprises-have-to-serve-a-community/997097 "2024-02-13T07:15:39Z")
I read in this morning’s Dallas Morning News about how Greyhound Bus Lines (which is headquartered in a nearby suburb) is going to shut their downtown Dallas bus terminal when its lease expires, and the author of the art… --- ## [Question regarding the survival of Henry Johnson (World War I soldier). Would he have received a blood transfusion on the battlefield?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-survival-of-henry-johnson-world-war-i-soldier-would-he-have-received-a-blood-transfusion-on-the-battlefield/997429)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-survival-of-henry-johnson-world-war-i-soldier-would-he-have-received-a-blood-transfusion-on-the-battlefield/997429 "2024-02-13T05:29:15Z")
Given the severity of his wounds, would he have received a blood transfusion on the battlefield? How likely is it that blood transfusions would have been available to the 369th regiment? I couldn’t find any details on th… --- ## [What are your favorite Bible verses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-bible-verses/983925)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-bible-verses/983925 "2024-02-13T03:15:54Z")
Everyone knows John 3:16 but I’m personally a fan of John 3:17: “For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” Joshua 1:9: “Have I not commanded you? Be … --- ## [Are Most Flat Earthers Trolls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-flat-earthers-trolls/997011)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 226\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-flat-earthers-trolls/997011 "2024-02-13T02:15:57Z")
I have been getting lots of flat earth posts in my FB feed lately. It is all so crazy. I know a few people believe it, but is it mostly trolling like the Birds Aren’t Real folks? If not, god help us [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=107)