# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=129 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 130 --- ## [Looking for legal advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-advice/988209)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-legal-advice/988209 "2023-08-16T12:18:45Z")
But I don’t expect people here to provide it. What I’d like to get here is advice on the best way to obtain professional legal advice. Last year, a truck belonging to a large business backed into my car, causing a sizab… --- ## [How do police reduce petty crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-police-reduce-petty-crime/988351)
**Author:** [@GeneralTang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeneralTang)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-police-reduce-petty-crime/988351 "2023-08-16T04:59:21Z")
This is, possibly, a very silly question coming from a person with a rural childhood, who is progressively moving to larger and larger cities. This question was inspired by another thread: “do san francisco los angeles … --- ## [Would a person with great eating habits even know if they were diabetic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-person-with-great-eating-habits-even-know-if-they-were-diabetic/988541)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-person-with-great-eating-habits-even-know-if-they-were-diabetic/988541 "2023-08-16T02:42:00Z")
This could probably go in FQ, but it’s medical and I welcome informed speculation, so … I eat very little refined sugar, and not even much fruit (I try to have a modest serving of berries most days, but that’s it). I do… --- ## [Low(er) Cost CGM Options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-er-cost-cgm-options/988577)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-er-cost-cgm-options/988577 "2023-08-16T01:44:36Z")
I’d like to monitor my blood glucose level to see how various foods impact my blood sugar for health reasons. I only want to do it for 6 weeks. I don’t have diabetes or prediabetes, so insurance doesn’t cover the cost as… --- ## [Fool's errands and devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fools-errands-and-devices/988561)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fools-errands-and-devices/988561 "2023-08-15T23:18:41Z")
Beats me what forum this belongs in. The thread Turnbuckle belt tensioner has brought up the subject of left and right handed crescent wrenches and screwdrivers. A common fool’s errand is to send a n00b out to get a left… --- ## [Are US people like Europeans concerning the habit of kicking tires? A couple of polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-people-like-europeans-concerning-the-habit-of-kicking-tires-a-couple-of-polls/988535)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-us-people-like-europeans-concerning-the-habit-of-kicking-tires-a-couple-of-polls/988535 "2023-08-15T19:21:17Z")
My wife observed the other day that men over here (Germany), when regarding a car, sometimes kick the tires as if to check whether they have the right pressure. And added that no woman would do that, because it is absurd… --- ## [Glasses with progressive lenses, or LASIK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-progressive-lenses-or-lasik/988505)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-with-progressive-lenses-or-lasik/988505 "2023-08-15T17:10:36Z")
I’m nearsighted, and I’ve worn glasses since I was 12 years old. I wore contact lenses when I was younger, but I ultimately decided they weren’t worth the trouble (my optometrist once told me that I have “oily tears”, wh… --- ## [Clerk beats thief with stick - can clerk and store be sued?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerk-beats-thief-with-stick-can-clerk-and-store-be-sued/988068)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clerk-beats-thief-with-stick-can-clerk-and-store-be-sued/988068 "2023-08-15T16:08:05Z")
Ran across this video today of a 7 - 11 clerk beating the heck out of someone robbing the store. With all the anger and frustration over retail crime lately I’m not surprised this happened. However, I am wondering what… --- ## [Will an iPhone produce good-enough video for showcasing our foundation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-iphone-produce-good-enough-video-for-showcasing-our-foundation/988266)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-iphone-produce-good-enough-video-for-showcasing-our-foundation/988266 "2023-08-15T14:11:17Z")
I serve on the board of a small charitable foundation that helps low-income families. As board chair, I am encouraging the executive director to produce several brief videos (90 to 120 seconds) that outline our history, … --- ## [Sharing a PPT presentation locally using a portable wifi router?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-ppt-presentation-locally-using-a-portable-wifi-router/988490)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-a-ppt-presentation-locally-using-a-portable-wifi-router/988490 "2023-08-15T11:16:06Z")
I periodically teach licensing classes in different cities. The company I do this for rents a variety of conference rooms and facilities. I take along a nice LED projector or use the monitor in the conference room when… --- ## [Anyone here ever flown commercial prior to 1971?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-flown-commercial-prior-to-1971/987201)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-flown-commercial-prior-to-1971/987201 "2023-08-15T06:32:59Z")
What was flying like out of a commercial airport pre-DB Cooper? I remember what it was like pre-9/11 and there was a lot of jerking off, but not as much as the last 20+ years. But before 1971 what was it like? Was there… --- ## [Moving to a new state when you retire? Great or selfish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-a-new-state-when-you-retire-great-or-selfish/984299)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-a-new-state-when-you-retire-great-or-selfish/984299 "2023-08-15T06:16:22Z")
You’re retired. You can afford to move somewhere else (you may even NEED to, to a place that’s more affordable than where you currently are). The new place has more congenial weather, or better transportation, or better … --- ## [Live-in/Daily Household Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-daily-household-help/987807)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-in-daily-household-help/987807 "2023-08-14T22:25:48Z")
I’m curious about people’s experiences, both as children and adults, with live-in or daily help (servants). Cooks, maids, housekeepers, valets, butlers-- whatever terminology fits (or fit in the past) your situation. I’… --- ## [Getting a credit card so I can rent vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-credit-card-so-i-can-rent-vehicles/988364)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-credit-card-so-i-can-rent-vehicles/988364 "2023-08-14T21:53:33Z")
I haven’t had a credit card, or any kind of loan, in many years. I’m retired and have lots of assets. But I hear it is difficult to rent a car or other vehicles such as an RV if you don’t have one. I do use debit cards a… --- ## [Pre boarding flights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-boarding-flights/987179)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-boarding-flights/987179 "2023-08-14T19:22:34Z")
My air travel has picked up a bit over the past few months. As my recent threads regarding obese people wanting free extra seats and moving walkways in airports were such big hits with the teeming millions thousands, le… --- ## [Banning knives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-knives/982137)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-knives/982137 "2023-08-14T03:58:44Z")
We’re all familiar here with the endless debate about banning some types of firearms- let’s not go there today. But I did get to thinking about an analogous situation: banning some types of knives. Switchblades, gravity … --- ## [New article claims "The Atomic Bombings of Japan Were Based on Lies"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-article-claims-the-atomic-bombings-of-japan-were-based-on-lies/988390)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-article-claims-the-atomic-bombings-of-japan-were-based-on-lies/988390 "2023-08-14T01:51:07Z")
Is there any validity to this article ? I --- ## [Tylenol effectiveness or lack thereof, and the prescribing of same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-effectiveness-or-lack-thereof-and-the-prescribing-of-same/988405)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tylenol-effectiveness-or-lack-thereof-and-the-prescribing-of-same/988405 "2023-08-13T22:37:29Z")
I have maintained forever that Tylenol has almost zero benefit for me. My wife swears by the stuff and thinks that’s just been in my head. My surgeon prescribed a regimen of extra strength Tylenol to help deal with the p… --- ## [Best Vegetation Killer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-vegetation-killer/988218)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-vegetation-killer/988218 "2023-08-13T12:58:15Z")
I live in a rural area and have a gravel drive and turn around. I’ve been using Round Up concentrate mixed to correct proportions in a tank sprayer. It eventually kills the grass and weeds that sprout there, but takes s… --- ## [Recommend tools for straightening dents in a file cabinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-tools-for-straightening-dents-in-a-file-cabinet/988440)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-tools-for-straightening-dents-in-a-file-cabinet/988440 "2023-08-12T15:32:08Z")
Imagine a file cabinet made of regular sheet steel, only imagine it with a bunch of drawers only about 1.5" high. This is an end mill storage cabinet (end mills are tools that seem to be like short, thick drill bits used… --- ## [Matching monitor colors on desktop Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-monitor-colors-on-desktop-mac/987982)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-monitor-colors-on-desktop-mac/987982 "2023-08-12T11:26:06Z")
I’ve got an iMac and a new Apple Studio Display. Both are 5K “retina” displays, but there is a noticeable color difference between the two. White, in particular, is not the same - one is (to my eyes, at least) a nice neu… --- ## [Windows update changes user files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-update-changes-user-files/988336)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-update-changes-user-files/988336 "2023-08-12T00:19:58Z")
This is embarrassing, because an am an IT guy. After Windows update, my local account was like new; just created, all saved files, bookmarks, passwords were gone. Thunderbird had no account associated with it. Upon a G… --- ## [Got fired- owe employer password info, etc...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-fired-owe-employer-password-info-etc/987730)
**Author:** [@ttsfixit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ttsfixit)\ **Replies:** 162\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-fired-owe-employer-password-info-etc/987730 "2023-08-11T20:35:36Z")
Long time reader, first time poster, putting IMHO due to potential legal questions. My wife got fired last week for insubordination. Some background, my wife worked for a small real estate agency (the owner was the only… --- ## [How often did you fly as a child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-you-fly-as-a-child/987959)
**Author:** [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-did-you-fly-as-a-child/987959 "2023-08-11T18:26:38Z")
Inspired by a recent discussion of air travel in the old days, I’m curious how often people flew commercially during their childhood. For me, not much. Our vacations were road trips. I took a few flights as a baby, but… --- ## [Name for this latching mechanism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-latching-mechanism/988366)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-latching-mechanism/988366 "2023-08-11T16:07:21Z")
We hired a carpenter to do various improvements. He just finished work on our shed, putting on a metal roof, vinyl siding, new gutters. When he finished he told us he didn’t want to have ugly hardware on the doors so h… --- ## [What ought US policy be towards US citizens jailed abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ought-us-policy-be-towards-us-citizens-jailed-abroad/968008)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ought-us-policy-be-towards-us-citizens-jailed-abroad/968008 "2023-08-11T12:51:55Z")
For some time, I’ve been seeing news articles about a WNBA player who is on trial in Russia for drug charges. This morning, I read another article about 3 Americans detained in Venezuela.. In the past, there have been m… --- ## [Why aren't front clasp bras more popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-front-clasp-bras-more-popular/982693)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-front-clasp-bras-more-popular/982693 "2023-08-11T11:07:26Z")
I am not a woman but have known many over the years and most of them did the thing where you put your bra on backwards to reach the clasp and slide it backwards into position on their their back. Front clasp bras would … --- ## [Does Leo Burt still live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-leo-burt-still-live/988379)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-leo-burt-still-live/988379 "2023-08-11T04:55:21Z")
Does Leo Burt, Mad Bomber of Wisconsin, and fugitive for 50 or so years let live? LEO BURT (LINK) Burt, because of his vanishing act, plus a deep antisocial streak in Wisconsin’s State character, has been called the St… --- ## [Firefox 116.0.1 not working for anyone else? Recommend a new browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-116-0-1-not-working-for-anyone-else-recommend-a-new-browser/988107)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-116-0-1-not-working-for-anyone-else-recommend-a-new-browser/988107 "2023-08-11T02:46:41Z")
Update happened last night 8 pm EDT. Since then virtually nothing is functional, including this web site (There! Are! Five! Lights!). FF has been giving me some issues for awhile now as it is. So I finally broke down … --- ## [Do I need a lawyer to remove the backup executor from my will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-lawyer-to-remove-the-backup-executor-from-my-will/988240 "2023-08-10T22:17:33Z")
I have named my one and only family member as the executor of my will. (My late husband’s son.) I had named a second person-- a pretty close neighbor, younger than I am-- as the backup/alternate executor in case my steps… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=130)