# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=164 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 165 --- ## [Blood pressure apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-apps/976031 "2022-12-05T17:57:12Z")
I am looking for a good pressure app for Android. I have downloaded four so far that do everything BUT actually take my blood pressure. Y’all have any advice? --- ## [What new car do you think could last you the rest of your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-car-do-you-think-could-last-you-the-rest-of-your-life/975711)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-car-do-you-think-could-last-you-the-rest-of-your-life/975711 "2022-12-05T03:20:17Z")
I will buy you a brand new car. Any brand, any trim level, any options that you want. Only catches are, it has to be a brand new car, and you can never own any other car for the rest of your life. You can never sell thi… --- ## [Where's your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-your-phone/975526 "2022-12-05T00:24:30Z")
Once upon a time, the phone hung on the wall in the kitchen or sat on a table in the living room or maybe even on the night stand. Then it went mobile, and before long, the musical question was “Where is my/your phone??” … --- ## [Indians and airport wheelchairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indians-and-airport-wheelchairs/975775 "2022-12-04T19:38:05Z")
My guy looks big and healthy but he can only walk about 100 feet before he has crippling leg pain. While we wait for the VA to approve a bypass for his leg, we went on a trip, planned, bought and paid for in 2019, that i… --- ## [Question regarding Neo-Classical Architecture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-neo-classical-architecture/975908 "2022-12-04T19:12:29Z")
Looking onliune all I tend to see is modern Neo-Classical architecture associated with the Alt-Right. Do liberals like Neo-Classical architecture? I so why? If not, why not? I’m asking this question because architecture … --- ## [What kind of webcam should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-webcam-should-i-get/975991)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-webcam-should-i-get/975991 "2022-12-04T12:45:25Z")
I have a cat walk that goes up to my bathroom window. The cats don’t go out much but, when they are out, I have to keep getting up every 5 minutes to see if they’re sitting outside the window wanting back in. If I had a … --- ## [Actual impact of Respect for Marriage Act? \[Fixed title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-impact-of-respect-for-marriage-act-fixed-title/975823)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-impact-of-respect-for-marriage-act-fixed-title/975823 "2022-12-04T04:29:52Z")
The Senate has passed this act, and the House is likely to. What will it mean? Could the Supreme Court not simply overturn it using the same logic it used against Roe? Must states give the state tax breaks accorded to st… --- ## [Shopping help: looking for a rectangular, lighted, clear glass snow "globe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-help-looking-for-a-rectangular-lighted-clear-glass-snow-globe/975881)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-help-looking-for-a-rectangular-lighted-clear-glass-snow-globe/975881 "2022-12-04T02:49:01Z")
I saw this at someone’s house this past weekend. It was used as a table decoration. It’s about the size and shape of a 1-lb bag of flour (maybe a little smaller), clear glass, lighted (probably battery-operated), with g… --- ## [Battle of New Orleans -- British winning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-new-orleans-british-winning/975958)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-new-orleans-british-winning/975958 "2022-12-03T19:57:03Z")
In 1814, we took a little trip … er… there was a bit of a bruhaha down around NOLA. In school, I was taught that since the battle took place after the Treaty of Ghent, it didn’t count except to make Americans feel better… --- ## [Cody's Lab Video on Polar Lunar Craters and Science (Artemis)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codys-lab-video-on-polar-lunar-craters-and-science-artemis/975914)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codys-lab-video-on-polar-lunar-craters-and-science-artemis/975914 "2022-12-03T16:21:52Z")
A lot of people are asking why we’re bothering to go back to the Moon. The answer so far is that we are going to look for water, at first. There are permanently-shadowed craters that capture water molecules that are … --- ## [Exiting your car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exiting-your-car/975448)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exiting-your-car/975448 "2022-12-03T15:47:36Z")
Mundane, but I thought I would informally poll you guys. When I go somewhere in my car, and I arrive, I get out and head off to where I am going. Same with leaving - get in, take off. My wife is the opposite. When we s… --- ## [Is it Legal? Elon Musk ultimatum. Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-elon-musk-ultimatum-do-extremely-hardcore-work-or-get-out/975040)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 378\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-elon-musk-ultimatum-do-extremely-hardcore-work-or-get-out/975040 "2022-12-03T13:38:20Z")
Can Musk or any boss make this demand? Work 12 hour days (long hours) or get out? The performance standards are off the chart. Exceptional performance? So, I’m exhausted working 72 hour weeks and my new code has a coupl… --- ## [Old Geezers: Did you go through a "I don't want to retire" phase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-did-you-go-through-a-i-dont-want-to-retire-phase/918107)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-geezers-did-you-go-through-a-i-dont-want-to-retire-phase/918107 "2022-12-02T22:41:35Z")
So my employer made me self quarantine for 10 days (I’m not sick). Been sit’n at the house going absolutely stir crazy. I’m actually jonesing to get back to work now. It’s left me thinking at 50 years old: I don’t want… --- ## [Unexpected IRS letter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-irs-letter/975602)
**Author:** [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-irs-letter/975602 "2022-12-02T22:20:35Z")
Hi all. It’s… uh, been a while. How’s it going? (Mods, move this where appropriate. It’s been so long that last time I was here the forum was called General Questions - I don’t know if this one has a factual answer, so … --- ## [Is it more environmentally friendly to put food scraps down the garbage disposal or to put them in the kitchen trash?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-put-food-scraps-down-the-garbage-disposal-or-to-put-them-in-the-kitchen-trash/975828)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-put-food-scraps-down-the-garbage-disposal-or-to-put-them-in-the-kitchen-trash/975828 "2022-12-02T19:33:26Z")
I’m in California if it matters. Please keep discussions about composting or other methods out of this thread --- ## [Dishwashers- What do you think of Bosch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-what-do-you-think-of-bosch/974867)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-what-do-you-think-of-bosch/974867 "2022-12-02T16:01:04Z")
I just moved and the dishwasher that came with the house is about as thorough and enthusiastic as my teenage son. It doesn’t get much done, and a surprising amount of food is still on the dishes when the cycle is done. I… --- ## [Let go during mass layoff, told to continue to work because it was a mistake, what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-go-during-mass-layoff-told-to-continue-to-work-because-it-was-a-mistake-what-do-you-do/975581)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-go-during-mass-layoff-told-to-continue-to-work-because-it-was-a-mistake-what-do-you-do/975581 "2022-12-01T20:02:38Z")
Obviously inspired by the recent events at Twitter. It got me thinking, what would I do in that situation? You’re told you will be terminated from your job in 120 days and that you will continue to be paid with the same … --- ## [Which TV Format, Highest Profit To Cost Ratio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-format-highest-profit-to-cost-ratio/975608 "2022-11-30T23:03:56Z")
Maybe there is a definitive answer to this question, probably not. A lot of TV formats - reality shows, game shows, adventures hunting for ghosts or Bigfeet, shows about cooking and home renovation… essentially cost com… --- ## [cataract surgery and monovision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-and-monovision/322802)
**Author:** [@Amethyst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amethyst)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cataract-surgery-and-monovision/322802 "2022-11-30T19:42:08Z")
I have premature cataracts (I’m under 40 - barely), and I’m in the midst of having cataract surgeries (ie one eye is done and the other isn’t). I have less than 2 weeks before they do my left (non-dominant) eye. I hav… --- ## [Would you share your salary publicly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-share-your-salary-publicly/975420)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-share-your-salary-publicly/975420 "2022-11-30T19:41:34Z")
I have been angry at past employers telling me I’m not allowed to talk with my co-workers about what we get paid. I feel like it’s MY business to share! so I was interested when I heard about Salary Transparent Street, … --- ## [English folks, question about 'taking a wee'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-folks-question-about-taking-a-wee/975173 "2022-11-29T19:00:48Z")
We discovered BritBox about 6 moths ago and are loving the English programming. But one thing that stands out (to me at least) is how English girls/women are frequently proclaiming they have to have a wee. Girls of all … --- ## [Do (should?) you invite people to activities you don't think they'll enjoy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-should-you-invite-people-to-activities-you-dont-think-theyll-enjoy/975592)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-should-you-invite-people-to-activities-you-dont-think-theyll-enjoy/975592 "2022-11-29T03:45:16Z")
Suppose you were arranging a party or event that would be focused around one particular activity. Would you invite or not people that you have reason to think wouldn’t enjoy that activity? Perhaps out of a motivation li… --- ## [Why the hate for Elon Musk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-elon-musk/961053)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 355\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-hate-for-elon-musk/961053 "2022-04-29T17:38:19Z")
I guess I don’t understand why some hate Elon Musk. Yeah he is richer than god and is fighting taxes, no doubt he is full of himself, but… He did start a car company that is better for the planet. He got people more int… --- ## [Your wildest lifestyle fantasy -- unrestricted by practical, real-world limitations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wildest-lifestyle-fantasy-unrestricted-by-practical-real-world-limitations/974980)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-wildest-lifestyle-fantasy-unrestricted-by-practical-real-world-limitations/974980 "2022-11-28T18:52:06Z")
If you could wake up tomorrow in a different life with no negative consequences of any kind to this one, what life would that be? Don’t limit your fantasy to practical considerations at all-- financial, skill, talent, ag… --- ## [What to cover my yard with to stop the mud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-cover-my-yard-with-to-stop-the-mud/975169)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-cover-my-yard-with-to-stop-the-mud/975169 "2022-11-28T15:31:56Z")
I just bought a new house. In due time (AKA when I have the money), I will put in a patio and some landscaping. For now I need something to cover the dirt so the dogs stop tracking in mud when it rains. My husband sugges… --- ## [Is the English word 'oceanaide' a proper word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-english-word-oceanaide-a-proper-word/975612)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-english-word-oceanaide-a-proper-word/975612 "2022-11-28T04:40:11Z")
I’ve seen the English version of the French ‘océanide’ (nymph) as oceanaide. Is this a proper word. I couldn’t find any dictionary or glossary reference for it. --- ## [How to frame a large poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530 "2022-11-27T23:58:49Z")
I am thinking of buying a vintage tourism poster, one that is a very large non-standard size (about 130 x 90 cm or 50" by 35"). I got an estimate from a custom framing place, and it was shockingly expensive. I can shop … --- ## [Leadership and management... and technical expertise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leadership-and-management-and-technical-expertise/974690)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leadership-and-management-and-technical-expertise/974690 "2022-11-27T13:07:27Z")
Many, many years ago when I was a new Ensign in the Navy, I was required to take a Leadership and Management class. FWIW, I eventually learned that while I was OK as a manager, I sucked as a leader, but I digress… One t… --- ## [Poll: Dishwasher usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dishwasher-usage/975502)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dishwasher-usage/975502 "2022-11-27T09:22:58Z")
Do you open your dishwasher while it is running? All of my life, once I have turned the dishwasher on, I leave it alone until it is done. I don’t recall ever being instructed that this was necessary, but that is just wh… --- ## [What do i want in a tv?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-want-in-a-tv/975512)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-want-in-a-tv/975512 "2022-11-26T14:25:29Z")
I’m building a tv nook in my basement, with some couches so i can have friends over to watch stuff together. I’ll have space for the tv above a bookcase that’s 8" wide and 2.5’ or maybe 3’ tall. What should i get? Shou… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=165)