# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=205 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 206 --- ## [Do you balance your checking account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-balance-your-checking-account/962693)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-balance-your-checking-account/962693 "2022-04-13T17:33:29Z")
I’m just wondering if it’s still a thing people do. I know that I haven’t in 20 years. How often do you balance your checking account? poll --- ## [Anyone know why milk is so cheap in Omaha, NE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-why-milk-is-so-cheap-in-omaha-ne/962692)
**Author:** [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-why-milk-is-so-cheap-in-omaha-ne/962692 "2022-04-12T22:32:34Z")
I’m in NE KS and about three years ago I started going to a Baker’s grocery store in Omaha with a buddy of mine that drives there every weekend for work. The original enticement was cheap booze, but milk is also cheap. I… --- ## [So... What do I do with this extra computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-this-extra-computer/962604)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-with-this-extra-computer/962604 "2022-04-12T10:40:08Z")
You may recall that my keyboard failed on my 15-inch MavBook Pro. I bought a 13-inch one so I could do my job. The 15-inch is back, and I’ve copied the desktop from the 13-inch to the 15-inch. Now what? I plan to con… --- ## [Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed. Realistic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-rules-detroit-s-crumbling-packard-plant-must-be-destroyed-realistic/962647 "2022-04-12T02:27:42Z")
Judge Rules Detroit’s Crumbling Packard Plant Must Be Destroyed The owner has been given 90 days to demolish and clear the 40-acre property. As so ordered by the judge, the two sites (which are made up of more than 40… --- ## [Question regarding newspaper article arrangement on a cover page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-newspaper-article-arrangement-on-a-cover-page/962643 "2022-04-11T21:42:46Z")
I typycally read articles starting either in the center or left of center depending on the headline or size of the headline font. I’ve had others tell me they start from the center or right of center. Is there something … --- ## [Criminal to let an older person die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-to-let-an-older-person-die/962107)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-to-let-an-older-person-die/962107 "2022-04-11T17:31:30Z")
This is loosely based on my extended family where the parties involved died decades ago. Man and wife are roughly 63. He’s a heavy drinker and smoker in declining health. He eventually spends most of his time in bed. N… --- ## [How functional is Ukraine at this time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-is-ukraine-at-this-time/962591)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-functional-is-ukraine-at-this-time/962591 "2022-04-11T13:59:42Z")
This is a topic I haven’t seen much about in the news. What is the state of Ukraine overall? Are there still any factories that are running? Are people in the western part of the country still going to work like norma… --- ## [What platitudes do you wish people would stop using?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platitudes-do-you-wish-people-would-stop-using/960203)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-platitudes-do-you-wish-people-would-stop-using/960203 "2022-04-11T12:59:49Z")
According to Wikipedia a platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional or cognitive unease. The statement may be true but its mea… --- ## [How many corpses have you seen in the wild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-corpses-have-you-seen-in-the-wild/959541)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-corpses-have-you-seen-in-the-wild/959541 "2022-04-10T21:28:25Z")
By ‘corpses’, I’m counting bodies covered by sheets as well as uncovered ones. There was a crash in Fife, WA (near Tacoma) this morning. A tow truck driver was hit and killed by a semi driver (who was taken into custod… --- ## [Tiger Moms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-moms/962549)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-moms/962549 "2022-04-10T20:38:07Z")
It was some time ago that a Yale law professor supposedly promoted the idea in Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that raising successful kids required parents to make all the decisions on how they spend their time - mainly… --- ## [What's a legit cause for jury-summons deferment or excuse? (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-legit-cause-for-jury-summons-deferment-or-excuse-need-answer-fast/962545)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-legit-cause-for-jury-summons-deferment-or-excuse-need-answer-fast/962545 "2022-04-10T17:43:45Z")
Just got a jury summons today, and it coincides with when I was going to travel to Taiwan for a year (flight is this June - the juror summons requires me to be on call for May to July.) Never tried to get a deferment be… --- ## [Are you related to or have you met anyone famous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-related-to-or-have-you-met-anyone-famous/960544)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-related-to-or-have-you-met-anyone-famous/960544 "2022-04-10T15:05:54Z")
I am distantly related to Eleanor Roosevelt on my paternal grandfathers side. and this also makes us related to her husband and uncle who were both presidents. As for people I’ve met i met tuff hedeman in my opinion he … --- ## [Taking into account what's going on in Ukraine...what do you think would happen if China invades Taiwan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-into-account-whats-going-on-in-ukraine-what-do-you-think-would-happen-if-china-invades-taiwan/960904)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-into-account-whats-going-on-in-ukraine-what-do-you-think-would-happen-if-china-invades-taiwan/960904 "2022-04-10T14:19:01Z")
This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while now. I know there are many who think that China isn’t or hasn’t really been serious about invading Taiwan and trying to bring the country back in using military for… --- ## [In the 1950s, was male on male sex regarded as something horny guys did when they couldn't get dates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-1950s-was-male-on-male-sex-regarded-as-something-horny-guys-did-when-they-couldnt-get-dates/962414)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-1950s-was-male-on-male-sex-regarded-as-something-horny-guys-did-when-they-couldnt-get-dates/962414 "2022-04-10T07:18:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Why was this useage of "queer" offensive?: Older dopers, is this for real? ETA: What about you know, McCarthyism? ~Max --- ## [What would the topic of your Op-Ed be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-topic-of-your-op-ed-be/962510)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-topic-of-your-op-ed-be/962510 "2022-04-10T05:08:58Z")
Here’s the scenario: the editor of the New York Times (or any newspaper you prefer) calls you and says you’ve been selected to write an op-ed for tomorrow’s edition. You have carte blanche to write about anything you wa… --- ## [WW2 weapons used in Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-weapons-used-in-ukraine/962268)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ww2-weapons-used-in-ukraine/962268 "2022-04-10T02:21:35Z")
I was watching one of Mark Felton’s videos recently about WW2 small arms currently being issued and used in Ukraine. WW2 Weapons Used in Ukraine War - YouTube The video makes clear that these small arms represent a sma… --- ## [Am I being too sensitive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-sensitive/961539)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-too-sensitive/961539 "2022-04-10T00:39:02Z")
Ok. My boyfriend sleeps a lot. I try to nap and if he calls, I go to his apt, no matter the hour. I left his apt at 3 pm yesterday; I’m thinking he’ll call at some point. At 7 am I call him. Oh, he was playing Madden, he… --- ## [I think Putin's long tables are about assassination attempts, not COVID-19](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-putins-long-tables-are-about-assassination-attempts-not-covid-19/961969)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-putins-long-tables-are-about-assassination-attempts-not-covid-19/961969 "2022-04-09T17:00:00Z")
We’ve all seen the weird long tables that Vladimir Putin uses for meetings with foreign heads of state and with his own staff. The press generally say that these are part of Putin’s elaborate isolation measures against C… --- ## [Good trolling bad trolling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-trolling-bad-trolling/962535)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-trolling-bad-trolling/962535 "2022-04-09T14:18:29Z")
Very often ( several times a day) I will become curious about something I know very little about. I sometimes try to open a conversation on these topics usually with very limited success. I feel like I am trolling but no… --- ## [Weird and unusual houses, and speculation on the reasons why people build weird houses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unusual-houses-and-speculation-on-the-reasons-why-people-build-weird-houses/961741)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-and-unusual-houses-and-speculation-on-the-reasons-why-people-build-weird-houses/961741 "2022-04-09T13:57:58Z")
I stumbled across this row of weird looking houses yesterday: From their design, I would guess these were built in the 1970s and it may be that their design is partly because of the prevailing design trends of that part… --- ## [Has "literally" changed its dictionary meaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-literally-changed-its-dictionary-meaning/962052)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-literally-changed-its-dictionary-meaning/962052 "2022-04-08T23:27:08Z")
I’m firmly opposed to the ever more frequent use of “literally” as a generic intensifier for a statement because I believe that in many cases, it uses that word in a sense that is almost the opposite of its literal (pun … --- ## [What's the SD on the duo arrested in DC yesterday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-sd-on-the-duo-arrested-in-dc-yesterday/962493)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-sd-on-the-duo-arrested-in-dc-yesterday/962493 "2022-04-08T23:20:45Z")
So the facts are fairly obvious. Two people were arrested for impersonating federal agents: Haider Ali, 35, and Arian Taherzadeh, 40, were arrested on Wednesday in a dramatic FBI raid of a D.C. Navy Yard luxury apartm… --- ## [Sam's Club Rule](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-rule/962314)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-rule/962314 "2022-04-08T23:09:50Z")
I go to Sam’s Club weekly and it makes no sense to me that I have to dig my card out and show proof of my membership when I walk through the door. Why? If I didn’t have a membership, I wouldn’t be able to purchase anythi… --- ## [Have you ever bought \*and actually needed\* travel insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-and-actually-needed-travel-insurance/961523)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-bought-and-actually-needed-travel-insurance/961523 "2022-04-08T21:02:56Z")
My wife and I are planning a major European cruise for the summer of 2023, and the total price tag will be in the neighborhood of $25,000. The cruise line has a deal with an insurance company, but when I looked up that c… --- ## [How many smartphones have you ever had stolen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-smartphones-have-you-ever-had-stolen/962432)
**Author:** [@MarkSh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkSh)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-smartphones-have-you-ever-had-stolen/962432 "2022-04-08T19:20:05Z")
I had two stolen last year, and the other night I’m pretty sure I witnessed someone stealing someone’s smartphone from a public charging station, even though I was outside smoking at the time. I’ve learned a lot about t… --- ## [Is it Disrespectful to Leave Dead Bodies for More than 18 Hours Lying in the Street?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-disrespectful-to-leave-dead-bodies-for-more-than-18-hours-lying-in-the-street/962269)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-disrespectful-to-leave-dead-bodies-for-more-than-18-hours-lying-in-the-street/962269 "2022-04-08T18:21:36Z")
Bodies stayed on the streets, covered, for more than 18 hours on Sunday before they were transferred to the coroner’s office around 8:30 p.m. The police chief said in Sunday afternoon’s news conference that the bodies … --- ## [Actually Pretty Funny: A time when someone you hate made you laugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actually-pretty-funny-a-time-when-someone-you-hate-made-you-laugh/962066)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actually-pretty-funny-a-time-when-someone-you-hate-made-you-laugh/962066 "2022-04-08T14:34:22Z")
I hate Donald Trump, all his advisors, and his entire worthless family with the passion of a million burning suns, but something he said in this news article from 2019 made me laugh: “We’ll see what happens,” Trump s… --- ## ["Is this a scam?" chapter seventy-billion, need answer fastish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-chapter-seventy-billion-need-answer-fastish/962247)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-chapter-seventy-billion-need-answer-fastish/962247 "2022-04-08T13:03:18Z")
Yeah yeah, I know: if you have to ask “is this a scam” the answer is highly likely to be yes. In this case, though, I’m not so sure. So about three years ago I had brief contact with a neighbor, as some bamboo growing o… --- ## [Russia was justified in its invasion of Ukraine..let's discuss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-was-justified-in-its-invasion-of-ukraine-lets-discuss/960590)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-was-justified-in-its-invasion-of-ukraine-lets-discuss/960590 "2022-04-08T04:17:47Z")
So, I have seen this theme a lot on other media, especially Indian sites that cater to an India audience, but also Chinese sites that do the same…and of course Russia sites and their official line. The narrative goes so… --- ## [Neighbor placing food scraps in suburban yard to attract wildlife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-placing-food-scraps-in-suburban-yard-to-attract-wildlife/962455)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbor-placing-food-scraps-in-suburban-yard-to-attract-wildlife/962455 "2022-04-08T04:11:09Z")
We live in a Chicago suburb, with lots approximately 60’x150’. Not terribly congested, but not rural either. Plenty of wildlife including skunks, raccoons, fox, possums, squirrels, chipmunks, mice… The neighbors diago… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=206)