# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=212 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 213 --- ## [Have you ever had a dream where you believed something absurd, and still believed after waking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-where-you-believed-something-absurd-and-still-believed-after-waking/960477)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-dream-where-you-believed-something-absurd-and-still-believed-after-waking/960477 "2022-03-05T19:46:08Z")
This morning I had a dream, right before waking, wherein I needed the toilet, but the only toilets available were those ones that you needed a license to use. Similar to a TV license. This was just assumed knowledge in m… --- ## [How could the u.s. have prevented putin? (Title edited for clarity)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-u-s-have-prevented-putin-title-edited-for-clarity/960459)
**Author:** [@Macfries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macfries)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-the-u-s-have-prevented-putin-title-edited-for-clarity/960459 "2022-03-05T17:16:02Z")
What coukd we of done in tge 90s to stop this,before it had begun.? --- ## [Let's Go 106 M.P.H. on a Sharp Curve.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-106-m-p-h-on-a-sharp-curve/719997)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-106-m-p-h-on-a-sharp-curve/719997 "2022-03-05T16:41:49Z")
Anyone want to venture a guess how this happened? --- ## [That armored-vehicle column/convoy north of Kiev](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-armored-vehicle-column-convoy-north-of-kiev/960276 "2022-03-05T14:57:23Z")
what are the most likely scenarios of the Ukr. engaging this 10-60km (depending sources) long convoy full of tanks/supply trucks/tankers/armed personnel carrier/artillery pieces? does the situation get more favorable (o… --- ## [Question for fellow Landlords](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-fellow-landlords/960155 "2022-03-05T13:35:45Z")
I have several rental properties. One of them is a story and a half built in the early 1900s so 2 small upstairs bedroom and a staircase with multiple turns. The current tenants have lived there about 7 years and are mo… --- ## [Fill 'Er Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2022, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-er-up/960235 "2022-03-05T03:42:00Z")
As I stand outside in the whipping wind with temps below zero filling my gas tank, I often think, I’d gladly pay a little extra per gallon if someone would pump the gas for me and I can stay in my warm car. So how much … --- ## [Seeking: "Switcher" Guide for MacOS --\> iOS (i.e., iPhone tutorial for Mac proficient, cell-ignorant person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-switcher-guide-for-macos-ios-i-e-iphone-tutorial-for-mac-proficient-cell-ignorant-person/960463 "2022-03-04T22:55:22Z")
You’re perhaps familiar with the various guides and tutorials for “switchers” who know Windows like the back of their hands but are for the first time dipping their toes into Mac waters, or perhaps vice versa? I’m looki… --- ## [I found a hole in my yard. A really big, deep hole. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-a-hole-in-my-yard-a-really-big-deep-hole-now-what/960460 "2022-03-04T21:08:31Z")
We bought a house last year and owing to the fact that the last owner – who was very elderly and was his wife’s primary caregiver to boot – passed away in May of 2019, little in the way of yard maintenance had been done … --- ## [Paint damage on car -- can a detailing place fix this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paint-damage-on-car-can-a-detailing-place-fix-this/960432 "2022-03-04T18:14:29Z")
I have to park outside. Lots of bird poop, twigs, leaves, and just nature in general. The parking spot gets some sun, but not a lot of direct sunshine. I noticed this brownish, rusty-looking stuff on the trunk of the car… --- ## [Anyone else smell Trump had a hand in the Russian invasion of the Ukraine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-smell-trump-had-a-hand-in-the-russian-invasion-of-the-ukraine/960113)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-smell-trump-had-a-hand-in-the-russian-invasion-of-the-ukraine/960113 "2022-03-04T16:47:55Z")
Didn’t Trump meet with Putin and have several closed doors meetings? and remove our troops from our NATO allies? And met with the Taliban to setoff a ‘timebomb’ of our withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan? And try to … --- ## [Would This Travel Itinerary Arouse Suspicion (better explained in OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-travel-itinerary-arouse-suspicion-better-explained-in-op/960354)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-travel-itinerary-arouse-suspicion-better-explained-in-op/960354 "2022-03-04T15:50:16Z")
My elderly mother is flying from Home to Destination. She’s terrified of flying so she’ll be on an anti-anxiety medicine, and she’s concerned she’ll be so mellow at the airport that she won’t remember to actually get on … --- ## [Why was Trump rushed in and out of Walter Reed Hospital, if not (the official explanation) Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-trump-rushed-in-and-out-of-walter-reed-hospital-if-not-the-official-explanation-covid/960281)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-trump-rushed-in-and-out-of-walter-reed-hospital-if-not-the-official-explanation-covid/960281 "2022-03-04T08:20:15Z")
From the “belief w/o evidence” thread, where I asked for the likeliest explanations yet offered. Trump had an amazingly short bout of “Covid” and a fast full recovery, so people doubted he was treated for Covid at all. A… --- ## [What, objectively, was better with the economy under Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objectively-was-better-with-the-economy-under-trump/960409)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-objectively-was-better-with-the-economy-under-trump/960409 "2022-03-04T00:18:58Z")
How much a US president can impact the economy, especially within their first 4-year term, is the topic of many debates. When we consider all the factors and players that contribute to fiscal policy and the independence… --- ## [Van life and taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360)
**Author:** [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-life-and-taxes/960360 "2022-03-03T22:26:15Z")
So, this van life thing seems to be taking off a bit these days. I don’t know what percentage of young folks are taking it up, but it certainly seems as though it is far more popular and also far more practical than it w… --- ## [Tax software questions/recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-software-questions-recommendations/960417 "2022-03-03T20:12:31Z")
This year I cannot use Turbotax. Does any tax preparation software exist that isn’t online (loading my info to their servers)? In the past, I could buy a Turbotax disk and install it on my home PC. Now, I must use my … --- ## [At the brink of War - Who is equivalent to Neville Chamberlain today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-brink-of-war-who-is-equivalent-to-neville-chamberlain-today/959881)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-brink-of-war-who-is-equivalent-to-neville-chamberlain-today/959881 "2022-03-03T15:31:23Z")
Now, I know how my grandparents felt September 30, 1938. The world helplessly wrung it’s hands as Hitler prepared to conquer Europe. NATO was supposed to keep this from happening again. It’s just as impotent and frighten… --- ## [9mm handguns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9mm-handguns/959800)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9mm-handguns/959800 "2022-03-03T15:16:51Z")
Inspired by so many rap lyrics mentioning this ammunition. Sometimes there is a .45, or a shotgun, or even an AK. Is it still considered a top choice for a sidearm or machine pistol? Or does it evoke something grandpa w… --- ## [Banning Russian Commercial Airline Flights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-russian-commercial-airline-flights/960118)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banning-russian-commercial-airline-flights/960118 "2022-03-03T11:56:41Z")
The Chicago Convention of the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) has several articles, including Article 6: Article 6 : (Scheduled air services) No scheduled international air service may be operated over … --- ## [Am I ignorant for not being worried about nuclear armageddon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-ignorant-for-not-being-worried-about-nuclear-armageddon/960264)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-ignorant-for-not-being-worried-about-nuclear-armageddon/960264 "2022-03-03T06:14:56Z")
I’m normally the worrying type, but given the totality of what I know about this whole thing and the players involved (which may or may not be “enough” or even substantial), I just can’t get worked up about the idea of t… --- ## [iPhone bedside clock app recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-bedside-clock-app-recommendations/960124)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-bedside-clock-app-recommendations/960124 "2022-03-03T04:20:35Z")
Can anyone recommend an iPhone app to use the phone as a bedside clock? I want to have it standing on a charger overnight, preferably in landscape mode, with the time displayed (digital not analog) and an alarm time set.… --- ## [Is there a free photoshop/paint program with clear instructions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-photoshop-paint-program-with-clear-instructions/960305)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-free-photoshop-paint-program-with-clear-instructions/960305 "2022-03-02T20:59:36Z")
I’m a painter, and I work from photos on my computer—just to get me started, blocking out the stuff I want to put where on the canvas, and I find that photos help me get the proportions right. That is, I don’t do most o… --- ## [Subscription clothes service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-clothes-service/960324)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-clothes-service/960324 "2022-03-02T20:23:59Z")
Just wondering if anyone has used a subscription clothes service and if it is something you’d recommend. I hate shopping for clothes and avoid it. Also, is there a company that is recommended? --- ## [I'm being subpeonaed as a witness. Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-subpeonaed-as-a-witness-any-advice/960301)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-subpeonaed-as-a-witness-any-advice/960301 "2022-03-02T18:32:05Z")
So sometime last summer a bunch of cars on my street were broken into a various things were stolen. First I knew about is was when my neighbor knocked on my door the next morning. His neighbor’s porch camera caught the … --- ## [Looking for a proverb in French that resembles "Sois lent au choix, mais encore plus lent au changement." or carries the same meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-proverb-in-french-that-resembles-sois-lent-au-choix-mais-encore-plus-lent-au-changement-or-carries-the-same-meaning/960175)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-proverb-in-french-that-resembles-sois-lent-au-choix-mais-encore-plus-lent-au-changement-or-carries-the-same-meaning/960175 "2022-03-02T15:44:26Z")
Looking for a proverb in French that resembles the wording: \*“Sois lent au choix, mais encore plus lent au changement.”(Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.) or carries the same meaning \*The translatuion is mi… --- ## [Food allergies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies/960317)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-allergies/960317 "2022-03-02T15:02:01Z")
I read an article that said 80 to 90 % of people have some sort of food allergy or intolerance. I recently discovered i have something called oral allergy syndrome. which basically means my body thinks raw tomato raw on… --- ## [Someone Needs to Invent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-needs-to-invent/958689)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-needs-to-invent/958689 "2022-03-02T12:28:20Z")
It looks like this topic was brought up in 2008. I think it’s time it was revisited. A couch cover that stays on the couch. I keep our couch and loveseat covered because that’s where the dogs can usually be found. I’ve … --- ## [What (if anything) is good about rural America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-good-about-rural-america/922450)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 252\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-good-about-rural-america/922450 "2022-03-02T01:43:29Z")
The view of many these days is heavily negative of rural America: Opioids, taking in more taxpayer income from the blue states than vice versa, Trump country, “clinging to guns and Bibles,” coal-mining jobs lost, and thi… --- ## [Unlinking 2 iPhones from each other](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlinking-2-iphones-from-each-other/960283)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlinking-2-iphones-from-each-other/960283 "2022-03-01T15:26:02Z")
My wife’s old phone became obsolete, and I have an iPhone which is not in service, so she put her SIM card into that phone and it’s working for her. The problem is that that iPhone is, like my current phone, a company-pr… --- ## [Please help me unhack my father's computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-unhack-my-fathers-computer/959827)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-unhack-my-fathers-computer/959827 "2022-03-01T13:26:12Z")
I’ve only just learned, about two months after the fact, that my father’s computer has been hacked. Details are few, but apparently he went to some “ask a pro” website to get the answer to some question, which they answe… --- ## [10-year-old refrigerator whining -- during cooling cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-refrigerator-whining-during-cooling-cycle/960259)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-refrigerator-whining-during-cooling-cycle/960259 "2022-03-01T02:44:08Z")
Our refrigerator is a little over 10 years old. It is a Samsung French-door refrigerator with ice and water dispenser. I don’t remember how much we spent on it, but a new one with similar features is around $1900. The r… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=213)