# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=26 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 27 --- ## [Is this a font or just a logo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-font-or-just-a-logo/1026649)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-font-or-just-a-logo/1026649 "2026-01-13T18:06:34Z")
I like the bold geometric lettering on the Toyota Tundra tailgate. I wonder if it is a whole font or just a logo? --- ## [Anyone else who tried out smoking (tobacco) when young and just failed to see the point?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-who-tried-out-smoking-tobacco-when-young-and-just-failed-to-see-the-point/1026591)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-who-tried-out-smoking-tobacco-when-young-and-just-failed-to-see-the-point/1026591 "2026-01-13T16:56:16Z")
An experience that I do not recall others mentioning: I tried out smoking cigarettes as a teen, surreptitiously, over a period of days and to the extent of perhaps half a pack, and experienced no effect (pleasurable or … --- ## [Spam cell phone calls-- I don't get them but almost everyone I know gets lots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-cell-phone-calls-i-dont-get-them-but-almost-everyone-i-know-gets-lots/1026565)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-cell-phone-calls-i-dont-get-them-but-almost-everyone-i-know-gets-lots/1026565 "2026-01-13T15:23:55Z")
When I get together with friends for lunch or just to chat here at The Home, often the subject of spam calls will come up. To their cell phones (most don’t have a land line anymore). I had lunch with a friend on Friday … --- ## [Are there actually any decent nonstick pots and pans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-actually-any-decent-nonstick-pots-and-pans/1024093)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-actually-any-decent-nonstick-pots-and-pans/1024093 "2026-01-13T14:44:02Z")
All I want is one saucepan and one 10 inch frying pan that is reasonably nonstick. People kept telling me to get Calphalon but I did and despite never using metal utensils and never scrubbing it I found that the coating … --- ## [Hatin' on Christmas music!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hatin-on-christmas-music/994897)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 182\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hatin-on-christmas-music/994897 "2026-01-12T22:28:59Z")
'Tis the season … for retail workers, customer service agents, etc. to be subjected to endless rounds of 50-year-old renditions of “Jingle Bell Rock,” plus all the new! fresh! yay! reworkings by yesterday’s has-beens. W… --- ## [How many pillows do you sleep with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pillows-do-you-sleep-with/1026400)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-pillows-do-you-sleep-with/1026400 "2026-01-12T18:17:01Z")
How many pillows do you use to sleep, not how many are on your bed. Body pillows count as 2. poll --- ## [Crack in shower wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-in-shower-wall/1026542)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crack-in-shower-wall/1026542 "2026-01-11T13:26:35Z")
I went to take a shower this morning, and discovered a crack in my shower wall. I’ve already left a message with my plumber, but his hours are Monday - Friday, so I don’t … --- ## [Soliciting your first impressions on what you see in a figure in a woodcut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-your-first-impressions-on-what-you-see-in-a-figure-in-a-woodcut/1026284)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-your-first-impressions-on-what-you-see-in-a-figure-in-a-woodcut/1026284 "2026-01-10T03:51:04Z")
I have now hung a woodcut titled “Dancing couple” by HAP Grieshaber (local hero in the town where I live now) on the wall in our home office room. My wife and I disagree i… --- ## [How quickly do you stop wearing the ring, after the death of a SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-you-stop-wearing-the-ring-after-the-death-of-a-so/1026478)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-do-you-stop-wearing-the-ring-after-the-death-of-a-so/1026478 "2026-01-09T17:51:59Z")
My sister told me of a funeral she recently attended. A couple had been married 50 years, and the wife died and was cremated. At the memorial, the husband said some words to the effect of, “The best day of my wife was … --- ## [Should we visit Ireland or Scotland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-visit-ireland-or-scotland/1011642 "2026-01-08T21:11:14Z")
My wife and I are retiring next year and are considering taking a tour of either Ireland or Scotland. I honestly don’t know much about either place. If you’re familiar with either or both of them, which do you think woul… --- ## [Did US companies leave Venezuela and go to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403)
**Author:** [@Carolxi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carolxi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-us-companies-leave-venezuela-and-go-to-canada/1026403 "2026-01-08T17:11:23Z")
Did US compies leave Venezuela and go to Canada ? --- ## [How do you conceptualize/navigate "settings" on your compute/phone/car/etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-conceptualize-navigate-settings-on-your-compute-phone-car-etc/1025834)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-conceptualize-navigate-settings-on-your-compute-phone-car-etc/1025834 "2026-01-08T01:39:23Z")
I periodically encounter something on my computer, phone, or car, which I wish to address, and am told that it can be managed in settings. Unfortunately, to me that is often the equivalent of “go look for your needle in… --- ## [eBay: are we done with auctions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-are-we-done-with-auctions/1026327)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ebay-are-we-done-with-auctions/1026327 "2026-01-07T19:43:58Z")
The last few times I’ve sold things on eBay, I used the default auction setup, and the items didn’t get any bids until the last couple of minutes and sold for a tenth of comparable “buy it now” items. When I used to sel… --- ## [Viral Rampaging Idiots being Fired - What Next For Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-rampaging-idiots-being-fired-what-next-for-them/1025985)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viral-rampaging-idiots-being-fired-what-next-for-them/1025985 "2026-01-07T10:35:36Z")
Continuing the discussion from this post in the Pit: Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2). Note this OP is in IMHO. The linked post by @Jackmannii has cites to a woman who was recorded on a drunken rampage i… --- ## [Windows 10 (64-bit) Update: You're not up to date but we ain't fixing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-64-bit-update-youre-not-up-to-date-but-we-aint-fixing-it/1026376)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-64-bit-update-youre-not-up-to-date-but-we-aint-fixing-it/1026376 "2026-01-07T07:14:17Z")
I run virtual machines, spanning a wide range of vintages. I have Microsoft’s OS ranging from Windows 3.11 for Workgroups through Windows 11. In all the modern-to-semi-modern editions, I’m used to having to check for u… --- ## [So the ICE agents were booking at the Hilton?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-ice-agents-were-booking-at-the-hilton/1026419)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-the-ice-agents-were-booking-at-the-hilton/1026419 "2026-01-07T02:09:16Z")
Isn’t that a bit high end for federal agents? Or is Hilton not as expensive as I think? --- ## [Should I get a BMW Mini Cooper S](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-bmw-mini-cooper-s/1026375)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-bmw-mini-cooper-s/1026375 "2026-01-06T20:28:22Z")
From the Simpsons (sorta) Rabbi Krustovsky: Can you phrase that as an ethical question? Ned Flanders: Is it right to get a BMW Mini Cooper S (20xx - so quite used yet pre-2020) I’m in the UK (doubt that matters) and n… --- ## [Are "smart" garage door openers really an improvement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-smart-garage-door-openers-really-an-improvement/1026241)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-smart-garage-door-openers-really-an-improvement/1026241 "2026-01-06T18:39:57Z")
Today’s paper (Chicago Trib) had an article from the NYT titled “Device puts you in control of your garage door.” (Apologies - unable to link.) Apparently a service connecting garage door openers to smart phones (MyQ) … --- ## [Do you get the "have a blessed day" invocation where you live (and are you bothered by it)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 305\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-the-have-a-blessed-day-invocation-where-you-live-and-are-you-bothered-by-it/1025667 "2026-01-05T05:48:43Z")
I live in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, very rural, and very much within the boundaries of the Bible Belt. Of late (this goes back probably a decade) I’ve been getting the invocation from store clerks, bank tellers, e… --- ## [Thoughts on small portable air compressors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-small-portable-air-compressors/1025615)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-small-portable-air-compressors/1025615 "2026-01-05T02:47:57Z")
My car’s tires recently registered as under-inflated in the cold weather. My hand bike pump does not affix to the valve stems, so I am looking for a portable compressor. I borrowed my BIL’s old Craftsman, and it seemed… --- ## [What's your favorite mapping app?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-mapping-app/1026200)
**Author:** [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-mapping-app/1026200 "2026-01-04T02:06:09Z")
Last month we were in Amsterdam, and by the end of the trip I wondered how much of the inner city we had seen. I believe there is an Amsterdam-specific app for that, but I’d like to add an app for daily tracking. I have… --- ## [When were Gen X people born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-were-gen-x-people-born/1026205)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-were-gen-x-people-born/1026205 "2026-01-04T00:25:57Z")
So in another topic it’s put forth that “Gen X” refers to people born AFTER baby boomers (like, in the 60s), but not as late as “1977”. As someone who was born in 1979, I must say I strongly disagree with this. I was ra… --- ## [Work and work culture around the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-and-work-culture-around-the-world/1025746)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-and-work-culture-around-the-world/1025746 "2026-01-03T19:31:38Z")
(I’m thinking mostly of white collar work because that’s what I’m familiar with, but insight into blue collar work and service sector work is appreciated as well.) As an American, I’m greatly conscious of the…shortcomin… --- ## [Any current suggestions for a new EV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-suggestions-for-a-new-ev/1022953)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-current-suggestions-for-a-new-ev/1022953 "2026-01-03T15:51:34Z")
My daughter plans to move out soon, and due to the end of the federal EV credit, maybe we should buy a replacement for the car we will give her now, and not wait until it actually happens. We will be a two car household… --- ## [Shipping cost: why didn't it scale (down) with volumes skyrocketing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-cost-why-didnt-it-scale-down-with-volumes-skyrocketing/1026157)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shipping-cost-why-didnt-it-scale-down-with-volumes-skyrocketing/1026157 "2026-01-03T13:21:43Z")
I clearly remember the younger ME in the late 1990ies when internet-sales started to become a thing: At that time shipping (USPS, FedEx, et al) was fairly inexpensive. As sales took off, my gut feeling was: those shippi… --- ## [Buying a level 2 charging station for an electric car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-level-2-charging-station-for-an-electric-car/1026018)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-level-2-charging-station-for-an-electric-car/1026018 "2026-01-03T02:08:12Z")
So … I’m about to buy an electric car. Which means i will need to charge it. And I’d like to have a level 2 charger in my garage. I have a suitable outlet. Where’s does one buy the charger? What should i be looking for?… --- ## [Clean energy for the world based on using large capacitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-energy-for-the-world-based-on-using-large-capacitors/1026244)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-energy-for-the-world-based-on-using-large-capacitors/1026244 "2026-01-02T14:58:58Z")
Yeah I guess, based on the Ark of the Covenant. Is the problem the unreliability of individual environments and Earths atmosphere or is it possibly the oil indu$try not liking the idea? Maybe some other reason, like rel… --- ## [What is your opinion on strictness in parents? How strict should parents be and what is just absurd?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-strictness-in-parents-how-strict-should-parents-be-and-what-is-just-absurd/1025680)
**Author:** [@lilybug0309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilybug0309)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-on-strictness-in-parents-how-strict-should-parents-be-and-what-is-just-absurd/1025680 "2026-01-02T13:23:07Z")
I have some views on what rules I believe there should be for children. My parents are overly strict, I am 17 and not allowed to go on a date without my parents being there, so I was wondering what other people believe t… --- ## [What other ways (besides the ones humans used) could a specific species become dominant on a planet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-ways-besides-the-ones-humans-used-could-a-specific-species-become-dominant-on-a-planet/1025831)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-ways-besides-the-ones-humans-used-could-a-specific-species-become-dominant-on-a-planet/1025831 "2026-01-02T02:18:42Z")
Just a daydreamy, science-fictiony sort of thought, inspired by the Fermi Paradox (why we have not conclusively met any aliens who have traveled here). Humans conquered this planet without direct coordination among them… --- ## [Headed to Dubai in December](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headed-to-dubai-in-december/1022714)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headed-to-dubai-in-december/1022714 "2026-01-01T15:23:35Z")
For this year’s holiday trip we’re planning to head to Dubai for a week. Flights and hotels aren’t cheap but I think we’re comfortable with what we’ve found. Right now our itinerary includes beach time, Burj Khalifa, day… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=27)