# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=261 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 262 --- ## [Will REAL ID (enhanced driver licenses) finally be a thing in the USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-real-id-enhanced-driver-licenses-finally-be-a-thing-in-the-usa/845314)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-real-id-enhanced-driver-licenses-finally-be-a-thing-in-the-usa/845314 "2021-04-27T12:58:50Z")
So, after doing a bit of travel lately, I see the signs at the TSA about they really mean it this time and everyone will need the enhanced driver license to fly domestically in the USA. For me, I could care less, I use … --- ## [Bad ideas from science fiction that scientists seem hell bent to pursue anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ideas-from-science-fiction-that-scientists-seem-hell-bent-to-pursue-anyway/940356)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-ideas-from-science-fiction-that-scientists-seem-hell-bent-to-pursue-anyway/940356 "2021-04-27T11:29:01Z")
I know the news stories seem to debunk the fears, and the real life stories might not 100% reflect the science fiction but having fun anyway: Black Mirror episode “Metal Head”: robot dogs attempt to exterminate the huma… --- ## [Life lessons learned the hard way](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/938104)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 236\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/938104 "2021-04-27T00:29:00Z")
Before you sit down on the toilet, make sure your cell phone is not in your back pocket. When you take a jacknife-style food thermometer (e.g., Thermapen) out of a roast, don’t grab the pointy end to fold it back up. D… --- ## [What do you think about self-complimentary opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-self-complimentary-opinions/939983)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-self-complimentary-opinions/939983 "2021-04-26T23:09:43Z")
I’m talking here about statements like the following: “I’m a nice guy \[or person\].” “I’m very intelligent.” “I’m gorgeous.” “I’m not at all racist.” I’m not talking about statements of skills or interests, not talki… --- ## [How do I get my health insurance and my employer to TALK to each other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-health-insurance-and-my-employer-to-talk-to-each-other/940485)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-health-insurance-and-my-employer-to-talk-to-each-other/940485 "2021-04-26T21:40:18Z")
My job changed in January but I still work for the same employer, although my health insurance changed slightly because I switched from working on a government contract to a non-government contract. Apparently somebody … --- ## [Can You Tell The Nationality Of This Performer, Where This Video Was Recorded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-nationality-of-this-performer-where-this-video-was-recorded/940722)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-nationality-of-this-performer-where-this-video-was-recorded/940722 "2021-04-26T14:32:56Z")
Mrs. Homie watched this YouTube video with the kids she babysits yesterday, and even the kids were left scratching their heads. Caucasian-looking children frolic about while the vocalist sings in English with an accent … --- ## [I need ideas for spending my intellectually disabled brother's stimulus money](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-ideas-for-spending-my-intellectually-disabled-brothers-stimulus-money/940468)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-ideas-for-spending-my-intellectually-disabled-brothers-stimulus-money/940468 "2021-04-26T13:40:47Z")
I am the guardian of my brother Stephen who is 40-something intellectually disabled person that lives in a group home. He receives Medicaid which pays for almost all of his living expenses. He also has a part-time job.… --- ## [What is/was this thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-this-thing/940740)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-was-this-thing/940740 "2021-04-26T09:36:35Z")
A buddy opened a trendy new restaurant where a repurposed thing is hung as art. Anyone know? \[Album\] What was this? … --- ## [Can someone recommend a good, free online typing course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-recommend-a-good-free-online-typing-course/925930)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-recommend-a-good-free-online-typing-course/925930 "2021-04-26T05:12:04Z")
I got a new job that requires a lot of data input. Hunting and pecking is not cutting it. I have zero experience. Can someone recommend a good, free online typing course? --- ## [Dog/Pit Bull question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-pit-bull-question/940742)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-pit-bull-question/940742 "2021-04-26T02:56:33Z")
From a previous thread, I thought I’d especially flag these people for help. @Corry\_El @kitap @JcWoman @RivkahChaya @Whack-a-Mole Maybe this a “dog” question or maybe it’s peculiar to pit bulls, hence the thread ti… --- ## [User Card Background holdouts: are you going to stick to your guns or get one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408 "2021-04-25T22:40:34Z")
When someone clicks on your Avatar, they get your User Card, which shows things about you. Join date, optional location, yada. This card can have a background image. Click my avatar, wait a sec for it to load and there’s… --- ## [I got a MyPillow gift certificate for Xmas. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-mypillow-gift-certificate-for-xmas-now-what/930672)
**Author:** [@knobturner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knobturner)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-mypillow-gift-certificate-for-xmas-now-what/930672 "2021-04-25T17:11:05Z")
My Trump loving sister gave it to me, knowing we are political polar opposites. I can imagine the slight smirk on her face as she placed it in my Xmas card. Burning it puts more money in My Pillow Guy’s pocket. Orderin… --- ## [Why "True Scotsmen" don't wear underpants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-true-scotsmen-dont-wear-underpants/940630)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-true-scotsmen-dont-wear-underpants/940630 "2021-04-25T05:00:02Z")
With kilts, that is. The reason given is “tradition”, but it’s hard to understand anyway. If no one sees what’s under the kilt, then no one knows whether you’re wearing underpants or not. And if someone does get a glim… --- ## [Question about the last King of England \[William III\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-last-king-of-england-william-iii/940465)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-last-king-of-england-william-iii/940465 "2021-04-24T06:27:21Z")
Had he not converted to Anglicanism, how would history have been different? --- ## [Who can tell me about Derek Chauvin’s hand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tell-me-about-derek-chauvin-s-hand/940455)
**Author:** [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-tell-me-about-derek-chauvin-s-hand/940455 "2021-04-24T05:51:43Z")
After following the Floyd murder on and off for all this time, I am left with an unsettling question. Someone here will know the answer, for sure. Derek Chauvin was kneeling on George Floyd all that time with one hand i… --- ## [Dogecoin is Plummeting - what is going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogecoin-is-plummeting-what-is-going-on/940576)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogecoin-is-plummeting-what-is-going-on/940576 "2021-04-24T05:49:21Z")
Dogecoin is Plummeting - what is going on? Dogecoin was rising steadily, now it is falling like a rock. What is happening? --- ## [Avatar holdouts: going to stick to your guns or eventually get one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-holdouts-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-eventually-get-one/940022 "2021-04-24T03:12:55Z")
\[Hybrid topic, but I’ve seen avatar threads often go here and not into one of the top two subforums up there. If it needs to be moved there then que sera sera\] It’s a shame because in a lot of cases I can envision some… --- ## [Network UPS backup time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-ups-backup-time/940620)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/network-ups-backup-time/940620 "2021-04-23T23:49:55Z")
How long will UPS keep your network switches and servers running? I’ve been asked to some up with a number. If the users don’t have UPS as well, I think an hour would be plenty of time to shut things down without loss o… --- ## [15 yr vs 30 yr mortgage advise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-vs-30-yr-mortgage-advise/940484)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yr-vs-30-yr-mortgage-advise/940484 "2021-04-23T19:36:41Z")
Finances are not my strong point so looking for some advise. Buying a new house and the loan will be for $90,000. We will likely be able to pay that off in 7 years. Question is should we go for the 15 yr at 2.7% or the 3… --- ## [Appropriate thank-you gift for a family practitioner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-thank-you-gift-for-a-family-practitioner/940486)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appropriate-thank-you-gift-for-a-family-practitioner/940486 "2021-04-23T19:32:02Z")
We just went thru a bit of a fiasco with my husband’s neurologist (specifically, his office staff) and our regular doc went above and beyond to straighten things out for us. Short and sweet - my husband was having troub… --- ## [Horrible AND fascinating catastrophic workplace accident videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-and-fascinating-catastrophic-workplace-accident-videos/932548)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-and-fascinating-catastrophic-workplace-accident-videos/932548 "2021-04-23T17:04:55Z")
I figure it’s an opinion issue Regarding how fascinating it is… I recently saw a collection of CCTV videos which each captured some catastrophic deadly accident in some manufacturing workplace. There were about half a d… --- ## [How difficult are you to live with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-are-you-to-live-with/940471)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-are-you-to-live-with/940471 "2021-04-23T15:49:58Z")
On a scale from 1-10, how difficult are you to live with? poll --- ## [Twenty-one Dead in Thailand. Minimal Press Coverage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one-dead-in-thailand-minimal-press-coverage/847657)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-one-dead-in-thailand-minimal-press-coverage/847657 "2020-02-11T14:59:06Z")
There is press coverage of the massacre. I am not saying the story is being ignored. It just seems to me to not be getting the coverage it ought. Cnn.com The main story on the front page. BBC.com same New York Times o… --- ## [Home Windows computer: any reason to avoid solid state storage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-windows-computer-any-reason-to-avoid-solid-state-storage/940493)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-windows-computer-any-reason-to-avoid-solid-state-storage/940493 "2021-04-23T04:18:06Z")
About to break down and get a new computer. On the face of it, solid state data storage seems like a good idea, faster, not subject to physical degradation (not the same type, anyway, I gather there is a limit on the num… --- ## [How common is it to see armed people walking around in Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-to-see-armed-people-walking-around-in-israel/940230)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-it-to-see-armed-people-walking-around-in-israel/940230 "2021-04-23T03:09:19Z")
Someone elsewhere mentioned that in Israel that soldiers are required to carry their guns when off duty and also for several years after active duty, so you see people who aren’t dressed as soldiers carrying guns around.… --- ## [Need help converting a list into Excel spreadsheet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-converting-a-list-into-excel-spreadsheet/940544)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-converting-a-list-into-excel-spreadsheet/940544 "2021-04-22T21:59:01Z")
At work, I have a long list that I created in a Word document. Unfortunately I need to convert it into a 3- or 4-column spreadsheet, and I didn’t bother to use columns in my Word document. Below is an example of what m… --- ## [My Animal Religion Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-animal-religion-theory/939897)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-animal-religion-theory/939897 "2021-04-22T21:25:28Z")
(At first I was just going to put this in MPSIMS. But upon closer reflection, I now realize that this might spark some debates.) As I must’ve made clear by now, I have a very unconventional approach to life. And as I al… --- ## [Rechargeable batteries, are they worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rechargeable-batteries-are-they-worth-it/940103)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rechargeable-batteries-are-they-worth-it/940103 "2021-04-22T14:29:53Z")
(Does this belong in IMHO, or MPSIMS?) I use AAs and Cs, for TV remotes and radios respectively. I don’t like tossing spent batteries into our landfills, or wherever household hazardous wastes go. I’m thinking of gettin… --- ## [Proof of life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-life/940483)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-of-life/940483 "2021-04-22T13:45:21Z")
There are always stories, for example the recent account of a wayward princess who was black-bagged, where someone demands proof that the kidnap victim is still alive. I wonder, short of producing the person, what proof… --- ## [E cigarette batteries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarette-batteries/593614)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-cigarette-batteries/593614 "2011-08-30T06:46:07Z")
Safe Cig is my favorite. They taste better than the others. But the batteries quit holding their charge in a month or so. I charge them from huse current or the car. How long to your batteries last? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=262)