# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=262 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 263 --- ## [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? --- ## [Can centaurs swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-centaurs-swim/940256)
**Author:** [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-centaurs-swim/940256 "2021-04-22T10:10:33Z")
Horses can swim and humans can swim, can centaurs? Presumably their lungs take up about the same percentage of body size as a horse or human, and on top, so the human torso cavity is almost all lungs. They might prefer t… --- ## ["Do You Want to View in Frames?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-view-in-frames/940490)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-to-view-in-frames/940490 "2021-04-22T06:23:38Z")
Perhaps this is old school, but do Straight Dopers remember the early days of the internet when one would commonly see a pop-up dialog box (or such) saying “Do you want to view in frames?” OR “Do you want to print in fra… --- ## [Texas Temp Tags in Northern Virginia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-temp-tags-in-northern-virginia/940388)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-temp-tags-in-northern-virginia/940388 "2021-04-22T04:51:06Z")
I have seen three Texas temporary tags on cars in the last week. Is there a reason why these cars would be bought in Texas and brought up here to Virginia? --- ## [Question for the auto mechanically inclined](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-auto-mechanically-inclined/939998)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-auto-mechanically-inclined/939998 "2021-04-21T21:18:37Z")
Late fall last year, our 2012 Toyota RAV4 started developing a grinding sound around 2000 RPM. We could push past it or stay under it, and it was “fine”. But we knew something was wrong, and I took it to our regular mech… --- ## [The question "How much pain are you in?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-how-much-pain-are-you-in/940157)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-question-how-much-pain-are-you-in/940157 "2021-04-21T19:57:27Z")
So you go to a doctor and are asked “On a scale of one to ten (or one to five), how much pain are (or were) you in?”, sometimes showing you this cute little cartoon chart that starts with a happy face and goes all the wa… --- ## [Biblio? Selling there? Yes/no](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-selling-there-yes-no/940378)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biblio-selling-there-yes-no/940378 "2021-04-21T19:56:23Z")
I’m fed up with Amazon. I’m thinking of migrating to Biblio. Any Doper who was sold books on Biblio, please weigh in. poll --- ## [Had your roof replaced? I would be interested in hearing about your experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-your-roof-replaced-i-would-be-interested-in-hearing-about-your-experiences/931820)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-your-roof-replaced-i-would-be-interested-in-hearing-about-your-experiences/931820 "2021-04-21T18:41:29Z")
As if all the crap in the past year wasn’t enough I find that I now need to replace the roof of my house. I knew this was coming and have a bit of money set aside for this but its still hard - I got laid off about 4 m… --- ## [Do you keep your phone locked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-phone-locked/939762)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-keep-your-phone-locked/939762 "2021-04-21T14:45:06Z")
Title says it all - is your phone locked when you’re not actively using it? Mine is - with a 4-digit PIN. Not that anyone could get a whole lot off it anyway, since I mostly just use it as a phone. I can’t think of any … --- ## [“Good morning, guys” — is using ‘guys’ appropriate? Because y’all are female and male. What say we?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-guys-is-using-guys-appropriate-because-y-all-are-female-and-male-what-say-we/940148)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-guys-is-using-guys-appropriate-because-y-all-are-female-and-male-what-say-we/940148 "2021-04-21T05:51:39Z")
In the Marines a common way to address a group would be to use the word ‘people’. As in, good morning, people. Which of these greetings is best when addressing a group of people both female and male — Good morning, gu… --- ## [Anyone Else Ever Used LensFactory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-used-lensfactory/940420)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-ever-used-lensfactory/940420 "2021-04-21T02:49:44Z")
I have a pair of frames I love. I decided to get replacement lenses from LensFactory. They took longer to arrive than expected, but that was ok. The problem is the left lens is jacked up. I’m not sure if the rx wasn’t co… --- ## [Trial of Derek Chauvin (killer of George Floyd) outcome poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-outcome-poll/940327)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trial-of-derek-chauvin-killer-of-george-floyd-outcome-poll/940327 "2021-04-20T23:12:22Z")
The closing arguments in the trial of Derek Chauvin are currently being made by the defense. What do you believe will be the outcome of the trial? poll Minnesota second and third degree murder definitions can be found h… --- ## [What kind of cross training sneaker goes least terribly with relaxed-fit pleated khakis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cross-training-sneaker-goes-least-terribly-with-relaxed-fit-pleated-khakis/939506)
**Author:** [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cross-training-sneaker-goes-least-terribly-with-relaxed-fit-pleated-khakis/939506 "2021-04-20T23:02:50Z")
The only pants I find comfortable are relaxed-fit, pleated khakis from Dockers. Not trying to win any fashion medals here, I’m just trying to avoid the most egregious faux pas. Jeans are too warm; shorts it’s usually to… --- ## [House listings with no square footage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-listings-with-no-square-footage/940235)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-listings-with-no-square-footage/940235 "2021-04-20T18:18:13Z")
So I’m not quite sixty years old, and a pastime at my age is reading articles like this one: The Most Affordable Places to Retire. I mean, I wouldn’t want to live most of those places, but let’s check it out anyhoo. Then… --- ## [I have a problem with my cat, hoping for advice from a vet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-my-cat-hoping-for-advice-from-a-vet/924963)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-problem-with-my-cat-hoping-for-advice-from-a-vet/924963 "2021-04-20T09:33:17Z")
My wife and daughter inexplicably shaved our cat’s belly when she was around a year old. 3 years later, the cat apparently thinks it’s supposed to stay shaved and she won’t let it grow back. Now her nipples are getting … --- ## [Press/Media STOP SAYING THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO KILL OTHERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-media-stop-saying-the-names-of-those-who-kill-others/938817)
**Author:** [@Anita\_Dayoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anita_Dayoff)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/press-media-stop-saying-the-names-of-those-who-kill-others/938817 "2021-04-20T04:12:23Z")
Call them murderers or cowards. Add accused or suspected if required but STOP SAYING THEIR NAMES. We should say the names of heroes, not those who kill others. --- ## [Long lived marriages/relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lived-marriages-relationships/939941)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-lived-marriages-relationships/939941 "2021-04-19T21:07:55Z")
What are your secrets? Mrs. L and i are going on 7 years so I don’t know if we qualify. But I think for us, travel has been a biggie. --- ## [Homeless vs Unhoused, and other vocabulary shifts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-vs-unhoused-and-other-vocabulary-shifts/939993)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-vs-unhoused-and-other-vocabulary-shifts/939993 "2021-04-19T20:53:24Z")
I’m starting to hear news stories about people living on the streets that refer to them as “unhoused”, rather than the more common “homeless”. I know that terminology and vocabulary changes, often to be more sensitive –… --- ## [Restaurant staff shortage causes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-staff-shortage-causes/939923)
**Author:** [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-staff-shortage-causes/939923 "2021-04-19T20:51:42Z")
Where I live there’s a trend recently toward staff shortage s in restaurants…to the point that we are seeing early closing times or random daily closings. People are grumbling about it on FB, placing 100% of the blame o… --- ## [Industries Ripe for Disruption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-ripe-for-disruption/939859)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/industries-ripe-for-disruption/939859 "2021-04-19T20:39:32Z")
There are occasional threads here about car buying and dealers and it got me thinking about industries that should be or are ready to be disrupted. Here are a couple that come to mind… Car Dealerships. Fetid swamps of a… --- ## [Good Non-Ebay Alternative To Amazon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-ebay-alternative-to-amazon/939626)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-non-ebay-alternative-to-amazon/939626 "2021-04-19T20:30:45Z")
Amazon is becoming a hemorrhoid. I spend more time jousting with these idiots & their bureaucracy than I do filling orders. I’ve never been successful on Ebay. Are there other good alternatives for selling used books … --- ## [Has bullying actually got better?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-bullying-actually-got-better/940162)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-bullying-actually-got-better/940162 "2021-04-19T17:30:52Z")
One of the random things I consider now I have kids of my own (though they are all still a long way from starting school properly) is whether bullying at school has actually got better since I was a kid. So for context … --- ## [Old gasoline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gasoline/940263)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gasoline/940263 "2021-04-19T10:13:10Z")
How do you dispose of two year old gas for the lawnmower? --- ## [What to say to parents of very ill infant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-say-to-parents-of-very-ill-infant/940120)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-say-to-parents-of-very-ill-infant/940120 "2021-04-19T09:28:30Z")
My son-in-law’s sister recently had a baby. The baby is very ill. In ICU. On dialysis. Likely transplant candidate. May not live. … We’ll be seeing the parents for the first time since the birth later this month - … --- ## [Resin 3D printers: How bad are the fumes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-3d-printers-how-bad-are-the-fumes/940268)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resin-3d-printers-how-bad-are-the-fumes/940268 "2021-04-19T00:40:32Z")
…Since it would be residing in my bedroom cum office. I’m thinking with a liquid plastic there’s a solvent involved. There’s a window nearby so it would be possible to rig up a fan and hose blowing anything outside bu… --- ## [MS Word Gurus: Advanced Topic w/Page Numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-gurus-advanced-topic-w-page-numbers/940125)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ms-word-gurus-advanced-topic-w-page-numbers/940125 "2021-04-18T16:10:44Z")
I added an “Appendix A” to my MS Word document. First, I want to add page numbers in the appendix starting with A-1 using Word’s ability to number consecutive pages accordingly (ie: A-1, A-2, A-3…) AND I want the A-1 p… --- ## [Let's talk appliance colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-appliance-colors/939600)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-appliance-colors/939600 "2021-04-18T14:25:22Z")
I’m in the market for a new dishwasher. All my appliances are white. I am discovering that, in narrowing my preferences to white, I am severely limiting my options. I believe there is an appliance shortage in general, a… --- ## [100-year-old single-pane windows: replace, or refurbish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-single-pane-windows-replace-or-refurbish/939736)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2021, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-year-old-single-pane-windows-replace-or-refurbish/939736 "2021-04-18T04:06:28Z")
We have a 1916 brick bungalow with original windows that need some serious love. Caulking on the outside helped, but they are still quite drafty and the wood is degrading from moisture in some places, and in the winter w… --- ## [How many of you use software to track finances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-use-software-to-track-finances/940083)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-use-software-to-track-finances/940083 "2021-04-17T14:48:25Z")
Sparked by some retirement discussions here. My wife was something of an early adopter of home computers in general, and in financial software specifically. We’ve been using Quicken to handle our home finances for 25 ye… --- ## [So...When Does the Great Antarctic Land Grab Start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-does-the-great-antarctic-land-grab-start/939784)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-when-does-the-great-antarctic-land-grab-start/939784 "2021-04-16T20:43:29Z")
Mostly going for the catchy title. How bad does global warming have to get before Antarctica melts and we have another continent to screw up colonize? When do you think that would happen? How long for the Land Truly D… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=263)