# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=27 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 28 --- ## [How are package delivery services where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-package-delivery-services-where-you-live/1026000)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-package-delivery-services-where-you-live/1026000 "2026-01-01T15:16:23Z")
Between holiday shopping and all the stuff we’ve needed for our boat project, we’ve gotten a LOT of items delivered in recent months. In fact, for several years now, we’ve done a great deal of ordering on line. Most driv… --- ## [2017 iMac- RAM upgrade workaround?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-imac-ram-upgrade-workaround/1026172)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2017-imac-ram-upgrade-workaround/1026172 "2025-12-31T17:34:29Z")
This seems the story of my life. I tried a workaround on my home Mac Mini, since it is limited to RAM that’s native to the motherboard. Now, in the Midwest. Sitting before the iMac we bought for my MIL. It’s getting slo… --- ## [Countertop composter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countertop-composter/1026175)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countertop-composter/1026175 "2025-12-31T17:07:26Z")
Has anyone used something like this? I’m interested because We aren’t permitted to use a composter in the yard The municipality has asked for limited use of sink disposals A kitchen scrap container on the counter, eve… --- ## [R.I.P. Tatiana Schlossberg: not just a Kennedy granddaughter, but smart, brave, and caring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-tatiana-schlossberg-not-just-a-kennedy-granddaughter-but-smart-brave-and-caring/1026201)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-tatiana-schlossberg-not-just-a-kennedy-granddaughter-but-smart-brave-and-caring/1026201 "2025-12-31T13:37:05Z")
I have to admit that at first I thought Tatiana Schlossberg was news just because she’s a Kennedy granddaughter, but after reading her essay in The New Yorker I was impressed by her courage, her wit, and her passion. A w… --- ## [Did you "go to high school" with someone if they graduated behind you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-high-school-with-someone-if-they-graduated-behind-you/1026052)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-high-school-with-someone-if-they-graduated-behind-you/1026052 "2025-12-31T06:11:47Z")
At a social function the name of an acquaintance came up and I said I had gone to high school with them. Somebody quipped “we didn’t go to high school with them. You and I graduated in ‘79 and they graduated in 1980.” I… --- ## [Is there a healthy meal delivery service that you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-healthy-meal-delivery-service-that-you-like/1026170)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-healthy-meal-delivery-service-that-you-like/1026170 "2025-12-30T22:28:33Z")
I asked this question a few years ago and didn’t get many answers, so I’m trying again. Mods, feel free to move this elsewhere if appropriate. I’ve focused on eating healthier over the past few years, and I prepare my o… --- ## [How would you deal with the HOA moving/changing parking lines that you own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-the-hoa-moving-changing-parking-lines-that-you-own/1025761)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-deal-with-the-hoa-moving-changing-parking-lines-that-you-own/1025761 "2025-12-30T22:00:56Z")
I live in a townhouse community, I’ve been there for 20 years and for the most part things are fine. A couple of weeks ago the HOA decided that they were going to repaint all of the parking lines and numbers. They also m… --- ## [Have you ever been caught masturbating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-caught-masturbating/57603)
**Author:** [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-caught-masturbating/57603 "2025-12-30T20:54:23Z")
Where? By whom? How embarrassed were you? What happened the next time you saw the person? Since it wouldn’t be fair to post a question like this without offering my own story, I feel it is necessary to point out that I … --- ## [Carolina Wolf Spider - behavior question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carolina-wolf-spider-behavior-question/1026109)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carolina-wolf-spider-behavior-question/1026109 "2025-12-30T04:16:56Z")
So, I’m dealing with an overly friendly wolf spider. She is huge, would almost fill my palm if you include the legs. Body length a little over an inch, I guess, and very chonky. She is constantly trying to cozy up to … --- ## [What's up with this ubiquitous AI voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-ubiquitous-ai-voice/1020355)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-this-ubiquitous-ai-voice/1020355 "2025-12-30T01:01:12Z")
When I’m watching videos on my youTube feed, I come across videos, often video shorts, that use this particular AI voice all the freakin’ time. What’s the deal with this particular voice-- is it supposed to emulate a ce… --- ## [Visiting sites of past bad events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-sites-of-past-bad-events/1025621)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-sites-of-past-bad-events/1025621 "2025-12-29T20:26:36Z")
Do you? Stop off to see sites of past bad events? If you do does it feel somehow different if it was a long time ago or fairly recent? Is there a “too soon”? Thread inspired by a report on “dark tourism” visiting site… --- ## [Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maylia-and-jack-a-story-of-teens-and-fentanyl/1025829)
**Author:** [@lilybug0309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilybug0309)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maylia-and-jack-a-story-of-teens-and-fentanyl/1025829 "2025-12-28T21:05:03Z")
I just read this article about these two kids, Maylia was arrested and Jack died from an overdose of the drug that was given to him by Maylia. What are your opinions on this story? What do you agree with and/or disagree … --- ## [Buying remote solar panels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-remote-solar-panels/1026099)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-remote-solar-panels/1026099 "2025-12-28T20:59:11Z")
Logistically, would it not be better to install solar panels in a remote location with more optimal conditions than we might have at home? Electricity has no need, in most cases, for onsite production. Why couldn’t I buy… --- ## [Fixing My Dell Laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-my-dell-laptop/1026105)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-my-dell-laptop/1026105 "2025-12-28T16:03:05Z")
I have a Dell XPS 15 that’s about 3-4 years old. I was using it and the screen went blank. Efforts to reboot gave me two orange flashes of the power light, followed by 4 white flashes. A little googling and it’s probabl… --- ## [Help Me Out With My 20th Century Truck (1999 Ford Ranger)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-20th-century-truck-1999-ford-ranger/1026003)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-out-with-my-20th-century-truck-1999-ford-ranger/1026003 "2025-12-27T16:58:33Z")
I have a 1999 Ford Ranger. Up to this point I’ve been willing to spend the money to keep it running but I know that one day I will have to part with it. This will make me sad. I really, really like that vehicle. On t… --- ## [Found an Apple watch - how to return it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-apple-watch-how-to-return-it/1026030)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-an-apple-watch-how-to-return-it/1026030 "2025-12-27T14:46:27Z")
Found during a short walk while visiting relatives in Arlington VA. On the back it identifies itself as an Apple Series 3, 38mm. No serial number is evident. I’m not an Apple person, but I had the impression that Appl… --- ## [Do you know more doctors or lawyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-more-doctors-or-lawyers/1026051)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-more-doctors-or-lawyers/1026051 "2025-12-27T13:23:08Z")
According to Grok (large grain of salt needed) there are about 1.1 million doctors and 1.3 million lawyers in the US. Do you personally know more doctors or lawyers? I mean outside of professionally, not doctors or lawy… --- ## [Q for dermatologists (about biopsy sites)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-dermatologists-about-biopsy-sites/1026089)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-for-dermatologists-about-biopsy-sites/1026089 "2025-12-27T12:41:48Z")
About three years ago I was referred to a dermatologist for a lot of actinic keratoses on my arms. She prescribed fluorouracil cream to make them go away, and most of them have (after a couple of follow-up appointments). … --- ## [Any way of making a cat like you best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-of-making-a-cat-like-you-best/1026070)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-of-making-a-cat-like-you-best/1026070 "2025-12-27T05:41:38Z")
My friend adopted a cat (really cute and I’ll post pictures later) and her 11-year-old son really wants the cat to like him best. From the experience I had with cats in our home when I was younger, I doubt that but I th… --- ## [So when's the trial? (Legal proceedings against faded headliners)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-trial-legal-proceedings-against-faded-headliners/1023091)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2025, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whens-the-trial-legal-proceedings-against-faded-headliners/1023091 "2025-12-27T02:20:48Z")
Luigi Mangione, remember him? The guy charged with murdering a top insurance executive? That was a bit back in the news cycle, and the lawyers are still maneuvering. For that matter, what other outrages have faded from t… --- ## [Should I write a letter for a former colleague confirming US residence for immigration purposes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-a-letter-for-a-former-colleague-confirming-us-residence-for-immigration-purposes/1019012)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-write-a-letter-for-a-former-colleague-confirming-us-residence-for-immigration-purposes/1019012 "2025-12-23T15:10:52Z")
A former colleague of mine (“John”) reached out to ask if I could write a letter confirming his residence in the US while we worked together. He has a child recently born overseas, and getting his kid US citizenship is p… --- ## [Rolling on very slight grades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-on-very-slight-grades/723029)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-on-very-slight-grades/723029 "2025-12-26T21:45:44Z")
Kind of an extreme example here but if you were to build a train track tower on the west coast 10,000 ft high. It gradually sloped all the way to the east coast about 3,000 miles. Only dorps about 3 ft per mile. Would a … --- ## [Advice after serious car accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-after-serious-car-accident/1025950)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-after-serious-car-accident/1025950 "2025-12-26T16:01:40Z")
We had a serious accident Saturday. Somebody turned in front of us while I was going 55 (cruise control set for speed limit) and we collided. My car crossed 2 lanes, airborne and rotating twice, before landing on an emba… --- ## [What is your opinion of the S.C.A. as it stands today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-s-c-a-as-it-stands-today/663945)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 216\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-the-s-c-a-as-it-stands-today/663945 "2025-12-26T08:04:51Z")
Many years ago I was a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (Shire of Stromgard, Kingdom of An Tir), but I dropped out due to life getting in the way. Is it worth getting back into it, or has interest died dow… --- ## [Green tree frog in house in winter (how best to deal with it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-tree-frog-in-house-in-winter-how-best-to-deal-with-it/1026028 "2025-12-26T06:07:47Z")
I was watering my plants and noticed in my watering can I have a tree frog chilling there. I don’t know if he was hibernating or if he will go back. I don’t know if he has eaten anything for months (I brought the can in… --- ## [Things whose price has barely changed in decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-whose-price-has-barely-changed-in-decades/1025921)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-whose-price-has-barely-changed-in-decades/1025921 "2025-12-26T04:18:15Z")
As a child, we eagerly read the Sears “Christmas Wish Book” every year the moment the catalogue arrived. It started with pages of gifts for $5, $10, $20… etc. before continuing to what in retrospect were often ugly clot… --- ## [Should I disable/remove Bitlocker on my laptop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-disable-remove-bitlocker-on-my-laptop/955895)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-disable-remove-bitlocker-on-my-laptop/955895 "2025-12-24T15:30:30Z")
I’ve had my Dell XPS-13 laptop for almost a year, and I’ve just realized that Bitlocker was turned on by default when I got it. This annoyed me because of a recent negative experience I had with the program. My mother h… --- ## [Insurance Agent: Real Thing or Mythical Beast from the Distant Past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-agent-real-thing-or-mythical-beast-from-the-distant-past/1025973)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-agent-real-thing-or-mythical-beast-from-the-distant-past/1025973 "2025-12-24T02:23:24Z")
Continuing the discussion from Advice after serious car accident: In that thread the OP has just been in a life-threatening car crash. And is asking about all manner of insurance related stuff. Many people have advise… --- ## [Why does Medicare not cover a Vitamin D-3 blood test?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-medicare-not-cover-a-vitamin-d-3-blood-test/1025770)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-medicare-not-cover-a-vitamin-d-3-blood-test/1025770 "2025-12-23T21:25:39Z")
My husband recently had this test, requested by his PCP among a bunch of others, and this test alone was not covered. Does anyone here have any idea why not? It cost $306 out of pocket. We haven’t had a chance yet to as… --- ## [TSA BAD!11! according to Sean Duffy's Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-bad-11-according-to-sean-duffys-daughter/1025871)
**Author:** [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-bad-11-according-to-sean-duffys-daughter/1025871 "2025-12-23T20:54:47Z")
I just don’t understand what she thinks her little outburst is going to achieve. Also, if you know you’re going to want a patdown vs. scanner when going through security, wouldn’t you leave yourself more than fifteen min… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=28)