# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=280 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 281 --- ## [Would you wear a kilt, just 'cuz?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-kilt-just-cuz/349828)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-a-kilt-just-cuz/349828 "2021-01-05T00:23:43Z")
I bought an authentic one from an online scottish shop. It was pricey but I really like it it’s Scottish Pride tartan pattern. I wore it to a Halloween party once with a linen shirt and some utility boots, a proper bel… --- ## [Winter Ventilation: Fireplace, Windows, Furnace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-ventilation-fireplace-windows-furnace/929617)
**Author:** [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-ventilation-fireplace-windows-furnace/929617 "2021-01-04T06:06:20Z")
This could go in GQuestions or Quarantine Zone, but let’s try it here. Due to Covid concerns I’d like to ventilate my home this winter — there are three people in the house, and we wear masks during close conversation, a… --- ## [How do you pronounce the word "idea"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-idea/929539)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2021, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-idea/929539 "2021-01-04T05:33:30Z")
In the equivalent of 9th grade ESL, I was told by the teacher that the word “idea” is pronounced “I-Dee” and that “I-Dee-A” is giving oneself airs. poll --- ## [What was your opinion of Walter Cronkite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-walter-cronkite/928513)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-opinion-of-walter-cronkite/928513 "2021-01-03T21:29:51Z")
I vaguely remember him when I was a kid as my parents would only watch Cronkite for the news. There’s plenty of footage of him on YouTube. In my opinion, he’s very good. But, it’s so hard to transport myself back to a t… --- ## [Need recommendation: Chromecast or Fire Stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-chromecast-or-fire-stick/929522)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendation-chromecast-or-fire-stick/929522 "2021-01-03T10:08:53Z")
Right now, I connect my laptop to my TV via HDMI cable if I want to watch streaming contents on the big screen. But I’m getting annoyed by the clumsy cable and frequent connection failures, so I’m interested in a cord-le… --- ## [Job as political activist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-as-political-activist/929321)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-as-political-activist/929321 "2021-01-03T08:26:12Z")
I am now 58,was recently laid off from a job I hope I would until I retired. All my life jobs have just been jobs, a way to pay rent and buy food. I really want now to have a job that means something. I don’t need much… --- ## [Are the Governments of the world right about aliens causing mass hysteria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-governments-of-the-world-right-about-aliens-causing-mass-hysteria/735379)
**Author:** [@Gotlift](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotlift)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-governments-of-the-world-right-about-aliens-causing-mass-hysteria/735379 "2021-01-03T06:15:20Z")
On occasion I enjoy watching UFO documentaries on youtube and while most are pretty lame there are a few that really get me thinking. In my mind it is a no brainer that other intelligent life exists and there is at least… --- ## [Did it used to be taboo for men to go to the grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-it-used-to-be-taboo-for-men-to-go-to-the-grocery-store/929003)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-it-used-to-be-taboo-for-men-to-go-to-the-grocery-store/929003 "2021-01-02T21:54:35Z")
I was watching a documentary about supermarkets, one had a training video from the 60s. in it all the cashiers were women, but so were all the customers. all the costumers were either women alone or women with their kid… --- ## [Should I put links in my newsletter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-put-links-in-my-newsletter/929389)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-put-links-in-my-newsletter/929389 "2021-01-02T19:17:03Z")
Hey Straight Dope news writers, writer writers, and other writers near and far, I have a question. Don’t need answer fast. I write a newsletter at work for my Military and Allies Resource group at my job. It’s quarter… --- ## [Receiving duplicate gifts from Amazon wishlists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-duplicate-gifts-from-amazon-wishlists/929453)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiving-duplicate-gifts-from-amazon-wishlists/929453 "2021-01-02T12:37:13Z")
My family (and I) rather lack in creativity and have agreed to purchase Christmas gifts for each other pretty much exclusively through Amazon. So each of us puts down our ideas on a personal wishlist (and we put up a lis… --- ## [Looking for a running app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-running-app/929473)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-running-app/929473 "2021-01-02T00:35:42Z")
I’ve started running for exercise again - but outside this time around because I think the gyms are closed (and even if they aren’t, I’m not comfortable going to them yet). The treadmills were convenient for many reason… --- ## [Disclosure and opposite sex friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-and-opposite-sex-friends/928766)
**Author:** [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-and-opposite-sex-friends/928766 "2021-01-01T21:48:05Z")
In an effort to align myself in a way that is most conducive to being able to form and maintain healthy romantic relationships I’ve found myself trying to decide on how to approach things with future partners that have b… --- ## [Inventions That Are Long Overdue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions-that-are-long-overdue/928032 "2021-01-01T16:23:07Z")
I’m surprised that in 2020, we still don’t have… A lightweight portable refrigerator that is around the size of a regular backpack, runs on a battery, and is easily affordable to the average household. What sort of gad… --- ## [Can you tell the difference between meats just by smell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-difference-between-meats-just-by-smell/929206)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-the-difference-between-meats-just-by-smell/929206 "2021-01-01T10:05:00Z")
This is a question about food, but it’s not really a cuisine question, and I’m seeking information that’s mostly going to be opinions that are no doubt going to run into speculation, so I put it here, and not the Cafe, b… --- ## [Updating my IT skillset before my current job dries up and blows away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-it-skillset-before-my-current-job-dries-up-and-blows-away/917926)
**Author:** [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/updating-my-it-skillset-before-my-current-job-dries-up-and-blows-away/917926 "2021-01-01T00:39:07Z")
Earlier this year, before Covid-19 made it’s presence known in a big way, my company told me that they would be closing most or all of their business units and I would most likely be out of a job by the end of the year. … --- ## [Picky eaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picky-eaters/929053)
**Author:** [@Dbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dbug)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picky-eaters/929053 "2020-12-31T20:22:16Z")
I am a picky eater not by choice but by necessity. I have texture issues and food allergies but a lady I work with said I can fix it. No I can’t any one else picky by necessity --- ## [What's an easily walkable distance to a business to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-easily-walkable-distance-to-a-business-to-you/928740)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-easily-walkable-distance-to-a-business-to-you/928740 "2020-12-31T14:46:50Z")
\[TLDR version: If something is exactly 1/3 a mile from me, it is no problem or even a joy walking there depending on the weather and road situation, but above or below that it definitely is or isn’t a short distance.\] I… --- ## [What is the best place to host a relatively simple website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-place-to-host-a-relatively-simple-website/853610)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-place-to-host-a-relatively-simple-website/853610 "2020-05-14T03:38:47Z")
The site will have some of my politically controversial articles, and a Zoom meeting group. I hope to start hosting regular Zoom meetings. The site will have links and schedule. --- ## [1 Million people on Mars and building a Martian Industrial Base](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-million-people-on-mars-and-building-a-martian-industrial-base/917426)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-million-people-on-mars-and-building-a-martian-industrial-base/917426 "2020-12-31T05:37:59Z")
In light of SpaceX recent successes, it got me thinking about Elons overall aim, establishing a self sustaining Martian settlement with its own industrial base, now, for me, the term industrial base is pretty abstract, s… --- ## [Mystery of migrating kitty litter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-migrating-kitty-litter/928666)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-of-migrating-kitty-litter/928666 "2020-12-31T04:54:12Z")
Just to be clear, it is the litter that is migrating, not the kitties. I have been using Ever Clean Litter Free Paws for our two Siamese for about a year. As advertised, it does quite a good job at reducing the amount o… --- ## [Good way to publish or "host" simple Excel spreadsheet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-way-to-publish-or-host-simple-excel-spreadsheet/929200)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-way-to-publish-or-host-simple-excel-spreadsheet/929200 "2020-12-31T00:56:11Z")
I have a very simple spreadsheet that I would like to put somewhere so that other people can see it if I give them the link. They should not be able to edit it, and I should be able to update it without a lot of hassle. … --- ## [Digital ID Austin Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-id-austin-texas/929272)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-id-austin-texas/929272 "2020-12-30T17:22:36Z")
The ID2020 Alliance is an innovative public-private partnership committed to improving lives through digital identity. ID2020 is coordinating funding for identity and channeling those funds toward high-impact projects, … --- ## [Is "queer" an okay word now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-queer-an-okay-word-now/928759)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-queer-an-okay-word-now/928759 "2020-12-30T16:37:17Z")
It seems like it, but I just wanted to make sure. My father straightened me out on this about 50 years ago. It was as bad as the “n-word” or the “w-word” for Italians or the “s-word” for Hispanics. So I’m still not 100%… --- ## [Alternative to TracFone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternative-to-tracfone/929194 "2020-12-30T05:21:18Z")
About 6 months ago I got one to keep in my car in case it broke down when I didn’t have my other phone. And the other night that happened but my plan had expired. Minutes never expire, and it was my understanding that… --- ## [Confucian Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confucian-ceremonies/929209)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confucian-ceremonies/929209 "2020-12-30T03:49:19Z")
Please provide me with a link to a description of the ceremonies carried out in a Confucian temple. --- ## [Short Term Rent Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-term-rent-question/929108)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-term-rent-question/929108 "2020-12-30T01:45:00Z")
A friend of mine sent me a link to some rental property that he owns on a golf resort. The pricing options are $6k per month for 4 months, $5k per month for 5 months, and $4k per month for 6 months. My response was tha… --- ## [Arduino Kits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-kits/928528)
**Author:** [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arduino-kits/928528 "2020-12-30T01:39:38Z")
I’ like to buy an Arduino Kit for someone who has an interest in tech/computers (he’s put together his own, and believe he can do basic coding). I’m a Luddite of the first degree, and know nothing about these kits, eve… --- ## [Optometrist or Ophthalmologist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometrist-or-ophthalmologist/926362)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/optometrist-or-ophthalmologist/926362 "2020-12-29T18:21:30Z")
So it’s becoming increasingly apparent that I need to get my vision checked out. It’s probably been over 30 years since I’ve had my eyes checked. I seem to misreading words and it often takes time for me to focus corre… --- ## [Please recommend an adhesive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-adhesive/929100)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-adhesive/929100 "2020-12-29T03:19:22Z")
Some of the clear ‘weather stripping’ around my shower door is coming loose. One small piece has already fallen off. What would be the best adhesive to glue the stripping back to the glass? Thanks. --- ## [Recommend to me a good Nail Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-nail-gun/929123)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-to-me-a-good-nail-gun/929123 "2020-12-28T23:41:29Z")
I want to put up crown molding in my house. After putting up some in the bathroom, I have decided that I will get better results in less time using a nail gun. I doubt I will ever do any kind of heavy carpentry so I don… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=281)