# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=285 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 286 --- ## [Search engines figure out misspellings in searches, why not Word, Acrobat, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-figure-out-misspellings-in-searches-why-not-word-acrobat-etc/926712)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-engines-figure-out-misspellings-in-searches-why-not-word-acrobat-etc/926712 "2020-12-02T13:07:37Z")
While doing a Google search, if I misspell a word, Google typically figures it out and returns results with the word I intended. For example, if I type Striaght Dope, it still suggests results here. It doesn’t say “no re… --- ## [What's an unusually difficult or rare task at your job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-unusually-difficult-or-rare-task-at-your-job/847243)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-an-unusually-difficult-or-rare-task-at-your-job/847243 "2020-12-02T05:53:17Z")
I was watching “The Hunt for Red October” for the umpteenth time today. There’s a scene where Alec Baldwin gets winched down from a helicopter to a submarine in the middle of the north Atlantic on a windy day. The first … --- ## [3-4 cop cars and just 1 car pulled over?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-cop-cars-and-just-1-car-pulled-over/926733)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-4-cop-cars-and-just-1-car-pulled-over/926733 "2020-12-02T00:40:44Z")
I see this now and then. 3 or 4 cops and just 1 guy pulled over? Saw it last week. Is this because other cops are close by and have nothing else to do? Or does the first cop think he needs backup? --- ## [Old cat, how will I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cat-how-will-i-know/926456)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-cat-how-will-i-know/926456 "2020-12-02T00:28:27Z")
He’s 18. Some arthritis, kidney disease under control at this point, indoor/outdoor (please don’t suggest keeping him in now, just don’t. ) He’s gotten very very pudgy, fat even. He sleeps 90% of the day. His bowels are… --- ## [Signs of a Bad Project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-a-bad-project/917113)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-a-bad-project/917113 "2020-12-01T22:54:50Z")
I’m wrapping up one project and about to start another. For entirely unrelated reasons (cough!) I’ve updated my list of “Signs of a Bad Project”. I thought I’d share with the SDMB for helpful feedback. My current list fo… --- ## [Nuclear attack scenario](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-scenario/925328)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-attack-scenario/925328 "2020-12-01T19:52:20Z")
We have a sophisticated nuclear defense system, but it is primarily a missile defense system. Suppose a nuclear state with commercial flights to the U.S. uses a commercial airliner refitted as a bomber flying on a filed … --- ## [Whence the urge to be transgressive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-urge-to-be-transgressive/925907)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-the-urge-to-be-transgressive/925907 "2020-12-01T19:14:02Z")
President 45 has been rightly said to have released the unspoken racist in a lot of people during his tenure. But something else he seems to have done is to have released the inner transgressive spoiled brat in a lot of … --- ## [Tell me about compression socks for edema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-compression-socks-for-edema/833332)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-compression-socks-for-edema/833332 "2020-12-01T15:04:32Z")
You are not my doctor and all comments are accepted as non-expert and non-binding. I have high blood pressure that had been well controlled but now is creeping up again. At my last checkup, my doctor diagnosed me with l… --- ## [Thoughts on the Emergency Alert System?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-emergency-alert-system/926673)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-the-emergency-alert-system/926673 "2020-12-01T04:56:28Z")
Here in the Chicago area, they seem to have changed the Emergency Alert System for child abductions. While watching TV over the past couple of weeks, on at least 3 occasions our watching has been interrupted by an aler… --- ## [Ring Doorbell Risks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbell-risks/926853)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbell-risks/926853 "2020-11-30T21:14:36Z")
We’ re considering buying a Ring doorbell. I am reading how Amazon either sells or allows your personal data to be used by a handful of companies. In addition, it seems there are reports of hackers gathering your persona… --- ## [Commentary - The Social Dilemma (Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-the-social-dilemma-netflix/926836)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commentary-the-social-dilemma-netflix/926836 "2020-11-30T18:01:11Z")
Not sure if this is Cafe Society or Great Debates, so let’s put this here. We just watched this (IMHO) quite good, quite interesting and quite disturbing documentary on Netflix. It’s a mixture of talking heads (primari… --- ## [Why do single mothers give kids their absent fathers' last names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-single-mothers-give-kids-their-absent-fathers-last-names/920771)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-single-mothers-give-kids-their-absent-fathers-last-names/920771 "2020-11-30T12:34:04Z")
My wife’s niece recently had a baby girl. She and the baby live with her mother; the father lives somewhere else locally. They’re not married or engaged, and from what I understand have had an on-again/off-again thing fo… --- ## [Do you still have a local newspaper? If so, what does it cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-local-newspaper-if-so-what-does-it-cost/926292)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-have-a-local-newspaper-if-so-what-does-it-cost/926292 "2020-11-30T12:04:26Z")
Here in Kansas City we have the Kansas City Star. Its been going down hill for years. Currently it costs $2.50 per issue and its maybe 12 pages or so and printing is actually done in Des Moisnes Iowa now. I rarely get to… --- ## [Food delivery services suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-services-suck/925025)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-delivery-services-suck/925025 "2020-11-30T02:39:17Z")
I’m never ordering from a food delivery service again. Yesterday I used Grubhub. Today from Uber Eats. Both times something was missing from the order. --- ## [Help me find a good multimeter for restoring an old solid state amplifier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-good-multimeter-for-restoring-an-old-solid-state-amplifier/925641)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-good-multimeter-for-restoring-an-old-solid-state-amplifier/925641 "2020-11-29T19:36:05Z")
Seeking electronics hobbyist help! I am currently working on restoring a Seeburg 1000 BMS2 unit–a background music system, featured front-and-center in this Techmoan video: I’m pretty good with the mechani… --- ## [What/who should we be thankful for, even in 2020?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-should-we-be-thankful-for-even-in-2020/926435)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-who-should-we-be-thankful-for-even-in-2020/926435 "2020-11-29T11:17:58Z")
First, we should all be thankful for the essential workers in this pandemic. Not just doctors and nurses and EMTs, but police, firefighters, grocery workers, food delivery workers, infrastructure repair workers and many … --- ## [Neutralizing stomach acid by eating/drinking acidic foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutralizing-stomach-acid-by-eating-drinking-acidic-foods/925514)
**Author:** [@therealhoax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealhoax)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neutralizing-stomach-acid-by-eating-drinking-acidic-foods/925514 "2020-11-29T02:58:14Z")
Hello, as someone who intermittently suffers from heart burn and indigestion I do a lot of reading about natural ways to relieve these. It often claimed on the internet that acidic fruits like lemon and grapefruits actu… --- ## [Fabulous Black Friday Deals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-black-friday-deals/926710)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-black-friday-deals/926710 "2020-11-29T02:54:32Z")
Black Friday has been even more spectacular than usual this year. Today I was in Tractor Supply and they were offering 11-pound bags of Flock Party Mealworms for only $49.99, a $30 savings! A mealworm-stuffed chicken is… --- ## [Women: as a girl, did you perceive boys as socially backwards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-as-a-girl-did-you-perceive-boys-as-socially-backwards/923749)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-as-a-girl-did-you-perceive-boys-as-socially-backwards/923749 "2020-11-29T02:04:30Z")
I’m thinking about my pre-teen years. I’ve long felt that I was playing catch-up as far as social skills, for most or all of my youth. Like I was maybe a year behind other boys of my age, and at least 2 years behind the … --- ## [I am getting a free Echo Dot. What can I do with it that I can't do with my iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-free-echo-dot-what-can-i-do-with-it-that-i-cant-do-with-my-iphone/926440)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-getting-a-free-echo-dot-what-can-i-do-with-it-that-i-cant-do-with-my-iphone/926440 "2020-11-28T22:16:03Z")
I will never use it for music because I have Sonos throughout the house. I control my music system and my thermostat with the iPhone. I don’t have any other smart devices other than my tv which has a remote that I like. … --- ## [Extremely Dry Skin: How to treat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-dry-skin-how-to-treat/663886)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extremely-dry-skin-how-to-treat/663886 "2020-11-28T15:58:14Z")
I’m fed up with the skin on my face. It is extremely dry. Untreated, it will be flaking off terribly every time I exit the shower. Treated, it doesn’t do much better. What I’ve been doing lately is washing it with a ho… --- ## [T-Mobile 5G LTE Internet Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-mobile-5g-lte-internet-service/926623)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-mobile-5g-lte-internet-service/926623 "2020-11-28T05:10:56Z")
I currently have Internet DSL service from Century Link, who also supplies my landline phone service. Yeah I know, but we’re old folks. Speed ranges from 10 Meg to 18 Meg. We stream some TV such as Netflix and Amazon vid… --- ## [Response to Tiegen/Legend miscarriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-tiegen-legend-miscarriage/924223)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/response-to-tiegen-legend-miscarriage/924223 "2020-11-26T16:12:50Z")
In this morning’s paper, I read an article related to the recent loss of a child/miscarriage experienced by Chrissy Tiegen and John Legend. Apparently she recently experienced a miscarriage when 20 weeks pregnant, and p… --- ## [Do you think Nazis ever had a bad day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nazis-ever-had-a-bad-day/926459)
**Author:** [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2020, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-nazis-ever-had-a-bad-day/926459 "2020-11-26T05:02:13Z")
In poor taste, nevermind Please delete. --- ## [What are your hopes for a Biden Presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-hopes-for-a-biden-presidency/924907)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-hopes-for-a-biden-presidency/924907 "2020-11-25T22:00:19Z")
I’m not asking about specific policy decisions or political agendas. What do you hope Biden can do to restore and heal divisions in the country? It’s a given that he’ll rescind some of the prior administration’s Execut… --- ## [Office chairs for the larger Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-chairs-for-the-larger-doper/926255)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-chairs-for-the-larger-doper/926255 "2020-11-25T17:28:32Z")
Hi everyone. Like most of the planet, I’ve been working from home since March of this year. When the UK lockdown started, I found myself needing an office chair very quickly, and bought the first one I could find from a … --- ## [Seeking advice about installing concrete pavers over dirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-installing-concrete-pavers-over-dirt/926392)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-installing-concrete-pavers-over-dirt/926392 "2020-11-25T15:23:24Z")
There’s a small area of our backyard that is at the end of the stairway down from the main level, and I wanted to put hardscape in there so we could have a place to put pots with plants in them, of which we have quite a … --- ## [Battery-Powered Snow Blower/Lawn Mower Combo Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-powered-snow-blower-lawn-mower-combo-recommendations/926208)
**Author:** [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battery-powered-snow-blower-lawn-mower-combo-recommendations/926208 "2020-11-25T07:00:43Z")
I live in Minnesota, on a corner lot. I have lots of sidewalk to clear of snow in the winter. I have had a variety of snowblowers/snow throwers through the years. The last one I bought was a corded electric model, and… --- ## [Explain Google Sites vs. Similar Google Products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-google-sites-vs-similar-google-products/775720)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-google-sites-vs-similar-google-products/775720 "2016-12-27T18:33:46Z")
What’s the difference between “New \[Google\] Sites” vs. “Classic \[Google\] Sites” vs. G Suite? Also, how can I tell what features each product includes, like free SEO, etc.? Google’s webpage about all this is so damn conf… --- ## [Question for men, particularly tall men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-men-particularly-tall-men/925879)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-men-particularly-tall-men/925879 "2020-11-24T16:02:46Z")
A few years ago, I posted regarding how we were told our son was looking at being unusually tall, and given options in case we wanted to to anything to either slow his rate of growth, or induce his growth spurt early, to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=286)