# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=336 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 337 --- ## [What do you feed your dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-your-dog/848708)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-feed-your-dog/848708 "2020-03-04T19:32:01Z")
I know a lot about nutrition, and never felt “fresh” or pricy premium pet food was worth the money. Not because pet nutrition is not important to me. More because I cook fairly healthy food and give a portion of it to … --- ## [Is there a legal document to cut a relative from any decisions/benefits from your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-document-to-cut-a-relative-from-any-decisions-benefits-from-your-life/848790)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-legal-document-to-cut-a-relative-from-any-decisions-benefits-from-your-life/848790 "2020-03-04T19:19:22Z")
There are many places in the legal system where a relative may be involved with your life unless you have specified who you want to act in that role. For example, if you don’t have a will, then the state has guidelines … --- ## [Photographers - are there any decent alternatives to Lightroom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-are-there-any-decent-alternatives-to-lightroom/848873)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-are-there-any-decent-alternatives-to-lightroom/848873 "2020-03-04T15:55:11Z")
I have the Adobe CC “Photography” plan, which is a subscription to Photoshop and Lightroom. I never use Photoshop, so really I’m just paying for Lightroom. My usage is pretty basic. I use Lightroom to: \[ul\] \[li\]Import… --- ## [Do you know someone who has died of the flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-has-died-of-the-flu/848855)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-someone-who-has-died-of-the-flu/848855 "2020-03-04T13:56:21Z")
With all of the Coronavirus talk and the natural comparison of its fatality compared with the annual flu, it occurred to me that I don’t actually know anyone who has died from the flu. It’s possible that someone I knew … --- ## [How did you learn to change a baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-learn-to-change-a-baby/432542)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-learn-to-change-a-baby/432542 "2020-03-03T23:32:30Z")
I’m going to be a volunteer with my church’s youth. Infants and children. I don’t know how to change a baby. I’m hoping this is easy to learn. --- ## [Sex Work in New Zealand - Can It Be Paired With Other Jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-work-in-new-zealand-can-it-be-paired-with-other-jobs/848658)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-work-in-new-zealand-can-it-be-paired-with-other-jobs/848658 "2020-03-03T22:38:14Z")
Sex work in New Zealand is essentially legalized and decriminalized (with the exception of underage persons and people with temporary visas). As far as I know, the Kiwis have the most lenient laws regarding Sex Work in t… --- ## [Technological advances in the 90s and early 2000s.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-advances-in-the-90s-and-early-2000s/848785)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-advances-in-the-90s-and-early-2000s/848785 "2020-03-03T22:24:19Z")
Someone on another site said that in the 90s and early 2000s, technology doubled every 6 months, but technological advances have slowed down in recent years. Why did technology advance so rapidly in the 90s and early 20… --- ## [When you were a new mother...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-new-mother/794656)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-new-mother/794656 "2020-03-03T17:54:05Z")
One of my daughter’s friends is expecting her first baby, and her mom will be flying cross-country to help her out for a time. I’ve heard of this arrangement lots of times. My mom never had anyone come stay with her. … --- ## [Opinions on “23 and Me”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-23-and-me/845491)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-23-and-me/845491 "2020-03-03T08:13:09Z")
I bought a few “23 and Me” kits for some family members (including teenagers) for Christmas, and coincidentally sat next to a Genetics professor on a flight. She gave me some warnings including 1) taking the results wi… --- ## [Would you have a dental done on a 17 year old cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-dental-done-on-a-17-year-old-cat/848771)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-a-dental-done-on-a-17-year-old-cat/848771 "2020-03-03T07:24:48Z")
He has kidney issues, which we found out in August during a 7 day stay at the emergency vet for diarrhea. He’s OK now, but we watch his numbers. And I just had to board him for a month at a wonderful facility, but they h… --- ## [You've been kidnapped! How do you post?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-kidnapped-how-do-you-post/848644)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-kidnapped-how-do-you-post/848644 "2020-03-03T00:42:09Z")
Scenario: You’ve been kidnapped! Your kidnappers are not terribly savvy, but they know that you’re a regular poster on the Dope. They want you to continue posting at the Dope, but obviously you can’t say that you’ve b… --- ## [Want opinions on computer hardware to get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-opinions-on-computer-hardware-to-get/848532)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-opinions-on-computer-hardware-to-get/848532 "2020-03-03T00:01:57Z")
It’s time. I need to upgrade my primary computer system, and I welcome advice. The goal – to modernize my primary video editing station. My current unit is about 5 years old, and is showing its age (balding, sleeping … --- ## [1972: The beginning of the postmodern era](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1972-the-beginning-of-the-postmodern-era/848746)
**Author:** [@Jeb\_2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeb_2026)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1972-the-beginning-of-the-postmodern-era/848746 "2020-03-02T22:40:09Z")
I’ve been reading about 1972 lately, and I’m shocked by the amount of notable events that occurred that year. It feels like a dividing point between the optimism of the sixties and the disillusionment of the seventies. S… --- ## [What do you think: Full/white/formal church wedding for couple living together 15 years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-full-white-formal-church-wedding-for-couple-living-together-15-years/848617)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-full-white-formal-church-wedding-for-couple-living-together-15-years/848617 "2020-03-02T21:21:43Z")
What do you think: Full/white/formal church wedding for couple living together 15 years? So there’s a small group of retired women who go out together for lunch after we take a particular exercise class each week. (Yes,… --- ## [Recommended plywood thickness for interior wall covering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-plywood-thickness-for-interior-wall-covering/843505)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-plywood-thickness-for-interior-wall-covering/843505 "2020-03-02T13:01:42Z")
I have a cabin being built- and of course we are over budget, and the next big component (walls, roof, exterior, windows, and spray-foam insulation are complete) is the interior wall coverings. While we would love drywal… --- ## [How to sell a 1911 Britannica?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-1911-britannica/571533)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-sell-a-1911-britannica/571533 "2020-03-02T05:36:39Z")
I have a full set of the Encyclopedia Britannica 11th edition of 1911 (plus three supplementary volumes that update it to 1922) that I am considering selling, and I would like to ask people’s opinions about the best way … --- ## [Issuing $5 of debt for every $1 of GDP growth. How sustainable is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issuing-5-of-debt-for-every-1-of-gdp-growth-how-sustainable-is-this/848712)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issuing-5-of-debt-for-every-1-of-gdp-growth-how-sustainable-is-this/848712 "2020-03-02T02:42:48Z")
According to USdebtclock.org, US total debt is increasing at 5x the rate of GDP growth. How long can this last? Why does no one care about this? None of the politicians even pretend to care anymore. Trump says we have a … --- ## [Do people with more life experiences offer better advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-more-life-experiences-offer-better-advice/848724)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-more-life-experiences-offer-better-advice/848724 "2020-03-01T18:39:23Z")
IMO, it all depends on the person and what advice is needed. --- ## [Opinions on a couple of watches - Tag/IWC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-a-couple-of-watches-tag-iwc/848751)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-a-couple-of-watches-tag-iwc/848751 "2020-03-01T17:42:46Z")
I don’t know much about watches. I wear an old Seikpo my wife bought me when we were poor, and a Timex Ironman. I gave my son my grabdfather’s Elgin pocketwatch, my daughter my dad’s old Seamaster, and have an old rect… --- ## [What is your favorite household tip or technique?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-household-tip-or-technique/847041)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-household-tip-or-technique/847041 "2020-03-01T17:02:38Z")
I recently had an invasion of tiny flying insects and I started a thread asking for help how to get rid of them. Sure enough, you Dopers proved to be a great source of knowledge and I am especially grateful to Davidm for… --- ## [Why is the Fed planning to cut rates next week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fed-planning-to-cut-rates-next-week/848683)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fed-planning-to-cut-rates-next-week/848683 "2020-03-01T16:20:39Z")
This makes no sense to me at all. How can rates spur economic activity when the reason for the slow down is fear of illness and restrictions on travel (and human interaction, in general)? And if global and local supply… --- ## [Daughter sneaking alcohol. Response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-sneaking-alcohol-response/717234)
**Author:** [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-sneaking-alcohol-response/717234 "2020-02-29T19:24:15Z")
My wife went into my daughter’s room to look for a lost object. She found two empty bottles of Mike’s Hard Lemonade under the bed. We don’t know if both were drunk by her or by her and her friend that stayed the night … --- ## [You Can Choose Three Staples](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-choose-three-staples/848467)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-choose-three-staples/848467 "2020-02-29T18:55:44Z")
Something I wonder about Due to some circumstance (wishes from a Genie, deal with the devil- ? don’t fight the hypothetical) you have to select the only three staples for a new earth. Which three do you choose, and why?… --- ## [No-paradox time travel is invented. Should it be shared with the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-paradox-time-travel-is-invented-should-it-be-shared-with-the-world/847803)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-paradox-time-travel-is-invented-should-it-be-shared-with-the-world/847803 "2020-02-29T17:58:46Z")
Imagine that you’re hyper-genius friend QUERCUS SHOSANNA reveals to you that she has invented a time machine. Quercus’s technique is subject to the Novikov self-consistency principle, (Novikov self-consistency principle … --- ## [Airline passenger etiquette: reclining your seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-etiquette-reclining-your-seat/848044)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airline-passenger-etiquette-reclining-your-seat/848044 "2020-02-29T14:17:10Z")
I fly quite a bit. I often recline my seat after reaching altitude and don’t think twice about it. But a recent news story suggests I’m being rude in doing so. At the very least, according to Delta’s CEO, I should ask pe… --- ## [Plumbing-savvy folk: A kitchen faucet question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-savvy-folk-a-kitchen-faucet-question/848530)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-savvy-folk-a-kitchen-faucet-question/848530 "2020-02-29T09:18:47Z")
The house we just bought has one of the arched kitchen faucets with the pull out sprayer head. The filters in the nozzle are clogged, and so the water flow is horrible for the regular setting, and almost too much on the … --- ## [Do you know what "Organic" means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-organic-means/848606)
**Author:** [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-organic-means/848606 "2020-02-29T07:26:59Z")
I was wondering how many people actually know what that USDA certification actually means. Not having the resources to conduct a nation-wide poll, I’ll have to settle for a poll here. Of course if anyone has a link to a… --- ## [Recommendation for water heater (tankless or not to tankless)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-water-heater-tankless-or-not-to-tankless/848636)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-water-heater-tankless-or-not-to-tankless/848636 "2020-02-29T06:03:25Z")
I had many excellent recommendations in a recent thread for wall coverings for a cabin in the mountains that we are building. Here are a couple of pictures if anyone is interested: in the snow last week from the outside… --- ## [I have an opprotunity for e-learning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380)
**Author:** [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-opprotunity-for-e-learning/580380 "2011-05-03T15:32:07Z")
So I have a chance to take some courses from this company Metrix Learning (sponsored by state Dept of Labor, given that I’m unemployed and taking benefits) and I don’t know what to take. No course appears to be pertinen… --- ## [What is the world's best hot air balloon ride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-best-hot-air-balloon-ride/848671)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-worlds-best-hot-air-balloon-ride/848671 "2020-02-29T04:16:47Z")
There are many iconic places that offer hot air balloon rides over natural, historic or other sites. If one were to take only one hot air balloon ride, where in the world should it be? I don’t want to poison the well b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=337)