# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=364 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 365 --- ## [Vitamin D?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d/841869)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-d/841869 "2019-10-17T12:51:25Z")
I moved from the Gulf Coast Texas to my new habitat here in middle Michigan. Many cloudy days without direct sunshine. Kind of depressing in its own way so to speak. My neighbor says she relies on vitamin D supplements… --- ## [Bad Design in Everyday Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-design-in-everyday-life/411910)
**Author:** [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Replies:** 205\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-design-in-everyday-life/411910 "2019-10-17T12:18:16Z")
I regularly encounter stuff that’s badly made and designed and thought I’d share. The thing that got me thinking about this is a large plastic coffee mug with a lid mechanism for car travel. All in all it’s a fine mug, … --- ## [Owls as pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owls-as-pets/841781)
**Author:** [@Squid\_Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squid_Baby)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owls-as-pets/841781 "2019-10-17T12:06:48Z")
Just wondering if anyone of you have owls as pets? Or if you know anyone who have them as pets. Lol I just suddenly thought about it while rewatching Harry Potter. Obviously, magical owls or something like that will be d… --- ## [Who is Salvatore Pais](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-salvatore-pais/841832)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-salvatore-pais/841832 "2019-10-17T10:25:41Z")
The US Navy has patented or applied for patents for several unusual things invented by someone named Salvatore Pais. Most recently, a compact fusion reactor. Previous inventions are: High frequency gravitational wave ge… --- ## [Re-building civilization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-building-civilization/841753)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-building-civilization/841753 "2019-10-17T09:21:54Z")
I built this amazing machine: time-travel plus travel to alternate timelines. With it, I go to our late 8th/ early 9th century Carolingian empire, and kidnap about 15,000 people from the roads when nobody’s looking. I … --- ## [Dealing With a Naked Examination.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-naked-examination/841819)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-a-naked-examination/841819 "2019-10-16T23:04:50Z")
Interestingly enough, I presently don’t have any doctor that does a nude examination. Not even my urologist. But I used to have one, until he retired. (In case you were wondering, I think it was for a hernia.) But I al… --- ## [Does this sound plausible to you? (Cat sees mouse on security monitor)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-plausible-to-you-cat-sees-mouse-on-security-monitor/841823)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-plausible-to-you-cat-sees-mouse-on-security-monitor/841823 "2019-10-16T21:26:41Z")
It’s a post I saw on Facebook so it must be true!! :slight\_smile: A cat that resides at a place of employment (like a warehouse or something), spots a mouse on one of the security monitors. Cat then proceeds to go to th… --- ## ["Stealth" type van living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealth-type-van-living/840299)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealth-type-van-living/840299 "2019-10-16T16:39:41Z")
For some reason Youtube suggested a video about living out of a van to me, and I found myself watching several of them in fascination. To be clear, the vans I’m talking about look like ordinary panel vans, like what a p… --- ## [Hey Google! Can you do anything useful yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-google-can-you-do-anything-useful-yet/841760)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-google-can-you-do-anything-useful-yet/841760 "2019-10-16T13:22:13Z")
No, not that Google. I can’t function without that one. I mean the voice thing. Is there any application that is more convenient when using voice activation vs. a more traditional UI? Sending weird texts to the wrong … --- ## [A day in Nashville!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-nashville/841727)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-nashville/841727 "2019-10-16T03:15:03Z")
Never been before and meeting one of my adult boys (who is newly living in Huntsville Alabama) there for a weekend (Friday night to Sunday am to be precise). Travelling with my dog. With one full day there what is, in y… --- ## [Can you identify this WW1 army?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-ww1-army/841789)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-this-ww1-army/841789 "2019-10-15T22:14:32Z")
Digital Archivist Marina Amaral just tweeted this: https://twitter.com/marinamaral2/status/1184112051129606147?s=20 "Can anyone identify which army these soldiers are from? Photo taken during WWI." Kind of interested… --- ## [Resorts in the North Georgia mountains....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resorts-in-the-north-georgia-mountains/841800)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resorts-in-the-north-georgia-mountains/841800 "2019-10-15T20:26:34Z")
Anyone familiar with Brasstown Valley Resort or The Ridges Resort? Would you recommend either? --- ## [Stephen A Smith, Daryl Morey, China, ESPN and Values](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-a-smith-daryl-morey-china-espn-and-values/841504)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-a-smith-daryl-morey-china-espn-and-values/841504 "2019-10-15T18:20:16Z")
As I am sure that you already know, Houston Rockets GM posted a short and innocuous tweet supporting the pro Democracy protestors in Hong Kong. Amidst the fallout, ESPN has banned talk of any of the issues on their airwa… --- ## [Recommend me some business accounting software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-business-accounting-software/841642)
**Author:** [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-business-accounting-software/841642 "2019-10-15T17:57:17Z")
I’m a self-employed musician, and I also make patio furniture during the spring and summer. I’ve gone all my career just sorta keeping half-assed records, piles of receipts, scribbled ledgers and such. Come tax time, it’… --- ## [Are traffic problems growing or lessening?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-traffic-problems-growing-or-lessening/841666)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-traffic-problems-growing-or-lessening/841666 "2019-10-15T17:44:03Z")
For those of you in the US who must drive alot, do you see traffic congestion growing or not? I’m not sure because I didnt drive back in say the 70’s and 80’s. I think now because even though there are more cars they ha… --- ## [Is "kowtow" a racist derogatory term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kowtow-a-racist-derogatory-term/841602)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kowtow-a-racist-derogatory-term/841602 "2019-10-15T06:33:02Z")
The following comes from this thread about the NBA and China. It may have negative connotations but I can’t see how it is racist. If the term has been used in a derogatory manner to describe the Chinese as being unif… --- ## [Health care cost - self plus one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-cost-self-plus-one/841719)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-care-cost-self-plus-one/841719 "2019-10-15T02:20:39Z")
In the past most medical insurance was divided into self or family. This meant that if you were just insuring a couple you paid the same as someone with numerous children. A few years ago they added the “self plus one” o… --- ## [Internet Therapy Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-therapy-recommendations/841769)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-therapy-recommendations/841769 "2019-10-15T01:51:58Z")
I’m looking for internet-based therapy sessions for me and my mom to help work on our relationship, which was good when I was a kid and young adult and has been pretty strained the last few years. We live ~500 miles apa… --- ## [Independence Day in Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-in-mexico/840323)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-in-mexico/840323 "2019-10-14T22:39:00Z")
Last night President López Obrador gave the traditional shout “Viva Mexico”. This happened in the Zocalo in Mexico City. In front of maybe hundreds of thousands of spectators. And not one person made an attempt on his li… --- ## [Lifetime (?) warranty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifetime-warranty/841682)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lifetime-warranty/841682 "2019-10-14T22:07:45Z")
What is your understanding about a product’s supposed “lifetime warranty” when it is not accompanied by any clarifying language? --- ## [Most common way of payment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-way-of-payment/841617)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-way-of-payment/841617 "2019-10-14T20:12:16Z")
When my mobile payment thread started mentioning the convenience or lack thereof compared to cash or debit cards, it got me wondering what the most common way of making payments. Not the ones that involve the most mone… --- ## [Cows at pasture eating vs trampling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-at-pasture-eating-vs-trampling/841716)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cows-at-pasture-eating-vs-trampling/841716 "2019-10-14T17:18:20Z")
I didn’t want to step on the thread about the cows so I started my own. I have always had an interest in raising some cows in a small pasture much as described in the other thread. I can’t help but wonder how much food o… --- ## [Lonely in a nursing home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-in-a-nursing-home/841494)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lonely-in-a-nursing-home/841494 "2019-10-14T16:41:07Z")
Why are some people in nursing homes “lonely”? Meaning little or no family ever visits them? The popular idea is their kids are cruel and just dumped them off and dont care. However other reasons: No family such as n… --- ## [CPAP: any reason to replace parts before they break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-any-reason-to-replace-parts-before-they-break/841662)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-any-reason-to-replace-parts-before-they-break/841662 "2019-10-14T05:57:07Z")
Been using a CPAP for several months now. The medical supply store is sending me parts on a set schedule, with my insurance paying part of the cost, and me paying the rest. There’s a particulate filter on the base unit… --- ## [Do you go to commercial haunted houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-go-to-commercial-haunted-houses/797353)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-go-to-commercial-haunted-houses/797353 "2017-09-28T16:40:32Z")
Here in Kansas City down at the west bottoms area their are some big, fancy haunted houses. The biggest being The Edge of Hell. it cost about $45 and thousands of people go thru it. It’s quite a show with professional a… --- ## [I think my dog sitter abused my dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dog-sitter-abused-my-dog/841660)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-my-dog-sitter-abused-my-dog/841660 "2019-10-13T22:25:53Z")
I have an 11 year old chihuahua. Since he was a puppy he would go absolutely ballistic everytime I come home. Jumping on my and barking for attention. It is very aggravating and when you come home tired it does take rest… --- ## [Selling art on consignment (Game Store Continued)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-art-on-consignment-game-store-continued/835644)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-art-on-consignment-game-store-continued/835644 "2019-10-13T16:10:11Z")
Hey kids. So I’ll be selling art and costumes and jewelry and such in my new Game/Comic/Art/Nerdery store. Some wish to do so on consignment. I’m thinking 50% consignment based on what I’ve read online. But if there’… --- ## [Anyone ever been to Leavenworth, Washington?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-to-leavenworth-washington/841649)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-to-leavenworth-washington/841649 "2019-10-13T03:35:19Z")
Inspired by the concurrent thread about Solvang. I’ve never been to Leavenworth, but I came across it when looking at travel videos on youtube. Apparently inspired by the town of Solvang, some folks started redoing a s… --- ## [Switzerland in January](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switzerland-in-january/841572)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switzerland-in-january/841572 "2019-10-13T01:02:33Z")
I have the opportunity to visit Switzerland during the last week of January 2020. I’ll be arriving in Zurich on a Tuesday, and I’ll have a few days at liberty before needing to be back there for a conference Friday-Sunda… --- ## [Recommendation needed: 3 device universal remote for seniors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-needed-3-device-universal-remote-for-seniors/841448)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-needed-3-device-universal-remote-for-seniors/841448 "2019-10-12T23:26:58Z")
My dad is 92 with Parkinsons. He has a bad habit of pushing the wrong buttons on the remote control for the TV and set top box, causing him and my mom (who has to figure out what happened and fix it, and she’s not tech-s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=363) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=365)