# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=366 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 367 --- ## [Voice Acting collab - legal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-acting-collab-legal-question/841474)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-acting-collab-legal-question/841474 "2019-10-08T20:35:03Z")
So, quick background. I make audio files designed to be hypnotic. Usually I do this with the help of one or two volunteers. The understanding is that I script, direct, and plot out what’s going to be said, they record it… --- ## [Do you kiss and cuddle your SO in spite of them being sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-and-cuddle-your-so-in-spite-of-them-being-sick/841290)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-kiss-and-cuddle-your-so-in-spite-of-them-being-sick/841290 "2019-10-08T18:59:35Z")
Do you believe they’re worth the risk of getting sick for? Or do you avoid each other? By the same token, when you’re sick, do you let your SO be affectionate even if he or she doesn’t mind the risk of getting sick the… --- ## [Is this use of 'penultimate' correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-penultimate-correct/841216)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-use-of-penultimate-correct/841216 "2019-10-08T05:46:34Z")
I am an engineer, not a writer, and yet I find myself responsible for writing an SOP. I am not enjoying this. How can I succinctly state that something is important but it’s not the most important thing, that there is s… --- ## [I’ve got a bone to pick with you Panera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-you-panera/841343)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-got-a-bone-to-pick-with-you-panera/841343 "2019-10-08T04:56:53Z")
So I decided to get a sandwich from Panera for lunch. Usually they have pretty good soups and sandwiches. I check the menu and see that they have a Cubano, in my opinion one of the all time greats. I know that they have … --- ## [Security bars on windows - a rental property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-bars-on-windows-a-rental-property/841391)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2019, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-bars-on-windows-a-rental-property/841391 "2019-10-08T04:45:24Z")
Trying to get this building sold. 2 tenants, both about 5 years+ in residence, want the bars. Potential buyer wants bars removed, says neither his lender nor his insurance co. allows them. My lender financed the property… --- ## [America's plain folks reach their heart's desire at last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-plain-folks-reach-their-hearts-desire-at-last/841362)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americas-plain-folks-reach-their-hearts-desire-at-last/841362 "2019-10-07T20:13:19Z")
The famous American essayist H. L. Mencken wrote the following in the July 26, 1920 edition of the Baltimore Evening Sun. Did his prediction finally come true after ninety-six years? --- ## [Any Private Investigators on here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-private-investigators-on-here/755107)
**Author:** [@Quarter\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quarter_Girl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-private-investigators-on-here/755107 "2019-10-07T19:28:43Z")
I am 44 years old and so ready for a career change. There’s several reasons why I think I might enjoy being a PI but I have absolutely no idea of how and where to begin. Or even if I would like the job actually. I mean, … --- ## [Can you calculate how physically strong the terminator is based on how far he throws people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-calculate-how-physically-strong-the-terminator-is-based-on-how-far-he-throws-people/841321)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-calculate-how-physically-strong-the-terminator-is-based-on-how-far-he-throws-people/841321 "2019-10-07T17:21:29Z")
There have been discussions about how physically strong a T-800 terminator is, mostly based on him holding a door open in T3. But in T2, he picks up a grown man and throws them about 10 feet with one arm. He does it twi… --- ## [Do people talk about climate change in your day-to-day life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-talk-about-climate-change-in-your-day-to-day-life/841208)
**Author:** [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-talk-about-climate-change-in-your-day-to-day-life/841208 "2019-10-07T14:33:07Z")
Climate change is a big topic of discussion online or in the media but it almost never comes up in my day-to-day life. When I’m at work, doing my shoping or whatever, I don’t think I ever hear people mention it. I wonde… --- ## [Was our housesitter a, for lack of a better term, \[ditz\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-our-housesitter-a-for-lack-of-a-better-term-ditz/841136)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-our-housesitter-a-for-lack-of-a-better-term-ditz/841136 "2019-10-07T12:47:14Z")
We were away for not quite three weeks. We paid a close friend of ours, “T”, to house-sit during that time. Okay, he fed the cats, he didn’t slob the place up, he didn’t eat us out of house and home, didn’t drink anythin… --- ## [Do we miss people or the times we had with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-miss-people-or-the-times-we-had-with-them/839229)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-miss-people-or-the-times-we-had-with-them/839229 "2019-10-07T04:52:49Z")
Something that I thought about when people say they miss a person due to a break up or to a death they mention how much they miss them. But I wonder if we actually miss the person themselves or all the times we had with … --- ## [What hard copies of documents do I need to keep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hard-copies-of-documents-do-i-need-to-keep/841389)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hard-copies-of-documents-do-i-need-to-keep/841389 "2019-10-07T02:39:56Z")
You are not a lawyer. If you are, you’re not my lawyer or you’re not licensed in my jurisdiction or if you are licensed in my jurisdiction, it doesn’t matter because you’re not my lawyer and this is not legal advice. W… --- ## [How do ex-pats usually refer to themselves if their home country no longer exists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ex-pats-usually-refer-to-themselves-if-their-home-country-no-longer-exists/841167)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ex-pats-usually-refer-to-themselves-if-their-home-country-no-longer-exists/841167 "2019-10-06T16:58:44Z")
Frank was born in (what was then) Foobaria moved to another country and took up permanent residence there. Frank has no living relatives ‘back home’ and went back there. Long after Frank emigrates, Foobaria undergoes a… --- ## [Anyone have experience taking in feral cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-taking-in-feral-cats/840713)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-taking-in-feral-cats/840713 "2019-10-06T14:56:07Z")
There’s a colony of feral cats living under the neighbor’s deck. Just about every summer a new group of kittens appears on my porch to eat the food we leave out for the yellow cat that’s been living on our porch since be… --- ## [Camper Van vs Tent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camper-van-vs-tent/525946)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camper-van-vs-tent/525946 "2019-10-06T05:35:23Z")
So I’ve already asked some questions about this, but we’re planning a road trip up the east coast of the US for this summer. I was checking accomodation rates in Lonely Planet and my God the east coast is pricey. So we’r… --- ## [Is the world perfect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-world-perfect/841307)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-world-perfect/841307 "2019-10-05T21:43:18Z")
Something that just bothered me is all: Yeah, it’s tough not to judge the lower stages. You really gotta grow into deep Yellow and Turquoise in order to be able to look upon Blue and the other stages without animosity. … --- ## [Question for Non-Americans - School Boards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-americans-school-boards/841299)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-americans-school-boards/841299 "2019-10-05T19:25:19Z")
It’s election time here in the US. No, not for president but local school boards. Here in the US school districts are run by an elected body of citizens known as a school board. These boards make much of the budget deci… --- ## [Bob is trapped in his job, how would you resolve this problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-is-trapped-in-his-job-how-would-you-resolve-this-problem/757872)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-is-trapped-in-his-job-how-would-you-resolve-this-problem/757872 "2019-10-05T19:20:51Z")
There’s this guy, let’s call him Bob. Bob feels as though he is trapped in his job, by the following factors: \[ul\] \[li\]He has financial commitments and feels that he cannot just quit without subjecting his family to r… --- ## [Some good (android) apps for offline navigation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-good-android-apps-for-offline-navigation/841308)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-good-android-apps-for-offline-navigation/841308 "2019-10-05T15:13:22Z")
I am looking for a navigation app that is offline and that preferably shows terrain (forests,etc.) as well. I know about google maps offline option, but I tried it and it didn’t really work, despite saying that it downlo… --- ## [Will Gold Matter in the Post-apocalypse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gold-matter-in-the-post-apocalypse/841115)
**Author:** [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-gold-matter-in-the-post-apocalypse/841115 "2019-10-05T14:43:02Z")
Subtitle: “And other matters related to prepper culture and human behavior in the event of a social collapse.” Let me preface this by stating that I am not a prepper and I do not think the breakdown of society is immine… --- ## [Best, most secure way to store gold and silver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-secure-way-to-store-gold-and-silver/841081)
**Author:** [@Marcus\_Flavius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marcus_Flavius)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-most-secure-way-to-store-gold-and-silver/841081 "2019-10-05T13:43:18Z")
I have 7k+ worth of gold and silver coins currently in my possession (don’t trust Fiat paper currency, and growing increasingly concerned with the shenanigans of the clowns who run the financial and banking system). I h… --- ## [Laundry Atrocity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-atrocity/840948)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-atrocity/840948 "2019-10-05T13:21:16Z")
My gf has always been a bit critical of my laundry habits. We each do our own laundry. She does the traditional style where she does separate loads of whites, delicates, colors, etc, while I just throw everything togethe… --- ## [Does anyone own an at-home exercise machine that they actually use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-own-an-at-home-exercise-machine-that-they-actually-use/615276)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-own-an-at-home-exercise-machine-that-they-actually-use/615276 "2019-10-05T12:42:18Z")
Elliptical, treadmill, stairstepper, NordicTrak, whatever? I’ve owned a few over the years and they’ve eventually wound up in the garage sale pile. (I did have a treadmill years ago that I used every day during the O.J.… --- ## [Do you lick envelopes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lick-envelopes/841106)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lick-envelopes/841106 "2019-10-05T11:47:00Z")
Specifically, return envelopes that you get in the mail for bills, subscriptions, etc. rather than envelopes that you buy yourself. Do you blithely lick the provided envelope? I always do, but it occurs to me that there … --- ## [Tell me about Springfield IL for travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-springfield-il-for-travel/841074)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-springfield-il-for-travel/841074 "2019-10-05T04:07:29Z")
I actually do need answer fast. Taking Amtrak from Chicago to Springfield on Thursday for 2 days. Will not have a car. I picked State House Inn since it seems walkable from the Amtrak station. We plan to see mainly the … --- ## [Long ass YouTube video (presumably) by a lawyer talking about the Trump/Ukraine mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-ass-youtube-video-presumably-by-a-lawyer-talking-about-the-trump-ukraine-mess/841174)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-ass-youtube-video-presumably-by-a-lawyer-talking-about-the-trump-ukraine-mess/841174 "2019-10-05T02:51:53Z")
Not sure if anyone will be interested, but I found this video interesting so figured I’d post it here. I’m not a lawyer, so no idea if what this guy is saying is right, but it seems pretty good to me and really fills in… --- ## [Best CC to use for airline miles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cc-to-use-for-airline-miles/841068)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cc-to-use-for-airline-miles/841068 "2019-10-04T23:45:41Z")
So in short, we are considering getting A CC with air miles to help defray the cost of tickets for a trip next summer. We’ll be needing 5 seats round - trip, with the closest airport being Mobile, AL. I’ve seen requirem… --- ## [Garages being used to actually park cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garages-being-used-to-actually-park-cars/840808)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garages-being-used-to-actually-park-cars/840808 "2019-10-04T20:23:18Z")
Offhand I can’t think of anyone I know with an attached garage who actually parks their car(s) there. I know in my own case I have a very convenient attached 2 car garage and I never park there. Back when we first built… --- ## [First time cruise - seeking advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-cruise-seeking-advice/841130)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-time-cruise-seeking-advice/841130 "2019-10-04T19:35:56Z")
There have been several of these threads over the years but nothing recent so rather than revive them I figured I’d start a new one. It looks like my wife and I will be taking a 3-day cruise from Miami to the Bahamas be… --- ## [Would you tip appliance delivery guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tip-appliance-delivery-guys/755220)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tip-appliance-delivery-guys/755220 "2019-10-04T16:40:12Z")
A couple guys just dropped off a dishwasher we bought from Home Depot. It occurred to me after they left I maybe shoulda gave them a fiver each or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=365) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=367)