# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=375 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 376 --- ## [Things to do in Panama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-panama/839376)
**Author:** [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-panama/839376 "2019-08-28T21:44:30Z")
I’m heading down to Paraguay in a couple of weeks and after some adjustments in itinerary it seem I’ll have an 11 hour layover in Panama city. I really don’t want to hang out in the lounge for that long so I’m planning t… --- ## [Found drone question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-drone-question/839246)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-drone-question/839246 "2019-08-28T20:33:49Z")
I found a drone in my yard the other day. Any idea on how I could return it? --- ## [Was this rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-rude/839205)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-rude/839205 "2019-08-28T19:45:13Z")
A good friend (of over 20 years) drove us to a restaurant (where we had a delicious meal. :cool: ) When we went back to the car park, his car had been slightly blocked in. He asked me to stay outside and guide him past… --- ## [I think I want a toilet that hangs from the wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-a-toilet-that-hangs-from-the-wall/839331)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-want-a-toilet-that-hangs-from-the-wall/839331 "2019-08-28T19:10:41Z")
I found this old thread, a fair portion of which deals with the consequences of using “wall hung toilet” in the thread title (notice that I avoided this trap). But it’s been almost 10 years since then, and I’d like to op… --- ## [I need a new iPhone - I seek guidance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-iphone-i-seek-guidance/839340)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-iphone-i-seek-guidance/839340 "2019-08-28T18:53:30Z")
My old iPhone is slowly dying of strangulation. It’s a 5S or something like that, with low memory. It can’t handle new apps and my photo library. So what kind of new iPhone do you Smart Dopers recommend? My main uses… --- ## [Ask the atheist psychologist who did ayuahasca yesterday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-atheist-psychologist-who-did-ayuahasca-yesterday/763794)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-atheist-psychologist-who-did-ayuahasca-yesterday/763794 "2019-08-28T18:30:29Z")
Other then this 2014 threadasking if Dopers had any experience with the psychedelic drug ayahuasca, also called yagé, I could not find any other threads, so I’ll open this one. I did an ayuahasca ceremony two days ago,… --- ## [In your opinion, what's the definition of a "Manchild"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-the-definition-of-a-manchild/837970)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-whats-the-definition-of-a-manchild/837970 "2019-08-28T12:01:10Z")
I see the term thrown around all the time but every single person seems to have a completely different definition of it, from “Any man above the age of 20 who still plays video games” to “Men who literally throw screamin… --- ## [Your humble opinions, please, on learning Ubuntu](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-humble-opinions-please-on-learning-ubuntu/836040)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-humble-opinions-please-on-learning-ubuntu/836040 "2019-06-30T20:05:42Z")
It’s taken decades but I’ve finally decided to cut the Windows cord. And the heck with Mac, too. Looking for a replacement that I can implement and then painlessly transition my lovely wife to, it seems Linux is the an… --- ## ["We can't ... keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-keep-our-homes-on-72-degrees-at-all-times/839024)
**Author:** [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-cant-keep-our-homes-on-72-degrees-at-all-times/839024 "2019-08-28T09:04:16Z")
Inspired by the recent news about the EPA guidelines that you ought to set your thermostat to 82° while you sleep: What temperature do you set your thermostat to while you sleep? --- ## [Help me not look like an idiot WRT my leased car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-look-like-an-idiot-wrt-my-leased-car/838947)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-look-like-an-idiot-wrt-my-leased-car/838947 "2019-08-28T01:39:04Z")
A few years ago I had to lease a car because of financial reasons. I’ve always been against leasing so this is my first experience with it. My lease is up early next year (I think March?) and because my financial situati… --- ## [Recommend a full sized SUV to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-full-sized-suv-to-me/839279)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-full-sized-suv-to-me/839279 "2019-08-27T21:02:29Z")
I’m currently eyeing the Volvo XC90. Looks pretty cool. I want something in the $50K range or less, and am willing to go used to get there (preferably not more than a couple years). Must seat 7 and rear seating must fo… --- ## [How much "normal living" would it take for you to consider a serious criminal to be reformed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-normal-living-would-it-take-for-you-to-consider-a-serious-criminal-to-be-reformed/839316)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-normal-living-would-it-take-for-you-to-consider-a-serious-criminal-to-be-reformed/839316 "2019-08-27T18:15:32Z")
Suppose you could do a potentially dangerous experiment and take a serial killer, mass shooter, or a criminal of similarly severe deeds and put him/her back into society - give a job, apartment, etc. and see how long he/… --- ## [What’s going on here, google search related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-going-on-here-google-search-related/839245)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-going-on-here-google-search-related/839245 "2019-08-27T17:14:31Z")
In this GQ thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=880947 I thought I’d help by linking to a instructional video. So I entered: “NATIONAL/SPECTRUM BRANDS HHI N100-044 V1953 SN Storm DR Latch“ in… --- ## [Would it bother you if evil people made it into heaven?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-evil-people-made-it-into-heaven/838775)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-evil-people-made-it-into-heaven/838775 "2019-08-26T21:15:23Z")
So some time in the indeterminate future you shuffle off this mortal coil and find yourself in heaven. Yes it turns out the afterlife is real and heaven really is a paradise. You’re being shown around and everything see… --- ## [IS value imaginary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-value-imaginary/837055)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-value-imaginary/837055 "2019-08-26T20:51:29Z")
I read something in a Buddhist magazine called Lion’s Roar about how nothing is “worth it” because value is just some imaginary metric that we use to judge the world around us and that it doesn’t really exist. The respon… --- ## [Do women break up more decisively than men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-break-up-more-decisively-than-men/839021)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-women-break-up-more-decisively-than-men/839021 "2019-08-26T20:31:48Z")
ISTM that generally, when a breakup is initiated by a man, there is some chance that he will be willing to undo it and let the relationship come back together again, whereas if a breakup is initiated by a woman, it will … --- ## [Strong premonition of my death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-premonition-of-my-death/839273)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strong-premonition-of-my-death/839273 "2019-08-26T20:10:21Z")
Ever happen to you? My sister is building a new home, expected to be completed in 18 mos. or so. She talked about a big family get- together when it was done. I had an incredibly strong feeling I won’t be around to see t… --- ## [Best software for making flow charts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-software-for-making-flow-charts/839272)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-software-for-making-flow-charts/839272 "2019-08-26T18:47:30Z")
I’ve used the forms that come with Microsoft Word, but they’re kind of clunky. Ideally I’d like to find a free web-based program (since I can’t install anything on my work computer) but those things are negotiable if I f… --- ## [Insurance question - WAGs welcome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question-wags-welcome/839261)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-question-wags-welcome/839261 "2019-08-26T18:40:01Z")
in conversation yesterday, a 91 yr old man mentioned that he had a paid up life insurance policy, that had a cash value of $100k. Instead of paying an annual premium of $3k, he intended to cash it in and distribute the … --- ## [What are some of the most interesting New York Times articles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-most-interesting-new-york-times-articles/839084)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-most-interesting-new-york-times-articles/839084 "2019-08-26T17:49:14Z")
I’m thinking of subscribing to the NYT to get one specific article and I’d like to make the most of out. Are there articles you’ve particularly liked for whatever reason? Please post the URL if possible. --- ## [Is there something like a scale of elder care, along with cost estimates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-scale-of-elder-care-along-with-cost-estimates/839247)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-like-a-scale-of-elder-care-along-with-cost-estimates/839247 "2019-08-26T16:10:06Z")
Lets say you have an elderly person. I assume if there was a scale of how much caregiving it takes it would be something like this. Able to live independently or with a spouse. Cost $0 Able to live independently, b… --- ## [A trivial GM-related memory and the collapse of GM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trivial-gm-related-memory-and-the-collapse-of-gm/839196)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-trivial-gm-related-memory-and-the-collapse-of-gm/839196 "2019-08-26T15:00:35Z")
Apropos of nothing, a memory of an article I read back in the Malaise Era just popped into my head the other day, and after 45 years, my subconscious had finally come up with what to think about it. It must have been ab… --- ## [Are title companies always like this? (Long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-title-companies-always-like-this-long/838984)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-title-companies-always-like-this-long/838984 "2019-08-26T05:44:27Z")
My father left us a house that he was selling to someone on a private land sale contract. Recently, that buyer managed to get real financing from a loan company, and so we, the parties to the sale, entered escrow last Ma… --- ## [Hope for the future: the environment and collective action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-for-the-future-the-environment-and-collective-action/839081)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-for-the-future-the-environment-and-collective-action/839081 "2019-08-26T04:41:39Z")
This Amazon fire (not to mention the ten billion tons of ice from Greenland) has really gotten some parts of social media down. Some have descended into fatalistic apathy. Others (especially the really leftist folk) are … --- ## [Legal opinion on whether attachments to a lease are binding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-opinion-on-whether-attachments-to-a-lease-are-binding/839185)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-opinion-on-whether-attachments-to-a-lease-are-binding/839185 "2019-08-25T21:28:34Z")
I am asking for a generic opinion on a situation. You are not my lawyer. If I need to take legal action I will get a lawyer rather than anonymous opinions from random people on the Internet. But for now random people are… --- ## [How will human lives be harmed when/if the Amazon burns to the ground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-human-lives-be-harmed-when-if-the-amazon-burns-to-the-ground/839165)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-human-lives-be-harmed-when-if-the-amazon-burns-to-the-ground/839165 "2019-08-25T18:34:34Z")
What benefits does the Amazon offer to human beings? I understand it’s a net oxygen producer - but it can’t sink CO2 to any significant extent, there’s no peat bogs and those trees aren’t usually used for lumber. So I’… --- ## [What specific actions by a single person caused the greatest impact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specific-actions-by-a-single-person-caused-the-greatest-impact/838909)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specific-actions-by-a-single-person-caused-the-greatest-impact/838909 "2019-08-25T14:26:09Z")
Over the weekend I happened to read again about that idiot Eugene Schieffelin, who decided the US should enjoy all of the birds mentioned by Shakespeare, so he released starlings and house sparrows in New York City. I i… --- ## [How did my cc get hacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-cc-get-hacked/839048)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-my-cc-get-hacked/839048 "2019-08-25T07:49:48Z")
Ok, I’m on holidays in Vietnam at the moment, since 10/08. On 15/08 and the 19/08, somebody used my credit card for transactions totalling nearly $1500AUD, apparently as POS stuff at an electronics shop in Singapore. I h… --- ## [Issues that delay retirement and the effect on work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-that-delay-retirement-and-the-effect-on-work/838931)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issues-that-delay-retirement-and-the-effect-on-work/838931 "2019-08-25T03:19:46Z")
My wife and I both hope to retire about age 62-64. We are paying off debt and saving/investing. However I work with many people who because of some bad luck or bad choices, they are at or over that age and simply cannot… --- ## [Strength building question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-building-question/838102)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strength-building-question/838102 "2019-08-25T00:26:36Z")
I have an archery event coming up in 30 days. The past two years I have really let down on my activities and have lost about 30% of my bow drawing ability. I should have started training earlier but I am starting now. I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=374) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=376)