# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=416 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 417 --- ## [Verizon Travel Pass - Anyone used it on international trips](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-travel-pass-anyone-used-it-on-international-trips/830809)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verizon-travel-pass-anyone-used-it-on-international-trips/830809 "2019-03-13T18:32:34Z")
We’re going to Normandy and Barcelona in May (about 12 days) and we want to keep access to our phones. Verizon has an “app” called Travel Pass. Apparently you sign up for it and anytime you call, text or use data you ge… --- ## [What Software Do I Need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-do-i-need/830975)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-software-do-i-need/830975 "2019-03-13T17:12:01Z")
My daughter’s husband has to travel quite a bit for his job. Daughter needs some type of software that would allow husband to interact and help teach kids while he’s away. That means he needs to be able to see and hear w… --- ## [Have you seen students at your school or co-workers wearing a Ash Wed Cross on forehead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-students-at-your-school-or-co-workers-wearing-a-ash-wed-cross-on-forehead/830773)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-students-at-your-school-or-co-workers-wearing-a-ash-wed-cross-on-forehead/830773 "2019-03-13T15:42:16Z")
This news story is circulating. I’ve been racking my memory trying to remember any kids at my school with a Ash Wed Cross on their forehead. I certainly haven’t seen any teachers with one. I can’t recall any of my Co-w… --- ## [Birds at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-at-night/831041)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-at-night/831041 "2019-03-13T12:27:00Z")
I’m posting this here because I’m not confident that I can give enough information to get a factual answer. Are there birds that fly at night abreast of each other? I was standing on my patio last night around midnight… --- ## [Experiences with Property Management Companies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-property-management-companies/830955)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-property-management-companies/830955 "2019-03-13T05:03:14Z")
Just soliciting opinions here… I have a family friend currently renting from me but she’s planning to leave in May. Our deal was I gave her a preferential rate but she has to deal with all maintenance issues herself and… --- ## [Have you ever done "malicious consent"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-malicious-consent/830432)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-done-malicious-consent/830432 "2019-03-13T01:25:01Z")
The term “malicious consent” is you agree to do something even though you know its the wrong thing to do. It generally means you go along with a bad idea because you were forced to do it, all the while knowing something … --- ## [Are there any online sites that help make book trailers for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-online-sites-that-help-make-book-trailers-for-kids/830910)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-online-sites-that-help-make-book-trailers-for-kids/830910 "2019-03-13T01:16:23Z")
My son, who is in second grade, has a teacher this year who is new. Note: I am literally an English teacher, so I am sympathetic to any teacher. One thing she has clearly been doing is buying lessons/materials off Teach… --- ## [Has a neon spider made a nest on the side of my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-neon-spider-made-a-nest-on-the-side-of-my-car/831026)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-neon-spider-made-a-nest-on-the-side-of-my-car/831026 "2019-03-12T23:37:27Z")
Pictures here. Red circle identifies fuzzy neon \ on the side of my car (mirror-like finish, eh? :slight\_smile: That’s only because birds don’t poop sideways). Other pic shows close-up. I haven’t disturbed it. … --- ## [How should the Confederacy be viewed by modern Americans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-confederacy-be-viewed-by-modern-americans/830400)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-confederacy-be-viewed-by-modern-americans/830400 "2019-03-12T20:49:40Z")
I would like to start a thread over in GD about how we, as a nation, can arrive at a consensus with regards to the way we think of the Confederate States of America. But before that becomes a useful question, I think it … --- ## [The closest you’ve ever come to death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closest-you-ve-ever-come-to-death/830610)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-closest-you-ve-ever-come-to-death/830610 "2019-03-12T18:43:42Z")
As far as I know, the 3-4 times that I’ve come closest to dying in my life all involved being in a car. By sheer luck, none of them resulted in even an injury. I wondered how common this is, so am starting this poll. --- ## [Any good checkbook register apps for Android 9?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-checkbook-register-apps-for-android-9/830441)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-good-checkbook-register-apps-for-android-9/830441 "2019-03-12T16:47:18Z")
I want a good, simple app that replicates a lined check register like in my checkbook. And no, I don’t write checks anymore, but I still have to enter purchases and payments since they come from my debit card. I was usi… --- ## [Long Distance Apartment Hunting - Any Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-apartment-hunting-any-suggestions/202567)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-distance-apartment-hunting-any-suggestions/202567 "2019-03-12T14:53:13Z")
Due to job relocation, I’m moving from southern California to Norcross, Georgia. Because of time and money restraints, I find myself unable to fly out to find a place. Any suggestions for a first time over the internet… --- ## [Ring Doorbell, good, bad, or meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbell-good-bad-or-meh/830844)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ring-doorbell-good-bad-or-meh/830844 "2019-03-12T14:46:06Z")
Considering purchase of same, and possibly their security light camera as well. Please tell me about your experience good or bad. --- ## [Lets talk about growing (hot) peppers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-growing-hot-peppers/830913)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-growing-hot-peppers/830913 "2019-03-12T12:34:36Z")
I’ve decided that this summer I’m going to grow some hot peppers. I have oodles of questions, so I’m hoping to pick the brains of dopers who have experience growing them. (And since I’m looking for suggestions and opinio… --- ## [What is the body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-body/830843)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-body/830843 "2019-03-12T05:46:56Z")
From what the article mentions, what we take to be the body ( a solid and enduring form) is really just a series of momentary conscious events that are happening. Personally I don’t buy it but I want to know what other… --- ## [Are slow accelerating cars dangerous?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-slow-accelerating-cars-dangerous/830793)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-slow-accelerating-cars-dangerous/830793 "2019-03-12T04:23:25Z")
I have a small city car whose acceleration from 0 to 100kmh (60mph) is theoretically 16.8 seconds, but since it’s a manual and since I am not a pro driver and thus don’t switch gears in the fastest and most effective way… --- ## [Is there a body chemistry change that makes men smell 'older'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-body-chemistry-change-that-makes-men-smell-older/830866)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-body-chemistry-change-that-makes-men-smell-older/830866 "2019-03-11T19:04:33Z")
You remember what ‘old’ men smelled like when you were a kid? Not even necessarily elderly, because everybody was old then, but say middle-age on. Is there some kind of body chemistry change that happens in men middle … --- ## [I need an easy to work with weed whacker/trimmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-easy-to-work-with-weed-whacker-trimmer/817862)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-easy-to-work-with-weed-whacker-trimmer/817862 "2018-07-16T01:33:19Z")
I HATE these things. The current one I am working with is propane powered and lightweight, but every damn time the strong comes in contact with an object (ie a rock, or I’m trying to trim weeds against a wood deck), the … --- ## [What does "dying alone" mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-dying-alone-mean-to-you/830892)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-dying-alone-mean-to-you/830892 "2019-03-11T18:00:50Z")
A lot of lonely people seem to be particularly bummed out by the prospect they will likely die alone. I always want to ask what specifically they are talking about. Are they saying they want to die surrounded by friends… --- ## [Another "career choice" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-career-choice-thread/830763)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-career-choice-thread/830763 "2019-03-11T17:48:55Z")
I have applied for a couple of different jobs with my current employer. Both are promotions in terms of title, but pay and bens are identical. The main draw of either position is that I would not have to do a major com… --- ## [Does anyone else get nauseous and/or slightly dizzy in certain buildings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-get-nauseous-and-or-slightly-dizzy-in-certain-buildings/829348)
**Author:** [@VanLandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanLandry)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-get-nauseous-and-or-slightly-dizzy-in-certain-buildings/829348 "2019-03-11T17:23:05Z")
There are two specific buildings(Both in Las Vegas) where this has happened to me. The 1st time was probably about 10 years ago when I was staying at Hooters. Whenever I would go to my room(probably on the 4th floor) I w… --- ## [Help me build a Tamiya 1/10th scale R/C car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-tamiya-1-10th-scale-r-c-car/827154)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-build-a-tamiya-1-10th-scale-r-c-car/827154 "2019-03-11T16:16:54Z")
For Christmas, my wife bought me a Tamiya Plasma Edge II, and it is supposed to be delivered today. Along with the kit itself, I ordered a 224 radio/receiver\* from Tower Hobbies and a Futaba S3010 servo. A little backgr… --- ## [What's mine is not yours! How far can you enforce that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-mine-is-not-yours-how-far-can-you-enforce-that/830658)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-mine-is-not-yours-how-far-can-you-enforce-that/830658 "2019-03-11T14:53:15Z")
Simple story, a folk tale from years ago. It just came up in one of my classes, and I remember my father telling me the story when I was a kid. Jake and Zeke are brothers. Jake is rich and has seven horses. Zeke is poor… --- ## [What are your "Well....yeah" political stances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-well-yeah-political-stances/830636 "2019-03-11T12:09:38Z")
When people are criticized over their political views, they will generally respond with either denial or doubling down. For instance, if a gun-control advocate is accused of “wanting to confiscate all privately owned gu… --- ## [Was this experience definitely anaphylaxis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-experience-definitely-anaphylaxis/830900)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-experience-definitely-anaphylaxis/830900 "2019-03-11T06:11:19Z")
Was this experience definitely anaphylaxis? Years ago when often getting X-rays for kidney stones, I used to receive what I understood was a big IV dose of iodine radiopaque dye for contrast. Increasingly as the years we… --- ## [A Man of Three Letters (Woman Too).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-of-three-letters-woman-too/830205)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-man-of-three-letters-woman-too/830205 "2019-03-11T05:47:13Z")
FDR, LBJ, JFK, MLK. Some people (typically men for some reason) are known by their 3 initials. But what does it mean, if anything? Does it mean they have really arrived on the scene? Or that they are really near and dea… --- ## [A squeaky-clean president but....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-squeaky-clean-president-but/830864)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-squeaky-clean-president-but/830864 "2019-03-10T23:05:46Z")
He’s also a raging incompetent. Could such a president be impeached? No “high crimes and misdemeanors”, not even low crimes. 25th amendment? Incompetence isn’t an incapacity. Would we just be stuck with such an indi… --- ## [Was my mechanic being a deliberate ass to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mechanic-being-a-deliberate-ass-to-me/830718)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-my-mechanic-being-a-deliberate-ass-to-me/830718 "2019-03-10T22:34:01Z")
Had this happen a week ago and still don’t know how to feel about it. Basically a few months ago I had my steady mechanic of 2 years install a car alarm system with a kill switch into my car. I worked fine for a month b… --- ## [What is the greatest (most influential, whatever) computer program ever written?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-most-influential-whatever-computer-program-ever-written/830575)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-greatest-most-influential-whatever-computer-program-ever-written/830575 "2019-03-10T21:10:40Z")
Simple question, lots of good choices. Some rules: You define “greatest”, “influential”, whatever. If # of users is your metric, go for it. If groundbreaking is your metric, go for it. If “I use this daily for 30 years… --- ## [Reality leans left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-leans-left/830442)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reality-leans-left/830442 "2019-03-10T16:45:44Z")
Ok, so I’ve seen it posted a couple of different times here on the boards, and a few times out there on the internet generally (I’d post some links but it’s a real pita on my phone). “Reality leans left” and “reality h… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=417)