# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=516 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [Eliminating the apostrophe would improve English](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminating-the-apostrophe-would-improve-english/810150)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eliminating-the-apostrophe-would-improve-english/810150 "2018-03-12T10:43:48Z")
Eliminating the apostrophe would create a small amount of ambiguity in a small number of cases. But we already have ambiguity because a lot of people don’t know what an apostrophe is for. The meaning is usually very obv… --- ## [Do you see yourself down the line as a befuddled old guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-down-the-line-as-a-befuddled-old-guy/810254)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-see-yourself-down-the-line-as-a-befuddled-old-guy/810254 "2018-03-12T04:55:51Z")
Not that this applies to all old people, of course, and I know a lot of old people who are very sharp indeed. But there’s a stereotype - which has a much basis IME - that on average older people tend to be less tech savv… --- ## [Questions about fashions, designers, and costs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-fashions-designers-and-costs/445059)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-fashions-designers-and-costs/445059 "2008-04-14T19:57:35Z")
Anyone who has ever seen me knows right off the bat that I am not a slave to fashion. My view of clothing is that it should cover the body as necessary for the climate, occasion, and venue. And plaid slacks with a flor… --- ## [Eating Vick's VapoRub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-vicks-vaporub/764041)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eating-vicks-vaporub/764041 "2018-03-11T18:14:43Z")
For some reason my late paternal grandmother would have her son, my father, eat Vick’s VapoRub when he was sick as a child. This was back in the late '50s-early '60s. My dad also recalls another relative eating the stuf… --- ## [How do I overcome resistance and develop the reading habit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-overcome-resistance-and-develop-the-reading-habit/810224)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-overcome-resistance-and-develop-the-reading-habit/810224 "2018-03-11T17:29:15Z")
I have an allergy to reading. Unless it is in the workplace, where I have no choice, I read as little as possible. I read the news casually and like to read articles that catch my interest (occasionally). But I have this… --- ## [I don't think banning AR-15s would make a dent in mass shootings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-banning-ar-15s-would-make-a-dent-in-mass-shootings/809700)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-think-banning-ar-15s-would-make-a-dent-in-mass-shootings/809700 "2018-03-11T17:19:15Z")
I believe the root cause of these mass shootings is messed up people. I can see no other explanation for this, since there weren’t shootings like this when I was a kid with as near this kind of frequency. I look at Col… --- ## ["We are all Sam Nunberg"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-all-sam-nunberg/810177)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-all-sam-nunberg/810177 "2018-03-11T04:32:17Z")
There is an opinion piece on CNN’s site by Michael D’Antonio that says, basically, we should feel a little bad for Nunberg because he was treated badly by Trump. “Never an A-list political operative, Nunberg worked brie… --- ## [Weird car lease terms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-lease-terms/810364)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-car-lease-terms/810364 "2018-03-11T03:41:28Z")
I just ran across this post in a Facebook “buy & sell” group, from a car dealership in NY state : (bolding mine) (“Loaded premier volt” means a Chevrolet Volt Premier) How common is this kind of offer, conditional on … --- ## [Another truck repair question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-truck-repair-question/810262)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-truck-repair-question/810262 "2018-03-11T03:00:22Z")
Any Toyota mechanics out there? I have a 2010 Toyota Tundra with ~70,000 miles on it. If it matters I live in NW Montana and the truck is garaged every night and is only driven a few times a week. I use it mainly for hau… --- ## [How seriously fucked would the US be if a foreign power destroyed the US' satellites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-fucked-would-the-us-be-if-a-foreign-power-destroyed-the-us-satellites/810341)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-seriously-fucked-would-the-us-be-if-a-foreign-power-destroyed-the-us-satellites/810341 "2018-03-11T01:16:12Z")
I’ve been reading and hearing about weapon programs that target satellites for many years. How worried should we be? It seems like we’ve incorporated them into the very fabric of our country. GPS for example, is used … --- ## [Creating chaos/conflict as a management style](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-chaos-conflict-as-a-management-style/810258)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creating-chaos-conflict-as-a-management-style/810258 "2018-03-10T22:17:28Z")
I’m wondering if any Dopers have worked for a boss who (by his/her own admission) deliberately created conflict among staff members and claimed to thrive on chaos, believing, as the President claims to, that this is the … --- ## [Growing out of alcoholism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-out-of-alcoholism/810248)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-out-of-alcoholism/810248 "2018-03-10T16:00:18Z")
When I was a kid (early 80s probably) I remember seeing a PSA for alcoholism. In the announcement, the narrator stated that it takes the average alcoholic 25 years to grow out of their alcoholism. I have since never hea… --- ## [Two cases of injustice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cases-of-injustice/810324)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cases-of-injustice/810324 "2018-03-10T07:00:16Z")
Two cases of injustice? A Few years ago there were o two murder cases in the news that seem to defy common sense. 1. The Skakel trial. Skakel was accused (and convicted) of killing a girl when he was fifteen. Skakel wa… --- ## [Exercise Advice to build muscle: the squat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-advice-to-build-muscle-the-squat/810082)
**Author:** [@mazinger\_z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mazinger_z)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-advice-to-build-muscle-the-squat/810082 "2018-03-10T04:44:03Z")
Apologies if this has been asked before, but for muscle building/lean body mass building purposes, is there any difference between squats done on a machine vs done with a rack? I have been making great gains on the 5x5 … --- ## [So I'm the jerk for desiring timely egress?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-the-jerk-for-desiring-timely-egress/810027)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-the-jerk-for-desiring-timely-egress/810027 "2018-03-10T00:49:04Z")
Yet another incident in my neverending struggle to understand my fellow species. Wife and I attend a lecture this p.m. (Brian Green on String theory - I’m still as confused as ever! :confused:) We are seated in the 1s… --- ## [Should turn signals be used in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-turn-signals-be-used-in-this-situation/810206)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-turn-signals-be-used-in-this-situation/810206 "2018-03-09T10:17:12Z")
Today I was driving on a gas station lot. I needed to drive around the pumps to get to the one that was available, and as I drove, I used my left signal to indicate each time I was going to turn left. I.e., in driving th… --- ## [I might be going to Chicago for a few days this summer... advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-going-to-chicago-for-a-few-days-this-summer-advice/810109)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-going-to-chicago-for-a-few-days-this-summer-advice/810109 "2018-03-09T04:16:04Z")
If you pay attention to our long-standing WWE thread at all, you know that I’m a fan of pro wrestling. In the past few years my interest has expanded past the McDonald’s of wrestling that is the WWE, and I’ve gotten inte… --- ## [Do you think that Trump will ever meet his "Joe McCarthy" moment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-trump-will-ever-meet-his-joe-mccarthy-moment/810159)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-trump-will-ever-meet-his-joe-mccarthy-moment/810159 "2018-03-09T03:37:15Z")
A lying, reckless, power mad bully at long last overstepped even what his partisan supporters could stand in a famous confrontation June 9, 1954. The man was Senator Joseph McCarthy who starting in 1950’s had a meteoric… --- ## [Best weapon/tactic for armed teachers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weapon-tactic-for-armed-teachers/809508)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-weapon-tactic-for-armed-teachers/809508 "2018-03-09T01:34:19Z")
anyone with a realistic proposal? --- ## [For Those Who Live Alone--Dealing With Norovirus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-dealing-with-norovirus/810211)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-live-alone-dealing-with-norovirus/810211 "2018-03-09T00:46:41Z")
I am not sick. But, when my Parents were alive, I once contracted Norovirus. Terrible. \*\* For those of you who live alone, and also had Norovirus, do you have tips on how to cope?\*\* Please note–I have no close frien… --- ## [You Gotta Date the Sexy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-date-the-sexy/809251)
**Author:** [@MonkeyCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyCat)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-date-the-sexy/809251 "2018-03-08T23:57:51Z")
My fiancé and I (he’s on this message board) often debate about whether or not women choose their men for the most advantageous reasons in a relationship setting. Society has conditioned women to consciously and subconsc… --- ## [Legally Going Back in Time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-going-back-in-time/810145)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-going-back-in-time/810145 "2018-03-08T23:45:40Z")
I came up with this mental puzzle when I was still a child. Forgive me if it sounds silly to some (remember I was just a kid). Actually even as a kid, people often told me I was pretty smart (I digress). You are about t… --- ## [How do you clasp your hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-clasp-your-hands/809993)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-clasp-your-hands/809993 "2018-03-08T22:21:19Z")
I’m curious about this because I noticed that I always clasp my hands the same way: fingers interlaced with the left forefinger being on top. My wife does it with her right forefinger on top. We’re both right-handed. So … --- ## [Is it abnormal to have lost all interest in TV and movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-abnormal-to-have-lost-all-interest-in-tv-and-movies/810083)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-abnormal-to-have-lost-all-interest-in-tv-and-movies/810083 "2018-03-08T21:27:05Z")
My brother recently purchased a Netflix account that comes with four user profiles, so he let me set one up. Hooray, I have Netflix! Let’s see, I’ll watch… -nuthin. Nothing at all that piques my interest? When young I … --- ## [Neighborhood pets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-pets/810115)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighborhood-pets/810115 "2018-03-08T20:42:09Z")
I lovedthis story of a “town dog” who everyday, walks 4 miles into town just to walk around and see everyone. I wonder, have you ever experienced a “town dog”? A dog that would wander the town and just greet everyone? --- ## [Another legal question re: real estate sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-legal-question-re-real-estate-sale/810173)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-legal-question-re-real-estate-sale/810173 "2018-03-08T20:11:58Z")
My father was selling a house that he had refurbished, on a personal contract with the buyer, when he died. The house and purchase agreement was left in his simple living trust, and as trustee, I have to handle it. This … --- ## [Good time to buy a home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-to-buy-a-home/810241)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-time-to-buy-a-home/810241 "2018-03-08T19:40:30Z")
I have been in an apartment for several years now and am thinking of buying a home again. Just curious if more knowledgeable about the market people have any comments. If I do get something I’d prefer a townhouse or con… --- ## [Progressive lenses: Same? Better? Worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-lenses-same-better-worse/774184)
**Author:** [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-lenses-same-better-worse/774184 "2018-03-08T18:38:15Z")
My optician has recommended that I get new eyeglasses with progressive lenses since I’m at that age where reading vision goes to poop. I have a few days to decide what to do. The one thing I really don’t like, from the… --- ## [california legal power of attorney question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-power-of-attorney-question/810167)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-legal-power-of-attorney-question/810167 "2018-03-08T16:38:19Z")
Ok my cousins 42 physically and mentally disabled and some one told her mother my aunt she should get a power of attorney for her because of age Now on this info site How to Get Power of Attorney in California (with… --- ## [Let's process Kobe Bryant's Oscar award](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-process-kobe-bryants-oscar-award/810059)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-process-kobe-bryants-oscar-award/810059 "2018-03-08T06:10:56Z")
So they awarded Kobe Bryant an Oscar, even though these awards shows have been having a “metoo”/“timesup” spin, and he was accused of sexual assault in 2003. Was this dissonance with the narrative an oversight, or a calc… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=517)