# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=554 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 555 --- ## [Is my boyfriend still using](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-boyfriend-still-using/800964)
**Author:** [@helpmybf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/helpmybf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-boyfriend-still-using/800964 "2017-11-09T17:08:51Z")
Hey everyone. Sorry if my questions may seem completely ignorant but I am hoping some of you can help me out. I am dating/living with my bf who is a recovering addict. He relapsed for the first time since we have been to… --- ## [Can someone justify this behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-justify-this-behavior/795288)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-justify-this-behavior/795288 "2017-11-09T16:11:46Z")
So I’m usually someone who supports police action however in this case I can’t even fathom why this officer thought his actions were justified. A nurse and her administration, on the phone, are explaining to a detective … --- ## [FEMA Mandate to buy insurance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-mandate-to-buy-insurance/800979)
**Author:** [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-mandate-to-buy-insurance/800979 "2017-11-09T01:12:51Z")
My neighbors live in a ground level house that was flooded with two feet of water during Hurricane Irma. They do not have insurance as they said they could not afford it. They called FEMA for help. It took almost two mon… --- ## [Thoughts on managers and sub-ordinates, post-Weinstein...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-managers-and-sub-ordinates-post-weinstein/799650)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-managers-and-sub-ordinates-post-weinstein/799650 "2017-11-08T21:45:46Z")
Apologies, this is a bit of a ramble… As has become evidently and painfully clear recently, for time immemorial some men in positions of authority have abused their status to sexually proposition, abuse and assault thos… --- ## [Canned salmon from with best by date in 2008 - safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-salmon-from-with-best-by-date-in-2008-safe/800335)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canned-salmon-from-with-best-by-date-in-2008-safe/800335 "2017-11-08T20:46:04Z")
I have a can of salmon with a “best by” date in 2008. It is now 2017, almost 2018. The can is in good condition, non-bulging, sealed. Is this safe to eat or not? Do not need answer fast, have newer cans to consume to… --- ## [Green thumbs: How should I over-winter my potted lily?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-thumbs-how-should-i-over-winter-my-potted-lily/801070)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-thumbs-how-should-i-over-winter-my-potted-lily/801070 "2017-11-08T19:10:32Z")
I have a potted lily, which started life as an FTD sympathy plant a few years ago. Because it’s poisonous to dogs, and we have some wild pups, I put it on my mostly-shaded porch this summer and it thrived. Now that temp… --- ## [Let's Talk Computer Backup Plans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-computer-backup-plans/800550)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-computer-backup-plans/800550 "2017-11-08T19:04:04Z")
Yay, my hard drive failed! While I was still able to run the OS on the dying drive, I couldn’t clone the disk image due to corruption, so all the settings and program files are long gone. Fortunately, I keep all of my do… --- ## [Let's shop for attache cases/ brief cases.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shop-for-attache-cases-brief-cases/801068)
**Author:** [@LordHarry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordHarry)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-shop-for-attache-cases-brief-cases/801068 "2017-11-08T18:57:21Z")
I need a briefcase or attache for work. Backpack or messenger bag will no longer suffice. Anyone have recommendations? Leather preferred, hard sided ( or at least quite firm). Conservative and functional as primary need… --- ## [Facebook groups: type "agree" or get kicked out is S.O.P. now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-groups-type-agree-or-get-kicked-out-is-s-o-p-now/800799)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-groups-type-agree-or-get-kicked-out-is-s-o-p-now/800799 "2017-11-08T17:23:29Z")
Joined a bunch of FB groups recently across various interests (gardening & seed swap, herp groups, rodent feeder breeders, plant ID requests, local garage sales etc) and yesterday an admin (not mod) started a thread - in… --- ## [Passport photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passport-photo/800892)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passport-photo/800892 "2017-11-08T16:54:07Z")
Where do YOU go to get your passport photo taken? Where do you find they know what they’re doing? --- ## [Legal Question: documenting mortgage payoff receipt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-documenting-mortgage-payoff-receipt/800982)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-documenting-mortgage-payoff-receipt/800982 "2017-11-08T16:20:31Z")
Here’s the situation: You loaned Person A $100K in exchange for a mortgage on his property. Later, Person B, an associate of A, pays off that mortgage - he presents you a $100K from the account of an entity he controls,… --- ## [How often do you think presidential motorcades are flipped off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-think-presidential-motorcades-are-flipped-off/800973)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-think-presidential-motorcades-are-flipped-off/800973 "2017-11-08T15:01:03Z")
This happened recently, and a woman was fired, but I do not wish to discuss if that was fair or not. There’s other threads for that (or make one if you have to). What I’m wondering is how often this happens. Not just … --- ## [Reputable site to buy a loose gem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-site-to-buy-a-loose-gem/567452)
**Author:** [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-site-to-buy-a-loose-gem/567452 "2017-11-08T14:51:01Z")
I’m looking for advice here on how to go about buying a loose gemstone / fitting to assemble a ring. Googling where to purchase a gemstone gives plenty of hits, but the sites seem to be iffy, at best (as well as locate… --- ## [Why is butt-dialing so common with the older generation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-butt-dialing-so-common-with-the-older-generation/800974)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-butt-dialing-so-common-with-the-older-generation/800974 "2017-11-08T06:23:41Z")
I swear, the number of times my mom and aunt have butt-dialed me is staggering. And my wife and I just sit there laughing hysterically while we listen to a 3-minute maxed-out voice mail that consists of scraping fabric … --- ## ["Gehry still resides there." (Wikipedia language question).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gehry-still-resides-there-wikipedia-language-question/800951 "2017-11-08T04:27:29Z")
To me, residing is perhaps laying down. A residence is where you lay down to sleep. In any case, the construct just sounds lame. But this is a favoured construct for Wikipedia. I’d say he still lives there. What do yo… --- ## [In our non-magical world, which items sound most magical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-our-non-magical-world-which-items-sound-most-magical/800884)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-our-non-magical-world-which-items-sound-most-magical/800884 "2017-11-08T02:18:38Z")
I’m thinking of making someone (who is a massive harry Potter nerd) a custom wand for a gift - I sort of want to make it ‘authentic’ in the sense that it will be made from a specific named timber (I actually have some El… --- ## [Forced Kiss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-kiss/800628)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forced-kiss/800628 "2017-11-08T00:42:19Z")
I’m reading this article in the Washington Post about the scandal at NPR and I see this sentence. … two other women had told NPR that Oreskes had kissed them against their will and put his tongue in their mouths during … --- ## [Where do you put multiple cat boxes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-multiple-cat-boxes/800966)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-put-multiple-cat-boxes/800966 "2017-11-07T23:25:49Z")
We’re going to have a feline invasion when our daughter, son-in-law, and grandbaby move in with us next summer. They have 3 cats (and a dog, but the dog’s not an issue) and we have 2. Our 2 have been fine sharing a sin… --- ## [Wipe The Board Clean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wipe-the-board-clean/800970)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wipe-the-board-clean/800970 "2017-11-07T20:49:37Z")
I was watching a documentary on the last presidential election, and one of the people interviewed said something I found interesting. I can’t give a direct quote but to paraphrase it: Freeing blacks and giving them th… --- ## [Visiting German family, need gift suggestions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-german-family-need-gift-suggestions/234352)
**Author:** [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-german-family-need-gift-suggestions/234352 "2017-11-07T19:37:17Z")
I’m leaving on Thursday for Germany–elevel fun-filled days with some family I’ve never met as part of a visit-exchange program my school has set up. Since I’m going to be living with them, it would be polite to bring a … --- ## [Solitary Confinement is Barbaric](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitary-confinement-is-barbaric/800846)
**Author:** [@catherine\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catherine_em)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solitary-confinement-is-barbaric/800846 "2017-11-07T17:54:08Z")
Solitary confinement has been around for centuries but when it was first started, prisons were shut down. Currently, most of the individuals who have mental illness are in prison rather than in hospitals and they’re also… --- ## [Reverse-Osmosis system opinions wanted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-osmosis-system-opinions-wanted/420205)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reverse-osmosis-system-opinions-wanted/420205 "2017-11-07T17:04:36Z")
Hopefully from somebody who already has one. I’m planning to put in an RO system under the sink that will feed a countertop faucet for drinking water, and the fridge ice maker supply line. I’d also like to provide a fe… --- ## [My lovebirds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lovebirds/800726)
**Author:** [@Myangelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myangelz)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-lovebirds/800726 "2017-11-07T15:14:34Z")
Hello im really Sad today .my lovebirds boo and sunny have just lost their third clutch.they are two years old very healthy and i am assuming male and female as he mounts her.they take great care of the eggs …but they ne… --- ## [What things are considered "common sense?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-considered-common-sense/800292)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-considered-common-sense/800292 "2017-11-07T08:28:34Z")
Wanted to have a thread discussion about what is considered “common sense” - not that it is necessarily right, but that it is considered common sense. I believe a big reason - perhaps even the main reason - 63 million p… --- ## [Statistics on how inheritance is handled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-how-inheritance-is-handled/800737)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-on-how-inheritance-is-handled/800737 "2017-11-07T02:08:58Z")
It seems the great majority of people I know at the age where there parents pass and leave them a home and inheritance, usually somewhere between 100K and 500k they seem to squander it rather quickly on things like young… --- ## [What do you look for when you buy alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-when-you-buy-alcohol/800723)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-when-you-buy-alcohol/800723 "2017-11-07T01:19:25Z")
One of my stores started carrying beer and wine, and to be honest I am pretty disappointed by the results. Alcohol came in at 2.8% of total sales Right between Health & Beauty at 2.9% and Hardware at 2.5% We carry ove… --- ## [I want to walk across the Golden Gate bridge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-walk-across-the-golden-gate-bridge/798158)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-walk-across-the-golden-gate-bridge/798158 "2017-11-07T00:52:11Z")
Can someone help me plan a trip from the Sacramento area to the bay area so that I might accomplish my goal, please. I can stay overnight, but I don’t have to. It appears to be 1.7 miles. I expect it would take me 4 to… --- ## [The Interplanetary Tourism Board Wants Your Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-interplanetary-tourism-board-wants-your-help/800879)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-interplanetary-tourism-board-wants-your-help/800879 "2017-11-06T21:13:50Z")
(This is a repurposed blog post) \* More specifically, the Tourism Board of the planet of Czilan is interested in increasing the number of earthly visitors, and they’ve been tossing around some ideas about how to market … --- ## [Inviting yourself to a college graduation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inviting-yourself-to-a-college-graduation/800864)
**Author:** [@caligirl66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligirl66)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inviting-yourself-to-a-college-graduation/800864 "2017-11-06T21:08:04Z")
Recently my spouse and I were invited to our friend’s PhD graduation and small party. My spouse was having a casual conversation with another friend about the said graduation because that friend used to work with the gra… --- ## [8-month pregnant mother shot dead. How long to save unborn child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-month-pregnant-mother-shot-dead-how-long-to-save-unborn-child/800881)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/8-month-pregnant-mother-shot-dead-how-long-to-save-unborn-child/800881 "2017-11-06T14:36:23Z")
In the Sutherlands Springs massacre, one of the victims was 8 months’ pregnant. How long would the baby have survived in utero after the mother was shot? Would it have been long enough for an emergency cesarean? (q.v. Ma… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=553) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=555)