# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=57 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 58 --- ## [Anyone have "easy" kids? Perfect parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-easy-kids-perfect-parents/1015026)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-easy-kids-perfect-parents/1015026 "2025-03-31T01:35:32Z")
If so, how do you define/explain it? My eldest daughter (the only of 3 of our kids to propagate) is going through stuff with her 2 kids - ages 5 and 10. Nothing terribly horrible - just strikes me as the kinda shit we … --- ## [They're kicking my non-ambulatory dad out of inpatient rehab soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-kicking-my-non-ambulatory-dad-out-of-inpatient-rehab-soon/1016287)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-kicking-my-non-ambulatory-dad-out-of-inpatient-rehab-soon/1016287 "2025-03-30T23:48:15Z")
My dad had an occipital hemorrhagic stroke two weeks ago. He was in the ICU for a few days, then discharged to inpatient intensive rehab, where he has been since the evening of 3/22. My mom got a call from them today, te… --- ## [Have you ever gotten the "Grandma/Grandpa, I'm in jail" scam call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-the-grandma-grandpa-im-in-jail-scam-call/1015914)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-the-grandma-grandpa-im-in-jail-scam-call/1015914 "2025-03-30T21:48:54Z")
My late MIL got these calls several times, and she was sharp enough to either hang up or say “The police are tracing this call right now.” How could the caller know that her only grandson was blind and would never be arr… --- ## [Could Trumps Tariff's cause Ford and Gm’ pensions to default](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trumps-tariffs-cause-ford-and-gm-pensions-to-default/1016343)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trumps-tariffs-cause-ford-and-gm-pensions-to-default/1016343 "2025-03-30T19:36:52Z")
These companies are doing fairly well up to this point but they could never reshuffle and bring back there there assembly division to what would be needed, Not to forget the enormous parts divisions of Delco and Motorcra… --- ## [Answering the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-phone/1012261)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-phone/1012261 "2025-03-30T17:00:29Z")
Has anyone here adopted the gruff “Talk to me” from The Fugitive, when the one-armed guy answers the phone? “Ahoy” died in birth, and “Hello” has had a good run. Time for a change. --- ## [Russia at war and GDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-at-war-and-gdp/1015759)
**Author:** [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-at-war-and-gdp/1015759 "2025-03-30T02:29:42Z")
How can Russia with an economy a bit smaller than Italy’s (both with a GDP a bit over 2 trillion); afford a large scale, 3 year war? I get: it is a largely extractive economy (likely a bit more immune to sanctions), Col… --- ## [Is desalination going to be the solution to the water crisis? Questions and thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-desalination-going-to-be-the-solution-to-the-water-crisis-questions-and-thoughts/1015110)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-desalination-going-to-be-the-solution-to-the-water-crisis-questions-and-thoughts/1015110 "2025-03-30T00:28:01Z")
I teach remedial reading in middle school and one unit we read about and study is the impending Water Crisis, the lack of fresh, clean water and how it will affect people in the future(some even affected now). I show a … --- ## [Getting rid of freezer, need advice re:defrosting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-freezer-need-advice-re-defrosting/1016315)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-freezer-need-advice-re-defrosting/1016315 "2025-03-29T22:38:59Z")
Many years ago, our fridge died on a Friday night right after grocery shopping. Our immediate solution was a cheap, small, Walmart chest freezer. We bought a new fridge on Monday. After we got the new fridge, I told FiL… --- ## [Why do grocery stores allow sales people to come into their stores and harass their customers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-grocery-stores-allow-sales-people-to-come-into-their-stores-and-harass-their-customers/1016135)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-grocery-stores-allow-sales-people-to-come-into-their-stores-and-harass-their-customers/1016135 "2025-03-29T19:08:24Z")
Seriously why? I can’t imagine there is a single customer there that appreciates it. I’ve decided the best way to deal with these people is to not acknowledge them at all. Rude, but less rude than the words that would … --- ## [What's your Go-To for a new (men's) Suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-for-a-new-mens-suit/1016034)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-go-to-for-a-new-mens-suit/1016034 "2025-03-29T14:07:49Z")
These days I only wear a suit probably about 20-25 times a year, but when I’m at conferences I’ll wear them for 5-7 days straight, so I keep two in the stable. My current suits are looking a bit threadbare, and anyway I… --- ## [Experiences with small electric motorcycles, Vespas, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-small-electric-motorcycles-vespas-etc/1016226)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-small-electric-motorcycles-vespas-etc/1016226 "2025-03-28T15:00:05Z")
Interested in any and all stories, anecdotes, tales cautionary or laudatory. However, specifically looking for operator stories, not passenger stories. Though I would welcome passenger stories specifically about buying s… --- ## [Let's talk about computer back-up strategies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-computer-back-up-strategies/1016183)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-computer-back-up-strategies/1016183 "2025-03-28T14:34:02Z")
I have a bunch of files on my laptop that I’d rather not lose. I currently have an external USB drive that I plug into the laptop every now and then onto which I copy all of my documents and photos. Because I am prone to… --- ## [Speculate: How does a transplant recipient get rabies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-how-does-a-transplant-recipient-get-rabies/1016225)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speculate-how-does-a-transplant-recipient-get-rabies/1016225 "2025-03-28T01:16:26Z")
Yes, I know it was from the donor, but I’m interested in possible scenarios about how this could happen Is it possible the donor was a ‘carrier’ (had the virus but no symptoms), or is it necessarily that the donor cont… --- ## [Thoughts on chronic insomnia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-chronic-insomnia/1016187 "2025-03-28T01:06:09Z")
I have a colleague, a 49 yo woman, who has been suffering from chronic insomnia for the last 12 months. She says she has never been a good sleeper, but since this time she has seldom gotten more than three hours of sleep… --- ## [Too much Simethicone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-simethicone/1016221)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-simethicone/1016221 "2025-03-28T00:33:35Z")
(Note to mods, I’m merely satisfying my curiosity - I have no desire or intention of ‘over-medicating’) What’s the danger of taking too much gas medicine? My wife recently bought this product. I notice it says: Do not… --- ## [I figured out a scam. Tell me if I'm wrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-out-a-scam-tell-me-if-im-wrong/1015434)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-figured-out-a-scam-tell-me-if-im-wrong/1015434 "2025-03-27T22:06:42Z")
I’m pretty sure I caught on to a scam before I gave them thousands of dollars. There’s an an outfit called artstorefront dot com that appealed to artists (I’m a painter) who don’t like handing the business side of their… --- ## [Question about strength training](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-strength-training/1016117)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-strength-training/1016117 "2025-03-27T20:34:48Z")
Trying to figure out the best frequency vs intensity for working out. I am past the point of getting much soreness, now I get kind of a flexed feeling that lingers for a few days before disappearing. When that flexed fee… --- ## [Why do we need Supermax prisons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-supermax-prisons/1015838)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-supermax-prisons/1015838 "2025-03-27T16:57:52Z")
Title kinda says it all. We have various prisons in the US, including Supermax prisons. Some famous inmates at these places are Richard Reid (the shoe bomber), Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber), and Robert Hanssen (Soviet spy)… --- ## [Disasters and DOGE, a perfect storm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disasters-and-doge-a-perfect-storm/1015724)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disasters-and-doge-a-perfect-storm/1015724 "2025-03-27T12:12:39Z")
We’re seeing horrifying weather events this past year and also recently. The most recent has killed 37 people, spawned tornadoes, dust storms, etc. With the current administration getting rid of FEMA, it would seem that … --- ## [Troubleshooting an electric UTV cart, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-an-electric-utv-cart-anyone/1016137)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-an-electric-utv-cart-anyone/1016137 "2025-03-27T12:00:42Z")
Hoping one of you wise folk can help ~ I have an old electric American Sportworks Chuck Wagon, it’s an “offroad”-ish utility cart that I use for farm chores. I love it, but it’s getting tired and doing weird things. I … --- ## [Legal question about non-self-defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-non-self-defense/1016116)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-non-self-defense/1016116 "2025-03-27T00:11:01Z")
This may have a factual answer, but I think legal questions go here. This concerns a scene in a detective story I am reading. A man with a gun has broken into a house and is threatening the occupants with his gun. Our… --- ## [Sea Horses - did anyone order them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-horses-did-anyone-order-them/1016093)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-horses-did-anyone-order-them/1016093 "2025-03-26T23:26:30Z")
I remember ads for sea horses in many comics and magazines. Right next to the X-ray glasses and fake dog poop. :wink: I never ordered them. I’m curious if sea horses arrived alive? Back then it took a couple weeks to ge… --- ## [Experiences with chemotherapy for cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-chemotherapy-for-cats/1016143)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-chemotherapy-for-cats/1016143 "2025-03-26T17:15:13Z")
Have you had experience with a cat on chemotherapy? How hard was it on the cat and on the people taking care of the cat? Was it very costly? Are you glad you did it? How about radiation therapy experiences? My cat just … --- ## [You get caught with a dead body, are you going to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-caught-with-a-dead-body-are-you-going-to-prison/1015796)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-caught-with-a-dead-body-are-you-going-to-prison/1015796 "2025-03-26T15:51:22Z")
Don’t need an answer fast :wink: just saw Snatch again and the thought occured to me. It’s a fairly common Hollywood trope, protagonist gets mixed up in a murder plot (or twelve) and ends up with an (obviously murdered)… --- ## [How much of an ordeal was your tooth extraction and implant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-an-ordeal-was-your-tooth-extraction-and-implant/1016097)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-an-ordeal-was-your-tooth-extraction-and-implant/1016097 "2025-03-26T14:19:47Z")
I just confirmed with my dentist that my I need to have one of my upper teeth (#14) extracted and and have an implant put in. Having a bridge, or just leaving a gap, didn’t really appeal to me. I know there is a four mon… --- ## [Talking cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-cats/1016071)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-cats/1016071 "2025-03-26T03:13:06Z")
Suppose someone developed a cat collar that could translate 4 or 5 cat thoughts into English. Besides “Feed me NOW” and “Don’t bother me!” what other phrases would your cat most want you to understand. --- ## [Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (... and Bears)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 438\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-choosing-to-disengage-from-emotional-involvement-with-women-and-bears/1001627 "2025-03-25T21:47:36Z")
Opening a new thread here in order not to hijack this one. I am one of them. And if that makes me a coward, fine. I’d much rather be a coward than an abuser, even an involuntary one. I’m curious, though. Would you say… --- ## [Who Remembers The Red Army Faction? (Baader- Meinhof Gang)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-red-army-faction-baader-meinhof-gang/625335)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-the-red-army-faction-baader-meinhof-gang/625335 "2025-03-25T21:16:43Z")
I was wondering how many people remember this rather violent organisation. It is no big deal, I am just curious. Link. --- ## [Routers and firewalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-and-firewalls/1016057)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-and-firewalls/1016057 "2025-03-25T17:32:47Z")
I have Verizon FIOS. The router went bad, so I had them send me a new one. In the meantime, I connected my Orbi mesh network directly to the box that converts light into the internet. It works fine. However, I recen… --- ## [Court in Japan orders "Moonies" to disband, strips the church of its tax-exempt status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-in-japan-orders-moonies-to-disband-strips-the-church-of-its-tax-exempt-status/1016090)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/court-in-japan-orders-moonies-to-disband-strips-the-church-of-its-tax-exempt-status/1016090 "2025-03-25T14:57:43Z")
I don’t know much about the Moonies apart from their mass wedding mentioned in the article and that there were possibly some connections between them and the shooting of Abe. They also own some newspapers such as the Was… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=58)