# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=61 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 62 --- ## [Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks - Who has been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glacier-and-waterton-lakes-national-parks-who-has-been/1012692)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glacier-and-waterton-lakes-national-parks-who-has-been/1012692 "2025-02-28T14:52:39Z")
It’s time to start planning my fall vacation. This year’s trip will be to Montana; specifically Glacier National Park. As usual, I seek Doper input. My plan is to spend 7-9 days in and around Glacier. I will fly into Gl… --- ## [One Day in San Diego?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-san-diego/1014783)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-day-in-san-diego/1014783 "2025-02-28T03:31:42Z")
Week after next, we are going to California for a family reunion. It ends on the Monday. We are flying out on a redeye on the Tuesday. This gives us a bit over 24 hours in San Diego. Activity suggestions? I cannot walk… --- ## [Implementing tariffs: who pays what, where the money goes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/implementing-tariffs-who-pays-what-where-the-money-goes/1013380)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/implementing-tariffs-who-pays-what-where-the-money-goes/1013380 "2025-02-28T01:04:48Z")
Suppose, as is likely, that the new U.S. administration enacts its 100% tariff on Chinese goods, to apply to the wholesale price. Suppose we’re talking about a Chinese TV at Wal-Mart (2024 cost to Wal-Mart: 300$, price t… --- ## [Two home improvement questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-home-improvement-questions/1014831)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-home-improvement-questions/1014831 "2025-02-28T00:21:58Z")
I think FQ is the right forum. If not, mods feel free to move. One: We had our house repainted a couple of years ago and have the leftover paint in our garage. Taking down a post that was next to the house, I saw they… --- ## [Canadians - how could this happen (woman waits 6 years for knee replacement that ultimately fails)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-how-could-this-happen-woman-waits-6-years-for-knee-replacement-that-ultimately-fails/1014816)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2025, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-how-could-this-happen-woman-waits-6-years-for-knee-replacement-that-ultimately-fails/1014816 "2025-02-28T00:12:13Z")
I ran across this item while reading an article about why we should not have socialized medicine here in the USA. I found it so unbelievable that I just had to reserch it to see if was true. This poor woman waited SIX … --- ## [Eye floaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/1014737)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-floaters/1014737 "2025-02-27T21:40:04Z")
A couple of days ago I woke up with two prominent floaters in my left eye. Now I have had floaters before but these were frightening. Completely black, not just a shadow. Very thick. They looked like tufts of black yarn … --- ## [Senator Tina Smith calls Musk "a dick"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-tina-smith-calls-musk-a-dick/1014739)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senator-tina-smith-calls-musk-a-dick/1014739 "2025-02-27T20:40:32Z")
Tina Smith (D-MN) is leaving the senate at the end of her term, so has nothing to lose. Referencing Musk’s requiring employees to justify their exisence, Sen. Smith, who is normally outspoken has nothing to lose. To quot… --- ## [Carbon dating - is this available for mere mortals, or even what I need to date an old building?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-dating-is-this-available-for-mere-mortals-or-even-what-i-need-to-date-an-old-building/1014832)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbon-dating-is-this-available-for-mere-mortals-or-even-what-i-need-to-date-an-old-building/1014832 "2025-02-27T15:23:18Z")
I live in an old (Georgian) house, with a ‘coach house’ in the garden (that’s what it’s called in the deeds, but for all anyone knows, it could have started life as a farmyard barn). I suspect there’s been buildings on t… --- ## [Hypothetical: Marijuana is completely legal and you're allowed to grow your own. Do you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-marijuana-is-completely-legal-and-youre-allowed-to-grow-your-own-do-you/956025)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-marijuana-is-completely-legal-and-youre-allowed-to-grow-your-own-do-you/956025 "2025-02-26T15:01:56Z")
Title pretty much sums it up. Common sense finally prevailed and MJ is legal and regulated under an amalgam of alcohol and tobacco regulations. With the added proviso that a legal consumer can have X plants or 2X plant… --- ## [What do you think of roadside memorials?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-roadside-memorials/342596)
**Author:** [@Let\_the\_machine\_get\_it](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Let_the_machine_get_it)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-roadside-memorials/342596 "2025-02-26T14:02:21Z")
In this city the kids put roadside memorials wherever there’s a fatal accident. Cards, balloons, banners, teddy bears, and strangely liquor bottles, whether or not alcohol was involved. The thing stays up for a couple w… --- ## [New York governor quashes Manhattan congestion pricing project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-governor-quashes-manhattan-congestion-pricing-project/1002541)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-governor-quashes-manhattan-congestion-pricing-project/1002541 "2025-02-26T12:08:16Z")
For decades, the city of New York has planned congestion pricing. More than $500 million has already been spent on a program to charge $15 for cars entering lower/midtown Manhattan. Less than a month before it was to ta… --- ## [Anonymous clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anonymous-clothing/1014394 "2025-02-26T02:41:51Z")
@Dung\_Beetle opened a thread today on “Your attention-getting clothes.” I have a small number of what I call “graphic tees” but I actually hate wearing anything that attracts attention so I almost never wear them. I also… --- ## [Is this proper use of English: "\[x\] will make you laugh and sick"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-proper-use-of-english-x-will-make-you-laugh-and-sick/1014700 "2025-02-26T00:05:35Z")
Watching a YouTube theme park attraction review video, the narrator said, of a certain attraction, that “this ride will make you laugh and sick.” That hit my ears wrong. “This ride will make you laugh and puke,” sure – t… --- ## [Do you give a damn about car alarms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-a-damn-about-car-alarms/1014188)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-give-a-damn-about-car-alarms/1014188 "2025-02-25T17:59:17Z")
I know I don’t. When I hear one go off, I either don’t care (because I assume it went off mistakenly, which I guess is true most of the time), or I get annoyed (because it goes off in the middle of the night, or has a pa… --- ## [Random plumbing supply left in my mailbox; have I been threatened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-plumbing-supply-left-in-my-mailbox-have-i-been-threatened/1014718)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-plumbing-supply-left-in-my-mailbox-have-i-been-threatened/1014718 "2025-02-25T15:16:49Z")
I almost thought this too stupid to ask, but if there’s even a remote chance I need to take it seriously… So I opened my mailbox today and there’s a random plumbing supply in it. Not a pipe, some joint or hub or somethi… --- ## [Has anyone tried Airpods as hearing aids yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-airpods-as-hearing-aids-yet/1014693)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-airpods-as-hearing-aids-yet/1014693 "2025-02-24T18:40:33Z")
A few months ago, Apple (with US FDA approval) made it so that Airpods Pro can be used as over-the-counter hearing aids. Initial reviews seem promising (Apple AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Aids Expert Review), especially at thei… --- ## [How do you manage gastritis, food and drink-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-gastritis-food-and-drink-wise/1014713)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-gastritis-food-and-drink-wise/1014713 "2025-02-24T18:04:34Z")
So yesterday I had my first endoscopy, at 65 yrs old, and discovered that I have gastritis. I basically have no symptoms but my dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in his early 80s. From what I have read online (I’… --- ## [How do you see the future of the SDMB in light of the current political situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-future-of-the-sdmb-in-light-of-the-current-political-situation/1014567)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-future-of-the-sdmb-in-light-of-the-current-political-situation/1014567 "2025-02-24T15:46:34Z")
The First Amendment in the US constitution protects free speech, the freedom of press and the right of people to peaceably assemble. Well and good so far. But there are some restrictions too. “The categories of unprotect… --- ## [Best way to get hearing test and shop for hearing aids? What's your experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-hearing-test-and-shop-for-hearing-aids-whats-your-experience/1005847)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-hearing-test-and-shop-for-hearing-aids-whats-your-experience/1005847 "2025-02-24T14:50:37Z")
This is one area where I feel like I don’t want to go there. I’m not averse to the idea of wearing hearing aids, but I’m not sure how much I need them or how much of what I might actually need they would help with. I thi… --- ## [“The failing” this. “The failing” that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-failing-this-the-failing-that/1014696)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-failing-this-the-failing-that/1014696 "2025-02-24T03:54:01Z")
Has any business Trump has described as “failing” actually failed? --- ## [Only 2 dates, but Valentines Day is Friday. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-2-dates-but-valentines-day-is-friday-what-to-do/1014185 "2025-02-23T23:28:19Z")
So, ole’ me, who rarely dates, has been on 2 in the past week. I think I’m smitten. Or at least heavily in lust. We met because she’s the daughter of a co-worker’s friend, and she met me because she needed some legal … --- ## [Your attention-getting clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attention-getting-clothes/1014390)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-attention-getting-clothes/1014390 "2025-02-23T13:03:10Z")
Do you have any garments that draw the eyeballs or invite commentary from strangers? Now obviously any of us may have access to some silly costume. No, I’m talking about items you wear regularly, that for some reason a… --- ## [How quickly should a car be washed after driving on salt treated roads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-should-a-car-be-washed-after-driving-on-salt-treated-roads/1014502)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-quickly-should-a-car-be-washed-after-driving-on-salt-treated-roads/1014502 "2025-02-23T12:31:01Z")
Little Rock treated our roads heavily before yesterdays snow and ice storm. They’ll retreat the roads for the next couple days. I watch car repair channels on YouTube. It’s shocking to see a rusted car frame and body … --- ## [How long to wait for a possibly questionable check to clear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-wait-for-a-possibly-questionable-check-to-clear/1014641)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-to-wait-for-a-possibly-questionable-check-to-clear/1014641 "2025-02-23T01:28:31Z")
I deposited a check in my credit union savings account. The check is legitimate but the issuing company is a little weird, and I’m afraid that at some point they might tell their bank that the check is improper or someth… --- ## [In your experience, how often does 'Why don't you just...' actually mean 'I have not fully grasped the problem'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-how-often-does-why-dont-you-just-actually-mean-i-have-not-fully-grasped-the-problem/1014411)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-experience-how-often-does-why-dont-you-just-actually-mean-i-have-not-fully-grasped-the-problem/1014411 "2025-02-21T14:47:08Z")
In your experience, when you are describing a situation, perhaps not even soliciting a advice, but someone offers it anyway, and that advice begins with something like “Why don’t you just…” (or “You should just…”, or pre… --- ## [Venting about packaging — can be difficult to open!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-about-packaging-can-be-difficult-to-open/1009988)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/venting-about-packaging-can-be-difficult-to-open/1009988 "2025-02-20T21:33:41Z")
I need to vent a little about Ziplock-like shipping bags. This is not pit worthy. Can I vent a little? The top of Ziplock-like shipping bags (e.g., from Amazon), right where you’re s… --- ## [Worst/Weirdest/Dumbest Piece of Unsolicited Inoffensive Advice You've Been Given?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-weirdest-dumbest-piece-of-unsolicited-inoffensive-advice-youve-been-given/1014148 "2025-02-20T17:30:56Z")
We’ve all been given unsolicited advice, but I’m curious if there’s any that you still remember and not because it was offensive or meanspirited towards you or others (as in no “You’d look so much better if you lost some… --- ## [What kind of tax professional do I need? (as a sole proprietor who bills clients directly)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-tax-professional-do-i-need-as-a-sole-proprietor-who-bills-clients-directly/1012779 "2025-02-20T16:31:57Z")
For 2024, I was self-employed as a computer programmer. I worked exclusively with one client, and invoiced them directly. They paid me via wire transfer every month. I have all the invoices. I did not make a separate bu… --- ## [What is “Disruptive University?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-disruptive-university/1014490 "2025-02-20T04:26:03Z")
I saw a weird ad for it on TikTok. Heavy on “authenticity” and “meeting expectations” but not really explaining what they’re offering. The website is even less clear: “ Are you living in alignment with who you are? What … --- ## [Detecting Landlord Snooping In My Room!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976)
**Author:** [@BlueValley45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueValley45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detecting-landlord-snooping-in-my-room/694976 "2025-02-20T03:12:15Z")
Hi Dopers . . I am told my landlord likes to snoop in the rented rooms in his house. I know of the taping the door to the door trim trick, the toothpick or bit of paper in the hinge side trick etc. . . and he does now b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=62)