# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=764 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 765 --- ## [Was Formula 409 used in making illicit drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-formula-409-used-in-making-illicit-drugs/750781)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-formula-409-used-in-making-illicit-drugs/750781 "2016-04-05T00:20:34Z")
Was Formula 409 used in the manufacture of illicit drugs? Decades ago we contracted with a small cleaning service that insisted upon ridiculous quantities of Formula 409 be kept on the propriety. It seemed to have been… --- ## [contract or declaration language interpretation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contract-or-declaration-language-interpretation/698669)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contract-or-declaration-language-interpretation/698669 "2016-04-04T20:55:50Z")
(1) NEW Homeowner’s association. (2) New board determines that a change is needed to the ‘Declarations’, and ‘Amendment’ (3) A Meeting is duly called and 68% of the lot owners (including the board members) are signed … --- ## [Do any small solar chargers (for handheld devices) work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-small-solar-chargers-for-handheld-devices-work/751132)
**Author:** [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-small-solar-chargers-for-handheld-devices-work/751132 "2016-04-04T19:07:05Z")
I was wondering if anyone had experience of a portable, lightweight solar charger that was useful, invaluable even, when out in the wilderness away from power sources. I have a simple one, Solar Monkey I think it’s calle… --- ## [Wood working engineer types](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-working-engineer-types/750943)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wood-working-engineer-types/750943 "2016-04-04T18:23:46Z")
I am working on an adaptor for my 6" belt sander that will turn it into a precision thickness sander. Everything seems to be working pretty well except for the feed speed which I am doing by hand. I am thinking because i… --- ## [Will nuclear weapons be used again in wartime before the year 2100?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nuclear-weapons-be-used-again-in-wartime-before-the-year-2100/750608)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-nuclear-weapons-be-used-again-in-wartime-before-the-year-2100/750608 "2016-04-04T17:58:55Z")
I was originally going to title this thread, “Will nuclear weapons ever be used in warfare again,” but forever is a long time, so I’m setting a more concrete over/under of the year 2100 instead. As we all know, nuclear … --- ## [Large-Scale Loss Of Jobs To Robots In The Next Few Years. How serious to take this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-scale-loss-of-jobs-to-robots-in-the-next-few-years-how-serious-to-take-this/749808)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-scale-loss-of-jobs-to-robots-in-the-next-few-years-how-serious-to-take-this/749808 "2016-04-04T16:09:30Z")
I’ve just watched a news story, that suggests that nearly half of all jobs in Tennessee could be lost to robots “in the next few years”. Just how seriously should I take this? Some, obviously, will be lost. But news s… --- ## [Battle of the -gists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-gists/750897)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-of-the-gists/750897 "2016-04-04T15:34:49Z")
Here’s the scenario, you’re the town mayor about to approve the site for the new community center. Before construction begins, the local university contacts you and tells you that three of its departments are interested … --- ## [Why the up roar over Trump's statement about Abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-up-roar-over-trumps-statement-about-abortion/750764)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-up-roar-over-trumps-statement-about-abortion/750764 "2016-04-04T14:36:15Z")
Prior to Roe vs Wade abortion was a criminal act in every state. Criminals can be prosecuted. Some DA’s might not have gone after the woman. But that was strictly a judgement call. Perhaps a political one too. Repeal t… --- ## [One shop's April Fool's day joke...what do you think of it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shops-april-fools-day-joke-what-do-you-think-of-it/750807)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-shops-april-fools-day-joke-what-do-you-think-of-it/750807 "2016-04-04T12:19:44Z")
So an online shop that I really like just posted that all their large bags are 50% off for the weekend. They also posted that the bags were coming with hot guys inside and showed two bags with good looking men, (actors, … --- ## [Do kids today still watch The Royal Tenenbaums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-today-still-watch-the-royal-tenenbaums/751027)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-today-still-watch-the-royal-tenenbaums/751027 "2016-04-04T04:49:43Z")
When I was in high school (mid 2000s) all the white kids in my school looked like they took their whole aesthetic from The Royal Tenenbaums, and all the white girls looked like they wanted to be Margot Tenenbaum. --- ## [Oklahoma City - what to eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-city-what-to-eat/750959)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-city-what-to-eat/750959 "2016-04-04T04:00:51Z")
Since it’s travel I put this in IMHO, though it’s food so maybe Cafe society was better. Gah I am never sure. Anyway… I will be in Oklahoma City for 4 days in early May for a conference, staying in Bricktown. I haven… --- ## [Home remedies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-remedies-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/677963)
**Author:** [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-remedies-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/677963 "2016-04-04T03:09:36Z")
I’ve been suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome for the last 10 years. The severity comes and goes. My doctor has prescribed me Paxil. I, however, do not like the side effects. It makes me really drowsy. The medicine … --- ## [Enalapril user has low blood pressure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalapril-user-has-low-blood-pressure/750930)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enalapril-user-has-low-blood-pressure/750930 "2016-04-04T02:41:28Z")
I’m blatantly asking for pharmaceutical/medical advice. My regular cardiologist left the country years ago. It would be a 3-hour drive to get to a doctor I trust. Many years ago I was prescribed enalapril (5 mg daily)… --- ## [Recommend Encryption Software for Removable Drive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-encryption-software-for-removable-drive/750953)
**Author:** [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-encryption-software-for-removable-drive/750953 "2016-04-04T02:36:46Z")
What’s a good encryption software for removable drives? I know Windows has something built-in. I don’t want that. I want software that’s going to ask for a password when the drive is plugged in to the computer. I think t… --- ## [What should I do with this flag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-flag/751100)
**Author:** [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-this-flag/751100 "2016-04-04T02:09:13Z")
I have had for a number of years a U.S. flag that was on the coffin of someone with tenuous familial ties. I have taken good care of it, placing it in a triangular display case and keeping in an area where it will not ge… --- ## [UK - Would people even buy second hand clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-would-people-even-buy-second-hand-clothes/750720 "2016-04-03T21:33:31Z")
Well, the answer is yes, sometimes, but from a charity shop. However, I now have a huge pile of clothes in excellent conditions, mostly formal suits, that I never wore because I was too fat for them, and then became too … --- ## [Major breakthrough in HIV treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-breakthrough-in-hiv-treatment/750892)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-breakthrough-in-hiv-treatment/750892 "2016-04-03T21:22:48Z")
Can one of the medical Dopers explain and comment on this article? --- ## [Ladies: in public, a man makes repeated, unwanted romantic overtures toward you. Your reaction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-public-a-man-makes-repeated-unwanted-romantic-overtures-toward-you-your-reaction/750841)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-in-public-a-man-makes-repeated-unwanted-romantic-overtures-toward-you-your-reaction/750841 "2016-04-03T19:08:17Z")
A couple of things: Yes, I specifically am aiming this question toward women only and about men only. Why? Partly that is the way these things tend to happen in the real world, and I’m not pretending otherwise, and p… --- ## [How can I use my Ti-89 for physics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-use-my-ti-89-for-physics/297567)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-use-my-ti-89-for-physics/297567 "2016-04-03T08:19:34Z")
I know how to use it for calculus and I know a bit about using it for algebra, but how do I use it for physics? Right now I am in physics I so we cover things like vectors and simple macro classical physics (torque, kine… --- ## [Repealing the ACA with new healthcare reform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repealing-the-aca-with-new-healthcare-reform/750951)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repealing-the-aca-with-new-healthcare-reform/750951 "2016-04-03T07:50:48Z")
All right, let’s suppose the following bill is proposed, and you can only vote Yes or No, you cannot make any amendments: Repeal the ACA in its entirety. Institute single-payer health care. Force all hospitals and heal… --- ## [Nondestructive Car Pranks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728)
**Author:** [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nondestructive-car-pranks/463728 "2016-04-03T04:31:48Z")
First off, I know there have been threads on the subject before, but I can’t make the search engine be my friend. Some backstory: Last Thursday, somebody put peas from lunch on my friend’s car. The next day, I realized … --- ## [Cat owners with allergies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-owners-with-allergies/750812)
**Author:** [@Dinna\_Fash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinna_Fash)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-owners-with-allergies/750812 "2016-04-02T20:35:49Z")
My wife and daughter really want a cat, but sadly, I am allergic. I have outgrown my childhood asthmatic reactions and now I just get red, itchy eyes. I’m not willing to medicate myself or the cat for the cat’s entire li… --- ## [Playlist for Satellite radio last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-for-satellite-radio-last-night/750927)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playlist-for-satellite-radio-last-night/750927 "2016-04-02T19:03:56Z")
I was in a bar last night and they had Sirius XM playing “Outlaw Country” and there were a couple songs I really liked. But I have no idea who the artist was nor can I remember any of the lyrics (shocker, I was in a bar… --- ## [Colleges focusing a course on one manufacturer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colleges-focusing-a-course-on-one-manufacturer/750926)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colleges-focusing-a-course-on-one-manufacturer/750926 "2016-04-02T17:37:36Z")
I am studying network security, and some of my courses focus entirely on how to do things with Cisco equipment. I do find this topic very interesting, but I think there is something wrong with focusing on one company li… --- ## [Ever been the recipient of "making amends"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-the-recipient-of-making-amends/750470)
**Author:** [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-the-recipient-of-making-amends/750470 "2016-04-02T16:27:22Z")
Step 8/9 of the classic 12 step program is making a list of people you’ve wronged/hurt and then making amends to them. I’ve been the receiving end of these steps and I didn’t like it. In my personal experience it came … --- ## [Republican roots in Calvinism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-roots-in-calvinism/746724)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-roots-in-calvinism/746724 "2016-04-02T14:44:14Z")
Can we discuss the Conservative Republican/Tea Party movement’s roots in Calvinism? The current Republican notion that if you are poor, it is a sign of God’s disfavor has its roots in Calvinism (follow the link for the … --- ## [Are your nipples naturally hairy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-nipples-naturally-hairy/750618)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-nipples-naturally-hairy/750618 "2016-04-02T11:17:47Z")
Hi on another messageboard a poster said that it wasn’t normal that I had hairy nipples but he said that it is normal for women to have them. I’ve seen heaps of pics of women’s nipples but I’ve NEVER noticed them being h… --- ## [I just ground carpet glue off concrete, did I mess with asbestos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ground-carpet-glue-off-concrete-did-i-mess-with-asbestos/750885)
**Author:** [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2016, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-ground-carpet-glue-off-concrete-did-i-mess-with-asbestos/750885 "2016-04-02T05:57:16Z")
I took out the carpet in a finished basement. Underneath the padding was black glue residue. Scraping and liquid removers didn’t work, so in the end I ground it all off with a grinder. Much dust ensued, some of which I d… --- ## [Kids in bars to eat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-bars-to-eat/750543)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-in-bars-to-eat/750543 "2016-04-01T20:48:39Z")
This summer I am chaperone to 18 high school age students to New Orleans for a week. Here in Wisconsin it is common to take kids of all ages into bars if they serve food. Normally if there isn’t a table they sit at the … --- ## [Twins: at what point in gestation can sex by determined by US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-at-what-point-in-gestation-can-sex-by-determined-by-us/739713)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twins-at-what-point-in-gestation-can-sex-by-determined-by-us/739713 "2016-04-01T17:56:29Z")
A woman I know has told everyone she is pregnant. Cool! A few weeks later, still not showing, she told everyone she is carrying twins. Double cool!! However, now she is telling everyone the twins are both boys according… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=763) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=765)