# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=87 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 88 --- ## [Let's talk about password managers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-password-managers/1004474)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-password-managers/1004474 "2024-07-22T22:57:17Z")
According to my searching it’s been several years since we’ve discussed them directly. I think that it’s time for me to bite the bullet and get one going. My inclination is to go with 1password since it’s highly regarde… --- ## [Flying without a photo ID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-without-a-photo-id/1004256)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-without-a-photo-id/1004256 "2024-07-22T19:16:19Z")
My daughter moved from California to Brooklyn in 2021. On July 5, she finally got around to transferring her driver’s license/realID and voter registration to NY state. As of July 13, her new ID had not arrived in yet. O… --- ## [Tell me about living in the Raleigh-Durham area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-the-raleigh-durham-area/987354)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-the-raleigh-durham-area/987354 "2024-07-22T17:07:03Z")
…or the Carolinas in general. Last thread I could find is 17 years old, so I have to assume things have changed. We’ve sold our home, and are deciding where we want to live. For the remainder of the year we’ve got some … --- ## [Scam... or idiot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-or-idiot/1004432)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scam-or-idiot/1004432 "2024-07-22T14:51:13Z")
So, my MIL receives a package. Package is delivered via USPS, with signature required. FIL signs for it, MIL opens the package, there’s nothing in it, no product, card or packing slip, just an empty padded envelope. Th… --- ## [The farthest city on a highway exit sign that you have seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farthest-city-on-a-highway-exit-sign-that-you-have-seen/980912)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-farthest-city-on-a-highway-exit-sign-that-you-have-seen/980912 "2024-07-22T03:04:01Z")
If you are driving in downtown San Antonio, there is an intersection where the big green highway signs tell you you can go this way down I-35 to get to Austin (80 miles), this way down I-37 to get to Corpus Christi (144 … --- ## [How would you capture somebody in this scenario?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-capture-somebody-in-this-scenario/1004503)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-capture-somebody-in-this-scenario/1004503 "2024-07-22T00:15:37Z")
A different take on this thread. You have just been informed that you are one of twenty-five adults randomly chosen to be a chaser in a game. Another person who is currently within five miles of you has been chosen to b… --- ## [What's the appeal of a Boston Whaler style boat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-a-boston-whaler-style-boat/1004516)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-appeal-of-a-boston-whaler-style-boat/1004516 "2024-07-21T17:20:49Z")
Or other center console walk around boats. I’m talking abut the fishing boats, I guess as they do make other styles. The captain has a great seat in the center but there is no shade for the passengers. I don’t think ther… --- ## [Choosing a metal detector for finding buried stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-metal-detector-for-finding-buried-stuff/1003902)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-a-metal-detector-for-finding-buried-stuff/1003902 "2024-07-21T16:22:44Z")
I think I want to get a metal detector, the kind you walk around with to find buried treasure. Teach me about them please??? The first treasure would be the second hatch on my septic tank. I’ve never seen it opened, and… --- ## [Things I'm Certain Of But Cannot Prove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-im-certain-of-but-cannot-prove/1003156)
**Author:** [@2outta3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2outta3)\ **Replies:** 348\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-im-certain-of-but-cannot-prove/1003156 "2024-07-21T03:20:07Z")
Within five minutes after the “internet” went live - and despite the lack of images and graphics - someone, somewhere posted “adult” material in some shape, form or fashion. --- ## [Anyone else affected by this Microsoft Outlook outage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-affected-by-this-microsoft-outlook-outage/1004460 "2024-07-20T23:39:37Z")
I work for one of the largest federal agencies and haven’t been able to sign on to work for the past 1.5 hrs. Fortunately, the Dope and all of my time-wasters seem unaffected! :smiley: Just weird, tho, when something … --- ## [Help me fix my floors, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-floors-please/995300)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-floors-please/995300 "2024-07-19T19:35:48Z")
We just bought a 1959 house in Durango. For some baffling reason the previous owners had painted the original oak floors deep brown, and then painted over them with white to sell the house. In the 5 days we spent in the … --- ## [What has being "on call" meant for you? Expectations, experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-being-on-call-meant-for-you-expectations-experiences/1004417)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-being-on-call-meant-for-you-expectations-experiences/1004417 "2024-07-19T00:12:35Z")
I’m doing a new volunteer thing, and it involves being “on call”. The organization is brand new, so there’s no prior history about how we do this. I’m hearing a range of how immediately available we need to be, that is, … --- ## [Career paths you considered and rejected](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-paths-you-considered-and-rejected/1003636)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/career-paths-you-considered-and-rejected/1003636 "2024-07-18T17:14:28Z")
If you’re one of those people who knew what you wanted to be from childhood, this thread probably isn’t for you. But if it took you a while to decided, do share what options you looked at along the way. When I was in hi… --- ## [Smart, cheap, or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-cheap-or-something-else/1004331)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-cheap-or-something-else/1004331 "2024-07-18T16:49:15Z")
What do you think of someone who has a plug-in electric car, but they refuse to plug it in at their house because they don’t want to pay for the electricity to recharge it? Instead, they put their bike in the back of th… --- ## [Baby Robins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-robins/1003897)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-robins/1003897 "2024-07-18T13:53:25Z")
Last year I was too invested in a mama robin and her nests/babies. I was heartbroken twice. Her first nest must have been raided by something that took her eggs. She built a new nest. I finally saw her feeding her babies… --- ## [Did you ever run away from home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-away-from-home/1004326)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-run-away-from-home/1004326 "2024-07-18T13:05:04Z")
I did. I was maybe four and had had it up to here with my mom being all bossy. I told her I was leaving and slammed the door on my way out. Then I was all out of ideas and sat down on the steps. After a while Mom ask… --- ## [Smoking Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-age/991140)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-age/991140 "2024-07-17T23:07:53Z")
It is proposed that there should be a new law in the UK (similar to the one in New Zealand) \[New Zealand to completely outlaw smoking\] This will mean that anyone born after 2010 (or thereabouts) will never be able to bu… --- ## [I need Roman Shades, top-down-bottom-up; can you help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-roman-shades-top-down-bottom-up-can-you-help/1004392)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-roman-shades-top-down-bottom-up-can-you-help/1004392 "2024-07-17T20:18:09Z")
Hi, I can sure use some help. I’m in the middle of a remodel and just installed new windows throughout. I now need shades. I’ve been to The Shade Store, and to a Hunter Douglas store. Their typical price is a bit prohi… --- ## [How would you react to foxes with no fear of people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-foxes-with-no-fear-of-people/1003946)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-react-to-foxes-with-no-fear-of-people/1003946 "2024-07-17T19:56:55Z")
We have A LOT of foxes in our suburb west of Chicago. Very residential, with houses on 50’ wide lots, with sidewalks and curbs. For the past couple of months we hadn’t seen the foxes often, but recently, we’ve seen 2-3… --- ## [Do kids nowadays not care about "stuff"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-nowadays-not-care-about-stuff/1003239)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-kids-nowadays-not-care-about-stuff/1003239 "2024-07-17T13:01:09Z")
Do kids nowadays have nostalgia and care about stuff like people my age (Generation X) do? Had another sort of weird estate sale experience- as well as the usual stuff, there were two teenagers obviously living in the h… --- ## [How did the FBI identify the body of Thomas Crooks (Trump's would be assassin)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-fbi-identify-the-body-of-thomas-crooks-trumps-would-be-assassin/1004202)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-fbi-identify-the-body-of-thomas-crooks-trumps-would-be-assassin/1004202 "2024-07-17T01:36:12Z")
At first, the news reported that the gunman had no id on his body; then within a few hours the FBI announced his name. How did they know? Has any news source mentioned this? My blind guess is that his rifle gave him aw… --- ## [Would you host a time traveller from the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-host-a-time-traveller-from-the-past/1003984)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-host-a-time-traveller-from-the-past/1003984 "2024-07-17T00:20:54Z")
There’s a new program that lets people from past eras time-travel to the present for one week, as a type of vacation. The people traveling have taken language lessons so they can speak and understand modern English. They… --- ## [When the doc asks "Did you fall?" - what do they want to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-doc-asks-did-you-fall-what-do-they-want-to-know/999199)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-doc-asks-did-you-fall-what-do-they-want-to-know/999199 "2024-07-16T21:51:12Z")
Being of a certain age (70) when I go in for my semi-annual poke-n-prod, my doc will ask if I’ve fallen. I assume she’s asking if I’ve taken a tumble for no apparent reason as opposed to tripping over the dog toys in the… --- ## [How high should a toilet seat be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-should-a-toilet-seat-be/1004118)
**Author:** [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-high-should-a-toilet-seat-be/1004118 "2024-07-16T21:39:41Z")
We’re building a house and are unsure what to tell the plumber. We’re of average height — me 5’ 10", wife 5’ 6", son is 3’ 3" at 3 years. The toilets in our current house are 16" (floor to top of seat), but feel kinda lo… --- ## [Going into nursing with a degree in something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-into-nursing-with-a-degree-in-something-else/1004151)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-into-nursing-with-a-degree-in-something-else/1004151 "2024-07-16T00:46:32Z")
One of my adult kids followed his interests in college and ended up with a degree in geology. He had and has no interest in a career in academia or working for energy companies. His after college life career wise has bee… --- ## [What gets reclaimed from a high end home remodel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gets-reclaimed-from-a-high-end-home-remodel/1003765)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gets-reclaimed-from-a-high-end-home-remodel/1003765 "2024-07-15T22:42:58Z")
Was just reading the wikipedia for Carrara Marble and it mentions that: By the late 20th century Carrara’s highest-grade marble had run out; the considerable ongoing production is of stone with a greyish tint, or strea… --- ## [I Locationed - Have you? A thread with a Community Benefit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-thread-with-a-community-benefit/925454 "2024-07-15T08:17:56Z")
Hi folks - Just like vBulletin, Discourse has a place for you to enter your location. Which will be displayed if somebody clicks on your avatar. Try mine and look just below the big pink/purple L. Back in vBulletin most… --- ## [CoQ10...for people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coq10-for-people/1004028)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coq10-for-people/1004028 "2024-07-13T21:34:19Z")
Any one using it? What are your results? Your opinions on it? Are the branded ones better? --- ## [If you could chose between Tacoma, Springfield MA, San Antonio, DC, Riverside CA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-chose-between-tacoma-springfield-ma-san-antonio-dc-riverside-ca/480876)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2024, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-chose-between-tacoma-springfield-ma-san-antonio-dc-riverside-ca/480876 "2024-07-13T08:35:22Z")
I’m considering Air Force Reserves (please don’t derail this thread into a ‘No don’t join the military!’ pile-on, open your own thread for that) and I could chose between several bases all across the country in different… --- ## [Is there a place for superheroes in our world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-superheroes-in-our-world/1003922)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-superheroes-in-our-world/1003922 "2024-07-12T22:20:45Z")
Never mind if the powers could actually happen- Could someone with superhuman abilities actually use those abilities to fight crime…or would such a person be locked up and/or killed? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=88)