That's right. Theologians before vatican 2 wrote that even if the pope or the pope and bishops teach something in a non solemn manner, it is infallibly safe to follow.
In fifth-century Athens, a Greek philosopher named Diogenes the Cynic used to walk around the Acropolis in the middle of the day with a lantern, appearing to look for something. People asked him what he was doing, and he said he was looking for an honest man.
I don't know if he ever found what he was looking for, but if he did, I think he felt very much the same as I did when I read your post above.
Kudos, my friend, I'm glad I've finally found someone else around here who knows that.
A one-eyed man is king in the land of the blind. Here's your monocle!