# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1000 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1001 --- ## [Could two people of different languages learn to communicate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-two-people-of-different-languages-learn-to-communicate/702994)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-two-people-of-different-languages-learn-to-communicate/702994 "2014-11-09T16:05:25Z")
Let’s say you took two people of average intelligence and stranded them on a deserted island. Let’s also say these two folks share a mutual attraction towards the other.\* How likely is it that these two would ever be ab… --- ## [How would the U.S. be different today if the 80s fitness craze had staying power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-u-s-be-different-today-if-the-80s-fitness-craze-had-staying-power/704058)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-the-u-s-be-different-today-if-the-80s-fitness-craze-had-staying-power/704058 "2014-11-09T15:59:24Z")
In a decade where stuff like thisactual aired on TV, millions of workout VHS tapes sold, and the phenomenon generated cover stories, what would have happened on the national level if that sort of craze had stuck around f… --- ## [Doper EEs? Help me design a circuit please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ees-help-me-design-a-circuit-please/703966)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-ees-help-me-design-a-circuit-please/703966 "2014-11-09T15:48:29Z")
… well, when I say “help me” I really mean “please do it for me”! I know my way around a soldering iron and how to read resistor values, but I can’t design an actual circuit to save my life. The project is to mount 3 LE… --- ## [You're sitting on the floor. Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-sitting-on-the-floor-why/703734 "2014-11-09T15:29:20Z")
The obvious follow-up to the others. --- ## [Marijuana - more states make it legal - Would a future Republican Prez dare enforce Fed laws now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-more-states-make-it-legal-would-a-future-republican-prez-dare-enforce-fed-laws-now/703810)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-more-states-make-it-legal-would-a-future-republican-prez-dare-enforce-fed-laws-now/703810 "2014-11-09T15:01:47Z")
Oregon, Alaska and Washington, D.C.approved marijuana 11/4/2014 Sadly the misguided fools in Congress will probably ruin it for DC. Even more states will have marijuana laws on the 2016. All of this can come crashin… --- ## [Can you walk a straight line heel to toe for 25 paces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-a-straight-line-heel-to-toe-for-25-paces/703609)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-walk-a-straight-line-heel-to-toe-for-25-paces/703609 "2014-11-08T23:11:48Z")
And don’t just answer ‘yes’ because you think you can. Step back from your computer, do it, and get back to me. :slight\_smile: I only ask this indulgence because a coworker of mine was making fun of me because I couldn’… --- ## [Would you want to be the last living human being?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-be-the-last-living-human-being/704007)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-to-be-the-last-living-human-being/704007 "2014-11-08T19:49:20Z")
(With apologies to Clara Oswin Oswald.) So you’ve been hanging out with a brilliant, heroic, similar-to-but-not-really human extraterrestrial hero, writing wrongs and singing songs as y’all explore the universe. Unfor… --- ## [What should I expect from a Construction Contractor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-expect-from-a-construction-contractor/703666)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-expect-from-a-construction-contractor/703666 "2014-11-08T19:15:35Z")
We’re having our bathroom remodeled. It’s a complete tear down and rebuild. Now, we knew there would be plenty of little hiccups along the way. There was some miscommunication about tiling, one of the new recessed medic… --- ## [Why does Ebay allow bid sniping at Auction's end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ebay-allow-bid-sniping-at-auctions-end/703670)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-ebay-allow-bid-sniping-at-auctions-end/703670 "2014-11-08T17:46:21Z")
My first internet auction site was not Ebay. Back in 1998 there was an earlier company. I think Onsale or something like that. It was a standard auction. Onsale had a policy that if any late bids were placed (I think i… --- ## [Going to Mars: Same as a Personal Flying Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-mars-same-as-a-personal-flying-car/703896)
**Author:** [@Kamakiri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamakiri)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-mars-same-as-a-personal-flying-car/703896 "2014-11-08T13:53:32Z")
I know this subject has probably been brought up in one form or another here, but, in light of the recent tragedy of Richard Branson’s fantasy rocket program, how many of you here – and I know that there are lots of very… --- ## [How should one leave a party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-one-leave-a-party/701763)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-one-leave-a-party/701763 "2014-11-08T11:18:26Z")
I found this article in slate: LINK discussing a new way to leave a party. Now normally when I leave an event I go to the host and thank them for inviting me. But this writer mentions a new concept. They call it “ghosti… --- ## [After my typical workout, I feel...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-my-typical-workout-i-feel/703373 "2014-11-08T10:25:56Z")
Health hounds-curious as to how you feel after a typical workout. I’ve heard some complain that they feel like utter crud. Me (usually on the stationary bike for 30-60 min.), I typically feel great-just full of energy.… --- ## [Is my email address too uncool? Should I change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-email-address-too-uncool-should-i-change/703807)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-email-address-too-uncool-should-i-change/703807 "2014-11-08T06:39:30Z")
I’ve had the same email since the beginning of the internet. I don’t know how recognizably ancient it is (not aol.com). It still works fine, gets the job done etc. I recently overheard a conversation about looking dow… --- ## [Halloween: how much? how long? how old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-how-much-how-long-how-old/703688)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halloween-how-much-how-long-how-old/703688 "2014-11-08T06:07:21Z")
Ok, Halloween is making some progress in AUS, which I welcome. We should dump Mothers Day and Fathers Day, and adopt Halloween and Thanksgiving. …but I disgress. When the kids go out trick-or-treeting, how much candy s… --- ## [True or false, good people don't deserve to be quarantined?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-good-people-dont-deserve-to-be-quarantined/702973)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-or-false-good-people-dont-deserve-to-be-quarantined/702973 "2014-11-08T01:25:09Z")
News story for example. Do you agree or disagree with the question in the attached poll? --- ## [Could you be trusted with Nuclear Weapons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-trusted-with-nuclear-weapons/703944)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-be-trusted-with-nuclear-weapons/703944 "2014-11-08T00:00:39Z")
In order to reduce the concentration of power in the hands of the Prime Minister or President, the government has decided to pass the nuclear football to a random citizen. If you accept, then you’ll have total anonymity.… --- ## [My ex boss had three pictures of his wife in a bikini scattered around his office.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-boss-had-three-pictures-of-his-wife-in-a-bikini-scattered-around-his-office/703852)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-ex-boss-had-three-pictures-of-his-wife-in-a-bikini-scattered-around-his-office/703852 "2014-11-07T18:11:12Z")
And it really creeped me out. I thought it was in extremely poor taste. It made me very uncomfortable to be in his office. Would this bother you? --- ## [Experience with canine chemotherapy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-canine-chemotherapy/702364)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-canine-chemotherapy/702364 "2014-11-07T16:09:12Z")
My beloved pooch was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma on Monday. The vet said without treatment, he had only 4-6 weeks to live. With chemo, he has a 50% chance of living another year and 20% chance of living 2 years or m… --- ## [Do you also tend to walk into things after a fraught interaction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-tend-to-walk-into-things-after-a-fraught-interaction/703899)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-also-tend-to-walk-into-things-after-a-fraught-interaction/703899 "2014-11-07T09:56:54Z")
Something that I noticed almost all my life: I become temporarily dyspraxic after a talk where I was very self-conscious or afraid. For example, the other day I talked to a colleague about something he might have rese… --- ## [Dating Sites.. Really???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-sites-really/703075)
**Author:** [@gregsmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregsmom)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-sites-really/703075 "2014-11-07T08:10:09Z")
Can someone tell me why are all of the men on dating sites such as match.com etc are “athletic and toned”? If 68% of people in the United States are overweight why are the other 32% on dating sites? I just don’t get it… --- ## [latest anti gun post to sweep Facebook. What is your take on the information provided?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-anti-gun-post-to-sweep-facebook-what-is-your-take-on-the-information-provided/703884)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latest-anti-gun-post-to-sweep-facebook-what-is-your-take-on-the-information-provided/703884 "2014-11-07T08:06:12Z")
Above is the latest anti gun post to sweep Facebook. What is your take on the information provided? My personal conclusion and assumption is these were the result of no gun safety training and Idiots and children allo… --- ## [Alternate universes: Conservative and liberals get everything they want.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-conservative-and-liberals-get-everything-they-want/702941)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-universes-conservative-and-liberals-get-everything-they-want/702941 "2014-11-07T05:04:24Z")
How do you think two separate universes - one in which conservatives got their political way in everything in the US, and one in which liberals got their political way in everything in the US - would play out? Assume fr… --- ## [Things to do in Denver...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-denver/702255)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-denver/702255 "2014-11-07T03:01:29Z")
…when you’re there on vacation. I’m tagging along with The Fella to Denver next week. He’ll be working three of the days and we’ll be vacationing the rest. (Well, I’ll be vacationing the whole time!) Any tips on must … --- ## [Hypothetical: You are wrongfully convicted of a felony, how would you cope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-you-are-wrongfully-convicted-of-a-felony-how-would-you-cope/703797)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-you-are-wrongfully-convicted-of-a-felony-how-would-you-cope/703797 "2014-11-07T01:31:15Z")
Prison term: 10 years Probation: 5 years thereafter All appeals have been exhausted and the governor told you to go pound sand when you applied for clemency. For added drama and difficulty, this crime puts you on the p… --- ## [Recommnded method to teach basic programming to a 12 year old, outside of school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommnded-method-to-teach-basic-programming-to-a-12-year-old-outside-of-school/703690)
**Author:** [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommnded-method-to-teach-basic-programming-to-a-12-year-old-outside-of-school/703690 "2014-11-06T23:44:41Z")
I have a 12-year old son to whom I would like to teach some basic programming skills. I am not a teacher. I know some basics of programming from my school days years ago. (We were taught BASIC in school. Later I self … --- ## [Tell me about engines (cc, hp, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-engines-cc-hp-etc/701326)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-engines-cc-hp-etc/701326 "2014-11-06T22:54:28Z")
So I’m looking at cars…older ones…and I want some help translating the lingo. A mopar pal of mine is helping but I want to increase my savviness if that makes sense. My pal told me at inline 6 will have worse power tha… --- ## [Was Elon Musk right about the soviet Rocket engines? Did they cause the Antares explosion today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-elon-musk-right-about-the-soviet-rocket-engines-did-they-cause-the-antares-explosion-today/702811)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-elon-musk-right-about-the-soviet-rocket-engines-did-they-cause-the-antares-explosion-today/702811 "2014-11-06T22:46:03Z")
In 2012, Elon Musk said, regarding his competitor for the commercial launch contract, Orbital Sciences, that “their rocket honestly sounds like the punch line to a joke. It uses Russian rocket engines that were made in … --- ## [Mia Love: Is there a better election story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769)
**Author:** [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mia-love-is-there-a-better-election-story/703769 "2014-11-06T22:22:33Z")
I don’t pay much attention to politics. But I can’t think of a happier harbinger for this country’s polarized political crapfest than Mia Love’s election in Utah. Thanks, Mia! --- ## [New tred of Mega hospitals pros and cons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tred-of-mega-hospitals-pros-and-cons/702966)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tred-of-mega-hospitals-pros-and-cons/702966 "2014-11-06T20:21:54Z")
It seems the tred now is mega hospitals in contrast to the pre 90’s. I have been to many older cities of a population of 600,000 people having 7 hospitals . Well newer cities population of 600,000 people having only two … --- ## [Things to do in Baltimore/Annapolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-baltimore-annapolis/703636)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-baltimore-annapolis/703636 "2014-11-06T20:09:07Z")
I have a trip booked this weekend with my youngest son (17) to Baltimore and Annapolis. We were going to a Lacrosse tournament for him to play in. Last night however he came home from practice and said he hit his head pr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=999) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1001)