# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1104 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1105 --- ## [I'm in the ER waiting for labs and saline hookup. Guess the diagnosis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-er-waiting-for-labs-and-saline-hookup-guess-the-diagnosis/686806)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-the-er-waiting-for-labs-and-saline-hookup-guess-the-diagnosis/686806 "2014-04-28T13:23:28Z")
Like bich of flu 2 days, feel beat up, fever and chills, near nauseated constantly. Woke at 4 am ate, water, bloaty nausea, drank Maalox. Was afraid (woosy-ed out) to drink water more than sips for fear of hurling. Chec… --- ## [Dating partially blind/mostly deaf person; dating advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-partially-blind-mostly-deaf-person-dating-advice/686601)
**Author:** [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-partially-blind-mostly-deaf-person-dating-advice/686601 "2014-04-28T13:22:41Z")
I have recently begun a relationship with a person who is partially blind and mostly deaf person. She has NF2. She’s blind in one eye, partially blind in another. She has a cochlear implant but that only assists a little… --- ## [Other than "full power" and "defrost" do you use any other microwave setting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-full-power-and-defrost-do-you-use-any-other-microwave-setting/686939)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-than-full-power-and-defrost-do-you-use-any-other-microwave-setting/686939 "2014-04-28T13:09:58Z")
I don’t, and I don’t recall ever seeing anyone else ever microwave something on anything other than full power or defrost. Do you use any of the other settings? --- ## [Having prescription drug mailed to me - illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-prescription-drug-mailed-to-me-illegal/687157)
**Author:** [@sr1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sr1987)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-prescription-drug-mailed-to-me-illegal/687157 "2014-04-28T04:58:56Z")
I periodically suffer from depression and anxiety. The last time I was depressed I was living in Canada. My doctor prescribed me Prozac, which I took for a few months, but had about a month’s supply left over that I did … --- ## [Would you buy a car where the side airbags had deployed previously?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-where-the-side-airbags-had-deployed-previously/686922)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-where-the-side-airbags-had-deployed-previously/686922 "2014-04-28T04:51:58Z")
Here’s my situation- Saturday before last (4/12/14), I was t-boned at intersection by a drunk driver. I was making a left turn and had the green arrow and he ran the red light at 45-50mph and plowed into the passenger … --- ## [Von Neumann was the most brilliant man of the 20th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/von-neumann-was-the-most-brilliant-man-of-the-20th-century/687013)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/von-neumann-was-the-most-brilliant-man-of-the-20th-century/687013 "2014-04-28T04:44:20Z")
in terms of raw brain power… many consider him the last great universal mathematician…someone that had a serious grasp in many fields… i rate him above Einstein, honestly… --- ## [Improper wiring in our rental home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-wiring-in-our-rental-home/687141)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improper-wiring-in-our-rental-home/687141 "2014-04-28T04:24:39Z")
We recently moved into a home we are renting. It’s an old house, and the majority of the outlets are 2 prongs. Our landlord bought the house about 10 years ago, and presumably had some updates done to the electrical, bec… --- ## [People with amazing immune systems...do you have an explanation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-amazing-immune-systems-do-you-have-an-explanation/651132)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-amazing-immune-systems-do-you-have-an-explanation/651132 "2014-04-28T00:00:54Z")
I have a kick-ass immune system. Bragging in this thread about it will probably bring it crashing down (see pamphlet “Irony And You”). I almost never get sick. I can share a bed all night with a toddler coughing in my… --- ## [what qualities enable a woman to be fashionable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualities-enable-a-woman-to-be-fashionable/686990)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-qualities-enable-a-woman-to-be-fashionable/686990 "2014-04-27T23:27:49Z")
I didn’t quite know how to word this question, feel free to suggest better titles after reading. At school w/ my 8 year old son this morning, I noticed a little girl wearing a flower in her hair (fake flower). The best… --- ## [What's your favorite puberty manual for kids these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-puberty-manual-for-kids-these-days/686547)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-puberty-manual-for-kids-these-days/686547 "2014-04-27T19:23:11Z")
It’s that time, for my 9 year old. She’s not there yet, still got her little girl body with no sign of budding, but I know it’s coming. While we’ve had ongoing talks all along about bodies and sex, she’s beginning to gro… --- ## [How would I go about buying a "priceless" work of art?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-go-about-buying-a-priceless-work-of-art/686932)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-go-about-buying-a-priceless-work-of-art/686932 "2014-04-27T18:56:21Z")
I don’t know if this goes in IMHO or GQ, but I’m just going to leave it in IMHO for now. As I am wont to do every time I visit New York City, I spent a couple of hours at The Frick Collection today. By far, my absolute … --- ## [I miss being "poor".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-being-poor/686822)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-being-poor/686822 "2014-04-27T15:21:33Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I like not worrying about where the next mortgage payment is coming from. I like buying Pelligrino instead of store brand seltzer. I really like buying “expensive” cookies instead of Keebler. In ge… --- ## [Questions for white people \[the U.S edition\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068)
**Author:** [@Honesty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honesty)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-white-people-the-u-s-edition/686068 "2014-04-27T14:46:12Z")
Why are you always other people’s business? Why do stay awake all night worrying what paltry benefits Tamika Johnson is getting from the government, whether Amy O’Connor is getting an abortion clear across the countr… --- ## [Would/could you be a "youth vampire"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-could-you-be-a-youth-vampire/687094)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-could-you-be-a-youth-vampire/687094 "2014-04-27T13:27:31Z")
A weird hypothetical I came up with at dinner. You have the power to drain youth from others. All you have to do is look at a person in person (i.e. no video or photos), and think, with intent, “Drain.” That person’s … --- ## [advice for self-taught graphic designers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-self-taught-graphic-designers/548729)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-self-taught-graphic-designers/548729 "2014-04-27T03:39:57Z")
Hey guys, So I was not formally trained in design. Ever since I was a kid I noticed a heightened interest in aesthetic and have been using the tools (photoshop, etc) since I was a kid. I’m 26 now, got a degree in polit… --- ## [Bail money not returned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bail-money-not-returned/686626)
**Author:** [@brina623](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brina623)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bail-money-not-returned/686626 "2014-04-27T03:06:37Z")
I had to post bail for my 19yr.old son. His court case is over in August of 2013 I was told to leave a copy of the slip and they would mail it back it would take alittle while. In December 2013 the Justice Court said th… --- ## [Are militant atheists real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-militant-atheists-real/686920)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-militant-atheists-real/686920 "2014-04-27T01:34:52Z")
Real in the sense that they occur in real life, they certainly have a population online but well you know how that goes(I could probably find an online community of people who think they are unicorns). Are there really … --- ## [Heartbleed: a serious security bug. What should I be doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartbleed-a-serious-security-bug-what-should-i-be-doing/685668)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heartbleed-a-serious-security-bug-what-should-i-be-doing/685668 "2014-04-27T01:16:57Z")
Google the name “Heartbleed.” To sum up, it’s a security bug in OpenSSL that allows all kins of shenanigans, including the harvesting of names/passwords and the impersonation of sites. What exactly can and should I do?… --- ## [I am a complete Dolt and I need to rip/mix/burn from CD to iPhone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-complete-dolt-and-i-need-to-rip-mix-burn-from-cd-to-iphone/686927 "2014-04-27T00:43:05Z")
First off, let me confess my ignorance. I am a complete Dolt when it comes to these matters. I have cruised various web sites yet I haven’t gotten that warm cozy feeling that the SDMB can provide. The wife has an iMac r… --- ## [Will I impress more girls if I get a Jeep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-impress-more-girls-if-i-get-a-jeep/542762 "2014-04-27T00:30:44Z")
I want to get a Jeep what has manual transmission. Right now I have a Ford Ranger, and it is very cool, but it is only automatic, so a loss of man points. I don’t even know how to drive manual (don’t tell anyone). Is … --- ## [Roommate's boyfriend (unofficially) moved in... how much should he pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-boyfriend-unofficially-moved-in-how-much-should-he-pay/687066)
**Author:** [@boy\_bye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boy_bye)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roommates-boyfriend-unofficially-moved-in-how-much-should-he-pay/687066 "2014-04-26T23:23:16Z")
Hello, So my roommate’s boyfriend has been at our house every single night this month. They get in aroudn 4 or 5pm and cook and then go in her bedroom. They wake up early most days and leave until 4 or 5 again. they ar… --- ## [Of Man And Superman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-man-and-superman/686894)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-man-and-superman/686894 "2014-04-26T20:46:04Z")
Scenario: A ship containing an alien baby lands in a cornfield owned by Jim and Penelope Clark, and they decide to secretly raise the little tyke. They call him “Kent” and somehow raise him to adulthood without any maj… --- ## [Ad campaign about "invisible" homeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-campaign-about-invisible-homeless/686906)
**Author:** [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-campaign-about-invisible-homeless/686906 "2014-04-26T19:16:30Z")
Ok, so I just saw this online a minute ago, and I’m really curious about what people think. It’s a 3ish minute video, where an ad campaign hired people to be in a commercial where they walked down a street, but the peop… --- ## [Where's the best place to buy fossils online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-best-place-to-buy-fossils-online/632176)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-best-place-to-buy-fossils-online/632176 "2012-08-22T13:32:41Z")
Like it says on the tin. Who’s good and reliable? I’m considering buying my fiance a megalodon tooth for a wedding gift and it seems there are a lot of really ugly websites out there and it’s hard to tell who’s legit. --- ## [Is anyone here a full timer camper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-a-full-timer-camper/687020)
**Author:** [@Earth001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earth001)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-here-a-full-timer-camper/687020 "2014-04-26T17:03:30Z")
I am quite interested in learning about your lifestyle. I would like to know what is it like to be a full timer and what do you guys do? --- ## [Any way to do this? ("type" onto a PDF)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-do-this-type-onto-a-pdf/686712)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-do-this-type-onto-a-pdf/686712 "2014-04-26T16:36:50Z")
And no, not one of the fillable PDFs that some places provide - though they can be slow as molasses, they’re pretty useful. I mean a regular old PDF. I could convert it to MS Word using one of the free tools out there. … --- ## [I ate a burger that was left out for 5 hours? will i be ok?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-burger-that-was-left-out-for-5-hours-will-i-be-ok/686945)
**Author:** [@Dman53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dman53)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-burger-that-was-left-out-for-5-hours-will-i-be-ok/686945 "2014-04-26T16:07:00Z")
i got a burger from BK five and a half hours ago and left it in the car. and i just started to eat it and then i stopped. i only took 3 bites. it was pretty cold in the car. will i be ok? --- ## [Furnace replacement question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furnace-replacement-question/687018)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/furnace-replacement-question/687018 "2014-04-26T14:40:53Z")
An HVAC company I’ve used for my various residences and the house I rent out replaced the condenser on our air conditioner. It quit working two weeks later, the coils being encased in ice. I’ve had this happen in other h… --- ## [Is it unusual that most of my classmates in my MS Office class are women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unusual-that-most-of-my-classmates-in-my-ms-office-class-are-women/686735)
**Author:** [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unusual-that-most-of-my-classmates-in-my-ms-office-class-are-women/686735 "2014-04-26T13:32:42Z")
Most of my classmates in my MS Office Applications class are women. I’m one of only two guys in the class. I don’t have a problem with it, but do you find this unusual? I mean, I didn’t know women were also interested in… --- ## [Google: Don't be Obnoxious!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-dont-be-obnoxious/686951)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2014, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-dont-be-obnoxious/686951 "2014-04-26T12:04:23Z")
I was an early fan of Google: Gmail, Search, Map, etc. But much of their stuff is increasingly unusable. I don’t try to use Google Maps anymore, with superior sites like this one available, or even one that displays di… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1105)