# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1149 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1150 --- ## [Does your dog do this? (And why does mine?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-dog-do-this-and-why-does-mine/680669)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-dog-do-this-and-why-does-mine/680669 "2014-02-06T17:45:32Z")
We call it “doing the dinosaur,” because he looks like a 25-lb T. Rex in the process. He leans way back on his hind legs, so he’s almost in a sitting position, lifts his front legs off the ground and waves them in the a… --- ## [Parents who won't discipline their children because they're afraid of CPS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-wont-discipline-their-children-because-theyre-afraid-of-cps/677954)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-wont-discipline-their-children-because-theyre-afraid-of-cps/677954 "2014-02-06T17:01:22Z")
CPS = child protective services, if you don’t know. Do these people really exist? I keep hearing and reading about them, and can’t think of ANYONE who got CPS called on them for what turned out to be legitimate discipl… --- ## [Technological developments.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-developments/679559)
**Author:** [@pdunderhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdunderhill)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/technological-developments/679559 "2014-02-06T15:10:25Z")
Hello good people, What ideas/implementations should or could humanity have discovered earlier? My pennysworth is the mechanical computer ala Babbage. P --- ## [US Air/American merger-ticket price discrepancies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-american-merger-ticket-price-discrepancies/680584)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-air-american-merger-ticket-price-discrepancies/680584 "2014-02-06T14:16:56Z")
Looking for a flight in Oct. - same flight - $200 on US Air, about $500 on American. Would you say buy now? It’s a little early, but I have no feel for what this merger is going to do to prices. --- ## [A strange bodily symptom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-bodily-symptom/582424)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-strange-bodily-symptom/582424 "2014-02-06T13:38:42Z")
I’ll be seeing my new primary physician next week . . . but meanwhile I’m curious whether anyone else has had this strange symptom. I’ve been experiencing a vibrating sensation in my right side. It started a couple of m… --- ## [Need help fast -- responding to a foreclosure summons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-fast-responding-to-a-foreclosure-summons/664829)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-fast-responding-to-a-foreclosure-summons/664829 "2014-02-06T13:10:14Z")
Yes, you are not my attorney, I am not your client, and you have no legal liability for anything you suggest to me. I am in WI, having been unemployed for 3-1/2 years (except for one terrible week), and fallen on hard t… --- ## [Questions about addiction to illegal hard drugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-addiction-to-illegal-hard-drugs/680384)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-addiction-to-illegal-hard-drugs/680384 "2014-02-06T11:47:55Z")
Philip Seymour Hoffman was a son of privilege (father a big league Xerox exec and mother a judge). He was college educated and presumably at least of reasonable intelligence, he had a long term relationship with three ki… --- ## [What credit card gives me the most value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-credit-card-gives-me-the-most-value/665595)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-credit-card-gives-me-the-most-value/665595 "2013-08-07T23:12:50Z")
Inspired by this thread on the Amazon credit card what would be the best CC for me to use in terms of value? I currently have a CapitolOne card which results in the occasional free flight. Some data that might help dec… --- ## [Why do people think Bitcoins have value?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-bitcoins-have-value/680460)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-think-bitcoins-have-value/680460 "2014-02-06T02:59:50Z")
Bitcoins have value because people think they have value, but why do people think they have value? They’re not backed by any state, business, or person. --- ## [Do you take pictures of dead people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-pictures-of-dead-people/680482)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-take-pictures-of-dead-people/680482 "2014-02-06T02:45:46Z")
My wife and I have taken photographs of deceased people both at funerals and in hospital settings. Neither of us see anything creepy or morbid about it. Death is a natural component of the life span, and is a life event … --- ## [Should I talk to my neighbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-talk-to-my-neighbor/680319)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-talk-to-my-neighbor/680319 "2014-02-06T02:40:58Z")
We have a car port, open on the sides, not a garage. The car port’s right side abuts the neighbor’s yard. When the neighbor mows his lawn, he gets grass clippings all over the sides of our cars. Should I just ignore i… --- ## [Is death by heroin injection an awesom way to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-death-by-heroin-injection-an-awesom-way-to-go/680410)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-death-by-heroin-injection-an-awesom-way-to-go/680410 "2014-02-06T02:01:26Z")
I know it’s macabre, but speaking strictly from the POV of the guy about to off himself with a lethal injection of heroin, how does it feel to him? Do you get like a sublime major rush then poof you’re dead? Is it pref… --- ## [Explain construction permits to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-construction-permits-to-me/680503)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-construction-permits-to-me/680503 "2014-02-05T22:08:17Z")
We’re having significant renovations done to our house. I’m curious as to who “is on the hook” if work that requires a permit is done without a permit. Obviously not having the required inspections is a disadvanage to… --- ## [Four major bankers have committed suicide. Conspiracy…or?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-major-bankers-have-committed-suicide-conspiracy-or/680496)
**Author:** [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-major-bankers-have-committed-suicide-conspiracy-or/680496 "2014-02-06T00:19:57Z")
According to to these news reports, four major bankers around the world have committed suicide in just the last week. Is this a conspiracy…or a coincidence? References: --- ## [Recount a Surreal Experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recount-a-surreal-experience/679688)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recount-a-surreal-experience/679688 "2014-02-05T23:16:00Z")
I’m sure this has been done before. (Hasn’t everything been done before?) I don’t know why I got to thinking about this as it happened some ten years ago. My cousin got into a pretty bad car accident and wound up in a … --- ## [Car wonks: Identifying Parasitic Drain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-wonks-identifying-parasitic-drain/678665)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-wonks-identifying-parasitic-drain/678665 "2014-02-05T20:37:09Z")
My commuter car is a 2000 VW Jetta GLX. It has a little over 190,000 km on the odometer. It’s been reliable for most of its life and I’ve taken excellent care of it. Recently I’ve noticed odd electrical gremlins. Som… --- ## [What do you think could be inside this building?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-could-be-inside-this-building/680530)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-could-be-inside-this-building/680530 "2014-02-05T20:04:54Z")
The building in this picture I am about to mention is actually to do with a steel making plant: Industry and Nature | A serene view of part of the giant ste… | Flickr I’m talking about the massive brown building with th… --- ## [Two Fox News questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fox-news-questions/680493)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fox-news-questions/680493 "2014-02-05T17:12:33Z")
How much has FNC changed since its launch in 1996? I started watching in the late 90’s. It seems, in hindsight, that FNC actually was more “Fair and Balanced” then than it is now. Now it’s obviously been taken over b… --- ## [Brake pad replacement and frozen fucking solid caliper slide pins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brake-pad-replacement-and-frozen-fucking-solid-caliper-slide-pins/651978)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brake-pad-replacement-and-frozen-fucking-solid-caliper-slide-pins/651978 "2014-02-05T16:19:07Z")
Or whatever they’re called. What causes cemented caliper slide pins? Doing my front brakes today, one slide pin on one front brake was frozen solid. This is a 2009 Hyundai Elantra. Thankfully, the caliper pin is term… --- ## [Can you feed mushrooms to toddlers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-feed-mushrooms-to-toddlers/680491)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-feed-mushrooms-to-toddlers/680491 "2014-02-05T15:45:12Z")
The only source I can find on this is ask.com so I thought I’d check here. Are there any issues with this? Thanks. --- ## [How do I determine coin condition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-determine-coin-condition/680565)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-determine-coin-condition/680565 "2014-02-05T14:53:33Z")
I am packing up my parents’ house and have found a 1914 Denver mint $2.5 coin in a Tiffany box. My mother says it was given to my paternal grandmother in WW1 by an American soldier she treated (she was a doctor and surge… --- ## [complex (psychological)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complex-psychological/680536)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complex-psychological/680536 "2014-02-05T14:05:10Z")
I have difficulty understanding what a complex is. Would you please provide some examples of a complex? (psychological term) Or I should phrase my questions better: What sort of behaviors of a person would make you thi… --- ## [Help me decide what color to paint my house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-what-color-to-paint-my-house/625597)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-what-color-to-paint-my-house/625597 "2014-02-05T13:39:14Z")
My house needs painting. I hope to do it next year. Please take a look and suggest a color. It’s presently white, a plain white farmhouse built in 1849. Tin roof (needs resealing, and that should be done next year, too).H… --- ## [How to avoid student loan debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-student-loan-debt/680228)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-student-loan-debt/680228 "2014-02-05T12:22:57Z")
The problem of college students graduating with a mountain of loans has been talked about a lot in the past few years. Yet despite all the talk, no solutions are in sight. Every statistic I’ve seen shows the problem st… --- ## [I really don't get carbon trapping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-dont-get-carbon-trapping/680561)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-dont-get-carbon-trapping/680561 "2014-02-05T10:55:29Z")
Maybe it’s just a concept, a construct for other future actions. But can insignificant man really dent the CO2 levels in the atmosphere and seas through wholly artificial means? Some of the proposals are valid (pumping C… --- ## [A different kind of company loyalty question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-company-loyalty-question/680479)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-different-kind-of-company-loyalty-question/680479 "2014-02-05T07:42:13Z")
I’ve just been offered a job (that doesn’t start for a while). It’s full time, my first potential full time gig in years (I’ve been doing freelancing and contracting in the meantime). Because of the company size and ind… --- ## [How accepted was the practice of openly using cocaine in the 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accepted-was-the-practice-of-openly-using-cocaine-in-the-80s/680428)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accepted-was-the-practice-of-openly-using-cocaine-in-the-80s/680428 "2014-02-05T05:27:12Z")
I’ve been watching some movies set around that time period, and I was just wondering. Among the affluent especially, was there a period of years where the quasi-discretion of sneaking off to the restroom wasn’t required… --- ## [ET wants YOU](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-wants-you/680414)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/et-wants-you/680414 "2014-02-05T04:28:17Z")
Here’s the scenario. You’re the Pres, shaken awake from your afternoon nap in the Oval Office. After a knock on the door the Secretary of Defense leads in several odd looking but physically unimposing creatures. You beg… --- ## [Tell me about Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948)
**Author:** [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-android/679948 "2014-02-05T03:43:55Z")
I’ve had three iPhones since the original came out. My contract is up with AT&T and I’m looking for a new phone. I’m a bit underwhelmed with the iPhone 5s and I really want a larger screen. I’m strongly considering a Nex… --- ## [A good program to refresh Spanish \[second language\]?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-program-to-refresh-spanish-second-language/624532)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-program-to-refresh-spanish-second-language/624532 "2014-02-05T02:00:16Z")
When I was in high school, I was more or less fluent in Spanish thanks to an obsession with Ricky Martin (ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME!!!), 2 years of Spanish class, and lots of practice. Over the years, I’m slowly forgotten qu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1148) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1150)