# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1150 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1151 --- ## [Did You Ever Play With Matches When You Were a Kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-play-with-matches-when-you-were-a-kid/680245)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-play-with-matches-when-you-were-a-kid/680245 "2014-02-05T00:16:22Z")
It seems like there was a period when I was quite young when I was fascinated with fire–but I don’t remember the specifics. Anyone? --- ## [Do you have any unusual hobbies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-unusual-hobbies/680196 "2014-02-04T22:00:59Z")
I’m curious about odd or unusual hobbies that Dopers are involved in. Anything out of the ordinary, or even an atypical version of a common hobby (ie. you garden, but only certain types of pepper plants, or collect a re… --- ## [How often do you post on Facebook each day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-post-on-facebook-each-day/680412 "2014-02-04T21:51:58Z")
My wife and I have a friend who posts constantly on Facebook, easily 10 times a day. It’s easy enough to just hide her posts, but she’s a lonely soul, and we try to be supportive. But the constant inane updates “I can’t … --- ## [Manipulative and/or not quite consensual sex but not rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manipulative-and-or-not-quite-consensual-sex-but-not-rape/477337)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manipulative-and-or-not-quite-consensual-sex-but-not-rape/477337 "2014-02-04T21:46:25Z")
Inspired by this thread on rape. At one point in the thread, Kobal2 makes an interesting point when it comes to rape/consent. So, I thought I’d open this up–have you guys had experiences that wouldn’t legally be rape … --- ## [How do you prevent raw scabbed areas inside nasal membranes during the winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prevent-raw-scabbed-areas-inside-nasal-membranes-during-the-winter/680436)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prevent-raw-scabbed-areas-inside-nasal-membranes-during-the-winter/680436 "2014-02-04T20:18:51Z")
Way TMI I know but anyway… I often get significant nasal congestion in the winter unrelated to colds. My nasal passages clog up with clear, runny non-infected mucus, I blow, they clog up I blow … rinse and repeat. Over … --- ## [Traffic Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-laws/680499)
**Author:** [@SGONMARTINEZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SGONMARTINEZ)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-laws/680499 "2014-02-04T19:57:36Z")
I was pulled over for speeding and was given a warning, I know I was at fault for driving while license expired but my question is can you get a ticket for driving with invalid license and another ticket for expired lice… --- ## [IMO Zoos may have been a good thing at one time but today they are just ridiculous.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imo-zoos-may-have-been-a-good-thing-at-one-time-but-today-they-are-just-ridiculous/680124)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imo-zoos-may-have-been-a-good-thing-at-one-time-but-today-they-are-just-ridiculous/680124 "2014-02-04T18:33:25Z")
There has been some controversy lately about keeping an elephant named Lucy in an Edmonton zoo. Edmonton gets a fair bit of snow in the winter and the videos I’ve seen show Lucy walking around in the snow. Edmonton is a… --- ## [Emulating the migratory birds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emulating-the-migratory-birds/680480)
**Author:** [@Desert\_Dumpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Dumpster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emulating-the-migratory-birds/680480 "2014-02-04T16:45:34Z")
I love the Pacific Northwest, but I don’t like it much in the winter (I don’t mind the rain, just the short days and cold). I spend most of my winters in Arizona, but the summers here are brutal. I’d like to live somepla… --- ## [will i get pulled over for driving my car like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-get-pulled-over-for-driving-my-car-like-this/680486)
**Author:** [@Dman53](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dman53)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-i-get-pulled-over-for-driving-my-car-like-this/680486 "2014-02-04T15:00:59Z")
here is the pic http://www.flickr.com/photos/78028200@N03/12303031886/ it does not have lights on the left side in the pic. but it does now. on the side you cant see its missing the whole fender. but the inner fender is… --- ## [Is being chronically, habitually late an act of aggression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-chronically-habitually-late-an-act-of-aggression/509088)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-chronically-habitually-late-an-act-of-aggression/509088 "2014-02-04T12:42:23Z")
In this Pit threadthe OP takes on some people who arrive quite late for a restaurant dinner party and expect that their lateness will be perfectly OK. I’m occasionally late to social engagements due to my own dilly dall… --- ## [Am I an unreasonable housemate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-unreasonable-housemate/679335)
**Author:** [@FAL01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FAL01)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-an-unreasonable-housemate/679335 "2014-02-04T07:49:26Z")
I recently purchased a unit at about the same time that an acquaintance from church needed to find a new place to live. She can only afford to pay AUD160 per week including utilities like water and electricity (normal re… --- ## [Help me choose a tropical fish tank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-tropical-fish-tank/679779)
**Author:** [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-tropical-fish-tank/679779 "2014-02-04T03:18:45Z")
Hi, fish folk! I’ve tried posting this on a couple of tropical fish forums but not no response, so thought I’d try here. I’m shopping for a new tank around the 125-135L (33-36Gal) range. At my LFS today one of the crew … --- ## [How to raise capital besides loans and saving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-capital-besides-loans-and-saving/679343)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-raise-capital-besides-loans-and-saving/679343 "2014-02-04T02:19:39Z")
I am interested in investing in the future. Problem: I don’t have enough money at the moment to make an impact (I don’t think so anyway). So my question is thus: do you have any good ideas insofar as raising capital apar… --- ## [Robert Redford on CNN: Obama is not up to the challenge of leading this country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-on-cnn-obama-is-not-up-to-the-challenge-of-leading-this-country/679759)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robert-redford-on-cnn-obama-is-not-up-to-the-challenge-of-leading-this-country/679759 "2014-02-04T02:09:06Z")
Not exactly the words he used, but that is an accurate paraphrasing of what he said. “Sitting Down With The Sundance Kid”, interview on CNN, about 5mins ago Interesting, since he’s a supporter. --- ## [Moving to Columbus, Ohio: Tips, advice, info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-columbus-ohio-tips-advice-info/201413)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-to-columbus-ohio-tips-advice-info/201413 "2003-09-14T21:26:09Z")
As I posted in MPSIMS a few weeks ago, due to my husband’s job situation and the fact that my entire extended family lives in Ohio, we’re packing up and moving there at the end of this month. At first we’ll be living wi… --- ## [How far/long to traverse your town or city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-long-to-traverse-your-town-or-city/680334)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-long-to-traverse-your-town-or-city/680334 "2014-02-03T23:22:41Z")
It’s oft been said that cities in Australia (especially Sydney and Melbourne) take the world records for ‘suburban sprawl’. That is, the CBD’s of both states are relatively compact, but the feeder suburbs go on forever,… --- ## [Did I Ask Too Much of a Real Estate Agent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ask-too-much-of-a-real-estate-agent/680296)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-ask-too-much-of-a-real-estate-agent/680296 "2014-02-03T23:06:00Z")
We are thinking very seriously about moving to a smaller city two hours south of Calgary (Lethbridge), and I’ve been looking at MLS listings online for Lethbridge. I saw a house that we’d really like to see, so I contact… --- ## [How many people were dropped as a small child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-were-dropped-as-a-small-child/680343)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-were-dropped-as-a-small-child/680343 "2014-02-03T22:46:47Z")
I know it must happen, carrying a squirmy little one and he/she gets out of the hold and drops to the ground taking a hard fall. I’m wondering about the frequency that this happens, is it that most people have been drop… --- ## [Would you believe this scientist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-believe-this-scientist/680279)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-believe-this-scientist/680279 "2014-02-03T20:51:57Z")
A scientist is in awe of a substance(drug) and its miraculous effects on the human body. He writes a book about how goddamn amazing this substance is, it relates to almost all of human existence etc. This substance was … --- ## [Tell me about Buffalo, NY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buffalo-ny/667341)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-buffalo-ny/667341 "2014-02-03T19:10:27Z")
Housing, crime, weather, taxes, gun control, etc, everything I can’t learn from Wiki. --- ## [Theory On Why Most UFOs Are Saucer Shaped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-on-why-most-ufos-are-saucer-shaped/593443)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theory-on-why-most-ufos-are-saucer-shaped/593443 "2014-02-03T18:49:43Z")
From what I see almost all UFOs, from some cavemen’s and ancient culture’s drawings to modern day photos and eyewitness accounts, are saucer shaped. I know there were efforts made to make an aircraft modeled after flying… --- ## [Why place outdoor lighting so close to the main enrty door?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-place-outdoor-lighting-so-close-to-the-main-enrty-door/680413)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-place-outdoor-lighting-so-close-to-the-main-enrty-door/680413 "2014-02-03T18:27:22Z")
Many people seem to have a outside entry way lamp in close proximity to their main entry door. This does not work well, particularly during insect season where you can’t use the light without having a swarm of something… --- ## [Pee play: how common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-play-how-common/680336)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pee-play-how-common/680336 "2014-02-03T14:53:38Z")
Urolagnia - Wikipedia (also urophilia, undinism, golden shower and watersports) is a form of salirophilia (which is a form of paraphilia) in which sexual excitement is associated with the sight or thought of urine or uri… --- ## [Undeliverable Mail - I've talked to my Post Office manager. Who else can help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undeliverable-mail-ive-talked-to-my-post-office-manager-who-else-can-help/680165)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/undeliverable-mail-ive-talked-to-my-post-office-manager-who-else-can-help/680165 "2014-02-03T14:47:06Z")
I’ve had three phone calls this month from companies letting me know my mail was returned to them as Undeliverable Mail. One was Consumer Reports magazine and two were important bills that are now late because of this sc… --- ## [Getting to Brussels indirectly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-brussels-indirectly/680346)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-brussels-indirectly/680346 "2014-02-03T10:11:20Z")
We’re tentatively planning a trip to Belgium in April. I’m trying to figure out the best way to actually GET there, given that we live in a small town with spotty airline service. So far, I’m not finding any really great… --- ## [Amazon cloud services, opinions please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397)
**Author:** [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-cloud-services-opinions-please/680397 "2014-02-03T06:33:42Z")
I’m thinking about changing my cloud service which I use for backup. Can folks here relate their experiences with Amazon? They seem competitive in price. How are they for privacy. I will be keeping confidential legal dat… --- ## [Is there an advantage to using Word Templates over copying a File?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-advantage-to-using-word-templates-over-copying-a-file/680304)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-advantage-to-using-word-templates-over-copying-a-file/680304 "2014-02-03T02:37:04Z")
Word Templates sound really convenient, but won’t you get the same utility if you have a folder with Word files that you want to use as templates, which you can just copy and create a new file to work with? This would a… --- ## [Would you go on vacation without your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-on-vacation-without-your-so/680207)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-on-vacation-without-your-so/680207 "2014-02-03T00:14:56Z")
Back in October I stumbled across a super deal for airfare: $200 roundtrip from Minneapolis, MN to San Juan, PR in February. (If you’re in Minnesota in February, this is a SUPER deal to get out of the snow). I told some … --- ## [can the victim of an assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-victim-of-an-assault/680356)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-victim-of-an-assault/680356 "2014-02-02T22:19:21Z")
testify at a bail reduction hearing? --- ## [Help Me Plan My SUPERB OWL PARTY (That Was Not A Typo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-plan-my-superb-owl-party-that-was-not-a-typo/226237 "2014-02-02T21:11:11Z")
The Irish comedian Graham Norton mentioned on his show he mis-read Super Bowl and thought it was Superb Owl. I thought that was pretty funny and, considering I and my friends are not exactly football fans, I would like … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1151)