# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1183 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1184 --- ## [What does the word "vixen" mean, in your opinion, when applied to a woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-vixen-mean-in-your-opinion-when-applied-to-a-woman/632072)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-vixen-mean-in-your-opinion-when-applied-to-a-woman/632072 "2013-12-04T10:48:51Z")
A vixen is a female fox, but the word has also historically been used, generally by men, to describe certain women. It seems to have fallen out of use, but i also think that most people would still be familiar with the t… --- ## [Would you carry a baby for your wife if you could?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-carry-a-baby-for-your-wife-if-you-could/675057)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-carry-a-baby-for-your-wife-if-you-could/675057 "2013-12-04T06:20:52Z")
Imagine we live in the future where it is possible but not entirely routine for men to be given artificial uteri that allow them to bring a baby to term. The baby would be delivered via something like c-section. In my wo… --- ## [Experience with steroid shots for arthritic joints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-steroid-shots-for-arthritic-joints/675148)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-steroid-shots-for-arthritic-joints/675148 "2013-12-04T05:38:34Z")
Anybody had this done? What sort of relief or success did you have? I’m considering asking the doc to do this, as I have several finger joints that cause me a lot of pain. Since I like woodworking and am taking up the… --- ## [Ear Infection Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-infection-question/675421)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-infection-question/675421 "2013-12-04T05:17:39Z")
About two weeks ago i developed a cold, which lasted a few days. Then the cold seemingly went to my ear, and my ear began draining. Draining turned into a crusty deposit in the following days. In the past day my ear ha… --- ## [Why is Blue Cross Blue Shield website only available during business hours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-blue-cross-blue-shield-website-only-available-during-business-hours/675259)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-blue-cross-blue-shield-website-only-available-during-business-hours/675259 "2013-12-04T03:11:44Z")
This one is mind boggling. I have to pay my monthly health insurance premiums on the BCBS website and I can only do it during business hours. I’ve never seen this with any other commerce website I’ve used. When I tried … --- ## [Question about babysitting a cat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-babysitting-a-cat/675077)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-babysitting-a-cat/675077 "2013-12-04T01:36:30Z")
My grandmother will be gone for 10 days on one of her outlandish cruise ship vacations. I’ve been asked to watch her cat. The question is whether I should bring the cat to my house for 10 days, or visit him periodically… --- ## [Does a cyborg need to wear clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cyborg-need-to-wear-clothes/675149)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cyborg-need-to-wear-clothes/675149 "2013-12-04T00:14:53Z")
OK, this is inspired by an ultimately rather heated debate I had with a friend earlier today\*. Anyway assuming that Deus Ex / Ghost in the Shell or other science-fiction style mechanical upgrades become possible and com… --- ## [Will krav maga help me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-krav-maga-help-me/675064)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-krav-maga-help-me/675064 "2013-12-03T23:28:03Z")
So I almost got robbed few nights ago. Thankfully someone showed up right on time and the guy let me go (he was grabbing my arm). I think I am in need of some self-defence techniques, so that if something like that happe… --- ## [’98 Volvo S70 Won’t Start in the Cold and Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-volvo-s70-won-t-start-in-the-cold-and-rain/675389)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/98-volvo-s70-won-t-start-in-the-cold-and-rain/675389 "2013-12-03T23:19:58Z")
Actually it’s a little more complicated… If it’s cold and rainy out the car will start just fine, however if I drive it for just a short distance, say 2 miles or so and park it, it won’t start again till the next day. … --- ## [Modern Vampires. People who drink human or animal blood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-vampires-people-who-drink-human-or-animal-blood/675320)
**Author:** [@iseedeadpeopleetc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iseedeadpeopleetc)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-vampires-people-who-drink-human-or-animal-blood/675320 "2013-12-03T23:13:43Z")
Was just watching a program on cable about a girl who drinks up to 30 litres of blood a week. She buys mainly frozen animal blood but she did have a trusted donor who didnt mind her sucking his blood. Im sure we hav al… --- ## [How should I (a high school student) prepare for Calculus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-a-high-school-student-prepare-for-calculus/674627)
**Author:** [@Sunise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunise)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-a-high-school-student-prepare-for-calculus/674627 "2013-12-03T23:06:05Z")
So, my high school has five years of schooling. For 3 of those years, you are essentially forced to take a certain math course (unless you took a placement test for a higher level of math earlier, but that’s irrelevant),… --- ## [Going to (Surabaya) Indonesia. My first trip out of the country! Advice? (also have a few q's)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-surabaya-indonesia-my-first-trip-out-of-the-country-advice-also-have-a-few-qs/675255)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-surabaya-indonesia-my-first-trip-out-of-the-country-advice-also-have-a-few-qs/675255 "2013-12-03T20:51:32Z")
So I’m set to visit Indonesia from April 5th to the 26th. I live in the US and I’ve never been out of the country before, this will be my first time. Got my passport about a month ago, booked the plane ticket today, so … --- ## [Why wasn't the zebra domesticated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-zebra-domesticated/675170)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-the-zebra-domesticated/675170 "2013-12-03T20:27:20Z")
Right now I can think of a few difficulties in catching even a young zebra on the African plains: they keep moving in groups, often ahead of a huge herd of wildebeest, there are often lions around. But the same condition… --- ## [Hera, Aphrodite, Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hera-aphrodite-athena/675088)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hera-aphrodite-athena/675088 "2013-12-03T20:19:56Z")
So, you’re Paris and have to judge a beauty contest between goddesses. You can’t get out of it, you have to pick one. Looking at them, Hera is the best looking, but a shrewish and jealous type as well as dressed like a … --- ## [Any experience with online high schools?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-online-high-schools/675396)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-online-high-schools/675396 "2013-12-03T19:44:21Z")
There are evidently some of these organizations that don’t cost nuthin’. Really? Colleges & employers recognize the diplomas as legit and don’t treat them like a GED. Really? Anyone here have any first/second/third h… --- ## [Do you know how to use all the programs in Microsoft Office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-use-all-the-programs-in-microsoft-office/675183)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-use-all-the-programs-in-microsoft-office/675183 "2013-12-03T19:29:03Z")
I consider myself to be a fairly well educated person. I work for a large brokerage firm and I can easily navigate the software programs I use for work and if there was a change, I think I’d easily adapt. I’m an idiot wh… --- ## [Most inaccessible areas of countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-inaccessible-areas-of-countries/675272)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-inaccessible-areas-of-countries/675272 "2013-12-03T12:10:23Z")
This question is intended to be interpreted broadly based on a common-sense interpretation of my questions. Don’t think too hard about the rules or try to nitpick the question or other posters’ answers. Opinion is cent… --- ## [Best credit card for travel rewards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-credit-card-for-travel-rewards/675339)
**Author:** [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-credit-card-for-travel-rewards/675339 "2013-12-03T05:49:11Z")
Would love some help from the brain trust. My wife and I, US residents, are interested in travel (at this time, thinking Europe) and were curious about others’ experiences with airline credit cards as a means of lowering… --- ## [Objective Thoughts on Conflicting Social Situations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-thoughts-on-conflicting-social-situations/675261)
**Author:** [@itsharkley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/itsharkley)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/objective-thoughts-on-conflicting-social-situations/675261 "2013-12-03T06:04:34Z")
A child brightly asks a few times to buy a party hat or two for her dad’s birthday. The dad sees it as a bad behavior, and yells at her for asking when he said “No” the first time. He smashes his cake on the ground, an… --- ## [Florida man repeatedly arrested for trespassing- at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-repeatedly-arrested-for-trespassing-at-work/674715)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-man-repeatedly-arrested-for-trespassing-at-work/674715 "2013-12-03T05:04:51Z")
This is the kind of story where you tell yourself there must be a lot more to it: a Florida man is arrested for trespassing over 50 times, at work, over the objections of his boss. How the arrests can be defined as tresp… --- ## [Is there a nice way to tell my husband that his sport jacket is hideous and out of date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nice-way-to-tell-my-husband-that-his-sport-jacket-is-hideous-and-out-of-date/675106)
**Author:** [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-nice-way-to-tell-my-husband-that-his-sport-jacket-is-hideous-and-out-of-date/675106 "2013-12-03T04:24:23Z")
Because we have a “nicer than business casual but not nice enough for a suit” dinner coming up in a couple of weeks and he is considering wearing the sport coat that he had when we started dating in 1999. I thought it w… --- ## [Please talk me down this ledge (my 8 year old is starting puberty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-talk-me-down-this-ledge-my-8-year-old-is-starting-puberty/666838)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-talk-me-down-this-ledge-my-8-year-old-is-starting-puberty/666838 "2013-12-03T03:51:19Z")
This is how I am feeling right now: :eek::smack::eek: My daughter has just turned 8, and today when I hugged her I noticed a lump under one of her nipples. Panic! Checked the other one. Phew! Wait… Panic! I got my per… --- ## [CD's stuck in a vehicle CD player](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cds-stuck-in-a-vehicle-cd-player/675239)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cds-stuck-in-a-vehicle-cd-player/675239 "2013-12-03T03:04:13Z")
Our 2005 Ford Explorer has the standard CD player with a changer. It ate 2 CD’s and they are #3 and 4 of a LIBRARY audio book. If I can’t get them out safely and am forced to do the walk of shame to the circulation des… --- ## [Which charities do you give to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charities-do-you-give-to/642634)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-charities-do-you-give-to/642634 "2013-12-03T02:50:17Z")
We all like to be charitable, right? Well, most of us anyway. But there are so many and no-one can give to them all. So you have your favourites, you have causes you give priority, charities that use your money most effi… --- ## [Default Landlord wants us to leave our rent stabilized apartment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-landlord-wants-us-to-leave-our-rent-stabilized-apartment/666290)
**Author:** [@Straighted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Straighted)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/default-landlord-wants-us-to-leave-our-rent-stabilized-apartment/666290 "2013-12-03T02:36:15Z")
Our family lives in a rent stabilized apartment. We been living in this apartment for 25 years. Our rent is 900 dollars per month and the market price is somewhere between 2.5x to 3x the amount. I know my landlord has as… --- ## [Cheapest way for a US citizen traveling in Europe to call the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapest-way-for-a-us-citizen-traveling-in-europe-to-call-the-us/675188)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheapest-way-for-a-us-citizen-traveling-in-europe-to-call-the-us/675188 "2013-12-03T01:58:38Z")
Someone I know is doing a trip to Europe next year, and wants to ensure she can call back to the US every other day to various people to update her on her trip using her cell phone which was registered for use in the US. … --- ## [What would your options and steps be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-options-and-steps-be/675322)
**Author:** [@itsharkley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/itsharkley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-your-options-and-steps-be/675322 "2013-12-03T00:11:25Z")
Brace yourself. I’m about to load you with a downy text. Every day, I’m battling my own thoughts that come to me from a mental illness. Makes me sad, mad, all the junk etc the heart could have. Telling myself good thing… --- ## [What happened to bookstore cats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bookstore-cats/674309)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-bookstore-cats/674309 "2013-12-03T00:10:20Z")
It used to be that independent bookstores in the US, especially used/antiquarian/rare book stores, had cats. You could wander around looking at stuff and occasionally a cat would stop by, but would rarely have good advi… --- ## [In this scenario is this rape?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-scenario-is-this-rape/675060)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-this-scenario-is-this-rape/675060 "2013-12-02T23:54:10Z")
Imagine… Bruce is a gay man. At a party hosted by his friend Derek, Bruce gets a BJ from his partner Adam. Now Adam doesn’t swallow, so he spits it out into a glass. Another guest, Clarice, picks up the glass, and preten… --- ## [SAAB Bankrupt Again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saab-bankrupt-again/595564)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saab-bankrupt-again/595564 "2013-12-02T23:20:52Z")
I just saw it on the news-this cannot make prospective buyers confifdent! Will they make it…or are they digging the grave? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1182) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1184)