# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1188 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1189 --- ## [Chelation therapy reduces cardiovascular events for older patients with diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelation-therapy-reduces-cardiovascular-events-for-older-patients-with-diabetes/674601)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelation-therapy-reduces-cardiovascular-events-for-older-patients-with-diabetes/674601 "2013-11-25T23:00:29Z")
This is as bizarre as it is striking, at least in my opinion and there doesn’t seem to be any indication as yet as to what mechanism may be involved. From the NIH: Full story at link including an explanation of chelati… --- ## [Coders: What do you think of Code Academy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coders-what-do-you-think-of-code-academy/674657)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coders-what-do-you-think-of-code-academy/674657 "2013-11-25T18:40:38Z")
Heard much or anything about it? Do you have an opinion as to whether it is of any value for someone who wants to learn coding/programming/whatever-the-kids-are-calling-it, in hopes of someday being able to use the ski… --- ## [Where to buy a sim card and prepay plans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-sim-card-and-prepay-plans/674719)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-buy-a-sim-card-and-prepay-plans/674719 "2013-11-25T14:58:06Z")
I’ve got a 13 year old that needs a phone for communication and an old Nokia feature phone. Rather than put her on my plan, I’d like to just get a sim card and pre pay. I’m not sure where to get a sim card in the US? Wha… --- ## [How do you clean your glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-clean-your-glasses/474085)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-clean-your-glasses/474085 "2013-11-25T14:07:09Z")
I have anti-reflective lenses and need to figure out an effective way to clean them. I got the cleaning part down, but I can’t seem to dry them. When I use the cloth that came with the glasses it seems to make things wo… --- ## [Fit Dopers - How much Rope can you skip in a minute?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-dopers-how-much-rope-can-you-skip-in-a-minute/673943)
**Author:** [@AnthonyElite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnthonyElite)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fit-dopers-how-much-rope-can-you-skip-in-a-minute/673943 "2013-11-25T13:29:11Z")
This is for the fit dopers - I don’t want any heart-attacks on my conscious! How many times can you skip rope in 1 minute? Right now - 120 for me! Background: I used to run cross-country in high school. I stuck with i… --- ## [Christmas Coming--family feuds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-coming-family-feuds/674382)
**Author:** [@vandaphil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandaphil)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-coming-family-feuds/674382 "2013-11-25T10:35:23Z")
I could use some advice. I have two grown children with families of their own (including my grand babies). One deeply offended the other. There was a rift. The younger clearly in the wrong. Now the older won’t be a… --- ## [Recommend me some cold-weather bike gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-cold-weather-bike-gear/674685)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-cold-weather-bike-gear/674685 "2013-11-25T04:26:40Z")
We’ve finally hit sub-zero temperatures here in the DC area, and it’s clear that my current bike gear just doesn’t cut it. I have windproof but breathable bike pants, and a windproof but breathable bike jacket. My legs… --- ## [losing teeth - how early? (not traumatic loss)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-teeth-how-early-not-traumatic-loss/674526)
**Author:** [@corvidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corvidae)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-teeth-how-early-not-traumatic-loss/674526 "2013-11-25T03:09:28Z")
So my youngest is standing in the kitchen eating an apple, when he stops chomping away and looks at me in horror, bloody apple in hand and top front tooth on the floor. I was pretty freaked out myself - I mean, he’s only… --- ## [What is your least favorite month?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-least-favorite-month/523293)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-least-favorite-month/523293 "2013-11-25T02:41:02Z")
What the poll says. Feel free to add a reason, if you’d like. For me, it’s January – the longest, coldest, darkest month of the year, no holidays, nothing to look forward to but slogging through it as best I can. ETA:… --- ## [I have two wireless icons. How do I get rid of the windows one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-two-wireless-icons-how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-windows-one/674664)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-two-wireless-icons-how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-windows-one/674664 "2013-11-25T02:29:50Z")
I use Dell Wireless WLan Card Utility on my old XP laptop and I’ve set it up on my new Win 7 that I just bought. For some reason, I also have the Windows wireless icon. :confused: Down at the bottom there’s a link Ope… --- ## [Not Planning on Having Another Kid--Is Rhogam After this Birth Necessary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-planning-on-having-another-kid-is-rhogam-after-this-birth-necessary/674464)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-planning-on-having-another-kid-is-rhogam-after-this-birth-necessary/674464 "2013-11-25T00:35:08Z")
My wife and I have one child and another on the way. She’s Rh- and I’m Rh+. She got Rhogam after the first child’s birth and after at least one of the two miscarriages that happened between that live birth and this pregn… --- ## [What is it like to have a hot sister...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-have-a-hot-sister/114761)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-have-a-hot-sister/114761 "2013-11-24T23:22:59Z")
… if you’re a man? It’s been said that the idea of having sex with a sibling has been taboo for so long that the mere concept is supposed to be revolting, unless you’re a truly depraved motherf\_\_ker. But I find that ha… --- ## [us-legal drugs on overseas vacation: specific questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-legal-drugs-on-overseas-vacation-specific-questions/674690)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-legal-drugs-on-overseas-vacation-specific-questions/674690 "2013-11-24T23:11:50Z")
In about a month I am traveling to the UK and to France. Have not thus far been able to find definitive and recent facts about whether a couple of things might cause problems in my luggage: nicotine replacement therap… --- ## ["Off the reservation" racist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-reservation-racist/658484)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/off-the-reservation-racist/658484 "2013-11-24T22:54:31Z")
Former IRS commissioner said some of his employees went “off the reservation”. Isn’t this some kind of anti Native American slur? --- ## [Dog's tear stains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-tear-stains/674581)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-tear-stains/674581 "2013-11-24T20:58:31Z")
My dog has recently developed tear stains from the inner corners of his eyes. He’s about nine. I’ve seen this on other dogs, but never on him. It’s happened in the last couple of weeks. My other dog does not have them. H… --- ## [trivia buzzer phone app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-buzzer-phone-app/674694)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivia-buzzer-phone-app/674694 "2013-11-24T19:23:47Z")
I’m planning to host a trivia/puzzle party soon, and I was thinking of getting a set of trivia buzzers, the kind where whoever buzzes in first locks out everyone else, etc. But it occurred to me that there must be an iP… --- ## [Senior citizens thread: "Where were you 50 years ago today"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-citizens-thread-where-were-you-50-years-ago-today/674536)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senior-citizens-thread-where-were-you-50-years-ago-today/674536 "2013-11-24T16:30:04Z")
I noticed a funny thread on MPSIMS about Happy assignation day and one about I’m tired of hearing about JFK, but not one for old timers that remember today. I was 10 miles off of the coast of Russia, Kamchatka to be exa… --- ## [Help with a question, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-question-please/674625)
**Author:** [@dtetelcom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtetelcom)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-question-please/674625 "2013-11-24T16:10:56Z")
I need to write short essay on this question/s. While I do know what societal values are, and can describe mine and the values of other cultures, I’m not sure what the instructor means by “inter-related across cultural g… --- ## ["Historic Deal"Cut With Iran, Netanyahu PO'd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-deal-cut-with-iran-netanyahu-pod/674671)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historic-deal-cut-with-iran-netanyahu-pod/674671 "2013-11-24T14:41:20Z")
So is Obama and John Kerry right-war averted, non-nuclear weaponed Iran assured? Or is Netanyahu correct (that it is a ruse to allow the Iranians time to build a bomb)? Very little info available, so far. My question: … --- ## [How trustworthy is World Vision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-trustworthy-is-world-vision/669452)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-trustworthy-is-world-vision/669452 "2013-11-24T05:36:08Z")
The SO ‘adopted’ a 10-year-old boy in Niger a couple of years ago, by making monthly donations to World Vision. We’ve both heard that World Vision is one of the better charities. But she’s becoming disillusioned. She … --- ## [Computer-illeterate parents want a tablet. Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-illeterate-parents-want-a-tablet-help/674491)
**Author:** [@missouri65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missouri65)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-illeterate-parents-want-a-tablet-help/674491 "2013-11-24T03:12:51Z")
My parents are about 70, and despite valiant efforts by several young folks in their lives, have been unable to get much beyond hitting the power button on a desktop. My mother cannot work a mouse to save her soul. My … --- ## [headache question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headache-question/674570)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/headache-question/674570 "2013-11-24T03:10:20Z")
About every month or two, I get a headache in front of one of my ears. It’s one of those ones that attack with a quick sharp pain throb at odd intervals. When I put my finger up in front of the ear, I can feel the vein… --- ## [Color names: is "x-ish y" mostly x, or mostly y?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-is-x-ish-y-mostly-x-or-mostly-y/674535)
**Author:** [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/color-names-is-x-ish-y-mostly-x-or-mostly-y/674535 "2013-11-24T02:52:33Z")
How about simple “x y” names (i.e., which is more red; ‘red orange’ or ‘orange red’)? I assume both would follow typical English adjective-noun order and mostly be the latter color, but I’m never sure. --- ## [Does a charity "owe" one anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-charity-owe-one-anything/674607)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-charity-owe-one-anything/674607 "2013-11-24T00:07:39Z")
Long version: eleven months ago, my husband - a deputy sheriff - was seriously injured in a car wreck in the line of duty. The initial call was to a structure fire on Friday, December 28, around ten a.m., at an address … --- ## [How Creepy...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-creepy/674580)
**Author:** [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-creepy/674580 "2013-11-23T23:07:54Z")
…is this? I found an old girlfriend on FB. By old I mean 4th grade. By 4th grade I mean she introduced me to the female anatomy after hiding in the games closet, driving the Principal into a frenzy. By creepy I mean … --- ## [Senate ends the filibuster for executive and judicial nominees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-ends-the-filibuster-for-executive-and-judicial-nominees/674458)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/senate-ends-the-filibuster-for-executive-and-judicial-nominees/674458 "2013-11-23T23:04:11Z")
Finally. I guess there’s something to be said for the power of tradition, because I don’t know what took the Democrats so long. It should have been clear last year, at the latest, that Senate Republicans weren’t going … --- ## [Vitas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitas/674541)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitas/674541 "2013-11-23T16:19:19Z")
Aside from Vitas Gerulaitis and the dude on this season’s Survivor I can’t think of anybody else with that name. Thus the anonymous poll which is on its way… --- ## [Why are farts internationally funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farts-internationally-funny/674272)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-farts-internationally-funny/674272 "2013-11-23T16:15:48Z")
There are plenty of internet videos where farts make us laugh. Those videos come from all over the world. Why are farts funny anyway? And why are they a joke in the whole world? There are many jokes that are more local, … --- ## [JFK Assassination: November 22--50th Anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination-november-22-50th-anniversary/673098)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-assassination-november-22-50th-anniversary/673098 "2013-11-23T16:12:44Z")
The 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy will be coming up shortly (he was shot November 22, 1963). Perhaps Dopers could ask their parents or grandparents what they were doing then–for example your Da… --- ## [How to write a good letter of reference for a teen's college ap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-a-good-letter-of-reference-for-a-teens-college-ap/674582)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-a-good-letter-of-reference-for-a-teens-college-ap/674582 "2013-11-23T14:29:39Z")
A teen I know asked me for a personal reference. I think he wants it for a college application, as opposed to a job application. I’m happy to give one- he’s a great kid. He got off the high-school track and is trying to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1189)