# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1211 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1212 --- ## [Dopers without private messaging: How come?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-private-messaging-how-come/671324)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-without-private-messaging-how-come/671324 "2013-10-16T00:24:39Z")
I can understand keeping your e-mail private; just too easy for an e-mail address to go viral and you get spammed, plus the risk of a virus. But why disable private messaging on the SDMB? It’s part of the board softwa… --- ## [Papa John Emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-john-emails/671306)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/papa-john-emails/671306 "2013-10-16T00:23:28Z")
For various reasons I haven’t ordered from Papa John Pizza for quite some time. It took several weeks before the emails with special prices, special offers, etc., began coming in. Now I get a minimum of one email per da… --- ## [Business Liability Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-liability-question/671312)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-liability-question/671312 "2013-10-15T23:20:03Z")
You are not my lawyer, I am not your client… How much of a risk am I taking? I plan to go to arts and crafts shows and sell hiking sticks that I make by hand. The sticks are strong, and I’m not that worried about them… --- ## [Security, or breach of security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-or-breach-of-security/671298)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-or-breach-of-security/671298 "2013-10-15T20:37:43Z")
According to this site, over 15, 000 people were able to sneak into the NY Comic Con last year through various means, including badge swapping. This year, they embedded a chip that had to be activated through the Con we… --- ## [Years of experience with \ when your jobs have involved multiple technologies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-of-experience-with-technology-when-your-jobs-have-involved-multiple-technologies/671315)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/years-of-experience-with-technology-when-your-jobs-have-involved-multiple-technologies/671315 "2013-10-15T17:39:37Z")
I’m a software developer. Often times when dealing with recruiters, they want a compact list of technologies you’ve worked with and how many years of experience you have with each. E.g.: C++ : 3 years Java : 5 years … --- ## [Site to ask about value of old books, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-to-ask-about-value-of-old-books-etc/671245)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-to-ask-about-value-of-old-books-etc/671245 "2013-10-15T16:05:38Z")
As my wife and I are contemplating the idea of moving to simpler accommodations, we are faced with the need to get rid of a lot of stuff. We have a lot of books, nearly complete Scientific American run going back to the… --- ## [Legal folk: Son attacked at work; Likely outcome for the perp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folk-son-attacked-at-work-likely-outcome-for-the-perp/671132)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-folk-son-attacked-at-work-likely-outcome-for-the-perp/671132 "2013-10-15T14:55:04Z")
First off, pullinSon’s OK. Attacker threw punches but never connected. The details: Son is FO (Copilot) for Large-US-Airline. After a weather-delayed landing, a furious passenger confronted him and the Captain outsid… --- ## [Telling someone to kill themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-to-kill-themselves/671050)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-someone-to-kill-themselves/671050 "2013-10-15T14:13:28Z")
If you told someone to kill themselves and they did, and wrote a suicide note citing your remarks, would that land you in any kind of trouble? --- ## [Schadenfreude, movies, and latent violent urges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-movies-and-latent-violent-urges/671291)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schadenfreude-movies-and-latent-violent-urges/671291 "2013-10-15T07:35:16Z")
This issue has indeed been a sore point with me–and others–on this message board, specifically in a post in The BBQ Pit I started years ago about movies. However, I’m raising a question from the opposite viewpont: The … --- ## [Goals of anarchism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals-of-anarchism/671056)
**Author:** [@tar21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tar21)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals-of-anarchism/671056 "2013-10-15T07:18:00Z")
I was reading about the Wall Street bombing of 1920 by anarchists. What seems weird is that unlike modern terrorists who bomb for religious reasons , what exactly were anarchists hopping to accomplish by blowing up a b… --- ## [Removing oil stains from pavers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-oil-stains-from-pavers/671078)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-oil-stains-from-pavers/671078 "2013-10-15T06:27:19Z")
Concrete pavers, that are often used in driveways. Google gives me some interesting ideas (including using MAPP GAS to burn the stuff off), but I figured I see what folks on this MB have used. This is oil that has, unf… --- ## [Lets talk about hand written thank you cards for bereavement offerings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-hand-written-thank-you-cards-for-bereavement-offerings/670485 "2013-10-15T04:56:16Z")
No poll, just wanting thoughts. Thank you cards tell the sender that their gift has been recieved. I gets that. I send cards and flowers or whatever, but I think that a thank-you email is all that is needed. The fune… --- ## [Uh oh... I can't get my credit report online...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-i-cant-get-my-credit-report-online/666181)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-oh-i-cant-get-my-credit-report-online/666181 "2013-10-15T03:12:55Z")
Because of a debt that may or may not be on my credit report, I tried requesting my credit report online through Annual Credit Report dot com. But every time I’ve tried it, with each of the three major credit bureaus, I… --- ## [Looking for Family Vacation Ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-family-vacation-ideas/671253)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-family-vacation-ideas/671253 "2013-10-15T02:54:57Z")
My wife and I took our adult vacation over the summer and now its time to plan our Spring with the family. Would prefer something that is not super typical like Disney World and instead do something unique that would sti… --- ## [Is split tail still used informally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-split-tail-still-used-informally/671081)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-split-tail-still-used-informally/671081 "2013-10-15T01:14:27Z")
Similar to swinging dick for guys. I haven’t heard split tail used for ladies in quite awhile. Often abbreviated as tail. Is it still commonly used? --- ## [Recommend me a decent, inexpensive, two-person tent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-decent-inexpensive-two-person-tent/671163)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-decent-inexpensive-two-person-tent/671163 "2013-10-15T01:01:13Z")
A friend and I are going camping in the desert in a couple of weeks, and we need to either rent or buy a tent. Neither of us has any experience with tents, so we’re turning to you for advice! It’s got to be trustworthy… --- ## [I need ideas about how to stop a serial litterer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-ideas-about-how-to-stop-a-serial-litterer/671176)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-ideas-about-how-to-stop-a-serial-litterer/671176 "2013-10-14T23:09:04Z")
At least 3-4x/week, I find empty bottles of 40oz Miler High Life Malt Liquor (The Champagne of Beers!) strewn at the side of the street next to my house. It seems that some person or persons has decided that our neighbo… --- ## [LinkedIn: advice for beginner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-advice-for-beginner/670865)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-advice-for-beginner/670865 "2013-10-14T22:40:36Z")
I’m a member of a newly forming group that has decided to network through LinkedIn and I have no experience with that (though I did look over the Wikipedia article). How is LinkedIn customarily done? I take it I post … --- ## [I'm having arthroscopic shoulder surgery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-arthroscopic-shoulder-surgery/572374)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-arthroscopic-shoulder-surgery/572374 "2013-10-14T22:17:49Z")
Well, a couple of years of dealing with unexplained shoulder pain is culminating in surgery, to be done at the end of March. The short version of the story is that in February 2009 I started having shooting pain in my le… --- ## [Did you have a "theme" room as a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-a-theme-room-as-a-kid/671236)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-have-a-theme-room-as-a-kid/671236 "2013-10-14T22:10:38Z")
I was watching some home shows yesterday and thinking about how they all have pink princess rooms for little girls, or boy’s rooms with airplane-shaped ceiling fans or cartoon murals or whatever. I can see the adults im… --- ## [Your credit card was declined. How do you react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-credit-card-was-declined-how-do-you-react/671059)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-credit-card-was-declined-how-do-you-react/671059 "2013-10-14T19:58:54Z")
You are in Walmart with a cart full of stuff. At checkout, you use your credit card, and it returns declined. No idea why. You have no other way to pay. How would you react? Is the personal inconvenience, or the embarras… --- ## [Recommend a way to obtain a mail drop for a business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-way-to-obtain-a-mail-drop-for-a-business/671222)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-way-to-obtain-a-mail-drop-for-a-business/671222 "2013-10-14T19:52:29Z")
My friend is trying to set up an online store and will need a legal mailing address, both to incorporate the company and to use as a return address on shipments. She doesn’t want to use her home address because her onlin… --- ## [Do you routinely use the services of a tailor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-routinely-use-the-services-of-a-tailor/671215)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-routinely-use-the-services-of-a-tailor/671215 "2013-10-14T18:31:36Z")
On What Not to Wear, Stacey and Clinton are always telling their contestants to find a good tailor and use his/her services often, not just for hemming dresses/pants, but for stuff like making sleeves narrower or shorter… --- ## [What is the difference between relaxing and just being tired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-relaxing-and-just-being-tired/671233)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-relaxing-and-just-being-tired/671233 "2013-10-14T18:28:58Z")
When I come home from work ( I have a 10 minute commute) I’m still wired. I have to be, because I still have to work the second shift: my part in the evening chores. Sometime during the evening chores, tiredness sets in… --- ## [Attention Iphone Users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-iphone-users/671157)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-iphone-users/671157 "2013-10-14T18:14:47Z")
I’m going to tell you a story. You can believe it happened or not. It’s your loss if you don’t. My wife met her sister and mom at the mall to shop. She called a while ago (on her mom’s phone) to tell me she had left … --- ## [How to get a read receipt for Gmail or Yahoo email?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-read-receipt-for-gmail-or-yahoo-email/661566)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-a-read-receipt-for-gmail-or-yahoo-email/661566 "2013-06-21T21:14:25Z")
Greetings and salutations. I am in the middle of trying to get my auto insurance company to pay for hail damage to my car. I am at the point where I need to be communicating with them in writing (aka - email), and need… --- ## [Diet? Shotness of breath w exertion- Heart or Diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-shotness-of-breath-w-exertion-heart-or-diabetes/671224)
**Author:** [@eejjdd3\_gmail.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eejjdd3_gmail.com)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-shotness-of-breath-w-exertion-heart-or-diabetes/671224 "2013-10-14T17:19:55Z")
Hi, I have Shortness of breath w exertion- Heart or Diabetes? I recently went on a diet of LOW FAT and Salads for 1 month, and lost 30 lbs. However I had forgotten that If I eat sweet fruit or any thing with a lot of S… --- ## [Who knows about educational grants for older women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-educational-grants-for-older-women/671100)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-knows-about-educational-grants-for-older-women/671100 "2013-10-14T16:23:02Z")
I live in California, and I want to learn to code. I am 50. (Or 110010, in binary.) There must be grants for women going (back) to college, in computer science, etc. Maybe someone here can point me in the right direc… --- ## [Why Don't Cars Come in two colors now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cars-come-in-two-colors-now/671161)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cars-come-in-two-colors-now/671161 "2013-10-14T16:07:41Z")
A lot of 1950’s cars came with two colors-one for the body and one for the roof. there were even models that had 3 colors. I find the look attractive-why did dual color cars die out? was it too costly to paint them? --- ## [Common courtesies that apparently aren't so common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-courtesies-that-apparently-arent-so-common/670735)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-courtesies-that-apparently-arent-so-common/670735 "2013-10-14T16:06:45Z")
So, at Chez Pipers we needed a plumber today to come unclog a drain under the sink. (I put too many potato skins down the garbeurator. Mea culpa.) As I opened up the doors to the area under the sink, I noticed that the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1210) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1212)