# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1230 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1231 --- ## [Do you have OCD? What's it like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-ocd-whats-it-like/668583)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-ocd-whats-it-like/668583 "2013-09-14T02:09:30Z")
A coworker has OCD. I’m not imagining it: she’s been diagnosed, and it manifests as the stereotypical (and often time-consuming) repetition of truly mundane physical actions. Unfortunately I must avoid providing speci… --- ## [The Best Financial Move I Ever Made - Wanted to share because it is so easy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-financial-move-i-ever-made-wanted-to-share-because-it-is-so-easy/668656)
**Author:** [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2013, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-financial-move-i-ever-made-wanted-to-share-because-it-is-so-easy/668656 "2013-09-14T01:48:12Z")
I hope no one reads anything I am about to post as arrogant or self righteous, but I see so many people - some close to me - who live paycheck to paycheck, have no savings, have mounting debt, use payday loans, spend lik… --- ## [Staying near Yellowstone, and things to see in Yellowstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-near-yellowstone-and-things-to-see-in-yellowstone/660261)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staying-near-yellowstone-and-things-to-see-in-yellowstone/660261 "2013-09-14T00:51:06Z")
I’ve got a trip planned over Labor day weekend to the Yellowstone area. I’m now looking at places to stay and quite frankly it seems to be kind of a pain to find places. I know it’s not going to be cheap, but some of the… --- ## [Auto Paint Protection Film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-paint-protection-film/668788)
**Author:** [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-paint-protection-film/668788 "2013-09-13T23:58:31Z")
I recently purchased a CPO that previously had paint protection film applied, although I’m unsure as to the manufacturer of the product. There’s one small blemish/scuff on the bumper where the film was slightly damaged … --- ## [What's wrong with my lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-lawn/668791)
**Author:** [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-lawn/668791 "2013-09-13T23:23:07Z")
Last year, around August, several largish patches of my front yard turned brown and died. By largish, I mean roughly the size of a bathroom to small bedroom. I didn’t think much of it, because we were going through a h… --- ## [I may need to file a lawsuit...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-need-to-file-a-lawsuit/668731)
**Author:** [@NeverKnownNormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeverKnownNormal)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-may-need-to-file-a-lawsuit/668731 "2013-09-13T22:59:48Z")
If I could figure out what sort to ask for. :confused: I know I’m not supposed to ask for legal or medical advice, but if I knew what to ask a lawyer\* for\*, it might be a start. I posted a related question yesterday, and… --- ## [What if JFK's assassination hadn't been captured on film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-jfks-assassination-hadnt-been-captured-on-film/668675)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-jfks-assassination-hadnt-been-captured-on-film/668675 "2013-09-13T22:55:58Z")
Alternate history time. What if JFK’s assassination happened just as it did, but it didn’t happen to be caught on film? Abraham Zapruder left his camera at home, and other films were taken that day, but none happened to… --- ## [Dishwashers sure do a lousy job with silverware.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-sure-do-a-lousy-job-with-silverware/668701)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-sure-do-a-lousy-job-with-silverware/668701 "2013-09-13T22:49:38Z")
Just finished hand washing about a dozen pieces of silverware that the dishwasher didn’t clean. :dubious: I always look silverware over closely as I put it back in the cutlery drawer. There’s always a knife with a spec… --- ## [Breast feeding in the swimming pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-in-the-swimming-pool/666437)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breast-feeding-in-the-swimming-pool/666437 "2013-09-13T22:48:08Z")
A story that’s provoked strong opinions round my way, a young mother was asked to stop breast feeding in a public swimming pool; http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2013/08/14/mum-ordered-to-stop-unhygienic-breastfeeding-in-co… --- ## [What's the best way to clean mildew out of a shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-clean-mildew-out-of-a-shower/668760)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-clean-mildew-out-of-a-shower/668760 "2013-09-13T22:38:46Z")
Looking for suggestions on cleaners, methods, anything, thanks! --- ## [Ex sues for custody falsely accused Mom of MSBP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-sues-for-custody-falsely-accused-mom-of-msbp/659926)
**Author:** [@224julia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/224julia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ex-sues-for-custody-falsely-accused-mom-of-msbp/659926 "2013-09-13T22:37:33Z")
Have any of you hear of a case where a dad refuses to believe his child has some of the symptoms within the Austism Spectrum Disorder to twihe point he accuses his ex-wife of “having” a mental illness that causes her to … --- ## [What would you want to do on my alternate Earth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-to-do-on-my-alternate-earth/668666)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-want-to-do-on-my-alternate-earth/668666 "2013-09-13T21:20:15Z")
I created a machine that can transport matter to and from an identically parallel Earth. The only twist is that on this Earth, primates never evolved into anything more intelligent than chimpanzees. Our line never bran… --- ## [Going to London and Paris in a month...where should I go to eat? What to see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-london-and-paris-in-a-month-where-should-i-go-to-eat-what-to-see/668461)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-london-and-paris-in-a-month-where-should-i-go-to-eat-what-to-see/668461 "2013-09-13T19:37:16Z")
In a bit over a month I am taking a trip to London and Europe and I am looking for recommendations for places to eat in either city. Sure I can Google with the best of them but that gives me the standard tourist stuff. … --- ## [How to learn to be more confident around friends and girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-learn-to-be-more-confident-around-friends-and-girls/668697)
**Author:** [@doctorjekyll800](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doctorjekyll800)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-learn-to-be-more-confident-around-friends-and-girls/668697 "2013-09-13T17:11:27Z")
I posted this question on a different forum but the inferface was so confusing i had no way of getting back to it to see my comments. So, here goes nothing. Well, i was very popular as a kid. Lots of friends in grade sc… --- ## [Any Experience with Nerve Ablation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-nerve-ablation/668778)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-nerve-ablation/668778 "2013-09-13T17:02:57Z")
Also called radiofrequency nerve lesioning. I have bad arthritis in the facet joints in my lower back (L3-L4, L4-L5). Causes moderate to severe pain in my left buttock, around and into the left hip and down the left leg… --- ## [New grass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-grass/668774)
**Author:** [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-grass/668774 "2013-09-13T17:01:51Z")
Hi everyone, My backyard was recently completely flattened and fixed up. All of the affected areas were tilled with top soil and grass seed was then planted. On top of that, a generous layer of straw was loosely place… --- ## [Drug abuse from America's medicine cabinets - bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-abuse-from-americas-medicine-cabinets-bullshit/668617)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-abuse-from-americas-medicine-cabinets-bullshit/668617 "2013-09-13T16:33:45Z")
Watching another tv special covering the epidemic of kids using their parents’ medicine cabinets as a supply. How common can that be? I"m in my late 50’s, with the usual range of minor health complaints, I never seem to … --- ## [9-11 -- Above the point of impact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-above-the-point-of-impact/668457)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-11-above-the-point-of-impact/668457 "2013-09-13T16:19:52Z")
Forgive me if this has been beaten to death, but upon the almost-anniversary of 9-11, I find myself considering: If you were on the floors above the point of impact and knew you had no escape, what would you do? Feel f… --- ## [Tax sale $100 min bids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-sale-100-min-bids/668645)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-sale-100-min-bids/668645 "2013-09-13T15:58:02Z")
So here in Michigan another season of tax sales has commenced. These are mostly undesirable vacant lots or lots with dumpy houses that need to be bulldozed. These properties reverted to the county treasurers due to unpai… --- ## [Did YouTube change for anyone else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-youtube-change-for-anyone-else/668725 "2013-09-13T15:27:40Z")
For a long time now up until today when watching a video on YouTube, there would be three Window sizes, the standard size, a larger size and full screen. Now it looks like full screen and the default size are the only o… --- ## [How long have you been using the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-using-the-internet/668522)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-have-you-been-using-the-internet/668522 "2013-09-13T15:27:00Z")
First, I apologize if this has been done before. It seems like a natural question to ask but I came up empty-handed when I did a search to see if this question had been asked here previously. So, with that out of the way… --- ## [How do you pronounce greasy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-greasy/668499)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-greasy/668499 "2013-09-13T14:43:37Z")
Yet another how do you pronounce thread. In the GQ thread about emu oil I started to think about the radio commercial for Australian Dream that I’ve been hearing about 20 times a day. The legendary Chuck Woolery is the s… --- ## [Who counts as a "Southerner"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-counts-as-a-southerner/667540)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 237\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-counts-as-a-southerner/667540 "2013-09-13T14:27:29Z")
The dictionary defines “Southerner” as simply someone who lives in the southern United States. But I believe this is basically punting because they don’t want to delve into the hot-button complexity of what this term rea… --- ## [Nightclub girls on Facebook - What exactly do they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightclub-girls-on-facebook-what-exactly-do-they-do/668474)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nightclub-girls-on-facebook-what-exactly-do-they-do/668474 "2013-09-13T06:05:34Z")
As a result of randomly Facebook friending someone a few weeks ago I now have access to a the Facebook pages of several girls who apparently work for nightclubs, but what they do is bit of a mystery to me. They are mostl… --- ## [How often do you shut down/restart your browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shut-down-restart-your-browser/668320)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-shut-down-restart-your-browser/668320 "2013-09-13T05:01:27Z")
I’ve been keeping records, and I find I have to restart it (Firefox, in this case) at least every six or seven days, or it becomes frustratingly slow due to CPU usage spikes (by this time, it generally takes up about 1.7… --- ## [How ya doin', yank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ya-doin-yank/668257)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-ya-doin-yank/668257 "2013-09-13T04:22:42Z")
Inspired by the thread on Southerners. You may be aware that the term ‘yank’ is common Brit (and Aussie) slang encompassing all Americans, of all states and ethnicities. It’s also where the term ‘seppo’ for Americans com… --- ## [Anybody ever painted a vinyl floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-painted-a-vinyl-floor/668694)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-painted-a-vinyl-floor/668694 "2013-09-13T03:24:10Z")
I have horrible bathrooms. Somebody flipped my house and utterly ruined the kitchens and bathrooms - I’ve finally gotten the kitchen the way I want it, but we’re doing the floors in the bedrooms before we even think ab… --- ## [How to ask your shrink for time off work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-your-shrink-for-time-off-work/668722)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-ask-your-shrink-for-time-off-work/668722 "2013-09-13T03:23:30Z")
As I’ve talked about in the depression support thread, I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist and a therapist lately and am diagnosed with bipolar type 2 and social anxiety disorder. I’m taking lamictal for the bipolar, curren… --- ## [Vindicated "Crank" Scientists of the Modern Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindicated-crank-scientists-of-the-modern-age/627438)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vindicated-crank-scientists-of-the-modern-age/627438 "2013-09-13T02:48:48Z")
We’re used to hearing about scientists who were thought of as quacks or cranks only to be vindicated years later, but most of these are from the distant past. For the most recent prominant example, I nominate Dr. Robert … --- ## [I don't have a positive impression of Tokyo, but they just got the Olympics.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-positive-impression-of-tokyo-but-they-just-got-the-olympics/668278)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-have-a-positive-impression-of-tokyo-but-they-just-got-the-olympics/668278 "2013-09-13T02:24:35Z")
I doubt I’ll ever visit there, but I just read about Tokyo being awarded the 2020 Olympic games. I don’t really have a very positive image of Tokyo when I think about it. My perceptions, which are derived from books an… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1229) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1231)