# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1235 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1236 --- ## [Leaving mesh dog harness on dogs all day and night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-mesh-dog-harness-on-dogs-all-day-and-night/668113)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-mesh-dog-harness-on-dogs-all-day-and-night/668113 "2013-09-07T03:28:22Z")
I walk my two dogs twice a day. When I wake up in the morning, the very first thing I do is put on something resembling clothes, shoes, and take them for their walk. We stumble out the door and wake up as we go. I walk t… --- ## [Terms that are only ever heard in certain sub-cultures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-that-are-only-ever-heard-in-certain-sub-cultures/667585)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terms-that-are-only-ever-heard-in-certain-sub-cultures/667585 "2013-09-07T02:59:50Z")
Inspired by the recent thread titled “Cis Women…” Outside of the transexual community, it’s safe to say that few people have heard this term. Unless you’re a stickshift enthusiast, or know some, you’re probably not fam… --- ## [Hospice (at home) info needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospice-at-home-info-needed/668042)
**Author:** [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospice-at-home-info-needed/668042 "2013-09-07T01:49:45Z")
Hi all- After battling head/neck cancer for a couple of years now, both my oncologist and my ENT doctors have recommended an at home Hospice care program. Since I have no idea what that means, I thought that I’d ask the… --- ## [Car batteries - AGM or regular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-batteries-agm-or-regular/668170)
**Author:** [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-batteries-agm-or-regular/668170 "2013-09-07T01:21:34Z")
I need a new battery for my truck. (2006 Dodge Ram, 5.7 hemi with “trailer tow” package.) Yes, I will be towing a roughly 28 foot travel trailer, and no, I don’t live in Minnesota, Chicago or anywhere else that gets exce… --- ## [Is it right for a school to use its funds on a division 3 football team?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-right-for-a-school-to-use-its-funds-on-a-division-3-football-team/668046)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-right-for-a-school-to-use-its-funds-on-a-division-3-football-team/668046 "2013-09-06T23:56:00Z")
Long story short, my college’s football team is division 3 and, as such, they suck. They suck so hard that they actually lost to a deaf team. Yet last year the school shelled out many thousands of dollars to install a … --- ## [One Person, Location Suddenly Known To All](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-person-location-suddenly-known-to-all/668192)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-person-location-suddenly-known-to-all/668192 "2013-09-06T23:47:28Z")
Here’s a possibly interesting mental exercise. The premise: a certain person (male or female, of any nationality or ethnicity) suddenly gains an unusual ability. This event can happen at any point in this person’s life, … --- ## [Intelligence vs. poor choices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-vs-poor-choices/668022)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-vs-poor-choices/668022 "2013-09-06T23:29:30Z")
Is it possible for someone to describe themselves as intelligent, yet they find themselves making poor choices, or further, downright stupid choices/actions? If you saw someone on here claim intelligence but go on to te… --- ## [Would you be in favor of a religion taxed at 90%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-in-favor-of-a-religion-taxed-at-90/668099)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-in-favor-of-a-religion-taxed-at-90/668099 "2013-09-06T23:02:11Z")
This question is aimed primarily at non-religious people, although all are free to vote & discuss. Would you be in favor of a religious organization that was taxed at 90% of its adherents contributions? To be in favor y… --- ## [In how many other ways this sentence can be written or spoken?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-how-many-other-ways-this-sentence-can-be-written-or-spoken/668136)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-how-many-other-ways-this-sentence-can-be-written-or-spoken/668136 "2013-09-06T21:14:34Z")
I came across a sentence which interested me to find out of other ways to say it: Which planets are closer to the sun than the earth is? Please let me know how can you paraphrase it and say it in other ways both writt… --- ## [Genie Wish #1-$100,000,000!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genie-wish-1-100-000-000/668081)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genie-wish-1-100-000-000/668081 "2013-09-06T19:53:37Z")
First in a series. The premise is that you’ve found and rubbed the right magic lamp, and a genie pops out and grants you 3 wishes. You wish for one hundred million dollars, and it suddenly appears at your feet in a hu… --- ## [Are you bothered if someone 'vapes' next to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bothered-if-someone-vapes-next-to-you/667797)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-bothered-if-someone-vapes-next-to-you/667797 "2013-09-06T19:52:34Z")
In a non-smoking area? Inspired by this thread. Say you’re in an area where smoking is clearly prohibited, a nice restaurant for example. You’re enjoying your meal while a stranger on the next table takes out an e-cigare… --- ## [Genie Wish #2-Immortality!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genie-wish-2-immortality/668083)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genie-wish-2-immortality/668083 "2013-09-06T19:50:23Z")
Second in a series. The premise is that you’ve found and rubbed the right magic lamp, and a genie pops out and grants you 3 wishes. Your second wish is immortality, and the genie says that he’ll throw in perfect health … --- ## [Missing birth control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-birth-control/668116)
**Author:** [@vanessant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanessant)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-birth-control/668116 "2013-09-06T19:36:22Z")
I am starting to worry a little bit about my body right now. I’ve been on birth control since I was 16 and now i’m 24. This past year my boyfriend and I have stopped having sex (it’s a long distance relationship) and so … --- ## [Dog people: a word please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-people-a-word-please/668027)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-people-a-word-please/668027 "2013-09-06T19:32:44Z")
I am an unappologetic cat guy but, to please the family I witheld protest when the kids wanted a black Lab puppy. He’s a year old, cute enough I guess, and has decent manners. But when the kids went back to school leav… --- ## [Experiences with Essure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-essure/615656)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-essure/615656 "2013-09-06T18:32:33Z")
Upon asking my gyn for forms of birth control that would “last me until menopause” (I said only half-jokingly) she suggested Essure. It sounds like an awesome option, no surgery, no hormones, just a blocking of the fallo… --- ## [Tips and tricks for buying an affordable used saxophone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-buying-an-affordable-used-saxophone/668185)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-and-tricks-for-buying-an-affordable-used-saxophone/668185 "2013-09-06T17:37:29Z")
I got rid of my alto sax 5 years ago, haven’t touched one since. Now I’d like to buy a used one. I can afford to put work into it over time, but I can’t afford more than a couple hundred right now. I don’t care what it l… --- ## [If a US secessionist civil war breaks out, how would its Armed Forces fragment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-us-secessionist-civil-war-breaks-out-how-would-its-armed-forces-fragment/668060)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-us-secessionist-civil-war-breaks-out-how-would-its-armed-forces-fragment/668060 "2013-09-06T17:22:15Z")
Who would the soldiers and branches stay loyal to? Their units? Their service? Their home states? Whatever’s left of the federal government? --- ## [What the hell kinda mushrooms were these?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-kinda-mushrooms-were-these/668157)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-kinda-mushrooms-were-these/668157 "2013-09-06T17:19:06Z")
No photo - yet. I saw them yesterday, didn’t have time to grab the phone and snap a picture. I was walking past a tree in our front yard and something bright caught my eye. I thought it was a bit of trash that had wound … --- ## [Exercise metrics and related questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-metrics-and-related-questions/668134)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-metrics-and-related-questions/668134 "2013-09-06T16:08:32Z")
After dinking around for years with a treadmill and a Bowflex, both of which I disliked, I finally got around to joining a gym and working out on a pretty regular basis (I’m averaging 4 visits per week or better). Now th… --- ## [Stub Hub?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stub-hub/667994)
**Author:** [@robz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stub-hub/667994 "2013-09-06T14:26:40Z")
Anyone purchase tickets from stubhub? I would like to go to the Buffalo Bills game this Sunday. There are tickets available from stubub that you print yourself. Sounds kinda sketchy. I have to drive 5 hours to get to… --- ## [Laptop Advice Sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-advice-sought/666800)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-advice-sought/666800 "2013-09-06T14:25:20Z")
So, sort of a companion thread to my car purchase one. I have been using, for the last few years, a Netbook that was provided by my employer, for minor tasks - videoconferencing, keeping up with Facebook when I travel, … --- ## [Hot lap around Manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-lap-around-manhattan/668087)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-lap-around-manhattan/668087 "2013-09-06T12:33:22Z")
I guy just claimed to set a new record for the fastest time driving (illegally) around Manhattan. I’m torn because on one hand I love to drive fast and I know my limits and my car’s limits… on the other hand I know th… --- ## [Why is designer clothes so shoddy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-designer-clothes-so-shoddy/668048)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-designer-clothes-so-shoddy/668048 "2013-09-06T03:20:38Z")
I just bought my first Ralph Lauren polo shirt. The care instructions are: Machine wash warm with like colors. Only non-chlorine bleach when needed. Tumble dry low. I can understand the bleach, but why is the shirt s… --- ## [Trojan twister](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-twister/668146)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trojan-twister/668146 "2013-09-06T03:06:50Z")
Just curious… Has anyone tried this, and has it spiced up your sex life? Or, as the ad suggests, blew your hair back? I have a question about this “toy”, which from what I can tell is just a masturbatory tool for wome… --- ## [Men: If you were found guilty of intelligence leaking...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-if-you-were-found-guilty-of-intelligence-leaking/668041)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-if-you-were-found-guilty-of-intelligence-leaking/668041 "2013-09-05T22:30:38Z")
Inspired by everyone’s favourite gender-bending intelligence leaker. So, you’ve been stitched up, caught selling pictures of Obama in his underpants to WikiLeaks. For such a heinous act you’ve been sentenced to 35 years… --- ## [Texting issue between two specific iPhones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-issue-between-two-specific-iphones/668096)
**Author:** [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-issue-between-two-specific-iphones/668096 "2013-09-05T22:10:41Z")
A recent acquaintance and I have just discovered that we are unable to send or receive text messages from each other on our iPhones. The messages appear to go through successfully on the sender’s screen but the recipient… --- ## [Porcellain Collectors--Have you purchased from this firm? Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porcellain-collectors-have-you-purchased-from-this-firm-poll/668117)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porcellain-collectors-have-you-purchased-from-this-firm-poll/668117 "2013-09-05T22:01:55Z")
They sell collectable figurines & porcelain. Chesterton Manor Are they trustworthy? Do they ship promptly? Do they pack well? Breakage rules, if any? --- ## [sudden dizziness/balance problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-dizziness-balance-problem/667774)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-dizziness-balance-problem/667774 "2013-09-05T21:36:01Z")
I’m not looking for an online diagnosis, as I know this symptom could belong to a number of different health conditions. I’m just curious if anyone here has ever experienced this. I was sitting at my work computer when… --- ## [Should school begin before or after Labor Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-school-begin-before-or-after-labor-day/667864)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-school-begin-before-or-after-labor-day/667864 "2013-09-05T20:15:09Z")
When I was in school, it began the week after. Now, most schools begin sometime in August. --- ## [How could authorities stop a more careful version of the Beltway sniper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-authorities-stop-a-more-careful-version-of-the-beltway-sniper/667875)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-could-authorities-stop-a-more-careful-version-of-the-beltway-sniper/667875 "2013-09-05T19:45:38Z")
As awful as mass shootings like Newtown or Aurora are, they are inherently going to be limited in their body count, and end in the death or arrest of the shooter. What haunts me is to think about the potential for anoth… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1234) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1236)