# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1240 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1241 --- ## [Need Help with Rat or mice problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-rat-or-mice-problem/667107)
**Author:** [@Need\_Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Need_Help)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-rat-or-mice-problem/667107 "2013-08-30T03:31:38Z")
We are having a problem with either rats or mouse don’t really know? They are coming up on our porch and crapping in one contained area of the porch. They have been doing this for the past 2 yrs. This yr for whatever re… --- ## [If not unions, what can be done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-unions-what-can-be-done/667483)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-not-unions-what-can-be-done/667483 "2013-08-30T03:20:09Z")
Ok, it seems like a fairly simple and straightforward assumption to say the following : the market for employment is not an elastic free market. Numerous artifical barriers and entities with large power exist. One thin… --- ## [Hotels in Oakland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-in-oakland/661818)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-in-oakland/661818 "2013-08-30T02:31:17Z")
I find it amusing that there are only 20 threads (including this one) in the history of this board that have “Oakland” in the title. Then again, I’m easily amused. At any rate, I may be staying in Oakland for a Friday/S… --- ## [Do You Power Off Your Cell Phone At Night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-power-off-your-cell-phone-at-night/667061)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-power-off-your-cell-phone-at-night/667061 "2013-08-30T01:16:15Z")
My SO and I both fully power-off our cell phones when we go to bed, plug them in early in the morning for a half hour charge and then turn them back on. We feel no need to have our phones on 24/7 - and any call that com… --- ## [Do I really need core aeration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-core-aeration/667446)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-core-aeration/667446 "2013-08-30T00:53:33Z")
My lawn service is pushing core aeration. Does every lawn need that, or is it just to solve specific problems? --- ## [Is there a way to remove glitter nail polish that doesn't involve using a f-ing sander?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-glitter-nail-polish-that-doesnt-involve-using-a-f-ing-sander/667306)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-remove-glitter-nail-polish-that-doesnt-involve-using-a-f-ing-sander/667306 "2013-08-30T00:09:48Z")
Pros of glitter nail polish: \[ul\] \[li\]Can apply hastily and it will still look good.\[/li\]\[li\]Chipping less noticeable.\[/li\]\[li\]Sparkles.\[/li\]\[/ul\] Con: \[ul\] \[li\]Its removal necessitates the use of power tools and/or… --- ## [Women of the Dope: Have You (at Least) Made Out with Another Woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-have-you-at-least-made-out-with-another-woman/618265)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-of-the-dope-have-you-at-least-made-out-with-another-woman/618265 "2013-08-29T23:48:30Z")
This thread may lack the subtlety that we on the SDMB have come to expect, but it does raise an interesting question, at least to me. A few years ago, a young female friend of mine told me that she’d never kissed a girl… --- ## [Wedding invitation addressed just to me, not long-term girlfriend -- can she go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-invitation-addressed-just-to-me-not-long-term-girlfriend-can-she-go/667082)
**Author:** [@Fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fang)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-invitation-addressed-just-to-me-not-long-term-girlfriend-can-she-go/667082 "2013-08-29T21:53:38Z")
I was invited to the wedding of two friends I’ve had for about 7 years, but am not particularly close with (one is a former co-worker). This is a Chinese banquet wedding if that makes a difference. They know my girlfri… --- ## [What's a young person to do? (College and Careers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-young-person-to-do-college-and-careers/667158)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-young-person-to-do-college-and-careers/667158 "2013-08-29T19:46:25Z")
I could really use some advice. Basically, I am a community college student. I am almost done with my Associate of Arts degree. So far, I have a 4.0. It’s about time to start applying for colleges to transfer to\*, and I… --- ## [Reaction to cleft-palate ads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-cleft-palate-ads/667408)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reaction-to-cleft-palate-ads/667408 "2013-08-29T19:27:46Z")
Wondering how other folk respond to the ads in papers and magazines (yeah - those paper things!) seeking donations for organizations that correct cleft palates in developing countries. At least that is what I assume the… --- ## [Why would a 9 yo suddenly be anxious about school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-9-yo-suddenly-be-anxious-about-school/666662)
**Author:** [@Dingbang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dingbang)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-9-yo-suddenly-be-anxious-about-school/666662 "2013-08-29T18:52:51Z")
(Long post, but I’m trying to give all the necessary background.) Our 9 yo son started fourth grade this year. He showed no apprehension about the coming start of school, neither excited nor particularly unhappy about it… --- ## [If you can speak with a neutral American accent, any other accent is an affectation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-speak-with-a-neutral-american-accent-any-other-accent-is-an-affectation/667324)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-can-speak-with-a-neutral-american-accent-any-other-accent-is-an-affectation/667324 "2013-08-29T18:46:32Z")
In an episode of 30 Rock, Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) makes a comment that at one time the government recorded his voice so “the perfect American accent could be preserved in case of nuclear war”. Jack’s natural accent … --- ## [Did you identify as gay early in life? Help me support my kid please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-identify-as-gay-early-in-life-help-me-support-my-kid-please/667074)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-identify-as-gay-early-in-life-help-me-support-my-kid-please/667074 "2013-08-29T18:14:07Z")
My daughter told me at 10 that she was bisexual. I encouraged her to be open about her ideas and thoughts about sexuality with us here at home, but not at school because at 10, many of her friends were not going to be ma… --- ## [If we needed castles again, how would they be built?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-needed-castles-again-how-would-they-be-built/667372)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-we-needed-castles-again-how-would-they-be-built/667372 "2013-08-29T13:21:31Z")
Assuming for some reason people again needed castles to defend against old school medieval-type armies (no gunpowder, explosives, aircraft, tanks, ect for either side.) but we could build the castles using modern methods… --- ## [The Beauty of an Ever-Changing Language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beauty-of-an-ever-changing-language/667429)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beauty-of-an-ever-changing-language/667429 "2013-08-29T11:31:55Z")
Britain’s presitigious Oxford Dictionaries have announced plans to add four new words (or phrases) to its lexicon: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-universe-crumbles-as-dictionary-adds-selfie-bitcoin-… --- ## [Brilliant little ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-little-ideas/666970)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brilliant-little-ideas/666970 "2013-08-29T10:59:28Z")
I know we’ve had threads like this before, but I’ll be damned if I can figure out how to search for them. Maybe if someone can lay hands on them, you could link them here too. In the meantime, what simple but perhaps no… --- ## [My Asperger's Daughter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-aspergers-daughter/667339)
**Author:** [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-aspergers-daughter/667339 "2013-08-29T04:10:02Z")
Hello, folks! Not sure quite where to start, but… My 22-year-old daughter has mild Asperger’s. It wasn’t diagnosed until in her mid-teens, so we were behind the curve on treatment options, etc. Much water had passed … --- ## [Amazon (or other) tracking - anyone else seeing weirdness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-or-other-tracking-anyone-else-seeing-weirdness/667426)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-or-other-tracking-anyone-else-seeing-weirdness/667426 "2013-08-29T04:03:26Z")
We have Amazon Prime, i.e. two-day “free” shipping on most of what we purchase. Last Thursday, about 10 PM, I ordered some items. A half hour or so later I got an email about one of them saying it had shipped - for guar… --- ## [Analogies and metaphors for difficult topics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-and-metaphors-for-difficult-topics/667443)
**Author:** [@IzzFlrRN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzFlrRN)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/analogies-and-metaphors-for-difficult-topics/667443 "2013-08-29T01:59:42Z")
I’m a nurse and much of my day involves teaching patients and family members about difficult topics, including illness, death, loss, and disability. I like to use metaphors and analogies to help create a picture. For exa… --- ## [Thinking about getting a dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog/667269)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog/667269 "2013-08-29T01:26:21Z")
So, I am thinking about getting a dog, a Golden Retriever to be exact (but am open to other suggestions). I would not be getting it until next spring at the earliest, so I have time to think on it. The problem is that … --- ## [When allowances for a depressed person affect others' morale - how to handle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-allowances-for-a-depressed-person-affect-others-morale-how-to-handle/667447)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-allowances-for-a-depressed-person-affect-others-morale-how-to-handle/667447 "2013-08-29T01:25:54Z")
I need to know how to handle this. I’m the director for a smallish (25 people, but only 10 or so are full time) street acting troupe at the local Ren Faire. We have specific commitments for street gigs that are the sam… --- ## [Brain Eating Amoebia, im freaking out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-eating-amoebia-im-freaking-out/665634)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2013, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brain-eating-amoebia-im-freaking-out/665634 "2013-08-29T01:23:23Z")
ok so yesterday afternoon, i went boating with my family at tablerock lake in missouri, it was a warm day… the water was warm… and i only jumped in 1 time, in open water about 40 ft deep… for like 5 seconds then got back… --- ## [Any thoughts on why Donald Trump and Trump Entrepreneur Institute are being singled out for fraud?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-why-donald-trump-and-trump-entrepreneur-institute-are-being-singled-out-for-fraud/667418)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-thoughts-on-why-donald-trump-and-trump-entrepreneur-institute-are-being-singled-out-for-fraud/667418 "2013-08-28T22:58:27Z")
I’m trying to understand this issue. I’ve always found Trump irritating and a pompous ass. But don’t understand why he’s being singled out for fraud. The press can’t even get the name right. It was renamed to Trump Entre… --- ## [Would you be willing to become the herald of the Devourer of Worlds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-become-the-herald-of-the-devourer-of-worlds/667230)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-become-the-herald-of-the-devourer-of-worlds/667230 "2013-08-28T22:30:56Z")
So I have good news and bad news. The good news is that Gene Roddenberry was right. The universe is chock-full extraterrestrial civilizations, a fraction of which have faster-than-light travel; an even smaller fraction … --- ## [Tell me about Endometrial Ablation (tmi)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-endometrial-ablation-tmi/667204)
**Author:** [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-endometrial-ablation-tmi/667204 "2013-08-28T22:07:17Z")
God do I hate my period. So much. It takes over a week and it’s heavy and just awful. I want it gone. So, please, tell me your experiences with Endometrial Ablation, please. I already have one child, and he is the g… --- ## [Ladies: Do you have regrets over "the one that got away?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-have-regrets-over-the-one-that-got-away/666929)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-do-you-have-regrets-over-the-one-that-got-away/666929 "2013-08-28T21:52:11Z")
Pretty straightforward question, I suppose. Being a normal person, I imagine that you do. However, I don’t think it happens with the same frequency and intensity that it does with us guys. I know it’s not nearly as commo… --- ## [Would you buy a car that drives itself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-that-drives-itself/663098)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-a-car-that-drives-itself/663098 "2013-08-28T20:47:48Z")
It looks like this technology is coming (they say within a decade). Assuming cost and safety weren’t factors (i.e. you could afford one and statistically they are no more or less dangerous than current cars), would you b… --- ## [Neighbors complain about wheelchair ramp in front of home.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-complain-about-wheelchair-ramp-in-front-of-home/666682)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 302\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-complain-about-wheelchair-ramp-in-front-of-home/666682 "2013-08-28T19:54:19Z")
I sympathize with the family and understand they need special access for their home. But why not put a ramp inside the garage and use the garage entrance? Or at least plant shrubs (azaleas or something) to hide that butt… --- ## [Car Buffs: Ideal Glue for Interior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buffs-ideal-glue-for-interior/667165)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buffs-ideal-glue-for-interior/667165 "2013-08-28T18:32:55Z")
The cloth on my driver’s side interior is falling off after 8.5 years. What retail glue or epoxy can I buy that would hold up to the hot and cold extremes in a non-garage kept auto. I don’'t want something that will bl… --- ## [Recommend a calendar app for Android \*and\* windows 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-calendar-app-for-android-and-windows-7/667069)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-calendar-app-for-android-and-windows-7/667069 "2013-08-28T18:06:40Z")
I’m looking for a calendar app for my Android smartphone that I can load via Windows 7. The Android interface is great for one-off entries, but I want to load a semester’s worth of info in one go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1241)