# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1250 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1251 --- ## [Expiration of Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiration-of-jello/665958)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expiration-of-jello/665958 "2013-08-13T05:14:55Z")
The mother of a friend of mine recently passed away. My friend was going through her things, deciding what to keep, what to donate, and what to toss. In one of the kitchen cabinets he found a large bag filled with boxes … --- ## [Cold sores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-sores/665650)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-sores/665650 "2013-08-13T03:01:25Z")
My nephew is very vain and gets cold sores about once a month or so. He despises them. He is a mailman, to boot, so he doubly despises having to go to work with them. He also maintains that if one has a cold sore one sho… --- ## [What programming language to teach?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-to-teach/665992)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-programming-language-to-teach/665992 "2013-08-13T01:20:35Z")
I just found out I’m teaching a high school Intro to Programming class. The previous teacher used python, but I’m thinking of using Ansi-C or Java. In today’s world, what would be a good language for a student to learn… --- ## [Insurance from the Hartford.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-from-the-hartford/666083)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-from-the-hartford/666083 "2013-08-13T00:59:48Z")
Hartford car or condo insurance, or both. Is it good or bad? Low or high rates? Do they give discounts for bundling both? Do they give you a hard time with payoffs or repairs? Any & all input is valuable. --- ## [AARP Insurance? Any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarp-insurance-any-good/665800)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aarp-insurance-any-good/665800 "2013-08-12T21:53:15Z")
Is the car insurance you can get through the AARP any good? Is it cheaper than State Farm? Is it hassle-free? Can you get condo insurance through the AARP? Can you get condo insurance through the company they farm it… --- ## [Plea-Bargain Appearance to Contest a Speeding Ticket - Advice? (today)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plea-bargain-appearance-to-contest-a-speeding-ticket-advice-today/666030)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plea-bargain-appearance-to-contest-a-speeding-ticket-advice-today/666030 "2013-08-12T20:37:55Z")
NO ONE posting to this thread is my lawyer or is in any way responsible for my decisions and actions!! Just got back from two weeks away; wish it was the vacation it was planned to be, but mostly it was supporting an il… --- ## [San Diego: Best place for Dessert (LATE NIGHT)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-best-place-for-dessert-late-night/665763)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-diego-best-place-for-dessert-late-night/665763 "2013-08-12T18:43:23Z")
On Sunday I’ll be taking my nieces to a concert at Humphrey’s (we’re gonna see The Monkees!). I’ll want to take them out for dessert somewhere afterward. I figure it will have to be a place that’s either an all-nighter … --- ## [How good are Futons these days.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-futons-these-days/666045)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-good-are-futons-these-days/666045 "2013-08-12T17:18:56Z")
So, as I detailed in other thread I bought a house. A house which is really freakin’ empty. I have no actual guest bed, and will not for a while. It seems to me having one is kind of those type of things adults have. I … --- ## [Could A Gy Like Raymond Loewy Make It As A Car Designer Today?r](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-gy-like-raymond-loewy-make-it-as-a-car-designer-today-r/666033)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-gy-like-raymond-loewy-make-it-as-a-car-designer-today-r/666033 "2013-08-12T16:47:04Z")
Raymond Loewy was an amazing guy-he was a man who did all kinds of designs (from a cigarette pack to a car). He designed the innovative Studebaker “Avanti”-which (while not a huge success) was one of the most advanced c… --- ## [Ugliest language on the face of the earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-language-on-the-face-of-the-earth/665836)
**Author:** [@Batistuta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batistuta)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-language-on-the-face-of-the-earth/665836 "2013-08-12T15:38:55Z")
So, I just came back from a trip to Copenhagen. Having lived in Sweden for a while, I have got used to the melodic sounds of the Swedish language, and assumed that Danish would be similar. Dear God, I could not have bee… --- ## [Do you use a Password Manager?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-password-manager/606171)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-password-manager/606171 "2013-08-12T04:02:59Z")
If so, which one do you use? Did you research one to use or did you just start using the first one you found? I’m listing the ones I can think of in the poll but it’s certainly not an exhaustive list. --- ## [the ideal 5 adult car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ideal-5-adult-car/665902)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ideal-5-adult-car/665902 "2013-08-12T02:56:53Z")
Is there one? Moderate price, mpg over forty, lots of butt room? What do you guys have that you would recommend? --- ## [Would You Voluntarily Give Your Passwords to The NSA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-voluntarily-give-your-passwords-to-the-nsa/665597)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-voluntarily-give-your-passwords-to-the-nsa/665597 "2013-08-12T02:27:24Z")
Suppose the US government passed a new law that gave the NSA permission to read private emails. Would you give your up? Second:if a way was found to encrypt your messages (such that the NSA could not decode them) wold… --- ## [Connecting flights and checked baggage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-flights-and-checked-baggage/665841)
**Author:** [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-flights-and-checked-baggage/665841 "2013-08-12T02:16:19Z")
Travelling to NYC from Arkansas to a wedding. I usually do carry-on only, but have to check some baggage. Wife is worried we’ll lose suitcases on a connecting flight. What’s the doper take on this? --- ## [Why.......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why/665979 "2013-08-12T00:19:03Z")
Why do traditionalists and conservatives feel the need to suck the fun out of everything? Why? --- ## [Request for Iceland Travel Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-iceland-travel-advice/664075)
**Author:** [@TnTangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TnTangent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-iceland-travel-advice/664075 "2013-08-11T23:03:39Z")
Hello, Dopers! My wife and I are spending 8 days in Iceland in late August, and I’d appreciate some advice from anyone familiar with the land. We are staying in a hotel just southwest of Lake Þingvellir, and are definit… --- ## [Anybody else have color blindness...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-have-color-blindness/665970)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-else-have-color-blindness/665970 "2013-08-11T22:23:15Z")
only with dark colors? I think a lot of us have trouble with navy and black but I also can barely tell the difference between brown and dark green. When you get into the brighter colors, though, like medium and light b… --- ## [Muscle-tone exercise methods in NYC (for women)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-tone-exercise-methods-in-nyc-for-women/665960)
**Author:** [@TnTangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TnTangent)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muscle-tone-exercise-methods-in-nyc-for-women/665960 "2013-08-11T20:37:19Z")
Hello Dopers! My wife and I just moved into NYC, and she requested that I asked for any opinions on good exercise methods/studios…preferably in the 60’s and 70’s of the Upper East Side. Until now, she has done barre met… --- ## [7 Lessons in Manliness From the Greatest Generation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-lessons-in-manliness-from-the-greatest-generation/665955)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-lessons-in-manliness-from-the-greatest-generation/665955 "2013-08-11T20:14:01Z")
\#1: Take Personal Responsibility for Your Life #2: Be Frugal #3: Be Humble #4: Love Loyally #5: Work Hard #6: Embrace Challenge #7: Don’t Make Life So Damn Complicated --- ## [Back molar with broken crown: Repair or extract?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-molar-with-broken-crown-repair-or-extract/665918)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-molar-with-broken-crown-repair-or-extract/665918 "2013-08-11T19:15:38Z")
A couple of years ago, I paid an awful lot of money for a root canal and crown on my very back bottom-left molar. Now I have broken that crown. I will call the dentist on Monday. I assume my options will be a new crown o… --- ## [Is thinking about suicide all THAT uncommon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thinking-about-suicide-all-that-uncommon/570689)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-thinking-about-suicide-all-that-uncommon/570689 "2013-08-11T17:49:25Z")
I would never do it so long as I have a family, but I think about suicide, (or just dying), a lot. Even when I’m at my happiest, I would sometimes daydream about it. It makes me wonder if other people aren’t, (to a les… --- ## [Are there simple, tidy digital cameras with all manual controls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-simple-tidy-digital-cameras-with-all-manual-controls/654383)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-simple-tidy-digital-cameras-with-all-manual-controls/654383 "2013-08-11T16:12:09Z")
Inspired by the thread about 35 mm film cameras, I am reminded of how elegant they were in their heyday, and how I have not noticed a digital camera with the same simplicity. You could focus and adjust the aperture with… --- ## [Clothes Dryer Preference: Gas or Electric?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-dryer-preference-gas-or-electric/665858)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clothes-dryer-preference-gas-or-electric/665858 "2013-08-11T13:40:18Z")
I am moving into a new house in a few weeks. The house I am in now does not have natural gas, but the new house does have it, for the furnace. The new house currently has electric hookups for the range and the clothes dr… --- ## [Need some wheelbarrow advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-wheelbarrow-advice/665614)
**Author:** [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-wheelbarrow-advice/665614 "2013-08-11T05:15:11Z")
I’m in the midst of digging a koi pond by hand. In total, I’ve moved about 5 yards of dirt already, and have about 5 more to go. (I know there are more efficient ways to move this much dirt around, but it’s good exercise… --- ## [Legal status of this pay cut](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-this-pay-cut/665762)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-status-of-this-pay-cut/665762 "2013-08-10T23:30:34Z")
This is not a legal advice thread, just a question about whether a certain action passes even a “laugh test.” Someone I know works on a nine month contract, typically renewed each year. The employer this year said “we c… --- ## [Is Putin Enjoying This? (Humiliating Obama)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-putin-enjoying-this-humiliating-obama/664638)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-putin-enjoying-this-humiliating-obama/664638 "2013-08-10T18:47:46Z")
Putin refuses to extradite Snowden. Officially, it is because the USA will not guarantee that he would be subject to the death penalty. Putin seems to enjoy watching Obama squirm. Now, I know that Putin opposes aiding … --- ## [Loans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loans/665825)
**Author:** [@SB111111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SB111111)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loans/665825 "2013-08-10T17:36:52Z")
Hi all, I was hoping to seek some honest advice from anybody that is able to help and I would incredibly appreciate all help/comments. The situation I am in is that I am currently in a job that I absolutely hate, the mo… --- ## [What is a Hypotenuse (Quick, off the Top of Your Head)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hypotenuse-quick-off-the-top-of-your-head/665782)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-hypotenuse-quick-off-the-top-of-your-head/665782 "2013-08-10T16:07:44Z")
Someone used this is a discussion recently and my immediate reaction was I should know this, knew the general subject area it was used in, but couldn’t recall its definition. Sometimes it seems amazing I can participate… --- ## [Securing bike to car bike rack and thusly to car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securing-bike-to-car-bike-rack-and-thusly-to-car/665458)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/securing-bike-to-car-bike-rack-and-thusly-to-car/665458 "2013-08-10T15:56:06Z")
I know that if someone really wants to steal my bike, and has some cutting tools, they will. I’m not thinking of leaving it on the car rack all day on the street or anything. But today, for instance, I was bringing the b… --- ## [Linkedin Scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-scam/665485)
**Author:** [@Alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alba)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linkedin-scam/665485 "2013-08-10T14:55:40Z")
I work in Africa and received on Linkedin below message from a new contact: On her profile it is listed that she works for a well known company (not a recruitment company). However, there is no other information on her… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1251)