# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1252 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1253 --- ## [Doper Physicians: help me figure out what's going on with my throat / neck.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-physicians-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-throat-neck/665603)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-physicians-help-me-figure-out-whats-going-on-with-my-throat-neck/665603 "2013-08-09T07:22:34Z")
Yes, you aren’t my doctor, I’m not your patient, your responses are not to be taken in lieu of an official Dr. visit. In brief: Sometime in the first or second week of June I noticed a pain or pressure in my jaw – unde… --- ## [A friend has Signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-signet-ring-cell-adenocarcinoma/665688)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-has-signet-ring-cell-adenocarcinoma/665688 "2013-08-09T01:40:44Z")
Just learned that a friend of mine has this rare cancer. Things look pretty ugly. --- ## [Teenagers with kidney stones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-with-kidney-stones/497997)
**Author:** [@Bad\_Samaritan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_Samaritan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teenagers-with-kidney-stones/497997 "2013-08-08T23:58:09Z")
How common is this? I just found out that my 19 year old niece has been in and out of the hospital a few times recently due to complications in passing kidney stones. Her brother has had kidney stones for a couple of yea… --- ## [Price paid for car with no A/C vs broken A/C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-paid-for-car-with-no-a-c-vs-broken-a-c/665756)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-paid-for-car-with-no-a-c-vs-broken-a-c/665756 "2013-08-08T23:36:00Z")
The KBB value for our car, assuming it has no A/C installed, is about $5000. In fact, it does have A/C installed, but the A/C doesn’t blow cold air. (Not a problem with mere charge, but we’re not sure what the problem is… --- ## [Discussion natural fibers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-natural-fibers/665602)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-natural-fibers/665602 "2013-08-08T22:51:03Z")
I am always on a quest for strong natural fibers because of my hobby which is primitive archery flight shooting. We are required to use all natural materials. Having a lightweight strong bow string is vital in achieving … --- ## [Knee Problem--Any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-problem-any-suggestions/665717)
**Author:** [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-problem-any-suggestions/665717 "2013-08-08T22:37:40Z")
I’ve been having some trouble with my right knee on and off for the last year or so. I had attributed it to just generally getting older–it really only bothered me if I overused it or was extra-cold out, etc. In the la… --- ## [is there really a way to determine which breed is smarter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-way-to-determine-which-breed-is-smarter/665731)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-way-to-determine-which-breed-is-smarter/665731 "2013-08-08T21:12:04Z")
Just wondering, is there really a way to determine this, or is it really just a matter of perspective? Is a dog or a cat smarter? Among dog breeds, can it be determined for example, what breeds are smarter? I have hea… --- ## [Could I avoid federal income tax by starting a superPAC when I win the Powerball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-avoid-federal-income-tax-by-starting-a-superpac-when-i-win-the-powerball/665640)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-avoid-federal-income-tax-by-starting-a-superpac-when-i-win-the-powerball/665640 "2013-08-08T20:36:43Z")
Many Powerball winners get an investment advisor and set up a trust to receive their millions from a Powerball win. Has anybody considered setting up a superPAC? I recall when Steven Colbert created his, he had an atto… --- ## [You can time travel at will. Do you have the moral obligation to prevent murders, rapes etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-time-travel-at-will-do-you-have-the-moral-obligation-to-prevent-murders-rapes-etc/665532)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-time-travel-at-will-do-you-have-the-moral-obligation-to-prevent-murders-rapes-etc/665532 "2013-08-08T20:21:38Z")
Inspired by this thread on time travel by terentii. Say you got the superpower of time-travel through accidental tachyon exposure. You don’t need a machine and it’s instantaneous. Just concentrate and clap your hands. H… --- ## [Ladies, what does "cute" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-does-cute-mean/665410)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-does-cute-mean/665410 "2013-08-08T20:07:25Z")
In the context of shoes, handbags, dresses, etc.? --- ## [Attractive, slightly wall-eyed blonde women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attractive-slightly-wall-eyed-blonde-women/665409 "2013-08-08T20:00:05Z")
Anyone ever notice this? Heather Graham. Bridgette Bardot. Georgina Haig, from Fringe. Heidi Klum. What’s up with that, anyway? Being a stunningly attractive natural blonde, and having a touch of Marty Feldman, seem… --- ## [Road & Track vs Car and Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-track-vs-car-and-driver/665610)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-track-vs-car-and-driver/665610 "2013-08-08T19:32:45Z")
I like cars. I like to drive them (sometimes very fast around a track), look at them, watch TV shows about them (I’m The Stig!), and read about them. I don’t like to modify them or work on them or fix them, though, so Po… --- ## [We have a juvenile mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-juvenile-mockingbird/665508)
**Author:** [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-a-juvenile-mockingbird/665508 "2013-08-08T18:51:19Z")
The parent bird has been doing this “chip…chip…chip” call for the last few days which I thought was a danger or predator call. Today we went outside and there is a juvenile bird on the ground. He has all his feathers but… --- ## [Any estimates of what percent of shelter dogs are pitbull & pitbull mixes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-estimates-of-what-percent-of-shelter-dogs-are-pitbull-pitbull-mixes/665437)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-estimates-of-what-percent-of-shelter-dogs-are-pitbull-pitbull-mixes/665437 "2013-08-08T18:45:47Z")
In this local no-kill shelter thatis having difficulties due to the county pulling their contract, one of the volunteers (on Facebook) commented that a majority of the hard to place dogs are pitbulls and pit mixes. Do s… --- ## [High rise apartments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rise-apartments/665690)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-rise-apartments/665690 "2013-08-08T17:47:44Z")
How do you like them? How do they fare against low rise apartments (upto say 4 floors) or independent houses? --- ## [Pros and cons of getting a roommate; plus how do you find a good one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-getting-a-roommate-plus-how-do-you-find-a-good-one/665436)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pros-and-cons-of-getting-a-roommate-plus-how-do-you-find-a-good-one/665436 "2013-08-08T17:44:48Z")
I live in an area with a fairly low cost of living, as a result the rent on my lease is not too damn high. If I brought in a roommate and s/he took part of the rent and utilities, that would come to about 10% of my gross… --- ## [Surely some mistake? \[Why do parking structures have signs that say "Use both lanes?"\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-some-mistake-why-do-parking-structures-have-signs-that-say-use-both-lanes/665664)
**Author:** [@Nglshmn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nglshmn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surely-some-mistake-why-do-parking-structures-have-signs-that-say-use-both-lanes/665664 "2013-08-08T15:52:19Z")
Why do parking structures have signs that say “Use both lanes?” They are thinking of it from the structures owner’s point of view. Surely they mean “use either lane”, or “use each lane”? Or even better “both lanes avai… --- ## [Recommend me a new car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-new-car/665092)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-new-car/665092 "2013-08-08T13:59:53Z")
I’d appreciate recommendations from the 'Dope for a new car to replace my 1998 Honda Civic sedan. I like it fine, but my son is going to need a car soon, making this a good time for me to get a new one and let him drive … --- ## [Genealogy software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogy-software/665538)
**Author:** [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogy-software/665538 "2013-08-08T12:56:29Z")
I have been nominated to collect info and draw up a family tree. Recommendations of software to organize the data (and maybe print it out)? I got started with the free version of Ancestry.com, but haven’t really learned… --- ## [Best strategy for high intensity exercise classes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-strategy-for-high-intensity-exercise-classes/665644)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-strategy-for-high-intensity-exercise-classes/665644 "2013-08-08T12:51:57Z")
Do you think it is better to go to every class, but do a lower intensity version of what everyone else is doing, or maybe do less sets - or instead try to do as much as possible, but not go every day? I find that if I go… --- ## [Known long term hotel/motel residents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-long-term-hotel-motel-residents/665558)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/known-long-term-hotel-motel-residents/665558 "2013-08-08T12:46:46Z")
I read a “worst jobs I ever had” article where one author mentioned she’d worked at a hotel. She noted some residents lived there for weeks if not months. It wasn’t an “extended stay hotel” that serves businessmen for … --- ## [Do you have childhood memories that you now know as an adult are impossible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-childhood-memories-that-you-now-know-as-an-adult-are-impossible/615284)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-childhood-memories-that-you-now-know-as-an-adult-are-impossible/615284 "2013-08-08T10:04:52Z")
I vividly remember as a kid being in science class. My teacher explained to us that if we went out at 3 or 4 in the morning and looked up at the night sky, we could see the lining of the planets. An event that had not ha… --- ## [Okay, guys: what is the deal with lap dances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-is-the-deal-with-lap-dances/665225)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-guys-what-is-the-deal-with-lap-dances/665225 "2013-08-08T07:18:10Z")
You sit in a chair or on a sofa and a woman (a stripper) dances for you, either grinding up against you or not touching you at all – I assume you are not allowed to touch her at all – and you get aroused (some Doper once… --- ## [Strange But True Stories of Synchronicity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-but-true-stories-of-synchronicity/665686)
**Author:** [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-but-true-stories-of-synchronicity/665686 "2013-08-08T06:53:08Z")
…or, at least, what I think synchronicity means. (I think of it as kind of a real life case of a hard to explain coincidence that is, in the end, nothing more than a coincidence; feel free to correct my ignorance if I a… --- ## [Anyone ever heard of MarkMonitor? Googlecode.com?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-markmonitor-googlecode-com/665668)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-markmonitor-googlecode-com/665668 "2013-08-08T04:05:22Z")
I was trying to find a website associated with a textbook (the subject of a rant in the Pit a few weeks back). One link found through Google mentioned it, I clicked the link - and found that it contained the book itself,… --- ## [Auckland, NZ hotel suggestions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auckland-nz-hotel-suggestions/665671)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auckland-nz-hotel-suggestions/665671 "2013-08-08T03:06:50Z")
The wife and I are going to New Zealand in October to visit a couple of her cousins. Our plans are for 4 days in Auckland then 2 weeks on the south island. The original plans called for staying with a cousin in Auckland … --- ## [Why were "Carter's Little Liver Pills" not marketed as laxatives (which they are)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-carters-little-liver-pills-not-marketed-as-laxatives-which-they-are/665653)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-carters-little-liver-pills-not-marketed-as-laxatives-which-they-are/665653 "2013-08-08T02:07:30Z")
Re Carter’s Little Liver Pills I was surprised to see these were basically an effective laxative. Why were they marketed as medicine for your liver? --- ## [Help me problem solve my flat tire problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-problem-solve-my-flat-tire-problem/665365)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-problem-solve-my-flat-tire-problem/665365 "2013-08-08T01:34:12Z")
Ok Dope, we’ve got a bit of a dilemma on our hands, and I want to bounce some ideas off of you to see what you think. The problem I have is that my car has a flat tire. Why is this such a problem? Well, as many of you k… --- ## [Everybody has a topic they can bore people to death talking about...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-has-a-topic-they-can-bore-people-to-death-talking-about/630882 "2013-08-08T01:04:53Z")
What’s yours? With apologies to DoctorJ --- ## [Can older men drink as much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-older-men-drink-as-much/665470)
**Author:** [@montezuma3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montezuma3)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-older-men-drink-as-much/665470 "2013-08-07T23:05:07Z")
My husband is 67. He drinks a 75 ml bottle a day or more. Tonight he drank a whole 1.5 Liter bottle. I know he has drinking problem because he wishes he could control it but he can’t. I wonder if this will hurt him medi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1253)