# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1255 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1256 --- ## [Is this a scam? Contractor served summons by co. he's never worked with.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-contractor-served-summons-by-co-hes-never-worked-with/665222 "2013-08-04T05:45:32Z")
Just like it says. Doorbell rings and a woman says he’s served (my partner). It’s his co. name, but the complaining party is another company that he’s never worked with, a paving sub-contractor. Processs server just leav… --- ## [Is the bible true/god real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679)
**Author:** [@jaysamm15](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaysamm15)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bible-true-god-real/664679 "2013-08-04T04:09:13Z")
Please dont be offended, if you are, then move on to the next post. I have my beliefs, just curious of other’s. --- ## [No tipping at a takeout counter, right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-tipping-at-a-takeout-counter-right/665193)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-tipping-at-a-takeout-counter-right/665193 "2013-08-04T03:13:05Z")
At a takeout counter there is no expectation of a tip, right? There is a space for one on the credit card slip but that is for the sit down section of the restaurant, right? --- ## [A poll about female genitalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-female-genitalia/665098)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-about-female-genitalia/665098 "2013-08-04T02:54:40Z")
Inspired by this thread This is a poll for anyone of any gender and sexual orientation that includes being attracted to female partners (mainly to keep the poll options manageable - if anyone would like to create a comp… --- ## [Tell me about life without a thyroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-without-a-thyroid/600075)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-life-without-a-thyroid/600075 "2013-08-04T01:32:29Z")
I have cysts/nodules/thingys in my thyroid. The surgeon I saw today said there’s nothing in my needle biopsies to indicate cancer but they might come up cancerous one day and if I want I can have it removed right now. :… --- ## [BMW's new i3: Did they try to make it ugly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmws-new-i3-did-they-try-to-make-it-ugly/664926)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2013, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bmws-new-i3-did-they-try-to-make-it-ugly/664926 "2013-08-04T00:31:44Z")
BMW unveiled the i3, its entry into the electric car market. Is it just me or did they deliberately try to make the miniature electric car version of the famously bad Pontiac Aztek? --- ## [When should kids be charged as adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-kids-be-charged-as-adults/665106)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-kids-be-charged-as-adults/665106 "2013-08-03T22:22:11Z")
In my opinion, if the kid is old enough to know right from wrong, and the crime was particularly heinous (i.e. rape of a younger child, animal abuse) they should be tried as adults. I’m only asking because I stumbled up… --- ## [Detroit is building a new Hockey Stadium? Who's buying their bonds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-is-building-a-new-hockey-stadium-whos-buying-their-bonds/664804)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detroit-is-building-a-new-hockey-stadium-whos-buying-their-bonds/664804 "2013-08-03T21:15:39Z")
Good lord. They’re filing for bankruptcy, and at the same time have decided to build a new 444 million dollar stadium. My first thought is “you can’t fix stupid” but then I’m wondering who is foolish enough to finance … --- ## [Are maritime foghorns still used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-maritime-foghorns-still-used/665195)
**Author:** [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-maritime-foghorns-still-used/665195 "2013-08-03T18:55:19Z")
I live about 10 miles (as the seagull flies) from a fixed foghorn, a small red building near a Coast Guard station, at the end of a breakwater/pier that leads into a canal/harbor. Until ~20 years ago, whenever there was… --- ## [Has anyone tried the Bathmate penis pump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-bathmate-penis-pump/643005)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-bathmate-penis-pump/643005 "2013-08-03T16:37:44Z")
It uses water to tug on your wiener and is supposed to make it permanently larger over time. people are saying it’s way better than normal ones and I want to know if it’s actually legit. anyone try one? --- ## [How Do Kids of Gay Parents Address Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-of-gay-parents-address-them/664819)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-kids-of-gay-parents-address-them/664819 "2013-08-03T15:13:44Z")
Like, if you have two dads, but need the attention of one specifically, do you say “Dad Jeff!” to get Jeff’s attention or “Dad Carl!” to get the other one’s attention? Or if you have two moms, and you’re talking to a th… --- ## [Do cultures have themes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cultures-have-themes/665236)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-cultures-have-themes/665236 "2013-08-03T08:23:47Z")
That is, in a particular context, setting, region, or group, is there some common thread to all of the various aspects of that culture? If you look at their language, their music, their architecture, their food, can you … --- ## [Flight Attendants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-attendants/611480)
**Author:** [@hberi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hberi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-attendants/611480 "2013-08-03T07:32:55Z")
I have always been interested in becoming a flight attendant, but how do you go about getting there? Do you simply go to the airport for an application? I know one can go to " flight attendant school" but someone told me… --- ## [Resources for the multiple allergic child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-the-multiple-allergic-child/664909)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-the-multiple-allergic-child/664909 "2013-08-03T05:11:44Z")
My great-nephew has been allergic since he was born. He just turned 3 and his current allergies are: Food: peanut/tree nuts, corn (including HFCS, corn oil and corn starch), wheat, egg, soy, dairy, chicken, pork, vanilla… --- ## [Are RPN Calculators dead and buried? R U Happy or sad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rpn-calculators-dead-and-buried-r-u-happy-or-sad/664138)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-rpn-calculators-dead-and-buried-r-u-happy-or-sad/664138 "2013-08-03T03:12:39Z")
RPN - Reverse Polack was the bane of my college life. (actually it was Reverse Polish notation) and cost me a very rare C in Data Structures (a Computer Science class) and it hurt me in other classes too. I never could … --- ## [Anybody use Nextel phone in '06/07? Can I ask you some questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-nextel-phone-in-06-07-can-i-ask-you-some-questions/665192)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-use-nextel-phone-in-06-07-can-i-ask-you-some-questions/665192 "2013-08-03T03:09:58Z")
I’m doing some anecdotal research (for which I have permission) regarding Nextel plans/service in 2006/2007. (Among other things, I need to be able to ask intelligent questions of someone regarding such service in those… --- ## [Choosing to move out or hang on a bit longer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-to-move-out-or-hang-on-a-bit-longer/665147)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choosing-to-move-out-or-hang-on-a-bit-longer/665147 "2013-08-03T03:01:31Z")
I’d like people’s thoughts on a decision before me. I’m 30 and turning 31 in a month. Over the past year I decided to move home with my parents for reasons both personal and financial (I had lived on my own for 8 years p… --- ## ["Are we there yet?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-there-yet/664907)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-there-yet/664907 "2013-08-03T01:39:28Z")
It seems like “are we there yet?” is a common thing for kids on TV to say during a trip, especially a road trip. I’m wondering how common this saying actually is in real life. It seems a bit odd to me that kids would as… --- ## [The genitals really are the ugliest parts of the human body, aren't they?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genitals-really-are-the-ugliest-parts-of-the-human-body-arent-they/664955)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 154\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-genitals-really-are-the-ugliest-parts-of-the-human-body-arent-they/664955 "2013-08-03T01:05:18Z")
“The things that make babies are so ugly that, were it not for pretty faces, the human race would die out.” – Leonardo da Vinci (either gay or asexual) I am not gay or asexual or in any way sex-negative, I just think i… --- ## [How to buy a new car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-buy-a-new-car/664125)
**Author:** [@weef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weef)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-buy-a-new-car/664125 "2013-08-03T00:43:04Z")
I buy a new car every 5 years or so and I never feel like I get the best deal possible. After the financial collapse in 2008 I bought a new car from Toyota and even with the pending doom they barely budged on the price.… --- ## [Sold car...sort of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-car-sort-of/665113)
**Author:** [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sold-car-sort-of/665113 "2013-08-02T23:56:01Z")
I gave my mechanic my car in exchange for services. But, knowing that it cannot be that simple, we did go to DMV to fill out the correct paperwork to transfer ownership. He acted surprised when they said he would need to… --- ## [''Gifted Children'' - Where Are You Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifted-children-where-are-you-now/544824)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 229\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifted-children-where-are-you-now/544824 "2013-08-02T23:25:08Z")
In this thread on early readers, I made the following comment: \[QUOTE=olivesmarch4th\] I think people tend to vastly overestimate the correlation between early reading comprehension/IQ/‘‘giftedness’’ and real-life succe… --- ## [Kitchen knives advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-knives-advice/664665)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-knives-advice/664665 "2013-08-02T22:29:50Z")
It’s time for me to get new kitchen knives. I have gotten to the point at which I know we need good knives, but I don’t know how to go about getting the right balance of price and quality. Most places seem to sell good … --- ## [Dangit, what did I do to my knee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangit-what-did-i-do-to-my-knee/663801)
**Author:** [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dangit-what-did-i-do-to-my-knee/663801 "2013-08-02T21:14:28Z")
Just wanting to see if I should go to the ER after work tonight or see my doctor tomorrow and get a referral or something. My left knee has been sorta sore for a couple of months. Up until today, it felt stable, didn’t … --- ## [What ever Happened to the Segway (transportation vehicle)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-segway-transportation-vehicle/664769)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-the-segway-transportation-vehicle/664769 "2013-08-02T21:09:55Z")
I never hear about it anymore. Anyone here have one? How do you use it? --- ## [The Relationship Between Age and How Long Time Feels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relationship-between-age-and-how-long-time-feels/665118)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-relationship-between-age-and-how-long-time-feels/665118 "2013-08-02T20:23:43Z")
One day, a few years ago, I was talking to an old lunch monitor about how time flies faster and faster as you get older. It started when I said how “long” five years was and told her in days (I know I know, but this was… --- ## [Why has Stack Exchange seemed to succeed and Yahoo Answers failed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-stack-exchange-seemed-to-succeed-and-yahoo-answers-failed/665134)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-stack-exchange-seemed-to-succeed-and-yahoo-answers-failed/665134 "2013-08-02T20:18:49Z")
The format isn’t identical, but it’s really, really similar. The main difference between the two seems to be that Yahoo answers has an “expiry date” for questions and the answer is chosen by popular vote if the question … --- ## [Zimmerman/Martin - how did this get to be about race?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-martin-how-did-this-get-to-be-about-race/663487)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 230\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zimmerman-martin-how-did-this-get-to-be-about-race/663487 "2013-08-02T20:09:21Z")
(Sorry for yet another thread - but I’m not sure this has been addressed.) This is not a question I’m trying to be snarky or cynical in asking - I’m genuinely curious: How did this case come to be racially charged? Wh… --- ## [Compare and contrast, Caribbean islands...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compare-and-contrast-caribbean-islands/653058)
**Author:** [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compare-and-contrast-caribbean-islands/653058 "2013-08-02T19:29:11Z")
Two job positions related to my field have opened up in the Caribbean. One is in St. Kitts and Nevis, and the other in Trinidad and Tobago. Based on job description only, the Trinidad offer seems to be a better fit. B… --- ## [Selectively forgetting phone numbers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selectively-forgetting-phone-numbers/665124)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selectively-forgetting-phone-numbers/665124 "2013-08-02T18:51:49Z")
For some reason when I quit a job or break up with a girl the phne number almost instantly erases from my memory. I can’t think of any other part of my memory that will erase something so quickly. Is this common? I just … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1256)