# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1261 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1262 --- ## [What is the crime history of Zimmerman's neighborhood he was "watching"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-crime-history-of-zimmermans-neighborhood-he-was-watching/663988)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-crime-history-of-zimmermans-neighborhood-he-was-watching/663988 "2013-07-23T00:39:42Z")
I can’t search through all the Tray/Zim threads to see if this has been asked and answered. What is the crime situation in the area that Zim was watching? Much has been made of the fact that Zim had called 911 many time… --- ## [Georgre Zimmerman Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgre-zimmerman-hero/664260)
**Author:** [@hmarvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmarvin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/georgre-zimmerman-hero/664260 "2013-07-23T00:36:36Z")
Unfortunately, the idiots are still sending out death threats to the Zimmermans. --- ## [Uninhabitable owner-occupied dwelling with fewer than four units in NY state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninhabitable-owner-occupied-dwelling-with-fewer-than-four-units-in-ny-state/664194)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uninhabitable-owner-occupied-dwelling-with-fewer-than-four-units-in-ny-state/664194 "2013-07-22T22:55:34Z")
I have a hypothetical question prompted by a real-world situation. I and a roommate are renting a full apartment on the second floor of a house. The homeowner, who I’ll call the landlord, lives on the ground floor. My ro… --- ## [What is this rash? (with pictures!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-rash-with-pictures/663967)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-rash-with-pictures/663967 "2013-07-22T22:25:14Z")
I’ve been riding my bicycle a lot, and whenever the temperature gets over about 90 degrees my legs start breaking out in a rash. The worst is on the tops of my thighs, but I will also get it on my calves and ankles. It… --- ## [Co-signing on a kid's apartment lease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-on-a-kids-apartment-lease/615042)
**Author:** [@macinsomniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/macinsomniac)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-signing-on-a-kids-apartment-lease/615042 "2013-07-22T22:07:49Z")
Hello, My son is currently looking for work, and plans to move out with a roommate. I am waiting for the inevitable question of co-signing on the lease. He will be in a new job, and it will be his first rental. The r… --- ## [State of Florida vs. George Zimmerman Trial Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-florida-vs-george-zimmerman-trial-thread/661501)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2658\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-of-florida-vs-george-zimmerman-trial-thread/661501 "2013-07-22T20:59:05Z")
The jury has been selected and opening statements are currently scheduled for Monday, June 24. This thread is for discussion of the trial and evidence as it’s presented and the jury verdict. There are live feeds availab… --- ## [Where do tall women find clothes that fit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tall-women-find-clothes-that-fit/331843)
**Author:** [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tall-women-find-clothes-that-fit/331843 "2013-07-22T20:13:25Z")
I notice a lot of 6-foot tall women out there these days. For those who want maxi instead of midi, where do they shop? I used Google at first, searched “tall women,” and was horrified that all the clothing sites I looke… --- ## [I want to laquer cheap jewelry and protect against tarnishing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-laquer-cheap-jewelry-and-protect-against-tarnishing/664180)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-laquer-cheap-jewelry-and-protect-against-tarnishing/664180 "2013-07-22T20:08:09Z")
I have a cheap necklace made of lots of “silver” rings and made the mistake of wearing it while having sunscreen on my skin. After just a few hours I could see that there is going to be a problem with tarnishing. I’ve lo… --- ## [Rise of the Warrior Cop Is it time to reconsider the militarization of American policing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-warrior-cop-is-it-time-to-reconsider-the-militarization-of-american-policing/664128)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rise-of-the-warrior-cop-is-it-time-to-reconsider-the-militarization-of-american-policing/664128 "2013-07-22T19:26:21Z")
This is a very surprising essay in a newspaper like the Wall Street Journal: --- ## [High Efficiency (HE) washer owners/users: Do your towels stink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-efficiency-he-washer-owners-users-do-your-towels-stink/605511)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-efficiency-he-washer-owners-users-do-your-towels-stink/605511 "2013-07-22T17:47:53Z")
If so, what do you do to try to mitigate it? I use Affresh monthly. I try to wipe dry the seal around the door after every use and leave the door slightly propped open. The logistics of our washer location prevents me… --- ## [Cheap/Nice Gifts to Keep on Hand for Last Minute Parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-nice-gifts-to-keep-on-hand-for-last-minute-parties/664157)
**Author:** [@DataX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DataX)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-nice-gifts-to-keep-on-hand-for-last-minute-parties/664157 "2013-07-22T17:43:06Z")
So it occurred to me a little while ago when I was running late to a last minute birthday party - that it would be nice to have a few things on hand for last minute invites to parties and such. I bought two copies of: … --- ## [What Do Other Languages Call the Adam's Apple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-languages-call-the-adams-apple/664114)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-languages-call-the-adams-apple/664114 "2013-07-22T17:05:45Z")
I’m particularly interested in what those languages lacking a Christian tradition call it, since references to Adam and his apple are meaningless. --- ## [Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death/663546)
**Author:** [@Caneknife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caneknife)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death/663546 "2013-07-22T17:01:56Z")
What do u believe happens when u die, I do believe in God and Heaven but do we meet up with our loved ones ever again after we all pass, I hope so. --- ## [Next iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-iphone/664086)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-iphone/664086 "2013-07-22T16:27:00Z")
What’s the word on the street about the next iPhone release? Any guesses about what it will be called? 5S? 6? When are people betting it will be out? --- ## [In many cases I don't really think you can entirely blame the parents for children's obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-many-cases-i-dont-really-think-you-can-entirely-blame-the-parents-for-childrens-obesity/664038)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-many-cases-i-dont-really-think-you-can-entirely-blame-the-parents-for-childrens-obesity/664038 "2013-07-22T10:54:34Z")
In various threads including the obese Boy Scout thread in IMHO, many people have expressed opinions that parents are squarely to blame for obesity in their kids. Using a sample set of one (myself) I don’t really think t… --- ## [Things You Don't Want To Hear On A First Date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-on-a-first-date/662961)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-to-hear-on-a-first-date/662961 "2013-07-22T06:34:43Z")
“Don’t worry - I think it is just a cold sore.” --- ## [Please help me get past an obstacle to fulfilling my dream.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-get-past-an-obstacle-to-fulfilling-my-dream/664087)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-get-past-an-obstacle-to-fulfilling-my-dream/664087 "2013-07-22T02:46:52Z")
I wrote my first Cthulhu carol three and a half years ago, as part of a gift to my brother, a very cool guy. It went with a statue of an Elder Thing I had made. After Christmas, I posted the Cthulhu carol lyrics in one… --- ## [Have any of you ever sung the whole of "99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-ever-sung-the-whole-of-99-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/663806)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-ever-sung-the-whole-of-99-bottles-of-beer-on-the-wall/663806 "2013-07-22T01:47:39Z")
Have any of you Dopers ever sung all of the verses to “99 Bottles of Beer On the Wall” at one time? Also, which version do you know? “99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer. You take one down and pass it … --- ## [How to use a supplemental house well](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-a-supplemental-house-well/664150)
**Author:** [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-a-supplemental-house-well/664150 "2013-07-22T01:24:44Z")
As I mentioned a couple months ago, I’m house-hunting. I think we’ve found the house for us, and it happens to have a supplemental well. I assume this is non-potable and should be used for things like watering the lawn a… --- ## [Particle Physics, Joyce, and Cheese: The Word Quark](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/particle-physics-joyce-and-cheese-the-word-quark/270752)
**Author:** [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/particle-physics-joyce-and-cheese-the-word-quark/270752 "2013-07-22T00:29:18Z")
Everybody knows the story of how physicist Murray Gell-Mann borrowed the term “quark” for an elementary particle from James Joyce’s novel Finnegan’s Wake. But I’ve just heard that Joyce, writing the novel (partly) in Zur… --- ## [Are there Japanese Beetles where you live ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-japanese-beetles-where-you-live/662766)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-japanese-beetles-where-you-live/662766 "2013-07-22T00:17:04Z")
Just asking, because I don’t know what happened to the annual plague, where I live (Central NY, very rainy). Haven’t spotted a single one and usually by this time of year they have already decimated my garden. Is it th… --- ## [Atlanta Dopers: Safe apartment areas for a single female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-safe-apartment-areas-for-a-single-female/664076)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-safe-apartment-areas-for-a-single-female/664076 "2013-07-21T21:12:50Z")
I have a feeling this has been asked before in other places on the Internet, but I figured I’d try to get a recent view of this. I’m graduating in a few months and Atlanta is one of the top places on my “metro areas I’m … --- ## [O. J. Trial forgotten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-trial-forgotten/663587)
**Author:** [@Iamnotivan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamnotivan)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-j-trial-forgotten/663587 "2013-07-21T19:56:09Z")
It is impossible to listen to all the tv talking heads on the Zimmerman case. But it seems that with all the grand generalizations (Ok, what if X was been black and Y white, etc etc.), OJ seems not to be mentioned at al… --- ## [Who would you give an immortality pill to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-give-an-immortality-pill-to/663976)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-give-an-immortality-pill-to/663976 "2013-07-21T16:33:13Z")
So, my immortality pill has been in the works and is nearing completion - it turns humans into LOTR elves, they will not age. You can still die a violent death, but not of diseases and age. Naturally I’ve given them to y… --- ## [Men, let's talk shaving again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-shaving-again/663613)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-lets-talk-shaving-again/663613 "2013-07-21T16:27:22Z")
I’ve become addicted to Art of Shaving, but it’s awfully expensive, but I’ve found that all the other “quality” men’s shaving products are just about similarly priced. These are what I’ve looked at so far: -Art of Shavi… --- ## [If you were fabulously wealthy, would you want a huge mansion? A smaller one? How about servants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-fabulously-wealthy-would-you-want-a-huge-mansion-a-smaller-one-how-about-servants/635705)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-fabulously-wealthy-would-you-want-a-huge-mansion-a-smaller-one-how-about-servants/635705 "2013-07-21T14:13:26Z")
Let’s say that your long-lost Uncle Scrooge McDuck leaves you both his fortune (conservatively estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars) and his palatial estate with associated servants: maids, cooks, garde… --- ## [Recommend me a cat kibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-cat-kibble/664085)
**Author:** [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-cat-kibble/664085 "2013-07-21T12:55:01Z")
Veterinarians especially encouraged to weigh in. Background: my cat is a month shy of 12 years old, and currently has been eating Eukanuba adult formula kibble. I tried, a couple years ago, to switch him to the mature … --- ## [Lion vs. Kodiak Bear--who wins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-kodiak-bear-who-wins/50798)
**Author:** [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-kodiak-bear-who-wins/50798 "2013-07-21T04:55:06Z")
Yeah, that’s right–who wins in this kind of confrontation? In fact, what is your estimation of kick ass potential from the following lineup? lion Kodiak bear/grizzly African elephant rhino hippo Bengal tiger Cape buff… --- ## [Is anyone else having this problem with cockroaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2013, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-this-problem-with-cockroaches/663975 "2013-07-21T03:39:58Z")
Cockroaches I used to like them. Well, not like, but you know, cockroaches treat me with the respect that I deserve. (unlike a lot of other living things) I mean, I walk in the room, turn on the lights and it’s like … --- ## [My 19 year old son just enlisted in the Air Force! I know nothing about the Air Force, so help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-19-year-old-son-just-enlisted-in-the-air-force-i-know-nothing-about-the-air-force-so-help/663589)
**Author:** [@FaerieBeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FaerieBeth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-19-year-old-son-just-enlisted-in-the-air-force-i-know-nothing-about-the-air-force-so-help/663589 "2013-07-20T23:59:33Z")
He is super excited. We are very excited for him and proud of him, but neither my husband or I have any in depth experience with military life. I do know he did well on the ASVAB, and he took the DLAB today and they to… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1262)