# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1262 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1263 --- ## [Tuition breaks for employee's kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuition-breaks-for-employees-kids/664017)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tuition-breaks-for-employees-kids/664017 "2013-07-20T21:29:43Z")
I know many colleges give tuition breaks to potential undergrads if their parent has a white collar position at the school. Does this extend to grad students? --- ## [So... Who takes care of the kids over the summer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-takes-care-of-the-kids-over-the-summer/663833)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-takes-care-of-the-kids-over-the-summer/663833 "2013-07-20T19:18:07Z")
Amazingly, it literally did not occur to me to ask this, ever in my entire 35 years of existence, until last night. I have never experienced a summer (either growing up or after having kids of my own) where one or both p… --- ## [Complete Payment Recovery Services](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-payment-recovery-services/664048)
**Author:** [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/complete-payment-recovery-services/664048 "2013-07-20T19:09:52Z")
I’ve been getting an increasing number of robo-calls from this debt collection agency. I am not the person they are looking for. Would it be a bad idea to call them and tell them this? I am concerned if I call them then … --- ## [What does my daughter need to disclose about being fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-daughter-need-to-disclose-about-being-fired/663837)
**Author:** [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-daughter-need-to-disclose-about-being-fired/663837 "2013-07-20T18:53:29Z")
So my daughter was a direct care worker at a group home. She was on the night shift, and her coworker fell asleep. Daughter waited till morning to report it and was fired for not reporting it promptly. She is now looking… --- ## [Prescription (or OTC) meds and nightmares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-or-otc-meds-and-nightmares/663961)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-or-otc-meds-and-nightmares/663961 "2013-07-20T16:23:21Z")
Or not necessarily nightmares, but weird or vivid dreams or hallucations. Anything along these lines. I'd been having insomnia and depression due to a slightly malfunctioning thyroid and was put on Lexapro. I still… --- ## [A meteor heads towards Washington D.C.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-meteor-heads-towards-washington-d-c/663970)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-meteor-heads-towards-washington-d-c/663970 "2013-07-20T14:58:13Z")
We all love a meteor hypothetical here at the Dope - so here’s one more. A small meteor is heading towards Washington D.C. The Feds know about it and having quickly evacuated the city (but have had no time to take anythi… --- ## [If your current significant other fell out of love with you, could you remain friends with him/her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-current-significant-other-fell-out-of-love-with-you-could-you-remain-friends-with-him-her/663502)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-your-current-significant-other-fell-out-of-love-with-you-could-you-remain-friends-with-him-her/663502 "2013-07-20T10:41:33Z")
The poll question will be aimed only at persons currently in long-term, committed, monogamous relationships. Hell, let’s add cohabiting too. Persons not in such relationships at the present time may comment in the thread… --- ## [Would you feel comfy using an online fax service with your CC#?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-feel-comfy-using-an-online-fax-service-with-your-cc/654554)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-feel-comfy-using-an-online-fax-service-with-your-cc/654554 "2013-07-20T10:04:19Z")
I’m sending in a credit application to a reputable manufacturer of widgets that I plan on selling. Page 3 of the 4-page application asks for my credit card number. I’d planned on signing up for an online fax service li… --- ## [best websites for parents of college bound children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-websites-for-parents-of-college-bound-children/663953)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-websites-for-parents-of-college-bound-children/663953 "2013-07-20T05:02:07Z")
My oldest starts 9th grade in the fall. Time to start obsessing about college. I received little to no guidance from my parents about college until the 11th hour and I would like to avoid that scenario (no doubt leadin… --- ## [Are Deaths Like Corey Montieth's Common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-deaths-like-corey-montieths-common/663958)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-deaths-like-corey-montieths-common/663958 "2013-07-20T04:36:38Z")
NPR had an excellent show yesterday, about the ubiquity and cheapness of heroin. Heroin is now cheaper than weed and most synthetic opiates. A doctor who treats addicts called in, and said that most addicts (to opiates… --- ## [High School Student: Any College Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-any-college-advice/663627)
**Author:** [@Connor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Connor)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-student-any-college-advice/663627 "2013-07-20T03:13:50Z")
Hey guys, hope you all are doing alright! I’ve been reading threads on this forum and Cecil’s posts for some time now, although I must be in the lower age bracket of this site’s users. I’m only a high school student. I… --- ## [Advice on finding family members.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-finding-family-members/663894)
**Author:** [@Schism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schism)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-finding-family-members/663894 "2013-07-20T01:59:00Z")
Here’s my overly personal story: Due to a lifestyle choice made in my early 20’s, (and other reasons) I lost contact with my family. Years turned to decades and now it has been close to 20 years since I have talked to my… --- ## [Do you notice SDMB poster's status? Guest vs Member?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-sdmb-posters-status-guest-vs-member/663766)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-sdmb-posters-status-guest-vs-member/663766 "2013-07-19T22:47:22Z")
When posting or reading a thread here on the Dope, do you notice the membership status listed under the Username? Folks who just register and post show up as “guests”, whereas people who contribute (voluntarily) to the … --- ## [Frogs in Garages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frogs-in-garages/663861)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frogs-in-garages/663861 "2013-07-19T21:35:02Z")
The other day I opened the door my garage and a frog was right outside. I tried to shoo him away but instead he hopped into the garage, into the morass of bikes, Costco purchases, gardening tools and assorted whatnot, an… --- ## [Is there any point to collecting beads (showing tits) at Mardi Gras?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-point-to-collecting-beads-showing-tits-at-mardi-gras/663631)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-point-to-collecting-beads-showing-tits-at-mardi-gras/663631 "2013-07-19T21:30:32Z")
So, I’m watching a “Cops” episode from New Orleans and as much as I appreciate the blurred-out images (which can be easily found elsewhere on the Internet, or so I’m led to believe) I wondered if there was, in fact, any … --- ## [Is there something I should be doing with my tiny amount of money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-i-should-be-doing-with-my-tiny-amount-of-money/663845)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-something-i-should-be-doing-with-my-tiny-amount-of-money/663845 "2013-07-19T20:28:48Z")
We have about $3000 I’d feel safe putting into some kind of, I don’t know, investment account or whatever? But I wouldn’t feel safe putting it into some full-fledged thing that doesn’t let you have the money back for yea… --- ## [Hope for the future (Cheerios commercial related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-for-the-future-cheerios-commercial-related/663838)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hope-for-the-future-cheerios-commercial-related/663838 "2013-07-19T20:17:34Z")
A youtube show called Kids React did an episode on the biracial Cheerios commercial where they showed the commercial to several children ages 7 - 13 and then interviewed them after about their reaction to the commercial. … --- ## [So you're a skeptic who just accidentally killed a sasquatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-youre-a-skeptic-who-just-accidentally-killed-a-sasquatch/663852 "2013-07-19T20:15:49Z")
You’re driving through the rain in the Pacific Northwest, and you run over a sasquatch. You stop, get out, and verify it’s dead, and it’s real. Not a bear, known ape, or guy in a suit. Your truck is still running and … --- ## [If you're comfortable sharing a dressing room with gay people, but not the opposite sex, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-gay-people-but-not-the-opposite-sex-why/663775)
**Author:** [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-comfortable-sharing-a-dressing-room-with-gay-people-but-not-the-opposite-sex-why/663775 "2013-07-19T19:02:05Z")
When I first read the thread - Would you be comfortable sharing a dressing room with a gay person??, I got the impression that the politically correct answer is “Yes”. I meant to ask this to people who responded in the a… --- ## [Is English difficult to learn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-english-difficult-to-learn/184009)
**Author:** [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-english-difficult-to-learn/184009 "2013-07-19T19:00:01Z")
Twice today I’ve read on the SDMB that English is considered a very difficult language to learn. Frankly, this baffles me. I’m not a native English speaker and I’ve found English very easy to learn. I’ve studied German a… --- ## [Question about racial pride](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-racial-pride/663846)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-racial-pride/663846 "2013-07-19T18:48:54Z")
So, my father posted thison his Facebook today. For those who don’t want to click, it’s about how unfair it is that other races (mostly blacks and hispanics) are able to exhibit racial pride and racial exclusion but if w… --- ## [What' The Point Of Solving a 49 Year Old Murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-point-of-solving-a-49-year-old-murder/663311)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-point-of-solving-a-49-year-old-murder/663311 "2013-07-19T18:46:15Z")
In Massachusetts, police are preparing to exhume the body of Albert DeSalvo (died 1974), who is suspected of being the “Boston Strangler” murderer. This is being done to see if his DNA matched that of a sample of DNA,… --- ## [How to take advantage of a bank error in your favor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-take-advantage-of-a-bank-error-in-your-favor/663754)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-take-advantage-of-a-bank-error-in-your-favor/663754 "2013-07-19T18:41:00Z")
Suppose you’re a somewhat less-than-ethical person who discovers one day that your bank account is suddenly richer by an absurd amount (let’s say 50 million dollars), due to some sort of computer banking error. I don’t … --- ## [What to do in Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge in June?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-gatlinburg-pigeon-forge-in-june/655187)
**Author:** [@I\_Like\_Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Like_Pie)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-gatlinburg-pigeon-forge-in-june/655187 "2013-07-19T18:03:56Z")
So, we’re taking a trip to Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge the first week of June. Two adults, no children (yay!), staying in a cabin in Pigeon Forge for four days. We’re already planning on visiting the Ripley’s Aquarium, Smo… --- ## [Opinions of Mark O'mara? (Zim Lawyer)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-of-mark-omara-zim-lawyer/663488)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-of-mark-omara-zim-lawyer/663488 "2013-07-19T17:12:58Z")
Curious what peoples opinions of Zimmermans lawyer Mark O’mara are now that its over. I didn’t follow the trial closely but did listen to all the closing arguments for both sides etc… and seen some interviews. Here is a… --- ## [Why is my dog puking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-puking/663834)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-dog-puking/663834 "2013-07-19T17:12:52Z")
Yes, she’s been to the vet. No, the vet isn’t seriously concerned, just told us to keep an eye on her. I’m mostly just curious as to what could be causing this. Background: She’s a 9-year-old pug, in decent-ish health, … --- ## [Legal Question: In A Criminal Trial, Could the Defense Subpoena The NSA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-in-a-criminal-trial-could-the-defense-subpoena-the-nsa/663947)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-in-a-criminal-trial-could-the-defense-subpoena-the-nsa/663947 "2013-07-19T16:54:02Z")
Suppose you are a defendant in a murder trial. Your alibi could be proven if your now-destroyed emails could be produced. Could your defense lawyer subpoena the NSA to obtain the vital emails? They are your property, b… --- ## [Any experiences with online fax services (especially in Canada)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-online-fax-services-especially-in-canada/636186)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-online-fax-services-especially-in-canada/636186 "2013-07-19T14:44:26Z")
I’m looking for an online fax service. Can you tell me what you know about them? Anything to look out for? If I subscribe to an online fax service and receive a fax from a traditional fax machine, will the sender receiv… --- ## [Auto Insurance Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-question/663791)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance-question/663791 "2013-07-19T14:21:18Z")
I suppose this could go in GQ, but since it is hypothetical and probably bordering on legal advise I’ll put it here. I was bemoaning the fact that I’d soon be adding a son to my auto insurance and my rates would skyrock… --- ## [Does Your State Governor Regularly Speed in State Vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-governor-regularly-speed-in-state-vehicles/662579)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-governor-regularly-speed-in-state-vehicles/662579 "2013-07-19T14:00:31Z")
\[Iowa\] " ISP troopers, alerted by DCI Special Agent in Charge Larry Hedlund, clocked Gov. Terry Branstad’s vehicle doing 84 mph on April 26. Five days later, Hedlund was placed on leave… State investigator Larry Hedlun… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1263)