# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1264 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1265 --- ## [Kid friendly places to eat in Philly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-friendly-places-to-eat-in-philly/663594)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-friendly-places-to-eat-in-philly/663594 "2013-07-16T20:48:06Z")
We are currently staying in downtown Philadelphia near Rittenhouse Square. Traveling with 2 picky eating kids so we are looking for places that have kids menus if possible. Must have beer available as well. For me that i… --- ## [Room-to-room intercom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-to-room-intercom/663508)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/room-to-room-intercom/663508 "2013-07-16T20:24:39Z")
I’m thinking of getting an intercom, so that when I’m ensconced in my basement lair, my wife will have an easy way to get to me, especially if I aciddentally leave my phone elsewhere, it’s dead, or there’s no signal. An… --- ## [Old posts in my Twitter feed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-posts-in-my-twitter-feed/663650 "2013-07-16T19:27:46Z")
Frequently my feed will have old posts (couple days to months). Does this mean my account got hacked? Is there another explanation? --- ## [I've got bad feeling about this guy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-this-guy/663544)
**Author:** [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-bad-feeling-about-this-guy/663544 "2013-07-16T18:59:17Z")
I’m an 18 year old paraplegic woman, attending college. There is a guy on my course I’ve been getting to know, but lately the only reason he seems to want to talk to me is because of my disability. I’ve noticed him looki… --- ## [Wireless headphones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-headphones/663677)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-headphones/663677 "2013-07-16T18:11:20Z")
Are there any good wireless headphones out there? I have a pair of Sennheiser HDR 110s that are okay sound-wise, but tend to hiss and crackle if I turn my head in the wrong direction. I’ve tried adjusting the frequency a… --- ## [Do you know anyone with servants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-with-servants/604920)
**Author:** [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-with-servants/604920 "2013-07-16T17:46:01Z")
What percent of households now have full-time “help” (maids, gardeners, footmen, cooks) as opposed to the past ('20s and 1880s might be informative). Is this a cultural or a monetary shift? My first thread… I live in … --- ## [Wedding music: band or DJ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-music-band-or-dj/663632)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-music-band-or-dj/663632 "2013-07-16T17:07:46Z")
All else being equal (let’s say, the price was close enough, or you’re rich enough, that it doesn’t matter): if you’re planning a wedding reception, would you hire a random band that you found on a website; or would you … --- ## [Seeking advice on, er, hair restoration.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-on-er-hair-restoration/663140 "2013-07-16T16:19:29Z")
No, I’m not balding. And according to my family history, I happily never will. Ever since I was a baby, I’ve had a roughly 2½" scar on the back of my head. In a nutshell, It was caused by me cutting my head on a screw s… --- ## [True in China? fined for trying to help and failing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-in-china-fined-for-trying-to-help-and-failing/663175)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-in-china-fined-for-trying-to-help-and-failing/663175 "2013-07-16T15:33:55Z")
I was curious if our China knowledgeable folks thought this is an accurate article. It’s seems so utterly absurd, I have trouble believing it is standard practice. --- ## [Ask a paraplegic girl.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606)
**Author:** [@jaymac1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaymac1)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-a-paraplegic-girl/663606 "2013-07-16T14:25:34Z")
Considering none of you seem to believe I am a real person and think I am an internet troll by the same identity as this ‘Umkay’, I may as well take advantage of the situation, I am going to let you low lifes build a pic… --- ## [Does this justify my Hobby Lobby purchases?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-justify-my-hobby-lobby-purchases/663384)
**Author:** [@Mathematics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathematics)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-justify-my-hobby-lobby-purchases/663384 "2013-07-16T07:03:59Z")
Seeking humble opinions on my behavior. So, I love Hobby Lobby’s yarn. I think the wool, acrylic, and cotton yarns are all great. But as I’m sure you know, they donate to anti-gay and other right wing causes, none of w… --- ## [How easy to identify a juror in a high profile case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-to-identify-a-juror-in-a-high-profile-case/663641)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-to-identify-a-juror-in-a-high-profile-case/663641 "2013-07-16T06:48:30Z")
As many of you know, one of the Zimmerman trial jurors gave an interview to CNN’s Anderson Cooper. She is also suspected of being the juror who has contacted an agent re a book deal. I watched the interview and the juro… --- ## [Need a new answeing machine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-answeing-machine/663646)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-new-answeing-machine/663646 "2013-07-16T05:36:05Z")
I feel like I’m in 1990. I still maintain a land line for my business as I have plenty of customers who still only have that number for us. We do wells and water pumps. My father is rather low tech and handles most the … --- ## [Canadians, how do you enter the U.S. on business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-how-do-you-enter-the-u-s-on-business/663453)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-how-do-you-enter-the-u-s-on-business/663453 "2013-07-16T04:02:08Z")
All right, this will sound a bit strange. I work for a small Canadian company. We have customers worldwide, but the plurality are in the U.S. A few months ago I was assigned to visit a customer in the U.S. to fix some … --- ## [Tipping a flat amount](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-a-flat-amount/663203)
**Author:** [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-a-flat-amount/663203 "2013-07-16T03:29:34Z")
I find tipping to be an immoral practice, but accept that American restaurant workers rely on the income. I will be visiting the US later this year and I’m thinking about adopting a flat tip personal policy as I don’t th… --- ## [To you, what's a water "stream"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-you-whats-a-water-stream/663142)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-you-whats-a-water-stream/663142 "2013-07-16T02:50:49Z")
Growing up I assumed that a “stream” was an intermediate size waterway between a creek and a river. A lot of people I have asked have agreed with this, as well as Wiktionary. However, looking at maps, I noticed waterwa… --- ## [Salicylic acid, eyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salicylic-acid-eyes/663547)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salicylic-acid-eyes/663547 "2013-07-16T02:32:14Z")
What would happen if I poured this bottle with a 15% solution of salicylic acid into my eyes? --- ## [How to price my consulting work? Need Answer Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-price-my-consulting-work-need-answer-fast/663573)
**Author:** [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-price-my-consulting-work-need-answer-fast/663573 "2013-07-16T01:14:26Z")
Here’s the scenario. I worked 15 years for a guy, and the company was bought by another. That was 4 years ago. Now I am unemployed (for the second time), and although I’m not in trouble financially, I need to make some… --- ## [Dating calculus for complex cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-calculus-for-complex-cases/550225)
**Author:** [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-calculus-for-complex-cases/550225 "2013-07-16T00:44:52Z")
I often find pretty good, honest dating advice for people here, even for people who ask but don’t want to hear it. So I’m painting a target on my chest with this post to see what I get. I’m 32, I’m male, I’m a postgrad … --- ## [Stereotypical names in different languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-names-in-different-languages/663604)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stereotypical-names-in-different-languages/663604 "2013-07-15T22:38:11Z")
When I was learning French, the dialog characters’ names were Pierre and Marie. When I was learning Spanish, their names were Jose and Maria. In Italian, they were Giovanni and Maria. In Russian, they were Ivan and Tatia… --- ## [Thinking about Costa Rica for our honeymoon...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-costa-rica-for-our-honeymoon/663410)
**Author:** [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-costa-rica-for-our-honeymoon/663410 "2013-07-15T20:59:24Z")
It’ll be mid-November. We don’t want to do a big tour: we want to stay in one place, probably on a beach, and travel out from there to have adventures. I imagine us staying at our home base for several days, but also goi… --- ## [How expensive a watch do I need to buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-expensive-a-watch-do-i-need-to-buy/661569)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-expensive-a-watch-do-i-need-to-buy/661569 "2013-07-15T20:08:34Z")
Because I’m sick and tired of problems with the bands on the cheaper ones. Either they’re rubber, and they break at the hole most often used after a few years, or they’re cloth, and the pins fall out (the one I’ve owned… --- ## [NY/NJ/PA Driving Experts - best route from Manhattan to East/Central PA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-nj-pa-driving-experts-best-route-from-manhattan-to-east-central-pa/663552)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-nj-pa-driving-experts-best-route-from-manhattan-to-east-central-pa/663552 "2013-07-15T19:50:59Z")
I have a Bucket List To Do - visiting the Martin Guitar Factory (and meeting up with fellow Doper, Guitarist and Bucket-Lister Crotalus). Yay. It’s in scenic Nazareth Pennsylvania, about 2.5 hours west of NYC. Going o… --- ## [Design "Straight Dope World," a new theme park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-straight-dope-world-a-new-theme-park/662716)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-straight-dope-world-a-new-theme-park/662716 "2013-07-15T18:47:02Z")
From the ground up. Funds are unlimited, and any location in the world is available. Where should it be? What features, attractions, entertainment, rides, exhibits, restaurants, accommodations, etc.? Family area, adults… --- ## [Don't know what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-what-to-do/661627)
**Author:** [@straightgirl73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straightgirl73)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-know-what-to-do/661627 "2013-07-15T18:31:54Z")
It has come to the attention of my husband and myself last night, that our 16 old daughter is in a “relationship” with a 25 year old grown man. I am sickened by what the man has done to my daughter. I have read many po… --- ## [Why carpeting in bathrooms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-carpeting-in-bathrooms/663438)
**Author:** [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-carpeting-in-bathrooms/663438 "2013-07-15T16:15:34Z")
My wife and I have been looking at a lot of houses recently, and one thing neither of us understands is people that have carpeting in their bathrooms, including in the toilet room. Bathrooms get a lot of water splashed … --- ## ["Let's them know when their time is up, so you don't have to"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-them-know-when-their-time-is-up-so-you-dont-have-to/663404)
**Author:** [@Claire98909](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire98909)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-them-know-when-their-time-is-up-so-you-dont-have-to/663404 "2013-07-15T15:44:29Z")
I just saw a commercial for this new Kindle feature that lets parents set the amounts of time their kids can do certain things (watch shows, play games, etc) each day on their Kindle. The last thing the narrator said wa… --- ## [The courts. Appeal an appeal in the supreme court.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-courts-appeal-an-appeal-in-the-supreme-court/663505)
**Author:** [@dubmaster\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubmaster_33)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-courts-appeal-an-appeal-in-the-supreme-court/663505 "2013-07-15T15:37:21Z")
What sort of legal grounds could apply for the supreme court to accept that they have jurisdiction over a circuit court appeal judged in the high court? An appeal of an appeal from circuit to high to supreme. So no error… --- ## [Switching to soft contacts; what should I know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-to-soft-contacts-what-should-i-know/663489)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-to-soft-contacts-what-should-i-know/663489 "2013-07-15T14:13:56Z")
After thirty or so years of wearing Rigid Gas Permeable contacts, I have just switched to soft (two-week) lenses for comfort issues. Acuview Oasys for Astigmatism, to be precise. What should I expect from them? Any unkno… --- ## [How early should someone lose their virginity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-early-should-someone-lose-their-virginity/192083)
**Author:** [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-early-should-someone-lose-their-virginity/192083 "2013-07-15T05:45:06Z")
I’m curious as to what people think is the youngest age one should lose their virginity at, with no accounting for age of consent. Assume that the age of consent is whatever age you think is young enough to lose your vir… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1265)