# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1266 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1267 --- ## [can you bring folding chairs to a concert](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bring-folding-chairs-to-a-concert/663363)
**Author:** [@matt357](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt357)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-bring-folding-chairs-to-a-concert/663363 "2013-07-13T03:15:41Z")
can you usually bring folding chairs to a outdoor concert? --- ## [can a landlord deny residents from leaving or entering during painting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-landlord-deny-residents-from-leaving-or-entering-during-painting/662889)
**Author:** [@Tollhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tollhouse)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-landlord-deny-residents-from-leaving-or-entering-during-painting/662889 "2013-07-12T23:23:50Z")
Im wondering if a landlord can legally demand this, or if what it really means is " please try not to". Last night tenants got notices telling us that on Friday, they will paint the stucco walkway. All day from 9-4. and… --- ## [How do I gracefully tell a coworker to stop talking to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-gracefully-tell-a-coworker-to-stop-talking-to-me/663185 "2013-07-12T23:06:11Z")
For those counting, this is my fifth work-related social etiquette thread. It’s because I suck at life. I share an office with someone who keeps trying to make small talk when I would like to work. He can’t tell when I… --- ## [Does anyone here buy things on sale and then sell on ebay/amazon for profit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-buy-things-on-sale-and-then-sell-on-ebay-amazon-for-profit/663313)
**Author:** [@pauly1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pauly1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-buy-things-on-sale-and-then-sell-on-ebay-amazon-for-profit/663313 "2013-07-12T23:02:13Z")
Theres a site called slickdeals.com and ppl post about great deals such as a discount on many items. Such as if a laptop is say $600 and then on sale its $500. Or if its some tablet or phone thats on sale and lot of pp… --- ## [File server for small business...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-server-for-small-business/662964)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/file-server-for-small-business/662964 "2013-07-12T22:30:07Z")
Maybe I’m over thinking this… I guess that’s for our IT wizards to tell me. I’m starting a business in just over a month and I’m looking for a simple file server solution so my team will be able to use, copy, and transf… --- ## [Help Me Not Get Fleeced for Scheduled Maintenance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-get-fleeced-for-scheduled-maintenance/663310)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-not-get-fleeced-for-scheduled-maintenance/663310 "2013-07-12T21:00:46Z")
Hi. I don’t know a lot about cars. I have one though, a 2009 Honda Fit. I recently took it in to the dealer for an oil change, and they wanted to do a Brake Fluid Flush ($150), Combustion Cleaning ($150) and something c… --- ## [What's the best way for single person to check themselves for ticks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-for-single-person-to-check-themselves-for-ticks/663275)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-for-single-person-to-check-themselves-for-ticks/663275 "2013-07-12T18:24:23Z")
Assuming you do not have a main squeeze or SO what’s the best way to check yourself for ticks along your back and bottom where you can’t see? Mirror on a stick? Smartphone video? --- ## [Thinking about joining Facebook; what do I need to know to decide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-joining-facebook-what-do-i-need-to-know-to-decide/663251)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-joining-facebook-what-do-i-need-to-know-to-decide/663251 "2013-07-12T18:19:29Z")
I’ve asked this before, but it’s been a while, and a couple of new factors have come into play, so I’ve decided to ask again with those factors in mind. I don’t have a Facebook account (obviously, from my OP), and am th… --- ## [Should I reconcile with my brother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-reconcile-with-my-brother/663220)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-reconcile-with-my-brother/663220 "2013-07-12T18:06:00Z")
OK, it’s a long and complicated story, but I would value some advice so will try to keep it short and interesting :slight\_smile: Basically at the core of the story is an ongoing hot and cold war I have been having with … --- ## [Does anyone have experience traveling long term (but not settling) overseas as a retiree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-traveling-long-term-but-not-settling-overseas-as-a-retiree/663252)
**Author:** [@Owlett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Owlett)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-experience-traveling-long-term-but-not-settling-overseas-as-a-retiree/663252 "2013-07-12T17:26:54Z")
I’m an employee of the U.S. government planning to retire from my desk job in about a year, at which point my wife and I will resume traveling. (We spent 2008 backpacking around Europe and half of 2009 doing the same in … --- ## [Need a fedex account number to receive overnight shipment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-fedex-account-number-to-receive-overnight-shipment/663316)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-fedex-account-number-to-receive-overnight-shipment/663316 "2013-07-12T17:15:16Z")
I hope this isn’t a stupid question, but I’m desperate enough to ask it anyway. I’ve been trying to get Wells Fargo to send me my vehicle title for almost 2 months now. I still haven’t received anything. I am now insisti… --- ## [Making Idle Threats Videogaming: How Many Years in Prison Appropriate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-idle-threats-videogaming-how-many-years-in-prison-appropriate/662724)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-idle-threats-videogaming-how-many-years-in-prison-appropriate/662724 "2013-07-12T16:48:42Z")
Here are a couple cases where teens made idle threats while videogaming (Justin Carter and Josh Pillault). No evidence of guns, etc were found–but they both been sitting in jail for months. Thoughts? --- ## [Have you ever cheated on your partner? Or been an enabler of cheating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-cheated-on-your-partner-or-been-an-enabler-of-cheating/663253)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-cheated-on-your-partner-or-been-an-enabler-of-cheating/663253 "2013-07-12T16:46:44Z")
Well? I’ll admit I have been the other guy before. Maybe a couple of times actually. I didn’t really feel bad about it at the time as I didn’t know the main guy at all. I didn’t actually think much of it at all besid… --- ## [You're stuck at \[airport\]. What to do? Where to go? Where to stay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stuck-at-airport-what-to-do-where-to-go-where-to-stay/663166)
**Author:** [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stuck-at-airport-what-to-do-where-to-go-where-to-stay/663166 "2013-07-12T16:17:06Z")
I recently spent a day, involuntarily, in New York City as a result of a weather delay that caused me to miss my connection at JFK and left me stranded until the next evening. After a miserable night in the airport, I de… --- ## [How The Hell Am I Gonna Pay for College?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-am-i-gonna-pay-for-college/116514)
**Author:** [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-am-i-gonna-pay-for-college/116514 "2013-07-12T16:01:38Z")
Pretty soon I’ll be applying to (undergrad) colleges and I’m faced with a dillemma (assuming I was to be accepted to one of those places.) All the top colleges that I’d like to go to (Columbia, Yale, University of Chicag… --- ## [Grammar question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/663063)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-question/663063 "2013-07-12T14:23:48Z")
I am working on a post card for my daughter’s school. The motto is as follows: Fine Arts Matters in education. Ok, am I wrong to say this is incorrect? I asked the powers that be and their response is: “It is in the… --- ## [Sink Pissing. Opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143 "2013-07-12T13:08:31Z")
Heh. So, I was out with my gf and two other couples. We went to a friend’s dive bar to hear a local band. I walked into the men’s-room which has a toilet, a urinal, and a sink. It also has the odor left behind by every… --- ## [Statistics - in Physics, in Big Data...in Philosophy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-in-physics-in-big-data-in-philosophy/663238)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-in-physics-in-big-data-in-philosophy/663238 "2013-07-12T12:47:57Z")
I am trying to figure out how to ask this question - and whether it is even worth asking. Skip to the bottom for an attempt at a TL,DR summary. Quantum Physics = introduced the need for probability theory at a quantum… --- ## [Who's the worse emperor: Nero or Caligula?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worse-emperor-nero-or-caligula/455753)
**Author:** [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-worse-emperor-nero-or-caligula/455753 "2013-07-12T12:44:52Z")
(Note: I wasn’t sure where to put this, so I picked IMHO. IMHO, they’re both so bad that it takes a personal opinion to differentiate the level of “bad” they both sunk to.) I’m reading Suetonius’ The Twelve Caesars and… --- ## [Well Water: Need Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-water-need-advice/662975)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-water-need-advice/662975 "2013-07-12T11:19:51Z")
I had to install a new well pump. The old one was probably 26 years old and original equipment. We’ve had the house for 12 years now, and in the last few years slowly noticed subtle changes in the house water supply. A… --- ## [Trimming nails at work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-nails-at-work/508393)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trimming-nails-at-work/508393 "2013-07-12T08:48:29Z")
This isn’t strong enough to be in the Pit. Besides, I’d like to get people’s opinions. When did trimming nails at work become acceptable? Currently my boss and coworker in the cube next to me (great guys both) have a … --- ## [What Happened To My Uncle? (passing out)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-uncle-passing-out/663288)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-uncle-passing-out/663288 "2013-07-12T07:55:08Z")
Something strange happened tonight while I was visiting my uncle at his home. He is a diabetic, and had neglected to eat at all today (d’oh). I was in the living room watching tv, and he was in the bathroom doing some … --- ## [What is a good vehicle for long, long car rides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-vehicle-for-long-long-car-rides/662906)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-vehicle-for-long-long-car-rides/662906 "2013-07-12T07:02:54Z")
My definition of long (5+ hours) may not be everyone elses, but I’ve done trips up to 40 hours at a stretch before and sometimes find myself doing 5-10 hours in a day as a driver or passenger. I’ve done them both as a dr… --- ## [Anniversary gift: a houseplant. What kind should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-gift-a-houseplant-what-kind-should-i-get/663268)
**Author:** [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anniversary-gift-a-houseplant-what-kind-should-i-get/663268 "2013-07-12T03:29:40Z")
Got an anniversary on the horizon, and it’s always hard to shop for the other half. However, I think I have a genius idea: a houseplant. We have two kids, 5 and 3, and very handsy. So it needs to be resilient, something … --- ## [I am English bring it on !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-english-bring-it-on/662822 "2013-07-12T02:18:28Z")
I am English, I know that a hell of a lot of the world hates our Guts. I am very proud of being English. We are guilty of beating all of the known world at everything we did. Not only did we beat you to shit militari… --- ## [Concealed Carry - single action, DAO, or DA/SA? Your preference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-single-action-dao-or-da-sa-your-preference/662808)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concealed-carry-single-action-dao-or-da-sa-your-preference/662808 "2013-07-12T01:43:17Z")
I carry a Ruger LCP .380. One in the chamber and safety on. I worry that I might forget the safety in an emergency. That oh shit!, moment when the gun doesn’t fire. I take it to the range now and then. Practice drawing, … --- ## [Things that you can't fathom people not understanding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-cant-fathom-people-not-understanding/660360)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-you-cant-fathom-people-not-understanding/660360 "2013-07-12T01:05:47Z")
I’ve taught programming and computer science. One thing I’ve learned is that, for me, it is far easier to teach some things than others. The fact I find is, the more basic or idiomatic something is, the harder it is to c… --- ## [Is 6months to early for promise ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-6months-to-early-for-promise-ring/663009)
**Author:** [@H\_dog\_3\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H_dog_3_13)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-6months-to-early-for-promise-ring/663009 "2013-07-11T23:43:22Z")
I want to get my girlfriend a promise ring for our 6 month aniversry this wednesday. i believe that i am truly in love with her but my mom and sister say its to early. is it? im 18 --- ## [When's bed time for your little one(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-bed-time-for-your-little-one-s/663004)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whens-bed-time-for-your-little-one-s/663004 "2013-07-11T21:09:12Z")
My 3 year old is in bed by 8. --- ## [Does anybody else like vacationing alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-like-vacationing-alone/660088)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-like-vacationing-alone/660088 "2013-07-11T16:25:58Z")
I don’t consider myself a loner: I have a few close friends (and lots of second tier friends) who I love spending time with- but whenever I travel with one of them, I usually end up wishing I had just gone alone. (Kind … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1265) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1267)