# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1288 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1289 --- ## [Numbness in arms and legs, causes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbness-in-arms-and-legs-causes/659096)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbness-in-arms-and-legs-causes/659096 "2013-06-05T14:05:01Z")
Hello Everyone, Sometimes when I sit with my leg elevated or it’s just positioned the right way it will “go to sleep”, meaning it will become numb and tingly. Until the numbness goes away it’s very difficult to walk on … --- ## [Lost a toenail. Advice please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-toenail-advice-please/660130)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-a-toenail-advice-please/660130 "2013-06-05T13:40:31Z")
About three weeks ago when my husband got home from work (wearing shoes) I rushed into his arms (in bare feet) and stubbed the second toe of my right foot on the toe of his left shoe. The toenail got pulled up from its b… --- ## [Finish this joke if you think you're clever enough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-joke-if-you-think-youre-clever-enough/659708)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-this-joke-if-you-think-youre-clever-enough/659708 "2013-06-05T04:33:44Z")
A naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm and a two foot salami under the other. She lays the poodle on the table. Bartender says: I suppose you won’t be needing a drink. Naked lady says… If this sound… --- ## [Do you name your vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-name-your-vehicles/659120 "2013-06-05T04:26:43Z")
Are you in the habit of giving your vehicles names? I’ve got a cute little 4 door hatchback named “Ex”(can you guess the make and model? :D) --- ## [Should mobile homes no longer be allowed in Tornado Alley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-mobile-homes-no-longer-be-allowed-in-tornado-alley/658883)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-mobile-homes-no-longer-be-allowed-in-tornado-alley/658883 "2013-06-05T02:15:57Z")
Seeing the wreckage from the recent tornados got me thinking. Is it wise for people to plop mobile homes in tornado-prone areas? I know tornados can destroy the most solidly built brick homes too. But tornados aren’t … --- ## [Speakers for MP3 players?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-mp3-players/660137)
**Author:** [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speakers-for-mp3-players/660137 "2013-06-05T00:05:24Z")
I have an MP3 player, but I hate ear buds and I am not too crazy about headphones either. (They get in the way when I am trying to cook, weed the garden, strip paint, etc.) I would like to get some speakers to plug into… --- ## [Christians FROM SPAAAACE...!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-from-spaaaace/659589)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christians-from-spaaaace/659589 "2013-06-04T20:55:14Z")
Inspired by all the alien threads recently and wanted to mix in our other favourite topic. It’s the not-too-distant future, next Sunday A.D. Over Washington D.C. a silver saucer slowly, silently descends on the National… --- ## [What forum would you add to the SDMB if you could?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forum-would-you-add-to-the-sdmb-if-you-could/659697)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forum-would-you-add-to-the-sdmb-if-you-could/659697 "2013-06-04T20:49:56Z")
I was thinking about this the other day and found it slightly amusing: The Grammar Elitist Forum: It would be a general discussion forum.You could talk about anything from A to Z. The catch would be that if you made one… --- ## [Prague - Krakow - Vienna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-krakow-vienna/660119)
**Author:** [@Miljan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miljan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-krakow-vienna/660119 "2013-06-04T20:42:04Z")
Hello to everyone as this is my first post here :). I am planning on driving this summer from Prague to Krakow and then back to Vienna and was wondering if anyone has any interesting and unusual places to recommend to … --- ## [Any recs for decent in-ear headphones (preferably under 50 bucks)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recs-for-decent-in-ear-headphones-preferably-under-50-bucks/660012)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recs-for-decent-in-ear-headphones-preferably-under-50-bucks/660012 "2013-06-04T20:09:05Z")
My cat chewed through my headphones. They are dead and gone. My fault, I left them out, etc. etc., but AAAAAAAAARRRRRGH! :mad: So anyway, I specified in-ear headphones because I’m fairly headache-prone and I don’t want … --- ## [Pleading guilty...(except you didn't do it.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pleading-guilty-except-you-didnt-do-it/660084)
**Author:** [@Schism](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schism)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pleading-guilty-except-you-didnt-do-it/660084 "2013-06-04T19:59:33Z")
Here’s the situ: you are accused of a homicide yet you are innocent. Due to an awful confluence of circumstances (a mistaken eyewitness, you have no strong alibi etc.)the DA feels he has a strong albeit circumstantial ca… --- ## [Should Northern Mexico become part of the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-northern-mexico-become-part-of-the-us/659574)
**Author:** [@Organized\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organized_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-northern-mexico-become-part-of-the-us/659574 "2013-06-04T19:37:10Z")
If we really want to bring prosperity to the masses in Mexico why not ask them to petition their government for becoming part of the US? We could call in New Texaco and would bring the things that the Mexicans say they s… --- ## [If I Were To Find A "Stargate" Complex - Should I Inform The Rest Of Humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-to-find-a-stargate-complex-should-i-inform-the-rest-of-humanity/659025)
**Author:** [@AHeinrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHeinrich)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-to-find-a-stargate-complex-should-i-inform-the-rest-of-humanity/659025 "2013-06-04T18:34:49Z")
Let’s say that I happened to stumble upon a nano-teleporter (it does not matter how) and it subsequently transported me to a massive protected complex (within the Earth’s Core) which housed several “stargate” like portal… --- ## [Auto "Safety" Technolgy is getting out of hand....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-safety-technolgy-is-getting-out-of-hand/660009)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-safety-technolgy-is-getting-out-of-hand/660009 "2013-06-04T18:17:57Z")
Every day, I read or hear about some new high-tech alleged ‘safety’ feature on the latest and greatest cars. I really like the new 2014 Mazda6 and I recently took one for a test drive. It was the top-of-the-line Grand … --- ## [Socializing in Germany](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socializing-in-germany/660000)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socializing-in-germany/660000 "2013-06-04T18:08:18Z")
I’m considering a move to Berlin and am hoping that there might be some people who have lived in both countries. My main question comes down to socializing. I never took up drinking alcohol nor hanging around bars to so… --- ## [Prague - Krakow - Vienna](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-krakow-vienna/660125)
**Author:** [@Miljan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miljan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prague-krakow-vienna/660125 "2013-06-04T17:23:50Z")
Hello to everyone :slight\_smile: I am planning on driving this summer from Prague to Krakow and then back to Vienna and I was wondering if anyone has any interesting and unusual places to recommend to visit along the wa… --- ## [Choose between a lifetime of hideous disfigurement, or immediate, painless death.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-between-a-lifetime-of-hideous-disfigurement-or-immediate-painless-death/659989)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/choose-between-a-lifetime-of-hideous-disfigurement-or-immediate-painless-death/659989 "2013-06-04T16:54:42Z")
So one day you’re walking along, minding your own business, not bothering anybody, when you hear hoofbeats behind you. Turning, you see dozens of horses galloping down the street, each ridden by seven-foot-tall, zaftig b… --- ## [Do young people not go to bars anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-young-people-not-go-to-bars-anymore/659864)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-young-people-not-go-to-bars-anymore/659864 "2013-06-04T16:54:29Z")
In a recent Pit thread discusing various social dynamics of the pub scene, \*\* Amateur Barbarian\*\* made the following comment: \[QUOTE=Amateur Barbarian\] The moral is to stay out of bars, kids. Isn’t the whole idea of g… --- ## [\[Legal\] question on a Fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-on-a-fence/660049)
**Author:** [@dorritruman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorritruman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-on-a-fence/660049 "2013-06-04T16:41:38Z")
Over the past 12 years my mothers backyard fence has been replaced/repaired twice. the first time was due to age, and certain sections were repaired. my mother attempted to speak to the neighbor that she shares the fence… --- ## [Calling EE and mechanical nerds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-ee-and-mechanical-nerds/659598)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-ee-and-mechanical-nerds/659598 "2013-06-04T16:20:08Z")
I need some help on today’s project: steering my canoe remotely and electrically. Besides simple laziness, I’d like to make possible for anyone in the boat to control the steering. I’ve got a 16’ square stern travel c… --- ## [Would you marry someone with a disabled parent or sibling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-marry-someone-with-a-disabled-parent-or-sibling/601212)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-marry-someone-with-a-disabled-parent-or-sibling/601212 "2013-06-04T15:01:23Z")
Say you find your soulmate…they have a sibling or parent with a disability requiring a family member to care for them (not severe enough or culturally apprpriate to warrant being in a group/nursing home). Theyre being cu… --- ## [How does one do Word Processing on a Chrome Book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-word-processing-on-a-chrome-book/659976)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-do-word-processing-on-a-chrome-book/659976 "2013-06-04T13:13:14Z")
I am using a Chrome Book tomorrow for a lesson I’m teaching. I have zero time in advance to work with one and haven’t before. Am I right in assuming that, in a wi-fi environment, they can access Google Documents? If so,… --- ## [Advice requested on a delicate matter involving "exfamily".](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-requested-on-a-delicate-matter-involving-exfamily/652105)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-requested-on-a-delicate-matter-involving-exfamily/652105 "2013-06-04T13:10:57Z")
I am honestly asking for opinions here. I will try to give all the information up front. If you have issues with the person I married, please take it to the pit, it happened a dozen years ago, and I got a wonderful chi… --- ## [Would you let a stranger take your picture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-stranger-take-your-picture/519760)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-stranger-take-your-picture/519760 "2013-06-04T05:55:50Z")
I don’t normally consider myself a photographer but this last week I turned into one. I was on my way back home from Lake Charles LA. to Dallas. I decided to take a new route that I had never taken before. It was a nond… --- ## [Is stereophonic sound really needed for future virtual reality technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stereophonic-sound-really-needed-for-future-virtual-reality-technology/659993)
**Author:** [@mattdillon87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattdillon87)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stereophonic-sound-really-needed-for-future-virtual-reality-technology/659993 "2013-06-04T05:35:07Z")
For example, when House of Wax was released in 1953, it was in stereophonic sound. So does this mean that stereophonic sound is intended to be indistinguishable from real life sounds? Like if a phone rings in a movie, an… --- ## [Vacation for Nerds - Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-for-nerds-suggestions/659978)
**Author:** [@Nerdessence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nerdessence)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacation-for-nerds-suggestions/659978 "2013-06-04T02:29:31Z")
My husband and I have never taken a vacation after ten years of knowing each other and eight of marriage. Oh, we’ve done little day trips and we take time off, but generally, we stay at home. Even our honeymoon was just… --- ## [How long should you be in one job before putting in for another position in the same company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-be-in-one-job-before-putting-in-for-another-position-in-the-same-company/659942)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-be-in-one-job-before-putting-in-for-another-position-in-the-same-company/659942 "2013-06-04T01:50:30Z")
I’ve worked for an organization for a little over a year - about a year in one location, then when that branch shut down I was moved to a new location where I’ve been for about 3 months. I’m doing a good job here - by b… --- ## [Is the Bose Wave system worth the steep price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bose-wave-system-worth-the-steep-price/659829)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-bose-wave-system-worth-the-steep-price/659829 "2013-06-04T01:28:01Z")
Here are the specs from Amazon, although I understand it might be smarter to buy it from Bose. I’ve lusted after it for years, but is it worth $450? --- ## [Parental control software, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-control-software-etc/659830)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-control-software-etc/659830 "2013-06-03T23:02:00Z")
I just looked at my 13-year-old daughter’s tumblr blog. It had inappropriate things on it (which I do not care to elaborate on), so I made her delete it (she did it in front of me and it warned that the action cannot be … --- ## [SEVBACEOUS CYSTS please help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevbaceous-cysts-please-help/659877)
**Author:** [@Judd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sevbaceous-cysts-please-help/659877 "2013-06-03T23:01:45Z")
Hello, i am only 13. And extremely concerned. I have may white small spots on may face that my doctor diagnosed as sebaceous cysts… He used a needle to remove some which left marks for about a week then went ! However I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1287) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1289)