# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1301 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1302 --- ## [Portable power device ... Help finding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-power-device-help-finding/658260)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/portable-power-device-help-finding/658260 "2013-05-14T04:55:33Z")
I could use a little help finding a portable power supply as follows: Powers a small device for a few hours … Don’t need more than that Consists of a rechargeable battery Has a normal 3 prong power outlet interf… --- ## [Good substitute for Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisturizer SPF 35?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-substitute-for-neutrogena-oil-free-moisturizer-spf-35/658089)
**Author:** [@supergoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/supergoose)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-substitute-for-neutrogena-oil-free-moisturizer-spf-35/658089 "2013-05-14T03:40:35Z")
Sorry, I know that’s ridiculously specific. I’ll take recommendations for any gentle face moisturizers with SPF. And actually, non-SPF ones too. I was using the moisturizer in the title for a couple of years with no pro… --- ## [The "I'll be damned, it actually works" helpful tip thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ill-be-damned-it-actually-works-helpful-tip-thread/562425)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 342\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ill-be-damned-it-actually-works-helpful-tip-thread/562425 "2013-05-14T03:40:06Z")
I think it’s fair to say that most people have looked at a problem, thought of a doubtful solution, and figured, what the hell, I might as well try it, and been surprised to learn that it actually worked. Let’s share th… --- ## [Sincerly, Can cat owners keep their cats in their own yard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sincerly-can-cat-owners-keep-their-cats-in-their-own-yard/658209)
**Author:** [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sincerly-can-cat-owners-keep-their-cats-in-their-own-yard/658209 "2013-05-14T03:00:33Z")
I am allergic to cats. I don’t really hate the damn things, but I really don’t like cats either, maybe due to my allergies. In order to prevent the cats from reproducing on my property, I set traps and take them to anima… --- ## [Scorpion country, anyone have any success keeping them out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorpion-country-anyone-have-any-success-keeping-them-out/658124)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scorpion-country-anyone-have-any-success-keeping-them-out/658124 "2013-05-14T02:57:06Z")
I was in the kitchen, at the sink-it was clean, clear of dishes (for once.) I turned for 2 minutes to say something to someone, turned back and there was a big scorpion in the sink. There is always a hair catcher/straine… --- ## [DIY landscaping with interlocking block systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-landscaping-with-interlocking-block-systems/658285)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-landscaping-with-interlocking-block-systems/658285 "2013-05-14T02:47:31Z")
I am interested in replacing a broken down front step made of bricks. I was thinking there must be a way to do this with interlocking blocks that would be DIY friendly. I found this guide, which makes it sound doable. … --- ## [Anyone doing Goga?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doing-goga/658278)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-doing-goga/658278 "2013-05-14T02:37:36Z")
It’s some kind of “workout” that involves physical vibration. Apparently it was invented to rehabilitate Russian astronauts. Does anyone actually do it or know someone who does? http://www.bradenton.com/2012/11/03/42645… --- ## [Do you get ready in the bathroom at the same time time as your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-ready-in-the-bathroom-at-the-same-time-time-as-your-so/658113)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-ready-in-the-bathroom-at-the-same-time-time-as-your-so/658113 "2013-05-14T01:00:41Z")
\*Disclaimer: I’m not talking about using the toilet–if you share this experience with your SO, I don’t particularly want to hear about it. \* This is always an issue that comes up on House Hunters. “We’ve got to have dou… --- ## [female singing in Lexus ad with tall metal puppets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singing-in-lexus-ad-with-tall-metal-puppets/658256)
**Author:** [@cougar58](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cougar58)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-singing-in-lexus-ad-with-tall-metal-puppets/658256 "2013-05-14T00:43:25Z")
who is she? My guess is Adele - it sounds a lot like her song “someone like you” The Lexus TV ad with tall metal puppets: Adele "Someone like you": --- ## [premature labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-labor/653142)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-labor/653142 "2013-05-14T00:34:01Z")
So I am freaking out a little bit. I am 29 weeks pregnant and I already went to the hospital yesterday for contractions, but they sent me home after monitoring me and giving me three shots of terbutaline. Today I went to… --- ## [Guys: Do Any Of You Use Talcum Powder On Your Face...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-any-of-you-use-talcum-powder-on-your-face/658270)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-any-of-you-use-talcum-powder-on-your-face/658270 "2013-05-13T23:17:08Z")
… and what would you recommend? I use Gold Bond on my nuts and those crevices at my groin, because I tend to sweat there. I really don’t sweat on my face unless I’m on the bike or walk/jogging, but I wouldn’t use it th… --- ## [Men, what \*would\* be a fair solution for unwanted child support?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-would-be-a-fair-solution-for-unwanted-child-support/657480)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 388\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-what-would-be-a-fair-solution-for-unwanted-child-support/657480 "2013-05-13T22:55:45Z")
Another spinoff from the deadbeat dead - thread. So men, what would be a fair solution to the problem of unwanted chlidren being born and the non consenting dad having to pay child support for eightteen years? I can tel… --- ## [What is your monthly car payment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-monthly-car-payment/657876)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-monthly-car-payment/657876 "2013-05-13T21:42:27Z")
What is your monthly car payment, and if you have more than one, please list the highest (not the total combined)? I’ve been curious about this, given the rising cost of autos, and especially the premium price of large … --- ## [Are Ariel Castro's brothers responsible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ariel-castros-brothers-responsible/658194)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ariel-castros-brothers-responsible/658194 "2013-05-13T21:40:27Z")
So, I see on CNN that the brothers of the kidnapper/rapist/murderer Ariel Castro were released and aren’t believed to have been directly involved in the crimes. Now, since the girls are all alive and presumably giving a… --- ## [Answer the anonymous poll. No text response necessary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-the-anonymous-poll-no-text-response-necessary/658208)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-the-anonymous-poll-no-text-response-necessary/658208 "2013-05-13T20:56:29Z")
Have you ever gone into your SOs phone logs, text messages, or emails without his or her permission with the intent on catching him or her red-handed in something illicit, or at least unsavoury? Be honest now. I’m begi… --- ## [Looking for good video editing software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-good-video-editing-software/658261)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-good-video-editing-software/658261 "2013-05-13T20:53:28Z")
Pretty much what it says on the tin. I’m looking for some good, inexpensive video editing software for my macbook. A friend recommended imovie, but I’m seeing a lot of bad reviews of it. Generally what I’m looking to do… --- ## [You win $100 million. How much goes to charity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-100-million-how-much-goes-to-charity/658106)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-win-100-million-how-much-goes-to-charity/658106 "2013-05-13T20:26:54Z")
On a whim you buy a Powerball ticket (or the equivalent in your country). To your great surprise it wins the jackpot, a cool one hundred million dollars. Not one cent more and not one cent less. The money is yours to do… --- ## [Social Security question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-question/658192)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-question/658192 "2013-05-13T20:04:05Z")
About 8 years ago my sons father died. My son was eligible for and started receiving Survivor Benefits. I know I was told when I signed all the paperwork, that all the money must be spent. Anything left over would be … --- ## [Perception of the passage of time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perception-of-the-passage-of-time/658198)
**Author:** [@turtlescanfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turtlescanfly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/perception-of-the-passage-of-time/658198 "2013-05-13T19:47:52Z")
Hi all, long time lurker/first time poster… I hope I have the right forum (certainly no factual answer I don’t think, nor does it qualify as a “Great Debate”) but here goes… consider this hypothetical situation: You hav… --- ## [What to do in San Juan, Puerto Rico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-san-juan-puerto-rico/657636)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-san-juan-puerto-rico/657636 "2013-05-13T19:46:39Z")
I’ll be taking my gf to San Juan, arriving this Thursday afternoon and coming back on Sunday afternoon. I’ll be staying at the La Concha Resort. The only thing that I have lined up is the beach from around 9am to 2pm o… --- ## [Massive Excavating With Atomic Bombs-Feasible Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-excavating-with-atomic-bombs-feasible-now/651500)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-excavating-with-atomic-bombs-feasible-now/651500 "2013-05-13T18:05:23Z")
Back in the 1950’s many projects (a new Panama Canal), Isthmus of Kra Canal, were proposed-excavated by nuclear explosions. Of course, these were abandoned when it became obvious that radioactive fallout would make… --- ## [Today is Mother's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mothers-day/658150 "2013-05-13T17:56:52Z")
If you tell your family that you don’t want anything, and you don’t get anything, please do not come on here, or anywhere else, and whine about it. And if you DO get something, don’t say “I don’t want this junk!” to the… --- ## [Does Your Language Differentiate Between Hot (Warm), Hot (Spicy); and Spicy (Lots of Spices) and...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-language-differentiate-between-hot-warm-hot-spicy-and-spicy-lots-of-spices-and/657851)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-language-differentiate-between-hot-warm-hot-spicy-and-spicy-lots-of-spices-and/657851 "2013-05-13T17:27:19Z")
In English, saying a dish is “hot” can mean either it’s very warm (temperature-wise), or it’s very spicy (lots of “heat” from peppers). Further, saying something is “spicy” can mean it has lots of spices (cinnamon, clove… --- ## [Women: a poll regarding male gynecologists and male medical students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-a-poll-regarding-male-gynecologists-and-male-medical-students/544166)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-a-poll-regarding-male-gynecologists-and-male-medical-students/544166 "2013-05-13T17:17:33Z")
I’m a senior medical student who spent today shadowing a gynecologist. Fully half of the women whom I saw with the gynecologist (a woman) politely asked me not to stay in the room when asked. This doesn’t upset me–it’s … --- ## [What's Microsoft's reaction to Windows 8](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-microsofts-reaction-to-windows-8/655421)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-microsofts-reaction-to-windows-8/655421 "2013-05-13T15:09:30Z")
So Windows 8 is so bad it’s been speculated that it may actually be hurting PC sales. Anyone know what Microsoft’s reaction is, what’s actually going on at the company, not what their PR people are saying. “Guess we did… --- ## [Do you lock your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lock-your-phone/657815)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lock-your-phone/657815 "2013-05-13T12:46:47Z")
Do you use a password/PIN/other secret code to gain access to your phone? That’s the whole question. It’s coming from this thread in which at least one person seems rather shocked that not everybody locks their phone. T… --- ## [Mother's Day, made Mom cry = Score!! Is that wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-made-mom-cry-score-is-that-wrong/658222)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day-made-mom-cry-score-is-that-wrong/658222 "2013-05-13T12:08:46Z")
Is it wrong that I feel like I scored because I made m Mom cry? :smiley: Just got an emial from my Mom: Beautiful flowers! And thank you for the card. It made me cry. (in a good way)\* Somevody please tell me they fee… --- ## [How to turn a pile of seemingly unremarkable coins into money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-a-pile-of-seemingly-unremarkable-coins-into-money/657874)
**Author:** [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-a-pile-of-seemingly-unremarkable-coins-into-money/657874 "2013-05-13T08:25:34Z")
Coins which are not legal tender, that is. I have been given a big sack of them by a charity and asked to “do something with them”. Obviously they’re things that have been donated or have come out of the till. There are … --- ## [Recommend me a good screen protector for my smartphone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-protector-for-my-smartphone/658129)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-protector-for-my-smartphone/658129 "2013-05-13T06:22:29Z")
I have an Android phone, that I love. But every screen protector that I have found so far SUCKS! Either they come loose and bubble up within a few weeks, or they are expensive and difficult to install and never look good… --- ## [Where to find value of 1980s Japanese Pepsi bottles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-value-of-1980s-japanese-pepsi-bottles/658212)
**Author:** [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-find-value-of-1980s-japanese-pepsi-bottles/658212 "2013-05-13T05:28:19Z")
These are opened / emptied, average condition for bottles that have been sold through standard stores. Printed for Japan (and maybe Korea) around the early 1980s. Would Pepsi collectors be interested in them as a curio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1300) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1302)