# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1372 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1373 --- ## [What single volume book, sent where and when, could change history most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-volume-book-sent-where-and-when-could-change-history-most/647396)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-single-volume-book-sent-where-and-when-could-change-history-most/647396 "2013-01-19T11:50:44Z")
I’ve been working on a time machine but apparently I’m rather quite incompetent and screwed up the flux capacitor. So, instead of sending back a person it can only send back a relatively small, paper based object. Ie: a… --- ## [The most useful or revolutionary invention you \*personally\* can bring back in time to the primitives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useful-or-revolutionary-invention-you-personally-can-bring-back-in-time-to-the-primitives/647257)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-useful-or-revolutionary-invention-you-personally-can-bring-back-in-time-to-the-primitives/647257 "2013-01-19T07:04:53Z")
Say you go back in time Terminator style, bringing nothing along but your natalis veste. Say, to (1) the Middle Ages, or (2) to ancient Rome. In either scenario, for some reason you have obtained the full favor and supp… --- ## [Do you still use optical discs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-optical-discs/647408)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-use-optical-discs/647408 "2013-01-19T06:52:29Z")
I’m lucky to have decent broadband where I live so I have pretty much abandoned optical discs for the internet and occasionally a thumb drive. Anyone else given up discs? Frankly, I’m glad to be rid of them. --- ## [Should I buy a lion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727)
**Author:** [@momosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/momosa)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727 "2013-01-19T06:37:21Z")
http://abcnews.go.com/news/t/blogEntry?id=18173366 Makes me want to buy one just to scare the shit out of my neighbors…should I ? I am a dog lover already , with two English Bulldogs…they’d love to play with a lion. --- ## [Is calling Muslims "Kebab" offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-muslims-kebab-offensive/647498)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-calling-muslims-kebab-offensive/647498 "2013-01-19T04:13:13Z")
A couple times I saw Muslims were called “Kebabs” and Islam was called “Kebabness” on the internet. I don’t know whether it’d be offensive IRL. Perhaps, it’s just an online joke, originated from 4CHAN or something simila… --- ## [Problems with Nook Simple Touch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-nook-simple-touch/647669)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problems-with-nook-simple-touch/647669 "2013-01-19T04:12:12Z")
Not sure where this goes so I’ll try here first. My Nook Simple Touch has a problem that nobody has seen before. The library is showing multiple copies of some of the books. Some have two, some have three. It’s not ever… --- ## [Obama is planning to use Executive Orders for gun control.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-planning-to-use-executive-orders-for-gun-control/646673 "2013-01-19T03:55:59Z")
\ I guess they’ll be a massive court battle much sooner than expected. Obama thinks he can whip out his pen and crush gun owners. Now maybe people will finally understand why people have been worried about Obama. T… --- ## [Do you consider these unisex names to be male or female?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-these-unisex-names-to-be-male-or-female/647584)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-consider-these-unisex-names-to-be-male-or-female/647584 "2013-01-19T03:35:11Z")
All of these names could be male OR female. But what do you consider them, in your mind – like what assumption would you make if you saw the name on someone’s job application or on a class attendance list, if you did not… --- ## [Does the mother get to choose the baby name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-mother-get-to-choose-the-baby-name/647504)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-mother-get-to-choose-the-baby-name/647504 "2013-01-19T01:08:11Z")
My wife and I expecting our second child in a couple of months, and so far we have not had much success on agreeing on a name. I am not sure whether this is relevant to the question, but I should mention that my wife and… --- ## [Do you believe that it is worse for a man to hit a woman, than a woman to hit a man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-it-is-worse-for-a-man-to-hit-a-woman-than-a-woman-to-hit-a-man/647567)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-that-it-is-worse-for-a-man-to-hit-a-woman-than-a-woman-to-hit-a-man/647567 "2013-01-19T00:58:26Z")
I have noticed that many people will use the argument of gender equality to defend why a man should be able to hit a woman back if she hits first… saying that if a woman is equal, then she can be hit like an equal too if… --- ## [Boss'' boss asks me about a post on our in-company forum; what to do? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boss-boss-asks-me-about-a-post-on-our-in-company-forum-what-to-do-long/646733)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boss-boss-asks-me-about-a-post-on-our-in-company-forum-what-to-do-long/646733 "2013-01-18T21:53:46Z")
You guys taught me all I needed to know about messageboards. So here’s a question how o explain the phenomenon of messageboards to VIP’'s unfamiliar with them. I work for a medium level government organization with 700 … --- ## [Insurance sent us a check...and now there are problems...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-sent-us-a-check-and-now-there-are-problems/647506)
**Author:** [@AlexCrab26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlexCrab26)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-sent-us-a-check-and-now-there-are-problems/647506 "2013-01-18T21:15:20Z")
My husband was involved in an accident where a company truck rear-ended him. The police were not called but my husband talked to the owner of the company and said he would take care of the damages. The owner of the comp… --- ## [Weekly schedule for my workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-schedule-for-my-workplace/647625)
**Author:** [@cbaccarani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbaccarani)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weekly-schedule-for-my-workplace/647625 "2013-01-18T20:48:11Z")
Greetings! I am trying to find an easier way to create a weekly schedule for my work team. I have 18 people who have to be assigned to a variety of tasks every week. Not all are trained on all tasks and there are some w… --- ## ["Formulated Medical Plan" -- good deal or not? Need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formulated-medical-plan-good-deal-or-not-need-answer-fast/647324)
**Author:** [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formulated-medical-plan-good-deal-or-not-need-answer-fast/647324 "2013-01-18T19:26:47Z")
My husband’s job doesn’t offer medical insurance. He found this website: http://www.formulatedmedicalplan.com/. They are offering what sounds like a good deal for him, me, one of his brothers, the brother’s wife, and her… --- ## [Life Mottos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-mottos/646538 "2013-01-18T16:40:51Z")
Let’s hear them. Mine right now: “Only talk when you have too. The rest of the time, just stand there and look good.” --- ## [Buying a condo advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-condo-advice/647222)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-condo-advice/647222 "2013-01-18T16:20:45Z")
My wife and I are thinking about buying a condo in DC. Our idea is that we could buy something now that we would rent out for the next decade or so, and we would move in to the condo when we got tired of keeping up our … --- ## [Which SUV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-suv/647334)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-suv/647334 "2013-01-18T15:32:36Z")
It’s time for me to replace my SUV… Wife wants a new one, so we have been looking and I have been researching but online it is hard to separate chaff from gold. So - for car buffs here, help me out? Choices: Nissan Pat… --- ## [New Mustang Transmission Problems - Would You Still Buy This Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mustang-transmission-problems-would-you-still-buy-this-car/582393)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mustang-transmission-problems-would-you-still-buy-this-car/582393 "2013-01-18T15:22:59Z")
According to this story (thanks, Throatwarbler Mangrove, for the link), the 2011 and 2012 Ford Mustangs have manual transmissions built in China that are failing at a higher than acceptable rate. We are planning to buy a… --- ## [Have you ever screwed around with the paranormal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screwed-around-with-the-paranormal/647471)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-screwed-around-with-the-paranormal/647471 "2013-01-18T13:50:18Z")
TL;DR, have you ever played with paranormal rituals, tried to talk to ghosts etc? My experiences: In this post I relate a tiny bit of my experiences playing with the paranormal. Scary stories, occult rituals, religious… --- ## [Chimp sharing game experiment seems flawed - How could you design to get meaningful results?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-sharing-game-experiment-seems-flawed-how-could-you-design-to-get-meaningful-results/647434)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-sharing-game-experiment-seems-flawed-how-could-you-design-to-get-meaningful-results/647434 "2013-01-18T13:34:45Z")
Article here How would you design the experiment to fix the glitch described below and make sure both participant chimps are aware of their mutual power to effect outcomes? . But there’s a glitch --- ## [Employment legal query](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-legal-query/647272)
**Author:** [@Saraya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saraya)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employment-legal-query/647272 "2013-01-18T12:34:39Z")
Our company wants me to participate in a -what I call- think tank survey program. It involves me filling out a long electronic list that asks quite a few questions which are similar in context and format to that which y… --- ## [Best Mac backup software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mac-backup-software/644996)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-mac-backup-software/644996 "2013-01-18T08:33:59Z")
So I have a Macbook Pro that I’ve been backing up to an external HD and a USB stick. I’ve been using Carbon Copy Cloner, but find that it’s now $40 to use, and since I have Snow Leopard, the version I’m using (3.4.5) is… --- ## [There is a rabbit living in my carrot patch.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-rabbit-living-in-my-carrot-patch/646160)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-rabbit-living-in-my-carrot-patch/646160 "2013-01-18T08:32:01Z")
I have noticed a rabbit living in my carrot patch. It has been there for a few days now and doesn’t seem to be causing any trouble. I have so many carrots, I don’t really care if it eats a few (plus I have two separate b… --- ## [When is the last time you told someone "Fuck you"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-told-someone-fuck-you/646732)
**Author:** [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-you-told-someone-fuck-you/646732 "2013-01-18T03:18:34Z")
Not in jest, not halfway playing around, not behind their back. Just “fuck you” or a close variation like “go fuck yourself”. And what caused you to say such a vile thing to your fellow human being? --- ## [Cheap body disposal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-body-disposal/647355)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-body-disposal/647355 "2013-01-18T03:04:50Z")
Being recently reminded of my mortality, it’s time for me to plan for disposal of my body. I do not believe in an afterlife; I believe that upon my death, this body will have no more significance than road kill (it barel… --- ## [Asthmatics: are you self-conscious about using your inhaler in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asthmatics-are-you-self-conscious-about-using-your-inhaler-in-public/647574)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asthmatics-are-you-self-conscious-about-using-your-inhaler-in-public/647574 "2013-01-18T02:48:09Z")
I’m asthmatic, and I’m very self-conscious about using my inhaler where other people can see me. (I’m naturally awkward and very shy, so that’s why.) Are there any other asthmatic people out there who are shy about usin… --- ## [If I liquidated my assets how long could I live in Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liquidated-my-assets-how-long-could-i-live-in-mexico/647466)
**Author:** [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-liquidated-my-assets-how-long-could-i-live-in-mexico/647466 "2013-01-18T02:23:47Z")
If I liquidated all of my assets and cashed out my 401k I figure I’d have around $180,000. How long could I comfortably live in a third world country? Ok, so, let’s not go all the way third world. Let’s say a ‘develop… --- ## [Thinking about a full-frame DSLR, is this a bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-a-full-frame-dslr-is-this-a-bad-idea/647527)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-a-full-frame-dslr-is-this-a-bad-idea/647527 "2013-01-18T02:04:52Z")
After years of great photos, my Rebel XTI (400D) is starting to look a bit long in the tooth. I’m considering replacing it with a 6D, but I’m on the fence because I think it might be more than I need. The main reason t… --- ## [How much earlier would you get up for a "better" bus ride?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-earlier-would-you-get-up-for-a-better-bus-ride/647265)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-earlier-would-you-get-up-for-a-better-bus-ride/647265 "2013-01-18T00:48:35Z")
So the bus I ride from downtown home is okay. It partly uses the freeway (unlike the one I took first, which is surface street all the way), and is usually relatively timely. However, there’s another bus, an express, t… --- ## [Which island in the Caribbean to stay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-island-in-the-caribbean-to-stay/647564)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-island-in-the-caribbean-to-stay/647564 "2013-01-18T00:17:20Z")
Mr. Pundit and I are celebrating 25 years of marriage next year. We’re kicking around the idea of renting a house in the Caribbean next winter (Jan/Feb '14) and inviting 3 to 5 couples to join us. We’ve twice been to St… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1371) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1373)