# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1378 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1379 --- ## [I am 19 and got a DUI for weed in MS. I need advice please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239)
**Author:** [@Brasel19](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brasel19)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-19-and-got-a-dui-for-weed-in-ms-i-need-advice-please/646239 "2013-01-10T12:36:32Z")
I had smoked half a bowl of mid and decided to go play pool. On my way there I came to a highway patrol roadblock in Alcorn County, MS. The officer noticed what was some weed in a small container and promptly told me to … --- ## [Formula for tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-for-tipping/646645)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formula-for-tipping/646645 "2013-01-10T05:55:07Z")
The other day my girlfriend and I had breakfastr at Denny’s. She felt I tipped extra because the girl was attractive. After some discussion she asked what I base my tips on. I don’t actually calculate or keep score but I… --- ## [Do you share a bedroom with someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-share-a-bedroom-with-someone/646512 "2013-01-10T05:49:30Z")
What’s your bedroom situation? Do you share a bedroom with someone else, or do you have your own room? If you share a room, what do you like or dislike about sharing it? If you have your own room, what do you like or d… --- ## [Mid-Life Crises and Infidelity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crises-and-infidelity/646151)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crises-and-infidelity/646151 "2013-01-10T02:09:29Z")
I know two middle aged men who both did classic mid-life crisis things. One of them bought a sports car, the other one a motorcycle. Both of them also pursued extramarital affairs which were later revealed. Based on m… --- ## [Anyone ever worked with a doctor on an anti-aging therapy regimen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-worked-with-a-doctor-on-an-anti-aging-therapy-regimen/646700)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-worked-with-a-doctor-on-an-anti-aging-therapy-regimen/646700 "2013-01-10T01:45:32Z")
I’m not old enough for this, but I have seen my dad’s health fail pretty rapidly once he hit his 50s, and I want to avoid that fate. Aside from the obvious lifestyle changes to slow aging (stress reduction, good diet, e… --- ## [If you had to choose a wild animal to be...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-choose-a-wild-animal-to-be/646489)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-choose-a-wild-animal-to-be/646489 "2013-01-10T01:38:57Z")
What animal would you choose? This topic may have been done before, but I couldn’t find it. I say “wild” to avoid the obvious choice of a pampered pet. This question is another way of saying “what wild animal has the … --- ## [Dog training question re: TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-training-question-re-tv/646640)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-training-question-re-tv/646640 "2013-01-10T01:07:55Z")
We have a relatively well-behaved pug named Spoon (requisite pic). He comes when called, he sits when told, he heels when needed, he is friendly with strangers and their dogs. That said, he’s horrible when it comes to c… --- ## [I need a rental car in California I can drive on dirt roads. Rental companies say, "No way!" Ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-rental-car-in-california-i-can-drive-on-dirt-roads-rental-companies-say-no-way-ideas/646589)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-rental-car-in-california-i-can-drive-on-dirt-roads-rental-companies-say-no-way-ideas/646589 "2013-01-10T00:27:41Z")
In May some friends and I will be flying from the east coast to Northern California for a camping trip. We will need to rent a Jeep-type vehicle to haul our gear and get around. Our base of operations will be a rustic ca… --- ## [Well pump died. No water.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pump-died-no-water/646475)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-pump-died-no-water/646475 "2013-01-10T00:04:56Z")
So last night I was filling my dog’s water bowl and the water just … quit. Stopped. Died. The plumber says the pump is dead. But we can’t find the well. (I bought the house in 2002, and wasn’t the original owner. I… --- ## [Sir Ranulph Fiennes latest Antarctic Expedition: Foolish or Stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-ranulph-fiennes-latest-antarctic-expedition-foolish-or-stupid/646493)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-ranulph-fiennes-latest-antarctic-expedition-foolish-or-stupid/646493 "2013-01-09T21:49:44Z")
The guy is now 68 years aold-and he’s going to traverse the Antarctic continent (the same way he went back a few years). My question: exactly what is the point of such an “expedition”? Its been done before, it will … --- ## [What would you do about a car pool mate who was constantly 3 to 8 minutes late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-a-car-pool-mate-who-was-constantly-3-to-8-minutes-late/642436)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-about-a-car-pool-mate-who-was-constantly-3-to-8-minutes-late/642436 "2013-01-09T21:06:53Z")
Subject pretty much says it all. For the better part of 6 months now I’ve been car-pooling with two guys; we meet at a gravel park-and-ride spot off the highway. The first guy is pretty good, although he is a minute or… --- ## [Vocal Fry- Can we please make it against the law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-fry-can-we-please-make-it-against-the-law/614677)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocal-fry-can-we-please-make-it-against-the-law/614677 "2013-01-09T18:19:33Z")
I’m hearing it a lot on the radio, and Melissa Block of NPR’s “All Things Considered” is one of the worst offenders. I makes me grind my teeth and want to drive my car into a telephone pole. I say we go back to calling… --- ## [Anyone Have the Kindle Paperwhite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-the-kindle-paperwhite/644296)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-the-kindle-paperwhite/644296 "2013-01-09T18:01:48Z")
I have the Kindle Touch with e-ink technology and I do love it, but I’ve been drooling over the Paperwhite for a few months now. Knowing how much longer I have to read a book appeals to me, as does an optional backlit s… --- ## [Photographers: Domke Camera Bag/Case; thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-domke-camera-bag-case-thoughts/642357)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photographers-domke-camera-bag-case-thoughts/642357 "2013-01-09T17:21:26Z")
Is Domke a good brand? The last couple of times I went to my favorite camera store shopping for a bag/case over the course of several months, the same salesperson has clearly tried to steer me towards Domke and away from… --- ## [Aching scar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aching-scar/646453)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aching-scar/646453 "2013-01-09T16:06:50Z")
I’m not freaking out, but am puzzled as to why this happens. I’m 43, and had an appendectomy at age 8. It had ruptured, so I did have a case of peritonitis to deal with too. My surgical scar aches/burns occasionally, a… --- ## [Public Aid Pays for Taxi Rides in IL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-aid-pays-for-taxi-rides-in-il/646483)
**Author:** [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-aid-pays-for-taxi-rides-in-il/646483 "2013-01-09T14:51:51Z")
IMHO why should IPA recipients in IL get free taxi rides for dialysis? Now other IPA recipients are up in arms wanting the same for nondialysis reasons. Where does it end with Medicaid payouts? My solution: medical tran… --- ## [Is this Nazi Christmas card worth buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-nazi-christmas-card-worth-buying/646470)
**Author:** [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-nazi-christmas-card-worth-buying/646470 "2013-01-09T14:10:51Z")
I was at my local flea market, and I found the remains of an old soldier’s estate, including some interesting stuff he’d found in the Reichstag during the occupation. It included some Reichstag letterhead, some Nazi rank… --- ## [Glurge variant/s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurge-variant-s/646570)
**Author:** [@deball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deball)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glurge-variant-s/646570 "2013-01-09T13:50:03Z")
This question may be painfully obvious to some but I’m out of the loop on the latest lingo. By the Urban Dictionary definition glurge is sappy sweet in nature. So what do I call non-sweet chain emails that are obvious g… --- ## [Is this the creepiest photograph in the history of the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-creepiest-photograph-in-the-history-of-the-world/644905 "2013-01-09T12:17:17Z")
Y’all… I’m still in shock. I honestly think that this has to be one of the creepiest pictures of anything I have ever seen. But I don’t know if I’m right or wrong. Is this subject just plain intrinsically creepy? Are the… --- ## [Do you pee in the shower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pee-in-the-shower/645632 "2013-01-09T11:02:12Z")
I recall this came up a couple of years ago and I was truly surprised at how many people were emphatically opposed and disgusted by the notion. Well, I am chiroptera and I pee in the shower. I also brush my teeth while … --- ## [Family Problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-problems/646326)
**Author:** [@Pamelaw47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pamelaw47)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-problems/646326 "2013-01-09T07:10:30Z")
I have been married for 26 years now, and I liked my in-laws early on but lately I see them in a different light. My husband’s nephew started a church and most of the family attends, however, our family doesn’t. I have w… --- ## [How do you feel about Al Jazeera entering the US airwaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-al-jazeera-entering-the-us-airwaves/646345)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-al-jazeera-entering-the-us-airwaves/646345 "2013-01-09T06:58:00Z")
CNN has a good article framing the discussion. My first reaction was shock that the FCC is allowing an extension of Qatar’s government to broadcast here. Plus of course the anti American coverage. IIRC weren’t they the … --- ## [Cell Phone Network Anomalies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-network-anomalies/646547)
**Author:** [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-network-anomalies/646547 "2013-01-09T06:05:51Z")
Is anyone else experiencing problems with their cell phone network? My wife and I have AT & T, and lately we are having some severe issues with our phones. Specifically, calls aren’t getting through and we don’t get an… --- ## [Do you ever think of your first love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-of-your-first-love/134293)
**Author:** [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-think-of-your-first-love/134293 "2013-01-09T04:39:28Z")
(mostly for the men out there)… Do any of you still think about your first “relationship”…be it in high school or right after? Do you think fondly of your old girlfriends? Just wondering if others “drift” in the past … --- ## [Historical persons you would have to dinner.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-persons-you-would-have-to-dinner/646583)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-persons-you-would-have-to-dinner/646583 "2013-01-09T03:50:29Z")
This question is often posted on the Straight Dope. I settled on Fr. Debosier who was my High School English teacher, Nicholas II, Czar of all the Russians and the historian Barbara Tuchman. What are these folks going … --- ## [New tire smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tire-smell/646415)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tire-smell/646415 "2013-01-09T03:24:41Z")
Places that sell new tires have a unique smell. Chemically what is that smell? --- ## [Mailbox issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailbox-issue/646482)
**Author:** [@Elizabeth2013](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elizabeth2013)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailbox-issue/646482 "2013-01-09T02:18:10Z")
we have a bank of locked mailboxes property of USPS in the middle of our cul de sac. They USPS will not maintain the locks, which stick, they are out in the weather and are cheap locks. I have called and left messages at… --- ## [Is it still wrong if it's the clerk's idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-wrong-if-its-the-clerks-idea/646426)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-wrong-if-its-the-clerks-idea/646426 "2013-01-09T01:35:24Z")
I was going to make grasshopper (mint chocolate) cheesecake. The recipe called for 2oz of Creme de Menthe. Went to the State store (in PA, wine & booze are only sold in state-owned stores; beer sales are even more comp… --- ## [Someone explain the current state of healthcare reform in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-the-current-state-of-healthcare-reform-in-the-us/646433)
**Author:** [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-explain-the-current-state-of-healthcare-reform-in-the-us/646433 "2013-01-09T01:26:18Z")
Or more specifically: I’m considering dropping my individual health insurance plan, because the premiums have gone up again, because with a multi-thousand dollar deductible I feel like I’m paying the company to pay for … --- ## [Is This Online Job For Real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-online-job-for-real/646555)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-online-job-for-real/646555 "2013-01-08T23:47:03Z")
I came across this job opportunity on Craigslist: www.axactmedia.com Is it for real or is it a scam? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1377) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1379)