# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1430 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1431 --- ## [As a kid, did you love or hate taking a bath? And your kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-did-you-love-or-hate-taking-a-bath-and-your-kids/637575)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-kid-did-you-love-or-hate-taking-a-bath-and-your-kids/637575 "2012-10-15T20:31:48Z")
The usual stereotype is that a typical kid would rather do almost anything to avoid taking a bath (think Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes fame). I however used to love taking them (I’d be able to use my toy submarine to imagin… --- ## [Natural sites for cities in North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-sites-for-cities-in-north-america/637517)
**Author:** [@Uther\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uther_Penguin)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/natural-sites-for-cities-in-north-america/637517 "2012-10-15T20:30:41Z")
Let us assume different settlement patterns of the North American continent, colonist ships landing on different places and so on. Which sites will in almost any cases grow into sizeable cities? For example, it is hard… --- ## [UK "road trip" vacation - where?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-road-trip-vacation-where/636716)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-road-trip-vacation-where/636716 "2012-10-15T18:51:11Z")
I’m playing with the idea of vacationing in the UK. Now, I like driving and I like to see places, so I thought that it might be a good idea to fly to London, rent a car, put the wife in the passenger seat and have a road… --- ## [College/University Lecturers - set assignments in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-university-lecturers-set-assignments-in-this-thread/637795)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-university-lecturers-set-assignments-in-this-thread/637795 "2012-10-15T18:19:30Z")
I see from other threads that apparently degrees are being really dumbed down. It could be a fun experiment if you set an assignment, ideally something that won’t take more than about quarter of an hour, tops, and then S… --- ## [Dispute with rental car company; could use perspective](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-rental-car-company-could-use-perspective/637011)
**Author:** [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dispute-with-rental-car-company-could-use-perspective/637011 "2012-10-15T18:05:00Z")
So here is the situation in a nutshell. Wife and I rented a car earlier this summer from Enterprise. Drove car without incident (it actually spent most of the time in a parking garage). Return home and Enterprise is clai… --- ## [Can "Expert Systems" (Medical Diagnosis) Solve The Healthcare Crisis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-expert-systems-medical-diagnosis-solve-the-healthcare-crisis/637704)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-expert-systems-medical-diagnosis-solve-the-healthcare-crisis/637704 "2012-10-15T16:54:54Z")
The US Government is projecting a big shortage of primary care physicians.It seems to me, that sophisticated software for diagnosing medical problems might be an answer-years back, a computer program was written to simul… --- ## [Experiences with and opinions on hazing - Part Deux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-and-opinions-on-hazing-part-deux/131188)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-and-opinions-on-hazing-part-deux/131188 "2012-10-15T16:10:42Z")
I raised this topic here two or three years ago, and surprisingly got zero responses. After all, this is a topic which appears in the news from time to time, and it seems to be something which most people who’ve been to… --- ## [RFID badges for schoolchildren: Your opinion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfid-badges-for-schoolchildren-your-opinion/637346)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rfid-badges-for-schoolchildren-your-opinion/637346 "2012-10-15T15:24:06Z")
This is not a new concept, but there seems to be a lot of ‘Hell no!’ about this. My question is: why? How is tracking whether a kid is in the hallway, out the door, in the toilet, or at school at ALL that day any diffe… --- ## [I need a new home page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-home-page/637322)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-new-home-page/637322 "2012-10-15T15:04:10Z")
I’ve used USA Today for my home page for years. They’ve recently rolled out a new design and I hate it so I’m shopping for a replacement. Requirements: The site should offer an organized and uncluttered glimpse of the l… --- ## [Would you give up sex forever if it meant you could be a Jedi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452)
**Author:** [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-up-sex-forever-if-it-meant-you-could-be-a-jedi/637452 "2012-10-15T14:12:13Z")
The members of the Jedi order are celibate, correct? So, supposing you had the midichlorians or whatever and would make a good Jedi, would you be willing to sign on even if it meant you could never have a sexual encount… --- ## [Philly This Week?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-this-week/637739)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philly-this-week/637739 "2012-10-15T14:10:20Z")
I am trying to book a room for one night in Center City, Philadelphia. Many hotels are booked up (including University City and Airport)! Hey, Philly! Whaz’up this week? --- ## [In Home Hospice - Chicago Area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-home-hospice-chicago-area/637599)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-home-hospice-chicago-area/637599 "2012-10-15T13:34:19Z")
I’ve been staying with my parents and it’s clear that my Father’s Alzheimer’s is getting worse at an alarming rate. 6 months ago he was lively and lucid; now he sleeps most of the time, can’t remember what happened 24 ho… --- ## [Things to do in San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-san-francisco/637251)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-san-francisco/637251 "2012-10-15T13:03:40Z")
And I ask this as one who lives there (well, close). My sister’s visiting me for a few days and I want to show her around, but I’m having trouble of thinking of fun things both of us (in our mid-late 20s) might be able t… --- ## [French-Canadian weddings? Wedding traditions in general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-weddings-wedding-traditions-in-general/491704)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-weddings-wedding-traditions-in-general/491704 "2012-10-15T12:22:22Z")
I’m getting married next year, and I want to include some special French-Canadian stuff, since that’s the culture I’m leaving behind when I make Maryland my official home turf. The problem is, although it’s my background… --- ## [Is Photobombing Rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-photobombing-rude/637656)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-photobombing-rude/637656 "2012-10-15T09:20:04Z")
Over on one of my Disneyworld message boards we’re sharing our photos that have been photobombed. The general consensus seems to be that it’s funny in small doses, but anyone who makes it a point to photobomb every chan… --- ## [An otherwise normal man with holes in his socks - how weird?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otherwise-normal-man-with-holes-in-his-socks-how-weird/636777)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-otherwise-normal-man-with-holes-in-his-socks-how-weird/636777 "2012-10-15T04:09:03Z")
How weird is it for an otherwise normal, well socialized, middle class man to have a hole in his sock? Not a threadbare, ratty sock…just a normal sock that happens to have a hole at the big toe or at the heel, which he … --- ## [Is this suspicious? (eBay related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-suspicious-ebay-related/637669)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-suspicious-ebay-related/637669 "2012-10-15T02:28:15Z")
Someone won my auction. He paid via PayPal. The real name that he has given to eBay, is not the same as the name on the shipping address (not even close). Also the shipping address is a PO box. Should I be worried about … --- ## [Why don't druggies abuse insulin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-druggies-abuse-insulin/637594)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-druggies-abuse-insulin/637594 "2012-10-14T23:15:07Z")
It’s cheap and easily available. You don’t need a prescription, and the bottle you get at the drugstore is almost certainly pure and unadulterated. Yeah, you have to be really careful about the dosage, but it still seems… --- ## [Slings and sphincters for incontinence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slings-and-sphincters-for-incontinence/637388)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slings-and-sphincters-for-incontinence/637388 "2012-10-14T22:21:24Z")
Previous thread about my father here. My dad is now roughly 10 months post surgery, after having his prostate removed. He had a rather aggressive form of prostate cancer. Since then, he’s pretty much been completely i… --- ## [Tramadol for premature ejaculation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-for-premature-ejaculation/590245)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tramadol-for-premature-ejaculation/590245 "2012-10-14T21:12:24Z")
Ever since my spinal cord injury in 2000, I have had certain sexual problems/frustrations stemming from the rather-unique set of physiological characteristics the injury left me with. In particular, the tendency to pre… --- ## [I hate to fly.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-fly/637564)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-to-fly/637564 "2012-10-14T18:48:00Z")
I haven’t flown in 12 years and I hated it then, hated it before then, and never want to again. I’m not scared, I get queasy and I don’t like airports, and crowds, and standing in line and everything that goes with it. … --- ## [Question regarding part-time employee unemployment benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-part-time-employee-unemployment-benefits/637647)
**Author:** [@jackschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackschmidt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-part-time-employee-unemployment-benefits/637647 "2012-10-14T17:15:40Z")
Hi, I own a small business in California (we have three full time and three part time employees). We recently hired another part-time employee. The job was advertised as part time. I have now received from the EDD an … --- ## [Please help! - student loan question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-student-loan-question/633775)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-student-loan-question/633775 "2012-10-14T16:46:46Z")
I am going to school and have been awarded student loans. I’ve already applied them to my college but there is a balance remaining in the loan. I’d like to reject that balance so I don’t have to pay it back later, as I d… --- ## [My creepy story and yours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-story-and-yours/633359)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-creepy-story-and-yours/633359 "2012-10-14T06:51:30Z")
Figured it’s been awhile since we had one of these threads, and something appropriate did happen last night. I’m sitting at the computer, trying to stave off sleep, when I get the feeling someone’s behind me. Not just a … --- ## [Odd interview question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interview-question/637625)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-interview-question/637625 "2012-10-14T06:36:39Z")
I got a great job offer yesterday and accepted (go me) so this is just a curiosity now, but I got the same odd question in several interviews and I’m wondering what the crowd thinks the right answer might be. Asked almo… --- ## [Have you ever left something on for a very long time that shouldn't have been?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-left-something-on-for-a-very-long-time-that-shouldnt-have-been/637542)
**Author:** [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-left-something-on-for-a-very-long-time-that-shouldnt-have-been/637542 "2012-10-14T03:41:24Z")
Tarwater’s post in the good housekeeping thread contained this gem of a footnote that made me think of the silly things I’ve left running due to moments of absentmindedness I thought it would be more fun to laugh at your… --- ## [Screwing up the world with time travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-time-travel/637449)
**Author:** [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screwing-up-the-world-with-time-travel/637449 "2012-10-14T02:10:23Z")
Okay, I’m a Dick with a Time Machine™, I have a time machine with the capability to make a single return trip to anywhere in the past. The time machine also prevents any paradox affecting me, so if I wanted to I could g… --- ## [What's the scam in this e-mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scam-in-this-e-mail/637546)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-scam-in-this-e-mail/637546 "2012-10-14T01:56:43Z")
I received this email at my place of work: I am not even on LinkedIn. “Nursultan Fidelbek uulu”? Really? 702 is the area code for Las Vegas, not Washington. So obviously this request is as phony as the day is long. B… --- ## [US: Southerner's attituds to Northerners.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-southerners-attituds-to-northerners/637089)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-southerners-attituds-to-northerners/637089 "2012-10-14T01:51:02Z")
So has the south gotten over the civil war yet? One of my high school teachers recalled attending college in Texas in the 1980s. He was met with a lot of hostility from the locals, who told him to go home and find a sch… --- ## [You've been invited to a last minute "come when you can" party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-invited-to-a-last-minute-come-when-you-can-party/637621)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-been-invited-to-a-last-minute-come-when-you-can-party/637621 "2012-10-13T22:19:29Z")
On the day of the affair, do you call the host beforehand to see how many people are coming…since you really don’t want to be the only guest there, as has happened before? Or would this be rude? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1431)