# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1460 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1461 --- ## [So , Is The Latest Verbiage From Ahmadinejad Anything New?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-latest-verbiage-from-ahmadinejad-anything-new/632202)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-is-the-latest-verbiage-from-ahmadinejad-anything-new/632202 "2012-08-21T19:55:26Z")
The Israelis think so. There is speculation that Israel will attack Iran, sometime before the November election. My question: the Iranians seem to be spouting the same stuff for the past few years…“Israel will be dest… --- ## [What caused the app explosion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-caused-the-app-explosion/631930)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-caused-the-app-explosion/631930 "2012-08-21T19:15:26Z")
There have been pieces of software for sale FOREVER, cavemen and women would download trial versions of software to try. :smiley: But now all of a sudden with the appearance of the Ipod Touch, Ipad, and Android platform… --- ## [Would you eat this? Docs & Vets particularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-this-docs-vets-particularly/632059)
**Author:** [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-this-docs-vets-particularly/632059 "2012-08-21T19:02:46Z")
A friend came by today with a gift of produce and eggs from her garden and chickens. I’m so very lucky. Unfortunately, there’s a problem. Specifically, I told her to meet me at the door where most people take their dogs… --- ## [What does the word "deceptively" mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-deceptively-mean-to-you/632163)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-word-deceptively-mean-to-you/632163 "2012-08-21T17:22:51Z")
If I said a pool of water was “deceptively shallow” would you think I was saying it was more shallow than it appears or less? --- ## [Foreclosure, Short Sell, or . . ? Advice, hugs, and/or yelling needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreclosure-short-sell-or-advice-hugs-and-or-yelling-needed/632129)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreclosure-short-sell-or-advice-hugs-and-or-yelling-needed/632129 "2012-08-21T16:57:41Z")
I’ve been holding on to my house by the tips of my toenails for several years. My partner, who brought $100k in a year, left me about four years ago and since then I’ve been paying a mortgage that is 57%+ of my monthly t… --- ## [A GOOD text editor for iOS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-text-editor-for-ios/632077)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-good-text-editor-for-ios/632077 "2012-08-21T15:26:17Z")
There are dozens of text editors out there for iOS devices. And every one I’ve tried has sucked. As soon as I load in a reasonably large file in my iPod Touch, it bogs down. The simple act of selecting a block of text to… --- ## [in what craigslist category would you advertise for a caregiver/housmate for an elderly couple](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-craigslist-category-would-you-advertise-for-a-caregiver-housmate-for-an-elderly-couple/632160)
**Author:** [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-craigslist-category-would-you-advertise-for-a-caregiver-housmate-for-an-elderly-couple/632160 "2012-08-21T15:10:23Z")
that would offer free room, board, and salary? There is a “childcare” category in the community section, but nothing specifically for older couples. Then, there is “household” in the services category, but I don’t kn… --- ## [TSS for autism questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tss-for-autism-questions/632108)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tss-for-autism-questions/632108 "2012-08-21T14:56:32Z")
How often should they rotate? My daughter has almost 40 hours a week during the school year with a TSS. She has all school hours and 5 home/community. And I am unsure how long the guidelines say one TSS should work wit… --- ## [Ever confronted a stranger when they did something really stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confronted-a-stranger-when-they-did-something-really-stupid/632046)
**Author:** [@thebenn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thebenn)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-confronted-a-stranger-when-they-did-something-really-stupid/632046 "2012-08-21T14:43:02Z")
So, I was filling up my car at a gas station on the way to work this morning. As I was finishing up, I noticed that the man at the pump on the other side of mine was smoking a cigarette. :eek::eek: I was absolutely liv… --- ## [Do you believe it is possible to love another person more than you love yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-it-is-possible-to-love-another-person-more-than-you-love-yourself/617708)
**Author:** [@Christopher\_Robin\_Davies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Christopher_Robin_Davies)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-believe-it-is-possible-to-love-another-person-more-than-you-love-yourself/617708 "2012-08-21T13:44:43Z")
Hello, here is what is going on. It is nothing really serious but I am having a mocking argument with my girlfriend. We were discussing the issue of love and whether it is possible for a person to love another more than … --- ## [Once an X, always an X](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-an-x-always-an-x/632016)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/once-an-x-always-an-x/632016 "2012-08-21T09:14:02Z")
To what extent is this actually true, and to what extent is it just simplistic advice given to people who ought to be advised to leave the person with attribute X just cause it’s pretty likely said person will still be X… --- ## [Are you counting on some form of inheritance from your parents or grandparents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-counting-on-some-form-of-inheritance-from-your-parents-or-grandparents/631808)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-counting-on-some-form-of-inheritance-from-your-parents-or-grandparents/631808 "2012-08-21T06:53:33Z")
The re-awakening of the zombie thread on being cheated out your inheritance made me wonder how many people are counting on some form of inheritance from their parents or grandparents. Maybe counting on is too strong of … --- ## [Outer Banks vacation - tell me everything I need to know!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-banks-vacation-tell-me-everything-i-need-to-know/629681)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outer-banks-vacation-tell-me-everything-i-need-to-know/629681 "2012-08-21T04:07:40Z")
I’ll be baking on a beach in Avon, in NC’s Outer Banks, in a week. :slight\_smile: I’m looking forward to it tremendously, because my husband and I desperately need a vacation. We’re going to spend a week in a huge beach… --- ## [I'd like some images of some specific types of overweight people (4'6"-4'8", and 150+ pounds)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-some-images-of-some-specific-types-of-overweight-people-46-48-and-150-pounds/632101)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-some-images-of-some-specific-types-of-overweight-people-46-48-and-150-pounds/632101 "2012-08-21T02:18:04Z")
Not interested in who they are, just that those numbers are accurate. --- ## [Ask the Guy Who Worked at a Private Investigation Firm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-worked-at-a-private-investigation-firm/631975)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-worked-at-a-private-investigation-firm/631975 "2012-08-21T01:51:42Z")
It came up in another thread that I used to work for a PI, and despite my protests that I never had my own license and spent very little time in the field, there were still requests that I start this thread. So, with the… --- ## [Would this make you feel safer (one for atheists especially)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-feel-safer-one-for-atheists-especially/624966)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-make-you-feel-safer-one-for-atheists-especially/624966 "2012-08-21T01:23:40Z")
You’re in a strange city. You’ve never been there before. You don’t know the locale, or even if they speak English. How you got there is unimportant, maybe it’s an unexpected flight stop-off, maybe FBI space aliens dump … --- ## [I hate early mornings also! (coworker question).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-early-mornings-also-coworker-question/631973)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-early-mornings-also-coworker-question/631973 "2012-08-20T23:58:49Z")
So, I’m on a field job in a hellish part of the country (SOUTHsouth, super hot, lotsa humidity and I’m originally from a cold dry climate). My first day down here was a nightmare. Equipment problems, 106 degree heat (pl… --- ## [The worst Yelp businesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-yelp-businesses/632035)
**Author:** [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-yelp-businesses/632035 "2012-08-20T21:30:02Z")
One of the things I do is look for entertaining Yelp reviews, specifically the bad ones. Very seldom will I find a business with +/- 50 reviews that averages fewer than 2 stars. The other day I found this Midas shop wi… --- ## [Should I take my friend who is less well off than me to an expensive restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-friend-who-is-less-well-off-than-me-to-an-expensive-restaurant/631912)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-my-friend-who-is-less-well-off-than-me-to-an-expensive-restaurant/631912 "2012-08-20T21:03:58Z")
Friend of mine will be in town in a few days and I am taking him out for dinner. There is one restaurant that I have my eye on. Its (very) pricey, but I can manage. Well I want to be a gracious host, but i) I don’t want… --- ## [Essay Mills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essay-mills/628541)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/essay-mills/628541 "2012-08-20T18:20:12Z")
Dan Ariely just wrote an interesting blog post on Essay Mills (places where you can purchase a paper written to your specifications for the purposes of not doing your own work). I can’t find it right now, but a year or … --- ## [SIMS Mod or easiest way to build a computer simulation of a society with different economic stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-mod-or-easiest-way-to-build-a-computer-simulation-of-a-society-with-different-economic-stuff/632075)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sims-mod-or-easiest-way-to-build-a-computer-simulation-of-a-society-with-different-economic-stuff/632075 "2012-08-20T17:43:41Z")
I am playing with the idea of doing computer simulations of ways to tweak capitalism. I am just curious if perhaps there is a computer game that is highly modable, hackable, that you could do what I want to do. Basical… --- ## [Lawn Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-watering/631957)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawn-watering/631957 "2012-08-20T16:30:09Z")
I was sitting outside this morning drinking my coffee and watching all sthe neighbors sprinklers watering the lawns. They are set on timers and go off at the same time everyday. I water my lawn by hand and only water whe… --- ## [Working Late vs Bringing Work Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-late-vs-bringing-work-home/631997)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-late-vs-bringing-work-home/631997 "2012-08-20T15:37:24Z")
I wonder how varied people’s views are on this. I offer only two responses though I know there can be many different answers, because I want to know what people say about a situation where they “have to choose.” Alternat… --- ## [How much more puritanical will America shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-puritanical-will-america-shift/631223)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-more-puritanical-will-america-shift/631223 "2012-08-20T05:22:16Z")
I grew up in the seventies. We got the benefits of the relaxed attitudes that sprung from the 60’s. I had a shag haircut done to my shirt collar in high school and college. Trimmed beard until I was thirty-five. Sex was … --- ## [Looking for a Good Night Vision Dash Cam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-night-vision-dash-cam/632023)
**Author:** [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-night-vision-dash-cam/632023 "2012-08-20T02:33:17Z")
Just like the title says - I bought a mid-range priced dashcam off eBay and I am disappointed with the low light picture. Anybody know of any brands or cameras that might do better without breaking my bank? Thanks in ad… --- ## [Is it still worth buying stock in Apple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-worth-buying-stock-in-apple/631944)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-still-worth-buying-stock-in-apple/631944 "2012-08-19T21:54:54Z")
As I’m sitting here making investment decisions at one o’clock in the morning, trying to decide if I should put more money in this index fund or that one, or buy into another one that’s doing really well and has been sin… --- ## [Selling a 1967 Corvette: best place to post or sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-1967-corvette-best-place-to-post-or-sell/631933)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-1967-corvette-best-place-to-post-or-sell/631933 "2012-08-19T20:40:19Z")
I need to sell a 1967 Corvette. It runs and is in fair condition, but it still needs quite a bit of TLC and work to restore it. In other words this is not an auction or show condition car but certainly has significant po… --- ## [Shining a bright flashlight into people's houses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shining-a-bright-flashlight-into-peoples-houses/631600)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shining-a-bright-flashlight-into-peoples-houses/631600 "2012-08-19T18:56:25Z")
Ummm…isn’t this illegal? Someone who shall remain nameless (can you guess, I posted about him/her before) got this new 500 lumen spotlight for camping. This person also drives around at night, for work. He told me it wo… --- ## [You decide life & death other than your own. A Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-decide-life-death-other-than-your-own-a-poll/631878 "2012-08-19T18:42:02Z")
Inspired by the ‘ducati’ pile on right over there, I decided to join the ranks of the thousands who ask the stupidest question and make the most outrageous - could not be made to happen polls etc. on the SDMB Whee, her… --- ## [Coincidence or Not: YOU Be The Judge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidence-or-not-you-be-the-judge/631803)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidence-or-not-you-be-the-judge/631803 "2012-08-19T18:17:10Z")
I just calles Sear Auto to schedule an appointment-my wife took her car there, and they would up doing a lot of stuff that I didn’t like: -they changes the spark plugs (they were changes 26,000 miles ago, good for 100… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1459) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1461)