# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1513 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1514 --- ## [A little DC Metrorail help please ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dc-metrorail-help-please/623360)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-dc-metrorail-help-please/623360 "2012-05-29T13:25:09Z")
My daughter and I plan to visit the area later this week. Will probably stay in the Fairfax VA area…maybe futher west. I see that the Vienna station is the furthest west. Any tips on using metrorail to get into the ci… --- ## [What do you pay for health insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-health-insurance/622934)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-health-insurance/622934 "2012-05-29T04:20:24Z")
I’m sure we’ve done this before, but I can’t find a thread. Assuming you \*have \*health insurance, what do you pay (including both your and your employer’s contribution)? What are the basics of the plan? We’re independe… --- ## [Ice Cream Trucks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks/622877)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ice-cream-trucks/622877 "2012-05-29T02:45:09Z")
Perhaps my childhood delusion has finally worn off after 26 years, but is it me or are ice cream trucks creepy as hell nowadays? Hear me out, when I was a kid, most ice cream trucks looked a little somethin’ like this. … --- ## [So, Anybody Ever Run into BigFoot? (As in Yeti not Husbands)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anybody-ever-run-into-bigfoot-as-in-yeti-not-husbands/623028)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-anybody-ever-run-into-bigfoot-as-in-yeti-not-husbands/623028 "2012-05-29T01:24:56Z")
Via BBC News: --- ## [The words for today IMHO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-words-for-today-imho/623388)
**Author:** [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-words-for-today-imho/623388 "2012-05-28T22:42:24Z")
Come up from the fields father, here’s a letter from our Pete, And come to the front door mother, here’s a letter from thy dear son. Lo, ’tis autumn, Lo, where the trees, deeper green, yellower and redder, Cool and s… --- ## [Why are real life and internet libertarians so different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-real-life-and-internet-libertarians-so-different/622792)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-real-life-and-internet-libertarians-so-different/622792 "2012-05-28T21:53:59Z")
My experiences with online libertarians was that they were political radicals basically, and they had more in common with anarchists or communists than right wing conservatives or neocons. Any attempt to stereotype onlin… --- ## [Do you (did you) ever decide how to vote based on political advertising](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-did-you-ever-decide-how-to-vote-based-on-political-advertising/623309)
**Author:** [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-did-you-ever-decide-how-to-vote-based-on-political-advertising/623309 "2012-05-28T20:57:22Z")
This poll is just for my curiosity, because of that “ban paid political advertising” thread. So - answer Yes if you can say that political advertising (or maybe I should say “paid political advertising”) has caused you t… --- ## [How often do you replace your TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-replace-your-tv/623278)
**Author:** [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-replace-your-tv/623278 "2012-05-28T20:10:56Z")
I was reading an article on the demise of big-box stores and was surprised by this quote I can’t believe that this quote is true. I can’t think of anything I own that I’ve replaced in three years. I can’t think of an… --- ## [Majority of Landmark Cancer Studies Cannot Be Replicated - Why isn't this a huge deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-of-landmark-cancer-studies-cannot-be-replicated-why-isnt-this-a-huge-deal/623292)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/majority-of-landmark-cancer-studies-cannot-be-replicated-why-isnt-this-a-huge-deal/623292 "2012-05-28T18:36:22Z")
Per this story it seems to imply that a huge chunk or current research is potentially borderline fraudlent with cherry picked results. Why isn’t this front page news? In cancer science, many ‘discoveries’ don’t hold up … --- ## [For those who've been to Las Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-whove-been-to-las-vegas/622852)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-whove-been-to-las-vegas/622852 "2012-05-28T14:51:17Z")
A coworker and I went to Las Vegas a few years ago for a conference. Here’s what I did that weekend: sat through the conference, ate large quantities of surprisingly good food, drank a fair bit of wine, gave up on a nigh… --- ## [Jerking your head back when swallowing pills.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-your-head-back-when-swallowing-pills/623096)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerking-your-head-back-when-swallowing-pills/623096 "2012-05-28T13:42:19Z")
You know that thing actors do when their character has to swallow a pill; they jerk their heads back as if it’s really a big deal. Do real people ever do this? I don’t think I have ever witnessed it IRL. Is it some sort … --- ## [Tell me about the FINRA Series 7 and 65 exams](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-finra-series-7-and-65-exams/623340)
**Author:** [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-finra-series-7-and-65-exams/623340 "2012-05-28T12:23:28Z")
So I’ve got this job working for a stockbroker as a back-office assistant. I’ve got my insurance licenses, so I can sell insurance, but he wants me to get my Series 7 and 65 so I can process orders and such in his absenc… --- ## [Who can help me make a (relatively simple) film?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-help-me-make-a-relatively-simple-film/623237)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-help-me-make-a-relatively-simple-film/623237 "2012-05-28T10:03:33Z")
Hey all, thought I’d turn to the treasure trove of info that is this board for some advice. I’d like to create a small independent film… okay, who am I kidding, it’s actually a porn film. I’ve not made a film before and… --- ## [50%/50% negligence in Illinois traffic accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-negligence-in-illinois-traffic-accident/601900)
**Author:** [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-50-negligence-in-illinois-traffic-accident/601900 "2011-11-07T04:49:14Z")
Assume a car accident with only property damage resulting in which both parties are found to be 50% at fault. The Illinois Department of Insurance website contains the following statement regarding comparative negligenc… --- ## [Premature Ovarian Failure, Anyone? (mildly TMI)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-ovarian-failure-anyone-mildly-tmi/623158)
**Author:** [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-ovarian-failure-anyone-mildly-tmi/623158 "2012-05-28T03:13:48Z")
So, I turn 31 tomorrow, and it appears that I’m going through menopause. I haven’t been officially diagnosed with premature ovarian failure (sometimes known as early menopause), but both of my sisters and my mother had/… --- ## [What is the creepiest thing to have ever happened to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-creepiest-thing-to-have-ever-happened-to-you/620343)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-creepiest-thing-to-have-ever-happened-to-you/620343 "2012-05-28T02:35:58Z")
Have you ever had something happened that gave you the creeps and you can’t explain or perhaps read something or seen something on the television that gave you a shiver? --- ## [Do you say, "In the bushes" to refer to small towns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-in-the-bushes-to-refer-to-small-towns/622754)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-say-in-the-bushes-to-refer-to-small-towns/622754 "2012-05-28T01:21:42Z")
In another thread, a poster asked what the meaning of “bush league” was. I explained that it came from baseball and referred to teams in small towns, or as we say, “out in the bushes.” I was challenged on that by another… --- ## [Traveling to Romania: Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-romania-advice/623206)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-romania-advice/623206 "2012-05-28T00:15:09Z")
I’ll be accompanying my wife while she gives some presentations in Romania over a week in mid-June. We’ll be traveling to Sibiu and Targu Mures. We’ll have some local ‘wranglers’ to make sure we get around to where we ne… --- ## [Where can I find podcasts for listening online (rather than transferring them to my MP3 player)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-podcasts-for-listening-online-rather-than-transferring-them-to-my-mp3-player/622780)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-podcasts-for-listening-online-rather-than-transferring-them-to-my-mp3-player/622780 "2012-05-27T23:57:16Z")
At my job some of my coworkers like to use pandora or last.fm while working so they have something to listen to. But I prefer podcasts instead of music. However I have been using itunes and my ipod touch to bring podcas… --- ## [Did anyone take the est seminars in the late 70s/early 80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-the-est-seminars-in-the-late-70s-early-80s/622582)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-take-the-est-seminars-in-the-late-70s-early-80s/622582 "2012-05-27T23:55:18Z")
Well? Will you take responsibility and admit it? :slight\_smile: --- ## [He may be frou-frou, but he's a BOY dog!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-may-be-frou-frou-but-hes-a-boy-dog/622581)
**Author:** [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-may-be-frou-frou-but-hes-a-boy-dog/622581 "2012-05-27T23:23:57Z")
So I planned on coming home from the adoption event today with one new foster, but just fell for this little cuddly fluffy cutie pie. He looks like a havanese to me, but is listed as a bichon/shih tzu. Point being, he’s … --- ## [So, like, anybody here ever have a blood clot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-anybody-here-ever-have-a-blood-clot/622564)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-like-anybody-here-ever-have-a-blood-clot/622564 "2012-05-27T21:50:09Z")
Do they just cut them out or something? Waiting on whether I have one in my lung or not. The doc I saw last night didn’t realize the one blood test sent to the lab isn’t processed over the weekend. A “D-Dimer.” Hurts… --- ## [Text messages late at night. Yay or nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messages-late-at-night-yay-or-nay/622412)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/text-messages-late-at-night-yay-or-nay/622412 "2012-05-27T19:53:15Z")
This is not something I get in a fuming rage about, but I’m just curious what people think the etiquette is about sending text message to mobile phones late at night. Now, I suppose we can all agree you don’t ring peopl… --- ## [Be careful of what you wish for.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-of-what-you-wish-for/623269)
**Author:** [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-careful-of-what-you-wish-for/623269 "2012-05-27T19:40:04Z")
Recently I was going through a quiet period, I met up with some good old friends that I hadn’t seen for some time got some reading in, resisted the temptation to drink to much, didn’t resist the temptation to eat to much… --- ## [LCD or LED flat screen TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lcd-or-led-flat-screen-tv/623126)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lcd-or-led-flat-screen-tv/623126 "2012-05-27T18:54:03Z")
What’s the difference? (Is one of them the “plasma” TV?) Which do you consider better? --- ## [Little League banquets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-banquets/623221)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-league-banquets/623221 "2012-05-27T17:13:29Z")
I’m just wondering if the former Little Leguers here had similar experiences with their banquets as I did or more like another one I was at. First off, did you have a banquet at the end of the season? We had one every … --- ## [When Will We See a Woman POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-a-woman-potus/623239)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-a-woman-potus/623239 "2012-05-27T13:49:53Z")
Never mind - forgot to post poll. --- ## [When Will We See a Woman POTUS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-a-woman-potus/623238)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-we-see-a-woman-potus/623238 "2012-05-27T13:48:49Z")
Never mind - I forgot to post the poll. --- ## [Typing is becoming as useless as Morse code](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-is-becoming-as-useless-as-morse-code/621964)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typing-is-becoming-as-useless-as-morse-code/621964 "2012-05-27T07:49:19Z")
Between Google search auto-completing things and my SwiftkeyX reliably predicting my every word in a text… how long until typing is an arcane thing of the past? Even speech to text is getting pretty damn good these days… --- ## [What doctor should I see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-doctor-should-i-see/623144)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-doctor-should-i-see/623144 "2012-05-27T07:02:43Z")
I’m \*\*NOT \*\*looking for a diagnosis but need to know who to go to. Background. I am an obese male. BMI is in the morbidly obese range. From time to time my left leg goes numb then gets pins and needles when standing. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1512) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1514)