# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1514 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1515 --- ## [My cat isn't eating. Is force feeding him a good idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-isnt-eating-is-force-feeding-him-a-good-idea/604959)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-isnt-eating-is-force-feeding-him-a-good-idea/604959 "2012-05-27T01:26:26Z")
Ever since Thanksgiving my cat, Thomas Jefferson, hasn’t been eating as much food as he used to, and he has been less active. My mother and I took him to the vet for a check up. The vet said that he’s dehydrated but can… --- ## [Who was the oldest person you ever knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-oldest-person-you-ever-knew/622670)
**Author:** [@A\_Sniveling\_Mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Sniveling_Mess)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-oldest-person-you-ever-knew/622670 "2012-05-27T01:25:20Z")
I guess the title is pretty self-explanatory,but I’d like to add a few requirements: 1.The person had to have been born before 1925; 2.The person had to have been at least 80 years old;and 3.In order to qualify,either… --- ## [Who's up for some immortality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-some-immortality/622898)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2012, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-up-for-some-immortality/622898 "2012-05-27T01:19:10Z")
A group in Russia is working on delivering by 2045 From a graphic on the Website. Hey, this seems to have the backing of Steven Seagal so that’s good enough for me. :smiley: --- ## [How old is the oldest left-hander you know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-the-oldest-left-hander-you-know/622396)
**Author:** [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-the-oldest-left-hander-you-know/622396 "2012-05-26T22:47:23Z")
Listening to the latest episode of the podcast Skeptoid, the host Brian Dunning asserted that lefties have much shorter average lifespans than right handers, an indeed that there are very very few lefties over the age of… --- ## [Is there a decent replacement for water therapy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-decent-replacement-for-water-therapy/623132)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-decent-replacement-for-water-therapy/623132 "2012-05-26T19:45:33Z")
I have arthritis in my hip. It’s not degenerative or anything. It’s just an inflammation in the hip joint. The medication I was given mostly helps to dull the pain for at about 5 or 6 hours per pill and I’m trying to tak… --- ## [When do gays come out nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-gays-come-out-nowadays/622956)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-gays-come-out-nowadays/622956 "2012-05-26T16:28:27Z")
Once upon a time many gays stayed closeted for quite a while and it was a big deal to come out to the family … even if everyone else always knew the person was gay. In my brother-in-law’s case for example, he came out to… --- ## [Prescription antacid abuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-antacid-abuse/623160)
**Author:** [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-antacid-abuse/623160 "2012-05-26T16:04:54Z")
Is there any other consequence to overdoing prescription antacids besides undigested food, for a burning in the epigastric area that won’t go away? Cardiac causes have been ruled out, and repeated tests on the esophagus &… --- ## ["Little girls" in police cases: am I the only one who gets annoyed by this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-in-police-cases-am-i-the-only-one-who-gets-annoyed-by-this/622717)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-girls-in-police-cases-am-i-the-only-one-who-gets-annoyed-by-this/622717 "2012-05-26T14:47:39Z")
I’m not sure how big a story this is outside California, but a 15-year-old girl disappeared awhile back and there’s been a huge hunt to look for her. Yesterday they arrested a suspect and are going to charge him with kid… --- ## [What can I do with this Series 2 TiVo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-series-2-tivo/622761)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-this-series-2-tivo/622761 "2012-05-26T13:18:58Z")
So several years ago my parents gave me their Tivo, thinking I could do something with it. It has a lifetime subscription on it, so there’s no monthly fee. It sat around for a few years, and then when I moved in with som… --- ## [Insulin syringe users, ever been shamed over it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulin-syringe-users-ever-been-shamed-over-it/622939)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulin-syringe-users-ever-been-shamed-over-it/622939 "2012-05-26T10:27:19Z")
I noticed pharm companies are coming out with($$$) one time use disposable insulin pens/injectors that don’t look like needles. One ad even had a guy injecting using a syringe and someone scowling at him, it seemed to pl… --- ## [Getting sweat smell out of a dry clean only suit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sweat-smell-out-of-a-dry-clean-only-suit/622069)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-sweat-smell-out-of-a-dry-clean-only-suit/622069 "2012-05-26T10:11:47Z")
One of my suits has a sweat smell in the crotch. Dry clean only. This happened years ago in another suit. I recall having it drycleaned but it still smelled afterward. I read some tips online such as baking soda paste,… --- ## [How do YOU believe the word "divisive" is correctly pronounced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-believe-the-word-divisive-is-correctly-pronounced/622677)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-believe-the-word-divisive-is-correctly-pronounced/622677 "2012-05-26T08:28:48Z")
It drives me nuts when people put non-standard pronunciation to words whose spelling clearly implies a standard pronunciation. For instance, there’s the word “divisive.” It comes up a lot in speeches, and in the news th… --- ## [Why do parents stop buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-stop-buying/622873)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-parents-stop-buying/622873 "2012-05-26T07:45:13Z")
Say Johnny and his parents stop buy a paticular gas station weekly for gas. On their very first visit his parents get Johnny a bag of chips and a soda. Total cost $3.00. Johnny loves it and eats it all. However in the fo… --- ## [At what age is a girl no longer considered "little"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-a-girl-no-longer-considered-little/623108)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-a-girl-no-longer-considered-little/623108 "2012-05-26T04:35:42Z")
Inspiring thread. I say 10 (double digits)-many are often going through a huge growth spurt at that point. --- ## [The first recorded fat person in fiction or history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-recorded-fat-person-in-fiction-or-history/622910)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-first-recorded-fat-person-in-fiction-or-history/622910 "2012-05-25T23:41:23Z")
I can’t think of anyone in the bible or Ancient Rome and Greece liturature. I’m not that well read. The earliest fat person written about, fiction or real, that I can recall is the fictional Falstaff character of " … --- ## [London Dopers, phone advice for a visiting American?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-dopers-phone-advice-for-a-visiting-american/623016)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-dopers-phone-advice-for-a-visiting-american/623016 "2012-05-25T23:41:19Z")
Hello British Brethren, I’ll be there soon! This is my first trip to the UK and my first trip abroad in more than 10 years. I’ll be there for a week. so from the googling and travel forum reading I’ve done it seems lik… --- ## [Previous employer wants to meet to discuss re-hiring me. Do I tell them I have another opportunity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/previous-employer-wants-to-meet-to-discuss-re-hiring-me-do-i-tell-them-i-have-another-opportunity/622361)
**Author:** [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/previous-employer-wants-to-meet-to-discuss-re-hiring-me-do-i-tell-them-i-have-another-opportunity/622361 "2012-05-25T23:38:42Z")
The new opportunity is with my old client. I was laid off by company A about three weeks ago; it has been outsourcing work to India for a while now and also lost a major account. I was a victim of the third sizable wave… --- ## [For the love of my knee!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-my-knee/617921)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-my-knee/617921 "2012-05-25T19:13:08Z")
I know, you’re not my doctor, etc… As a matter of fact, I’ve been to my doctor at least four times and to the ER twice to find out that I have a “sprained knee” and a “contusion.” I fell on a sidewalk in January and la… --- ## [Recommend iPhone apps for basic office use please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-iphone-apps-for-basic-office-use-please/619513)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-iphone-apps-for-basic-office-use-please/619513 "2012-05-25T18:11:46Z")
I just got an iPhone. I do these things now on Outlook and with Microsoft Word and Excel, and I am looking for similar features: Calendaring: Keeping basic appointments and tasks with reminder flexibility. The default… --- ## [computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer/622976)
**Author:** [@ballardfam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ballardfam)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer/622976 "2012-05-25T17:32:08Z")
if this isn’t the right place to ask please redirect but am asking opinions on best computer (for me). honestly, trying to wade through the incredible amount of varied advice online is driving me crazy. this is the fir… --- ## [What Do You Really Want on Your Gravestone and Another Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-on-your-gravestone-and-another-question/622887)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-really-want-on-your-gravestone-and-another-question/622887 "2012-05-25T15:57:06Z")
Since I’m going to die any minute every day since 9-11-2001 I think about death a lot. Then I think about gravestones and what I’d want on my stone. (Except I don’t want a stone–just wondering.) And maybe your Fam wil… --- ## [Newbie to working out needs help.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-to-working-out-needs-help/622735)
**Author:** [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-to-working-out-needs-help/622735 "2012-05-25T14:43:36Z")
So…there’s no way to avoid acknowleging it anymore - I’m pretty damn fat. 5’5, 245. My size 20 jeans are getting tight. I need to do something about this. I have always hated exercise - I was a clumsy kid, and any so… --- ## [Is this against the law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-against-the-law/606048)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-against-the-law/606048 "2012-05-25T13:27:44Z")
Co-worker says he has trouble staying awake behind the wheel sometimes. He has come up with some “interesting” strategies to stimulate himself. One of them is riding thru neighborhoods lying on his horn. Sometimes he’ll… --- ## [what to get a disabled mom who lives far away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-disabled-mom-who-lives-far-away/623030)
**Author:** [@seaptho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seaptho)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-disabled-mom-who-lives-far-away/623030 "2012-05-25T10:35:50Z")
Hey guys, My mom is stuck in a nursing home with Multiple Sclerosis in Upstate New York. Her birthday is coming up, and I in San Francisco. I would love to surprise her on her big day, but I cannot leave work, so I am … --- ## [Recommend an introduction to MIDI (music interface)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-introduction-to-midi-music-interface/622272)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-an-introduction-to-midi-music-interface/622272 "2012-05-25T07:01:45Z")
Hi all. My Dad is a reasonably talented musician but pretty clueless about technology. He has recently asked me to help him out with the “whole MIDI thing”. Unfortunately I’m fairly cool with most modern consumer techno… --- ## [Any Dopers Using a Nikon D800 or D800E](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-using-a-nikon-d800-or-d800e/622695)
**Author:** [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-using-a-nikon-d800-or-d800e/622695 "2012-05-25T04:13:12Z")
Are there any dopers that have and are using a Nikon D800 or D800E DSLR? If so, how has the camera performed and what lens are using with it? Any other comparisons and/or comments on the camera would be appreciated. --- ## [How much tech stuff do you take on vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tech-stuff-do-you-take-on-vacation/622914)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-tech-stuff-do-you-take-on-vacation/622914 "2012-05-25T04:13:07Z")
My answer (on this particular road trip anyway), is way, way too much. I blame digital cameras, that’s what started it all for me. I have 3 that all take different batteries, so that means 3 different chargers, and of c… --- ## [Any Dopers Use Alternate Testing Sites For Blood Glucose Checks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-use-alternate-testing-sites-for-blood-glucose-checks/623041)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-use-alternate-testing-sites-for-blood-glucose-checks/623041 "2012-05-25T03:49:40Z")
I have a new client with effective use of only one hand. (The other being curled up and numb from a stroke 30 years ago.) She’s orally controlled, no insulin, but her doctor would like a glucose check once a day. Other n… --- ## [Nursing Job essay. Opinions? Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursing-job-essay-opinions-advice/622699)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nursing-job-essay-opinions-advice/622699 "2012-05-25T03:38:59Z")
I have just graduated from nursing school, (Yay, me!), but one of the jobs I am applying for requires an essay on “My Path to a Nursing Career”. One page, double spaced. I thought I’d throw it up here in IMHO to get an… --- ## [What the heck did I do to my skin?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-did-i-do-to-my-skin/623019)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-did-i-do-to-my-skin/623019 "2012-05-25T01:59:46Z")
Yesterday I was tired and didn’t want to take a shower but knew I needed to. The liquid soap was empty and there was just enough shampoo to wash my hair so instead of getting out and getting new bottles, I was lazy and u… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1513) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1515)