# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1525 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1526 --- ## ["Waiving accounting" of Living Trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiving-accounting-of-living-trust/620927)
**Author:** [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiving-accounting-of-living-trust/620927 "2012-05-05T07:26:37Z")
I’m not asking for legal advice here, as I am sure individual cases vary immensely. I am looking for opinions and experiences from others who have been through this. A family member dies, leaving a Living Trust with ot… --- ## [Common, supposedly practical advice you'd been in trouble if you took](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-supposedly-practical-advice-youd-been-in-trouble-if-you-took/620213)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-supposedly-practical-advice-youd-been-in-trouble-if-you-took/620213 "2012-05-05T04:03:28Z")
Common wisdom says not to try to sleep until you’re tired, but that’s advice I discard. Why? Because I often don’t get tired in a timespan that conducive to working a regular schedule. I’ve been awake 21 hours and I’m no… --- ## [How important is it to start dating quickly after divorce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-to-start-dating-quickly-after-divorce/620296)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-it-to-start-dating-quickly-after-divorce/620296 "2012-05-05T03:59:31Z")
So, I’m divorced. I left my husband back in October of 2010. Best decision I ever made, though my post-marriage life hasn’t exactly been easy. My divorce was finalized this past August. Since then, many people have bee… --- ## [Have you ever eaten poop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-poop/620521)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-eaten-poop/620521 "2012-05-05T00:42:29Z")
Just wondering. --- ## [Did you go to secondary school with a mainstream student in a wheelchair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-secondary-school-with-a-mainstream-student-in-a-wheelchair/620840)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-go-to-secondary-school-with-a-mainstream-student-in-a-wheelchair/620840 "2012-05-05T00:38:34Z")
How did others students interact with them? Did they? Please share your experiences. --- ## [Do you own items or wear jewlery with your birthstone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-items-or-wear-jewlery-with-your-birthstone/620182)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-items-or-wear-jewlery-with-your-birthstone/620182 "2012-05-04T23:58:09Z")
Just what the title asked. This afternoon I’ve been thinking about birthstone jewelry in my family, but also among my friends growing up. I’m 43 and grew up in the northeastern US and I feel like a lot of my friends h… --- ## [Captcha and the NY Times. Are these really words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captcha-and-the-ny-times-are-these-really-words/620901)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captcha-and-the-ny-times-are-these-really-words/620901 "2012-05-04T23:15:02Z")
Quoting Captcha; \*The words that you see were taken directly from old texts that are being scanned and stored in digital format in order to preserve them and make them more accessible to the world. … Currently, we are … --- ## [Asphalt or Concrete driveway? Convince me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asphalt-or-concrete-driveway-convince-me/620900)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asphalt-or-concrete-driveway-convince-me/620900 "2012-05-04T22:57:41Z")
I need a new driveway this year. My driveway still works just fine but its configuration drives me batty. It’s 1 car wide at the bottom and 1.5 cars wide at the top. Terrible for parking multiple cars on and the grass ge… --- ## [It's 4:00pm and nobody's said "Happy Birthday" yet. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-4-00pm-and-nobodys-said-happy-birthday-yet/620442)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-4-00pm-and-nobodys-said-happy-birthday-yet/620442 "2012-05-04T22:54:13Z")
. . . not even on Facebook ferchrissakes??? Help me out here, before I sink into a pit of self pity. :wink: --- ## [Is the degree someone earned really that private? What would happen if...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-degree-someone-earned-really-that-private-what-would-happen-if/620866)
**Author:** [@ClarenceClancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClarenceClancy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-degree-someone-earned-really-that-private-what-would-happen-if/620866 "2012-05-04T22:51:39Z")
Also see the factual side of this question in this other forum: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15031895#post15031895 Determining what degree someone earned is difficult, by today’s standards. You… --- ## [Simple, Free/Cheap, Non-Tech Pleasures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-free-cheap-non-tech-pleasures/619629)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-free-cheap-non-tech-pleasures/619629 "2012-05-04T21:38:34Z")
When I was young and broke, there were things we used to for fun or to pass the time or just to be together. Some of them aren’t practical anymore, like “going for a drive” when the price of gas is almost $4.00. Or drivi… --- ## [noble as in noble fields of study (and noble gases)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noble-as-in-noble-fields-of-study-and-noble-gases/620870)
**Author:** [@ClarenceClancy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ClarenceClancy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noble-as-in-noble-fields-of-study-and-noble-gases/620870 "2012-05-04T19:38:17Z")
How is “noble” being used in these contexts below? I think of noble in its relation to ruling as in British nobility. Are these subjects and elements somehow higher in some sense than their peers: Noble fields of stud… --- ## [Halfway between Boston and Quebec City is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halfway-between-boston-and-quebec-city-is/620855)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halfway-between-boston-and-quebec-city-is/620855 "2012-05-04T19:16:34Z")
A friend from the Left Coast is going to be visiting her boyfriend in Quebec City in a couple of weeks. She expressed an interest in us hanging out, maybe having lunch. Neither of us will have access to a car. She thinks… --- ## [are you much better at written communication than verbal (or vice versa)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-much-better-at-written-communication-than-verbal-or-vice-versa/620720)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-much-better-at-written-communication-than-verbal-or-vice-versa/620720 "2012-05-04T18:03:46Z")
I have actually been complimented a couple of times in the past, on being a good “writer”, whether it’s emails, a Facebook status, whatever. But unless I am in the most comfortable of settings (with just a handful of pe… --- ## [Ever get in an argument because you correct people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-in-an-argument-because-you-correct-people/620478)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-get-in-an-argument-because-you-correct-people/620478 "2012-05-04T17:51:33Z")
So I was talking to a pharmacist who noticed I had a US credit card, she was chit chatting and said oh you must be doing what my husband is doing which is going back to the US all the time so you don’t lose your citizens… --- ## [Dental Implant not a sure thing after all. May have to get an old school permanent bridge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-not-a-sure-thing-after-all-may-have-to-get-an-old-school-permanent-bridge/620456)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-implant-not-a-sure-thing-after-all-may-have-to-get-an-old-school-permanent-bridge/620456 "2012-05-04T17:46:11Z")
Lost 2 lower teeth on my left side in 2004 thanks to a permanent retainer I’d had since turning sixteen. It had been on there for 20 years. Developed gum disease around those two teeth and they had to go. I finally co… --- ## [Why do people get offended when pack a pistol in their neighborhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-offended-when-pack-a-pistol-in-their-neighborhood/619299)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-get-offended-when-pack-a-pistol-in-their-neighborhood/619299 "2012-05-04T17:32:33Z")
So yeah I’m now armed, most of the time. I live in KC and visit StL and Chicago often. I love my friends and family, but some of them live in the redneck boonies or straight in the hood. I’m a small woman, and I can’t de… --- ## [Are we re-entering the era of the "company store"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-re-entering-the-era-of-the-company-store/620711)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-re-entering-the-era-of-the-company-store/620711 "2012-05-04T16:05:08Z")
I’ve been pondering this, and thought I’d put it to the board. I work for UberMegaCorp and have been noticing a steady rise in the amount of economic activity which I conduct through my company, rather than in the real… --- ## [what's the point of customer surveys from big established chains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-customer-surveys-from-big-established-chains/620795)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-customer-surveys-from-big-established-chains/620795 "2012-05-04T15:48:03Z")
Chains of all kinds have started giving me a slip with instructions for me to log onto a survey for a chance at a reward of some kind. What benefit does this provide the business? I understand that if a place is new, cu… --- ## [How would you define the word pervert? (in your own words)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-define-the-word-pervert-in-your-own-words/620831)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-define-the-word-pervert-in-your-own-words/620831 "2012-05-04T15:22:29Z")
A friend of mine were talking earlier about someone else and about how we thought they were a pervert…but that got me thinking. What does the word pervert mean to you? Like when you think of someone who is a pervert, wh… --- ## [Does Alma Mater Namedropping Impress You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alma-mater-namedropping-impress-you/620802)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alma-mater-namedropping-impress-you/620802 "2012-05-04T15:02:50Z")
I really thought that after senior year in high school, no one cared. Does this impact your view of someone? What context would you even ask? Do you present this yourself, in a conversation–as in, where YOU went to schoo… --- ## [Non-Religious Republicans... why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-religious-republicans-why/612595)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-religious-republicans-why/612595 "2012-05-04T14:28:54Z")
If you self-identify as a non-religious Republican (or know someone who does), why? Which parts of the Republican platform do you agree with, and which do you not? --- ## [First post on second page - Ever think you started a new thread by accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-on-second-page-ever-think-you-started-a-new-thread-by-accident/620871)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-post-on-second-page-ever-think-you-started-a-new-thread-by-accident/620871 "2012-05-04T13:54:38Z")
I’ve had this happen a couple times. I am writing a decenly lengthy post to an existing thread. After I hit submit, my post is the top post on the second page, so my post is the only thing I see. For a second I think, … --- ## [Birthday present ideas for teenage boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-present-ideas-for-teenage-boy/620703)
**Author:** [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-present-ideas-for-teenage-boy/620703 "2012-05-04T10:46:41Z")
My son’s birthday is in a couple days, turning 15, and I’m looking for ideas. There isn’t anything he’s asking for (“money”). He has a laptop (ostensibly for school, but he plays Mine-Craft on it a lot), an ipod, a bic… --- ## [What's Your Greatest Unpracticed, Enviable Talent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-greatest-unpracticed-enviable-talent/620552)
**Author:** [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-greatest-unpracticed-enviable-talent/620552 "2012-05-04T07:52:12Z")
I suppose"a gift" would be an apt way to put it. Something that you never set out to learn to do, it’s something that you can just do that others would likely love to be able to do with such ease. Me? I can fall asleep … --- ## [Washing dishes - shower or bathe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-dishes-shower-or-bathe/475396)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2012, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-dishes-shower-or-bathe/475396 "2012-05-04T04:27:09Z")
My confession - I am a dish showerer. My mama brought me up right, I know that the “proper” way to wash dishes is to fill the sink with hot soapy water and submerge them, and if I have guests or am washing dishes at som… --- ## [How do you repair problems with your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-repair-problems-with-your-house/620772)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-repair-problems-with-your-house/620772 "2012-05-03T23:54:47Z")
Do you call a repairman or do you do it yourself? I do almost all the repair work at my 55 year old house. When we got a leak around the window that ruined the drywall (because a professional did a poor job with the si… --- ## [What do Cub Scouts want to know about an airplane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cub-scouts-want-to-know-about-an-airplane/620681)
**Author:** [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cub-scouts-want-to-know-about-an-airplane/620681 "2012-05-03T23:29:22Z")
I’m a pilot and I’ll be meeting with about 10 or so Cub Scouts at our local airport with my Cessna 172. I’ll discuss the outside and inside of the plane, let them sit in the pilot seat, and some basics of flight. So… … --- ## [Please translate this MRI report](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-translate-this-mri-report/620714)
**Author:** [@HotDogWater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HotDogWater)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-translate-this-mri-report/620714 "2012-05-03T23:14:39Z")
We’ve gotten the MRI report, but don’t see the ortho guy for a week. Can someone please tell us what this means? "There is a mild lateral patella tilt with mild patella alta. There is mild edema identified within Hoffa… --- ## [Which fruit do you think will become the next cure all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614 "2012-05-03T23:10:45Z")
First it was noni, bottles of overpriced noni juice where everywhere. Then mangosteen, now the current fad seems to be cactus fruit or prickley pears(which anyone who has lived in the SW US knows are common and eaten for… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1524) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1526)