# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1560 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1561 --- ## [Should I fix my car before selling it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fix-my-car-before-selling-it/614456)
**Author:** [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fix-my-car-before-selling-it/614456 "2012-03-04T21:19:08Z")
I’m getting ready to sell my car soon, a 2006 Mustang. It’s got a few minor things wrong, the predominant ones being a CD stuck in the player (OEM) and some minor body damage from parking lot dings and the like. So what… --- ## [News story seen, explaining to a child](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-story-seen-explaining-to-a-child/614696)
**Author:** [@JerriJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerriJ)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-story-seen-explaining-to-a-child/614696 "2012-03-04T21:14:33Z")
Just need a little advice. The other night, the TV was on and had a news type program on. In particular there was an older story (can’t remember anything too specific and I think it happened like 15 to 20 years ago) an… --- ## [Trustworthy Auto Service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-auto-service/614667)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trustworthy-auto-service/614667 "2012-03-04T21:06:54Z")
Do you know a trustworthy auto repair shop? It is still a shot in the dark for me to pick a place to take my car in for service that I can trust. I used to take my Hondas to this Honda dealer that was surprisingly good … --- ## [Can I salvage an old bike lock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-salvage-an-old-bike-lock/614622)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-salvage-an-old-bike-lock/614622 "2012-03-04T20:32:39Z")
I have an old Kryptonite bike lock but no key. I also have a functioning bike lock with a key, so I’m happy to donate the old one to good will, but if there’s no value anyone can extract from it without the key, I’ll la… --- ## [Tell me like I'm four about government mandated contraception coverage on insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-like-im-four-about-government-mandated-contraception-coverage-on-insurance/614607)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-like-im-four-about-government-mandated-contraception-coverage-on-insurance/614607 "2012-03-04T20:26:55Z")
I’ve avoided getting into debates because it’s a more complicated field than either side is allowing, but could somebody please get me started with objective info on what is required and of whom it is required? Does the… --- ## [Anyone here have a turtle or tortoise their whole life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-turtle-or-tortoise-their-whole-life/614619)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-a-turtle-or-tortoise-their-whole-life/614619 "2012-03-04T20:12:25Z")
My daughter is looking to get a pet tortoise, and the books we read on the subject warn us that it can be a lifetime commitment. I know in theory tortoises can be spectacularly long-lived, but I suspect in the real worl… --- ## [Is "forward-head posture" really a problem? (chiropracty)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-forward-head-posture-really-a-problem-chiropracty/613534)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-forward-head-posture-really-a-problem-chiropracty/613534 "2012-03-04T19:03:41Z")
I was flipping through youtube videos and saw several alarmist videos about the problem of forward-head posture caused by working on a computer (or poor posture in general). It was talking about how the neck vertebrae ge… --- ## [Job application: expected salary question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-expected-salary-question/614561)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-application-expected-salary-question/614561 "2012-03-04T18:48:10Z")
What should one do when confronted with the question on the job application: ‘What approximate salary would you expect for this position’? The question seems, I don’t know, like a trap. Background: this is for a teachi… --- ## [What will the next Great Person do? Will they be an Insider or an Outsider?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-next-great-person-do-will-they-be-an-insider-or-an-outsider/614355)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-next-great-person-do-will-they-be-an-insider-or-an-outsider/614355 "2012-03-04T18:48:04Z")
I heard on NPR that SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, will be making available to the public some bandwidth of their monitoring. I could just imagine some lone computer/astronomy geek coming up with a … --- ## [Do you think people can remain friends with ex'es?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-can-remain-friends-with-exes/614606)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-people-can-remain-friends-with-exes/614606 "2012-03-04T18:42:31Z")
Inspiring Thread. Not sure how to make the plural: “exes” looks kind of funny to me. Added the poll for the hell of it, but the focus here should be on the posts more than the poll questions. In my case I did manage t… --- ## [Has John Edwards finally lost his mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-john-edwards-finally-lost-his-mind/614687)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-john-edwards-finally-lost-his-mind/614687 "2012-03-04T17:37:26Z")
John Edwards doesn’t want his sex tape destroyed? :confused: What the hell has this dumb ass been smoking? They fought a court battle to take this tape away from Andrew Young and make certain it didn’t get released. T… --- ## [Anyone experienced health care in the U.S. and another country? How did they compare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-experienced-health-care-in-the-u-s-and-another-country-how-did-they-compare/613867)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-experienced-health-care-in-the-u-s-and-another-country-how-did-they-compare/613867 "2012-03-04T16:38:03Z")
Thread inspired by this fascinating article. Did you receive health care in the U.S. and another country? How did the experiences compare? --- ## [Help Us Tweak Our Vacation: Adding Philly and DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-tweak-our-vacation-adding-philly-and-dc/590089)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-tweak-our-vacation-adding-philly-and-dc/590089 "2012-03-04T16:27:27Z")
Geez, we have never had vacation plans morph so much. We decided to spend the entire month of April in the US next year. Originally, we thought we’d spend the entire time lazing around in Hawaii. Hawaii is our special pl… --- ## [Death & Beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-beer/614590)
**Author:** [@Quint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quint)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-beer/614590 "2012-03-04T13:01:30Z")
OK, so an old man is dying in the hospital. Basically he is dying of old age, but there is some dementia involved as well. He has times when he is lucid and present, times when he is in an altered reality, and times when… --- ## [How close do you feel to your 2nd or 3rd spouse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-do-you-feel-to-your-2nd-or-3rd-spouse/614647)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-close-do-you-feel-to-your-2nd-or-3rd-spouse/614647 "2012-03-04T07:28:35Z")
Something that happened, unrelated to marriage and divorce, got me thinking that perhaps people never feel as close/comfortable/bonded (not sure what the exact word is) with their second or third spouses as they did with… --- ## [Cleaning a canvas messenger bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-canvas-messenger-bag/614705)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-a-canvas-messenger-bag/614705 "2012-03-04T04:59:20Z")
I bought a cheap one from Target, and I use it for my every-other-day walks in warm weather. The problem is salt from sweat, especially on the shoulder strap. There is no care label. I asked a local dry cleaner, and th… --- ## [The term: "Render unto Caesar"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-render-unto-caesar/614671)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-term-render-unto-caesar/614671 "2012-03-04T04:55:04Z")
Is this a term that is still used only in the religious sense? Or can the modern use of this term be used on subjects that are not necessarily religious. As in: \*"…It is better to render unto Cesar rather than fight you… --- ## [The Omnibus Political Misinformation Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-political-misinformation-thread/614669)
**Author:** [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-omnibus-political-misinformation-thread/614669 "2012-03-04T04:21:17Z")
I was thinking about political misinformation. The stuff that politicians or their mouthpieces pretend is true to make a point, when it actually isn’t. Now personally, it seems to me that an awful lot of this happens on… --- ## [Looking for a good, inexpensive pre-paid mobile phone carrier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-inexpensive-pre-paid-mobile-phone-carrier/602934)
**Author:** [@Lurking\_Quahog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lurking_Quahog)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-good-inexpensive-pre-paid-mobile-phone-carrier/602934 "2012-02-29T15:53:59Z")
I haven’t seen a prepaid wireless thread in a while, and things have changed a lot over the last few years, so I thought I’d ask for some advice and experiences. My contract with Verizon Wireless is up and I’m thinking… --- ## [Wishing to connect with an old flame, but don't want to be an asshole about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-to-connect-with-an-old-flame-but-dont-want-to-be-an-asshole-about-it/611142)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wishing-to-connect-with-an-old-flame-but-dont-want-to-be-an-asshole-about-it/611142 "2012-03-04T02:11:45Z")
Background: I met her when we were teens (she seemed very familiar to me initially, tho I had no reason to think so), and we literally clicked from the very start, ended up finishing each other’s thoughts, doing stuff to… --- ## [How much older are you parents to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964 "2012-03-04T00:48:03Z")
And you were child no#? Me: Father 32 years, mother 27. First for each. --- ## ["We Are the Champions" and Firefox](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-champions-and-firefox/614305)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-the-champions-and-firefox/614305 "2012-03-04T00:13:12Z")
Does everyone hear “We Are the Champions” when restoring Firefox, or has Freddie Mercury’s ghost inhabited my Mac? --- ## [Buying a used Range Rover - am I nuts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-range-rover-am-i-nuts/614256)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-used-range-rover-am-i-nuts/614256 "2012-03-03T23:32:23Z")
The automobiles in the Cheesesteak household are getting rather long in the tooth (one is old enough to get a Learner’s Permit, the other is waxing philosophic about the good old days in High School) it’s time to upgrade… --- ## [As a full-on, hard-left liberal, I have been forced to reevaluate some views.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-full-on-hard-left-liberal-i-have-been-forced-to-reevaluate-some-views/614581)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-full-on-hard-left-liberal-i-have-been-forced-to-reevaluate-some-views/614581 "2012-03-03T22:20:44Z")
So I figure this goes here, although depending on how the discussion goes, it might need to go to GD, or even MPSIMS. I was reading this thread because I didn’t know the answer, actually, and had just dismissed the issu… --- ## [Help me choose a printer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-printer/614398)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-printer/614398 "2012-03-03T20:40:27Z")
A couple of years ago, I bought a Canon printer (MP560 series). It does (or claims to) printing, scanning and copying. It is a Wi-Fi networked printer. Or used to be. It has the most mysterious user interface that I … --- ## [Stop arguing with me -- I AGREE WITH YOU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-arguing-with-me-i-agree-with-you/614475)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-arguing-with-me-i-agree-with-you/614475 "2012-03-03T19:58:14Z")
I’ve been assigned a new project at work, which necessitates working very closely with one other person – we’re co-partners on the project. She’s wonderful, a work friend, and I admire her work ethic. But when we’re dis… --- ## [How do American Gun Laws Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-american-gun-laws-work/614515)
**Author:** [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-american-gun-laws-work/614515 "2012-03-03T19:32:08Z")
Just curious. Here’s the procedure as a Canadian: Guns are divided into 3 different categories: Non-Restricted: Rifles and shotguns. You need a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) to acquire one of these. In order… --- ## [What's so great about the lotus position, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-lotus-position-anyway/614521)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-lotus-position-anyway/614521 "2012-03-03T18:52:46Z")
I did it a few times in my teens for fun, and it just made my feet fall asleep. Can people maintain this position without that happening? --- ## [I'm giving away temporal tickets - to Auschwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-temporal-tickets-to-auschwitz/614428)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-giving-away-temporal-tickets-to-auschwitz/614428 "2012-03-03T17:17:48Z")
Based off Wordman’s comments in my previous thread. I’ve reconfigured my time machine to add a new location - the infamous Arbeit Matcht Frei gates of Auschwitz I at a random time in 1943-44. This time you’ll stay for on… --- ## [Networking certification recomendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/networking-certification-recomendations/614638)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/networking-certification-recomendations/614638 "2012-03-03T15:09:34Z")
I want to acquire a basic certification in small to medium size networking. What reading material should I get and what certification programs are available, preferably onlibe because I don’t think there are many certif… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1559) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1561)