# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1565 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1566 --- ## [Gun People, A question about registration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-people-a-question-about-registration/613905)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-people-a-question-about-registration/613905 "2012-02-25T19:00:43Z")
All these recent gun threads have got me motivated to go back to the range and start shooting again. It’s been 10+ years, so I am signed up for a class on March 3. I’m very excited. I am going to ask this same question a… --- ## [A Very Odd Phone Call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-odd-phone-call/613633)
**Author:** [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-odd-phone-call/613633 "2012-02-24T22:14:47Z")
I just got a really strange phone call… showed up on my caller ID as ‘Unassignes’, the # is 206-456-0661. It was a guy with a thick Middle Eastern accent who said it was a call from ‘Microcell’. He said his name was Mike… --- ## [Do you understand Yelp's filtering process?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-understand-yelps-filtering-process/613956)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-understand-yelps-filtering-process/613956 "2012-02-25T18:06:23Z")
I understand the need to distinguish reviews by people with an “agenda” from other more legitimate reviews - no question. But I’ve watched their video explanation twice now, and it doesn’t seem to do a very good job of … --- ## [Why aren't middle school girls' sports as well attended as boys'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-middle-school-girls-sports-as-well-attended-as-boys/613704)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-middle-school-girls-sports-as-well-attended-as-boys/613704 "2012-02-25T17:50:34Z")
I teach at a public school that includes grades 7 and 8. We have the standard sports except football, which is played through a league in the city. I try to go to at least one game per season for every sport. Consiste… --- ## [Travel advice needed: Ft. Lauderdale Spring Break](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-advice-needed-ft-lauderdale-spring-break/613831)
**Author:** [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-advice-needed-ft-lauderdale-spring-break/613831 "2012-02-25T17:33:00Z")
I don’t know what I was thinking, but I booked a flight into Ft. Lauderdale on 3/17, landing at 9 pm. Every hotel room around the airport is either booked, or way out of my price range. I’m just looking for a clean, quie… --- ## [New baby Swedish princess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby-swedish-princess/613916)
**Author:** [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-baby-swedish-princess/613916 "2012-02-25T17:13:51Z")
Princess Estelle was born yesterday: I remember her mom’s wedding. The wedding dress almost as gorgeous as the groom. Interestingly Sweden has abolished male preferences in the succession laws. So the baby will follow … --- ## [LA to San Francisco trip ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-to-san-francisco-trip-ideas/613856)
**Author:** [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/la-to-san-francisco-trip-ideas/613856 "2012-02-25T07:41:30Z")
I’m looking for trip suggestions for a vacation in April. We want to fly into LA stay a couple nights and then rent a car to drive to San Francisco flying home from there. If I allow for 3 days for the drive up the coast… --- ## [I'm Thinking About Buying A Gun, Reccomendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-about-buying-a-gun-reccomendations/613065)
**Author:** [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-thinking-about-buying-a-gun-reccomendations/613065 "2012-02-25T04:45:42Z")
So I had a long talk with a law enforcement officer about home protection. He reccomended a small pistol. A 380 or like that. I looked at several websites and liked the Smith & Wesson 380 Bodyguard… Now I don’t know … --- ## [What is the best form of birth control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-form-of-birth-control/613691)
**Author:** [@SDMBKL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SDMBKL)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-form-of-birth-control/613691 "2012-02-25T03:11:44Z")
Choose an option from the poll. :smiley: --- ## [What's the second-last digit of your phone number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-second-last-digit-of-your-phone-number/613876)
**Author:** [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-second-last-digit-of-your-phone-number/613876 "2012-02-25T02:14:39Z")
I’m just interested to see how this is distributed. One would think it will be a uniform distribution, but it may be that it isn’t and if so then we have something exciting to investigate! (I do have a couple of reasons… --- ## [Poll: Should this TX teacher have been fired for telling a student to "Go back to Mexico"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-this-tx-teacher-have-been-fired-for-telling-a-student-to-go-back-to-mexico/613272)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-should-this-tx-teacher-have-been-fired-for-telling-a-student-to-go-back-to-mexico/613272 "2012-02-24T22:41:43Z")
I’ll give my opinion in the thread, but for the OP I’ll link to the story (for other links google Shirley Bunn Mexico suspended) and try to stick to just the facts: Shirley Bunn, 63, is a junior high math teacher in Arl… --- ## [When can children be allowed to roam on their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-children-be-allowed-to-roam-on-their-own/613575)
**Author:** [@bashere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bashere)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-can-children-be-allowed-to-roam-on-their-own/613575 "2012-02-24T22:16:35Z")
I live in Toronto. I have a ten-year old son who will be going to Summer Camp this Summer. To get home from Summer camp, he would have to go to a subway station located directly outside the place he’s going, travel one… --- ## [Help! What do I get for a Bar Mitzvah?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-do-i-get-for-a-bar-mitzvah/613803)
**Author:** [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-what-do-i-get-for-a-bar-mitzvah/613803 "2012-02-24T22:08:29Z")
I’ve been invited to the Bar Mitzvah of the son of some friends of my parents. These people are lovely, and they were the first people to welcome us to the area when we moved, so I feel obligated to go. However, I don’… --- ## [knee injury ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-injury/613864)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-injury/613864 "2012-02-24T22:05:53Z")
How much more recovery would the 1st injury require vs. the 2nd 1.Tear: Medial Cruciate Ligament, Posterior Cruciate Ligament, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Lateral Cruciate Ligament 2.Tear: Quadricep Tendon, Patella Ten… --- ## [How often do you get caught staring where you shouldn't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-caught-staring-where-you-shouldnt/613680)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-get-caught-staring-where-you-shouldnt/613680 "2012-02-24T21:45:13Z")
This is for guys and ladies. Once in awhile something about another person draws our eye towards it and we get transfixed. It could be a woman’s low cut shirt, a shapely butt, or something mundane like a thread on the ba… --- ## [Throwing rice at weddings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-rice-at-weddings/613789)
**Author:** [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-rice-at-weddings/613789 "2012-02-24T20:32:46Z")
I was told not to throw rice as it aint good for the pigeons. Does anyone care about rock doves? Fuck them and the seagull they flew in on. --- ## [Streaming video service recommendations please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-service-recommendations-please/613753)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/streaming-video-service-recommendations-please/613753 "2012-02-24T20:31:27Z")
I may be going out of town for an extended business trip. I’ll be working long hours, possibly 7 days a week. As a result, what little time I do have off will probably be spent holed up in my hotel room. Hotel entertainm… --- ## [Medical Dopers, does this neuropathy clinic sound legit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-does-this-neuropathy-clinic-sound-legit/613847)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-dopers-does-this-neuropathy-clinic-sound-legit/613847 "2012-02-24T19:19:45Z")
I need opinions from the medical Dopers…doctors, nurses, EMTs, whatever. My partner supervenusfreak suffers from severe neuropathy pain on a regular basis. It’s so bad there are nights he can’t even sleep because of it. … --- ## [Intuit Payment Network - anyone use it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intuit-payment-network-anyone-use-it/613854)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intuit-payment-network-anyone-use-it/613854 "2012-02-24T19:07:54Z")
I’m looking into this to pay our seasonal contract employees and wonder if any Dopers have experience with it, either on the send or receipt side. It looks great -enter your vendor invoice in Quickbooks, select Payment … --- ## [Most tasteless thing about Whitney's Funeral?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tasteless-thing-about-whitneys-funeral/613479)
**Author:** [@CTburns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CTburns)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-tasteless-thing-about-whitneys-funeral/613479 "2012-02-24T19:07:21Z")
I didn’t watch Whitney’s funeral nor did I follow much of the coverage, but from what I have seen there were many tasteless or classless things that occurred. Whether it was Bobby Brown storming out over a seating issue… --- ## [Weight loss question - what's the best way to lose max lbs. in a six-month period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-question-whats-the-best-way-to-lose-max-lbs-in-a-six-month-period/605829)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-question-whats-the-best-way-to-lose-max-lbs-in-a-six-month-period/605829 "2012-02-24T17:09:45Z")
I am considering entering a weight loss competition that begins in January and ends six months later. There is a substantial prize for the man and woman who lose the largest percentage of body weight. It will be well-re… --- ## [Is "chink in the armor" an offensive racist term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chink-in-the-armor-an-offensive-racist-term/613563)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chink-in-the-armor-an-offensive-racist-term/613563 "2012-02-24T16:53:25Z")
In light of the whole CNN Jeremy Lin brouhaha. --- ## [Strangers in the office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-in-the-office/613667)
**Author:** [@Monkey\_Saber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Saber)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangers-in-the-office/613667 "2012-02-24T16:34:00Z")
The title for this one, is kind of tough. Strangers in this case could be coworkers, or people off the street… I work in an office building in Downtown Chicago, there are 20+ floors and 4 businesses in the building. For… --- ## [I was threatened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened/611235)
**Author:** [@Soggot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soggot)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened/611235 "2012-02-24T15:17:17Z")
Okay so I just made this account to ask this question. This kid was walking around school calling me a slut every time he saw me because his friend doesn’t like me. One day, I just snapped and called him a fat ginger. (l… --- ## [Is there a tactful way to tell someone that they have bad breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tactful-way-to-tell-someone-that-they-have-bad-breath/613526)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-tactful-way-to-tell-someone-that-they-have-bad-breath/613526 "2012-02-24T14:58:38Z")
The question is pretty much in the title, but to clarify, I’m not talking about temporary onion breath or something like that. I’m talking about the smell that seems to come with a bad tooth or bad innards or I don’t kno… --- ## [Tell me about your affair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-affair/613679)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-affair/613679 "2012-02-24T14:33:19Z")
For the record, I am a happily married mother of two who has never had an affair and has no intentions of having one in the future. However, I’m also not particularly judgemental of those who have, for the most part, an… --- ## [Translating Book of Family History](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-book-of-family-history/612499)
**Author:** [@Tracyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracyfish)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translating-book-of-family-history/612499 "2012-02-24T13:10:34Z")
My grandpa mailed me a book of our family history, but it’s in Norwegian. I’ve scanned it into the computer and have it saved as a PDF. How do I find someone to translate it? I’ve been doing some searches online but a… --- ## [Have you ever successfully made yourself like someone who irritates you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-successfully-made-yourself-like-someone-who-irritates-you/613774)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-successfully-made-yourself-like-someone-who-irritates-you/613774 "2012-02-24T12:25:12Z")
I’m having a sort of weird problem: I cannot stand one of my coworkers, who is also dating one of my best friends (I know, awkward). We sort of rubbed each other wrong from the beginning, and things have gotten increasin… --- ## [How much do you care about your physical environment where you work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-care-about-your-physical-environment-where-you-work/613528)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-care-about-your-physical-environment-where-you-work/613528 "2012-02-24T11:36:53Z")
I recently visited an office that would have been my version of Hell if I actually had to work there every day. It was in a basement, so no windows anywhere. The managers had cubes with short walls, the kind where you ca… --- ## [10 year old Bichon Frise (dog): Un-spayed. Estrous Cycle. Lots of blood. Problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-bichon-frise-dog-un-spayed-estrous-cycle-lots-of-blood-problem/613224)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-year-old-bichon-frise-dog-un-spayed-estrous-cycle-lots-of-blood-problem/613224 "2012-02-24T10:31:22Z")
I tried to make the title as descriptive as possible. Our 10 year old un-spayed bichon is bleeding more than she ever has. Usually it’s drops here and there, manageable by sequestering her into the laundry room, or put… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1564) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1566)