# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1594 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1595 --- ## [Dylan Ratigan has a cocaine problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylan-ratigan-has-a-cocaine-problem/609026)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dylan-ratigan-has-a-cocaine-problem/609026 "2012-01-11T03:40:03Z")
I just watched Dylan Ratigan as a guest on “The Rachel Maddow Show” on MSNBC, and WOW! :eek: The “interview” or rabid soliliquy (as I would call it) with him was hard to watch. He was clearly geeked up on something pre… --- ## [Long post, splitting up-need advice fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-post-splitting-up-need-advice-fast/608977)
**Author:** [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-post-splitting-up-need-advice-fast/608977 "2012-01-11T01:25:55Z")
I’ve been a lurker since early 2001, so I feel like I know a lot of you even though you don’t know me. I need help! In 2003 I married a severly disturbed woman during a time when I was deeply depressed. Now I’m getting b… --- ## [Confused on this? Any advice? \[gun rights and mental illness\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-on-this-any-advice-gun-rights-and-mental-illness/608849)
**Author:** [@Tugman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tugman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-on-this-any-advice-gun-rights-and-mental-illness/608849 "2012-01-11T01:25:21Z")
I’m wondering if I have lost my gun rights. Any advice on this will help. Back in 2006 in my freshman year of High School, the school sent me to a mental institution. Yet I was allowed to show up on my own. No police or… --- ## [Spam email- what on earth is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-what-on-earth-is-this/608720)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-email-what-on-earth-is-this/608720 "2012-01-10T23:21:12Z")
I received an email message with the normal nonsense about flogging something cheaper than shops. It started: “It has come to my attention that you might have an interest in purchasing the operating system Windows 7 Ul… --- ## [Need a clever name for a weight loss challenge team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398)
**Author:** [@FlippyFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlippyFly)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-clever-name-for-a-weight-loss-challenge-team/476398 "2012-01-10T22:12:11Z")
I need a clever name for a weight loss challenge team. There are four of us on the team. Any ideas? --- ## [Agressive dog update, plus Gassy dog question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agressive-dog-update-plus-gassy-dog-question/608962)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agressive-dog-update-plus-gassy-dog-question/608962 "2012-01-10T19:58:54Z")
Hello Everyone Again, My previous thread about our aggressive Chow http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=637255 seemed to have some interest so I wanted to update those interested. The Chow/Shepherd was n… --- ## [Recommend some good Wiper Blades?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-wiper-blades/609071)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-wiper-blades/609071 "2012-01-10T19:48:19Z")
Many, many moons ago I bought a set of wiper blades for my Dodge Aries from a TV ad. They were made of some then-new material and never wore down or lost their abilities even when used to slowly scrape ice off of a froz… --- ## [What's the worst part of painting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-part-of-painting/608984)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-part-of-painting/608984 "2012-01-10T19:23:20Z")
The whole process is a pain in the ass, but what part do you hate most? The blue tape? The speckles in your hair from the roller? Drips on the floor from the paintbrush? I’m torn between the taping off, and the removal … --- ## [Where should I shop for men's clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-shop-for-mens-clothes/609060)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-shop-for-mens-clothes/609060 "2012-01-10T19:11:32Z")
I want to get a new wardrobe. For background, I’m 45 and living full time in the US for the first time in a few years. For most of this century, I’ve been living in places like Aceh Indonesia, Kabul and Baghdad, all of… --- ## [Little gunner boy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-gunner-boy/607899)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-gunner-boy/607899 "2012-01-10T18:04:49Z")
In general, should there be a minimum age at which a child be allowed to shoot a BB gun under close supervision? Peace, mangeorge --- ## [Lawyer jokes. Any good ones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-jokes-any-good-ones/608435)
**Author:** [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-jokes-any-good-ones/608435 "2012-01-10T15:41:11Z")
I’m not finding anything funny. I do like the joke about how do you know a pianist won’t be struck a second time by lightning like his fingers. Or the violist who wondered how that trill in Fuer Elise was played so fas… --- ## [I like Romney's relatives a lot bettter than him.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-romneys-relatives-a-lot-bettter-than-him/608969)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-romneys-relatives-a-lot-bettter-than-him/608969 "2012-01-10T15:12:46Z")
Interesting report on Romney’s family in Mexico. The Romney family moved to Mexico over a hundred years ago and founded a Mormon community there. They come across as very down to earth, warm and genuine people. Ranchers… --- ## [My eating habits re sweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eating-habits-re-sweets/608919)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-eating-habits-re-sweets/608919 "2012-01-10T12:50:48Z")
This time of year (Jan thru April), there are tons of snacks (donuts, cookies, candy etc) in the kitchen at work. I completely abstain for six days and then once a week binge. Might it be particularly bad to put that … --- ## [Do you pick your nose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pick-your-nose/608580)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pick-your-nose/608580 "2012-01-10T07:05:31Z")
Poll above. I just can’t help picking my nose! It’s crusty and clogged!! I need to get it clean!!! I don’t care if people can see me (or rather, I don’t even notice people around - I NEED TO GET MY SCHNOZZ CLEAN)!! I r… --- ## [JFK v. RFK: Who was more of a womanizer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-v-rfk-who-was-more-of-a-womanizer/388365)
**Author:** [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jfk-v-rfk-who-was-more-of-a-womanizer/388365 "2012-01-10T06:57:08Z")
President John F. Kennedy has long been portrayed as a major skirt chaser, but brother Robert was hardly a slouch, thus begging that all-important historical question: Which of these Kennedy men was the more “accomplishe… --- ## [Those who originally supported Vietnam/Iraq/anyother conflict. What made you change your mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-originally-supported-vietnam-iraq-anyother-conflict-what-made-you-change-your-mind/608929)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-who-originally-supported-vietnam-iraq-anyother-conflict-what-made-you-change-your-mind/608929 "2012-01-10T04:41:43Z")
The end of the Iraq War has seen lots of retrospective and lots of posters admitting that the originally supported the war and then changed their minds.So for you, what was it? Feel free to bring up your change in attitu… --- ## [The fate of humanity is in your hands, what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-humanity-is-in-your-hands-what-do-you-do/608467)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fate-of-humanity-is-in-your-hands-what-do-you-do/608467 "2012-01-10T04:14:08Z")
Due to Act of Plot you have been granted nigh-omnipotence with the fate of Earth and/or humanity placed in your capable hands (or whatever it is posthuman weakly godlike entities have). Assume that while your personality… --- ## [Who took "Shop" in middle/high school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-took-shop-in-middle-high-school/608532)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-took-shop-in-middle-high-school/608532 "2012-01-10T03:20:12Z")
In the latest Feud thread, the question was asked “Other than math(s), what was the hardest class you took in high school?” To me the answer was easy: Shop class, which I took for one quarter in 1980. (Of course, I’m th… --- ## [how do YOU want to go out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-to-go-out/608871)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-want-to-go-out/608871 "2012-01-10T02:36:47Z")
I think there are really only two good ways to go out: quietly and painlessly in your sleep … or in such a way that you make the news. Who else is feeling morbid? Or, at minimum, witty? --- ## [Are there any good fitted sheets out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-fitted-sheets-out-there/608831)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-fitted-sheets-out-there/608831 "2012-01-09T23:14:19Z")
A few months ago, I bought some new sheets at Bed Bath and Beyond (I had a little time left over after going to Home Depot). It wasn’t long afterwards that I noticed a tear in the fitted sheet. I figured it was my faul… --- ## [CPAP users - I need some help with night time comfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-users-i-need-some-help-with-night-time-comfort/608832)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cpap-users-i-need-some-help-with-night-time-comfort/608832 "2012-01-09T23:08:50Z")
So, I’ve been using the CPAP for 6 weeks now. I noticed a difference after the first night, so I’m glad I’m on it. I have the full face mask. I was wondering how you guys deal with the discomfort of the mask itself; f… --- ## ["Little Train" of Marseille](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-train-of-marseille/608970)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-train-of-marseille/608970 "2012-01-09T22:40:25Z")
What do you call this kind of “Little Train”? --- ## [Tell me about living in Cleveland.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-cleveland/580922)
**Author:** [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-cleveland/580922 "2012-01-09T22:09:35Z")
I am interviewing for my dream job. It happens to be located in Cleveland. I don’t know anything about Cleveland. But if I get this job, I’m taking it. What are the best neighborhoods for someone to live in who is mi… --- ## [Not a fan of alcohol.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-fan-of-alcohol/608330)
**Author:** [@Acorns.but\_not\_Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acorns.but_not_Bacon)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-fan-of-alcohol/608330 "2012-01-09T22:00:19Z")
Just don’t like it, don’t particuarly like the taste or the effects of alcoholic drinks. Find it overrated. Anyone else feel the same? --- ## [Pregnant after miscarriage(s): How do you keep from going crazy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-after-miscarriage-s-how-do-you-keep-from-going-crazy/608784)
**Author:** [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnant-after-miscarriage-s-how-do-you-keep-from-going-crazy/608784 "2012-01-09T21:06:13Z")
Here I am in week 13, within spitting distance of the second trimester. I thought that making it this far without complications would help ease some of my fears, but if anything it seems worse. I’ve had three previous mi… --- ## [Ladies: How long before an attempt at online contact becomes weird and creepy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-before-an-attempt-at-online-contact-becomes-weird-and-creepy/607108)
**Author:** [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-long-before-an-attempt-at-online-contact-becomes-weird-and-creepy/607108 "2012-01-09T20:50:18Z")
In the general case: How long after a casual meeting would an online ‘Hi!’ be weird? Now, lets assume, for the sake of argument only of course, say that you met in a casual social situation, at a, for lack of a better t… --- ## [Do you (or would you) wear used clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-would-you-wear-used-clothing/556606)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-or-would-you-wear-used-clothing/556606 "2012-01-09T20:30:00Z")
I wear used clothes and have done all my life. When I was a little kid, it was hand-me-downs from cousins and friends of the family. When I was a teenager, it was groovy vintage stuff from Righteous Rags and the Goodwill… --- ## [Car Accident Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-accident-question/608693)
**Author:** [@ProbablyProcrastinating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProbablyProcrastinating)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-accident-question/608693 "2012-01-09T19:10:54Z")
In sum: I was in a car accident. The other driver was at-fault (confirmed by multiple witnesses). My '99 Corolla was totaled. Now, I cannot get the value to replace it (KBB $5,000) from either her or my insurance compan… --- ## [Freaky! I just lost 24 hours of my life . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freaky-i-just-lost-24-hours-of-my-life/608689 "2012-01-09T19:02:33Z")
As a set-up: I don’t take any drugs except for aspirin, don’t drink, I don’t believe in UFO abductions nor other paranormal nonsense and have no (known) psychiatric issues. I’m working from home this week, but keep clos… --- ## [How Much Do You Pay for Health/Dental Insurance At Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-health-dental-insurance-at-work/608712)
**Author:** [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-health-dental-insurance-at-work/608712 "2012-01-09T18:53:13Z")
Basically a question for Americans, but other feel free to chime in if you pay through work. I am in H/R and I got the increase notice for insurance at our company. Normally it’s a small increase. We have Blue Cross/Blu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1593) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1595)