# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1612 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1613 --- ## [Where you live](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-you-live/605820)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-you-live/605820 "2011-12-13T14:25:00Z")
Where do you live? --- ## [Would you accept an inheritance under these sexist conditions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-an-inheritance-under-these-sexist-conditions/605917)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-an-inheritance-under-these-sexist-conditions/605917 "2011-12-13T13:31:40Z")
(With apologies to Bob Heinlein.) Let’s say that, on your seventeenth birthday, your parents sit you down and inform that you qualify for an inheritance. Here’s the sitch: The inheritance is set up in the form of a tr… --- ## [Dial-up internet access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-internet-access/605720)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dial-up-internet-access/605720 "2011-12-13T04:14:16Z")
Do you currently use dial-up internet access? --- ## [Help me stabilize stadium seats. Please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-stabilize-stadium-seats-please/605945)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-stabilize-stadium-seats-please/605945 "2011-12-13T04:13:38Z")
Remember Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium? Well, I have a coupla seats. I would like to use them in my “man-cave” along with my 1900 dentist chair, skychair, futon, and papasan chair. (I have an odd-chair fetish). How… --- ## [My friend tried to kill himself...what more can I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-tried-to-kill-himself-what-more-can-i-do/605895)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-friend-tried-to-kill-himself-what-more-can-i-do/605895 "2011-12-13T03:37:36Z")
This morning I received a call from my friend who I hadn’t seen in over a year. I know him from a job we had 5 years ago, though he worked in a different office so we didn’t interact face-to-face very often. Though we’ve… --- ## [I seek medical advice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seek-medical-advice/605973)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seek-medical-advice/605973 "2011-12-13T02:32:52Z")
I have been to a doctor! Today I was forced to go to the doctor because a mole that I’ve had for all my life grew over the weekend. Doctor said it’s fine but while I was there I decided to have him take a look at my to… --- ## [Do you wake up in bits and pieces or all at once?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-bits-and-pieces-or-all-at-once/605543)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wake-up-in-bits-and-pieces-or-all-at-once/605543 "2011-12-13T02:25:07Z")
Different parts of me wake up and fall asleep at different rates. When I wake up, my brain is the first to wake up (passing through the classic ‘blargh? what the hell time/day is it?’ state). My mouth is often the last t… --- ## [Somebody "unfriended" me on FaceBook last night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-unfriended-me-on-facebook-last-night/605812)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/somebody-unfriended-me-on-facebook-last-night/605812 "2011-12-13T01:11:05Z")
And I don’t know why! Since I found the Straight Dope I’ve been way less controversial. Because I have a better voice here. The hell of it is, I really enjoyed her posts. She has two grown sons, as do I. She’s sligh… --- ## [How do you determine if laptop graphics are good enough for gaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-determine-if-laptop-graphics-are-good-enough-for-gaming/605191)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-determine-if-laptop-graphics-are-good-enough-for-gaming/605191 "2011-12-13T01:05:56Z")
I am in the market for a laptop and looking to spend an amount of money that would give me one that has integrated graphics rather than a dedicated graphics card. Probably in the $400 range but if it is worth it I’d go u… --- ## [How do you phrase the 2nd person plural](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-phrase-the-2nd-person-plural/605672)
**Author:** [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-phrase-the-2nd-person-plural/605672 "2011-12-13T00:51:15Z")
Question as in title really. And supplementary question - if you use “you” for both first and second person plural, does it make it awkward to phrase some questions? --- ## [Can of food expires Dec, 2011. Should I donate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-of-food-expires-dec-2011-should-i-donate-it/605935)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-of-food-expires-dec-2011-should-i-donate-it/605935 "2011-12-13T00:26:18Z")
So, I have this can of fruit cocktail, which I inherited from a former roommate. I do not like and will not eat canned fruit cocktail, so it’s been sitting around for some time. The “Best By” date is this month. At work,… --- ## [How aggressively do you drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-drive/605026)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-drive/605026 "2011-12-13T00:25:24Z")
When driving a vehicle (car, truck, SUV, crossover, etc) how aggressively do you drive and what are some of the side-effects? --- ## [Did you ever have sex with a sibling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-sex-with-a-sibling/214920)
**Author:** [@nisosbar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nisosbar)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-have-sex-with-a-sibling/214920 "2011-12-12T23:55:36Z")
I’m reading this weird (I think) book, The Carnivorous Lamb, by Agustin Gomez-Arcos, about a sheltered boy’s young life in Spain during Franco’s rule, and he’s in love with his older brother, Antonio, who is also madly i… --- ## [How hard is it to learn Lock-Picking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-learn-lock-picking/605823)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-hard-is-it-to-learn-lock-picking/605823 "2011-12-12T23:42:41Z")
I have thought about learning how to pick locks for some time now. It seems like a nice little eye-hand skill thing to pick up. There are some videos out there, and plenty of books. I thought I might get some tools and … --- ## [Do you dig freckles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dig-freckles/605674)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-dig-freckles/605674 "2011-12-12T23:01:30Z")
Based on this post. I think freckles on women are hot. Women don’t seem to like having them in my experience. I have no idea how women feel about freckles on men. (everybody please substitute ‘men’ and ‘women’ with ‘you’… --- ## [My daughter's mother died....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-mother-died/605821)
**Author:** [@Emergency911](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emergency911)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughters-mother-died/605821 "2011-12-12T22:10:22Z")
The question is below, but first a little background, I have a thirteen (almost 14) year old daughter. Her mother and I were married; but we divorced almost 12 years ago. My ex and I had managed to forge a good friends… --- ## [Grrr...how to keep a toddler from hitting, and how to keep a spouse from being depressed about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-how-to-keep-a-toddler-from-hitting-and-how-to-keep-a-spouse-from-being-depressed-about-it/605804)
**Author:** [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grrr-how-to-keep-a-toddler-from-hitting-and-how-to-keep-a-spouse-from-being-depressed-about-it/605804 "2011-12-12T22:05:23Z")
Question in the title. Our kid 21 months old - prime hitting stage territory. We don’t spank, and we give time-outs in response to hitting, but he still does it. Now, a couple of things: He doesn’t hit me. I don’t… --- ## [Wedding Rings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-rings/605892)
**Author:** [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-rings/605892 "2011-12-12T21:25:59Z")
How often do you wear your wedding ring? --- ## [Ethical dilemma...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-dilemma/605925)
**Author:** [@Kasper1014](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kasper1014)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethical-dilemma/605925 "2011-12-12T20:00:29Z")
Hi! Here’s my situation… Back in August, my family planned a Christmas Fl trip. We are doing the Disney and Harry Potter thing. All kids excited. Then in Oct, I ended up having emergency surgery. I don’t have the all c… --- ## [Have you ever filed a malpractice suit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-filed-a-malpractice-suit/605845)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-filed-a-malpractice-suit/605845 "2011-12-12T18:36:45Z")
Inspired by this thread: Stupidest advice ever given to you by a Doctor where the comment was made that several of the thread’s posters could/should have sued (and in my post I said I tried), I wondered how many posters … --- ## [Boulder area dopers - Christmas present advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boulder-area-dopers-christmas-present-advice/605882)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boulder-area-dopers-christmas-present-advice/605882 "2011-12-12T18:25:10Z")
My extended family does a name drawing thing for Christmas. This year, I am supposed to get something for some relatives who live in the Boulder, CO area. I don’t know them well at all - haven’t seen them in years - so I… --- ## [Sell parents' house as is or fix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-parents-house-as-is-or-fix/486628)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-parents-house-as-is-or-fix/486628 "2011-12-12T17:53:37Z")
So, should we try to sell my parents’ house as is or fix the most obvious problems? Background, mom & dad need to move into assisted living. Their biggest asset is their house. However, the house has fallen into a bit… --- ## [Recommend a shampoo for kids with oily hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-shampoo-for-kids-with-oily-hair/596873)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-shampoo-for-kids-with-oily-hair/596873 "2011-12-12T17:12:21Z")
My kids are 10 and 12. Both have long hair, and although they wash it every day, their hair still looks oily by mid-day. (They shower at night, so it’s not immediate, but you can definitely tell by the time they come hom… --- ## [Help! Iphone problem!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iphone-problem/605454)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-iphone-problem/605454 "2011-12-12T17:07:20Z")
The net on my Iphone froze, and is stuck on google search but won’t search anything! I tried to tap but safari is unresponsive…what should I do? --- ## [Help me buy a TV, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-tv-please/603553)
**Author:** [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-tv-please/603553 "2011-12-12T16:32:06Z")
We’ve been able to avoid having a TV for a really long time, about 9 years, maybe more, since my spouse Imp of the Perverse killed our cathode ray version\* with a death glare. Since then we’ve pretty much downloaded stuf… --- ## [Kindle questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-questions/605704)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-questions/605704 "2011-12-12T14:59:20Z")
A friend has been in and out of hospitals and assisted care facilities for several months. It really sucks. Today, she mentioned that she wished she had a laptop or an ebook reader. I’ve been looking at Kindles and my… --- ## [Ladies: Show Us Your Nipples! Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-show-us-your-nipples-redux/604360)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-show-us-your-nipples-redux/604360 "2011-12-12T14:54:25Z")
The female breast is one of nature’s exquisite successes, and in my experience (both personal and pornographic), the nipple thereon appears in near infinite variety. Big ones, small ones, long ones, short ones, pink one… --- ## [Question about Tooth Extraction Complication(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tooth-extraction-complication-s/605673)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-tooth-extraction-complication-s/605673 "2011-12-12T14:39:39Z")
My spouse broke/cracked a tooth about 20 years ago. The damage was repaired by a root canal. At the time, he was told that it should hold together about 15-20 years. About three months ago he started having problems w… --- ## [People who hate atheists just for their beliefs are bigots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-hate-atheists-just-for-their-beliefs-are-bigots/604988)
**Author:** [@Untoward\_Parable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Untoward_Parable)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-hate-atheists-just-for-their-beliefs-are-bigots/604988 "2011-12-12T13:55:16Z")
So I was getting into the debate about the survey that said that religious people found atheist to be as untrustworthy as known rapists. There have been a number of other studies over the years revealing people’s unbridl… --- ## [Should I call the police on this guy, why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-police-on-this-guy-why-or-why-not/600806)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-call-the-police-on-this-guy-why-or-why-not/600806 "2011-12-12T11:44:35Z")
I have an acquaintance for whom I alternately feel sympathy for - she is legitimately disabled and lives on $714 a month - and frustration - she allows her 34-year old son and his girlfriend to live in her house without… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1611) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1613)