# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1626 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1627 --- ## [Is there a chance that my kid has a reading problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-chance-that-my-kid-has-a-reading-problem/603753)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-chance-that-my-kid-has-a-reading-problem/603753 "2011-11-23T18:25:52Z")
I have concerns about my nine-year old’s reading abilities, but I don’t know much about what’s normal for 9yos in general. I know we have some elementary school teachers and people who have experience with reading/writin… --- ## [Sex is good, unless it is your daughter that is having it...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-is-good-unless-it-is-your-daughter-that-is-having-it/603543)
**Author:** [@Bannedit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bannedit)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-is-good-unless-it-is-your-daughter-that-is-having-it/603543 "2011-11-23T17:10:42Z")
I apologize ahead of time for bouncing around from thought to thought… My 17 year old daughter wants to go on “the pill”. She went to her mom a few days ago and asked about getting an appointment with the doctor. On o… --- ## [Did you get sick from your flu shot this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-sick-from-your-flu-shot-this-year/599964)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-sick-from-your-flu-shot-this-year/599964 "2011-11-23T16:56:59Z")
My mom and I have been getting flu shots annually for over 25 years. She was a hospital worker (anesthetist) and it was required. This was the first year that she got feverish and chills for a day afterward. It’s never… --- ## [Visiting someone in the hospital?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-someone-in-the-hospital/603595)
**Author:** [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-someone-in-the-hospital/603595 "2011-11-23T16:48:58Z")
I have a question: today an acquaintance got in a really bad car wreck, their car is totaled & they are in the hospital. Although, I am not really cool with this person, I still feel really bad and feel obligated to go a… --- ## [So we're thinking of visiting the US...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-thinking-of-visiting-the-us/603709)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-thinking-of-visiting-the-us/603709 "2011-11-23T13:55:08Z")
… where should Mrs. Cat and I go and what should we do? So far, we’re thinking of visiting San Francisco, LA and Las Vegas. Generally, the plan is to rent a car and drive around. Thinking of visiting the Grand Canyon, … --- ## [To wrap or not to wrap? (Christmas presents)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-wrap-or-not-to-wrap-christmas-presents/603502)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-wrap-or-not-to-wrap-christmas-presents/603502 "2011-11-23T13:28:13Z")
Having just spent the past hour or so wrapping presents I recalled a bone of contention I have with my sister-in-law. Basically, she doesn’t believe in wrapping presents! She thinks is more fun for children to see all t… --- ## [Did you waste college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-waste-college/603219)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-waste-college/603219 "2011-11-23T12:52:54Z")
I did. I went to an Ivy League college, on full academic scholarship, graduated with a good GPA and I won a competitive fellowship at graduation–but I feel I wasted the chance to get an education during my four years. I… --- ## [What are we going to do about uppity black women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-uppity-black-women/603780)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-we-going-to-do-about-uppity-black-women/603780 "2011-11-23T12:38:03Z")
Rush Limbaugh has some thoughts --- ## [If you could relocate a town/city to a different place, which would it be and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-relocate-a-town-city-to-a-different-place-which-would-it-be-and-why/603807)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-relocate-a-town-city-to-a-different-place-which-would-it-be-and-why/603807 "2011-11-23T12:36:52Z")
If I could uproot Tucson, AZ and relocate it somewhere like… say, between Cleveland and Rochester… I’d totally live there. For the rules of this thread, the things you like about the city would stay the same. For exampl… --- ## [How many rings? \[on your fingers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rings-on-your-fingers/603650)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-rings-on-your-fingers/603650 "2011-11-23T12:28:32Z")
Inspiring thread which confounded my expectations and is about a different kind of ring. --- ## [What happened to my nose? (humorous speculation, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-nose-humorous-speculation-please/603747)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-my-nose-humorous-speculation-please/603747 "2011-11-23T12:13:06Z")
My nose hurts. It feels bruised right across the bridge. No discoloration, possibly a little swelling. The only other time I recall my nose feeling like this my son, a toddler at the time, in a moment of unbridled exu… --- ## [Kindle Opinions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-opinions/602220)
**Author:** [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-opinions/602220 "2011-11-23T10:29:06Z")
Hey everyone, I’m sure we’ve covered this road quite a bit in these parts but I figured with the holidays coming we could make another stab at it. I’m considering buying a Kindle for my g/f for Xmas this year. I’m think… --- ## [Age to put your daughter on birth control?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-to-put-your-daughter-on-birth-control/603784)
**Author:** [@strumtesco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strumtesco)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/age-to-put-your-daughter-on-birth-control/603784 "2011-11-23T03:16:10Z")
I have a 13(almost 14) yr old daughter. At least one of her classmates is already pregnant. Most of them have boyfriends and a handfull of them are on birth control (so I have heard/been told). My daughter is not asking… --- ## [Do You Change Your Car's Oil Yourself?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-change-your-cars-oil-yourself/603653)
**Author:** [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-change-your-cars-oil-yourself/603653 "2011-11-23T02:55:31Z")
I just changed the oil on one of our vehicles. It was past due and I had been putting it off for some time. While I was tending to the task, two neighbors separately inquired as to why I was doing it this way rather th… --- ## [Brand new mattress damaged, what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-mattress-damaged-what-would-you-do/603822)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brand-new-mattress-damaged-what-would-you-do/603822 "2011-11-23T02:38:34Z")
I am moving into a larger apartment in my building. Two weekends ago I bought a mattress/box-spring set for about $600 and had them delivered up to the new apartment. The delivery guys put together the frame and put the… --- ## [Finding a teaching job overseas (science, not ESL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-teaching-job-overseas-science-not-esl/603560)
**Author:** [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-teaching-job-overseas-science-not-esl/603560 "2011-11-23T02:32:43Z")
I am a certified science teacher for 4th-8th grade and this is my 7th year teaching. I love teaching and consider myself a successful teacher (I was the district teacher of the year for my district last year), and see my… --- ## [Fish folks: what's your favorite (semi?)aggressive FRESHwater fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-folks-whats-your-favorite-semi-aggressive-freshwater-fish/603087)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-folks-whats-your-favorite-semi-aggressive-freshwater-fish/603087 "2011-11-23T02:15:58Z")
I have a tank with some tiger barbs, a rainbow shark … and some shrimp. Now, I’ve kept tigers before. They are mean %&\*#s, and so are the rainbow sharks. I’ve also had shrimp - ghost shrimp, five or six for a dollar. Th… --- ## [What's going on with people that are 'Twists'/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-people-that-are-twists/603779)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-people-that-are-twists/603779 "2011-11-23T02:05:03Z")
I was watching Devil recently for about the 6th time, and I started wondering about people who are ‘twists’ as described by the Mechanic. That is, he’s describing former platoon mates where there would always be at leas… --- ## [What if Israel attacks Iran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-israel-attacks-iran/602155)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-israel-attacks-iran/602155 "2011-11-23T01:44:56Z")
Assuming it does, what happens next? Mod: Edited title to make it less alarming. --- ## [What does "necessarily" mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-necessarily-mean-to-you/603776)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-necessarily-mean-to-you/603776 "2011-11-23T00:56:13Z")
Please indulge this probably-needless poll. --- ## [Parody or Real](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-or-real/603636)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parody-or-real/603636 "2011-11-23T00:30:04Z")
I swear, there ought to be a book that just reprints stupid letters to the editor. Over here, about the third letter down is a note to the Sacramento Bee. It demands the media stop covering protestors. That will put a st… --- ## [Why would I suddenly be getting bleeding noses when I cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-suddenly-be-getting-bleeding-noses-when-i-cry/603773)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-suddenly-be-getting-bleeding-noses-when-i-cry/603773 "2011-11-22T21:31:52Z")
I have a regular appointment with my doctor coming up so I’ll ask her then (I’m not super worried about this…yet), but thought someone might have a similar experience and have something to contribute. I have been under … --- ## [Anybody ever go off Effexor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-go-off-effexor/599031)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-go-off-effexor/599031 "2011-11-22T19:41:15Z")
Okay, so I’ve been taking 225mg of Effexor daily for 9 years. And sometimes I miss my dose, either for lack of planning or just Not Giving A Damn, and that very day (usually) the self-pity, suspicion and alienation that … --- ## [Merry Crispness to All!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778)
**Author:** [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-crispness-to-all/603778 "2011-11-22T19:25:04Z")
For all the Og-thankers who are tired of “Happy Holidays” or “Seasons Greetings”, let’s propose alternatives. My submission is “Merry Crispness”. It welcomes the cooler climate (a crispness in the air). It evokes baco… --- ## [Is your undergraduate degree relevant to current profession?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-undergraduate-degree-relevant-to-current-profession/603471)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-undergraduate-degree-relevant-to-current-profession/603471 "2011-11-22T19:13:01Z")
I’ve met some people whose lives followed the ivory tower track: undergraduate degree in X, graduate degree in X, research position in X. I’ve also met plenty of people whose lives diverged wildly after graduating from … --- ## [Should I bother suing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bother-suing/603705)
**Author:** [@forgottenstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/forgottenstar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-bother-suing/603705 "2011-11-22T18:18:22Z")
Im in the process of collecting all of my medical records from various doctors over the past 4-5 years.Today, I picked up a file from one of those doctors and found some information that, to be blunt, pissed me the eff o… --- ## [What if...Mars had been just like earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mars-had-been-just-like-earth/603757)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-mars-had-been-just-like-earth/603757 "2011-11-22T17:34:26Z")
So…let’s say that Mars had been just like earth – teeming with life, millions of species. And in fact, it has a sentient species, whose technological progress closely mirrors that of Homo sapiens. The wealth distribution… --- ## [seasonal affective disorder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasonal-affective-disorder/603632)
**Author:** [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seasonal-affective-disorder/603632 "2011-11-22T15:56:13Z")
Well, it’s that time of year again! Daylight savings time usually is the start of the season that I most dread - winter. I could deal with the cold but the lack of sunshine has a profound effect on me and I get depress… --- ## [Is it common for you to repeat yourself a lot as you grow older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-for-you-to-repeat-yourself-a-lot-as-you-grow-older/603660)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-common-for-you-to-repeat-yourself-a-lot-as-you-grow-older/603660 "2011-11-22T14:34:38Z")
A lot of the older people I know repeat the same stuff a lot, the same anecdotes, the same jokes, the same comments on stuff. Is this just the people I know or do we all tend to repeat ourselves with more frequency as we… --- ## [How to help someone with no self confidence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-someone-with-no-self-confidence/603019)
**Author:** [@Cap\_n\_Obvious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cap_n_Obvious)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-help-someone-with-no-self-confidence/603019 "2011-11-22T12:10:48Z")
I recently started dating this wonderful woman, who I’m already head over heels in love with. Her one problem is she has no self confidence. Her previous boyfriends left her an emotional wreck, to the point where she’s … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1625) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1627)