# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1643 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1644 --- ## [Help with re-finishing a dresser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-re-finishing-a-dresser/600791)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-re-finishing-a-dresser/600791 "2011-10-26T07:29:32Z")
(I thought about putting this in that Barn forum but there doesn’t seem to be much going on over there, so here it is). Short story: re-finishing an old dresser. Not particularly valuable, just wanted something to work … --- ## [My sister thinks I have post-partum depression...and I totally don't! Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-thinks-i-have-post-partum-depression-and-i-totally-dont-right/600303)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-thinks-i-have-post-partum-depression-and-i-totally-dont-right/600303 "2011-10-26T07:00:16Z")
I gave birth for the first time about 11 months ago. I’m a happy mom, I have an amazing baby, and a supportive, amazing husband. Work is great, baby goes to day care 2 days a week, husband watches her the rest of the tim… --- ## [Has anyone gotten Blockbuster movie pass](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-blockbuster-movie-pass/600815)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-gotten-blockbuster-movie-pass/600815 "2011-10-26T05:56:27Z")
Since netflix increased their prices I dropped the DVD by mail but kept the streaming service. I don’t use DVD by mail enough to spend $8/month on it, I usually only get 2-3 a month. However blockbuster movie pass is on… --- ## [How do you find an attorney?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-an-attorney/568251)
**Author:** [@boozilu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boozilu)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-find-an-attorney/568251 "2011-10-26T05:08:36Z")
My mother-in-law is looking to get a divorce and her legal residence (for tax purposes) is in Washington State. The only other people we know there are her husband’s family. Normally, I’d ask people I know for recommen… --- ## [Haters of CF lightblubs, have you tried LED's](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haters-of-cf-lightblubs-have-you-tried-leds/600404)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haters-of-cf-lightblubs-have-you-tried-leds/600404 "2011-10-26T04:49:24Z")
2 parts to this, one is why do you hate CF lighting? And the second part is if LED lighting any good for you? The reason is I hate CF lighting and have gone back to incandescent lighting, but am curious about LED light… --- ## [What Household Appliance Pooped Out On You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-appliance-pooped-out-on-you/600431)
**Author:** [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-appliance-pooped-out-on-you/600431 "2011-10-26T02:20:48Z")
I was just reading a thread about a dryer pooping out and my first thought was none of my dryers ever hit the dust on me yet; they never died but just faded away (we left them behind as we moved on). Then I wondered what… --- ## [Mouse in the room but my pets don't care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-in-the-room-but-my-pets-dont-care/600552)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mouse-in-the-room-but-my-pets-dont-care/600552 "2011-10-26T02:19:43Z")
I just figured out there’s a mouse under the chair in my bedroom. I woke up to scratching noises and droppings around the dog’s food/water dishes. The weird thing is right now both the dog and the cat are here in the roo… --- ## [What's the point of tablets/e-readers, and why might I enjoy having one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-tablets-e-readers-and-why-might-i-enjoy-having-one/600548)
**Author:** [@Toffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toffe)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-tablets-e-readers-and-why-might-i-enjoy-having-one/600548 "2011-10-26T01:36:47Z")
OK, so I’m getting curious about e-readers and tablets, due to a bunch of news I’ve been reading about them recently. Basically: what can they do, at the various price points, that I’d find useful? I mean, I have a sma… --- ## [Kid keeps drawing on the wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-keeps-drawing-on-the-wall/600615)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-keeps-drawing-on-the-wall/600615 "2011-10-26T01:09:16Z")
My four year old is too old to be doing this, I would have thought, but she keeps drawing on the wall. She seems genuinely not to comprehend that she shouldn’t be doing this, no matter in what manner we explain this to h… --- ## [Pulmonary Hypertension: Do You Have It? If So, I Need.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulmonary-hypertension-do-you-have-it-if-so-i-need/600309)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulmonary-hypertension-do-you-have-it-if-so-i-need/600309 "2011-10-26T00:37:14Z")
… your help, please. My wife has just been diagnosed with it, and I am scared to death because she is lying down as I write, and just asked me to start her oxygen. Laying down? How can she be so out of breath, and she i… --- ## [iPad or laptop for business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-or-laptop-for-business/600664)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-or-laptop-for-business/600664 "2011-10-26T00:28:14Z")
About six month ago, our family laptop broke. We have a desktop, so it was no big deal. However, now I’m working a sales job (as a 1099 employee) in the afternoons and on weekends, and I’m on my HOA’s Board of Directors,… --- ## [Teachers & instructors - what do you teach differently from how you were taught?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-instructors-what-do-you-teach-differently-from-how-you-were-taught/600793)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-instructors-what-do-you-teach-differently-from-how-you-were-taught/600793 "2011-10-25T23:59:12Z")
Back when I was in education I saw some research that suggested teachers tend to teach as they were taught, for good or for bad. While progress in pedagogy continues, teaching as a profession seems to change relatively s… --- ## [Macadamias made me puke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macadamias-made-me-puke/591883)
**Author:** [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macadamias-made-me-puke/591883 "2011-10-25T23:23:03Z")
The husband brought macadamia nuts from Hawai’i and tonite I had some, say a handful. Before I was even done eating them, I had to go throw them back up. Now, I have some food allergies, but my understanding of those i… --- ## [Surgery and pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surgery-and-pain/600324)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surgery-and-pain/600324 "2011-10-25T22:30:43Z")
I had real surgery for the first time ever this afternoon. A relatively small one, to repair a tendon in my thumb that I severed with a knife - but it was in an area full of nerves and involves pretty much flaying the ar… --- ## [Medical Lit on PDD (Autism) and masturbation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-lit-on-pdd-autism-and-masturbation/600089)
**Author:** [@RyJae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyJae)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-lit-on-pdd-autism-and-masturbation/600089 "2011-10-25T22:05:36Z")
We had a most uncomfortable visit from CPS today, they have a report that my non verbal autistic daughter is being sexually abused. Jaelyn masturbates on a consistent basis since the age of two, all her therapists have t… --- ## [Do you chat to the stranger next to you on a plane ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chat-to-the-stranger-next-to-you-on-a-plane/600442)
**Author:** [@studmuffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/studmuffin)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-chat-to-the-stranger-next-to-you-on-a-plane/600442 "2011-10-25T22:03:08Z")
Or completely ignore them for 8 hours ? I’m afraid I’m the latter, I’m not proud of it, but it’s for the best. :frowning: --- ## [WAR and POVERTY; WHAT Happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-and-poverty-what-happens/600550)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-and-poverty-what-happens/600550 "2011-10-25T21:07:03Z")
In my readings of history, I must admit that I am puzzled by modern war (in an economic sense). Take the case of Great Britain: it is said that the major collapse (of GB as a world power) after WWII, was in the main cau… --- ## [Advice Needed About Cat Dissections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-about-cat-dissections/600568)
**Author:** [@surrounded\_by\_literalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/surrounded_by_literalists)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-about-cat-dissections/600568 "2011-10-25T20:37:56Z")
I am taking an Anatomy class this semester and find myself frustrated with the fact that we are using cadaver cats for lab dissection. The required text and lab manual are for human cadavers only and do not have a cat e… --- ## [Health insurance: need help badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-need-help-badly/600282)
**Author:** [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-need-help-badly/600282 "2011-10-25T18:11:36Z")
I royally screwed up and got my COBRA cancelled. I paid several months in advance, then forgot that those months were up. Missed the grace period and it was cancelled. It would have run out in March. Making it worse, I … --- ## [OkCupid Writer by Commission - does this idea have legs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-writer-by-commission-does-this-idea-have-legs/600580)
**Author:** [@St.Elvis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Elvis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okcupid-writer-by-commission-does-this-idea-have-legs/600580 "2011-10-25T17:44:46Z")
Hello, good people on the Straight Dope! (And greetings to the neutral and evil members as well). I’ve been a longtime lurker and admirer of the Dope, and was hoping for some feedback on a harebrained but somewhat intr… --- ## [Ringback tone just for the telemarketer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringback-tone-just-for-the-telemarketer/594518)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ringback-tone-just-for-the-telemarketer/594518 "2011-10-25T17:10:36Z")
Ok, I’m looking for advice and opinion as well as factual info on this. After getting yet another telemarketing call this morning, I’m considering starting ringback service with a recording of the classic “we’re sorry t… --- ## [What are the benefits of a single-sex school?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-a-single-sex-school/600220)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-benefits-of-a-single-sex-school/600220 "2011-10-25T15:41:36Z")
A friend of mine went to a women-only college and she’s always talking about how great it was, and how she’s so happy she didn’t go to a co-ed school. Are there some benefits to going to a single-sex school, and is it re… --- ## [Hey Brits: What's with the ugly wallpaper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-whats-with-the-ugly-wallpaper/600645)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-whats-with-the-ugly-wallpaper/600645 "2011-10-25T13:19:15Z")
On every British TV show, the flats are all decorated with hideous Cold War-era wallpaper. On my trips to London, the B&Bs I stayed in had it as well. Why is this stuff still around? I’m sure the new yuppie homes must co… --- ## [Where Do you fall on the Acid Lamp political alignment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-fall-on-the-acid-lamp-political-alignment/600529)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-fall-on-the-acid-lamp-political-alignment/600529 "2011-10-25T09:48:36Z")
This poll is not about party affiliation or historical political schools. Instead I’m going to break it down into a simple left/right alignment based upon some simple principles. Please place yourself into the category t… --- ## [Do you ever have this type of dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-have-this-type-of-dream/522129)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-have-this-type-of-dream/522129 "2011-10-25T06:17:43Z")
My father and I are both golfers, and he tells me that he frequently has golfing dreams, but that they invariably revolve around his \*\*not \*\*being able to play golf: the clubhouse has lost his reservation, he can’t find … --- ## [Wilderness courses for adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilderness-courses-for-adults/600628)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wilderness-courses-for-adults/600628 "2011-10-25T04:20:08Z")
Somebody mentioned Outward Bound in the “my kid’s addicted to WOW” thread, and I thought, hey, wouldn’t that be a fun thing to do? But that’s for teenagers, isn’t it? Well, on their site they do have plenty of stuff fo… --- ## [Tell me about replacement windows.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-replacement-windows/600689)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-replacement-windows/600689 "2011-10-25T04:19:20Z")
My house is over 160 years old. It has the original wood-framed windows, in many cases with the original wavy glass. I’ve been thinking my next big project might be replacement windows. I only have 7 windows (or maybe 9)… --- ## [OWS-Tea Party RUMBLE on the National Mall next MLK Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ows-tea-party-rumble-on-the-national-mall-next-mlk-day/600637 "2011-10-25T02:39:10Z")
Seems we’ve got a bit of a turf-disagreement in Populist City. Let’s settle this once and for all! C’mon, Gramma, let’s get it on! :smiley: \[swings tire chain, practices switchblade thrusts; music from West Side Stor… --- ## [Flying in and out of NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-in-and-out-of-nyc/599582)
**Author:** [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-in-and-out-of-nyc/599582 "2011-10-25T00:05:50Z")
Arriving and leaving from JFK. I’m traveling by myself and am totally comfortable navigating once I’m in the city (have spent many a long weekend there, traveling in by train), but am a bit anxious about getting out of … --- ## [What species is your monkey butler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-is-your-monkey-butler/600546)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-species-is-your-monkey-butler/600546 "2011-10-24T23:29:39Z")
Monkey butlers. We all adore them. But when you picture your dream monkey butler, what kind of monkey is he? Capuchin? Rhesus? Macaque? Baboon? And while we’re at it, what are his primary duties? His strengths? Does he … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1642) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1644)