# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1655 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1656 --- ## [Hosting international students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-international-students/598262)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-international-students/598262 "2011-10-05T20:25:39Z")
This may sink like a stone. Does anyone else here host international students? We have our second one coming tomorrow, and staying probably twelve weeks. We’ve got friends who have hosted for several years, and have ha… --- ## [Help me unhoard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-unhoard/598571)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-unhoard/598571 "2011-10-05T20:16:01Z")
I’ve been slowly getting better and better about decluttering over the years but I still have a pile of stuff accumulated from before I knew better. What’s the best way to get rid of it? If it comes down to it, I’ll jus… --- ## [Visiting Gatlinburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-gatlinburg/598176)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-gatlinburg/598176 "2011-10-05T20:14:38Z")
My husband and I are taking a much-needed long weekend over Veteran’s Day weekend and renting a cabin in Gatlinburg. We’ll get there on a Thursday afternoon and leave on Sunday morning. We already have a ziplining trip… --- ## [Going through your spouse's effects.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-through-your-spouses-effects/598556)
**Author:** [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-through-your-spouses-effects/598556 "2011-10-05T19:51:56Z")
No, my spouse is just fine, but I was thinking about all the crap on my computer and all the crap on her’s and stated to wonder just how closely I should search through her effects if she were to pass away. There may be… --- ## [Am I overreacting to the (IMO) arrogant & unprofessional tone of this Paypal email to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overreacting-to-the-imo-arrogant-unprofessional-tone-of-this-paypal-email-to-me/598502)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-overreacting-to-the-imo-arrogant-unprofessional-tone-of-this-paypal-email-to-me/598502 "2011-10-05T19:51:54Z")
I got this email the other day from Paypal. I don’t recall getting a prior email asking for this info, but it’s quite possible it got lost in the shuffle as I get lots of Paypal notices re payments, transfers etc., and… --- ## [Can you become (or quit being) Hispanic (or another ancestry)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-or-quit-being-hispanic-or-another-ancestry/598614)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-become-or-quit-being-hispanic-or-another-ancestry/598614 "2011-10-05T06:47:09Z")
I found the following http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-193039.html that includes discussion about defining what it means to be “Hispanic”, but it doesn’t delve deep into choice. Can a person cho… --- ## [Have you ever stayed up all night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335)
**Author:** [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stayed-up-all-night/598335 "2011-10-05T05:44:13Z")
And if you do, how often have you? I believe that I have done so about four or five times in my life, usually because I have had a deadline to meet for some reason or another. Only once have I decided to go out on a week… --- ## [Today's Improbable Headline.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-improbable-headline/598615)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-improbable-headline/598615 "2011-10-05T04:04:29Z")
Amanda Knox to have Hank Williams Jr.'s love child !!! " What else? --- ## [What do I need to know about buying (and then using) a chainsaw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-buying-and-then-using-a-chainsaw/598450)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-buying-and-then-using-a-chainsaw/598450 "2011-10-05T03:45:47Z")
We live in the middle of five heavily wooded acres. We’ve had a couple close calls where a tree fell near the driveway, but not across it. In addition there are a few dead trees that if the wind blows right can fall on o… --- ## [Anyone suffered after they ignored a message that they thought was a phishing attempt, but was real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-suffered-after-they-ignored-a-message-that-they-thought-was-a-phishing-attempt-but-was-real/598629)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-suffered-after-they-ignored-a-message-that-they-thought-was-a-phishing-attempt-but-was-real/598629 "2011-10-05T02:07:07Z")
I’m bouncing off of this thread where a potentially suspicious email insisting that the OP login and enter personal information, may, in fact, be legit. Has anyone ever suffered anything substantial (suspended bank a… --- ## [Insurance claim or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-claim-or-not/598569)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insurance-claim-or-not/598569 "2011-10-05T02:01:00Z")
I need some advice on what to do in this situation. A few days ago I was in a car-bicycle accident. I was riding my bike and a car turned right in front of me. I tried to stop and steer out of the way, but ended up hitt… --- ## [Is there any way to control this forsythia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-control-this-forsythia/598617)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-control-this-forsythia/598617 "2011-10-05T01:56:52Z")
I have a lovely but enormous forsythia growing by the corner of my garage. It’s in the narrow strip of yard (maybe 14 ft wide) between the garage wall and the neighbor’s fence. Earlier this year, I had the Man “trim” it–… --- ## [Advice please - Lodging & Transportation - for NY baseball tour](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-please-lodging-transportation-for-ny-baseball-tour/598451)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-please-lodging-transportation-for-ny-baseball-tour/598451 "2011-10-04T23:37:10Z")
Next year’s annual Baseball Trip is likely to feature New York City. The idea is to attend four games in four boroughs: Yankees (Bronx), Mets (Queens), and the Minor League Staten Island Yankees and Brooklyn Cyclones. (I… --- ## [How can I screw my sister over(equal to what she's done to me)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-screw-my-sister-over-equal-to-what-shes-done-to-me/597690)
**Author:** [@rebeccasrevenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rebeccasrevenge)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-screw-my-sister-over-equal-to-what-shes-done-to-me/597690 "2011-10-04T22:45:54Z")
First a little history… I moved back to the God forsaken county of Riverside in order to care for my mother.No one else (my two sisters) were willing to do this. For 15 years I cared not only for her but her animals an… --- ## [How old were you the last time that physical pain made you cry? And Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-last-time-that-physical-pain-made-you-cry-and-why/597996)
**Author:** [@melan8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melan8)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-the-last-time-that-physical-pain-made-you-cry-and-why/597996 "2011-10-04T21:17:50Z")
Auch! I stubbed my pinky toe very hard against the edge of o table from where a big flower pot crashed over the same foot! This happened six hours ago, whith unbelievable excruciating pain. This time I managed not to cry… --- ## [Is suicide always indicative of mental disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-always-indicative-of-mental-disease/598341)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-suicide-always-indicative-of-mental-disease/598341 "2011-10-04T20:23:37Z")
Or can it be a valid adult and well thought out choice? For the sake of this OP please disregard the following conditions: Severe physical incapacity or profound handicap to a permanent level or at least incurable at t… --- ## [My coworkers having bake sale to raise $ for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworkers-having-bake-sale-to-raise-for-the-juvenile-diabetes-research-foundation/598057)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-coworkers-having-bake-sale-to-raise-for-the-juvenile-diabetes-research-foundation/598057 "2011-10-04T18:42:01Z")
Okay, is this just completely reprehensible? I mean, you could argue that raising money is good, but selling regular sugary treats! Seriously?! Couldn’t they raise money some other way? is this akin to selling cig… --- ## [Hobbyist / non-pro photographers: tell me about Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbyist-non-pro-photographers-tell-me-about-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-3/598455)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hobbyist-non-pro-photographers-tell-me-about-adobe-photoshop-lightroom-3/598455 "2011-10-04T17:51:22Z")
Specifically, why I should (or shouldn’t) get excited at a 24-hour discount offer I just received to get it at 50% off the retail price - $149.99 instead of $299.99. I’ve heard good things about it but nothing concrete … --- ## [Walking commute of 8 miles- in winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-commute-of-8-miles-in-winter/598421)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-commute-of-8-miles-in-winter/598421 "2011-10-04T16:01:28Z")
The story goes like this: On August 3, my monthly Transpass was stolen. I had no money to replace it, so took to walking to work 8 miles each way, Philly to Bryn Mawr. Go ahead and call me insane, all my coworkers alr… --- ## [Juggling as art](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-as-art/598561)
**Author:** [@gumpy3885](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gumpy3885)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juggling-as-art/598561 "2011-10-04T15:31:52Z")
I’ve seen juggling as entertainment. It’s been fun to watch but I’ve never taken it as a serious art form. Until now. I just finished watching this TED talk by Michael Moschen and I was truly blown away by the talent an… --- ## [What is a good credit card to get for rewards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-credit-card-to-get-for-rewards/598249)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-credit-card-to-get-for-rewards/598249 "2011-10-04T14:12:34Z")
With banks instituting fees for debit cards I am considering getting a credit card and using that instead of my debit. I normally only spend $300-500/month on my debit card, with about half of that on gasoline and most o… --- ## [Too many strollers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-strollers/598452)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-many-strollers/598452 "2011-10-04T08:38:53Z")
Jebus, there is an ungodly amount of strollers and add-ons for sale. My one job during this pregnancy is to find and purchase a good, all terrain, jogging/hiking style stroller. I google it up, and one million, two hundr… --- ## [Would you eat meat daily for one year for a hundred grand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-eat-meat-daily-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598238 "2011-10-04T07:53:21Z")
Inspired by Skald’s thread. The usual eccentric billionaire approaches you with a proposition. He’d like to abandon your current vegetarian/vegan in favor of a high meat one, and he’s willing to pay to see it happen. If… --- ## [Workout questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workout-questions/598112)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workout-questions/598112 "2011-10-04T04:52:58Z")
I haven’t had a regular exercise regime in years, and I started back up a few weeks ago. I’ve started doing some reading, and it appears I’m doing it wrong. I’d love to get some advice on this. I understand that aerobic… --- ## [How do you use your tablet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-your-tablet/598000)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-your-tablet/598000 "2011-10-04T03:45:18Z")
I am not a good futurist. When the iPad came out I thought it would be a small niche market, but sales are in the tens of millions. I see people carrying them around all the time and am still trying to figure out how the… --- ## [What If Dr. Murray Is Found "Not Guilty"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-dr-murray-is-found-not-guilty/598369)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-dr-murray-is-found-not-guilty/598369 "2011-10-04T02:56:36Z")
As far as I can see, he still is screwed-who is going to employ him after all this? From the trial so far, it certainly seems that he used poor judgement at times-but I don’t think he set out to harm Michael Jackson. I… --- ## [Wedding gift for a conceited, materialistic blowhard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-for-a-conceited-materialistic-blowhard/598379)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-gift-for-a-conceited-materialistic-blowhard/598379 "2011-10-04T00:04:47Z")
Sorry if this has been brought up before. I did a quick search and didn’t find anything. A quasi-friend of mine, whom I’ve known since childhood is getting married next year. Now, we aren’t particularly close, but we se… --- ## [Bizarre things that are perfectly legal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-that-are-perfectly-legal/597605)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-things-that-are-perfectly-legal/597605 "2011-10-03T22:19:26Z")
I’m in the US, so am more interested in US jurisdictions, but feel free to post regarding your favorite jurisdiction, regardless of where it is in the world. I’m interested in things that are legal to do, but, when you … --- ## [Advice wanted: networking over long distances. And does using home power sockets work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-wanted-networking-over-long-distances-and-does-using-home-power-sockets-work/597750)
**Author:** [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-wanted-networking-over-long-distances-and-does-using-home-power-sockets-work/597750 "2011-10-03T21:40:42Z")
Awkward title, I know. Let me explain. I am setting up the computer network in my new house, and found a snag. My internet modem and router are at one end of the house, and my desktop computer is at the other end. It’s … --- ## [From Baltimore to L.A in later december](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-baltimore-to-l-a-in-later-december/598260)
**Author:** [@karlawitak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karlawitak)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-baltimore-to-l-a-in-later-december/598260 "2011-10-03T20:56:38Z")
So, my dude and I are driving from maryland to los angeles right after christmas. I do not have any experience driving on bad weather conditions ( I am from l.a) but he does. Anyhow. Our masterplan was to drive from Balt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1654) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1656)