# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1710 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1711 --- ## [How do you view "invalids" in relation to society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-invalids-in-relation-to-society/587332)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-view-invalids-in-relation-to-society/587332 "2011-07-11T12:20:57Z")
The term “invalid” has come up a couple times in a few threads of mine and it brings up a relevant question: when that term is used to describe a person, whenever and whomever it may be, do you consider that person to b… --- ## [Hey Brits: Why Are Scandal Mags So Popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-why-are-scandal-mags-so-popular/588205)
**Author:** [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-brits-why-are-scandal-mags-so-popular/588205 "2011-07-11T11:52:47Z")
Sure we have them here, but they really seem to go over the top across the pond, not only in GB, but elsewhere in Europe. What gives? --- ## [Homeless people wearing heavy coats/clothes in the summertime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-people-wearing-heavy-coats-clothes-in-the-summertime/588308)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeless-people-wearing-heavy-coats-clothes-in-the-summertime/588308 "2011-07-11T11:49:18Z")
Here in Baltimore, you see more than few homeless people. A couple of weeks ago, there was one guy sitting on one of the benches outside my work building, wearing a heavy quilted parka. He sat there for about two hours… --- ## [Is cursing / threatening by my neighbor 'free speech'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cursing-threatening-by-my-neighbor-free-speech/587905)
**Author:** [@pmandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmandra)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-cursing-threatening-by-my-neighbor-free-speech/587905 "2011-07-11T10:36:37Z")
Hi, My neighbor has been a royal pain since I asked him to please turn down the volume of his music outdoors. Now, he swears/yells at me from his backyard whenever I am outside (whether I am in my own backyard or walkin… --- ## [3rd 4th & 5th Most Pleasurable Sensations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-4th-5th-most-pleasurable-sensations/587924)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3rd-4th-5th-most-pleasurable-sensations/587924 "2011-07-11T09:57:00Z")
As I see it there would be much dispute about 1 (orgasm) and 2 (defecation). Well, maybe someone would question #2. Anyway, how about 3, 4 & 5? --- ## [Is this a guy blowing me off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-guy-blowing-me-off/588491)
**Author:** [@hmhmlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmhmlm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-guy-blowing-me-off/588491 "2011-07-11T06:29:35Z")
Wondering if I got blown off today in a really bizzare way. Background: we’ve hung out 3 times outside of the sports league where we met. Called him this morning. Got text saying that he was out to breakfast & “what’s … --- ## [Is 9% unemployment the new "normal"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-9-unemployment-the-new-normal/588328)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-9-unemployment-the-new-normal/588328 "2011-07-11T01:49:53Z")
The White House has been trying hard for the last couple of years to reduce unemployment, and most people would say the results have been quite disappointing. I’m starting to wonder if those lost jobs are gone forever, … --- ## [What would you do in this situation? (school options)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-school-options/588382)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-in-this-situation-school-options/588382 "2011-07-11T01:02:47Z")
Next month I will have to start filling out applications for my next college, for admission in the spring 2012 semester. I know which colleges I will be applying to (UConn, UMASS-Amherst, Worcester State, Framingham Stat… --- ## [Well Known People You Could Never Shag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-people-you-could-never-shag/588502)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-known-people-you-could-never-shag/588502 "2011-07-10T21:26:16Z")
For me it is Germaine Greer. I really wish I could find a video of her getting it off with Hugh Hefner. Vitriolic old bitch. --- ## [Is there anyone you hate for no good reason?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-you-hate-for-no-good-reason/588431)
**Author:** [@mattwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mattwan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-you-hate-for-no-good-reason/588431 "2011-07-10T20:09:17Z")
I’m obligated to attend a social event tonight, and I was really looking forward to it until yesterday. The plan had been for a little party in a local park, but yesterday the location changed to Peter’s house. Hearing t… --- ## [Computer power usage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-power-usage/588368)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-power-usage/588368 "2011-07-10T19:23:30Z")
So I’m pointlessly playing with my new toy. My old UPS didn’t do the job it was hired for anymore as of the last power outage. I guess since it was an 8 year old lead acid battery I should have expected that. So I wen… --- ## [Smokers, do you relight cigarettes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-do-you-relight-cigarettes/567538 "2011-07-10T18:36:05Z")
I don’t mean relighting the new fire-safe cigarettes when they go out after you haven’t had a puff for a minute. If you prematurely butt a smoke for whatever reason–dinner’s ready, maintenance knocks on the door, you’ve… --- ## [Which Canadian Provinces/Territories have you been to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-canadian-provinces-territories-have-you-been-to/588032)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-canadian-provinces-territories-have-you-been-to/588032 "2011-07-10T17:50:06Z")
Flying over doesn’t count. Setting foot on solid ground does. So if you changed planes in Toronto to fly to Vancouver, put Ontario down too. --- ## [Which Doper has the most kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-has-the-most-kids/587533)
**Author:** [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-doper-has-the-most-kids/587533 "2011-07-10T17:18:21Z")
Just curious! I figure someone out there has gotta have a lot of kids. Anyone here in the double digits? For the purposes of this discussion, let’s define “kids” as “people you either biologically created or legally a… --- ## [Cat Dental Care](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dental-care/588421)
**Author:** [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-dental-care/588421 "2011-07-10T16:33:52Z")
Recently my cat Becket, about whom I posted this thread, broke the tip off of one of his upper canine teeth (the fang). It didn’t seem to bother him and I only really noticed a couple of days ago. I needed to take him … --- ## [Dear lady dopers - help me get a bra for a friend in need](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lady-dopers-help-me-get-a-bra-for-a-friend-in-need/588392)
**Author:** [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-lady-dopers-help-me-get-a-bra-for-a-friend-in-need/588392 "2011-07-10T14:06:16Z")
Hi all, Backstory: I have a friend who is an older, larger lady - she lives in a very small town, does not drive and has limited mobility (no really access to computer/Internet either - thus why I am doing this). She i… --- ## [Weight Loss Competition - How should we go about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-competition-how-should-we-go-about-this/588466)
**Author:** [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-competition-how-should-we-go-about-this/588466 "2011-07-10T12:40:49Z")
While visiting home and fattening up during the holidays, it occurred to my parents and I that we could all stand to get into better shape. And what better way to motivate us, we thought, than through a weight loss compe… --- ## [Market research for a non-profit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-research-for-a-non-profit/588378)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/market-research-for-a-non-profit/588378 "2011-07-10T11:22:55Z")
I’d like to start collecting bedding for people in need, with an eye to eventually turning it into a small-scale, local, but full-blown organization. I have a certain amount of experience in various aspects and levels o… --- ## [Hiking in Eastern Pensylvania](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-in-eastern-pensylvania/587637)
**Author:** [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hiking-in-eastern-pensylvania/587637 "2011-07-10T04:33:04Z")
I’ve been googling all morning. I’m not quite getting what I want, so I thought I’d enlist the help of any like-minded people who may be here at the Dope. :slight\_smile: I’m looking to do a starter-hike in eastern PA.… --- ## [What was your hobby as a child you still do now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hobby-as-a-child-you-still-do-now/588275)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-hobby-as-a-child-you-still-do-now/588275 "2011-07-10T03:54:08Z")
Mine is photography. My older sister saved up Bazooka Joe gum wrappers in 1975 and bought me my first camera. I was six. I don’t remember what kind it was, but it was all plastic, ultra cheap, took shitty photos, and … --- ## ["Jesus Saves' really means it makes the ride easier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-saves-really-means-it-makes-the-ride-easier/588443)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jesus-saves-really-means-it-makes-the-ride-easier/588443 "2011-07-10T02:55:11Z")
Hi all. The other day I had the pleasure to meet some very nice and very religous folks. Well, at one point something comes up and this prompts a “let me tell you about Jesus” story. I was sweating it for a bit, fearing… --- ## [Anyone remembers this MILF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remembers-this-milf/588447)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remembers-this-milf/588447 "2011-07-10T02:16:59Z")
She was in late 40ies or early 50ies. I don’t remember her name but I’m quite positive there was the word Rose in it. She claimed to be a professional dancer and had several videos on some less known video site whose nam… --- ## [Am I Being Selfish in This Situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-selfish-in-this-situation/588318)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-selfish-in-this-situation/588318 "2011-07-10T02:09:33Z")
Mrs. Homie and I have vastly different tastes in TV. Generally we try to watch things that we both enjoy (Big Bang Theory, Modern Family…) on the DVR together. Things that I like (Mythbusters, Wipeout…) I’ll watch and sh… --- ## [Hard/rough sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-rough-sex/192103)
**Author:** [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-rough-sex/192103 "2011-07-10T02:03:18Z")
I just wanted to know how many of the female (and male dopers wives/girlfriends) dopers like rough sex? I was, prior to getting into the dating game, under the impression that woman prefered romance, candles, long baths,… --- ## [Dead Animal in Crawlspace, How Long Til Smell Goes Away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-animal-in-crawlspace-how-long-til-smell-goes-away/588418)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2011, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-animal-in-crawlspace-how-long-til-smell-goes-away/588418 "2011-07-10T00:31:55Z")
Need answer fast. --- ## [Help me: what should I be when I grow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-what-should-i-be-when-i-grow-up/587871)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-what-should-i-be-when-i-grow-up/587871 "2011-07-09T22:26:22Z")
So, a question. This fall I will be returning to school after a long hiatus. My previous excursion into higher ed. didn’t produce much – lotsa failed classes and withdraws. This time around, I’ll be returning at age 30… --- ## [Older people: amuse me with tales of your hardships in pre-tech days that would seem trivial today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-amuse-me-with-tales-of-your-hardships-in-pre-tech-days-that-would-seem-trivial-today/581026)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 448\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/older-people-amuse-me-with-tales-of-your-hardships-in-pre-tech-days-that-would-seem-trivial-today/581026 "2011-07-09T21:34:49Z")
I was born at just the right time that I’m old enough to have witnessed and remember the transition from the analog to digital age, but young enough that my childhood freedom from responsibility spared me most of the rea… --- ## [Would you have given back this $50? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-given-back-this-50-why/588148)
**Author:** [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-given-back-this-50-why/588148 "2011-07-09T21:14:18Z")
I was planning on taking a short hiking trip when I noticed my account was overdrawn. I rushed my change jug to the Coinstar so I could still go hiking, and to avoid any overdraft fees. I received a voucher for $147.55… --- ## [An app for hiking, trailriding, or general off road activities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-app-for-hiking-trailriding-or-general-off-road-activities/588373)
**Author:** [@MareIt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MareIt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-app-for-hiking-trailriding-or-general-off-road-activities/588373 "2011-07-09T15:03:28Z")
Despite all of my well intentioned thoughts, I am not likely to be hiking or mountain biking anytime soon, but I do go out on trail rides with my horse and our friends. We tend to stick to the same set of trails turning … --- ## [Do I need these old papers? Also, secrets you discovered from snooping through your parents' stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-these-old-papers-also-secrets-you-discovered-from-snooping-through-your-parents-stuff/587286)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-these-old-papers-also-secrets-you-discovered-from-snooping-through-your-parents-stuff/587286 "2011-07-09T14:11:23Z")
I went to my safety deposit box today and was reminded of this old folder I have put in there. My mother kept it for years and years. In it are grades, transcripts, notes from teachers, awards and other stuff from my gra… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1709) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1711)