# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1763 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1764 --- ## [Do you send birthday cards or gifts to your adult siblings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-birthday-cards-or-gifts-to-your-adult-siblings/577773)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-birthday-cards-or-gifts-to-your-adult-siblings/577773 "2011-04-11T19:56:57Z")
I was brought up to buy a gift and card for my brothers on their birthday, and this didn’t stop when we were adults. As we got older, it became mostly just a card, and now it is usually a phone call. Sometimes I feel b… --- ## [Disney Cruises - convince me this is a good idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-cruises-convince-me-this-is-a-good-idea/577709)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disney-cruises-convince-me-this-is-a-good-idea/577709 "2011-04-11T19:53:43Z")
Phoenix and the older kid are all jazzed up to go on a Disney cruise in 2012. It sounds like a lot of fun, except I have some worries. Will we get seasick? The kidlet and I are both prone to motion sickness, like I … --- ## [Stay at Home Parents Sending Child To Daycare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-home-parents-sending-child-to-daycare/577540)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stay-at-home-parents-sending-child-to-daycare/577540 "2011-04-11T19:15:56Z")
My sister in law gave birth to a healthy baby in January. She stopped working a couple of weeks before the birth. While she worked and before the birth, my niece who just turned two, was sent to daycare from 7:30am unti… --- ## [Why are Public Defenders assumed to be incompetent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-public-defenders-assumed-to-be-incompetent/46201)
**Author:** [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-public-defenders-assumed-to-be-incompetent/46201 "2011-04-11T19:15:08Z")
I have been a public defender for nearly 14 years. I have turned down other jobs that would have paid more and been less work, but I keep doing what I’m doing because I like it and because I get to spend a lot of time in… --- ## [Birthday party invites for a 4-yr old's party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-invites-for-a-4-yr-olds-party/577975)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birthday-party-invites-for-a-4-yr-olds-party/577975 "2011-04-11T18:45:21Z")
Our daughter is turning four in a few weeks and we’re going to have a small-ish party for her at our place. We are working on an invite list and it’s pretty easy so far, as she’s only four so it’s just children of our fr… --- ## [Low blow DUIs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-blow-duis/577690 "2011-04-11T18:20:53Z")
Not seeking legal advice, just opinions. Someone I know was involved in a minor car crash. The story is that he was driving on a city street and an oncoming car swerved into his lane. He swerved evasively and sideswiped… --- ## [Marijuana legalization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-legalization/577477)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-legalization/577477 "2011-04-11T17:54:17Z")
Just curious. --- ## [Ductless A/C System Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ductless-a-c-system-recommendations/577968)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ductless-a-c-system-recommendations/577968 "2011-04-11T16:59:32Z")
I need to get one installed, pronto. I would need at least 2 levels (maybe 3). Any opinions on good brands and/or installers (from a cost vs. quality perspective)? It’s very hard to find an objective source of opinio… --- ## [A Computer Mouse By Any Other Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-computer-mouse-by-any-other-name/577879)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-computer-mouse-by-any-other-name/577879 "2011-04-11T15:23:55Z")
What do you think that gadget we all use with our computers might have been called it it hadn’t been called it a “mouse”? --- ## [Latin America: why nobody cares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-america-why-nobody-cares/577613)
**Author:** [@pinguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinguin)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latin-america-why-nobody-cares/577613 "2011-04-11T15:18:55Z")
I wonder why in the english-speaking people and media is so little curiousity and knowledge about Latin America. It is just that I am wrong in thinking that only when something tragic happens (natural disasters, guerril… --- ## [Eavesdropping on Foreign Language Conversations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eavesdropping-on-foreign-language-conversations/577696)
**Author:** [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eavesdropping-on-foreign-language-conversations/577696 "2011-04-11T07:55:13Z")
I didn’t really do it on purpose. I was just sitting in the restaurant eating, when the table behind me started up a conversation in some sort version of Spanish. It was a rather entertaining conversation, then it dawn… --- ## [Cheap web host for simple site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-web-host-for-simple-site/577923)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2011, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-web-host-for-simple-site/577923 "2011-04-11T05:08:45Z")
Need to display some html, maintain simple mailing list with mySQL. --- ## [Should I stop eating chocolate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-stop-eating-chocolate/577744)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-stop-eating-chocolate/577744 "2011-04-10T22:37:07Z")
I was reading an article on the top ten psychology studies of 2010, when number five caught my attention: As you might have guessed, I gave up chocolate in order to increase my willpower. I did some calculations, and … --- ## [How do you see the people, vehicles etc. in this inverted video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-see-the-people-vehicles-etc-in-this-inverted-video/577520 "2011-04-10T20:57:50Z")
Yesterday I first tried bicycling with a helmet cam. Of course I attached it inverted, also pointing a bit more downwards than I intended. The effect looked a bit disconcering to me, so I posted this clip uncorrected to… --- ## [Any experiences with Cedar Decking? How much maintenance does it need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-cedar-decking-how-much-maintenance-does-it-need/577453)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-cedar-decking-how-much-maintenance-does-it-need/577453 "2011-04-10T19:02:04Z")
My deck is twenty-two years old. It’s held up well. The framing and posts are still like new. The decking boards and rails are showing a lot of damage. Deep cracks and openings are appearing on the top rail. I guess fr… --- ## [Best way to get from Quakertown, PA to Philly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-from-quakertown-pa-to-philly/577757)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-from-quakertown-pa-to-philly/577757 "2011-04-10T16:56:09Z")
I just finished a week of job training in Telford, PA (but staying in a hotel in Quakertown,) and have another week to go…but the weekend (and Monday) is mine to enjoy! I’d like to head down and spend a day in Philly, bu… --- ## [Is Your iPod a fake? Would it matter to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-ipod-a-fake-would-it-matter-to-you/577676)
**Author:** [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-ipod-a-fake-would-it-matter-to-you/577676 "2011-04-10T16:38:59Z")
(And what about your True Religions?) Fake iPods are commonly smuggled items at the port: \[QUOTE=LA Times\] Investigators in January raided several discount stores in downtown Los Angeles, where they snared more than $… --- ## [Are you a minority who went to college? Did you get any minority-specific assistance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-minority-who-went-to-college-did-you-get-any-minority-specific-assistance/577818)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-minority-who-went-to-college-did-you-get-any-minority-specific-assistance/577818 "2011-04-10T14:08:03Z")
In this thread, it was implied that there is plethora of “programs” to assist minorities financially in attending university. Be that as it may, I think even the number of people who receive minority-related scholarship… --- ## [Admit it. What stuff are you ignorant about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-what-stuff-are-you-ignorant-about/577087)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-it-what-stuff-are-you-ignorant-about/577087 "2011-04-10T06:16:11Z")
I’m not talking about advanced things like PhD level physics and so forth. I’m talking about the things a lot of people know at least some things about and you know very little. And maybe you are even a little embarasse… --- ## [Taxi Cab Etiquette?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxi-cab-etiquette/577455)
**Author:** [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taxi-cab-etiquette/577455 "2011-04-10T05:01:41Z")
So, I’ll be riding in a taxi for the first time Friday morning. I’ll have just a bookbag on me, and I’ll be the only passenger. Any tips on etiquette? Should I just keep my bookbag with me, not in the trunk? Is the tip a… --- ## [Soon I'll Be Too Disabled to Do My Job; How Screwed Am I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-ill-be-too-disabled-to-do-my-job-how-screwed-am-i/577691)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soon-ill-be-too-disabled-to-do-my-job-how-screwed-am-i/577691 "2011-04-10T02:13:27Z")
I work in a warehouse. The job requires heavy lifting and some manual dexterity. I’m also well into middle age, and I believe I am in the beginning stages of arthritis. The fingers on my right hand (my dominant hand) ar… --- ## [The VA took his DL away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-took-his-dl-away/575853)
**Author:** [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-va-took-his-dl-away/575853 "2011-04-09T19:57:48Z")
There is this old guy I am trying to do business with, old. WWII vet, POW. A very interesting guy, and I end up just chatting with him rather than business, and I’m okay with that. Anyway, he just had his DL taken away… --- ## [I really messed up! Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-messed-up-help/577628)
**Author:** [@FACO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FACO)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-really-messed-up-help/577628 "2011-04-09T18:20:19Z")
So I got my first job in October and I’ve had it since. I haven’t really ever messed up and called in only a couple of times. I stay longer when they ask me and I’m always doing something. My problem is now, I really mes… --- ## [Things to do when apartment neighbors won't stop arguing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-when-apartment-neighbors-wont-stop-arguing/577680)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-when-apartment-neighbors-wont-stop-arguing/577680 "2011-04-09T17:38:29Z")
The neighbors that share a wall with me like to argue at midnight quite often, it’s really fucking annoying. She likes to yell, “OH MY GAWD!” over and over again, and not in a happy fun way. One gem was, “When is it ever… --- ## [Retail workers: did you actually prosecute caught shoplifters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-workers-did-you-actually-prosecute-caught-shoplifters/576928)
**Author:** [@tesseract](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tesseract)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retail-workers-did-you-actually-prosecute-caught-shoplifters/576928 "2011-04-09T12:26:35Z")
The crazy customers thread made me think of an incident I witnessed a couple of years ago during the height of the holiday shopping season. I was in an interior mall, in the interior common area surrounded by shops. I … --- ## [What's your deepest, most existential fear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-deepest-most-existential-fear/577120)
**Author:** [@\_mostly\_Harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_mostly_Harmless)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-deepest-most-existential-fear/577120 "2011-04-09T12:24:41Z")
As you’ve already clicked on the title of this thread, you know what it’s about. But I am going to set the stage anyway by telling you a story. My old roommate and I would always find ourselves at different social gathe… --- ## [Ideas/Advice need: Parents 40th wedding anniversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-advice-need-parents-40th-wedding-anniversary/577301)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-advice-need-parents-40th-wedding-anniversary/577301 "2011-04-09T11:23:14Z")
Evening, on 15th May its my parents 40th wedding anniversary, I’d like to arrange something for them (such as a weekend away somewhere) but I’m running a blank and would appreciate any ideas. I live in Northern Ireland … --- ## [My 9 month old needs to gain weight, recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-9-month-old-needs-to-gain-weight-recommendations/577531)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-9-month-old-needs-to-gain-weight-recommendations/577531 "2011-04-09T04:42:22Z")
I have a healthy little girl who is breastfeeding but has no trouble eating other foods. She’s been at the 5th percentile is weight since 3 weeks after birth and try as we might we just can’t pack on poundage. She HATE… --- ## [At what age is someone mature enough to date/have sex? How much is too much of an age difference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-someone-mature-enough-to-date-have-sex-how-much-is-too-much-of-an-age-difference/577697)
**Author:** [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-is-someone-mature-enough-to-date-have-sex-how-much-is-too-much-of-an-age-difference/577697 "2011-04-09T04:14:15Z")
So this is a spinoff from the thread recently closed by Ellen Cherry (How to handle daughter dating older guy (Long) - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board) concerning a Doper’s 17-yr-old daughter dating a … --- ## [Which iPad 2 do I want/need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ipad-2-do-i-want-need/577567)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-ipad-2-do-i-want-need/577567 "2011-04-09T04:06:50Z")
I’m tempted to just go with the basic model with Wi-Fi and 3G, 16GB. I don’t stream movies, just do routine web surfing, email, watch some Youtube vids, no gaming. Whaddya think? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1762) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1764)