# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=182 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 183 --- ## [Dopers who regretted marrying (or not marrying) someone: What was the regret about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-regretted-marrying-or-not-marrying-someone-what-was-the-regret-about/969408)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-regretted-marrying-or-not-marrying-someone-what-was-the-regret-about/969408 "2022-08-10T16:13:09Z")
Saw a lot of posts in another thread and wanted to side-thread it a bit: A lot of Dopers commented that they regretted marrying someone who was unsuitable, or not marrying someone who was indeed suitable. I myself have … --- ## [Airplane turbulence and Global warming - is there a correlation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-turbulence-and-global-warming-is-there-a-correlation/969309)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airplane-turbulence-and-global-warming-is-there-a-correlation/969309 "2022-08-10T11:23:29Z")
Is Airplane turbulence at cruising altitudes correlated with global warming ? Is there a metric to quantify such turbulence ? Assuming it is correlated with climate change, How much worse has it gotten over the past 50… --- ## [Who do you consider family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-consider-family/969229)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-you-consider-family/969229 "2022-08-10T11:01:38Z")
Over the years, I’ve noticed a dichotomy in the world. The first group of people classify family as those that share chromosomes with you (spouses and their chromosome carriers too). These people are the ones that say … --- ## [Whats the legality of prosecuting someone for doing something that is illegal in their home state, but legal in another state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legality-of-prosecuting-someone-for-doing-something-that-is-illegal-in-their-home-state-but-legal-in-another-state/963357)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-legality-of-prosecuting-someone-for-doing-something-that-is-illegal-in-their-home-state-but-legal-in-another-state/963357 "2022-08-10T05:10:07Z")
With all the abortion bans there are efforts to punish women who leave their home state and travel to another state to get a legal abortion. So if you’re from a state like Texas and you fly to California to get an aborti… --- ## [Which would you rather master, language or music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-rather-master-language-or-music/969275)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-would-you-rather-master-language-or-music/969275 "2022-08-10T04:23:36Z")
Would you rather be a master of every musical instrument or be fluent in every language? poll (I saw this on Twitter and thought it was a very good question.) At age 59, I’d have to go with language. Being a master of … --- ## [Recommend a Rehoboth Beach Hotel (3-star or higher)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260)
**Author:** [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-rehoboth-beach-hotel-3-star-or-higher/969260 "2022-08-10T02:19:53Z")
I’m thinking about going to an event on a Wednesday night in Lewes, DE, in early October. I’d stay in Rehoboth Beach – likely Tuesday-Friday, to allow for downtime, taking the Cape May-Lewes ferry one day, etc. I’ve just… --- ## [Emmitt Till Investigation Reopened by the Feds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmitt-till-investigation-reopened-by-the-feds/817784 "2022-08-09T20:40:56Z")
They did not reveal what new evidence they have dug up. And everyone has died except the woman who made the false allegations. Is 68 years too long to wait to charge someone for a crime? Or, like the Auschwitz Guard c… --- ## [How many Languages Can You Identify by Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-you-identify-by-ear/969297)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-languages-can-you-identify-by-ear/969297 "2022-08-09T19:15:29Z")
poll Inspired, very indirectly, by these two threads As for me, English Dutch German Swedish I would probably struggle with Nowegian, Danish and Icelandic. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to recognize Faroese. A… --- ## [Give me advice on a new boiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-advice-on-a-new-boiler/969197 "2022-08-09T12:08:52Z")
I have forced hot water heat, heated with gas. I like both of those. But my boiler was installed in 1959, when the house was built, and it’s time to replace it. I also have a gas hot water heater, next to the boiler. W… --- ## [How long and vivid can you keep an image in your mind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-and-vivid-can-you-keep-an-image-in-your-mind/968861 "2022-08-09T11:57:26Z")
I always had a bad visualization ability and I hate that, because I am an otherwise creative person, I like to make 3d models, create video game environments, edit videos and so on, but that’s a bit hard to do when my mi… --- ## [Is Alex Jones going to prison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2022, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-alex-jones-going-to-prison/969092 "2022-08-09T05:36:34Z")
In FQ so hoping for factual answer not a discussion of how happy you’d be if this happened… In case like this (After Alex Jones’ lawyers accidentally leak years of emails, Infowars financial documents are revealed in co… --- ## [Best fix for this mistake (flea prevention med on cats)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-fix-for-this-mistake-flea-prevention-med-on-cats/969261 "2022-08-08T21:12:52Z")
I have three cats and I dose them regularly with the flea prevention stuff you apply to the backs of their necks (Flea 5X Plus for cats from Pet Meds, to be precise). With three cats who aren’t always around at the same… --- ## [Delete this post please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delete-this-post-please/969313 "2022-08-08T17:34:18Z")
ugh. please delete --- ## [Old fashioned vacation spots with small motels and tourist traps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-vacation-spots-with-small-motels-and-tourist-traps/969231 "2022-08-08T16:38:12Z")
I’m thinking of such areas as Hot Springs Arkansas and Wisconsin Dells. Here in Ohio the coast from Lorain to Toledo had dozens and dozens of mom and pop motels, cabins and cottages often with their own tiny beach. “Sle… --- ## [Help with Excel formatting of Zip Codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-excel-formatting-of-zip-codes/969156)
**Author:** [@Linda1219](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linda1219)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-excel-formatting-of-zip-codes/969156 "2022-08-08T12:51:34Z")
I have been reformatting a column in my Excel spreadsheet to be for zip codes (5 digits) I have done it as a custom format, a special format, a text format and a general format but none of them stay in place once I save … --- ## ["If Brittney Griner had been caught in some America states she would have gotten a higher sentence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-brittney-griner-had-been-caught-in-some-america-states-she-would-have-gotten-a-higher-sentence/969106)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-brittney-griner-had-been-caught-in-some-america-states-she-would-have-gotten-a-higher-sentence/969106 "2022-08-08T09:57:45Z")
Ever since Brittney Griner got sentence to 9 years in Russian Prison for her “drug smuggling” I’ve seen people opine on Twitter that “the sentence isn’t that extensive, in some US states to this day you’ll get 10-15 year… --- ## [Does it matter whether you take Latin American Spanish courses to study for the IB and GCSE/GCE exams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-whether-you-take-latin-american-spanish-courses-to-study-for-the-ib-and-gcse-gce-exams/969286 "2022-08-08T03:16:33Z")
I’ve recently looked at the issue of students taking Latin American Spanish courses in international schools offering IB and GCSE/GCE exams in Spanish. Some schools offer only Castilian Spanish. Which version of Spanish … --- ## [Weird Dog Behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-behavior/969035)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-behavior/969035 "2022-08-08T02:51:26Z")
I have 3 dogs. A neutered Great Dane (Huck), a neutered German Shepherd (Zeb), and a soon-to-be neutered (in 2wks) boxer (Rigatoni). Their ages are 2-1/2, 1-1/2, & a little over 1 respectively. All three dogs get along … --- ## [Did You Get A Lot Of (Snail) Mail As A Child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-lot-of-snail-mail-as-a-child/969215)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-lot-of-snail-mail-as-a-child/969215 "2022-08-07T22:50:51Z")
I’m compelled to ask this because a friend of the family recently posted a video of her preschool son. He’d gone to a church event and the “big kids” who helped out in his classroom sent him a letter thanking him for bei… --- ## [Online designer services - anyone used one? Experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-designer-services-anyone-used-one-experience/969271)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-designer-services-anyone-used-one-experience/969271 "2022-08-07T22:19:52Z")
Has anyone had any experience with online interior designers like Modsy or Havenly or the like? I reeeeeeaaallly want a pretty house to live in but we’re on a bit of a budget, and the local designers seem to tend to cate… --- ## [Is Manhattan safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-safe/969082)
**Author:** [@RunSilent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunSilent)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-manhattan-safe/969082 "2022-08-07T18:26:17Z")
I have not been to Manhattan in about 6 years. I have to go the midtown area next week for a medical appointment. My relatives are horrified. They are sure I am going to be assaulted or murdered. I am seeking opinio… --- ## [Have any of you had an injury like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-had-an-injury-like-this/969221)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-of-you-had-an-injury-like-this/969221 "2022-08-07T13:40:07Z")
Left shoulder. When i lift my left arm there is a sharp pain in the shoulder. Right at the point where upper arm meets shoulder. If i extend my arm straight out in front of me I can feel it but its not as sharp. When … --- ## [Looking for an on-line door monitoring solution from real users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-on-line-door-monitoring-solution-from-real-users/968984)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-an-on-line-door-monitoring-solution-from-real-users/968984 "2022-08-06T20:13:25Z")
(Maybe this belongs in IMHO because I’m trying to find recommendations, but I also need to know if something exists which is a fact so I’m letting the mods decide.) I have a few doors that I would like to be able to che… --- ## [The Nahployment 'Crisis'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 1417\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117 "2022-08-06T14:08:43Z")
Went to Popeye’s the other night, 8:15, it was Tuesday, 2-piece combo day - if you like Popeye’s, you know. Celebrating that there was only 1 car in line, I pull up only to find a sign saying they had to close because of… --- ## [Visiting Bar Harbor, Maine from cruise ship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-bar-harbor-maine-from-cruise-ship/969150)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-bar-harbor-maine-from-cruise-ship/969150 "2022-08-06T11:52:23Z")
Just looking to see if anyone has some ideas here, maybe someone has done it before. I will be visiting Bar Harbor as a stop on a cruise on October 11, the day after the bus system stops running for the year. I want to… --- ## [Mnemonic devices you remember, except you forgot the thing they're supposed to help you remember](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mnemonic-devices-you-remember-except-you-forgot-the-thing-theyre-supposed-to-help-you-remember/964041 "2022-08-06T05:48:18Z")
If that title doesn’t make sense, here’s an example: The acronym “BALLS PDQ” is forever embedded in my brain. I know it’s a mnemonic device; I’m pretty sure I learned it in Boy Scouts to remember something about swimmi… --- ## [Restaurant delivery expectations to a condo/apartment/hotel room?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-delivery-expectations-to-a-condo-apartment-hotel-room/969098)
**Author:** [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-delivery-expectations-to-a-condo-apartment-hotel-room/969098 "2022-08-06T05:09:20Z")
I moved from a house to a condo a couple of months ago and my board game night group came with me. Our tradition has been to order food and we tip 20%. The house was never a problem for them to deliver to the front door… --- ## [What things in your experience are often, but poorly, correlated with intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-in-your-experience-are-often-but-poorly-correlated-with-intelligence/964892)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-in-your-experience-are-often-but-poorly-correlated-with-intelligence/964892 "2022-08-06T03:46:30Z")
Things like drinking wine (instead of something else like beer). I like wine. I just don’t think of it as more “intelligent” than other choices. People recommending wines want to know what you are going to eat it with… --- ## [How can Amazon still have such suckass search a quarter century and billions into it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-amazon-still-have-such-suckass-search-a-quarter-century-and-billions-into-it/951583)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-amazon-still-have-such-suckass-search-a-quarter-century-and-billions-into-it/951583 "2022-08-06T00:03:33Z")
And I guess the answer is in the question: because it rules the world or nearly so, so why the fuck bother fixing it? But why does it seem I am the only person who actively finds it infuriating? You all DO notice it, do… --- ## [Those Moments when the Stars Align – How Did they Turn out for you in the Long-Term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-moments-when-the-stars-align-how-did-they-turn-out-for-you-in-the-long-term/968510)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-moments-when-the-stars-align-how-did-they-turn-out-for-you-in-the-long-term/968510 "2022-08-05T23:28:27Z")
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