# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1915 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1916 --- ## [What are you paying for a 1 gallon jug of 2% cow's milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-a-1-gallon-jug-of-2-cows-milk/546457 "2010-07-22T13:21:27Z")
What are you paying for a 1 gallon jug of 2% cow’s milk? Not something special like organic that doubles the price. The price is US dollars. --- ## [Do you have a telephone landline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-telephone-landline/547582)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-telephone-landline/547582 "2010-07-22T12:27:17Z")
Do you have a telephone landline or do you use cell phones exclusively? --- ## [I need a no fog solution for snorkeling in Hawai'i](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-no-fog-solution-for-snorkeling-in-hawaii/547434)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-no-fog-solution-for-snorkeling-in-hawaii/547434 "2010-07-22T11:26:46Z")
I’m tired of searching the 'net. Anyone had luck with snorkeling in Hawai’i and having a mask that doesn’t fog up? What’s better…a high-end mask, or a regular mask using anti-fog spray. Or both? Whatever I’m doing, i… --- ## [SD population poll: believe in a deity, Yes or No (optional: dunno)? Please read description first.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-population-poll-believe-in-a-deity-yes-or-no-optional-dunno-please-read-description-first/547280)
**Author:** [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sd-population-poll-believe-in-a-deity-yes-or-no-optional-dunno-please-read-description-first/547280 "2010-07-22T09:52:50Z")
Since I suspect the number of believers on this board are higher than the OP in this thread suspects. Just curious. PLEASE, if you self-identify as an agnostic, but don’t believe in any god, or self-identify as agnostic… --- ## [Would you buy an iPod or other expensive item from a vending machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-an-ipod-or-other-expensive-item-from-a-vending-machine/547312)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-an-ipod-or-other-expensive-item-from-a-vending-machine/547312 "2010-07-22T03:43:59Z")
When I travel, I often see those vending machines which sell iPods along with other things. I wonder who is actually buying them? I can see buying the cord which connects the iPod to the computer or perhaps some cheap he… --- ## [Should I let this craigslist guy come to my house to test out videogames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-this-craigslist-guy-come-to-my-house-to-test-out-videogames/547494)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-let-this-craigslist-guy-come-to-my-house-to-test-out-videogames/547494 "2010-07-22T02:33:24Z")
nt --- ## [Recommend a Folding Shopping Cart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-folding-shopping-cart/547369)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-folding-shopping-cart/547369 "2010-07-21T21:03:58Z")
You know those folding grocery/shopping carts you see little old ladies hauling around? Something like this? I need one. It has to be large enough to carry a few paper bags full of groceries, and sturdy enough to be pu… --- ## [How do I find a good campground?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-good-campground/547363)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-find-a-good-campground/547363 "2010-07-21T20:25:46Z")
Inspired by this thread and my own desire to go camping, I realized I need some information. I’ve camped before, but only in Michigan and at the campgrounds at Cedar Point. My wife and I moved to Arizona three years ag… --- ## [Unique things you have done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-things-you-have-done/546655)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-things-you-have-done/546655 "2010-07-21T19:25:24Z")
Every once in a whle I realize I am doing something that nobody in the history of the world has ever done or ever will do again. That idea always tickles me. On an 80 degree day in April, I walked home with one arm in a… --- ## [Do you engage in "Magical Thinking?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-engage-in-magical-thinking/547196)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-engage-in-magical-thinking/547196 "2010-07-21T19:24:05Z")
I see this phrase bandied about a lot lately, and I’m wondering if my suspicions are true, that a lot of “otherwise rational” people nonetheless have some little harmless thing or two they do that would qualify as “magic… --- ## [What normal things do you feel no need for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-normal-things-do-you-feel-no-need-for/547069)
**Author:** [@PsyXe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PsyXe)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-normal-things-do-you-feel-no-need-for/547069 "2010-07-21T19:11:29Z")
I was reading an interior decoration magazine from the UK when I realised something was very, very strange. Every kitchen featured had a “cooker hood” - an extractor-fan thing that lives above your stove and removes cook… --- ## [Is this actionable (cat neglect)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actionable-cat-neglect/547326)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-actionable-cat-neglect/547326 "2010-07-21T19:02:19Z")
A neighbor once asked me if we wanted her cat, she was really trying to unload it. I said no, we couldn’t take one on now. She let it out, and the guy across the street got friendly with it, he fed it, let it in at tim… --- ## [Two questions re new computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-re-new-computer/547447)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-re-new-computer/547447 "2010-07-21T16:21:45Z")
I am considering buying a new computer. At the moment I think I might be interested in a Gateway SX2840-01. CNET did a very favorable review of this computer. The price is certainly good. So, any opinions pro or con abou… --- ## [Did anybody ever raise their wife's libido?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-ever-raise-their-wifes-libido/546891)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 102\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anybody-ever-raise-their-wifes-libido/546891 "2010-07-21T15:34:57Z")
Just wondering, has anybody ever done anything that worked to make their wife want sex more often, or have any women ever raised their libido themselves? If so, what did you do? --- ## [Should I switch to synthetic oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-switch-to-synthetic-oil/547376)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-switch-to-synthetic-oil/547376 "2010-07-21T13:31:48Z")
I know there are a few good mechanics on here, and I can think of few groups I trust more than Dopers. So, Doper mechanics, are synthetic oils worth the cost? I have to do an oil change within 400 miles, and I’m wonder… --- ## [How do I get my dog and cat to get along?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-dog-and-cat-to-get-along/547354)
**Author:** [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-dog-and-cat-to-get-along/547354 "2010-07-21T12:01:27Z")
We have a cat that’s around 5, and last year we got a puppy, who’s now about a year old. I was hoping they’d just learn to be around each other, but it hasn’t happened yet. Whenever the dog see the cat, he wants to run u… --- ## [What do you think of this Turkish Briefcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-turkish-briefcase/547179)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-this-turkish-briefcase/547179 "2010-07-21T07:57:19Z")
I was thinking of buying one of these. Is this a work of beauty, or a monstrosity? --- ## [What does your garbage say about you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-garbage-say-about-you/547325)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-garbage-say-about-you/547325 "2010-07-21T04:27:54Z")
In movies or TV shows involving an investigation there’s sometimes a scene where they go through the suspect’s garbage to look for evidence of whatever. The one that springs immediately to my mind is The Fugitive where … --- ## [What would you put in a time capsule?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-put-in-a-time-capsule/546855)
**Author:** [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-put-in-a-time-capsule/546855 "2010-07-21T02:00:04Z")
Your city is burying a time capsule that won’t be dug up until 2110, and you’re one of the people in charge of deciding what to put in it. What do you pick and why? --- ## [Free Cellphone?? Obama Phone???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cellphone-obama-phone/547382)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-cellphone-obama-phone/547382 "2010-07-21T00:59:35Z")
I have received an email concerning free cellphones provided by federal government funding to welfare recipients: https://www.safelinkwireless.com/EnrollmentPublic/Home.aspx The number of free minutes supplied is determ… --- ## [Nero CD burn program](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-cd-burn-program/547043)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nero-cd-burn-program/547043 "2010-07-21T00:53:22Z")
The title says it all but I’ll sat it again: Does anyone know anything about this Nero thing? If so, what do you think about it? Thanks --- ## [Renting: $100 management fee for no lease](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-100-management-fee-for-no-lease/547396)
**Author:** [@alfabex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfabex)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-100-management-fee-for-no-lease/547396 "2010-07-21T00:45:09Z")
Hi, everybody. I’m currently looking for a new appartment right now and I’ve come across something that I found odd. I wanted to get some opinions on this. Basically, ontop of the rent, the landlord wants a one time “ma… --- ## [Lipstick on a glass: what would you have done?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-on-a-glass-what-would-you-have-done/547216)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lipstick-on-a-glass-what-would-you-have-done/547216 "2010-07-20T21:40:00Z")
Last week I had to do some hectic business travel. Duringh a rushed connection in Charlotte, NC I hurried into a bar to slake my thirst. I had just a few minutes to spare, and the bar was busy. A waitress took my order… --- ## [Russian PROBLEM CHILD sent HOME ALONE: thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-problem-child-sent-home-alone-thoughts/535649)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-problem-child-sent-home-alone-thoughts/535649 "2010-07-20T21:21:14Z")
You can read about it here or many other places, but here’s the nutshell: Torry Hansen, 26, a resident of Shelbyville, TN, adopted a 7 year old boy, Artyom, from Russia. She flew to Russia to meet him and collect him a… --- ## [Gross or not - Dog drinking from regular fountain at park](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-or-not-dog-drinking-from-regular-fountain-at-park/547071)
**Author:** [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-or-not-dog-drinking-from-regular-fountain-at-park/547071 "2010-07-20T21:10:29Z")
It’s public fountain in a public park. It’s a metal bowl with a standard metal fountain attachment with a concrete base. The dog puts his front paws on the edge of the bowl. The owner pushes the button with his or her… --- ## [So, what do I do about my anxiety problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-about-my-anxiety-problem/547277)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-i-do-about-my-anxiety-problem/547277 "2010-07-20T20:40:27Z")
Not looking for medical advice… Okay, so, I am 33 years old. For the last 11 or so years, I have been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks. I feel like a PTSD textbook case - I went from being a relatively normal 18… --- ## [Need suggestions on how to get in touch with families with kids going off to college this fall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-on-how-to-get-in-touch-with-families-with-kids-going-off-to-college-this-fall/547351)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-suggestions-on-how-to-get-in-touch-with-families-with-kids-going-off-to-college-this-fall/547351 "2010-07-20T20:31:16Z")
I am conducting a (paid) research study, and I need to get in touch with families who have a member going off to college this fall. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I might reach such people, given that I do no… --- ## [A couple of home networking questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-home-networking-questions/547311)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-home-networking-questions/547311 "2010-07-20T19:53:28Z")
I’m putting this in IMHO, because I don’t think I’m looking for “factual” answers. More like experiences and…well…opinions. I’ve got a wireless network in my house, based around Comcast’s cable service and an Apple Air… --- ## [What are some effective but affordable ways to collaborate in real-time over long distances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-effective-but-affordable-ways-to-collaborate-in-real-time-over-long-distances/547269)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-effective-but-affordable-ways-to-collaborate-in-real-time-over-long-distances/547269 "2010-07-20T19:33:19Z")
In one organization I work with, we have occasional 20-30-person conference calls. It’s a real hassle both technically and logistically, what with the constant join/leave announcements, phone reception and feedback issu… --- ## [Ladies, tell me about your IUD. Need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-iud-need-answer-fast/546899)
**Author:** [@Ritter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ritter)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-tell-me-about-your-iud-need-answer-fast/546899 "2010-07-20T19:31:07Z")
I need emergency contraception in the very near future, and have learned online that the IUD is a viable form of EC. I don’t want a case of the babies anytime soon (or anytime really), and this seems like a good time to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1914) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1916)