# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=264 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 265 --- ## [Tipping Dog Groomer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-dog-groomer/938526)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-dog-groomer/938526 "2021-04-11T18:57:09Z")
For those that have their dogs groomed by a pro, do you tip them when the job is finished? What about for a very simple job like a dog bath and nail trim? I took one of my dogs (\<50 pounds) for a simple bath and nail tr… --- ## [Corrugated Drain Pipe; Simple, Right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrugated-drain-pipe-simple-right/939638)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corrugated-drain-pipe-simple-right/939638 "2021-04-11T17:54:02Z")
I need a 10-ft length of corrugated drain pipe (4-in diameter, typ. nominal). Both Lowes and Home Depot sell (a) a 10-ft length of “corrugated solid pipe” and 10-ft length of “corrugated perforated pipe” that sounds like… --- ## [How do you feel about rich people's kids accepting college scholarships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-rich-peoples-kids-accepting-college-scholarships/425916)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-rich-peoples-kids-accepting-college-scholarships/425916 "2007-11-12T20:53:31Z")
I was browsing through Yahoo and just found this “news” article about Michael Jordan’s son, Jeffrey, who is going to Illinois instead of Valparaiso, turning down a Valpo scholarship to play for the Big 10 school\*. Howeve… --- ## [Help name a gay-bowling team.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894)
**Author:** [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2021, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-name-a-gay-bowling-team/143894 "2021-04-11T04:54:21Z")
A friend of mine and his other 3 team mates are on course to finish 45th out of 49 teams in their Long Island (metro NYC) GLBT bowling league. The 4 of them are self-described “poor to average” bowlers. Taking all 11 i… --- ## [Recommend me a camper trailer!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-camper-trailer/939686)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-camper-trailer/939686 "2021-04-10T22:35:16Z")
Ok, we’re in the market for a camper, and it’ll be our first. So far, it doesn’t look like the thing that we want exists, but I’m hopeful that I’m missing it and someone can recommend something to look into. Requirement… --- ## [Tech companies and China investment - any good experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-companies-and-china-investment-any-good-experiences/939750)
**Author:** [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tech-companies-and-china-investment-any-good-experiences/939750 "2021-04-10T14:50:30Z")
I’ve worked for two small tech companies with major investors from China. The investors spent a little money up front and made grand promises of future funding. Ultimately, the investors took the technology and stopped a… --- ## [To auto-correct or not to auto-correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-auto-correct-or-not-to-auto-correct/939608)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-auto-correct-or-not-to-auto-correct/939608 "2021-04-10T14:47:34Z")
That is the question. Whether 'tis better on the screen to suffer the ridiculous ‘fixes’ of auto-correct, or to turn it off and by opposing auto-correct, fat-finger and mangle words all by myself? I finally got sick en… --- ## [How to Compare Docs in Word](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compare-docs-in-word/939496)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-compare-docs-in-word/939496 "2021-04-10T14:38:26Z")
I don’t understand what Word is doing when comparing two similar documents. The screen is split into four panes. On the upper right, one pane is labeled “original document”, immediately below that, a second pane is label… --- ## [ALD anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ald-anyone/939722)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ald-anyone/939722 "2021-04-10T03:45:55Z")
ALD is the TLA for Adrenoleukodystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that primarily impacts boys and men and attacks the CNS. Women can get a milder version later in life, but some are asymptomatic and become silent carriers… --- ## [PMR anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pmr-anyone/939609)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pmr-anyone/939609 "2021-04-10T01:14:46Z")
PMR is the TLA for polymyalgia rheumatica, an immune mediated disorder that periodically causes flare ups of severe pain, primarily in the hips and shoulders. (TLA is the three letter abbreviation for three letter abbrev… --- ## [Help! Cat is eating non food items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cat-is-eating-non-food-items/939561)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-cat-is-eating-non-food-items/939561 "2021-04-09T22:23:58Z")
My cat Sam, has been puking up white foam for the past two days. did some research, and found this could be caused by eating non food items. I recall hearing my cat rummaging around in the guests bath (something he does… --- ## [Who has a better quality of life: A farm animal or a wild animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-better-quality-of-life-a-farm-animal-or-a-wild-animal/939565)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-has-a-better-quality-of-life-a-farm-animal-or-a-wild-animal/939565 "2021-04-09T14:40:13Z")
So a farm animal has access to veterinary care, it’s fed and kept safe from predators. Yes, it will eventually be slaughtered, but it would be more humane than being chomped on by a predator or starving to death. Wild a… --- ## [How have you changed as you’ve aged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-have-you-changed-as-you-ve-aged/938929 "2021-04-09T03:32:44Z")
Have you gotten grumpier, happier? More tolerant, less tolerant? Is it context dependant? Life these past few weeks has put me in a position to look at myself in this regard, and I think for many things, context dependa… --- ## [Can I take advantage of today’s low interest rates for my upcoming retirement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-take-advantage-of-today-s-low-interest-rates-for-my-upcoming-retirement/939580)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-take-advantage-of-today-s-low-interest-rates-for-my-upcoming-retirement/939580 "2021-04-08T20:04:05Z")
I plan on retiring in 4 years. I have a traditional defined benefit pension plan as well as a 401K. The pension plan will be worth at least twice what the 401k will be. I don’t know if the actual dollar values are import… --- ## [Are your OTC meds always out of date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-otc-meds-always-out-of-date/939567)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-your-otc-meds-always-out-of-date/939567 "2021-04-08T20:03:09Z")
I grabbed the Tylenol for my wife yesterday and, as usual, checked the expiration date - May 2017. She took it anyway, seemed to work fine. It seems to me that every OTC med- aspirin, cold meds, cough syrup, are always … --- ## [P65 Warning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p65-warning/939447)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/p65-warning/939447 "2021-04-08T14:01:56Z")
I wasn’t sure if this should be posted here or in General Questions. Feel free to move it. My dog Huck (Great Dane) drinks a massive amount of water every day. His dishes are in a raised Neater Feeder which has openings… --- ## [Are Greenies like crack for your dog? (or is there something else?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-greenies-like-crack-for-your-dog-or-is-there-something-else/939254)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-greenies-like-crack-for-your-dog-or-is-there-something-else/939254 "2021-04-08T12:33:52Z")
Our terrier is pretty willful - she will escape if possible (though she doesn’t seek it actively, will run away if chased outside, only obeys commands half the time, etc.). Now, all that is the result of bad training, I’… --- ## [There are two kinds of people](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-two-kinds-of-people/939399 "2021-04-08T06:05:22Z")
You know, when you need to classify people regardless of any other considerations. The first I remember which is almost irrelevant today was: Elvis or the Beatles? I’m sure this one will last for awhile: Harley or Hond… --- ## [Does Etiquette Evolve? -- or, That Should've Been a Text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-etiquette-evolve-or-that-shouldve-been-a-text/938915)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-etiquette-evolve-or-that-shouldve-been-a-text/938915 "2021-04-07T22:27:01Z")
Judging from old movies, up until maybe oh let’s say 50 years ago, dropping by someone’s house unannounced wasn’t considered inappropriate. Doing so today is downright creepy. Or at the very least impolite. You don’t kno… --- ## [Does anyone remember sonic booms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-sonic-booms/938275)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-sonic-booms/938275 "2021-04-07T20:53:13Z")
I was born in 1962 and grew up in the Chicago suburbs. About the time I was 5 or 6, I remember it being not commonplace but not all that unusual to hear a boom in the sky, and my 5 or 6 (or whatever) year old friends wou… --- ## [Can't take a photo of my Drivers License on my Phone, is this an actual feature?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-take-a-photo-of-my-drivers-license-on-my-phone-is-this-an-actual-feature/939374)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-take-a-photo-of-my-drivers-license-on-my-phone-is-this-an-actual-feature/939374 "2021-04-07T13:25:37Z")
I needed to take a photo of my Drivers License with REAL ID features for verification purposes. I’m using a two year old Samsung Galaxy but whenever I tried to take a picture of the front my phone would freeze and the ph… --- ## ["Direction" of (fake or real) ethnic identities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/direction-of-fake-or-real-ethnic-identities/929285 "2021-04-06T11:54:21Z")
ISTM that there’s been a big change over the last few decades. At one point, it was not uncommon for ethnic minorities who could “pass” as members of the majority identity to adopt that identity. But I can’t remember hea… --- ## [Do birds have their own "spots"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-birds-have-their-own-spots/938805)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-birds-have-their-own-spots/938805 "2021-04-06T00:28:03Z")
I have my favorite chair. Hubs has his. Our cats both have their spots as well. We have climbing roses on one side of our porch and I can look at them from the bathroom. There are usually about 50 sparrows hanging out a… --- ## [Sign meaning - “No Loitering - Police take notice”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-meaning-no-loitering-police-take-notice/939189)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-meaning-no-loitering-police-take-notice/939189 "2021-04-05T22:47:38Z")
I have seen multiple like signs, seemingly put up by private interests, that include the phrase ‘Police take notice’. That one has been a head scratcher to me. Does it mean to tell the person reading that police do ta… --- ## [Getting a handle on my car issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-handle-on-my-car-issue/939350)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-handle-on-my-car-issue/939350 "2021-04-05T20:11:15Z")
I’ve got a 2005 Nissan Sentra. A couple of months ago, I started seeing an issue which now seems to be happening all the time. When I reach my destination, I can’t open my car door. What appears to be happening is that … --- ## [Favorite old pieces of software (not games)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-old-pieces-of-software-not-games/932059)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-old-pieces-of-software-not-games/932059 "2021-04-05T13:16:13Z")
Guys and gals, look at what I found… :cry: (If you can’t see the pic, it’s the CD-ROM shell case for Microsoft’s ‘Multimedia Beethoven: 9th Symphony’, released in 1993.) I haven’t e… --- ## [You give up a child for adoption. Who do you tell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-give-up-a-child-for-adoption-who-do-you-tell/938987)
**Author:** [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-give-up-a-child-for-adoption-who-do-you-tell/938987 "2021-04-04T23:23:23Z")
Don’t need answer fast. In a book I just started, a 14 year old gives her daughter up for adoption. Five years later she gets married. Twenty or so years later she has a 18 year old son and a 15 year old daughter. At no… --- ## [Is this computer any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-computer-any-good/939279)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-computer-any-good/939279 "2021-04-03T22:25:34Z")
I got this computer today. Is it any good? Anyone have any experience with Acer computers? I plan on using it to surf the web and watch streams. I ask because I’ve heard of Acer products breaking soon after purchase, an… --- ## [Would the enlisted men in "Under Siege" get in in trouble? (Mild spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-enlisted-men-in-under-siege-get-in-in-trouble-mild-spoilers/939275)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-enlisted-men-in-under-siege-get-in-in-trouble-mild-spoilers/939275 "2021-04-03T17:36:12Z")
So I am currently watching the super accurate naval documentary “Under Siege” featuring the great actor and documentarian Steven Segal. For those not of familiar with this great work, the premise is a small group of ult… --- ## [Whole Life Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-life-insurance/939237)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-life-insurance/939237 "2021-04-03T16:16:13Z")
My mom took out not one, but two, whole life insurance policies on me a couple decades ago. I guess either she figured I’d come to no good end and she wanted the cost of burying to be handled somehow and someone sold he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=265)