# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=345 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 346 --- ## [How legit are autographed items like musical instruments on ebay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-legit-are-autographed-items-like-musical-instruments-on-ebay/846752)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-legit-are-autographed-items-like-musical-instruments-on-ebay/846752 "2020-01-22T04:29:25Z")
I saw something once that 90% of baseball autographed items are fake. I might buy a guitar autographed by Pete Townshend. They say it is certified but I don’t know what that means. --- ## [Shampoo/Conditioner/etc. for very dry hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-conditioner-etc-for-very-dry-hair/846723)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shampoo-conditioner-etc-for-very-dry-hair/846723 "2020-01-22T02:45:15Z")
Don’t want to spend a lot . Anything available at Target, Walgreens ,etc is OK with me as long as it’s around $10 or less. --- ## [Inexpensive drones for children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-drones-for-children/846745)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inexpensive-drones-for-children/846745 "2020-01-22T02:11:22Z")
My kids got an inexpensive miniture RC helicopter for Christmas and we really enjoy flying it. We’d like to get an inexpensive drone. Tell me about your experiences! --- ## [1. Bufford Pusser: 2. Chesty Puller](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-bufford-pusser-2-chesty-puller/846546)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-bufford-pusser-2-chesty-puller/846546 "2020-01-21T23:01:03Z")
I caught Walking tall today. Which made me think there are lots of badasses with badass names and epithets, but how many real life\* badass Motherfuckers have snickerable names? \*\[sub\]Biggus Dickus will require a very go… --- ## [How much money do I need per month in retirement? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-i-need-per-month-in-retirement-long/846650)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-do-i-need-per-month-in-retirement-long/846650 "2020-01-21T20:17:17Z")
I know we have questions like this a lot, but those are usually along the lines of how much should I be saving for retirement. What I’d like to do, is describe the lifestyle I would like to maintain and then ask the te… --- ## [How much do you care who your ancestors were, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-care-who-your-ancestors-were-and-why/846515)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-care-who-your-ancestors-were-and-why/846515 "2020-01-21T16:01:48Z")
I’ve done some genealogical research, not much, just back a few generations where the information was readily available. I’ve done 23 And Me for what that’s worth. The thing is I’m not sure why I care. I got much more ou… --- ## [The most boring U.S. state](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-boring-u-s-state/845262 "2020-01-21T06:34:57Z")
My opinion, North Dakota. Flat. No activities or any tourist destinations there. Some people also say Connecticut or even Ohio. --- ## [Talk me out of at-home mermaid hair! (Quick answers only)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-at-home-mermaid-hair-quick-answers-only/846156)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-out-of-at-home-mermaid-hair-quick-answers-only/846156 "2020-01-21T01:52:06Z")
I’ve never not had a job or been enrolled in a school with a rule against non-natural hair color. It’s never been much of a sacrifice because I’ve never had the guts to do anything crazy anyway. But now I’m taking a week… --- ## [Do Generations Exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-generations-exist/846196)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-generations-exist/846196 "2020-01-20T23:00:48Z")
Obviously, there are great-grandfathers and grandkids and people propagate over time. But people have been sorting and labelling generations since well before the 60s; assigning them stereotypes which tend to exaggerate… --- ## [Flu shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/846085)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/846085 "2020-01-20T19:07:36Z")
I’ve gotten flu shots for the last 3 years. Each winter, I’ve gotten sick with something which wasn’t the flu. I don’t plan on getting one this season, even though, locally, there was a death of a young woman from it. … --- ## [When should younger folks get their affairs in order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-younger-folks-get-their-affairs-in-order/846667)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-should-younger-folks-get-their-affairs-in-order/846667 "2020-01-20T17:06:49Z")
Asking for a friend. By affairs I’m talking about will, health powers etc for reasons other than illness. A couple examples… married couple expecting first child and married couple with significant assets about to trav… --- ## [Opening game/comic store: making first buy. Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-game-comic-store-making-first-buy-advice/846187)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opening-game-comic-store-making-first-buy-advice/846187 "2020-01-20T16:43:55Z")
Latest in my saga of opening my own comic/game/art store. We’re two weeks out and arranging first inventory purchase. I figure I’d ask. I’m getting the top 50 comics and top 100 trade paperbacks. What else shall I stoc… --- ## [Is referring to two people with the same name as Big XXX and Little XXX non-PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-two-people-with-the-same-name-as-big-xxx-and-little-xxx-non-pc/846282)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-referring-to-two-people-with-the-same-name-as-big-xxx-and-little-xxx-non-pc/846282 "2020-01-20T16:39:15Z")
Watching \*Dirty Jobs \* and it brought to memories of Black Elmo and Regular Elmo from All In the Family because Mike sometimes refers to himself as Big Mike. Well, you can’t say Black Elmo anymore, but what about Big Elm… --- ## [Do non-readers really see reading as the same as studying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-readers-really-see-reading-as-the-same-as-studying/846418)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-non-readers-really-see-reading-as-the-same-as-studying/846418 "2020-01-20T03:48:23Z")
So, I was texting with a high school friend of mine and telling him that I set a goal to read 52 books this year, but I hope I’ve blown through that by July 4. He kept asking me odd questions like how would I remember a… --- ## [How to withold consent for vehicle searches during traffic stops?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-withold-consent-for-vehicle-searches-during-traffic-stops/846514)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-withold-consent-for-vehicle-searches-during-traffic-stops/846514 "2020-01-20T00:27:50Z")
Been reading a bit on traffic stops and consensual/nonconsensual vehicle searches. The latest Supreme Court precedent (2015) I found established that police can have a k9 sniff around the exterior of your car while the… --- ## [What Can Someone Who Needs Professional Security Expect To Pay For It?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-someone-who-needs-professional-security-expect-to-pay-for-it/846641)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-someone-who-needs-professional-security-expect-to-pay-for-it/846641 "2020-01-19T22:18:50Z")
Say a wealthy and high-profile celebrity couple took up residence in a major metropolitan area – LA or Vancouver BC, for example. Assuming they went for the barest of bare minimum security detail\* (say, a bodyguard on-ca… --- ## [Explaining to family member that logic does not work as antidote to emotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-to-family-member-that-logic-does-not-work-as-antidote-to-emotion/846427)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explaining-to-family-member-that-logic-does-not-work-as-antidote-to-emotion/846427 "2020-01-19T04:18:49Z")
We’ve all heard of the saying, “You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into”; in other words, logic doesn’t usually work as an antidote to emotion, any more than giving an arachnophobe a… --- ## [Where to get the best return on a safe investment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-best-return-on-a-safe-investment/846513)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-best-return-on-a-safe-investment/846513 "2020-01-18T20:55:42Z")
I’m on the board of a small nonprofit - my neighborhood HOA, actually. We’ve got a decent amount in savings, and we’d like to put an amount in the upper five figures in a safe place that also gets a good return. ‘Safe’… --- ## [What happened to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-me/846488)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-me/846488 "2020-01-18T16:54:06Z")
I was working as a warehouseman and one day I overexerted my self trying to fix a recalcitrant overhead door. Luckily it was towards the end of my shift and except for minor paperwork my work was done. Anyway, I got so w… --- ## [If you had a really cool and loving dad growing up, and found out as an adult he wanted you aborted.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-really-cool-and-loving-dad-growing-up-and-found-out-as-an-adult-he-wanted-you-aborted/846563)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-really-cool-and-loving-dad-growing-up-and-found-out-as-an-adult-he-wanted-you-aborted/846563 "2020-01-18T12:26:49Z")
If you had a really cool and loving dad growing up, and found out as an adult he wanted you aborted; would you care? This is a thing I’ve seen on TV shows a time or two (can’t remember what shows off the top of my head)… --- ## [What is your opinion of this comment: consentual sex and rape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-this-comment-consentual-sex-and-rape/846262)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinion-of-this-comment-consentual-sex-and-rape/846262 "2020-01-17T19:54:28Z")
“Men shame women for having a lot of consensual sex more than they shame other men for rape.” --- ## [What's the coldest month of the year where you live (northern hemisphere)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coldest-month-of-the-year-where-you-live-northern-hemisphere/845710)
**Author:** [@scarface54345](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scarface54345)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-coldest-month-of-the-year-where-you-live-northern-hemisphere/845710 "2020-01-17T17:50:26Z")
So I believe most people would agree that January is generally the coldest month of the year for most of the northern hemisphere. I live in the US, and believe it or not, but almost everywhere West of the Great Plains ge… --- ## [Dogs in a Restaurant/Café](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-a-restaurant-cafe/845723)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-in-a-restaurant-cafe/845723 "2020-01-17T17:12:23Z")
This morning, there was a couple with their dog in the Starbucks near me and it annoyed me. Maybe I’m hungover and cranky, but I’m getting annoyed with ‘dogs everywhere’ This particular Starbucks has a lot of seating and… --- ## [Cyber Security / Privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-security-privacy/846440)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyber-security-privacy/846440 "2020-01-17T15:34:25Z")
With all the data hacks that we learn about on a regular basis, coupled with the ones we don’t know about, shouldn’t we just assume that all of our information is out there already. Is it worth taking painstaking and co… --- ## [Can my 6-y.o. cousin learn to read English better by also studying Spanish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-6-y-o-cousin-learn-to-read-english-better-by-also-studying-spanish/846347)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-6-y-o-cousin-learn-to-read-english-better-by-also-studying-spanish/846347 "2020-01-17T06:57:53Z")
I have a cousin, some 15 years my junior, whom I will call JACKIE because that is not her name. Jackie is a single mom with one child whom I will call DIANA. Jackie, like mini parents of only one child, thanks her baby … --- ## [prognosis for untreated congestive heart failure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prognosis-for-untreated-congestive-heart-failure/846352)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prognosis-for-untreated-congestive-heart-failure/846352 "2020-01-17T00:44:56Z")
Not looking for medical advice here - just a forecast. An overweight elderly acquaintance (70-80 years old) has been living for many years with untreated hypertension. During my most recent visit with them, they exhibi… --- ## [Dr.s/mental health pros: Neurofeedback testing for ADHD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-s-mental-health-pros-neurofeedback-testing-for-adhd/846364)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-s-mental-health-pros-neurofeedback-testing-for-adhd/846364 "2020-01-16T20:06:17Z")
Gotta make this quick, but I am curious about using neurofeedback testing to identify ADHD by detecting “theta waves”. All of the Google-fu I used only came up with results for using neurofeedback as a therapy, I couldn… --- ## [Where to get the best return on a safe investment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-best-return-on-a-safe-investment/846517)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-the-best-return-on-a-safe-investment/846517 "2020-01-16T19:37:02Z")
I’m on the board of a small nonprofit - my neighborhood HOA, actually. We’ve got a decent amount in savings, and we’d like to put an amount in the upper five figures in a safe place that also gets a good return. ‘Safe’… --- ## [missing children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-children/845669)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-children/845669 "2020-01-16T18:25:00Z")
Theres been this local teen missing for 11 days in northern Ohio. Its all over the news. I’m asking, how often do teens go missing, what are the chances of them being found alive? --- ## [Discuss some of the big advertizers on youTube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-some-of-the-big-advertizers-on-youtube/846496)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discuss-some-of-the-big-advertizers-on-youtube/846496 "2020-01-16T17:50:25Z")
As a youTube junkie, there are certain ads I’ve seen, and skipped, many times. I just wanted to share some thoughts about these products and ask if anyone has signed up for them? If the ads you see are different to mine… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=344) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=346)