# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=436 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 437 --- ## [Help Me Choose a Router!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-router/826400)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-router/826400 "2018-12-23T23:00:39Z")
This should be a no-brainer; instead, it is causing me tremendous grief. A simple router for the house for residential use, right? You go to Walmart and buy one off the shelf. Well, although it is a CISCO product (Linksy… --- ## [Is there a place for non-politically correct speech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-non-politically-correct-speech/826218)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 195\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-place-for-non-politically-correct-speech/826218 "2018-12-23T21:57:49Z")
I acknowledge that certain terms and stereotypes should be done away with, but I firmly believe that non-PC terms and stereotypes based on ethnic and cultural differences are what allowed the various immigrants who spoke… --- ## ["Xth-grader"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xth-grader/826531)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xth-grader/826531 "2018-12-23T21:28:41Z")
I doubt this has an actual answer, but it seems very common, on this board at least, for Americans to casually refer to kids by grade level, rather than by age. It’s always intrigued (and confused, as I never know how ol… --- ## [What kind of parents name their child Adolph Hitler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-parents-name-their-child-adolph-hitler/477594)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-parents-name-their-child-adolph-hitler/477594 "2018-12-23T20:57:25Z")
An AP story in today’s newspaper is about a family in PA who named their now 3-year old child Adolph Hitler Campbell. They are upset because a store refused to put the entire name on a birthday cake for him. Their other… --- ## [Tell me about your best sneaky gift-wrapping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-best-sneaky-gift-wrapping/676525)
**Author:** [@Silvorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silvorange)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-best-sneaky-gift-wrapping/676525 "2018-12-23T20:00:01Z")
I bought my nephew a season pass to a local amusement park for Christmas. I wasn’t sure how best to present it. Then I found a horrible lamp at Goodwill. The base is an outhouse with a door that opens. Yup, the pass will… --- ## [Ever Been to 8 Mile Road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-8-mile-road/825990)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-to-8-mile-road/825990 "2018-12-23T19:26:05Z")
In Detroit, of course. Yeah, ever since Eminem came out with that record about 15 years ago, I have wondered how non-Detroiters react to the subject of 8 Mile Road in Detroit, and if they even know where and what it is. … --- ## [Which National Park Did You Last Visit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-national-park-did-you-last-visit/825960 "2018-12-23T03:50:32Z")
For us, it was Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park on the Big Island of Hawaii, this past July. --- ## [Do you sleep with your phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-with-your-phone/826306)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-sleep-with-your-phone/826306 "2018-12-23T03:32:50Z")
Now now, get your mind out of the gutter, this is the SDMB, not one of those types of websites. As a spin-off from the alarm clock thread, I thought I’d see how I unique I am since I not only always have my iPhone in be… --- ## [Ho, Ho, Ho! or O come, all ye faithful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-or-o-come-all-ye-faithful/826235)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-ho-or-o-come-all-ye-faithful/826235 "2018-12-23T03:26:29Z")
I had a secular upbringing, so Christmas, for me, is ‘Ho, ho, ho!’ and ‘Jingle Bells’, and Deck the halls with boughs of holly’ (though holly is rather nasty and prickly). For other people, Christmas is religious. Some… --- ## [Remember seasonal fruit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-seasonal-fruit/826365)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-seasonal-fruit/826365 "2018-12-23T02:12:24Z")
Started the day off with a nice warm slice of blueberry cobbler a la mode! (One of my wife’s specialties. You KNOW the ENTIRE day can’t suck when it starts off like THAT!) I remember when blueberries were an early sum… --- ## [Great discussion with a engineer involved with the Apollo PLSS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-discussion-with-a-engineer-involved-with-the-apollo-plss/826547)
**Author:** [@mako88sb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mako88sb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-discussion-with-a-engineer-involved-with-the-apollo-plss/826547 "2018-12-22T20:35:12Z")
Dan Schaiewitz started this thread over at collectspace and it’s fabulous reading his first hand experiences with the astronauts and the training involved with the PLSS & spacesuits along with just normal everyday life t… --- ## [Federal reserve?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-reserve/826540)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-reserve/826540 "2018-12-22T19:35:16Z")
What are the factors the federal reserve takes into consideration when adjusting interest rates. If possible in order of importance? --- ## [Is there ever any appropriate way to hit on a coworker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-any-appropriate-way-to-hit-on-a-coworker/826417)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-ever-any-appropriate-way-to-hit-on-a-coworker/826417 "2018-12-22T16:14:27Z")
So as a preface, let me just say it seems like the “safe” answer is probably no. But we have a person who started at the company I just started at at the same time as me. She’s cute, interesting, and we ended up working… --- ## [WARNING MEDICAL ADVICE! What do I do about my throat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-medical-advice-what-do-i-do-about-my-throat/780747)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-medical-advice-what-do-i-do-about-my-throat/780747 "2018-12-22T04:05:26Z")
So I had the flu or whatever. I don’t know if it was officially the flu but it was like a really bad cold that didn’t get any better for an entire 2 weeks. So during that time I developed a cough. At times the cough was … --- ## [Old fashioned occurances in the 21st century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-occurances-in-the-21st-century/826450)
**Author:** [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fashioned-occurances-in-the-21st-century/826450 "2018-12-22T00:55:50Z")
I had an interesting interaction today. While driving home from a modern, state of the art Kia dealership, I arrived on my block to see an individual wearing a hoodie poking thru my neighbor’s garbage. In the back of his… --- ## [Financial worries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-worries/826441)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-worries/826441 "2018-12-21T19:44:10Z")
Reading lingyi’s thread on what you do with an extra $10-$15 a day, and several people’s responses regarding not having any extra disposable income, to splurge on things like coffee, cigarettes, lunch splurging, etc. mad… --- ## [Paul Ryan is retiring, is that a good or bad thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-is-retiring-is-that-a-good-or-bad-thing/826443)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paul-ryan-is-retiring-is-that-a-good-or-bad-thing/826443 "2018-12-21T18:57:03Z")
Ryan is leaving the House and probably politics. So I’m putting this in imho. Ryan is only 48. Has he said what he plans to do? I can’t see the guy chaining himself to a corporate desk job or selling insurance. What’s… --- ## [Why did somebody send my Mom this DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-somebody-send-my-mom-this-dvd/826456)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-somebody-send-my-mom-this-dvd/826456 "2018-12-21T18:36:35Z")
My Mom received a DVD in the mail of a new movie called “The Big Fix.” There was no return address and no other information included. The film appears to be a family-oriented body-switching comedy that may also have re… --- ## [How much of the opioid epidemic is accidental vs. pleasure-seeking addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-opioid-epidemic-is-accidental-vs-pleasure-seeking-addiction/826096)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-opioid-epidemic-is-accidental-vs-pleasure-seeking-addiction/826096 "2018-12-21T06:00:44Z")
Posting in here as I have not seen a factual answer to this and assume some opinion may be involved… I have heard a lot about the opioid epidemic over the past few years and believe that it is horrendous. One thing that… --- ## [Cash out small pension?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-out-small-pension/826093)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cash-out-small-pension/826093 "2018-12-21T03:09:42Z")
My wife earned a pension working for a major accounting firm that she left this year, we just received her pension information. They’re offering a cash buyout now of about $20k, or we can hold out for pension payments (… --- ## [Step kids vs non step kids and gifts question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-kids-vs-non-step-kids-and-gifts-question/826363)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/step-kids-vs-non-step-kids-and-gifts-question/826363 "2018-12-21T01:46:58Z")
I have some regular nieces and nephews and some step nieces and nephews. I have nothing against the step ones except they have only recently been added to the family and I feel no connection with them. Is it wrong to giv… --- ## [Is my car dealer service dept. BS'ing me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-car-dealer-service-dept-bsing-me/826240)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-car-dealer-service-dept-bsing-me/826240 "2018-12-20T23:31:29Z")
I know, the answer is probably yes. They are professional bullshitters. My car (2015 Infiniti Q60S convertible) is at 36K miles and they are giving me dire “Red flag” warnings that I need service that is not in the sche… --- ## [Repairing worn leather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-worn-leather/826446)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-worn-leather/826446 "2018-12-20T22:49:19Z")
We have a beautiful leather love seat that’s starting to wear. There’s a place where it’s worn all the way through and needs to be repaired. What can we use, other than ugly duct tape? --- ## [Shop Owners: Have You Received ASCAP Threats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shop-owners-have-you-received-ascap-threats/826191 "2018-12-20T22:27:49Z")
I am curious to know if shop owners have received notices (whether by email, letter, text, what have you) by ASCAP warning them about playing copyright music in their stores. A good friend who teaches karate and runs his… --- ## [What do you do with your extra $10/$20 a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-extra-10-20-a-day/826411)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-your-extra-10-20-a-day/826411 "2018-12-20T20:34:05Z")
I don’t mean to rag on smokers, Starbucks lovers or anything else you may buy daily, but since I don’t have a buy something daily habit, I sometimes tell myself I have an extra $10/$20 a day to spend and splurge a littl… --- ## [My Doctor Wants To Put Me On Rituximab, Tell Me About It](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-wants-to-put-me-on-rituximab-tell-me-about-it/826428)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-doctor-wants-to-put-me-on-rituximab-tell-me-about-it/826428 "2018-12-20T19:05:38Z")
I have Auto-Immune Hemolytic Anemia (not cancer, not arthritis; two other conditions treated by this drug). In the past, my hematologist has treated me with oral Prednisone, which gets my HGB levels back to where they be… --- ## [Thinking of switching from Spectrum to AT&T Uverse. Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-switching-from-spectrum-to-at-t-uverse-recommendations/826427)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-switching-from-spectrum-to-at-t-uverse-recommendations/826427 "2018-12-20T17:13:46Z")
I’ve really had it with Spectrum, and from the numbers I’m running I can save money and get faster internet with AT&T (depending on how much they charge for premium channels). I searched and didn’t find many recent thre… --- ## [Is the new Tesla battery something to get excited about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-tesla-battery-something-to-get-excited-about/718985)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2017, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-new-tesla-battery-something-to-get-excited-about/718985 "2017-01-07T10:33:52Z")
At the moment I’m pretty excited, but I don’t know squat about this type of technology. It seems very reasonably priced. I’m really wondering if this is something that could be a reliable alternative to getting energy … --- ## [Social Security-Take it now, or wait for full benefits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-take-it-now-or-wait-for-full-benefits/825997)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-take-it-now-or-wait-for-full-benefits/825997 "2018-12-20T07:51:57Z")
I am eligible for Social Security next year, since I was born in 1957, and I was wondering if I should take it in 2019, or wait further down the line for the higher monthly payments? Here is the chart for those born in … --- ## [Is this taking recycling just a little too far?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-taking-recycling-just-a-little-too-far/826127)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-taking-recycling-just-a-little-too-far/826127 "2018-12-20T05:45:32Z")
My wife and I have been separating our recyclables for years. Before the city started curbside recycling, we’d take it to the local Wal-Mart which had a recycling drop-off, and later we hired a local guy who would pick i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=435) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=437)