# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=474 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 475 --- ## [proportional vs. linear exercise weight sets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proportional-vs-linear-exercise-weight-sets/819193)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proportional-vs-linear-exercise-weight-sets/819193 "2018-08-07T17:14:34Z")
Exercise weights usually are based on some standard unit (in the USA, pounds) and then come in integer multiples of that unit- 1, 2, 3, etc., and eventually by about 10 or so start skipping in higher multiples, i.e., 15… --- ## [Bringing a non related minor out of state/country? Legal Documents needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-non-related-minor-out-of-state-country-legal-documents-needed/819095)
**Author:** [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-a-non-related-minor-out-of-state-country-legal-documents-needed/819095 "2018-08-07T14:24:54Z")
We are planning a couple trips and have a babysitter we are planning/thinking on bringing with us. She will be at the time, 15 years old. She is the daughter of a really close family friend. She will be watching when pos… --- ## [Why I have quit drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-have-quit-drinking/818914)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-i-have-quit-drinking/818914 "2018-08-07T14:08:11Z")
First, let me say, I’ve never been a problem drinker. I mostly just drank on the Jewish holidays, or when I visited my mother (my stepfather collects wine). Second, you need to know that both my parents died of cancer. … --- ## [How to answer "Why are you interested in this?" questions in interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-answer-why-are-you-interested-in-this-questions-in-interviews/819078)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-answer-why-are-you-interested-in-this-questions-in-interviews/819078 "2018-08-07T13:49:41Z")
Several days ago I had a job interview. I asked the budget of the project and they did not answer the question and asked me why I was interested in. I just said I was curious, because I was curious. I could not give am m… --- ## [If you had to be executed, how would you like to be put to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-be-executed-how-would-you-like-to-be-put-to-death/818782 "2018-08-07T12:46:58Z")
Suppose you were convicted, rightly or wrongly, of a capital crime, and sentenced to die. You’ve exhausted every appeal and the time of your demise is nigh. However, wherever you live has a new rule that says that whil… --- ## [Is it considered courteous (or pointless?) to try speaking Spanish in the touristy areas of Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-courteous-or-pointless-to-try-speaking-spanish-in-the-touristy-areas-of-mexico/819096)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-courteous-or-pointless-to-try-speaking-spanish-in-the-touristy-areas-of-mexico/819096 "2018-08-07T12:44:09Z")
Traveling to Cozumel next month, and I’m interested in whether it’s worth it to try speaking Spanish while visiting bars / restaurants / shops, etc. I have a slight recollection from 7th grade Spanish (30 years ago) of … --- ## [Being penalized for staying with the same (auto) insurance company too long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-penalized-for-staying-with-the-same-auto-insurance-company-too-long/818932)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-penalized-for-staying-with-the-same-auto-insurance-company-too-long/818932 "2018-08-07T12:22:36Z")
Sometime next week, I intend on buying a 2014 Prius. So I call my insurance guy whom I’ve been with for 9 years. I give him my information and he gives me a quote back at $177 a month!! That’s outrageous! No accidents,… --- ## [How do you deal with high humidity at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-high-humidity-at-night/819196)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-high-humidity-at-night/819196 "2018-08-06T23:43:26Z")
I have difficulty falling asleep at night because of the high humidity. My apartment has no central HVAC and running my bedroom’s AC is noisy and can run cold air over my throat which leaves me sore. Running an AC outsid… --- ## [Misunderstandings that changed history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstandings-that-changed-history/819066)
**Author:** [@Alonzo\_John\_Blitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alonzo_John_Blitz)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misunderstandings-that-changed-history/819066 "2018-08-06T21:43:45Z")
Hitler screaming at his generals as the Reich crumbles: I said atom bomb, not autobahn! One can see how such a misunderstanding might have world wide effects not in accordance with those desired by the despot. What si… --- ## [looking for recommendations for a cricket compatible phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-a-cricket-compatible-phone/819151)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-a-cricket-compatible-phone/819151 "2018-08-06T15:56:41Z")
So the exwife and I got the guestling a cricket phone a few months ago, a crappy cricket flip phone that is so basic that it’s barely functional (hell, the only text input option is t9, you can’t even do straight text le… --- ## [Money and medical science](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-medical-science/819030)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-medical-science/819030 "2018-08-06T12:45:52Z")
A century ago the 3 researchers that discovered insulin sold the patents rights for $1 apiece. Will we ever see such altruism again? --- ## [Waiting on like positive biopsy results; need to vent my self-loathing.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-on-like-positive-biopsy-results-need-to-vent-my-self-loathing/819143)
**Author:** [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2018, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-on-like-positive-biopsy-results-need-to-vent-my-self-loathing/819143 "2018-08-06T10:06:07Z")
Another long story. Hunker down if you’ve got the stamina to go through this. Also, TMI, so warning for that. Hi everyone. Earlier this year I had a uterine cancer scare that fortunately turned out to be hyperplasia (ov… --- ## [Not being allowed to take undergrad CS courses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-being-allowed-to-take-undergrad-cs-courses/818850)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-being-allowed-to-take-undergrad-cs-courses/818850 "2018-08-05T23:51:26Z")
I am accepted into Applied Computer Science (M.Sc, namely “postgraduate”) program in Germany. The classes will be taught in English in this program. The students usually come from countries outside Germany. However, the … --- ## [How do you like your sequential threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-sequential-threads/819145)
**Author:** [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-like-your-sequential-threads/819145 "2018-08-05T23:32:22Z")
I’m just curious how many people feel the same way I do about sequential thread jokes. I don’t care for it when the pair (or larger string) of thread titles is adorned with some kind of commentary. If the chain of thread… --- ## [Friday or Saturday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-or-saturday/818676)
**Author:** [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-or-saturday/818676 "2018-08-05T21:34:31Z")
Yea! It’s Friday!!! But is it more exciting tomorrow? Is “Yea! It’s Saturday!” better? --- ## [Stupid Credit Companies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-credit-companies/819003)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-credit-companies/819003 "2018-08-05T13:42:20Z")
So, I paid off a mortgage a few years ago, and got a medical bill finally off my credit, that I spent several years challenging. I also stopped using credit cards too often, after getting them all paid off. I figured my… --- ## [Let's talk Ammo. Good Target brands and how to interpret the specs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-ammo-good-target-brands-and-how-to-interpret-the-specs/613208)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-ammo-good-target-brands-and-how-to-interpret-the-specs/613208 "2012-02-18T11:16:24Z")
Since we’re on a gun discussion this week. :stuck\_out\_tongue: Pull up a chair and lets talk Ammo. I’ve never fully understood all the various Specs. I know FMJ is Full Metal Jacket and IRT is Indoor Range Target. So… --- ## [Murder where nobody knows who's the killer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-where-nobody-knows-whos-the-killer/818965)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-where-nobody-knows-whos-the-killer/818965 "2018-08-05T06:29:34Z")
Let’s say ten people, for whatever reason, agree to murder somebody. Each, however, is reluctant to do the deed themselves; so they engineer things such that they all press a button at the same time, but it’s randomly de… --- ## [Best free online resource for basic math learning and review?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-online-resource-for-basic-math-learning-and-review/819098)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-online-resource-for-basic-math-learning-and-review/819098 "2018-08-05T00:51:17Z")
Hey all, So I went back to school (AGAIN), and of course, forgot every eentsy teensy bit of math. :rolleyes: And I need to have at least a reasonable, basic level of knowledge for a two year business and landscaping pro… --- ## [What's your favorite monetary denomination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-monetary-denomination/818023)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-monetary-denomination/818023 "2018-08-04T21:59:41Z")
Any currency. Coins or bills. Use your own criteria: overall design, a specific design feature, security features, utility, rarity, whatever. What do you like and why? --- ## [what to get a three year old boy for his birthday, need answer by early Saturday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-three-year-old-boy-for-his-birthday-need-answer-by-early-saturday/818706)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-three-year-old-boy-for-his-birthday-need-answer-by-early-saturday/818706 "2018-08-04T19:53:07Z")
All I can tell you is he is three and lives near a beach. my immediate thought was beach toys but he probably has tons. Still, beach toys! anyway, I appreciate any suggestions. --- ## [Tips on learning to use visual scripting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-learning-to-use-visual-scripting/819101)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-learning-to-use-visual-scripting/819101 "2018-08-04T18:51:53Z")
I’ve been watching tutorials to learn Blueprint, a visual scripting language for the Unreal game engine. It occurred to me that perhaps others would have insights into visual scripting in general. So, what sorts of thin… --- ## [Did "sparks from a tire rim" start the Carr wildfire, or was the deck already stacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sparks-from-a-tire-rim-start-the-carr-wildfire-or-was-the-deck-already-stacked/819097)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-sparks-from-a-tire-rim-start-the-carr-wildfire-or-was-the-deck-already-stacked/819097 "2018-08-04T18:48:26Z")
So there’s this CNN article, here. Apparently, a tractor trailer lost a tire, something which is not preventable, and the sparks started the Carr wildfire. Which has burned an “area larger than Denver” and killed 6 peo… --- ## [Is Bangkok a good vacation spot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bangkok-a-good-vacation-spot/810155)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-bangkok-a-good-vacation-spot/810155 "2018-08-04T18:46:32Z")
I just got back from Mexico City, which was amazing, but now I want to start planning my next trip, and a friend wants to go to Bangkok. I’ve never looked into it going there much, is it a good place for going for vacati… --- ## [When does our idiotic past no longer count?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-our-idiotic-past-no-longer-count/819053)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-our-idiotic-past-no-longer-count/819053 "2018-08-04T12:58:24Z")
Should there be a statute of limitations on dumb stuff we do or say? How many years of good, clean living does it take to nullify the idiocy of our youth? This is something I’ve wanted to ask ever since “I didn’t inhal… --- ## [The demise of knowledge for its own sake - digressions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-demise-of-knowledge-for-its-own-sake-digressions/819022)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-demise-of-knowledge-for-its-own-sake-digressions/819022 "2018-08-04T12:32:02Z")
The concept of fighting ignorance has always appealed to me although I have never tried anything else but fighting my own ignorance, let’s say with acceptable results. I noticed, however, accumulation of knowledge came w… --- ## [Questions people always ask you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-people-always-ask-you/818609)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-people-always-ask-you/818609 "2018-08-04T09:36:54Z")
When you meet someone new and they find out where you’re from or what you do for a living or whatever else, do you get the same questions or comments - serious or otherwise? For example, at one time, when people found o… --- ## [Why do people not have more unique names than they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-not-have-more-unique-names-than-they-do/818615)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-not-have-more-unique-names-than-they-do/818615 "2018-08-04T03:34:02Z")
I notice that consistently, even in other non-English speaking cultures, typically names are reused and limited so that the average person does not have that distinct of a first name. For instance, Muhammad, John, “Kim”,… --- ## [If the Mueller probe finds nothing directly implicating Trump himself, will you accept it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-mueller-probe-finds-nothing-directly-implicating-trump-himself-will-you-accept-it/818977)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-mueller-probe-finds-nothing-directly-implicating-trump-himself-will-you-accept-it/818977 "2018-08-03T23:20:41Z")
It seems to me that everyone on the left, in spite of the fact that he is a Republican, is convinced that Mueller is a bastion of honor and integrity and truth and competence. Kind of of like Comey when he does stuff th… --- ## [Bad twitch in face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-twitch-in-face/818093)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-twitch-in-face/818093 "2018-08-03T21:03:05Z")
For the past several years I have had a facial twitch, sometimes to the point my face gets pretty well contorted. I have mentioned it to y Dr. and all he says is Hmmm. Has anyone had any luck correcting this. I am pretty… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=475)