# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=476 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 477 --- ## [Parents who are also pet owners: do you consider yourself a pet parent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-are-also-pet-owners-do-you-consider-yourself-a-pet-parent/818663)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-who-are-also-pet-owners-do-you-consider-yourself-a-pet-parent/818663 "2018-07-30T00:17:21Z")
By “parents,” I mean biological mothers & fathers who have raised their genetic children as well as adoptive/step parents who have done the same. But I do not mean persons who have contributed genetic material without ha… --- ## [Is it possible to have a profitable yet antagonostic business relationship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-profitable-yet-antagonostic-business-relationship/818579)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-a-profitable-yet-antagonostic-business-relationship/818579 "2018-07-29T13:58:53Z")
In my job, I work with large numbers of sub-contractors in a wide array of industries. Be they in catering, transport, or whatever - I always work really hard to ‘play nice’; I am on first-name terms with dozens of peopl… --- ## [Ever been groped by a stranger? What were you wearing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-groped-by-a-stranger-what-were-you-wearing/818677)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2018, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-groped-by-a-stranger-what-were-you-wearing/818677 "2018-07-29T03:04:19Z")
Over in this thread SaneBill tries to defend a groper by pointing out what the gropee was wearing. This is a common misconception “Yeah, but she was looking hot” or sending signals or whatever. So if you (male or female… --- ## [Indexed mutual fund vs ETF vs Roth Ira for supplemental retirement savings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indexed-mutual-fund-vs-etf-vs-roth-ira-for-supplemental-retirement-savings/748855)
**Author:** [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indexed-mutual-fund-vs-etf-vs-roth-ira-for-supplemental-retirement-savings/748855 "2018-07-28T21:48:59Z")
Okay so I am having a hard time wrapping my head around the pros and cons of different ways to start setting a bit aside for a retirement investment. I have finally reached the point where I am able to set a bit extra … --- ## [How do you define love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-love/818508)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-love/818508 "2018-07-28T19:54:48Z")
How do you define love? In my humble opinion … Love is something you share --- ## [Any hints on cleaning metal tiles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hints-on-cleaning-metal-tiles/818728)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hints-on-cleaning-metal-tiles/818728 "2018-07-28T19:32:08Z")
We did a copper accent wall-lovely subway tiles, and they are metal, not ceramic. We even sprung for the spendy copper grout with metallic flakes that sparkle. (so special :rolleyes:), but keeping it clean is a bitch. I … --- ## [How humans store information?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-humans-store-information/818735)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-humans-store-information/818735 "2018-07-28T16:37:39Z")
I often wonder how much is known about how humans store information and how we deal with different types of information. Obviously I only have my own brain for reference. 70 years old now and have noticed a steady but s… --- ## [What do you do to relax after work on weekdays/weekends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-relax-after-work-on-weekdays-weekends/818607)
**Author:** [@EricaRoche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EricaRoche)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-to-relax-after-work-on-weekdays-weekends/818607 "2018-07-28T06:37:44Z")
Is that all there is to adult life, working 40+ hours a week with 20 days of holiday a year? Assuming you don’t want the mainstream (marriage, kids)? --- ## [Has anger management helped you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anger-management-helped-you/818639)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anger-management-helped-you/818639 "2018-07-28T04:37:49Z")
I have a kid, well he’s 22, who thinks maybe he needs an anger management program. All of my family have kind of bad tempers. Some with short fuses and quick explosions, some with longer fuses and a longer time till the… --- ## [Do I tip furniture assembler?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-tip-furniture-assembler/818651)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-tip-furniture-assembler/818651 "2018-07-28T00:44:24Z")
I have hired someone from HomeAdvisor to come to my house and assemble a table I bought. When they come and do the work, am I expected to tip? How much is recommended? --- ## [LIDAR Ticket--Proper use of equipment question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lidar-ticket-proper-use-of-equipment-question/818482)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lidar-ticket-proper-use-of-equipment-question/818482 "2018-07-28T00:26:14Z")
So, I got a ticket going 36 in a 25 zone. Came around a blind corner and couldn’t drop my speed fast enough from the 45 MPH intial zone to the 25 MPH zone. Very nice officer ticketed me. However, he was so happy he caug… --- ## [Democrats, do you like Joe Biden](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democrats-do-you-like-joe-biden/818617 "2018-07-27T21:26:31Z")
Reading a thread in Elections I was surprised to see so many dopers express a praise for Biden. One poster even saying that during the next election Joe would “mop the floor” with Trump (if he were to run). I don’t disl… --- ## [What did you buy on Prime Day? (not strictly limited to Amazon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-on-prime-day-not-strictly-limited-to-amazon/818034)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-buy-on-prime-day-not-strictly-limited-to-amazon/818034 "2018-07-27T19:22:11Z")
Prime day on Amazon started 45 minutes ago and the web site is actually crashing a lot for me right now, which is incredibly rare. I believe Ebay and Walmart are running sales as well. What are the best deals you have … --- ## [Car insurance claim: at-fault driver stonewalls own carrier? To what end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-insurance-claim-at-fault-driver-stonewalls-own-carrier-to-what-end/816590)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-insurance-claim-at-fault-driver-stonewalls-own-carrier-to-what-end/816590 "2018-07-27T18:57:00Z")
Keeping it brief: This happened in a big-box store parking lot, but not while parked. It happened while waiting for a few cars in front of me to proceed forward so I could leave the lot. My engine was on but I was brake… --- ## [What could have been the motivation for the horrific massacres in Brabant, Belgium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-have-been-the-motivation-for-the-horrific-massacres-in-brabant-belgium/818344)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-have-been-the-motivation-for-the-horrific-massacres-in-brabant-belgium/818344 "2018-07-27T18:32:33Z")
This is one of the weirdest unsolved mysteries from recent history, and after several decades of research and investigation there has still been no consensus as to why three unidentified men including an extremely tall g… --- ## [Stranger in store threatened to call cops because of my dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-store-threatened-to-call-cops-because-of-my-dog/818311)
**Author:** [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-in-store-threatened-to-call-cops-because-of-my-dog/818311 "2018-07-27T16:33:47Z")
I was at the checkout, all three items at uncrowded dollar store, when an irate woman accosted me, asking if I was the person who left my dog in a car. “Well, yes, that is my dog.” BIG MISTAKE. What followed was a lec… --- ## [Pedicures....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedicures/818554)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pedicures/818554 "2018-07-27T16:15:27Z")
Ladies (and I guess some guys, if you’re into this sort of thing), how often do you get a pedicure? Is it always at the salon, or do you do it at home? I go to the salon at least once every two weeks. The times I don’t … --- ## [Shooting employees while robbing a bank -- likely sentence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-employees-while-robbing-a-bank-likely-sentence/818321)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-employees-while-robbing-a-bank-likely-sentence/818321 "2018-07-27T16:11:06Z")
Two days ago, 3 employees of a Fort Worth bank were shot during a robbery. All three victims are expected to survive, although with serious injuries. This hits close to home for us, as my wife is a former employee, an… --- ## [Two-person economy with money and even "broken window" stimulus!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-person-economy-with-money-and-even-broken-window-stimulus/818631)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-person-economy-with-money-and-even-broken-window-stimulus/818631 "2018-07-27T15:59:00Z")
A fellow Doper has asked me to explain how IOU’s can be money. I answered him before, using an economy with only TWO people as example, but that was unacceptable to him. I’ll post the scenario again, hoping the board’s… --- ## [Holy Brain Fog, Batman!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-brain-fog-batman/818585)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-brain-fog-batman/818585 "2018-07-27T14:31:07Z")
Do any other dopers get brain fog throughout the day if they eat terrible food the day before? Or for any other reason, for that matter? Yes, I’m going to consult with my doc. However, I’ve noticed as I get toward my mi… --- ## [You get to be any animal in any location for a period of time. What and Where do you chose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-be-any-animal-in-any-location-for-a-period-of-time-what-and-where-do-you-chose/818627)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-get-to-be-any-animal-in-any-location-for-a-period-of-time-what-and-where-do-you-chose/818627 "2018-07-27T14:27:20Z")
You stumble across a lamp with a Genie. He only grants one type of wish (with rules). You get to be turned into an animal of your choice for a duration of between 20 minutes to one day. The duration is also your choic… --- ## [Can You Recommend a Python Textbook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-a-python-textbook/747023)
**Author:** [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-a-python-textbook/747023 "2016-02-26T11:39:15Z")
Hello, code-minded folk. Is there a resource for learning Python that you would recommend? While you’re at it, is there an interpreter whose merits you would like to champion? Thanks, Stu --- ## [My career is flagging, should I eat my cat's faeces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-career-is-flagging-should-i-eat-my-cats-faeces/818610)
**Author:** [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-career-is-flagging-should-i-eat-my-cats-faeces/818610 "2018-07-27T08:13:54Z")
Wait! Before you answer the obvious, read this: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1883/20180822 Apparently a mind altering parasite is a good thing to have. --- ## [What's the deal with lawyers, and how long should I wait for something to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-lawyers-and-how-long-should-i-wait-for-something-to-happen/818583)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-lawyers-and-how-long-should-i-wait-for-something-to-happen/818583 "2018-07-27T03:51:15Z")
I live in California. I needed to consult and get help from an attorney in Oregon regarding a real estate difficulty. I tried 3 lawyers who never responded to my emails. Finally I called one, and got an appt. for a confe… --- ## [Experience with flex-seal or other spray-on-rubber-sealant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-flex-seal-or-other-spray-on-rubber-sealant/818387)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-flex-seal-or-other-spray-on-rubber-sealant/818387 "2018-07-26T23:07:52Z")
We have a leaky downstairs sink. The leak is right in the drain itself, if you look under the sink it’s leaking out around the grout, above the U-bend. I was thinking this might be perfect for “flex-seal”, or one of tho… --- ## [Is it really that easy for guys to carry women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-that-easy-for-guys-to-carry-women/818559)
**Author:** [@laurieb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/laurieb)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-really-that-easy-for-guys-to-carry-women/818559 "2018-07-26T22:53:25Z")
Sorry for going a bit post happy this morning. :slight\_smile: My girlfriends and I were having this discussion last week. Can the average guy carry his girlfriend/wife? My boyfriend is about 5’10", 180, and I’m 5’6", 1… --- ## [Kissing his ass \[Trump and Putin\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-his-ass-trump-and-putin/818368)
**Author:** [@Chip\_Dundas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chip_Dundas)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-his-ass-trump-and-putin/818368 "2018-07-26T22:12:47Z")
Everyone seems to think Trump kisses Putin’s ass but he sent weapons to Ukraine to fight Russia, right? Or what about his bombing of Assad forces? Or what about troops in Poland, you know, the country we and England sold… --- ## [Things you do / like that are (mildly) juvenile](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-like-that-are-mildly-juvenile/818619)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-do-like-that-are-mildly-juvenile/818619 "2018-07-26T21:27:39Z")
Recently I started this thread and a few folks found it a bit offensive. That was never the intention, however it seems only fair to own up to the childish things we like as well. I’ll start: I love stuffed animals. I d… --- ## [Recommendations for home battery backup system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-home-battery-backup-system/818172)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-home-battery-backup-system/818172 "2018-07-26T21:08:22Z")
I want to buy a battery backup for my cable modem and wireless router. Anyone have any recommendations for a good brand and how much money I need to spend per hour of battery life? --- ## [Cutting the cord 243](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-243/818491)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-the-cord-243/818491 "2018-07-26T20:30:58Z")
I could have used 101 but I hope I’m a little further along than that. I’m ready to officially cut the cord. I’ve had a couple of TV’s that are using just streaming and have been happy with the results. I’ve still got a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=475) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=477)