# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=540 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 541 --- ## [68-yr-old atheist gay male seeks social milieu to combat loneliness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/68-yr-old-atheist-gay-male-seeks-social-milieu-to-combat-loneliness/804328)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/68-yr-old-atheist-gay-male-seeks-social-milieu-to-combat-loneliness/804328 "2017-12-23T18:12:48Z")
I noted in the mini-rants thread that my brother-in-law recently died and left my sister living alone out in the country, and temporarily unable to drive. She has lots of friends who will help, at least for a while, unti… --- ## [Have you traveled to Spain with prescription medication lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-traveled-to-spain-with-prescription-medication-lately/805031)
**Author:** [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-traveled-to-spain-with-prescription-medication-lately/805031 "2017-12-23T16:39:39Z")
We are planning an 8-day trip to Spain. Is it truly necessary to have a doctor’s letter stating what you are taking and the reason? Will there be any problem just in taking the 8-day supply, and keeping them in the ori… --- ## [Do your sleeping habits change on the weekend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-sleeping-habits-change-on-the-weekend/804948 "2017-12-23T15:01:47Z")
I’ve seen from various reports that it is more healthful to wake up and go to sleep at the same time every day. Assuming that you don’t work weekends, do your sleeping habits change on Saturday and Sunday? If your regu… --- ## [Ikea - Yea, Nay or Meh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-yea-nay-or-meh/787222)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-yea-nay-or-meh/787222 "2017-12-23T10:45:08Z")
I think I may be in the vast minority on this one, but I have been to Ikea exactly one time and absolutely hated it. I hated that the store was like a gigantic maze with only one way in and one way out, virtually forcin… --- ## [Should I get a new dishwasher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-new-dishwasher/804861)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-new-dishwasher/804861 "2017-12-23T04:31:36Z")
My dishes don’t come out very clean, but I don’t know if it’s all in my head or if it really has been getting much worse lately. I’m handy and I figure it’s a mechanical device, if something’s wrong with it I should be … --- ## [How many people have gotten away with a criminal act in their life time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-gotten-away-with-a-criminal-act-in-their-life-time/804866)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-gotten-away-with-a-criminal-act-in-their-life-time/804866 "2017-12-23T03:35:31Z")
My first thought was crowd misbehaviour punching someone, throwing rocks, breaking something, stealing something, but the list could go on and on all the way to murder, uh? We have all exceeded the speed limit or ran a … --- ## [Anyone else in SoCal area watch the space x launch just now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-in-socal-area-watch-the-space-x-launch-just-now/805099)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-in-socal-area-watch-the-space-x-launch-just-now/805099 "2017-12-23T03:32:28Z")
It was pretty spectacular. We were able to see just after launch, booster seperation, and the boosters powered decent from my yard in Burbank. --- ## [What is the name for this type of playground "ride" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-playground-ride/549337)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-for-this-type-of-playground-ride/549337 "2017-12-23T02:56:09Z")
They may not have them on modern playgrounds due to the safety considerations that seem to dominate all such matters nowadays, but… ANY of several different rides basically consisting of an anchored center and something… --- ## [Who are the American attorneys or USA legal experts here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-american-attorneys-or-usa-legal-experts-here/805086)
**Author:** [@Kadmos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kadmos1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-american-attorneys-or-usa-legal-experts-here/805086 "2017-12-22T23:30:04Z")
Let’s get it out of the way: Tarzan. John T. Aquino is an author and attorney representing Maryland and D.C. He has 3/30/2012 blog entry called “Legal Problem Solving: It’s a Wonderful Life”\* and it describes about how I… --- ## ["Gay wedding cakes" in countries other than the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-wedding-cakes-in-countries-other-than-the-us/805011)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-wedding-cakes-in-countries-other-than-the-us/805011 "2017-12-22T20:18:23Z")
In this thread about the baker and the “gay wedding cake” in GD I asked what things were like in other countries besides the US. I got no takers, so let’s give it a try here. To keep things simple, let’s assume that th… --- ## [Quick sanity check on my tax math?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sanity-check-on-my-tax-math/804954)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-sanity-check-on-my-tax-math/804954 "2017-12-22T19:35:22Z")
At about $95,000, married, with four kids, standard deduction, I paid about $3500 in federal taxes. If I’m doing the math right it appears I will pay zero or close to zero under the same circumstances under the new tax … --- ## [Ladies: what makes for a good kiss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-makes-for-a-good-kiss/804731)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-what-makes-for-a-good-kiss/804731 "2017-12-22T17:18:26Z")
The recent New Yorker short story “Cat Person” details a young girl’s experience of a bad date with a guy who turns out to be an inept and insensitive lover, and later a general jerk to boot. (The story appears to have s… --- ## [Non-believers: Ever wish you \*did\* believe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-believers-ever-wish-you-did-believe/804283)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-believers-ever-wish-you-did-believe/804283 "2017-12-22T16:40:01Z")
Long story short - I was raised in a pretty liberal Protestant denomination, met my wife in a church, but over the years attended less and less and believed less and less to the point that it no longer plays a role in my… --- ## [Fox news obsessed by female teachers having sex with pupils?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-obsessed-by-female-teachers-having-sex-with-pupils/804890)
**Author:** [@paai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paai)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news-obsessed-by-female-teachers-having-sex-with-pupils/804890 "2017-12-22T15:58:51Z")
Dear Cecil, although I am dutch, since the election of Trump I visit the Fox News site every day. It really opens a window on a different world. There is one thing that really bugs me. After a few months I saw a pattern… --- ## [Need recommendations for a dog.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendations-for-a-dog/730041)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Why\_Bother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Why_Bother)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-recommendations-for-a-dog/730041 "2017-12-22T06:28:14Z")
I’m thinking of getting my dad a dog for Christmas. I want it to be a surprise and I’m not sure what breed to get. Any suggestions you may have would be hugely appreciative. The dog must, however, fulfill the followin… --- ## [Toothache. What's the best way to kill the pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothache-whats-the-best-way-to-kill-the-pain/519226)
**Author:** [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toothache-whats-the-best-way-to-kill-the-pain/519226 "2017-12-22T05:42:49Z")
I’m calling the dentist in the morning for real advice, but it’s five in the morning and it hurts now? What’s the best thing to put on it/take so I can get some sleep tonight? --- ## [Job or relationships. Which is better for defining your self-worth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-or-relationships-which-is-better-for-defining-your-self-worth/804717)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-or-relationships-which-is-better-for-defining-your-self-worth/804717 "2017-12-22T03:20:14Z")
On another online forum, I was in a thread where a guy (who I will call Guy) was talking shit about an acquaintance. Apparently the acquaintance is one of those douchebags that brag about how awesome his job is all the … --- ## [Which side of the bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-bed/804906)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-side-of-the-bed/804906 "2017-12-22T03:07:56Z")
When sharing a bed with one other person, do you have a preference for a particular side? I know that when there is physical intimacy involved, I definitely have a side preference, which involves convenience of dexterity… --- ## [Job Offer, Then Retraction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-then-retraction/803608)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-then-retraction/803608 "2017-12-21T23:30:52Z")
Note to Mods: I’m putting this in IMHO on the likelihood that there may be no correct, factual answer to my question(s). I’ve a feeling it may come down to conjecture and best-guesstimate based upon other people’s experi… --- ## [Feasibility of establishing a new decentralized cryptocurrency.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-establishing-a-new-decentralized-cryptocurrency/804794)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feasibility-of-establishing-a-new-decentralized-cryptocurrency/804794 "2017-12-21T22:32:08Z")
I have recently had a recurring daydream of establishing my own cryptocurrency. I can see it all now. Hilarity ensues. Not to mention huge capital. I’d like some feedback as to what would be involved. I’ll share this… --- ## [Helping someone out at Christmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-someone-out-at-christmas/804874)
**Author:** [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-someone-out-at-christmas/804874 "2017-12-21T16:13:42Z")
A group of us want to help someone out and their family this Christmas. Making up a basket with gift cards, and maybe a few will buy small presents. The father (in his 60’s) lost his job of MANY years. He own’s a hous… --- ## [Car buying how to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-how-to/803705)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-buying-how-to/803705 "2017-12-21T13:10:56Z")
Thanks for your advice in my previous thread, good Dopers. Now we have to buy a new car for the first time in our lives. We have the money for a reasonable, not luxury, new car but we don’t know the process. How to figur… --- ## [I'm the idiot who burned something in the microwave, help me clean it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-the-idiot-who-burned-something-in-the-microwave-help-me-clean-it/804945)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-the-idiot-who-burned-something-in-the-microwave-help-me-clean-it/804945 "2017-12-21T12:47:02Z")
Stupid me put food in the microwave for 3.00 rather than 30 seconds and then I went to take out the recycling. Suffice to say, I have an awful scorched smell in the microwave now. What are you suggestions for cleaning it… --- ## [What warships will be named after Clinton, Bush and Obama?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-warships-will-be-named-after-clinton-bush-and-obama/741985)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-warships-will-be-named-after-clinton-bush-and-obama/741985 "2016-02-14T14:03:03Z")
All aircraft carriers, you think? --- ## [College Alcohol Consumption and Partying Concerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-alcohol-consumption-and-partying-concerns/790183)
**Author:** [@RealTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealTalk)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/college-alcohol-consumption-and-partying-concerns/790183 "2017-12-21T11:40:53Z")
My friends and I drink/party at a very unhealthy rate. I want to know if we are 1) normal, or 2) idiots/insane. (probably #2) DETAILS: As a group we party and see the sunrise (7am) about 4 days out of the week for th… --- ## [Where should I live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-live/788802)
**Author:** [@DooWahDiddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooWahDiddy)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-should-i-live/788802 "2017-12-21T05:10:55Z")
After living in NYC 15 years, my wife and I have decided to seek out other pastures. Not really “settling down” per se, but certainly longing for a simpler life… one that doesn’t include being shoulder-to-shoulder with … --- ## [Someone is trying to pass your car but won't make it. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-pass-your-car-but-wont-make-it-what-do-you-do/803815)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-is-trying-to-pass-your-car-but-wont-make-it-what-do-you-do/803815 "2017-12-21T02:29:42Z")
I was driving on a hilly two lane divided highway when the car behind me tried to pass. When the passing car was almost even with mine, the driver saw an on-coming car and realized that it wouldn’t be able to successful… --- ## [Cleaning our memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-our-memory/804959)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-our-memory/804959 "2017-12-20T23:36:00Z")
I started noticing in my early 20’s that I would very quickly forget things I no longer had a reason to remember. Phone numbers, part numbers, general info no longer pertinent etc. Prior to that I seemed to remember ever… --- ## [Would it bother you if someone was smoking marijuana on the sidewalk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-someone-was-smoking-marijuana-on-the-sidewalk/804138 "2017-12-20T22:23:26Z")
I just passed by a guy smoking a joint and walking his dog. It didn’t bother me at all. However, I live in a very busy urban area with few children. Plus, the guy picked up after his dog, so more power to him. It’s a blu… --- ## [How did you start your raised bed? Gardening advice requested.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-start-your-raised-bed-gardening-advice-requested/804736)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-you-start-your-raised-bed-gardening-advice-requested/804736 "2017-12-20T20:02:20Z")
Due to some rather unpleasant weather caused issues, we have to buy a new home. Said home doesn’t have much landscaping, which is good because we have greyhounds who love to run laps, but don’t really notice the vegetati… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=539) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=541)