# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=552 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 553 --- ## [U. S. Presidents Who Were Great... Not!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-presidents-who-were-great-not/801439)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-presidents-who-were-great-not/801439 "2017-11-16T07:15:59Z")
I was wondering how many presidents fit the profile of people who seemed great in their time, but really weren’t. Calvin Coolidge is one who comes to mind. People thought his administration was smooth and efficient (acc… --- ## [Adding a Third Car...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-third-car/800071)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adding-a-third-car/800071 "2017-11-16T02:46:39Z")
My daughter (age 18) is in need of a car. If we add a third car to our insurance, can all drivers be considered equal on use of the car vs. a primary driver? And, should her name appear on the registration? --- ## [Dog crate training issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-crate-training-issues/801717)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-crate-training-issues/801717 "2017-11-15T23:01:05Z")
I have crate housetrained 3 dogs in the past and it worked really well. I would go to work and put the dog in the crate all day. Now I work at home and I don’t think my new dog is going to put up with being in a cr… --- ## [Pet advice...small dog is aggressive when he has a bone or chew toy around my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-advice-small-dog-is-aggressive-when-he-has-a-bone-or-chew-toy-around-my-wife/801623)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-advice-small-dog-is-aggressive-when-he-has-a-bone-or-chew-toy-around-my-wife/801623 "2017-11-15T22:50:34Z")
We have a mixed chihuahua that was a rescue. We’ve had him now for about 4 years. Usually, he’s a really good dog, well behaved even around strangers (mostly). He does have some issues though, mainly due to his being … --- ## [Investing Advice - Limit Orders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-advice-limit-orders/799730)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-advice-limit-orders/799730 "2017-11-15T21:55:54Z")
Some advice for a newbie to this tool would be much appreciated. The History I started investing in stock markets ten years ago this month, sigh, with a large amount of cash, and what an interesting time it has been. I… --- ## [Is this a known scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-known-scam/801579)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-known-scam/801579 "2017-11-15T21:45:08Z")
I quote an email exchange in which I have X-ed out all identifying information. The messages should be read in reverse; last one first. The sender is someone I first met when I was in HS, nearly 65 years ago, but have … --- ## [How should I respond now that I know an attempt was made to scam me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-respond-now-that-i-know-an-attempt-was-made-to-scam-me/801716)
**Author:** [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-respond-now-that-i-know-an-attempt-was-made-to-scam-me/801716 "2017-11-15T21:27:06Z")
A few years back I was in frequent contact with a truly remarkable woman who had both led at least one program and had taught in adult education classes. I’ll refer to her as N.J. On Facebook some time in the last few … --- ## [Is it too manipulative/inappropriate for a beggar to approach you while you are dining outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-manipulative-inappropriate-for-a-beggar-to-approach-you-while-you-are-dining-outside/669518)
**Author:** [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-manipulative-inappropriate-for-a-beggar-to-approach-you-while-you-are-dining-outside/669518 "2017-11-15T20:24:11Z")
I was dining at a restaurant outside some months ago with a friend when a beggar woman approached me mid-meal, baby in hand, telling me she’s hungry and asked for my food. I had the waiter pack up all the leftovers for h… --- ## [So there's a video of the Texas church massacre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-theres-a-video-of-the-texas-church-massacre/801554)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-theres-a-video-of-the-texas-church-massacre/801554 "2017-11-15T17:24:10Z")
Apparently it was the practice of this church to record their services and play them back on the internet. So presumably both video and audio were recorded. According to my source (NPR program “The Takeaway”) the FBI no… --- ## [How Many Communist Countries Have You Visited?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-communist-countries-have-you-visited/801363)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-communist-countries-have-you-visited/801363 "2017-11-15T12:13:42Z")
My tally is five or six, depending on how you count Nicaragua under the Sandinista regime in the 1980s – some count it, some don’t: China Vietnam Laos Czechoslovakia East Germany Nicaragua (?) --- ## [Children's Protective Services: Ask Me Anything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-protective-services-ask-me-anything/800750)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childrens-protective-services-ask-me-anything/800750 "2017-11-15T04:32:02Z")
Per demand from a different thread, let’s do this. I have been a CPS investigator for 8 years, give or take. In that time I estimate to have done maybe 900 investigations. What do you want to know about the system? W… --- ## [Does a Cover-Up mean you're still guilty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cover-up-mean-youre-still-guilty/801619)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-cover-up-mean-youre-still-guilty/801619 "2017-11-14T16:56:02Z")
Something that I’ve seen in discussions about Louis CK’s sexual aggression is the defense that what he did is bad, but is mitigated by it happening long ago. That is in past years he did have a habit of exposing himself … --- ## [Seeking Cat Advice: Does my Cat Need a Kitty-Friend or Am I just Projecting Human Feelings on Her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-cat-advice-does-my-cat-need-a-kitty-friend-or-am-i-just-projecting-human-feelings-on-her/801584)
**Author:** [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-cat-advice-does-my-cat-need-a-kitty-friend-or-am-i-just-projecting-human-feelings-on-her/801584 "2017-11-14T14:55:06Z")
I have a 6 year-old tortoise shell, full of her own “tortitude” as they call it. She’s small, only about 5 pounds and completely adorable. She is very attached to me, and I do love that. She is very vocal, she meows a… --- ## [Is there a problem with being an online dating addict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-being-an-online-dating-addict/801267)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-problem-with-being-an-online-dating-addict/801267 "2017-11-14T13:38:16Z")
I think I am one. I have been doing it for years and have gotten quite good at getting extremely high quality dates through Match and Bumble. The problem is that I want to collect them all. I don’t want to get married ag… --- ## [Can I ignore this request from my health insurance company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ignore-this-request-from-my-health-insurance-company/801225)
**Author:** [@Chetumal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chetumal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-ignore-this-request-from-my-health-insurance-company/801225 "2017-11-14T07:14:22Z")
A few months ago I hurt my knee while doing yard work at my home and my doc sent me to physical therapy. I’m better now. In the past month, I have received two letters from my health insurance company asking me to give … --- ## [Question about Penn State frat murder investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-penn-state-frat-murder-investigation/793639)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-penn-state-frat-murder-investigation/793639 "2017-11-14T05:52:28Z")
This has been in the news and one of the latest headlines is that the judge has ordered that the frat advisor be questioned. This makes sense to me but I read that one of the defense attorneys is saying how it will shed … --- ## [Teeth Whitening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whitening/801545)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whitening/801545 "2017-11-14T02:32:12Z")
What’s everyone’s opinion on the great teeth whitening fad? Not that I’m against nice clean white teeth, but it seems to me it has gotten out of hand. Watch a movie that’s at least 10 years old and all of the actors ha… --- ## [Good tutorial/help website for MS Access](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tutorial-help-website-for-ms-access/801505)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-tutorial-help-website-for-ms-access/801505 "2017-11-14T01:12:01Z")
I’ve decided to have a go at making an Access database to use as my electronic pilot logbook. I’ve never used the program before and am not finding it very intuitive (just moving a few objects around on a form seems like… --- ## [Why is poop smearing a sign of mental disturbance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-poop-smearing-a-sign-of-mental-disturbance/520688)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-poop-smearing-a-sign-of-mental-disturbance/520688 "2017-11-14T01:09:02Z")
Or a sign of severe child abuse? I’ve also heard that scatophilia (sexually aroused by poop) is also associated w/ mental distubances. I hear this quite often, but never heard a good explanation of it. I mean, it is a… --- ## [Women who wear lipstick: do you need a mirror to apply it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-wear-lipstick-do-you-need-a-mirror-to-apply-it/801462)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-wear-lipstick-do-you-need-a-mirror-to-apply-it/801462 "2017-11-14T00:51:32Z")
If you are someone who wears lipstick that is a different color from your natural lip color (i.e., not Chapstick or colorless lip gloss), can you apply it neatly to your lips without using any mirror or reflective surfac… --- ## [Dealing with conversational monopolizers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-conversational-monopolizers/801367)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-conversational-monopolizers/801367 "2017-11-14T00:41:14Z")
I expect we’ve all been in a situation with a person or persons who would didn’t understand the concept of conversation. Maybe they felt they had to fill the silence. Maybe they found their own lives so endlessly fasci… --- ## [Hey, world, can't we all standardize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-world-cant-we-all-standardize/800205)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-world-cant-we-all-standardize/800205 "2017-11-13T22:54:59Z")
So why can’t we all just get along (at least with length and weight)? I had to redesign an old print job that was set up in picas. Which I understand, being an Olde Farte, but for God’s sake, these picas are each 0.1660… --- ## [Boycotting sponsors for their support or LACK of support: Are these equilavent forms of protest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycotting-sponsors-for-their-support-or-lack-of-support-are-these-equilavent-forms-of-protest/801454)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boycotting-sponsors-for-their-support-or-lack-of-support-are-these-equilavent-forms-of-protest/801454 "2017-11-13T22:25:25Z")
Inspired by this: Hannity fans call for boycott of the 3 sponsors who have pulled ads from the Sean Hannity show. Let’s say you have people calling for boycott against sponsors of a controversial show. And let’s say yo… --- ## [Going to Greece, any tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-greece-any-tips/752528)
**Author:** [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-greece-any-tips/752528 "2017-11-13T19:06:14Z")
This June, early or mid, me and my GF are taking ten days to tour Greece so we are putting together a plan. Personally I’m not sure if I’d rather concentrate on going around the Aegean islands or traveling inland, certa… --- ## [Were you a victim of Phonics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-victim-of-phonics/346000)
**Author:** [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-a-victim-of-phonics/346000 "2017-11-13T14:32:52Z")
In this thread Dopers are reliving their experiences with the New Math. I experienced it, but it never bothered me. I also was taught phonics from first grade on. Phonics is based upon the grossly flawed notion that i… --- ## [Californians: Care to share your health insurance experiences, tips, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californians-care-to-share-your-health-insurance-experiences-tips-etc/801480)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/californians-care-to-share-your-health-insurance-experiences-tips-etc/801480 "2017-11-13T03:45:07Z")
Just got my Anthem notice that my plan will be cancelled and the new “equivalent” plan for 2018 will have a price increase of about 25%. I have Anthem through Covered California, not just plain ol’ Anthem, and I hear so… --- ## [Question for singles - are all matchups online nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-singles-are-all-matchups-online-nowadays/801483)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-singles-are-all-matchups-online-nowadays/801483 "2017-11-13T03:38:21Z")
I met my wife thru a church softball team. Back in my day I was in a church singles group and it was a great way to meet a future partner. I knew of married couples who met during a canoe trip, while working on a charit… --- ## [Have you ever fainted? What was the experience like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fainted-what-was-the-experience-like/800524)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fainted-what-was-the-experience-like/800524 "2017-11-13T02:55:05Z")
I fainted once in my whole entire life. Maybe twice. I was maybe in the second grade and my grandmother woke me up to go to school. She took one look at me and asked if I was sure I wanted to go to school. Now, I did no… --- ## [Letter of demand for civil claim related to shoplifting accusation (legal opinions)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-of-demand-for-civil-claim-related-to-shoplifting-accusation-legal-opinions/785403)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/letter-of-demand-for-civil-claim-related-to-shoplifting-accusation-legal-opinions/785403 "2017-11-13T01:53:01Z")
I know someone (not me) who got caught pocketing a small item in a Target store and paying for other items, but not the pocketed one. Someone at the store took this person’s name and other data. The item was returned, an… --- ## [Are coworkers with large families a pain in the butt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-coworkers-with-large-families-a-pain-in-the-butt/801360)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-coworkers-with-large-families-a-pain-in-the-butt/801360 "2017-11-12T23:23:47Z")
Over the years, it seems like coworkers with large extended families have been pains in the butt to work with. There’s always a relative getting sick, dying, getting married, or having a baby, all requiring time off from… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=551) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=553)