# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=575 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 576 --- ## [Fundamental question: Pay off mortgage at 4% or invest the money instead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamental-question-pay-off-mortgage-at-4-or-invest-the-money-instead/795647)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fundamental-question-pay-off-mortgage-at-4-or-invest-the-money-instead/795647 "2017-09-08T01:43:39Z")
Longer version. Purchased a home a few months ago, and sold my previous house last week. So I now have several hundred thousand in my checking account but a new mortgage of several hundred thousand dollars. My options… --- ## [How long before we have ‪organ printing or stem cells ‬to replace body organs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-organ-printing-or-stem-cells-to-replace-body-organs/793841)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-organ-printing-or-stem-cells-to-replace-body-organs/793841 "2017-09-08T01:33:12Z")
Many people go on an very long waiting list for organ transplant!! yes a long waiting for right donor!! Many people die because of the long waiting list. How long before we start to see ‪organ printing or stem cells ‬st… --- ## [Any suggestions for "deconsecrating" statues other than removing them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-deconsecrating-statues-other-than-removing-them/794678)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-deconsecrating-statues-other-than-removing-them/794678 "2017-09-08T00:39:48Z")
This is NOT, repeat, NOT a debate thread about whether Confederate or other statues deemed offensive should be removed. It’s more about alternatives to removal. Some of these statues weigh several tons. The four statues… --- ## [Tooth pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-pain/795709)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tooth-pain/795709 "2017-09-08T00:11:41Z")
The lil’wrekker had to have a molar extracted (Not wisdom tooth…those are next) .any way its been a few days…she still swelling and in pain,She says it’s not throbbing…just ache-y…does this seem normal…or as I suspect ab… --- ## [Do people still take Sunday drives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-take-sunday-drives/795383)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-still-take-sunday-drives/795383 "2017-09-07T20:21:24Z")
Do you? Did you ever? Link: Sunday drive - Wikipedia --- ## [When the world gets too hot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-world-gets-too-hot/795432)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-world-gets-too-hot/795432 "2017-09-07T08:14:00Z")
I have often thought about the world becoming too hot for human survival. How would this likely play out? Is it possible the population would simply plunge over a period of decades and the atmosphere would repair itself? … --- ## [Linux: possibly ready to make the plunge after a 20-year consideration period](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-possibly-ready-to-make-the-plunge-after-a-20-year-consideration-period/795409)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linux-possibly-ready-to-make-the-plunge-after-a-20-year-consideration-period/795409 "2017-09-07T05:44:42Z")
For years, I have toyed with the idea of making the switch from Windows to Linux. I go back and forth on it from time to time, when I get sick of Microsoft’s bullshit. I find myself pining for the days of DOS, when I wa… --- ## [Would you let a police officer search your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-police-officer-search-your-car/795397)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-police-officer-search-your-car/795397 "2017-09-07T03:14:02Z")
Here is the scenario: you are driving alone across country (US) and in a rural area you get pulled over for having a faulty tail light. The officer explains this and then asks to search your vehicle. Do you say yes? P… --- ## [Sharing an Apple ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-an-apple-id/795694)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sharing-an-apple-id/795694 "2017-09-07T01:33:29Z")
So my kids and I share an Apple ID. Largely to share Apple Music. But I keep getting their browser history, pictures and so forth on my phone. How do I share Apple Music without all the rest? --- ## [Your experience with one-off financial advisor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-one-off-financial-advisor/795092)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-with-one-off-financial-advisor/795092 "2017-09-07T00:46:30Z")
Not everyone in the household is satisfied with my internet smartypants and sloppy spreadsheets when it comes to savings and investment strategy. In the interest of domestic tranquility, I would like to pay someone for t… --- ## [What to wear to a wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear-to-a-wedding/795574)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-wear-to-a-wedding/795574 "2017-09-07T00:19:40Z")
I haven’t been to a wedding since I was 4. My cousin is getting married this month; her wedding website says “attire: formal” I thought a tuxedo would be appropriate, but my mother told me “you’ll look like a fool.” Bu… --- ## [Big ...Us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us/795604)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-us/795604 "2017-09-07T00:02:15Z")
I’ always heard of Big XXX to describe some scary, overpowered, monolithic organization dedicated to profit/power and screw the little guy. Big Government, Big Tobacco, Big Oil, etc. Has anyone derisively used “Big Gen… --- ## [Knowing your aches and pains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-your-aches-and-pains/795637)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knowing-your-aches-and-pains/795637 "2017-09-06T21:49:45Z")
I started noticing about 20 years ago that when a skeletal pain of some kind (knee, back, shoulder) gets so bad I can’t stand it anymore it is signaling me that the next day it will be better. At first I thought it was c… --- ## [Animals That Hug, Animals That Kiss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-hug-animals-that-kiss/795474)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-that-hug-animals-that-kiss/795474 "2017-09-06T21:12:23Z")
I have to tell you all, I grew around animals. And they are more human-like than some non-animal owners will ever know. And I am not just anthropomorphizing them when I say that. I think I have a pretty dispassionate vie… --- ## [Verbal filler that are just the worst.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-filler-that-are-just-the-worst/795121)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-filler-that-are-just-the-worst/795121 "2017-09-06T19:59:23Z")
We were having a Facebook conversation about how the word “anymore” is misused anymore (see? like that!) and we sort of strayed into verbal fillers that annoy. Um and err are common and most people don’t even notice it i… --- ## [When I was in high school, nuclear physics was easy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-in-high-school-nuclear-physics-was-easy/795593)
**Author:** [@sevenwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sevenwood)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-in-high-school-nuclear-physics-was-easy/795593 "2017-09-06T18:44:49Z")
(This was back in the early sixties, and I fully realize that actual physicists had a completely different concept of the situation.) You had your protons, you had your neutrons, and you had your electrons. Your physics… --- ## [Cousin relationships: how close is too close](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-relationships-how-close-is-too-close/643851)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-relationships-how-close-is-too-close/643851 "2017-09-06T17:44:52Z")
This zombie thread on whether sex between adopted siblings is incest just popped up on my control panel, so I thought I’d start a someone-related thread. Here’s the sitch: For purposes of this discussion, assume you are… --- ## [My boyfriend cheated on me..... I need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-cheated-on-me-i-need-advice/240033)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-cheated-on-me-i-need-advice/240033 "2004-04-16T23:52:03Z")
First, I don’t intend this to be a pity party for me. I’m just a bit depressed right now and want some objective opinions. So there’s no confusion, I’m gay. And apologies if this is not the appropriate board. Five mo… --- ## [People dress different in different parts of the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dress-different-in-different-parts-of-the-us/650871)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-dress-different-in-different-parts-of-the-us/650871 "2017-09-06T01:32:34Z")
I have read on many message boards people say Portland and Houston is the worst dress city in the US. Than people say west coast dress like this , south dress like this and east coast dress like this , has if the US has … --- ## [Help my nephew move...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-nephew-move/795556)
**Author:** [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-nephew-move/795556 "2017-09-05T22:42:30Z")
… from Brooklyn back to Detroit, with one small room of belongings (largest single item is a chest of drawers) and as inexpensively as possible. Any helpful suggestions? --- ## [Will Congress save the DACA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-congress-save-the-daca/795515)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-congress-save-the-daca/795515 "2017-09-05T21:59:01Z")
Another litmus test for our do nothing Congress. This should be an easy slam dunk imho. The current program enabled by Executive Order has drawn praise from both parties. It’s considered a smashing success. Congress do… --- ## [Looks like we're getting a new roof. Anything we should know or ask about first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-were-getting-a-new-roof-anything-we-should-know-or-ask-about-first/795508)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-were-getting-a-new-roof-anything-we-should-know-or-ask-about-first/795508 "2017-09-05T19:54:32Z")
The Firebug and I were in his bedroom Saturday evening, towards the end of a very rainy day, when he said, “Daddy, there’s a leak.” And sure enough, water was dripping from the heat/AC vent in the ceiling. The bedroom’… --- ## [Long Printer Cable Not Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-printer-cable-not-working/795545)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-printer-cable-not-working/795545 "2017-09-05T19:21:32Z")
We rearranged the study recently, and moved the printer further away from my wife’s computer. So we bought a 15’ USB cable to replace the shorter one which came with the machine (Cannon ImageClass). Doesn’t work. Lookin… --- ## [making america great again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again/794585)
**Author:** [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-america-great-again/794585 "2017-09-05T18:13:24Z")
Hi, my question is directed toward our current presidents’ supporters: At what time in our(the U.S.) history do you expect the our president to restore us to, in order to be "great again?"Please expound on your answer. --- ## [Tip-proof drinkware](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-proof-drinkware/795559)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-proof-drinkware/795559 "2017-09-05T18:07:34Z")
Somebody here was looking for this. But I can’t remember who,and I can’t find the thread; so here 'ya go. I haven’t used these, don’t sell them, don’t necessarily recommend them, just thought it looked like what you ne… --- ## [What's the Desired Outcome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-desired-outcome/795553)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-desired-outcome/795553 "2017-09-05T14:13:10Z")
This is a question that I get fired at me from time to time when I talk about being genderqueer. I don’t think someone should have to come up with a proposed solution or social change strategy before being allowed to co… --- ## [Harmlessly connecting with relatives who don't know they're related?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmlessly-connecting-with-relatives-who-dont-know-theyre-related/795472)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmlessly-connecting-with-relatives-who-dont-know-theyre-related/795472 "2017-09-05T11:13:30Z")
I strongly suspect that I have half-siblings. I know who they are and think I could find contact information easily enough and could ask them. But I have no idea if they know they may have half-siblings. My father cheat… --- ## [There is a gas panic in San Antonio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-gas-panic-in-san-antonio/795197)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-is-a-gas-panic-in-san-antonio/795197 "2017-09-05T10:22:41Z")
It started last night with posts on social media, “my brother works at Halliburton and he said…”. Things were OK this morning, even up to 11am, but things are starting to go downhill. Lots of stations already out of gas… --- ## [Anyone here remember Percy Ross?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-remember-percy-ross/795225)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-remember-percy-ross/795225 "2017-09-05T01:17:22Z")
That was back in the day when one had to put pen to paper and actually write something that meant something, then fold the letter, put it in an envelope, lick a stamp and stick it on the envelope that you had to put in… --- ## [Do you notice what your coworkers wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-what-your-coworkers-wear/747396)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-notice-what-your-coworkers-wear/747396 "2017-09-05T00:02:53Z")
Assuming you don’t have a required uniform, to what extent do you notice what your coworkers wear? Since I sit in a cubicle all day, I’ll wear the same pants twice before laundering them, altho not in a row. So it may … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=574) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=576)