# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=588 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 589 --- ## [What drives a deadbeat dad to forget his kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drives-a-deadbeat-dad-to-forget-his-kids/792414)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-drives-a-deadbeat-dad-to-forget-his-kids/792414 "2017-07-31T23:02:11Z")
I don’t feel I had a deadbeat dad per se - my father was in house, if emotionally absent due to being on drugs a good chunk of the time. This isn’t about me. However, in my family, there are many men who have went from … --- ## [is Caitlyn Jenner a lesbian?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-caitlyn-jenner-a-lesbian/792389)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-caitlyn-jenner-a-lesbian/792389 "2017-07-31T22:15:52Z")
Now that she’s post op and I’m assuming she’s attracted to women, does that mean she is a lesbian? --- ## [Butcherblock Countertops Pros and Cons (vs Laminate)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butcherblock-countertops-pros-and-cons-vs-laminate/792395)
**Author:** [@txobbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txobbin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butcherblock-countertops-pros-and-cons-vs-laminate/792395 "2017-07-31T20:24:29Z")
Hi all. Longtime lurker who rarely posts, but I have need of advice/opinion please. I am planning a kitchen remodel. Budget is smallish to medium, of course I want to keep the $$ figure as low as possible, but I will be… --- ## [Yet another N. Korea Missle Thread: Where would they hit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-n-korea-missle-thread-where-would-they-hit/792354)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-n-korea-missle-thread-where-would-they-hit/792354 "2017-07-31T19:01:32Z")
The AP is reporting that North Korea now has the capability to his the US mainland as far east as the Central Time Zone. Just curious, what are your opinions as to: Which city they would attempt to hit? How likely, on … --- ## ["Doctor" of physical therapy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-of-physical-therapy/792168)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-of-physical-therapy/792168 "2017-07-31T14:16:38Z")
A nephew recently completed a 3 year postgrad program in physical therapy, and passed his boards. My sister sent around a text saying they have a “doctor” in their family. I have no desire to take anything away from th… --- ## [Is there any possibility that we'll get a bipartisan Health Care Bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-possibility-that-well-get-a-bipartisan-health-care-bill/791593)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-possibility-that-well-get-a-bipartisan-health-care-bill/791593 "2017-07-31T13:47:24Z")
The Senate Republicans have admitted they don’t have the votes to pass health care reform. Primarily because a few on the extreme didn’t feel it went far enough. Currently the Republicans are considering the repeal bill… --- ## [60s fashion trend questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-fashion-trend-questions/792303)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/60s-fashion-trend-questions/792303 "2017-07-31T12:32:19Z")
As I think I’ve established, I love '60s-mid 70s pop culture… My question is, around what specific YEAR would you say earth-tones and the very drab brown/orange looks in clothes became popular? Second, around what … --- ## [Did the 21st century actually start in 1991?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-21st-century-actually-start-in-1991/791702)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-21st-century-actually-start-in-1991/791702 "2017-07-31T12:07:38Z")
I should note that I don’t mean literally. I know technically the 21st century started on January 1, 2001 (or if you’re talking about the 2,000th anniversary of the birth of Christ, anywhere from 1993-1997 or so since he… --- ## [What would you carry back from the dragon's hoard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-carry-back-from-the-dragons-hoard/792326)
**Author:** [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-carry-back-from-the-dragons-hoard/792326 "2017-07-31T01:23:18Z")
Inspired by the Silver, gold, bitcoins in Venezuela GQ thread, any my own musings about the end of the Hobbit: So, you’re at the end of your portal fantasy adventure, you’d defeated the dragon or other monster, you’re s… --- ## [Carrier To Keep Jobs In US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrier-to-keep-jobs-in-us/773431)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 169\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrier-to-keep-jobs-in-us/773431 "2017-07-31T00:27:17Z")
Link According to the NYT, Carrier will keep about half the jobs it was slated to move in the US. Thoughts? --- ## [Question for security guards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-security-guards/792420)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-security-guards/792420 "2017-07-30T21:34:14Z")
I was wondering… My grandfather is the guy on the right of this photo. As you can see he was a uniformed security guard, but he also has a sergeant’s stripe very similar to an army Sgt. My question for any security work… --- ## [Advice sought: wheelchair rack for car (need soon-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-wheelchair-rack-for-car-need-soon-ish/792196)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-sought-wheelchair-rack-for-car-need-soon-ish/792196 "2017-07-30T21:15:40Z")
I have a friend who is age 66 and physically disabled. He acquired a motorized wheelchair last year, and is now right on the edge of needing to use it to travel more than a few steps at a time. He bought the wheelchair o… --- ## [Albuquerque: Where the Story Takes Place (Part II)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albuquerque-where-the-story-takes-place-part-ii/792437)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albuquerque-where-the-story-takes-place-part-ii/792437 "2017-07-30T17:59:12Z")
The second and third major chunks of my book are set partially in Los Alamos and partially in Albuquerque. I wrote about Los Alamos in my July 2 blogentry, so I figured I’d describe Albuquerque a bit in this one. Physi… --- ## [historical inflation-how far back to look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-inflation-how-far-back-to-look/792224)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-inflation-how-far-back-to-look/792224 "2017-07-30T17:46:23Z")
I have been looking at the BLS inflation records and have a question that probably can only be answered by informed opinion. Here is one of many data sets showing inflation in the US: while not the official BLS site, … --- ## [CA AG issued an official ballot measure title to secede from US. ](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-ag-issued-an-official-ballot-measure-title-to-secede-from-us/792185)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ca-ag-issued-an-official-ballot-measure-title-to-secede-from-us/792185 "2017-07-30T17:12:14Z")
Wasn’t this already decide at the cost of 620,000 lives? The bloodiest war the US ever fought? States can’t secede from the US. Uncle Sam will shoot your butt if you try. I live in a state that learned that lesson the h… --- ## [Share your experiences with Medicare here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experiences-with-medicare-here/792386)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-experiences-with-medicare-here/792386 "2017-07-30T16:49:13Z")
As we all know, the cost of medical insurance in the US is skyrocketing. Ain’t gonna get better any time soon. The only silver lining, for me, is that I’m going to be eligible for medicare in a few years. (Yay for get… --- ## ["Assault" for "assaulted", "text" for "texted", etc. Anybody else noticing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assault-for-assaulted-text-for-texted-etc-anybody-else-noticing-this/767325)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assault-for-assaulted-text-for-texted-etc-anybody-else-noticing-this/767325 "2017-07-30T15:25:40Z")
Increasingly, I’ve been noticing that in regular verbs ending in /-t/, which should take the /-ed/ suffix in the past tense, many people just use the root verb, same as in the present. It may also be happening with verb… --- ## [Of prisons and tattoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-prisons-and-tattoos/792245)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-prisons-and-tattoos/792245 "2017-07-30T10:18:38Z")
I’ve wondered about this before, but this thread was directly inspired by this post: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20373193&postcount=9 It seems to be widely known that prisoners are not allowed to… --- ## [Anyone else here estranged from their families?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-estranged-from-their-families/792412)
**Author:** [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-estranged-from-their-families/792412 "2017-07-30T03:15:44Z")
On the running tally of my family, at 26: -My dad’s side has no animosity toward me, but doesn’t want to be bothered; -My grandmother, aunts, and uncle (mom’s side) have nothing to do with me and I will likely never sp… --- ## [Rainmeter windows thing - anyone using this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainmeter-windows-thing-anyone-using-this/792336)
**Author:** [@Orr\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orr_G)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rainmeter-windows-thing-anyone-using-this/792336 "2017-07-30T02:13:45Z")
So, Rainmeter is a free open source kinda deal that lets you place and configure all sorts of neat stuff on your desktop, like visualizers, resource meters, launchers, and all sorts of nifty widgets, wadgets, and doodads… --- ## [Need help from No/So Carolina dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-no-so-carolina-dopers/792353)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-from-no-so-carolina-dopers/792353 "2017-07-30T01:57:37Z")
We’re going to a NASCAR race in Darlington, SC over Labor Day weekend. Flying in/out of Charlotte. We left a couple days to explore the area. Anyone have any suggestions? We’re staying in Sumter, SC for a couple nights.… --- ## [Anyone else LIKE hospital stays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-like-hospital-stays/792220)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-like-hospital-stays/792220 "2017-07-29T20:55:34Z")
I mean, yeah…it’s usually for a bad reason, like that you’re sick or injured… …but in a weird way, I almost like staying in the hospital for a few days or a week or so. Just the feeling of being taken care and being pam… --- ## [What would you do if you found out your cat had opposing political views?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-out-your-cat-had-opposing-political-views/792107)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-you-found-out-your-cat-had-opposing-political-views/792107 "2017-07-29T20:06:09Z")
She looks sooooo adorable but is she really Hitler on the inside? --- ## [Question about blacks using the N-word.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blacks-using-the-n-word/792274)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blacks-using-the-n-word/792274 "2017-07-29T19:32:21Z")
Standing with a group of people having a conversation (I’m the only white guy). One guy (Jokingly) pokes another girl in the ribs. To which she responds; “Nigga! I’m gonna…” \[she then proceeds to give him the crazy eye\] … --- ## [Your armchair diagnosis: knee issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-armchair-diagnosis-knee-issue/791831)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-armchair-diagnosis-knee-issue/791831 "2017-07-29T17:32:34Z")
I’m not actually seeking medical advice. I’ve seen my doctor, and I have an MRI scheduled for next week. But since we have a little time before I get any MRI results, I wanted to see what other people think, particularly… --- ## [Tips on brushing a cat's teeth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-brushing-a-cats-teeth/791998)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-on-brushing-a-cats-teeth/791998 "2017-07-29T05:53:13Z")
I have the appropriate cat toothbrush and cat toothpaste but little clue as to how to get a cat to cooperate while I clean his teeth. Any advice to share? Here are pics of the fluffies, I shall post more pics as I get m… --- ## [Paying cash vs. taking out a loan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-cash-vs-taking-out-a-loan/791930)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-cash-vs-taking-out-a-loan/791930 "2017-07-28T22:40:11Z")
I don’t need an answer fast as this isn’t about a pending transaction. It’s more a question of philosophy, or maybe fiscal wisdom, and I’m interested in others’ points of view. Scenario #1 - you want to buy a car that … --- ## [Afghan family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghan-family/791876)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afghan-family/791876 "2017-07-28T21:58:14Z")
Want to help a recent Afghan family arrival to the US. Mother, father, two children ages 3 years and 18 months. What can I buy that they would find useful and would actually like. What kind of clothes, toys, games, el… --- ## [Red state liberals who moved to a free state: did it make you happier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-state-liberals-who-moved-to-a-free-state-did-it-make-you-happier/792172)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-state-liberals-who-moved-to-a-free-state-did-it-make-you-happier/792172 "2017-07-28T20:55:15Z")
As a gay agnostic liberal in one of the most fanatically \[and hypocritically\] religious and politically conservative (and impoverished and uneducated) states in the union, I’ve often toyed with the idea of cashing in wha… --- ## [Lesbian women with leftist political thinking.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbian-women-with-leftist-political-thinking/792247)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbian-women-with-leftist-political-thinking/792247 "2017-07-28T14:24:01Z")
Do they hate gay men? There appears to be a thinking that lesbian women who have leftist political thinking, dislike and will not associate gay men. The gay men i have spoken with usually say they get cold shouldered b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=587) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=589)