# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=592 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 593 --- ## [What is the best real estate listing on the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-real-estate-listing-on-the-internet/791607)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-real-estate-listing-on-the-internet/791607 "2017-07-19T00:01:16Z")
I’m trying to use zillow and it just seems like a bad design. I just want to list a bunch of zips, towns or neighborhoods for a list for me. Zillow doesn’t seem to want that. I want to screen by factors. Can’t see much… --- ## [Legal liability for injuries fleeing PD](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-liability-for-injuries-fleeing-pd/791537)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-liability-for-injuries-fleeing-pd/791537 "2017-07-18T22:58:55Z")
JR was our running on the path along side the road. (Path is close to the road but physically separated by at least two of: trees, fence, hill, retaining wall.) He sees a cop pull into the cross street on the opposite … --- ## [Bringing everyone on board for the ACA wasn't such a bad idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-everyone-on-board-for-the-aca-wasnt-such-a-bad-idea/791592)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-everyone-on-board-for-the-aca-wasnt-such-a-bad-idea/791592 "2017-07-18T21:13:10Z")
When the aca was passed I was upset because true health reform requires stepping on toes. True reform that lowers costs and improves quality will enrage the pharmaceutical industry, insurance industry, hospital industry,… --- ## [Share your stress dreams!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stress-dreams/786943)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stress-dreams/786943 "2017-07-18T20:57:34Z")
When I’m stressed/anxious about something my sleeping brain seems to produce one of three dreams: Naked at work/public: it’s always either top or bottom nekkid, never both. And no one else ever points it out, I come to … --- ## [Mac software to convert Microsoft XPS files to PDF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-convert-microsoft-xps-files-to-pdf/791477)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-to-convert-microsoft-xps-files-to-pdf/791477 "2017-07-18T20:45:22Z")
Hi all, We’re changing our HR provider at work, and as a result we will soon no longer be able to access our old payslips. That being the case, I need to download them. What I’d like to end up with is a collection of PD… --- ## [Easiet and cheapest way to move my domain name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiet-and-cheapest-way-to-move-my-domain-name/791533)
**Author:** [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easiet-and-cheapest-way-to-move-my-domain-name/791533 "2017-07-18T18:46:11Z")
Several years ago I signed up for firstnamelastname.com domain on 1&1.com. I rarely use the actual website I made for it, but I just the e-mail address a lot. I don’t even visit their e-mail hosting, I just import throug… --- ## [Scanners, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanners-anyone/791502)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scanners-anyone/791502 "2017-07-18T18:43:33Z")
Anyone have any personal experience with scanners that don’t require a computer hook-up, saving images to \[something else\] without a computer attached? I know they’re available, but was wondering if anyone had any perso… --- ## [Broken Ribs Treatment (N.A.Fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-ribs-treatment-n-a-fast/791082)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broken-ribs-treatment-n-a-fast/791082 "2017-07-18T16:06:41Z")
Okay standard disclaimer You are not my Doctor etc… Second provision is that there is probable GQ answer to this but I am operating under two different jurisdictions that have different standards of treatment, in fact i… --- ## [How is this insurance claim likely to end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-insurance-claim-likely-to-end/791557)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-insurance-claim-likely-to-end/791557 "2017-07-18T15:46:58Z")
Some work being conducted in an office lobby. Solvents used. Apparently standard flooring solvents. Operators not using any breathing apparatus whilst working. No problems for them. But few visitors to office block clai… --- ## [Evaluate my half baked ww2 strategy : Operation Backstab. Amerika conquers the globe.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluate-my-half-baked-ww2-strategy-operation-backstab-amerika-conquers-the-globe/791458)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluate-my-half-baked-ww2-strategy-operation-backstab-amerika-conquers-the-globe/791458 "2017-07-18T13:31:18Z")
Imagine that the role of FDR were taken by a gamer with some future knowledge. In the game Civilization, you win when you invade and occupy every other rival nation. Well, in ww2, atomic weapons made for a unique oppor… --- ## [Superfluous use of commas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superfluous-use-of-commas/791250)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superfluous-use-of-commas/791250 "2017-07-18T12:17:35Z")
Does this sentence require a comma? I think not and the document I’m reviewing is plagued with similar examples. --- ## [Trump gets visas for Afghan schoolgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gets-visas-for-afghan-schoolgirls/791407)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-gets-visas-for-afghan-schoolgirls/791407 "2017-07-18T05:19:21Z")
ABC story here. CNN’s version is here. Got to give him credit when it’s due. --- ## [How long do dental crowns last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-dental-crowns-last/791344)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-dental-crowns-last/791344 "2017-07-18T03:29:21Z")
The crowns on my 2 front teeth are \> 20 years old. Dentist tells me to replace them because I have open margins. Does that sound reasonable? I know they won’t last forever. One of them came off a few months a… --- ## [Sub-SEE-quent: Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-see-quent-really/791503)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sub-see-quent-really/791503 "2017-07-18T02:53:41Z")
So, I was on a course last week where one of the instructors kept saying sub-SEE-quent. This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this, but I don’t recall when the other times were, or from whom. This is Ontario, Canada, FW… --- ## [These contacts work so well, I'll just leave 'em in!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-contacts-work-so-well-ill-just-leave-em-in/791390)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-contacts-work-so-well-ill-just-leave-em-in/791390 "2017-07-18T01:18:13Z")
Just ran across this story this morning and nearly fell out of my chair. The short summary is that a 67-year-old woman went in for cataract surgery, but the surgery was postponed when doctors discovered she had 27 conta… --- ## [How much do babies learn from their births?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-babies-learn-from-their-births/791260)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-babies-learn-from-their-births/791260 "2017-07-17T22:38:33Z")
Moms are screaming … is this the place where unhappiness resides? Mind games - do we try to influence our closest from the beginning. John Lennon (aka Boy George) give me your best! --- ## [What are people doing with all these massively overpriced houses (shacks) in Silicon Valley?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-doing-with-all-these-massively-overpriced-houses-shacks-in-silicon-valley/791140)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-doing-with-all-these-massively-overpriced-houses-shacks-in-silicon-valley/791140 "2017-07-17T22:27:19Z")
I know they aren’t technically overpriced in the economic sense because people are willingly buying them but there are many houses in Silicon Valley selling for between $1 - $2 million plus dollars that would be regarded… --- ## [What should I wear under my swim trunks? Need answer kind of fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-under-my-swim-trunks-need-answer-kind-of-fast/791004)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-wear-under-my-swim-trunks-need-answer-kind-of-fast/791004 "2017-07-17T21:38:08Z")
I’ll be taking my kids down the shore tomorrow, and just realized that the last few trips ended up being a bit painful for me. The mesh in my swim trunks seems to continually rub against a particularly sensitive part of… --- ## [Small changes to history for large effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-changes-to-history-for-large-effect/791247)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-changes-to-history-for-large-effect/791247 "2017-07-17T19:46:03Z")
We’re all familiar with the trope of traveling back in time and killing Adolf Hitler to avert WWII and the Holocaust (or at least some of the worst atrocities thereof). But, what very small things, changed in the past, m… --- ## [Privacy concerns with Ancestry.com and the like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-concerns-with-ancestry-com-and-the-like/791506)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-concerns-with-ancestry-com-and-the-like/791506 "2017-07-17T19:38:48Z")
Background: I am not much of a conspiracy theorist. I don’t think the government is about to implant ID chips in us to track our every movement. I take privacy fairly seriously; I share things on social media, but I thin… --- ## [Yech. What’s this in my (drinking) water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yech-what-s-this-in-my-drinking-water/791084)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yech-what-s-this-in-my-drinking-water/791084 "2017-07-17T19:26:24Z")
At work, I heat a pot of water each day to make pour-over coffee. After a few days, there’s always some floaties in it, so I pour it out, rinse, refill and repeat. Yesterday it looked like glass fibres dancing around in … --- ## [Self Promotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-promotion/791500)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-promotion/791500 "2017-07-17T18:04:58Z")
Self promotion is one of those things that if done right is the mark of a true gentleman but if done wrong can spur all kinds of nasty, bitter feelings or just make one look like a boring braggart. Looking back at my own… --- ## [Diverticulitis/osis: Anyone Had'/Have This?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diverticulitis-osis-anyone-had-have-this/791448 "2017-07-17T16:38:36Z")
And how are you treating yourself diet-wise? I ask, because Thursday and Friday I was awake for 48 hours doing nothing but belching. Every now and then I’d get a sigh for which I am eternally grateful, but then I’d go r… --- ## [Franchise: Singular or plural?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchise-singular-or-plural/791492)
**Author:** [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franchise-singular-or-plural/791492 "2017-07-17T16:19:13Z")
This sentence confused me because the Yankees can be singular or plural however when you refer to them as a franchise doesn’t that make it singular? It seems like a parenthetical phrase was omitted due to style. The… --- ## [What to call people from the USA, other than "Americans?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-call-people-from-the-usa-other-than-americans/791031)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-call-people-from-the-usa-other-than-americans/791031 "2017-07-17T08:31:12Z")
As I understand it, there is a (very small) minority of Canadians who consider the term “American” objectionable when used to refer to someone from the United States, as it implies that Canadians are not American. Certa… --- ## [Hypothetical Medical Situation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-medical-situation/791472)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-medical-situation/791472 "2017-07-17T07:10:31Z")
A few days before a recent trip to the ER with some other symptoms, I discovered I have head lice and began treatment the very same day. ALL of it. EVERY step. But even so, I still found a few on the day of the ER trip. … --- ## [NYC parking -- Do people really live like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-parking-do-people-really-live-like-this/791162)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-parking-do-people-really-live-like-this/791162 "2017-07-17T07:09:23Z")
Just finished this article titled: New York City’s Parking Rules have Turned Me into a Sociopath. The author gives a mind-numbing account of bizarre parking regulations that require a constant shuffling of one’s automob… --- ## [Long-term Brexit Hypothetical : the Emergence of a Trans-Atlantic State](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-brexit-hypothetical-the-emergence-of-a-trans-atlantic-state/791160)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-brexit-hypothetical-the-emergence-of-a-trans-atlantic-state/791160 "2017-07-17T06:47:10Z")
There’s an influencial school of thought in history that tends to disregard “great men”, “important dates” and “pivotal events” in favour of the study of long-term civilisational characteristics and their slow evolution.… --- ## [Is this inappropriate or I am a prude](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-inappropriate-or-i-am-a-prude/791192)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-inappropriate-or-i-am-a-prude/791192 "2017-07-17T03:28:38Z")
This video is trending on youtube. Parents talking to their kids about masturbation. I’m pretty sure it’s NSFW I think it is disturbing on so many levels. I think it is not age appropriate, and way too much informa… --- ## [What does a 4000-5000 sq ft home offer above what a 2000-3000 sq ft home does](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-4000-5000-sq-ft-home-offer-above-what-a-2000-3000-sq-ft-home-does/791206)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-4000-5000-sq-ft-home-offer-above-what-a-2000-3000-sq-ft-home-does/791206 "2017-07-17T02:32:25Z")
Other than the obvious answer of ‘1000-3000 extra square feet’. I know a married couple with two kids. The wife has found a better, much higher paying job and they are wanting to get a bigger home. Current home is 2 lev… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=591) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=593)