# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=643 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 644 --- ## [Cutting a ceramic magnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-a-ceramic-magnet/781269)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-a-ceramic-magnet/781269 "2017-03-08T13:06:33Z")
I have a couple of ceramic magnets, and I need to cut one in half so I have two squares instead of one rectangle. They’re about ¼" thick. What’s a good way to do it? I thought maybe a Dremel tool with a cutting wheel,… --- ## ["Fly me to the moon" would you go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-me-to-the-moon-would-you-go/781009)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-me-to-the-moon-would-you-go/781009 "2017-03-08T12:34:23Z")
The good people at SpaceX have declared a goal to land two private citizens on the moon next year. If money wasn’t a factor would you be willing to go up on their maiden voyage? What about one soon after? Ever? --- ## [Do you like getting up and getting ready while it is still dark?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-getting-up-and-getting-ready-while-it-is-still-dark/781585)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-getting-up-and-getting-ready-while-it-is-still-dark/781585 "2017-03-08T09:00:55Z")
I mean on days you have to to work or be somewhere you are required to be. I mean, I prefer to sleep in until 8 AM and have a lovely rest as much as anyone, but this is not an option for me on a regular work day. I’m a … --- ## [Drug addicts who love their kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-addicts-who-love-their-kids/781519)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drug-addicts-who-love-their-kids/781519 "2017-03-08T06:31:26Z")
This is going to be an unpopular thread. I fully expect lots of hate and judgement and holier-than-thou shit. But I would still like to talk to fearless people who had kids, and were addicted to drugs, and did their best… --- ## [What's the oldest meat in your freezer...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-meat-in-your-freezer/781497)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-oldest-meat-in-your-freezer/781497 "2017-03-08T05:35:17Z")
and do you still plan to use it? As Spring starts I do a Freezer clean out, figuring that with the cold weather the stuff shouldn’t get too stinky while outside waiting for the garbage man and attract too many critters. … --- ## [How long should you wait for food delivery? (Sort of a rant)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-wait-for-food-delivery-sort-of-a-rant/781518)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-you-wait-for-food-delivery-sort-of-a-rant/781518 "2017-03-08T00:36:29Z")
This evening, at 6:30, I called a local Chinese food place, which we’ve called before, to have take-out food delivered. They had been prompt in previous deliveries, for years, but now nothing came for nearly an hour. The… --- ## [I have been invited to a grad school open house. How should I interpret the invitation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-invited-to-a-grad-school-open-house-how-should-i-interpret-the-invitation/777837)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-been-invited-to-a-grad-school-open-house-how-should-i-interpret-the-invitation/777837 "2017-03-08T00:05:46Z")
Hey all, I was recently invited to attend a grad school open house for one of the programs I applied to over winter. The program itself is a very competitive fully funded PhD program, and the school is paying for me to … --- ## [Matching Beginner's Guides to Guitar and Keyboard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-beginners-guides-to-guitar-and-keyboard/781578)
**Author:** [@Fruitbat2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fruitbat2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matching-beginners-guides-to-guitar-and-keyboard/781578 "2017-03-07T16:49:35Z")
Does anyone know of any beginner guides to playing the guitar and keyboard that match, so you and a partner could learn on your own (one playing guitar and one playing keyboard) and play the same songs together as you le… --- ## [FWB with a married man.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fwb-with-a-married-man/781604)
**Author:** [@Overthinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Overthinker)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fwb-with-a-married-man/781604 "2017-03-07T14:12:33Z")
Hey everyone, I came here because I am hoping to get some insight and advice without being judged. First, let me tell you I am a severe overthinker who also suffers from anxiety. I am 36 years old, never married, no chil… --- ## [The last English monarch with power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-english-monarch-with-power/781481)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-english-monarch-with-power/781481 "2017-03-07T12:58:10Z")
So the Queen of the United Kingdom has virtually no say in the running of her government or church but how long has this been the case? Certainly not the glorious revolution since I think King George the 3rd had some pow… --- ## [Is South Africa about to follow Zimbabwe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-south-africa-about-to-follow-zimbabwe/781590)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-south-africa-about-to-follow-zimbabwe/781590 "2017-03-07T12:56:19Z")
Jacob Zuma, the South African president, is mooting land seizure. White lands, of course. And we all know how well that worked in Zimbabwe. I wouldn’t want to be a white person in South Africa today. --- ## [My dog is a sloppy drinker.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-a-sloppy-drinker/781181)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2017, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-a-sloppy-drinker/781181 "2017-03-07T10:47:59Z")
After she drinks water, her entire face is all wet and she drips water all over the floor. She’s only 6 months old–is there some way to train her to be less of a slob? --- ## [Fully colorblind boy sees colors for the first time with special glasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-colorblind-boy-sees-colors-for-the-first-time-with-special-glasses/781347)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fully-colorblind-boy-sees-colors-for-the-first-time-with-special-glasses/781347 "2017-03-06T23:29:21Z")
This is not a new phenomenon, and the reason I’m posting it here is because in a home video, he was able to correctly identify colors even though he had never properly seen them before. I’ve known a few men who had re… --- ## [7' windows with 9' ceilings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-windows-with-9-ceilings/781547)
**Author:** [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-windows-with-9-ceilings/781547 "2017-03-06T20:34:36Z")
I’m building a new house, and I got a lot of good tips on what to include in a previous post. Now I have an aesthetics question: would it look horrible to have 7’ high windows in rooms with a 9’ ceiling? By 7’ high, I… --- ## [Are you a misanthrope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-misanthrope/781354)
**Author:** [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-misanthrope/781354 "2017-03-06T20:03:31Z")
I reckon the percentage of people I meet that I genuinely like is on the low side - maybe 10% (and that’s giving them the benefit of the doubt). How’s your percentage? --- ## [Giving things up for Lent - what were you taught?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-things-up-for-lent-what-were-you-taught/781469)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-things-up-for-lent-what-were-you-taught/781469 "2017-03-06T19:13:17Z")
I grew up in a very Catholic family with the usual emphasis on some form of self-denial in the weeks leading up to Easter. Generally, as kids, we gave up candy, only to gorge ourselves when we got our baskets of chocola… --- ## [When was the last time you dialed "0" and talked to the operator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-dialed-0-and-talked-to-the-operator/779355)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-dialed-0-and-talked-to-the-operator/779355 "2017-03-06T17:54:33Z")
The last time I remember doing this was probably in the 1980’s to make a collect call home to my parents. Haven’t had a reason to speak to the operator, and don’t even know if you dialed “0” if an actual person would pi… --- ## [Lady Dopers- What does the state have to put on the table for you to make more babies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-dopers-what-does-the-state-have-to-put-on-the-table-for-you-to-make-more-babies/781011)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-dopers-what-does-the-state-have-to-put-on-the-table-for-you-to-make-more-babies/781011 "2017-03-06T13:56:20Z")
Re this article Spain’s birth rate is now 1.3 for every 2 people and they are trying to figure out ways to increase it so there will be someone paying taxes in the future. Birth rates are compressing across the more adva… --- ## [People on Facebook who relentlessly post pics of their sick & dying kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-facebook-who-relentlessly-post-pics-of-their-sick-dying-kids/781462)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-on-facebook-who-relentlessly-post-pics-of-their-sick-dying-kids/781462 "2017-03-06T13:48:19Z")
There is a woman in my area who has a young daughter who has been fighting cancer for over 7 years now. This poor girl is frail and barely hanging on and has undergone endless operations and cancer therapies. Over the ye… --- ## [Was I a Coward Here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-a-coward-here/780952)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-i-a-coward-here/780952 "2017-03-06T08:14:13Z")
I was in a phone store, waiting to pay my bill, when this happened. There were three people behind me, a family of a man, a woman, and a little girl. The little girl had two little balloons in her hands, little fist si… --- ## [When did Spring Break become a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-spring-break-become-a-thing/781287)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-spring-break-become-a-thing/781287 "2017-03-06T06:47:57Z")
I graduated from high school in 1966. Prior to that I attended six different schools all over the country, including my final high school. We didn’t have a week of Spring Break at any of those schools. We got Good Friday… --- ## [A few questions about the gym](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-gym/781246)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-the-gym/781246 "2017-03-06T05:24:47Z")
Hello all I recently (mid-January) joined a gym. I go between 1 and 3 times a week. While I am therefore not completely wet behind the ears, I am not yet as at home at the gym as I am (say…) sat on the sofa drinking win… --- ## [Being a Late Bloomer (Gay).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-late-bloomer-gay/781405)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-a-late-bloomer-gay/781405 "2017-03-06T03:36:59Z")
Something I have always wondered, probably since I was a child, what does it mean when you are a late bloomer, in becoming gay? When I was a little child, I for the most part assumed I was heterosexual. I had no reason … --- ## [Why is my half empty jar of Carolina Reaper infused hot curry sauce still edible after a year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-half-empty-jar-of-carolina-reaper-infused-hot-curry-sauce-still-edible-after-a-year/781417)
**Author:** [@guitario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guitario)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-half-empty-jar-of-carolina-reaper-infused-hot-curry-sauce-still-edible-after-a-year/781417 "2017-03-06T01:10:17Z")
Ok, when I say ‘edible’, of course I mean it’s like tasting the devil’s snot, but that’s normal - it is after all, made with Carolina Reaper chillies, which are the hottest on earth (or were until very recently anyway). … --- ## [Should I Pay Off the Mortgage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-off-the-mortgage/781407)
**Author:** [@dflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dflower)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-off-the-mortgage/781407 "2017-03-05T23:53:08Z")
This is my first time, so be gentle. I owe $52,000 on my mortgage. I have that much in my savings account. Should I pay the mortgage in full? Also I want to sell this house and move to a smaller one in another state. I… --- ## [Reading and Empathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-and-empathy/780981)
**Author:** [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-and-empathy/780981 "2017-03-05T23:51:30Z")
I’ve heard in various places of research that shows a correlation between reading fiction, especially literary fiction, and empathy. It seems plausible prima facie. I can think of no better way to occupy another person’… --- ## [Solar Energy Telemarketers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-energy-telemarketers/781214)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-energy-telemarketers/781214 "2017-03-05T22:14:17Z")
ISTM that the overwhelming percentage of telemarketing calls these days are from people trying to convince me to install solar energy panels. Maybe like 90% of the telemarketing calls that I get, and probably about 2-3 a… --- ## [What years did you get your degrees?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223)
**Author:** [@blockhalf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blockhalf)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-years-did-you-get-your-degrees/781223 "2017-03-05T21:38:16Z")
What year did you get your Bachelor’s Degree and what year did you get your Master’s Degree? Thanks! --- ## [Opinions or beliefs that you suspect some people secretly hold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-or-beliefs-that-you-suspect-some-people-secretly-hold/757396)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-or-beliefs-that-you-suspect-some-people-secretly-hold/757396 "2017-03-05T21:28:15Z")
This forum is mostly about our own opinions, but now it’s time to opine about other people’s opinions (I’m referring mainly to groups of people, not specific individuals): I’m about to come across as a sour, cynical per… --- ## [Wildflower ID resources, or ID this common purple wildflower plz? (pic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildflower-id-resources-or-id-this-common-purple-wildflower-plz-pic/781427)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wildflower-id-resources-or-id-this-common-purple-wildflower-plz-pic/781427 "2017-03-05T21:27:45Z")
This is blooming everywhere in DFW right now and I’m curious what it’s called. I’m looking for a plant name, yes, but a better Q might be: what’s a good resource to look these up? I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=642) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=644)