# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=688 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 689 --- ## [Comcast Phone/Internet experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-phone-internet-experiences/769697)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-phone-internet-experiences/769697 "2016-10-28T12:26:08Z")
My business phone/internet is currently through Windstream, the local phone company. The internet is slow and phone problems are too frequent. Customer service sucks. I just spoke with a dude from Comcast. If I sign … --- ## [Can you tell a persons gender from their writing? (online test)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-persons-gender-from-their-writing-online-test/769406)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-a-persons-gender-from-their-writing-online-test/769406 "2016-10-28T02:53:28Z")
…and does it matter? How about online such as the SD message boards, if someone doesn’t use prounouns to refer to themselves or say something obvious how sure are you of their gender? Is it important to you when talking … --- ## [CT Scans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-scans/769643)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2016, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ct-scans/769643 "2016-10-28T02:21:13Z")
I had a CT scan on Friday mourning. When should my doctor have the results? There is a mass in my belly, just above my bellybutton. Probably a hernia, but what can/will the CT scan show? Thanks.:slight\_smile: I’m not … --- ## [Has anyone tried The Mysterious Package Company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-mysterious-package-company/769785)
**Author:** [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-the-mysterious-package-company/769785 "2016-10-27T22:11:08Z")
I’m considering buying one of the scenarios for my wife this Christmas and I’m looking for real people who’ve tried to to help me decide if it’s worth it. Anyone tried it? Did you and/or the recipient like it? I’m inter… --- ## [National Park Vacation Ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-park-vacation-ideas/768753)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-park-vacation-ideas/768753 "2016-10-27T21:19:01Z")
I’m thinking of taking my three boys to one of the big parks next spring. They will be 14, 11 and 8 at the time. We are East Coast people and have never been to The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, etc. I’m looking f… --- ## [iPhone 7 removal of headphone jack: hate it or love it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-7-removal-of-headphone-jack-hate-it-or-love-it/765273)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-7-removal-of-headphone-jack-hate-it-or-love-it/765273 "2016-10-27T17:46:59Z")
Seems like this has been the talk of the internet over the last few weeks. So are you going to embrace the removal of the headphone jack or fight against it? Some analyst speculate that the phone will come with a light… --- ## [What type of luggage do you prefer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-luggage-do-you-prefer/769391)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-luggage-do-you-prefer/769391 "2016-10-27T17:39:47Z")
I just returned from a vacation, and idled away waiting time by trying to categorize types of flying luggage. Here are the categories: Carry-ons: Soft(ish) sided wheel-away. Hard clamshell wheel-away. Duffel-style wh… --- ## [Imagine a worldwide famine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-worldwide-famine/769760)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-a-worldwide-famine/769760 "2016-10-27T16:26:45Z")
How would the world cope? Perhaps there are major volcanic eruptions in both hemispheres, whatever, but harvests fail worldwide. I imagine that there are enough food stocks to ride out one crop failure in one hemisphere,… --- ## [Game Design Question: an ongoing challenge of simulating Free Will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-design-question-an-ongoing-challenge-of-simulating-free-will/769230)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-design-question-an-ongoing-challenge-of-simulating-free-will/769230 "2016-10-27T13:57:11Z")
I am not a gamer, nor well-read on game design. As the form explodes in popularity and innovations in tech and game design emerge, I assume there are Deep Thoughts™ happening about how Gaming will evolve, the challenges … --- ## [Am I really missing anything? \[using social media\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-missing-anything-using-social-media/768843)
**Author:** [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-really-missing-anything-using-social-media/768843 "2016-10-27T12:25:34Z")
I don’t Facebook and never have. I don’t Twit and never have. I have never “chatted” online. I have never participated in form of “social media” (that is unless being in a few forums counts as social media, and I don’t p… --- ## [Rosary Service at a wake....rude if I don't kneel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosary-service-at-a-wake-rude-if-i-dont-kneel/769599)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosary-service-at-a-wake-rude-if-i-dont-kneel/769599 "2016-10-27T11:26:26Z")
I actually grew up Catholic, though I am a Unitarian now, but the number of rosaries I have said in my life is about 5. I remember kneeling the whole time for those. My uncle has died and I will be driving 6 hours to a… --- ## [Lost building permit. What now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-building-permit-what-now/769730)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-building-permit-what-now/769730 "2016-10-27T08:41:52Z")
We undertook a pretty major renovation of our home earlier this year, including a gut rehab of an 800 square foot, two-story addition, and three full bath renovations. Most of the final inspections were completed months … --- ## [California National Guard Collecting Enlistment Bonuses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-national-guard-collecting-enlistment-bonuses/769711)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-national-guard-collecting-enlistment-bonuses/769711 "2016-10-27T06:17:46Z")
It’s making more headlines recently and many members of congress, while out on break, are calling for the Pentagon to put a stop to the collections. If you haven’t been following, apparently back in 2006, the governme… --- ## [Prediabetes and metformin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediabetes-and-metformin/769484)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediabetes-and-metformin/769484 "2016-10-27T06:04:09Z")
Mostly to adult docs here, why metformin only for prediabetics at “high risk”? What other than risk of flatulence is the downside? If someone is already exercising moderate to vigorously more than 4 hours a week, alread… --- ## [Going to Bermuda in December](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-in-december/769809)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-bermuda-in-december/769809 "2016-10-27T01:00:10Z")
Anyone else been? Is there something I should see, do or eat there that’s extra cool? I’m in to nature-y stuff, but anything historical would be great also. If there’s anything that’s quirky/fun or non-touristy that I … --- ## [Have you ever had a pen pal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-pen-pal/769706)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-a-pen-pal/769706 "2016-10-26T23:53:17Z")
I think my English class in high school the year before I was in it had their pupils write letters to people in Gambia but me personally no. --- ## [How long after services does a medical provider have to send out a bill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-after-services-does-a-medical-provider-have-to-send-out-a-bill/675954)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-after-services-does-a-medical-provider-have-to-send-out-a-bill/675954 "2016-10-26T23:19:10Z")
I got a hospital bill today from an ER visit back in March of 2012, 18 months ago. :eek: First I called the hospital to find out what this was actually for & confirmed my insurance company paid (I don’t remember ever … --- ## [Men, black men in particluar, do you make yourself "walk loud"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-black-men-in-particluar-do-you-make-yourself-walk-loud/769681)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-black-men-in-particluar-do-you-make-yourself-walk-loud/769681 "2016-10-26T22:56:42Z")
So I was walking at my normal pace to get food for the family when these two white women turned onto the sidewalk a couple in front of me. I’m usually a fast walker but when this happens I usually do one of two things: I… --- ## [Tire buying advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-buying-advice/769699)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-buying-advice/769699 "2016-10-26T19:12:13Z")
The tires on my Jeep Wrangler have 35,000 miles on them and have little tread left. With winter approaching I need to do something. My spare is a full size unused tire mounted on the rear of the vehicle . So, should I: … --- ## [Why is Bluetooth still popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bluetooth-still-popular/769698)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bluetooth-still-popular/769698 "2016-10-26T18:54:51Z")
I bought my first wireless head set yesterday. Skullcandy Smokin’ Buds. It includes a microphone. Odd name. My daughter recommended them and told me they are comfortable to wear. Easy install. Once I remembered to … --- ## [Another tedious 'recommend a laptop' thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tedious-recommend-a-laptop-thread/769503)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tedious-recommend-a-laptop-thread/769503 "2016-10-26T16:13:16Z")
I’d look for previous threads, but products change with time. My present 17" machine is an HP ENVY dv7, which gave me good service right up until it didn’t. I bought it at COSTCO for a good price, and it got decent revi… --- ## [What's wrong with my tongue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-tongue/769427)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-my-tongue/769427 "2016-10-26T15:37:43Z")
The last few weeks or so I have had a strange thing going on with my tongue. Toward the back there is a V shaped row of bumps (circumvallate papillae) that point toward the throat and this is a normal part of the tongue… --- ## [Why do people open accounts just to post to zombie threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-accounts-just-to-post-to-zombie-threads/769604)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-open-accounts-just-to-post-to-zombie-threads/769604 "2016-10-26T14:35:41Z")
Every couple of weeks, it seems, some topic will pop up when I hit “New Posts,” that will turn out to be a revived thread (sometimes so old, no one on it even posts anymore) with one new post at the end, and the join dat… --- ## [Difference between naysayers and someone that helps you grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-naysayers-and-someone-that-helps-you-grow/769726)
**Author:** [@Mr.Insaneo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Insaneo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-between-naysayers-and-someone-that-helps-you-grow/769726 "2016-10-26T13:38:03Z")
I keep hearing, “don’t listen to the naysayers”, saying and I’m confused. Is a naysayer someone who gives you a uneducated perspective and criticism, where someone that can help you grow, gives you a educated perspectiv… --- ## [22-year-old wants to go to Europe, solo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-wants-to-go-to-europe-solo/764045)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22-year-old-wants-to-go-to-europe-solo/764045 "2016-10-26T08:56:50Z")
OK, that doesn’t sound SO insane taken out of context, but: our son (known in my posts on the board as “Dweezil”) is mildly autistic. High functioning, he drives, is holding down a part-time job and going to college pa… --- ## [Australian Target/Kmart versus American Target/Kmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-target-kmart-versus-american-target-kmart/287165)
**Author:** [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-target-kmart-versus-american-target-kmart/287165 "2016-10-26T07:27:29Z")
Target and Kmart big box department stores are on Australian soil as well as American suburbs. Are there any big differences between a Target in Australia and one in the US, or an American Kmart versus on Down Under? I… --- ## [Are you seeing election bumper stickers in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-seeing-election-bumper-stickers-in-your-area/764126 "2016-10-26T04:57:22Z")
My husband commented that he hasn’t seen any bumper stickers for any of the presidential (or any other) candidates, and when he mentioned that, I started looking for myself. There are Trump signs in a few yards, but in … --- ## [Please help! I am beyond terrified. There is a mouse in my apt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-i-am-beyond-terrified-there-is-a-mouse-in-my-apt/629935)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 238\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-i-am-beyond-terrified-there-is-a-mouse-in-my-apt/629935 "2016-10-26T03:41:52Z")
Seriously, I am fucking scared as all shit. I’ll skip the boring details, but to give you an idea of just how completely freaking terrorized I am, I spent hours standing on top of my ottoman and sofa when I thought it w… --- ## [Women: share your stories of having your crotch grabbed (when you didn't want it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-share-your-stories-of-having-your-crotch-grabbed-when-you-didnt-want-it/768105)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 327\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-share-your-stories-of-having-your-crotch-grabbed-when-you-didnt-want-it/768105 "2016-10-26T03:41:13Z")
I read this story in the Washington Post this morning: What happens when you ask women for their stories of assault? Thousands of replies. I’m posting this in the Pit because I expect it to get contentious. Not positi… --- ## [Largest Russian Fleet Since The Cold War Sailing to Syria](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-russian-fleet-since-the-cold-war-sailing-to-syria/769106)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-russian-fleet-since-the-cold-war-sailing-to-syria/769106 "2016-10-25T22:12:09Z")
Surprised the two Prez Numpties didn’t discuss this at their pseudo debates. But its happening. Am working in a back of beyond former Soviet Shithole at the moment and accept this maybe old news but its the first I’v… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=687) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=689)