# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=711 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 712 --- ## [What could the price of Bernie's house get in your neighborhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-price-of-bernies-house-get-in-your-neighborhood/762771)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2016, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-the-price-of-bernies-house-get-in-your-neighborhood/762771 "2016-08-20T15:41:19Z")
There seems to be a minor poutage over Bernie buying a $600,000 summer home. Me, why should I even care how Bernie spends his money? Someone on this very board stated he couldn’t even begin to buy a house in San Fran for… --- ## [Puerto Rico or Dominican Republic Winter vacation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-or-dominican-republic-winter-vacation/658183)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puerto-rico-or-dominican-republic-winter-vacation/658183 "2016-08-20T14:37:23Z")
The SO has always wanted to visit Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic. We’re acclimated to the PNW, so we’re thinking it might be a cooler in one of those places in December. True, or false? How’s the weather? We’d… --- ## [okay, I'm going back to counting calories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-going-back-to-counting-calories/763075)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-im-going-back-to-counting-calories/763075 "2016-08-20T01:24:02Z")
I just have to accept I’m hopeless at discipline and basically kind of lie to myself anyway. Looking back, writing everything that passes my lips down on a spreadsheet is the only thing that really worked for me. I somet… --- ## [Vladimir Putin and the Nooscope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-and-the-nooscope/763334)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladimir-putin-and-the-nooscope/763334 "2016-08-19T23:45:39Z")
Well this is certainly a bit odd, I’m not quite sure I understand what this BBC article is trying to say: All the talk of a ‘Nooscope’ did ring a bell though, while searching that term only brings up further links to … --- ## [Blind Nationalism: whose citizens are the most deluded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-nationalism-whose-citizens-are-the-most-deluded/761685)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blind-nationalism-whose-citizens-are-the-most-deluded/761685 "2016-08-19T20:21:52Z")
From a very young age most citizens of various countries are brain washed into nationalistic fervour that usually follows the mantra…my country is great. Quite clearly some countries are very terrible places to live in.… --- ## [Bunions-a baby bunion maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunions-a-baby-bunion-maybe/763333)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunions-a-baby-bunion-maybe/763333 "2016-08-19T19:09:59Z")
At 67, and never having had a bunion, I’d like to know, from people who have had them, how they started. I have a really sore spot on my foot, not specifically at the side of the big toe where you’d expect a bunion to be… --- ## [Helping a 10-week-old infant (and parents) sleep at night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-10-week-old-infant-and-parents-sleep-at-night/530312)
**Author:** [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-a-10-week-old-infant-and-parents-sleep-at-night/530312 "2016-08-19T19:09:28Z")
This is such a big and potentially controversial issue in the parenting world, but I’m curious where the Dopers stand on this issue. Our 10-week-old Boy 2.0 seems to have crested his colicky phase, and is ( :::crossing … --- ## [Those men who can +++ their own +++](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-men-who-can-their-own/762555 "2016-08-19T17:59:55Z")
Hi SD, I didn’t want to write anything perverse in the title, although the whole pornstar anal prolapse discussion was allowed, so anything goes, I guess. But I would like to know, those rare few men who can autofellat… --- ## [Job search question regarding following up after just an application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-search-question-regarding-following-up-after-just-an-application/762968)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-search-question-regarding-following-up-after-just-an-application/762968 "2016-08-19T17:57:14Z")
I recently saw a job posted at a medium to large sized company which looked to be a near perfect fit for me, so I applied via their website. I now see it posted on LinkedIn as well, including an actual contact person, a… --- ## [Divorcing for tax purposes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcing-for-tax-purposes/676264)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcing-for-tax-purposes/676264 "2016-08-19T16:50:46Z")
My wife and I have worked hard, and are both earning good salaries. So, I can’t complain too much. But, I will anyway. I’ve run an estimate of our taxes for next year the way we always do it, married filing jointly. … --- ## [comic book app reader that reads 'Unsupported 7-zip archive format](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-app-reader-that-reads-unsupported-7-zip-archive-format/763270)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-app-reader-that-reads-unsupported-7-zip-archive-format/763270 "2016-08-19T16:37:50Z")
I tried to transfer some digital .cbz files onto my phone, but I get the error message ‘Unsupported 7-zip archive format’ when I try to read them. I’ve tried several other readers, none work. What does that mean? the fi… --- ## [PEN membership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pen-membership/763313)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pen-membership/763313 "2016-08-19T16:28:03Z")
Is anyone here a past or present member of PEN? What’s it all about, Alfie? --- ## [Federal Court: DOJ can't prosecute medical marijuana cases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-court-doj-cant-prosecute-medical-marijuana-cases/763142)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/federal-court-doj-cant-prosecute-medical-marijuana-cases/763142 "2016-08-19T16:05:06Z")
Appeals Court Bars Feds From Prosecuting Medical Marijuana Cases Recreational use is still not protected but it’s a step in the right direction. --- ## [Convince me to continue being the good guy regarding traffic lanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-continue-being-the-good-guy-regarding-traffic-lanes/763091)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-continue-being-the-good-guy-regarding-traffic-lanes/763091 "2016-08-19T12:59:25Z")
I moved to the east bay in the San Francisco bay area, but work on the other side of the bay bridge. The vast majority of the time, I take mass transit, but several times a month for unavoidable reasons, I have to drive… --- ## [Rupert divorcing Wendi -- I am so sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupert-divorcing-wendi-i-am-so-sad/660975)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rupert-divorcing-wendi-i-am-so-sad/660975 "2016-08-19T11:53:25Z")
James Bond movies often have a super-villain, more powerful than many countries and intent on world domination. The super-villain often has a voluptuous woman as companion and bodyguard/assassin. Rupert Murdoch has impr… --- ## [Do I have to tip the Windshield installer guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-tip-the-windshield-installer-guy/762985)
**Author:** [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-tip-the-windshield-installer-guy/762985 "2016-08-19T11:18:30Z")
Getting a new windshield for the car and I went with a service that comes to your home and installs it. Mind you, it was suppose dot come yesterday but apparently they were missing a part (I hope it wasn’t windshield!). … --- ## [What's with the "hobbyist" mindset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-hobbyist-mindset/762989)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-the-hobbyist-mindset/762989 "2016-08-19T09:09:35Z")
Over the years, I’ve noticed a distinct mindset among people who engage in hobbies in more than a casual fashion. This mindset is one of extreme concern about minutiae and esoteric points of performance/aesthetics/etc… … --- ## [What things are you a conscientious objector about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-you-a-conscientious-objector-about/763122)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-are-you-a-conscientious-objector-about/763122 "2016-08-19T06:22:43Z")
If we have Muslim Dopers on this message board, they would probably have a conscientious objection to eating pork; if we have pro-life Dopers they would probably have a conscientious objection to having an abortion, and … --- ## [Milwaukee 2407 M22 vs. Dewalt DC970K-2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milwaukee-2407-m22-vs-dewalt-dc970k-2/762833)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milwaukee-2407-m22-vs-dewalt-dc970k-2/762833 "2016-08-18T21:52:24Z")
I may have mentioned I picked up a Master Mechanic cordless drill at the hardware store, because we needed one, and because it was a fraction of the cost of the Dewalt they carried. It’s fine for household stuff, but no… --- ## [Pictures with messages which when reversed reveal sexism.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-with-messages-which-when-reversed-reveal-sexism/762151)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pictures-with-messages-which-when-reversed-reveal-sexism/762151 "2016-08-18T18:39:13Z")
There’s a classic picture, “Teach your daughters to shoot. Because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.” But if you were to reverse it - “Teach your sons to shoot…” - that would be called creepy, misogynist, and… --- ## [Aging Parents...planning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aging-parents-planning/762978)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aging-parents-planning/762978 "2016-08-18T18:36:01Z")
Hi everyone, My parents are getting older and it’s time I face it. My Mom is in her 70s and my Dad his 80’s. They’ve both been through some health issues (cancers), but have come through mostly ok. My mom is actually in… --- ## [Do teenagers still shop at Spencer Gifts? Or are my nephews and neices pranking me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-teenagers-still-shop-at-spencer-gifts-or-are-my-nephews-and-neices-pranking-me/762681)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-teenagers-still-shop-at-spencer-gifts-or-are-my-nephews-and-neices-pranking-me/762681 "2016-08-18T18:35:36Z")
An organization I belong to recently had a back-to-school backpack drive. Since the local Spencer gifts had their backpacks 50% off, I bought what I thought were two nice backpacks for teenagers: one had a wavy spacey … --- ## [First private company to get permission to land on the Moon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-private-company-to-get-permission-to-land-on-the-moon/761698)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-private-company-to-get-permission-to-land-on-the-moon/761698 "2016-08-18T16:33:52Z")
Moon Express has been given permission to go for Google’s Lunar XPrize, which is a competition to land a robot on the moon by 2017. Story here from CNN. I think this is pretty cool and hope they do it. Wow…they have … --- ## [Offering payment to a babysitter who's a friend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offering-payment-to-a-babysitter-whos-a-friend/763033)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/offering-payment-to-a-babysitter-whos-a-friend/763033 "2016-08-18T13:43:11Z")
We’ve run into this situation more than once: we need a babysitter, we ask on Facebook, a friend says they’d love to watch our kids. They don’t ask for money. It may be that they expect money, and if we don’t offer they… --- ## [Minimum wage and immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage-and-immigration/763022)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-wage-and-immigration/763022 "2016-08-18T13:39:00Z")
Would raising the minimum wage solve some of our current immigration problems? It seems many jobs now filled by illegal immigrants would suddenly become more attractive to American citizens. --- ## [Recommend a cheap MP3 player](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cheap-mp3-player/762980)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cheap-mp3-player/762980 "2016-08-18T13:33:16Z")
Looking for recommendations for an MP3 player that satisfies the following conditions. A simple file transfer. Just copy the MP3s from my computer to a folder on the player. Not an iPod, in other words. I hate all that… --- ## [Most Stupid Clickbait Ads You See On Here and Other Websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857)
**Author:** [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-stupid-clickbait-ads-you-see-on-here-and-other-websites/762857 "2016-08-18T13:13:56Z")
On the Straight Dope as well other sites around the web, you see those click bait ads. You Know the ones that go something like: “California Drivers Would Not Believe This New Driving Law”. Or “Shocking Celebrity Deaths… --- ## [I Surrender - Need Smartphone Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-surrender-need-smartphone-advice/762894)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-surrender-need-smartphone-advice/762894 "2016-08-18T01:50:40Z")
I still have my stupidphone, a flip model, because it works and I haven’t needed to change it. However, connection to the internet and texting is taking over and it’s getting to the point inability to text is becoming a… --- ## [Who would win in a fight...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-in-a-fight/762729)
**Author:** [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-win-in-a-fight/762729 "2016-08-18T00:54:52Z")
Teddy Roosevelt in his prime with an axe vs. Eisenhower with a ball peen hammer? NEED ANSWER FAST!!! (ok, not really) --- ## [What kind of large, used sedan should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-large-used-sedan-should-i-get/762822)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-large-used-sedan-should-i-get/762822 "2016-08-18T00:26:48Z")
In about a year I’ll be ready to replace my 1999 Accord coupe, which has about 200K miles and is starting to feel like a rust-bucket, though it’s been a great car that I’ve loved. I intend to get a 4-door sedan. My partn… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=710) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=712)