# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=721 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 722 --- ## [Liabilities for gun free zones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liabilities-for-gun-free-zones/760249)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liabilities-for-gun-free-zones/760249 "2016-07-21T14:21:20Z")
New law in Tennessee that makes it so that businesses are liable if they disallow guns. So if a store puts up a sign prohibiting guns and a person is injured in a way that could have been prevented by the person having a… --- ## [Recommendations: Good resources for improving Chinese/language listening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-good-resources-for-improving-chinese-language-listening/760297)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-good-resources-for-improving-chinese-language-listening/760297 "2016-07-21T11:40:56Z")
There are lots of great resources for learning Chinese vocabulary and/or reading in a fairly painless way (Pleco, Anki, Pimsleur, Melnyk’s etc). But listening I’m finding tougher. Most learning resources, when they’re s… --- ## [Can anyone remind me of urban planning quotation about the need for unplanned or random spaces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remind-me-of-urban-planning-quotation-about-the-need-for-unplanned-or-random-spaces/760465)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-remind-me-of-urban-planning-quotation-about-the-need-for-unplanned-or-random-spaces/760465 "2016-07-21T07:56:09Z")
I’m getting ready to publish a new blog post about the history and demolition of parts of northern DTLA, and I would like to close it out with a particular quotation. Unfortunately I can’t remember the quote except for … --- ## [Difficulty of Baton Rouge SWAT Shot that Killed Gunman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-of-baton-rouge-swat-shot-that-killed-gunman/760329)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-of-baton-rouge-swat-shot-that-killed-gunman/760329 "2016-07-21T05:59:20Z")
I read this article: Helluva Shot \[CNN\] and was mildly surprised to see this: Obviously I don’t know the details of the shot. However, 100 yards doesn’t seem like a long distance for a SWAT “rifleman.” A handgun sh… --- ## [How important is the social part of college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-the-social-part-of-college/760379)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-the-social-part-of-college/760379 "2016-07-20T23:34:15Z")
I am taking courses online from WGU. A lot of people I know say that this isn’t worth it, and that the social aspect of being on campus is more important than what you learn in class. Is this really true? I do like my… --- ## [Sex question for men over 60](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-question-for-men-over-60/760421)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-question-for-men-over-60/760421 "2016-07-20T20:31:47Z")
67 here. I have noticed in recent years climaxes are a little uncomfortable. I usually have sex about 3 times a week but this past couple of weeks I think about 10 days had gone by. I noticed my climax was not uncomforta… --- ## [Selling raw land](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-raw-land/760365)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-raw-land/760365 "2016-07-20T18:43:51Z")
I am selling off 40 acres of raw land and I started with Craigslist. They are the dregs of society. They seem to fall into a few categories. (1 most of them) OMG it is perfect. Could you give me some details on … I… --- ## [Gendered Words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gendered-words/760207)
**Author:** [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gendered-words/760207 "2016-07-20T17:45:28Z")
In this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=798543 a hijack has broken out about the use of the gendered word “murderess.” This is the initial post by LHoD: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb… --- ## [Another tree identification thread - tree with globe-shaped branches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tree-identification-thread-tree-with-globe-shaped-branches/760300)
**Author:** [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tree-identification-thread-tree-with-globe-shaped-branches/760300 "2016-07-20T16:09:59Z")
When I was in Germany, I saw these weird trees - some of the branches were globe-shaped. Sadly, no picture. They were deciduous trees, and I mostly saw them in empty fields not in forests. I saw a few scattered here a… --- ## [I need help identifying a sort of plant/tree thing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-a-sort-of-plant-tree-thing/760280)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-identifying-a-sort-of-plant-tree-thing/760280 "2016-07-20T15:38:55Z")
Here are the pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/AmVvhXGUB7tK7j998 It’s about six feet or seven feet tall. I’d like to know what kind of plant it is. I want to transplant it but I don’t want to do it if it’s some relative … --- ## [Abilities you seem tto have suddenly lost.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abilities-you-seem-tto-have-suddenly-lost/760064)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abilities-you-seem-tto-have-suddenly-lost/760064 "2016-07-20T15:30:18Z")
For some reason I can no longer scan an unsorted list looking for a particular name and be certain whether it’s there or not after 1 try. Now I can look through them several times and miss it on every pass. This seems to… --- ## [Mormon weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-weddings/760190)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mormon-weddings/760190 "2016-07-20T15:27:43Z")
I recently was invited to a Mormon wedding, and I attended. In accordance with the LDS church, it was not a temple sealing–I understand that if it was, I couldn’t go to the temple, as I am not LDS. This marriage was he… --- ## [No more trips there: a drastic decision (a wise one?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trips-there-a-drastic-decision-a-wise-one/758013)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-trips-there-a-drastic-decision-a-wise-one/758013 "2016-07-20T15:21:05Z")
After the fiasco with Metrolink last Thursday, and my trip to Riverside and back by car yesterday (in 100 - degree plus heat), I have given very serious consideration to the decision not to go to Riverside again, no mat… --- ## [Best free "notes" app for Windows & Android?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-notes-app-for-windows-android/760334)
**Author:** [@DoggyDunnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoggyDunnit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-notes-app-for-windows-android/760334 "2016-07-20T08:19:58Z")
So, I have a Windows 10 laptop and a Galaxy S5 Active. Soon an Android tablet (haven’t decided which one yet) will join the ‘family’. What I seek is a “notes” application that runs on Windows 10 and Android, where I can … --- ## [Thoughts/experiences about extending end-of-life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-experiences-about-extending-end-of-life/759656)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-experiences-about-extending-end-of-life/759656 "2016-07-20T08:01:33Z")
Accompanied my wife to visit her MIL yesterday for the first time in a month or so. She was worse than I had been given to believe from my wife’s descriptions. All I can say is that she resembled a corpse as she lay cr… --- ## [Service guy suggests I consider getting an extended warranty on my 2-year-old vehicle. Should I?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-guy-suggests-i-consider-getting-an-extended-warranty-on-my-2-year-old-vehicle-should-i/760271)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/service-guy-suggests-i-consider-getting-an-extended-warranty-on-my-2-year-old-vehicle-should-i/760271 "2016-07-20T05:01:21Z")
I have a nearly 2-year-old Explorer that is now in the shop for minor warranty work. The service tech said to the wife, over the phone, that because it has high mileage (35,000), we should consider purchasing an extended… --- ## [How consistent is your energy usage/conservation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-consistent-is-your-energy-usage-conservation/760241)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-consistent-is-your-energy-usage-conservation/760241 "2016-07-20T03:47:42Z")
Inspired by this thread, how consistent are you in your energy use/conservation. I was wondering how many of the folk who were 100% LED lighting, drove Hummers, or had huge houses. Or if a high percentage of those folk… --- ## [Help me help my neighbor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-neighbor/760336)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-help-my-neighbor/760336 "2016-07-20T02:59:35Z")
My neighbors who I’ve known for almost a decade as a 26 year old disabled son that is right now unemployed. He worked for almost 6 years in retail till his disabilities and the atmosphere there (the particular store as h… --- ## [Tingling feelings and epiphanies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tingling-feelings-and-epiphanies/760031)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tingling-feelings-and-epiphanies/760031 "2016-07-20T02:18:35Z")
Throughout high school I was a fan of young earth creationism. Their material is quite compelling and many otherwise intelligent Christians I know believe in it. When I started university I chatted over the internet with… --- ## [Selling a used iPod](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-ipod/760321)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-a-used-ipod/760321 "2016-07-19T21:56:45Z")
I have an iPod that I don’t really use any more so I’m considering unloading it on Ebay. My question relates to the fact that it is loaded with 10,000+ songs. Is it illegal to sell it with music included? If so, is the… --- ## [Not remembering what you did while being seriously drunk. Real scenario or more of an excuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-remembering-what-you-did-while-being-seriously-drunk-real-scenario-or-more-of-an-excuse/760264)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-remembering-what-you-did-while-being-seriously-drunk-real-scenario-or-more-of-an-excuse/760264 "2016-07-19T17:23:29Z")
I see this claim repeated all the time that a person does not remember what they did while drunk or on drugs sometimes across months or years of time. For myself, for the few times in my life when I was really inebriated… --- ## [Quickest way to get 20 to gulf beach New Orleans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-get-20-to-gulf-beach-new-orleans/760313)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickest-way-to-get-20-to-gulf-beach-new-orleans/760313 "2016-07-19T16:55:22Z")
I have 22teens downtown NOLa. They want an afternoon trip to the ocean. Beach if possible. We have no transport and little funds. Need answer today yet. How do I get this done? --- ## [You may have been used to commit a murder while mind-controlled. Do you want to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-have-been-used-to-commit-a-murder-while-mind-controlled-do-you-want-to-know/760173)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-may-have-been-used-to-commit-a-murder-while-mind-controlled-do-you-want-to-know/760173 "2016-07-19T15:39:10Z")
So you’ve stumbled into a horror movie. To be specific: while you and two buddies were touring various alternate EArths on a Rhymer Enterprises travel package, you found yourself on a world where ghosts, poltergeists an… --- ## [Are West Coast people different than East Coast people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-west-coast-people-different-than-east-coast-people/313827)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-west-coast-people-different-than-east-coast-people/313827 "2016-07-19T13:10:05Z")
I’m thinking of moving to San Diego. Every so often someone will say that they moved to California but didn’t like it because of the people. I visited recently and the people didn’t seem that different to me, but then … --- ## [Using light bulbs for heat box](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-light-bulbs-for-heat-box/760052)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-light-bulbs-for-heat-box/760052 "2016-07-19T05:42:35Z")
I am building a heat box to treat my all wood archery bows I build. I need the wood to get up to about 240 degrees so I can’t use steam. It is very important that I don’t scorch the wood so I am wondering if there is som… --- ## [The Next Psychos Will Be in Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-psychos-will-be-in-europe/760099)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-psychos-will-be-in-europe/760099 "2016-07-19T03:17:47Z")
This is no meant as a glib or antagonising question, forgive me if it comes across as particularly stupid. Has anyone done any research on the numbers killed by lone crazies in the US vs numbers killed by crazies of a p… --- ## [Is there an overlap between Quakers and Humanists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-overlap-between-quakers-and-humanists/760243)
**Author:** [@ripply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ripply)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-an-overlap-between-quakers-and-humanists/760243 "2016-07-19T02:06:30Z")
I’ve been doing a bit of reading about this. I knew nothing about Quakers and I was surprised that they seem to be extremely varied in their beliefs. Some do not class themselves as Christian and others believe that ‘God… --- ## [Tell Me Where To Go...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-to-go/760103)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-where-to-go/760103 "2016-07-19T01:32:54Z")
I bet many of you would sure like to tell me where to go, so now’s your chance! :wink: I am looking for a romantic weekend getaway in the WV-MD-PA mountains. I know MD rather well, and I am looking to see something new…b… --- ## [How old do you look?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-look/760070)
**Author:** [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-look/760070 "2016-07-19T01:07:19Z")
https://how-old.net I got 26 , I am 23 --- ## [Automatic toothpaste dispenser.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-toothpaste-dispenser/760233)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-toothpaste-dispenser/760233 "2016-07-19T00:39:49Z")
Automatic toothpaste dispenser. I’ve seen these thing advertised before, and wondered: If they work by pushing the toothbrush against a little lever, isn’t the lever going to spread germs around? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=720) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=722)