# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=766 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 767 --- ## [Xanax vs Valium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xanax-vs-valium/750520)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xanax-vs-valium/750520 "2016-03-30T03:11:06Z")
I know someone who has struggled with alcohol and xanax addiction for decades. I mean a falling down in the gutter drunk. About two years ago she started with a new Dr. and the Doctor took her off of xanax and put her on… --- ## [Football fans throwing money to beggars causes outrage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fans-throwing-money-to-beggars-causes-outrage/749636)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/football-fans-throwing-money-to-beggars-causes-outrage/749636 "2016-03-30T02:05:57Z")
Their is a videogoing around showing fans of a Dutch football team tossing money to poor women in Madrid Spain and laughing as they grab for the change. From the site: A video shared to Twitter shows fans of the footba… --- ## [Thoughts on Bathroom Shower Plumbing Issue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-shower-plumbing-issue/750376)
**Author:** [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-shower-plumbing-issue/750376 "2016-03-29T20:53:59Z")
I’ve never called a plumber for anything. Probably never called anyone for anything, now that I think about it- except one time when my AC went out. I’ve got this issue with 1 of my bathrooms. The shower has never had h… --- ## [Need advice--stop elderly from doing something stupid/dangerous re: foreign travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-stop-elderly-from-doing-something-stupid-dangerous-re-foreign-travel/750199)
**Author:** [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-stop-elderly-from-doing-something-stupid-dangerous-re-foreign-travel/750199 "2016-03-29T17:46:29Z")
So a close friend has asked me for some advice on dealing with an older adult in her family, and I don’t know what to tell her. Her relative (let’s call him Louis) is 70-something, widower, no kids, generally decent hea… --- ## [The Ugliest/Funniest Looking Cars You Have Ever Seen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-funniest-looking-cars-you-have-ever-seen/750106)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ugliest-funniest-looking-cars-you-have-ever-seen/750106 "2016-03-29T16:22:53Z")
Old timers may nominate the art-deco styled Kaiser Frazier as the ugliest car. Then there’s the “CUBE,” with its funny asymmetrical rear view. And the modern VW which looks from the rear as though it’s going backwards. … --- ## [I've cracked the head of my fibula. Any advice or experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-cracked-the-head-of-my-fibula-any-advice-or-experience/750141)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-cracked-the-head-of-my-fibula-any-advice-or-experience/750141 "2016-03-29T15:30:03Z")
I am seeking full medical attention and am not looking for medical advice here in lieu of taking care of myself properly. I saw a basic doctor yesterday and will see orthopedics on Monday or Tuesday. I just want advice/… --- ## [Afrocentrism and Making Shit Up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afrocentrism-and-making-shit-up/748783)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/afrocentrism-and-making-shit-up/748783 "2016-03-29T14:01:22Z")
We were talking about St Patrick’s Day at work and a couple of us mentioned that we don’t celebrate it. I gave my usual snobbish, lofty, Lace-Curtain Irish explanation that it is because it celebrates the worst Pig-Shit… --- ## [Logistical problem: need to move a piano and pool table 300 miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistical-problem-need-to-move-a-piano-and-pool-table-300-miles/749652)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logistical-problem-need-to-move-a-piano-and-pool-table-300-miles/749652 "2016-03-29T07:38:02Z")
My mom is moving out of her house. She has a piano in the living room and a pool table in the basement, and has told me that if I can get them out of there, I can have them. I am trying to figure out a cost-effective way… --- ## [People who were family but you're not quite sure who they were precisely.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-were-family-but-youre-not-quite-sure-who-they-were-precisely/745611)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-were-family-but-youre-not-quite-sure-who-they-were-precisely/745611 "2016-03-29T02:54:11Z")
Inspired by this thread. Growing up, my family wasn’t exactly big: about 15 persons on my mother’s side and just a little bit more on my father’s side. You’d think that I’d have a pretty good grip on who they were in re… --- ## [If you painted Easter eggs this year. Will your family eat them after Easter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427 "2016-03-29T01:32:36Z")
You boiled the eggs and let the kids stain and decorate them. :smiley: Easter morning the eggs were hidden for the kids to find. The Easter egg hunt went great. What do you do with all those boiled eggs? Eat them? Le… --- ## [Musical Instruments with SIMPLE Fingering?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instruments-with-simple-fingering/750009)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-instruments-with-simple-fingering/750009 "2016-03-28T22:24:09Z")
I grew up playing the B-flat cornet – trumpet – and loved it. Three keys. Eight combinations, no more. And the combinations repeated with octaves. Really easy to learn. SUPER easy to learn. I messed around with the… --- ## [How can you use 7 GB in 2 hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-use-7-gb-in-2-hours/748492)
**Author:** [@Funny\_Sheila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Funny_Sheila)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-use-7-gb-in-2-hours/748492 "2016-03-28T21:34:46Z")
I have a 4GB data plan for both my phone and jet pak. I rarely go over my limit and if I know I am going to then I purchase another GB. Well what happened was I never received a text message or email notifying me that … --- ## [Orthotics: legit? or podiatrist goldmine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthotics-legit-or-podiatrist-goldmine/750384)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthotics-legit-or-podiatrist-goldmine/750384 "2016-03-28T17:56:12Z")
I have toe problems and have been seeing a podiatrist, who did some surgery and now says I need orthotics. He says the point is to help the rest of my foot work properly so my toes do better. Maybe. But I keep getting … --- ## [Does your heart sometimes skip a beat or beat a extra pump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-heart-sometimes-skip-a-beat-or-beat-a-extra-pump/529111)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-heart-sometimes-skip-a-beat-or-beat-a-extra-pump/529111 "2016-03-28T17:02:39Z")
Not looking for medical advice - I’ve already talked to a doctor and he didn’t seem to be concerned. Just wondering if this is totally normal or not, as my doctor was an ass and didn’t really want to talk for more then f… --- ## [Range of natural Asian hair colors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/range-of-natural-asian-hair-colors/750429)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/range-of-natural-asian-hair-colors/750429 "2016-03-28T16:47:17Z")
Just curious as to the limits of the range of natural Asian hair colors. Is it almost all brown to black or or other natural shadings possible? Do red or blonde hair ever pop up as part of ethnic Asian genomes without it… --- ## [Active Denial System crowd control device works by microwaving people's skin. Seems very dangerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-denial-system-crowd-control-device-works-by-microwaving-peoples-skin-seems-very-dangerous/750319)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-denial-system-crowd-control-device-works-by-microwaving-peoples-skin-seems-very-dangerous/750319 "2016-03-28T15:01:01Z")
Described in this article and in this wiki.. This works by irradiating the surface layer of human skin so that intense heat based pain is generated. It’s basically cooking you. As a battlefield weapon maybe, but crowd … --- ## [Paranoia or Asberger'ish - does it really matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia-or-asbergerish-does-it-really-matter/750415)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paranoia-or-asbergerish-does-it-really-matter/750415 "2016-03-28T12:48:31Z")
My wife and I have bad this debate for ever, and it will probably continue forever. When my wife asks if I need help, I automatically kick into paranoia, “why, does it look like I need help?”. My thought is that you as… --- ## [Shaving -- just downstrokes or both directions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-just-downstrokes-or-both-directions/749851)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaving-just-downstrokes-or-both-directions/749851 "2016-03-28T10:18:39Z")
I’ve been shaving daily for the past 35 years. I always start shaving with downward strokes on my face. After my beard became thicker, I added shaving upstrokes and even diagonal strokes to get a truly smooth shave. I… --- ## [Would you allow your teens to have sleepovers with the opposite sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-your-teens-to-have-sleepovers-with-the-opposite-sex/749637)
**Author:** [@GlowingDarkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlowingDarkness)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-your-teens-to-have-sleepovers-with-the-opposite-sex/749637 "2016-03-28T03:23:16Z")
Lets say you have a very feminine son that has few friends and his closest is a girl who is around the same age. You discover through conversation with your son and his friend that they are both asexual ( lack of sexual … --- ## [My 3 min pins 2 diabetic suddenly stopped eating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-3-min-pins-2-diabetic-suddenly-stopped-eating/750453)
**Author:** [@Mystic88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystic88)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-3-min-pins-2-diabetic-suddenly-stopped-eating/750453 "2016-03-28T01:39:26Z")
Our 3 min pins 2 being diabetic suddenly stopped eating.We feed them purina healthy weight recommended by our vet with a little Gravy train mixed in their dog food for flavor…They just went for their vet check a month ag… --- ## [Opinions members of the GOP have in common](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-members-of-the-gop-have-in-common/750053)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-members-of-the-gop-have-in-common/750053 "2016-03-27T23:42:05Z")
There was an op-ed column in today’s Chicago Tribune talking about how fractured the Republican Party is and I had one of those, “Well, duh, self!” moments. No wonder the GOP had a bazillion tries at repealing the ACA. … --- ## [Question re assault charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-assault-charges/750204)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-assault-charges/750204 "2016-03-27T23:33:08Z")
Ok, lets say that someone is pressing charges against another person. They claim to have been physically assaulted and have presented photos to the police that supposedly show marks from the altercation. There are also… --- ## [Would you still have children even if...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-have-children-even-if/750387)
**Author:** [@mr\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_wolf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-have-children-even-if/750387 "2016-03-27T21:39:42Z")
For reasons outside their control, the Petersons had to give away their child for adoption after six months. It was their first born and they could see themselves in its features. It was to be their one and only since, s… --- ## [Job advice - stay with a sinking ship or jump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-advice-stay-with-a-sinking-ship-or-jump/750143)
**Author:** [@gumpy3885](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gumpy3885)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-advice-stay-with-a-sinking-ship-or-jump/750143 "2016-03-27T20:59:23Z")
Current situation: 2 of 3 managers have already left our project (I’m the 3rd). The project has been going on over 3 years now and is still in a state where it’s really not ready to open up for users. Really no business … --- ## [Question about mindfulness meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-mindfulness-meditation/750213)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-mindfulness-meditation/750213 "2016-03-27T17:06:59Z")
I’ve done some mindful meditation recently, and it’s helped tremendously. I do have a question about a concept in this practice, though, and I was wondering if someone could help shed light on it . . . Much of mindfulne… --- ## [A question only women can answer \[labor pain vs kidney stone and other pain\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-only-women-can-answer-labor-pain-vs-kidney-stone-and-other-pain/749908)
**Author:** [@Vicsage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vicsage)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2016, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-only-women-can-answer-labor-pain-vs-kidney-stone-and-other-pain/749908 "2016-03-27T13:35:12Z")
I’ve always heard that labor is the worst pain that anyone can have. I’ve asked a few women who have had both children and kidney stones and all have said kidney stones were worse. So my question to women who have had … --- ## [What to do with my twin 11 YO girls in Chicago tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-my-twin-11-yo-girls-in-chicago-tomorrow/750273)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-my-twin-11-yo-girls-in-chicago-tomorrow/750273 "2016-03-26T22:06:23Z")
I have my twins tomorrow from 10 AM till 4 PM. We were going to go to Navy Pier but it looks like it’s going to rain. I’m thinking perhaps the museum of Science and Industry instead… Any other suggestions? --- ## ["Happy Birthday" or "Happy birthday"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-or-happy-birthday/750180)
**Author:** [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-or-happy-birthday/750180 "2016-03-26T14:16:02Z")
Which do you prefer, when writing on a greeting card or FB wall? --- ## [Tell me about your cordless electric mower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-cordless-electric-mower/750033)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-cordless-electric-mower/750033 "2016-03-26T13:29:53Z")
Thanks to everybody who tried to help with our lawnmower last year - I mentioned the lawnmower now, as the grass is growing again, and my husband… I don’t even think he swore, I think he went past swearing. Like to fill… --- ## [What do you think about men shaving their armpits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-men-shaving-their-armpits/669426)
**Author:** [@One\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_Love)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-men-shaving-their-armpits/669426 "2016-03-26T12:17:56Z")
Do you have an opinion about it? Personally, I think it looks better and I really don’t see why some people have such a problem with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=765) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=767)