# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=769 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 770 --- ## [Foibles and Quirks about Makes of Cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foibles-and-quirks-about-makes-of-cars/748844)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foibles-and-quirks-about-makes-of-cars/748844 "2016-03-21T23:48:34Z")
The Mercedes I bought has one windshield wiper–right in the middle. (“cyclops.”) The Citroën has a steering wheel with only one spoke. What other car makes have oddities in their design? --- ## [Have you ever given up your passion by choice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-given-up-your-passion-by-choice/749720)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-given-up-your-passion-by-choice/749720 "2016-03-21T22:19:03Z")
We are all told to pursue our passions. Well I sort of feel like I may have reached a dilemma. I have been travelling around the continent for the past two years learning to dance West-Coast Swing. It’s been an amazing … --- ## [Fresh, Frozen, or Canned? How do you buy your food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-frozen-or-canned-how-do-you-buy-your-food/749655 "2016-03-21T19:23:16Z")
I grew up eating canned veggies and fruits, except for things like onions, potatoes, salad items, and bananas, oranges, grapes, and apples. When I got married, I discovered my MIL used frozen veggies a lot, and I found … --- ## [Diving gear suggestions (BC and reg)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diving-gear-suggestions-bc-and-reg/741710)
**Author:** [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diving-gear-suggestions-bc-and-reg/741710 "2016-03-21T13:13:10Z")
This may be better suited for a scuba board, but I know there are more than a few divers here and maybe a smaller sample will serve me better than a ton of divers on a scuba board with a thousand opinions. I’ve been div… --- ## ["Special Spring" Doper Sign-in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-spring-doper-sign-in/749521)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-spring-doper-sign-in/749521 "2016-03-21T12:50:18Z")
According to Spring Equinox 2016: Everything you need to about earliest spring arrival for 120 years To celebrate this joyous event just post to this thread with as simple a text as you wish, short or long, or just “+1… --- ## ["You have a strong personality" What does this mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-strong-personality-what-does-this-mean/687545)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-a-strong-personality-what-does-this-mean/687545 "2016-03-21T11:31:00Z")
Someone tells you that you have a strong personality. What does it mean? Another way of saying “you’re an asshole”? Is it an insult? Compliment? A little of both? --- ## [What is meant by a "Basic Woman"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-a-basic-woman/699011)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-meant-by-a-basic-woman/699011 "2016-03-21T10:58:51Z")
I’ve been accused of being a “basic woman.” I have no idea what this means, except that it was clearly meant as an insult. I did some googling around and found a lot of contradictory or just too obviously inappropriate… --- ## [Is 45 too young to get a check for prostate cancer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-45-too-young-to-get-a-check-for-prostate-cancer/629656)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-45-too-young-to-get-a-check-for-prostate-cancer/629656 "2016-03-21T04:03:28Z")
I need to make an appointment with the doctor about another matter, but while I’m there should I ask about prostate cancer? The documents I’ve read indicate that it’s really for those who are 50+, but, being a virgin, I’… --- ## [Would you pay the extra money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-the-extra-money/749462)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-pay-the-extra-money/749462 "2016-03-21T01:50:05Z")
A little over a month ago I bought a nice living room set. This store happens to use handwritten order slips/receipts. The sales guy who had been helping me at the store wrote out the order. I signed the order slip an… --- ## [Small business and paid marketing questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-and-paid-marketing-questions/749108)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-business-and-paid-marketing-questions/749108 "2016-03-20T20:58:15Z")
Have you guys seen tv shows like Hotel Impossible or Restaurant Impossible where it’s revealed that the shop owner is half a million dollars in debt and about to lose his shop, home, and family, and when the host asks fo… --- ## [Civilian etiquette in the presence of military officers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-etiquette-in-the-presence-of-military-officers/748975)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civilian-etiquette-in-the-presence-of-military-officers/748975 "2016-03-20T18:29:06Z")
As a college freshman many years ago, I took a class that was taught by a uniformed USAF officer - a Major, I think. He was in uniform when teaching the class, and the ROTC students in attendance were also in uniform. … --- ## [Canadian Pharmacy - Legal? Mail-order Available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pharmacy-legal-mail-order-available/706810)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-pharmacy-legal-mail-order-available/706810 "2014-12-18T02:11:54Z")
I have several medical conditions which pretty much require scipt-only drugs. I am on: Anti-hypertensive (cheap) Opiates (not cheap) Hypnotics. This is the immediate problem. I have puberty-onset insomnia and have … --- ## [Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death/749541)
**Author:** [@quantumleap2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quantumleap2016)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death/749541 "2016-03-19T19:50:32Z")
I hope I die before 35 --- ## [Where do your keys live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-keys-live/749149)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-your-keys-live/749149 "2016-03-19T14:32:38Z")
We may have done this topic in the past, but it’s long enough ago that I don’t remember. If that’s the case, here we go again… When you come home after work or errands or whooping it up, what do you do with your keys? … --- ## [When I Am King Of The Earth...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-am-king-of-the-earth/748898)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-am-king-of-the-earth/748898 "2016-03-19T10:17:03Z")
All digital clocks or digital time displays will automatically switch over to 24 hour time when they’re switched over to “set time” and “set alarm” mode. I won’t care whether they’re on 12 or 24 hour mode when you look… --- ## [Poll: would you, could you try to "get away" with murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-could-you-try-to-get-away-with-murder/749211)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-could-you-try-to-get-away-with-murder/749211 "2016-03-19T08:40:04Z")
I am watching a television show where a character has murdered in the heat of passion. The character is of course trying to get away with it by covering things up. Which got me thinking… I cannot imagine ever committing … --- ## [Did Curtis LeMay ever admit to being afraid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-curtis-lemay-ever-admit-to-being-afraid/749493)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-curtis-lemay-ever-admit-to-being-afraid/749493 "2016-03-19T07:38:17Z")
Every single documentary that I have seen about the Air Campaigns has had grizzled old veterans saying\* 'If they say they weren’t scared, they’re lying. \* So, has the cigar chomping hero ever admitted to being afraid? --- ## [Disdain for the media - a near-unanimous American sentiment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disdain-for-the-media-a-near-unanimous-american-sentiment/749366)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disdain-for-the-media-a-near-unanimous-american-sentiment/749366 "2016-03-19T03:21:35Z")
There are few things that Americans can agree on during this divisive era, but hatred of the US media seems to be one of them. I cannot name a single group of people in America that has a positive view of the media righ… --- ## [Is FED's credibility eroding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feds-credibility-eroding/749374)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-feds-credibility-eroding/749374 "2016-03-19T01:33:45Z")
For many years, it kept saying that US economy is strong and they were going to normalize (increase) interest rates. Now when they said 4 hikes in 2016, they are backtracking on that as well. They said they track CPI a… --- ## [Do Republican voters actually like the behavior of their elected reps in Congress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-republican-voters-actually-like-the-behavior-of-their-elected-reps-in-congress/749209)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-republican-voters-actually-like-the-behavior-of-their-elected-reps-in-congress/749209 "2016-03-19T00:39:46Z")
Is the rabid “anything Obama does must be opposed” mindset actually come from the electorate? Are Republican voters genuinely behind the current position of automatically refusing to.approve any Suprene Court nominee? Or… --- ## [Mama, Mamma, or Momma: how do you spell it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-mamma-or-momma-how-do-you-spell-it/749072)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mama-mamma-or-momma-how-do-you-spell-it/749072 "2016-03-18T23:59:12Z")
I grew up spelling it Mama but increasingly I’m seeing momma and I get autocorrected to Mamma. How do you write it? --- ## [Do SDMB Republicans agree that Obama is to blame for Trump rally violence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sdmb-republicans-agree-that-obama-is-to-blame-for-trump-rally-violence/749017)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-sdmb-republicans-agree-that-obama-is-to-blame-for-trump-rally-violence/749017 "2016-03-18T21:22:16Z")
Both Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are on record as blaming Barack Obama for the violence at Trump rallies. I wonder if SDMB Republicans, or Republican-leaning independents, agree with this assessment from the present GOP’s … --- ## [How many days do you work in a year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-days-do-you-work-in-a-year/749256 "2016-03-18T19:40:51Z")
Last year my work schedule changed from five 8-hour days to four 10-hour days. I was just calculating how many days I work in a year, and I discovered that, my total (4\*52=208) minus Federal holidays (10), 3 weeks combi… --- ## [Three colds in two months! WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-colds-in-two-months-wtf/749255)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-colds-in-two-months-wtf/749255 "2016-03-18T16:53:51Z")
I had a bad cold at the beginning of February, which ran its course and I got completely well. Then I had a lesser cold at the beginning of March, which I got over in about 5-7 days. I just woke up with another one! O… --- ## [If you could choose the subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-the-subject/749166)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-choose-the-subject/749166 "2016-03-18T14:56:38Z")
I don’t know if I am alone on this issue or not. In my entire 67 years I have never met another human being who would enjoy conversing on my favorite topic. I rarely ever even bring the topic up but I tend to be on the a… --- ## [Obvious things about real life you realize after the millionth time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-real-life-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time/748352)
**Author:** [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obvious-things-about-real-life-you-realize-after-the-millionth-time/748352 "2016-03-18T14:40:07Z")
This is inspired by the long-running thread Obvious things about a creative work you realize after the millionth time. Apologies if it’s been done before recently. I couldn’t find by searching a similar thread about re… --- ## [Why do you eat non-veg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-eat-non-veg/748737)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-eat-non-veg/748737 "2016-03-18T14:31:15Z")
Or use leather products? Poor animals are bred in farms only to be slaughtered for your food or maybe to make your shoes or your jacket. How cruel is that? Humans have a choice of what to consume unlike other species. H… --- ## [Removing cat urine odor from a concrete floor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-cat-urine-odor-from-a-concrete-floor/718231)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-cat-urine-odor-from-a-concrete-floor/718231 "2016-03-18T14:29:39Z")
My enclosed patio has a concrete floor which I’ve covered with paving stones. I recently discovered that one of my cats has been peeing in one of the corners. I have removed the affected paving stones, but there’s a 3-fo… --- ## [When to let an old car go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-let-an-old-car-go/749184)
**Author:** [@\_dev\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_dev_goat)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-let-an-old-car-go/749184 "2016-03-18T13:27:05Z")
Ready for story time? :smiley: I have a 2005 Audi A4 quattro 3.0 ultrasport that I’ve been throwing money at ever since I bought it. I really love the car, it’s super fun to drive (especially in the snow), but it seems… --- ## [Repairing a keepsake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-keepsake/749105)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repairing-a-keepsake/749105 "2016-03-18T02:03:54Z")
Some of you know that I’m trying to learn to play harmonica. My dad played. Although I heard him on a few occasions, he apparently was really into it before I was born. I thought I had his Hohner 64 Chromonica here, b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=768) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=770)