# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=776 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 777 --- ## [Growing up, did your school allow guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-up-did-your-school-allow-guns/747487)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/growing-up-did-your-school-allow-guns/747487 "2016-03-02T20:10:51Z")
A coworker told me that if a student had approval from the principal, they were allowed to bring a gun from home to school. The gun was kept in the principals office and it was for students who would be going hunting eit… --- ## [Trip to the Everglades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-the-everglades/747507)
**Author:** [@BubbaPickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaPickles)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-to-the-everglades/747507 "2016-03-02T18:41:48Z")
Wife & I are taking a trip to Miami in a couple of weeks and would like to visit the Everglades. Can anyone provide recommendations or anecdotes about what to see or avoid? Any particular tour or tour operators that you … --- ## [\[Hypothetical\] Tunguska event in Canada.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-tunguska-event-in-canada/747709)
**Author:** [@TheZenPaperboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheZenPaperboy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-tunguska-event-in-canada/747709 "2016-03-02T15:55:03Z")
What would have been the results if the Tunguska event landed in Canada instead of Siberia in 1908. I am sure that there would have been a effort to find out what had happened right away instead of waiting decades. How w… --- ## [Experience with Lexapro](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-lexapro/443498)
**Author:** [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experience-with-lexapro/443498 "2016-03-02T15:29:07Z")
My girlfriend (the currently lapsed poster Amelioration) has recently been diagnosed with general anxiety disorder and has just started taking the drug Lexapro and, naturally, she is worried about the side effects. I wan… --- ## [Probation transfer from Florida to Maine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probation-transfer-from-florida-to-maine/747653)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probation-transfer-from-florida-to-maine/747653 "2016-03-02T15:26:14Z")
My sister is in jail in Florida. Our family has been trying to see if they could plea bargain her charges down to misdemeanors, and have her serve her probation in Maine, where we live, instead of Florida, where she ran… --- ## [Things to see and do in Santa Fe, NM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-see-and-do-in-santa-fe-nm/746946)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-see-and-do-in-santa-fe-nm/746946 "2016-03-02T14:34:11Z")
We’re spending a long weekend (Fri-Mon) in Santa Fe, leaving this Friday. It looks like we’ll have nice weather (sunny, coolish). My wife likes art and museums; we both like getting out into nature. We’re both big-tim… --- ## [The College Search: When To Start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-college-search-when-to-start/724405)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-college-search-when-to-start/724405 "2015-07-07T14:13:20Z")
I see my friends with their 10th graders (soon to enter 11th grade come Fall) already visiting colleges! Yikes! Is this insane? Isn’t that just a little over the top? How much of the information they glean will be re… --- ## [How often do you buy travel insurance from an airline?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-buy-travel-insurance-from-an-airline/747610)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-buy-travel-insurance-from-an-airline/747610 "2016-03-01T22:50:17Z")
The airlines “recommend” it, of course, because it’s usually an extra $21 in their pocket, but I was wondering how often people took advantage of this, and under what circumstances. In my case, I was booking for my frie… --- ## [How common are separate beds in marriages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-separate-beds-in-marriages/747611)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-separate-beds-in-marriages/747611 "2016-03-02T02:33:45Z")
I think in the Brady Bunch and the new cartoon Bordertown the husband and wife sleep in separate beds. I wonder how common this is in real life and other shows? --- ## [Words that make you cringe when people pronounce the whole thing!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-make-you-cringe-when-people-pronounce-the-whole-thing/746385 "2016-03-02T01:12:38Z")
Hi SD, It bothers me when people say often as “off-ten” or forward as “fore-ward”. It’s always been “offin” and “fo’word” for me. What are some others, that when people pronounce the whole damn word, you cringe? They… --- ## [Need advice on fixing up rental house- first: replace flooring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fixing-up-rental-house-first-replace-flooring/746026)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-fixing-up-rental-house-first-replace-flooring/746026 "2016-03-02T00:47:07Z")
I need to replace the floor in a one-story 850 sq ft, 1958 house–no basement, it sits on a concrete slab. I’d like to use one material throughout the whole house. Right now I’m thinking of sheet vinyl, but I was wonderin… --- ## [When to throw something away vs giving it to goodwill?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-throw-something-away-vs-giving-it-to-goodwill/747475)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-throw-something-away-vs-giving-it-to-goodwill/747475 "2016-03-01T23:45:00Z")
Obviously, anything dirty or moldy needs to be thrown away. I was helping my dad clean his house, and I offered to take some things to goodwill. He insisted on throwing away things like puzzles, and air hockey pucks, b… --- ## [25th Anniversary Getaway Ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-getaway-ideas/747618)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-anniversary-getaway-ideas/747618 "2016-03-01T21:53:34Z")
The wife and I are celebrating our 25th this July and I was looking for suggestions of places in the US we could go for a week long getaway. Also possibilities are Hawaii or the Bahamas although I’ve read how Hawaii is g… --- ## [How to get myself banned from purchasing a gun.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-myself-banned-from-purchasing-a-gun/747640)
**Author:** [@ExcitedIdiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExcitedIdiot)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-myself-banned-from-purchasing-a-gun/747640 "2016-03-01T19:10:40Z")
I’ve always struggled with depression/bipolar, and recently moved to a New Hampshire. New Hampshire I’ve discovered has loose gun laws. It’s my understanding that I can buy a long gun without much hassle(I think there’… --- ## [Joke about Englishmen and humo(u)r](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-englishmen-and-humo-u-r/747377)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke-about-englishmen-and-humo-u-r/747377 "2016-03-01T15:31:46Z")
I heard this joke long ago, and never understood it: “If you want to make an Englishman happy in his old age, tell him a good joke in his youth.” What the heck does this mean? Does it imply that Englishmen are slow at … --- ## [Epic Parenting SUCCESSES! Yours or Others'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-parenting-successes-yours-or-others/747434)
**Author:** [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/epic-parenting-successes-yours-or-others/747434 "2016-03-01T14:07:55Z")
I know there have probably been threads on this in the past, but I just have to ask because yesterday, walking through my development, I saw in the yard of the corner house a young dad rocking the baby in one arm, textin… --- ## [Who is more at fault in this situation - the advertiser, or society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-more-at-fault-in-this-situation-the-advertiser-or-society/747543)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-more-at-fault-in-this-situation-the-advertiser-or-society/747543 "2016-03-01T05:12:59Z")
Suppose that someone advertising for a humanitarian charity has noted that people are far more likely to donate money if a poster banner depicts a child that is cute and of a particular race (let’s say, white) than if a … --- ## [What would you give up to keep access to the internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-give-up-to-keep-access-to-the-internet/747099)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-give-up-to-keep-access-to-the-internet/747099 "2016-03-01T04:01:10Z")
How much is connection to the internet worth to you? What things would you be willing to give up to maintain your connection to the internet? Poll coming --- ## [Regaining Idealism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regaining-idealism/747595)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regaining-idealism/747595 "2016-03-01T03:58:16Z")
I’m sure some of the older dopers can sympathize with this. As we get older it seems most of us become more jaded, and less idealistic. Broken relationships, diseases, social-conflicts, injustices of all kinds, lost jobs… --- ## [Human beings are very cruel and indifferent, pathetic really, The landscape of Incarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-beings-are-very-cruel-and-indifferent-pathetic-really-the-landscape-of-incarus/746271)
**Author:** [@quantumleap2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quantumleap2016)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-beings-are-very-cruel-and-indifferent-pathetic-really-the-landscape-of-incarus/746271 "2016-03-01T03:03:14Z")
Human beings are essentially indifferent to human suffering. No wonder people committ suicide. I can totally understand. And people have the nerve to call them selfish. What is selfish is watching someone drowning and tu… --- ## [Why is this so difficult? Finding a smoke detector](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-so-difficult-finding-a-smoke-detector/747268)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-this-so-difficult-finding-a-smoke-detector/747268 "2016-03-01T01:47:04Z")
This should be easy–maybe I’m over thinking it, maybe not. Let me preface by saying I currently have smoke detectors in my house, but they were here when I moved in six years ago and who knows how old they are. I’m look… --- ## [What will the ultimate cost of the abuse scandal be for the Catholic church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-ultimate-cost-of-the-abuse-scandal-be-for-the-catholic-church/747563)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-the-ultimate-cost-of-the-abuse-scandal-be-for-the-catholic-church/747563 "2016-03-01T01:23:37Z")
Watched Spotlight recently, and it won best picture lately. My immediate thought after the movie was, “How does this organization stay in business?” Last year it was reported that the church had paid out $4 billion in … --- ## [Xerox, photocopy, copy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xerox-photocopy-copy/747409)
**Author:** [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xerox-photocopy-copy/747409 "2016-03-01T00:12:55Z")
I’ve read before that the Xerox Corporation has had to try to protect its brand and encourage the use of “photocopy” because a lot of people use the word “xerox” as a generic verb meaning to make a machine copy of someth… --- ## [Do Muslims born & raised in the US resist American culture more than other groups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-muslims-born-raised-in-the-us-resist-american-culture-more-than-other-groups/747481)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-muslims-born-raised-in-the-us-resist-american-culture-more-than-other-groups/747481 "2016-02-29T22:47:56Z")
There seems to be this notion among a wide swath of the US public that there is a particularly strong resistance to US / western culture in people of the Islamic faith who are coming to the US to settle and live. Specifi… --- ## [Should my cell phone be full duplex all the time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-cell-phone-be-full-duplex-all-the-time/582091)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-cell-phone-be-full-duplex-all-the-time/582091 "2016-02-29T22:42:17Z")
Cuz it sure isn’t. I have an iPhone 4, and every once in a while, I get full duplex. Most of the time, only one person can speak at a time. It’s driving me nuts. I live in the middle of nowhere, and I’m on AT&T. We jus… --- ## [When was the last time you took a bath instead of a shower and why did you do so?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-took-a-bath-instead-of-a-shower-and-why-did-you-do-so/747247)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-you-took-a-bath-instead-of-a-shower-and-why-did-you-do-so/747247 "2016-02-29T20:49:11Z")
I can’t even remember the last time I did, although it had to have been when I was in high school sometime, because I was still living with dad then and he was convinced showers didn’t get you as clean as a bath did. He … --- ## [House guests like fish go bad after three days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-guests-like-fish-go-bad-after-three-days/747250 "2016-02-29T20:45:13Z")
Do you agree with the old adage that good company like good fish goes bad after three days? We recently said goodbye to some relatives (a couple along with their two kids) who stayed at our place for five days. We hadn’… --- ## [Nameplates, brass--recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nameplates-brass-recommendations/747544 "2016-02-29T20:29:52Z")
Having recently finished a diorama of a Giant Steam Bison, I’m now working on getting a nameplate made. I’d like the nameplate to be black printing on a brass strip. (Not an engraved nameplate; that’d feel wrong for th… --- ## [Raccoons in the Hood - what to do about these varmints? \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoons-in-the-hood-what-to-do-about-these-varmints-edited-title/746603)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raccoons-in-the-hood-what-to-do-about-these-varmints-edited-title/746603 "2016-02-29T20:19:43Z")
Felt like the Saint Valentines day massacre on Wednesday here in suburbia. We had 9 chickens in the back yard. Nice coop, one side with a varmint proof little run, and one side that covers pretty much the width of the ba… --- ## [Picking up and leaving - what would it take for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-and-leaving-what-would-it-take-for-you/747366)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picking-up-and-leaving-what-would-it-take-for-you/747366 "2016-02-29T19:45:45Z")
What would it take for you to move far enough away so that you wouldn’t have regular contact with the people you regularly interact with? As I do my taxes I think about this perennial issue. Living in CA, I pay a shit … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=775) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=777)