# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=785 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 786 --- ## [So... who's willing to tell on themselves? (re: distracted driving)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-willing-to-tell-on-themselves-re-distracted-driving/745293)
**Author:** [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whos-willing-to-tell-on-themselves-re-distracted-driving/745293 "2016-02-09T17:39:14Z")
Inspired by this thread. There seems to be a consensus in the thread that texting while driving is bad. Well, a near consensus. Bullitt and Bear\_Nenno are arguing that it’s okay to text while driving, under specific c… --- ## [Some beverages we drink on ice; others, we dont'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-beverages-we-drink-on-ice-others-we-dont/745123)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-beverages-we-drink-on-ice-others-we-dont/745123 "2016-02-09T17:36:43Z")
It’s interesting how some beverages are consumed on ice and others aren’t. And some are consumed either way. Water: I drink it either way. If I want to drink it fast, I don’t put it over ice. If it’s summer, and I w… --- ## [What to call jurisdictions that either allow or disallow marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-call-jurisdictions-that-either-allow-or-disallow-marijuana/745392)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-call-jurisdictions-that-either-allow-or-disallow-marijuana/745392 "2016-02-09T14:54:40Z")
In the U.S., recreational marijuana is legal in several states like Colorado and Washington and medical marijuana has been legalized in many more. However, while the trend recently has been toward legalization, I still … --- ## [Asthma sufferers, catch your breath and gather round](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asthma-sufferers-catch-your-breath-and-gather-round/474666)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asthma-sufferers-catch-your-breath-and-gather-round/474666 "2016-02-09T13:42:39Z")
I am not seeking medical advice, but rather your own experiences, including any that might give me some good ideas. Background: I am an overweight 59-year-old male with asthma. I also have sleep apnea. Before I was diag… --- ## [TSA and valid identification for domestic air travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-and-valid-identification-for-domestic-air-travel/745525 "2016-02-09T12:49:41Z")
Late last year, a thread on the SDMB alerted me to a plan by the TSA to stop accepting state ID cards (including driver licenses) from certain states as sufficient proof of a traveler’s identity. One of the states menti… --- ## [Ceramic kitchen knives: worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceramic-kitchen-knives-worth-it/562019)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ceramic-kitchen-knives-worth-it/562019 "2010-11-28T15:21:24Z")
What’s anyone’s personal experience with ceramic kitchen knives? They claim to hold a sharp edge longer than ordinary knives. Are they worth the price, or should I just stick with regular knives? Debating whether to a… --- ## [Who're your favourite explorers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whore-your-favourite-explorers/745499)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whore-your-favourite-explorers/745499 "2016-02-09T11:33:05Z")
Come on, you know you have some. Reading a biography of the Scottish Arctic explorer John Rae, who also had a badass native name of Aglooka, “long strider”. He’s had a bit of a bum deal in the history of exploration due… --- ## [Subprime Mortgages were 'necessary' to comply with Fannie Mae?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subprime-mortgages-were-necessary-to-comply-with-fannie-mae/696147)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subprime-mortgages-were-necessary-to-comply-with-fannie-mae/696147 "2016-02-09T05:51:17Z")
The Leap-of-Logic Loan Scandal? So, for various reasons, I was researching the roots of the economic recession/depression we’re now starting to leave behind and I stumbled across this analysis from a guy at San Jose Sta… --- ## [Time travel and crimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-and-crimes/745422)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-and-crimes/745422 "2016-02-09T05:39:18Z")
Assume that you have the ability to travel either forward or back in time up to 100 years. (This is a hard limit.) Now, it turns out that it is possible to make small changes in history. Many people live out their liv… --- ## [Car Rechargeable/operable spotlight/flashlight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rechargeable-operable-spotlight-flashlight/745405)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-rechargeable-operable-spotlight-flashlight/745405 "2016-02-09T03:08:51Z")
I’m looking a light that I can use to see street signs and building addresses at night. Ideally it should operate off the one of the two power supplies (USB or 12 volt) and be rechargeable. And I hope it’s not one of t… --- ## [How do deal with unwanted material from Warren Jeffs ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-deal-with-unwanted-material-from-warren-jeffs/745375)
**Author:** [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-deal-with-unwanted-material-from-warren-jeffs/745375 "2016-02-09T02:42:40Z")
My wife works for a small rural School District in Washington State. Since about 2010 the school has been receiving packages (~ once a year) containing Warren Jeff’s Jesus Christ Message to All Nations. The hardcover vol… --- ## [Are there any 'Weird' military salutes still out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-weird-military-salutes-still-out-there/745513)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-weird-military-salutes-still-out-there/745513 "2016-02-09T02:29:49Z")
I’m suggesting that the standard salute is rigidly touching one’s right hand to one’s right temple. The British do this palm forward; the Americans do it palm down, still essentially the same. Still, does any army or ev… --- ## [Auto Insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance/745577)
**Author:** [@Donlongest56](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donlongest56)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2016, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-insurance/745577 "2016-02-09T00:25:54Z")
I have insured my daughter’s vehicle for some time now. I recently learned that she has not registered or licensed the vehicle in over a year and is driving the vehicle illegally. If she were to be involved in an acciden… --- ## [Visit Copenhagen or Stockholm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visit-copenhagen-or-stockholm/745227)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visit-copenhagen-or-stockholm/745227 "2016-02-08T23:59:47Z")
The last thread I found about this was 10 years old, so I think a new one isn’t unjustified. :wink: I’m graduating soon and my girlfriend wants to take me on a trip to Europe in late May. We’ve narrowed it down to Copen… --- ## [Animated gifs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-gifs/745565)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-gifs/745565 "2016-02-08T22:06:57Z")
I would like to make some dirt-simple animated .gifs Can anyone point me to some preferably free or low-cost software? Thanks for any and all inputs. --- ## [Would you ever get a gun for home defense (only)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-get-a-gun-for-home-defense-only/744923)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-get-a-gun-for-home-defense-only/744923 "2016-02-08T21:05:07Z")
Not I, because in 36 years, I’ve found I haven’t ever really needed one. so it’s safe to assume I probably won’t ever have to. --- ## [How big a reward would you give this Good Samaritan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-a-reward-would-you-give-this-good-samaritan/735366 "2016-02-08T20:00:10Z")
Let’s say that, on a snowy winter’s day, you are making an urgent but ultimately ill-thought driving expedition on a forest road. Swerving to avoid an unexpected but typically murderous deer, you wreck your car; the impa… --- ## [Do you have a "hometown"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-hometown/745089)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-hometown/745089 "2016-02-08T18:36:28Z")
Whether your answer is yes or no, tell me more. On what basis do you consider it your hometown (if you have one)? Do/did you have family there? Define family any way you like. When did you live there and for how long … --- ## [Looking for Personal Financial Software alternative to Quicken](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-personal-financial-software-alternative-to-quicken/745463)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-personal-financial-software-alternative-to-quicken/745463 "2016-02-08T14:34:27Z")
Okay. I’ve finally had it with Quicken. I’ve been a Quicken customer for 15 years, but I am tired of the lack of adapting the software and its continuing bugginess. I don’t mind paying for software, but the following … --- ## [Childish innocence I ... That yummy sausage means a cow died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-innocence-i-that-yummy-sausage-means-a-cow-died/745144)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-innocence-i-that-yummy-sausage-means-a-cow-died/745144 "2016-02-08T14:00:32Z")
How do other parents deal when your kid asks: Mommy, did a cow really have to die to get me this hamburger ? In our animal-loving home, we eat small amounts of meat about three days a week. We eat vegetarian dishes, or… --- ## [How do you rate "shit" as a word.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-shit-as-a-word/745319)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-rate-shit-as-a-word/745319 "2016-02-08T05:21:09Z")
I like the word shit, and don’t consider it a “bad word.” It’s one heck of a meaning packed into a four letter, one syllable word. When someone says SHIT, you know what they are talking about. Do you consider it a very … --- ## [How happy could you be if you had to live the rest of your life in a holodeck? (Think Star Trek)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-happy-could-you-be-if-you-had-to-live-the-rest-of-your-life-in-a-holodeck-think-star-trek/745099)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-happy-could-you-be-if-you-had-to-live-the-rest-of-your-life-in-a-holodeck-think-star-trek/745099 "2016-02-08T05:19:13Z")
You are doomed to live the rest of your life in a holodeck all by yourself. You have complete control over programming. You get to choose ten people you know from real life to be simulated. These ten simulations will b… --- ## [Question for Non-Americans - Road signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-americans-road-signs/741819)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-non-americans-road-signs/741819 "2016-02-08T04:58:04Z")
This goes along with my thread on non-US postal codes. In the US every road from big highways down to small country dirt and gravel roads have names, numbers, or designations. When traveling on major highways they have … --- ## [Divorce and splitting up a home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-splitting-up-a-home/745290)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorce-and-splitting-up-a-home/745290 "2016-02-08T04:30:59Z")
First and foremost, I’m not getting divorced, I’m not even married, this is just a question that’s been nagging me. When my ex-wife and I split up I got lucky and she (leaving the details out) told me I could keep the ho… --- ## [Your Favourite Columnists/Pundits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-columnists-pundits/745395)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favourite-columnists-pundits/745395 "2016-02-08T03:41:51Z")
Paul Krugman Ross Douthat E.J. Dionne Michael Lind Jonathan Chait --- ## [Automatic Windows 10 Upgrades Roll Out As Next Update - Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-windows-10-upgrades-roll-out-as-next-update-opinions/745070)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Trout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Trout)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automatic-windows-10-upgrades-roll-out-as-next-update-opinions/745070 "2016-02-08T01:23:23Z")
\*\*\*Since Microsoft can’t wait until you legally buy Windows 10 so the Government can spy on you, it’s now in the news that anyone with Windows 1 and above will automatically get updated to Windows 10 with the next update… --- ## [Mosquitos: "the eco-system doesn't need them"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-the-eco-system-doesnt-need-them/744882)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mosquitos-the-eco-system-doesnt-need-them/744882 "2016-02-07T20:00:34Z")
I am listening to NPR, The Takeaway. A scientist from the US Navy just said the claim listed in the OP Title. This is coming within the context of a piece on the Zika virus and whether it makes sense to eradicate mosq… --- ## [Could the right makeup make this young woman more attractive or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-right-makeup-make-this-young-woman-more-attractive-or-not/740014)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-the-right-makeup-make-this-young-woman-more-attractive-or-not/740014 "2016-02-07T17:18:04Z")
This person is Abigail Fisher and is in the newsas part of a SCOTUS case regarding affirmative action. The case aside for the moment she intrigues me because she has gorgeous hair like golden red sunshine but her face … --- ## [How do I make plastic look like galvanized steel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-plastic-look-like-galvanized-steel/745117)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-plastic-look-like-galvanized-steel/745117 "2016-02-07T16:17:14Z")
At work one of the things we sell is flowers. We have them in black plastic flower buckets. Probably the same ones you’ve seen in every store you’ve been in that sells flowers. The person who handles the flowers wants … --- ## [Questions about selling rare US coins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-selling-rare-us-coins/745294)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-selling-rare-us-coins/745294 "2016-02-07T13:23:34Z")
I have a few that I’d like to sell. Examples include: 1861 half dollar 1858-O half dollar 1861 quarter dollar 1834 10c (large 4) 1817 half dollar (7 over 3) Most are in nice condition - probably AU Is eBay a good… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=784) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=786)