# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=790 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 791 --- ## [Browser Trouble Seeing Bottoms of Forms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-trouble-seeing-bottoms-of-forms/744237)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-trouble-seeing-bottoms-of-forms/744237 "2016-01-29T03:37:24Z")
I’m using Firefox, and, now and then, when I try to fill in a web-site data form (say, applying for a job) I find that there aren’t any slider bars on the side, so I can’t get down to the bottom of the form! I can only … --- ## [Another "Consciousness Upload" Hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-consciousness-upload-hypothetical/743885)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-consciousness-upload-hypothetical/743885 "2016-01-28T22:06:26Z")
Okay, we all know the consciousness hypothetical scenario - the one where we wonder whether the the digital/cloned version of ourselves is really us or whether it’s a copy. Here’s my hypothetical. Bravo Incorporated ha… --- ## [HIPAA Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question/744460)
**Author:** [@joe.russell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joe.russell)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question/744460 "2016-01-28T21:29:37Z")
Heres the scenario. I post a review, publicly, for a business on facebook saying my wife was seen by so and so The business responds, publicly, saying I saw your wife in sept of 2014, without saying her name. I had not… --- ## [Attention auto insurance sales people.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-auto-insurance-sales-people/744506)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-auto-insurance-sales-people/744506 "2016-01-28T21:18:17Z")
Bernie Sanders is promoting a single payer “Medicare for All” medical care program. The costs and savings of such a program are much discussed. One thing I have never seen discussed is the effect on auto insurance premiu… --- ## [Glucosamine chondratin for cats.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucosamine-chondratin-for-cats/744504)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glucosamine-chondratin-for-cats/744504 "2016-01-28T20:35:44Z")
My friend’s cat is about a decade old & moving a bit stiffly so she wants me to get some glucoasmine chondratin supplements, perhaps with omegas, for him- pills preferable. Right now, I’m finding it in the form of sprink… --- ## [Does This Non-Compete Hold Water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-non-compete-hold-water/744282)
**Author:** [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-non-compete-hold-water/744282 "2016-01-28T19:27:10Z")
A person I know has worked for a company for many years - decades. Recently, the company was bought out by another company in the same industry, naturally without any warning to the employees that such a thing might be h… --- ## [Women's underwear - what's the little pocket for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-underwear-whats-the-little-pocket-for/744220)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/womens-underwear-whats-the-little-pocket-for/744220 "2016-01-28T18:02:47Z")
I was folding some of my wife’s underwear this weekend – as I have nearly every weekend for the last 20+ years – and discovered something I had never noticed before. In the crotch area of her panties, where they have a l… --- ## [Siblings after 50](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-after-50/744289)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/siblings-after-50/744289 "2016-01-28T17:03:34Z")
I suspect the ages of members must be quite varied on this forum and presume there must be quite a few who are over 50 and with siblings. Did you find that with advancing years, contact with siblings has diminished? is … --- ## [Assume you visited or moved to a state where Pot is legal. Would You try it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-you-visited-or-moved-to-a-state-where-pot-is-legal-would-you-try-it/743640 "2016-01-28T04:56:17Z")
Easy question and relevant. Let’s assume we are all pot virgins here. :smiley: Would you try it? --- ## [Do Libraries Shun Self-Published Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-libraries-shun-self-published-books/743187)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-libraries-shun-self-published-books/743187 "2016-01-28T03:00:04Z")
Does today’s library “world” and the world of the independent (indie) author/self-publisher ever meet? From my little corner of the world, it seems the library shuns independent authors. Is this the case, in general? Do… --- ## [What's the least repulsive crime I could commit that would guarantee me life imprisonment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-repulsive-crime-i-could-commit-that-would-guarantee-me-life-imprisonment/744259)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-least-repulsive-crime-i-could-commit-that-would-guarantee-me-life-imprisonment/744259 "2016-01-28T01:13:35Z")
I live in the UK but since it’s a hypothetical answers from all juristitions are fine. Say I’m sick of the rat race, I just want to live the rest of my life in a room provided by the state with food and clothing provide… --- ## [Are sleeping supplements effective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sleeping-supplements-effective/738029)
**Author:** [@LarryYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LarryYT)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-sleeping-supplements-effective/738029 "2016-01-28T01:07:47Z")
I have always had a hard time falling asleep, and I am thinking about getting some type of pills, but are they truly effective? I also remember seeing a spray that was on indiegogo a few months ago. It has since been r… --- ## [Public opinion service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-opinion-service/744431)
**Author:** [@formzorba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/formzorba)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-opinion-service/744431 "2016-01-28T01:00:38Z")
I want to start a public opinion service for my country. What’s the best way to start-up? is it making contacts with politicians, parties, people already in the industry? --- ## [Do they still make keyboards like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-keyboards-like-this/736507)
**Author:** [@SpyOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpyOne)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-they-still-make-keyboards-like-this/736507 "2015-11-03T21:44:23Z")
I would like to buy a new keyboard for my computer that is made like my favorite keyboard ever. My favorite keyboard ever came with an IBM PC XT, and apparently was the Model F. It looks exactly like this one: File:IBM… --- ## [Do you use ad blocking software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-ad-blocking-software/732376)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-ad-blocking-software/732376 "2016-01-27T22:14:12Z")
I just read a news article and got to wondering… Ad blockers rise as ads annoy, bog down websites The poll isn’t limited strictly to ad blocking software, it’s meant to include script blockers and any other addons desi… --- ## [Marriage advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-advice/591666)
**Author:** [@ribbit25](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ribbit25)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-advice/591666 "2011-08-19T13:16:28Z")
I am in need of a neutral third party perspective on my marriage. We have been together 3 years, married 3 months, and have a one year old. We’ve had a pretty rocky relationship but things got better around the wedding. … --- ## [What Dudes in history would you have boffed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-dudes-in-history-would-you-have-boffed/744003 "2016-01-27T20:48:57Z")
This is kind of fun and educational too. The game is open mainly to gays and straight women, but any straight male (or Lesbian) who wants to contribute a picture is welcome. We are not too stringent about this rule, and… --- ## [Recommend me a good screen saver!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-screen-saver/744311 "2016-01-27T20:36:27Z")
Just replaced my aging laptop with a shiny new one! (Windows 10). I was using a “Matrix” screen saver on the old one. Before that, I used the old 3D pipes, and before that, the famous “Flying through a Star Field” saver.… --- ## [Your worst social faux-pas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-social-faux-pas/391314)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-worst-social-faux-pas/391314 "2016-01-27T20:25:20Z")
Back when I was young and very unworldly, my best friend asked me to be the best man at his wedding. “Sure,” I said, thinking that all I had to do was stand next to him during the ceremony. I have very little recollecti… --- ## [How often do you sleep in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-sleep-in/743972)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-sleep-in/743972 "2016-01-27T19:12:18Z")
I have been retired now for 4 years. I just realized this morning, well I was reminded that I have never once slept in. Until 3 months ago I was always up and out of the house by 5:30 am. I recently moved that back to 6:… --- ## [How much notice is typically given before a university program loses accreditation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-notice-is-typically-given-before-a-university-program-loses-accreditation/744329)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-notice-is-typically-given-before-a-university-program-loses-accreditation/744329 "2016-01-27T17:51:21Z")
Re the story linked and quoted below a local member of the University of Maryland system (the University of Maryland of the Eastern Shore UMES) started a Physician’s Assistant ¶ programin 2001 and very recently lost accr… --- ## [Repeated heat pump failure - another compressor bites the dust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeated-heat-pump-failure-another-compressor-bites-the-dust/744385)
**Author:** [@Barrett\_Bonden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrett_Bonden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repeated-heat-pump-failure-another-compressor-bites-the-dust/744385 "2016-01-27T16:56:18Z")
In 2012 I had a new heat pump installed at my condo. The brand new heat pump has gone through three compressors since then, generally failing during the coldest days of winter. The compressors are under warranty, but lab… --- ## [Most awesome thrill thing you ever did](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awesome-thrill-thing-you-ever-did/744090)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-awesome-thrill-thing-you-ever-did/744090 "2016-01-27T16:05:28Z")
Whats the most scary thrill ride you ever did? Skydiving, bungie jumpin wingsuit flyin cave diving, or whatever. for me it was flying solo in an airplane when i was takin flying lessons to get a pilots license. I took… --- ## [What should I know about finding a proper retirement village?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-about-finding-a-proper-retirement-village/743690)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-about-finding-a-proper-retirement-village/743690 "2016-01-27T14:41:15Z")
I’m just beginning my search, and there are surprises. When I moved into my current apartment complex 30 years ago, the charge was one month’s rent as a security deposit plus first and last month’s rent, or something si… --- ## [Ladies, would you be offended if... (masturbation thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-be-offended-if-masturbation-thread/179469)
**Author:** [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-be-offended-if-masturbation-thread/179469 "2016-01-27T13:39:00Z")
…a guy told you that you are often the subject of his masturbation fantasies? A guy, you have never been romantically involved with, perhaps a coworker, or a friend, admits to you that in his fantasies, you are often th… --- ## [Late in retirement: appropriate nest-egg drawdown rate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-in-retirement-appropriate-nest-egg-drawdown-rate/744256)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/late-in-retirement-appropriate-nest-egg-drawdown-rate/744256 "2016-01-27T12:52:29Z")
My parents are now well into their retirement (Mom’s 76, Dad’s 81). They are likely to move into an independent-living retirement community within the next 6-9 months, and within a couple of years they are likely to tra… --- ## [Tell me about your ventilator/respirator experience](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ventilator-respirator-experience/634211)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-ventilator-respirator-experience/634211 "2016-01-27T10:10:20Z")
Due to medical threads in the past talking about someone being on a ventilator or respirator I’ve become curious. For example, in this thread about purplehorseshoe’s husband she talks about him being on a ventilator and… --- ## [Most addictive street drugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-addictive-street-drugs/744205)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-addictive-street-drugs/744205 "2016-01-27T05:17:01Z")
Just of curiosity, not a personal thing. My positioning of heroin is derived from some research, as I haven’t ever indulged. Mine, in descending order: Heroin Cigarettes\* Oxy Xanax/other benzos Let’s include prescri… --- ## [Different body fluids with different blood types?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-body-fluids-with-different-blood-types/744159)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-body-fluids-with-different-blood-types/744159 "2016-01-27T05:10:35Z")
One of the strange things about Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo is that medical testing post-arrest showed that his blood and saliva were type A while his semen was type AB. It’s stated that as far back as 1988, R… --- ## [anti-biotics really necessary after minor surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-biotics-really-necessary-after-minor-surgery/743647)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-biotics-really-necessary-after-minor-surgery/743647 "2016-01-27T03:54:54Z")
I just had to get my hand cut open to put in a couple of screws to fix a broken thumb. They put me on an IV antibiotics afterwards and now I have a month long course of pills to take. What puzzles me is this. The surg… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=789) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=791)