# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=798 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 799 --- ## [Anyone ever been on Antiques Roadshow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-been-on-antiques-roadshow/742674 "2016-01-12T09:41:13Z")
My inlaws got tickets and brought in a painting we were hoping would be worth over $10,000 but they appraised it as only around $300. Its interesting the peoples stories about how they got the items. Anyone? --- ## [Fill in the blanks: I was assigned \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ at birth, but have always identified as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks-i-was-assigned-_________-at-birth-but-have-always-identified-as-________/742893)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks-i-was-assigned-_________-at-birth-but-have-always-identified-as-________/742893 "2016-01-12T07:56:42Z")
I was assigned mortality at birth, but have always identified as immortal. You? --- ## [What's a MINIMUM amount you'd consider to be more than enough to live out the rest of your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-minimum-amount-youd-consider-to-be-more-than-enough-to-live-out-the-rest-of-your-life/742665)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-minimum-amount-youd-consider-to-be-more-than-enough-to-live-out-the-rest-of-your-life/742665 "2016-01-12T06:15:31Z")
Yes, another mega millions thread. Lots of talk about the 900 million Powerball, but, really…what’s the least amount you’d (personally) need to still be able to live well off for the rest of your life? I honestly think… --- ## [Workplace Retaliation Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-retaliation-question/742834)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-retaliation-question/742834 "2016-01-12T04:57:20Z")
My friend, call her “Sally”, works at a large community college. Recently she made a complaint to HR about her supervisor. It was a thorough complaint raising a number of issues she has encountered consistently over the … --- ## [Coffee or OJ on your cold cereal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-oj-on-your-cold-cereal/742640)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-or-oj-on-your-cold-cereal/742640 "2016-01-12T04:21:58Z")
I get Food Network Magazine. They have a blurb saying that 13 percent of adults put coffee on their cold cereal, and 12 percent use orange juice - instead of milk. Sounds exceptionally weird to me. What say you? --- ## [Apple Watch opinions? I'm on the purchasing fence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-opinions-im-on-the-purchasing-fence/741734)
**Author:** [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watch-opinions-im-on-the-purchasing-fence/741734 "2016-01-12T04:05:21Z")
So, after winning a fantasy football championship I find myself relatively flush and would like to buy myself a gift. The Apple watch intrigues me, but I’ve read some pretty mediocre reviews online. Any Dopers have one, … --- ## [Respecting someone who boldly, bravely opposes your political views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respecting-someone-who-boldly-bravely-opposes-your-political-views/727519)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/respecting-someone-who-boldly-bravely-opposes-your-political-views/727519 "2016-01-12T03:39:18Z")
If someone took a bold, principled stand for something you politically opposed, would you respect their courage even though you disagreed with their views, or would you find it difficult to separate the two and respect s… --- ## [Amtrak advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-advice/742390)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amtrak-advice/742390 "2016-01-12T02:40:13Z")
So I’m thinking of making a brief round trip to NYC next month. The place I need to go to is in midtown Manhattan, and the Carolinian could take me from Durham, NC to Penn Station. Depending on which ticket I buy, I’d b… --- ## [Searching for a wheeled underseat "personal item" that can also be carried SEPARATELY?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-wheeled-underseat-personal-item-that-can-also-be-carried-separately/742843)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-a-wheeled-underseat-personal-item-that-can-also-be-carried-separately/742843 "2016-01-12T02:19:59Z")
Hey all, so this seems like it should be an easy thing to find… but so far, I haven’t had any luck!! Here’s the situation. I’m flying in a couple of weeks and trying to decide which bag/purse to bring as a “personal ite… --- ## [So, tell us what its like to be a really beautiful woman.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-us-what-its-like-to-be-a-really-beautiful-woman/742389)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-us-what-its-like-to-be-a-really-beautiful-woman/742389 "2016-01-12T02:17:28Z")
Interesting book on the subject. --- ## [Cyberlanguage.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberlanguage/742888)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyberlanguage/742888 "2016-01-12T02:12:01Z")
Some of the words are presented in the following video: Cyberlanguage. Offensive or controversial terms are not there. Could anyone suggest other cyberwords? --- ## [If people were wise about relationships, what would the fertility rate be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-were-wise-about-relationships-what-would-the-fertility-rate-be/742745)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-people-were-wise-about-relationships-what-would-the-fertility-rate-be/742745 "2016-01-12T00:55:48Z")
We don’t have to speculate about cratering fertility rates around the world, since this is already happening. Japan’s fertility rate is now 1.4 lifetime birth per woman, which is a good way to halve your population in a … --- ## [Did you buy a Powerball ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-buy-a-powerball-ticket/742364)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-buy-a-powerball-ticket/742364 "2016-01-12T00:48:57Z")
I did for shits and grins. ETA: and a very insignificant chance to win $500 million. --- ## [Do we have a more monoculture today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-more-monoculture-today/741989)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-more-monoculture-today/741989 "2016-01-11T23:37:31Z")
A friend of mind was saying to me that we have more of a monoculture today? That in the past we had more cultures or counter-culture where today we have more homogeneous mainstream monoculture. More diffuse subcultures … --- ## [Accents you like and those you don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accents-you-like-and-those-you-dont/726035)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accents-you-like-and-those-you-dont/726035 "2016-01-11T23:33:59Z")
Here in the UK I like the Newcastle accent, and the southern Ireland (OK, not strictly the UK) and the Scottish highlands (as long as it’s comprehensible) accents. I really don’t like the Birmingham or Northern Ireland a… --- ## [What are your favourite effects-with-a-name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-effects-with-a-name/738347)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favourite-effects-with-a-name/738347 "2016-01-11T22:08:57Z")
I think the Purkinje effect has to be one of my favourites - partly just because I like the name - but also, because you can more or less sum it up as ‘all colours look the same in the dark’ - which starts off sounding (… --- ## [Rental cars with dashcams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rental-cars-with-dashcams/742831)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rental-cars-with-dashcams/742831 "2016-01-11T21:13:42Z")
I swear by my dashcam. It’s already saved me from one claim. But I’m wondering, I’m thinking of a road trip in America next year, based around the eclipse - this year’s trip to see the eclipse in Asia isn’t happening, al… --- ## [Any cars with dash cams as standard or optional equipment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cars-with-dash-cams-as-standard-or-optional-equipment/742824)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-cars-with-dash-cams-as-standard-or-optional-equipment/742824 "2016-01-11T20:49:10Z")
I added an aftermarket dash cam to my car, and realized that not only was it not standard on any car I’ve ever seen, it’s not even a dealer option on any car I’ve ever seen. Am I wrong about this? I wonder also what ot… --- ## [Grand Jury duty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-duty/742728)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-jury-duty/742728 "2016-01-11T19:17:55Z")
I got a notice to report for Grand Jury duty, the kind where D.A.'s seek indictments. Since grand juries usually only hear the prosecutor’s side of the story, how do I determine whether a valid case has been made or not?… --- ## [Legal Q about lottery and divorce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-q-about-lottery-and-divorce/742746)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-q-about-lottery-and-divorce/742746 "2016-01-11T18:35:22Z")
The first story at this link says a woman did not disclose her lottery winnings when she filed for divorce, and when the ex husband found out about it two years later, she was required by the judge to give him all the lo… --- ## [Recommend a computer mouse; I'll tell ya my requirements](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-mouse-ill-tell-ya-my-requirements/729854)
**Author:** [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-computer-mouse-ill-tell-ya-my-requirements/729854 "2016-01-11T16:53:54Z")
Yeah yeah yeah… read the on-line reviews. Nonetheless, I’m here asking Dopers to opine based on how I use le mouse. Yes, I browse the web often and efficiently, but… I don’t have a mouse that let’s me click for back … --- ## [Why are most news sources closing their comment sections?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-news-sources-closing-their-comment-sections/742358)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-most-news-sources-closing-their-comment-sections/742358 "2016-01-11T16:02:59Z")
This article mentions Progressive sites closing comments. So far CNN, The Verge, Daily Beast, and Bustle are among dozens of sites that have closed comment sections. Many consider comment sections vile: Do Conservati… --- ## [Share your stories! How long does it take an average person to recover from an amputated body part?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-how-long-does-it-take-an-average-person-to-recover-from-an-amputated-body-part/742778)
**Author:** [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-stories-how-long-does-it-take-an-average-person-to-recover-from-an-amputated-body-part/742778 "2016-01-11T15:27:58Z")
For instance, say I am in an accident and I lose a leg (for argument’s sake make it an above the knee amputation). If you have had one below the knee, by all means share your story, and include recovery times as well. N… --- ## [An approaching vehicle has the high beams on. How do you respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-approaching-vehicle-has-the-high-beams-on-how-do-you-respond/671500)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-approaching-vehicle-has-the-high-beams-on-how-do-you-respond/671500 "2016-01-11T13:05:41Z")
See the poll. --- ## [What's the most "non-random" number sequence that's ever won a lottery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-non-random-number-sequence-thats-ever-won-a-lottery/742689)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-non-random-number-sequence-thats-ever-won-a-lottery/742689 "2016-01-11T10:45:30Z")
In theory no set of numbers is more or less likely to win the lottery. But somehow picking 1-2-3-4-5-6 seems like a guaranteed lose because it’s hard to imagine a random drawing coming up with that. So what’s the least r… --- ## [Is 538's math on the Powerball correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-538s-math-on-the-powerball-correct/742526)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-538s-math-on-the-powerball-correct/742526 "2016-01-11T08:23:29Z")
Here is the link to the page: The author claims that there is a 91% of at least one winning ticket for tomorrow’s drawing. He assumes 428 million tickets sold based on the predicted jackpot of $800 million. However,… --- ## [Minimum PC Specs Nowadays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-pc-specs-nowadays/742508)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-pc-specs-nowadays/742508 "2016-01-11T05:45:48Z")
If you don’t want to spend a fortune on laptop PC nowadays, what are the minimum specs it should have? This is a laptop for a middle schooler’s use for general purposes for school and personal leisure on the internet (w… --- ## [Request for tablet recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-tablet-recommendations/742700)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-tablet-recommendations/742700 "2016-01-11T05:29:42Z")
Right now I have a Verizon Ellipsis 7. It’s cheap and it didn’t get good reviews, but it mostly suited my needs for years, until recently. It ran out of space, (it comes with 8 GB, most of which was already being used by… --- ## [Magic Time-Traveling Video Camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-time-traveling-video-camera/742685)
**Author:** [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-time-traveling-video-camera/742685 "2016-01-11T05:06:25Z")
I’m giving you an HD time traveling video/audio camera that you can send back to any time and place on Earth. It’s attached to a high end helicopter drone (which can convert to a submarine drone) and both drone and camer… --- ## [what would you do with 800+ million?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-800-million/742531)
**Author:** [@jerry\_smissingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerry_smissingfinger)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-with-800-million/742531 "2016-01-11T02:36:26Z")
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