# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=801 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 802 --- ## [If you'd like to say Thank You to a specific Doper...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youd-like-to-say-thank-you-to-a-specific-doper/742206)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youd-like-to-say-thank-you-to-a-specific-doper/742206 "2016-01-07T05:26:20Z")
Hi SD, I wanted to see if this idea could catch on. As a loyal Straight Dope reader, I have learned a lot from the many experts on this wonderful website, as I’m sure you have too. This site is truly amazing. Any que… --- ## [Do you live with a movie narrator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-with-a-movie-narrator/741771)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-live-with-a-movie-narrator/741771 "2016-01-07T04:50:49Z")
I dearly love my wife, but sometimes I can’t bear to watch movies with her. You see… she’s a movie narrator. She doesn’t even realise she’s doing it - My preference is to watch and become entirely absorbed into the ac… --- ## [Using Math Operands as Verbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-math-operands-as-verbs/742340)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-math-operands-as-verbs/742340 "2016-01-07T02:20:10Z")
My kids do this all the time. “You have to plus it”. “You times it by 3”. “You forgot to minus it”. Lately I overheard some adults discussing some arithmatic matter and they did it too. Is this a new thing? I wonder if… --- ## [Using the copy/paste function in design-how to avoid the pitfalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-copy-paste-function-in-design-how-to-avoid-the-pitfalls/742334)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-copy-paste-function-in-design-how-to-avoid-the-pitfalls/742334 "2016-01-07T01:27:53Z")
I have been designing catalogs and flyers for years and years. And if you have, you may know the situation. You’ve found the perfect formatting for a blurb under a product. Perfect font, leading, size of type, alignment… --- ## [Fax machines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fax-machines/742219)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fax-machines/742219 "2016-01-07T00:54:04Z")
Heard an ad on the radio yesterday for a fax service. Who still uses a fax machine regularly to receive or send faxes? I would say that I’ve used one once a year over the last 5 years. Clearly an obsolete technology, … --- ## [My cat's potty issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-potty-issues/742306)
**Author:** [@JgCarnes29](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JgCarnes29)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cats-potty-issues/742306 "2016-01-07T00:23:23Z")
I have one cat He’s always been my only fur child. I ended getting him at about a couple weeks old he was given to me with leather gloves I just grabbed him picked him up let him bite me until he stopped. Within 3 days h… --- ## [How would you phrase this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-phrase-this/742225)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-phrase-this/742225 "2016-01-07T00:07:38Z")
I often see the phrase " Dance like no one is watching" What about the look you see on someones face and the tone in thie voice when they are loving up a pet. It is one of the most sincere things I can think of. How mig… --- ## [Which creation myth are you most fond of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-creation-myth-are-you-most-fond-of/741411)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-creation-myth-are-you-most-fond-of/741411 "2016-01-07T00:01:52Z")
Inspired by this post in another thread somewhere, there’s a lot of world creation myths out there in different cultures. I don’t really have a favourite myself. I like a lot about the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime, bu… --- ## [how would you spell the colloquial shortening of "usual" to one syllable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spell-the-colloquial-shortening-of-usual-to-one-syllable/742198)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-spell-the-colloquial-shortening-of-usual-to-one-syllable/742198 "2016-01-06T23:23:41Z")
as in “watcha doin’?” “just the us(ual)”…which retains the sound of the “s” in “usual”…I am certain there is a fancy official phonetic spelling/symbol that hardcore word geeks understand when they see it, but what about… --- ## [Caring for adult siblings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caring-for-adult-siblings/742164)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caring-for-adult-siblings/742164 "2016-01-06T22:22:42Z")
Are you or have you ever been responsible for the care of an adult sibling, whether temporarily or long term? Do you anticipate ever being in this situation? Can you imagine situations where you would or wouldn’t take … --- ## [Disparity in regional cost differences between grades of gasoline (US)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disparity-in-regional-cost-differences-between-grades-of-gasoline-us/742339)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disparity-in-regional-cost-differences-between-grades-of-gasoline-us/742339 "2016-01-06T22:04:05Z")
The current thread on $1.99 gasoline reminded me of a question I’ve been meaning to ask. When I lived in LA, it was always fairly reliable that no matter what stations were charging for the lowest-available octane, as y… --- ## [I watched someone dump a body in the woods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-someone-dump-a-body-in-the-woods/741796)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-watched-someone-dump-a-body-in-the-woods/741796 "2016-01-06T18:13:43Z")
A friend and I were planning to meet up at the trail head of a local hiking trail. The weather wasn’t great, so I was hanging out in my car waiting for his arrival. As I sat there, a pickup came into the lot and the driv… --- ## [Was Kathy Griffin insulted or complimented?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kathy-griffin-insulted-or-complimented/742007)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kathy-griffin-insulted-or-complimented/742007 "2016-01-06T16:30:48Z")
I’m a little surprised that nobody else has posted about this. At the New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin were doing a live broadcast. Kathy (who is not exactly shy about her b… --- ## [Reputable online retailer for odd sized batteries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-retailer-for-odd-sized-batteries/742326)
**Author:** [@lazybratsche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazybratsche)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reputable-online-retailer-for-odd-sized-batteries/742326 "2016-01-06T15:02:36Z")
I’ve got a few devices which have dead coin batteries. It looks like I can buy replacement batteries from a brick and mortar retailer for $5+ each, or on Amazon I can get a ton of cheap batteries for the same price but … --- ## [Teach me about Medicare supplement policies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-medicare-supplement-policies/701751)
**Author:** [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teach-me-about-medicare-supplement-policies/701751 "2016-01-06T13:50:12Z")
The wife is headed toward the big 65. What do I need to know about Medicare supplement policies? Recommendations? Suggestions? --- ## [Debt consolidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-consolidation/742308)
**Author:** [@amanda111](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanda111)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/debt-consolidation/742308 "2016-01-06T12:55:44Z")
Hey, Can anyone recommend a debt consolidation company?. I’m in my 30’s and reaching no where. I have credit card balances and a mortgage of our home in Ontario. I heard about Kevin Thatcher . Has anyone used their servi… --- ## [Here's a million bucks. Now disappear.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-million-bucks-now-disappear/742173)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-million-bucks-now-disappear/742173 "2016-01-06T10:56:30Z")
So yo’ve just come into a a fortune–a million dollars, to be specific. Cash. A hundred thousand C-notes, or whatever the equivalent is in your local currency. That’s the good news. The bad news is that there’s some bad … --- ## [Australian dialect for Kilometer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-dialect-for-kilometer/742129)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-dialect-for-kilometer/742129 "2016-01-06T10:29:15Z")
Or kilometre? Would Joe Taxidriver say “fifteen kilometers” or something abbreviative, like “fifteen clicks?” (For a book I’m trying to write. Probably gonna end up cheating and using miles…) --- ## [Grammar Check - need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-check-need-answer-fast/742148)
**Author:** [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-check-need-answer-fast/742148 "2016-01-06T08:39:32Z")
Dear Dope - My kid’s first spelling list for the year came home today - and some of the English seems a little “blurry” - before I query the teacher, can you help me to confirm it’s wrong (and why)? His foot riled the… --- ## [Best security system for an apartment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-security-system-for-an-apartment/742090)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-security-system-for-an-apartment/742090 "2016-01-06T06:40:00Z")
My apartment was burglarized while I was gone for Christmas, which is shitty. This is the first home burglary that I’ve been victim too. I’ve had stuff stolen from my car before, but it feels different when they go insid… --- ## [How do people that work in really boring and stable industries stay motivated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-that-work-in-really-boring-and-stable-industries-stay-motivated/742285)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-that-work-in-really-boring-and-stable-industries-stay-motivated/742285 "2016-01-06T05:17:35Z")
I work in IT so it is fairly easy to change industries because much of the core technology was the same. I have never worked at some place really cool like Google or NASA but I have worked in the supermarket industry, so… --- ## [Do Americans really believe in God, or do they just say they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-really-believe-in-god-or-do-they-just-say-they-do/741670)
**Author:** [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-americans-really-believe-in-god-or-do-they-just-say-they-do/741670 "2016-01-06T02:22:13Z")
In a recent political thread, the opinion was expressed that there are very few true theists – most are just lying to please others. According to the most recent Gallup poll, 86% of Americans said that they believe in G… --- ## [Do you think WW2 Vets hated songs from 1966-1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-ww2-vets-hated-songs-from-1966-1972/742050)
**Author:** [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-ww2-vets-hated-songs-from-1966-1972/742050 "2016-01-05T22:36:25Z")
I’m wondering because, lets be honest, the music during 1966 and 1972 era was pretty damn good. The music during WW2 was popular for the times, but pretty boring. I’m a Gulf Vet and back when I first got out, I joined a … --- ## [What is the minimum requirement to call oneself a "Christian"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-requirement-to-call-oneself-a-christian/741849)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-requirement-to-call-oneself-a-christian/741849 "2016-01-05T20:39:50Z")
This is an offshoot of this thread, in which the question is raised more than once as to the authenticity of those who call themselves “Christians” and “Believers in God”. What are the minimum requirements for a person … --- ## [What's the ideal gym padlock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ideal-gym-padlock/742194)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-ideal-gym-padlock/742194 "2016-01-05T19:42:27Z")
So I joined a gym. You have to bring your own padlock. What’s a good padlock to use? Thanks! --- ## [Parents. How do you bundle up your kids in winter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-do-you-bundle-up-your-kids-in-winter/742144)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-how-do-you-bundle-up-your-kids-in-winter/742144 "2016-01-05T17:17:28Z")
When I’m in stores I’m surprised at how bundled up children are. Not just coats but hats, mittens, and sometimes boots. Often these kids are cranky and fussy and I think it has to do with the fact they are hot. I know fr… --- ## [Is it safe to tumble-dry coloured clothes with white clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-tumble-dry-coloured-clothes-with-white-clothes/742064)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-safe-to-tumble-dry-coloured-clothes-with-white-clothes/742064 "2016-01-05T01:27:48Z")
Subject asks it all, really. I’m just looking to save some time but don’t want my shirts ending up pink or blue! --- ## [What kind of cancer can kill you in two days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cancer-can-kill-you-in-two-days/741625)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-cancer-can-kill-you-in-two-days/741625 "2016-01-04T23:20:50Z")
I was just reading the thread about the death of Lemmy, and the articles about it mention that he died of an “aggressive form” of cancer and he was only diagnosed two days prior to his death. What kind of cancer can kil… --- ## [Were you there when your parent died? (Please read OP before voting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-there-when-your-parent-died-please-read-op-before-voting/741300)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-you-there-when-your-parent-died-please-read-op-before-voting/741300 "2016-01-04T22:09:10Z")
So here’s the four options: "Yes, I was there and that was a good thing" For if you’re glad you were for whatever reason (having a chance to say goodbye, being able to hold them as they pass, seeing them one last time,… --- ## [What might be some unanticipated results of beaming humans around the world by transponder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-be-some-unanticipated-results-of-beaming-humans-around-the-world-by-transponder/741484)
**Author:** [@HarryTheHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HarryTheHat)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-be-some-unanticipated-results-of-beaming-humans-around-the-world-by-transponder/741484 "2016-01-04T21:49:30Z")
I’m thinking a la \*Star Trek \* or The Fly (minus the household pest) and effects social, economic, political, whatever … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=800) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=802)