# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=810 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 811 --- ## [My still under warranty Ford was towed to \*gasp\* another dealer- expectations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-still-under-warranty-ford-was-towed-to-gasp-another-dealer-expectations/735776)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-still-under-warranty-ford-was-towed-to-gasp-another-dealer-expectations/735776 "2015-12-15T07:06:55Z")
I bought a brand new Ford Explorer in March. Friday, still within warranty, the “Coolant Overheated” light came on, and the vehicle engine shut down. There was no loss of fluid, so I suspect a fairly complex but easy to… --- ## [Is advertising just a drain on the economy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-just-a-drain-on-the-economy/740273)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-advertising-just-a-drain-on-the-economy/740273 "2015-12-15T06:23:34Z")
In the age of the Internet, if someone wants to buy a product, they can find any information they want about it. Most people hate seeing ads, and have no use for them. Most business owners even say that word of mouth … --- ## [Rosetta stone on sale TODAY ONLY, need fast opinions-- is it worth buying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stone-on-sale-today-only-need-fast-opinions-is-it-worth-buying/740464)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosetta-stone-on-sale-today-only-need-fast-opinions-is-it-worth-buying/740464 "2015-12-15T04:53:49Z")
Hey all, So there’s a one-day special on Amazon that has Rosetta Stone Levels 1-5 and a 6 in HD Kindle on sale for $200, but it is ONLY good for today. That means that the Rosetta Stone content is basically being sold f… --- ## [Don't Move to Portland: A Rant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-move-to-portland-a-rant/688898)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-move-to-portland-a-rant/688898 "2015-12-15T01:24:53Z")
I’ve lived in the “Rose City” for over 3 years now and personally I can’t wait until I can find a way out and move to another city. While it’s become a hip place to live over the past 10 or 20 years, it’s totally overhy… --- ## [Prescription drug abuse question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-drug-abuse-question/740469)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prescription-drug-abuse-question/740469 "2015-12-15T00:36:46Z")
What kind of drug would make a person extremely forgetful, like ask the same question every few minutes, not be aware of an important telphone call 15 minutes earlier etc.? Also falling down and weakness in the legs. I … --- ## [Coffee shop etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-shop-etiquette/739666)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee-shop-etiquette/739666 "2015-12-14T23:16:37Z")
One of the many hats I wear is tutoring. Often, this means meeting students at a coffee shop. Now, I know that a coffee shop is a business, and that they make their money from selling things, not by people just sitting… --- ## [Movie Polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-polls/740461)
**Author:** [@Leonard33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leonard33)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-polls/740461 "2015-12-14T22:55:23Z")
I have a project due for my project. I have chosen to do one on movies(motivated by a recent post). I ask 3 questions. Which genre is your favorite, what is your gender. (You don’t have to answer this one), and how many… --- ## [Really living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-living/740404)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-living/740404 "2015-12-14T21:12:18Z")
Recently I’ve been developing a serial killer story of a deeply mysterious driver of a 40s/50s truck reminiscent of Duel and Jeepers Creepers (except my killer is human). I have this vivid picture in my mind framed perf… --- ## [How do you think Amazon will respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-amazon-will-respond/738781)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-amazon-will-respond/738781 "2015-12-14T21:09:59Z")
I ordered a Panasonic cordless phone system for $79. Received a battered and obviously opened box with a VTech phone in it. :frowning: I can’t believe the person that packed this box didn’t check the contents. I sele… --- ## [You're POTUS: Would you nuke Russia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-potus-would-you-nuke-russia/740443)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-potus-would-you-nuke-russia/740443 "2015-12-14T20:27:16Z")
So I was chatting with a couple of friends about this and that and (somehow) we got onto the subject of the Cuban missile crisis. Anyway, I forget how the conversation ended but it got me thinking about what I would hav… --- ## [ID the internet memes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-internet-memes/740305)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-the-internet-memes/740305 "2015-12-14T19:24:42Z")
I came accross this picture, showing a lot of internet memes. There’s (at least) two versions which have a few differences. I only recognise a few of them. I’ll open it the Dope to identify the rest. \*\*Answers in … --- ## [Poll: Is this memento from a vet a caring gesture or a 'WTF?!' action](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-this-memento-from-a-vet-a-caring-gesture-or-a-wtf-action/573986)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-this-memento-from-a-vet-a-caring-gesture-or-a-wtf-action/573986 "2015-12-14T18:30:09Z")
I’ll start by saying I don’t think and my friend doesn’t think it was meant to be cruel in any way, but it made her burst into tears and I can imagine it would many others in her position. A friend/coworker of mine rece… --- ## [Difficulty in registering information into memory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-in-registering-information-into-memory/740056)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difficulty-in-registering-information-into-memory/740056 "2015-12-14T17:38:39Z")
I am looking for information about difficulty in registering information into memory. This information could be contained in any form, for example you may suggest an article, a study, a book, etc. Most of the informatio… --- ## [Your just not as good as your Dad/Mom was.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-just-not-as-good-as-your-dad-mom-was/738279)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-just-not-as-good-as-your-dad-mom-was/738279 "2015-12-14T16:37:49Z")
I am a big fan of “Kitchen Nightmares” with Gordon Ramsey and one common issue is peoples children and grandchildren taking over a successful family restaurant and when they do, it flops. I think part of it is people ju… --- ## [Misinformation is abhorrent...or...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinformation-is-abhorrent-or/740203)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinformation-is-abhorrent-or/740203 "2015-12-14T15:30:36Z")
IMHO seems to me the most appropriate forum for this post: mods, please move if that felt appropriate. I recently bought a copy of Bill Bryson’s latest book – a kind of sequel twenty years on, to his account of a tour a… --- ## [Holiday Blues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-blues/740337)
**Author:** [@crazytooth615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazytooth615)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holiday-blues/740337 "2015-12-14T14:49:05Z")
My brother-in-law was recently diagnosed as bi-polar and has been in a severe depression for almost a year since his girlfriend left him last February. My husband and I live next door, so by default we’ve been heavily i… --- ## [Does an adopted child have a guaranteed inheritance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-an-adopted-child-have-a-guaranteed-inheritance/740339)
**Author:** [@Nefario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nefario)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-an-adopted-child-have-a-guaranteed-inheritance/740339 "2015-12-14T14:44:56Z")
My extended family is expressing indignation over a situation. A former in-law (now divorced) has adopted a 30-something and also has a natural 30-something offspring. The concern is that “…an adopted child cannot be d… --- ## [What's The Most Pretentious Thing You Used To Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-pretentious-thing-you-used-to-do/739799)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-pretentious-thing-you-used-to-do/739799 "2015-12-14T13:31:27Z")
When I was 22 or thereabouts, I used to read The Diaries of Franz Kafka at the beach in the hope of being noticed reading the diaries of Franz Kafka at the beach. Furthermore I used to wear a women’s leopard-skin faux-fu… --- ## [How much is actually known about dreaming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-actually-known-about-dreaming/740330)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-actually-known-about-dreaming/740330 "2015-12-14T11:50:23Z")
I often wonder if some dreams are the result of some kind of pre written script or if they just develop as they go along. I can recall some dreams that would almost require that a script had been pre conceived for the be… --- ## [What's the best way to learn a foreign language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-learn-a-foreign-language/740313)
**Author:** [@Memnon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Memnon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-learn-a-foreign-language/740313 "2015-12-14T09:05:08Z")
I’m about to embark on learning a foreign language, specifically German. I’m only working part-time at the moment so I have plenty of time to devote to this. What is the best and quickest way to learn a foreign languag… --- ## [Why did my vet (indirectly) kill my epileptic dog?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-vet-indirectly-kill-my-epileptic-dog/738105)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-vet-indirectly-kill-my-epileptic-dog/738105 "2015-12-14T03:05:35Z")
My darling little pibble, Zusje (playing with her big bro, my Rotty/Border Collie when she was just 4 months old) is dead. At the tender age of two and a half. Long painful story as short as possible while still making … --- ## [Storage unit advice: inside vs outside access?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-unit-advice-inside-vs-outside-access/740243)
**Author:** [@birchtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birchtree)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-unit-advice-inside-vs-outside-access/740243 "2015-12-13T22:13:52Z")
The only previous storage unit I’ve rented was an inside 2nd-floor space. It was a time-consuming hassle moving stuff in/out, rolling small hand carts down long hallways, waiting for elevators, etc. This time, I’d like … --- ## [Calling all mechanics: Drip, drip, dribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-mechanics-drip-drip-dribble/739768)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-mechanics-drip-drip-dribble/739768 "2015-12-13T21:12:37Z")
I’m pretty sure I know what’s going on with my car, but before I take it in and the mechanic shop tries to charge me an arm and leg, I’d like someone else’s input. My car’s (2004 Hyundai Elantra GLS) check engine light … --- ## [We need a 'Manhattan Project' for \_\_\_\_\_\_!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-manhattan-project-for-______/740126)
**Author:** [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-manhattan-project-for-______/740126 "2015-12-13T21:09:19Z")
Which MASSIVE problem of humanity do you feel would be worthy of a “Manhattan Project” style endeavor to solve it? \*\* Energy / Climate\*\* – This is probably the most obvious and popular. I have combined the two into on… --- ## [Do you think you'll die rich by just saving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-youll-die-rich-by-just-saving/740153)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-youll-die-rich-by-just-saving/740153 "2015-12-13T19:34:27Z")
Let’s assume you’re an average performer. Your income is between poverty line and maybe upper bracket middle management. Nothing special about you. Now let’s say you’re not given to excesses, and you’re able to put aside… --- ## [Have you ever been called for jury duty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-called-for-jury-duty/739879)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-called-for-jury-duty/739879 "2015-12-13T18:55:51Z")
This topic got me thinking, how many here have ever been summoned for jury duty. Probably a ton, I’m guessing. I know it’s a common thing. Even I got one twice before, although the first one didn’t come until I was deep… --- ## [What's our version of the pyramids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-version-of-the-pyramids/739815)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-our-version-of-the-pyramids/739815 "2015-12-13T17:46:34Z")
Whaddya mean, ‘our version’? Well, in that there’s a lot of discussion even thousands of years later on both how they were constructed and their purpose, to the extent of a 50 Jesus Christ are you kidding me page thread … --- ## [Where Did You Learn To Swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-learn-to-swim/739929)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-learn-to-swim/739929 "2015-12-13T15:34:07Z")
I was chatting to some friends and I realized it was quite unusual that I learned how to swim in the ocean, not swimming pools or fresh water. So I thought a poll was in order: --- ## [What's the costliest financial mistake you've made?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-costliest-financial-mistake-youve-made/739838)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-costliest-financial-mistake-youve-made/739838 "2015-12-13T14:59:33Z")
I just made a bonehead financial decision that is likely to cost me $15,000 or so over several years. I have no excuse for my poor decision making, it was just a stupid thing to do. It won’t break me, but it’s money If r… --- ## [VPN (or other gifts) for student going abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vpn-or-other-gifts-for-student-going-abroad/740319)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vpn-or-other-gifts-for-student-going-abroad/740319 "2015-12-13T13:29:13Z")
My son will be spending spring semester in Japan. In googling gift ideas for students studying abroad, I came across the suggestion of a VPN service. I am not sure how much he uses the family Netflix subscription, but th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=809) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=811)