# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=829 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 830 --- ## [My mother is looking for a medical alert service...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-looking-for-a-medical-alert-service/727025)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-is-looking-for-a-medical-alert-service/727025 "2015-11-05T01:13:31Z")
You know, a la the “I’ve fallen and can’t get up!” ads from years ago… She is looking into something called “Mobile Help”, whose main advantage is it (as the name indicates) is a mobile service, has GPS capability which… --- ## [secret outsider buying spouse's ticket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-outsider-buying-spouses-ticket/736421)
**Author:** [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-outsider-buying-spouses-ticket/736421 "2015-11-04T23:02:41Z")
Hey guys let me ask a hypothetical question. This situation came to my attention over the weekend; what do you think? I’ll present this in a gender neutral fashion to get the broadest response. This is how the story ha… --- ## [What to do \[seeking marital advice\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-seeking-marital-advice/736310)
**Author:** [@Janelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Janelly)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-seeking-marital-advice/736310 "2015-11-04T21:58:49Z")
I’m 31 and my husband is 25. He is my first everything. He constantly says I’m not pleasing him. I give oral sex and even do anal. He says I’m boring and I take forever to give head. He wants to come in 5 minutes. What s… --- ## [Does the existence of prison rape reduce crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-existence-of-prison-rape-reduce-crime/736586)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-existence-of-prison-rape-reduce-crime/736586 "2015-11-04T21:32:49Z")
I know that prison life isn’t exactly a weekend at the beach, but the concept doesn’t seem that bad, except for one eventuality that the media, internet and Hollywood tell me occurs with high frequency… prison rape. I h… --- ## [How antiquated are aircraft carriers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-antiquated-are-aircraft-carriers/648535)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 234\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-antiquated-are-aircraft-carriers/648535 "2015-11-04T21:24:26Z")
An old adage say that generals usually begin fighting new wars using strategies from the last war. How antiquated are aircraft carriers? --- ## [Women, would you date a 40-year-old man who was NOT a virgin, but only had one sexual partner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-a-40-year-old-man-who-was-not-a-virgin-but-only-had-one-sexual-partner/736540)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-would-you-date-a-40-year-old-man-who-was-not-a-virgin-but-only-had-one-sexual-partner/736540 "2015-11-04T20:33:50Z")
Last time I asked a question if women would date a 40-year-old virgin. Now what if he wasn’t a virgin, but only had one sexual partner in his sexual history. Now how many of you would be willing to date him? EDIT: Als… --- ## [Six Sigma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-sigma/736364)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-sigma/736364 "2015-11-04T19:29:55Z")
We don’t use it at my work, but in my quest for a new job I keep coming across jobs that, at the least, have an interest in my Six Sigma level. I’ve noticed there are some free\* online courses I can take to get an intro… --- ## [Opinions wanted: citizen control over government](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-citizen-control-over-government/734705)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-citizen-control-over-government/734705 "2015-11-04T17:16:12Z")
Background: Colorado has a unique law known as the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR). This does several things. The main points are (1), the government must ask permission from the voters to raise taxes; (2), the gove… --- ## [A used but working 747 for $1.5 million? Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-used-but-working-747-for-1-5-million-really/736615)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-used-but-working-747-for-1-5-million-really/736615 "2015-11-04T15:36:35Z")
I saw this Wiki entryabout a 747 crash in 2002. The story mentions that prior to the crash that China AAirlines had sold the plane to another airline for $1.45 million US, though the crash obviously canceled the sale. T… --- ## [Helping my grandma clean her basement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-grandma-clean-her-basement/736389)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helping-my-grandma-clean-her-basement/736389 "2015-11-04T15:17:07Z")
She keeps saying she wants to have things organized, and get rid of anything with mold. She is a little bit of a hoarder and it is very hard to get her to give things up. It took a lot of convincing for her to let me d… --- ## [Men's office casual: what shirts beside polo & button down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-office-casual-what-shirts-beside-polo-button-down/736232)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mens-office-casual-what-shirts-beside-polo-button-down/736232 "2015-11-04T11:46:33Z")
Are there any other collared men’s shirts besides those 2 kinds? (Inspired partly because: damn, there are a lot more variations for HR to have to monitor and create policies about!) I really am looking for real life e… --- ## [High pressure Halloween costume advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pressure-halloween-costume-advice/735421)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-pressure-halloween-costume-advice/735421 "2015-11-04T03:43:00Z")
So, here is the set-up. I just changed jobs this week, as in reported to a new office Monday of this week after leaving previous job on Friday. There was a woman at my old office who I had always had kind of a flirty t… --- ## [Holloween Poll: Clowns or Ventriloquist Dummy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holloween-poll-clowns-or-ventriloquist-dummy/736198)
**Author:** [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holloween-poll-clowns-or-ventriloquist-dummy/736198 "2015-11-04T03:00:22Z")
Holloween Poll: Which is more disturbing to you Clowns or Ventriloquist Dummies? For me it is the dummies. I have met some nice clowns. Ventriloquist Dummies are consistently evil. --- ## [Again with the right hand hair part for men](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-right-hand-hair-part-for-men/696284)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-the-right-hand-hair-part-for-men/696284 "2015-11-04T01:53:36Z")
I’m watching Boardwalk Empire and it seems quite a few characters part their hair on the right. This is easy to tell given the slicked hairstyles of the 1920’s that the show recreates. It seems to me that the right han… --- ## [Opinions on life insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-life-insurance/736544)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-on-life-insurance/736544 "2015-11-04T00:10:55Z")
My daughter and son-in-law are about to have their 3rd child and they don’t have life insurance. Despite trying, they seem to regularly be on the brink of living purely hand to mouth. (Both are employed, but do not h… --- ## [A question about mental issues and thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-mental-issues-and-thinking/736404)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-mental-issues-and-thinking/736404 "2015-11-03T23:52:48Z")
Hello everyone, I have a question, a friend of mine says that the idea of keep thinking about to good things so that bad things happen to us less, works for her in the opposite way, she says that " I visualize the worst… --- ## [Financial Question:Where to open account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-question-where-to-open-account/736497)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-question-where-to-open-account/736497 "2015-11-03T22:11:11Z")
I got married on November 1st. My spouse has not changed her name yet because we need the marriage licence back from the county. Going into the marriage my spouse knew about by financial problems. While bankruptcy is no… --- ## [Print-from-the-Car gear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-from-the-car-gear/736456)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/print-from-the-car-gear/736456 "2015-11-03T21:42:45Z")
So the wife’s job involves visiting people at their homes, writing up a summary of her visit, having the customer sign the summary, and handing the customer one copy for their records. \[The other two go to the customer … --- ## [Anybody ever had to get a CT scan on a baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-to-get-a-ct-scan-on-a-baby/736135)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-to-get-a-ct-scan-on-a-baby/736135 "2015-11-03T21:39:35Z")
Well, I guess he isn’t a baby anymore, he’s 15 months old. I’m really not worried - I mean I’m worried, increasingly, that he isn’t talking (the doctor isn’t, though, and I trust him.) I’m not at all worried that he is… --- ## [Melanoma question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanoma-question/736487)
**Author:** [@kdhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kdhill)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanoma-question/736487 "2015-11-03T21:16:52Z")
So I was referred today by my doctor since I noticed a mole on the left side of my foot, don’t remember if I had it for awhile or not since it’s not a area i look at all the time plus my memory isn’t that great. My siste… --- ## [Roxicodone Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roxicodone-question/735895)
**Author:** [@luckycharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luckycharm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roxicodone-question/735895 "2015-11-03T21:16:25Z")
Hello everyone! New member here. Hoping I can find an answer to an issue Ive been having. I was prescribed Roxicodone (15 mg, 2x a day) monthly by a pain specialist 10 months ago. Having a high tolerance to hydrocodone, … --- ## [Should cartoon porn depicting minors be illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cartoon-porn-depicting-minors-be-illegal/637663)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-cartoon-porn-depicting-minors-be-illegal/637663 "2015-11-03T20:11:35Z")
Over in General Questions there was mention of the fact that at least in Australia, you can get convicted of possession of child pornography, even if that happens to be porn of Lisa Simpson. What say you, Dopers? Should… --- ## [Any strategies for becoming less of a grouch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-strategies-for-becoming-less-of-a-grouch/736013)
**Author:** [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-strategies-for-becoming-less-of-a-grouch/736013 "2015-11-03T19:50:11Z")
God, dude(tte)s. Help me be less of a crabby bitch. I don’t know what the deal is, but my level of pissiness seems to be gradually increasing over time. I remember growing up, I could honestly roll with just about any… --- ## [How would a godlike being or a super advanced AI view life/the universe, the passage of time, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-godlike-being-or-a-super-advanced-ai-view-life-the-universe-the-passage-of-time-etc/736398)
**Author:** [@Robert163](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robert163)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-godlike-being-or-a-super-advanced-ai-view-life-the-universe-the-passage-of-time-etc/736398 "2015-11-03T19:15:06Z")
How would a godlike being or a super advanced AI view life/the universe, the passage of time, etc? I am not making the case for god or for some alien super advanced AI… I am asking, in the whole universe… with all the … --- ## [Should Rat Traps be reused?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rat-traps-be-reused/736342)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-rat-traps-be-reused/736342 "2015-11-03T19:12:32Z")
Theres really not a GQ answer. So imho it is. I’m fighting a rat war. Sticky traps got 5 so far. They definitely go in the trash. Theres no way to remove the mouse/rat without a huge sticky mess. The big bruiser is st… --- ## [Help me choose a home printer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-home-printer/736362)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-choose-a-home-printer/736362 "2015-11-03T19:09:42Z")
My old HP printer has finally given up, and so I need to replace it. However, the home printer market is muddy and confused (deliberately on the part of the manufacturers, I’m sure), so I’d like your thoughts and experie… --- ## [Anyone work as a Dealer Trade Driver?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-work-as-a-dealer-trade-driver/736126)
**Author:** [@ginman999](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ginman999)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-work-as-a-dealer-trade-driver/736126 "2015-11-03T19:02:34Z")
I’m looking for a low pressure part time job. I have a perfect driving record and like driving. Does anyone have any experience doing this job" --- ## [What's the best home computer and cell phone set up for my aging mom?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-home-computer-and-cell-phone-set-up-for-my-aging-mom/736077)
**Author:** [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-home-computer-and-cell-phone-set-up-for-my-aging-mom/736077 "2015-11-03T17:10:43Z")
My dad recently died suddenly after a fall and I’m helping Mom slowiy get things together. Years ago they had a fairly equal relationship, but more recently Dad had taken to just doing stuff without consulting her. So h… --- ## [Let's discuss sea lioning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-sea-lioning/736060)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-sea-lioning/736060 "2015-11-03T16:45:10Z")
Let’s discuss sea lioning A year ago the cartoonist David Malki penned this rather amusing comic strip entitled The Terrible Sea Lion. It was met with approval at Boing Boing and eventually became a meme referring to, … --- ## [It's unbelievably fucked up how normalized virginity shaming is in our culture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelievably-fucked-up-how-normalized-virginity-shaming-is-in-our-culture/736163)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-unbelievably-fucked-up-how-normalized-virginity-shaming-is-in-our-culture/736163 "2015-11-03T16:38:18Z")
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