# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=851 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 852 --- ## [Cialis price question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cialis-price-question/730753)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cialis-price-question/730753 "2015-09-14T19:47:07Z")
So last time I filled a script it was $65 for three pills…I only wanted to buy one pill today and they wanted $55. WTF is going on? --- ## [Any off the shelf desktops I can upgrade on my own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-off-the-shelf-desktops-i-can-upgrade-on-my-own/730954)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-off-the-shelf-desktops-i-can-upgrade-on-my-own/730954 "2015-09-14T19:36:59Z")
I see PCs for Dell or Gateway and I think that for just a few bucks I could upgrade a component or two and have a pretty good gaming rig, but I’ve heard they all use proprietary connectors that make upgrading them more … --- ## [When to give the wife her bday gift](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-give-the-wife-her-bday-gift/722528)
**Author:** [@kwc27](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kwc27)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-give-the-wife-her-bday-gift/722528 "2015-06-16T17:34:06Z")
Wife’s birthday is (I think…) Thursday. I have her present hidden in the house. She works from 9 to 5. She gets up around 7. She also teaches kid’s 4H dog obedient classes on Thursday nights so she might not be home unti… --- ## [Americans visiting Sydney; How different will the food be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-visiting-sydney-how-different-will-the-food-be/730000)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-visiting-sydney-how-different-will-the-food-be/730000 "2015-09-14T19:19:34Z")
My wife and I have a vacation planned in Sydney next March. While I’m fairly adventurous when it comes to trying new foods, she is not. How different is “typical” Australian food from American? Are the spices used simil… --- ## [Do your phone numbers reflect where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-phone-numbers-reflect-where-you-live/730421)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-your-phone-numbers-reflect-where-you-live/730421 "2015-09-14T19:14:01Z")
Kind of a difficult question for a poll, but I’ll give it a shot anyway. This thread got me thinking about how little my phone numbers have to do with my locale. Thanks to the internet and cell phones, there’s nothing ty… --- ## [Dog Question (scratching)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-question-scratching/730793)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-question-scratching/730793 "2015-09-14T19:11:03Z")
We dog sit for our son on occasion. Last couple of times we’ve had him scratches a lot, especially at night. Not much at all during the day. No sign at all of fleas. Any ideas? Dry skin, maybe? Thx --- ## [Best and worst first dates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-first-dates/731222)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-first-dates/731222 "2015-09-14T18:18:20Z")
I would have to say my best first dates usually started with a nice dinner in a nice setting. My worst first dates usually involved some kind of activitiy like a homeshow or mueseum, exhibits etc. Movies have not been th… --- ## [Car owners: Have you used a "mobile mechanic"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-have-you-used-a-mobile-mechanic/730792)
**Author:** [@birchtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/birchtree)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-owners-have-you-used-a-mobile-mechanic/730792 "2015-09-14T17:16:31Z")
We’re having a family discussion: Should we tow a disabled car \[bad brakes\] to repair shop, or call a mobile mechanic to work here at home?–the problem-car is garaged and we can roll it out to the driveway where there’s… --- ## [My sister is trying to cheat me out of parents estate. What to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-trying-to-cheat-me-out-of-parents-estate-what-to-do/432061)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-sister-is-trying-to-cheat-me-out-of-parents-estate-what-to-do/432061 "2015-09-14T16:13:00Z")
First of all, my parents are alive and well and will (hopefully live for many years to come), so this isn’t a dire issue. My sister has always been a very selfish person when it comes to money. I remember when we were … --- ## [What are you supposed to say when someone keeps bringing up that they are overweight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-supposed-to-say-when-someone-keeps-bringing-up-that-they-are-overweight/730771)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-supposed-to-say-when-someone-keeps-bringing-up-that-they-are-overweight/730771 "2015-09-14T15:48:13Z")
This afternoon my friend must have brought this up at least twenty times. Sometimes it was in the context of how she had been eating or exercising lately, sometimes it was describing looking fat in various clothing, some… --- ## [Is there anyone here who refuses to pay child support, and if so, how do you justify it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-here-who-refuses-to-pay-child-support-and-if-so-how-do-you-justify-it/731115)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-here-who-refuses-to-pay-child-support-and-if-so-how-do-you-justify-it/731115 "2015-09-14T13:08:22Z")
We’re having this discussion on another board. I’ve never seen a post, anywhere, from anyone who did. C’mon, people who do this have to be out there, somewhere. The question is not “Does your ex/did your non-custodial… --- ## [Exterior House Decorating Questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterior-house-decorating-questions/729189)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exterior-house-decorating-questions/729189 "2015-09-14T12:30:04Z")
House finishing questions So here’s our house. It was originally wide cedar stained the color you see on the fascia. Narrow cedar is going up. So: Is this any particular archi… --- ## ["blaming the victim"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-victim/729903)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blaming-the-victim/729903 "2015-09-14T10:03:10Z")
My friends and I ride motorcycles. On those rare occasions when one of us crashes or has a close call, we pick the incident apart to see what the rider could have done differently to have maybe prevented it from happeni… --- ## [How the hell do people get CARJACKED?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-people-get-carjacked/730586)
**Author:** [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogant_B_st_rd)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-the-hell-do-people-get-carjacked/730586 "2015-09-14T09:41:04Z")
I don’t understand how carjacking is a thing. Out of all crimes I think carjacking is the hardest to be a victim of, right? You in a car: 1 Person on foot: 0 A responsible adult locks their car doors. Even if not…in o… --- ## [How important is radio technology to achieving advanced societies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-radio-technology-to-achieving-advanced-societies/731087)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-important-is-radio-technology-to-achieving-advanced-societies/731087 "2015-09-14T06:53:21Z")
I was reading recently about new interest in SETI type programs and got to wondering if life on other (similar) planets could evolve intelligence and then an advanced technological world without the tell-tale trace of ra… --- ## [So who does/did cocaine and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-does-did-cocaine-and-why/730778)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-does-did-cocaine-and-why/730778 "2015-09-14T03:45:56Z")
I was watching “Narcos” on Netflix and I couldnt believe how that Columbian was making BILLION of dollars selling cocaine in the US. Their must be literally millions of US coke addicts. Yet I’ve never known but one. I g… --- ## [She wanted a White child from a Sperm Bank](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wanted-a-white-child-from-a-sperm-bank/700120)
**Author:** [@Clu-Me-In](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clu-Me-In)\ **Replies:** 431\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-wanted-a-white-child-from-a-sperm-bank/700120 "2015-09-14T01:57:06Z")
In this case, an Ohio mother acquired a few sperm vials and got pregnant. Problem is that she says the Sperm Bank sent her the Sperm of a Black man instead of a White man. She’s suing the Sperm Bank for a breach of contr… --- ## [Bizarre Object Over Miami Last Night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-object-over-miami-last-night/729900)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bizarre-object-over-miami-last-night/729900 "2015-09-14T00:44:49Z")
My first thought was translucent weather balloon. But it seems to dissipate at the end? Moving much too fast too, and faster than the surrounding clouds. Then I thought jet trail lit up by angled light form the settin… --- ## [Convince me to go to Amsterdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-go-to-amsterdam/730677)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/convince-me-to-go-to-amsterdam/730677 "2015-09-14T00:17:42Z")
Due to a potential scheduling problem, we may not be able to spend a few of days in Copenhagen next year on our way to Belgium. The next best Icelandair flight option from BOS to Brussels is via Amsterdam (BOS-KEF-AMS-B… --- ## [Scandinavians aren't really happy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavians-arent-really-happy/730488)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scandinavians-arent-really-happy/730488 "2015-09-13T23:33:24Z")
Or so says Kyle Smith in this New York Post article. He harps on high taxes, belittling the benefits provided, goes on and on about alcoholism and suicide, and makes more of bestiality than he probably should. That, an… --- ## [iPad Apps for Teachers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-apps-for-teachers/731048)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-apps-for-teachers/731048 "2015-09-13T23:27:35Z")
Next term, which begins in the middle of October 2015 for my school, we teachers will be assigned iPads to use in the classroom. The department head for my section has asked us to provide her a list of apps we would like… --- ## [Definining your Masculinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definining-your-masculinity/730529)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/definining-your-masculinity/730529 "2015-09-13T17:34:14Z")
This has been on my mind for awhile now. I’m a 33 year old heterosexual male. Throughout my life I’ve seemed to gravitate to what are considered traditionally more feminine activities. I know there really is no such thin… --- ## [Terraforming Mars...how would you do it and how long would it last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terraforming-mars-how-would-you-do-it-and-how-long-would-it-last/717654)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terraforming-mars-how-would-you-do-it-and-how-long-would-it-last/717654 "2015-09-13T17:21:53Z")
You are given the task for terraforming Mars. Price is no object, but you can only use technology we have today or will have reasonably in the future. The goal is to thicken the atmosphere, raise the temperature and al… --- ## [Suggestions for a decent tabletop radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-decent-tabletop-radio/730743)
**Author:** [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-a-decent-tabletop-radio/730743 "2015-09-13T13:29:28Z")
We’ve been using a very cheap boombox, and it’s…less than ideal. The stations don’t tune easily, there’s lots of static, and the sound is slightly better than one of those handheld radio toys that use a lollipop and your… --- ## [Aussies: William Tyrell...why the shroud of secrecy about parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussies-william-tyrell-why-the-shroud-of-secrecy-about-parents/731046)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aussies-william-tyrell-why-the-shroud-of-secrecy-about-parents/731046 "2015-09-13T13:02:59Z")
A little bloke called William went missing a year ago from a small rural town, just vanishing from his grandparent’s front garden. William Tyrell In the time since his disappearance, despite MANY public appeals for inf… --- ## [SIL owes $9K on her Credit Card, Can't pay it all back right now.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sil-owes-9k-on-her-credit-card-cant-pay-it-all-back-right-now/730628)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sil-owes-9k-on-her-credit-card-cant-pay-it-all-back-right-now/730628 "2015-09-13T04:35:27Z")
My sister in law had to do some major household repairs, so she put almost 9K on her CC. (She has excellent credit). She can’t pay off the whole amount owed like she usually does and says she can pay it off in 3 months b… --- ## [WHY is traffic at its worst several hours before "rush hour"?? Help me understand...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-traffic-at-its-worst-several-hours-before-rush-hour-help-me-understand/730687)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-traffic-at-its-worst-several-hours-before-rush-hour-help-me-understand/730687 "2015-09-12T23:54:21Z")
Hey all, So… I was stuck in the same situation yet again the other day, and the haunting, gnawing question can finally be ignored no longer. Why… WHY… is traffic always exponentially worse in certain spots at 2:30 and 3… --- ## [What's a decent cheap tablet computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-decent-cheap-tablet-computer/730794)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-decent-cheap-tablet-computer/730794 "2015-09-12T15:07:50Z")
I want a tablet that I can use to remotely connect to my desktop PC. It should do the following: Connect to a satellite network. Preferably AT&T, since I already have a data plan with them for my phone. Support a s… --- ## [Divorced Woman's Last Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-womans-last-name/298854)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-womans-last-name/298854 "2005-04-13T02:45:14Z")
Is it unusual for a woman to keep her husband’s last name after divorce? Just wondering what the common practice is in the US and abroad. Thanks, Jinx --- ## [Anyone cut the cord? (Cable)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-cut-the-cord-cable/729923)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-cut-the-cord-cable/729923 "2015-09-12T14:23:10Z")
I’m getting sick of paying $100+ each month for my Directv. I rarely watch any shows when they are actually on. Most things I watch are on either Hulu, Netflix, or Amazon prime. Anyone here care to talk about experien… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=850) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=852)