# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=853 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 854 --- ## [What is your food shopping strategy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-food-shopping-strategy/730060)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-food-shopping-strategy/730060 "2015-09-10T20:21:29Z")
How often do you shop and for how long does the food from your shopping trip last? Do you know what you will eat for the entire week and then shop accordingly? Or do you just shop and end up getting what you normally ge… --- ## [What is the best tool to remove paint overruns on a ceiling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-tool-to-remove-paint-overruns-on-a-ceiling/730389)
**Author:** [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-tool-to-remove-paint-overruns-on-a-ceiling/730389 "2015-09-10T20:12:35Z")
I painted my place a couple of years ago but I am not known for my careful painting skills. The fact that the ceilings are white textured plaster didn’t help matters either. No masking tape would stick well enough to pre… --- ## [ISO: French Idioms for "Masterpriece"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-french-idioms-for-masterpriece/729083)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iso-french-idioms-for-masterpriece/729083 "2015-09-10T19:52:22Z")
I know there are many idioms for “masterpiece”, but there is one French idiom I came across that I am trying to recall. I believe it literally means “life’s work”, and it may have “morte” in the phrase…kind of a backwar… --- ## [Appealing Conviction Based on Ineffective Counse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appealing-conviction-based-on-ineffective-counse/730483)
**Author:** [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/appealing-conviction-based-on-ineffective-counse/730483 "2015-09-10T19:49:50Z")
So, a person is convicted by a jury of a serious offense, say murder, and he or she appeals that conviction based on ineffective counsel. I am curious as to how the original defense attorney feels about that. Do they get… --- ## [Why do some web sites make my browser freak out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-web-sites-make-my-browser-freak-out/730527)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-web-sites-make-my-browser-freak-out/730527 "2015-09-10T19:04:26Z")
I used to have rudimentary coding skills back when it was plain HTML. But modern web sites run lots of scripts and stuff. I use the Mercury Browser on my iPad, and every so often a site will just confuse the hell out of … --- ## [Crime/legal puzzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-legal-puzzle/730534)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-legal-puzzle/730534 "2015-09-10T19:02:24Z")
(Not sure whether this is best in IMHO, CS or MPSIMS, so here.) I freely admit this comes from reading too many short-crime-stories-with-a-twist, but I’d appreciate a reasonably serious and grounded discussion. So Mr. … --- ## [Is this place really about fighting ignorance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-place-really-about-fighting-ignorance/729645)
**Author:** [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-place-really-about-fighting-ignorance/729645 "2015-09-10T18:38:37Z")
It’s a nice slogan and I am not above invoking it to make other members feel bad about themselves…but is it really true? Mostly the place seems to be about racism and sexism and, most of all, I am so much smarter than y… --- ## [Help me with autism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-autism/730530)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-autism/730530 "2015-09-10T18:08:15Z")
I am mentoring a young lady in archery who says she is autistic. She has been diagnosed but it is certainly not what I expected. I know nothing about autism. She spent the last 10 days with me on a trip and I found myse… --- ## [Big Brothers/Big Sisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brothers-big-sisters/729925)
**Author:** [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-brothers-big-sisters/729925 "2015-09-10T16:59:40Z")
Has anyone volunteered with them? I sent an app in a few weeks ago and haven’t heard back yet. Telling myself I can’t possibly have been rejected based on the limited info the first app asks for and they’re just backed u… --- ## [Let's rename New Mexico](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-new-mexico/526950)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-rename-new-mexico/526950 "2015-09-10T16:05:29Z")
Following a thread in GQ and another in MPSIMS, it’s clear that the source of confusion in a lot of really ignorant people is that the name New Mexico just sounds too foreign, too unAmerican. A large enough percentage of… --- ## [Detergent tablet didn't dissolve in the dishwasher - Rewash the dishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detergent-tablet-didnt-dissolve-in-the-dishwasher-rewash-the-dishes/730503)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/detergent-tablet-didnt-dissolve-in-the-dishwasher-rewash-the-dishes/730503 "2015-09-10T15:48:58Z")
Yesterday evening, as I had almost finished unloading the dishwasher, I noticed something weird that was wedged between two plates. On closer inspection, yep, it turned out that it was the detergent tablet. It was almost… --- ## [Restaurants in Portland, Oregon and Cannon Beach](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-in-portland-oregon-and-cannon-beach/729813)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurants-in-portland-oregon-and-cannon-beach/729813 "2015-09-10T14:51:49Z")
The missus and I will be taking a jaunt up to Portland and Cannon Beach soon, and I’m looking for restaurant recommendations. We watched a show on the travel channel a couple of months ago that talked about Tasty & Sons,… --- ## [If humans could digest cellulose ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-could-digest-cellulose/730298)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-humans-could-digest-cellulose/730298 "2015-09-10T14:39:46Z")
As a scientist I invent a bacteria that can live in the human gut and process cellulose for us. Yay! No more world hunger as everyone can eat grass and get glucose from it. I spray it all over the world so eventually … --- ## [Gas Stove - Apartment - Small Dog - Landlord legal responsibility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-stove-apartment-small-dog-landlord-legal-responsibility/730182)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-stove-apartment-small-dog-landlord-legal-responsibility/730182 "2015-09-10T12:51:52Z")
My ex-wife still, unfortunately, counts on me for many of the mundane day to day life kinds of questions. I’m generally a very handy guy with household stuff and cars, etc, so I get a lot of “hey, this happened what sho… --- ## [What is the best protection against malware and spyware?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-protection-against-malware-and-spyware/730142)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-protection-against-malware-and-spyware/730142 "2015-09-10T12:40:46Z")
My old computer keeps freezing – I need two hours a day to clean it. \[HUMOR\]As a result everyone who could be enlightened by me suffers.\[/HUMOR\] --- ## [IT career advice needed - what to learn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-career-advice-needed-what-to-learn/730240)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-career-advice-needed-what-to-learn/730240 "2015-09-10T12:22:55Z")
I’m just at the beginning of the process of radically changing course in life. For some background reference: I’m almost 40, living in Berlin for 8 years as a musician and barely scraping by as a private music teacher/oc… --- ## [Triglycerides test level-high numbers after eating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triglycerides-test-level-high-numbers-after-eating/730367)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triglycerides-test-level-high-numbers-after-eating/730367 "2015-09-10T05:23:35Z")
I had some blood work done today and while most of it was clear, my Triglycerides were very high (400 mg/dl range). I am going as scheduled to the doctor I had a very sweet cold coffee about 60 minuets before, and I was… --- ## [How can I house a refugee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-house-a-refugee/730385)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-house-a-refugee/730385 "2015-09-10T02:41:04Z")
\[Perhaps related to How can I help a homeless person?\] How can I house a refugee? Lots of news about refugees. My wife mentioned that she had a currently unoccupied rental property. So we mused, 2%serious, 98% hypotheti… --- ## [Which year should you use when telling a story about New Year's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-year-should-you-use-when-telling-a-story-about-new-years/730463)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-year-should-you-use-when-telling-a-story-about-new-years/730463 "2015-09-10T01:56:48Z")
If you are telling a story about how you spent a particular holiday or event, describing the year it happened is straightforward. You could say, for example, that you spent Thanksgiving at your Uncle Fred’s house in 1998… --- ## [Getting a do not resuscitate order](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-do-not-resuscitate-order/730271)
**Author:** [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-a-do-not-resuscitate-order/730271 "2015-09-10T01:55:51Z")
Hello, I’m a young man with marginal health insurance through work. Every time I need to get something done at the doctor, like a fractured hand or a cold, they continue to refer me elsewhere and don’t know what to do. I… --- ## [The True Domestic Terrorists... SPIDERS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-true-domestic-terrorists-spiders/729989 "2015-09-10T00:56:33Z")
So, consensus says that having your home nuked from orbit or burning your home down when you see a spider inside is a bit of an over reaction. Okay. Well, it seems to me there’s a simple, overlooked solution. Now, there’… --- ## [Morality vs. control measures of overpopulation.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-vs-control-measures-of-overpopulation/730440)
**Author:** [@Helga33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helga33)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morality-vs-control-measures-of-overpopulation/730440 "2015-09-09T23:57:17Z")
How do u think what will happen to humanity when we will be out of the natural sources like coal and oil or, the land that we can use for agricultural needs? Will we eat each other? In a case where humanity is limited i… --- ## [How to use an Android phone in China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-an-android-phone-in-china/708922)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-use-an-android-phone-in-china/708922 "2015-09-09T23:39:45Z")
I live in China. For various reasons I need to upgrade my smartphone. But I’m finding it hard to find information on what English-speaking people should do about running Android here. Google Playstore is blocked. As is … --- ## [What area do you think of when someone refers to "the Bay Area"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-area-do-you-think-of-when-someone-refers-to-the-bay-area/730148)
**Author:** [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-area-do-you-think-of-when-someone-refers-to-the-bay-area/730148 "2015-09-09T23:14:10Z")
What is the first region that comes to your mind when you read or hear the term “Bay Area”? --- ## [Is it time to call A/C guy (central air question)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-call-a-c-guy-central-air-question/729801)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-to-call-a-c-guy-central-air-question/729801 "2015-09-09T22:57:59Z")
Our Central a/c unit is about one year old, I did not splurge for the high efficiency unit but was assured that I bought a large enough unit for the house. The a/c is on constantly during this little mini heatwave we ar… --- ## [Ladies: your new boyfriend tells you he needs chemical assistance to get it up. How put off are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-your-new-boyfriend-tells-you-he-needs-chemical-assistance-to-get-it-up-how-put-off-are-you/730366)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-your-new-boyfriend-tells-you-he-needs-chemical-assistance-to-get-it-up-how-put-off-are-you/730366 "2015-09-09T21:11:16Z")
Inspired by an episode of MAS\*H i saw recently.) So you’re single (perhaps per usual, perhaps again) and have recently met a new guy, Peter, who is handsome, clever, charming, and digs you. After dating for whatever len… --- ## [What was it like when wages weren't stagnant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-like-when-wages-werent-stagnant/730296)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-it-like-when-wages-werent-stagnant/730296 "2015-09-09T20:55:56Z")
So… most articles I’ve read decrying the disconnect between wages and productivity peg this as having gone on for the past 40 years, which is longer than I’ve been alive. The tone is always that this isn’t right because … --- ## [Would a family that didn't age or lose information from their elders have an advantage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-family-that-didnt-age-or-lose-information-from-their-elders-have-an-advantage/730457)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-family-that-didnt-age-or-lose-information-from-their-elders-have-an-advantage/730457 "2015-09-09T19:44:18Z")
Let’s suppose that at some future date, a very expensive treatment exists for human aging. Or, alternatively, a very expensive treatment for death exists, where dead people can have their brains sliced and emulated, de … --- ## [Has anyone tried catnip tea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-catnip-tea/729561)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-catnip-tea/729561 "2015-09-09T18:33:16Z")
Supposedly people like catnip too. I also read that it has mild sedative effects. It’s very easy to grow around here. I’m assuming it’s legal but I have never heard of people using it in tea until 3 or 4 minutes ago w… --- ## [Gratuity question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratuity-question-s/730334)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gratuity-question-s/730334 "2015-09-09T16:25:18Z")
What is the appropriate amount to tip for a $75 salon service which will take approx 4 hours? If it helps to know it’s a perm (yes, a perm, but just a body wave of sorts, not Chutney from Legally Blonde … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=852) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=854)