# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=884 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 885 --- ## [Will USA keep on borrowing money and just pay the interest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-usa-keep-on-borrowing-money-and-just-pay-the-interest/724404)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-usa-keep-on-borrowing-money-and-just-pay-the-interest/724404 "2015-07-09T02:37:13Z")
What would be the wise thing to do if by some odd chance the US Treasury took in twice as much as they normally do in just one year? Present spending =$3,636,497,000,000 Present intake = $3,140,386,274,000 How abou… --- ## [Anatomical nicknames and Connotations (slightly NSFW language)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomical-nicknames-and-connotations-slightly-nsfw-language/724535)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anatomical-nicknames-and-connotations-slightly-nsfw-language/724535 "2015-07-09T01:45:19Z")
Hi SD, In a departure from my usual questions about politics, religion, or baseball, I’d like to know about anatomical nicknames and their connotations. I’m not sure on policy regarding the use of vulgar language in a … --- ## [What does it feel like to be attractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-attractive/724614)
**Author:** [@HandsomeGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HandsomeGorilla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-feel-like-to-be-attractive/724614 "2015-07-08T22:47:34Z")
There are 405 posts on this board but I found this particular one quite interesting: And this one pretty comical: --- ## [Considering moving to the Denver area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-moving-to-the-denver-area/724416)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-moving-to-the-denver-area/724416 "2015-07-08T20:32:51Z")
My wife might have a job opportunity in the Denver area. It’s still very early, and we’re not sure we even want to move, but we’re giving it some thought. She’ll be interviewing in October, and I’ll probably go with he… --- ## [When you buy fast food from the drive-up window, where do you eat the food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-buy-fast-food-from-the-drive-up-window-where-do-you-eat-the-food/724517 "2015-07-08T19:38:55Z")
Just curious about where people go once they have purchased food from a drive-up window. “Seating inside/outside the restaurant” includes any seating at the restaurant where you purchased the food, either indoors or out… --- ## [Law School or a PhD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-or-a-phd/565152)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-or-a-phd/565152 "2015-07-08T19:34:37Z")
So, I have three months to decide my fate, and rather than listen to the advice of family friends and my thesis supervisors, who all have a vested interested in telling me what to do one way or another, I thought I would… --- ## [I want to see a rodeo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-rodeo/721558)
**Author:** [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-see-a-rodeo/721558 "2015-07-08T18:57:19Z")
I’m taking a family road trip for two weeks starting June 21 that will include stops in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. I want to do a lot of “western” stuff, and one of the things on that list is to attend a rodeo. Unfort… --- ## [Should I scrap my car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-scrap-my-car/724394)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-scrap-my-car/724394 "2015-07-08T18:25:38Z")
My cars engine warning light keeps flashing at 30mph, and I think it may be the exhaust, there has been problems before with the exhaust not fitted properly on the car, but I don’t like the idea of just writing the car o… --- ## [Is Scalia exhibiting the disinhibition of dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scalia-exhibiting-the-disinhibition-of-dementia/724179)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scalia-exhibiting-the-disinhibition-of-dementia/724179 "2015-07-08T17:58:59Z")
Although Scalia has always taken the most conservative side of every issue, he at least maintained a facade of collegiality in his opinions and dissents. Well, on the SSM decision he became downright abusive of his fell… --- ## [QuarkXpress 10 and 2015 - talk to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarkxpress-10-and-2015-talk-to-me/723986)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarkxpress-10-and-2015-talk-to-me/723986 "2015-07-08T16:27:48Z")
So I’ve used pretty much every page and publication tool out there, most to fully professional levels, and like a huge part of the industry I now use InDesign as my day-in, day-out tool. The one tool among a dozen that … --- ## [Is tooth extraction to be avoided at all costs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tooth-extraction-to-be-avoided-at-all-costs/724459)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-tooth-extraction-to-be-avoided-at-all-costs/724459 "2015-07-08T16:21:16Z")
Background I had a tooth next to the incisors towards the back of my mouth that had a cavity one the back “prong”(I am using my own, non dentist terms) which I had filled. Fast forward and apparently the filling was fau… --- ## [Independence Day Special: Thirteen Facts About America Conservatives Would Like You to Forget, etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-special-thirteen-facts-about-america-conservatives-would-like-you-to-forget-etc/724453)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-special-thirteen-facts-about-america-conservatives-would-like-you-to-forget-etc/724453 "2015-07-08T16:21:10Z")
I know I usu. am not very controversial on these boards–or partisan. But I felt I just had to share this: Independence Day Special: Thirteen Facts About America Conservatives Would Like You to Forget. And as long as I a… --- ## [What are computer drawing tablets like these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-computer-drawing-tablets-like-these-days/724590)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-computer-drawing-tablets-like-these-days/724590 "2015-07-08T16:11:04Z")
I used to draw a lot, and I used to be a pretty good artist- pencil, charcoal and pen to paper. But then I got into web design/development and for years all of my image creation/manipulation was done with Bézier curves a… --- ## [How do you feel about fireworks? would you consider calling calling in a report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fireworks-would-you-consider-calling-calling-in-a-report/724348)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-fireworks-would-you-consider-calling-calling-in-a-report/724348 "2015-07-08T14:43:46Z")
I enjoyed hearing the fireworks go off around my neighborhood last night. They are illegal in my city but I’m no snitch. They mentioned people upset could call in reports on the 311 line. (not 911). Not anything I’d even… --- ## [Vile behavior by the US COC "U.S. Chamber of Commerce Works Globally to Fight Antismoking Measures"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vile-behavior-by-the-us-coc-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-works-globally-to-fight-antismoking-measures/724552)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vile-behavior-by-the-us-coc-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-works-globally-to-fight-antismoking-measures/724552 "2015-07-08T14:31:24Z")
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Works Globally to Fight Antismoking Measures I am a member of the local Chamber of Commerce and this is astounding (to me) that at this point in history with what we know about smoking the US CO… --- ## [So Why Are The Iranians Enriching All That Uranium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-the-iranians-enriching-all-that-uranium/724390)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-are-the-iranians-enriching-all-that-uranium/724390 "2015-07-08T14:25:46Z")
If they want to make nuclear fuel (for their new power plants), why do they need so many centrifuges? If the object is to enrich to make medical isotopes, the same question applies-why the need for so many? One report s… --- ## [Why won't my "invention" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-invention-work/724452)
**Author:** [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-my-invention-work/724452 "2015-07-08T14:24:48Z")
I want a single unit washer/dryer. One contraption that I can load my laundry into, spin some dials, push some buttons, (it has to have a lot of dials and buttons…maybe some bells and whistles… :rolleyes: … ) and hav… --- ## [Credit card debt and community "property"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-debt-and-community-property/724483)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-debt-and-community-property/724483 "2015-07-08T13:39:24Z")
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a request for legal advice, so I don’t know where to place the thread. Feel free to move it if I’m wrong. What’s the conventional wisdom if one person in a marriage runs up a lot of cr… --- ## [WTF is this 4th of July thing (picture)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-this-4th-of-july-thing-picture/724396)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-this-4th-of-july-thing-picture/724396 "2015-07-08T13:34:31Z")
Last Friday we had our pontoon boat full of dogs and traveled from the Allegheny River up Crooked Creek. I took this picture from the boat. It appears to be a trailer consisting of a giant compressed gas cylinder and m… --- ## [What do you use your smartphone for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-smartphone-for/661043)
**Author:** [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-your-smartphone-for/661043 "2013-06-20T11:41:13Z")
I am thinking whether or not to get a smartphone. I know there are a zillion apps that can do all sorts of things, but I’m not sure what I would actually use it for. What apps do you all find most useful? I don’t have a… --- ## [Insulting Anti-Gay Marriage Youtube video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-anti-gay-marriage-youtube-video/724224)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulting-anti-gay-marriage-youtube-video/724224 "2015-07-08T07:36:06Z")
I didn’t see any other thread about this. Given the people who tend to frequent these boards, I didn’t feel it to be necessary to plop this in GD. Here’s the video. It's insulting, but also a little amusing too. “I h… --- ## [Are fetuses in the womb conscious?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fetuses-in-the-womb-conscious/724146)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-fetuses-in-the-womb-conscious/724146 "2015-07-08T03:50:50Z")
I have been wondering if fetuses in the womb are conscious, and if so, at one point do they become conscious? I am more interested in a medical answer to this (if one is known) then a political debate. --- ## [Is "Islamic State" the modern "Holy Roman Empire"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islamic-state-the-modern-holy-roman-empire/724428)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-islamic-state-the-modern-holy-roman-empire/724428 "2015-07-08T03:12:53Z")
In terms of the name, I mean. Based of the Voltaire quote “This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” Egypt has issued editorial g… --- ## [Cosby Deposition: Why and How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosby-deposition-why-and-how/724542)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cosby-deposition-why-and-how/724542 "2015-07-08T03:11:22Z")
Can someone explain the point of a deposition? I WAG Cosby was strong-handed into signing a written confession (i.e., deposition) OR be dragged into court. Yet, under what conditions can one self-incriminate one’s self… --- ## [What are your experiences with leasing a vehicle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-leasing-a-vehicle/724466)
**Author:** [@McDeath\_the\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McDeath_the_Mad)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-experiences-with-leasing-a-vehicle/724466 "2015-07-08T01:56:54Z")
I was wondering if anyone can tell me about their experiences with leasing a vehicle? My wife and I were thinking of doing it. We are half way through financing a 2013 Hyundai Elantra, our payments are $150 every two we… --- ## [Don't have NY state license plates but need to cancel insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-have-ny-state-license-plates-but-need-to-cancel-insurance/724411)
**Author:** [@KierkegaardIsMySpiritAnimal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KierkegaardIsMySpiritAnimal)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-have-ny-state-license-plates-but-need-to-cancel-insurance/724411 "2015-07-08T01:46:40Z")
So, long story short, I moved and had my car registered to New Jersey, lost my plates (a lot of moving) and need to cancel my NY insurance policy (I moved from New York so my car was registered and insured in NY). I neve… --- ## [How much trouble could I get in for this? (Message board post regarding a person interviewed on TV)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-could-i-get-in-for-this-message-board-post-regarding-a-person-interviewed-on-tv/724434)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-trouble-could-i-get-in-for-this-message-board-post-regarding-a-person-interviewed-on-tv/724434 "2015-07-08T01:23:02Z")
I just got a phone call from someone claiming to be a lawyer stating that I made some defamatory posts on another board about a person who was interviewed on TV, and that I needed to delete those posts or I would be in b… --- ## [Does having a promissory note notorized make it legally binding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-having-a-promissory-note-notorized-make-it-legally-binding/724491)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-having-a-promissory-note-notorized-make-it-legally-binding/724491 "2015-07-07T23:28:32Z")
Basically, that’s it. Family member needs a couple months to come up with the money he owes me. He is not a dependable person so I’m wondering if there’s some way he could get out of this. Thanks in advance. --- ## ["-san" on Japanese names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-on-japanese-names/723996)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-on-japanese-names/723996 "2015-07-07T22:10:52Z")
A Japan native in our company always puts “-san” on the end of our names when referring to us, and we automatically put -san on the end of his name when referring to him. Today we just got another Japan native in our co… --- ## [Need software rec: create photo collage slideshow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-software-rec-create-photo-collage-slideshow/724365)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-software-rec-create-photo-collage-slideshow/724365 "2015-07-07T20:57:44Z")
Need software that creates a slideshow of photo collages with music that you can burn onto a DVD. Yes, this is for a funeral. First pass I found “Kizoa” which seems very good and apparently does everything I need. It wi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=883) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=885)