# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=894 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 895 --- ## [I want to write apps for Kindle. Where do I start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-apps-for-kindle-where-do-i-start/722721)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-write-apps-for-kindle-where-do-i-start/722721 "2015-06-20T02:16:34Z")
I have a decent amount of programming experience (C, C++, Java, Java Applets, PHP, and others.) I’ve recently started thinking about looking to create some simple games on my own. These would be primarily for the amuse… --- ## [Mortgage Balloon Payment coming due, concerns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-balloon-payment-coming-due-concerns/722925)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mortgage-balloon-payment-coming-due-concerns/722925 "2015-06-20T01:55:17Z")
I bought a my house 5 years ago at the age of 19 on a 5 year balloon plan with the option of after 5 year turning it into a traditional 30 year fixed mortgage with whatever the interests rates are at that time. Sounds g… --- ## [Graduation Dress Etiquette for Faculty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduation-dress-etiquette-for-faculty/722790)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graduation-dress-etiquette-for-faculty/722790 "2015-06-19T22:37:57Z")
I’ve been teaching at the local community college and will be attending a lot of graduation ceremonies. I would like to purchase a cap and gown that looks nice and is higher quality then the polyester crap they would giv… --- ## [Car starting mis-behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-starting-mis-behavior/722804)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-starting-mis-behavior/722804 "2015-06-19T20:03:57Z")
My 1997 Kia Sportage may be about to be down for the long count. The most recent issue: when I start the car, it starts to catch, and then whirs. It may do this 2 or 3 times before it catches finally. It started doing th… --- ## [Do I have legal recourse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-legal-recourse/722915)
**Author:** [@junior18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/junior18)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-legal-recourse/722915 "2015-06-19T17:57:31Z")
I’ll try to make this long story short… I work for a large corporation in a shipping/receiving managerial role at one of there most important/profitable locations. The freight carrier company we primarily deal with rece… --- ## [Los Angeles Beach advice for Family Vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-beach-advice-for-family-vacation/722883)
**Author:** [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/los-angeles-beach-advice-for-family-vacation/722883 "2015-06-19T17:19:43Z")
We are planning to spend a week in Los Angeles around the 4th of July and we still haven’t narrowed down where to stay. (I know, time is running short!) I have 3 kids, aged 18, 15, and 14. We are used to staying in a m… --- ## [Sinus rinses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinus-rinses/722770)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sinus-rinses/722770 "2015-06-19T16:48:23Z")
My dad recently went through a sinus surgery and the recovery has been tough for him. The worst part, as he tells it, is the twice daily sinus rinse he is advised to do. He complains that leaves him with a constantly run… --- ## [Macros for Android phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macros-for-android-phone/722949)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macros-for-android-phone/722949 "2015-06-19T16:27:59Z")
I started to look into this and found there are a number of tools and difference approaches, and rather than waste my day reading websites and screwing with crippled demos, I’d just turn to The Greatest Information Sourc… --- ## [shave or buzz head for balding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shave-or-buzz-head-for-balding/722838)
**Author:** [@perc\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perc_1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shave-or-buzz-head-for-balding/722838 "2015-06-19T14:20:37Z")
What do you think is best? Buzz it very short or just razor shave it off? I am at the point where it’s about that time. :smack: Do you think a razor shaved head is perceived as someone just trying to hide the fact? I… --- ## [Is race something that is subject to self-identification?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-race-something-that-is-subject-to-self-identification/722677)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-race-something-that-is-subject-to-self-identification/722677 "2015-06-19T13:15:25Z")
Rachel Dolezal is in the news a lot lately. For those of you who’ve missed this, Ms. Dolezal was the head of a Seattle NAACP chapter. She recently resigned after her parents provided pictures of her as a child where s… --- ## [How old are you and what's age range you would consider dating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-are-you-and-whats-age-range-you-would-consider-dating/721908 "2015-06-19T05:07:44Z")
I’m a straight, 34 year old male and would date any woman between the age’s of 24 to 45. (I know, I cast a wide net) --- ## [Cheap, low-tech ideas to make life better.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-low-tech-ideas-to-make-life-better/722340)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-low-tech-ideas-to-make-life-better/722340 "2015-06-19T03:16:20Z")
Have you got any simple, cheap, low-tech ideas that in some small way could improve life? Qualifying suggestions should be genuinely useful even if only occasionally. Ideally they should also be handy and unobtrusive - w… --- ## [Kitchen cabinets: Better to refinish or start anew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-cabinets-better-to-refinish-or-start-anew/722893)
**Author:** [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-cabinets-better-to-refinish-or-start-anew/722893 "2015-06-19T01:56:18Z")
Okay, Dopers. Interested in your kitchen and cabinet remodel insights here. The kitchen cabinets in my house date to approximately the 1980s or possibly even 70s. They’re very cheap - I’m guessing about the cheapest o… --- ## [Questions on Leaving Hospital against medical advice -Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-leaving-hospital-against-medical-advice-need-answer-fast/721900)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-leaving-hospital-against-medical-advice-need-answer-fast/721900 "2015-06-19T01:13:33Z")
On Monday night my Fiancee was admitted to the hospital with Cellulitis, she was put on IV Antibiotics and given a saline drip. Yesterday the Infectious Disease doctor said she could go on an oral anti-botic and be dis… --- ## [Do you call your in-laws by their first names or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-in-laws-by-their-first-names-or-not/722719)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-your-in-laws-by-their-first-names-or-not/722719 "2015-06-18T23:34:20Z")
Hi, me and my wife call our parents in law by their first names. Do you call them that as well or do you call them Mr. and Mrs. X or dad and mum? --- ## [What would you say the chances are of you ever falling in love again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-falling-in-love-again/722431)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-say-the-chances-are-of-you-ever-falling-in-love-again/722431 "2015-06-18T23:14:13Z")
Inspiring thread, natch… For me, it’s pretty much the same answer that I gave in the other thread-let Ms. Right come along, and it is a fait accompli, so 50/50 again we’ll say. For those already in love, you can still … --- ## [Why are adolescent wild rabbits so docile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-adolescent-wild-rabbits-so-docile/722746)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-adolescent-wild-rabbits-so-docile/722746 "2015-06-18T20:27:00Z")
About this time of year, I start seeing young, wild rabbits in the greenbelt around my house. The thing that strikes me as odd is that they are so docile. I can walk my dog within about 10 feet of them and they don’t r… --- ## [Why do some people have very bad or bery good luck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-very-bad-or-bery-good-luck/722839)
**Author:** [@sara20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sara20)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-have-very-bad-or-bery-good-luck/722839 "2015-06-18T19:49:23Z")
I have noticed that some people have extremely bad luck, that no matter how hard they try things constantly go wrong for them, almost like they are cursed. I have also known people who coasted through life and never had … --- ## [Need answer fast: mentioning someone's sobriety](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-mentioning-someones-sobriety/722845)
**Author:** [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-mentioning-someones-sobriety/722845 "2015-06-18T19:32:32Z")
Talking on Facebook last night, I discovered, through a mutual friend, someone I knew in school many years ago. I didn’t know him well, but we were reminiscing a bit and then I went to bed. When I woke up I found he had … --- ## [What happens after a tragedy like Sandy Hook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-a-tragedy-like-sandy-hook/722861)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-after-a-tragedy-like-sandy-hook/722861 "2015-06-18T18:50:37Z")
Not sure if this is the right place for this. I want factual answers, but I doubt there is any one catch-all answer, and I welcome hypothesizing and opinions, so IMHO seems right. I’m wondering what exacty happens in t… --- ## [Any Dopers familiar with Tecta / Protonix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-familiar-with-tecta-protonix/722767)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-dopers-familiar-with-tecta-protonix/722767 "2015-06-18T17:45:49Z")
I was just given a prescription for Tecta to combat worsening indigestion. I had used things like Pepcid and even Nexium but in the end the were not able to help. I am now trying to set up an ultrasound to see if there… --- ## [Resemblance to your parents (appearance and personality)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resemblance-to-your-parents-appearance-and-personality/722639)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resemblance-to-your-parents-appearance-and-personality/722639 "2015-06-18T16:43:51Z")
I’m like my father in appearance and personality. It’s pretty much a case of “like father, like son.” How about you - are you more similar to your father or mother, and how? --- ## [Black \[not\] like me; The Rachel Dolezal Story in the News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-not-like-me-the-rachel-dolezal-story-in-the-news/722413)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-not-like-me-the-rachel-dolezal-story-in-the-news/722413 "2015-06-18T16:15:15Z")
Link Rachel Dolezal is white woman, who has apparently been posing as a black woman for a number of years and is now the NAACP chapter head for Spokane, WA. I’m sort of on the same page as what’s-his-name\* who said s… --- ## [As a white guy, can I refer to myself as a cracker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-white-guy-can-i-refer-to-myself-as-a-cracker/722463)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-white-guy-can-i-refer-to-myself-as-a-cracker/722463 "2015-06-18T15:32:16Z")
It’s not racist if you use a racial or ethnic slur in respect to yourself, right? --- ## [Do you send snail mail greeting cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-snail-mail-greeting-cards/722596)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-send-snail-mail-greeting-cards/722596 "2015-06-18T15:08:24Z")
Just curious how many people still send snail mail greeting cards. Select any categories that you have sent in the last 12 months (multiple choice enabled). If you send cards for secular holidays like Independence Day o… --- ## [Legal question: proving that a landlord was notified by a tenant of property issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-proving-that-a-landlord-was-notified-by-a-tenant-of-property-issues/722807)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-proving-that-a-landlord-was-notified-by-a-tenant-of-property-issues/722807 "2015-06-18T14:00:31Z")
My wife and I rent a small mobile home on a small-ish piece of land. The house is in decent enough shape and we keep it clean and tidy. However, we are running into an issue with the landlords that is, at the moment, a … --- ## [If you had to jump through a glass window or door...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-through-a-glass-window-or-door/722758)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-jump-through-a-glass-window-or-door/722758 "2015-06-18T12:57:53Z")
… what would be the optimal position to minimize injury? What would be the areas you cover with your hands/arms? --- ## [Any bets on what Rachel Dolezal is going to say tomorrow in addressing charges against her?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bets-on-what-rachel-dolezal-is-going-to-say-tomorrow-in-addressing-charges-against-her/722516)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bets-on-what-rachel-dolezal-is-going-to-say-tomorrow-in-addressing-charges-against-her/722516 "2015-06-18T12:01:17Z")
Re Rachel Dolezal she is supposed to “address” these charges Monday (tomorrow). Judging by her somewhat combative stance so far I’m interested to see what she is going to say. She (seemingly) has no maneuvering room. He… --- ## [How many shoes are under your desk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shoes-are-under-your-desk/722641)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-shoes-are-under-your-desk/722641 "2015-06-18T11:06:54Z")
I’m sure this mostly applies to the ladies here. We had the carpets cleaned at work so we had to remove everything from the floor and put them on the desks. I have 14 pairs of shoes under there! I wear most of them pret… --- ## [Does anyone know how to play "street craps"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-play-street-craps/362504)
**Author:** [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-play-street-craps/362504 "2015-06-18T01:01:02Z")
You know. . .like the guys shooting dice against a wall in an alley. A google search turns up a useless listing where the guy says, Which is pretty dumb sounding, actually. And, since the house has an edge in regular … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=893) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=895)