# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=915 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 916 --- ## [How can I get severance pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-severance-pay/719434)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-severance-pay/719434 "2015-05-07T06:41:25Z")
A few months ago, I was hired by an IT consulting agency for a big project involving upgrading every computer owned by a very large company. The consulting agency lost the contract due to a dispute. I was, and still am… --- ## [Was buying baby alligators from ads in comic books really a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-buying-baby-alligators-from-ads-in-comic-books-really-a-thing/719024)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-buying-baby-alligators-from-ads-in-comic-books-really-a-thing/719024 "2015-05-07T03:34:13Z")
I was watching an episode of the old TV show “Leave It To Beaver” where the boys ordered a baby alligator from an ad in their comic book. It arrived in a shoe-box with holes in it and they raised it until it was a coupl… --- ## [If you had to make a time machine out of a car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-make-a-time-machine-out-of-a-car/719313)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-to-make-a-time-machine-out-of-a-car/719313 "2015-05-07T02:04:45Z")
…which car would you choose? Question inspired by Back to the Future, obviously, so let’s use BttF’s time travel rules; the car has to get up to 88mph and be able to fit time circuits, cooling vents (that sucker’s nucle… --- ## [Holidays most associated with drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holidays-most-associated-with-drinking/719335 "2015-05-06T21:37:46Z")
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, a holiday largely adopted in the the US to sell tequila, pick the holidays you associate with drinking. This could be your own drinking holidays, or holidays you perceive to be drinking holida… --- ## [Can you solve this riddle? #2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle-2/719240)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle-2/719240 "2015-05-06T21:14:06Z")
Let us try this again with a slight change to the rules. This is another riddle that arose during our family weekend gathering where conundrums are always part of the fun. If you wish to post hints or spoilers that is O… --- ## [What's your opinion about the Airwheel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-about-the-airwheel/719308)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-opinion-about-the-airwheel/719308 "2015-05-06T20:06:12Z")
As I was getting off the commuter train yesterday morning, a man in a business suit seemed to be levitating down the walkway towards the train. On closer inspection, he was riding a electric single-wheeled contraption t… --- ## [Where can I post job ads for free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-post-job-ads-for-free/719410)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-post-job-ads-for-free/719410 "2015-05-06T20:03:13Z")
I’m recruiting for several part-time positions, and I’m looking for college-age applicants (currently enrolled & recent grads). I just found snagajob dot com (and posted there), and was wondering what the hot job boards … --- ## [Maryland State Police compensation is good\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maryland-state-police-compensation-is-good/718930)
**Author:** [@Fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fallen)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maryland-state-police-compensation-is-good/718930 "2015-05-06T17:47:33Z")
In fact, it’s arguably far better than it should be. As I suspect is the case with numerous LE and other agencies, the secret is that regular and overtime pay aren’t the whole income picture (never mind quite nice fring… --- ## [NYC apartment- I moved out 15 years ago, but roommate stayed- Now being evicted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-apartment-i-moved-out-15-years-ago-but-roommate-stayed-now-being-evicted/719033)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-apartment-i-moved-out-15-years-ago-but-roommate-stayed-now-being-evicted/719033 "2015-05-06T17:30:47Z")
I leased a rent stablized apartment in NYC while I was in college from 1997-2001. Mid-lease, I moved across country, with intention to return the following year, and my roommate stayed. I never returned though, and room… --- ## [Ladies: Hot or not hot when turned down for sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hot-or-not-hot-when-turned-down-for-sex/719219)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-hot-or-not-hot-when-turned-down-for-sex/719219 "2015-05-06T16:50:29Z")
So let’s just say you’re at the end of your third date (or whatever date) you and “Mr. Wonderful” are stranding on your front porch saying your goodbyes when a spontaneous make out session starts. After a few minutes of… --- ## [Leave bandage on or take it off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-bandage-on-or-take-it-off/719312)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leave-bandage-on-or-take-it-off/719312 "2015-05-06T15:43:01Z")
I was working in the yard this weekend and smashed up my finger. It didn’t require going to the doctor, but I’m never quite sure how long to leave the band-aid with polysporin on versus taking if off. After a few days n… --- ## [Why do companies keep changing software and web sites? Tinkeritis maybe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-companies-keep-changing-software-and-web-sites-tinkeritis-maybe/718935)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-companies-keep-changing-software-and-web-sites-tinkeritis-maybe/718935 "2015-05-06T15:20:42Z")
There’s an interesting thread in Mundane about the original Google Map being taken away. Forcing people to use there so called “new and improved” version. A version that’s deficient in many key features from the original… --- ## [Did Desert Storm feel like a prequel to the post-9/11 era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-desert-storm-feel-like-a-prequel-to-the-post-9-11-era/719360)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-desert-storm-feel-like-a-prequel-to-the-post-9-11-era/719360 "2015-05-06T13:39:58Z")
I know superficially it’s similar. A Bush in the White House, a war against Iraq/Saddam. In retrospect do you feel like the contemporary era of “trouble in the Middle East” began in 1990 with Desert Storm? Or was the con… --- ## [S to the e to the x yeah baby yeah \[Question about "subjectivity" of sexuality\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-to-the-e-to-the-x-yeah-baby-yeah-question-about-subjectivity-of-sexuality/719343)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/s-to-the-e-to-the-x-yeah-baby-yeah-question-about-subjectivity-of-sexuality/719343 "2015-05-06T09:31:41Z")
So is sexuality subjective or is it really beyond human control? --- ## [Experiences with skin firming / tightening treatments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-skin-firming-tightening-treatments/719366)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-skin-firming-tightening-treatments/719366 "2015-05-06T08:48:39Z")
I’m considering going to a clinic and having a non-surgical skin treatment to firm / tighten the skin on my face a smidge. However, there seems to be quite a range of options: RF, ultrasound, lasers, dermabrasion, chemi… --- ## [At what age does someone being a virgin a dealbreaker for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-does-someone-being-a-virgin-a-dealbreaker-for-you/543052)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-does-someone-being-a-virgin-a-dealbreaker-for-you/543052 "2015-05-06T07:57:56Z")
Today I saw a post secret about someone saying they were still a virgin and that they think they’ll always be one. That got me wondering, at what age would being a virgin be a deal breaker. Ok, so you meet this guy/gir… --- ## [Long term Contract job or stay in job I hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-contract-job-or-stay-in-job-i-hate/717556)
**Author:** [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-contract-job-or-stay-in-job-i-hate/717556 "2015-05-06T05:44:56Z")
I am a Policy and Procedure writer for an international bank with offices in Ny and Houston . The powers that be are carving up bits and pieces of the NY office and migrating it over to Houston. My staff has been "outso… --- ## [Identity theft and my elderly mother - need answers fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft-and-my-elderly-mother-need-answers-fast/719188)
**Author:** [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identity-theft-and-my-elderly-mother-need-answers-fast/719188 "2015-05-06T03:19:57Z")
I was having lunch with my mother today and she told me that last Monday she got a call from “the phone company” saying that her service was going to be disconnected because she did not sign the check she sent for the la… --- ## [Is Vision Loss 'Inevitable' With Type 2 Diabetes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-vision-loss-inevitable-with-type-2-diabetes/719296)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-vision-loss-inevitable-with-type-2-diabetes/719296 "2015-05-06T02:53:35Z")
First a little disclaimer. I am under a doctor’s care–several doctors in fact (more on that later). And I am presently taking medicine (Metformin 850mg) for my Type 2 Diabetes. Also, I will be seeing one of my doctors We… --- ## ["Food stamp diet challenge"... possible to fashion healthy and sufficient diet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-diet-challenge-possible-to-fashion-healthy-and-sufficient-diet/717667)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-stamp-diet-challenge-possible-to-fashion-healthy-and-sufficient-diet/717667 "2015-05-06T01:18:54Z")
As a spin off from the Gwyneth Paltrow-does-foot-stamp-diet thread, an interesting question occurred to me – is it possible to fashion a nutritionally complete and relatively healthy diet on the food stamp budget (~$29 p… --- ## [After 30 years how many people do you recognize?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-30-years-how-many-people-do-you-recognize/718707)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-30-years-how-many-people-do-you-recognize/718707 "2015-05-05T22:13:38Z")
Let’s say you meet up with someone that you knew 30 years ago in high school. What do you think are the chances you would still recognize that person? I’m just curious because I looked up some people I knew back in high… --- ## [How old do you feel right now, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-right-now-and-why/719114)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-do-you-feel-right-now-and-why/719114 "2015-05-05T21:01:17Z")
Note that the question is NOT how old you actually are. Oh, you can tell us that too, if you want, but nobody should feel obligated to. Answering my own question: right now I feel old. See, this weekend is the Beale Str… --- ## [Would you judge someone for cheating on an arranged marriage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-judge-someone-for-cheating-on-an-arranged-marriage/719244)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-judge-someone-for-cheating-on-an-arranged-marriage/719244 "2015-05-05T20:20:08Z")
Let’s say two people are joined together in an arranged marriage that neither of them wanted. Would you be judgmental if one of them cheated on their spouse? Assume they are legal adults but their culture strongly disco… --- ## [Seeing red over teacher's actions - act now, or wait till kid is out of that class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-red-over-teachers-actions-act-now-or-wait-till-kid-is-out-of-that-class/719107)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-red-over-teachers-actions-act-now-or-wait-till-kid-is-out-of-that-class/719107 "2015-05-05T17:58:18Z")
We’ve been having issues with this teacher for most of the year, but now she just took the cake. My question is whether to meet with the principal now or at the end of the year? Now means my kid is either stuck in this … --- ## [Semantically, is there an alternative term for 'meaning' of life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semantically-is-there-an-alternative-term-for-meaning-of-life/719199)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semantically-is-there-an-alternative-term-for-meaning-of-life/719199 "2015-05-05T16:56:20Z")
From an evolutionary point of view the ‘purpose’ of life is to engage in behaviors that provide survival benefits in a particular environment via mutations which leads to higher survival and reproduction rates. However t… --- ## [Most Painful Condition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-painful-condition/718612)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-painful-condition/718612 "2015-05-05T04:31:11Z")
Any ideas on what the most painful condition is? In terms of intensity duration - not that there is any scale. I’ll kick off with two that I know from personal experience rank up there Full blown gout in the knee - r… --- ## [Defense lawyers - average sentence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-lawyers-average-sentence/719237)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-lawyers-average-sentence/719237 "2015-05-05T02:35:18Z")
Pretty much every day you can read about someone who was arrested & the press loves to add this line at the end of the article. “If convicted of all charges s/he may spend up to eleventy-trazillion month/years in prison.… --- ## [Privacy fence installation problem, need answer fast-ish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-fence-installation-problem-need-answer-fast-ish/719123)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/privacy-fence-installation-problem-need-answer-fast-ish/719123 "2015-05-05T02:19:40Z")
I want to put up a single 6-foot panel of composite fence, the kind where a composite sleeve fits over the 4x4 wooden posts. So, I bought everything I need, ready to roll, and the dang sleeve will not fit over the 4x4. … --- ## [Heir to car and trailer I don't want. Your aren't my lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-to-car-and-trailer-i-dont-want-your-arent-my-lawyer/719196)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heir-to-car-and-trailer-i-dont-want-your-arent-my-lawyer/719196 "2015-05-04T21:15:38Z")
I recognize you aren’t my lawyer. My wife’s sister died recently, and we find out the car is titled “sisters name tod wife’s name” and the trashy mobile home is titled “sisters name & wife’s name”. We don’t want either… --- ## [Can you solve this riddle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle/719181)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-solve-this-riddle/719181 "2015-05-04T20:02:35Z")
Can you solve the riddle from the information given? No outside help or googling allowed. Please no hints or spoilers until the poll closes. Comments that do not give away the solution are quite welcome. Only three famil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=914) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=916)