# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=923 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 924 --- ## [Advice needed - Canadian retirement holiday for my parents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-canadian-retirement-holiday-for-my-parents/718033)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-canadian-retirement-holiday-for-my-parents/718033 "2015-04-19T19:08:29Z")
As it says in the title, my dad retires next year and he has previously stated that he would like to take a holiday to Canada. My mum isn’t big on cruises so there would have to be more to the holiday than just that. I … --- ## [What makes stuff look old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-stuff-look-old/216731)
**Author:** [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-stuff-look-old/216731 "2015-04-19T18:26:02Z")
This question is hard to explain – so bear with me. What is it about antique objects or photos that makes them instantly recognizable as antique. For example I’m walking down the street and see a car like none I’ve eve… --- ## [Is there any real difference between OTC topical pain relievers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-difference-between-otc-topical-pain-relievers/718053)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-real-difference-between-otc-topical-pain-relievers/718053 "2015-04-19T18:07:01Z")
The ingredients are usually just menthol and/or methylsalicylate. The only difference seems to be the concentrations and the application method (patches, gel, cream, spray, etc). Does it matter which one you get? Is the… --- ## [Vice and The Young Turks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-and-the-young-turks/717885)
**Author:** [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vice-and-the-young-turks/717885 "2015-04-19T05:52:11Z")
I have been watching/reading these news blogs/videos and while I don’t see any obvious biases, I am wondering what others think of their quality? Vice appears to be mostly foreign news and TYT local and political news. … --- ## [Help! Painful skin rash. (I'm a fun guy)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-painful-skin-rash-im-a-fun-guy/717754)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-painful-skin-rash-im-a-fun-guy/717754 "2015-04-19T04:42:41Z")
You are not my doctor. I am not you patience. I have a raging yeast infection on my chest, under my moobs. I saw my dermatologist on Monday. She has prescribed oral medication, a topical cream (econazole nitrate) as we… --- ## [What color is my cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-my-cat/717718)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-is-my-cat/717718 "2015-04-19T04:39:44Z")
My cat Gecko is a little of everything: at a quick glance she is a mackeral tabby, but she has the cream/orange/amber markings of a tortoiseshell as well. I recently found that cats that are both tortoise and tabby are … --- ## [Will the FL postal worker's gyrocopter capital lawn landing stunt be effective?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fl-postal-workers-gyrocopter-capital-lawn-landing-stunt-be-effective/717783)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-fl-postal-workers-gyrocopter-capital-lawn-landing-stunt-be-effective/717783 "2015-04-19T04:19:46Z")
He claims that he had planned for a year and it’s purpose is to bring greater attention to the need for campaign finance reform. So do you think it will be effective, or will he be viewed as a nut and things will rock o… --- ## [Dicussion on this Pure Peace Solution to Terrorism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicussion-on-this-pure-peace-solution-to-terrorism/717891)
**Author:** [@bananamber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bananamber)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicussion-on-this-pure-peace-solution-to-terrorism/717891 "2015-04-19T03:38:24Z")
While drinking and smoking I was thinking about peace negotiations with extremists/terrorists. Specifically Islamic terrorists. Such as the current peace talks between President Ghani’s Afghanistan and the Taliban. Basi… --- ## [Cheap telescopes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-telescopes/718022)
**Author:** [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheap-telescopes/718022 "2015-04-19T03:31:11Z")
I was in Barnes & Noble earlier today, and I saw this telescope– http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/toys-games-smithsonian-telescope-with-tabletop-tripod/22448475?ean=42409222423 (40mm telescope with interchangeable 25x a… --- ## [Suggest a Humorous Euphemism (kid-friendly too, please!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-humorous-euphemism-kid-friendly-too-please/717861 "2015-04-19T03:30:28Z")
OH great and powerful denizens of the hive mind; I come to you for assistance! Celtling has a new caretaker at her Dad’s house, who uses the name “Jesus” to express all manner of emotion from gratitude to frustration an… --- ## [What to do in Wisconsin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-wisconsin/717736)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-wisconsin/717736 "2015-04-19T02:31:14Z")
My wife and I are kicking around ideas for a summer vacation. We live in the suburban Detroit area. Last summer we took the kids to the Upper Peninsula (Pictured Rocks, Grand Island areas). This summer my wife wants to g… --- ## [Booking concert at lesbian bar, potentially lots of straight male patrons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booking-concert-at-lesbian-bar-potentially-lots-of-straight-male-patrons/717545)
**Author:** [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/booking-concert-at-lesbian-bar-potentially-lots-of-straight-male-patrons/717545 "2015-04-19T01:14:36Z")
I’m in a band, and we just played our second gig last night. We’re all pretty excited, and now it seems that if we can throw together a show for the ninth of May, that would be excellent, and here’s why: A friend of mine… --- ## [Tell me about living in Charlotte, N.C.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-charlotte-n-c/717876)
**Author:** [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-in-charlotte-n-c/717876 "2015-04-19T01:07:54Z")
My husband has had a job offer. Very promising, pretty lucrative (salary is more than what he makes now plus what I make now). We are going down there at the end of the month to check out the site plus look around, but t… --- ## [why do people feel the need to proclaim how uncaring they are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-feel-the-need-to-proclaim-how-uncaring-they-are/717902)
**Author:** [@azurill33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/azurill33)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-feel-the-need-to-proclaim-how-uncaring-they-are/717902 "2015-04-19T00:36:18Z")
I notice a certain trend in forums whenever a celebrity dies. There’s always at least one person to go into a r.i.p thread dedicated to that Celebrity and loudly proclaim how they don’t care about the celeb and how p… --- ## [My Fence with the neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fence-with-the-neighbors/717958)
**Author:** [@nilesriver2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nilesriver2)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fence-with-the-neighbors/717958 "2015-04-18T22:31:38Z")
My fence is just over 100 feet long. I have two neighbors behind me. For two years now I have watched them battle over their broken fence…pushing and tying it from one side and then the other. It never bothered me to… --- ## [Looking for a flat Thermos / vacuum flask](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-flat-thermos-vacuum-flask/717980)
**Author:** [@ToughLife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToughLife)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-flat-thermos-vacuum-flask/717980 "2015-04-18T21:39:25Z")
Does such a thing exist ? Need one for drinks (not food) to keep them cold or hot. All I could find are round which is not convenient to carry in a flattish bag. Gone trough all links on the first page … no joy. --- ## [Who is crushing on you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-crushing-on-you/717610)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-crushing-on-you/717610 "2015-04-18T16:22:38Z")
This thread got me thinking about crushes and unrequited love and such, so let me ask: do you know who has a crush on you? In my case yes. There’s a developmentally disabled woman who visits the children’s department o… --- ## [Commonly Misunderstood/Misused Words or Phrases](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonly-misunderstood-misused-words-or-phrases/335922)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Replies:** 165\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commonly-misunderstood-misused-words-or-phrases/335922 "2015-04-18T13:38:32Z")
It occured to me that I should put together a list of commonly misused or misunderstood words or phrases to hand out to my class. What prompted this were the ones I seem always to be running across: Immaculate Concepti… --- ## [Bikram yoga](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikram-yoga/647646)
**Author:** [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bikram-yoga/647646 "2013-08-24T08:28:23Z")
Does anyone have any experience with Bikram (“hot”) yoga? I’d like to hear what you thought/think about it. There’s a studio down the street and I am intrigued. I haven’t particularly loved yoga before, but this at leas… --- ## [NY Army National Guard unit in Whitestone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-army-national-guard-unit-in-whitestone/717872)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-army-national-guard-unit-in-whitestone/717872 "2015-04-18T04:23:53Z")
Hi everyone I’m trying to find out if the unit that is in Whitestone NY is still there or was it disbanded? I ask because I can’t seem to find any listing of it online. --- ## [How much do you really "harm" web sites with adblocker software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-really-harm-web-sites-with-adblocker-software/717496)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-really-harm-web-sites-with-adblocker-software/717496 "2015-04-18T03:30:32Z")
I just got a “friendly reminder” at one of my usual haunts to disable my adblocker software to “help” the website in question… It seems like the debate here often devolves into a chicken-and-egg kind of debate. If I am… --- ## [Do you have a negative reaction to white guys with shaved heads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-negative-reaction-to-white-guys-with-shaved-heads/717917)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-negative-reaction-to-white-guys-with-shaved-heads/717917 "2015-04-18T02:48:02Z")
A few years back I shaved my head for giggles. It was something I’d always wanted to try, so I said what the hell. Some folks liked it, and my mom said I looked like an escaped convict. It was a rainy and cold season, so… --- ## [Scenic drives along the Missippi river?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenic-drives-along-the-missippi-river/717903)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenic-drives-along-the-missippi-river/717903 "2015-04-17T23:37:01Z")
I’ve decided I’d like to drive along it for a while and see what there is to see. With a Madison starting point, if I head straight west I’ll hit the River at Prairie du Chien. But I could head northwest or southwest t… --- ## [I'm considering buying an acupressure mat/spike mat. Any opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-considering-buying-an-acupressure-mat-spike-mat-any-opinions/503729)
**Author:** [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-considering-buying-an-acupressure-mat-spike-mat-any-opinions/503729 "2015-04-17T23:29:35Z")
It’s all the rage here in Sweden right now - the acupressure mat, also known as spike mat or bed of nails. There’s a number of different models, but the principle is the same: a plastic mat with 4000-8000 plastic spikes.… --- ## [So...were there actually WMDs in Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-there-actually-wmds-in-iraq/717930)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-were-there-actually-wmds-in-iraq/717930 "2015-04-17T21:26:24Z")
I keep coming across a meme, popular in conservative commentary: the New York Times reported last year that there were actual WMDs found in Iraq. The mainstream media (apparently, excluding the Times) are trying to bury… --- ## [6th grade drama - looking for advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-grade-drama-looking-for-advice/717853)
**Author:** [@baileygrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baileygrrrl)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6th-grade-drama-looking-for-advice/717853 "2015-04-17T19:57:03Z")
My 11 year old daughter is a lovely, friendly, funny, smart and compassionate girl. She’s not cool though. She’s a self proclaimed “nerd” and tomboy and really has no interest in the things that her peers are into - boy… --- ## [Best way to trim nose hairs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-trim-nose-hairs/717723 "2015-04-17T17:42:52Z")
I, of course, hate the tickling sensation when a hair grows enough to brush against a nasal wall, but how best to deal with it? I’ve used cuticle scissors, but they can poke if you’re not careful, and I’d hate to introd… --- ## [Best Way to Troubleshoot a Home Network - local experts, like electricians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-troubleshoot-a-home-network-local-experts-like-electricians/717845)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-troubleshoot-a-home-network-local-experts-like-electricians/717845 "2015-04-17T11:46:11Z")
We have issues with our home wireless network. Some may be due to issues with our provider, Verizon FiOS, but there appear to be issues with how various components are hooked up, too – e.g., printers, router boosters, e… --- ## [Young Louis CK, hot or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-louis-ck-hot-or-not/717562 "2015-04-17T06:53:18Z")
What do people think? --- ## [Why were ancient Greek men bisexual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-ancient-greek-men-bisexual/717415)
**Author:** [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-ancient-greek-men-bisexual/717415 "2015-04-17T06:05:40Z")
I’m assuming it was the norm or at least, commonplace. Along with that, how much did that culture transplant to Romans? Were ancient Greek women likewise bisexual? When did the norm die out (or did it?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=922) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=924)