# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=929 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 930 --- ## [Entice My Child to Give Up Training Wheels!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entice-my-child-to-give-up-training-wheels/716890)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entice-my-child-to-give-up-training-wheels/716890 "2015-04-06T20:18:07Z")
OK, that’s today’s topic! Now, go to it. …Well, I should add my son is 9 years old with many unfounded fears. How do I even get him to try? Recently, his Cub Scout den did an activity on bike riding. I was tempted t… --- ## [How much does lawn fixing cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-lawn-fixing-cost/716715)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-lawn-fixing-cost/716715 "2015-04-06T17:55:46Z")
I realize this will be hard for anyone to give an accurate number on, but here is the deal. I Bought a house a couple years ago, and the lawn was a mess. Plants, trees all kinds of crap all over the place edgings and r… --- ## [What OTC drugs are in your travel kit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-otc-drugs-are-in-your-travel-kit/716640)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-otc-drugs-are-in-your-travel-kit/716640 "2015-04-06T17:53:13Z")
I travel regularly and I take an anti-histamine (being prone to allergies) mostly, Allegra and an asprin or paracetamol type painkiller. What about you and why? No prescription medicine please, unless its taken only du… --- ## [Super-hero fantasy time again! Would you rather be Ultra Boy or Storm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-hero-fantasy-time-again-would-you-rather-be-ultra-boy-or-storm/716433)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-hero-fantasy-time-again-would-you-rather-be-ultra-boy-or-storm/716433 "2015-04-06T17:05:14Z")
So I’m feeling much better now, strong enough to torture you hosers with the usual ridiculous hypothetical. People who don’t like these should, I dunno, start a thread about the NBA tournament or something. Anywho … for… --- ## [Should I get a battery-powered mower?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-battery-powered-mower/716936)
**Author:** [@get\_lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/get_lives)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-battery-powered-mower/716936 "2015-04-06T17:01:38Z")
There are several available, and are all more-or-less well-reviewed. my lawn is not big, only about 140x40 feet. I just moved in, but the grass doesn’t look like it’s too tough. I’m willing to get a gas mower, but I don’… --- ## [What order would you put these two adjectives in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-would-you-put-these-two-adjectives-in/716520)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-order-would-you-put-these-two-adjectives-in/716520 "2015-04-06T15:39:20Z")
My son bought a book as his school’s book fair, and naturally I’ve been reading it to him. There’s a word order in the book that I keep tripping over, because to me those two adjectives should be placed in the opposite o… --- ## [i have a metal nail enterd now in my foot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079)
**Author:** [@riaz201080](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riaz201080)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-metal-nail-enterd-now-in-my-foot/713079 "2015-04-06T15:26:21Z")
A metal nail entered in my foot, it was bleeding for 4 minutes, but i put spirits and pressed by thread , what should i do with, is it danger…? It my Cause Cancer or any other disease .?:confused: --- ## [I have a friend moving to NYC. Where should he live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-moving-to-nyc-where-should-he-live/716626)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-friend-moving-to-nyc-where-should-he-live/716626 "2015-04-06T12:45:27Z")
A friend of mine just got a job in NYC. This is a very important opportunity for him. One problem he’s facing is that his is a single-income family with two adults and four kids. (I know I’ve described my own family as … --- ## [Short Term Disability - California](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-term-disability-california/716817)
**Author:** [@DP\_in\_LA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DP_in_LA)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-term-disability-california/716817 "2015-04-06T03:52:03Z")
I have researched to the brink and am stumped so I’m turning to SDMB. I was laid off in 12/13. During my 15 months of employment they deducted SDI from my pay checks. I was on unemployment for a few months and then de… --- ## [What’s a good gift to bring back from France? (Need answer sorta fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-good-gift-to-bring-back-from-france-need-answer-sorta-fast/715986)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-a-good-gift-to-bring-back-from-france-need-answer-sorta-fast/715986 "2015-04-06T03:26:28Z")
Since I started picking y’alls brains about Charlotte, I’m going to continue by asking opinions on what would be a quintessentially French gift to bring back via air. Background: My husband is a teacher and he and anoth… --- ## [What would happen if drugs, prostitution and gambling were legalized?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-drugs-prostitution-and-gambling-were-legalized/716886)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-drugs-prostitution-and-gambling-were-legalized/716886 "2015-04-06T03:05:17Z")
What would happen, in particular to the various mafias and organized crime in general? What would they trade in? How would they continue to make a living? --- ## [Why do people keep decades-old food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-keep-decades-old-food/714509)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-keep-decades-old-food/714509 "2015-04-06T01:24:28Z")
I was helping my grandmother clean her kitchen today, and found a lot of cookies, crackers, and condiments that were very old. Some even dated back to the 50s! All day i had to ask things like “How long was this box o… --- ## [Is World Peace possible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-world-peace-possible/716851)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-world-peace-possible/716851 "2015-04-06T01:07:35Z")
People often talk about “Wishing for world peace”. Is it possible for us to have world peace, and if so, what would need to be done for it to happen? --- ## [Rear bumper got scratched up bad in the parking lot--Should I follow up on the license plate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rear-bumper-got-scratched-up-bad-in-the-parking-lot-should-i-follow-up-on-the-license-plate/716912)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rear-bumper-got-scratched-up-bad-in-the-parking-lot-should-i-follow-up-on-the-license-plate/716912 "2015-04-06T00:01:00Z")
I came out of the grocery store today and found a note on my windshield. Someone witnessed a car bashing into my rear bumper and jotted down the license plate. The left corner of the bumper is badly scratched and crack… --- ## [Do you wordnik?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wordnik/716842)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-wordnik/716842 "2015-04-05T22:07:45Z")
Do you use wordnik? If so, do you find this to be a useful resource? --- ## [Help my wife name her tie-dye vending business!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-name-her-tie-dye-vending-business/716180)
**Author:** [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-name-her-tie-dye-vending-business/716180 "2015-04-05T20:01:20Z")
Hey everybody! My wife is a very talented tie-dye artist, and she’s looking for a name for her fledgling vendor business. She’s going to do her first festival vending this summer but needs a good name first. She’s h… --- ## ["I'm an atheist"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-atheist/716700)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-atheist/716700 "2015-04-05T16:09:18Z")
Last night, at my son’s soccer practice, one of his teammates asked, “are you Jewish?” or something to that effect. I guess he said, “No, I’m an atheist.” At that point, his coach stepped in to explain to him and every… --- ## [Dammit! I've lost 18lbs, how come my belly doesn't look any smaller?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-ive-lost-18lbs-how-come-my-belly-doesnt-look-any-smaller/716630)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-ive-lost-18lbs-how-come-my-belly-doesnt-look-any-smaller/716630 "2015-04-05T14:11:16Z")
Is it because I see myself everyday which makes it harder for me to notice? Or is it basically: stomach fat is the most stubborn fat there is, therefore, last to go? I weighed in today at 200.6lbs, so it’s not like I’m… --- ## ["Don't date or marry a man in hopes that you'll change him"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-date-or-marry-a-man-in-hopes-that-youll-change-him/716391)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-date-or-marry-a-man-in-hopes-that-youll-change-him/716391 "2015-04-05T14:03:06Z")
The conventional advice to women is, “Don’t date or marry a man in hopes that you’ll change him, because it won’t happen”, but have any of you anecdotally experienced just that - a woman dating or marrying a man in hopes… --- ## [I'm going to Paris from NYC and the dollar is so strong. What should I buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-paris-from-nyc-and-the-dollar-is-so-strong-what-should-i-buy/716871)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-paris-from-nyc-and-the-dollar-is-so-strong-what-should-i-buy/716871 "2015-04-05T13:28:54Z")
See subject. I don’t really understand these things; I know/remember that much French wine, for example, was cheaper in the USA 10 years ago when I was there, so perhaps now it’s almost even. (It’s still not worth it to … --- ## [What's Up With Beauty Moles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-beauty-moles/716555)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-beauty-moles/716555 "2015-04-05T11:37:37Z")
When someone has a mole near their mouth, why don’t they just have it removed for maybe a few hundred dollars? I’ve had a couple moles removed, but a lot of people such as Cindy Crawford keep a “distinctive” mole because… --- ## [Crazy people will do crazy things.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-people-will-do-crazy-things/716791)
**Author:** [@kaltkalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaltkalt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-people-will-do-crazy-things/716791 "2015-04-05T10:09:07Z")
Crazy people will always do crazy things. By definition. You can’t stop it. You can’t prevent it from happening. It’s part of living in a society with other people - a certain percentage of them are crazy, and a cert… --- ## [If you created a sock on SDMB, what would it do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-created-a-sock-on-sdmb-what-would-it-do/716499)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-created-a-sock-on-sdmb-what-would-it-do/716499 "2015-04-05T07:41:56Z")
In the spirit of the day, this made me think about socks on SDMB. If you were to create a sock, what would it do or say? Argue with yourself in GD? Agree with yourself? Insult the mods? Ask all the questions you were t… --- ## [Job offer: am I wrong for being leery about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-am-i-wrong-for-being-leery-about-this/716056)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-offer-am-i-wrong-for-being-leery-about-this/716056 "2015-04-05T05:55:51Z")
Okay, so last night I get my currently unemployed (except for an outside contracting gig that doesn’t pay all my bills) home to find a message on my answering machine from about 7 pm — a barely comprehensible one due to … --- ## [Dating & Courtship Survey Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-courtship-survey-questions/716767)
**Author:** [@Umbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Umbridge)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-courtship-survey-questions/716767 "2015-04-05T04:20:47Z")
I have a couple of survey questions about the dating process, wherever you live. These questions may be personal, so if you are uncomfortable with answering any one of them, you may skip a particular question or ignore t… --- ## [Confronting an elderly parent about spending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confronting-an-elderly-parent-about-spending/716754)
**Author:** [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confronting-an-elderly-parent-about-spending/716754 "2015-04-05T02:14:21Z")
Hi everybody: I don’t post here often, but I do read almost daily. I hope to get advice from people not emotionally invested a difficult situation. Basically, my brothers and I help to support our elderly mother (One … --- ## [The noon whistle: Did you grow up with one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noon-whistle-did-you-grow-up-with-one/666516)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-noon-whistle-did-you-grow-up-with-one/666516 "2015-04-05T00:52:31Z")
I was pottering around outside today, when I heard the noon whistle go off, in the village about 3 miles away. It sounds every Monday thru Saturday, right at (you guessed it) noon. It gave me pause to contemplate the … --- ## [Garnier "garbage"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garnier-garbage/716802)
**Author:** [@ardvaark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ardvaark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garnier-garbage/716802 "2015-04-04T21:37:10Z")
I just tried a bottle of Garnier Hair Spray for the first time , and I must say this crap is no different than massaging Silicone Tub Caulk into your hair !! The next morning I tried to brush/comb my hair and it felt li… --- ## [Tell me about Washington, DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-washington-dc/713739)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-washington-dc/713739 "2015-04-04T18:31:00Z")
My wife and I will be visiting our Nation’s Capitol for the week of March 16-20. We want to see the sights and have some fun. We will be traveling on a budget. The last time I was there, I was around 10 years old. My… --- ## [Cat-proofing a window](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-proofing-a-window/716567)
**Author:** [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-proofing-a-window/716567 "2015-04-04T14:59:49Z")
Okay I need some ideas from you smart folks. Now that the weather is getting nicer my windows are open more… and my 6 month old (and already 8 pounds) kitten likes to pounce on the screens at the bugs. He’ll be BIG when … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=928) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=930)