# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=940 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 941 --- ## [Boston Public Transportation help needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-public-transportation-help-needed/715012)
**Author:** [@cncdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cncdad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boston-public-transportation-help-needed/715012 "2015-03-15T20:53:14Z")
I am looking at vacationing in Boston this summer. We plan on staying out in the suburbs to save money. What I am looking to find out is where would be a good, safe location to stay that is near a rail line so we could t… --- ## [Do you want your milk in a bag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-your-milk-in-a-bag/714510)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-your-milk-in-a-bag/714510 "2015-03-15T19:48:00Z")
Like all of you, I’ve been asked by grocery baggers if I want my milk in a bag more times than I can count. I’ve never in my life said yes when buying a half gallon or gallon container. Some people must say yes, though, … --- ## [Do you know how to tow a car/be towed in a car with a tow line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-tow-a-car-be-towed-in-a-car-with-a-tow-line/714382)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-how-to-tow-a-car-be-towed-in-a-car-with-a-tow-line/714382 "2015-03-15T17:58:21Z")
I just saw a car being towed by a line go by the house. Seemed a bit fast, and they were headed for the hill down to the beach. Do you know how to tow a car, or be towed in a car, with a tow line? My first cars being … --- ## [Why are there so many bad kids in high school and why don't a lot of kids like me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-bad-kids-in-high-school-and-why-dont-a-lot-of-kids-like-me/714855)
**Author:** [@Cathy967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cathy967)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-so-many-bad-kids-in-high-school-and-why-dont-a-lot-of-kids-like-me/714855 "2015-03-15T17:52:45Z")
I’m a junior and the whole school year I’ve had to put up with a lot of kids who steal, cuss, start fights, break things, scream, bring drugs, scare other people, and back stab each other, and I’m just really tired of al… --- ## [Outrageous (or at least interesting) policy/law/rule loopholes that you have encountered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-or-at-least-interesting-policy-law-rule-loopholes-that-you-have-encountered/714736)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-or-at-least-interesting-policy-law-rule-loopholes-that-you-have-encountered/714736 "2015-03-15T17:29:08Z")
A loophole, of course, is an unanticipated (usually) effect of imperfections in written or otherwise established rules, where one is able to follow the letter of the law while violating its spirit and/or the intended pur… --- ## [Freedom Mortgage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-mortgage/714932)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-mortgage/714932 "2015-03-15T02:55:53Z")
Would anyone care to share their experiences with Freedom Mortgage? They have offered us a lower rate. --- ## [Are there any stereotypes which you resemble/match?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-stereotypes-which-you-resemble-match/714612)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-stereotypes-which-you-resemble-match/714612 "2015-03-15T02:09:03Z")
I’m an Asian man in my 20s who wears glasses and very much resembles the “Asian nerd/geek” stereotype. I don’t know much about math or science and didn’t study engineering in college, but somehow happen to know enough tr… --- ## [Maybe I should end a friendship.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-should-end-a-friendship/714788)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-i-should-end-a-friendship/714788 "2015-03-15T00:38:07Z")
It’s this guy again: He quit asking me to cuddle with him, but he’s annoying on so many other levels. Here are some of his shitty qualities; Although he doesn’t consider himself a 9/11 “Truther”, he basically is. H… --- ## [Is Stephen Pinker a libertarian/conservative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stephen-pinker-a-libertarian-conservative/714960)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-stephen-pinker-a-libertarian-conservative/714960 "2015-03-14T23:58:55Z")
His concept about the decline of violence seems really similar to the conservative idea of history ending with the fall of the Berlin Wall. Is he a conservative in the Ron Paul type sense, does he think the free market i… --- ## [In an accident while delivering pizza. Should I say that I was working when I make my claim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-accident-while-delivering-pizza-should-i-say-that-i-was-working-when-i-make-my-claim/713650)
**Author:** [@samhandwich22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samhandwich22)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-accident-while-delivering-pizza-should-i-say-that-i-was-working-when-i-make-my-claim/713650 "2015-03-14T19:00:07Z")
First off, I saw a post here similar to my plight. However the big thing to note with my situation is that I was NOT at fault so I am hoping for some advice specific to that fact. While delivering pizza for Dominos, ano… --- ## [Promposal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promposal/714889)
**Author:** [@jlange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlange)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/promposal/714889 "2015-03-14T18:46:27Z")
I want to ask the girl I like to prom and we are going out to eat and ice skating for her birthday. I figured it would be a good time to ask her because we will be alone. I bought a heart necklace with diamonds and I was… --- ## [What is the one thing (broadly defined) that you would not want to live without?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-thing-broadly-defined-that-you-would-not-want-to-live-without/714801)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-one-thing-broadly-defined-that-you-would-not-want-to-live-without/714801 "2015-03-14T18:39:51Z")
My sister surprised me with this question on her last visit (well, not a huge surprise, since she had her answer ready, which is her relationship with God), and it caused me to think long and hard. My answer was my abil… --- ## [Bristol England - tourism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bristol-england-tourism/709341)
**Author:** [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bristol-england-tourism/709341 "2015-03-14T18:05:53Z")
I and a couple of friends will be in Bristol England for a day in early March. Does anyone know what sorts of things we could do to amuse ourselves? We’d probably be there from about 10am to 5pm, and are interested in … --- ## [Is the West the poorest part of America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-the-poorest-part-of-america/701429)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-west-the-poorest-part-of-america/701429 "2015-03-14T17:28:16Z")
When you consider the high cost of living, the lack of modern housing and air conditioning, extremely large homeless populations, the poor economy outside of Seattle and the Bay Area and the fact California has more pove… --- ## [What is your Doper status/label?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-doper-status-label/714874)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-doper-status-label/714874 "2015-03-14T16:51:26Z")
Guest here of course; during pay to post I was a member, so a lapsed member too. Note the two categories for lapsed Charter Members. --- ## [Do you think pets know static shock is not a deliberate act from their humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-pets-know-static-shock-is-not-a-deliberate-act-from-their-humans/714784)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-pets-know-static-shock-is-not-a-deliberate-act-from-their-humans/714784 "2015-03-14T05:12:25Z")
So the other day, cat walks up to me. I stuck my hand out so he could smell it (He has to smell your hand before he will allow you to pet him. Cats is weird). When he went to smell my hand, he got a static shock to his n… --- ## [Pre-School Science Projects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-school-science-projects/714845)
**Author:** [@SJL4041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJL4041)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-school-science-projects/714845 "2015-03-14T05:12:08Z")
If you google “pre-k science projects” you will get 100 billion hits. As I am slowly sorting through those suggestions, I wondered if any of you had recently done a pre-k science project or seen one that looked cool. Th… --- ## [experiences being or hiring a celebrity lookalike/impersonator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-being-or-hiring-a-celebrity-lookalike-impersonator/714774)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-being-or-hiring-a-celebrity-lookalike-impersonator/714774 "2015-03-14T01:47:44Z")
I’m a slim, middle-aged, white guy, with a lined face, and squarish wire-rimmed glasses. My resting face is a bit of a scowl. When I shave my head and wear a goatee, which is about 1/2 of the year, people constantly te… --- ## [When brushing your teeth...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-brushing-your-teeth/714900)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-brushing-your-teeth/714900 "2015-03-14T00:19:12Z")
…how do you rinse? Or do you rinse at all? Somehow I got into a discussion of tooth brushing habits. After I brush, I always use a little cup (usually a Dixie cup) and rinse my mouth out. A friend thought that was wast… --- ## [Consolidate Your Debt! Call NOW!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consolidate-your-debt-call-now/714394)
**Author:** [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consolidate-your-debt-call-now/714394 "2015-03-14T00:14:00Z")
Mods: there may be a factual answer to this, and any actual facts anyone can provide will be welcome, but I think I’m going to get more personal experiences than hard facts, so I chose to open this in IMHO. If I’m wrong,… --- ## [Hillary supporters or fencesitters: Do you care about her email "problem"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-supporters-or-fencesitters-do-you-care-about-her-email-problem/714150)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hillary-supporters-or-fencesitters-do-you-care-about-her-email-problem/714150 "2015-03-13T22:08:48Z")
There’s a news story in the current cycle about Hillary Clinton apparently only using her private email, not gov’t email, while Sec. of State. Her camp says she did nothing illegal or improper (not an exact quote). Meanw… --- ## [How much bandwidth do you need?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-bandwidth-do-you-need/714783)
**Author:** [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Do_Not_Taunt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-bandwidth-do-you-need/714783 "2015-03-13T16:39:02Z")
Comcast increased their baseline plan in the Seattle area from 25 megabits to 50 a while back, and while I don’t have to pay them any more for that, I do need to upgrade my modem. As far as I’ve been able to tell, I don… --- ## [How do you feel about the metric system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-metric-system/713115)
**Author:** [@iljitsch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iljitsch)\ **Replies:** 223\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-the-metric-system/713115 "2015-03-13T16:00:02Z")
I’m watching an episode of Aircrash Investigation, and I find it strange that a program produced in Canada about a crash in Canada is narrated with Fahrenheit and miles, even though the military in the reenactments talk … --- ## [Insulin Pumps: Preferred Brand for Children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulin-pumps-preferred-brand-for-children/714863)
**Author:** [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulin-pumps-preferred-brand-for-children/714863 "2015-03-13T03:15:36Z")
No. 2 Simmerson just “celebrated” his first anniversary as a Type 1 Diabetic. He is 8 years old. The “honeymoon phase” is almost over, and at his recent follow-up, it was indicated that he might be ready for a pump soon.… --- ## [Anyone else experiencing Amazon tracking weirdness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-experiencing-amazon-tracking-weirdness/714443)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-experiencing-amazon-tracking-weirdness/714443 "2015-03-13T02:59:11Z")
In the last couple of weeks, we’ve gotten tracking info from Amazon that seems to indicate they have developed time travel. F’rinstance, I ordered an item on March 4, and even though it was eligible for free two-day shi… --- ## [Who here celebrates March 8?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-celebrates-march-8/714267 "2015-03-13T02:45:08Z")
Deliberatly obscure title because am starting to think that lots of westerners don’t know the significance of the date. ( I don’t want give out clues) and want to know who knows the significance of the date But if you d… --- ## [need landscaping for dogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-landscaping-for-dogs/714827)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-landscaping-for-dogs/714827 "2015-03-13T00:26:39Z")
from past posting experiences, I know folks don’t always read the OP carefully so let me just bold the main points. I live in high desert - hot in summer, cold in winter, dry all the time. I have 3 old dogs. landlady … --- ## [Work Dilemma: Told to hire the boss's pet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-dilemma-told-to-hire-the-bosss-pet/714649)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-dilemma-told-to-hire-the-bosss-pet/714649 "2015-03-12T22:26:41Z")
Background: I’ve recently been given a team at work. 4 headcount, two of which are filled, two of which are open and need to be hired. Team is based in CA. 2 weeks ago I interviewed an internal candidate. It was a 3… --- ## [Foreclosure on rental property or go into unsecured debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreclosure-on-rental-property-or-go-into-unsecured-debt/714293)
**Author:** [@nate\_cro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate_cro)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreclosure-on-rental-property-or-go-into-unsecured-debt/714293 "2015-03-12T21:40:26Z")
Hello, I’m new on this forum but I’m looking for some advice. We have a very small rental property that we have been trying to sell for almost 3 years now. It’s too small for most people (900 square feet or so), so many… --- ## [Apple Watch's 18 hour battery life is FAIL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watchs-18-hour-battery-life-is-fail/714671)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-watchs-18-hour-battery-life-is-fail/714671 "2015-03-12T21:17:01Z")
I love Apple’s products. I think they are easy to use, do what they say they will, and are aesthetically pleasing like no other tech manufacturer’s products. But an 18 hour battery life is not enough and relegates, for… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=939) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=941)