# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=942 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 943 --- ## [Your beloved has been kidnapped. Do you pay the ransom or call the police?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beloved-has-been-kidnapped-do-you-pay-the-ransom-or-call-the-police/714154)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-beloved-has-been-kidnapped-do-you-pay-the-ransom-or-call-the-police/714154 "2015-03-10T00:03:09Z")
Okay, it’s good news/bad news time. The good news is that you’ve won the lottery, and in a big way. The one-time payout after taxes are is something like $196,961,169.13. The money has been safely deposited in your acco… --- ## [Advice Needed for Graduating Son who chose Marines but now second guessing...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-for-graduating-son-who-chose-marines-but-now-second-guessing/714500)
**Author:** [@Motherof3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motherof3)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-for-graduating-son-who-chose-marines-but-now-second-guessing/714500 "2015-03-09T21:35:01Z")
Help!!! My son has 4 months left of High School…last fall he chose to become a Marine!! I was very proud and 110% supportive, my husband supported him but made him work for our consent as he was still 17. My husband had … --- ## [Kids, allowances, and lessons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-allowances-and-lessons/714525)
**Author:** [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-allowances-and-lessons/714525 "2015-03-09T17:53:18Z")
Our daughter is six, and for the last year or so we’ve been giving her a weekly allowance. We have been, for the most part, letting her choose what she wants to buy (exceptions being things that are unsafe, messy, or unh… --- ## [word trick- XY's are Z but ZY's are X](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-trick-xys-are-z-but-zys-are-x/714518)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-trick-xys-are-z-but-zys-are-x/714518 "2015-03-09T04:30:16Z")
Is there a name for this kind of word trick? Park on the driveway, drive on the parkway. Send a shipment by road, send a cargo by water Cottleston, cottleston, cottleston pie, A fly can’t bird, but a bird can fl… --- ## [Why do my mini-plug ear buds not work on the gym sound equipment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-mini-plug-ear-buds-not-work-on-the-gym-sound-equipment/714558)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-my-mini-plug-ear-buds-not-work-on-the-gym-sound-equipment/714558 "2015-03-09T04:27:42Z")
I have a standard pair of ear buds, they work fine with an iPod or my smart phone. But on the sound equipment (on the cardio machines) at my gym, the plug seems to be configured wrong. When it is all the way in, I hear t… --- ## [Wrong to Lie About Nationality When Abroad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-lie-about-nationality-when-abroad/714083)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2015, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-to-lie-about-nationality-when-abroad/714083 "2015-03-09T02:44:20Z")
In this thread, the OP said that when he traveled abroad, foreigners often reacted badly when he said he was American and also claimed that he was considering saying he was Canadian. A few people responded: I was a l… --- ## [How can I watch digital media on my TV, which does not have a USB port](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-watch-digital-media-on-my-tv-which-does-not-have-a-usb-port/714463)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-watch-digital-media-on-my-tv-which-does-not-have-a-usb-port/714463 "2015-03-08T23:39:32Z")
My TV doesn’t have a USB port. How do I watch digital media on it? The HDMI output on my laptop isn’t working well lately, so hooking the laptop to TV via HDMI cable doesn’t really work. I’ve got a chromecast, but that… --- ## [Removing broken glass from lawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-broken-glass-from-lawn/714469)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-broken-glass-from-lawn/714469 "2015-03-08T19:12:43Z")
This may be the dumbest problem I’ve ever had (and I’ve had some doozies.) Long story short: I have a broken sliding glass door lying in an overgrown section of my lawn. Lots of broken glass, lots of long grass, no idea… --- ## [Anyway to change the default reminders in Google Calendar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-change-the-default-reminders-in-google-calendar/714107)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyway-to-change-the-default-reminders-in-google-calendar/714107 "2015-03-08T15:10:48Z")
The default reminders in Google Calendar are \[ul\] \[li\]Notification - 4 hrs before\[/li\]\[li\]email - 10 min before\[/li\]\[/ul\] Is there anyway to change these defaults? I’ve poked around but can’t find anything. I just i… --- ## [Inadvertent Pavloving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertent-pavloving/713689)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inadvertent-pavloving/713689 "2015-03-08T15:08:44Z")
Pavlovization? I almost always let the dog lick the bowl when I’m finished eating ice cream. The only exception is when the ice cream contains significant levels of chocolate - don’t want to upset his tummy. The probl… --- ## [How people with depression respond to unexpected, big, good news](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-people-with-depression-respond-to-unexpected-big-good-news/713793)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-people-with-depression-respond-to-unexpected-big-good-news/713793 "2015-03-08T14:30:17Z")
I’ve never had depression and hopefully never will. It must be a terrible struggle. My question is, is it possible for a huge,unexpected good surprise to jolt someone out of clinical depression? Let’s say someone with … --- ## [Is there a speed reading website I can use to read internet text](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-speed-reading-website-i-can-use-to-read-internet-text/714516)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-speed-reading-website-i-can-use-to-read-internet-text/714516 "2015-03-08T14:06:15Z")
Is there a website that you can copy/paste text into, or just give them the URL and it will speed read it to you in a Spritz type format? http://www.spritzinc.com/ I can easily follow 700 wpm on spritz, and could proba… --- ## [Sam's Club 1 Day Pass - What To Buy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-1-day-pass-what-to-buy/714229)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sams-club-1-day-pass-what-to-buy/714229 "2015-03-08T13:35:48Z")
I found something I REALLY wanted at Sam’s club but I didn’t want to sign up for a membership because I’m only going once. Turns out you can print a 1 day pass from their website and just pay a 10% premium for anything … --- ## [Name a scent that, whenever you smell it, it takes you back to your childhood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-scent-that-whenever-you-smell-it-it-takes-you-back-to-your-childhood/713484)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-scent-that-whenever-you-smell-it-it-takes-you-back-to-your-childhood/713484 "2015-03-08T12:26:16Z")
The smell of a newspaper. My dad would have the daily paper all over the house as he read it, and many days previous to that as well. Then, at the end of every week, he’d finally throw that weeks worth of paper out,… …… --- ## [Take a look at this picture of the current Premier of out Province](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-at-this-picture-of-the-current-premier-of-out-province/714451)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-a-look-at-this-picture-of-the-current-premier-of-out-province/714451 "2015-03-08T03:58:04Z")
In the USA, there exists 50 states and each state has a head of its government called the State Governor. Canada has a something similar. But instead of partitioning the country into “states”, Canada is partitioned into… --- ## [Charter's Spectrum TV commercail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charters-spectrum-tv-commercail/714354)
**Author:** [@Dibbs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dibbs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charters-spectrum-tv-commercail/714354 "2015-03-08T01:57:07Z")
I can’t think of a more irritating commercial than that thing. It seems like the main stations play the thing at least 3 times an hour. I thought Aflac commercials were the worse, but this Charter thing has 'em beat!… --- ## [What would happen if you were raised without knowledge of the opposite sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-were-raised-without-knowledge-of-the-opposite-sex/714226)
**Author:** [@gracefulfatsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracefulfatsheba)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-you-were-raised-without-knowledge-of-the-opposite-sex/714226 "2015-03-08T01:55:31Z")
The recent flap over Ben Carson’s comments about homosexuality being a “choice” led me to think about a thought experiment. Most of us acknowledge that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. It’s something you’re either bo… --- ## [Tell me about Planet Fitness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-planet-fitness/709385)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-planet-fitness/709385 "2015-03-08T01:25:50Z")
Don’t think I want to join a gym, especially right now with all the New Year lemmings, but a Planet Fitness just opened right around the corner from me and I’m curious about it. Putting my question here instead of GQ be… --- ## [Don't Buy Gold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-gold/713711)
**Author:** [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-buy-gold/713711 "2015-03-07T22:51:46Z")
I was a personal finance consultant until 2006 (redundancy) and I still enjoy reading about economics - several hours a day - and offering my meagre ‘advice’. I have retired old pensioner parents and a brother and siste… --- ## [Myostatin inhibitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-inhibitor/714344)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myostatin-inhibitor/714344 "2015-03-07T19:20:29Z")
Are there any legit supplements out there yet? --- ## [Tips for overcoming med induced appetite suppression?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-overcoming-med-induced-appetite-suppression/714247)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tips-for-overcoming-med-induced-appetite-suppression/714247 "2015-03-07T18:35:28Z")
So at the ripe old age of 38 I finally went through with things and was diagnosed with ADHD after a lifetime of issues that I won’t go into here. After trying a few different meds I’ve landed on 60mg Vyvanse per day. Th… --- ## [Criminal thought processes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-thought-processes/714362)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-thought-processes/714362 "2015-03-07T15:21:32Z")
Something I’ve been wondering after reading Johnny LA’s thread about his stolen credit card is just how the criminal thought process works? Or for that matter how does it work for people who cheat on spouses, blatantly … --- ## [Supplements for tendon strength](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplements-for-tendon-strength/714406)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supplements-for-tendon-strength/714406 "2015-03-07T11:57:35Z")
I have a history of tendon problems, currently a damaged Achilles. While I’m sitting around with a cast on my leg, looking forward to gentle exercises . . . I’m wondering whether there are any supplements that promote te… --- ## [Suggestions for stuff to do around Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-stuff-to-do-around-winnipeg/714426)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-stuff-to-do-around-winnipeg/714426 "2015-03-07T11:37:53Z")
My wife and I are planning to attend a Women’s World Cup match in Winnipeg in June. While we’re there we’d like to do some other stuff… particularly of the birdwatching/nature/park variety, but we’re up for just about an… --- ## [Where to report the results of mundane, silly experiments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-report-the-results-of-mundane-silly-experiments/714108)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-report-the-results-of-mundane-silly-experiments/714108 "2015-03-07T07:46:29Z")
For fun, I ran an experiment on my niece. She said that she liked coke, but not pepsi. If a restaurant only served pepsi, she’d order iced tea or something else. So I designed a simple double-blind experiment. I got … --- ## [Married Women of the Dope: How Do You Identify Yourself On Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-of-the-dope-how-do-you-identify-yourself-on-facebook/714275)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-of-the-dope-how-do-you-identify-yourself-on-facebook/714275 "2015-03-07T05:39:54Z")
Of the married women with whom I’m Facebook friends, there are several different conventions for identifying themselves. Some use only their maiden name, some use only their married name, some use other naming convention… --- ## [Dental "Deep Cleaning" Rip-off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-deep-cleaning-rip-off/714156)
**Author:** [@DGR2015](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DGR2015)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-deep-cleaning-rip-off/714156 "2015-03-07T05:22:18Z")
Teeth cleaning in the past always included “Deep Cleaning” no extra charge no big deal! Now the Dental industry has devised a way to make Big Bucks by separating your mouth into quadrants and cleaning into regular and d… --- ## [Whats the best way to dedicate time to writing a book off-line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-dedicate-time-to-writing-a-book-off-line/714311)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-dedicate-time-to-writing-a-book-off-line/714311 "2015-03-07T02:43:50Z")
Whats the best way to dedicate time to writing a book off-line? Thoughts, opinions please. --- ## [Effect on raw silver value if form is gilded cloisonné?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-on-raw-silver-value-if-form-is-gilded-cloisonne/714366)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effect-on-raw-silver-value-if-form-is-gilded-cloisonne/714366 "2015-03-07T02:04:18Z")
I have a dozen Soviet era silver cloisonné spoons that are stamped 875 purity. The total weight is slightly less than 10 ounces, and online calculators say the value is around $128. What I’m curious about is how it affe… --- ## [Parents, do you feel the same love for your adult children as when they were little?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-do-you-feel-the-same-love-for-your-adult-children-as-when-they-were-little/714363)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-do-you-feel-the-same-love-for-your-adult-children-as-when-they-were-little/714363 "2015-03-07T02:03:45Z")
I’ve never been a parent, so here’s a parenting question: Do parents feel the same love for their children when their children are grown adults (think 25 years old, 40 years old, 55 years old, etc.) as when their childr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=941) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=943)