# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=948 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 949 --- ## [Body By Science workout routine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-by-science-workout-routine/713492)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-by-science-workout-routine/713492 "2015-02-24T04:17:37Z")
Has anyone had any experience with this? Pros? Cons? Results? Opinions? --- ## [Car donation programs: opinions or known facts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-donation-programs-opinions-or-known-facts/713340)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-donation-programs-opinions-or-known-facts/713340 "2015-02-24T03:44:55Z")
Anybody here ever donate a car, boat or whatever to one of those car donation programs? Or have you worked for one, or have experience with the charity that recieved the proceeds? I help run an animal rescue charity an… --- ## [Anyone into aftermarket car audio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-into-aftermarket-car-audio/713344)
**Author:** [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-into-aftermarket-car-audio/713344 "2015-02-24T02:00:27Z")
I was considering changing the subs of my system and going to a high efficient route. I already have a Class D amp but the subs I have are too withdrawn listening to rock music and sucking up juice from an already strain… --- ## ["Fu Fu Fu" laugh in a B&W Japanese movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-fu-fu-laugh-in-a-b-w-japanese-movie/713474)
**Author:** [@wellanuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wellanuff)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-fu-fu-laugh-in-a-b-w-japanese-movie/713474 "2015-02-24T01:29:28Z")
I am thinking of a scene in an old B&W Japanese movie (maybe “Ugetsu Monogatari”) where a woman in a kimono with those high, painted eyebrows that seem typical of Heian court ladies (they look like thumbprints in the mid… --- ## [Are ones 50s a scary time in life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ones-50s-a-scary-time-in-life/712676)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ones-50s-a-scary-time-in-life/712676 "2015-02-24T00:44:42Z")
I’m younger than that, but thinking about this period of my life seems kind of scary. For one thing, you aren’t young enough to retire or get social security and medicare, but you are old enough that employers won’t wan… --- ## [News items that pissed you off \*because\* they were news items.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-items-that-pissed-you-off-because-they-were-news-items/712575 "2015-02-24T00:12:21Z")
I’m sure we all got a few… :slight\_smile: My biggest one was Baby Jessica. So a two year-old falls down a well! Does that mean we need to have wall-to-wall coverage on this, CNN??? Also, the never ending stream of “Mis… --- ## [Where do you want to live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289 "2015-02-23T23:28:46Z")
I want to live in a cool, green rainforest with mountains and pine forests, and a vast, hot desert that is minutes from the Pacific Ocean and walking distance from the French Quarter. --- ## [What would happen to industries left to the free market?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-industries-left-to-the-free-market/713267)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-to-industries-left-to-the-free-market/713267 "2015-02-23T22:20:54Z")
I’m talking about industries that are run by private corporations, but are in some way subsidized by the government. What would happen if the government were to stop funding or supporting these industries tomorrow, and t… --- ## [Good resource for sixth grader to learn comprehensive sex ed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-resource-for-sixth-grader-to-learn-comprehensive-sex-ed/713081)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-resource-for-sixth-grader-to-learn-comprehensive-sex-ed/713081 "2015-02-23T21:49:03Z")
I exempted my daughter from the sex education class within her public school health class, because I didn’t agree with its “abstinence only” orientation, nor its being provided by a “pregnancy crisis center” whose websit… --- ## [Staff and bundle: really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-and-bundle-really/713364)
**Author:** [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-and-bundle-really/713364 "2015-02-23T21:40:23Z")
I remember seeing images of the runaway kid with a stick and a kerchief tied to the end holding his worldly treasures, and didn’t give much of a thought to it other than that it seems like an odd way to carry stuff. But… --- ## [What will a plumber do that I can't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-a-plumber-do-that-i-cant/713256)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-a-plumber-do-that-i-cant/713256 "2015-02-23T20:14:24Z")
Like most of the U.S., my own part of the county has been experiencing record breaking low temperatures–sustained record breaking low temps. And, like many others, I now have plumbing issues as a result. The newer half … --- ## [You're a German draftee, 1942. Infantry duty on Eastern front or guard a camp?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-german-draftee-1942-infantry-duty-on-eastern-front-or-guard-a-camp/713393)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-german-draftee-1942-infantry-duty-on-eastern-front-or-guard-a-camp/713393 "2015-02-23T19:21:59Z")
Scenario : you happen to have be a resident of Nazi germany and the right age and gender to be drafted. You don’t particularly support the party, you just live there because your parents did. After infantry training, y… --- ## [St. Practice Day. Celebrate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-practice-day-celebrate-it/713299)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/st-practice-day-celebrate-it/713299 "2015-02-23T18:45:20Z")
So, we went to an Irish Pub for a Guinness toast last night. A local Iriish band performed and a good time was had by all. We had Shepherd’s Pie for dinner. Then I realized it wasn’t St Patrick’s day, but a month befor… --- ## [Modern-Day Groups with Sinister Origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-groups-with-sinister-origins/712233)
**Author:** [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-groups-with-sinister-origins/712233 "2015-02-23T18:01:52Z")
In the thread “Innocent words with disturbing etymologies”, someone mentioned the term “Assassin”–which has as its origin a group of medieval Isma’lis who used terrorist-style killing of enemies by individual murderers a… --- ## [Does "Tough Love" work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tough-love-work/713116)
**Author:** [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-tough-love-work/713116 "2015-02-23T17:39:44Z")
You often hear that when parents have children with addiction problems, after the softer, easier options have been exhausted, the answer is to show them “tough love”. Throw them out, disconnect, withdraw support, howeve… --- ## [Alcohol/Weight Shaming Threads: WTF??? 5 in Top 50 IMHO/MPSIMS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-weight-shaming-threads-wtf-5-in-top-50-imho-mpsims/713367)
**Author:** [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alcohol-weight-shaming-threads-wtf-5-in-top-50-imho-mpsims/713367 "2015-02-23T17:31:01Z")
Since \[del\]Nagging the Living Shit out of People\[/del\] informing them constantly of that 6% body fat life style & how lovely it is to say you are “alcohol free” seems so popular, do we need a new forum to \[del\]Shove All… --- ## [Something like Ooma Office, but with functional logging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-like-ooma-office-but-with-functional-logging/713138)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-like-ooma-office-but-with-functional-logging/713138 "2015-02-23T13:56:16Z")
for reference: Ooma Office Of particular interest–the ability to have virtual extensions, the ability to access logs. Ostensibly Ooma Office offers the call log feature. But in reality, logs are not actually supported. … --- ## [Is adult tonsillectomy really that bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adult-tonsillectomy-really-that-bad/688148)
**Author:** [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-adult-tonsillectomy-really-that-bad/688148 "2015-02-23T06:10:24Z")
My sister got her tonsils taken out when she was 19 and said it was absolutely horrible. I always figured it wasn’t a big deal prior to that, but I’ve read other anecdotal accounts and apparently it’s quite an extreme or… --- ## [How to write a letter to Alexander Zakharchenko?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-a-letter-to-alexander-zakharchenko/713170)
**Author:** [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-write-a-letter-to-alexander-zakharchenko/713170 "2015-02-23T02:12:16Z")
Anyone know of an offical address to write to him? Thanks everyone! --- ## [Quitting smoking vs. quiting drinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-smoking-vs-quiting-drinking/562710)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-smoking-vs-quiting-drinking/562710 "2015-02-22T23:40:46Z")
I started smoking when I was 12. I’m 39 now. I’ve never made any serious attempt to quit before; I do believe the people who say you can’t quit unless you truly want to, and I freely admit to myself that I don’t want t… --- ## [Knife Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-advice/712923)
**Author:** [@Steve918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve918)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knife-advice/712923 "2015-02-22T19:38:55Z")
I have just bought a ‘tactical’ lock knife. I plan to do a lot of hiking this year and such a knife initially seemed to be a handy thing to carry. It is also illegal for me to carry it unless I have a ‘good reason’. I on… --- ## [Is running or martial arts bad on the person knee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-running-or-martial-arts-bad-on-the-person-knee/711370)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-running-or-martial-arts-bad-on-the-person-knee/711370 "2015-02-22T19:15:23Z")
I hear running,hiking, swimming and martial arts is good way to get in shape and bit more fun than working out at the gym. But are they bad for person knee and joints? To be in shape how many miles of walking or miles … --- ## [What do Militant Islamism and Fox News have in common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-militant-islamism-and-fox-news-have-in-common/712717)
**Author:** [@William\_Hanley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/William_Hanley)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-militant-islamism-and-fox-news-have-in-common/712717 "2015-02-22T13:19:38Z")
They “radicalize” the ignorant! --- ## [so why did you break up with your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife/other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-you-break-up-with-your-boyfriend-girlfriend-husband-wife-other/713298)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-did-you-break-up-with-your-boyfriend-girlfriend-husband-wife-other/713298 "2015-02-22T13:11:06Z")
I don’t have a story to tell here. The last time I broke up with someone was more than 20 years ago and no one is breaking up with me. but I hear a lot of people tell their stories and it seems like it drives people ba… --- ## [At what age do men and women have peak sex appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-do-men-and-women-have-peak-sex-appeal/713177)
**Author:** [@Syne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syne)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-do-men-and-women-have-peak-sex-appeal/713177 "2015-02-22T12:07:06Z")
I was having a drunken discussion with a few buddies about this over the weekend. I have a friend who maintains that because of limited fertility time, women hit their peak sex appeal at the end of puberty, then the cloc… --- ## [I need some picture ideas for my dining area, and I'm trying not to be cliche.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-picture-ideas-for-my-dining-area-and-im-trying-not-to-be-cliche/713018)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-some-picture-ideas-for-my-dining-area-and-im-trying-not-to-be-cliche/713018 "2015-02-22T09:48:38Z")
I’m getting new pictures for my dining area. I don’t want to go with wine bottles or food because it seems like everybody does that. The problem is, I’m drawing a blank as to what sort of theme I should go with. Anybody… --- ## [Can a bipolar that takes his meds join the us military?\>](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bipolar-that-takes-his-meds-join-the-us-military/560234)
**Author:** [@Mildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mildest_Bill)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-bipolar-that-takes-his-meds-join-the-us-military/560234 "2015-02-22T09:02:48Z")
My nephew I think is a bipolar I am positive he is and he admits that he is but doesn’t want to go to the doc because if he is a bipolar he can not join the armed forces is that true? Second question if he is a bi polar… --- ## [why would I possibly want life insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-possibly-want-life-insurance/713120)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-i-possibly-want-life-insurance/713120 "2015-02-22T06:53:17Z")
I don’t get it. I’m always being marketed to to buy life insurance (term or whole life, whatever). I don’t see the value in it. When I die, I won’t need a ton of money to bury me, as cheap cremation is my current rout… --- ## [It is wise to scoff at preppers? Are their fears really so outlandish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-wise-to-scoff-at-preppers-are-their-fears-really-so-outlandish/710769)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 204\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-wise-to-scoff-at-preppers-are-their-fears-really-so-outlandish/710769 "2015-02-22T05:46:45Z")
I’ve been looking at buying a few upper shelf folding knives lately and in looking at reviews of same that takes you to the knife boards which often have a number of survivalist orientedprepper members. Preppers take ve… --- ## [Households where one person sits on their ass and does nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/households-where-one-person-sits-on-their-ass-and-does-nothing/713024)
**Author:** [@Tuxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuxie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/households-where-one-person-sits-on-their-ass-and-does-nothing/713024 "2015-02-22T05:23:57Z")
Say you have two households. Each one has 2+ people living in it. Household A has everybody working. Time spent outside work is scarce. Household B has at least one person that neither works nor goes to school. I have… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=947) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=949)