# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=961 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 962 --- ## [Cahokia: Worth a visit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cahokia-worth-a-visit/711112)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cahokia-worth-a-visit/711112 "2015-01-29T18:41:11Z")
I’m in the St Louis area (don’t ask why, it’s not a good thing) and I have some time to kill on Saturday. I’m a big archeology buff and a big Native American buff, so I’m wondering if this is worth a visits. Anybody be… --- ## [Has anyone tried US mail forwarding to another country for online shopping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-us-mail-forwarding-to-another-country-for-online-shopping/628737)
**Author:** [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-us-mail-forwarding-to-another-country-for-online-shopping/628737 "2012-07-22T03:23:00Z")
So I’m thinking of trying one of those online services that charges a fee to give you a US address to online shop with and then forward your items to you in another country. I was wondering if anyone has tried one of th… --- ## [Can computers write novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-computers-write-novels/710826)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-computers-write-novels/710826 "2015-01-29T08:03:48Z")
In this thread, the note is casually dropped that computers can currently write novels. This seems like utter bullshit to me. Hell, I would be amazed if computers can currently write an original metaphor, let alone devel… --- ## [Tool and die maker for pressed copper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-and-die-maker-for-pressed-copper/711057)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-and-die-maker-for-pressed-copper/711057 "2015-01-29T07:52:12Z")
I will be making up a bunch of copper arrowheads to resemble broadhead arrows but have no sharp edges. I am wondering if it is feasable for me to make a hand press and a tool to form this, it wil likley have to be in 2 p… --- ## [Finding a cheap server](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-cheap-server/711182)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-cheap-server/711182 "2015-01-29T05:27:28Z")
A friend wants to create an app that requires access to a server. She wants to know how to either find a cheap server, or how to rent space on one. What is the best way to do this? --- ## [A question about detoxing from alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-detoxing-from-alcohol/709350)
**Author:** [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-detoxing-from-alcohol/709350 "2015-01-29T05:08:01Z")
Here’s my background: I’ve been drinking heavily the last four years (Everclear 151), I started out drinking probably half a fifth three maybe four nights a week. That progressed into drinking, over the last two years, a… --- ## [I need to improve my cardiac/aerobic fitness. I have questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-improve-my-cardiac-aerobic-fitness-i-have-questions/709765)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-improve-my-cardiac-aerobic-fitness-i-have-questions/709765 "2015-01-29T04:21:12Z")
Inspired in part by this thread. I was mistaken in my response, in Oct 13 my RHR was 72, during the course of my last physical. I don’t think this is very good. As background: I am thin, almost 57, female, and I would s… --- ## [Your future self sends a T-800 terminator for you to command. What do you do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-future-self-sends-a-t-800-terminator-for-you-to-command-what-do-you-do-with-it/711017)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-future-self-sends-a-t-800-terminator-for-you-to-command-what-do-you-do-with-it/711017 "2015-01-29T02:32:27Z")
In the fine tradition of the Skaldthetical, I propose the following: over the last few months, you’ve been getting secret messages from your future self (in the mail, little notes in the newspaper that only you would not… --- ## [One weird trick to being a lifehacking Doper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-trick-to-being-a-lifehacking-doper/711187)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-weird-trick-to-being-a-lifehacking-doper/711187 "2015-01-29T02:06:03Z")
I love the one weird tricks like the weird trick to paying off your mortgage or the one law that insurance companies don’t want you to know about Now the big thing are lifehacks \[Probably NSFW\] that answer the crippl… --- ## ["Overhype" versus prepared](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overhype-versus-prepared/711171)
**Author:** [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overhype-versus-prepared/711171 "2015-01-29T01:59:35Z")
A lot of people are saying this storm was “overhyped” by the news media. Or the National Weather Service. Or the Democrats (really). In my little state, they shut down the roads, public transportation, and the governm… --- ## [How would I go about learning to hunt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-go-about-learning-to-hunt/518446)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-go-about-learning-to-hunt/518446 "2015-01-29T01:41:05Z")
I’ve never been hunting, and in fact have never held a gun in my life. My sister is the only person I know who hunts (well, besides her friends), but she lives in Idaho, which is a bit of a trek from San Francisco. Nev… --- ## [What's the greatest or most interesting job perk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-or-most-interesting-job-perk/710831)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-greatest-or-most-interesting-job-perk/710831 "2015-01-29T00:15:54Z")
What is the most interesting job perk you’ve ever had? Some restaurants I worked at gave you free food and drinks. I once worked at a movie theater and got free movies. I read that at Google they get free food and a fr… --- ## [blood pressure medication](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-medication/711056)
**Author:** [@Tim1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim1972)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-pressure-medication/711056 "2015-01-28T23:33:29Z")
I have High blood pressure and agoraphobia with extreme panic disorder. I missed an appointment and my doctor refuses and denies my blood pressure to be refilled. And i have been without now for over 20 days,and the do… --- ## [DeBlasio's ASL interpreter getting criticized for making faces - Is this appropriate ASL or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deblasios-asl-interpreter-getting-criticized-for-making-faces-is-this-appropriate-asl-or-not/711109)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deblasios-asl-interpreter-getting-criticized-for-making-faces-is-this-appropriate-asl-or-not/711109 "2015-01-28T17:43:32Z")
Video here Is this the way ASL is done in professional settings? ASL interpreters I’ve seen previously on TV interpreting for politicians do not mug it up nearly as much as this guy does with his various faces. Is this… --- ## [who would you consider the 3 greatest mathematicians of all time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-consider-the-3-greatest-mathematicians-of-all-time/710792)
**Author:** [@thanatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thanatic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-consider-the-3-greatest-mathematicians-of-all-time/710792 "2015-01-28T15:19:03Z")
of course these questions are always subjective, and math is such a diverse field…but if you had to give an answer…who would you list as the top 3 greatest mathematicians in history, in your opinion --- ## [Do we have any self-proclaimed liberals who own guns on the board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-self-proclaimed-liberals-who-own-guns-on-the-board/710783)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-any-self-proclaimed-liberals-who-own-guns-on-the-board/710783 "2015-01-28T14:50:28Z")
I am just idly wondering. And this isn’t a gotcha thread. I’m fairly liberal on social issues (pro-choice, pro-marriage equality, etc), but I do not oppose individual gun ownership; I just think there should be straining… --- ## [Recommend a good Super 8 to DVD transfer service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-super-8-to-dvd-transfer-service/711103)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-super-8-to-dvd-transfer-service/711103 "2015-01-28T13:17:36Z")
I have about 250’ of super 8 movie film I want to transfer to video, and I am looking for recommendations for a reliable service to deal with. I want it transferred in 1080i onto a DVD, though it probably won’t ever be … --- ## [Lesbian's partner is on her deathbed. Inform her estranged, homophobic, much-missed parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-partner-is-on-her-deathbed-inform-her-estranged-homophobic-much-missed-parents/710937)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesbians-partner-is-on-her-deathbed-inform-her-estranged-homophobic-much-missed-parents/710937 "2015-01-28T10:11:20Z")
Hypothetical, longish storytelling OP, blah blah blah. Today’s story is about Frankie and Jonni’s, who, as everyone knows, are lovers. Less obviously, they’re both girls–or rather women, since they’re in their mid-30s. … --- ## [Little things that you are irrationally picky about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309 "2015-01-28T05:29:00Z")
My e-mail program at work (Lotus) defaults to the “Courier New” font. Grrr. I hate, hate, hate Courier New. It is the ugliest font ever created! I will not use it for any message, no matter how short or trivial. I … --- ## [Looking for a message board for small business owners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-message-board-for-small-business-owners/324648)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-message-board-for-small-business-owners/324648 "2015-01-28T04:44:29Z")
I would like some suggestions for some small business message boards to visit --- ## [Should I spend the extra money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-spend-the-extra-money/710971)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-spend-the-extra-money/710971 "2015-01-28T04:42:26Z")
This weekend one of my teen aged sons let the back end of my car slide out and hit a curb and ruined one of the wheels (the metal part, not the rubber tire). My dilemma is that that the car in question is “my baby” and … --- ## [How much should I expect to pay to have my old couch hauled away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-expect-to-pay-to-have-my-old-couch-hauled-away/710674)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-expect-to-pay-to-have-my-old-couch-hauled-away/710674 "2015-01-28T02:21:29Z")
I’ve decided to get a new couch. I’m pretty sure I’ll go to one of the big name stores and have it delivered. I’m just curious how much they’re going to charge me to heal off the old one. The couch itself is in bad enou… --- ## ["Wooden Columns Bearing Directly on Ground"--what SHOULD they bear directly on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooden-columns-bearing-directly-on-ground-what-should-they-bear-directly-on/710747)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wooden-columns-bearing-directly-on-ground-what-should-they-bear-directly-on/710747 "2015-01-28T01:17:18Z")
One of the problems that turned up in my recent home inspection was that, when the inspector went through the crawlspace, he found that some wooden columns are bearing directly on the ground. He listed this as a “major r… --- ## [Blizzard in Boston, what can we expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-in-boston-what-can-we-expect/710924)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blizzard-in-boston-what-can-we-expect/710924 "2015-01-28T00:06:05Z")
This is our first winter in Boston, and I was expecting a good deal more snow than I’m used to seeing in the DC area. However, the fact that they’re calling this one “potentially historic” for Boston is making me nervou… --- ## [What might be causing this Word 2013 issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-be-causing-this-word-2013-issues/711024)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-might-be-causing-this-word-2013-issues/711024 "2015-01-27T22:19:15Z")
I am editing a document for my Boss. We both have Word 2013. I make it look all pretty with proper margins and everything. I save it and then link it to her in facebook chat. She opens it via the link and the margins are… --- ## [Tax question (capital gains on valuable objects)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-capital-gains-on-valuable-objects/710941)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-capital-gains-on-valuable-objects/710941 "2015-01-27T17:23:24Z")
Scenario: we were gifted with some valuable items by a family member. The intention is that we sell them and use the proceeds to benefit a different family member. IRS taxes capital gains - say I bought a gram of unobta… --- ## [ethics of life insurance in this situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-life-insurance-in-this-situation/710758)
**Author:** [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ethics-of-life-insurance-in-this-situation/710758 "2015-01-27T16:59:33Z")
Hi all. This is too general for a poll but I thought I’d get some feedback from the Dope. Guy I know (call him Woody) is batshit crazy, confronts everyone he meets. Chip on shoulder? He has a log. Lies and steals anytim… --- ## [Are you using one of the most common passwords?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-one-of-the-most-common-passwords/710393)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-using-one-of-the-most-common-passwords/710393 "2015-01-27T13:05:52Z")
Gizmodo just published this year’s list of the 25 most common passwords (followed by the change in rank from last year’s list0: 123456 (Unchanged) password (Unchanged) 12345 (Up 17) 12345678 (Down 1) qwert… --- ## [Imagine the impact of an unlikely natural disaster striking a major city](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-the-impact-of-an-unlikely-natural-disaster-striking-a-major-city/710828)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imagine-the-impact-of-an-unlikely-natural-disaster-striking-a-major-city/710828 "2015-01-27T08:27:00Z")
This stems from a conversation my wife and I had about how heavy snow is, and what the impact would be on Los Angeles if a blizzard were to hit. We guessed that a not-insignificant number of houses would collapse due to … --- ## [Sales Tax....Can my whole business be a service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-tax-can-my-whole-business-be-a-service/710775)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sales-tax-can-my-whole-business-be-a-service/710775 "2015-01-27T05:32:35Z")
I’m currently doing my sales tax form for the state of Wisconsin. In Wisconsin services do not need to be taxed, an example would be a hair cut, computer repair, car repair, etc. From my understanding any business that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=960) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=962)