# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=985 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 986 --- ## [What happened to NYC's homeless population?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-nycs-homeless-population/364303)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2006, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-nycs-homeless-population/364303 "2006-07-14T21:59:02Z")
Ask anyone in New York City what happened with all the homeless people after Giuliani took office, and no one can give you a straight answer. No one seems to know. There used to be a ton there at one time, but now they h… --- ## [Do you use a Dremel (or any other rotory tool)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-dremel-or-any-other-rotory-tool/706780)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-dremel-or-any-other-rotory-tool/706780 "2014-12-11T04:50:06Z")
I have to admit I’ve always liked the idea of owning a Dremel tool. But when it comes to actually buying it, I never follow through. The reason is, that I don’t know what I’d specifically use it for. I know things I CO… --- ## [If you ever believed in Santa Claus, or....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-believed-in-santa-claus-or/706570)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-ever-believed-in-santa-claus-or/706570 "2014-12-11T04:03:30Z")
Father Christmas, or someone like him, how old were you when you discovered he doesn’t exist? I was four, almost five, as my birthday is 12/31. We were leaving for church at 6:30 PM, and it’s already dark. Mom “forgot… --- ## [Who are the 10 most powerful people in the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-10-most-powerful-people-in-the-world/706789)
**Author:** [@IMfez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMfez)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-10-most-powerful-people-in-the-world/706789 "2014-12-11T02:59:26Z")
I assume most people would say the President of the United States is number one. Who is 2 through 10? If you disagree with my suggestion for number one, feel free to designate your own! --- ## [Another one of those Should I Say Something? Threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-should-i-say-something-threads/706578)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-one-of-those-should-i-say-something-threads/706578 "2014-12-11T01:01:51Z")
The wife and I went out to dinner last night with a big family group. We were seated at two tables. Brother-in-law and sister-in-law were at one table, their two kids (Jenny, 13 and Nick, 17) ended up at our table. Bef… --- ## [Recommend me remote desktop software (XP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-remote-desktop-software-xp/706518)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-remote-desktop-software-xp/706518 "2014-12-11T00:02:48Z")
Any recommendations or experience with remote desktop software? Mama Zappa has been tech support for my Dad. Being able to see his desktop would make her life easier. Dad’s pretty good at describing what he sees and doin… --- ## [Hawaii travel questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-travel-questions/706593)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hawaii-travel-questions/706593 "2014-12-10T14:37:13Z")
In my quest to visit all 50 states, We’d like to go to Hawaii at some point. Can you justify spending a week just on Oahu? My sister and I like to move around a lot, but obviously that’s not an option there. It looks li… --- ## [Dopers who are nurses, advice for a teen interested in nursing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-nurses-advice-for-a-teen-interested-in-nursing/706806)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-are-nurses-advice-for-a-teen-interested-in-nursing/706806 "2014-12-10T14:19:04Z")
2 weeks ago I had to take my 8 year old to the hospital (he’s ok!) and I made the snap decision to bring my 15 year old son with me because younger son was so incapacitated I thought I might need help lifting him. I was… --- ## [Bloody urine after 'pushing' too hard while peeing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-urine-after-pushing-too-hard-while-peeing/706533)
**Author:** [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloody-urine-after-pushing-too-hard-while-peeing/706533 "2014-12-10T12:58:04Z")
You are not my doctor. :slight\_smile: This morning, as I was taking my after-wakeup constitutional, I started coughing just as I was urinating. When I did, it had the effect of quickly forcing the urine out, which hur… --- ## [If World War II hadn't happened...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-world-war-ii-hadnt-happened/706448)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-world-war-ii-hadnt-happened/706448 "2014-12-10T11:15:13Z")
… how much longer would the Great Depression have lasted before the US economy began to grow dramatically again, and what do you think would the lasting impact have been on the economy 70 years later? No this isn’t a hom… --- ## [What would be a good ecig to buy for my dad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-ecig-to-buy-for-my-dad/644673)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-be-a-good-ecig-to-buy-for-my-dad/644673 "2014-12-10T06:28:02Z")
I want a easy to use model but that is basic and cheap, because I’m not sure he won’t dismiss it out of hand. He is a two pack a day smoker who can’t quit to save his life literally, he has been hospitalized and even wi… --- ## [Music/Media Managers (iTunes, etc.)? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-media-managers-itunes-etc-why/706489)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-media-managers-itunes-etc-why/706489 "2014-12-10T01:55:00Z")
Inspired by this thread, which I didn’t want to hijack. The premise of that thread deals with a hatred for iTunes. My hatred of iTunes (and Apple products in general) is just as strong. But putting that aside… I’ve n… --- ## [Women who shave their faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-shave-their-faces/706536)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-shave-their-faces/706536 "2014-12-10T01:10:22Z")
Ladies, have you tried this? What were the results? --- ## [OK, so does life suck, is a paradise, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-does-life-suck-is-a-paradise-or-what/706582)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-does-life-suck-is-a-paradise-or-what/706582 "2014-12-09T22:57:20Z")
Inspiring thread (for those of you who are of the extreme semantically nitpicky persuasion, or who are just interested in cheap whooshes to pad your post count, I mean of course that said thread inspired this one, and no… --- ## [mole burned off with a cigarette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-burned-off-with-a-cigarette/705117)
**Author:** [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mole-burned-off-with-a-cigarette/705117 "2014-12-09T20:30:36Z")
If you had a mole for 26 years that was flush with your forehead, then incidentally got burned off with a cigarette; would the affects of cancer still be set in, whether or not it had developed to that stage or not? Is … --- ## [Over 1,000 People Killed by U.S. Police so far this Year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-1-000-people-killed-by-u-s-police-so-far-this-year/706211)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/over-1-000-people-killed-by-u-s-police-so-far-this-year/706211 "2014-12-09T19:58:38Z")
Here for example is a person killed the cops in his own home. For what crime did the police come to to his house? None, it was a welfare check: The only way the police seem to know how to respond to the mentally ill … --- ## [Can i put these items in a garage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-these-items-in-a-garage/706704)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-put-these-items-in-a-garage/706704 "2014-12-09T19:44:23Z")
We live in a 2 family house and have a garage. My closet isn’t exactly big but i have lot of things there that i don’t want to throw out. Some electronics, monitors and some old books that i dont read but i dont want t… --- ## [Is the American Flag an 'Offensive' Symbol (in the USA)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-american-flag-an-offensive-symbol-in-the-usa/706169)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-american-flag-an-offensive-symbol-in-the-usa/706169 "2014-12-09T19:29:07Z")
My family physician recently moved to a new office. In his old office, the American flag was prominently displayed in the lobby. But not in his new office. The new lobby is a little smaller than the old one, so I assumed… --- ## [What gift would you get your male child for his first big performance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-you-get-your-male-child-for-his-first-big-performance/706767)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-gift-would-you-get-your-male-child-for-his-first-big-performance/706767 "2014-12-09T18:55:09Z")
A friend of mine on Facebook asks what people think she should get her kid as a gift commemorating his first big performance (I think it’s with an orchestra?). She mentions there’s a tradition of buying women flowers on … --- ## [Storing Passwords Online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-passwords-online/704722)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storing-passwords-online/704722 "2014-12-09T18:17:12Z")
I have accounts in many different sites whether its banking, poker, forums etc. Read to not use same password on same site for obvious reasons. I have all my username/passwords on my computer in a microsoft office sheet … --- ## [Fun Things for Couples to Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-for-couples-to-do/706357)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-things-for-couples-to-do/706357 "2014-12-09T16:18:27Z")
Sr. Weasel and I, we’re in dire need of some positive shared life experience. I’m trying to brainstorm some activities we can do that are both reasonably inexpensive and preferably have a steep learning curve or involve… --- ## [Good work ethic vs obedient slave](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-work-ethic-vs-obedient-slave/704416)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-work-ethic-vs-obedient-slave/704416 "2014-12-09T15:41:23Z")
Now many of us were taught to study hard, do our best work, show up on time, don’t steel from the company. The implication being that if you demonstrate a good work ethic, you will be rewarded with more responsibility, … --- ## [Resources for Adults Who Don't Know How to Adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-adults-who-dont-know-how-to-adult/706118)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resources-for-adults-who-dont-know-how-to-adult/706118 "2014-12-09T14:26:07Z")
This may be better suited for GQ, I don’t know, but I’ll trust whoever to put it wherever. I’ve got a friend, we’ll call him Rick. Rick’s a year older than I am, almost, but we’ve known each other for basically our enti… --- ## [If you could take a gap year, what would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-take-a-gap-year-what-would-you-do/706607)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-take-a-gap-year-what-would-you-do/706607 "2014-12-09T09:39:37Z")
I’ve often dreamed of taking a gap year. I hoped I would land a teaching gig where I could arrange a leave of absence but it hasn’t happened yet. So I’d like to take a year off eventually in my thirties to pursue some so… --- ## [Does anyone get this joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-joke/706664)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-get-this-joke/706664 "2014-12-09T05:37:28Z")
Please explain this cyanide and hapiness joke to me. --- ## [windchimes are driving me crazy!!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windchimes-are-driving-me-crazy/706573)
**Author:** [@good\_neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/good_neighbor)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windchimes-are-driving-me-crazy/706573 "2014-12-09T04:06:15Z")
I have been renting a beautiful home for the past 10 years. I love my neighborhood and my landlord,who lives in another home about 100 feet away. Unfortunately, they put up some large aluminum tubular windchimes. I no… --- ## [Boost everyones intelligence? Or not? (Inspired by the movie Limitless)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boost-everyones-intelligence-or-not-inspired-by-the-movie-limitless/706532)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boost-everyones-intelligence-or-not-inspired-by-the-movie-limitless/706532 "2014-12-09T01:26:14Z")
This thread is inspired by the scenario presented in the movie Limitless and there are some mild spoilers ahead so reader be warned :slight\_smile: FIREBREAK In the movie a means of massively boosting an individuals int… --- ## [Weird CD problem - probably hopeless but...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-cd-problem-probably-hopeless-but/706653)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-cd-problem-probably-hopeless-but/706653 "2014-12-09T01:13:05Z")
I bought a box-set of\*\* Gulda\*\*'s 1968 recording of Beethoven’s complete piano sonatas from Amazon.de last month. It was a cheap reissue but from a major label (Decca) so I was not particularly worried. The first two dis… --- ## [So you think you can build a model airplane.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-build-a-model-airplane/706297)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-think-you-can-build-a-model-airplane/706297 "2014-12-09T01:10:48Z")
This guy is building a model Boeing 777 out of manila envelopes. Insane attention to detail. Why manila envelopes? Good question. This guy is some kind of master model builder. --- ## [A body weight theory that makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-body-weight-theory-that-makes-no-sense/706676)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-body-weight-theory-that-makes-no-sense/706676 "2014-12-08T22:51:36Z")
According to everything I read if I my intake is 3500 calories over my output I will ga pound. It doesn’t seem to work that way in reallife. Myself like a lot of people I know seem to stay about the same amount overweigh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=984) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=986)