# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=989 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 990 --- ## [How many health issues have you had in your life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-health-issues-have-you-had-in-your-life/705997)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-health-issues-have-you-had-in-your-life/705997 "2014-12-02T17:59:50Z")
I’m beginning to realize I’m a complete health abnormality. I am 32 years old. Other than contracting colds, the flu, and the occasional sinus infection, my life has been marked by excellent health. I have never broken a… --- ## [Can you get your hand to the bottom of a Pringles can? (poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-your-hand-to-the-bottom-of-a-pringles-can-poll/705979)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-get-your-hand-to-the-bottom-of-a-pringles-can-poll/705979 "2014-12-02T17:57:31Z")
Simple question. When you are eating Pringles, can you fit your hand into the can to grab the “potato crisps”(\*) near the bottom when the can is running low? I became curious while eating some just now. (\*) That’s wha… --- ## [“Roofied”, but not for sex. A real thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roofied-but-not-for-sex-a-real-thing/705769)
**Author:** [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roofied-but-not-for-sex-a-real-thing/705769 "2014-12-02T17:40:32Z")
According to this article, there is an outbreak (perhaps just in New York) of young people being slipped “roofies” (or other types of “knockout drops”), but with no attempt being made to sexually assault them (or, indeed… --- ## [Best way to pay off credit cards?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-pay-off-credit-cards/705640)
**Author:** [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-pay-off-credit-cards/705640 "2014-12-02T16:41:37Z")
I hope this is not a hijack, I was going to start a new thread, but perhaps the OP will indulge me to ask in this thread. I have had some hard luck in the last few months, the result is that both of my credit cards (Mas… --- ## [If you could entirely divorce sex from reproduction, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-entirely-divorce-sex-from-reproduction-would-you/704766)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-entirely-divorce-sex-from-reproduction-would-you/704766 "2014-12-02T14:11:49Z")
Professor Carl Djerassi would! Here’s his plan: The idea is that women will be able to have children far later in life, by freezing their eggs. But everyone will be sterilized, so no accidental babies. IVF for everyone… --- ## [Do you generally trust the police as an institution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-generally-trust-the-police-as-an-institution/705984)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-generally-trust-the-police-as-an-institution/705984 "2014-12-02T14:03:00Z")
This strikes me as a key factor in one’s attitude in approaching the Fergueon controversy (not always, but significantly enough). Feel free to elaborate (e.g. I only distrust them when they serve the war on drugs). --- ## [What does 'Two/Three Buck Chuck' mean to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-two-three-buck-chuck-mean-to-you/705992)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-two-three-buck-chuck-mean-to-you/705992 "2014-12-02T10:33:44Z")
I saw a thread today discussing Whole Foods, and a line of cheap wine nicknamed ‘three buck chuck’. I was very surprised to realise this name was not meant in a derogatory sense. :confused: I couldn’t figure how this cou… --- ## [Normal to charge sales tax on shipping charges (California)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-to-charge-sales-tax-on-shipping-charges-california/706093)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-to-charge-sales-tax-on-shipping-charges-california/706093 "2014-12-02T07:19:33Z")
Maybe this has been happening all along, but I just noticed it: today I ordered something connecting with light fixtures at the lighting store (I would have ordered online but I couldn’t find the model number). The charg… --- ## [Anyone in the San Diego area having Cox cable or internet trouble today, 2014-12-01?\*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-the-san-diego-area-having-cox-cable-or-internet-trouble-today-2014-12-01/706100)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-in-the-san-diego-area-having-cox-cable-or-internet-trouble-today-2014-12-01/706100 "2014-12-02T05:32:21Z")
Well, it seems our Internet service has been down since early this afternoon. Cox told me, about three hours ago, it’s a known issue; by their estimation it should have been fixed by now, but it isn’t. Their support li… --- ## [For those who subscribe to there being no afterlife, does it trouble you? Are you content with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-subscribe-to-there-being-no-afterlife-does-it-trouble-you-are-you-content-with-it/705415)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-subscribe-to-there-being-no-afterlife-does-it-trouble-you-are-you-content-with-it/705415 "2014-12-02T04:40:18Z")
Personally, I’m afraid of dying and the moments leading to my death, (if I see it coming). I don’t believe in an afterlife, and though it would be nice to believe that I would see deceased loved ones once again, I’m rea… --- ## [The warm fuzzy feeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warm-fuzzy-feeling/705973)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-warm-fuzzy-feeling/705973 "2014-12-02T00:39:27Z")
Do highly intelligent people experience this feeling less than average intelligence people. Do people of very low intelligence experience this less? Might be the dumbest question of the week but I am going somewhere with… --- ## [Buying Contact Lense w/o Prescription (USA)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-contact-lense-w-o-prescription-usa/705865)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-contact-lense-w-o-prescription-usa/705865 "2014-12-02T00:37:48Z")
I’ve been going to the Dr. for 20 years now just to hear him say “eyes look great, script hasn’t changed, that’ll be ~$100.” The past decade, I’ve taken to skipping the yearly appointments and going every 2-3 years. I … --- ## [shoots and kills vs shoots to death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoots-and-kills-vs-shoots-to-death/705990)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoots-and-kills-vs-shoots-to-death/705990 "2014-12-01T23:29:42Z")
Is shoots to death a badly formed and made up journalistic term? I was taught to use action verbs in writing. Shoots and kills is a compound action verb. Shot and killed is the past tense. I typically saw shoots and k… --- ## [Anyone been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-diagnosed-with-peripheral-neuropathy/691132)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-diagnosed-with-peripheral-neuropathy/691132 "2014-12-01T22:58:54Z")
The numbness started in my left foot and gradually move to my right foot. I had an electromyogram (EMG) a couple of years ago but the results were inconclusive. The numbness in the toes of both feet is almost complete an… --- ## [Identify a Bird-Call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-bird-call/705730)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-bird-call/705730 "2014-12-01T22:55:35Z")
Up in the Laguna Mountains, in the east of San Diego County, right where the mountains drop away into the desert, but still way up in the pines… Five notes. C, C, C, A, A. Quarter note, eighth note, quarter, quarter, … --- ## [Check engine light went out-happy but worried](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engine-light-went-out-happy-but-worried/706029)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-engine-light-went-out-happy-but-worried/706029 "2014-12-01T22:29:51Z")
Came on Tuesday evening, great, right at the holidays. So I had decided (it wasn’t blinking which my mechanic told me means PULL OVER NOW) to have him look at it today. It’s done this 2 other times this year for little e… --- ## [The Ignorance Is Very Strong in Pakistan, and Fighting Back - More Polio Workers Killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignorance-is-very-strong-in-pakistan-and-fighting-back-more-polio-workers-killed/705770)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ignorance-is-very-strong-in-pakistan-and-fighting-back-more-polio-workers-killed/705770 "2014-12-01T21:09:18Z")
Another four anti-polio workers were killed Wednesday in Pakistan, bringing the total this year up to 65. Polio has been eradicated nearly world-wide (only three countries still have the disease - Pakistan, Afghanistan, … --- ## [Dental Costs Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-costs-question/693550)
**Author:** [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-costs-question/693550 "2014-12-01T18:55:39Z")
I have read that dental costs in mexico are much cheaper than they are in the USA and of course canada. I use to have health insurance back many years ago but not anymore. I know this is going to sound really bad but i … --- ## [I know my baby is adorable...please stop asking how old or threatening to kidnap him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-baby-is-adorable-please-stop-asking-how-old-or-threatening-to-kidnap-him/705178)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-my-baby-is-adorable-please-stop-asking-how-old-or-threatening-to-kidnap-him/705178 "2014-12-01T16:27:53Z")
As proud parents of an adorable newborn, I’m finding that he seems to get a lot of unwanted attention. For example: “He’s sooo adorable!! I could just snatch him up!!” “Oooo! I could just take him home with me!” “He… --- ## [Your fundamental position on guns as a right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fundamental-position-on-guns-as-a-right/705900)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-fundamental-position-on-guns-as-a-right/705900 "2014-12-01T15:10:35Z")
I’d put this in GD, but the poll option isn’t available there. In any case this about Dopers’ fundamental axiomatic position on firearms, which ultimately isn’t logically debatable; either you think one way or the other.… --- ## [Your thoughts on using tablets in education (elementary-high school)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-using-tablets-in-education-elementary-high-school/701148)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-using-tablets-in-education-elementary-high-school/701148 "2014-12-01T13:48:56Z")
My daughter’s school has a “newish” principal, with one of her goals being to integrate tablets (iPads, specifically) as an education tool. This year, my 7th-grader got her first iPad and my impression is that this integ… --- ## [Please explain the "fun" of hunting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-fun-of-hunting/705242)
**Author:** [@nogwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nogwart)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-fun-of-hunting/705242 "2014-12-01T11:17:55Z")
I am NOT the anti-gun, anti-hunting, anti-killin-shit-dat-need-ta-be-kilt, or any other tree-huggin kind of sentimental crap type of person. While I’m not enthusiastic about hunting as a “sport”, I’d like to think that … --- ## [tankless water heaters - what do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tankless-water-heaters-what-do-you-think/705602)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tankless-water-heaters-what-do-you-think/705602 "2014-12-01T07:48:11Z")
My water heater is 10 years old. The salesman came to the door with a month of that ten year date to get me to replace it. Do I need to replace it? A replacement would mean more payments. A tankless system was offere… --- ## [Employer PTO policy, all FTE hourly non-exempt accrue PTO hours @ much faster rate than exempt.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-pto-policy-all-fte-hourly-non-exempt-accrue-pto-hours-much-faster-rate-than-exempt/705964)
**Author:** [@TheSolution](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSolution)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/employer-pto-policy-all-fte-hourly-non-exempt-accrue-pto-hours-much-faster-rate-than-exempt/705964 "2014-12-01T06:24:18Z")
So the search engines aren’t much help on this one, I think we may have the #1 company in the country for non-exempt workers with a PTO (vacation/holiday/sick) policy this amazing. :smack: 24hr hospital with a fairly la… --- ## [Women who had Essure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-had-essure/688988)
**Author:** [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-who-had-essure/688988 "2014-12-01T05:17:49Z")
Did you have Essure (non surgical sterilization)? Opinions? Complications? Regrets? I just read about this and am planning to ask my doc about it. --- ## [What was this childhood "game"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childhood-game/705977)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-childhood-game/705977 "2014-12-01T00:56:26Z")
This was some sort of elementary school classroom activity. All the kids would put their heads down on their desks, and another kid would write one their names on the blackboard. Honestly, that’s all I can remember of th… --- ## [Help me find a recent (weight loss related, I think) thread please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-recent-weight-loss-related-i-think-thread-please/705976)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-recent-weight-loss-related-i-think-thread-please/705976 "2014-11-30T23:01:23Z")
The thread in question had a link or two to some research correlating daily/frequent weighing with better weight loss outcomes. I’m having a discussion with a friend who recently had bariatric surgery (and is losing like… --- ## [Specifically, why are some people so disturbed by another's childfree status?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-why-are-some-people-so-disturbed-by-anothers-childfree-status/704927)
**Author:** [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Replies:** 160\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specifically-why-are-some-people-so-disturbed-by-anothers-childfree-status/704927 "2014-11-30T22:45:16Z")
I know that this general topic might be an overworked subject on boards like this, which is why I would like to keep things specific. So, specifically, one of the major reasons that the childfree label emerged as an ide… --- ## [In your opinion, is it ok for the POTUS to get drunk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-is-it-ok-for-the-potus-to-get-drunk/705413)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-opinion-is-it-ok-for-the-potus-to-get-drunk/705413 "2014-11-30T20:42:00Z")
Not like frat boy shit faced drunk, but drunk. Oh, and not Just Obama but any POTUS present or future. For the purpose of the poll, let’s say that said Presient would only do so on very rare occasions, like maybe once … --- ## [Does your ejuice lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-ejuice-lose-its-flavor-on-the-bedpost-overnight/705932)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-ejuice-lose-its-flavor-on-the-bedpost-overnight/705932 "2014-11-30T19:25:02Z")
(No idea if this is the right forum; feel free to move.) So I’m doing the vaping thing these days, and recently bought a couple of sampler packs from Five Pawns, who seem to be leading the pack so far as “super-premium”… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=988) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=990)