# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1058 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1059 --- ## [Illustrators & Designers: Use reps to find work, or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrators-designers-use-reps-to-find-work-or-no/693770)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illustrators-designers-use-reps-to-find-work-or-no/693770 "2014-07-22T21:22:53Z")
I’ve toyed with the idea of hiring an Art Rep to find freelance work, but so far I’ve shied away; the most I’ve done was sign on with Vitamin T, which is a division of Aquent. They got me maybe three or four jobs in the … --- ## [What are you doing with your Raspberry Pi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-raspberry-pi/693647)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-doing-with-your-raspberry-pi/693647 "2014-07-22T21:09:23Z")
Its been a while since there was a thread dedicated to this. New model is out: Raspberry Pi Model B+ Anyone using the Raspberry Pi? Whats-ya do’in with it? What language are you using? Are you having fun? --- ## [Can you help with questions about getting replacement license plates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-with-questions-about-getting-replacement-license-plates/693708)
**Author:** [@MizQuirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizQuirk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-with-questions-about-getting-replacement-license-plates/693708 "2014-07-22T20:03:01Z")
Okay, I went out of town for three days and now the back license plate is missing from my car. Reported it to city police. I bought the car, used, in 2009. Before leaving town I ordered via the Internet the yearly ren… --- ## [My wife wants a baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-baby/693058)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-wants-a-baby/693058 "2014-07-22T19:55:11Z")
We’re both in our mid thirties and my wife wants one baby. She thinks not letting her have it is a bit selfish. I’ve never really wanted a baby. --- ## [What should I eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-eat/693625)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-eat/693625 "2014-07-22T18:52:17Z")
Let’s assume that I was 100% committed to making a ‘lifestyle change’, not just doing a temporary diet, to become a healthier person, what should I eat in order to become and maintain a reasonable weight and to (of cours… --- ## [Drinking straw or no - what kind of person are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-straw-or-no-what-kind-of-person-are-you/693451)
**Author:** [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinking-straw-or-no-what-kind-of-person-are-you/693451 "2014-07-22T18:46:19Z")
Inspired by this thread, I started wondering how many people prefer to drink through a straw vs. those who don’t. I am firmly in the “Never - any” (AKA the only correct way) camp. My dad referred to staws as “sissy sti… --- ## [Table size for a sliding mitre saw?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-size-for-a-sliding-mitre-saw/693679)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-size-for-a-sliding-mitre-saw/693679 "2014-07-22T18:18:01Z")
I have a Kobalt 10” Sliding Compound Miter Saw that I’d like to mount on a pre-existing work table. On the one hand, the table seems too small, but on the other hand, miter saw standsthat I see don’t seem to offer a lot … --- ## [Help find romantic gift for my Bride to be](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-romantic-gift-for-my-bride-to-be/366875)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-find-romantic-gift-for-my-bride-to-be/366875 "2014-04-21T20:34:00Z")
As some of you know, I’m to be married August 19th (yes, less than 3 weeks away!) I want to buy my bride to be a nice gift to say “I love you” right before the wedding to be given to her by her maiden of honor. I was t… --- ## [I need large blocks of ice every day; what kind of containers can I use that won't break?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-large-blocks-of-ice-every-day-what-kind-of-containers-can-i-use-that-wont-break/692972)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-large-blocks-of-ice-every-day-what-kind-of-containers-can-i-use-that-wont-break/692972 "2014-07-22T16:43:09Z")
Every day I routinely use a couple of large ice blocks to keep our cats’ water chilled. Not only do they like it that way, but we think it’s better for them as well. Ice cubes don’t work very well because however many… --- ## [Bring me up to speed on UX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-up-to-speed-on-ux/693746)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-me-up-to-speed-on-ux/693746 "2014-07-22T16:15:08Z")
I have been in the creative field so long that I have literally forgotten specialties and whole job categories that the current new-grad level has never heard of. The counterpoint to that is that about once a year, some … --- ## [To your mind, what differentiates hamlets, villages, towns, cities etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-your-mind-what-differentiates-hamlets-villages-towns-cities-etc/693648)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-your-mind-what-differentiates-hamlets-villages-towns-cities-etc/693648 "2014-07-22T11:08:30Z")
I am aware that there is no much agreement. I am not asking about legal definitions but rather what they connote to you. I am also aware that there are liminal cases which are difficult to classify. So, what do settleme… --- ## [Microsoft Office 365 - any thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-365-any-thoughts/693715)
**Author:** [@Port\_Royal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Port_Royal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-office-365-any-thoughts/693715 "2014-07-22T10:45:35Z")
Hi all, just hoping the power of SDMB can help me here. At uni this coming semester I will be doing work with databases (Access, to be exact). The uni comps, of course, have it installed, and we have some time allocated … --- ## [How to Dress for a Memorial Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-a-memorial-service/693499)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-dress-for-a-memorial-service/693499 "2014-07-22T10:12:09Z")
A good friend of the family passed away, and there is going to be a memorial service conducted by her grown children. Since they are busy with various arrangements, I can’t bother them…so, I ask: What is the right level … --- ## [Antiques and Demographics (millennials)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antiques-and-demographics-millennials/693709)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antiques-and-demographics-millennials/693709 "2014-07-22T03:48:09Z")
Where is the antique market headed as the millennials become the dominant economic force in the United States? I keep hearing about how they are not going to be big spenders because they are being crushed by student loa… --- ## [Does this device look viable? GoTenna.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-device-look-viable-gotenna/693526)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-device-look-viable-gotenna/693526 "2014-07-21T23:46:28Z")
Would you use this? Pros/Cons? --- ## [Removing Smoke Stain From Artificial Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-smoke-stain-from-artificial-stone/693651)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-smoke-stain-from-artificial-stone/693651 "2014-07-21T21:50:11Z")
OK, I’ve played with some of the ideas on Google results. The stains are still laughing over the experience. If this were real brick I’d have id sandblasted, but it is some form of cement or the like - the nice, flat su… --- ## [Women and shoe sizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-shoe-sizes/693081)
**Author:** [@amyvjacobs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amyvjacobs)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-and-shoe-sizes/693081 "2014-07-21T17:08:52Z")
The other day, my Brazilian roommate started commenting on how big my feet are. Now, you’re probably thinking that I’m a size 10 or 11. I’m only a size 9.5. Since when is a size 9-9.5 considered huge for a woman? She… --- ## [Where is the weakness in this argument?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-weakness-in-this-argument/693621)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-weakness-in-this-argument/693621 "2014-07-21T15:24:21Z")
At a Heritage Foundation panel discussion about Benghazi, a Muslim woman asks a question about how it is possible to fight an ideology with weapons. A woman on the panel gives a very thorough reply. Where are the holes… --- ## [Can my adult supervisor date an underage employee without repercussion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-adult-supervisor-date-an-underage-employee-without-repercussion/617887)
**Author:** [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-adult-supervisor-date-an-underage-employee-without-repercussion/617887 "2014-07-21T14:16:39Z")
This may belong in GQ, but since it’s related to a more personal matter, I’m choosing to put it here. I hope that’s OK. I work for a well-known chain-restaurant company. One of the lower-level managers at my stores is d… --- ## [Ask the person who works at a primate sanctuary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-works-at-a-primate-sanctuary/693270)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-person-who-works-at-a-primate-sanctuary/693270 "2014-07-21T12:31:12Z")
Well, there it is. I recently took a job at a primate sanctuary (as fundraising director) and it has been a truly eye-opening experience. It is certainly unlike any job I have ever had. I thought talking about it might … --- ## [peeing with a tampon in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeing-with-a-tampon-in/621104)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peeing-with-a-tampon-in/621104 "2014-07-21T05:18:48Z")
My girlfriend doesn’t like tampons because she says the string gets wet when she pees and makes it smell and she wonders what other women do about this. What do other women do about this? --- ## [Condo association taxes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condo-association-taxes/693578)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condo-association-taxes/693578 "2014-07-21T03:29:42Z")
My wife and I own one of two units in a newly converted condo (it used to be a large one-family house). It’s been a little over a year since we moved in, so we need to fill out Massachusetts and Federal tax forms for the… --- ## [Pole dancing on a playground swingset?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancing-on-a-playground-swingset/693616)
**Author:** [@TogoFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TogoFan)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pole-dancing-on-a-playground-swingset/693616 "2014-07-21T01:43:17Z")
I have a 12 or 13 foot tall swingset under construction and when it is up I want to dance like a stripper on the poles totally naked. I want to twerk it on the poles and rub my booty on the poles. --- ## [Is it unusual that at age 32, I have only been (or been invited) to two weddings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unusual-that-at-age-32-i-have-only-been-or-been-invited-to-two-weddings/693580)
**Author:** [@Lemmytheseal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemmytheseal2)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-unusual-that-at-age-32-i-have-only-been-or-been-invited-to-two-weddings/693580 "2014-07-20T22:07:11Z")
The first was the wedding of one friend and one acquaintance from high school, getting married at 19. I played an indirect role in their coming together. They stayed married for about a decade, divorcing amicably with no… --- ## [Best comment on airline security?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comment-on-airline-security/693274)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-comment-on-airline-security/693274 "2014-07-20T20:26:51Z")
On my Facebook page, a friend posted a message, a photo of an airplane passenger with this message overprinted: …AIRPLANES HAVE NOW BANNED TWEEZERS. PERSONALLY I THINK ANYONE WHO CAN HIJACK A PLANE WITH TWEEZERS DESERVE… --- ## [Women: What do you think of facial hair on guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-what-do-you-think-of-facial-hair-on-guys/693340 "2014-07-20T20:10:20Z")
I’ve been separated for over a year now, and I suppose I have every opportunity to reinvent myself physically, if I so choose. Apart from a cheesy mustache in my 20s I’ve never grown facial hair. I have a pretty good h… --- ## [Sex and size difference, esp. virginity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-size-difference-esp-virginity/686856)
**Author:** [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-size-difference-esp-virginity/686856 "2014-07-20T07:51:45Z")
I am well well over a foot taller than my girlfriend and we’ve recently attempted to have vaginal sex together. However, as she is a virgin and I am relatively ‘large’, I embrassingly could not get it in. The times we’v… --- ## [OK, so tell me about your experiences teaching ESL](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-tell-me-about-your-experiences-teaching-esl/693103)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-tell-me-about-your-experiences-teaching-esl/693103 "2014-07-20T04:38:43Z")
In a recent thread, it was suggested that teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) might be a viable way to travel and see the world on the cheap. I’m intrigued, and I’d like to know more about Dopers’ experiences doi… --- ## [If the Nazis had invented the drink Fanta?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-nazis-had-invented-the-drink-fanta/693539)
**Author:** [@Princess\_Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princess_Perfume)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-nazis-had-invented-the-drink-fanta/693539 "2014-07-20T04:12:12Z")
What would have happened to Fanta after the war if the Nazis had invented Fanta in order to have something fizzy to drink? --- ## [How do you wipe? \[poll\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wipe-poll/692138)
**Author:** [@Grey\_area](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey_area)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2014, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-wipe-poll/692138 "2014-07-20T03:55:41Z")
Back to front = from anus in the direction of genitals Front to back = from anus in the direction of back Sitting = Sitting on toilet [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1057) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1059)