# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1072 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1073 --- ## [Pre-poll data collection: first exposure to music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collection-first-exposure-to-music/691693)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-collection-first-exposure-to-music/691693 "2014-06-27T15:26:48Z")
I’m considering putting up a poll on the very first music you were aware of. Help me build a list of options. Parent’s singing Other family member singing Somebody in the family playing: – piano – guitar – harmoni… --- ## [Looking for a slide scanner...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-slide-scanner/691741)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-slide-scanner/691741 "2014-06-27T14:20:44Z")
As the title says, I’m looking for a slide scanner. I have lots of 35m slides, some 40 years old, that I’d like to digitize. I have a scanner for photos, so this would be a dedicated unit. I’ve been looking at some on Am… --- ## [What is your personal low?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-low/690260)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-personal-low/690260 "2014-06-27T06:08:40Z")
And please, feel free to post more than once. One of mine was when Momma made me pick out a pair of sneakers for school out of the bin at a local grocery store. And they weren’t even connected by a plastic dooey. You … --- ## [How is the World Cup affecting your workplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-world-cup-affecting-your-workplace/691465)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-world-cup-affecting-your-workplace/691465 "2014-06-27T04:34:11Z")
The new google doodle about workers sneaking around to watch the World Cup got me thinking. At your own workplace, how much is the World Cup cutting into people’s work time? (Obviously, this is mainly aimed at non-Amer… --- ## [Any way to get chemical smells out of a car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-get-chemical-smells-out-of-a-car/691558)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-get-chemical-smells-out-of-a-car/691558 "2014-06-27T03:29:06Z")
We had our car detailed and frankly the smell of whatever they used makes me nauseated when I’m in it. While driving around, generally it’s possible to keep the windows open, so that’s less of an issue. But the smell d… --- ## [Do you use OneNote online? How to make a new notebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-onenote-online-how-to-make-a-new-notebook/691739)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-onenote-online-how-to-make-a-new-notebook/691739 "2014-06-27T00:48:38Z")
I’m talking about the pared down OneNote that you get access to when you sign up for an outlook.com email account or onedrive. I know I have created a new notebook before, because I have two of them. But for some reason… --- ## [My first ever bonus! How would you spend it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677)
**Author:** [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-first-ever-bonus-how-would-you-spend-it/691677 "2014-06-27T00:34:27Z")
So, this year I was (finally!) promoted to a more permanent position. It came with a bit of a raise but, more excitingly, two bonuses a year! :smiley: I get paid my first at the end of this month. I’m kind of a penny-pi… --- ## [Work lust. Have you been tempted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-lust-have-you-been-tempted/61482)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-lust-have-you-been-tempted/61482 "2014-06-26T22:07:23Z")
OK, so tempted isn’t really the right word… But I got to wondering, what percentage of you have looked with lust upon a co-worker? This comes about because one of my assistants just innocently steamed me up. I was disc… --- ## [External ear fistula: Nothing on WebMD. Need lay info.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-ear-fistula-nothing-on-webmd-need-lay-info/691612)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/external-ear-fistula-nothing-on-webmd-need-lay-info/691612 "2014-06-26T20:52:26Z")
Mama Doug is visiting friends in Japan and began suffering intense pain and redness below and behind one ear. The friends took her to a local doctor and interpreted, but due to the language issue, we only know so much. D… --- ## [Car tire advice - flat on a AWD car, need answer kinda fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-tire-advice-flat-on-a-awd-car-need-answer-kinda-fast/691606)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-tire-advice-flat-on-a-awd-car-need-answer-kinda-fast/691606 "2014-06-26T19:46:39Z")
So I got a flat last night on my Subaru Outback, put on the spare and drove home. My wife took the car to the nearby Goodyear dealer this morning and he was trying to sell her 4 tires because he claimed that’s better for… --- ## [What job would you have in 1954, 1904?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-would-you-have-in-1954-1904/691623)
**Author:** [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-would-you-have-in-1954-1904/691623 "2014-06-26T19:25:54Z")
A spinoof from this thread. Given your current skillset, how would be gainfully employed in the not too distant past? I’m a geologist in the oil field. I could do my current job (more or less) in 1954, but it didn’t re… --- ## [Poll: Currently Married: Will Marriage End Only When One of You Dies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-married-will-marriage-end-only-when-one-of-you-dies/691645)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-currently-married-will-marriage-end-only-when-one-of-you-dies/691645 "2014-06-26T19:07:26Z")
Dopers, do you expect your marriage will end only when one of you dies? This question occurred to me on reading the happily married poll. --- ## [What to check when buying used car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-check-when-buying-used-car/691696)
**Author:** [@smsaks2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smsaks2000)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-check-when-buying-used-car/691696 "2014-06-26T18:49:23Z")
O.K…so, let me start this off by making the following statement: I am a computer guy…not even remotely close to being mechanically inclined. Another statement: I just got burned buying a used car. Yeah…I know, I shou… --- ## [Who cuts your hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cuts-your-hair/691631)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-cuts-your-hair/691631 "2014-06-26T18:11:50Z")
I have a ticklish head. I can’t help it, it’s outside my control. Thus, I always hated \[del\]going to\[/del\] getting taken to the barber growing up. Once I was in high school and responsible for my own personal upkeep, … --- ## [Calls from Orlando, FL. Anybody else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-orlando-fl-anybody-else/691703)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calls-from-orlando-fl-anybody-else/691703 "2014-06-26T16:49:51Z")
Lately, we’ve been getting these calls on a daily basis, which I don’t answer because I don’t know anybody in Orlando. My wife did a reverse look-up of the number and it comes up as being “Time Warner”. However, the co… --- ## [What job would today's IT professional have had in 1954, 1904?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-would-todays-it-professional-have-had-in-1954-1904/691616)
**Author:** [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-job-would-todays-it-professional-have-had-in-1954-1904/691616 "2014-06-26T16:32:37Z")
I work as an IT professional, and am surrounded by lots of people in the same field. I usually work in buildings with floor upon floor of IT professionals. By any measurement it is a fairly new field in the history of … --- ## [CNN, please don't suck so much](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-please-dont-suck-so-much/691632)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-please-dont-suck-so-much/691632 "2014-06-26T16:25:55Z")
It used to be CNN’c inane crap they’d try to present as “news”. Now I’ve noticed that all CNN articles with videos self-play when you open the article. :smack: First off, I never view the CNN video articles. I can gl… --- ## [Being bullied by an attorney](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-bullied-by-an-attorney/691098)
**Author:** [@interestingtwist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interestingtwist)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-bullied-by-an-attorney/691098 "2014-06-26T15:58:37Z")
Help!! I own a small family owned business in Phoenix, AZ. Recently, a new client of mine who is also a local attorney, ran up over $3,000 in services from my business then outright refused to pay. FYI yes, we did a gre… --- ## [Side effects of statins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-effects-of-statins/691538)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/side-effects-of-statins/691538 "2014-06-26T15:23:32Z")
When I google the title, I either get woo sites that say don’t take them or sober ones that give only the very serious ones. So I ask the Dope. My wife takes Crestor (actually a generic version, which might be relevant… --- ## [Memories before literacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-before-literacy/691629)
**Author:** [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-before-literacy/691629 "2014-06-26T15:21:16Z")
I was transcribing an interview with a woman describing some of her childhood memories. She mentioned one anecdote in which she was pretending to be able to read to try to impress her aunt. I’m not really sure how one wo… --- ## [Medical Professionals: does this sound right to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-does-this-sound-right-to-you/691639)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-professionals-does-this-sound-right-to-you/691639 "2014-06-26T15:19:40Z")
My wife went in for routine fasting blood work with her new doc. She has mild hypertension and takes a minimum dosage BP med every day. At age 67, she’s pretty healthy, other than being overweight. The results of the b… --- ## [Smoking while preggers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-while-preggers/691691)
**Author:** [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoking-while-preggers/691691 "2014-06-26T15:11:06Z")
While waiting for the bus at Wal~Mart I overheard 2 employees talking about wearing a back support belt while pregnant… The one said she was too far along to wear one. The pregnant one was smoking…puffing right along wh… --- ## [Why don't some people retire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-some-people-retire/691513 "2014-06-26T14:55:32Z")
I have a coworker ho just got his 50 year pin. Its an award so rare they had to have it especially made. The man is 72 and if he would retire, would get 82% of his salary plus social security but working, he actually is… --- ## [Anyone ever had a dog with Cushing's Disease?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-dog-with-cushings-disease/690588)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-had-a-dog-with-cushings-disease/690588 "2014-06-26T14:36:38Z")
My 14 y.o. mutt has been having urination issues for about a year. It has progressed from having an occasional accident inside to peeing constantly. Thankfully, she goes on the towels I leave around for her. She is not s… --- ## [From your own knowledge, what's the difference between amoebas, bacteria, fungi, and viruses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-your-own-knowledge-whats-the-difference-between-amoebas-bacteria-fungi-and-viruses/691084)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-your-own-knowledge-whats-the-difference-between-amoebas-bacteria-fungi-and-viruses/691084 "2014-06-26T14:28:42Z")
There was a news story in Memphis recently about an outbreak of canine parvovirus that forced the local animal shelter to put down a number of dogs. (Ordinarily I’d feel a little bad for the hounds, but my elbow still hu… --- ## [\[I guess I need an answer fast\] How to humanely kill a rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-need-an-answer-fast-how-to-humanely-kill-a-rat/691599)
**Author:** [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-i-need-an-answer-fast-how-to-humanely-kill-a-rat/691599 "2014-06-26T07:52:15Z")
A rat got in, probably through a door being left open. It’s been in the home for about three days and the two idiot cats have been doing an awful job getting it. Seriously, I came in to the kitchen yesterday because I h… --- ## [Stupid Ideas Generally Held by Liberals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ideas-generally-held-by-liberals/690210)
**Author:** [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-ideas-generally-held-by-liberals/690210 "2014-06-26T05:40:27Z")
I know of several just blatantly wrong ideas that are predominantly held by conservatives: rejection of evolution and disbelief in global warming for example. I was under the impression that being anti-vaccine was the li… --- ## [Grand Canyon North Rim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-north-rim/691531)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-north-rim/691531 "2014-06-26T04:28:06Z")
We are traveling this coming weekend to see the Grand Canyon. We are hoping to visit the North Rim. It seems, that since this is not open year round, lodging is problematic. Any recommendations for a place to stay tha… --- ## [Man sues British Airways over wrong destination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sues-british-airways-over-wrong-destination/691534)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-sues-british-airways-over-wrong-destination/691534 "2014-06-26T03:28:19Z")
So a dentist and his partner planned a trip to Granada, Spain. They also booked several tours in advance for their vacation in this ancient city. All sound good? http://www.clickorlando.com/lifestyle/travelgetaways/gr… --- ## [When will the 10 Circuit rule on Kitchen v. Herbert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-10-circuit-rule-on-kitchen-v-herbert/688596)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-the-10-circuit-rule-on-kitchen-v-herbert/688596 "2014-06-25T23:52:11Z")
On April 10, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments in the Kitchen v Herbert case (i.e., same sex marriage in Utah). Since then, I haven’t heard anything about it. Based on history, what would be a realistic t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1071) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1073)