# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1136 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1137 --- ## [Have Your Ever Been a Successful Matchmaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-ever-been-a-successful-matchmaker/682537)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-your-ever-been-a-successful-matchmaker/682537 "2014-03-01T17:39:07Z")
Resulting in them getting married, having kids… Tell us about it. I got this question from a post by RTFirefly: "This reminds me of my wife’s and my one foray into matchmaking. As we got to know my new housemate one y… --- ## [Can you be in love (perhaps unconsciously) with someone through a third party (proxy)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-in-love-perhaps-unconsciously-with-someone-through-a-third-party-proxy/682585)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-be-in-love-perhaps-unconsciously-with-someone-through-a-third-party-proxy/682585 "2014-03-01T14:32:47Z")
Say you love someone very deeply, but circumstances (internal or external) prevent you two from committing to each other or even admitting your feelings. Another person comes along, and you simply project your feelings … --- ## [European Union Should be Changed to Earth Union](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-union-should-be-changed-to-earth-union/682207)
**Author:** [@Israel\_Goldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Israel_Goldstein)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-union-should-be-changed-to-earth-union/682207 "2014-03-01T13:26:55Z")
Why are only Aryans allowed to join? What the Hell??? --- ## [Divorcees \[and equivalents\]: How long did it take you to get over it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcees-and-equivalents-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-over-it/682519)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorcees-and-equivalents-how-long-did-it-take-you-to-get-over-it/682519 "2014-03-01T13:22:36Z")
“Equivalents” here simply means anyone who was in a long-term fully committed relationship, whether the state officially recognized it as such, or not. So-how long did it take you to get over your breakup/divorce? I ha… --- ## [Does anyone believe there is \*any\* leadership out there in government, business, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-there-is-any-leadership-out-there-in-government-business-etc/682209)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-believe-there-is-any-leadership-out-there-in-government-business-etc/682209 "2014-03-01T08:15:00Z")
It strikes me that we may be at a low ebb in our trust and belief in leaders in, well, all of world history. Here are my theses: There are, in fact, extremely few good leaders in government, business, the religious wo… --- ## [Ladies, are you as motivated by sex as men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-are-you-as-motivated-by-sex-as-men/682418)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-are-you-as-motivated-by-sex-as-men/682418 "2014-03-01T08:02:21Z")
Another thread on this board got me thinking about the ways in which so many of my decisions in life are rooted in the desire to facilitate intercourse. Now, I’m not driven by sex in every conceivable way, but the motiv… --- ## [Thinking of getting into metal detecting, good inexpensive detector?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-getting-into-metal-detecting-good-inexpensive-detector/682543)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-of-getting-into-metal-detecting-good-inexpensive-detector/682543 "2014-03-01T04:53:03Z")
I live a 10 minute drive from the York Maine beaches (long sands, short sands, and harbor beach) and we have 50 acres of land with a woodlot with remnants of antique car parts and horse drawn haying euipment, a family gr… --- ## [Can someone explain why the acceptance of Occam's razor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-the-acceptance-of-occams-razor/682153)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-why-the-acceptance-of-occams-razor/682153 "2014-03-01T04:27:37Z")
It seems like it’s only useful as for a ‘quick and dirty’ answer. It ignores other possible outcomes to state a emphatic conclusion ignoring any also ignoring other reasonable statistically possible outcomes. Why is th… --- ## [Meaning of a quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-a-quote/682305)
**Author:** [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meaning-of-a-quote/682305 "2014-03-01T02:26:31Z")
I collect quotes, and I probably have several hundred of them. Now and then I find one that looks like it means something profound, but I am unclear on what the originator meant by it. Such is Samuel Johnson’s, “Let me… --- ## ["It went straight to voice mail" "Oh? How many time did it ring?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-went-straight-to-voice-mail-oh-how-many-time-did-it-ring/682468)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-went-straight-to-voice-mail-oh-how-many-time-did-it-ring/682468 "2014-03-01T01:53:31Z")
What does “straight to voice mail” mean to you? I over heard part of a conversation: A: It went straight to voice mail. B: Oh? How many time did it ring? A: 3 or 4 B: Huh, that’s weird. I would only say say straigh… --- ## [A moment in time that changed your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moment-in-time-that-changed-your-life/682341)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-moment-in-time-that-changed-your-life/682341 "2014-03-01T01:42:48Z")
This relates to another thread going right now. I am looking to see if patterns emerge. My first thought was that I have had many but after reflecting on it for a while I can trace most back to one particular instance. G… --- ## [Seriously? it's 2014 - "Kansas House passes bill allowing service refusal to gay couples"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-its-2014-kansas-house-passes-bill-allowing-service-refusal-to-gay-couples/681286)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-its-2014-kansas-house-passes-bill-allowing-service-refusal-to-gay-couples/681286 "2014-02-28T23:38:05Z")
Story here - Well… at least they are laying their gay-hate cards on the table. You don’t have to go guessing about it. Still, it’s surprising that lawmakers would not be embarrassed about this in 2014. If you are a comp… --- ## [California’s Smart Phone ‘Kill Switch’ Proposal Going Nationwide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-s-smart-phone-kill-switch-proposal-going-nationwide/682388)
**Author:** [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/california-s-smart-phone-kill-switch-proposal-going-nationwide/682388 "2014-02-28T23:36:45Z")
http://www.infowars.com/californias-smart-phone-kill-switch-proposal-going-nationwide/ IMO, if this gets a foothold, the slippery slope is going to get real slick. I hope the ground swell of opposition is large enough… --- ## [Ukraine is Finally Free!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-is-finally-free/682206)
**Author:** [@Israel\_Goldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Israel_Goldstein)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-is-finally-free/682206 "2014-02-28T23:23:19Z")
Congratulations to the Ukrainian people for achieving freedom and democracy! --- ## [If you could get any stethoscope, which would you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-get-any-stethoscope-which-would-you-get/682448)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-get-any-stethoscope-which-would-you-get/682448 "2014-02-28T22:45:33Z")
I am a respiratory therapy student. My first stethoscope was a used Littmann Classic II SE. I found it to be not very comfortable. Also, something the previous owner did to it made it not work very well (something I didn… --- ## [Anyone have any experience with online stock trading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-online-stock-trading/682467)
**Author:** [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-any-experience-with-online-stock-trading/682467 "2014-02-28T20:26:22Z")
Ok I don’t have a lot of money to play with only a few thousand but probably no more than 5-6k right now. I have always been interested in doing a little investing in the stock market but only with small money as I don’t… --- ## [Do YOU think that you could this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-you-could-this/682383)
**Author:** [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-that-you-could-this/682383 "2014-02-28T20:02:58Z")
Former Olympic champion and pro boxing legend Pernell Whitaker just had his mother evicted from the home he bought for her when he was making millions because it’s his last asset and he is flat broke. Is this something … --- ## [Recommend a desk book holder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-desk-book-holder/682461)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-desk-book-holder/682461 "2014-02-28T19:11:32Z")
I need a desk book holder to keep books and misc hardcopy securely propped at eye level, so I can read and transcribe stuff into my PC. My web search gives a bewildering variety of these gadgets and never having used on… --- ## [Where can I find a good keyboard these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-good-keyboard-these-days/682408)
**Author:** [@ThisUsernameIsForbidden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisUsernameIsForbidden)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-good-keyboard-these-days/682408 "2014-02-28T17:25:25Z")
My first experience with keys was a Commodore 64, and I quickly became a fan of basic programming. But I don’t remember that keyboard anyway, so ignore this bit. That was pretty much the extent of my experience with keyb… --- ## [Do you tend to gain back the weight you lost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tend-to-gain-back-the-weight-you-lost/627360)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-tend-to-gain-back-the-weight-you-lost/627360 "2014-02-28T16:54:41Z")
Because that is the position of this Cracked article. See also this SD poll here. My first reaction is that, while said thesis might contain a germ of truth, a goodly percentage of people who do take off the weight wil… --- ## [RIDDLE: Where should the center of the image go after zooming ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-where-should-the-center-of-the-image-go-after-zooming/682087)
**Author:** [@karol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karol)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riddle-where-should-the-center-of-the-image-go-after-zooming/682087 "2014-02-28T15:54:59Z")
Hi. I have a quick riddle for you. We have two screenshots made before optical zooming by JVC Everio camcorder (40x optical zoom) In both situations the camcorder is placed on a tripod. But there’s one difference: on F… --- ## [Backup Cameras required by law- not the best solution...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-cameras-required-by-law-not-the-best-solution/682309)
**Author:** [@Beelzebubba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beelzebubba)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-cameras-required-by-law-not-the-best-solution/682309 "2014-02-28T12:22:44Z")
Many new vehicles now come with a backup camera, at least as an option or on higher trim levels, in as a feature to enhance the safety of passengers and those outside of the vehicle. An estimated 294 people die annually… --- ## [Did Google Chrome just change its vertical scroll-bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-chrome-just-change-its-vertical-scroll-bar/678951)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-google-chrome-just-change-its-vertical-scroll-bar/678951 "2014-02-28T11:55:32Z")
I have a different style of vertical scroll-bar running Chrome today. I strongly prefer the old style, much easier to use, and which I note Firefox still uses. Did Google decide to do everyone a favor? Did I accidenta… --- ## [Yet another legal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-legal-question/682356)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-legal-question/682356 "2014-02-28T11:07:52Z")
Do investigators have a legal obligation to remain impartial in an investigation, and should they fail to do so…can the defense make a case for dismissal? EX: From the first episode of “Forensics, You Decide”. Investig… --- ## [Why Special Relativity is wrong and the speed of light is NOT the same for all observers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-special-relativity-is-wrong-and-the-speed-of-light-is-not-the-same-for-all-observers/681683)
**Author:** [@mythoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mythoughts)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-special-relativity-is-wrong-and-the-speed-of-light-is-not-the-same-for-all-observers/681683 "2014-02-28T08:12:05Z")
Hi, I hope to make this accessible to as many people as possible. Special Relativity tries to make the argument that a moving observer will measure light to travel at the same speed as a stationary one, and indeed that … --- ## [Legal question regarding labor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-regarding-labor/682488)
**Author:** [@TexanCountryboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexanCountryboy)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-regarding-labor/682488 "2014-02-28T07:34:11Z")
Hey guys! This is a situation in regard to my uncle. He is currently working for a man under the table for 6.25 per hour (min wage is 7.25 in Texas). The man he is working for is a total slave drier who works him 60+ hou… --- ## [Another advice needed re work thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-advice-needed-re-work-thread/682253)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-advice-needed-re-work-thread/682253 "2014-02-28T07:16:25Z")
I would greatly appreciate any advice anyone can give me.\* At the start of last year I moved into a new department at work (I’m a civil servant), this was a more prestigious post and a promotion. I hated it from day one… --- ## [Where do you defrost your dinner meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-defrost-your-dinner-meat/682269)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-defrost-your-dinner-meat/682269 "2014-02-28T06:00:09Z")
Y’know, like when you take the ground beef or pork chops out of the freezer…where do you put it? ETA: Also, when? --- ## [Have you had success with the Epley Maneuver to stop dizziness and what else has helped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-success-with-the-epley-maneuver-to-stop-dizziness-and-what-else-has-helped/682358)
**Author:** [@1jow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1jow)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-success-with-the-epley-maneuver-to-stop-dizziness-and-what-else-has-helped/682358 "2014-02-28T01:46:09Z")
Have you had success with the Epley Maneuver to stop dizziness and what else has helped? I have been dealing with dizziness approx 20 yrs and finally retired due to the stress. Most on my Drs have felt my sinus drainag… --- ## [Quitting my Job to Start my Own Business](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-to-start-my-own-business/682298)
**Author:** [@CloroxTornado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CloroxTornado)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quitting-my-job-to-start-my-own-business/682298 "2014-02-28T01:18:15Z")
Hi Everyone, Long time reader, first time poster, yada yada yada… So about six months ago I made a transition from a job I liked, to a job that I thought I would like more, but in reality now I dislike very strongly. A… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1137)