# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1189 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1190 --- ## [Really need advice (work related) (and kinda long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-need-advice-work-related-and-kinda-long/674482)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-need-advice-work-related-and-kinda-long/674482 "2013-11-23T10:15:12Z")
OK, I am responsible for the day-to-day testing and implementation of online order entry with an online vendor. This will replace our current server-based order entry system (which has been officially on deathwatch for s… --- ## [How low will Obama go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-obama-go/674356)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-low-will-obama-go/674356 "2013-11-23T08:12:03Z")
Eight years ago last month, I started a thread mocking George W. Bush for having a 37% approval rating. All agreed that this was quite low. Now Obama has reached 37% as well. Overall approval ratings for Obama in his … --- ## [If Obama was assassinated, how would he be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-obama-was-assassinated-how-would-he-be-remembered/674515)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-obama-was-assassinated-how-would-he-be-remembered/674515 "2013-11-23T06:35:06Z")
All the talk about Kennedy’s assassination has gotten me thinking. Let’s say that tomorrow, Obama is out stumping for his healthcare reform when a disillusioned former supporter shoots & kills him. How would history re… --- ## [This is weird, right? (Personal food and restaurants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-weird-right-personal-food-and-restaurants/673868)
**Author:** [@Grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grapefruit)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-weird-right-personal-food-and-restaurants/673868 "2013-11-23T04:39:00Z")
There’s a work friend at another department that I haven’t seen in a while because of her maternity leave. She got back a few weeks ago, so I contacted her to meet up for lunch. I was the one who suggested the date and… --- ## [Help a seriously overweight guy come up with an effective excercise routine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-seriously-overweight-guy-come-up-with-an-effective-excercise-routine/674297)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-seriously-overweight-guy-come-up-with-an-effective-excercise-routine/674297 "2013-11-23T04:24:08Z")
Effective: lose weight, increase endurance, reduce cholesterol and BP, build cardiovascular health, reduce risk factors for chronic diseases like diabetes. I’ve recently – just in the past week or so – started walking f… --- ## [New Orleans bound: Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-bound-suggestions/670473)
**Author:** [@gms453](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gms453)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-orleans-bound-suggestions/670473 "2013-11-23T01:03:58Z")
Will be in New Orleans for the first time for a week later this month (October). What should I wear, do, see, hear, eat, drink? I love good food, good drink and good music (don’t we all)? Any cautions or safety tips? --- ## [Cargo pants (not shorts)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383)
**Author:** [@Longshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Longshanks)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cargo-pants-not-shorts/674383 "2013-11-23T00:50:57Z")
Whats your opinion on them? Do you consider them to be a good alternative to wearing jeans on a regular basis or not? --- ## [What's the best strategy for loading grocery items on belt when you're checking out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-strategy-for-loading-grocery-items-on-belt-when-youre-checking-out/674485)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-strategy-for-loading-grocery-items-on-belt-when-youre-checking-out/674485 "2013-11-23T00:43:06Z")
When at the checkout at the grocery, I’m still trying to figure out the best strategy for the order of the items I place on the belt in an effort to make it optimally efficient for the bagger and register employees. Whe… --- ## [Smallest thing that can kill you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-thing-that-can-kill-you/674179)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smallest-thing-that-can-kill-you/674179 "2013-11-22T23:19:17Z")
This question came to mind as I watched the distressed look on my 300+ pound friend hold a tiny little shot of Patron. I know he hates shots - they make him vomit - but someone bought an unannounced round. The only exc… --- ## ["Na-MAST" or "Na-mas-TAY"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/na-mast-or-na-mas-tay/674121)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/na-mast-or-na-mas-tay/674121 "2013-11-22T23:07:12Z")
About 40 years ago, I took a yoga class at a place called the Integral Yoga Institute. It was a small house in an older, modest, residential neighborhood, and the people who taught the class wore orange robes and lived t… --- ## [Jeep & ball joint woes -- time for a new mechanic? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-ball-joint-woes-time-for-a-new-mechanic-long/674436)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeep-ball-joint-woes-time-for-a-new-mechanic-long/674436 "2013-11-22T22:29:38Z")
We’ve had steering issues for a few weeks, and this morning one of the front ball joints “popped off” and stopped the car. I’m trying to figure out whether this all means it’s time to find a new mechanic. The car is a 2… --- ## [So tell me a bit about Zen Buddhism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-a-bit-about-zen-buddhism/538833)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-tell-me-a-bit-about-zen-buddhism/538833 "2013-11-22T21:58:04Z")
I’m agnostic and am not in any way looking for anything theistic in my life. On the other hand, I think I’m much too negative and could stand some self-improvement. Somebody made a kind of off-hand comment in the “have… --- ## [What do you pay your pet/house/farm sitters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-your-pet-house-farm-sitters/674510)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-your-pet-house-farm-sitters/674510 "2013-11-22T21:44:09Z")
Before we moved I traded off critter & house care duties with a friend who lived nearby. I had more animals and a longer routine than she did but she wouldn’t be paid so I brought her presents from my trips occasionally… --- ## [Rivers of blood, years of darkness - I mean the winter solstice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-of-blood-years-of-darkness-i-mean-the-winter-solstice/674477)
**Author:** [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rivers-of-blood-years-of-darkness-i-mean-the-winter-solstice/674477 "2013-11-22T20:42:44Z")
Yes, it’s that time of year again. I try to tell myself that it’s only another month and the days will start getting longer, but really it’s another month after that until we’re really back to where we are now essential… --- ## [How many people have at least three paychecks saved in case something goes wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-at-least-three-paychecks-saved-in-case-something-goes-wrong/673742)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-have-at-least-three-paychecks-saved-in-case-something-goes-wrong/673742 "2013-11-22T20:40:23Z")
Note: In the bank or under your mattress either way is acceptable. Question #1 How many people have at least three paychecks saved in case something goes wrong? Question #2 How many people don’t have three paychecks sa… --- ## [Starting a Couch-to-5K at work with co-workers: how to make it a success?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-couch-to-5k-at-work-with-co-workers-how-to-make-it-a-success/674507)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-couch-to-5k-at-work-with-co-workers-how-to-make-it-a-success/674507 "2013-11-22T16:53:29Z")
My office has 700 people working in it. Occasionally someone with running as a hobby starts a running group for co-workers. They run during lunch break or after work. But these groups usually attract athletic people and … --- ## [Laptop display preference](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-display-preference/674457)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-display-preference/674457 "2013-11-22T16:30:12Z")
Glossy or Matte? Wide or Standard? Touch or non-touch? I prefer a matte, 4:3 or 5:4 non-touchscreen, and I must be the only one, because they are increasingly rare. --- ## [Law School--After Graduating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-after-graduating/674501)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/law-school-after-graduating/674501 "2013-11-22T15:27:07Z")
I hear now’s a terrible, terrible time to go to law school because there are far too many people graduating to fill far too few slots. I’m curious to know whether there are ways to excel in law school such that after gr… --- ## [New Computer shop name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-shop-name/674285)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-computer-shop-name/674285 "2013-11-22T15:16:55Z")
OK, need a name for a computer shop This is going to be kinda a specialty shop aiming for speedy virus cleanups at low cost. We are going for volume and looking to gut the local computer shop market on virus cleanup pr… --- ## [If you had a terminal disease, would you still floss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-terminal-disease-would-you-still-floss/673946)
**Author:** [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-had-a-terminal-disease-would-you-still-floss/673946 "2013-11-22T13:19:22Z")
So say you had six months to live. Would you still floss? Me, I’d quit in a heartbeat (unless, of course, I had something stuck up there that was driving me nuts). In fact, I’d go so far as to say that not having to … --- ## [TurboTax Online: Tax Freedom vs. Deluxe version](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbotax-online-tax-freedom-vs-deluxe-version/650046)
**Author:** [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turbotax-online-tax-freedom-vs-deluxe-version/650046 "2013-03-05T19:25:04Z")
Just wondering if anyone out there has used both (or, at least has used both Turbo Tax Freedom and a higher-level paid version) in recent memory, who can tell me whether it’s wise for me to save money on the tax software… --- ## [What cities have the most promiscuity girls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-the-most-promiscuity-girls/673459)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 183\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-have-the-most-promiscuity-girls/673459 "2013-11-22T10:33:52Z")
What city have you gone to (lived in ) where girls are the most promiscuity? And the city where girls are the least promiscuity? I here that girls in Miami are very promiscuity but are picking.Some guys don’t like promi… --- ## [Texting taxi driver-- what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-taxi-driver-what-to-do/674280)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texting-taxi-driver-what-to-do/674280 "2013-11-22T05:15:56Z")
So, I just got a cab ride home from the airport, and the taxi driver kept holding his cell phone and typing stuff into it WHILE HE WAS DRIVING. Even on the freeway onramp! Seriously! Luckily the ride was only like 10 … --- ## [Ladies, talk to me about designer jeans!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-talk-to-me-about-designer-jeans/674110)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-talk-to-me-about-designer-jeans/674110 "2013-11-22T04:55:51Z")
I wear jeans nearly every day, even to work (business casual) and have decided its time to move beyond Old Navy but don’t know where to begin. The only “designer” brand I know is 7 For All Mankind. What other denim brand… --- ## [How often do you flush the home toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-flush-the-home-toilet/674361)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-flush-the-home-toilet/674361 "2013-11-22T01:00:31Z")
I’m turning into my dad. :slight\_smile: He would pee several times in the afternoon/evening and then flush the toilet just before going to bed. Why waste a gallon of water flushing a few ounces of pee? I admit as a tee… --- ## [Okay, so what are your plans for Turkey Day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-what-are-your-plans-for-turkey-day/674275)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-so-what-are-your-plans-for-turkey-day/674275 "2013-11-21T23:41:05Z")
In which we discuss our plans to celebrate Thanksgiving. Partly because my wife and I want to establish holiday traditions for our nuclear family, and partly because I prefer not to go to prison for assault, we are host… --- ## [Question on whom to sue when not paid a stipend.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-whom-to-sue-when-not-paid-a-stipend/674387)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-whom-to-sue-when-not-paid-a-stipend/674387 "2013-11-21T23:13:43Z")
I just found out I was to receive a stipend from the State over 6 months ago. I emailed the district and was told nope that stipend doesn’t exist but it clearly does. The process for receiving the stipend was the state… --- ## [Diet Soda - scourge or no scourge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-scourge-or-no-scourge/674402)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diet-soda-scourge-or-no-scourge/674402 "2013-11-21T22:36:47Z")
Found this on my Yahoo page today, amongst the usual nonsense. It references a report about an 11-year-long Harvard Medical School study. I did not read the study, and would not have understood it if I had. I like di… --- ## [Gamophobia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamophobia/674468)
**Author:** [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamophobia/674468 "2013-11-21T21:45:29Z")
No, its not a fear of games. Its fear of getting married and I might have this phobia. Anyone else suffer from it?? --- ## [Assume it is proved that Kennedy was assassinated by a conspiracy. What next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-it-is-proved-that-kennedy-was-assassinated-by-a-conspiracy-what-next/674380)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assume-it-is-proved-that-kennedy-was-assassinated-by-a-conspiracy-what-next/674380 "2013-11-21T21:18:31Z")
Suppose it’s proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Lee Harvey Oswald was given instructions to shoot JFK, and these instructions were traced to a memo dated October 29th, 1963, sent to LBJ, Kruschev, the Mafia heads, and… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1188) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1190)