# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1205 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1206 --- ## [Frizzy Hair Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frizzy-hair-help/672275)
**Author:** [@gla55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gla55)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frizzy-hair-help/672275 "2013-10-26T03:29:27Z")
I have super short (can’t even reach my chin short) frizzy, curly hairs! No matter what I do they won’t stay down or stay in any ponytails, buns etc, etc. What should I do to tame them? My hair is really thick and sensit… --- ## [I Have Vitamin D Deficiency?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-vitamin-d-deficiency/672097)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-vitamin-d-deficiency/672097 "2013-10-26T03:21:01Z")
My doctor just told my by phone yesterday (Wed.) that I have Vitamin D deficiency. He wants me to take a supplement of 2000IU. I just can’t believe it’s true. I take a Vitamin/Mineral Multiple with 100% of the daily all… --- ## [Advice to the middle-aged, from teens and young adults!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-to-the-middle-aged-from-teens-and-young-adults/671932)
**Author:** [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-to-the-middle-aged-from-teens-and-young-adults/671932 "2013-10-26T02:38:09Z")
Remember back when you knew everything, and adults were always doing stupid stuff that made no sense? If you’re under thirty, this is your chance to tell them what’s up and how they should be living their lives. If you… --- ## [Having trouble with my camera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-my-camera/671524)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-trouble-with-my-camera/671524 "2013-10-26T02:37:25Z")
Hey you all, I bought a nice camera a few days ago. I am on my third roll already. The fisrt ones were a disaster - all the images burnt out. I am not sure of what am I doing wrong. I have a Diana F+ camera, and I am sh… --- ## [Legal question about homeopathic alcohol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-homeopathic-alcohol/672029)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-about-homeopathic-alcohol/672029 "2013-10-26T00:26:54Z")
Could I get in trouble for selling homeopathic alcohol products? Let’s say I wanted to sell, either online or in the stores, a 200c solution of 30 year old whiskey(food coloring added, but guaranteed on the label not to… --- ## [Would you rather sleep with a blanket that is too big or too small?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-sleep-with-a-blanket-that-is-too-big-or-too-small/672077)
**Author:** [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-rather-sleep-with-a-blanket-that-is-too-big-or-too-small/672077 "2013-10-25T22:16:58Z")
If you had to get stuck with either one --- ## [Any weathermen out there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246)
**Author:** [@CraterLayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CraterLayer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-weathermen-out-there/672246 "2013-10-25T21:43:50Z")
This afternoon in east-central New jersey, I tried to clean up some of the leaves in the yard, but mother nature had other ideas. The wind would gust up to bout 15 knots for a couple minutes, then stop. A minute or two l… --- ## [How much of the Vatican could the Pope sell?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-vatican-could-the-pope-sell/672070)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-the-vatican-could-the-pope-sell/672070 "2013-10-25T21:41:26Z")
Inspired by this story, a bishop gets his knuckles rapped for living too ostentatiously. The story says of Pope Francis I; Anyway, if the Pope took this to its logical conclusion and in accordance with Matthew 19:21 w… --- ## [I need to buy some luggage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-buy-some-luggage/672169)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-buy-some-luggage/672169 "2013-10-25T21:07:31Z")
Next year, I’ll be flying transatlantic, and I’m in need of a couple of good suitcases with wheels. I’ve done some preliminary shopping on line, but the options are overwhelming. I’d like some opinions on hard vs. soft… --- ## [Recommendation for good free web-based e-mail that isn't Yahoo or Google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-free-web-based-e-mail-that-isnt-yahoo-or-google/672175)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-good-free-web-based-e-mail-that-isnt-yahoo-or-google/672175 "2013-10-25T19:42:33Z")
Okay, I think the time has come. I’ve 95% abandoned Yahoo e-mail (gradually over the last few years, actually) as each new update to their service is worse than before, to the point of being utterly obnoxious to use. (C… --- ## [How do you deal with LinkedIn endorsements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-linkedin-endorsements/672033)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-linkedin-endorsements/672033 "2013-10-25T18:54:51Z")
It must be the thing to do, because almost every day some random contact in my LinkedIn directory endorses me for some skill that I may or may not be known to have or be good at doing. I assume some sort of reciprocatio… --- ## [Non-Parent Dopers: What Advice Do You Have for Parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-parent-dopers-what-advice-do-you-have-for-parents/671902)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-parent-dopers-what-advice-do-you-have-for-parents/671902 "2013-10-25T17:10:13Z")
I was just reading a thread on what advice the middle-aged have for the elderly and it occurred to me that another appropriate thread would be on what advice do Doper non-parents (I mean those who have never raised a chi… --- ## [What's up with bad tooth-to-gum ratios?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bad-tooth-to-gum-ratios/672182)
**Author:** [@TashaKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TashaKitty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-bad-tooth-to-gum-ratios/672182 "2013-10-25T17:09:28Z")
I heard “tooth-to-gum” ratio for the first time on Family Guy, and I was so relieved that I wasn’t the only one who noticed such a thing. Why does it primarily affect women? I’ve seen dozens upon dozens of women with m… --- ## [Sasquatch must be exceedingly clever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sasquatch-must-be-exceedingly-clever/671891)
**Author:** [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sasquatch-must-be-exceedingly-clever/671891 "2013-10-25T15:49:17Z")
That’s why no one has ever captured or killed one, or found remains, or even got decent footage of one. They are obviously telepathic, dispose of their dead in some ninjalike fashion, and emit some kind of energy that c… --- ## [Buying real estate at auction - terrible idea or just bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-real-estate-at-auction-terrible-idea-or-just-bad-idea/672163)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-real-estate-at-auction-terrible-idea-or-just-bad-idea/672163 "2013-10-25T13:23:50Z")
The local auction house that does farm sales is putting a nice hobby farm up for auction in a month or so. It’s 40 acres with a house and some outbuildings; they are auctioning off all the farm implements and then the pr… --- ## [Are REITs a good alternative to buying real estate? Anyone invest in them](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reits-a-good-alternative-to-buying-real-estate-anyone-invest-in-them/654419)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-reits-a-good-alternative-to-buying-real-estate-anyone-invest-in-them/654419 "2013-10-25T11:47:45Z")
For my retirement, which is decades away, I am investing my IRA and 401k monies in higher risk mutual funds since I intend to leave the money in for a long time. But I also have money I’d like to invest in lower risk (a… --- ## [Horrible unreasonable neighbors, ARG!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-unreasonable-neighbors-arg/671903)
**Author:** [@VirgilCaine1865](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VirgilCaine1865)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-unreasonable-neighbors-arg/671903 "2013-10-25T10:44:38Z")
I have some pretty terrible neighbors in my apartment. I live on the very top floor (third) and they are on the first. They have been cranking the most obnoxious music (death metal, which I normally like and club/dub ste… --- ## [Weight Loss and then Weight Gain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-and-then-weight-gain/672076)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-loss-and-then-weight-gain/672076 "2013-10-25T03:53:01Z")
I lost 18 pounds in the last few weeks, but now I’ve gained a few pounds back for a net loss of about 13 pounds. What’s up with this? My diet has been fairly constant. I’ve been lifting weights, but I doubt I gained 5 po… --- ## [Would the world be better (in any way) if everyone spoke the same (and only) language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-in-any-way-if-everyone-spoke-the-same-and-only-language/672060)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-world-be-better-in-any-way-if-everyone-spoke-the-same-and-only-language/672060 "2013-10-25T03:16:23Z")
In the city where I live (San Francisco) one can hear dozens of languages spoken on the streets other than English. If you are just overhearing conversations, it doesn’t matter. But often I have to try to understand othe… --- ## [How Often Should Washing Machine Hoses be Changed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-should-washing-machine-hoses-be-changed/671609 "2013-10-25T02:17:18Z")
Or does everyone just wait until they break? --- ## [A Reincarnation Scenario - What do you do? \*](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reincarnation-scenario-what-do-you-do/671742)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-reincarnation-scenario-what-do-you-do/671742 "2013-10-25T01:28:15Z")
This is a bit of an odd one but bear with me. Anyway, there you are doing a bit of gardening in the back yard (yes I know you don’t have a garden, or a back yard, just run with it) when you notice a fox is standing nearb… --- ## [Deal breakers in relationships](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deal-breakers-in-relationships/671191)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deal-breakers-in-relationships/671191 "2013-10-25T00:49:42Z")
OK, very few of us would actively pursue a relationship with a vampire. Someone who gets the urge to dink my blood would be a deal breaker. In the thread What’s your “never going to win” argument with your SO? people di… --- ## [Has anyone read the works and ideas of Edward De Bono](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-the-works-and-ideas-of-edward-de-bono/672167)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-read-the-works-and-ideas-of-edward-de-bono/672167 "2013-10-24T22:30:50Z")
I came across him today, and got an ebook on my phone. I also requested some books from the library but haven’t gotten them today. He claims there are far more effective ways of thinking for creativity and problem solvi… --- ## [Ever flexed your rights, successfully or unsuccessfully?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-flexed-your-rights-successfully-or-unsuccessfully/672109)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-flexed-your-rights-successfully-or-unsuccessfully/672109 "2013-10-24T19:13:25Z")
Inspired by these two threads in GQ. These days on the internet at least the discussion about rights seems to have been hijacked by these ‘sovereign citizen’ assclowns who give those really looking to assert their rights… --- ## [Is Amazon Prime worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-prime-worth-it/671963)
**Author:** [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-amazon-prime-worth-it/671963 "2013-10-24T19:12:38Z")
Amazon has upped the price for free shipping to $35 making Amazon Prime seem more attractive. However, today I was doing some comparison shopping for a Raspberry Pi. On Amazon a Prime-eligible RPI costs $41. On adafru… --- ## [The perils of middle-management: advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perils-of-middle-management-advice-needed/671890)
**Author:** [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perils-of-middle-management-advice-needed/671890 "2013-10-24T19:02:33Z")
I’m a staff person in a library, responsible for supervising one student worker. This is my first time being a supervisor. I am the only staff person in my department and work in the same small office as my own direct su… --- ## [Wisdom tooth pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisdom-tooth-pain/672047)
**Author:** [@Teacake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teacake)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisdom-tooth-pain/672047 "2013-10-24T17:02:18Z")
I know this isn’t an uncommon topic, and I’m sorry to raise it again, but I’m getting near to the end of my wits. On Saturday night I started to feel an ache and swelling around my partially erupted wisdom tooth. It got… --- ## [Do you lock your front (and back) door when you are home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lock-your-front-and-back-door-when-you-are-home/670654)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-lock-your-front-and-back-door-when-you-are-home/670654 "2013-10-24T15:29:07Z")
Over on the Breaking Bad finale thread, I stated that I found it strange that a character would leave their door to the outside unlocked after they came home. Someone else disputed this, saying something like “not all of… --- ## [Anybody bike to work? Tell me about it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-bike-to-work-tell-me-about-it/672044)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-bike-to-work-tell-me-about-it/672044 "2013-10-24T13:44:41Z")
I’m thinking about starting. I tested the route Saturday and it’s within my capacity. We have showers in the facility so I wouldn’t have to be all stinky, and I can store fresh clothes in my office. Autumn is the best se… --- ## [How can I prepare financially for a move?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-prepare-financially-for-a-move/672083)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-prepare-financially-for-a-move/672083 "2013-10-24T13:41:15Z")
I want to move to another state. I have been working at my present job for 7 years and it was my first job after grad school. My credit is immaculate and i can get as much money from the bank as i want. However, i want t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1206)