# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1293 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1294 --- ## [Dating advice....juggling multiple partners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice-juggling-multiple-partners/535811)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-advice-juggling-multiple-partners/535811 "2013-05-27T14:52:51Z")
So I’m a middle-aged guy, single (widowed) for a mere 8 months, and using eHarmony to try to get back into the dating world. My previous experience as a single guy is very limited and very out of date. After a shaky st… --- ## [Would a screened gazebo like this keep a cat in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-screened-gazebo-like-this-keep-a-cat-in/659415)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-screened-gazebo-like-this-keep-a-cat-in/659415 "2013-05-27T13:24:54Z")
So here’s the deal. We have a 12’ x 12’ wooden platform that the man who built the back deck built us too to put a screen house on. Generally we’ve nailed the bottom edge of the screenhouse to the platform, and then take… --- ## [Custom Men's Tailoring -- Any Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-mens-tailoring-any-recommendations/534245)
**Author:** [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-mens-tailoring-any-recommendations/534245 "2013-05-27T12:59:33Z")
I am as a former SO put it “hard on clothes,” plus I’ve recently shed a few pounds, all of which means I have zero functional suits. Could use a few shirts too. The world is surprisingly full of charlatans billing them… --- ## [What makes you decide it's time to start a diet or exercise more?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-decide-its-time-to-start-a-diet-or-exercise-more/659420)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-you-decide-its-time-to-start-a-diet-or-exercise-more/659420 "2013-05-27T12:04:25Z")
A lot of people carry extra weight and still have a positive personal body image. A 5’ 5" lady might be very comfortable with her appearance at 175lbs. But she’ll go on a diet at 200lbs. What makes you decide it’s time … --- ## [Most prestigious dialect of Spanish, which is also useful in the U.S.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prestigious-dialect-of-spanish-which-is-also-useful-in-the-u-s/659341)
**Author:** [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-prestigious-dialect-of-spanish-which-is-also-useful-in-the-u-s/659341 "2013-05-27T07:37:04Z")
So, lately I’ve thought, “Wouldn’t it be fun—and useful—to learn Spanish!” However, as you no doubt know, there are many varieties of español. Some of these varieties are more prestigious/literary/etc. (such as, perhaps… --- ## [I need bizarre dating game questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bizarre-dating-game-questions/99322)
**Author:** [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-bizarre-dating-game-questions/99322 "2013-05-27T05:59:58Z")
Lately I’ve been having fun playing The Dating Game at http://station.sony.com/. I’ll either give bizarre answers as the contestant or ask weird questions when I am the ‘Chooser’. I’ve been hitting a creative wall comi… --- ## [Best guard animal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guard-animal/659292)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-guard-animal/659292 "2013-05-27T05:24:22Z")
Suppose a billionaire wants a guard animal or animals to surround his house to protect him and his family. Money is no object and where he lives any animal can be owned. Although he doesn’t care if potential intruders … --- ## [What to do in and around Santa Barbara, CA (need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-and-around-santa-barbara-ca-need-answer-fast/659284)
**Author:** [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-and-around-santa-barbara-ca-need-answer-fast/659284 "2013-05-27T05:15:58Z")
I leave for Santa Barbara, CA tomorrow morning. This is a trip I’ll actually have spare time to enjoy the destination. I’m there for 4 days. I’ve neglected to look into how I might spend my spare time there so am hoping … --- ## [How much for two eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-for-two-eggs/659007 "2013-05-27T03:21:05Z")
So, let’s say you didn’t bring enough food for lunch one day, so you stop in at a little breakfast/lunch diner across the street that you have always sort of wondered about, but never hit because you always bring your ow… --- ## [Who is the composite Doper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-composite-doper/659300)
**Author:** [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-composite-doper/659300 "2013-05-27T02:36:50Z")
He or she would be … an atheist --- ## [Act your race?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/act-your-race/659188)
**Author:** [@AngelTorres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelTorres)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/act-your-race/659188 "2013-05-27T02:30:05Z")
I’m hispanic. I like to sag my pants a little and I absolutely love to rap. I’m actually good at it. However, my friends tell me to stop because I’m not black. Do I have to be black? --- ## [Procon.org](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/procon-org/659440)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/procon-org/659440 "2013-05-27T01:59:09Z")
Anyone using these guys? I work in education, and I’ve been instructed to base a passage for student essay responses on information from their page on cell phones. I’m having misgivings about doing so. On the one hand,… --- ## [Please help me spend long layovers in Frankfurt and Amsterdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-spend-long-layovers-in-frankfurt-and-amsterdam/659402)
**Author:** [@SayTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SayTwo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-spend-long-layovers-in-frankfurt-and-amsterdam/659402 "2013-05-26T23:52:53Z")
Greetings, all. Relatively new international traveler here. I have an 8-hour layover later today in Frankfurt, and a 17-hour (5pm to 10am) layover next month in Amsterdam on my way home. Is eight hours enough time to … --- ## [Sick Dog- Need Help Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-dog-need-help-fast/659189)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sick-dog-need-help-fast/659189 "2013-05-26T20:17:19Z")
Hi Everyone Today, about mid-afternoon, my dog threw up several times. Having had many dogs, this didn’t concern me too much, until he couldn’t keep water down. I called the vet, who made some time to see him. She decid… --- ## [What words can be conveyed through grunts or sing-songy noise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-can-be-conveyed-through-grunts-or-sing-songy-noise/659252)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-words-can-be-conveyed-through-grunts-or-sing-songy-noise/659252 "2013-05-26T18:33:04Z")
Because it’s Friday and I’m bored. I wanted to come up with a list of words or phrases you can “say” without actually uttering any words. For instance, close your mouth and convey the phrase “I don’t know.” You didn’t … --- ## [Good Sources for Webcams at cool spots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sources-for-webcams-at-cool-spots/659360)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-sources-for-webcams-at-cool-spots/659360 "2013-05-26T15:47:32Z")
What are some good sites for getting live webcam feeds from cools spots? I found this one from the 18th hole at Pebble Beach looking back at Carmel beach, but it keeps timing out every 15 seconds or so. Been googling a… --- ## [Recommend some Apps for my newly rooted Nexus 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-apps-for-my-newly-rooted-nexus-4/659191)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-apps-for-my-newly-rooted-nexus-4/659191 "2013-05-26T15:18:12Z")
Now that my phone is rooted, any apps that require root you recommend? --- ## [Shhhh....is it universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shhhh-is-it-universal/659354)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shhhh-is-it-universal/659354 "2013-05-26T10:39:21Z")
Yus, I understand that ‘shhhhh’ comes from hush, but I was more interested in the finger to the mouth (held crossways to the lips). Does anybody come from a culture/language group where this is not performed as a gestur… --- ## [Jodi Arias](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodi-arias/659147)
**Author:** [@Vitalis\_Kissmeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vitalis_Kissmeoff)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jodi-arias/659147 "2013-05-26T10:02:17Z")
Whadya say guys? Would you take a chance on her knowing what we know? Built like a brick shithouse, unfettered passion…etc. http://tinyurl.com/nwmrbqj --- ## [Some contradictions of morality I've noticed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-contradictions-of-morality-ive-noticed/658801)
**Author:** [@donnie\_darko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donnie_darko)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-contradictions-of-morality-ive-noticed/658801 "2013-05-26T08:57:50Z")
Can anyone challenge any of this? It seems like indirect evil is much more easily forgiven than direct evil. And there are some things that totally don’t make any sense to me. Some examples: \*We consider our troops hero… --- ## [Are 10 year olds generally like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-10-year-olds-generally-like-this/658949)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-10-year-olds-generally-like-this/658949 "2013-05-26T04:55:08Z")
My kid is great - very smart, sweet, fun, etc. So don’t get me wrong when I describe this. But she is almost aggressively indifferent about almost everything. School? Meh. Girl Scouts? Meh. Reading? Meh. Even her parkour… --- ## [Blue Ladybugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ladybugs/659277)
**Author:** [@e.fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/e.fred)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-ladybugs/659277 "2013-05-26T03:50:08Z")
I’d like to start a ladybug farm and ive collected alot of red, orange, and ive even found a few green ones. Has anyone ever seen a blue one? also I know they are tough bugs but can they fight off ants if they try to inv… --- ## [the Sinatra Solution? \[heart health\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinatra-solution-heart-health/659282)
**Author:** [@LilyoftheField](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheField)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sinatra-solution-heart-health/659282 "2013-05-26T02:19:48Z")
Anyone read this book? Tried any of the recommendations? (I freakin’ hate that word! what is it - two c’s? two m’s? both? I never seem to get it right…) Anyway the “Sinatra Solution” is a book written by a cardiolo… --- ## [Should WA and CO ban indoor pot growing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-wa-and-co-ban-indoor-pot-growing/659148)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-wa-and-co-ban-indoor-pot-growing/659148 "2013-05-26T01:38:37Z")
A friend sent me this recent newspaper article–I was stunned to learn about the massive energy consumption, the huge carbon footprint, from indoor marijuana growing operations. Since industrial-scale pot growing is now … --- ## [How many "green" things do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-green-things-do-you-do/656446)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-green-things-do-you-do/656446 "2013-05-25T22:56:13Z")
In honour of Earth Day, how many “green” things do you do regularly? You can pretty much define it any way you like it, as long as the end result is that your actions (or inactions) reduce emissions or pollution. --- ## [How do you know how to price things for a yard sale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-how-to-price-things-for-a-yard-sale/659022 "2013-05-25T20:31:57Z")
We’ve got a big combined one coming up at work and I thought I might use it as an opportunity to get rid of a bunch of stuff we really don’t need - housewares, mostly. Wine glasses that don’t fit in the dishwasher, stuf… --- ## [Do dentists use less anaesthetic now, or less for adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dentists-use-less-anaesthetic-now-or-less-for-adults/659023)
**Author:** [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-dentists-use-less-anaesthetic-now-or-less-for-adults/659023 "2013-05-25T20:08:48Z")
I might be getting a dental crown :frowning: so, to distract myself, I’m asking this question I’ve been wondering: When I was little, say, from 1990-2000, it seemed that every dental procedure that involved drilling req… --- ## [Why did American cars get such a bum rap in the '70s and '80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-american-cars-get-such-a-bum-rap-in-the-70s-and-80s/523625)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-american-cars-get-such-a-bum-rap-in-the-70s-and-80s/523625 "2013-05-25T19:30:07Z")
My family owned a few American cars from this era (back when driving a foreign-made vehicle could get you labeled a traitor in the Midwest), and other than a mid-1980s Plymouth Reliant, they never gave us much trouble. O… --- ## [Which is Better](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better/659225)
**Author:** [@Organized\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Organized_Chaos)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-better/659225 "2013-05-25T06:03:28Z")
This thread is being created to debate various subjects on which is better; (ex: Chocolate or Vanilla, Coke or Pepsi, Blondes or Brunettes). Feel free to post your questions and then let the fun begin. --- ## [How would such a person use a toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-such-a-person-use-a-toilet/659198)
**Author:** [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-such-a-person-use-a-toilet/659198 "2013-05-25T05:17:16Z")
So I’ve been idly wondering about something for the past 15 years or so. I once saw a man with thalidomide arms go into a men’s room. They were just little floppy wings - not nearly long enough to reach his equipment. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1294)