# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1348 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1349 --- ## [A Will With No Executor? Help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-will-with-no-executor-help/619261)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-will-with-no-executor-help/619261 "2013-02-24T05:35:04Z")
I need a will. But I have nobody I can turn to to be an executor. My brothers & sister are either unreliable or untrustworthy. Besides, I’m not leaving them a nickel. It’s going to charity, museums & libraries. What t… --- ## [Farting at the urinal. Rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/farting-at-the-urinal-rude/651003 "2013-02-24T04:06:43Z")
I’m not much of a gambler. I visited Reno, Vegas, and Atlantic City while my wife and I were doing our 50 X 50 thing. But normally I’m just not into it. But a good friend of mine who I retired with called me last week a… --- ## [Have you even been physically ripped - ie pretty muscular with very low body fat - Did it feel good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-even-been-physically-ripped-ie-pretty-muscular-with-very-low-body-fat-did-it-feel-good/650939)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-even-been-physically-ripped-ie-pretty-muscular-with-very-low-body-fat-did-it-feel-good/650939 "2013-02-24T01:14:28Z")
Per the googled pics below showing people who are “ripped” I was talking to a personal trainer this afternoon who does natural body building. He told me that one of the dirty secrets with body building to the point you h… --- ## [What Causes Failure of Short-Term Memories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-failure-of-short-term-memories/651214)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-failure-of-short-term-memories/651214 "2013-02-24T01:10:18Z")
Lately,I have noticed that I have a problem with the recall of short-term memories. The usual symptom/description is some book or idea that I want to check out on Google or Wikipedia. I intend to search for the item,… --- ## [How often do you sealcoat your driveway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-sealcoat-your-driveway/495435)
**Author:** [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-sealcoat-your-driveway/495435 "2013-02-24T01:00:45Z")
That pretty much sums it up. Thanks. --- ## [Shitkicker vs. shitsquisher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shitkicker-vs-shitsquisher/650857 "2013-02-24T00:43:45Z")
Those of us from livestock-intensive regions have some acquaintance with one or both of these terms. I always assumed a 'squisher was the worse insult, being too dumb to kick it and instead walking right into it. 'Zat a… --- ## [What would you do if someone you knew did this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-someone-you-knew-did-this/651117)
**Author:** [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-do-if-someone-you-knew-did-this/651117 "2013-02-23T22:34:00Z")
Sorry I couldn’t be more specific in the title, but there is only so much space. I started getting collection calls on my cell phone. I don’t answer calls from unknown numbers, and they called several times a day ever … --- ## [I'm really sick of people quoting their doctor as some kind of authority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-sick-of-people-quoting-their-doctor-as-some-kind-of-authority/650958)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-really-sick-of-people-quoting-their-doctor-as-some-kind-of-authority/650958 "2013-02-23T20:14:12Z")
“Yea my doctor said tramadol gets turned into synthetic heroin in the body” "If he really said that he is badly misinformed, here is the metabolic pathway of blah blah which as you can see does not involve “synthetic he… --- ## [What's your perspective: Constant hope or acceptance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-perspective-constant-hope-or-acceptance/651167)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-perspective-constant-hope-or-acceptance/651167 "2013-02-23T19:40:51Z")
Which do you think is the healthier attitude? Accepting certain “hard truths” about yourself (“I will never be a size 8…”, “I am never going to be comfortably middle-class…”, “I am never going to meet Mr. or Miss Right…… --- ## [FMLA and Breastfeeding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fmla-and-breastfeeding/650879)
**Author:** [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fmla-and-breastfeeding/650879 "2013-02-23T19:33:19Z")
So, the wife and I are thinking about having another child. Yay for us! However, when we had our last child, my wife worked for a tiny startup that had fewer than 50 people, so they did not provide her a place to pump b… --- ## [Which Fortune 500 Customer Service dept have you had the most trouble with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fortune-500-customer-service-dept-have-you-had-the-most-trouble-with/651101)
**Author:** [@Dilton\_Doiley\_Philosopher\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dilton_Doiley_Philosopher_King)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fortune-500-customer-service-dept-have-you-had-the-most-trouble-with/651101 "2013-02-23T18:14:48Z")
Of the Forune 500 companies, with which company’s Customer Service dept have you had the most trouble? Note that I am only interested in Customer Service (including Technical Support, Billing, Accounts Management and so… --- ## [Check my thoughts about living in the past and dealing with rejection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-my-thoughts-about-living-in-the-past-and-dealing-with-rejection/650966)
**Author:** [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-my-thoughts-about-living-in-the-past-and-dealing-with-rejection/650966 "2013-02-23T16:26:12Z")
I had a bit of a personal revelation this morning, and I’d like some feedback on it. It involves two scenarios. Scenario 1: My mother-in-law came to live with us for a while during a rough period in her life. I got to k… --- ## [Can I change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change/650933)
**Author:** [@MT\_Sol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MT_Sol)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-change/650933 "2013-02-23T14:03:32Z")
Can I still enter a long-term, mutually satisfying relationship? Are there any Dopers who have come from a broken home to enter such relationships? I grew up in a single-family home. Although my mother and father are bo… --- ## [How well could you pretend to be a lawyer, or other profession, on this message board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-could-you-pretend-to-be-a-lawyer-or-other-profession-on-this-message-board/650949)
**Author:** [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-could-you-pretend-to-be-a-lawyer-or-other-profession-on-this-message-board/650949 "2013-02-23T08:04:49Z")
Here at the Dope we’ve had the perennial spectacle of posters trying to pass themselves off as lawyers, and doing a stupendously piss-poor job at it. That got me thinking, if I wanted to pretend to be a lawyer, how good… --- ## [Women live longer than men, why is this life expectancy gap not scandalous? Why is it not a big deal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-live-longer-than-men-why-is-this-life-expectancy-gap-not-scandalous-why-is-it-not-a-big-deal/650597)
**Author:** [@JamesQueue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesQueue)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-live-longer-than-men-why-is-this-life-expectancy-gap-not-scandalous-why-is-it-not-a-big-deal/650597 "2013-02-23T06:02:31Z")
Imagine if the reverse were true, imagine if most men lived longer than most women do. Don’t you think there would be many writers and TV personalities and academics and people of all stripes theorizing about the politic… --- ## [Ditching my cell phone - options?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ditching-my-cell-phone-options/650940)
**Author:** [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ditching-my-cell-phone-options/650940 "2013-02-23T03:02:40Z")
For several years I’ve been a Verizon Wireless customer, on a basic cell phone plan which costs me about $50 a month. My old phone is crapping out, and before ordering another subsidized phone (and signing up for anothe… --- ## [The Tonsil Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tonsil-poll/650909)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tonsil-poll/650909 "2013-02-22T23:47:33Z")
Yep, a poll about tonsils. Who’s got 'em? Who ain’t got ‘em? I’m lookin’ at you — all of you. Why? Oh, I got diagnosed with strep throat yesterday after wandering around since last Saturday wondering why in the hell my … --- ## [Situation - Lost Phone - What would you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situation-lost-phone-what-would-you-do/650863)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/situation-lost-phone-what-would-you-do/650863 "2013-02-22T21:45:15Z")
It’s 10:30 at night at a community gym. No one is around. You walk in, get on the treadmill, and see a black cell phone relatively well-hidden in the black cup-holder of the treadmill. It’s not obvious from afar. But if … --- ## [Is it standard practice for young(ish) women to shave/wax pubic hair...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-standard-practice-for-young-ish-women-to-shave-wax-pubic-hair/650544)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-standard-practice-for-young-ish-women-to-shave-wax-pubic-hair/650544 "2013-02-22T20:15:58Z")
…completely or almost completely? If you’re a woman, do you? Age, please? At what age did you start taking it all or almost all off? Men: show of hands, please. How many have never seen (in person) a woman’s genital are… --- ## [Nerve Damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerve-damage/651098)
**Author:** [@lpeel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lpeel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerve-damage/651098 "2013-02-22T20:07:57Z")
Need advise\> Daughter went to have a cortisone injection in her shoulder. She was in a car accident. She told the doctor she was allergic to any medication that ended in “caine”. When doing the injection, he gave her… --- ## [What are Doper's greatest fears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dopers-greatest-fears/650557)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dopers-greatest-fears/650557 "2013-02-22T20:01:57Z")
OK, this is my first try at creating a poll. I’m curious, do you have particular fears? If so, what are they? If I’ve done this poll right there are multiple choices allowed, plus I’ve included the traditional “Other”… --- ## [Do you smoke your E-cig at work? (Or indoors)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-your-e-cig-at-work-or-indoors/651078)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-smoke-your-e-cig-at-work-or-indoors/651078 "2013-02-22T18:44:50Z")
I’ve decided to jump on the E-cig bandwagon. (I went with Blu Cigs BTW). It seems ridiculous that I should have to go outside to smoke this thing. I’m wondering what peoples experiences are regarding this issue. I can’t… --- ## [Doper woodworkers: dust collection system advice needed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-woodworkers-dust-collection-system-advice-needed/650901)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-woodworkers-dust-collection-system-advice-needed/650901 "2013-02-22T18:34:35Z")
To make a long story short, I finally get to turn the corner of the basement where Rhythmdvl \[del\]fixes\[/del\] tries to fix things into a burgeoning wood shop. There are a couple small machines there now (e.g. drill press… --- ## [should I take job requiring security clearance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-job-requiring-security-clearance/650730)
**Author:** [@kvadrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kvadrat)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-take-job-requiring-security-clearance/650730 "2013-02-22T17:36:15Z")
Hi, Any help with this would be highly appreciated. I got a job offer as a contractor from a company that does government contracts. A requirement of the job is to get a government secret security clearance. The offer … --- ## [Found "private" SD card... how to return it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-private-sd-card-how-to-return-it/648184)
**Author:** [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-private-sd-card-how-to-return-it/648184 "2013-02-22T17:14:19Z")
My girlfriend was doing laundry today at the shared apartment laundry complex and found a microSD card in front of the dryer she was using. Thinking it had fallen out of my pants (I’m both a techie and forgetful, so the … --- ## [Do you use phone books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-phone-books/650948)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-phone-books/650948 "2013-02-22T17:13:38Z")
I’m talking about printed phone books, which (at least around here) are still delivered automatically to every home and business. Do you use them, or toss them in the recycling and look up phone numbers online? --- ## [Would a USA-South America Rail Link Make Sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-usa-south-america-rail-link-make-sense/651085)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-usa-south-america-rail-link-make-sense/651085 "2013-02-22T17:00:18Z")
The possible Bering Straits rail tunnel has been discussed…most people see it as economically unsound. But what a bout a direct rail link from El Paso to South America? It would be technically difficult (the 40 mile … --- ## [Help me utilize Twitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-utilize-twitter/650985)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-utilize-twitter/650985 "2013-02-22T16:35:02Z")
I really don’t get Twitter, but there have been a few feeds I’d like to monitor. For those that use Twitter, how do you access the feeds? Do you actually visit Twitter.com, do you use an app/program, do you get tweets … --- ## [Dry skin: I need the best hand lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-i-need-the-best-hand-lotion/614013)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-skin-i-need-the-best-hand-lotion/614013 "2013-02-22T14:55:05Z")
I’ve spent the past few months working almost exclusively in the machine shop at work, which leads to a lot of hand-washing throughout the day with aggressive soaps like Lava and TMT Borax. Wife and I also cook a ton of… --- ## [Say you meet a sibling that you didn't know existed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-you-meet-a-sibling-that-you-didnt-know-existed/279964)
**Author:** [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-you-meet-a-sibling-that-you-didnt-know-existed/279964 "2013-02-22T13:31:17Z")
What if an unknown sibling from one of your parents’ past relationships gives you a call or shows up at your doorstep. Lets say that the person has proof of his or her claim, and isn’t an axe murderer or anything. How … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1349)