# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1384 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1385 --- ## [Do I have TMJ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-tmj/645678)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-tmj/645678 "2012-12-31T20:16:48Z")
I know you are not a doctor or a dentist, and that I should see a medical professional, which I will. I am in the process of making an appointment with my dentist to ask him myself, but everybody’s closed for the holiday… --- ## [What should a government do for a country to become successful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-government-do-for-a-country-to-become-successful/645668)
**Author:** [@TheCrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCrow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-government-do-for-a-country-to-become-successful/645668 "2012-12-31T19:25:28Z")
Establishing laws, enforcing contracts, defending the country, and interfering in as few ways as possible? I need some more specific, in-depth and well-detailed explanations and reasons. --- ## [What word processer are you putting on your new Mac?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-processer-are-you-putting-on-your-new-mac/645392)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-processer-are-you-putting-on-your-new-mac/645392 "2012-12-31T18:35:57Z")
I am surprised to learn this new Mac Mini does not come with a word processor. Nor is there one on the Ipad Mini. This leaves, not tech savvy, Me wondering how on earth I will access all the Appleworks documents from my… --- ## [The most times you've done it in a day?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-times-youve-done-it-in-a-day/22180)
**Author:** [@Silo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silo)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-times-youve-done-it-in-a-day/22180 "2012-12-31T15:26:40Z")
Yeppers! What is the most times you’ve had sex in 1 day? Just give the #. Me, 6. --- ## [Have you ever seen a Humvee actually off road?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-humvee-actually-off-road/645636)
**Author:** [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-seen-a-humvee-actually-off-road/645636 "2012-12-31T13:22:13Z")
Today, I saw yet another pimped out Humvee on the road. And yet again I went :rolleyes: Then it occurred to me. I’ve seen Minivans off road. Saturns, Volkswagons, both old and new style. Pickups galor. The ocassional s… --- ## [Persons with BOTH full siblings and half-siblings: do you feel the same positive connection to both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-with-both-full-siblings-and-half-siblings-do-you-feel-the-same-positive-connection-to-both/645321)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-with-both-full-siblings-and-half-siblings-do-you-feel-the-same-positive-connection-to-both/645321 "2012-12-31T06:29:32Z")
This is, of course, assuming that you feel any sort of positive emotional bond with your full siblings. But if you do: is your relationship with your half-siblings of the same caliber? If not, why not? Answering my own … --- ## [You're a roving do-gooder. Do you stick around for thank-yous, or go the Lone Ranger route?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-roving-do-gooder-do-you-stick-around-for-thank-yous-or-go-the-lone-ranger-route/645519)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-a-roving-do-gooder-do-you-stick-around-for-thank-yous-or-go-the-lone-ranger-route/645519 "2012-12-31T05:32:53Z")
It has come to my attention that a certain “rival” of Rhymer Enterprises is looking to hire some professional roving do-gooders. Rival is in quotes for two reasons. One, these hippies are on the side of truth, liberty, j… --- ## [Your first thought about this situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-thought-about-this-situation/645237)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-thought-about-this-situation/645237 "2012-12-31T03:29:54Z")
Ok, I don’t want to make this a poll because I don’t want to give anybody ideas. I would like to have your first thought about this and your gender because I found it interesting that in general men answer one way and w… --- ## [Could you craft a book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-craft-a-book/645528)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-craft-a-book/645528 "2012-12-31T03:12:07Z")
I do not mean write a book – I mean craft it out of the thousands of messages you posted. --- ## [What do I do with the sea monkeys I have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-sea-monkeys-i-have/645524)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-the-sea-monkeys-i-have/645524 "2012-12-31T02:05:28Z")
Yes, I know, brine shrimp-I bought them for a couple of my students (for me to show them life cycles and such), but now, a month later, not only are they getting big, they appear to be mating! Saw a couple of them swimm… --- ## [Proper hunting attire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-hunting-attire/645557)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-hunting-attire/645557 "2012-12-30T23:27:27Z")
Which is proper hunting attire: Camo or brightly colored for safety? --- ## [Latex Garments - Care and Polish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-garments-care-and-polish/645442)
**Author:** [@LockSmithe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LockSmithe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latex-garments-care-and-polish/645442 "2012-12-30T22:57:50Z")
First let me say that this is my first post, so thanks to anyone reading or replying to this! Hopefully this will be at least somewhat interesting as I am asking about latex clothes (very hot, imo) We have recently purc… --- ## [I'd like to volunteer for a non-religious building project...any suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-volunteer-for-a-non-religious-building-project-any-suggestions/645573)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-volunteer-for-a-non-religious-building-project-any-suggestions/645573 "2012-12-30T21:41:54Z")
All I can find is Habitat for Humanity. I’m okay with working for a religious group even though I’m an Athiest. I would however prefer if my resources went to a group that was not religiously affiliated. I’m interested i… --- ## [What to put in a survival pack?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-put-in-a-survival-pack/645444)
**Author:** [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-put-in-a-survival-pack/645444 "2012-12-30T18:58:29Z")
I’m putting together a small survival/convenience pack for multi-day hiking. Essentially I want a pack that has all the first aid gear in it, as well as those many small luxuries we often forget when camping. Weight is i… --- ## [Einstein returns today. What physics is most: impressive; shocking; incomprehensible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-returns-today-what-physics-is-most-impressive-shocking-incomprehensible/644850)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einstein-returns-today-what-physics-is-most-impressive-shocking-incomprehensible/644850 "2012-12-30T18:58:25Z")
See subject. Assume his mind is in mid-season form, as P.G. Wodehouse puts it. --- ## [Are there any good pencil sharpeners left on the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-pencil-sharpeners-left-on-the-world/643169)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-good-pencil-sharpeners-left-on-the-world/643169 "2012-12-30T17:59:13Z")
I swear I cannot find a good, reliable pencil sharpener any more. We run through them so quickly at work that the secretary has to order a new one almost as soon as we purchase one to plan for the quick demise of the new… --- ## [best source for traffic and traffic/weather info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-source-for-traffic-and-traffic-weather-info/645503)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-source-for-traffic-and-traffic-weather-info/645503 "2012-12-30T17:06:41Z")
every year at Christmastime we drive from the south to the north where people we love inexplicably want to live even though they have winter there. Most years there is some kind of winter weather and we have to decide … --- ## [Recommend a cable modem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cable-modem/645531)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-cable-modem/645531 "2012-12-30T16:52:18Z")
One of those things I never think about is that I’ve been paying $7/month for a cable modem for the last five years. Stupid, eh? So I think I’ll stop renting one from Comcast and buy my own. Knowing nothing, I’ve read… --- ## [Lion vs Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011)
**Author:** [@My\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Lord)\ **Replies:** 304\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-vs-tiger/631011 "2012-12-30T13:55:58Z")
Who won more in the past? Eh everybody, so being this was one of the biggest dual’s of earth’s top predator’s who do you think won more in the past, the eye of the tiger, or the King of the beast the Lion? Please only th… --- ## [Is it ALWAYS better to "never talk to the police"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-better-to-never-talk-to-the-police/645232)
**Author:** [@oyster11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oyster11)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-always-better-to-never-talk-to-the-police/645232 "2012-12-30T13:53:43Z")
I have searches online and almost all advices are, never talk to the police. Does it apply to all situations, though? Sometimes the police might be far from certain who the perpetrator is, and they just treat you as a p… --- ## [maybe cynicism is like smoking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-cynicism-is-like-smoking/645523)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maybe-cynicism-is-like-smoking/645523 "2012-12-30T13:37:35Z")
It makes you look badass, it delivers a primal oomph to the nervous system, and it keeps a restless mind occupied. But it makes you stink, it makes everything around you stink, and it slowly poisons you and leaves you r… --- ## [Labor's share of U.S. economy has fallen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labors-share-of-u-s-economy-has-fallen/645554)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labors-share-of-u-s-economy-has-fallen/645554 "2012-12-30T06:40:04Z")
There is an interesting graph on a PBS News page. It shows that U.S. corporate income fluctuated near a 71/29 ratio (labor vs capital) for many decades, but beginning about 2001 slid in capital’s favor and is now about … --- ## [Do you suck on candy canes or bite them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-suck-on-candy-canes-or-bite-them/645233)
**Author:** [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-suck-on-candy-canes-or-bite-them/645233 "2012-12-30T05:58:20Z")
How do you eat candy canes - by sucking/licking them, or biting them? I tend to be lazy/impatient and bite on them after a bit of sucking. --- ## [How to pay rent (by check) and earn air miles on my credit card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pay-rent-by-check-and-earn-air-miles-on-my-credit-card/645314)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-pay-rent-by-check-and-earn-air-miles-on-my-credit-card/645314 "2012-12-30T05:39:37Z")
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to travel more, so I recently applied for a credit card with a fat air miles joining bonus. The value of the bonus miles easily outweighs the annual fee, so I am confident that as long… --- ## [Trivial question - is one a "gun owner" if the guns are non-functionable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-question-is-one-a-gun-owner-if-the-guns-are-non-functionable/645408)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-question-is-one-a-gun-owner-if-the-guns-are-non-functionable/645408 "2012-12-30T05:35:12Z")
Trivial, and the answer is probably depends upon local laws anyway. I inherited three guns. They apparently have parts missing, someone said the ‘’ firing pens’’ were all missing. I’ve no other guns. Am I a ‘‘gun owner… --- ## [Tell me your experience with pinched nerves, herniated disc and cortesone shots.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experience-with-pinched-nerves-herniated-disc-and-cortesone-shots/645281)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experience-with-pinched-nerves-herniated-disc-and-cortesone-shots/645281 "2012-12-30T04:17:56Z")
I’m scheduled to have an injection on the 7th. What should I expect? Do they hurt? Do they really help? Do they last? What other options are there? --- ## [hair removal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-removal/644348)
**Author:** [@eztarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eztarget)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-removal/644348 "2012-12-30T02:14:26Z")
i am looking into getting a Brazilian type hair treatment (i am male). anyone know if you can do that now with laser hair removal? scrotum included. i know waxing is painful and i don’t know if i can handle it. even … --- ## [How do I deal with this employment situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-deal-with-this-employment-situation/645366)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-deal-with-this-employment-situation/645366 "2012-12-30T01:07:39Z")
I’m from the USA but I live in Trinidad&Tobago and have permanent residency, I’ve been trying to find a job recently and I keep running into two issues. 1.Employers seem unsure it is legal to hire me, I’ve had to explai… --- ## [Grammar Q: Near, Nearer, Nearest \[to?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-q-near-nearer-nearest-to/645479)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-q-near-nearer-nearest-to/645479 "2012-12-29T23:55:31Z")
When should we follow this word by 'to"? Does it matter if it’s being used as an adjective rather than an adverb? I would never say “near to”, but I very much want to say “nearer to” and “nearest to”. As a comparative… --- ## [Teachers: Is this a reasonable request?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-is-this-a-reasonable-request/645292)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teachers-is-this-a-reasonable-request/645292 "2012-12-29T23:12:00Z")
I’ve recently found out that my son hasn’t been turning in all his math homework assignments. My son has since got an earful from yours truly. So that part is taken care of. I was thinking about asking his teacher if … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1385)