# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1427 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1428 --- ## [Would it bother you if your boss video-recording all private meetings with you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-your-boss-video-recording-all-private-meetings-with-you/638153)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-if-your-boss-video-recording-all-private-meetings-with-you/638153 "2012-10-21T16:50:52Z")
Like most managerial positions, my job requires me to regularly consult with my staff on their current projects, overall performance, etc. Some of these meetings take place at the employee’s desk, some wandering around t… --- ## [Share some favorite idioms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-favorite-idioms/501868)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-some-favorite-idioms/501868 "2012-10-21T14:29:03Z")
I was listening to an interview with an author named Jag Bhalla on NPR today who has written a book entitled I’m Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the World. Interesting interview;… --- ## [Tell me about your experience with Lisinopril and other ACE inhibitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-lisinopril-and-other-ace-inhibitors/638288)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experience-with-lisinopril-and-other-ace-inhibitors/638288 "2012-10-21T14:10:03Z")
Been prescribed Lisinopril due to inexplicable high blood pressure. I have of course been given the normal medical knowledge about it, in particular to lie down the first time you take it - but would be interested in he… --- ## [Planning emigration - what did you wish you'd known?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-emigration-what-did-you-wish-youd-known/638225)
**Author:** [@Charley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charley)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/planning-emigration-what-did-you-wish-youd-known/638225 "2012-10-21T12:41:06Z")
My husband is Australian, I’m British, our daughters (6 and 1 1/2) have dual citizenship. We live at the moment in the UK, but the plan has always been to go (back) to Oz, and since I was officially orphaned in Februar… --- ## [Christian Mingle Dot Com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-mingle-dot-com/580956)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christian-mingle-dot-com/580956 "2012-10-21T05:17:12Z")
Another ongoing thread is raising some questions about discrimination based on religion, which reminded me of this online dating service. Advertised on TV here, it’s called “Christian Mingle Dot Com”, which purports to … --- ## [Typical owners of different cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-owners-of-different-cars/638338)
**Author:** [@CEOofPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CEOofPolar)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-owners-of-different-cars/638338 "2012-10-21T05:11:45Z")
Volvo: The Average Joe car, newer ones mainly owned by middle class well educated family-people. Older Volvo 740/940 has a strong association with senior citizens and hillbilly hick type of characters. Saab: The good gu… --- ## [Kipling's Nine and Sixty Ways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiplings-nine-and-sixty-ways/638189)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiplings-nine-and-sixty-ways/638189 "2012-10-21T00:37:24Z")
In his poem “In the Neolithic Age,” Kipling famously says: “There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right!” The most conventional interpretation of this is “Follow yo… --- ## [Those Abandoned Detroit Neighborhoods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-abandoned-detroit-neighborhoods/638362)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-abandoned-detroit-neighborhoods/638362 "2012-10-20T22:21:35Z")
That you can see on Youtube: when did the people leave those houses? The video clips are depressing-most of those houses were once very nice homes. From the looks, most of them were built in the 1920’s (Boom times in Det… --- ## [Disabled Don't Want Pity, But Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-dont-want-pity-but-why/523714)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disabled-dont-want-pity-but-why/523714 "2012-10-20T21:31:53Z")
I have always found it curious how the disabled do not want sympathy; yet, I have a non-obvious diasbility that I wish people could understand. So, I cannot comprehend why the disabled do not want sympathy. Is it so te… --- ## [Friend has ear pain, now they want to do MRI!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-has-ear-pain-now-they-want-to-do-mri/638280)
**Author:** [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-has-ear-pain-now-they-want-to-do-mri/638280 "2012-10-20T21:17:43Z")
They treated it with antibiotics then ear drops, but the pain remains. What could they be looking for? --- ## [Orthodox Jews: some advice, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-jews-some-advice-please/633009)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orthodox-jews-some-advice-please/633009 "2012-10-20T20:53:10Z")
How can I politely establish my bona fides for making up a minyan? My background: my mother was born in Hannover, Germany, in 1930, in a relatively secularized Jewish family. (Of course, at that time most German Jews we… --- ## [neighbor's dog barks early in AM. what can I suggest to help him shut his dog up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-barks-early-in-am-what-can-i-suggest-to-help-him-shut-his-dog-up/638264)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neighbors-dog-barks-early-in-am-what-can-i-suggest-to-help-him-shut-his-dog-up/638264 "2012-10-20T19:31:22Z")
I have not personally met our neighbors in the house behind us; our lawns are separated by a 50-foot wide patch of dense forest. They used to have a dog that would bark quietly late in the morning - no big deal - but so… --- ## ["Why are you stalking me, man?" or stories of children with obsessed parents.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-stalking-me-man-or-stories-of-children-with-obsessed-parents/637955)
**Author:** [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-stalking-me-man-or-stories-of-children-with-obsessed-parents/637955 "2012-10-20T19:17:14Z")
This is a spin-off of the earlier thread “How come he don’t want me, man?” or stories of unwanted children because I found the thread odd, but as I read to the end, it occurred to me that some of the stories and the emot… --- ## [At what percentile do you think the US becomes better than Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-percentile-do-you-think-the-us-becomes-better-than-germany/638080)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-percentile-do-you-think-the-us-becomes-better-than-germany/638080 "2012-10-20T18:39:15Z")
I think it’s probably true to say that if you’re in the top 0.1% of the US, you are probably in the best country in the world. I think it’s also very true to say that if you’re in the bottom 0.7% of the US, you are prob… --- ## [Men, when was the last time you had a good cry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-was-the-last-time-you-had-a-good-cry/638203)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-when-was-the-last-time-you-had-a-good-cry/638203 "2012-10-20T18:25:49Z")
I’m not talking about a few tears leaking down your cheeks or your eyes getting a little moist… I mean a time when you straight up were fully crying, maybe covering your face, maybe having a few hitching sobs, maybe gett… --- ## [Why do i see old people drive mercedes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-see-old-people-drive-mercedes/638274)
**Author:** [@CEOofPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CEOofPolar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-see-old-people-drive-mercedes/638274 "2012-10-20T15:50:36Z")
i mean i seen some younger people drive car like audi and bmw is it because there more sporty? there so much money to maintain oil changes are like 150$! --- ## [Which Losing Major Party Candidates Would Have Been Good Presidents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-losing-major-party-candidates-would-have-been-good-presidents/629929)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-losing-major-party-candidates-would-have-been-good-presidents/629929 "2012-10-20T15:35:47Z")
Inspired by the other thread. Please don’t include incumbents who lost but people who lost in the primaries can be included. --- ## [How do you (specific you) define "friend"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-specific-you-define-friend/638119)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-specific-you-define-friend/638119 "2012-10-20T14:31:47Z")
If you tell me that a particular individual is your friend, and I asked you to define that term as it pertains to you, how would you respond (besides likely telling me to fuck off and MYOB)? What, exactly, is a friend? … --- ## [Alternate history - what if the U.S. capital was in L.A. instead of Washington?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-what-if-the-u-s-capital-was-in-l-a-instead-of-washington/638188)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-what-if-the-u-s-capital-was-in-l-a-instead-of-washington/638188 "2012-10-20T08:44:26Z")
Would you enjoy it if the U.S. was run from L.A.? I get the feeling the government would run better, because everyone would be more laid back and cooperative than in the boiler rooms of the Northeast. It would also bal… --- ## [Falling in love with my Best-friend. Now what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-in-love-with-my-best-friend-now-what/638104)
**Author:** [@Wallstreetjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallstreetjd)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/falling-in-love-with-my-best-friend-now-what/638104 "2012-10-20T05:24:51Z")
\*\*\*\*I really need some advice or maybe a similar story or just an ear. I met this girl over a year ago in college. We had the same math class together and we began studying together. Months gone by and we became really g… --- ## [National Popular Vote. What's the downside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-whats-the-downside/638098)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-popular-vote-whats-the-downside/638098 "2012-10-20T04:02:47Z")
Every election season someone always brings up National Popular Vote. Short form, states are entering an agreement that they will award all their electorial college votes to whichever candidate wins the most votes on a … --- ## [How can I look older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-look-older/636767)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-look-older/636767 "2012-10-20T03:48:45Z")
This is going to be a bit long so I apologize up front. I had an upsetting experience today. I was stopped in the street by a woman who claimed she was with social services who told me that my child’s doctor had sent he… --- ## [Meth Lab?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meth-lab/637941)
**Author:** [@Mercedez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercedez)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meth-lab/637941 "2012-10-19T23:32:52Z")
I have lived in my house since January and it usually smells really bad like rotten eggs or sewerage (yet there is nothing spewing up into my basement.) On several occasions I have smelled something that smells like supe… --- ## [Carbs after exercise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbs-after-exercise/637140)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carbs-after-exercise/637140 "2012-10-19T22:44:07Z")
We’ve had several threads about how some teemings of the fitness faction use protein as part of their routine, such as this one about whey and certainly protein synthesis and muscle mass is impacted by those choices; we … --- ## [Reasonably petty office situation. How to handle it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonably-petty-office-situation-how-to-handle-it/637767)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonably-petty-office-situation-how-to-handle-it/637767 "2012-10-19T22:16:27Z")
So… I work in an office. Each Wednesday, my team has a weekly team meeting. We rotate who chairs the meeting each week between all team members. On a Monday, whoever is chairing the coming Wednesday’s meeting will usua… --- ## [When / how did the whole "Corporate America full of idiots" meme originate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-did-the-whole-corporate-america-full-of-idiots-meme-originate/638140)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-how-did-the-whole-corporate-america-full-of-idiots-meme-originate/638140 "2012-10-19T19:31:57Z")
Dilbert, Office Space, The Office and countless lesser known films and shows all portray the modern corporate work environment as a place where disinterested drones toil away under the constant supervision of micromanagi… --- ## [Chrysler will soon be an import.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrysler-will-soon-be-an-import/638243)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chrysler-will-soon-be-an-import/638243 "2012-10-19T19:23:35Z")
I can’t say I was surprised to read this story. I don’t want to turn this into some kind of rant against the auto bailouts; I wholeheartedly supported them, as our local economy depends on the auto industry. But I’m su… --- ## [Good Housekeeping-esque tips that have never worked, ever, for anyone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-housekeeping-esque-tips-that-have-never-worked-ever-for-anyone/637518)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-housekeeping-esque-tips-that-have-never-worked-ever-for-anyone/637518 "2012-10-19T18:50:47Z")
You know those tips that your mom or uncle or woman at work pass on that are supposed to solve ‘problem X’ with little or no effort, and you try them, and they don’t actually work worth a shit? This thread is about those… --- ## [What opinion do you have on this workplace](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-opinion-do-you-have-on-this-workplace/622516)
**Author:** [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-opinion-do-you-have-on-this-workplace/622516 "2012-10-19T18:37:39Z")
In the late 1990s, I visited one of my friends in the United Kingdom and they showed me around their workplace. The place that they worked at was an electricity board company. The workplace from the outside looked like t… --- ## [Workplace bitching and backstabbing: Male or Female dominated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bitching-and-backstabbing-male-or-female-dominated/637671)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bitching-and-backstabbing-male-or-female-dominated/637671 "2012-10-19T18:02:55Z")
In your opinion, which gender is most likely to instigate or participate in workplace backstabbing, undercutting, and overall bitching? Poll coming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1428)