# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1432 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1433 --- ## [How much do you know about your CEO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-ceo/637307)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-know-about-your-ceo/637307 "2012-10-12T04:31:20Z")
I’ve always worked in the public policy arena, so my capo di tutti capi has always either been someone I know well or someone who tends to make it on the front page of the newspaper on a regular basis. I have always kno… --- ## [What the hell is wrong with Google - or is it me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-google-or-is-it-me/637446)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-google-or-is-it-me/637446 "2012-10-12T03:54:11Z")
For every search my browser (IE8) just starts opening tab after tab after tab. I re-booted just to re-set everything, and it’s still doing that. Anyone else? If it’s just me, any ideas on how to avoid this? Roddy --- ## [Counter height baby high chair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counter-height-baby-high-chair/637391)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/counter-height-baby-high-chair/637391 "2012-10-12T03:23:46Z")
Hey all, we have a pub height dining room table. Can anyone recommend a pub height/counter height infant high chair? Thanks! --- ## [If You See Somebody Gulping Liquor Behind the Wheel, What Do You Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-somebody-gulping-liquor-behind-the-wheel-what-do-you-do/636873)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-see-somebody-gulping-liquor-behind-the-wheel-what-do-you-do/636873 "2012-10-12T00:00:53Z")
In Illinois, anyway? Tonight, I was heading inbound in a traffic jam, and not moving. Heading the other way, also not moving, and right next to me, this guy was taking big swigs out of what looked like a Johnny Walker b… --- ## [Bridal Bouquet: Can I just take the flowers out of the vase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridal-bouquet-can-i-just-take-the-flowers-out-of-the-vase/637352)
**Author:** [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridal-bouquet-can-i-just-take-the-flowers-out-of-the-vase/637352 "2012-10-11T21:34:56Z")
Hello all, I am getting remarried in a few weeks and like many people planning weddings, I am looking for ways to save money. I’ve been shopping online for flowers, and have noticed that while bridal bouquets are very e… --- ## [C-PAP mask (sleep apnea): Which type do you use/recommend/pros&cons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-pap-mask-sleep-apnea-which-type-do-you-use-recommend-pros-cons/636649)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/c-pap-mask-sleep-apnea-which-type-do-you-use-recommend-pros-cons/636649 "2012-10-11T20:19:54Z")
When first diagnosed, of the three CPAP masks shown to me, I chose the one that appeared to be the least intrusive, most comfortable, and easiest to deal with – the ResMed Swift FX (nasal pillows system). Well, it’s a p… --- ## [People That Refuse To Turn The Heat (Or A/C) On "Out Of Principle"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refuse-to-turn-the-heat-or-a-c-on-out-of-principle/637235)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-that-refuse-to-turn-the-heat-or-a-c-on-out-of-principle/637235 "2012-10-11T19:47:12Z")
In this Cafe Society thread about foods with cooking processes that make the house warm, I am reminded again that there are people out there with some sort of value system that tells them when it’s okay to turn the heat … --- ## [Who remembers public opinion of Reagan in the early '80s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-public-opinion-of-reagan-in-the-early-80s/635079)
**Author:** [@CoratDamar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoratDamar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-public-opinion-of-reagan-in-the-early-80s/635079 "2012-10-11T17:43:40Z")
My perspective on this topic is somewhat limited due to my youth at the time. After Carter was defeated, what was the dominant impression of Reagan, up through say 1983? And how high-profile/common was outright criticism… --- ## [Is anyone you love a bigot? How about persons you've loved in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-you-love-a-bigot-how-about-persons-youve-loved-in-the-past/637023)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-you-love-a-bigot-how-about-persons-youve-loved-in-the-past/637023 "2012-10-11T17:12:32Z")
Think of all the persons you know personally and love. I don’t care whether you mean romantic love, filial love, fraternal or sororal love, or friendly love, but please restrict yourself to persons you have actually met … --- ## [Vacuum Beard Trimmer – Recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-beard-trimmer-recommendations/637020)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vacuum-beard-trimmer-recommendations/637020 "2012-10-11T17:07:22Z")
I have kept a beard for the last 10 years and I have always used Wahl hair clippers to trim and shape it. The one drawback for Wahl style clippers is that they are messy and fling hair all over. This is not really a prob… --- ## [Should we prosecute women for shagging 16 and 17 year old men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-prosecute-women-for-shagging-16-and-17-year-old-men/637219)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-prosecute-women-for-shagging-16-and-17-year-old-men/637219 "2012-10-11T17:02:57Z")
Lately there’s been a lot of teachers in the news for underage sex. I think its a huge waste of court time and an unnecessary punishment. Sex with men is different then it is with women. Obviously guys don’t get pregnan… --- ## [Please, help me replace my Trimble Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-replace-my-trimble-nomad/622658)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-replace-my-trimble-nomad/622658 "2012-10-11T16:53:05Z")
This is a shot in the dark but I’m going for it. For the past 5 years I have used a Trimble Nomad as a hand held computer for data collection. I basically run Windows Mobile, ArcPad, a timber cruising program, and use a… --- ## [I'm a new lawyer with a 3.6 gpa in law school and unemployed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-lawyer-with-a-3-6-gpa-in-law-school-and-unemployed/636270)
**Author:** [@Smellyalater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smellyalater)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-a-new-lawyer-with-a-3-6-gpa-in-law-school-and-unemployed/636270 "2012-10-11T16:22:14Z")
Is there anyone on the straight dope who has any advice? I didn’t go to a law school with a super strong reputation but I got good grades. I never got a job in law school…it just didn’t happen so I “clerked” for my famil… --- ## [My Odd Fetish: Explain, critique, psychoanalyze](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-fetish-explain-critique-psychoanalyze/636740)
**Author:** [@marquezzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marquezzy)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-odd-fetish-explain-critique-psychoanalyze/636740 "2012-10-11T15:49:34Z")
I am reviving an old thread from several years ago in the vain of explaining sexual “kinks”. I have always been turned on by “knockout” scenes in mainstream television and movies when they involve attractive female char… --- ## [disclosing sales of product line (need Answer fast!!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosing-sales-of-product-line-need-answer-fast/637267)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosing-sales-of-product-line-need-answer-fast/637267 "2012-10-11T15:16:33Z")
I’m applying for a product management job and I really feel that I should say the product line I’m currently responsible for results in $12million in sales. THen I think…can I really disclose that? Its a publically tra… --- ## [Security lights outside/around your house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-lights-outside-around-your-house/637320)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-lights-outside-around-your-house/637320 "2012-10-11T15:13:26Z")
I’ve heard 2 schools of thought concerning lighting the outside of your house and yard. One is that bright lights discourage criminals who would come on your property to rob you, vandalize, or wreak havoc in various nef… --- ## [The mid-Atlantic accent--would it be possible to cultivate it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mid-atlantic-accent-would-it-be-possible-to-cultivate-it/636773)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mid-atlantic-accent-would-it-be-possible-to-cultivate-it/636773 "2012-10-11T14:54:03Z")
Leaving aside whether it’d be a good idea or not… it’s always just struck me as an interesting idea. I’m told I’ve got a lovely voice, and sounding like Cary Grant surely couldn’t hurt anything, could it? --- ## [Any tips for keeping a new computer "healthy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-keeping-a-new-computer-healthy/637234)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-tips-for-keeping-a-new-computer-healthy/637234 "2012-10-11T14:49:44Z")
My new Dell has shipped and will arrive this week replacing a 6 year old XP system. I’m going from 1 gb of RAM to 16. Regardless of how hot the new system is, I’m a realist and know that with Windows, this system will e… --- ## [what things do your dogs do on a regular basis that you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-your-dogs-do-on-a-regular-basis-that-you-hate/637143)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-your-dogs-do-on-a-regular-basis-that-you-hate/637143 "2012-10-11T08:01:10Z")
The toe nail tap dance, by my head, at 3am. He just went out at 11, I know he doesn’t need to go out. Every time I buy him a new kind of treat he just has to have them. Last night he woke me up at 2am, he did that spe… --- ## [Teacher seeking help on idea for elements/compounds lesson](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-seeking-help-on-idea-for-elements-compounds-lesson/637374)
**Author:** [@Novalyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novalyne)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-seeking-help-on-idea-for-elements-compounds-lesson/637374 "2012-10-11T07:02:27Z")
I’m introducing elements and compounds to my 6th graders soon. One thing I want them to explore is the idea that compounds can have properties very different from the elements that create them. I have a vague idea of do… --- ## [Android Tablet owners - your reviews please.....iPads too, I guess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tablet-owners-your-reviews-please-ipads-too-i-guess/637237)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-tablet-owners-your-reviews-please-ipads-too-i-guess/637237 "2012-10-11T06:30:26Z")
In 3 months I will actually have some money. YAY! This money is for school stuff and in addition to my textbooks, I’m thinking of getting a tablet. I’m leaning toward Android because my phone is an Android and I really … --- ## [What do you call your freeway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-freeway/533765)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-your-freeway/533765 "2012-10-11T04:49:32Z")
I’m on the road, in NJ, and I was thinking about East coast vs West coast nomenclature. Californians call their freeways “the” N (e.g. The 5), while people elsewhere would just call it “5”. How about you? --- ## [Questions for Divorce Lawyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-divorce-lawyer/637041)
**Author:** [@Oreo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oreo)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-divorce-lawyer/637041 "2012-10-11T02:03:55Z")
So, I’m getting divorced. Whoo hoo. I have my first appointment with a lawyer on Tuesday, and I’m trying to think ahead of time what are the most important questions to ask him. I’ve never been through anything like t… --- ## [Help my wife with this interview snafu!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-with-this-interview-snafu/637265)
**Author:** [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-my-wife-with-this-interview-snafu/637265 "2012-10-10T21:08:21Z")
My wife has a bit of a situation. She applied as a data analyst for a software company and she has gone through four rounds of interviews (staffing company, phone with actual company, in person with actual company, in pe… --- ## [How do you pronounce "porcupine"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-porcupine/636599)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-porcupine/636599 "2012-10-10T20:45:25Z")
I failed to perform a search on a poll pronouncing coupon, even though that poll is still going, here’s another word that crossed my mind. “Porcupine”, how you say? --- ## [Exercise after a flu shot? (need answer today)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-after-a-flu-shot-need-answer-today/637256)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-after-a-flu-shot-need-answer-today/637256 "2012-10-10T20:12:24Z")
My company is giving flu shots this afternoon. Normally, this is a day I go to the gym and do cardio after work. Should I skip the gym today, or will cardio exercise have zero effect on any chances I might have of feelin… --- ## [Will Film Photography Survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-film-photography-survive/637090)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-film-photography-survive/637090 "2012-10-10T20:08:21Z")
Maybe…there seem to be people still shooting film, and developing prints. On the other hand, as the film market shrinks, costs will rise-which will drive more people to digital photography. Will Kodak survive? I wonde… --- ## [PayPal EULA change--opt out of binding arbitration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-eula-change-opt-out-of-binding-arbitration/637019)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paypal-eula-change-opt-out-of-binding-arbitration/637019 "2012-10-10T19:06:20Z")
Just got a message from PayPal which includes changes to the requirement for binding arbitration–a change that I can opt out of, solely by physically writing and mailing a letter. Not sure if I’ll bother. Thoughts? --- ## [Doper parents - do you yell or snap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-yell-or-snap/637257)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-parents-do-you-yell-or-snap/637257 "2012-10-10T18:49:25Z")
Hi guys, I’m super bugged about this and not sure what to do. Mr. smaje and I have a gorgeous, wonderful baby, aptly named baby smaje. She’s almost 23 months and really well behaved, fun, sweet, goofy. But she’s still … --- ## [Having a tooth pulled that's been root canaled with a post, anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-tooth-pulled-thats-been-root-canaled-with-a-post-anyone/636875)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-tooth-pulled-thats-been-root-canaled-with-a-post-anyone/636875 "2012-10-10T17:28:06Z")
So the nerve is gone, of course, and there’s no pain, but what little of the tooth was left has rotted. It needs pulled, and a bridge installed. I know there are options other than a bridge, but that’s what I can afford.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1431) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1433)