# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1440 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1441 --- ## [Jigsaw2Order - any bad reviews? Thoughts? Comments? Opinions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jigsaw2order-any-bad-reviews-thoughts-comments-opinions/605426)
**Author:** [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jigsaw2order-any-bad-reviews-thoughts-comments-opinions/605426 "2012-09-26T22:41:23Z")
I am thinking of ordering a jigsaw with my nephew and niece’s picture from this place. The prices are reasonable and I can upload the pic easily. I wanted to see if anyone had any experience with them in ordering jigsaws… --- ## [Secret exits/entrances used by management - shady or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-exits-entrances-used-by-management-shady-or-not/635925)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-exits-entrances-used-by-management-shady-or-not/635925 "2012-09-26T21:16:13Z")
Um, we just discovered that at least one of our managers use a secret driveway or whatever to leave our parking lot. We’re located near a lightly wooded area. One night recently, me and a few drivers and a (new) manager … --- ## [Insulating fiberglass table from campstove](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-fiberglass-table-from-campstove/635871)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-fiberglass-table-from-campstove/635871 "2012-09-26T20:55:09Z")
Odd question I know, but what would make a good insulating layer between my fiberglass camping table and my campstove (and/or barbecue)? I noticed the table beginning to discolor and bubble last time out and don’t reall… --- ## [Anybody using a very good ergonomic chair you'd recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-very-good-ergonomic-chair-youd-recommend/573892)
**Author:** [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-using-a-very-good-ergonomic-chair-youd-recommend/573892 "2012-09-26T18:40:26Z")
I’m starting to look around for a new chair for my office at home. At work, I mostly use a Bambach Saddle Seat–I really like it, but it wouldn’t quite work with my setup at home. I’ve briefly tried the HAG Capisco and … --- ## [Handle with care \[Abu Hamza al-Masri extradited\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-with-care-abu-hamza-al-masri-extradited/635762)
**Author:** [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handle-with-care-abu-hamza-al-masri-extradited/635762 "2012-09-26T18:37:37Z")
Or not… as your heart desires. But very soon the UK will finally be delivering an odious package of excrement in the persona of one Abu Hamza al-Masri. What a pile of hateful shit this malfunctioning person is. In th… --- ## [Why don't many Americans like to spend money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-many-americans-like-to-spend-money/635703)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-many-americans-like-to-spend-money/635703 "2012-09-26T17:15:55Z")
Besides on houses. I’m not talking about the poor. I’m talking about people who have a lot of money and won’t spend it. The lawyer who drives an old jalopy. The CEO who buys his shoes from Marshall’s. The family who live… --- ## [Let's discuss your synethsisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-your-synethsisa/628154)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-your-synethsisa/628154 "2012-09-26T16:21:11Z")
I have synesthesia but it’s about as mild as you can get. I can hear colours and I can feel numbers, but only when my senses are close to deprivation (the former in particular is more of a change of background white nois… --- ## [Upstairs neighbor is a peeping tom (listener), what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-neighbor-is-a-peeping-tom-listener-what-should-i-do/549157)
**Author:** [@posskb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/posskb)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upstairs-neighbor-is-a-peeping-tom-listener-what-should-i-do/549157 "2012-09-26T16:05:50Z")
My upstairs neighbor every day spends almost all of her time listening to me. She has a squeeky floor and everwhere I go she follows. She’s doing it right now:rolleyes:. Yeah this messed up woman listens to me while I’m … --- ## [DoubleTwist / Whitesmoke Toolbar bundle (annoyed)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubletwist-whitesmoke-toolbar-bundle-annoyed/635890)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doubletwist-whitesmoke-toolbar-bundle-annoyed/635890 "2012-09-26T16:01:27Z")
I wanted to set up Doubletwist to use to get my iTunes music over to my Android phone. I’d done this a year or so back, but have since gotten a new laptop. So I downloaded it, did a virus scan, and started the install. … --- ## [Women: Have you ever had sex with two men in the same menstrual cycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-have-you-ever-had-sex-with-two-men-in-the-same-menstrual-cycle/635710)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-have-you-ever-had-sex-with-two-men-in-the-same-menstrual-cycle/635710 "2012-09-26T15:58:52Z")
Really just a question out of idle curiosity. I haven’t. --- ## [Please recommend a bathroom scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-bathroom-scale/635528)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-bathroom-scale/635528 "2012-09-26T15:49:22Z")
I am looking for an LED reading scale that is reliable and not to expensive. I have had three. One just stopped working (I did try a new batter), the replacement last just a few months when the hair-thin wire connectin… --- ## [Near Field Communication - What's the appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-field-communication-whats-the-appeal/635701)
**Author:** [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/near-field-communication-whats-the-appeal/635701 "2012-09-26T15:24:43Z")
Everyone seems to be making a big deal over Google Wallet and other NFC applications. I have a Galaxy SIII, but I keep my NFC disabled at all times. Aside from the fact that the relative newness of the technology means… --- ## [Personality characteristics (including intelligence) and music tastes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-characteristics-including-intelligence-and-music-tastes/635559)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Linctus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Linctus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/personality-characteristics-including-intelligence-and-music-tastes/635559 "2012-09-26T13:51:15Z")
Has any link been shown between any personality characteristics (I’m most interested in intelligence but anything else would be interesting) and taste in music? Similarly has any link been shown to be unlikely with respe… --- ## [Are Grocery Store "Deals" Getting Worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-grocery-store-deals-getting-worse/631781)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-grocery-store-deals-getting-worse/631781 "2012-09-26T12:55:49Z")
Ever since I got laid off, I am more careful about shopping, but I am now seeing stores get really cheap with their so called deal. In one grocer they are advertising potato chips, $2.50/bag, MUST BY 10, otherwise $3.99 … --- ## [trip between Niagara Falls and Chicago (plus the UP and Wisconsin)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-between-niagara-falls-and-chicago-plus-the-up-and-wisconsin/635123)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-between-niagara-falls-and-chicago-plus-the-up-and-wisconsin/635123 "2012-09-26T12:10:37Z")
I’m planning a trip with the wife the first week of October. We want to take a circuituous trip basically from Chicago, to Door county in Wisconsin…through the U.P. of Michigan; down into Ontario, to Niagara falls. We … --- ## [Hemorrhoids? (major TMI here!!) (also need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemorrhoids-major-tmi-here-also-need-answer-fast/574815)
**Author:** [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemorrhoids-major-tmi-here-also-need-answer-fast/574815 "2012-09-26T06:25:14Z")
I don’t know if I have a flare up of my hemorrhoids. I looked at some pictures online and it seems to be in the general area, but it’s hard to tell, mine’s not that bad. Here’s the story: about maybe a week ago, I noti… --- ## [Wedding toasts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-toasts/635576)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-toasts/635576 "2012-09-26T03:48:01Z")
Anyone have awesome wedding toasts they want to share? The wedding is coming up and I have nothing. --- ## [Hypothetical: If you married your cousin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-if-you-married-your-cousin/635572)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-if-you-married-your-cousin/635572 "2012-09-26T03:10:17Z")
Periodically there’s threads mentioning ancient Egyptian incest or all them kissing cousins in Jane Austen’s books, but rather few addressing the hypothetical situation of you (yes, you) falling in love with and marrying… --- ## [Make me strong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-strong/635820)
**Author:** [@Loveforever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loveforever)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-strong/635820 "2012-09-26T00:30:47Z")
Her is something I love to share with you " I need your opinion" about it. It is called " Make me strong" I know I’m waiting Waiting for something Something to happen to me But this waiting comes with … --- ## [My Pen Is...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514 "2012-09-25T22:45:44Z")
No, not what you people who are tipsy or needing to clean your glasses think. What PEN do you like to use? Do you like felt tips? Ball points? Fountain pens? Blue ink or black ink or other? Do you always carry a pe… --- ## [estate probate law question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-probate-law-question/635773)
**Author:** [@mojoblues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mojoblues)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/estate-probate-law-question/635773 "2012-09-25T22:40:51Z")
I am beneficiary to a large 1.5 million dollar estate with a trust fund that is to last about 10 years…probate court is located in Wisconsin The personal representative is not a relative but a close friend to my mother … --- ## [Do orgies appeal to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-orgies-appeal-to-you/635567)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-orgies-appeal-to-you/635567 "2012-09-25T22:18:09Z")
If you could get admitted to an orgy would that be something you’d be into? For me, no. Sex with one person (one particular person) is intimate and romantic. Sex with a lot of people just sounds awkward and like a lot… --- ## [Answer without thinking: how much do your parents love you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-without-thinking-how-much-do-your-parents-love-you/635555)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answer-without-thinking-how-much-do-your-parents-love-you/635555 "2012-09-25T21:34:22Z")
I think I will make this a poll with private results. Just a minute. --- ## [How Do You Define The Word "Fun"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-the-word-fun/635403)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-the-word-fun/635403 "2012-09-25T21:28:27Z")
For me, the word “fun” implies the experience you had/have during an actual physical activity. For instance, as a kid it might have been “fun” to ride your bike down that really big road, really fast! As an adult, mayb… --- ## [Any negative consequences to paying off debt early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-negative-consequences-to-paying-off-debt-early/635599)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-negative-consequences-to-paying-off-debt-early/635599 "2012-09-25T21:19:08Z")
I have pretty large balances on 2 credit cards plus a car loan. Through a private lender (family member) I can pay off all of the debt - roughly $50k - and pay back the family member interest-free at my own pace. Obvio… --- ## [make me strong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-strong/635821)
**Author:** [@Loveforever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loveforever)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-me-strong/635821 "2012-09-25T20:50:21Z")
Her is something I love to share with you " I need your opinion" about it. It is called " Make me strong" I know I’m waiting Waiting for something Something to happen to me But this waiting comes with … --- ## [How to get unpaid rent money back from ex roommate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-unpaid-rent-money-back-from-ex-roommate/635799)
**Author:** [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-unpaid-rent-money-back-from-ex-roommate/635799 "2012-09-25T19:16:20Z")
If you live with roommates for ten years, you’re bound to get a few you regret. This one started as the roommate who followed me in a move to Philadelphia to share rent/escape the boonies. It started well enough, but o… --- ## [Stray Dog Ownership](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-dog-ownership/635650)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stray-dog-ownership/635650 "2012-09-25T19:11:17Z")
A stray dog came to my house today. I have a fenced yard, but the gate was temporarily open, so he came in. He’s not a bad dog, he’s likeable and I may give him a home. Thing is, he had a collar on, with a phone numbe… --- ## [Best way to express deep (lifelong) gratitude to my father?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-express-deep-lifelong-gratitude-to-my-father/635727)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-express-deep-lifelong-gratitude-to-my-father/635727 "2012-09-25T17:12:03Z")
Basically I have things I want to say to my father (in his 60s), that I have just come to realize in the past few years. My dad has spent his entire life being a selfless, loving father and husband and I want to let him… --- ## [Superfluous College Degree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superfluous-college-degree/635719)
**Author:** [@Snite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snite)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superfluous-college-degree/635719 "2012-09-25T15:37:41Z")
So, my life goals have changes some what and I’d like to start a business. However, I have absolutely no knowledge or experience on how to do so. I initially hit on the idea to finally use my GI Bill and get a business… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1441)