# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1452 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1453 --- ## [Is garbage man a good job....if you don't mind the labor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-garbage-man-a-good-job-if-you-dont-mind-the-labor/413410)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-garbage-man-a-good-job-if-you-dont-mind-the-labor/413410 "2012-09-05T14:43:49Z")
If you don’t mind picking up the trash and throwing it in the truck, is being a garbage man a pretty good job or not? Does it pay well? Do they receive good benefits? Do they work good hours or is it very demanding? I’… --- ## [What are your coasters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-coasters/633497)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-coasters/633497 "2012-09-05T14:23:33Z")
Very trivial, but insights can be found anywhere. Look around your dwelling. What do you use for coasters? We mostly use beer mats stolen from pubs we visit, but what prompted this thread was what is under my bourbon: a… --- ## [Are tattoos way overplayed by now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-way-overplayed-by-now/633297)
**Author:** [@juck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juck)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-tattoos-way-overplayed-by-now/633297 "2012-09-05T14:11:35Z")
Im 39 and growing up thru the 80s and 90s tattoos were different. Now a full sleeve is ordinary. opinions? --- ## [Nonreligious words/speech at a funeral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonreligious-words-speech-at-a-funeral/633689)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonreligious-words-speech-at-a-funeral/633689 "2012-09-05T12:30:44Z")
My granddad died some days ago. He had a long and good life (94 years) and it didn’t come as a surprise. Offer condoleances if you must, but it was pretty much for the best. I’m stuck with something else; my sister’s go… --- ## [Do you turn twist ties clockways or counter clock ways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-twist-ties-clockways-or-counter-clock-ways/633318)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-turn-twist-ties-clockways-or-counter-clock-ways/633318 "2012-09-05T04:36:23Z")
Asking for a niece in college. She needs 400 to 600 replies and is asking people in the hallways. Her prof said votes here count too. Interesting study. Do right & left handed people have a preference for turning things… --- ## [Need answer fast: "in memoriam" notice in magazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-in-memoriam-notice-in-magazine/633705)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-in-memoriam-notice-in-magazine/633705 "2012-09-05T03:56:49Z")
Sadly, I just found out that a colleague of sorts who worked for a different but somewhat affiliated organization has died. We publish a journal that he provided some help with. So I need to come up with a proper little… --- ## [Can you read by moonlight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-read-by-moonlight/633086)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-read-by-moonlight/633086 "2012-09-05T01:40:57Z")
In answering this thread I was surprised to come across this Nasa Science News page which says: I was sure that I’ve read by moonlight in the past, and to check I wasn’t misremembering I just went out into the back gar… --- ## [Manic Depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manic-depression/633648)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manic-depression/633648 "2012-09-05T01:15:57Z")
I have been with someone off and on for the past 20 years who I suspect suffers from manic depression. Over the past 20 years the episodes seem to be getting more frequent and suggest a cycle. At present she is doing a 3… --- ## [How does change remain in fountains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-change-remain-in-fountains/633397)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-change-remain-in-fountains/633397 "2012-09-05T00:16:40Z")
I see coins that remain in fountains for ages, that has not been stolen. How does such a thing happen. Is there something that I don’t know about? An example, could there be a secret dye that turns your hand purple if … --- ## [When to have a discussion with your children about IVF](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-have-a-discussion-with-your-children-about-ivf/633645)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-have-a-discussion-with-your-children-about-ivf/633645 "2012-09-04T22:21:23Z")
Not asking for advice just opinions. My girlfriend has two children. they are now 4 and 8. Due to medical conditions she had to go through egg donor IVF to have them. So genetically they are not her biological children b… --- ## [How much, and how, do you love your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-and-how-do-you-love-your-so/633477)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-and-how-do-you-love-your-so/633477 "2012-09-04T21:03:45Z")
Anonymous poll to follow. you can click several options. --- ## [advising not to date ex's brother: out of line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advising-not-to-date-exs-brother-out-of-line/633670)
**Author:** [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advising-not-to-date-exs-brother-out-of-line/633670 "2012-09-04T20:33:00Z")
On another message board, a teenager posted about how she (age 14) is dating an 18 year old, and how their age difference isn’t a problem because they aren’t being intimate due to legal reasons, but that the big problem … --- ## [how to secure a home internally for an autism spectrum child?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-a-home-internally-for-an-autism-spectrum-child/633618)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-a-home-internally-for-an-autism-spectrum-child/633618 "2012-09-04T20:19:13Z")
We just moved into a new house. My 8 year old youngest is on the spectrum. She is pretty high functioning but has a lot of impulses… I need advice on securing my new house ground floor to keep Serena in. Front door wil… --- ## [Ok men, give it to me straight - does being a single mum make a woman undateable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-men-give-it-to-me-straight-does-being-a-single-mum-make-a-woman-undateable/633224)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-men-give-it-to-me-straight-does-being-a-single-mum-make-a-woman-undateable/633224 "2012-09-04T18:13:35Z")
I figured I would take my question here to the relative anonymity of the internet. Now, I have confidence that if I went down to the Remand Centre and hung out in a miniskirt and heels I could probably convince some rec… --- ## [Looking for resort & vacation stuff in/around/within driving distance of Amarillo TX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-resort-vacation-stuff-in-around-within-driving-distance-of-amarillo-tx/633266)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-resort-vacation-stuff-in-around-within-driving-distance-of-amarillo-tx/633266 "2012-09-04T17:37:57Z")
My mother is old, frail, and recovering from cancer, but not totally without energy yet. I’ve told her in the past that I’d like to do a mother/daughter vacation with her at some point. I was thinking Paris or Hawaii or … --- ## [Split my vacation time between Santa Fe and Taos, NM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-my-vacation-time-between-santa-fe-and-taos-nm/633374)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/split-my-vacation-time-between-santa-fe-and-taos-nm/633374 "2012-09-04T17:13:29Z")
We’re considering visiting Santa Fe and Taos, NM in September for 1 week. I’ve never been there and don’t know which place is more interesting. How many days do recommend we spend in Santa Fe, and how many in Taos? An… --- ## [Spoiled children or Selfish Adults?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-children-or-selfish-adults/633279)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiled-children-or-selfish-adults/633279 "2012-09-04T16:32:51Z")
Yesterday I walked into a conversation that my employees were having over lunch. They were talking about an upgraded expensive electronic that was coming out soon and one mother was wondering if she should purchase it f… --- ## [When baby-daddy refuses to acknowlege daddy-hood.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-baby-daddy-refuses-to-acknowlege-daddy-hood/632687)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-baby-daddy-refuses-to-acknowlege-daddy-hood/632687 "2012-09-04T16:32:23Z")
Needing some advice here on behalf of my daughter. (Caveat: she is currently applying through the Australian courts to assure paternity according to the laws as they apply here as the daddy refused to sign the Birth Cer… --- ## [What form do your dreams usually take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-do-your-dreams-usually-take/633458)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-form-do-your-dreams-usually-take/633458 "2012-09-04T16:22:43Z")
I was interested seeing people talk about totally fantastical and surreal dreams, with totally random elements that follow no logic. Like being in a flying car eating cheese and talking about economics with Einstein etc. … --- ## [Can you suggest a basic home budget tracker application (freeware/shareware preferred)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-suggest-a-basic-home-budget-tracker-application-freeware-shareware-preferred/587589)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-suggest-a-basic-home-budget-tracker-application-freeware-shareware-preferred/587589 "2012-09-04T16:19:36Z")
I’m tired of running my personal finances by the seat of pants, playing check balance roulette every time I pay a bill. (Fortunately, I’ve never bounced a payment, but I bet I’ve come close.) The problem is largely lazi… --- ## [Would you still be alive without modern medical technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-be-alive-without-modern-medical-technology/632234)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-still-be-alive-without-modern-medical-technology/632234 "2012-09-04T15:20:16Z")
I probably would have died as a child if I was born a few hundred years ago. I actually almost suffocated in my sleep once when I was about 9 years old due to a combination of bronchitis (which I was being treated for), … --- ## [I'm heart broken- How do I get through this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heart-broken-how-do-i-get-through-this/633402)
**Author:** [@I\_m\_Sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_m_Sad)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-heart-broken-how-do-i-get-through-this/633402 "2012-09-04T14:40:02Z")
Long story short- Four years ago I met a great girl. I dated her about 6 times and something happened (long story) and that was it- we never contacted each other again. I’ve literally thought about her every day for four… --- ## [Dudes, Did Your Parents Thow You Out? Are you glad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-did-your-parents-thow-you-out-are-you-glad/633588)
**Author:** [@cynyc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cynyc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dudes-did-your-parents-thow-you-out-are-you-glad/633588 "2012-09-04T13:34:45Z")
Just wondering. --- ## [Recommend me a dash camera for my car](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dash-camera-for-my-car/633587)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-dash-camera-for-my-car/633587 "2012-09-04T12:20:46Z")
Requirements in order of importance: -Mounting will be permanent, so the camera should be as inconspicuous as possible. -High reliability. I hear some cameras occasionally hang and need to be rebooted. -Ability to be … --- ## [Is there any truth to the stereotype that crazy women are good in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-truth-to-the-stereotype-that-crazy-women-are-good-in-bed/632089)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-truth-to-the-stereotype-that-crazy-women-are-good-in-bed/632089 "2012-09-04T07:22:04Z")
I don’t have enough experience to weigh in on this. I do notice, however, that crazy women are more likely to have more sexual partners and talk about their exploits. I am curious if they are actually better in bed than… --- ## [Workplace Harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-harassment/633378)
**Author:** [@IceQube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQube)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-harassment/633378 "2012-09-04T04:28:00Z")
My friend’s employer has been saying some completely inappropriate things to me. These comments are NOT sexual in nature. These comments are pointed and offensive though. I keep telling my friend to slip a voice recorde… --- ## [Who's 'The Guy / Gal' in your profession, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-guy-gal-in-your-profession-and-why/633163)
**Author:** [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-guy-gal-in-your-profession-and-why/633163 "2012-09-04T04:05:37Z")
Recently I’ve been looking into various scientific topics, and I find that when names pop up, I get drawn into finding out who these people are; they tend to be folks with incredible theories or research under their belt… --- ## [How much materialism is needed to operate in society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-materialism-is-needed-to-operate-in-society/633552)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-materialism-is-needed-to-operate-in-society/633552 "2012-09-04T01:07:03Z")
What made me think of this is right now it is back to school time and parents are busting their wallets buying the right shoes and backpacks etc simply so their children won’t be at the bottom of the social hierarchy. T… --- ## [Auto mechanic dopers: How much would you charge for this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-mechanic-dopers-how-much-would-you-charge-for-this/633288)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-mechanic-dopers-how-much-would-you-charge-for-this/633288 "2012-09-03T23:46:34Z")
This guy was driving while suddenly the steering wheel became too heavy. Luckily, some distance away was an auto repair shop. The mechanic pops the hood and finds the problem immediately: the steering pump belt had slip… --- ## [Pashmina, still fashionable? And other b-day present ?s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pashmina-still-fashionable-and-other-b-day-present-s/633038)
**Author:** [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pashmina-still-fashionable-and-other-b-day-present-s/633038 "2012-09-03T21:13:17Z")
My wife is around 7 months pregnant and her birthday is approaching, so I’m looking for gift ideas. One friend suggested a cashmere or pashmina wrap, since it will keep her warm and can be used for breastfeeding. I thoug… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1451) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1453)