# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1497 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1498 --- ## [know you are proud of your name but maybe you shouldn't use it as a business name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-you-are-proud-of-your-name-but-maybe-you-shouldnt-use-it-as-a-business-name/625879)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-you-are-proud-of-your-name-but-maybe-you-shouldnt-use-it-as-a-business-name/625879 "2012-06-23T14:36:02Z")
Was driving behind a car to work and the car had a Michigan plate. Many cars have some advertisement from where they bought their car. This one said: Krappohl’s xxxxx The first thing that popped in my mind was - was … --- ## [Good Camera for $800?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-camera-for-800/621398)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-camera-for-800/621398 "2012-06-23T14:20:57Z")
Our years-old Canon PowerShot A95 died during last month’s trip to the US. Luckily the wife had a small backup camera that was sufficient. But now we’re looking for a main replacement. We don’t need anything too fancy a… --- ## [Couple Sues Docs who said Child Wouldn't Have Down Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-sues-docs-who-said-child-wouldnt-have-down-syndrome/615302)
**Author:** [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couple-sues-docs-who-said-child-wouldnt-have-down-syndrome/615302 "2012-06-23T13:59:34Z")
Portalnd Couple Sues Over Down Syndrome Mistake Maybe I’m a monster, but if the tests were screwed up, I can totally see filing a lawsuit against the labs and doctors who told me that there would be no Down Syndrome, be… --- ## [Best American Generals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-american-generals/625337)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-american-generals/625337 "2012-06-23T06:02:43Z")
In contrast to this thread, I thought we should acknowledge some of the best military people around. As you can see I used the plural so we can agree on more than one. This extends to equivalent ranks in the Air Force a… --- ## [Deliver bad news to someone on (their) vacation or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliver-bad-news-to-someone-on-their-vacation-or-not/625273)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deliver-bad-news-to-someone-on-their-vacation-or-not/625273 "2012-06-23T05:23:40Z")
\[Note: this is purely hypothetical\] You have agreed to feeding a friend’s beloved cats while they are out of town for a couple of weeks on an expensive and much-anticipated trip. The animals all appear to be healthy wh… --- ## [Getting rid of smoke smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-smoke-smell/625851)
**Author:** [@Gesturing\_Mildly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gesturing_Mildly)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-smoke-smell/625851 "2012-06-23T03:25:16Z")
So … In case any of you were considering it, waking up at 6 am to your house on fire is NOT fun. Everyone is alright, thankfully. The fire never got out of the walls, so none of our possessions were burned. We lost so… --- ## [Can I safely use this woman's razor to shave my face?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-safely-use-this-womans-razor-to-shave-my-face/625914)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-safely-use-this-womans-razor-to-shave-my-face/625914 "2012-06-23T03:20:27Z")
Short back story. I have a small hobby business selling shoes on the net. I usually get my retail product from closeout outlets. For the last few weeks the online store I mainly buy from has been including these Shick Hy… --- ## [Why do many lefties wear their watches on their right wrist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-lefties-wear-their-watches-on-their-right-wrist/235812)
**Author:** [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-many-lefties-wear-their-watches-on-their-right-wrist/235812 "2012-06-23T03:09:20Z")
I’m nominally a leftie, (I’m bi-dextrous), and I wear my watch on my left wrist , like righties do. Are many lefties as seriously mono-dextrous as righties? I’m trying to think back on other lefties I know, and usually y… --- ## [Seeking advice about household insurance claim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-household-insurance-claim/625647)
**Author:** [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-advice-about-household-insurance-claim/625647 "2012-06-23T02:51:31Z")
My parents’ house was destroyed in the 2011 Joplin tornado. My brother is making a list of household contents for an insurance claim. It’s not going well, and I’ve offered to help. I’m in another city and cannot talk d… --- ## [How do you manage household cleaning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-household-cleaning/625829)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-manage-household-cleaning/625829 "2012-06-23T01:59:28Z")
When I retired, for the first time in my adult life, I was to become, potentially, a happy homemaker. My plan was to make a cleaning schedule so that I’d have a little to do each day without having to go crazy. Yeah, t… --- ## [Long or short i in long-lived? Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-or-short-i-in-long-lived-poll/625863)
**Author:** [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-or-short-i-in-long-lived-poll/625863 "2012-06-23T01:07:58Z")
In the thread about pronunciations that grate, no consensus was being reached about the word “long-lived” so I decided to post a poll about it. Online dictionaries list both pronunciations, and the two I checked had the… --- ## [Tell me about telescopes.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-telescopes/625160)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-telescopes/625160 "2012-06-22T21:03:04Z")
I live very high in the mountains, far from any city lights. It’s time I take advantage of that. I’ve always had an interest in astronomy, and would like to do some star gazing. I’d like something to view the planets,… --- ## [SQL Forums](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sql-forums/625974)
**Author:** [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sql-forums/625974 "2012-06-22T20:43:31Z")
I’m currently learning SQL (for TOAD) and I was wondering if there are any forums that SDers could offer up as good places to ask questions about various scripts. I’ve asked a question here, but I’m not sure how the mod… --- ## [How Do Solar Ponds Work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-solar-ponds-work/625958)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-solar-ponds-work/625958 "2012-06-22T20:39:20Z")
A solar pond is a way of capturing thermal energy from the sun. It is basically a pool of water, with two layers: -a high density salt water layer at the bottom -a lower density, non-salty layer at the top. The botto… --- ## [I'm moving a 60 year old refrigerator 1000 miles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-a-60-year-old-refrigerator-1000-miles/617857)
**Author:** [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-moving-a-60-year-old-refrigerator-1000-miles/617857 "2012-06-22T20:32:48Z")
Yep. We are cleaning out my FIL’s house in Indiana, and planning to move a circa-1950 \*\*Crosley Shelvadore \*\*back to our house in Arizona. Photo here: It has been running without p… --- ## [How would you tell a date that she (or he) has bad breath?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-tell-a-date-that-she-or-he-has-bad-breath/625942)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-tell-a-date-that-she-or-he-has-bad-breath/625942 "2012-06-22T19:53:08Z")
Companion thread. I recall when I was a teen that a friend of the girl I was truly interested in kept trying to hit on me and such, but when we did (briefly) kiss I was turned off by her breath (she was otherwise a perf… --- ## [Relationship advice please-- stay or go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-advice-please-stay-or-go/625702)
**Author:** [@SweetiePotato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetiePotato)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-advice-please-stay-or-go/625702 "2012-06-22T19:32:27Z")
Ok here goes… I don’t have a lot of people to talk to about this, so I was hoping for some (friendly?) advice… I’ve been living with my b/f and his 7-yo son (50% custody, from a previous marriage) for almost a year now,… --- ## [You are transported through time to prehistory...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-through-time-to-prehistory/625538)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-through-time-to-prehistory/625538 "2012-06-22T19:01:51Z")
The destination can be wherever you want- as long as it’s before recorded history, and there are humans present who use language and tools. Let’s put the time period at around 10,000 - 5000 BC, anywhere you want to go. … --- ## [Endometriosis and Treatment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endometriosis-and-treatment/170974)
**Author:** [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/endometriosis-and-treatment/170974 "2012-06-22T17:34:53Z")
In the General Question’s thread, Why Is Human Birthing So Painful, we got off on a discussion of endometriosis cramps. I said: To which \*\*Posted by mmm… forbidden doughnut \*\* replied: So, here’s the story: It wasn’… --- ## [Any suggestions for business reporting software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-business-reporting-software/625269)
**Author:** [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-suggestions-for-business-reporting-software/625269 "2012-06-22T17:05:46Z")
I’m looking to upgrade my company’s reporting tools and the task so far is a bit daunting. Currently we do everything in Crystal Reports, which is fine, but a bit static and not very flashy. I have recently been testing … --- ## [Speaking mutually intelligible languages or not](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-mutually-intelligible-languages-or-not/625376)
**Author:** [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-mutually-intelligible-languages-or-not/625376 "2012-06-22T17:04:28Z")
My girlfriend is French and wants me to spend a week with her, her brother and his girlfriend while her parents are away. They all speak French of course, as well as English. I speak English with a very small amount of F… --- ## [Should I pay for LiveJournal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-for-livejournal/625361)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-pay-for-livejournal/625361 "2012-06-22T15:44:35Z")
I started a LiveJournal but soon found out that I can’t post pictures or videos unless I pay for an account. I think it’s only about $20 a year so it’s not the money. I just wonder if it’s a safe place to give my credit … --- ## [How annoying are your neighbors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-annoying-are-your-neighbors/625606)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-annoying-are-your-neighbors/625606 "2012-06-22T14:37:55Z")
It’s summertime, so we have our windows open all day (we only have one a/c unit in the bedroom and it’s really old and loud). That means we get to hear the comings and goings of all our neighbors. They’re ok for the most… --- ## ["Where the Hell Is Matt?" Why do these videos make me tear up like little girl?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-is-matt-why-do-these-videos-make-me-tear-up-like-little-girl/625881)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-is-matt-why-do-these-videos-make-me-tear-up-like-little-girl/625881 "2012-06-22T14:09:55Z")
There’s a new one out: Where the Hell Is Matt? 2012. Whenever I watch one of these, I get really overcome with emotion. Anyone else? Why do you think these things are so affecting? --- ## [Handgun for self-defense? What type and what caliber?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-for-self-defense-what-type-and-what-caliber/625836)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-for-self-defense-what-type-and-what-caliber/625836 "2012-06-22T13:43:48Z")
What would be a good gun for self defense? It should have plenty of power to stop an intruder, yet be small enough to carry most of the time? --- ## [What would you have done in this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-situation/625815)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-have-done-in-this-situation/625815 "2012-06-22T09:06:31Z")
The other night I got home late, about 2AM on a weeknight. I pulled up to my townhouse and noticed a car, with lights, on parked across my driveway. There are parking spaces around the corner. Mine is a middle house o… --- ## [You see a fellow passenger with headphones in and phone on during take off. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-a-fellow-passenger-with-headphones-in-and-phone-on-during-take-off-what-do-you-do/625858)
**Author:** [@Scougs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scougs)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-see-a-fellow-passenger-with-headphones-in-and-phone-on-during-take-off-what-do-you-do/625858 "2012-06-22T08:28:51Z")
This happened to me on a flight yesterday, and I’m curious as to what others would have done. After the safety briefing, the cabin crew are strapped in their seats for taxi and take off. I’m in an aisle seat, and across… --- ## [Two random "ettiquete" questions...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-random-ettiquete-questions/625889)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-random-ettiquete-questions/625889 "2012-06-22T03:40:17Z")
Inspired by real life. You are parking curbside in a suburban/urban residential setting. You find a legally park-able empty space between two driveways. The hitch (heh - you’ll see why this is funny in a bit): the re… --- ## [Twilight of the blog: is discussion for losers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-of-the-blog-is-discussion-for-losers/625860)
**Author:** [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twilight-of-the-blog-is-discussion-for-losers/625860 "2012-06-22T03:02:16Z")
Seems as though it’s getting harder and harder to get discussions started on blogs - even those that you’d think would engender discussion. For instance, on social and/or cultural issues such as those covered at The Goo… --- ## [What was this 80s toy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-80s-toy/625869)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-80s-toy/625869 "2012-06-22T03:01:58Z")
My brother and I were just reminiscing about some of the very strange toys we had in the 80s. One which we both remember was this cross between a guitar and a xylophone. It was electronic, and about 3 feet long, white. I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1496) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1498)