# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1505 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1506 --- ## [Memo App for RAZR?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-app-for-razr/624724)
**Author:** [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memo-app-for-razr/624724 "2012-06-10T20:35:32Z")
I finally joined the 21st century and upgraded to a touchscreen smartphone (Moto RAZR). I’m looking for a good memo app. I’d prefer it didn’t sync–just need it for grocery lists, keeping a list of passwords, etc. Anyo… --- ## [Let's talk polyamory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-polyamory/623335)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-polyamory/623335 "2012-06-10T20:24:04Z")
I’m not polyamorous but find the concept very interesting, and wouldn’t be adverse to the concept of being in one. Does anyone here know anyone that is in a poly relationship? I think the elements I find interesting are: … --- ## [Considering an iPad: old generation or new?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-an-ipad-old-generation-or-new/624595)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/considering-an-ipad-old-generation-or-new/624595 "2012-06-10T19:30:23Z")
I’m thinking of getting myself an iPad. I’ll be sticking with Wi-Fi since I don’t see myself shelling out for a 3/4G connection anytime soon (my phone is as dumb as a box of hammers). So my key question is: should I go… --- ## [How to make the guilty party confess?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-guilty-party-confess/624496)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-make-the-guilty-party-confess/624496 "2012-06-10T17:29:00Z")
I have a situation at work to deal with and could use some advice. Some one on my team is engaging in behavior that isn’t allowed and in fact violated their terms of employment. I’m not able to tell which of several peo… --- ## [What is some good backup software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-some-good-backup-software/619797)
**Author:** [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-some-good-backup-software/619797 "2012-06-10T16:56:44Z")
I have an external drive I would like to use to back up our laptops. But I want software that will only back up what I want it to (say, My Documents) and once it does the initial backup, subsequent backups will only be … --- ## [Have you ever stepped on Delaware?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-stepped-on-delaware/624402 "2012-06-10T16:28:19Z")
Not enough to have driven thru, or been in an airport. Did you get your feet (shoes or not) on Delaware’s dirt, grass, snow, mud, or other natural footing? --- ## [How should I Puppy-Proof this balcony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-puppy-proof-this-balcony/624730 "2012-06-10T15:28:48Z")
I will be moving into a new apartment (sublet) for at least the next few months with my 13 week old toy poodle. Before delving into the issue at hand, here are some obligatory puppy pics: Puppy on Couch Puppy when sup… --- ## [Culturally fitting celebration for pregnant colleague from India?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-fitting-celebration-for-pregnant-colleague-from-india/624027)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-fitting-celebration-for-pregnant-colleague-from-india/624027 "2012-06-10T15:13:57Z")
I run a department (in Jakarta) consisting of me and four younger women: three Indonesians (all three married, one with a child and two who don’t have kids yet) and an Indian. To everyone’s delight, the Indian woman is n… --- ## [Office bikers: How do you clean up after biking to work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-bikers-how-do-you-clean-up-after-biking-to-work/624375)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-bikers-how-do-you-clean-up-after-biking-to-work/624375 "2012-06-10T12:15:42Z")
Since my car’s in the shop, I’ve taken to biking to and from work every day instead of once every two months. I love it, but what has prevented me from doing it every day before is that I feel like a sweaty, sloppy mess … --- ## [Coloured nails: feet and/or hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloured-nails-feet-and-or-hands/624619)
**Author:** [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coloured-nails-feet-and-or-hands/624619 "2012-06-10T11:48:06Z")
Summer is coming. Yippee! However, it brings life or death dilemmas like this one. When I’m wearing sandals I like to paint my toenails in bright colours. Sometimes I also l like to paint the nails on my hands. However… … --- ## [Armenia.. part of the Middle East, or Europe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenia-part-of-the-middle-east-or-europe/624588)
**Author:** [@the\_apples\_fell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_apples_fell)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armenia-part-of-the-middle-east-or-europe/624588 "2012-06-10T04:39:48Z")
Do you consider Armenia to be a European, or Middle Eastern, country? --- ## [Investing in real estate: directly, or through an REIT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-real-estate-directly-or-through-an-reit/624657)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investing-in-real-estate-directly-or-through-an-reit/624657 "2012-06-10T03:54:48Z")
I would like to diversify my investment portfolio by putting some money into real estate. Tell me some pros and cons of: -buying shares of an REIT (or shares of an REIT-based mutual fund) -buying (and renting out) a s… --- ## [Need new allergy medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-allergy-medicine/624366)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-new-allergy-medicine/624366 "2012-06-10T02:54:55Z")
In retrospect it’s now obvious but it took me some time to figure out that occasional episodes of lung sensitivity and difficulty breathing coincided with taking Claritin. I’m loathe to give it up because otherwise visi… --- ## [What does the FULL moon have to do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-full-moon-have-to-do-with-it/624645)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-full-moon-have-to-do-with-it/624645 "2012-06-09T21:23:00Z")
From Slate recently: What does the fullness moon have to do with it? Doesn’t the moon do it’s thing all the time? --- ## [Would it bother you to date someone who had the same surname as you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-date-someone-who-had-the-same-surname-as-you/624020)
**Author:** [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-bother-you-to-date-someone-who-had-the-same-surname-as-you/624020 "2012-06-09T19:51:52Z")
Well, would it? --- ## [Ever use a travel agent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-a-travel-agent/624506)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-use-a-travel-agent/624506 "2012-06-09T19:27:20Z")
Anyone have any experience using a travel agent? Is there any use for one these days? What do they know, what can they do that I can’t do myself? Are these people clinging on to a dying or dead industry? --- ## [Getting my first passport. Please advise.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-first-passport-please-advise/624433)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-first-passport-please-advise/624433 "2012-06-09T17:36:09Z")
Going on a cruise in January. I need a passport. What all do I need to get one? Birth certificate? Or would a valid state ID work? How long does the process take? How much? Any other paperwork I will need? Any other… --- ## [South Korea Excises (Some) Evolution from School Textbooks Due to Creationist Demands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-excises-some-evolution-from-school-textbooks-due-to-creationist-demands/624197)
**Author:** [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-korea-excises-some-evolution-from-school-textbooks-due-to-creationist-demands/624197 "2012-06-09T15:19:38Z")
http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773 Relevant bits (you should still read the whole article though): This is terrible, I don’t think I’ll find many people here who disagr… --- ## [Snake Handling Pastor Bitten; Dies-Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snake-handling-pastor-bitten-dies-why/623656 "2012-06-09T12:58:04Z")
I was reading about this guy on Drudge…it seems he had lamented the decline of this Pentecostal custom (though his own father died of a snakebite). At any rate, don’t these people understand that the Gospel writers fre… --- ## [Geography Trivia: What's the closest (in miles) that you have ever been to New Orleans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-whats-the-closest-in-miles-that-you-have-ever-been-to-new-orleans/623860)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-trivia-whats-the-closest-in-miles-that-you-have-ever-been-to-new-orleans/623860 "2012-06-09T12:21:56Z")
There were older threads with the object of trying to find the place or places where most Dopers had been. And where the fewest Dopers had been. This is one of those threads, with a little twist. There’s a public poll s… --- ## [What do you count as "Been There"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-count-as-been-there/624153)
**Author:** [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-count-as-been-there/624153 "2012-06-09T12:14:26Z")
In regards to visiting cities, areas, states, or countries. You can elaborate if you wish. (hopefully, I can get the actual poll up before any comments) --- ## [Why Are The Israelis Building Up Their Navy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-israelis-building-up-their-navy/624491)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-israelis-building-up-their-navy/624491 "2012-06-09T12:06:36Z")
I just saw that Israel is taking delivery of a fifth submarine (built in Germany). At the commissioning/handover ceremony, I saw two IN Admirals-a Rear Admiral and a Vice Admiral-in the 1970’s, they had only one flag off… --- ## [How often does pregnancy result from a single encounter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-pregnancy-result-from-a-single-encounter/624321)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-pregnancy-result-from-a-single-encounter/624321 "2012-06-09T11:41:44Z")
How often does pregnancy result from a single encounter? In old movies a boy and girl went out once and made love and he went off to war or something and she was pregnant. In the abortion debates exceptions are often a… --- ## [Gift ideas for 14 year old boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-14-year-old-boy/553975)
**Author:** [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-ideas-for-14-year-old-boy/553975 "2012-06-09T05:52:57Z")
My son turns 14 soon and he hasn’t given me any gift ideas. He likes to read, so books are one option, but I was hoping for something else as well. I’d like to keep it under $100. He really wants an iphone but I’m not re… --- ## [Do you prefer the drapes open or closed at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-the-drapes-open-or-closed-at-night/624199)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-the-drapes-open-or-closed-at-night/624199 "2012-06-09T04:46:06Z")
I like my windows open whenever possible. I never draw the blinds unless I plan on doing something I do not want anyone else to see…and I am not shy about what others may see. My girlfriend, however, draws the blinds as… --- ## [Tattoo policies in the workplace - advice sought](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-policies-in-the-workplace-advice-sought/623741)
**Author:** [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Replies:** 202\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-policies-in-the-workplace-advice-sought/623741 "2012-06-09T04:31:40Z")
Let me begin by stating that I’m going to ask a simple question in regards to tattoos. I’m am not soliciting opinions about the lifestyle choices of those who have elected to get a tattoo. Though, this being my beloved D… --- ## [Baby advice - once great eater now hates nearly everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-advice-once-great-eater-now-hates-nearly-everything/624563)
**Author:** [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-advice-once-great-eater-now-hates-nearly-everything/624563 "2012-06-09T03:45:27Z")
My 10-month-old has been eating solid foods for 3 or 4 months now. He took to it very quickly, no doubt aided by the fact that he got all 8 of his incisors in early and quickly. He progressed so rapidly that most people … --- ## [Antidepressants for mild depression. Placebo or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-for-mild-depression-placebo-or-not/624480)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antidepressants-for-mild-depression-placebo-or-not/624480 "2012-06-09T01:53:03Z")
It was front page news in the Netherlands yesterday: the official new medical guideline for the treatment of mild depression will discourage prescribing antidepressants. About one million people in the Netherlands (that… --- ## [I'm throwing down the gauntlet: Poison vs. Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-poison-vs-venom/623972)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-poison-vs-venom/623972 "2012-06-09T01:08:44Z")
(I was originally going to post this in GD, but that forum doesn’t allow polls and I wanted to have one) So in this thread, someone asks about “poisonous snakes”, and in the name of pedantry, I gently remind them of the… --- ## [How Come AG Holder Isn't Under indictment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-ag-holder-isnt-under-indictment/624543)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2012, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-come-ag-holder-isnt-under-indictment/624543 "2012-06-08T22:06:33Z")
I was just watching the Congressional Hearings-Holder refused to answer questions, and told Rep. Issa (Utah) to basically shove it. Holder says that “Fast and Furious” (referenced in his email) doesn’t refer to 'Operati… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1504) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1506)