# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1515 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1516 --- ## [Who are the world's wealthiest atheists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worlds-wealthiest-atheists/623008)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-worlds-wealthiest-atheists/623008 "2012-05-24T22:28:01Z")
I’m asking about self-proclaimed atheists that are public about their lack of belief in god. My theory is that most people who claim to believe in god have a “just in case” mentality, either consciously or subconsciousl… --- ## [Question about Resume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-resume/622969)
**Author:** [@Danja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-resume/622969 "2012-05-24T17:19:21Z")
I’m going off to graduate school in California in the fall and my girlfriend is planning to come with me. She’d like to get some work experience before going on to get higher education, and has therefore been applying fo… --- ## [Tell me about living/working in Pruitt-Igoe, Cabrini-Green or any large public housing development..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-working-in-pruitt-igoe-cabrini-green-or-any-large-public-housing-development/622785)
**Author:** [@ecoaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ecoaster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-living-working-in-pruitt-igoe-cabrini-green-or-any-large-public-housing-development/622785 "2012-05-24T16:20:44Z")
Just watched a documentary about the failure of Pruitt-Igoe and curious if any Straight Dopers grew up there or in any other large public housing developments during the 60s-80s… --- ## [Shouting in professional, restaurant kitchens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouting-in-professional-restaurant-kitchens/622683)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shouting-in-professional-restaurant-kitchens/622683 "2012-05-24T16:19:56Z")
Not sure where this topic belongs, so mods move at will. I’m hoping professional chefs and those who work in restaurant kitchens will comment. I’m fascinated by the shouting that goes on in professional kitchens as seen… --- ## [Oh God, SPSS.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-spss/622731)
**Author:** [@SparkleLilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SparkleLilly)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-god-spss/622731 "2012-05-24T15:59:43Z")
Me and SPSS, we do not get along. I have some number dyslexia, which makes thinking through numerical math wicked hard. SPSS is not my friend. I am about to try and answer my own question via reading through some books h… --- ## [Global warming is good - stop opposing it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-is-good-stop-opposing-it/622833)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-warming-is-good-stop-opposing-it/622833 "2012-05-24T14:17:05Z")
I don’t know if the title is accurate or not, I’m not even sold on AGW (the ‘A’ part, that man is causing it). By hey that’s what they say is happening, so lets go with that. So now we get to the point is it ‘bad’ or i… --- ## [Closing off grates to crawl space -- is this a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-off-grates-to-crawl-space-is-this-a-problem/622745)
**Author:** [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closing-off-grates-to-crawl-space-is-this-a-problem/622745 "2012-05-24T13:51:38Z")
We moved into our house about 1.5 years ago and are having a problem with mice getting in. We think they are coming in through the grates that lead to the crawl spaced under our house. The crawl space is open to the pa… --- ## [If you're butt-sailed do you listen to the whole message?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-butt-sailed-do-you-listen-to-the-whole-message/622703 "2012-05-24T13:39:33Z")
I did the first time I got one, mainly because I had no idea what had happened. --- ## [Using anger to raise children - is this a bad idea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-anger-to-raise-children-is-this-a-bad-idea/608268)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-anger-to-raise-children-is-this-a-bad-idea/608268 "2012-05-24T12:20:55Z")
This is how my mother raised me my whole life, and I haven’t given it much thought until now. What it boils down to is that whenever I didn’t listen, my mother would get angry in order to get me to do what she wanted. I… --- ## [How (gender) mixed is your workplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gender-mixed-is-your-workplace/622729)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-gender-mixed-is-your-workplace/622729 "2012-05-24T07:08:12Z")
For the purpose of this poll, any customers you interact with in person count as part of “your workplace”. As a programmer, most places I’ve worked have been almost entirely male. And I don’t like it. It’s just depress… --- ## [Do you have "empty" picture frames?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-empty-picture-frames/622810)
**Author:** [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-empty-picture-frames/622810 "2012-05-24T06:22:24Z")
There’s a common trope in movies where a character is found to be not all they seem to be when another discovers all the pictures in the picture frames are the original display pics or else photos from a magazine. Do you… --- ## [New tech: scans gender and age of bar crowd, broadcasts it to phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tech-scans-gender-and-age-of-bar-crowd-broadcasts-it-to-phones/622664)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tech-scans-gender-and-age-of-bar-crowd-broadcasts-it-to-phones/622664 "2012-05-24T04:58:39Z")
So a new technology can scan the gender and age of people coming and going from a bar, and send that data to your smartphone app. Then you decide if you want to go to that bar. Here’s an article. Good lord, some sort … --- ## [Can I swap from a MacBook Pro to an iPad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-swap-from-a-macbook-pro-to-an-ipad/622566)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-swap-from-a-macbook-pro-to-an-ipad/622566 "2012-05-24T03:26:45Z")
Cloud this, Cloud that. Freakin’ clouds. I don’t edit video, not much any more. I’d love to dump at least 10-15 pounds of gack from the backpack. ( Current weight: 34 pounds ). I need Microsoft Office. All of it. Can I… --- ## [My A/C](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-a-c/622881)
**Author:** [@Patience\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patience_Jones)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-a-c/622881 "2012-05-24T01:06:41Z")
The thermostat says it’s 112 in here. It very clearly isn’t. The air seems to be flowing just fine, but the a/c isn’t cutting off at all. Is it about to explode or something? --- ## [What's the best desktop LCD size?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-desktop-lcd-size/622107)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-desktop-lcd-size/622107 "2012-05-23T23:38:44Z")
I need to replace my 20" monitor. I have it just behind my keyboard and do a mix of web surfacing, light office tasks, and light gaming. I’m wondering if I should get a 24" replacement, or if that will be to big and I sh… --- ## [Fly a Military Jet Vacations - Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-a-military-jet-vacations-any-advice/622760)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fly-a-military-jet-vacations-any-advice/622760 "2012-05-23T22:25:13Z")
I have a long-standing interest in the military side of the Cold War and particularly the aviation aspect. I quite regularly see advertised package trips where you can fly in a military jet and sometimes even take the co… --- ## [Experiences with "kitty condos"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-kitty-condos/622762)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-with-kitty-condos/622762 "2012-05-23T22:11:23Z")
I’m looking into buying a kitty condo for Mojo, because he’s been peeing on things for a year now. I feel like I can’t trust him to be loose in the house, and I am so tired of everything smelling of cat pee. He has peed … --- ## [How do you get somebody to do a really small carpentry job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-somebody-to-do-a-really-small-carpentry-job/622725)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-somebody-to-do-a-really-small-carpentry-job/622725 "2012-05-23T19:38:52Z")
IKEA doesn’t make 9 inch wide cabinet doors. They do make a 9 inch little tiny cabinet, for people like me who ran into spacing issues, I suppose. What I need somebody to do is take a 15 inch door, take it apart, cut i… --- ## [Picture is hung level but looks crooked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-is-hung-level-but-looks-crooked/622817)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picture-is-hung-level-but-looks-crooked/622817 "2012-05-23T18:22:12Z")
You hang a picture. It’s quite large, about 2.5 meters wide by 1.5 meters tall. As far as measuring devices can determine (you use a good quality level as well as using a tape measure to measure up from the floor at bo… --- ## [I forgot how to write!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-how-to-write/622239)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forgot-how-to-write/622239 "2012-05-23T16:55:38Z")
Sophia, my daughter, is earning “Excellents” (or whatever) for her cursive penmanship, and it does look great, especially from a 10yo. A couple of weeks ago she was with a friend of hers who commented on Sophia’s handwr… --- ## [How to deal with our parents and our kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-our-parents-and-our-kids/622191)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-deal-with-our-parents-and-our-kids/622191 "2012-05-23T15:44:14Z")
I have a dilemma. My wife’s family is very involved in our lives (in a good way). They help us out with little things, come to visit, give us space when we need it, in short I have the PERFECT in-laws. I absolutely love … --- ## [Would you give severance pay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-severance-pay/622736)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-give-severance-pay/622736 "2012-05-23T15:32:57Z")
I need to let someone go for cause today. She has missed a dozen days since the beginning of the year, most last minute call ins and she has some other issues such as being late, excessive personal phone calls and inter… --- ## [NYC drivers: why do you keep honking your horn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-drivers-why-do-you-keep-honking-your-horn/622659)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-drivers-why-do-you-keep-honking-your-horn/622659 "2012-05-23T15:04:47Z")
I’ve enjoyed NYC every time I’ve visited, though one thing really stood out to me compared to everywhere else I’ve been (in the US) — the amount of car honking involved in what appeared to be a normal day of traffic. I’v… --- ## [Nervous about girl scout troop leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nervous-about-girl-scout-troop-leader/622372)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nervous-about-girl-scout-troop-leader/622372 "2012-05-23T14:46:05Z")
My daughter recently joined a girl scout troop and is enjoying the camaraderie and activities. My concern comes from the first email sent by the group leader. Like a lot of people her signature is generated automatical… --- ## [Am I a nice person or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-nice-person-or-not/622139)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-a-nice-person-or-not/622139 "2012-05-23T14:12:35Z")
In conversation yesterday I said to a co-worker that I have only a few rules in life: I try to be a nice person, and I try to do the right thing. She smirked about me trying to be a nice person, and when I pursued it, sh… --- ## [How best to handle an acquaintance's minor political controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-handle-an-acquaintances-minor-political-controversy/622793)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-handle-an-acquaintances-minor-political-controversy/622793 "2012-05-23T13:05:51Z")
A guy with whom I am acquainted is involved with local government. I don’t know him very well, but he seems like a good enough guy AFAICT. Lately there is a minor controversy going around concerning some kind of technica… --- ## [What lifestyle changes promote good health, independent of their effect on obesity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lifestyle-changes-promote-good-health-independent-of-their-effect-on-obesity/622669)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lifestyle-changes-promote-good-health-independent-of-their-effect-on-obesity/622669 "2012-05-23T11:12:24Z")
Since we are a pretty fat-phobic society most medical information on lifestyle interventions portray lifestyle changes as vehicles for weight loss rather than as healthy behaviors in and of themselves. So ‘healthy diet’ … --- ## [Are Australians ripped off by their own retailers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-australians-ripped-off-by-their-own-retailers/622496)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-australians-ripped-off-by-their-own-retailers/622496 "2012-05-23T05:25:30Z")
High price of buying Australian I have a small eBay hobby business and I was always struck how some Australians would pay $ 30.00 or more in shipping to get certain items. In reading the article I’m beginning to unders… --- ## [Recommendations for CCW Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-ccw-gun/622734)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-ccw-gun/622734 "2012-05-23T04:37:29Z")
I’m getting my CCW permit soon and my SW40VE semi-automatic pistol wouldn’t be comfortable to wear all day. I’m thinking about getting a lightweight .357 revolver since it would also shoots .38 special. I’m not partial… --- ## [Have any dopers been swindled/screwed by a contractor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-dopers-been-swindled-screwed-by-a-contractor/622721)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-dopers-been-swindled-screwed-by-a-contractor/622721 "2012-05-23T00:39:08Z")
Hi all! I am looking for stories of times where you’ve hired a contractor to do work at your home when rebuilding a basement or roofing, painting, flooring anything…you name it. I think that, unfortunately, this happens… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1514) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1516)