# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1537 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1538 --- ## [Innocuous things with GOOD associations for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocuous-things-with-good-associations-for-you/618335)
**Author:** [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/innocuous-things-with-good-associations-for-you/618335 "2012-04-15T09:21:38Z")
This thread is mostly based on this thread: “Innocuous things with bad associations for you” It’s a haunting and rather beautiful thread, just to read though and see what may trigger some bad memories for people. I look… --- ## [Those Mariska Hargitay Lips......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-mariska-hargitay-lips/618813)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-mariska-hargitay-lips/618813 "2012-04-15T06:30:47Z")
… are beautiful, aren’t they? Bow-shaped, and a nice fit to the face. Love 'em. But if you don’t have them, please don’t try to paint them on? Lord have mercy, I’m seeing Lucille Balls all over the place all of a sudde… --- ## [How To Tell A Coworker Her Books Suck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-a-coworker-her-books-suck/618699)
**Author:** [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-a-coworker-her-books-suck/618699 "2012-04-15T05:03:36Z")
I have been reading a lot. I work a part time job and there is a nice co-worker and she reads a lot. She likes to “share” her books with me. OK she’s trying to be nice but her books suck. Well they don’t suck but I don’… --- ## [The European Stare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-european-stare/618662)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-european-stare/618662 "2012-04-15T01:46:39Z")
Maybe our German friends will comment, but last time we were in Germany, I was quite disconcerted when I looked up and noticed a woman staring unabashedly at me. I started to look away, bu then thought I’ll return that s… --- ## [What is a ballpark price for 100 pop LPs from 1960s - 1980s in used condition? NEED ANSWER FAST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ballpark-price-for-100-pop-lps-from-1960s-1980s-in-used-condition-need-answer-fast/618557)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-ballpark-price-for-100-pop-lps-from-1960s-1980s-in-used-condition-need-answer-fast/618557 "2012-04-14T23:18:21Z")
I am clearing out the old family house before it gets sold. I have a box of about 100 pop LPs from 1960s thru 1980s that I want to unload. They are all in used condition – some well worn, others not so much. They are all… --- ## [If you go after a threatening stalker & beat them bloody will they likely stop or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-after-a-threatening-stalker-beat-them-bloody-will-they-likely-stop-or-not/618778)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-go-after-a-threatening-stalker-beat-them-bloody-will-they-likely-stop-or-not/618778 "2012-04-14T23:06:23Z")
I’ve heard and read of scenarios where obsessive stalkers will terrorize people for years on end, with the confrontations sometimes ending violently. I’m wondering what would happen is a stalker picked on the wrong per… --- ## [Inoperable elevator = breach of warranty of habitability?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoperable-elevator-breach-of-warranty-of-habitability/618769)
**Author:** [@sbccook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbccook)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inoperable-elevator-breach-of-warranty-of-habitability/618769 "2012-04-14T21:29:31Z")
I own a co-op apartment in NYC and I live on the top floor (7th). The building elevator became inoperable a week ago, signs were posted by the management company saying the necessary repairs are significant and they are… --- ## [30 years ago now versus 30 years ago 30 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-now-versus-30-years-ago-30-years-ago/567612)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-ago-now-versus-30-years-ago-30-years-ago/567612 "2012-04-14T20:23:49Z")
I hope that title is concise enough :slight\_smile: I was just pondering on this while watching a repeat of Back to the Future (still one of my favourite films) the other day. It’s only four years until 2015, which is o… --- ## [Finding a coupla fonts (preferably free)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-coupla-fonts-preferably-free/615929)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-a-coupla-fonts-preferably-free/615929 "2012-04-14T20:23:06Z")
Given the results of this other thread (thanks to all who responded there) and a conversation with my brother in law, I need to find a couple of specific fonts: Avant Garde Gothic Book and CandiaScriptSSi (for Mac, if it… --- ## [What makes your dentist good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-dentist-good/618554)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-your-dentist-good/618554 "2012-04-14T19:17:10Z")
I’m dental-phobic. I have horrible nightmares about my teeth (all falling out, or chasing me and devouring my face :(). I’m terrified about the prospect of going to the dentist, and I’ve only been 4 times in my entire li… --- ## [What country mints the world's coolest/sexiest currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-mints-the-worlds-coolest-sexiest-currency/618345)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-country-mints-the-worlds-coolest-sexiest-currency/618345 "2012-04-14T18:29:30Z")
Question’s in the title. Include pics in your post, because I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to look it up myself. --- ## [What's the best thing for a sunburn? (Particularly the redness?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-for-a-sunburn-particularly-the-redness/618708 "2012-04-14T17:32:32Z")
Argh! I volunteered as a storyteller at a library thing this morning outside, and I didn’t even think about the sun because it was so cold when I got up this morning! Halfway through my session I snuck off and got a ha… --- ## [What specific crimes did Oliver North commit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specific-crimes-did-oliver-north-commit/618741)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-specific-crimes-did-oliver-north-commit/618741 "2012-04-14T17:19:58Z")
Everyone knows that Oliver North escaped the Iran-Contra affair conviction free, even though many people believed that he was, in fact, guilty. What specifically, in fact and theory, was he guilty of, assuming the basic… --- ## [So I have an hour layover in Atlanta (ATL) - what should I do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-an-hour-layover-in-atlanta-atl-what-should-i-do/618678)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-an-hour-layover-in-atlanta-atl-what-should-i-do/618678 "2012-04-14T14:01:30Z")
I will have a 1 hour layover at the Atlanta airport (ATL) in the early afternoon. What should/can I do that would be interesting? --- ## [Why is Google hiding blog search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-google-hiding-blog-search/618756)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-google-hiding-blog-search/618756 "2012-04-14T13:48:41Z")
Back when Google first made blog search available, it was heralded with fanfare. But now it’s difficult to find it. It’s hidden way down under “more” and it’s not on the mobile version at all. What’s up with that? --- ## [Which shoe do you put on first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shoe-do-you-put-on-first/618689)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-shoe-do-you-put-on-first/618689 "2012-04-14T09:47:15Z")
Any particular reason why? And can somebody tell me if that means it’s your dominant foot? --- ## [Any reason I should avoid buying a Volvo S60 for the same price as a Camry/Accord?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-should-avoid-buying-a-volvo-s60-for-the-same-price-as-a-camry-accord/618711)
**Author:** [@Blackzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackzilla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-reason-i-should-avoid-buying-a-volvo-s60-for-the-same-price-as-a-camry-accord/618711 "2012-04-14T06:53:21Z")
Man, I love Volvos, especially the recent S60/80 line. They’re gorgeous, and I still miss my 240 that I had way back in college. Looking at the prices in the classifieds and carmax, I was surprised to see that I can get … --- ## [Anyone been Skiing in the UP of MI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-skiing-in-the-up-of-mi/618483)
**Author:** [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-been-skiing-in-the-up-of-mi/618483 "2012-04-14T04:58:19Z")
Any advice on the resorts up there? My yearly trip out to CO just isn’t going to happen this year. Too much driving for the amount of days I can take off. So, instead of driving 16 hrs to Colorado, I’m thinking I’ll driv… --- ## [What should I do with some 15 year old Ektachrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-some-15-year-old-ektachrome/618703)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-with-some-15-year-old-ektachrome/618703 "2012-04-14T03:43:03Z")
Rummaging around in the back of an oft-neglected closet, I found an old roll of Kodak Ektachrome color slide film. It expired in 1997. I’ve got plenty of old film cameras gathering dust in the same closet, so I think I’… --- ## [My state has embarrassed me AGAIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/618473)
**Author:** [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-state-has-embarrassed-me-again/618473 "2012-04-14T03:37:02Z")
Check out the new TN law: Basically, it will allow discussion of creationism along with evolution in science classes. Oh, and the sponsor of the bill is from right here where I live: Hixson (part of Chattanooga). I’m… --- ## [Moles question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moles-question/618653)
**Author:** [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moles-question/618653 "2012-04-14T02:23:16Z")
Moles run in my family, on both sides, so it wasn’t unusual when I started getting them to. By the time I was 20, my left foot had over 50 of them on the top of it. Aside from nieces using them to play dot to dot, it was… --- ## [Android Gingerbread users--are you having problems with Google Play Store, of late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-gingerbread-users-are-you-having-problems-with-google-play-store-of-late/618698)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-gingerbread-users-are-you-having-problems-with-google-play-store-of-late/618698 "2012-04-14T01:47:17Z")
About six months ago I got my first Android smartphone, which came with v2.2 (“Froyo”), and since then I’ve gone to 2.3 (“Gingerbread”), then back to Froyo, then to a custom Gingerbread based ROM, then back to Froyo, and… --- ## [Is this a good reason to buy a home? and; what is a good reason to buy a home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-reason-to-buy-a-home-and-what-is-a-good-reason-to-buy-a-home/618591)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-reason-to-buy-a-home-and-what-is-a-good-reason-to-buy-a-home/618591 "2012-04-14T00:54:59Z")
Literally the only thing that makes me think about maybe buying a home is the prospect of paying rent even past retirement. Yet: I presently have no particular intention ever to retire. Moreover, there are a lot of cost… --- ## [A whirlwind trip to Benelux + Germany: What's not to miss?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-whirlwind-trip-to-benelux-germany-whats-not-to-miss/618083)
**Author:** [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-whirlwind-trip-to-benelux-germany-whats-not-to-miss/618083 "2012-04-13T22:30:51Z")
So in 3 weeks I am taking a 3 week long trip to Europe. I’ll be landing in Brussels, but spending 2 weeks in Mons (it’s a tag along trip that affords me 2 free weeks in a hotel). After that, a day and a half each in Amst… --- ## [You can go back in time for 15 minutes. What do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-for-15-minutes-what-do-you-do/618460)
**Author:** [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-go-back-in-time-for-15-minutes-what-do-you-do/618460 "2012-04-13T22:02:54Z")
The rules are that you have to go back to a known date and place (you can have some wiggle room on the exact time of day, however). You can take anything you want and leave any of it there when you return. You can bring … --- ## [Ladies: Are you attracted to men who treat you poorly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-are-you-attracted-to-men-who-treat-you-poorly/618202)
**Author:** [@2ManyTacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2ManyTacos)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-are-you-attracted-to-men-who-treat-you-poorly/618202 "2012-04-13T21:58:25Z")
This thread hearkens back to the perennial saying that “nice guys finish last” or that “women are only attracted to jerks.” I’m just curious to see whether these notions apply to the women on the SDMB, and possibly disc… --- ## [Three roads lead you home, which one do you take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-roads-lead-you-home-which-one-do-you-take/618618)
**Author:** [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-roads-lead-you-home-which-one-do-you-take/618618 "2012-04-13T21:52:42Z")
For the sake of argument, let’s say you have three roads that will take you home from work, you must choose one and stay on it until you arrive at home (home is up a short access road, 99% of the traveled road is the roa… --- ## [What vehicles should I be test driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vehicles-should-i-be-test-driving/618584)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vehicles-should-i-be-test-driving/618584 "2012-04-13T21:34:21Z")
I’m beginning my search for my next vehicle and I’m hoping to tap the well-spring of doper knowledge to put together a short list of viable options. I know that before I will have to test drive them but all advice is wel… --- ## [Same issues and coworkers...different job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-issues-and-coworkers-different-job/618514)
**Author:** [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/same-issues-and-coworkers-different-job/618514 "2012-04-13T20:22:28Z")
I’ve come to realize that every workplace seems to have their own version of the same old shit…and the players are the same too–just in different bodies. This afternoon I stopped by the store and picked up some lunch an… --- ## [New tires - do I need a TPMS rebuild?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tires-do-i-need-a-tpms-rebuild/618663)
**Author:** [@EnginNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnginNerd)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tires-do-i-need-a-tpms-rebuild/618663 "2012-04-13T19:26:07Z")
I have a 2011 VW Tiguan that is about due for some new tires. I was pricing them out at Discount Tire’s website and noticed that they added a $32 TPMS rebuild kit which can be removed before placing the order. Looking i… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1536) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1538)