# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1577 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1578 --- ## [Where in the USA would you move if you wanted fresh air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-usa-would-you-move-if-you-wanted-fresh-air/611596)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-usa-would-you-move-if-you-wanted-fresh-air/611596 "2012-02-06T19:46:32Z")
Suppose you had the ability to pick up and move to any populated area\* in the U.S. Where would you go if your number one requirement is to be able to take in a big gulp of fresh, clean, crisp air? All things such as po… --- ## [How do I convince a cousin that this is NOT right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convince-a-cousin-that-this-is-not-right/611467)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-convince-a-cousin-that-this-is-not-right/611467 "2012-02-06T18:40:04Z")
Cousin does some baby/pet/house sitting on the side for some extra cash. However her social and dating life is picking up, yet she doesn’t want to give up these gigs. She has a solution, but I think it is very douchey. … --- ## [Tell me about your slipped discs!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-slipped-discs/611762)
**Author:** [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-slipped-discs/611762 "2012-02-06T16:21:35Z")
Since last May, I’ve been having back problems, which have yo-yo’ed seemingly at random between ‘acting ok, but slight twinges’ and ‘AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhh I can’t stand up and nothing is getting rid of the pain!!!’. … --- ## [Does alcohol help racing thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alcohol-help-racing-thoughts/611479)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-alcohol-help-racing-thoughts/611479 "2012-02-06T16:12:34Z")
I don’t know if what I’m experiencing qualifies as racing thoughts. They are loud and repetitive, with a kind of “pressure” associated with them. Like chitter-chatter in an echo chamber. If I let myself “listen” to th… --- ## [Looking for Moving Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-moving-advice/611799)
**Author:** [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-moving-advice/611799 "2012-02-06T16:05:05Z")
Background: I live the New Mexico. My girlfriend lives in New York. We have decided that within the next couple of months, I am going to move to New York to live with her, and when her lease is up we will get a new pl… --- ## [Call me old-fashioned, but . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-old-fashioned-but/611673)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-me-old-fashioned-but/611673 "2012-02-06T15:11:27Z")
Call me old-fashioned, but I still buy actual CDs, before downloading them onto my hard drive and iPod. What are you “old-fashioned” about? --- ## [Tell me about your kick-ass Craigslist Score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-kick-ass-craigslist-score/611894)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-kick-ass-craigslist-score/611894 "2012-02-06T14:44:21Z")
This morning, I was engaging in some highly addictive Pinterest activity and came across a few websites that had to do with gardening and canning, which made me realize that I needed to get a better pressure cooker than … --- ## [Calling PhD dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-phd-dopers/611619)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-phd-dopers/611619 "2012-02-06T13:05:57Z")
What made you do it? What was the motivation? --- ## [The epitome of awkwardness.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epitome-of-awkwardness/611669)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epitome-of-awkwardness/611669 "2012-02-06T12:48:11Z")
First, This post contains some semi-graphic descriptions. So, if that offends you, please stop reading. I’ll make it short and sweet. I’m a gay guy. Six months ago, I was out with some work friends after work at a lo… --- ## [Tiny schools - Opinions? Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-schools-opinions-experiences/611741)
**Author:** [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiny-schools-opinions-experiences/611741 "2012-02-06T11:28:59Z")
My daughter is due to start school next year so it’s time for us to knuckle down and choose one. The local state school is out of the question. It has a terrible reputation and abysmal scores on the standardized test res… --- ## [Any idea what this is? (Racing heart while trying to sleep)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-is-racing-heart-while-trying-to-sleep/611670)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-this-is-racing-heart-while-trying-to-sleep/611670 "2012-02-06T06:37:17Z")
I’m a 28-year-old male with no major health problems and no known allergies, BMI of 25.8 (which makes me very slightly overweight). I was wondering if one of the MediDopers might have some idea of what this is - I’m not… --- ## [Recommend online software for online store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-online-software-for-online-store/611841)
**Author:** [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-online-software-for-online-store/611841 "2012-02-06T03:39:01Z")
My GF has a business selling adult novelties. She wants to create an online store. Anyone have a good experience with one of those full-service sites where you create your site and they host it for you? Any drawbacks o… --- ## [How does one hide $4m + from the IRS and wife?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-hide-4m-from-the-irs-and-wife/610663)
**Author:** [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-hide-4m-from-the-irs-and-wife/610663 "2012-02-06T03:25:04Z")
I thought this may go in GQ, but I have generalized questions with multiple factual answers and even more guesses. And some of this is legal. I think this is the proper forum. First things first: My father is a con arti… --- ## [Could we get a movement underway to change the spelling of "Yarmulke"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-get-a-movement-underway-to-change-the-spelling-of-yarmulke/611839)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-get-a-movement-underway-to-change-the-spelling-of-yarmulke/611839 "2012-02-06T03:12:47Z")
I always thought the word “Yarmulke” is totally ridiculous. Never in my life have I ever heard anyone actually pronounce it the way it’s spelled. It’s a yamaka. Can we just have the spelling changed to “yamaka”? Please? … --- ## [tax question: company required me to remove my tattoos for promotion. Can I write it off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-company-required-me-to-remove-my-tattoos-for-promotion-can-i-write-it-off/611818)
**Author:** [@Analogue\_Skywalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Analogue_Skywalker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-company-required-me-to-remove-my-tattoos-for-promotion-can-i-write-it-off/611818 "2012-02-06T03:01:42Z")
I’m not sure I can post tax questions here, but Mods feel free to close it up if it violates policy. It’s that time of year. My wife and I finally received all the tax documents we need and I can finally file. How ever… --- ## [Maximum useful credit score?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-useful-credit-score/611764)
**Author:** [@Blunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blunt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maximum-useful-credit-score/611764 "2012-02-05T22:37:20Z")
Not sure if this would be a GQ or IMHO, but since I’m guessing there may not be an exact answer so I thought I’d start here… I’ve heard in the past that credit scores above a certain point don’t really matter, and after… --- ## [U.S. v European politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-v-european-politics/610631)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-v-european-politics/610631 "2012-02-05T22:21:27Z")
This may end up in GD. Is this a fair characterization: The European Left is further left, while the U.S. Right is further right? --- ## [The Appeal of X and Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-x-and-z/611691)
**Author:** [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-of-x-and-z/611691 "2012-02-05T20:36:37Z")
What’s up with X and Z? Why are they so seldom used? Why do they represent the foreign or “the other” to the point of being heavily used in cliche alien names? --- ## [Blacks: With no Blacks around and somebody starts talking racist crap...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-with-no-blacks-around-and-somebody-starts-talking-racist-crap/611814)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-with-no-blacks-around-and-somebody-starts-talking-racist-crap/611814 "2012-02-05T20:34:30Z")
Note: I use Blacks as the example. But really, any minority would work. Let’s say as a White guy I’m at a restaurant or a bar. Two White idiots sitting adjacent from me are talking racist crap. They aren’t talking direc… --- ## [What do you think people should discuss before they get married?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-people-should-discuss-before-they-get-married/611658)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-people-should-discuss-before-they-get-married/611658 "2012-02-05T19:55:31Z")
My thread asking for book suggestions started coming up with its own list of important questions to ask one another, and I thought it would make a good thread in its own right. (No, I will not shut up about this wedding… --- ## [we need a cure or something for cancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-cure-or-something-for-cancer/611589)
**Author:** [@razzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/razzle)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-cure-or-something-for-cancer/611589 "2012-02-05T19:23:10Z")
This has been going on to long … lets take a vaccine like we did for POLIO adn small pox … --- ## [Suggest a "100 Things to Talk About Before Marriage" book or website?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-100-things-to-talk-about-before-marriage-book-or-website/611425)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-a-100-things-to-talk-about-before-marriage-book-or-website/611425 "2012-02-05T16:36:46Z")
My fiance and I have talked about the big stuff, of course - kids, religion, etc - and have discussed how we’ll combine our finances and all those common sense things, but I was thinking it would be nice to have some sor… --- ## [Adopting a Dog: Dopers' Experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-a-dog-dopers-experiences/611640)
**Author:** [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adopting-a-dog-dopers-experiences/611640 "2012-02-05T14:24:58Z")
I’ll be back in my house with a fenced in back yard soon and have been browsing several adoption sites (pounds, Craig’s List and a few breeders). Just seeing if anyone has anylessons learned on the adoption process. I’d … --- ## [Help me deal with my picky girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-deal-with-my-picky-girlfriend/388357)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-deal-with-my-picky-girlfriend/388357 "2012-02-05T12:21:18Z")
Running the risk having the post blow up in my face with people telling me how much of a control freak I am, etc. I need help dealing with an issue with my girlfriend. She is a picky eater. Scratch that- she is the PICK… --- ## [What breast cancer is, and what it is not. - a video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breast-cancer-is-and-what-it-is-not-a-video/611843)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-breast-cancer-is-and-what-it-is-not-a-video/611843 "2012-02-05T11:24:55Z")
Found this on the Daily What: I didn’t find her showing her chest to be that graphic, but just to be safe I’ll put the link here: FWIW: My mother had breast cancer a few years ago. --- ## [Your thoughts on the "Modern Primitive" movement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-modern-primitive-movement/611735)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-thoughts-on-the-modern-primitive-movement/611735 "2012-02-05T07:18:26Z")
Recently I read about an interesting guy called Fakir Musafar who, basically, was the father of the “modern primitive” movement. In other words: body piercing/self mutilation for spiritual purposes. The Native Americans … --- ## [Does gray hair make women look old, frumpy and not-sexy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gray-hair-make-women-look-old-frumpy-and-not-sexy/589192)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-gray-hair-make-women-look-old-frumpy-and-not-sexy/589192 "2012-02-05T05:49:46Z")
I am asking this because I’ve recently had a short-short cut and decided to let my color grow out and the gray come in. I am 53 and have been coloring my hair (starting with henna) since I was 14 years old. Two months a… --- ## [Help finding a digital dress watch under $25](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-digital-dress-watch-under-25/611646)
**Author:** [@spunkymuzicnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spunkymuzicnote)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-digital-dress-watch-under-25/611646 "2012-02-05T04:18:12Z")
I am looking for a dress watch but I’m finding it almost impossible to find what I need. So I though I’d appeal to the wonderful people at SD. I’m looking for something that’s a dress watch but is still digital and has a… --- ## [Do I have a serious memory problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-serious-memory-problem/317822)
**Author:** [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-serious-memory-problem/317822 "2012-02-05T03:35:25Z")
I hope I can describe this in a accurate manner, but please bear with me if I can’t. I noticed about four years ago that I seemed to be having a much harder time keeping track of things that people told me, things I had… --- ## [How easy is it to make fun of your home city?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-make-fun-of-your-home-city/355624)
**Author:** [@Exploding\_Oven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exploding_Oven)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-is-it-to-make-fun-of-your-home-city/355624 "2012-02-05T01:31:57Z")
How easy is it to make fun of the city that you live in or have lived in? I live in Seattle, which is most likely the most mockable city in the world. Coffee jokes and rain jokes, mainly, but jokes about “arty” music, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1576) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1578)