# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1649 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1650 --- ## [what should I use on my frizzy hair? recommend me some product!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-on-my-frizzy-hair-recommend-me-some-product/599670)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-use-on-my-frizzy-hair-recommend-me-some-product/599670 "2011-10-15T19:20:56Z")
I didn’t want to derail Anaamika’s thread (which, by the way, I notice that I seem to have killed… ? :()so I’m takin’ it over to this one. A couple of comments were made there recommending (or not) various products to he… --- ## [Calling all CA lawyers: California Code re: rental deposits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-ca-lawyers-california-code-re-rental-deposits/599712)
**Author:** [@Penguinlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penguinlady)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-ca-lawyers-california-code-re-rental-deposits/599712 "2011-10-15T19:04:29Z")
I’m hoping there a CA attorney lurking here. Thirteen months ago, I paid a large deposit for a vacation rental. The rental was in another state, but the owner, rental agent, and I all live in CA. I dimly recall someth… --- ## [Most Desolate Places in UK/Ireland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-desolate-places-in-uk-ireland/599468)
**Author:** [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-desolate-places-in-uk-ireland/599468 "2011-10-15T17:45:27Z")
Suppose someone wanted to visit the UK or Ireland, but did not want to see any cities or suburban sprawl. What would be the most interesting and desolate places to go? (I’m not talking about extended UK territories lik… --- ## [Is this contractor review too harsh? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-contractor-review-too-harsh-long/599639)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-contractor-review-too-harsh-long/599639 "2011-10-15T16:13:38Z")
I am wrapping up (I hope) a fairly large rennovation project at my house. The contractor has been very frustrating to deal with, but is trying to make it right. His staff also are technically very good. When the job i… --- ## [What does a French teen boy eat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-french-teen-boy-eat/599038)
**Author:** [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-french-teen-boy-eat/599038 "2011-10-15T16:11:31Z")
In less than two weeks, we will be hosting a 17 year old boy from Salency, France. We’re really looking forward to it, but like a typical mother (of a 17 year old), I’m wondering what this kid will eat. I know how Hall… --- ## [Chuck Norris vs. Honey Badger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-vs-honey-badger/599661)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-vs-honey-badger/599661 "2011-10-15T15:09:01Z")
Who would come out victorious? I … can’t…choose. --- ## [Don't you think light is quite slow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-light-is-quite-slow/599444)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-think-light-is-quite-slow/599444 "2011-10-15T12:10:45Z")
For example think about this: You wouldn’t be able to play Quake with somebody on the moon. This sucks… --- ## [Kindle Owners - cover with a light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-owners-cover-with-a-light/598891)
**Author:** [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-owners-cover-with-a-light/598891 "2011-10-15T06:30:38Z")
As per this thread I’m aiming to buy one of the new Kindles soon (probably the 6in non-keyboard version). I guess a cover is worth getting, and I’ve seen some with a pop-out light which cost about £50 (so over half the … --- ## [Is it that important to have your own child? (birthday vs adopting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-that-important-to-have-your-own-child-birthday-vs-adopting/599515)
**Author:** [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-that-important-to-have-your-own-child-birthday-vs-adopting/599515 "2011-10-15T05:27:25Z")
A friend of mine is currently going through fertility treatment trying to conceive which is costing a great deal of money and, more importantly, not working. She in her early 40s and it may quite simply be too late for h… --- ## [How much do you pay for internet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-internet/599596)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-pay-for-internet/599596 "2011-10-15T02:56:34Z")
My Comcast cable connection costs $35 per month and I’m looking for cheaper options. --- ## [Would you stay with a doctor whose practice started offering Reiki?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stay-with-a-doctor-whose-practice-started-offering-reiki/599637)
**Author:** [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-stay-with-a-doctor-whose-practice-started-offering-reiki/599637 "2011-10-15T02:02:47Z")
In case you’re unaware, Reiki is an alternative medicine where you can supposedly heal someone by transferring energy from your hands to them. No actual contact between the practitioner and patient. IMHO, bullshit of t… --- ## [What did your parents NOT teach you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-parents-not-teach-you/599353)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-your-parents-not-teach-you/599353 "2011-10-15T01:46:08Z")
It wasn’t until recently that I realized my parents never taught me to give to charity. They do, on occasion, give money to the Red Cross (for instance, when Hurricane Katrina hit, they wrote a check for a hefty sum). Bu… --- ## [Is God ever a foreigner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-ever-a-foreigner/599517)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-god-ever-a-foreigner/599517 "2011-10-15T00:55:57Z")
In monotheistic religions, is the God of choice always of the same race as the believers? Is the God ever a foreigner? --- ## [Soliciting Advice on Roommate Drama Rama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-advice-on-roommate-drama-rama/599504)
**Author:** [@JerseyMarine2092](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyMarine2092)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soliciting-advice-on-roommate-drama-rama/599504 "2011-10-14T23:47:40Z")
Hey SDMB, I’ve already talked to several of my friends about an issue I’m having, but I figure some unbiased advice will be handy as well. The background is: Up until May I’ve been living in the DC area, but faced a s… --- ## [Would you go vegan for one year for a hundred grand?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 190\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-vegan-for-one-year-for-a-hundred-grand/598189 "2011-10-14T22:38:36Z")
The usual eccentric billionaire approaches you with a proposition. He’d like to abandon your current animal-killing diet in favor of a vegan one, and he’s willing to pay to see it happen. If you can fulfill his terms fo… --- ## [Dopers, who were half siblings. Did you feel like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-were-half-siblings-did-you-feel-like-this/598898)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-were-half-siblings-did-you-feel-like-this/598898 "2011-10-14T20:25:54Z")
An very dear friend of mine told me this. Her parents split up when she was little and her mother remarried, and had three children with her new partner. She spent most of her time either with mum, or travelling to see h… --- ## [Dawkins' Belief Scale: Where Do You Fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawkins-belief-scale-where-do-you-fall/599651)
**Author:** [@Fatwater\_Fewl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fatwater_Fewl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dawkins-belief-scale-where-do-you-fall/599651 "2011-10-14T20:23:59Z")
I’m posting this poll in response to the suggestion in this post by Skammer. So where Dopers fit on this scale? Feel to break it down to decimal points in your posts – I’m about a 6.5. --- ## [Free But Read The Fine Print](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-but-read-the-fine-print/599541)
**Author:** [@Foxy40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foxy40)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-but-read-the-fine-print/599541 "2011-10-14T20:16:20Z")
Recently I purchased a new bedroom set and wasn’t sure what to do with my old one. It is in fairly decent condition but I didn’t want to deal with the hassle of selling it and maybe getting 200 bucks for the effort. I … --- ## [What Browser Do You Use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-browser-do-you-use/598217)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-browser-do-you-use/598217 "2011-10-14T19:32:49Z")
Seems like everyone is falling all over themselves about Chrome. I downloaded it, and I use it occasionally for things that don’t work well in Firefox, but I have found it incredibly slow and so I don’t use it as my mai… --- ## [Right to pull into someone's lane blindsided to prevent accident?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-pull-into-someones-lane-blindsided-to-prevent-accident/599326)
**Author:** [@ModernPrimate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ModernPrimate)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-pull-into-someones-lane-blindsided-to-prevent-accident/599326 "2011-10-14T18:33:18Z")
I feel traumatized after something that happened today. I was coming home minding my own business when some guy pulls out from a dead standstill and blocks my path. I’ve often seen cars pull out a little when trying to … --- ## [Yet another article on SlutWalk caused me to muse about the opposite.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-article-on-slutwalk-caused-me-to-muse-about-the-opposite/599460)
**Author:** [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-article-on-slutwalk-caused-me-to-muse-about-the-opposite/599460 "2011-10-14T18:29:46Z")
Yet another article on SlutWalk caused me to muse about the opposite. Were street walking prostitutes to dress in fine business attire would they get any business? I recalled the prostitutes that loitered around the Sta… --- ## [Atheist or Other?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-or-other/599437)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atheist-or-other/599437 "2011-10-14T18:04:27Z")
Want to see how many Atheists we have here. --- ## [Thinking about getting a dog. What do I need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog-what-do-i-need-to-know/598703)
**Author:** [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-about-getting-a-dog-what-do-i-need-to-know/598703 "2011-10-14T17:21:00Z")
We’ve been thinking about adding a dog to the mix around here. We are a family of four, including a 9 year old and a 5 year old. The 9yo in particular is very keen on getting a dog. We also have two adult cats - one is a… --- ## [Why is there a Google Chrome Web Store?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-google-chrome-web-store/599589)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-a-google-chrome-web-store/599589 "2011-10-14T16:10:35Z")
Can anyone enlighten me on the purpose of this beast? I understand why an app store would exist for a mobile device, but … a PC browser? --- ## [Question for Males about the People They Pine After](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-males-about-the-people-they-pine-after/599594)
**Author:** [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-males-about-the-people-they-pine-after/599594 "2011-10-14T15:29:13Z")
When you think of the person you are infatuated and/or in lust with, do you imagine something sexual, generally romantic, or something else? --- ## [Could I sell bottled water as homeopathic medicine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-sell-bottled-water-as-homeopathic-medicine/599558)
**Author:** [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-sell-bottled-water-as-homeopathic-medicine/599558 "2011-10-14T15:27:12Z")
Homeopathic medicines have concentrations so low that it is physically impossible to measure or detect the “active” ingredients in them. What’s stopping me from bottling water and selling it as homeopathic medicine? Is … --- ## [Ireland/N.I. Troubles &c - Social aspects of converting between Protestantism and Catholicism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-n-i-troubles-c-social-aspects-of-converting-between-protestantism-and-catholicism/599550)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-n-i-troubles-c-social-aspects-of-converting-between-protestantism-and-catholicism/599550 "2011-10-14T08:42:41Z")
I’ve found the whole “Troubles” that Ireland has faced to be somewhat unusual, coming from a US background where Christian sectarianism doesn’t generally turn violent or have revolutionary nuances. In Ireland, with all … --- ## [You're being executed: Fight or cooperate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-being-executed-fight-or-cooperate/599324)
**Author:** [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-being-executed-fight-or-cooperate/599324 "2011-10-14T05:57:33Z")
Alas, your fiendish plot to conquer the world with an army of cyber-dolphins recruited from the depths of the Marianas Trench has failed. Following a pitched battle, contentious trial, and a zealous but doomed flurry of … --- ## [Re convenience robbery on video and handgun bullets that seem to have no effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-convenience-robbery-on-video-and-handgun-bullets-that-seem-to-have-no-effect/599414)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-convenience-robbery-on-video-and-handgun-bullets-that-seem-to-have-no-effect/599414 "2011-10-14T04:49:26Z")
In this robbery Story here Interior store video here One robber takes two bullets in the arm and the other gets shot in the chest and they simply scamper away. I guess I thought modern bullets would do more damage if … --- ## [Trip advice : Pensacola to Memphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advice-pensacola-to-memphis/599562)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trip-advice-pensacola-to-memphis/599562 "2011-10-14T03:51:54Z")
I’ll be driving this in early November - new part of the country for me and I have no idea what is best. I welcome any and all suggestions for routes and things to see along the way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1648) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1650)