# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1667 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1668 --- ## [Buy an iPhone from Verizon, or the Apple store, or Cosco, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-an-iphone-from-verizon-or-the-apple-store-or-cosco-or-what/596165)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buy-an-iphone-from-verizon-or-the-apple-store-or-cosco-or-what/596165 "2011-09-14T17:02:10Z")
Assuming I want to buy an iPhone and renew my Verizon contract, where is it best to buy the phone itself, and why? Thanks! --- ## [What to do when I grow up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-i-grow-up/596082)
**Author:** [@Sandysurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandysurf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-i-grow-up/596082 "2011-09-14T16:59:52Z")
I’m a 60-year young grandmother (Yaya) with NOTHING to do! I would LOVE to go back to school, but feel I’m too old, and also, who would hire me at my age? I don’t look 60 (or so I’ve been told) and I watch my four-year o… --- ## [Poll: Do you take only the essentials or pack the kitchen sink when traveling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-take-only-the-essentials-or-pack-the-kitchen-sink-when-traveling/596025)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-do-you-take-only-the-essentials-or-pack-the-kitchen-sink-when-traveling/596025 "2011-09-14T16:24:36Z")
When I travel with my friend, especially for just a night or two away, it’s a funny contrast: he carries a medium backpack and I carry a large suitcase and a shoulder bag. (This isn’t counting our laptops.) He takes th… --- ## [So could this have been anything except food poisoning? (tmi, natch)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-could-this-have-been-anything-except-food-poisoning-tmi-natch/596194)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-could-this-have-been-anything-except-food-poisoning-tmi-natch/596194 "2011-09-14T15:03:51Z")
Sunday evening I started throwing up. This lasted a couple of hours and several sessions, proceeding into dry heaves when everything was out of my upper GI tract. I took some phenergan, so that may have stopped the he… --- ## [Why do so few Americans know how to drive a stick shift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-few-americans-know-how-to-drive-a-stick-shift/590439)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-few-americans-know-how-to-drive-a-stick-shift/590439 "2011-09-14T13:37:12Z")
When I was a child in the 50’s, an automatic transmission was an extra-cost option that my parents did not purchase. I learned to drive a stick shift. Today, the family minivan is an automatic, but my last four VWs for… --- ## [Slogan suggestions needed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slogan-suggestions-needed/596275)
**Author:** [@Lady\_Venom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Venom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slogan-suggestions-needed/596275 "2011-09-14T13:33:56Z")
The company I work for has signed up for the United Way Plane Pull Challenge where 20 of us attempt to pull a plane 12 feet in the fastest time on Sept 24. We have done this a couple of times but this time, two other ad… --- ## [Help me figure out what to wear to this wedding.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-wear-to-this-wedding/595401)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-to-wear-to-this-wedding/595401 "2011-09-14T13:23:19Z")
At the beginning of October, the Wonderland family are attending a wedding. Now, the bride is a touch bridezilla-ish, but the groom is a dear friend and so we are trying to be accommodating. To wit: there is a dress co… --- ## [Is it possible to teach oneself how to swim?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-teach-oneself-how-to-swim/595250)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-teach-oneself-how-to-swim/595250 "2011-09-08T15:19:30Z")
Assume that at midlife one has gotten over basic fear of the water and would like to learn to swim for real. But one does not relish the prospect of looking silly, joining a beginner class alongside eight year olds. Is i… --- ## [Neat Places to Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-places-to-go/596200)
**Author:** [@randomface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomface)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neat-places-to-go/596200 "2011-09-14T08:30:37Z")
I live near Little Rock, AR. I am planning a trip shortly after New Years, but haven’t decided on a destination. What neat things are there to do within about an 5-8 hour drive? Also, who has gone to the Crater of Dia… --- ## [Crazy neighbor opinions, advice or other stories, please :)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-neighbor-opinions-advice-or-other-stories-please/595322)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-neighbor-opinions-advice-or-other-stories-please/595322 "2011-09-14T04:20:30Z")
I live in a very rural, low traffic area. If I see 3 cars drive past in an hour, I figure someone is having a party or something. There are some young kids who live across from the crazy neighbor. They do things like … --- ## [Gay marriage and HIV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-and-hiv/595651)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gay-marriage-and-hiv/595651 "2011-09-14T04:19:42Z")
This thread Another Anti-Vax Nuttery Question: Gardasil - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board reminds me of something I’ve been meaning to ask. I know that much of the opposition to gardasil is based on the … --- ## [Recommend me a good place for quality business cards online with my own design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-place-for-quality-business-cards-online-with-my-own-design/357581)
**Author:** [@chefIL11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chefIL11)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-place-for-quality-business-cards-online-with-my-own-design/357581 "2011-09-14T03:35:11Z")
I need professional business cards and I haven’t had the best of luck getting them made in town. Since this will be for a minor project, I only require about 250 of them. I have a design in mind and I’m good with paint… --- ## [A Question of Manliness...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-manliness/596134)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-manliness/596134 "2011-09-14T03:06:22Z")
OK, so I was going through some older marketing materials today at work and I notice the following in an 8-page brochure (with some background information thrown in): There’s a picture of an employee (we’ll call him Joh… --- ## [Help with Thunderbird please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-thunderbird-please/596174)
**Author:** [@Pann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pann)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-thunderbird-please/596174 "2011-09-14T02:28:30Z")
I have used Thunderbird for many years now. Unfortunately, the latest version has a glitch. If it is running when I put the computer in hibernation the system will crash. It happens on average one out of three times. … --- ## [What goods and services can you get cheaply if you time your purchases right](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goods-and-services-can-you-get-cheaply-if-you-time-your-purchases-right/596180)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goods-and-services-can-you-get-cheaply-if-you-time-your-purchases-right/596180 "2011-09-14T01:07:28Z")
I’m not sure what keywords to use in search to find a previous thread with advice about this, but some items can be had pretty cheaply if you time the purchases right and buy when people want to unload inventory. The ma… --- ## [Addicted to Marijuana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addicted-to-marijuana/596133)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/addicted-to-marijuana/596133 "2011-09-14T00:24:55Z")
This might sound odd, but I am absolutely addicted to marijuana. As I write this, I’m about to go smoke a joint. Now, I understand all the negative aspects. It’s a drain on my money, focus, motivation, health, etc… It… --- ## [Job Interview Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-advice/596162)
**Author:** [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interview-advice/596162 "2011-09-13T20:13:02Z")
So, I’ve been looking for a job now for a little over six months. I’ve had a grand total of three interviews and none of them panned out even though I was well qualified for them. I know a lot of the problem is the job m… --- ## [Working-class guy's rich girlfriend offers to support him. Is he sexist to fret over implications?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-class-guys-rich-girlfriend-offers-to-support-him-is-he-sexist-to-fret-over-implications/595894)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-class-guys-rich-girlfriend-offers-to-support-him-is-he-sexist-to-fret-over-implications/595894 "2011-09-13T15:51:54Z")
Yes, it’s a hypothetical thread with a long storytelling OP. If these annoy you, stop reading. Today we tell the tale of Jack, a divorced working-class guy. Though he’s a voracious reader interested in everything, he ne… --- ## [getting rid of fleas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-fleas/594848)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-fleas/594848 "2011-09-13T15:38:53Z")
Our former neighbor mvoed a month ago, and insisted we take her 3 cats for a bit til she found another place for them. One never goes out and its way thin always has been. The other too had had flea baths before she brou… --- ## [What pisses you off and what have you done about it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pisses-you-off-and-what-have-you-done-about-it/595706)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-pisses-you-off-and-what-have-you-done-about-it/595706 "2011-09-13T14:34:17Z")
I don’t know how to download so I’ll have to describe this. I ordered a tee shirt special made that says on the front, “If I wanted to hear somebody’s elses conversation…” and on the back, over a cell phone with a slas… --- ## [Does your SO have a right to interfere with parenting issues with your kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-so-have-a-right-to-interfere-with-parenting-issues-with-your-kids/596006)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-so-have-a-right-to-interfere-with-parenting-issues-with-your-kids/596006 "2011-09-13T12:44:33Z")
So, JuniorDivine is 20, in college, doing well but he does have Aspberger’s. He has a part-time job that puts him around a lot of smokers. Recently he revealed to me that he has been smoking (cigarettes) for about a yea… --- ## [Things to do or see in Wales](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-or-see-in-wales/588174)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-or-see-in-wales/588174 "2011-09-13T12:34:16Z")
So, in a couple of months the newly-minted missus and I will be honeymooning in Wales. We’re going to spend a couple weeks photographing castles and sheep and coastlines. What are some things we absolutely should \*not \*… --- ## [Recommend simple external raid where drives can be removed and mounted in a Windows computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-simple-external-raid-where-drives-can-be-removed-and-mounted-in-a-windows-computer/596059)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-simple-external-raid-where-drives-can-be-removed-and-mounted-in-a-windows-computer/596059 "2011-09-13T11:50:55Z")
I’m trying to find an external raid 1 solution for my home use to reliably save photos/movies/etc. I don’t care much about performance. I care a lot about reliability. If a drive or the whole unit fails, I want to have t… --- ## [Pretty Little Things To Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-little-things-to-do/318943)
**Author:** [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-little-things-to-do/318943 "2005-08-30T17:03:12Z")
This is mostly for women, I think. Tell me simple things to do to boost the spirit. Brainstorm. If it’s not for me, someone else might like it. Rose-scented lip gloss A taste or orange blossom honey in early morning … --- ## [What was the closest you've ever been to death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-closest-youve-ever-been-to-death/595328)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-closest-youve-ever-been-to-death/595328 "2011-09-13T06:23:24Z")
By the way- I don’t intend this thread to be a downer, but please share anything you’d like. For me: Spring break, 2000, South Padre Island, Texas with roommate and two other friends. My roommate and I had periodic “t… --- ## [What's your stance on going to a bar alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-stance-on-going-to-a-bar-alone/595805)
**Author:** [@Dustin\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dustin_Jake)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-stance-on-going-to-a-bar-alone/595805 "2011-09-13T03:05:46Z")
Does any do this? Frankly, once in a while I’d rather go along and just enjoy the atmosphere, drinks, and good food. It beats sitting at home if no one you know is available. :cool: --- ## [Why are there no staunch Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-staunch-democrats/595719)
**Author:** [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-there-no-staunch-democrats/595719 "2011-09-13T02:56:04Z")
I only see the adjective staunch being used to describe Republicans. Just did a Google search and Republican wins 2.3m hits to 1.5m. But I remember when I realized how often I saw staunch Republican that I decided to loo… --- ## [Credit card number stolen at gas pump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-number-stolen-at-gas-pump/596081)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Violet)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-card-number-stolen-at-gas-pump/596081 "2011-09-13T02:22:06Z")
Who do these lowlife losers think they are??!! What makes them so hateful and without a conscience?? Someone stole my credit card number from the computer at a local gas station…i paid at the pump and the next day i had… --- ## [Can I get some advice on my friend's tutoring business?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-advice-on-my-friends-tutoring-business/596107)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-some-advice-on-my-friends-tutoring-business/596107 "2011-09-13T01:33:16Z")
I have a friend of a friend that has notable ability when it comes to tutoring high school and college students in, among other subjects, math. She has started an agency with a business model that involves hiring tutors… --- ## [Anyone a computer teacher? I need help(I'll explain inside).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-a-computer-teacher-i-need-help-ill-explain-inside/595674)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-a-computer-teacher-i-need-help-ill-explain-inside/595674 "2011-09-13T00:51:42Z")
Today, out of nowhere, I was told that due to my school district’s financial crisis and a computer teacher’s retirement, I will start teaching computers to 6th and 7th grade students…on Monday. I’ve been a Language Arts… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1666) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1668)