# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1675 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1676 --- ## [Has anyone been to Israel around here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-israel-around-here/594401)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-been-to-israel-around-here/594401 "2011-08-31T10:04:26Z")
Work is sending me off to Israel for about 6 weeks in November. What can I expect? I’ll be stuck at a construction site throughout, but hope to fit in some site seeing. So, any info or experiences would be a help. --- ## [Possible to get over my INTENSE physical aversion to fine-textured fabrics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-get-over-my-intense-physical-aversion-to-fine-textured-fabrics/594340)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-get-over-my-intense-physical-aversion-to-fine-textured-fabrics/594340 "2011-08-31T06:20:31Z")
As long as I can remember, I have an unbelievably intense negative reaction to any kind of fine, micro-fiber-type fabric. Any of that fine fleece material, “flocked” items, many, many glove liners - it’s nearly impossibl… --- ## [SDMB threads that had you cracking up](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-threads-that-had-you-cracking-up/594355)
**Author:** [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-threads-that-had-you-cracking-up/594355 "2011-08-31T04:19:37Z")
Among my own circle-of-dorks, I am far and away the wittiest/funniest one among them. Almost like the ‘old’ Tiger Woods, where it was “Tiger vs the field”, and the only competition was for 2nd place. But I have met my … --- ## [Let's say a tree on your property fell over and crashed into a neighbor. . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-a-tree-on-your-property-fell-over-and-crashed-into-a-neighbor/594394)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-say-a-tree-on-your-property-fell-over-and-crashed-into-a-neighbor/594394 "2011-08-31T03:56:18Z")
during a hurricane. What do you do? Knock on their door? Wait for them to come to you? Call FEMA? Call your home insurance? Get out the chainsaw? Not a very good picture of a tree fallen onto a house. --- ## [Professionals, independent contractors and B2B people, how do you market your services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professionals-independent-contractors-and-b2b-people-how-do-you-market-your-services/594636)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/professionals-independent-contractors-and-b2b-people-how-do-you-market-your-services/594636 "2011-08-31T03:42:23Z")
Right now, I’m an articling student (a lawyer apprentice) and will become a lawyer in October. I don’t plan to seek employment in a firm but rather go on my own. I don’t have to worry very much when it comes to money. I… --- ## [Profit from going 100 yrs back in time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profit-from-going-100-yrs-back-in-time/594263)
**Author:** [@jeffsdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeffsdad)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profit-from-going-100-yrs-back-in-time/594263 "2011-08-31T03:27:30Z")
Suppose you were given the ability to travel back in time 100 years. You could take what you could carry, but you could carry nothing from the past to the future. And you could only travel one time back. How could a p… --- ## [Guys: Do you pee standing, or sitting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guys-do-you-pee-standing-or-sitting/594512 "2011-08-31T03:20:16Z")
Inspired by the toilet seat poll, let’s find out how many guys pee like a girl! (I almost always sit down to pee if I get up at night, or early in the morning) PTF --- ## [WPD (white people with dreadlocks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpd-white-people-with-dreadlocks/594618)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wpd-white-people-with-dreadlocks/594618 "2011-08-31T02:59:08Z")
My 18YO niece came home from several months of summer camp recently with, among other things, dreadlocks. Prior to this summer she was a conventional middle-class kid. To say her parents aren’t happy about this develop… --- ## [Does it matter where I buy a smartphone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-where-i-buy-a-smartphone/594710)
**Author:** [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-it-matter-where-i-buy-a-smartphone/594710 "2011-08-31T01:56:44Z")
Background: my only cellphones have been provided by my employer, and I have always selected the most basic ones offered. I have recently decided that I would like to purchase an up-to-date smartphone and plan. Assumin… --- ## [Advice on how to fire someone...ugh](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-fire-someone-ugh/593185)
**Author:** [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-fire-someone-ugh/593185 "2011-08-31T00:52:26Z")
One of the people who reports to me is doing a really shitty job and I probably have to fire her. She’s been with the org for five years, and although I’ve had a number of conversations with her about her performance, sh… --- ## [Can I leave my boiler off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-leave-my-boiler-off/594694)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-leave-my-boiler-off/594694 "2011-08-30T23:38:34Z")
The Irene waters are cleared out of my basement and I think I have one more challenge to solve. The pilots on my water heater and boiler both went out; I’m going to re-light the water heater tomorrow morning when there’… --- ## [Monopoly of power through moral outrage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-of-power-through-moral-outrage/593801)
**Author:** [@shakabroh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shakabroh)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monopoly-of-power-through-moral-outrage/593801 "2011-08-30T22:46:13Z")
I love my teenage daughter a lot. But I feel that she uses my affections for her against me. I would appreciate any advice anyone could give. I’m looking for a solution.:smack: My wife and I are divorced. My daughter fr… --- ## [How far away do you reckon we are from this kind of technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-reckon-we-are-from-this-kind-of-technology/594113)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-away-do-you-reckon-we-are-from-this-kind-of-technology/594113 "2011-08-30T20:24:28Z")
I was daydreaming in cartoon pictures on the train this morning, when it struck me that my inner canvas (and presumably most other peoples’) is able to translate a story or idea into animated pictures very much more quic… --- ## [Just File 13'd My Weed (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-file-13d-my-weed-long/593010)
**Author:** [@BuickGNX1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuickGNX1987)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-file-13d-my-weed-long/593010 "2011-08-30T20:08:51Z")
After being a smoking for about eight years (about five years heavily) I finally worked up the nerve to throw the stuff out. Here’s why. It started about a week ago. I was at the computer relatively late at night, (high… --- ## [Anything good to say about University of Phoenix?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-to-say-about-university-of-phoenix/594088)
**Author:** [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-good-to-say-about-university-of-phoenix/594088 "2011-08-30T16:53:14Z")
I am an RN and go to a lot of online nursing sites, so my computer senses this and I have been getting banner ads from Univ. of Phoenix. The one that has me steamed says “What if you found out that the nurse giving you… --- ## [Weird dog behavior (whining at treats)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-behavior-whining-at-treats/594439)
**Author:** [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-dog-behavior-whining-at-treats/594439 "2011-08-30T16:49:42Z")
OK, this is some weird new behavior in an older dog. My 10 year old land manatee/terrier mix has started a bizarre behavior. If he’s given an unusual treat, something he normally doesn’t get, he will start whining and … --- ## [GAHRUGH! Wasps in our apple tree.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gahrugh-wasps-in-our-apple-tree/594554)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gahrugh-wasps-in-our-apple-tree/594554 "2011-08-30T16:25:40Z")
We’ve lived in this house 10 years. A year after we moved in, we planted an Apple Tree. Years 2-9 suffered from drought, hail, freeze…and what Apples we DID get were little stunted sour things that, while they made a go… --- ## [Wife writing thank you note for me. Rude?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-writing-thank-you-note-for-me-rude/594443)
**Author:** [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-writing-thank-you-note-for-me-rude/594443 "2011-08-30T15:55:07Z")
I need to write a thank you letter to someone, but my handwriting looks like chicken scratch. I don’t think this person has ever seen my handwriting. Is it rude for my wife to write the thank you letter for me? Obviou… --- ## [Lightweight waterproof bag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-waterproof-bag/594589)
**Author:** [@nolonger\_lurking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nolonger_lurking)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightweight-waterproof-bag/594589 "2011-08-30T15:21:59Z")
I would like to use the university gym between classes, but I only have access to the coin-op lockers outside the locker room. To avoid stinking up my afternoon class, I will need to shower after my workout; to avoid get… --- ## [Fluent in their lessons but having difficulty in real life stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluent-in-their-lessons-but-having-difficulty-in-real-life-stories/594364)
**Author:** [@Reza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reza)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluent-in-their-lessons-but-having-difficulty-in-real-life-stories/594364 "2011-08-30T15:09:53Z")
One of the most typical difficulty for learners of English Language I’ve observed is that, they may afford very well with modeled dialogues in English courses, but when it comes to relate a story or a memory they find it… --- ## [Fellow Arkansas Dopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-arkansas-dopers/594250)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-arkansas-dopers/594250 "2011-08-30T14:59:57Z")
I need help from my local friends and associates. Where is a cool but inexpensive place to get married near North Little Rock? I’m going for the Old Mill just down the road. Everytime she sees Gone With the Wind she ca… --- ## [UV Lamps and Flies: So crazy, it just might work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uv-lamps-and-flies-so-crazy-it-just-might-work/594594)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uv-lamps-and-flies-so-crazy-it-just-might-work/594594 "2011-08-30T14:56:52Z")
During summer, the inevitable handful of flies or moths will make their way indoors, as the kids are constantly running in and out to play. I find flying insects in the house to be the pinnacle of annoying. I also hate … --- ## [Match.com: Success stories or total fake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-success-stories-or-total-fake/594451)
**Author:** [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-com-success-stories-or-total-fake/594451 "2011-08-30T14:47:03Z")
I’ve signed up for lots of networking sites before (and only recently joined Facebook even though I don’t use it) while they offer a free trial period. I usually don’t renew after the free period. I’ve subscribed to site… --- ## [Etiquette: what's the traditional thanks for putting someone up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-whats-the-traditional-thanks-for-putting-someone-up/594334)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/etiquette-whats-the-traditional-thanks-for-putting-someone-up/594334 "2011-08-30T14:36:29Z")
The “beer and pizza for moving” thread got me thinking about something. When I was younger, if I stayed at a friend’s house for a weekend, I might bring a bottle of wine (or, in one regrettable incident, make them dinne… --- ## [What does it mean to be talk to/be interested in someone as a person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-be-talk-to-be-interested-in-someone-as-a-person/594523)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-it-mean-to-be-talk-to-be-interested-in-someone-as-a-person/594523 "2011-08-30T08:49:14Z")
“As a person” is an expression I’ve heard a few times. It’s usually in the context of “being interested in someone as a person” or “connecting with someone as a person” or “talking to someone as a person”. The “as a pers… --- ## [Let's hear some parenting advice for older kids!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-some-parenting-advice-for-older-kids/593847)
**Author:** [@Elret](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elret)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-hear-some-parenting-advice-for-older-kids/593847 "2011-08-30T04:22:16Z")
People are always full of advice for parents when they bring that squishy little newborn home from the hospital, but the well seems to dry up as they get older. While I of course ignored most advice when I was a new par… --- ## [How do you think Steve Jobs' resignation will affect Apple?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-steve-jobs-resignation-will-affect-apple/593962)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-steve-jobs-resignation-will-affect-apple/593962 "2011-08-30T04:16:04Z")
Now that Steve Jobs is stepping down from day-to-day operations, how will Apple be affected? --- ## [Help me ship a lasagna to Afghanistan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-ship-a-lasagna-to-afghanistan/594299)
**Author:** [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-ship-a-lasagna-to-afghanistan/594299 "2011-08-29T23:10:24Z")
So, the boy is in Afghanistan. I talked with him on Skype today, and the Italian mother in me is in full overdrive. He’s lost weight, he’s too thin! My first instinct, of course, is that he needs me to make him a lasagna… --- ## [German Culture for the American Tourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-culture-for-the-american-tourist/594332)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-culture-for-the-american-tourist/594332 "2011-08-29T22:06:56Z")
Germany SDopers, these may not be the typical questions, but can you tell me: a) Are stores open on Sunday, and if so, do they close early? By stores, I mean grocery? souvenir-type shops? general shopping? gas stations… --- ## [How would this eastern-european name be spelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-eastern-european-name-be-spelled/594316)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-this-eastern-european-name-be-spelled/594316 "2011-08-29T21:45:55Z")
When I was young, I had a friend whose last name was pronounced “tah-HAH-check” and I would like to look him up on Facebook or the like, but I don’t know how he spelled it. It was a slavic name, with a lot of consonants … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1674) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1676)