# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1683 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1684 --- ## [Do you use a Bank or a Credit Union?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-bank-or-a-credit-union/593152)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-use-a-bank-or-a-credit-union/593152 "2011-08-19T15:36:52Z")
I use Bank of America, not by choice, but due to a combination of my original bank being bought out, and to my personal laziness with looking at other options. Although BofA hasn’t done anything wrong, I hate the idea o… --- ## [Couples: Sleep over at your SO's place or yours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-sleep-over-at-your-sos-place-or-yours/593250)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/couples-sleep-over-at-your-sos-place-or-yours/593250 "2011-08-19T15:24:26Z")
I’m making this poll gender specific as I’m curious if there is a gender divide on this topic. I’m a male and I absolutely HATE staying at the SO place. I’m much more comfortable at mine. I’m currently not serious with… --- ## [Mid-Life Crisis Age](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crisis-age/593244)
**Author:** [@Anchuldigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anchuldigs)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mid-life-crisis-age/593244 "2011-08-19T13:14:11Z")
At what age does the average American male experience a mid-life crisis. There’s a lot riding on your answer folks (bet with wife - who is making dinner next week), so think before you vote. --- ## [WTF moments with strangers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-moments-with-strangers/573423)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 221\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-moments-with-strangers/573423 "2011-08-19T05:38:11Z")
We’ve all had them of course: a complete stranger will do something or say something that takes your breath away for its sheer audacity or stupidity. My daughter was shopping with her little boy this week when she noti… --- ## [Suggest Planning Software For Use With Brian Tracy's System](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-planning-software-for-use-with-brian-tracys-system/593169)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-planning-software-for-use-with-brian-tracys-system/593169 "2011-08-19T02:57:43Z")
Okay, I’ve decided to try organizing myself by the following princples: Here’s a snippet: "There are different lists that you need for different purposes. First, you should create a master list on which you write down… --- ## [Why do some people hate ingratiating behavior?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-ingratiating-behavior/592914)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-some-people-hate-ingratiating-behavior/592914 "2011-08-19T02:50:32Z")
When I notice that people are being ingratiating towards me, it actually improves my opinion of them, usually. It seems with some people, this sort of behavior has the opposite effect. This fact has puzzled me since gra… --- ## [Taking Strattera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-strattera/593267)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-strattera/593267 "2011-08-19T02:35:18Z")
To treat what? How is it working? --- ## [Is Costco worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-costco-worth-it/591192)
**Author:** [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-costco-worth-it/591192 "2011-08-19T02:32:52Z")
Costco recently arrived in my little white-bread town, and all the locals sem to have a love for this place bordering on religious awe. I haven’t been in a Costco since I was a kid. From what I can tell, the people who … --- ## [Who usually wins: Big Army or Big Navy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-usually-wins-big-army-or-big-navy/584058)
**Author:** [@mac\_bolan00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mac_bolan00)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-usually-wins-big-army-or-big-navy/584058 "2011-08-19T02:31:33Z")
well, a question like that can be answered by historians. i’d be interesting to discuss historical exceptions though, as well as present-day implications. as far as i can remember, the seapower usually prevailed over th… --- ## [Ok, so what exactly do the Americans think is a British accent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-exactly-do-the-americans-think-is-a-british-accent/591305)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-so-what-exactly-do-the-americans-think-is-a-british-accent/591305 "2011-08-19T01:53:23Z")
I have been told by Americans friends that I have a British accent; which I don’t and nobody else has mentioned it. I have lived in the UK for a while so perhaps I did pick something up. But I have also been told (by Am… --- ## [Those traffic light grills are dangerous](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-traffic-light-grills-are-dangerous/592810)
**Author:** [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/those-traffic-light-grills-are-dangerous/592810 "2011-08-19T01:50:21Z")
For those who don’t know what I’m talking about or don’t have them in their area, I’ll explain. It’s basically a grill shaped like a honeycomb that covers the traffic light (usually just the green light) at an intersecti… --- ## [Advice on starting a political blog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-starting-a-political-blog/593233)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-starting-a-political-blog/593233 "2011-08-19T01:18:23Z")
This might belong in Cafe Society and if so, I apologize. I’m interested in becoming more involved in legislative advocacy (particularly around immigration reform) and as a part of this process I have decided to start m… --- ## [Name my baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby/592901)
**Author:** [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-my-baby/592901 "2011-08-19T00:58:33Z")
I am currently gestating kid number two and could pop at any moment. Or at least I hope so, I really miss seeing my feet, and it would be nice to be able to bend again. Anyway, we don’t know the gender so I have listed … --- ## [How often do you drink alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593245)
**Author:** [@OneMissedPost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneMissedPost)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593245 "2011-08-18T23:41:56Z")
Edit: Please delete… I messed up the poll --- ## ['Butch' offensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butch-offensive/593128)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butch-offensive/593128 "2011-08-18T23:09:21Z")
Reading hte thread about ‘dyke’ being derogatory, I wondered,“Is butch as offensive?” --- ## [Tell me about getting an MRI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-an-mri/591610)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-getting-an-mri/591610 "2011-08-18T22:19:09Z")
I’ve been having some knee trouble for the last year or so from an as-yet undetermined injury I suffered playing tennis. After a little bit of physical therapy, my doctor has given the green light for me to get an MRI. I… --- ## [Getting my baby into modeling -- Oh, I swore I'd never be THAT mother!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-baby-into-modeling-oh-i-swore-id-never-be-that-mother/593044)
**Author:** [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-baby-into-modeling-oh-i-swore-id-never-be-that-mother/593044 "2011-08-18T21:57:58Z")
Oh, boy. I really never thought I’d be THAT mom. You know, the one who’s all like “My baby is the most beautiful thing in the world and not just in MY eyes. That baby needs to be in the pictures!” But Baby Smaje, nearin… --- ## [Prepaid phones in Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-phones-in-canada/593127)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaid-phones-in-canada/593127 "2011-08-18T21:56:20Z")
Because I almost never need or use a cell phone, I use one of the Virgin Mobile prepaid phones/plans ($20 phone. I’m required to buy $20 worth of minutes every three months) which is great when I’m in the US, but stops… --- ## [Latisse...The new drug for all you women with balding eyelashes. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latisse-the-new-drug-for-all-you-women-with-balding-eyelashes-wtf/592871)
**Author:** [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/latisse-the-new-drug-for-all-you-women-with-balding-eyelashes-wtf/592871 "2011-08-18T20:52:54Z")
Ok, the “evolution” (or de-volution) of prescription medications has reached ridiculous levels. Women go bald on their eyes now? I never heard this one. They need a prescription medication to grow more eyelash hair?… --- ## [How successful is a layman at stock trading?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-successful-is-a-layman-at-stock-trading/593192)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-successful-is-a-layman-at-stock-trading/593192 "2011-08-18T20:28:18Z")
Are people making stock trades through brokers like Scottrade any better or worse, on average, than a random computer picking stocks? Is a non-experienced stock picker likely to lose their money, or more likely to stay m… --- ## [Tell me about being/having a preemie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-having-a-preemie/592482)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-being-having-a-preemie/592482 "2011-08-18T19:57:39Z")
My best friends just had their first baby - 5 weeks early! The husband is not the most detailed-oriented fellow, nor is he one to be pessimistic, so so far I’m under the impression from him that everything is hunky-dory… --- ## [iPad-type tablets. Tell me about them please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-type-tablets-tell-me-about-them-please/592815)
**Author:** [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-type-tablets-tell-me-about-them-please/592815 "2011-08-18T19:32:08Z")
I searched but there wasn’t anything recent or relevant. And I know that there are a lot of new tablet-type devices new on the market this summer. I played with a friend’s first generation iPad yesterday and really, rea… --- ## [Which way do you face when exiting from the center of a long row of stadium/arena seats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-you-face-when-exiting-from-the-center-of-a-long-row-of-stadium-arena-seats/592931)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-way-do-you-face-when-exiting-from-the-center-of-a-long-row-of-stadium-arena-seats/592931 "2011-08-18T18:50:16Z")
This comes from one of the “Letters From A Nut” books, where “Ted L. Nancy” (a presumed pseudonym for Jerry Seinfeld) writes to the head of a manufacturer of sports stadium seats to ask this question (to which the Pres… --- ## [Business (RE) Proposition (Practical Considerations)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-re-proposition-practical-considerations/586205)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-re-proposition-practical-considerations/586205 "2011-08-18T17:25:53Z")
In these days of tightened credit a lot of real estate wheeler-dealers are having a hard time getting mortgages, either due to too many short sales or foreclosures on their record or due to lack of a steady income, and t… --- ## [Bought Greyhound Express tickets; must get there an HOUR early?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-greyhound-express-tickets-must-get-there-an-hour-early/593153)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bought-greyhound-express-tickets-must-get-there-an-hour-early/593153 "2011-08-18T16:40:10Z")
I bought some “Greyhound Express” Bus tickets but when I printed them out, it says Umm so greyhound is selling unlimited tickets and everyone just shows up? Is this for express only or does regular Greyhound also just … --- ## [Will the government take revenge on Standard & Poors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-government-take-revenge-on-standard-poors/592097)
**Author:** [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-government-take-revenge-on-standard-poors/592097 "2011-08-18T16:14:46Z")
In response to the recent US credit downgrade, it seems that the official Obama Administration line is that Standard & Poors is wrong, they miscalculated the rating, etc. In other words, they’re trying to shoot the mess… --- ## [Need remote control of my mom's computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-remote-control-of-my-moms-computer/593079)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-remote-control-of-my-moms-computer/593079 "2011-08-18T15:54:27Z")
I did find UltraVNC, but walking through that installation is almost impossible for even me. These open source projects are sometimes prohibitively difficult. There’s not even a file named Setup so you know where to star… --- ## [What security software do you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-security-software-do-you-recommend/592688)
**Author:** [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-security-software-do-you-recommend/592688 "2011-08-18T15:44:02Z")
My internet provider, TimeWarner, provides free security software from a company called CA Technologies. I’ve had a boatload of issues with it recently, including my daughter’s iTouch not synching with the new update an… --- ## [A Facebook friend expresses a bigoted opinion. You...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-friend-expresses-a-bigoted-opinion-you/593039)
**Author:** [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-facebook-friend-expresses-a-bigoted-opinion-you/593039 "2011-08-18T14:49:16Z")
If you don’t use Facebook, and this is why you don’t use Facebook, and you think Facebook is stupid anyway, that’s nice, and maybe you could go find some other thread to discuss that in. Let’s say that one of your Faceb… --- ## [Movie theater etiquette - thoughts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-theater-etiquette-thoughts/592920)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-theater-etiquette-thoughts/592920 "2011-08-18T14:26:40Z")
Sunday night the spouse and I went to see Harry Potter again. Because it’s been out for awhile, they had moved it from the big double-door auditorium into what I call the “living room with a big screen TV”–you know, the … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1682) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1684)