# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1689 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1690 --- ## [Wireless headphones for TV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-headphones-for-tv/591840)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wireless-headphones-for-tv/591840 "2011-08-10T03:18:37Z")
Total non-techie here, needing some shopping assistance if you please. I’m hoping to find some wireless headphones as a present for my husband. Well, he’ll be wearing them but they’re really to save my sanity as it seem… --- ## [Recommend me some desktop newsletter software that works cross-platform](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-desktop-newsletter-software-that-works-cross-platform/586585)
**Author:** [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-desktop-newsletter-software-that-works-cross-platform/586585 "2011-06-25T11:18:44Z")
My problem: someone in another department (in another state) needs help designing an email newsletter. She’s on a PC. I have been tasked to help her but I am on a Mac. Previously she made an attempt in Microsoft Publishe… --- ## [Micorfiber or cotton sheets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micorfiber-or-cotton-sheets/592021)
**Author:** [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/micorfiber-or-cotton-sheets/592021 "2011-08-10T01:49:09Z")
So it’s time to buy some new sheets. For the last few years, Egyptian cotton sheets have been the go-to whenever I’ve made sheet purchases. Today while perusing the sheet section I noticed microfiber sheets seem quite … --- ## [Cockatiel Diary- More questions than anything this time...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockatiel-diary-more-questions-than-anything-this-time/591935)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cockatiel-diary-more-questions-than-anything-this-time/591935 "2011-08-10T01:05:45Z")
Cricket’s doing great. His adult tail feathers are in now, making him quite the lovely! He spends a fair amount of time on my shoulder getting head scritches or stealing bites of egg or cucumber (he goes apesh-- for cucu… --- ## [new tv-buying advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tv-buying-advice/591851)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-tv-buying-advice/591851 "2011-08-10T00:29:02Z")
So I’m in the market for a new Tv. I’m going to use it as a monitor as much as a tv, since I do most of my tv watching of the internet now. My budget maxed out at 350 dollars, which includes a 200 dollar gift card I got … --- ## [Buying an OEM Recovery Disk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-oem-recovery-disk/592104)
**Author:** [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-an-oem-recovery-disk/592104 "2011-08-10T00:25:04Z")
My desktop crashed the other day and the repair people tell me I need to get a recovery disk to fix it. Of course, I do not have one, and of course, my computer is just slightly too old, so the manufacturer no longer su… --- ## ["To mix words" / "To mince words"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mix-words-to-mince-words/592132)
**Author:** [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-mix-words-to-mince-words/592132 "2011-08-10T00:00:00Z")
I found the phrase “to mix words” mentioned in a thread from last year as an example of a mangled expression. Nobody commented on it; presumably it was offered and accepted as a corruption of “to mince words.” But I just… --- ## [Post a comment(ers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-comment-ers/591991)
**Author:** [@rika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-comment-ers/591991 "2011-08-09T23:22:26Z")
I read lots of online newspapers and at the bottom of almost every article, readers are asked post comments. Just about every story has comments posted by right wing nuts. No matter how innocuous the story, there are n… --- ## [Best image re-sizing tool?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-image-re-sizing-tool/592129)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-image-re-sizing-tool/592129 "2011-08-09T23:12:38Z")
For years the standard was Genuine Fractals, but it has a different name and is sold by a different company - and that is never a good sign. I know there have been some real breakthroughs in the technology, but what is a… --- ## [CNA - how bad/good is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cna-how-bad-good-is-it/592079)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cna-how-bad-good-is-it/592079 "2011-08-09T21:29:38Z")
My cubicle-misery has me brooding over returning to school once again (in my late 30’s) to obtain a skill set that will allow me to work in the healthcare field. My liberal arts degree has landed me office jobs over the… --- ## [Married folks: who buys the husband's clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631)
**Author:** [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-folks-who-buys-the-husbands-clothes/591631 "2011-08-09T21:03:19Z")
I completely floored my male friends lately when I told them I buy all of my husbands clothes without him there (with the exception of shoes when I take him out to buy them). Frankly, he doesn’t care what he wears and I… --- ## [Have you ever been in love with someone you didn't like? (Or the reverse.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-love-with-someone-you-didnt-like-or-the-reverse/591841)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-in-love-with-someone-you-didnt-like-or-the-reverse/591841 "2011-08-09T19:55:15Z")
Inpsired partly by the Moonlighting discussion going on elsewhere, but mostly because RealPlayer just randomly played “You Really Got a Hold on Me.” For purposes of this poll, “in love” refers only to romantic love. The… --- ## [For people with foot/toe fetishes, are public places in the summertime like going to a strip club?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-with-foot-toe-fetishes-are-public-places-in-the-summertime-like-going-to-a-strip-club/592103)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-people-with-foot-toe-fetishes-are-public-places-in-the-summertime-like-going-to-a-strip-club/592103 "2011-08-09T19:50:06Z")
I don’t have such a fetish nor do I know anyone personally that’s admitted such a fetish. But I was curious if people that have foot and toe fetishes get aroused by seeing so many exposed feet and toes during the summer… --- ## [would you tell a date to be quieter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tell-a-date-to-be-quieter/591912)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-tell-a-date-to-be-quieter/591912 "2011-08-09T19:49:07Z")
An interesting thing happened to me on a date tonight, and I’m curious what you would have done, and what you think I should have done. This was my second date with a guy who happens to have a very loud voice. Not that… --- ## [Stone for a Dog Run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-for-a-dog-run/444367)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stone-for-a-dog-run/444367 "2011-08-09T16:19:21Z")
I have a dog run area fenced off next to the house. It’s approx 20’ x 7’. Right now it’s dirt with a little grass, but I want to put down landscape fabric with small stone on top. No grass to trim and no mud. I’m thinki… --- ## [What does (!) mean? Anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mean-anything/591966)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-mean-anything/591966 "2011-08-09T16:08:42Z")
I know someone who frequently puts an exclamation point inside of parenthesis in emails, apparently to indicate an emotion something like “oh gosh!” or “eek” or “wow.” I can’t say for sure, since it’s not a standard form… --- ## ["Marriage Friendly" counselors--appealing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-friendly-counselors-appealing/591963)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marriage-friendly-counselors-appealing/591963 "2011-08-09T15:51:39Z")
Asimovian and I have been talking about doing premarital counseling just to see if that might be a good thing for us. In looking for a counselor, I found one nearby who describes herself as “marriage friendly.” I found… --- ## [Seeing an Ex/Conflicted Feelings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-an-ex-conflicted-feelings/591950)
**Author:** [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-an-ex-conflicted-feelings/591950 "2011-08-09T14:48:29Z")
I was out of town this past week in a city where an ex moved to years ago. We’ve kept in touch sporadically, but haven’t seen each other for nearly 8 years. We arranged to have dinner one night and it went really well. S… --- ## [Do anniversaries matter to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375)
**Author:** [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375 "2011-08-09T13:38:32Z")
Talking to a female friend of mine, we got onto the subject of anniversaries. I don’t remember them, quite frankly. If I want to be with you I’ll be with you. It’s about the quality, not the quantity. Getting hung up… --- ## [Annoying eye twitch - how to stop it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-eye-twitch-how-to-stop-it/591944)
**Author:** [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-eye-twitch-how-to-stop-it/591944 "2011-08-09T12:40:37Z")
For the last week, I’ve an extremely annoying twitch in my lower eyelid. I imagine it’s due to stress - lots going on at work lately - but it’s driving me nuts. Any suggestions on how to get rid of it? Last time it we… --- ## [Class and the ability to pay atttention to detail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-and-the-ability-to-pay-atttention-to-detail/590422)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/class-and-the-ability-to-pay-atttention-to-detail/590422 "2011-08-09T11:18:50Z")
I read a sociology book a few years ago that said that poor people tend to pay little attention to detail, well-off people pay a lot of attention to detail, and the middle class is somewhere in between. The book, howeve… --- ## [Writing a notification of (suicide) death - advice please. Need answer fast.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-notification-of-suicide-death-advice-please-need-answer-fast/591931)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-a-notification-of-suicide-death-advice-please-need-answer-fast/591931 "2011-08-09T08:11:46Z")
I don’t really have anyone else to ask about this right now, so I’m turning to you dopers. I have to inform some people by letter that someone they knew has died. The death was a suicide, but for various reasons I want … --- ## [How do you heal a hurt knee caused by too much running?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-heal-a-hurt-knee-caused-by-too-much-running/591525)
**Author:** [@J0hn\_th\_n\_D\_oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J0hn_th_n_D_oh)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-heal-a-hurt-knee-caused-by-too-much-running/591525 "2011-08-09T02:41:10Z")
I ran too hard for a period of a few months about a year ago and now my knee hurts when I run for, say, a half-mile twice a week for a week or two. I’m only around 30, so healing should be possible. It doesn’t hurt whe… --- ## [Cultivating good qualities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultivating-good-qualities/592024)
**Author:** [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultivating-good-qualities/592024 "2011-08-09T02:35:15Z")
Things like confidence, love, discipline, generosity, health, etc… I’m of the opinion that in this world, you get what you give. Also, I believe that these types of qualities do not come easily to some people (like mys… --- ## [Pre-Poll: Pick the next President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-pick-the-next-president/591469 "2011-08-09T01:44:00Z")
If you could choose the next President, who would you pick? Your candidate must be a natural born citizen and 35 years of age to qualify-after that, anything goes. I will use this thread to create a poll on the same su… --- ## [Wal-Mart Image Rehab?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-image-rehab/591741)
**Author:** [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wal-mart-image-rehab/591741 "2011-08-09T01:14:12Z")
Do you have a positive opinion about Wap-Mart? Is this a recent change? What is Wal-Mart doing differently that influirenced your opinion? --- ## [Guide the multi-millionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guide-the-multi-millionaire/591183)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guide-the-multi-millionaire/591183 "2011-08-09T00:05:58Z")
The Wednesday Powerball jackpot is $160,000,000 and I’ve got the winning ticket. What should I do? Should I claim it immediately? How do I handle the taxes? What else do I need to know and/or do? --- ## [Masturbation or Meditation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2011, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbation-or-meditation/591973 "2011-08-09T00:03:40Z")
Which do you prefer? PTF --- ## [Yet Another Car Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-car-thread/591863)
**Author:** [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-car-thread/591863 "2011-08-08T21:50:31Z")
I’m finally in a place where I can start looking at buying a decent used car. Yay, me. A friend was selling an 05 Passat TDI, and I was very tempted, but the timing wasn’t right. Mileage and comfort are the biggest fact… --- ## [Are you over-the-top green?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-over-the-top-green/591837)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-over-the-top-green/591837 "2011-08-08T17:58:36Z")
What do you do to be green that your friends think is crazy? Granted, this will be subjective, based on your friends, and your location…but I’d like to hear the ‘cutting edge’ of green in YOUR community. My friends use… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1688) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1690)