# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1708 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1709 --- ## [Should I fight for my friendship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fight-for-my-friendship/578824)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-fight-for-my-friendship/578824 "2011-07-13T05:44:33Z")
I guess guys are not good at these sort of situations, or at least I’m not, but I was wondering what to do. I was fairly good friends with this guy I knew from work (let’s call him Dave). Then for some reason, Dave start… --- ## [Conservative Dopers- would this bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-would-this-bother-you/584938)
**Author:** [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conservative-dopers-would-this-bother-you/584938 "2011-07-13T05:38:40Z")
Long story short- I am planning to get my nose pierced. My kids go to a “Christian with a small c” private school, and my husband is worried that other parents might be freaked out. If you are Christian or otherwise co… --- ## [Are "Professional Politicians" Smarter Than the Public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-professional-politicians-smarter-than-the-public/588746)
**Author:** [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-professional-politicians-smarter-than-the-public/588746 "2011-07-13T04:03:50Z")
Does it take someone who is “smarter” to run for a political position? Does it take someone who is “smarter” to win said position? Maybe it takes someone who is “smarter” to come up with the vast amount … --- ## [Give me your first time camping advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-first-time-camping-advice/588534)
**Author:** [@Roseanne\_Rosannadanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roseanne_Rosannadanna)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-your-first-time-camping-advice/588534 "2011-07-13T03:56:29Z")
We’re going on our first family camping trip (including two young school age kids). I haven’t done much camping - just with friends in my teens. My SO has done camping as a kid only. This will be tent camping for us, but… --- ## [Men - Which of these would you rather be forced to fight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-which-of-these-would-you-rather-be-forced-to-fight/588642)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-which-of-these-would-you-rather-be-forced-to-fight/588642 "2011-07-13T02:27:52Z")
This came out of a random barroom discussion, so take it as you will. For whatever reason, you have offended the powers that be. In their rage, these powers are sending their champion to smite you at some pre-determine… --- ## [Which "Main" US Interstate Highways have you travelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-main-us-interstate-highways-have-you-travelled/588347)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-main-us-interstate-highways-have-you-travelled/588347 "2011-07-13T02:17:10Z")
Using the green highlighted roads on the list at List of Interstate Highways - Wikipedia as a reference for this poll, which roads have you used in your travels? --- ## [Any Bing Rewards participants here?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bing-rewards-participants-here/588821)
**Author:** [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-bing-rewards-participants-here/588821 "2011-07-13T02:16:43Z")
Are you getting lots of neat-o stuff from it? How tough is it to rack up enough points to get something worthwhile? I’m debating whether to sign up; seems a little creepy to have all my searches/visits tracked and stored… --- ## [Bowen Technique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowen-technique/588751)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bowen-technique/588751 "2011-07-13T01:25:38Z")
Inspired by the recent Reiki thread. Anybody tried this? I had a few sessions after recommendation from several people who’d pulled muscles, hurt their backs etc. Strange sensation of someone doing very small movement… --- ## [Recommend a Nose Hair Trimmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-nose-hair-trimmer/588754)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-nose-hair-trimmer/588754 "2011-07-13T00:48:32Z")
Inspired by this thread, wherein several posters allude to the above named device in favorable terms. The few times I have used one it seemed to prefer pulling the hair out. If you have one that works well, please share … --- ## [Best place to buy laptop parts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387)
**Author:** [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-to-buy-laptop-parts/554387 "2011-07-13T00:29:58Z")
I have an IBM T42 thinkpad laptop with a fried inverter card. I know how to replace it, but what I don’t know is a good source for laptop parts, as I’ve never had to buy any before. What site would you suggest? --- ## [Social Media Advice.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-media-advice/588798 "2011-07-13T00:26:59Z")
So. For me, the SDMB is the only social media I use. What other site would be helpful to me? Requirements: \[ol\] \[li\]Must be one site only. Not multiple.\[/li\]\[li\]Must help with finding people I knew years ago.\[/li\]\[l… --- ## [Moral Quandry: Warning New Tenants or No?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-quandry-warning-new-tenants-or-no/588733)
**Author:** [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moral-quandry-warning-new-tenants-or-no/588733 "2011-07-12T22:55:26Z")
Background: I live in a big house that is divided into several apartments. After increasingly weird behavior this past year, one of the downstairs tenants apparently started dealing, and this accumulated in a police rai… --- ## [Sent from my iphone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sent-from-my-iphone/587406 "2011-07-12T22:23:56Z")
Do you think adding this to a message sent from iphone is pretentious ? --- ## [Poll: If dueling were still acceptable, is there anybody you would have challenged?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-dueling-were-still-acceptable-is-there-anybody-you-would-have-challenged/588664)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-if-dueling-were-still-acceptable-is-there-anybody-you-would-have-challenged/588664 "2011-07-12T21:14:22Z")
Today is the 207th anniversary of the duel between Alexander Hamilton and “Aaarnnnbrrrrr!” (video:ESPN covers the duel). It was far from the only duel in U.S. history- Declaration signer Button Gwinnett died in a duel, … --- ## [Where is the cheapest place to buy Charmin toilet paper? (need answer fast-ish)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cheapest-place-to-buy-charmin-toilet-paper-need-answer-fast-ish/588627)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-cheapest-place-to-buy-charmin-toilet-paper-need-answer-fast-ish/588627 "2011-07-12T20:55:26Z")
Lame question, but hopefully it has a quick and simple answer. I alternate buying TP with my roommate, and she refuses to wipe her sparkling fanny with anything but Charmin. I try to buy the red (double roll? maybe) 20-p… --- ## [Using the word "female" as a noun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-word-female-as-a-noun/588601)
**Author:** [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Replies:** 124\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-word-female-as-a-noun/588601 "2011-07-12T20:53:13Z")
Recently I’ve been thinking about this and wanted to ask your opinion on it. It’s always kind of bothered me when I hear guys use the word “female” as a noun, but I never thought about why until fairly recently. I’m no… --- ## [Interstate Highways Follow-up Polls?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstate-highways-follow-up-polls/588510)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interstate-highways-follow-up-polls/588510 "2011-07-12T20:51:35Z")
Which “Main” US Interstate Highways have you travelled? has had 129 voters participate in a poll as of this post. There have been objections that the list in that poll is inadequate or misleading. The source Wikipedia … --- ## [Master's of Science in Organizational Development](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-of-science-in-organizational-development/588773)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-of-science-in-organizational-development/588773 "2011-07-12T20:13:10Z")
I was poking around for Master’s degrees, relunctantly considering an MBA. I have a BPA, but I’m not interested in an MPA. Considered a MA in Communication. My current job is in training, which I really dig and wouldn… --- ## [Neck Strain Inquiry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neck-strain-inquiry/588222)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neck-strain-inquiry/588222 "2011-07-12T19:24:23Z")
A bit of background - last fall, I had an inexplicable tenderness on the left side of my neck. Naturally, I went to the doctor, thinking it was perhaps a swollen lymph node, or an ear infection. There was discomfort when… --- ## [Applying for two different jobs from the same employer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-two-different-jobs-from-the-same-employer/588671)
**Author:** [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-two-different-jobs-from-the-same-employer/588671 "2011-07-12T18:41:50Z")
I found two jobs that I want to apply for from the same employer. One is a software engineer position and the other is a “data specialist”. On each listing requests an email with a resume and a cover letter. Since I w… --- ## [Advice on how to handle workplace situation..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-handle-workplace-situation/588227)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-how-to-handle-workplace-situation/588227 "2011-07-12T18:02:13Z")
My wife works for a big box store (like Wal-Mart, but not Wal-Mart). She works at a store 15 miles away, but her position opened at the store 3 miles from our home. Long story short, her manager got wind of it, called … --- ## [Western/Central Oregon trip. Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-central-oregon-trip-recommendations/588631)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/western-central-oregon-trip-recommendations/588631 "2011-07-12T17:57:06Z")
I’m going to Oregon for 10-12 days around Labor Day. The approximate route is Portland-\>Mt. Hood-\>Bend-\>Crater Lake-\>Klamath Falls-\> Ashland-\>Coos Bay-\>Astoria-\>Portland. We are planning to see the Columbia River Gorg… --- ## [What the...? I got a strange note when I was doing a Google search.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-i-got-a-strange-note-when-i-was-doing-a-google-search/588665)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-i-got-a-strange-note-when-i-was-doing-a-google-search/588665 "2011-07-12T17:03:59Z")
“In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffect… --- ## [Help me pick a new cell phone (T-Mobile)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-cell-phone-t-mobile/588329)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-a-new-cell-phone-t-mobile/588329 "2011-07-12T16:04:59Z")
It’s been 22 months and I’m up for an upgrade on Monday. Been reading the reviews and doing research but I’m having a difficult time making a final decision. I’m looking for a relatively high-end 4G Android smartphone … --- ## [Is my headache from dehydration or no glasses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-headache-from-dehydration-or-no-glasses/588480)
**Author:** [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-headache-from-dehydration-or-no-glasses/588480 "2011-07-12T15:29:18Z")
Today, I went to the gym and pool. While at the gym, I drank water, but perhaps less than suggested. I then went to the attached pool, but less my glasses in the locker, so I spent a bunch of time in the pool basically… --- ## [Phone interview for job](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-interview-for-job/588254)
**Author:** [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phone-interview-for-job/588254 "2011-07-12T15:26:03Z")
It’s been a while since I’ve looked for a job, and since that time it seems the phone interview has become a common tool. While I can imagine what would happen in such an interview, I’ve never experienced it. What can on… --- ## [Your experience: limestone as a countertop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-limestone-as-a-countertop/577008)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-experience-limestone-as-a-countertop/577008 "2011-07-12T15:03:38Z")
I know this is only going to interest a few people, but even a few knowledgeable responses will help. My designer is trying to persuade me to use limestone as a counter-top in the bathroom. It’s not a large surface area… --- ## [Ending tax benefits for corporate jets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-tax-benefits-for-corporate-jets/587413)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-tax-benefits-for-corporate-jets/587413 "2011-07-12T14:32:41Z")
Corporate Jet Benefit Gets Six Obama Mentions Manufacturers and AOPA are opposed to the idea. I have to admit that I didn’t know what these ‘tax breaks’ were until I read the first article. It seems that the President… --- ## [Who do hand-me-down toys and books eventually belong to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-hand-me-down-toys-and-books-eventually-belong-to/588584)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-do-hand-me-down-toys-and-books-eventually-belong-to/588584 "2011-07-12T14:27:40Z")
Does the first child retain possession of books and toys forever, with the second child only getting to “borrow” them as they move through childhood or do they belong to the second child once the first child outgrows the… --- ## [Firefox 5? Already?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-5-already/586364)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-5-already/586364 "2011-07-12T13:47:55Z")
Wow, it just seems like yesterday I posted here asking about Firefox 4. Anyone have experience with 5? Is it worthwhile? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1707) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1709)