# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1731 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1732 --- ## [Could use some advice on Unemployment if anyone has any](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-advice-on-unemployment-if-anyone-has-any/584561)
**Author:** [@Hambil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hambil)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-use-some-advice-on-unemployment-if-anyone-has-any/584561 "2011-06-07T16:57:28Z")
I live in Washington State. The state may be trying to deny my wife unemployment benefits based on what they are calling an ‘availability issue’. We haven’t been denied yet, but I don’t like the direction it’s headed. S… --- ## [Legal question re: landlord situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-landlord-situation/584339)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question-re-landlord-situation/584339 "2011-06-07T16:54:39Z")
My parents live in a house that has been converted to a quadplex. The lease states that each apartment is responsible for their own electricity based on readings from four meters. There are only two water meters though, … --- ## [Famous guides (e.g. Sacagawea)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-guides-e-g-sacagawea/584315)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-guides-e-g-sacagawea/584315 "2011-06-07T16:15:28Z")
I’ve been asked to do some posters for a set of online guides. For poster graphics I want to do famous guides for each one (all signage on a college campus needs graphics if you expect anybody to read it and a screencap… --- ## [A poll: two quick questions about Jefferson Davis's birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-two-quick-questions-about-jefferson-daviss-birthday/584479)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-two-quick-questions-about-jefferson-daviss-birthday/584479 "2011-06-07T15:45:59Z")
First up, this is not a debate or pitting of the ethics of slavery or the place in history of Jefferson Davis or the causes of the Civil War. Today is a state holiday in Alabama in honor of Jefferson Davis’s birthday. … --- ## [How do you feel about your job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-job/584271)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-feel-about-your-job/584271 "2011-06-07T15:12:28Z")
‘Job’ defined as what you are paid to do for a living. There are many exceptions in the poll. If you have more than one job, like me, rate the one that you financially depend on most. --- ## [Help a cruising newb plan a trip to Bermuda](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-cruising-newb-plan-a-trip-to-bermuda/584416)
**Author:** [@xkit0katx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xkit0katx)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-cruising-newb-plan-a-trip-to-bermuda/584416 "2011-06-07T13:41:20Z")
My family’s in the midst of planning a vacation in the month of July (we have the 16th to the 24th open). We’re looking at doing either a cruise to Bermuda cruise, which we have never done before – actually, we’ve never… --- ## [Date ideas in the South Bend area.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-ideas-in-the-south-bend-area/584603)
**Author:** [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/date-ideas-in-the-south-bend-area/584603 "2011-06-07T12:37:58Z")
She likes books, thinking, twilight (and she didn’t appropriate my pointing out it’s about a young girl choosing between necrophilia and bestiality), she likes attention, seems to dig my sense of humor, some country musi… --- ## [How much would you need to live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-need-to-live/584584)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-would-you-need-to-live/584584 "2011-06-07T10:21:47Z")
Mods delete this? --- ## [You can live a comfortable life at any point in history. When is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-live-a-comfortable-life-at-any-point-in-history-when-is-it/584198)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-can-live-a-comfortable-life-at-any-point-in-history-when-is-it/584198 "2011-06-07T09:46:33Z")
Obviously, the poll choices aren’t going to cover every time period and location. Feel free to add your own. Poll to come. --- ## [Dopers who lived together before marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-lived-together-before-marriage/584368)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-who-lived-together-before-marriage/584368 "2011-06-07T07:54:06Z")
Did you carry/get carried over the threshhold of the ftont door? Or is this something people save for the wedding night? --- ## [Am I being unnecessarily cautious? \[outdoor adventuring solo\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-unnecessarily-cautious-outdoor-adventuring-solo/584308)
**Author:** [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-being-unnecessarily-cautious-outdoor-adventuring-solo/584308 "2011-06-07T03:29:42Z")
I like hiking and camping. One of the safety rules that I was taught growing up is that you don’t go hiking by yourself. So at the moment I don’t do much hiking because I seldom have a friend to go with. But this is n… --- ## [Are Allen Edmonds supposed to be quite stiff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-allen-edmonds-supposed-to-be-quite-stiff/584357)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-allen-edmonds-supposed-to-be-quite-stiff/584357 "2011-06-06T22:51:57Z")
I got myself a pair of A&E Van Ness last September. They’re the right size, 7.5D. The inner sole (the part that’s in contact with the foot) is leather and the outer sole (in contact with the ground) is rubber. I use sho… --- ## [Re: Dating. Which is more difficult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-dating-which-is-more-difficult/584206)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-dating-which-is-more-difficult/584206 "2011-06-06T22:25:56Z")
Asking someone on a date or saying no? 30 years ago, I debated this question with my girlfriend. At the time, I was squarely in the “asking is more difficult” camp. She insisted that saying no was harder. I still thi… --- ## [Makeup: What works for you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-what-works-for-you/583191)
**Author:** [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makeup-what-works-for-you/583191 "2011-06-06T20:57:22Z")
Ok, I think I’ve finally found the Holy Grail of Foundations. It’s Bellapierre Compact mineral foundation in Maple. I’ve tried them all. I’ve tried liquids, creams, powders, mousses. I’ve tried: MAC Bobbi Brown Cl… --- ## [recommend a bathroom scale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/584508)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-bathroom-scale/584508 "2011-06-06T20:16:46Z")
I have one of the “Thinner” brand/model bathroom scales, and it is highly inaccurate… I was at a physicians office and was 8 lbs lighter on the “analog” scale with the weights/balance. Can anyone recommend a good, relat… --- ## [First Thread - Birthday Party For 14 Year Old Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread-birthday-party-for-14-year-old-girl/584350)
**Author:** [@Cheerleading\_Dropout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheerleading_Dropout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-thread-birthday-party-for-14-year-old-girl/584350 "2011-06-06T19:54:06Z")
So, this is my first thread. At age 14, I am probably one of the younger users of this website, but I have gotten an account for two reasons: firstly, my father, Attack From The 3rd Dimension, posts here regularly, and s… --- ## [Living together, sleeping apart; new taboo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-together-sleeping-apart-new-taboo/583858)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/living-together-sleeping-apart-new-taboo/583858 "2011-06-06T19:26:33Z")
Guardian article summing it up nicely. The symbol of a happy marriage is sleeping in the same bed, but what about missed sleep because ofdifferent sleeping habits, or just plain preferences? Poll following. Anonymousl… --- ## [Are you often frustrated by having to spell your first or last name for other people?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-often-frustrated-by-having-to-spell-your-first-or-last-name-for-other-people/584011)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-often-frustrated-by-having-to-spell-your-first-or-last-name-for-other-people/584011 "2011-06-06T19:24:34Z")
Since my last name is both long and very uncommon, it bugs me when I have to frequently spell it for other people, usually over the phone. Not a big deal, but one of life’s minor annoyances. How do you feel about this? --- ## [Phrases that don't mean what they used to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-dont-mean-what-they-used-to/583862)
**Author:** [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-dont-mean-what-they-used-to/583862 "2011-06-06T19:10:11Z")
“I picked up the telephone and hit him with it.” 40 years ago, you would be inflicting cracked ribs or a concussion. Nowadays, the intended victim would most likely be saying, “you’re kidding, right?” My fellow Dopers… --- ## [I just got a check from the US Treasury and I'm not sure why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-check-from-the-us-treasury-and-im-not-sure-why/584248)
**Author:** [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-check-from-the-us-treasury-and-im-not-sure-why/584248 "2011-06-06T18:04:19Z")
I just received a check in the mail from the US Treasury for $150 and some change (I know: champagne problems). A few months ago, when I did my taxes, I found that I owed them $122 and some change, and mailed off a chec… --- ## [Is this a child's dress or a woman's dress?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-childs-dress-or-a-womans-dress/584375)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-childs-dress-or-a-womans-dress/584375 "2011-06-06T17:19:29Z")
Throwing some stuff on eBay. I’ve listed this as a woman’s dress but in looking at the tags and measurements I think I may be misrepresenting it. The tag seems to indicates it may be a child’s dress. Physical measuremen… --- ## [Gravity is a push?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-is-a-push/584217)
**Author:** [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gravity-is-a-push/584217 "2011-06-06T17:03:02Z")
So this guy says that gravity is a push not a pull. His arguments and tests seem reasonable, what do you guys think. http://keelynet.com/gravity/wright.htm --- ## [What do parents do for their kids' high school graduation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-parents-do-for-their-kids-high-school-graduation/584249)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-parents-do-for-their-kids-high-school-graduation/584249 "2011-06-06T16:47:15Z")
What do parents do for their kids graduating high school? When I was growing up, our family didn’t do anything, as it was just expected that we’d graduate, and my parents were divorcing around that time and probably neve… --- ## [To those about to Wed: some advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-about-to-wed-some-advice/584208)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-those-about-to-wed-some-advice/584208 "2011-06-06T16:24:14Z")
I just KNOW I would have appreciated knowing this stuff before we got married, and spurred on by this thread: (edit: some of this seems a little negative, so take the first statement with more emphasis) When you are on… --- ## [SDMB Polls: What makes one "successful"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-polls-what-makes-one-successful/584075)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-polls-what-makes-one-successful/584075 "2011-06-06T13:20:18Z")
To start what I hope will be a fun discussion, here are a couple of ways of identifying “Top Ten” polls: ============================================================ “Poll” in title, last 5 years, descending number of … --- ## [Is laptop tracking software worthwhile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-laptop-tracking-software-worthwhile/584377)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-laptop-tracking-software-worthwhile/584377 "2011-06-06T12:46:23Z")
The recent publicity over This Guy Has My MacBook has gotten me wondering. I mean, it’s a great tool, if you need it. But my main concerns are the subscription model and, as mentioned in the article in passing, the pri… --- ## [Would you buy this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this/584335)
**Author:** [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-buy-this/584335 "2011-06-06T12:01:02Z")
I’ve never been big on jewelry. I was passing by a local jewelry store and saw a necklace I love. I asked to try it on and it fit. The pirce was good, but they told me it was 10K gold. I said I’d think about it. I told … --- ## [Non-major theme park stuff I have to see in the Orlando area.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-major-theme-park-stuff-i-have-to-see-in-the-orlando-area/583474)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-major-theme-park-stuff-i-have-to-see-in-the-orlando-area/583474 "2011-06-06T05:53:35Z")
We’re planning a trip to Orlando, and yes, some of the major parts/attractions are on the to-do list. But I want to do more than see Disney or Seaworld. What other stuff is worth planning a couple of hours or more to se… --- ## [Kid Trapped in Car on Hot Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-trapped-in-car-on-hot-day/583476)
**Author:** [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kid-trapped-in-car-on-hot-day/583476 "2011-06-06T05:23:27Z")
You are about to walk into the grocery store, when you notice a red SUV with a baby in a car seat. The SUV is located about 60 feet from the front of the store. It is a hot day (perhaps 90F), and all the windows in the… --- ## [Anyone ever stay at a dude ranch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-stay-at-a-dude-ranch/583746)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2011, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-stay-at-a-dude-ranch/583746 "2011-06-06T05:18:46Z")
What was it like? Was it fun? Memorable? Expensive? Did you feel corny? Kinda thinking about talking my wife into going to one with me for a different vacation experience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1730) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1732)