# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1765 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1766 --- ## [Cyclists: recommend training book like this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclists-recommend-training-book-like-this-one/577553)
**Author:** [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyclists-recommend-training-book-like-this-one/577553 "2011-04-07T18:14:00Z")
I’m looking for a training book (or a very comprehensive website) on behalf of an older cycling newbie. He wants a book kind of like this running book - it’s basically a book that has all the kinds of exercises and stret… --- ## [How best to mess with Nigerian Scammer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-mess-with-nigerian-scammer/577522)
**Author:** [@firstname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/firstname)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-mess-with-nigerian-scammer/577522 "2011-04-07T18:05:34Z")
I’ve been corresponding with a Nigerian scammer for my own entertainment, I’ve asked him to send donkeys, cheques, gold and oil instead of an “online transfer” and well he’s persistent. He’s currently requesting that I s… --- ## [What is the dope on taking a cruise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dope-on-taking-a-cruise/576918)
**Author:** [@jeredc1983](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jeredc1983)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-dope-on-taking-a-cruise/576918 "2011-04-07T14:36:27Z")
Hi. My wedding date is May 21st and since most of my family is traveling out of state I want to spend some time with them while they are here. The problem is that this only leaves about 5-6 days for a honeymoon. Since… --- ## [Getting rid of some rocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-some-rocks/577259)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-some-rocks/577259 "2011-04-07T14:15:07Z")
My lovely new house has an unlovely backyard. At one time, I’m sure the landscaping was exquisite, but it’s all gone to hell and it’s a jumble of vines and rocks and weeds, and a whole year in I don’t feel like I’ve made… --- ## [How long does it take to go from running hiatus to half marathon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-go-from-running-hiatus-to-half-marathon/577425)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-go-from-running-hiatus-to-half-marathon/577425 "2011-04-07T13:42:25Z")
So, St. Louis is at last going to have a Rock & Roll marathon! The inaugural one is October 23rd this year. I know I’m not in good enough shape to train for a whole, but a half might be doable. This would be my second ha… --- ## [What do you think of the advice "Do what you love for work"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-advice-do-what-you-love-for-work/577376)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-the-advice-do-what-you-love-for-work/577376 "2011-04-07T12:31:07Z")
This is a staple in many self-help books on happiness, success and fulfillment. Screw the money, I got happiness! Let’s run this idea by the Dope and see if it survives. --- ## [What languages do you speak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-do-you-speak/573789)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-languages-do-you-speak/573789 "2011-04-07T06:44:00Z")
Poll coming! The degree to which you know the language is up to you, however, if you took one semester of Spanish back in college and all you remember how to say is “chimichanga”, then you probably shouldn’t check that … --- ## [Persons in a committed LTR: how spontaneous is your lovemaking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-in-a-committed-ltr-how-spontaneous-is-your-lovemaking/577302)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/persons-in-a-committed-ltr-how-spontaneous-is-your-lovemaking/577302 "2011-04-07T04:57:26Z")
Before answering, note that I am NOT asking how frequent you and your partner(s)\* lovemaking is (although I plan to include a “we hardly ever make love anyway.” I’m wondering whether you and your inamorata\*\* generally … --- ## [The best way to save/invest an unexpectedly large tax refund?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-way-to-save-invest-an-unexpectedly-large-tax-refund/577409)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-way-to-save-invest-an-unexpectedly-large-tax-refund/577409 "2011-04-07T04:47:13Z")
So due to a special credit I had no idea existed (thanks, TurboTax!), I’m due to receive about $2000 more from the I.R.S. than I anticipated. Since I’m financially solvent right now and don’t need to spend the money on … --- ## [Would you be bothered if a potential date had slept with a prostitute in the past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-bothered-if-a-potential-date-had-slept-with-a-prostitute-in-the-past/576670)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-bothered-if-a-potential-date-had-slept-with-a-prostitute-in-the-past/576670 "2011-04-07T03:49:19Z")
Based on a current thread. I’m curious about how much this would bother you all. Assume, for the purposes of this poll, that your potential date has slept with prostitutes in the past – say, as many as five times. But t… --- ## [Will Netflix ever put any kind of limit on it's Instant service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118)
**Author:** [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-netflix-ever-put-any-kind-of-limit-on-its-instant-service/577118 "2011-04-06T23:14:56Z")
I know it’s unlimited, but I’m curious if they’ll ever put any kind of restrictions on it. My sister (who lives with my other sister and my parents) has netflix instant. She and my other sister both routinely stream at… --- ## ["kitty-corner" or "catty-corner"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-corner-or-catty-corner/577178)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-corner-or-catty-corner/577178 "2011-04-06T21:23:07Z")
Which one do you say? Kitty-corner or catty-corner? --- ## [How great an age difference between adult lovers strikes you as significant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-an-age-difference-between-adult-lovers-strikes-you-as-significant/576836)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-great-an-age-difference-between-adult-lovers-strikes-you-as-significant/576836 "2011-04-06T21:06:39Z")
Recently I was watching Bones and hardly paying attention, as my interest in that show drops sharply whenever Tamara Taylor is not on screen. Anywhistle, for some reason the two main characters had gone on a double-date… --- ## [Stress causes panic in tween daughter. Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-causes-panic-in-tween-daughter-any-advice/577412)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stress-causes-panic-in-tween-daughter-any-advice/577412 "2011-04-06T20:47:07Z")
My 12-year-old daughter is a great, smart, funny kid. She’s awesome in so many ways. But she cannot handle stress. If the situation becomes stressful, she gets in a panic state–wide eyes, hot skin, sweats, cries, etc. … --- ## [Skookum - Do you know this word?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skookum-do-you-know-this-word/577338)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skookum-do-you-know-this-word/577338 "2011-04-06T20:43:13Z")
Today at work we got some new appliances for the kitchen, stainless steal and shiny. I said “Oh those are pretty skookum.” And my coworkers looked at me like :confused:. Not one of them had ever even heard of the word. N… --- ## [5 years old, BMI 31... child abuse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-old-bmi-31-child-abuse/576885)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-years-old-bmi-31-child-abuse/576885 "2011-04-06T17:50:43Z")
My husband is working a pediatrics rotation right now and he said there was a 5 year old in the clinic with a BMI of 31. To me this is borderline child abuse. Raising obese children sets them up for a lifetime of health … --- ## [Places of interest near you: Have you been? Worth a visit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-of-interest-near-you-have-you-been-worth-a-visit/577055)
**Author:** [@wonder\_lust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder_lust)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-of-interest-near-you-have-you-been-worth-a-visit/577055 "2011-04-06T13:36:32Z")
I live just a few miles from an historic site called Old Economy Village (http://www.oldeconomyvillage.org/), a former Christian commune. They offer regular tours and a wonderful variety of events, like wine tastings an… --- ## [Hair help needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-help-needed/577261)
**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-help-needed/577261 "2011-04-06T07:31:06Z")
Tomorrow night I get the joy of helping my grandnieces prepare for their dance recital. My youngest grandniece has mounds of stick straight baby fine hair. We’re talking ‘won’t even stay in a ponytail’ type hair. Of cour… --- ## [Has anyone overcome long standing feelings of rage, resentment, hate and bitterness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-overcome-long-standing-feelings-of-rage-resentment-hate-and-bitterness/577209)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-overcome-long-standing-feelings-of-rage-resentment-hate-and-bitterness/577209 "2011-04-06T05:50:58Z")
I have no idea how to become whole enough and self accepting enough that I don’t need these feelings anymore to mask my pain, shame, inadequacy and vulnerability. Has anyone found an effective way to overcome those feel… --- ## [World/National or Local TV News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-national-or-local-tv-news/577005)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-national-or-local-tv-news/577005 "2011-04-06T04:06:14Z")
Which interests you more ? I’m addicted to CNN, The CBC and CTV national news and US network news. I just don’t get FOX. I don’t have much interest in local news unless it becomes worthy to by covered by the Canadian n… --- ## [Does Anybody Else Feel Pressure to do Something Outside On Really Nice Days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-feel-pressure-to-do-something-outside-on-really-nice-days/577197)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-else-feel-pressure-to-do-something-outside-on-really-nice-days/577197 "2011-04-06T03:58:33Z")
Yesterday was gorgeous around here and we went for a bike ride. It was lots of fun, good exercise, etc. But it often feels like on really nice days that you have to have a REALLY good reason not to spend it outside on … --- ## [Anyone familiar with Memory Palace/Roman Room method of learning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-memory-palace-roman-room-method-of-learning/577238)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-memory-palace-roman-room-method-of-learning/577238 "2011-04-06T03:27:45Z")
I read about it in Josh Foer’s recent book and it seems to be useful. I was wondering if it can be used for huge quantities of info to be remembered over a long period of time. I have a major exam coming up, and let’s s… --- ## [Fumes and birds — how do I solve this problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fumes-and-birds-how-do-i-solve-this-problem/577034)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fumes-and-birds-how-do-i-solve-this-problem/577034 "2011-04-06T01:17:56Z")
I’ve been instructed by my doctor to consider one of those memory foam mattress toppers for lower back support. I know they give off fumes when you first unpackage them. I have a cockatiel who spends his days/nights in t… --- ## [Microsoft's IE 9 Gamble - smart or just stupid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsofts-ie-9-gamble-smart-or-just-stupid/576825)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsofts-ie-9-gamble-smart-or-just-stupid/576825 "2011-04-05T23:38:02Z")
Microsoft is playing hardball again. Over the years they’ve forced people to upgrade software in order to get the latest greatest bullshit they provide. The trick is to offer new features and not make them compatible wit… --- ## [Kabob skewera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kabob-skewera/577322)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kabob-skewera/577322 "2011-04-05T22:10:18Z")
The nice, flat 7/8" wide ones. Where did you get them? Online, I hope since I’m in Little Rock, Arkansas. :slight\_smile: --- ## [How do you define "camping"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-camping/577032)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-define-camping/577032 "2011-04-05T22:05:24Z")
At present, there is an interesting thread in GQ about whether certain cultures go camping. As in any hobby, there are various strata of purists who disagree on the level of hardship and dedication required to fit that… --- ## [What would happen if the earth stopped spinning suddenly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-earth-stopped-spinning-suddenly/577230)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-the-earth-stopped-spinning-suddenly/577230 "2011-04-05T21:17:44Z")
My husband and I were sitting around and wondering what would happen if the earth suddenly stopped spinning. Would we, you know, fall over? What would happen? --- ## [Would you be willing to work in a community of nudists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-work-in-a-community-of-nudists/576554)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-be-willing-to-work-in-a-community-of-nudists/576554 "2011-04-05T20:42:33Z")
Imagine that you are offered a job for which you are well-qualified. Imagine further that, when it came time in the interview process to discuss salaries, the hiring manager replied to your initial suggestion by saying,… --- ## [Why do most people not kill ladybugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-people-not-kill-ladybugs/577141)
**Author:** [@KellyCriterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyCriterion)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-people-not-kill-ladybugs/577141 "2011-04-05T20:07:09Z")
(Including me). I’ve noticed that “most” people (no, no cite I can give you, I’m using my anecdotal life experience) won’t kill ladybugs in instances that if it were any other bug, they’d be deadskies. In fact, a lot o… --- ## [When is "scary" too scary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-scary-too-scary/577160)
**Author:** [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-scary-too-scary/577160 "2011-04-05T20:06:34Z")
My six-year old son LOVES “scary” stuff: gory Halloween decorations, the Haunted Mansion at Disney World, books about monsters and werewolves. He recently confessed, however, that he has trouble falling asleep at night, … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1764) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1766)