# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1793 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1794 --- ## [Remove one Supreme Court justice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remove-one-supreme-court-justice/571555)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remove-one-supreme-court-justice/571555 "2011-02-17T02:23:41Z")
You are given a magical wand which allows you to cause one justice on the Supreme Court to decide tomorrow they are retiring. Yes this means Obama gets to pick a successor (hence the choice “None of Them”). I wanted to… --- ## [Anybody ever had this kind of leg pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-this-kind-of-leg-pain/571573)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-had-this-kind-of-leg-pain/571573 "2011-02-17T02:16:07Z")
I’m pretty sure it’s nerve related, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and it feels like someone is ripping the skin off of the front of my thighs. So painful that I find myself doing lamaze breathing jus… --- ## [Help coin a new word: people attracted to men, people attracted to women](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-coin-a-new-word-people-attracted-to-men-people-attracted-to-women/570986)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-coin-a-new-word-people-attracted-to-men-people-attracted-to-women/570986 "2011-02-17T02:05:34Z")
I’m starting to think the English language needs a word for people who are attracted to men, and people who are attracted to women. Traditionally you’d simply write “men” and “women” under the assumption that everyone w… --- ## [Citigroup Stock Now $5. Buy Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citigroup-stock-now-5-buy-now/473674)
**Author:** [@bonitahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bonitahi)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/citigroup-stock-now-5-buy-now/473674 "2011-02-17T01:50:20Z")
Am not in the market and am not sophisticated in same. However the low price of Citi looks like a money maker. What do you guys with more financial knowledge think. Should I buy? Thanks. --- ## [Ladies, help me choose a bag.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-help-me-choose-a-bag/571545)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-help-me-choose-a-bag/571545 "2011-02-17T00:45:11Z")
My everyday leather bag is pretty much worn to bits after several years of hard use, so it’s time for a new one. I want to get a bright color this time, but I’m having a ridiculously difficult time trying to decide. Blu… --- ## [Bad Workouts - Why? What To Do About Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-workouts-why-what-to-do-about-them/571566)
**Author:** [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-workouts-why-what-to-do-about-them/571566 "2011-02-17T00:32:21Z")
I’ve been going to the gym for almost two years now, in a serious fashion. I get that we all have ‘bad’ workouts, just like we have good ones - there are days where I do a spin class and crank that tension up to a bazil… --- ## [What's the best running shoe for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-running-shoe-for-me/571575)
**Author:** [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-running-shoe-for-me/571575 "2011-02-16T23:01:36Z")
I started C25K and I’m loving it! I’d like to buy a pair of shoes that are used only for running. Here’s some details that I think are relevant: I am largely overweight, my feet are wide, typically a D or 2E width, an… --- ## [A question about cochlear implants and speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-cochlear-implants-and-speech/479531)
**Author:** [@meenie7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meenie7)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-cochlear-implants-and-speech/479531 "2011-02-16T22:58:36Z")
I hope this is in the right place…I figured that this question doesn’t just have one factual answer, so it was more suited to here than GQ. So, I’m writing a story in which there is a character who was born profoundly d… --- ## [Legally and practically, could an Evangelical Protestant ascend the Temple Mount in Jerusalem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-and-practically-could-an-evangelical-protestant-ascend-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/571623)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legally-and-practically-could-an-evangelical-protestant-ascend-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/571623 "2011-02-16T22:41:30Z")
What would be the ramifications if an Evangelical Protestant (Quite possibly American, but doesn’t have to be) attempted to ascend the Temple Mount in Jerusalem? Assume he is unarmed, isn’t attempting to convert anyone,… --- ## [What does "showing respect" to your SO mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-showing-respect-to-your-so-mean/570798)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 163\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-showing-respect-to-your-so-mean/570798 "2011-02-16T22:11:46Z")
In one of the recent divorce threads, the topic was brought up about “showing contempt for your spouse is the #1 indicator of divorce.” I talked to my wife about it this morning. Firstly, I am the Superman of Sarcasm. I… --- ## [US employers looking down on the unemployed and those taking assistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employers-looking-down-on-the-unemployed-and-those-taking-assistance/571182)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-employers-looking-down-on-the-unemployed-and-those-taking-assistance/571182 "2011-02-16T22:01:51Z")
In threads about jobs it’s sometimes mentioned that being unemployed makes you less desirable to employers. Also, in my thread about some on-line applications asking about benefits such as TANF or SNAP, a couple of peop… --- ## [Strange Jury Summons...what should we do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-jury-summons-what-should-we-do/571529)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-jury-summons-what-should-we-do/571529 "2011-02-16T20:37:45Z")
So my husband forwarded me an e-mail he got. Needless to say, the part I’ve Xed out contains his actual name, no middle initial. My husband has a very common name. We also don’t live in Highland County, Ohio, nor hav… --- ## [Crystal Reports 2008 Graph/Formula question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-reports-2008-graph-formula-question/571624)
**Author:** [@Rattlehead02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattlehead02)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-reports-2008-graph-formula-question/571624 "2011-02-16T20:30:02Z")
Hi all, hope you don’t mind my intruding with another tech question. Once again I’ve gotten myself in over my head and need to create a series of graphs using Crystal Reports. I’m completely self-taught, and think I hav… --- ## [Workplace Bathroom Reading Material Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bathroom-reading-material-etiquette/571359)
**Author:** [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-bathroom-reading-material-etiquette/571359 "2011-02-16T18:49:39Z")
So, my very small department was recently relocated to a new office area. Previously only 4 people occupied this office area (only one male), three were relocated and were replaced by the four of us in my department. The… --- ## [My Mac died - what new Mac should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-died-what-new-mac-should-i-get/571440)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mac-died-what-new-mac-should-i-get/571440 "2011-02-16T18:14:52Z")
I mentioned a while ago that my Mac book died . What type of new Mac should I get? I’m not a power user - main things I use it for are word processing; internet surfing; photos; and iTunes. Must be a laptop. (oh, andi… --- ## [Emergency room procedure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-room-procedure/571152)
**Author:** [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emergency-room-procedure/571152 "2011-02-16T18:07:31Z")
Not sure if this is sop or my friend thinks she has a legal case. She has been throwing up for a while, she does find blood in it. She also fractured her collarbone last week and went to the e.r. They gave her pain meds… --- ## [Is a kiss at work unacceptable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-kiss-at-work-unacceptable/571054)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-kiss-at-work-unacceptable/571054 "2011-02-16T17:58:17Z")
The hypothetical: Your SO has to stop by your work to drop off some important paper work. While there you two chat it up for a couple of minutes, then, upon leaving, he/she gives you a peck on the lips. Cool? Not Cool? … --- ## [Does a genetic child bring something an adopted one doesnt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-genetic-child-bring-something-an-adopted-one-doesnt/571426)
**Author:** [@The\_Jay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Jay)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-genetic-child-bring-something-an-adopted-one-doesnt/571426 "2011-02-16T17:20:53Z")
This may sound rude, or offensive but im going to be blunt in asking for opinions. My sexuality means that it’s pretty certain that I won’t be able to have children the old fashioned way with the person I fall in love w… --- ## [Three warnings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-warnings/571174)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-warnings/571174 "2011-02-16T15:44:40Z")
A farmer is taking his new bride home in his mule-drawn cart. The mule stumbles, and the farmer says sternly, ‘That’s once.’ After an interval the mule stumbles again. ‘That’s twice,’ says the farmer. The mule stumbl… --- ## [People With Rheumatoid Arthritis-Talk To Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-talk-to-me/571552)
**Author:** [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-rheumatoid-arthritis-talk-to-me/571552 "2011-02-16T15:32:29Z")
There is a very good chance that I have RA. Am waiting for the bloodwork to come back, and I would like to know how you cope, what meds you’re taking, and so on. Thank you! --- ## [Difference and similarities between the Giraffe Board and the SDMB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-and-similarities-between-the-giraffe-board-and-the-sdmb/571567)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/difference-and-similarities-between-the-giraffe-board-and-the-sdmb/571567 "2011-02-16T13:37:08Z")
I’ve been around here for about a year and I’ve gotten a feel for the place. What’s the Giraffe board like? --- ## [Do I need a literary agent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-literary-agent/571557)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-literary-agent/571557 "2011-02-16T12:12:10Z")
My supervisor strongly believes that parts of my M.A. thesis in music have the potential to be a commercially viable (i.e., non-academic) book. I’m inclined to agree, and getting my name in print would certainly fulfill … --- ## [Is it better to work till late, or wake up early in the morning to do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-work-till-late-or-wake-up-early-in-the-morning-to-do-it/571128)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-better-to-work-till-late-or-wake-up-early-in-the-morning-to-do-it/571128 "2011-02-16T04:55:07Z")
Here’s the situation - you have a piece of mentally challenging and creative work (programming, writing a report, research, doing mathematics and the like). Tomorrow is a typical work day or school day. You need 4 hour… --- ## [How safe is it in Jerusalem and Ramallah \*right now\*?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-it-in-jerusalem-and-ramallah-right-now/571405)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-safe-is-it-in-jerusalem-and-ramallah-right-now/571405 "2011-02-16T03:31:05Z")
My sister is supposed to leave next week for a two-week trip to Israel and the West Bank, with a group of about 15 people: high school students and their adult chaperons. (My sister, needless to say, is one of the chaper… --- ## [What is the best US bank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-us-bank/570405)
**Author:** [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-us-bank/570405 "2011-02-16T03:21:21Z")
I have been shopping around for a new bank to move my checking account to as I don’t really feel that my current bank is doing anything to keep my business and I’ve had a few run ins with their “customer support” which l… --- ## [Yanks, educate us Southern folk on all things winter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yanks-educate-us-southern-folk-on-all-things-winter/570766)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yanks-educate-us-southern-folk-on-all-things-winter/570766 "2011-02-16T03:06:54Z")
Three ice storms in two weeks is more than this Dallas Texan can take. We’ll leave this thread open to Q&A. What I want to know is: How the hell do you open your car door when it’s frozen shut? \[Others, feel free to a… --- ## [Non-refundable airline tickets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-refundable-airline-tickets/571246)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-refundable-airline-tickets/571246 "2011-02-16T01:57:49Z")
I have a flight to Chicago next Friday, the 25th, for what is essentially a job interview. But due to new circumstances that have popped up in my life, I’ve decided that there’s no way I’m going to move away from where … --- ## [Recommend a Window 7 key finder that is safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-window-7-key-finder-that-is-safe/571445)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-window-7-key-finder-that-is-safe/571445 "2011-02-16T01:37:53Z")
I need to recover a Windows 7 license key at my workplace. I have found many online but I wonder if they are safe. That is, the software would not save a copy of my keys and send it out ssomewhere online. Any suggestion… --- ## [Sign Paper Only For Credit Cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-paper-only-for-credit-cards/571217)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sign-paper-only-for-credit-cards/571217 "2011-02-16T01:32:56Z")
Over the past Christmas Holidays I worked for about two months in a computer store. We had a typical type store where you sign your credit card on a machine. But every once in awhile I’d get a customer, always older (we… --- ## [Please recommend a typing tutorial method](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-typing-tutorial-method/571410)
**Author:** [@erpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erpa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-a-typing-tutorial-method/571410 "2011-02-16T01:27:27Z")
I’ve got an 11 year old who is serving up Aces at school, but is struggling with getting things typed up in a timely fashion. She’s excelling at the HPC method (hunt, peck, cuss) but most of her electronic experience at… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1792) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1794)