# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1814 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1815 --- ## [Need an idea for a "portable" whiteboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-portable-whiteboard/567500)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-an-idea-for-a-portable-whiteboard/567500 "2011-01-13T23:30:42Z")
I’m leaving tomorrow morning for a three-day interview event for an alternative teaching certification program. One of the things I’ll be doing is presenting a mini-lesson to some of the other candidates and a few of th… --- ## [Thinking back a moment, which of these Political Assassinations affected you the most?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-a-moment-which-of-these-political-assassinations-affected-you-the-most/566963)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thinking-back-a-moment-which-of-these-political-assassinations-affected-you-the-most/566963 "2011-01-13T22:49:03Z")
This is a list of shootings or assassinations on public officials that I remember personally happening within my own lifetime. My apologies if I missed anyone. When you were younger, which shooting first really grabbed … --- ## [What's your \*favorite\* thing about a snow day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-a-snow-day/567284)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-thing-about-a-snow-day/567284 "2011-01-13T21:35:03Z")
Here in central WV, we’re getting probably our fifth winter storm of the season! Already! As such, there is no shortage of people (including Yours Truly) bitching about the weather! Nonetheless, there are some good parts… --- ## [What does a case of beer go for where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-case-of-beer-go-for-where-you-live/567105)
**Author:** [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-case-of-beer-go-for-where-you-live/567105 "2011-01-13T18:41:22Z")
Inspired by this threadin GQ - what do you pay for a case of beer in your locality? For standardization purposes let’s say a 24 case of Bud/Miller. I can right now go pick up a 24 case of Miller Lite for $12.99 plus ta… --- ## [Credit question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-question/567387)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-question/567387 "2011-01-13T18:09:12Z")
Okay guys, I need some opinions, and my google foo seems to be rather weak. I need to get a credit card so I can start building some credit. I had some a long time ago but everything has fallen off my record and any inq… --- ## [The World's Greatest Idea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-idea/566967)
**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-greatest-idea/566967 "2011-01-13T17:46:45Z")
I’ve been reading a book with the above title by John Farndon where he outlines 50 ideas drawn up by a “panel of experts” as a selection of the greatest. These were then listed on a websiteand voting invited - the book l… --- ## [What is the time between you getting out of bed and the first firm commitment of the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-between-you-getting-out-of-bed-and-the-first-firm-commitment-of-the-day/567198)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-time-between-you-getting-out-of-bed-and-the-first-firm-commitment-of-the-day/567198 "2011-01-13T17:07:35Z")
By first firm commitment, I mean the latest you could leave the house and still be on time for work/dropping kids off at school/your first class/a meeting/whatever. For me, I tried to keep it around 9 minutes but after … --- ## [Request for advice on ski clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-advice-on-ski-clothing/567344)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-advice-on-ski-clothing/567344 "2011-01-13T17:00:32Z")
Since the snow won’t come to us, we’re going to it this weekend. The temperatures will be in the single digits, which I think is colder than we’ve ever been (the kids have never seen snow at all). We’re going to do som… --- ## [How many people could you call at any hour?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-could-you-call-at-any-hour/567214)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-could-you-call-at-any-hour/567214 "2011-01-13T16:26:36Z")
Inspired by the current best friend thread I was wondering how many people you could count on to talk to you at anytime? I’m not saying an emergency, just you could interrupt them at work or during sleep (something incon… --- ## [Odd Car features (VIS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-car-features-vis/567234)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-car-features-vis/567234 "2011-01-13T16:24:13Z")
I like my car (Saturn Aura), but it has an odd vehicle information system. It displays the mileage, and has two trip odometers (why 2?). It also displays the average vehicle speed (what use is that)?, and the average and… --- ## [When do you use an alarm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-use-an-alarm/567239)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-use-an-alarm/567239 "2011-01-13T15:55:51Z")
That’s it. Please wait for the poll to follow. --- ## [Preparing for a job interview.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-a-job-interview/567390)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparing-for-a-job-interview/567390 "2011-01-13T15:47:39Z")
So I’m about to go on a round of job interviews for law firms. I’ve (hopefully, still waiting for my grades) finished bar school and must now do my apprenticeship. I plan to phone law firms and ask them about themselves… --- ## [Do you feel seams and other parts of your clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-seams-and-other-parts-of-your-clothes/567446)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-seams-and-other-parts-of-your-clothes/567446 "2011-01-13T13:27:10Z")
Last night I had a meeting with my 4 year old’s counselor. A number of times she insisted that my daughter has some sort of disease because she doesn’t like the way some socks, shoes, pants, and shirts feel on her. I c… --- ## [Help Me Buy A New Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-computer/567336)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-new-computer/567336 "2011-01-13T05:06:20Z")
I am contemplating starting a new business that will require a computer best suited for heavy graphics in Desktop Publishing. Files generated are enormous, and processor speed and RAM size will be critical. I am now usi… --- ## [Howling with your Dog - Good or Bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howling-with-your-dog-good-or-bad/567355)
**Author:** [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howling-with-your-dog-good-or-bad/567355 "2011-01-13T02:21:08Z")
We discovered over the weekend that our new 8-month old Siberian Husky\\Border Collie Grady can howl like a wolf! It’s really funny when he does it, he will walk out onto our porch at night \[we live waaay up in the Rocky … --- ## [Please help me pick a smartphone data plan (T-mobile)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-pick-a-smartphone-data-plan-t-mobile/567320)
**Author:** [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-pick-a-smartphone-data-plan-t-mobile/567320 "2011-01-13T00:49:41Z")
So I am finally looking at upgrading my regular old dumbphone to a smartphone. I have never owned a smartphone before and I’m trying to figure out what data plan would best suit my needs. The phone I am looking at (a ga… --- ## [You know what a word means, yet your mind leaps to its opposite.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-a-word-means-yet-your-mind-leaps-to-its-opposite/566721)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-what-a-word-means-yet-your-mind-leaps-to-its-opposite/566721 "2011-01-13T00:39:38Z")
For me, this happens with the word “levity.” I totally understand what the word means, yet every time I hear it, I think of something heavy and ponderous and serious . . . exactly the opposite of its actual meaning. It t… --- ## [legal question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question/567040)
**Author:** [@monjb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monjb)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-question/567040 "2011-01-12T22:59:28Z")
Hi my finance was involved in a hit and run accident he left the scene and then turned himself in around 8 hrs later.He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and wreckless driving and was sentenced to 4yrs. i… --- ## [Buffet etiquette question: new plate every trip?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffet-etiquette-question-new-plate-every-trip/566887)
**Author:** [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buffet-etiquette-question-new-plate-every-trip/566887 "2011-01-12T21:38:08Z")
I haven’t eaten at a lot of buffets, so I’m not sure what the proper etiquette is regarding plates. At a big buffet, the servers are constantly clearing plates and so it seems that a new plate for each trip is a no-brai… --- ## [What should I name my next computer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-next-computer/566625)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-name-my-next-computer/566625 "2011-01-12T19:58:34Z")
I am expecting a new addition to the household in a few months (still looking at different box configurations but it will be pretty top-of-the-line, yay!) and considering names for my new darling bundle of joy. Although … --- ## [Computer Backup Solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-backup-solution/567337)
**Author:** [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-backup-solution/567337 "2011-01-12T19:27:42Z")
In addition to his normal daily backup, my “friend” would like to do a weekly backup to a media which can be saved indefinitely and never written over. It’s about 40GB of data. What’s the most cost-effective way to do … --- ## [Recommend some good open source helpdesk apps.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-open-source-helpdesk-apps/567364)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-good-open-source-helpdesk-apps/567364 "2011-01-12T18:22:04Z")
The IT support part of my job is starting to get busy and scraps of paper and memory aren’t going to cut it for much longer. I need some decent open source help desk (or customer support) software for a Windows Vista en… --- ## [Who's getting an iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-getting-an-iphone/567272)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-getting-an-iphone/567272 "2011-01-12T17:10:40Z")
Just noticed the iPhone announcement. We’re Verizon customers and have been holding off on getting any smartphone for a variety of reasons, but that iPhone announcement is mighty tempting. Reasons not to: new technolog… --- ## [Nook vs. Kindle vs. Sony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nook-vs-kindle-vs-sony/567342)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nook-vs-kindle-vs-sony/567342 "2011-01-12T17:09:28Z")
My wife wants to get one this weekend so we’ve been gathering up info and opinions on all of them. From what we’ve gathered so far she is leaning towards the 5" Sony unit. This based on the following criteria: Wants: … --- ## [Anyone have experience with Microsoft speech-to-text program?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-microsoft-speech-to-text-program/567125)
**Author:** [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-experience-with-microsoft-speech-to-text-program/567125 "2011-01-12T17:08:29Z")
Long story short, I messed up my left shoulder. I’ll be seeing an orthopedist tomorrow, but it’s difficult to type for more than five minutes at a stretch. I can click a mouse and do a large portion of my job, but I do… --- ## [Two lottery/money related queries...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lottery-money-related-queries/567327)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-lottery-money-related-queries/567327 "2011-01-12T16:47:34Z")
What is the absolute minimum amount of money you’d have to get all at once to do everything you can currently think of to do with a lot of money (including savings, investments, etc.)? Mine is about $15 million, thoug… --- ## [Your best friend asks you to help them leave a prospective mate at the altar. Do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-friend-asks-you-to-help-them-leave-a-prospective-mate-at-the-altar-do-you-do-it/567233)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-friend-asks-you-to-help-them-leave-a-prospective-mate-at-the-altar-do-you-do-it/567233 "2011-01-12T16:37:30Z")
Obviously this is the day’s hypothetical/poll, only I can’t be arsed to write a long backstory–which, I am sure, breaks the heart of absolutely no one. Nonetheless, I feel constrained to set some parameters. First off, … --- ## [Anyone vacation at a "Dog Camp"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vacation-at-a-dog-camp/567353)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-vacation-at-a-dog-camp/567353 "2011-01-12T16:33:14Z")
I found out that there is a ‘dog camp’ owners can take their pet to, where they have events for the dogs, like agility training. I found Glen Highland Farms “Canine outdoor adventures” in Upstate New York, and “Camp Gon… --- ## [Mac App Store now open - what should I get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-app-store-now-open-what-should-i-get/566906)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-app-store-now-open-what-should-i-get/566906 "2011-01-12T16:16:49Z")
Just installed the Mac App Store. I don’t have an iPhone or iPad so I’m not all that familiar with a lot of these apps. What’s useful and/or fun (mostly fun)? --- ## [Intrusive insurance company questionnaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-insurance-company-questionnaire/566798)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intrusive-insurance-company-questionnaire/566798 "2011-01-12T15:20:17Z")
I’ve been with Erie Insurance for 15 years or more. They just mailed me a 1-page questionnaire, with the usual stuff like how far each vehicle is driven per week and who drives the vehicles and annual miles for each veh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1813) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1815)