# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1839 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1840 --- ## [Gift Cards: Yea or Nay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-cards-yea-or-nay/562258)
**Author:** [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gift-cards-yea-or-nay/562258 "2010-11-29T17:24:51Z")
Do you give them? Do you like receiving them? After finding out that 20% of them are never redeemed I vowed never to give them and instead give cash. --- ## [What are you worried about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-worried-about/561726)
**Author:** [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-worried-about/561726 "2010-11-29T16:55:05Z")
I won’t be able to support my parents when they get old ): --- ## [Things that suck, but could have been worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-suck-but-could-have-been-worse/561991)
**Author:** [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-suck-but-could-have-been-worse/561991 "2010-11-29T16:53:46Z")
(1) My car’s heater is broken, and I can’t afford to fix it until next spring. (2) Thank goodness I live in Los Angeles. --- ## [Do You Work on the Day After Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/561890)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-work-on-the-day-after-thanksgiving/561890 "2010-11-29T15:11:21Z")
Poll incoming… So some in this thread are shocked that people have to work the day after Thanksgiving. Since we had this argument last year too, I thought a poll to settle it once and for all was in order. And if you w… --- ## [Doper Waist-hip ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-waist-hip-ratio/562254)
**Author:** [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-waist-hip-ratio/562254 "2010-11-29T14:52:04Z")
Just because. Waist to hip ratio is just that - most common way to calculate it is from taking the (relaxed) measurement of the narrowest part of your waist, and the widest part of your hips/buttocks, and dividing the f… --- ## [Quicken Users: Pre-Data Entry Set Up; On-line Resources?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicken-users-pre-data-entry-set-up-on-line-resources/562181)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quicken-users-pre-data-entry-set-up-on-line-resources/562181 "2010-11-29T12:15:44Z")
The title hopefully says it: If I am looking to get started with Quicken, I would assume there is some pre-use set up - e.g., "decide what your main objectives for planning and budgeting are; if you said X, then you sho… --- ## [Want to buy a camera. Advice, please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-buy-a-camera-advice-please/561761)
**Author:** [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-buy-a-camera-advice-please/561761 "2010-11-29T02:54:33Z")
I’ve been using my camera to take pictures and videos of my Lego creations. Examples: Pictures: (1)(2)(3) Videos:(1)(2)(3) I’ve got an old Canon Powershot a720 IS, but it isn’t really up to the job anymore. The resolu… --- ## [Political Survey Redux](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-survey-redux/562241)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-survey-redux/562241 "2010-11-29T01:59:39Z")
The Counterfactual Forum Political Survey General: What do you identify yourself politically as?: Pragmatic, internationalist, centre-right neoconservative What political party in the United States do you identify wit… --- ## [Poll: which says you're healthier, your BMI or Height to Waist Ratio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-says-youre-healthier-your-bmi-or-height-to-waist-ratio/561845)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-which-says-youre-healthier-your-bmi-or-height-to-waist-ratio/561845 "2010-11-29T01:18:11Z")
You can use this link to calculate both your Waist to Height Ration and Body Mass Index. (Whether WHtR is an accurate measure of health, however, is best left to a GQ or GD thread instead. This thread is more for fun tha… --- ## [Good, fast, cheap -- variations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-fast-cheap-variations/561515)
**Author:** [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2010, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-fast-cheap-variations/561515 "2010-11-29T00:19:43Z")
I was reading a blurb about what guys want from women. One of the posters mentioned the adage “smart, attractive, sane – pick any two.” I googled it and came across the wikipedia article Project Triangle which is used in… --- ## [Does Monster make anything worth its price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-monster-make-anything-worth-its-price/562109)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-monster-make-anything-worth-its-price/562109 "2010-11-28T21:39:46Z")
I’m skeptical of any company willing to make a $100 HDMI cable so My personal opinion is no but I’m open to suggestions. --- ## [How To profit From A (Hypothetical) Euro Collapse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-profit-from-a-hypothetical-euro-collapse/562186)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-profit-from-a-hypothetical-euro-collapse/562186 "2010-11-28T21:34:08Z")
Suppose Angela Merkel has a press conference, and announces that the German Central Bank will no longer transact its functions in euros-it will go back to the Mark: “dear friends, we have reached the painful conclusion… --- ## [What is the minimum number of people needed for an orgy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-minimum-number-of-people-needed-for-an-orgy/561184 "2010-11-28T19:20:31Z")
The title says it all, but the poll is forthcoming (hurr hurr!) A typical dictionary definition of Orgy runs thus: A revel involving unrestrained sexual activity. You’ll note that no number is specified, and the param… --- ## [A traffic / merging opinion question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-merging-opinion-question/562005)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-traffic-merging-opinion-question/562005 "2010-11-28T16:19:19Z")
I am a believer and practicer in zipper merge use in heavy traffic (we’ve had a number of discussion here on SDMB regarding this, for example). I have discussed this concept with my husband, in particular, the use of th… --- ## [Attorneys: Opinion of a book, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attorneys-opinion-of-a-book-please/562127)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attorneys-opinion-of-a-book-please/562127 "2010-11-28T06:38:59Z")
I don’t want legal advice or opinions as to law; just informed opinions of a book. I was recently given The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution by Kevin R. C. Gutzman, J.D., Ph.D. I hope that some of the Dop… --- ## [Most memorable way to suspend an organisation (society / club / order)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-way-to-suspend-an-organisation-society-club-order/561972)
**Author:** [@The\_Piranha\_Brothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Piranha_Brothers)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-memorable-way-to-suspend-an-organisation-society-club-order/561972 "2010-11-28T03:11:01Z")
Off the top of your head, can you give me any examples of the most famous, interesting or memorable way to end? (Why?, you ask? Well, tomorrow I am going to have to suspend my local historical students’ society. I was w… --- ## [Do you de-bone your magazines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-bone-your-magazines/562124)
**Author:** [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-de-bone-your-magazines/562124 "2010-11-28T01:10:52Z")
I think everyone hates the postcards that are stuffed into magazines. Fallout (the kind that are loose rather than being attached in some way) is the worst, but makes for easy de-boning - you just shake the magazine by … --- ## [Rules for driving in snow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-driving-in-snow/562015)
**Author:** [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rules-for-driving-in-snow/562015 "2010-11-28T00:15:07Z")
Having survived the Snow-maggedon in Seattle this week (yes, they really did call it that on TV), I was teaching my partner how to drive in snow/ice and thought maybe it would be possible to assemble a set of rules that … --- ## [Body Scan or Pat Down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-scan-or-pat-down/561624)
**Author:** [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/body-scan-or-pat-down/561624 "2010-11-27T23:29:28Z")
There’s a very interesting thread over in Great Debates with regard to the new TSA policy so let’s keep that debate over in GD. I don’t want to debate whether or not their should be scans just whether or not you’d submi… --- ## [Can the mere taking of excessive photographs be considered stalking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-mere-taking-of-excessive-photographs-be-considered-stalking/562007)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-mere-taking-of-excessive-photographs-be-considered-stalking/562007 "2010-11-27T22:11:05Z")
Story here Prosecuter John Molinelli said in a statement that defendant Joseph Delpriore would pay to enter events including girls soccer, volleyball, girls tennis, girls track and football games throughout Bergen, Ess… --- ## [Did you watch any Sarah Palin's Alaska ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-any-sarah-palins-alaska/561917)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-watch-any-sarah-palins-alaska/561917 "2010-11-27T20:59:23Z")
Poll coming. --- ## [Rate your overall attractiveness to the opposite sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-overall-attractiveness-to-the-opposite-sex/561250)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-your-overall-attractiveness-to-the-opposite-sex/561250 "2010-11-27T19:05:11Z")
Attraction meaning the whole package, not just looks. Two questions. Rate yourself. Rate your partner wrt to yourself. For example if you are a 7 and your partner is a 10, his/her rating is a +3 --- ## [Sarah Palin: I can beat Obama in 2012](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-i-can-beat-obama-in-2012/561080)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarah-palin-i-can-beat-obama-in-2012/561080 "2010-11-27T18:22:59Z")
Ms. Palin, who is not one of my favorite people, had made the statement that she can, in fact, defeat President Obama for the Presidency of the USA in the year 1912.http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/17/1313… --- ## [s's or s'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-or-s/561718)
**Author:** [@Pierrot\_Le\_Fou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pierrot_Le_Fou)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-or-s/561718 "2010-11-27T08:42:55Z")
It is Strunk and White’s Elements of Style rule 1.1: “Form the possessive singular of nouns by adding 's. \[…\] Thus write, Charles’s friend\[.\]” Others, however, will write, “Charles’ friend.” To me, the second looks and… --- ## [Fellow Seattle-ites..kid question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-seattle-ites-kid-question/562023)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fellow-seattle-ites-kid-question/562023 "2010-11-27T03:31:04Z")
Does anyone know of some good PHYSICAL and free (or very cheap) kids activities or clubs in the Seattle area? Preferably South King area? I’ve googled Head Start programs and such, of course they’re all closed today as… --- ## [Experiences You Wish You Had at Age 16](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-you-wish-you-had-at-age-16/561553)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/experiences-you-wish-you-had-at-age-16/561553 "2010-11-27T03:30:53Z")
I will always regret not doing a lot of things when I was young and lusty. I suppose that many of them are only really good when you do them as a youth. Anyway, a few: -learning to surf -banging that pretty girl in e… --- ## [Is there a real flight simulator I can get for my laptop...for free?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-flight-simulator-i-can-get-for-my-laptop-for-free/562024)
**Author:** [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-real-flight-simulator-i-can-get-for-my-laptop-for-free/562024 "2010-11-27T01:49:10Z")
Is there real flight simulator software that I can get for my laptop for free? I am a total noob to the flight simulator world, never been inside of a cockpit, but, IIRC, I kinda got a peek inside of one once, but that … --- ## [Stomp North Korea on black friday.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stomp-north-korea-on-black-friday/561856)
**Author:** [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stomp-north-korea-on-black-friday/561856 "2010-11-27T01:37:41Z")
Really. You think China would really do anything on one of the biggest days of their import sales to freakin’ North America? Hit 'em with everything, open the borders, and a week later the war would finally be over. A… --- ## [Who exactly shops at 12am-6am on Black Friday?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-exactly-shops-at-12am-6am-on-black-friday/561758)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-exactly-shops-at-12am-6am-on-black-friday/561758 "2010-11-27T01:30:33Z")
What sorts of people do so? Are you? Obviously, a lot of people must do so, or stores wouldn’t pay their employees and extra power bills to open up that early. I just wonder who…? --- ## [Winter Driving Etiquette question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-driving-etiquette-question/561999)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-driving-etiquette-question/561999 "2010-11-27T01:14:42Z")
In snarled snow and ice situations, does it annoy you when a vehicle with more capability elects to pass the “stranded crowd” and continue on his way? (Assuming it’s done in a safe manner.) The recent tales of problems… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1838) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1840)