# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1855 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1856 --- ## [After how many wearings do you wash your clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-how-many-wearings-do-you-wash-your-clothes/559089)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-how-many-wearings-do-you-wash-your-clothes/559089 "2010-11-02T22:31:15Z")
In either GD or GQ, there’s a thread about how often people bathe with many people saying that they’ll often go 1 or several days without bathing. I’m curious to know how this applies to clothes. Some clothes are expect… --- ## [Is Michael Bloomberg gay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-bloomberg-gay/411521)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-michael-bloomberg-gay/411521 "2010-11-02T21:29:04Z")
(I searched…no hits on this subject.) I’m a few weeks behind on my The Daily Show viewing, and I just watched the episode for the date that Michael Bloomberg announced his party affiliation change. I was agog at Jon St… --- ## [There are people still living who . . .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-people-still-living-who/558814)
**Author:** [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are-people-still-living-who/558814 "2010-11-02T21:00:18Z")
I was listening to thisepisode of The Story, and found myself flabbergasted that my life and this man’s life actually overlap. His story seems like something that should be lost in the mists of time, it’s so foreign to … --- ## [What were people scared of in the past that now seems funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-people-scared-of-in-the-past-that-now-seems-funny/558653 "2010-11-02T20:45:49Z")
I got to thinking about the article recently that talked about how Google was creating a self-navigating car. What has struck me when I talk about it with people, they are universally scared of the prospect. I’m not mo… --- ## [The 2010 Halloween jack o'lantern thread!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-halloween-jack-olantern-thread/556794)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-2010-halloween-jack-olantern-thread/556794 "2010-11-02T20:39:30Z")
Tell me about yours! I have three pumpkings sitting on my front porch awaiting the gentle touch of a sharp knife. (I’d have bought them even if I never carved, because I’m addicted to homemade roasted pumpkin seeds. I l… --- ## [Going to court - what do we need to know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-court-what-do-we-need-to-know/545376)
**Author:** [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-court-what-do-we-need-to-know/545376 "2010-11-02T19:29:51Z")
My fiance and I are taking our landlord to court. In the last year that we’ve lived here we’ve had: 5 floods in the bedroom closet 4 floods in the kitchen/linen closet 2 floods in the bathroom ceiling 2 different fl… --- ## [Being overweight and getting a job.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-overweight-and-getting-a-job/558707)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/being-overweight-and-getting-a-job/558707 "2010-11-02T17:07:01Z")
My younger sister recently had a friend, whom she’d met on the internet, stay with our parents for a couple months. I’ll call her Mary. Mary is from Arkansas and decided she wanted to live in California, so she worked … --- ## [Infertility, Miscarriage and Coping... advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infertility-miscarriage-and-coping-advice/558982)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infertility-miscarriage-and-coping-advice/558982 "2010-11-02T16:49:30Z")
Some people may have noticed that I’ve been missing for a while… over a month. I’ve been going through some personal stuff, hiding away from the world. I finally decided that I need to start branching out and being aro… --- ## [Gifts for post-cataract surgery patient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-post-cataract-surgery-patient/514537)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gifts-for-post-cataract-surgery-patient/514537 "2010-11-02T16:42:18Z")
A friend will be having cataract surgery in a couple of weeks. He’s a sixty-plus guy, his hobbies are mainly hiking, fishing, and woodworking. He’s married and his wife and two daughters live with him so helping out wi… --- ## [Poll: Satisfaction with sex frequency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-satisfaction-with-sex-frequency/558977)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-satisfaction-with-sex-frequency/558977 "2010-11-02T16:37:29Z")
I’ve been involved in a few discussions recently about sex drive and how it can affect a relationship, especially if partners have different opinions on how much is enough. Obviously there’s going to be a huge variation … --- ## [I need a great, unique wedding reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-great-unique-wedding-reading/558636)
**Author:** [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-great-unique-wedding-reading/558636 "2010-11-02T16:28:19Z")
I’m going to be presiding over a wedding in January an I would greatly appreciate recommendations for a reading. There are some parameters that limit the scope of my search for the appropriate passage. This is to be a … --- ## [is a respiratory illness running through your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-respiratory-illness-running-through-your-area/558950)
**Author:** [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-respiratory-illness-running-through-your-area/558950 "2010-11-02T15:09:14Z")
In Dearborn we have a chest congestion type illness that is running around. It is easily passed around. You feel crappy , cough a bit and cough up phlegm. I know 4 or 5 people with it, including me. I still play racketba… --- ## [Instant messaging "bundling"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messaging-bundling/558984)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-messaging-bundling/558984 "2010-11-02T14:04:36Z")
Not even sure what the lingo is – I want to run all my various IM personae through a single whatchamacallit. Trillian, I think, does this – is that the best whatchamacallit for doing it? --- ## [My iMac died, how can I wipe the HD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-imac-died-how-can-i-wipe-the-hd/558661)
**Author:** [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-imac-died-how-can-i-wipe-the-hd/558661 "2010-11-02T13:12:48Z")
My beloved iMac died after 5 years of service. It gave me fair warning (clicks, freezes) so I was able to back everything up. Last night it froze and upon restart it only booted to a white screen with a question mark fol… --- ## [Sexless Marriage- what do you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-marriage-what-do-you-do/558551)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 193\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexless-marriage-what-do-you-do/558551 "2010-11-02T10:28:28Z")
This has been a bit of an on going discussion with my friends and so I’d like to get a wider sample size to find out if I really am the horrible person my friends are suggesting I am. We all know folks in those sexless … --- ## [On dating: finances and children.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-dating-finances-and-children/559058)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-dating-finances-and-children/559058 "2010-11-02T07:01:40Z")
First the background: I am divorced and have a young daughter (age 6). I don’t really date very much: I don’t seem to have much time lately because I have gone back to grad school. I have not seriously dated anyone sin… --- ## [Do Most Models Retain Their Good Looks Into Middle Age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-models-retain-their-good-looks-into-middle-age/558983)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-most-models-retain-their-good-looks-into-middle-age/558983 "2010-11-02T05:59:22Z")
I ask because it is a LOT of work to keep a body like a model in shape: -starvation diet -torture exercise regimen( Ab crunches ARE torture) -cosmetic surgery -elaborate skin care Granted many of these guys and gals… --- ## [Yesterday was the last day you could buy a new Pontiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-last-day-you-could-buy-a-new-pontiac/559091)
**Author:** [@NetTrekker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NetTrekker)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yesterday-was-the-last-day-you-could-buy-a-new-pontiac/559091 "2010-11-02T05:33:22Z")
Sad or glad? RIP, Pontiac, with Oldsmobile Saturn Hummer Mercury Plymouth --- ## [For male dopers: If you are married or might possibly, do you or would not wear your wedding ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-male-dopers-if-you-are-married-or-might-possibly-do-you-or-would-not-wear-your-wedding-ring/558573)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-male-dopers-if-you-are-married-or-might-possibly-do-you-or-would-not-wear-your-wedding-ring/558573 "2010-11-02T04:37:22Z")
There’s a discussion in another thread about women not taking their husband’s name, which I firmly believe is every woman’s right. They are their own person and taking their husband’s name could be construed as being th… --- ## [Ask the Hydroponic Gardener](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hydroponic-gardener/558908)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-hydroponic-gardener/558908 "2010-11-02T04:07:45Z")
My landlord and I have been growing conventional gardens in our backyards for a couple years now. This year, our gardens didn’t do so well, and landlord started pondering hydroponics, knowing I had done some of that wit… --- ## [Sixth Amendment - The Right to a Speedy Trial. No longer Valid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixth-amendment-the-right-to-a-speedy-trial-no-longer-valid/559118)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sixth-amendment-the-right-to-a-speedy-trial-no-longer-valid/559118 "2010-11-02T02:59:30Z")
Two important trials are finally starting. Chandra Levy disappeared in May, 2001. Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her home June 5, 2002. The sixth Amendment states… Waiting eight or nine years to try a case is pre… --- ## [Virus/Malware sofware recommendations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-malware-sofware-recommendations/558248)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/virus-malware-sofware-recommendations/558248 "2010-11-02T00:58:23Z")
Does anyone have a suggestion for a good virus/malware protection program? Ideally something that does both in one nice package? Free is nice, but I’ll certainly pay $10 or $20 a year, particularly if that will cover bo… --- ## [Dopers with timeshare experience, please step inside...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-timeshare-experience-please-step-inside/559029)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-timeshare-experience-please-step-inside/559029 "2010-11-01T23:41:55Z")
My wife and I went to a timeshare presentation today at a resort called Massanutten outside of Harrisonburg, VA. Nice place and the facilities were great. When we sat down for the hard sell the lady said the rate is us… --- ## [Ladies, would you dump guy if he admitted to sex w/a guy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-dump-guy-if-he-admitted-to-sex-w-a-guy/558710)
**Author:** [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-would-you-dump-guy-if-he-admitted-to-sex-w-a-guy/558710 "2010-11-01T23:14:22Z")
Sex with a guy ONCE, and it was just a BJ, which guy did not recip. Just to get that out of the way. Ok, I have a good friend who is 35, very beautiful, smart, funny, single for five years. She met a guy in July and t… --- ## [Nonbelievers: Do You Read Religous Literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-do-you-read-religous-literature/558721)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonbelievers-do-you-read-religous-literature/558721 "2010-11-01T22:07:13Z")
Do you nonbelievers read religious literature be it Scripture (Bible, Koran, etc.) or just literature (ie theology books)? Do you own any books of that type? --- ## [Instant Halloween costume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-halloween-costume/558535)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-halloween-costume/558535 "2010-11-01T18:31:50Z")
My fourteen year old son has decided to do some trick-or-treating this year. It’s fine by me, but I’ve apparently run out of the inspiration and energy I had for costumes when he was younger. I’d like to put together s… --- ## [How does one prevent themselves from getting bedbugs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-prevent-themselves-from-getting-bedbugs/558808)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-prevent-themselves-from-getting-bedbugs/558808 "2010-11-01T17:38:23Z")
The community college nearby had to be shut down due to bedbugs. The report closing and fumigating one building, and they don’t even have dorms! I intend to take a class there for fun next semester, but frankly, it has … --- ## [Ever been involved in a threesome or group sex situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-involved-in-a-threesome-or-group-sex-situation/558731)
**Author:** [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-involved-in-a-threesome-or-group-sex-situation/558731 "2010-11-01T17:32:56Z")
AKA the reason private polls exist on the SDMB… So, as you do, some friends and I were discussing sex and the subject of threesomes came up. I mentioned that I’d read a survey which claimed that 17% of people had had a… --- ## [My kitty has a cold and I want to make her feel better. :(](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitty-has-a-cold-and-i-want-to-make-her-feel-better/558818)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kitty-has-a-cold-and-i-want-to-make-her-feel-better/558818 "2010-11-01T17:05:21Z")
My little tabby girl, Tessa (aka Bug), has a cold, and she seems rather miserable. :frowning: She’s breathing through her mouth and she’s seriously drooly. She’s just all hunkered under the bed and all I want to do is ma… --- ## [Online Fax Alternatives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-fax-alternatives/558979)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-fax-alternatives/558979 "2010-11-01T16:43:19Z")
I’ve recently reconfigured my broadband, so now the only reason I still have a land line is to support a traditional dumb fax machine. I’d like to kill that too. Our home business sends 2-3 faxes / day & receives simil… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1854) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1856)