# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1857 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1858 --- ## [What is my desired salary?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-desired-salary/557227)
**Author:** [@Dumbguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dumbguy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-my-desired-salary/557227 "2010-10-29T20:50:46Z")
Is there a formula for this? Current plus 10%? 20%? I never liked this question. My \*desired \*salary is $1000/hr and a pony, but I don’t think they want an honest answer. --- ## [Google testing cars that can drive themselves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-testing-cars-that-can-drive-themselves/556814)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-testing-cars-that-can-drive-themselves/556814 "2010-10-29T19:56:11Z")
I am so thrilled I can’t wait. Well, I have to - the article says it’ll be about 8 years before this goes to market. But seriously, this is wonderful news, especially for those long highway hauls in rural areas. Wha… --- ## [Need advice about asking for a raise](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-asking-for-a-raise/558458)
**Author:** [@Kristen1169](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kristen1169)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-about-asking-for-a-raise/558458 "2010-10-29T19:44:33Z")
So, I have been in my job for 4 years this coming January. I have had 2 raises since i started. %2 on my 90 day probation date and about %8.5 on my one year anniversary. I am the medical biller for a Dr office and we … --- ## [Options for online training where you can tell someone actually took it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-online-training-where-you-can-tell-someone-actually-took-it/558776)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/options-for-online-training-where-you-can-tell-someone-actually-took-it/558776 "2010-10-29T18:13:02Z")
I want to offer some annual process training to our staff; currently we do this in a classroom situation but I want to do it online because scheduling it is a hassle. But if I just post a PowerPoint file, nobody’s going … --- ## [Whatever happened to ......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/558792)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to/558792 "2010-10-29T17:56:31Z")
… the Transylvania twist? --- ## [Have a Verizon Wireless smartphone, I have some questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-verizon-wireless-smartphone-i-have-some-questions/558546)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-a-verizon-wireless-smartphone-i-have-some-questions/558546 "2010-10-29T17:39:23Z")
I know there is the issue on VzW that you can’t talk and surf at the same time (excluding skype and the like). How does that play out. If you are surfing and get a call, does it just go to voicemail, or does your surfi… --- ## [Do you deserve what you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-deserve-what-you-have/558582)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-deserve-what-you-have/558582 "2010-10-29T17:14:39Z")
Your job, family, kids, fortune or lack thereof - do you deserve it? --- ## [Business models that don't seem like they should work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-models-that-dont-seem-like-they-should-work/558529)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-models-that-dont-seem-like-they-should-work/558529 "2010-10-29T14:38:37Z")
Rosetta Stone - I hear and see their ads on the radio and television I see their booths at every terminal of every airport. I just can’t imagine that there would be that much demand for learning foreign languages to war… --- ## [What do you think this comment means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-this-comment-means/558530)
**Author:** [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-this-comment-means/558530 "2010-10-29T13:41:52Z")
I’ve been having a debate with my husband over the past couple of days over the meaning of a phrase and was hoping some Dopers could help settle it. I’d like to know what you’d think if you heard this: “I’ve been a doo… --- ## [Would you ever report your company to a regulator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-report-your-company-to-a-regulator/558512)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-ever-report-your-company-to-a-regulator/558512 "2010-10-29T13:35:45Z")
I’ve been participating in (environmental) audits at my company this week, more as an observer then anything, and yesterday I saw something that can only be described as a blatant disregard for the environment. The site … --- ## [Do you own a handgun ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-handgun/558452)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-handgun/558452 "2010-10-29T12:39:03Z")
Poll coming --- ## [How do you deal with bratty kids](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bratty-kids/558440)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-deal-with-bratty-kids/558440 "2010-10-29T12:07:07Z")
I really have no idea. A family member’s children have become really bratty and I have no idea how to deal with it. They can act self centered, aggressive, manipulative, rude, never listening, etc. and both do so a reaso… --- ## [Any correlation between a woman's desirability level and her attraction to masculinity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-a-womans-desirability-level-and-her-attraction-to-masculinity/558690)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-correlation-between-a-womans-desirability-level-and-her-attraction-to-masculinity/558690 "2010-10-29T11:37:27Z")
If I’m out of my mind and am imagining things, please tell me. I’ve been on okcupid for two years, and I’ve noticed the more attractive, intelligent, classy, educated, etc. a lesbian is the more likely she prefers to da… --- ## [Verbal tics of corporate cheeseballs: saying "thanks" in reponse to a question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-tics-of-corporate-cheeseballs-saying-thanks-in-reponse-to-a-question/558745)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verbal-tics-of-corporate-cheeseballs-saying-thanks-in-reponse-to-a-question/558745 "2010-10-29T08:01:53Z")
On two occasions, I’ve sat in meetings where a high-ranking corporate cheeseball was given a challenging question (about quarterly earnings or what not) and the first thing out of his mouth was a muted, almost sotto voce… --- ## [Making Out: Prelude or Self-Contained Act?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-out-prelude-or-self-contained-act/546934)
**Author:** [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-out-prelude-or-self-contained-act/546934 "2010-10-29T05:47:36Z")
The ideas and anecdotes fromthis thread have sparked my desire to have data broken down into bar graphs. So, please tell me, ladies and gents - is making out part of foreplay, or should it be an end unto itself? I’m inte… --- ## [Have you ever outed yourself without meaning to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-outed-yourself-without-meaning-to/558211)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-outed-yourself-without-meaning-to/558211 "2010-10-29T03:12:43Z")
Have you ever unintentionally outed yourself? To whom? Did they notice, or at least let on that they noticed? What were the consequences? --- ## [Where is the IAC valve on my 1992 Nissan NX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-iac-valve-on-my-1992-nissan-nx/558247)
**Author:** [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-iac-valve-on-my-1992-nissan-nx/558247 "2010-10-29T02:22:39Z")
Where is the IAC valve on my 1992 Nissan NX 1600 (manual transmission), and do you have any advice re cleaning it; e.g., special tools, other components that I may have to deal with/disconnect, etc. After searching onli… --- ## [women with "treasure trails"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-treasure-trails/558447)
**Author:** [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-treasure-trails/558447 "2010-10-28T23:56:44Z")
What % of women would grow a “treasure trail” (line of hair from the pubes to the navel) if the hair was left to its own devices? --- ## [Punch-card villains sees the light & help the good guys. Should they get a reward? (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punch-card-villains-sees-the-light-help-the-good-guys-should-they-get-a-reward-long/558571)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punch-card-villains-sees-the-light-help-the-good-guys-should-they-get-a-reward-long/558571 "2010-10-28T23:54:44Z")
Obviously another hypothetical poll, this one explicitly fantabulous. Those who find that irksome should find another thread. The frame story came out way longer than I intended; sorry about that. Our tale is set in Pan… --- ## [Blank DVDs - Tired of tossing 3 out of 4 -Taiyo Yuden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-dvds-tired-of-tossing-3-out-of-4-taiyo-yuden/558603)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blank-dvds-tired-of-tossing-3-out-of-4-taiyo-yuden/558603 "2010-10-28T23:32:21Z")
I’ve done some searching and the consensus seems to be that Taiyo Yuden (a brand I’ve never heard of before) is the truly reliable blank DVd. But then the reports say only this kind or that or buy from authorized seller… --- ## [Shoes and Shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-and-shirts/558584)
**Author:** [@nmcd4120](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nmcd4120)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoes-and-shirts/558584 "2010-10-28T22:47:38Z")
Saw some conversation on shoes and shorts in a public place. I’ve asked a number of agencies about Homeland policy of requiring people to take their shoes off. Not so much a problem in winter, but summer is a problem. We… --- ## [Cool names for average folks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003)
**Author:** [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-names-for-average-folks/333003 "2010-10-28T21:08:24Z")
We have had a number of threads in the SDMB concerning those that are given or end up with names no one else would want. I know folks with the last names of Butts, Fagg and Dick, I could not imagine some of the scorn or … --- ## [Proposal/Change US Constitition/Elections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-change-us-constitition-elections/558137)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-change-us-constitition-elections/558137 "2010-10-28T19:22:23Z")
:rolleyes: So I’m Canadian. Bite me. For some inexplicable reason I’m fascinated by US politics. Here’s what I’m seeing . On the tail of a republican adminstration the US economy nose dived like never before in 70 yea… --- ## [New stoopid business fad that's driving me nuts (and old ones as well)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stoopid-business-fad-thats-driving-me-nuts-and-old-ones-as-well/558313)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stoopid-business-fad-thats-driving-me-nuts-and-old-ones-as-well/558313 "2010-10-28T19:02:07Z")
If I hear the words “elevator speech” one more time, someone will be punched in the throat. So far in the last month or so, I’ve gotten something like 5 assignments from 5 different management departments (training, my … --- ## [Higher Ed Dopers: Your Input, Please? Longish Post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/higher-ed-dopers-your-input-please-longish-post/558593)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/higher-ed-dopers-your-input-please-longish-post/558593 "2010-10-28T18:08:14Z")
Hi Fellow SD’ers: I’m an assoc prof and just interviewed for a director’s position in admin at my Campus. The interview went well and there’s a good chance I’ll be offered the job. It’s a job with a spectrum of duties an… --- ## [Should Football be Outlawed ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-football-be-outlawed/558578)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-football-be-outlawed/558578 "2010-10-28T15:37:55Z")
Re: brain injuries New information about hits to the head in football are getting a little scary. You don’t need a diagnosed concussion to be subject to brain damage. Brain trauma can lead to a brain disease of ever i… --- ## [Philanthropist funds creation of the best Primary & HS textbooks ever seen - Will schools use them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philanthropist-funds-creation-of-the-best-primary-hs-textbooks-ever-seen-will-schools-use-them/558627)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/philanthropist-funds-creation-of-the-best-primary-hs-textbooks-ever-seen-will-schools-use-them/558627 "2010-10-28T15:08:42Z")
Let’s say a wealthy person funds the creation of the best math, science, history and English textbooks ever made. They are the best researched, best written, and most clearly explained textbooks ever created within their… --- ## [Why (in your opinion) are people still talking on cellphones while driving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-your-opinion-are-people-still-talking-on-cellphones-while-driving/558013)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-in-your-opinion-are-people-still-talking-on-cellphones-while-driving/558013 "2010-10-28T15:00:30Z")
In a conversation with a co-worker last week, I discovered that he thinks he is exempt from being distracted by a phone conversation while driving (other people shouldn’t do it, but he’s okay). My sister-in-law talks on … --- ## [Keen on Crew? Loving Locks? Or fond of the ‘Fro?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keen-on-crew-loving-locks-or-fond-of-the-fro/558652)
**Author:** [@J.D.G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.D.G)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keen-on-crew-loving-locks-or-fond-of-the-fro/558652 "2010-10-28T13:23:18Z")
Question to all the gay male Dopers out there. (Though feel free to chime in if you’re not) Friend and I (who often have debates on the most important and cosmic issues of our time) are disagreeing over what hairstyles… --- ## [Tell me about Social Work school (MSW)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-social-work-school-msw/557735)
**Author:** [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-social-work-school-msw/557735 "2010-10-28T13:20:03Z")
I’ve been thinking about going back to grad school, and one of the options I want to look at is getting an MSW. I’ve done a lot of work in the social work/human services field, and I like doing counseling, so I know an M… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1856) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1858)