# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1866 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1867 --- ## [A twofer hypothetical about infidelity, pregnancy, and (un)reasonable demands.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twofer-hypothetical-about-infidelity-pregnancy-and-un-reasonable-demands/556682)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twofer-hypothetical-about-infidelity-pregnancy-and-un-reasonable-demands/556682 "2010-10-14T19:26:24Z")
As indicated in the thread title, I’m doing two hypotheticals in one post today. The stories are connected only by theme. Sitch #1 stars Bob and Carol, a married couple in their late thirties. After twenty years of wedd… --- ## [Salary info on a job application - do you leave it blank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-info-on-a-job-application-do-you-leave-it-blank/557005)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salary-info-on-a-job-application-do-you-leave-it-blank/557005 "2010-10-14T18:54:17Z")
(Poll to follow) So I’m experiencing the three year itch at my current job, and I’ve started “putting my ear to the ground for new challenges,” as they say. I’m an IT manager with significant experience in the field, an… --- ## [freeware antivirus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-antivirus/556096)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-antivirus/556096 "2010-10-14T18:31:32Z")
OK, I think I’m done with Avast! Any suggestions for a freeware antivirus that might be more likely to catch virus like a net than to catch virus like a cold? --- ## [How do ultra-orthodox Jews handle the whole "menstruation women" prohibitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ultra-orthodox-jews-handle-the-whole-menstruation-women-prohibitions/554640)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-ultra-orthodox-jews-handle-the-whole-menstruation-women-prohibitions/554640 "2010-10-14T18:30:39Z")
Yesterday, I got up from the library’s comuter, and a man wearing a yarmuke pulled up another chair, pushed the one I as sitting in out of the way, and sat down in the new chair. I try to respect other people’s religion… --- ## [Giving up smoking after a cold - how feasible is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-smoking-after-a-cold-how-feasible-is-it/557107)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-smoking-after-a-cold-how-feasible-is-it/557107 "2010-10-14T16:50:13Z")
A bit of background… I’ve been a smoker my whole adult life (I’m now 40) although the amount I smoke daily has varied dramatically. For the last couple of years I’ve been down do c.5 a day (barring parties) and have been… --- ## [Medicare Part D](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d/556972)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medicare-part-d/556972 "2010-10-14T16:45:58Z")
If anyone has any experience with Medicare Part D, I would appreciate comments on it, either pro or con. More specifically, should I enroll in Part D: Why or Why not? Thanks in advance. --- ## [Have you ever had significant tailbone pain (like this)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-significant-tailbone-pain-like-this/556916)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-significant-tailbone-pain-like-this/556916 "2010-10-14T15:28:20Z")
Not looking for medical advice, just wondering if anyone has gone through what I am currently experiencing. I inherited a bicycle a few months ago and went on 2 back-to-back long bike rides, and for the next week, I cou… --- ## [Strange symptoms...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-symptoms/556895)
**Author:** [@melbatoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melbatoast)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-symptoms/556895 "2010-10-14T14:24:16Z")
Okay, First off I am under the care of a doc already, this is not for medical advice or diagnosis of any kind. I had a tubal in 2003. I was supposed to start my cycle Sept. 23rd…It is still not here and I am having maj… --- ## ["I'd like to meet the person who is/does/has the most X in the world."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-meet-the-person-who-is-does-has-the-most-x-in-the-world/556958)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-meet-the-person-who-is-does-has-the-most-x-in-the-world/556958 "2010-10-14T13:12:11Z")
Interestingly enough, this was inspired by a line in Dogma, where Rufus tells Jay that he masturbates more than anyone else on the planet. That made me realize that there MUST be SOMEONE who does that more than ANYONE e… --- ## [Recruiters, need some advice regarding graduation date on a resume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recruiters-need-some-advice-regarding-graduation-date-on-a-resume/557013)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recruiters-need-some-advice-regarding-graduation-date-on-a-resume/557013 "2010-10-14T06:43:32Z")
It’s complicated to explain, but I’m a Masters student graduating in December but I could extend my stay until May if I want, while getting paid by the school. I’m applying to some corporate-type jobs which generally bri… --- ## [Things from the pre-widespread Internet era that you're nostalgic for](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-the-pre-widespread-internet-era-that-youre-nostalgic-for/556420)
**Author:** [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-from-the-pre-widespread-internet-era-that-youre-nostalgic-for/556420 "2010-10-14T06:16:04Z")
This thread about comic strips got me to thinking about aspects of life which the internet has made obsolete that I kind of miss. I was never a huge fan of printed newspapers, although I do miss them, but I really did en… --- ## [Chilean miners nearing rescue and I'm feeling anxious](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilean-miners-nearing-rescue-and-im-feeling-anxious/556803)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilean-miners-nearing-rescue-and-im-feeling-anxious/556803 "2010-10-14T03:40:55Z")
I’m glad that these poor guys are finally getting rescued. But, my God, I get a panic attack just thinking about them having to slide in that narrow tube for 15 minutes. If I were one of those trapped, I’d never make i… --- ## [Your favorite website to shop for resort deals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-website-to-shop-for-resort-deals/557078)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-website-to-shop-for-resort-deals/557078 "2010-10-14T02:39:44Z")
I usually use honeymoonsinc.com, but their prices are only really good if you are planning a trip well in advance (but if you are, they’re the best I’ve found). Our next trip will likely be planned six months or less in… --- ## [Guests over who Will. Not. Leave. What can you do? (Do not need answers fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guests-over-who-will-not-leave-what-can-you-do-do-not-need-answers-fast/556852 "2010-10-14T01:41:09Z")
Let’s say I’m in California and I invited a group of people over. They’ve been there all night and I’ve asked them to leave. They just ignore me. I tell them to go away, they refuse, pretend I didn’t say anything. I try … --- ## [No peeking -- test your basic econ facts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-peeking-test-your-basic-econ-facts/556987)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-peeking-test-your-basic-econ-facts/556987 "2010-10-14T00:51:18Z")
Without looking it up (or peeking at prior posters) please post your best guesses: What percentage of workers in the US earn only minimum wage? As an overall average, what percentage of sales dollars are profits? … --- ## [Wound vac dressing change and this mesh called renew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wound-vac-dressing-change-and-this-mesh-called-renew/557066)
**Author:** [@toyojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toyojo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wound-vac-dressing-change-and-this-mesh-called-renew/557066 "2010-10-14T00:18:27Z")
Hello all, I recently had a surgery to take out some hidradenitis suppurativa (not sure on spelling) which is an infection of the apocrine sweat glands in my under arm. It would heal a bit for 4 months (not diabetic eit… --- ## [Secretaries/Assistants Getting Lunch For The Boss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secretaries-assistants-getting-lunch-for-the-boss/308484)
**Author:** [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secretaries-assistants-getting-lunch-for-the-boss/308484 "2010-10-14T00:07:43Z")
On TV shows I always see secretaries doing personal things for the boss like getting him lunch, buying flowers for his wife, sending out his dry-cleaning, and the like. In my company, if you asked your secretary to get … --- ## [Looking for volunteers to critique my new marketing efforts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-volunteers-to-critique-my-new-marketing-efforts/557053)
**Author:** [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-volunteers-to-critique-my-new-marketing-efforts/557053 "2010-10-13T23:50:10Z")
I checked with the moderators before posting, and got the okay. Thanks for that! I’m not trying to sell you anything, I’d like to have your help as I try and reach out to the folks to whom I would like to be selling th… --- ## [help, I've angered the sink gods!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-angered-the-sink-gods/557052)
**Author:** [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-angered-the-sink-gods/557052 "2010-10-13T22:52:55Z")
The drain in my kitchen sink has been running kind of slowly, so I decided to try the baking soda and vinegar trick. I followed the instructions, but when I got to the very end, pouring boiling water down the drain, som… --- ## [Is everybody really so angry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-really-so-angry/556893)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everybody-really-so-angry/556893 "2010-10-13T22:33:23Z")
So I just read yet another article about how angry everybody is nowadays, and how that will affect the election. I know the economy is still in the dumps, and I read about the anger out there in articles like that, but … --- ## [Finally Catching Up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-catching-up/557042)
**Author:** [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-catching-up/557042 "2010-10-13T21:07:49Z")
I’m currently listening to “Talk of the Nation” with Neal Conan on Public Radio. They are discussing food from trucks which is being touted as the latest craze. In discussing the coasts, notably Los Angeles and New Yor… --- ## [Oh, help - Is THIS Going To Cost Her A Job??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-help-is-this-going-to-cost-her-a-job/554922)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-help-is-this-going-to-cost-her-a-job/554922 "2010-10-13T20:53:22Z")
Not looking for legal advice, but a friend has been hired by a home health aide agency, pending a re-testing (which she had passed the first time, but some time has gone by so she has to take the test over). Earlier thi… --- ## [Any Flat Earthers or Geocentrists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flat-earthers-or-geocentrists/556720)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-flat-earthers-or-geocentrists/556720 "2010-10-13T19:45:27Z")
Are there any flat earthers or geocentrists on Straight Dope Message Board? --- ## [MySpace Debuts New Logo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-debuts-new-logo/556942)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/myspace-debuts-new-logo/556942 "2010-10-13T16:59:14Z")
Full Story at The National Well what do you think of it? --- ## [Past/Present/Desired salary info on a job application - do you leave it blank?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-present-desired-salary-info-on-a-job-application-do-you-leave-it-blank/557003)
**Author:** [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/past-present-desired-salary-info-on-a-job-application-do-you-leave-it-blank/557003 "2010-10-13T15:41:17Z")
(Poll to follow) So I’m experiencing the three year itch at my current job, and I’ve started “putting my ear to the ground for new challenges,” as they say. I’m an IT manager with significant experience in the field, an… --- ## [How do you react walking up on this situation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-react-walking-up-on-this-situation/556736)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-react-walking-up-on-this-situation/556736 "2010-10-13T14:42:50Z")
Random 8 yr old stabbed multiple times by 22 yr old stranger in arcade. You are dad and walk up on this in progress. How does it end? --- ## [Poll: What is more offensive: tone or language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-more-offensive-tone-or-language/556652)
**Author:** [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-is-more-offensive-tone-or-language/556652 "2010-10-13T10:46:34Z")
So, where I go to school right now, there are a bunch of old timers and some of them have a serious problem with cursing. Now, it may be just because I’m a 24yo who grew up mostly in NYC, but four-letter words are part o… --- ## [Bush or Obama - The Better President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-or-obama-the-better-president/556532)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-or-obama-the-better-president/556532 "2010-10-13T05:27:59Z")
CNN is reporting a poll: CNN Poll: Was Bush better president than Obama? http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/08/cnntime-poll-was-bush-better-president-than-obama/?iref=NS1 So let’s see how the SDMB comes out… --- ## [Sapporo, what to do there? NEED ANSWER FAST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sapporo-what-to-do-there-need-answer-fast/556449)
**Author:** [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sapporo-what-to-do-there-need-answer-fast/556449 "2010-10-13T04:59:07Z")
My train to Sapporo leaves in 10 hours. I will be there for three days. What do y’all recommend I see? As of right now my itinerary includes a theme park, lots of miso ramen, and possibly Japan’s largest pink house … --- ## [Best way to make ten grand work for me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-make-ten-grand-work-for-me/556500)
**Author:** [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-make-ten-grand-work-for-me/556500 "2010-10-13T04:33:37Z")
What would you do (savings or investment-wise) with $10,000? Where would it make you the most money? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1865) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1867)