# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1889 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1890 --- ## [Flu shots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/552072)
**Author:** [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flu-shots/552072 "2010-09-03T23:32:56Z")
All the drug stores are advertising them now. Isn’t this too early? Won’t my immunity wear off by January if I get it now? --- ## [shanghai trip and what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shanghai-trip-and-what-to-do/552248)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shanghai-trip-and-what-to-do/552248 "2010-09-03T22:50:16Z")
I’ve been invited to do some work in Shanghai in the middle of October. I’ve been asked what I would like to do for entertainment and touristy stuff. I know about the Shanghai Expo and may go to that, but I don’t know … --- ## [Genealogy and Ancestry.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogy-and-ancestry-com/552512)
**Author:** [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/genealogy-and-ancestry-com/552512 "2010-09-03T22:23:11Z")
10-12 years ago I went on a genealogy kick and did some research into my family. I got a bunch of birth/death certificates, military records and so forth and it was fun, but then I got married and had kids and put it awa… --- ## [Dopers, I Want Your Opinions on Dating Websites!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-i-want-your-opinions-on-dating-websites/551927)
**Author:** [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-i-want-your-opinions-on-dating-websites/551927 "2010-09-03T22:14:04Z")
Okay guys, the title pretty much says the bulk of it. I’ve never been much of a dater. I’ve been in two relationships since I was sixteen (one was long distance, lasted seven years and was great while the last one was j… --- ## [Is it considered impolite in the US to take a college course and buy the textbook elsewhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-impolite-in-the-us-to-take-a-college-course-and-buy-the-textbook-elsewhere/552384)
**Author:** [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-considered-impolite-in-the-us-to-take-a-college-course-and-buy-the-textbook-elsewhere/552384 "2010-09-03T20:55:41Z")
I registered for a class at the local community college for this fall, and found that the class textbook was available on Amazon.com at half of what the college bookstore wanted. The college bookstore, iirc, is actually… --- ## [I have never been to Europe- in what ways is it better than the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-been-to-europe-in-what-ways-is-it-better-than-the-us/551570)
**Author:** [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-never-been-to-europe-in-what-ways-is-it-better-than-the-us/551570 "2010-09-03T19:00:19Z")
Per the America is #1! thread, I am curious- what exactly is better about Europe- I have heard that 1.5 to 3 months vacation is the norm, taking 2 hours for lunch acceptable, healthcare, etc; But is the quality of life … --- ## [I need help. I don't know how to stand up for myself at work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-i-dont-know-how-to-stand-up-for-myself-at-work/552224)
**Author:** [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-i-dont-know-how-to-stand-up-for-myself-at-work/552224 "2010-09-03T18:49:03Z")
I’ve been working in a retail office for 8 years as a buyer. When it started, it was great, and I enjoyed my job. The department head is a horrible person who uses and abuses people. This has a trickledown effect. Over … --- ## [Photography: how much is me and how much is my camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-how-much-is-me-and-how-much-is-my-camera/552204)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photography-how-much-is-me-and-how-much-is-my-camera/552204 "2010-09-03T18:31:26Z")
I have a nice little point and shoot camera that I think is perfect for my needs. It fits in the palm of my hand, so I can walk around without lugging a big piece of equipment along. The colors look nice. I am very ha… --- ## [Oddest place you've caught others having sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-place-youve-caught-others-having-sex/543780)
**Author:** [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oddest-place-youve-caught-others-having-sex/543780 "2010-09-03T16:48:21Z")
There have been threads about exotic locales for your own sexual escapades, but what’s the oddest place you’ve stumbled across, perhaps literally, others having sex? Last week, midnight-ish. An elevator in the Hyatt Re… --- ## [Should I consider taking in a teenaged niece or nephew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-consider-taking-in-a-teenaged-niece-or-nephew/551918)
**Author:** [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-consider-taking-in-a-teenaged-niece-or-nephew/551918 "2010-09-03T16:35:42Z")
This is entirely hypothetical, because I seriously doubt my dad would ever have the balls to go for custody. But my mom and I were talking about it last night, and frankly it would be the best thing we could do for the … --- ## [Cleaning fire/smoke damage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-fire-smoke-damage/552272)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-fire-smoke-damage/552272 "2010-09-03T16:26:37Z")
A couple of weeks ago, my sister had a pretty bad house fire. Everyone got out just fine and the actual fire damage wasn’t all that bad. The smoke and soot is EVERYWHERE though. She’s already decided to sell the house as… --- ## [YET ANOTHER If you were the opposite sex for awhile...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-if-you-were-the-opposite-sex-for-awhile/552190)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-if-you-were-the-opposite-sex-for-awhile/552190 "2010-09-03T16:22:57Z")
We’ve done these often enough we have clichés: the guys all say they’d spend the whole weekend staring at their new tits and masturbating and the girls would pee their names in the snow. I want to do this one a little … --- ## [Any outhouses in your neighborhood? How many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-outhouses-in-your-neighborhood-how-many/552340)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-outhouses-in-your-neighborhood-how-many/552340 "2010-09-03T15:03:16Z")
Growing up in the country by the lake as a kid, every home and cottage in the neighborhood had an outhouse. Most were relics from the pre-plumbing days, but a few of the smaller cottages still got by without an indoor t… --- ## [Is Neurosis the same as selfishness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-neurosis-the-same-as-selfishness/551742)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-neurosis-the-same-as-selfishness/551742 "2010-09-03T14:44:39Z")
Is Neurosis the same as selfishness? Because in a sense if you are selfish you are wrapped up into your own problems, and therefore selfish. And people with saint like personalities, always caring and emoting, seem to b… --- ## [Who here locks their smart phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-locks-their-smart-phone/552400)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-locks-their-smart-phone/552400 "2010-09-03T14:36:51Z")
Do you have your phone set to require a pass code if not used after so many minutes? If so, what brand and how long a wait? Lastly, does your phone show your number? I ask because my iPhone does not show my number whe… --- ## [Share a glimpse into your life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-glimpse-into-your-life/551917)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-a-glimpse-into-your-life/551917 "2010-09-03T14:31:41Z")
How is it being you? In thisthread, I shared a little vignette about how “neurotic” I am. But while I was composing it, I thought, “How do I know if this is unusual? What if everyone else goes through this?” I realiz… --- ## [LegalZoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalzoom/552369)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalzoom/552369 "2010-09-03T12:23:42Z")
Does anyone have any experience with LegalZoom? If so, what’s your opinion: Good, Bad or Stay away from LegalZoom. I need a new will and I think it should be simple since I want to leave everything to only one person or… --- ## [If George W. Bush were willing to speak out against ant-Muslim prejudice, would you want him to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-w-bush-were-willing-to-speak-out-against-ant-muslim-prejudice-would-you-want-him-to/552273)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-george-w-bush-were-willing-to-speak-out-against-ant-muslim-prejudice-would-you-want-him-to/552273 "2010-09-03T04:11:42Z")
During his term, President Bush was often heard to call Islam a religion of peace and to say that Muslims are not categorically the enemies of this nation. Let’s assume that he was entirely sincere in this belief, and th… --- ## [What kind of milk do you use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-use/551873)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-milk-do-you-use/551873 "2010-09-03T03:49:47Z")
We’ve recently gone all soy milk in our house. I’m just wondering what the breakdown is for different kinds of milk. So what do you use at your house? (choose all that apply) --- ## [Politics and Family Don't Mix - how do you deal with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-and-family-dont-mix-how-do-you-deal-with-it/551584)
**Author:** [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/politics-and-family-dont-mix-how-do-you-deal-with-it/551584 "2010-09-03T03:03:15Z")
I can hardly be the only person that has very different political ideology from members of their family. Which makes it fun getting together at the holidays. My dad specifically is an asshole. He’s a close-minded jerk… --- ## [Great Western War?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-western-war/552457)
**Author:** [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2010, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-western-war/552457 "2010-09-03T02:11:08Z")
Anyone else planning on attending the Great Western War? http://www.caid-gww.org/ --- ## [Medical Transcriptionists - Any advice for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-transcriptionists-any-advice-for-me/552377)
**Author:** [@Super\_Van\_Uber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Van_Uber)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-transcriptionists-any-advice-for-me/552377 "2010-09-02T23:11:48Z")
So I’m thinking of becoming a medical transcriptionist. I have no experience in the medical field, other than more or less growing up in a hospital because of a birth defect and the resulting surgeries to correct it. An… --- ## [Arriving in Toronto by bus.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arriving-in-toronto-by-bus/552236)
**Author:** [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arriving-in-toronto-by-bus/552236 "2010-09-02T21:37:09Z")
In one of those “why not” moments my wife and I decided to buy some $3 tickets on Megabus to Toronto. Now I am working out the logistics. As I understand, the bus station is downtown and there are a couple of subway sta… --- ## [Pre-Poll Data Gathering: Pets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-pets/552399)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-poll-data-gathering-pets/552399 "2010-09-02T21:24:17Z")
If one or more polls dealing with Favorite Pets already exist, please point me there. Otherwise, I’d like to construct a poll dealing with pets you own or have owned. Help add to a list of reasonable critters (and the … --- ## [TERRIFIED...advice? \[On moving to Washington State\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrified-advice-on-moving-to-washington-state/552093)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terrified-advice-on-moving-to-washington-state/552093 "2010-09-02T20:42:44Z")
Okay so…I’ve been wanting to move to Washington state for a LONG time to be near my family. I thought I was going to have to wait several years for the economy to improve enough. So imagine my shock when an opportunity… --- ## [Alarm Clock Tuned to Right-Wing Radio Joy!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarm-clock-tuned-to-right-wing-radio-joy/552288)
**Author:** [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarm-clock-tuned-to-right-wing-radio-joy/552288 "2010-09-02T20:40:44Z")
I woke up to this Talking Head discussing how ridiculous that Obama didn’t say we won the war in Iraq last night during his speech. Also, that Obama’s speech was hypocritical since he ran on the platform that the war wa… --- ## [Getting my first pair of glasses: any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-first-pair-of-glasses-any-advice/552380)
**Author:** [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-my-first-pair-of-glasses-any-advice/552380 "2010-09-02T20:17:53Z")
I’m trying to eliminate all possible contributors to my recent increase in migraines. Yesterday, I had my first eye exam in 25 years or so. I’m getting glasses – a pretty mild prescription, but one eye is a little farsig… --- ## [Catching a serial shitter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-a-serial-shitter/551751)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-a-serial-shitter/551751 "2010-09-02T20:14:25Z")
We have a serial shitter living in our dormitory. So far, there’s been 5 incidents in the past month. Today, it’s been escalated. The person(s) took a shit on a teacher’s car. Please help me to make a profile of this per… --- ## [Bra question - need a sports bra supplier for larger ladies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-question-need-a-sports-bra-supplier-for-larger-ladies/552388)
**Author:** [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-question-need-a-sports-bra-supplier-for-larger-ladies/552388 "2010-09-02T19:47:52Z")
I’ll be very brief here. My wife’s bras tend to range between 42J-44I. She is having no luck finding a sports bra anywhere near that size, and pregnancy is making underwires be a serious pain-filled proposition. I kno… --- ## [Help me name my website about old stuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-website-about-old-stuff/552065)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-website-about-old-stuff/552065 "2010-09-02T19:23:09Z")
Actually a section of my website. Admittedly this is possibly pointless, since, despite my best intentions, I haven’t updated my website in (oh god) almost a month, but whatever. It’s going to be about amusing, weird, c… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1888) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1890)