# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1895 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1896 --- ## [Swollen feet and ankles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swollen-feet-and-ankles/549845)
**Author:** [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swollen-feet-and-ankles/549845 "2010-08-25T00:37:21Z")
First, not asking for medical advice, just about opinions and possibilities. If this situation doesn’t get better soon I am calling my doctor. I got back from a (wonderful) vacation a few weeks ago. It involved a ve… --- ## [On the efficacy of brass knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-efficacy-of-brass-knuckles/294531)
**Author:** [@Busy\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Busy_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-efficacy-of-brass-knuckles/294531 "2010-08-24T21:38:11Z")
Calling all ass-kickers, barroom-brawlers, martial artistes and general aggro-merchants: What’s the SD on brass knuckles? Here are some talking points (I have never encountered a set of brass knuckles, so WAGs aplenty) … --- ## [What should I do in Westport, WA (and surroundings)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-westport-wa-and-surroundings/551247)
**Author:** [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-in-westport-wa-and-surroundings/551247 "2010-08-24T19:48:23Z")
My boyfriend and I are going out to the ocean for our one-year anniversary next weekend. Yay! The only problem, besides the weather? To save money, we’re staying at a place borrowed from family, and it’s in Grayland. We … --- ## [Does anyone here use a wedge pillow for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-a-wedge-pillow-for-sleeping/551211)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-here-use-a-wedge-pillow-for-sleeping/551211 "2010-08-24T19:46:52Z")
I am the lucky owner of a body with a hiatal hernia, GERD and sleep apnea (and therefore, pronounced snoring). One of the things that my girlfriend, who has to occasionally suffer through said snoring, has suggested is t… --- ## [Free/good message message board software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-good-message-message-board-software/551118)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-good-message-message-board-software/551118 "2010-08-24T18:38:40Z")
I see that VBulletin seems to work pretty well, and can be made to take credit card orders, as SDMB uses it. Is there another program/freeware to consider? I want to put up a board that discusses the answers to a large … --- ## [Would you accept immortality? If not, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-immortality-if-not-why/551010)
**Author:** [@US\_Bureau\_of\_Labor\_Statistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/US_Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-accept-immortality-if-not-why/551010 "2010-08-24T18:03:00Z")
I of course say yes. But a lot of people say no. What are your reasons? For the sake of the discussion, the immortality offered is in the form of a $0.25 pill which halts all aging in the body and has no bad side effe… --- ## [What's your best tips for moving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-tips-for-moving/550996)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-tips-for-moving/550996 "2010-08-24T18:01:47Z")
Pre-emptive snark: Yes, I can get out of bed. I’m talking about moving to a new apartment. We’re moving in 2 weeks. The last one went more or less smoothly, but one thing we learned was not to get boxes that were too bi… --- ## [Do the colors black and white come in different shades, or are they absolutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-colors-black-and-white-come-in-different-shades-or-are-they-absolutes/551287)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-colors-black-and-white-come-in-different-shades-or-are-they-absolutes/551287 "2010-08-24T17:08:14Z")
I got to thinking about names of colors, and I wondered if there is only one shade of black or white and the different names used for them are describing the same colors, or are there different shades of these colors? --- ## [A Poll: Have you ever committed a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-have-you-ever-committed-a-crime/550378)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-have-you-ever-committed-a-crime/550378 "2010-08-24T15:50:07Z")
Excluding minor traffic violations such as speeding, and also excluding buying selling or using small amounts of recreational drugs, have you committed any criminal acts in your life? --- ## [The Most Important Feature of a Firearm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-feature-of-a-firearm/550704)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-important-feature-of-a-firearm/550704 "2010-08-24T14:52:03Z")
I’ve been looking at many different firearms lately: revolvers, pistols, rifles (lever action, bolt action) shotguns… What do you look at when you are thinking about getting a gun? Different people have various preferen… --- ## [Anyone switched from an iPhone to a Droid (Droid X in particular)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-switched-from-an-iphone-to-a-droid-droid-x-in-particular/549302)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-switched-from-an-iphone-to-a-droid-droid-x-in-particular/549302 "2010-08-24T14:48:59Z")
I’m really thinking about jumping ship from Team Apple/AT&T. I have the 3G, and the latest firmware fiasco has irrationally pissed me off (yeah, I could revert back to the factory settings, but that fucks with my backup,… --- ## [Do know that the youth Olympic games are going on now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-know-that-the-youth-olympic-games-are-going-on-now/551162)
**Author:** [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-know-that-the-youth-olympic-games-are-going-on-now/551162 "2010-08-24T14:18:33Z")
And really, do you care? --- ## [What skill should I learn? (in 10 days)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-should-i-learn-in-10-days/551095)
**Author:** [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-skill-should-i-learn-in-10-days/551095 "2010-08-24T13:56:57Z")
I have some mandatory vacation coming up and absolutely nothing to fill it with. Since I don’t want to feel like I’ve wasted my time I’d like to fill it doing something useful. I don’t have a ton of money and I don’t w… --- ## [Rate yourself on the Sociability Scale (not about sex or romance)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-sociability-scale-not-about-sex-or-romance/550920)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-yourself-on-the-sociability-scale-not-about-sex-or-romance/550920 "2010-08-24T13:36:51Z")
This came up almost by accident in another thread. I thought it would make an interesting poll. This poll is intended to be about friendship and/or companionship, not sex or romance. The scale is not scientifically der… --- ## [Besides Best Buy, where to buy a laptop online?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-best-buy-where-to-buy-a-laptop-online/551239)
**Author:** [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-best-buy-where-to-buy-a-laptop-online/551239 "2010-08-24T08:04:15Z")
Looking to buy a low end laptop just for taking to class and writing papers. What sites do you guys like for finding deals? I keep defaulting to Best Buy dotcom. THANKS!! --- ## [Question on dealing with a kid who's not my own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-dealing-with-a-kid-whos-not-my-own/550895)
**Author:** [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-on-dealing-with-a-kid-whos-not-my-own/550895 "2010-08-24T06:31:20Z")
Here’s the background: One of my son’s friends, Jake is 17 y.o. and is sorta kinda living with us. He comes from an unstable home and his mom is a flake. She moved to a major city a couple hours from here after gettin… --- ## [Assist me with a trip to Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assist-me-with-a-trip-to-canada/550770)
**Author:** [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assist-me-with-a-trip-to-canada/550770 "2010-08-24T05:40:31Z")
My wife and I were discussing today where to go this fall. We would like to go somewhere that isn’t too far away, specifically because we have been all over the country this year. In recent months, we have been to Califo… --- ## [Who's received a speeding ticket on a freeway? How fast were you going?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-received-a-speeding-ticket-on-a-freeway-how-fast-were-you-going/550785)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-received-a-speeding-ticket-on-a-freeway-how-fast-were-you-going/550785 "2010-08-23T23:16:20Z")
I ask the question because i’ve lived in Southern California for two years now and, like most other drivers, i spend most of my time on the freeways going 75-80 mph, despite the fact that the speed limit is 65. In this … --- ## [Lower abdomen sensation - 'female boner'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-abdomen-sensation-female-boner/550960)
**Author:** [@khere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/khere)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lower-abdomen-sensation-female-boner/550960 "2010-08-23T21:42:16Z")
Er, so this may be a bizarre question. Occasionally when I feel a surge of attraction/affection for someone, I get a quickly-passing sensation almost like when dropping quickly on a roller coaster. I have a half-recollec… --- ## [Catering on a budget](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catering-on-a-budget/550907)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catering-on-a-budget/550907 "2010-08-23T21:17:23Z")
Currently my fiancee and I are trying to find a caterer in the Bay Area that will serve 250 guests. We are trying to do it on a budget. We went to one place in San Jose which seemed appealing- they would do all the food,… --- ## [Why should I move my asset allocation towards bonds when I am many years from retirement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-move-my-asset-allocation-towards-bonds-when-i-am-many-years-from-retirement/551082)
**Author:** [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-i-move-my-asset-allocation-towards-bonds-when-i-am-many-years-from-retirement/551082 "2010-08-23T21:15:58Z")
A common piece of retirement planning advice that I’ve come across recently is that a person should adjust their asset allocation out of equities and into fixed-income as they get older. One rule of them is that one sho… --- ## [Dopers with parents and in-laws within close range: how do you do it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-parents-and-in-laws-within-close-range-how-do-you-do-it/551125)
**Author:** [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopers-with-parents-and-in-laws-within-close-range-how-do-you-do-it/551125 "2010-08-23T19:50:08Z")
My SO and I have been together coming in on two years, and we’ve been diligent about splitting the holidays and time with our parents; his mom lives 20-30 minutes away, my parents are 90 minutes away. For a frame of ref… --- ## [Cure for really dry skin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-really-dry-skin/551157)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cure-for-really-dry-skin/551157 "2010-08-23T19:13:40Z")
The inner area of my ear fold (the part on top) is super dry (flaky) on both ears. I’ve had this problem my whole life, though usually only during the winter. This year it hasn’t gone away (and is even worse). I’ve tr… --- ## [What would China, and India, and Japan name a lunar base?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-china-and-india-and-japan-name-a-lunar-base/551156)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-china-and-india-and-japan-name-a-lunar-base/551156 "2010-08-23T19:10:47Z")
Lets say in a few hundred years China, India and Japan work together and found their first base on the moon, what would they name it? Is the word for moon similar enough in their languages for them to use something like… --- ## [A day in the life of a modern American soldier?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-modern-american-soldier/550846)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-modern-american-soldier/550846 "2010-08-23T16:46:02Z")
Dopers who’ve served or who know people who’ve served: What’s daily life like in our Armed Forces? All I ever really hear about are the heroics and the atrocities, the recruitment propaganda and the anti-war propaganda… --- ## [Seeing the "real America"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-real-america/550493)
**Author:** [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-the-real-america/550493 "2010-08-23T16:12:21Z")
While I was in line in lunch today, the two women in front of me had the following conversation (paraphrased): I’ve done the same thing on vacation, gone off the beaten path just for the sake of going off the beaten pa… --- ## [Would you date someone who refused to date persons of his/her own race/ethnicity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-someone-who-refused-to-date-persons-of-his-her-own-race-ethnicity/550881)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-date-someone-who-refused-to-date-persons-of-his-her-own-race-ethnicity/550881 "2010-08-23T15:58:11Z")
Let’s say that you are single and available to date. You meet a person of the proper gender for you who is highly attractive to you on a physical and emotional level, but of a different race or ethnicity than you; this p… --- ## [Hilarious sentence fom the NYT](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-sentence-fom-the-nyt/551149)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hilarious-sentence-fom-the-nyt/551149 "2010-08-23T14:53:46Z")
OK, regardless of your politics and your personal opinion of Tom DeLay, he was recently aquitted of, well, everything. The New York Times fires back this zinger: “But many of Mr. DeLay’s actions remain legal only becaus… --- ## [I don't want to be your friend: how do I politely blow this woman off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-your-friend-how-do-i-politely-blow-this-woman-off/551067)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-want-to-be-your-friend-how-do-i-politely-blow-this-woman-off/551067 "2010-08-23T14:37:08Z")
A guy my husband works with (he’s military) is married to this awful woman who I’ve met at a couple of parties. She’s a total downer, never has anything positive to say, always crabby, just generally unpleasant. I avoid … --- ## [vibrators and sex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrators-and-sex/550988)
**Author:** [@Ladymarmalade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ladymarmalade)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vibrators-and-sex/550988 "2010-08-23T14:19:56Z")
Do you notice any difference in sensitivity during partner sex activities or manual solo activities b/c of vibrator use? Just… wondering. Thanks! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1894) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1896)