# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1901 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1902 --- ## [Suggest me a good single-bladed safety razor.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-a-good-single-bladed-safety-razor/550260)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggest-me-a-good-single-bladed-safety-razor/550260 "2010-08-16T04:18:15Z")
Please tell me what razor I should get, if it’s true that you can get a better and cheaper shave with a single-blade safety razor. Here are my needs - I clean-shave my man-face 3 to 5 times weekly. I want a shave tha… --- ## [Simple Windows improvements Microsoft should implement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-windows-improvements-microsoft-should-implement/549266)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-windows-improvements-microsoft-should-implement/549266 "2010-08-16T02:04:50Z")
One of the things I love about Mac OSX is that folders can be given colors, making it a bit easier to locate the folder you want to access. I know there are third party programs that can be downloaded to allow this with… --- ## [King Henry VIII's Hottest Queen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-henry-viiis-hottest-queen/550296)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-henry-viiis-hottest-queen/550296 "2010-08-15T23:02:29Z")
Which of the queens of King Henry VIII do you find (ahem…) most attractive? --- ## [Is this gouging or is it the market working efficiently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-gouging-or-is-it-the-market-working-efficiently/549322)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-gouging-or-is-it-the-market-working-efficiently/549322 "2010-08-15T15:10:42Z")
Over in the GD, there is a discussion about compensation and what drives pricing, etc. etc. I’m curious what how people here view this scenario, which occurs almost annually. Please vote in the poll first before readi… --- ## [Funerals: utter waste of time, or valid ritual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-utter-waste-of-time-or-valid-ritual/550184)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funerals-utter-waste-of-time-or-valid-ritual/550184 "2010-08-15T15:05:09Z")
In the thread about things we refuse to do out of principle, one Doper said this: This sentiment seems very odd and cold to me. While I agree that some aspects of the death industry are simply a callous exploiting of … --- ## [How long does it take to go from first date to "couple"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-go-from-first-date-to-couple/549562)
**Author:** [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-go-from-first-date-to-couple/549562 "2010-08-15T11:48:42Z")
How many dates/how much time is a reasonable amount of time to get to know each other before you become a “couple” or agree to be exclusive? I met an interesting man through Match; we’ve had three dates so far. He’s al… --- ## [Should I go to college?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-to-college/550301)
**Author:** [@kevlaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevlaw)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-go-to-college/550301 "2010-08-15T08:23:53Z")
I just figured out that I can pay off my mortgage in 15 years. By that time, I would be in my late 50s and about ready to retire. I think I would like to go to college. In England (where I grew up) mature students are n… --- ## [IYO, when does a man's hair cross the "long hair" threshold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iyo-when-does-a-mans-hair-cross-the-long-hair-threshold/549798)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iyo-when-does-a-mans-hair-cross-the-long-hair-threshold/549798 "2010-08-15T07:12:36Z")
Was just telling someone the anecdote about Harrison Ford wearing a cowboy hat in American Graffiti so as not to have to cut his hair. “His long hair…well, normal for 1972/3…well, longish…by today’s standards…What are to… --- ## [Best way to give anonymous cash for a wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-give-anonymous-cash-for-a-wedding/549753)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-give-anonymous-cash-for-a-wedding/549753 "2010-08-15T06:43:08Z")
In spite of what you might have read in this thread, I am not opposed to wedding gifts. In fact, a young fellow I work with, whom I like and respect very much, is getting married soon. I don’t think they’re hurting for m… --- ## [What does the high pitched barks these dogs are making indicate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-high-pitched-barks-these-dogs-are-making-indicate/550131)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-the-high-pitched-barks-these-dogs-are-making-indicate/550131 "2010-08-15T05:20:22Z")
Video One Video Two This couple has captured an armadillo in trash can. One of the dogs looking at the captured animal in video 2 is making a weird, high pitched whining bark. What does this noise indicate? Fear, excit… --- ## [Is Win7 64bit worth the extra cost and grief?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-win7-64bit-worth-the-extra-cost-and-grief/550053)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-win7-64bit-worth-the-extra-cost-and-grief/550053 "2010-08-15T05:14:07Z")
I’m debating between the 32bit version and 64bit version of win7. My XP system that I built in 2003 just wasn’t ready for Win7. The motherboard only supports 1 gig of Ram. I just ordered a Supermicro C2sbx motherboard,… --- ## [(Car) brake thing...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brake-thing/550117)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-brake-thing/550117 "2010-08-15T04:59:25Z")
Lately I’ve noticed that sometimes (not all the time), near the end of a slowdown turning into a stop, the car feels like it’s “shimmying” a little, as if I were driving down a grooved road (which I’m generally not). Th… --- ## [Rinse mouth w/carbs for better endurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rinse-mouth-w-carbs-for-better-endurance/549720)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rinse-mouth-w-carbs-for-better-endurance/549720 "2010-08-15T04:35:33Z")
Here’san article from the Times a few weeks back, suggesting that "athletes can improve their performance in intense bouts of exercise, lasting an hour or so, if they merely rinse their mouths with a carbohydrate solutio… --- ## [Any advice on keeping a 'house bunny'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-on-keeping-a-house-bunny/550120)
**Author:** [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-on-keeping-a-house-bunny/550120 "2010-08-15T02:33:57Z")
10YO mudgirl got a bunny today. She has a rabbit cage outdoors (her last rabbit died :frowning: ) and I’m thinking seriously about letting this one be a ‘house bunny’. She (the rabbit) seems very sweet, docile, friendly.… --- ## [How might one deal with information addiction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-one-deal-with-information-addiction/550167)
**Author:** [@gitfiddle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gitfiddle)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-might-one-deal-with-information-addiction/550167 "2010-08-15T01:33:29Z")
Hello, my name is gitfiddle, and I have a problem. I am addicted to information. I have dozens of site feeds in my google reader that I read every day, I use a diigo account to highlight and categorize ever single inte… --- ## [When doing laundry--what order to add things to the machine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-doing-laundry-what-order-to-add-things-to-the-machine/549478)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-doing-laundry-what-order-to-add-things-to-the-machine/549478 "2010-08-15T00:10:47Z")
I’ve always just put the clothes in, then the detergent, then put the machine on. But sometimes I see people starting the machine, letting it fill with water and adding clothes as they go and then putting detergent in. O… --- ## [Tell me of Bali](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-of-bali/549117)
**Author:** [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-of-bali/549117 "2010-08-14T22:43:17Z")
As luck has it, I will be on a company-sponsored trip to Bali for both work and pleasure. I figure I have at least 2 days of R&R (unfortunately, they are not back to back), so I am wondering what’s the best way to spend … --- ## [Hi, old friend! In town 1st time in 10 years! Love to see you but I'll have to lie to my husband..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-old-friend-in-town-1st-time-in-10-years-love-to-see-you-but-ill-have-to-lie-to-my-husband/550045)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-old-friend-in-town-1st-time-in-10-years-love-to-see-you-but-ill-have-to-lie-to-my-husband/550045 "2010-08-14T21:00:18Z")
For ease of reference, the short title of this thread may be referred to simply as: bwuh?!:confused: I have (had) a pretty good friend for about 15 years now; she’s a gal and I’m a guy, but we never had any romantic rel… --- ## [Who Wants People Kibble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-people-kibble/49017)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-people-kibble/49017 "2010-08-14T18:35:04Z")
As inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=53966 I’m asking all of you People Kibble enthusiasts to make your voices heard! End once and for all the debate over whether or … --- ## [Questions for those who have performed job interviews.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-who-have-performed-job-interviews/550234)
**Author:** [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-those-who-have-performed-job-interviews/550234 "2010-08-14T16:24:28Z")
I’d like to ask questions of people who have interviewed at least twenty-five job applicants in their life. I’m not, by the way, asking these questions for my own purposes. I have a good part-time job and won’t be interv… --- ## [Remember me? Umm. . .no.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-umm-no/550046)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-me-umm-no/550046 "2010-08-14T15:48:38Z")
Why do people feel the need to quiz others on their short/long term memory? I just saw a woman at my place of business. She knew me by name, and behaved the way a fairly close friend might. I had no idea who she might b… --- ## [Do you call it "Autumn" or "Fall" (and what's it called in non-English languages?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-autumn-or-fall-and-whats-it-called-in-non-english-languages/549963)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-call-it-autumn-or-fall-and-whats-it-called-in-non-english-languages/549963 "2010-08-14T14:29:05Z")
What do you call the season that’s coming up–Autumn or Fall? Why does it have two names anyway? Can’t it just be autumn, so the names of all the seasons have six letter? And do non-English speaking countries have this d… --- ## [Anyone go from comp to moitor via hdmi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-go-from-comp-to-moitor-via-hdmi/550118)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-go-from-comp-to-moitor-via-hdmi/550118 "2010-08-14T12:39:05Z")
My computer doesn’t have an hdmi video card, but I wish it did. I don’t watch much from my computer to my tv, but when I do, the quality is certainly fine…but not as good as it could be. (And the dialogue doesn’t match… --- ## [Anyone planning on a Prop 8 Reversal Wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planning-on-a-prop-8-reversal-wedding/550047)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-planning-on-a-prop-8-reversal-wedding/550047 "2010-08-14T08:48:01Z")
A judge in California will rule very shortly on whether to lift the stay on his overturning of Proposition 8. Story here. I heard on the news this morning that some people are gearing up to start getting married as soon … --- ## [dSLR vs. dPointNShoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dslr-vs-dpointnshoot/549828 "2010-08-14T06:37:42Z")
I first tried some photogrophy oriented fora but things rapidly got too technical. I’m trying to decide between a digital Point and Shoot (example: Canon SX20) versus a digital SLR (example: Canon Rebel T1i EOS) That’… --- ## [Was this Irish ancestor of mine most likely originally Catholic? (Genealogy-related)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-irish-ancestor-of-mine-most-likely-originally-catholic-genealogy-related/550130)
**Author:** [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-irish-ancestor-of-mine-most-likely-originally-catholic-genealogy-related/550130 "2010-08-14T01:30:22Z")
As I’ve mentioned before, one of my hobbies is genealogy, a natural outgrowth of my mania for history. I’m curious about the origins of an ancestor of mine, James KELLY, but I don’t know even about early 19th century Iri… --- ## [What Is Your God Like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-god-like/549110)
**Author:** [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-god-like/549110 "2010-08-13T21:58:16Z")
Not ‘who is your god’, because that’s easy, and boring. But what’s he (or she) like? The personality? Is he/she friendly? Gruff? Does he talk back, or not? What does he/she do, mainly? What occupies their time? I’m willi… --- ## [Resume advice: 1 company, 3 jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-advice-1-company-3-jobs/549936)
**Author:** [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-advice-1-company-3-jobs/549936 "2010-08-13T21:51:00Z")
I spent 11 years working for one company, but did three very different jobs under two different titles. Should each job and/or title be listed separately as work experience? I currently have them all together, but it see… --- ## [Pay off debt or start saving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-off-debt-or-start-saving/550094)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-off-debt-or-start-saving/550094 "2010-08-13T20:38:38Z")
Partly inspired by this thread: How do you save money - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board It seems the axiom that is tossed about constantly is that people should start saving money “before you think yo… --- ## [Leaking basement, absent landlord.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaking-basement-absent-landlord/550135)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaking-basement-absent-landlord/550135 "2010-08-13T19:09:53Z")
I’m currently renting a house. It’s by no means a great house, but the location is fantastic- we’re out in the country, on two acres, but only about ten minutes from my office. We’re in kind of a weird tenant situation… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1900) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1902)