# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1916 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1917 --- ## [Digital camera?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-camera/546646)
**Author:** [@mhthegoblin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhthegoblin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-camera/546646 "2010-07-20T18:57:39Z")
Hi all, Newbie here :slight\_smile: I’m after a digital camera. Doesn’t have to be too special beyond a) a high resolution (12MP minimum) and b) reliable and likely to last a while. I’m looking into this - http://ubuyha… --- ## [Where is the (American) midwest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-american-midwest/547080)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-american-midwest/547080 "2010-07-20T17:02:31Z")
I met a bunch of people the other night, and a guy and I (who grew up in the same city) were told (by someone local) that we were from the midwest. We strongly disagreed. We sometimes TRAVELED to the midwest, from our ea… --- ## [What really happens when you remove illegals from the job market. Do their jobs go undone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-happens-when-you-remove-illegals-from-the-job-market-do-their-jobs-go-undone/546897)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-happens-when-you-remove-illegals-from-the-job-market-do-their-jobs-go-undone/546897 "2010-07-20T16:43:19Z")
It’s an accepted bit of cultural wisdom that illegal immigrants do the jobs that ordinary Americans will not do. Landscaping, housekeeping, repetitive and physically demanding factory and industrial work, construction et… --- ## [Is this a good "Under £500" pc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-under-500-pc/547329)
**Author:** [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-good-under-500-pc/547329 "2010-07-20T15:42:37Z")
I’m thinking of treating myself to a new pc for my birthday. I’m not going to be playing games on it, just using it as a fancy media centre, so will this fulfill my foreseeable needs for say, the next 5 years or so? Her… --- ## [Southern Insults](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/southern-insults/546862 "2010-07-20T15:21:49Z")
I just used In a post. Like It can have various meanings, “I’m sorry that happened to you” to “You are an ass.” What other uniquely Southern insults are there? --- ## [Need advice, tips, etc. on mitigating effects of jet lag](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-tips-etc-on-mitigating-effects-of-jet-lag/547228)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-tips-etc-on-mitigating-effects-of-jet-lag/547228 "2010-07-20T14:32:12Z")
I’m travelling on business (from Boston) to China next month, and need some tips to help me deal with jet lag. Anyone? (Google reveals several thousand potential ‘cures’ of unknown efficacy. I’m interested in what has … --- ## [Do you like to drink \*non-flavored) water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-to-drink-non-flavored-water/547188 "2010-07-20T13:30:22Z")
I’m talking about regular, mostly tasteless water, not flavored like Propel or Clearly Canadian or VitaminWater. I don’t. I’ll usually drink Gatorade or Powerade or Juice to get hydrated. I can’t really stand drinking j… --- ## [Do you still make out with your SO?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-make-out-with-your-so/546788)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-still-make-out-with-your-so/546788 "2010-07-20T11:53:40Z")
My boyfriend has started worrying about the fact that we no longer smooch for minutes on end like we used to when we just started dating (we made out in dark corners of seedy bars because I was living with my parents and… --- ## [Is there a bilingual "bonus" where you work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-bilingual-bonus-where-you-work/546929)
**Author:** [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-bilingual-bonus-where-you-work/546929 "2010-07-20T11:29:24Z")
Some companies pay their bilingual employees a certain amount over and above what monolinguals earn (based on their performing the same jobs, of course). Does your employer do that? What industry are you in? And, if … --- ## [I want an Android phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-an-android-phone/546294)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-an-android-phone/546294 "2010-07-20T11:21:44Z")
Looks like Android is the future! I want an android phone with a full keyboard, I don’t like touchscreens much. Also I want it to have GPS, wifi, 3g, the whole deal. Any suggestions? --- ## [Is he a Proctor or Proctologist? More lame signs seen this month.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-a-proctor-or-proctologist-more-lame-signs-seen-this-month/547305)
**Author:** [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-a-proctor-or-proctologist-more-lame-signs-seen-this-month/547305 "2010-07-20T05:18:47Z")
This sign was up for weeks in front of a church, and was finally gone last Friday. What’s your sighting? --- ## [AT in New Hampshire - really 5-7 miles a day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-in-new-hampshire-really-5-7-miles-a-day/547127)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-in-new-hampshire-really-5-7-miles-a-day/547127 "2010-07-20T03:06:40Z")
So I’ve been looking at various locations on the Appalachian Trail for possible hikes, and several websites say that you should only plan on getting 5-7 miles a day in the White Mountains. However, looking at both pict… --- ## [Best digital camera under $200?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-digital-camera-under-200/547237)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-digital-camera-under-200/547237 "2010-07-20T03:06:10Z")
My coworker dropped her new digital camera in a toilet on her recent trip to England. It can’t be repaired. She’d like to get a new camera, but doesn’t know what to get. I’m better with film cameras than digital ones,… --- ## [What should I know before installing Windows 7?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-before-installing-windows-7/534426)
**Author:** [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-know-before-installing-windows-7/534426 "2010-07-19T23:58:47Z")
I’ve recently come into possession of a Windows 7 install disc and cd key (a legal one no less!). Before I go about installing this, what should I know? Is it fairly straightforward like the times I’ve installed win98,… --- ## [Share your DVT experiences.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dvt-experiences/546922)
**Author:** [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-dvt-experiences/546922 "2010-07-19T23:56:06Z")
(I’m not asking for medical advice, I’m actively seeing a Dr. about this, I just want your experiences.) I have been having some leg problems recently, and it turned out to be blood clots in my legs - a DVT. This start… --- ## [How do I get my furnace and A/C replaced without getting ripped off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-furnace-and-a-c-replaced-without-getting-ripped-off/547159)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-furnace-and-a-c-replaced-without-getting-ripped-off/547159 "2010-07-19T21:28:37Z")
Title says it all. My central-NJ home has a 31-year-old gas furnace and a broken central A/C unit that I would like replaced. However, when I look up local contractors I see dozens and dozens of small businesses probab… --- ## [Do you have what it takes intellectually for the military? Check out the ASVAB review questions!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-what-it-takes-intellectually-for-the-military-check-out-the-asvab-review-questions/546456)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-what-it-takes-intellectually-for-the-military-check-out-the-asvab-review-questions/546456 "2010-07-19T21:03:46Z")
ASVAB Test Online Course These are not rocket science, but a good slice of the American public who consider themselves reasonably bright would be failing a lot of these questions if they were asked them cold. --- ## [Here's something my wife can do. Where should she be working?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-something-my-wife-can-do-where-should-she-be-working/547118)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-something-my-wife-can-do-where-should-she-be-working/547118 "2010-07-19T20:59:31Z")
She can take photos, e.g. this, and do this\* to them. I’m not saying this shows great genius or anything, but it seems to me to be something that she’s good at. And she enjoys doing it. She’s made logos and cards etc f… --- ## [What was the saddest thing about 9/11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-saddest-thing-about-9-11/544561)
**Author:** [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-saddest-thing-about-9-11/544561 "2010-07-19T19:54:27Z")
What was saddest/worst/other superlative thing about 9/11? If you had the chance to erase one aspect of history but not the other, which one would you pick? Note that the 100-character poll answer limit doesn’t allow me… --- ## ["Reward" sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reward-sex/546690)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reward-sex/546690 "2010-07-19T19:37:25Z")
In this thread the OP asks for a way to show appreciation for the extra hard work her husband did. Dozens of responses suggested sex (usually oral). (Someone said oral doesn’t count as sex, but I completely disagree.) … --- ## [Daughter moving to Chicago. What should she know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-moving-to-chicago-what-should-she-know/546686)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daughter-moving-to-chicago-what-should-she-know/546686 "2010-07-19T18:03:25Z")
She got a service job at a place called The Greenheart Shop and will be living near Humboldt Park. She’ll be there for a year. What should she know about the city? --- ## [Chocolate or cheese?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chocolate-or-cheese/546783 "2010-07-19T17:45:25Z")
The usual eccentric billionaire offers you a cool $10,000 a year for each year you forgo either chocolate or cheese. Which do you give up? And he’s sunk millions into creating tests to check for both. You’ll be checked r… --- ## [Recommend me some BlackBerry apps](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-blackberry-apps/546917)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-blackberry-apps/546917 "2010-07-19T17:36:42Z")
Inspired by this thread, obviously, and by my recently purchased but not-yet-in-hand BlackBerry Bold 9700. So far, I know of one BlackBerry feature that I don’t like and that’s it’s fairly limited alarm clock (I was rea… --- ## [Labor complications: Do you choose yourself/wife or baby?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-complications-do-you-choose-yourself-wife-or-baby/546447)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labor-complications-do-you-choose-yourself-wife-or-baby/546447 "2010-07-19T15:46:35Z")
This scenario popped in my head about a week ago and although I’m not even sure it’s possible I talked it over with my wife to find out what she’d want me to do if (Heaven forbid) it ever occurs. Hypothetically, if duri… --- ## ["When to out a transgender dater"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-out-a-transgender-dater/546682)
**Author:** [@Telcontar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telcontar)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-to-out-a-transgender-dater/546682 "2010-07-19T15:41:30Z")
Randy Cohen’s recent advice column in the NYTimes caused a substantial stir in the trans community. The boilerplate: Orthodox Jewish woman notices that a man she was on a date with (possibly more than one? slightly uncl… --- ## [Nikon D90 vs. Olympus Pen EP-2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikon-d90-vs-olympus-pen-ep-2/547138)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nikon-d90-vs-olympus-pen-ep-2/547138 "2010-07-19T15:01:48Z")
One of these days (not soon) I’m going to have to get a new digital camera. Right now all I have is a Nikon CoolPix L1. It has a leak in the viewing screen, but still works. The problem is that I like to take close-up… --- ## [Best options for financing a car with poor credit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-options-for-financing-a-car-with-poor-credit/547086)
**Author:** [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-options-for-financing-a-car-with-poor-credit/547086 "2010-07-19T13:44:18Z")
I need to get a new (used) car, and have found exactly what I’m looking for. I’d like to know my options before I go there so I don’t end up looking like an unknowledgeable sucker. So, I have poor credit history, but now… --- ## [Do You Think President Obama Manscapes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-president-obama-manscapes/547042)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-president-obama-manscapes/547042 "2010-07-19T13:42:21Z")
I was on the subway yesterday and I heard one young woman ask another this question. Got me to laughing…And thinking? Manscaping: Defintions To groom a man. Shaving, waxing, cleaning up the superfluous fur A term … --- ## [Ending a letter/email with "best"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-a-letter-email-with-best/546954)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ending-a-letter-email-with-best/546954 "2010-07-19T12:15:04Z")
Lately I’ve been noticing people sign off in emails like this: I know one person who does it, then noticed several more over the last few weeks. What is this supposed to mean, an abbreviation of “best wishes” or someth… --- ## [Moisturizer Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisturizer-q/547197)
**Author:** [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moisturizer-q/547197 "2010-07-19T10:47:08Z")
Does anyone know of a moisturizer that is both paraben and palm oil free? I haven’t been able to find one. Thanks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1915) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1917)