# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1920 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1921 --- ## [MD looking for a home, Australia or US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346)
**Author:** [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/md-looking-for-a-home-australia-or-us/546346 "2010-07-14T11:29:33Z")
This is a far out question I admitr, but what the hell! what im looking for here is good opinions, nothing more and nothing less. Im a humble man from northern Europe, just finished my MD. I have decided to do an old s… --- ## [Did you or a friend grow up black in "white world"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-or-a-friend-grow-up-black-in-white-world/546495)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-or-a-friend-grow-up-black-in-white-world/546495 "2010-07-14T06:46:53Z")
I just visited Bro 2, whom I’ve mentioned here before has a 3-year old from Uganda. His BIL also adopted a boy from the same “baby cottage”, so now they’re adopted cousins. Adam is now stringing together sentences, but o… --- ## [Does new technology make you feel old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-new-technology-make-you-feel-old/545955)
**Author:** [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-new-technology-make-you-feel-old/545955 "2010-07-14T05:52:49Z")
I’ve always been on the forefront of new technology until very recently. I had a laptop when they were expensive and crappy, I had lots of new toys and gadgets, and I always kept up with the literature. Recently though,… --- ## [Anyone here ever had a goat as a pet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-had-a-goat-as-a-pet/546450)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-ever-had-a-goat-as-a-pet/546450 "2010-07-14T05:31:58Z")
I went to the websiteof a local dairy that sold me some very nice chevreat the farmer’s market, and it turns out that when they breed their Nubians, they add the females to their herd but re-home the males. Makes sense, … --- ## [The woman who mispronounced her own name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-mispronounced-her-own-name/543261)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-woman-who-mispronounced-her-own-name/543261 "2010-07-14T04:47:28Z")
I was on the phone this afternoon with a Bluecross-Carefirst rep re some medical bills for my daughter I needed clarified. Judging by her voice she was African American and she introduced herself as “Pruh-sef-fon-nay”. I… --- ## [The Best $19.95 I Have Ever Spent \[word processor\] (Not spam)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-19-95-i-have-ever-spent-word-processor-not-spam/546444)
**Author:** [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-19-95-i-have-ever-spent-word-processor-not-spam/546444 "2010-07-14T04:46:51Z")
Would you like to find the perfect word processor. For a word schlepper like me that means fast, featured and cheap. Try the freeware \[product name deleted by staff - see explanation below\] I used Jarte for 2 yrs and … --- ## [What Is The Mindset Of Suicide Bombers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-mindset-of-suicide-bombers/546557)
**Author:** [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-mindset-of-suicide-bombers/546557 "2010-07-14T03:26:17Z")
I know there is no easy answer, but in reading about the recent attack in Uganda, and seeing they found a vest with a bomb that a potential suicide bomber left after maybe getting second thoughts, it got me to wondering … --- ## [Paging the language police](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-the-language-police/546233)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paging-the-language-police/546233 "2010-07-14T02:25:51Z")
Today I took a test to be a state worker drone. This was one of the questions. Which one of these sentences is incorrect? a. We are going by grandma’s house to visit her. b. We are going to grandma’s house to visit h… --- ## [Help me figure out what laptop to get](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-laptop-to-get/546479)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2010, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-figure-out-what-laptop-to-get/546479 "2010-07-14T01:35:31Z")
I’m going to be buying a laptop soon. It’ll replace my PC because I’m going to be traveling and don’t particular want to haul around the tower. I mostly do graphics work with a little bit of 3D (which my computer now ca… --- ## [Woman, sitting.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658)
**Author:** [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-sitting/545658 "2010-07-13T23:53:11Z")
Clever title, huh? Anyway, is uncomfortable in her genetal area for a woman to sit with her legs together for a long time as it is for a man? I’ve heard men complain about it, and it is for me, but I’ve never heard a w… --- ## [How best to answer the question "Why did you make that mistake?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-answer-the-question-why-did-you-make-that-mistake/546445)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-best-to-answer-the-question-why-did-you-make-that-mistake/546445 "2010-07-13T23:08:37Z")
One communication situation that I don’t thing I’ll ever going to find a ‘correct’ solution to: Injured Party: Why did you make that mistake? me: I was slightly drunk, tired, in a hurry, forgot X, overestimated my abil… --- ## [Best Antiperspirant/Deodorant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-antiperspirant-deodorant/546415)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-antiperspirant-deodorant/546415 "2010-07-13T22:23:30Z")
What is your favorite antiperspirant/deodorant and why? I am looking for one that works well, isn’t sticky or gets gunk on my clothes. --- ## [educate me about DVR systems (VCR replacement)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-dvr-systems-vcr-replacement/546227)
**Author:** [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-dvr-systems-vcr-replacement/546227 "2010-07-13T19:45:57Z")
So, for many years, I have kept a VCR around to look at old family videotapes. Since I don’t have the time to watch much TV anymore (two kids, 4 and 7) I don’t bother recording TV shows - Netflix has been providing my en… --- ## [Giving up red meat... How hard is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-red-meat-how-hard-is-it/546006)
**Author:** [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-up-red-meat-how-hard-is-it/546006 "2010-07-13T19:14:55Z")
So, after a recent case of gout, and years of being overweight, I’m thinking of cutting red meat out of my diet. It doesn’t seem like it would be too difficult to do, as most places that serve beef also have some sort of… --- ## [Battle for the title of the One True Walt Disney of Japan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-title-of-the-one-true-walt-disney-of-japan/546372)
**Author:** [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/battle-for-the-title-of-the-one-true-walt-disney-of-japan/546372 "2010-07-13T18:59:39Z")
Three men have been called “the Walt Disney of Japan.” We’re going to settle once and for all who really deserves the title in a Battle Royale (poll) of Epic Proportions (open to SDMB members only.) In the Red Corner we… --- ## [NuVet Plus Dog Vitamins Any Good? Are they Safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuvet-plus-dog-vitamins-any-good-are-they-safe/546546 "2010-07-13T17:34:57Z")
I’m buying a new dog. The breeder recommends NuVet Plus Dog Vitamins. I’m hoping someone here has used them. Are they Any Good? Are they Safe? I wasn’t sure if this is a scam product or new age mystic crap. Supposedly… --- ## [Calming an excitable dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calming-an-excitable-dog/546515)
**Author:** [@Random\_Design](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random_Design)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calming-an-excitable-dog/546515 "2010-07-13T15:08:24Z")
My landlord’s dog is very excitable medium-sized terrier mix of some sort. I like to give him treats every now and then, but the guy gets SO hyped as soon as he sees me going for the pack of biscuits that he starts brea… --- ## [You have been bequeathed the services...(Hypothetical)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-bequeathed-the-services-hypothetical/546462)
**Author:** [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-been-bequeathed-the-services-hypothetical/546462 "2010-07-13T14:00:29Z")
Let’s say that you have been bequeathed the services of an artisan for the rest of your days. Said artisan will create for you whatever is within their ability, and we will grant this artist unending talent and ability;… --- ## [What hair gels do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-gels-do-you-like/546379)
**Author:** [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hair-gels-do-you-like/546379 "2010-07-13T10:28:48Z")
I couldn’t decide if this was better here or in IMHO, mods feel free to move it. So I am mad at my hair. It’s very fine and breaks easily, and it grows very slowly. The worst problem though is that while it is straigh… --- ## [Will The Loundess War Ever End? (CD mastering)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-loundess-war-ever-end-cd-mastering/546264)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-loundess-war-ever-end-cd-mastering/546264 "2010-07-13T10:12:31Z")
As I mentioned in an earlier thread, I am ripping a bunch of my CDs to my hard drive this week. While listening to more music in the process, I have noticed this effect more than I have in the past. Will the Loudness W… --- ## [Weird Businesses in Your Area](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-businesses-in-your-area/180293)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-businesses-in-your-area/180293 "2010-07-13T02:49:53Z")
Tell me about weird businesses in your area. By “weird” I mean: \[ul\] \[li\]Weird merchandise.\[/li\]\[li\]Weird hours.\[/li\]\[li\]Weird decor.\[/li\]\[li\]Weird employees/owner.\[/li\]\[li\]Generally weird “vibe.”\[/li\]\[/ul\] I’m inspir… --- ## [Questions for the lawyers here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-the-lawyers-here/545788)
**Author:** [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-for-the-lawyers-here/545788 "2010-07-13T02:36:10Z")
I don’t think this falls under the category of “Legal advice,” since this is more related to law school than law per se, so… I’m a graduate student in music trying to get into a few competitive law schools. I’m in Canad… --- ## [Do you want the ball?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-the-ball/546190)
**Author:** [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-want-the-ball/546190 "2010-07-12T23:57:58Z")
The game is on the line. The next play will be decisive. 4th and goal, 2 seconds on the clock. Alternatively, bases loaded, 2 out, bottom of the 9th and you’re on the mound or at the plate. Insert similar situations … --- ## [Sauna pronunciation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sauna-pronunciation/546221)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sauna-pronunciation/546221 "2010-07-12T23:37:37Z")
‘Sauna’ is mentioned in another thread. How do you pronounce ‘sauna’? My mother’s husband was from Finland, so I pronounce it the way they did: ‘SOW-na’. --- ## [Does this sound like a good idea to put on my Resume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-like-a-good-idea-to-put-on-my-resume/546169)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-like-a-good-idea-to-put-on-my-resume/546169 "2010-07-12T22:35:23Z")
Three years ago I lost my job, went for a two year degree, and have been looking for work ever since. Since long term unemployment is frowned upon I’m wondering if this would help. My wife is disabled and with the assi… --- ## [Women with big stones - Are big, flashy gemstones in jewelry in poor taste of not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-big-stones-are-big-flashy-gemstones-in-jewelry-in-poor-taste-of-not/545803)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-with-big-stones-are-big-flashy-gemstones-in-jewelry-in-poor-taste-of-not/545803 "2010-07-12T22:14:35Z")
I’m watching QVC as I surf, and I’m stunned by the sheer size of some of the gemstones in rings, pendants, bracelets etc. they are hawking. I’ve always had the notion in the back of my mind that smaller jewels and settin… --- ## [What's your expertise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-expertise/546024)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-expertise/546024 "2010-07-12T21:58:39Z")
We haven’t had one of this in a while, and they’re always informative, so, what are you an expert in? Me: Kimono (at least on this board), Thundercats, Silverhawks, Graphic Design, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, a… --- ## [Was Helen Keller exceptionally intelligent, or was Annie Sullivan a great teacher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-exceptionally-intelligent-or-was-annie-sullivan-a-great-teacher/546323)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-helen-keller-exceptionally-intelligent-or-was-annie-sullivan-a-great-teacher/546323 "2010-07-12T21:54:39Z")
I just watched this video of Anne Sullivan describing how Helen Keller learned to speak. Together with her writing, which is excellent, and considering the fact that she did not acquire any kind of communication ability… --- ## [Would You/Have You Checked Yourself of the Hospital (Against Medical Advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-you-checked-yourself-of-the-hospital-against-medical-advice/546368)
**Author:** [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-have-you-checked-yourself-of-the-hospital-against-medical-advice/546368 "2010-07-12T19:44:05Z")
There is a GQ thread about the possibility of leaving the hospital on your own authority. (Aside from some obscure laws, the answer is: If a judge didn’t put you in there, you’re free to go. Another poster pointed out … --- ## [What are some common products that have multiple completely different uses or target consumers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-products-that-have-multiple-completely-different-uses-or-target-consumers/546400)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-common-products-that-have-multiple-completely-different-uses-or-target-consumers/546400 "2010-07-12T18:43:00Z")
I’m trying to explain a point about target marketing to a class, and need some examples of things that have completely different uses and might be sold in completely different types of stores or might have different audi… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1919) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1921)