# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1945 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1946 --- ## [Is a crystal meth rush really this great?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-crystal-meth-rush-really-this-great/515850)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-crystal-meth-rush-really-this-great/515850 "2010-05-26T17:40:03Z")
In reading a review of Andre Agassi autobiographyhe describes his use of crystal meth. I don’t use any drugs except caffeine, and alcohol so I’m curious about meth. Is a crystal meth rush really this euphoric? Is it li… --- ## [Chicago travel question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-travel-question/540766)
**Author:** [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-travel-question/540766 "2010-05-26T17:28:00Z")
Thinking about making a quick trip to Chicago this weekend. I’m trying to determine how far outside of downtown I could stay while still being able to use public transportation to get into downtown. Any suggestions as … --- ## [Divorced parents, what should I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-parents-what-should-i-expect/540575)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-parents-what-should-i-expect/540575 "2010-05-26T17:10:14Z")
So it seems that my wife has decided that we are no longer compatible and wishes to separate. She has gone so far to have separation papers drawn up and has told me that nothing will work to save the marriage. We have … --- ## [Melatonin and Insomnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melatonin-and-insomnia/148740)
**Author:** [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melatonin-and-insomnia/148740 "2010-05-26T16:58:16Z")
My name is Maeglin and I have frequent bouts of insomnia. This is not due to mental restlessness, poor diet or health, or other sleep-depriving habits. As often as not, I fall asleep, wake up a mere half hour later, an… --- ## [What's there to do in New Orleans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-there-to-do-in-new-orleans/540451)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-there-to-do-in-new-orleans/540451 "2010-05-26T16:43:38Z")
Nawlins. The Big Easy. The second sin city?\* What’s to do here? My wife and I arrived here yesterday. We’re staying in the French Quarter and we’re going to be here for a week. Our schedule is fairly open so suggest awa… --- ## [I'm pretty sure I'm putting one up on Discover Card](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-im-putting-one-up-on-discover-card/521540)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pretty-sure-im-putting-one-up-on-discover-card/521540 "2010-05-26T15:28:58Z")
A few years ago, I got one of those 0% for life credit card offers from Discover. Meaning I could transfer balances that would have 0% interest as long as it took me to pay off my balance considering the following two c… --- ## [A cheery poll about pet remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheery-poll-about-pet-remains/540309)
**Author:** [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cheery-poll-about-pet-remains/540309 "2010-05-26T14:55:47Z")
We just had to make this decision and having changed my mind twice, I wondered what other Dopers do. In the end, we donated her body for study, followed by an individual cremation where we get her ashes back. What did/wi… --- ## [Male Pattern Baldness Sufferees: Any hope of getting your hair back?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-pattern-baldness-sufferees-any-hope-of-getting-your-hair-back/540681)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-pattern-baldness-sufferees-any-hope-of-getting-your-hair-back/540681 "2010-05-26T13:26:07Z")
Let’s face it, many of us are more like Socrates then Descartes. --- ## [Gold coin buying questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-buying-questions/540715)
**Author:** [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gold-coin-buying-questions/540715 "2010-05-26T10:51:27Z")
Anyone have any experience buying gold from Gold Line or from local places (like coin shops)? My brother has a notion to do something with his students requiring them to contact places and get prices, but he doesn’t want… --- ## [Most influential scientists ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-influential-scientists-ever/540733)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-influential-scientists-ever/540733 "2010-05-26T06:01:38Z")
In another thread, Dopers are eliiminating down to detemine the Most Influential Human Ever. Still in contention are \[ul\] \[li\]8 scientists (Einstein, Darwin, Euclid, Newton, Kepler, Pasteur, Planck, Faraday)\[/li\]\[li\]7… --- ## [How much, how nice, how soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-how-nice-how-soon/540562)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-how-nice-how-soon/540562 "2010-05-26T05:13:04Z")
What would a new week be without another thread about me meddling in my kids’ business? :stuck\_out\_tongue: Well, not meddling at all, just kinda curious (and a tad disappointed). Oldest kid finished college and will s… --- ## [Questions to ask, as the candidate, in internal interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ask-as-the-candidate-in-internal-interviews/540764)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-to-ask-as-the-candidate-in-internal-interviews/540764 "2010-05-26T03:51:28Z")
So I have a second interview tomorrow for a position at my company. I’m an upper-level help desk tech and it’s for an entry level QA position. The first interview went really well, but the hiring manager advised me tha… --- ## [What bizarre things do you have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizarre-things-do-you-have/540095)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bizarre-things-do-you-have/540095 "2010-05-26T02:08:13Z")
In the IMDb ‘goofs’ thread in Cafe Society I was reminded of the kitchen burner Nelix had on Star Trek: Voyager. It’s part of a GE-J-85 turbojet engine. Oddly, I happen to have one. In the ‘best airline seat’ thread, … --- ## [Autopsy results. Please give any experiences and advice here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopsy-results-please-give-any-experiences-and-advice-here/137776)
**Author:** [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autopsy-results-please-give-any-experiences-and-advice-here/137776 "2010-05-26T01:15:48Z")
Backstory: my father passed away very suddenly in Feb 2002. At the time the docs thought it was pulmonary embolism caused by DVT - apparantly it isn’t. Because his death was sudden and unexplained, an autopsy was perfo… --- ## [My boyfriend is no longer interested in sex, what's going on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-is-no-longer-interested-in-sex-whats-going-on/537852)
**Author:** [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-boyfriend-is-no-longer-interested-in-sex-whats-going-on/537852 "2010-05-25T23:12:28Z")
I’ve been with him for about 2 years. We used to have sex regularly, but over the past two months it’s slowed down quite a bit. Last night, I started to initiate things, and he told me that he was not interested. He sai… --- ## [Why do investment bankers have the reputation for being douchebags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-investment-bankers-have-the-reputation-for-being-douchebags/540741)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-investment-bankers-have-the-reputation-for-being-douchebags/540741 "2010-05-25T20:29:02Z")
I have almost never heard anyone say anything positive about an investment banker. I don’t know any personally, so I don’t know if it is true or not. I’m just curious where this observation comes from. --- ## [Men and sexual assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-sexual-assault/540024)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-and-sexual-assault/540024 "2010-05-25T19:30:19Z")
Reading the “Women and sexual assault” thread in this forum got me to thinking a bit. I’ve seen some responses from men in that thread that seemed to be insinuating that men are frequently victims of sexual assault too,… --- ## [Ask the frequent business traveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-frequent-business-traveler/540311)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-frequent-business-traveler/540311 "2010-05-25T18:41:10Z")
You may have seen people like me in the airport in suits, talking on Blackberrys constantly, wheeling suitcases in one hand and carrying laptop bags with names like “Accenture” or “Ernst & Young” or some incomprehensible… --- ## [Job role "work with imperfect data"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-role-work-with-imperfect-data/540520)
**Author:** [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-role-work-with-imperfect-data/540520 "2010-05-25T14:53:37Z")
As background: I’m a sales/marketing analyst, working in B2B distribution. At the end of last year I found myself a late casualty of the GFC and since then it’s been an unsuccessful slog getting back into work. As a 50y… --- ## [What exactly is a burqa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-burqa/540567)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-a-burqa/540567 "2010-05-25T13:29:31Z")
Hi guys. There have been a few discussions (mostly in the Pit) lately about the appropriateness of wearing conservative Muslim garb in Western countries. I get confused because I’m never sure what we’re talking about e… --- ## [Bridal Shower Gift Ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridal-shower-gift-ideas/540545)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bridal-shower-gift-ideas/540545 "2010-05-25T11:40:58Z")
I’m attending a wedding next month - the bridal shower is being held the night before the wedding, right after the rehearsal dinner (it’s odd, I know, but almost all the guests are coming from out of town, so if they’d h… --- ## [Unusual pronunciations of place names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-pronunciations-of-place-names/294328)
**Author:** [@me\_jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/me_jane)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-pronunciations-of-place-names/294328 "2010-05-25T03:12:12Z")
The Funny geographical names thread got me to thinking about place names that are not pronounced the way you’d think they would be. Near where I live in Southern Illinois, there is the town of VIENNA - pronounced “Vai-A… --- ## [Laundry: What do you run out of first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-what-do-you-run-out-of-first/540345)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laundry-what-do-you-run-out-of-first/540345 "2010-05-25T01:18:36Z")
What type of clothing do you (or would you) usually run out of first, forcing you to do a wash (assuming that you do laundry as needed and therefore are usually compelled by shortage)? --- ## [Just for fun: Moms - did your SO get you a 'Push Present'? If so, what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-moms-did-your-so-get-you-a-push-present-if-so-what/540430)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-for-fun-moms-did-your-so-get-you-a-push-present-if-so-what/540430 "2010-05-25T00:46:15Z")
Well - did you? And what do you think of them? FWIW, the Mr. has already picked up my Push Present but I don’t get it until Jr. actually arrives. What prompted this poll was this question to Ms. Manners: I actually as… --- ## [Is it just me, or does Timberland make utter crap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-timberland-make-utter-crap/540490)
**Author:** [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-does-timberland-make-utter-crap/540490 "2010-05-25T00:10:45Z")
I have been thinking of this post for a while, given some shoes of theirs that I’ve bought. Then, just now, I went to take my belt off and it snagged on my belt loop. It turns out that my year old Timberland belt has d… --- ## [Question for Koreans and Korea experts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-koreans-and-korea-experts/540628)
**Author:** [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-koreans-and-korea-experts/540628 "2010-05-24T23:22:44Z")
Okay, so, a friend of mine is half of Korean descent (her mom grew up in Korea and immigrated to the US as an adult when she married my friend’s dad; my friend has visited South Korea on several occasions, but she’s spen… --- ## [Middle Tennessee Dopefest Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopefest-poll/536262)
**Author:** [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-tennessee-dopefest-poll/536262 "2010-05-24T22:52:52Z")
After solicitating date and place recommendations, I’ve come up with a list of options for an upcoming Middle Tennessee Dopefest. If you are considering joining the party, please vote for the options that suit you best. … --- ## [Favorite Qoutes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-qoutes/539166)
**Author:** [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-qoutes/539166 "2010-05-24T22:20:03Z")
Please share with me some of your favorite qoutes. Please include the author and where or when it was written if at all possible. One of my all time favorites was by the great Dr. Carl Sagan. Im not 100% sure where I … --- ## [Do people with advanced degrees in the liberal arts have any right to complain about lack of jobs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-advanced-degrees-in-the-liberal-arts-have-any-right-to-complain-about-lack-of-jobs/539668)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-with-advanced-degrees-in-the-liberal-arts-have-any-right-to-complain-about-lack-of-jobs/539668 "2010-05-24T21:47:00Z")
It seems to me it’s be known for quite some time (decades) and becoming even more clear in the last 10 years so, that getting an advanced degree in the liberal arts often doesn’t guarantee you anything in the way of mar… --- ## [I'm getting married in 4 days! Advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-in-4-days-advice/539902)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-married-in-4-days-advice/539902 "2010-05-24T21:06:40Z")
What do you wish someone would have told you about not just the wedding day but also just married life in general? One thing I did learn was that when your fiancée asks if you’re excited for the wedding the correct answ… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1944) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1946)