# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1958 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1959 --- ## [Do you make your bed every day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-bed-every-day/537145)
**Author:** [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-make-your-bed-every-day/537145 "2010-04-29T16:41:59Z")
I go through times when I’m good about making my bed and times when I’m not very good. I have no idea what is really considered normal bed-making expectation, though. So what about you? Do you make the bed? No? What are … --- ## [Bras suck for women of size.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bras-suck-for-women-of-size/536499 "2010-04-29T16:19:09Z")
(My new favorite way of saying I’m fat.) Newsflash for bra manufacturers: not all women with big bands need big cups\*. Not all women who need big bras want them to be big everywhere: I just want to keep my tits from wh… --- ## [Setting up wholesale store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-wholesale-store/537752)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-wholesale-store/537752 "2010-04-29T15:31:22Z")
A client of mine is getting ready to franchise her business, and will be selling a whole catalog of items to her franchisees. They’ll have a few hundred SKUs, but don’t really want to build a shipping department and war… --- ## [Did Chrysler Cars Improve (by Being Owned By M-B)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-chrysler-cars-improve-by-being-owned-by-m-b/536979)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-chrysler-cars-improve-by-being-owned-by-m-b/536979 "2010-04-29T14:41:02Z")
I was reading about the fiasco (of M-B’s brief ownership of Chrysler). The author contends that M-B did improve some of the Chrysler designs, but also introduced a LOT of problems-by trying to integrate systems from the … --- ## [Yet another digital camera advice thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-digital-camera-advice-thread/537657)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-digital-camera-advice-thread/537657 "2010-04-29T12:50:01Z")
I am in need of a second digital camera. Since it’s only for occasional use, I would like to keep it on the cheap (ie less than $100) which means used, based on the features I need. My wife does freelance reporting, an… --- ## [Little sister turning 30; somewhat depressed about it. Gift suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-sister-turning-30-somewhat-depressed-about-it-gift-suggestions/537563)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-sister-turning-30-somewhat-depressed-about-it-gift-suggestions/537563 "2010-04-29T07:25:53Z")
I am feeling atypically pithy today. This is my favorite sister. Thoughts? --- ## [We finally receive a message from space indicating intelligence. Do we respond? S. Hawking says no.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-receive-a-message-from-space-indicating-intelligence-do-we-respond-s-hawking-says-no/537364)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-receive-a-message-from-space-indicating-intelligence-do-we-respond-s-hawking-says-no/537364 "2010-04-29T02:49:47Z")
I’ve always assumed that if the human race got a message from outer space indicating intelligence we would respond and try to communicate. Noted astrophysicist Stephen Hawking apparently says “not so fast”. Would it be … --- ## [Your Instant Deal-Breakers For Dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-deal-breakers-for-dating/530898)
**Author:** [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Replies:** 277\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-instant-deal-breakers-for-dating/530898 "2010-04-29T02:34:22Z")
Sure we’ve done this before, but I always find it interesting to read what other people consider deal-breakers for potential loves. Having been single for over ten years, and having dated considerably, I’ve honed down … --- ## [Quick trip to LA - what to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trip-to-la-what-to-do/530950)
**Author:** [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-trip-to-la-what-to-do/530950 "2010-04-29T00:34:33Z")
I have to take a trip for work to LA at the end of the month. It is short, but I will be arriving with my wife on Sunday, working half a day Monday (noon to four) and a whole day Tuesday (nine to four or so), then leavin… --- ## [What color are your eyes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-are-your-eyes/536696 "2010-04-28T23:43:56Z")
From Wikipedia article. Early birds to the thread, please don’t jump the gun as this will take several minutes to set up. Poll is public, expiration date set for 6 months. --- ## [Do you bring reading material into the bathroom when using the toilet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-reading-material-into-the-bathroom-when-using-the-toilet/537197)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-bring-reading-material-into-the-bathroom-when-using-the-toilet/537197 "2010-04-28T22:05:32Z")
Do you? --- ## [Motorcycles: What's up with parking in non-parking spaces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-whats-up-with-parking-in-non-parking-spaces/536845)
**Author:** [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycles-whats-up-with-parking-in-non-parking-spaces/536845 "2010-04-28T22:02:03Z")
Inspired by: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12363541&postcount=13 What is up with this? I have a small cruiser (750 cc) and I wouldn’t think of parking anywhere other than a parking space. But I see… --- ## [Power touristing to London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-touristing-to-london/537649)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-touristing-to-london/537649 "2010-04-28T22:02:00Z")
Going to be in London for the first time for maybe 3 days at the end of May. The family and I will be out again in October and hopefully next summer for my graduation. Two things on my tentative agenda British Museum … --- ## [Recommend a style guide for technical/business writing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-style-guide-for-technical-business-writing/537481)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-style-guide-for-technical-business-writing/537481 "2010-04-28T18:04:04Z")
I am thinking of getting the Chicago Manual of Style. Application is for an IT business–proposals and technical documents. Is the CMOS sufficiently general, or is it more geared towards scholarly works? Other suggesti… --- ## [Internet, give me objective advice on a new haircut!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-give-me-objective-advice-on-a-new-haircut/536266)
**Author:** [@trentarren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trentarren)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-give-me-objective-advice-on-a-new-haircut/536266 "2010-04-28T17:08:14Z")
Alright, I know the internet is the best place to get the answers to anything, and so I’m turning to you for your help (or lols). You see, I’m going through a big life change right now, and as part of it I’m going to try… --- ## [The moving company is required to pack my stuff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moving-company-is-required-to-pack-my-stuff/537409)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moving-company-is-required-to-pack-my-stuff/537409 "2010-04-28T16:50:30Z")
I’m moving. I have been told by the estimator that the company will send people to pack my stuff into boxes prior to it being put on the truck by the actual movers. They say this is not negotiable and that if a box tha… --- ## [Salt, hypoertension, and friendship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-hypoertension-and-friendship/537512)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/salt-hypoertension-and-friendship/537512 "2010-04-28T16:06:37Z")
I am looking for ethical guidance here. Assume that the there is a strong correlation between salt use and high blood pressure (there is a related question on that in GD). I have a friend who has very high and poorly c… --- ## [Death penalty for Jesus in U.S. Court -- what would happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-jesus-in-u-s-court-what-would-happen/536925)
**Author:** [@mikews99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikews99)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-penalty-for-jesus-in-u-s-court-what-would-happen/536925 "2010-04-28T15:48:44Z")
So this guy, “Jay Seuss,” is sentenced to death in a U.S. court for sedition and treason. He is given a single penalty of death, no additional sentences. He exhausts all his appeals and is finally executed by lethal inje… --- ## [Your hair color/eye color combination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hair-color-eye-color-combination/537344)
**Author:** [@Troubles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troubles)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hair-color-eye-color-combination/537344 "2010-04-28T14:08:03Z")
A simple question - what is your hair color and eye color? This poll was sorta/kinda inspired by John DiFool’s recent eye color poll. It’s a fairly interesting thread, and it got me thinking about what eye color/hair co… --- ## [Tell me about Charlottesville VA...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-charlottesville-va/537521)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-charlottesville-va/537521 "2010-04-28T13:32:10Z")
The time has come for us to leave on our little honeymoon and I realize that I know nothing about the area we’re visiting. We booked a few nights at a B&B in Virginia, near Charlottesville. We’ve only had time for a litt… --- ## [What Do You Call the Afternoon and Evening Meals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-afternoon-and-evening-meals/536781)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-the-afternoon-and-evening-meals/536781 "2010-04-28T12:12:56Z")
I hear the terms “supper” and “dinner” used interchangeably for the evening meal, and the terms “lunch” and “dinner” used interchangeably for the noon meal. Even here in the white-bread midwest, I hear people from the sa… --- ## [Parents, and non parents: Sex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-and-non-parents-sex/537276)
**Author:** [@Todderbob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Todderbob)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-and-non-parents-sex/537276 "2010-04-28T06:33:23Z")
The question is relatively simple… What’s your opinion about your offspring having sex? Why do you have that opinion? And does it change whether the child is male or female? Does an age gap between the child and his or… --- ## [Pastor asked (forced) to leave town](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastor-asked-forced-to-leave-town/537457)
**Author:** [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pastor-asked-forced-to-leave-town/537457 "2010-04-28T06:23:38Z")
Locally, a minister (Baptist) was forced to leave town this weekend. He and his wife were just too liberal for the locals. I was not of their flock and I realize that the church elders have the right to ax any minister t… --- ## [Are You "High Maintenance" in Restaurants?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-high-maintenance-in-restaurants/536690)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-high-maintenance-in-restaurants/536690 "2010-04-28T04:47:20Z")
Borrowing the description from “When Harry Met Sally,” how often, if at all, do you find yourself asking for custom items or changes to standard menu items? --- ## [Internet privacy software](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-privacy-software/537465)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-privacy-software/537465 "2010-04-28T01:59:12Z")
This thread Had people talking about central databases of personal info. I remember reading a few years ago that a company was working on facial recognition software, so you could just put someone’s face into a search… --- ## [U-Pack and Pods as an alternative to U-Haul: opinions? experiences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-pack-and-pods-as-an-alternative-to-u-haul-opinions-experiences/537513)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-pack-and-pods-as-an-alternative-to-u-haul-opinions-experiences/537513 "2010-04-27T23:47:26Z")
In this thread, I was asking about U-Hauls, because I’m planning a cross-country move with all of my belongings and my car. I’d envisioned driving a 14’-17’ truck and towing my car. What I didn’t mention in that thread … --- ## [Atlanta Dopers: What kind of neighborhood is 25th St NW (near the Amtrak station)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-what-kind-of-neighborhood-is-25th-st-nw-near-the-amtrak-station/537449)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlanta-dopers-what-kind-of-neighborhood-is-25th-st-nw-near-the-amtrak-station/537449 "2010-04-27T23:28:41Z")
My girlfriend and I are looking at the possibility of staying in a rental property around there for a week or so late August, wanted to have an idea of what kind of neighborhood we’d be in. --- ## [What's your best guess - dog breed(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-guess-dog-breed-s/537212)
**Author:** [@Sandra\_Battye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sandra_Battye)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-best-guess-dog-breed-s/537212 "2010-04-27T23:19:17Z")
The rescue workers guessed she is a Catahoula (Louisiana Leopard Cur) mix. Any other guesses? --- ## [Are house mates a sign of immaturity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-house-mates-a-sign-of-immaturity/537254)
**Author:** [@Bean\_Wrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Wrangler)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-house-mates-a-sign-of-immaturity/537254 "2010-04-27T22:59:13Z")
In a previous thread about instant deal breakers when pertaining to relationships, I noticed many people mentioned “not living on his (predominantly) own”. As an individual who is living with 3 other people, I’m curious… --- ## [End-of-year gifts for teachers: would you like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-year-gifts-for-teachers-would-you-like-this/537056)
**Author:** [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-year-gifts-for-teachers-would-you-like-this/537056 "2010-04-27T22:41:40Z")
A friend of mine recently blogged about the family cookbook she made–you know, where you upload images to a website and they print and bind the book for you? She put a whole bunch of favorite family recipes in with phot… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1957) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1959)