# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1961 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1962 --- ## [Do you prefer to date people your own age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-to-date-people-your-own-age/536735)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-to-date-people-your-own-age/536735 "2010-04-23T02:30:07Z")
Inspired by this thread, I’m interested to know your age-related dating habits. Personally, I’ve never been interested in people much younger than myself as I just don’t tend to find them that interesting or have much i… --- ## [Divorced Dopers: how'd you feel about you (or your ex) keeping the last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-dopers-howd-you-feel-about-you-or-your-ex-keeping-the-last-name/536862)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/divorced-dopers-howd-you-feel-about-you-or-your-ex-keeping-the-last-name/536862 "2010-04-23T01:40:49Z")
My ex-wife emailed me the other day out of the blue to ask me what my opinion was on her keeping my last name. She didn’t get into her motivation for asking, and she was, of course, “kind” enough to point out that my opi… --- ## [Attention runners: advice needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-runners-advice-needed/537027)
**Author:** [@sundog66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sundog66)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-runners-advice-needed/537027 "2010-04-23T01:13:12Z")
I’m very excited to be signed up for my first ever marathon in Chicago in October. The longest I’ve run so far is a half-marathon last January (on my own, not in an official race), and since then I have been running an a… --- ## [Would the parent of a child recognize that child as an adult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-parent-of-a-child-recognize-that-child-as-an-adult/536818)
**Author:** [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2010, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-the-parent-of-a-child-recognize-that-child-as-an-adult/536818 "2010-04-23T00:27:57Z")
Oddly-specific time-travel-related hypothetical question with no real answer: Say some 20-30 year old human were to spontaneously develop the ability to travel through time. For some unimportant reason he decides to vis… --- ## [How to get rid of a psycho ex?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-psycho-ex/536942)
**Author:** [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-rid-of-a-psycho-ex/536942 "2010-04-22T22:49:11Z")
Here’s the short version of the story: My girlfriend had a long term relationship that ended really badly and left her emotionally vulnerable. So she got desperate and trying to get over her past relationship she hooked… --- ## [Any advice for someone trying and failing to make a career change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-someone-trying-and-failing-to-make-a-career-change/536444)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advice-for-someone-trying-and-failing-to-make-a-career-change/536444 "2010-04-22T22:46:11Z")
OK, I’m going to give some background information. Most of what I will say I’ve said before in other threads, and I’m sorry to repeat myself, but I feel it is important to my questions. From 1990 to 1995 I worked as a … --- ## [Decent B&B's not on bedandbreakfast.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-b-bs-not-on-bedandbreakfast-com/536760)
**Author:** [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decent-b-bs-not-on-bedandbreakfast-com/536760 "2010-04-22T22:26:20Z")
Just to see how well covered the B&B situation is at www.bedandbreakfast.com/usa I checked some of the ones we have stayed at and found two that ought to be there but aren’t: Hope Farm in Natchez French Camp B&B in Fre… --- ## [Tipping...Am I a weird duck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-am-i-a-weird-duck/534339)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tipping-am-i-a-weird-duck/534339 "2010-04-22T21:08:52Z")
I tip everyone…well, not EVERYONE but: (provoked by a van driver tipping thread in this forum) I tip hotel van drivers…usually $2 per trip. This happens quite a bit because I travel much for business. I tip my hair c… --- ## [Are Mailing Lists still popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mailing-lists-still-popular/536722)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mailing-lists-still-popular/536722 "2010-04-22T20:37:37Z")
I’m finishing up a website design for a musician friend of mine, and someone has suggested to her that at the very least she needs to have a mailing list sign-up on her site. But it seems to me that they have been super… --- ## [Opinions wanted - want to increase my flexibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-want-to-increase-my-flexibility/536743)
**Author:** [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opinions-wanted-want-to-increase-my-flexibility/536743 "2010-04-22T19:55:11Z")
I really want to increase my flexibility and as I am not right now able to engage in running (due to an unrelated health issue) I thought now would be a good time to investigate some other exercise activities. I have ve… --- ## [How do you address your in-laws (father and mother)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-address-your-in-laws-father-and-mother/536891)
**Author:** [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-address-your-in-laws-father-and-mother/536891 "2010-04-22T18:10:27Z")
For the early birds, this will be a poll, please wait for the options Seeing some old sit-coms, I am amazed how many married folk refer to their spouses parents as Mr./Mrs. lastname. I am not married, but I don’t think… --- ## [How do I learn graphic design?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-learn-graphic-design/536680)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-learn-graphic-design/536680 "2010-04-22T16:42:24Z")
I’m a coder. As part of my job, I have to do basic UI/Web page layouts on occasion. Most of the time, I’m lucky, and I get to work with a talented graphic designer who sends me a screen shot and says “make it look like t… --- ## [Women, Have You Ever Given A Number Rating to a Man?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-have-you-ever-given-a-number-rating-to-a-man/536892)
**Author:** [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-have-you-ever-given-a-number-rating-to-a-man/536892 "2010-04-22T16:32:59Z")
And if you did, did a single girlfriend nod knowingly? I ask because expressions like ‘She’s a 10’ tend to come up quite a bit in SDMB threads about women’s looks or dating (e.g.) and it always strikes me that I have ne… --- ## [When did you know you were in love?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-you-were-in-love/536685)
**Author:** [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-know-you-were-in-love/536685 "2010-04-22T16:19:14Z")
This is based on the thread currently going on about when people felt was the right time to tell their significant others they loved them. Some of the posters mentioned they didn’t mention the “l” word for months, or ev… --- ## [Free message board/group hosting suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-message-board-group-hosting-suggestions/536894)
**Author:** [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-message-board-group-hosting-suggestions/536894 "2010-04-22T15:43:48Z")
My son is transferring to a magnet school, along with about twenty of his classmates. Along with the transfer, there is a lot of information coming to the parents, and some of the parents have already missed some of the… --- ## [What does your 'shoulder angel' look like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-shoulder-angel-look-like/536672)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-your-shoulder-angel-look-like/536672 "2010-04-22T15:41:24Z")
They’ve invented a little clip-on, holographic-generating, web-searching PDA. They call it the Shoulder Angel ™. There’s no keyboard - you just talk to it. What does yours look like? I think mine would look like a li… --- ## [Is this "hostess" totally out of line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hostess-totally-out-of-line/536290)
**Author:** [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Replies:** 156\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-hostess-totally-out-of-line/536290 "2010-04-22T15:03:10Z")
So a friend of mine from work suggested starting a “game night” a few months ago. It was supposed to be her and her husband, and me and my boyfriend. We were going to alternate homes and have it once a month. First gam… --- ## [What time does your mail arrive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-does-your-mail-arrive/536350)
**Author:** [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-time-does-your-mail-arrive/536350 "2010-04-22T14:33:33Z")
Obviously there’s going to be some variation – maybe even a lot of variation – but, on a typical day, when would you expect the mail arrive (at your home or residence, that is)? --- ## [Should I send a self-deprectating response to this email? Need answer soon.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-a-self-deprectating-response-to-this-email-need-answer-soon/536636)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-send-a-self-deprectating-response-to-this-email-need-answer-soon/536636 "2010-04-22T12:14:11Z")
I wrote an email to my advisor (I’m a doctoral student) asking him what I thought was a complex question. His response was a two-line explanation that implied that my question was really an application of basic principle… --- ## [Motorcycle etiquette - sharing a parking space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-etiquette-sharing-a-parking-space/536761)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motorcycle-etiquette-sharing-a-parking-space/536761 "2010-04-22T12:09:28Z")
Now that the weather has warmed up, I have started riding my motorcycle to work. Today I look out the window and see that some other yahoo has parked his bike in the same parking spot that my bike is parked in. Part of m… --- ## [What the HECK is the gal upstairs using? (tool, device, etc)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-the-gal-upstairs-using-tool-device-etc/536462)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-heck-is-the-gal-upstairs-using-tool-device-etc/536462 "2010-04-22T11:36:25Z")
4-5 times per week we hear this through the ceiling: Some Power Tool? The fidelity on that recording isn’t great, but you should be able to hear how it has very-fast-oscillation pulses of some sort, and then superimpos… --- ## [How long did you wait to say 'I love you'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-wait-to-say-i-love-you/536597)
**Author:** [@Incref](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incref)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-did-you-wait-to-say-i-love-you/536597 "2010-04-22T11:12:56Z")
So I have been seeing this girl for a couple of months. We met online dating at the start of the year and exchanged emails for a while, due to time constraints we didn’t meet in the flesh until February, but we immediate… --- ## [Has anyone ever heard "Hold it, (name)!" as a slang expression of approval](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-hold-it-name-as-a-slang-expression-of-approval/536718)
**Author:** [@tclouie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tclouie)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-hold-it-name-as-a-slang-expression-of-approval/536718 "2010-04-22T09:51:27Z")
In the mid-70’s, in grade school in Southern California (Pasadena area), I heard a lot of this one. Both black and white children would use it as an expression of approval or admiration, like during an awards ceremony, s… --- ## [Is this the greatest birthday clown or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-greatest-birthday-clown-or-what/536829)
**Author:** [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-greatest-birthday-clown-or-what/536829 "2010-04-22T04:00:08Z")
evil-clown-hired-for-stalking-threats-and-a-pie-in-the-face Basically for a week the clown will stalk the child. Yes, stalk them. Threaten to hit them in the face with a cake. If the child successfully evades the c… --- ## [How much do you owe elderly parent as their health declines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-owe-elderly-parent-as-their-health-declines/536641)
**Author:** [@Digger1914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger1914)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-you-owe-elderly-parent-as-their-health-declines/536641 "2010-04-22T03:58:21Z")
My siblings and I are using the same line of reasoning to justify two very different approaches to my elderly mother who is in a nursing home (maybe forever, but perhaps only for a short period). My mother has been in d… --- ## [Your Opinions On Hewlet Packard Computers, Please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-on-hewlet-packard-computers-please/536802)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-opinions-on-hewlet-packard-computers-please/536802 "2010-04-21T23:50:49Z")
I recently upgraded from my five year old pc to an HP Pavilion. Yesterday, I found an HP media center PC m1180n by the dumpster. The hard drive is missing, but I strongly suspects it works fine (No obvious damage, not s… --- ## [Is it rude to send a sympathy card 3 months late?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-send-a-sympathy-card-3-months-late/491232)
**Author:** [@MerryMagdalen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MerryMagdalen)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-rude-to-send-a-sympathy-card-3-months-late/491232 "2010-04-21T23:26:16Z")
My uncle died of complications of lymphoma right before Christmas. I bought a card to send to my aunt, but with one thing and another it has sat around in my notebook until now. I have warm relations with this aunt, bu… --- ## [Socks: Match to pants or to shoes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-match-to-pants-or-to-shoes/536669)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socks-match-to-pants-or-to-shoes/536669 "2010-04-21T21:11:04Z")
A coworker made fun of me on Friday for wearing “white shocks with dress shoes”. I claimed that since I was wearing jeans, I had to wear socks that matched the jeans, not the shoes. He, to my unending surprise, disagre… --- ## [What do/did you call your grandparents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-did-you-call-your-grandparents/536323)
**Author:** [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-did-you-call-your-grandparents/536323 "2010-04-21T18:04:57Z")
Not going to attempt a poll on this, because there are just too many variants. But what did or do you call your grandparents? I ask because we’re working this out with a new baby. My husband uses funny names for grand… --- ## [5-day hangover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-day-hangover/536204)
**Author:** [@RedBloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedBloom)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/5-day-hangover/536204 "2010-04-21T17:38:24Z")
I have a serious concern which I’m too afraid to go to my doctor about. This is because it has to do with a night of binge drinking Saturday night, which has left me almost non-functioning all week! Here’s my story: I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1960) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1962)