# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1970 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1971 --- ## [Downtown Kansas City - suggestions for spending the day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downtown-kansas-city-suggestions-for-spending-the-day/535066)
**Author:** [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downtown-kansas-city-suggestions-for-spending-the-day/535066 "2010-04-07T02:52:10Z")
Hi all, I will be in Kansas City this weekend, attending a wedding. I am staying in the downtown Marriot with my mom (who is lots of fun). The wedding doesn’t start until 6:30 pm on Saturday, we have all day on Saturday… --- ## [Do You Care About You're Significant Other's Romantic Past?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-youre-significant-others-romantic-past/534404)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-care-about-youre-significant-others-romantic-past/534404 "2010-04-07T00:54:37Z")
This is always a staple of sitcoms, I just watch an episode of All In The Family, where Archie tries to hide his past from Edith, who says that what he did before they were married was his business, not hers. Then she ad… --- ## [What do you do if you find a hair in restaurant food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-find-a-hair-in-restaurant-food/535073)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-find-a-hair-in-restaurant-food/535073 "2010-04-06T21:32:36Z")
Went out to lunch today, ordered some pasta. The sauce wasn’t too thick, it had softened cloves of garlic, very good… Except for a single small hair nestled in it. It was a quarter inch long (maybe even shorter), thin… --- ## [Let's discuss how to get out of the "work experience" vicious cycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-how-to-get-out-of-the-work-experience-vicious-cycle/534622)
**Author:** [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-how-to-get-out-of-the-work-experience-vicious-cycle/534622 "2010-04-06T21:15:26Z")
you need work experience to get a job you need a job to get work experience Dopers’ collective wisdom, unite! How do you solve the seemingly unsolvable paradox that is the modern employment market. (edit: let’s skip … --- ## [If I kiss my married best friend on the lips when we meet & depart, is it cheating?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-kiss-my-married-best-friend-on-the-lips-when-we-meet-depart-is-it-cheating/534845)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-kiss-my-married-best-friend-on-the-lips-when-we-meet-depart-is-it-cheating/534845 "2010-04-06T19:32:10Z")
This is suggested by the thread on Neal McDonough being fired for refusing to film a sex scenes. I’d link to the other discussion if I weren’t such a putz. My best friend from college is a woman. She and I are very clos… --- ## [OK to play at school playgrounds on weekends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-play-at-school-playgrounds-on-weekends/534809)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-to-play-at-school-playgrounds-on-weekends/534809 "2010-04-06T19:25:36Z")
I have a toddler and the local parks are nice but very crowded (sometimes with unsupervised rowdy kids). The elementary school playgounds are also nice but usually have only a family or two playing. The school playgro… --- ## [Liberals Lionized By Conservatives and Vice Versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-lionized-by-conservatives-and-vice-versa/534872)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberals-lionized-by-conservatives-and-vice-versa/534872 "2010-04-06T18:45:57Z")
Who are some past liberals who are praised by conservatives today and past conservatives who are praised by liberals today? Liberals Praised By Conservatives: Franklin D Roosevelt-For conduct of World War II Harry Tru… --- ## [A Question on Personal Chemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-personal-chemistry/534950)
**Author:** [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-on-personal-chemistry/534950 "2010-04-06T18:23:17Z")
Personal chemistry is (to grossly oversimplify) when you feel a connection with someone, right? But sometimes one person feels a connection, and the other doesn’t. I just don’t understand this. You’re in the company o… --- ## [All-inclusive resort near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resort-near-puerto-vallarta-mexico/535156)
**Author:** [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-inclusive-resort-near-puerto-vallarta-mexico/535156 "2010-04-06T17:15:00Z")
Anybody have a recommendation for a good all-inclusive resort in or near Puerto Vallarta? Also, any recommendations for nearby activities are welcome too. --- ## [Information on Virginia Beach Please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-on-virginia-beach-please/535012)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-on-virginia-beach-please/535012 "2010-04-06T16:55:34Z")
My brother and I are thinking about bringing our families to Virginia Beach for a vacation this summer. Between us we have 5 kids, ranging from 1 year to 13 years old. I don’t know much about the area (except that it’s a… --- ## [My budgies, wild birds and disease.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-budgies-wild-birds-and-disease/535045)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-budgies-wild-birds-and-disease/535045 "2010-04-06T16:53:13Z")
I have two happy, healthy budgies and I’d like to keep them that way. With the nice weather I’ll be having the (securely screened) windows open sometimes. My budgies only go into their cages when it’s bedtime and their … --- ## [Help Me With My Laundry Dilemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970 "2010-04-06T16:14:41Z")
I’m a lack-luster, lame, lousy laundress. I normally throw everything in together, set it on “Warm” and do 1-2 loads per week that way. However, I wear T-shirts. Every Spring, I buy a bunch of new T-shirts. By the end of… --- ## [international travellers - best kind of cellphone to have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travellers-best-kind-of-cellphone-to-have/535123)
**Author:** [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travellers-best-kind-of-cellphone-to-have/535123 "2010-04-06T15:23:33Z")
So far I’ve managed by buying a cheap pay-as-you-go cellphone wherever I happen to be, but I’m wondering if there’s a better option. Most of my travel is to the US and the UK. I’m thinking either - Buy a cellphone that … --- ## [Tell me about MBT shoes, or Sketcher Shape-Ups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mbt-shoes-or-sketcher-shape-ups/534914)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-mbt-shoes-or-sketcher-shape-ups/534914 "2010-04-06T10:04:08Z")
Sketcher Shape-Ups are really advertising hard. They’re a brand of shoe modeled after MBT shoes as near as I can tell. They have sort of a rocker bottom so that you get the motion of walking in sand all the time, there… --- ## [Long Term Relationship Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-term-relationship-problem/535044 "2010-04-06T09:50:48Z")
Ok, it seems that I’ve been on here with various problems, it’s all part and parcel of understanding who I am, and getting rid of problems that have been with me for a very long time. I’m fast approaching 25, it’s 2010 a… --- ## [Hotels are clean.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-are-clean/534616)
**Author:** [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-are-clean/534616 "2010-04-06T07:36:46Z")
The sheets are washed more often than your sheets at home. The toilets and tub are scrubbed more often than yours at home. In every conceivable way, your home is dirtier than a hotel room, so why do so many people say th… --- ## [Apostrophe Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-poll/534913)
**Author:** [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-poll/534913 "2010-04-06T05:41:46Z")
Lately I’ve been noticing more and more posters eschewing the apostrophe. I’m of two minds about it. It’s a fairly late addition to English (17th century), and I’m more of a descriptivist than a prescriptivist. On the ot… --- ## [Fun home science experiments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-home-science-experiments/535077)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-home-science-experiments/535077 "2010-04-06T03:43:08Z")
I’ve been roped into being a “mad scientist” for a 7-year old’s birthday party. Anyone have recommendations for fun science experiments that will entertain a dozen kids on a sugar high? Some of the things already on my… --- ## [Dog is starting to become disinterested in kibble. Suggestions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-is-starting-to-become-disinterested-in-kibble-suggestions/535059)
**Author:** [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-is-starting-to-become-disinterested-in-kibble-suggestions/535059 "2010-04-06T02:57:59Z")
Here’s the scenario, my S.O. has 2 dogs and she feeds them twice a day. In the morning they get about a cup of kibble (some high-quality, organic brand. only the best for her babies) and in the evening they get some ho… --- ## [Things you grudgingly agree your parents were right about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-grudgingly-agree-your-parents-were-right-about/534886)
**Author:** [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-grudgingly-agree-your-parents-were-right-about/534886 "2010-04-06T01:24:59Z")
So, we’ve all had at least one thing that our parents made us do that we HATED. Trying to get us to do it would be like pulling teeth or bathing a cat. But we’d do it, and as we grew up, we’d soon realized that yeah, it … --- ## [Non-supernatural explanation for bad thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-supernatural-explanation-for-bad-thoughts/534696)
**Author:** [@JohnClay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnClay)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-supernatural-explanation-for-bad-thoughts/534696 "2010-04-06T00:52:08Z")
My sisters believe that demons and the devil himself put “sinful” thoughts into their minds. Sometimes I wonder where bad thoughts of my own come from. Do people have any psychological explanations…? The more scientific-… --- ## [Parents: what (minimum) age would you let your babysitter be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-minimum-age-would-you-let-your-babysitter-be/534681)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-what-minimum-age-would-you-let-your-babysitter-be/534681 "2010-04-05T23:07:24Z")
My son is 12, almost 13. He has 3 younger siblings. He wants to take a babysitting course and then put out fliers around the neighborhood advertising himself as a babysitter. So my question to parents of young children… --- ## [Tell me your experiences with Plantar Fasciitis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experiences-with-plantar-fasciitis/534214)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-experiences-with-plantar-fasciitis/534214 "2010-04-05T20:02:32Z")
So both my heels started hurting like heck last week. So I took proper medical advice and was advised that it was likely (but not definitely) Plantar Fasciitis. I was prescribed rest, elevation (keeping my legs up), some… --- ## [Grad School Advice- Denver or American for International Development?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-school-advice-denver-or-american-for-international-development/534706)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grad-school-advice-denver-or-american-for-international-development/534706 "2010-04-05T18:33:53Z")
Hey guys! I am in the incredibly fortunate situation of having a tough decision to make. I’ve been accepted into both American University and University of Denver. I will pursue an MA in International Development, with … --- ## [Is it vaguely creepy if a guy only likes women who are significantly shorter than he is?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-vaguely-creepy-if-a-guy-only-likes-women-who-are-significantly-shorter-than-he-is/534617)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-vaguely-creepy-if-a-guy-only-likes-women-who-are-significantly-shorter-than-he-is/534617 "2010-04-05T18:23:52Z")
Let’s define significantly shorter as being, oh, six inches or more. Let’s also ignore the outliers on the male side. That is, if you’re a 6’10" NBA player, you don’t have much choice in the matter. And now back to the… --- ## [Need advice on putting together a calithenics workout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-putting-together-a-calithenics-workout/535037)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advice-on-putting-together-a-calithenics-workout/535037 "2010-04-05T17:25:43Z")
What the title says. As I’ve lost so much weight I see that I have lost a bunch of muscle mass too, legs, butt, arms. Part is getting older, I’m sure, part is being so sedentary for so long, and part I’m convinced is due… --- ## [Rocky Mountain and Mesa Verde National Parks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-mountain-and-mesa-verde-national-parks/534567)
**Author:** [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocky-mountain-and-mesa-verde-national-parks/534567 "2010-04-05T17:16:41Z")
In mid-August we’re taking the kids (ages 6 and 8) camping and hiking in the Mesa Verde and Rocky Mountain National Parks. Does anyone have campground recommendations in either park? Or recommendations for easy to modera… --- ## [Advice on selling gold coin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-selling-gold-coin/535034)
**Author:** [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-selling-gold-coin/535034 "2010-04-05T17:09:16Z")
I’m considering selling a U.S. gold coin, but don’t really know how to go about it. Any advice or info would be appreciated. The coin is a 1924 (or 1928 – I forget which) Saint-Gaudens $20 Double Eagle. My father gave… --- ## [What do you look for in a neighborhood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-in-a-neighborhood/534358)
**Author:** [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-look-for-in-a-neighborhood/534358 "2010-04-05T16:51:05Z")
I’m considering providing a service for homebuyers that would help them assess their potential neighborhood. As far as information about specific properties, I don’t have access to anything that wouldn’t be available pu… --- ## [Why does no one on the internet know the difference between its and it's ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-no-one-on-the-internet-know-the-difference-between-its-and-its/534879)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-no-one-on-the-internet-know-the-difference-between-its-and-its/534879 "2010-04-05T16:07:39Z")
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