# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1973 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1974 --- ## [Is my FIL an asshole, or am I overreacting due to Preggo brain.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-fil-an-asshole-or-am-i-overreacting-due-to-preggo-brain/534098)
**Author:** [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-my-fil-an-asshole-or-am-i-overreacting-due-to-preggo-brain/534098 "2010-04-01T03:14:11Z")
Ok, here’s the story: Mr. Wonderland and I were going out for dinner (just a casual thing) with his parents tonight. I’m 5 months pregnant and of the topic turned to delivery procedures - specifically I asked my MIL if … --- ## [Did you / Are you participating in Earth Hour tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-are-you-participating-in-earth-hour-tonight/534076)
**Author:** [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-are-you-participating-in-earth-hour-tonight/534076 "2010-04-01T03:03:19Z")
Title says it all! Earth Hour --- ## [Recommendation for a free (or cheap) family tree website](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-free-or-cheap-family-tree-website/533898)
**Author:** [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-a-free-or-cheap-family-tree-website/533898 "2010-04-01T02:39:42Z")
For a long time now, I’ve thought about researching my family tree. I know there are a lot of websites out there that have tools for creating a family tree, searching birth/death records etc. Has anyone here used one tha… --- ## [neverending interviews](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverending-interviews/534385)
**Author:** [@goBuffalo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goBuffalo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neverending-interviews/534385 "2010-03-31T21:12:25Z")
Hey guys, So I just made it through a series of interviews, one that involved going across the country for an all-day interview with 8 people. It seemed to go well-the decisions makers talked as though I already was hi… --- ## [When will gold prices fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-gold-prices-fall/534456)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-gold-prices-fall/534456 "2010-03-31T19:54:19Z")
Not really sure if this is a GQ or a GD. Gold crept up from $400/oz in 2005 to a high of $900/oz in 2008. As soon as Obama looked like he was going to win it went up to $1200/oz and has been holding steady at $1100/oz … --- ## [NYC when you have mobility issues: bus tour or ferry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-when-you-have-mobility-issues-bus-tour-or-ferry/534247)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-when-you-have-mobility-issues-bus-tour-or-ferry/534247 "2010-03-31T19:35:08Z")
So, some gal pals and I are going to be in NYC for 2-days (and change), a Thursday and a Friday. Friday night we are going to a Broadway show, otherwise the only two goals are the Empire State Building and the Statue of… --- ## [What forums do you regularly post in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forums-do-you-regularly-post-in/534408)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-forums-do-you-regularly-post-in/534408 "2010-03-31T18:50:16Z")
After thinking about whether to make the poll “…regularly visit” or not, I decided on the above (since the alternative would include lurking, while I want to see where people actually post). I’ll put down as Word of God… --- ## [Family of 4 in Barcelona for 2 nights- where to stay???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-4-in-barcelona-for-2-nights-where-to-stay/534354)
**Author:** [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-of-4-in-barcelona-for-2-nights-where-to-stay/534354 "2010-03-31T18:47:41Z")
I am having one hell of a time finding a hotel in Barcelona for the family. With 2 kids, we don’t seem to fit in a Euro hotel room, and they aren’t really old enough to have their own room (ages 8 & 10). Maybe two room… --- ## [What Should I Do? Job Seekers Allowance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-job-seekers-allowance/534457)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-do-job-seekers-allowance/534457 "2010-03-31T17:14:47Z")
I got sacked from my job for gross misconduct (I was late) I leave the job, live off my wages for a month, then claim Job Seekers Allowance. When they interviewed me on the phone, I said I left because I wasn’t happy th… --- ## [Do you have nightmares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-nightmares/534298)
**Author:** [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-nightmares/534298 "2010-03-31T15:29:13Z")
I had a really weird dream last night, the details of which I don’t remember, but it was something about being in a kind of a creepy apartment with lots of weird noises, and I had to take a shower, but it was okay becaus… --- ## [Need a recommendation for a multi-use printer/copier for very small office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-recommendation-for-a-multi-use-printer-copier-for-very-small-office/534388)
**Author:** [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-recommendation-for-a-multi-use-printer-copier-for-very-small-office/534388 "2010-03-31T15:11:51Z")
I am looking for recommendations for a replacement for our office’s copier/printer/scanner. At the moment, we have an older standard office copier/printer/scanner that is just, frankly, a piece of crap. We don’t really… --- ## [Going to be in London on day of US v England](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-be-in-london-on-day-of-us-v-england/533930)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Lance\_Murdoch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Lance_Murdoch)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-be-in-london-on-day-of-us-v-england/533930 "2010-03-31T14:19:04Z")
By pure coincidence I will be arriving in London on June 12, the day of the big game. I figure I might swing by a pub and check out the game, but I’m a little skittish about how low a profile I might need to keep. Now I… --- ## [Lesser of two evils?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-of-two-evils/534436)
**Author:** [@bethbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bethbeth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lesser-of-two-evils/534436 "2010-03-31T12:09:41Z")
I’m trying to be kind of general here… let me know if it’s not enough. Employee has a medical condition that is well known, because it is essentially a visible disability. Said employee is exploring medical treatment o… --- ## [Your own conception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-conception/530411)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-own-conception/530411 "2010-03-31T11:25:35Z")
Do you know the circumstances of your own conception? Me: My mother wanted another child, so she did exactly what she had done three years earlier. She knew she needed to get a few drinks into my father. Since he only d… --- ## [How much of your salary do you actually see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-salary-do-you-actually-see/533923)
**Author:** [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-of-your-salary-do-you-actually-see/533923 "2010-03-31T05:27:11Z")
Inspired by the “when are you paid” thread, I did some math to find out how much of my “official salary” I actually got per paycheck/year, and I was very dissapointed with the result. So, after taxes, benefits, 401(k)/4… --- ## [Cartoon Me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-me/534373)
**Author:** [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-me/534373 "2010-03-31T02:52:55Z")
I’d like to have someone draw a cartoon of me… for use on my facebook and other pages/bbs’s. Any suggestions on how to get that done? I’m sure there are folks/companies out here on the interwebs… any recommendations? Th… --- ## [Scarface, as interpreted by Third Graders--link!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarface-as-interpreted-by-third-graders-link/534411)
**Author:** [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2010, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarface-as-interpreted-by-third-graders-link/534411 "2010-03-31T02:10:06Z")
A Facebook friend of mine exposed me to this. It’s exactly as the title says–Scarface acted out by young children. Hey, I’m looking forward to Kickass so I don’t generally have a problem with children taking on mature r… --- ## [Ship of Theseus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-of-theseus/533998)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ship-of-theseus/533998 "2010-03-30T21:36:53Z")
Ship of Theseus Hobbes’s question intrigues me. It seems to me that as parts are being replaced, the refurbished ship is the ‘original’ one. But if all of the original parts could be collected and put back together, … --- ## [Dinner at a friend's house - showing up late](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-at-a-friends-house-showing-up-late/533904)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-at-a-friends-house-showing-up-late/533904 "2010-03-30T21:33:00Z")
You have a fairly good friend whose home you’ve never visited before. Friend gives you a call and says, “Would you like to come over to my place for dinner? \ is coming, and I thought it’d … --- ## [Naked in public](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-in-public/534270)
**Author:** [@caballohiker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caballohiker)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/naked-in-public/534270 "2010-03-30T21:23:25Z")
Why is it that some people like to go naked in public? Is this a thrill to them or do they believe it is more healthy to go without clothes even in public? How do they get up the nerve to go naked in front of hundreds of… --- ## [Does this sound scammy to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-scammy-to-you/534367)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-sound-scammy-to-you/534367 "2010-03-30T20:32:44Z")
This came to our ISP email account. To be fair, it’s the email address that my husband uses on his Monster account, but it wasn’t addressed specifically to him as others have been. And, for the record, he’s not looking… --- ## [Toyota Acceleration: First hand accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-acceleration-first-hand-accounts/534349)
**Author:** [@ready29003](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ready29003)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-acceleration-first-hand-accounts/534349 "2010-03-30T20:07:13Z")
Am I going to have wait 5-10 years for a definitive answer to the mysterious toyota acceleration phenomena? Is it a real defect or is it complete driver error? Is it mechanical? Is it the computer? Now Nasa is helping… --- ## [Backup Sump Pumps - battery vs. water powered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-sump-pumps-battery-vs-water-powered/534208)
**Author:** [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/backup-sump-pumps-battery-vs-water-powered/534208 "2010-03-30T19:41:36Z")
I’m in the market for a backup sump pump. I assumed I’d be getting a battery backup system, and am considering getting this, which has an installed price of $1199. On that same web site, I also saw a water powered pump.… --- ## [Cool four month video of US weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-four-month-video-of-us-weather/534259)
**Author:** [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-four-month-video-of-us-weather/534259 "2010-03-30T18:43:18Z")
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/weathermatrix/story/26782/22-storms-in-ne-winter-20092010-radar-loop.asp This is a loop of fourth months of radar stills put together by Accuweather. There’s a link for a high res versi… --- ## [WHat are the best sharpening stones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-sharpening-stones/534132)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-sharpening-stones/534132 "2010-03-30T17:09:23Z")
I was looking through my camping stuff in anticipation of getting out once spring starts for real, and I realized I have lost my stone set somewhere. And even if I do find it, the surface of the finish stone was getting … --- ## [Have any dry eyes remedies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-dry-eyes-remedies/534181)
**Author:** [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-any-dry-eyes-remedies/534181 "2010-03-30T16:52:35Z")
I am going through Visine Tears like crazy. I don’t think I’m physically capable of crying right now. --- ## [Do You Know What "Powders" Are?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-powders-are/533555)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-powders-are/533555 "2010-03-30T16:08:29Z")
I was in Walgreens today and a grandmother and her grandson (I’d say like 13 or 14) were there. The conversation went something like this: I’m sorry but it cracked me up. I know what powders are, and I can imagine wha… --- ## [Best non-trainer sippy cups?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-non-trainer-sippy-cups/534144)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-non-trainer-sippy-cups/534144 "2010-03-30T15:42:43Z")
My daughter is starting to outgrow the soft-lidded Nuby cups that we got her to train her on–they’re great in that the spout and lid are soft, like bottles, but once they learn to manipulate them, they can spray liquids … --- ## [Fraternal/Service Organizations. Sell me on yours.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternal-service-organizations-sell-me-on-yours/533766)
**Author:** [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fraternal-service-organizations-sell-me-on-yours/533766 "2010-03-30T15:13:26Z")
I am looking for some sort of social/fraternal/service organization to join. I am a 40 year old married female. I am mostly agnostic, with pagan tendencies. However, I was raised (nominally) Christian/Protestant. I’v… --- ## [If you were buying lunch anyways, would you help a stranger by swiping their frequent customer card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-buying-lunch-anyways-would-you-help-a-stranger-by-swiping-their-frequent-customer-card/533992)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-buying-lunch-anyways-would-you-help-a-stranger-by-swiping-their-frequent-customer-card/533992 "2010-03-30T14:53:01Z")
During a slow period at work today, I started daydreaming about ways a person might creatively get by for a while if they were completely broke. (Am I short on cash till my next paycheck? Why yes, how’d you know! … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1972) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1974)