# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1979 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1980 --- ## [2000-2009: Worst Decade Ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-2009-worst-decade-ever/532782)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2010, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2000-2009-worst-decade-ever/532782 "2010-03-20T01:19:23Z")
My girlfriend and I have talked at length about this past decade being the worst ever. Katrina, 9/11, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, WMD, the Great Recession, foreclosures, reality television, Bush… there really isn’t anythin… --- ## [Would you respect a guy who eats a dozen banans per day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-respect-a-guy-who-eats-a-dozen-banans-per-day/533071)
**Author:** [@Champion\_the\_Drinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Champion_the_Drinker)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-respect-a-guy-who-eats-a-dozen-banans-per-day/533071 "2010-03-19T22:55:37Z")
This is my goal. I want to know if it will make me contemptable OR if it will make me more popular, socially. --- ## [Should I get a tattoo of a luchador being shot out of a cannon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-tattoo-of-a-luchador-being-shot-out-of-a-cannon/533070)
**Author:** [@Champion\_the\_Drinker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Champion_the_Drinker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-get-a-tattoo-of-a-luchador-being-shot-out-of-a-cannon/533070 "2010-03-19T22:53:02Z")
It would be pretty big. cannon under my arm and the luchador flying across my abs/chest. --- ## [Do you have family stickers on your car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-family-stickers-on-your-car/531592)
**Author:** [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-family-stickers-on-your-car/531592 "2010-03-19T20:12:25Z")
I’ve noticed those family line-drawing stickers in the past, but started wondering about them today while on the highway. I’ve seen different versions, including some with mouse ears and some shaped like feetand flip-flo… --- ## [One Small Question: The Meaning of Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-question-the-meaning-of-life/532829)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-small-question-the-meaning-of-life/532829 "2010-03-19T19:46:58Z")
Ok, I lied. It’s a biggie. But, what’s your take on how life or some superior life force works? What if people’s bad acts, including white collar crimes, were punished in a timely fashion such that it was clear NOT t… --- ## [Merit Resources - Has anyone used them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-resources-has-anyone-used-them/533050)
**Author:** [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merit-resources-has-anyone-used-them/533050 "2010-03-19T19:29:49Z")
Somewhere out in Doperland somebody must have used Merit Resources, an outsource HR business. I’ve always been a little leery of them as it seems that nearly everywhere I’ve worked they’ve tried to sell us on their serv… --- ## [Interesting dilemma involving adolescents, ex-spouse and private school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-dilemma-involving-adolescents-ex-spouse-and-private-school/532811)
**Author:** [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-dilemma-involving-adolescents-ex-spouse-and-private-school/532811 "2010-03-19T19:10:05Z")
To make things simple I’ll just call the characters in this story Mom, Dad, Daughter and Exhusband. When Mom and Dad got married about 10 years ago, Mom had two preschool daughters: Daughter and her younger sister. Now… --- ## [What constitutes an official pub-crawl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-an-official-pub-crawl/532858)
**Author:** [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-constitutes-an-official-pub-crawl/532858 "2010-03-19T18:13:33Z")
For St. Paddy’s Day I took my brother out to my favorite pub - his first time out to a proper bar. We had a couple beers, then moved on to another bar where we had a few more. I figure this is an introductory-level pub-c… --- ## [Water cooled home computers - does anyone have experience with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-cooled-home-computers-does-anyone-have-experience-with-them/532777)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-cooled-home-computers-does-anyone-have-experience-with-them/532777 "2010-03-19T16:32:15Z")
I’m considering building a water cooled computer the next time I upgrade my home PC, mostly just to try something different. I’m a bit nervous over the whole idea of having coolant flowing around in tubes under my desk. … --- ## [Annual Daylight Savings Time Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-daylight-savings-time-poll/532398)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annual-daylight-savings-time-poll/532398 "2010-03-19T16:03:03Z")
Well in America (most places) Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow Sunday March 14th at 2am. What are you feelings about this? Like it? Hate it? Did it start too early this year? --- ## [Physician Review Websites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physician-review-websites/532297)
**Author:** [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physician-review-websites/532297 "2010-03-19T16:00:53Z")
Where do you go to find info to help choose a doctor? I’ve found a few websites, but none that are very good. I’ve got a list of ortho surgeons recommended by various people and I’m trying to choose one. I know there … --- ## [Apartment dwellers: Why do you pickle yourself in loud music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-dwellers-why-do-you-pickle-yourself-in-loud-music/532742)
**Author:** [@halfliquid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/halfliquid)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-dwellers-why-do-you-pickle-yourself-in-loud-music/532742 "2010-03-19T16:00:21Z")
If you are someone who lives in an apartment and likes to blast music day and night to the detriment of your neighbors I would like to know why you do this? Is it that you have no thoughts in your head and need to fill … --- ## [Bus Etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-etiquette/532543)
**Author:** [@nellfulltilt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nellfulltilt)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-etiquette/532543 "2010-03-19T15:39:49Z")
Hi, I have always wondered what the right thing to do is in the following situation: So, lets say I hop on the bus on the way to work and it is pretty packed so I sit down next to someone. The bus continues it’s journe… --- ## [Going rates for babysitters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-babysitters/532505)
**Author:** [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-rates-for-babysitters/532505 "2010-03-19T14:52:48Z")
My very-soon-to-be 14 y.o. DD is also a soon-to-be Red Cross Certified Babysitter. She is asking my advice on what to charge. I have no idea. Have you paid a babysitter recently? What did you pay? Any other advice? --- ## [Reference help, please. (Irish emigration, circa 1845-1850)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-help-please-irish-emigration-circa-1845-1850/532630)
**Author:** [@History\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/History_Geek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reference-help-please-irish-emigration-circa-1845-1850/532630 "2010-03-19T13:03:55Z")
My search-fu is not cooperating this week, so I need a little assist. I’m putting together a list of sources for a paper on conditions faced by Irish emigrants during the Great Famine. I’ve got several journal articles t… --- ## [Disneyland with a kid (2yo)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-with-a-kid-2yo/532781)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disneyland-with-a-kid-2yo/532781 "2010-03-19T11:35:31Z")
Despite our considerable expertise in HappiestPlaceOnEarthology, my wife and I don’t have children. Thus, we neglect (or outright avoid) the parts of the park that cater to the young’uns. However, in June we’re borrowin… --- ## ["You Lie" Bumper Sticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lie-bumper-sticker/532696)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lie-bumper-sticker/532696 "2010-03-19T09:00:15Z")
One of the parents at my daughter’s school is a staunch Republican. I suspect he probably works on Capitol Hill. On his SUV is a bumper sticker with “You Lie” over the Republican symbol. (He has no other stickers, jus… --- ## [Ireland Vacation - help me plan it please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-vacation-help-me-plan-it-please/532402)
**Author:** [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-vacation-help-me-plan-it-please/532402 "2010-03-19T00:20:04Z")
So the wife and I need to get away and neither of us have been to Ireland. We’re thinking about going at end of April/early May. In looking into it, there seems to be so much to do/see that I’m having trouble even layi… --- ## [Awright, \*what\* states have you been in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awright-what-states-have-you-been-in/532603)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awright-what-states-have-you-been-in/532603 "2010-03-19T00:08:43Z")
Since in the other poll about how many states people had been in, people shared which states, I thought it would be fun to enumerate the states people have been to. Again, the rule for ‘been in’ a state is your foot or … --- ## [How much are vacation days worth to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-vacation-days-worth-to-you/532791)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-are-vacation-days-worth-to-you/532791 "2010-03-19T00:02:30Z")
Suppose you currently get 15 days paid vacation per year in addition to the standard 10 (US) holidays. You are evaluating 2 potential jobs, both have the standard 10 holidays, but Job A has 5 days vacation and pays more… --- ## [Defriending on Facebook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defriending-on-facebook/532689)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defriending-on-facebook/532689 "2010-03-18T19:31:55Z")
I’m not the type of person who friends people on Facebook just because I recognize their name. I only send requests to people I actually know, or have had some sort of relationship with in the past. Most of the time, i… --- ## [Managing A More Experienced Individual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-a-more-experienced-individual/532705)
**Author:** [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/managing-a-more-experienced-individual/532705 "2010-03-18T18:36:50Z")
I screwed up at work and I turn to all of you for help. I’m an Environmental Engineer and I’ll be completing my 3rd year with same company (first job out of school) in May. During my last performance review in November,… --- ## [Someone ruined my lawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-ruined-my-lawn/532651)
**Author:** [@Morgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgis)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-ruined-my-lawn/532651 "2010-03-18T17:56:07Z")
Yesterday, I came home from work to find that someone had driven a large piece of machinery through my side yard and across the backyard. Whoever it was dug a large hole in the backyard and then partially filled it back … --- ## [Seriously considering dropping medical coverage, opinions needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-considering-dropping-medical-coverage-opinions-needed/532284)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seriously-considering-dropping-medical-coverage-opinions-needed/532284 "2010-03-18T16:28:36Z")
Here’s the deal. Currently I’m privately insured, and my premiums keep rising. It’s simply getting ridiculous. Shopping around reveals that I can’t do much better on my own, and my rate is better than is what is offered … --- ## [Anybody have a Samsung Intensity? Like it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-samsung-intensity-like-it/532584)
**Author:** [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-have-a-samsung-intensity-like-it/532584 "2010-03-18T16:00:18Z")
Is it intense? :smiley: My carrier is advertising it free with a new contract. Sounds good, but be interested in opinions of users. --- ## [People who don't eat their feelings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-eat-their-feelings/532209)
**Author:** [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-eat-their-feelings/532209 "2010-03-18T15:27:06Z")
…What do you do with them? I’m losing weight. I’ve already started losing, but I’ve decided that being left to my own devices as far as food choice goes is not getting me any closer to my goal of using food as fuel and… --- ## [Things to do in Niagara Fals with 4yo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-niagara-fals-with-4yo/532437)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-do-in-niagara-fals-with-4yo/532437 "2010-03-18T04:03:22Z")
I’m taking my daughter to Niagara Falls in a couple of weeks for two days or so. What kinds of things might she like to do while we are there. I don’t think that she’ll like doing the boat tours as she doesn’t like to g… --- ## [The stereotypes who support your country's major political parties](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypes-who-support-your-countrys-major-political-parties/532836)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stereotypes-who-support-your-countrys-major-political-parties/532836 "2010-03-18T02:33:57Z")
Canada Green Party - Greenpeace and PETA lovers who live in their parents’ basement. New Democrats (NDP) - Socialists, anti-corporate goateed Starbuck lovers. Liberals - Urban apartment dwellers and immigrants. Conse… --- ## [online collaborative mind-mapping app that doesn't suck and people actually use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-collaborative-mind-mapping-app-that-doesnt-suck-and-people-actually-use/532766)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-collaborative-mind-mapping-app-that-doesnt-suck-and-people-actually-use/532766 "2010-03-18T02:05:50Z")
is there such a thing? I looked at MindMeister demo briefly and it looks ugly and not inconvenient. Does anybody know and/or use something that’s convenient and worth it? --- ## [When do you take out your summer clothing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-take-out-your-summer-clothing/532514)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-take-out-your-summer-clothing/532514 "2010-03-18T01:20:08Z")
It’ll be in the 70’s here this week, so I’m thinking it is time to unearth my summer clothing, at least to wash it and have it ready to go. I’m in CA so chances are we won’t see many more cold days. But back east it can… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1978) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1980)