# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=765 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 766 --- ## [How many times do you let the phone ring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-let-the-phone-ring/750459)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-do-you-let-the-phone-ring/750459 "2016-04-01T17:48:26Z")
When I started to use the phone, back in the Dark Ages before answering machines were common in homes (let alone cell phones) I was told “the rule” was to wait through six rings – no more or less – before giving up and … --- ## [Chalk on the sidewalk, Boo hoo hoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025)
**Author:** [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chalk-on-the-sidewalk-boo-hoo-hoo/750025 "2016-04-01T16:07:39Z")
http://emorywheel.com/emory-students-express-discontent-with-administrative-response-to-trump-chalkings/ First there was bad cafeteria food, then there wasn’t enough fried chicken. Now we have chalk… on the sidewalk… o… --- ## [Men with Vasectomies - Pain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-vasectomies-pain/637532)
**Author:** [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-vasectomies-pain/637532 "2014-07-21T20:39:28Z")
My wife and I are not going to have any children after a second child is born, and it has been assumed by both of us, that when that happens, I will have a vasectomy. Neither of us particularly like condoms, and it’s not… --- ## [Anyone here have experience with carpal tunnel syndrome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-experience-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/750755)
**Author:** [@Corporal\_Clegg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporal_Clegg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-have-experience-with-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/750755 "2016-04-01T01:43:43Z")
I have it in both of my hands. I had the carpal tunnel release surgery on my left hand ten years ago but it came back with a vengeance about two weeks ago and I’m frightened by its severity. I am a guitarist and have my … --- ## [What User Name Was Your Second Choice On This Board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-name-was-your-second-choice-on-this-board/750404)
**Author:** [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-user-name-was-your-second-choice-on-this-board/750404 "2016-03-31T23:48:30Z")
If I hadn’t been Penfeather here, I would have gone for Fossil Sausage. --- ## [Tell me your diabetes stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-diabetes-stories/750687)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-your-diabetes-stories/750687 "2016-03-31T19:18:06Z")
This maybe should go under MPSIMS, but since medical advise will probably get dispensed, I decided to put it here. I’m a little worried that I’m about to get the news I’m on the cusp of diabetes. Here’s my blood sugar t… --- ## [Jenny's a shopaholic; does she shop in your neighborhood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705 "2016-03-31T18:40:48Z")
Inspired by this thread Jenny is a shopaholic! I’ve never been to a store that she doesn’t shop at & I always get the sale discounts because of her. Does she shop in your neighborhood, too? Next time you go to a stor… --- ## [Exes and Funerals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exes-and-funerals/750682)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exes-and-funerals/750682 "2016-03-31T18:28:57Z")
If your ex (ex-spouse or ex-SO) dies before you, will you go to their funeral? If you do attend, will you likely be welcome or will you probably encounter a cold shoulder from your ex’s next of kin? If you predecease th… --- ## [Unix vs Microsoft: ERP Systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unix-vs-microsoft-erp-systems/281050)
**Author:** [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2004, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unix-vs-microsoft-erp-systems/281050 "2004-12-23T04:17:33Z")
I’d like to solicit everyone’s opinion on a situation I am in here at work. We’re moving to a new ERP system and one of the key points is what operating system it will run on. I share the computer room with 3 programme… --- ## [How to catch a lizard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-lizard/750386)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-catch-a-lizard/750386 "2016-03-31T17:52:51Z")
There’s a lizard holed up in my house. It’s in a sunken room (yes, the house was built in the 70s) so I don’t think it can get out by itself. I’d like to get it out before it dies in there, but so far it’s eluded me. The… --- ## [Doper moms: you were overworked and "dialed back". What did you do less of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-you-were-overworked-and-dialed-back-what-did-you-do-less-of/750488)
**Author:** [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-you-were-overworked-and-dialed-back-what-did-you-do-less-of/750488 "2016-03-31T17:42:53Z")
I’d like this thread and poll for women with kids mainly, please. So, you found you were overworked. Work, kids, hobbies, problems of loved ones, maybe psychological problems of yourself… it was all too much and you had… --- ## [Japan's surrender - was it the a-bombs or Soviets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japans-surrender-was-it-the-a-bombs-or-soviets/750662)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japans-surrender-was-it-the-a-bombs-or-soviets/750662 "2016-03-31T17:20:03Z")
The correct answer IMHO is ‘both’, but how much of an impact did they make respective to each other? A spin off of this thread about whether you’d drop the bombs, the impact of the USSR’s declaration of war came up. How … --- ## [Disability/Sickness insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disability-sickness-insurance/750512)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disability-sickness-insurance/750512 "2016-03-31T15:10:09Z")
Anyone have these policies I’m looking for opinions/input on the topic I need something for the husband in case of sickness or disability that would not be covered by social security for short term Basically to cover … --- ## [It's 1945 and you're Harry Truman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1945-and-youre-harry-truman/750486)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-1945-and-youre-harry-truman/750486 "2016-03-31T14:53:24Z")
Do you drop the bomb? --- ## [Some sites now not loading if you use ad-blocker--will the trend continue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-sites-now-not-loading-if-you-use-ad-blocker-will-the-trend-continue/749007)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-sites-now-not-loading-if-you-use-ad-blocker-will-the-trend-continue/749007 "2016-03-31T06:42:53Z")
Don’t know about you guys, but I started seeing this in just the past few months. Went to Forbes.com just now via Google. It wouldn’t let me see the page until I turned off my ad blocker (I didn’t). Recently, CBS.com wo… --- ## [Any Mac developers? Can you explain this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mac-developers-can-you-explain-this/750574)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-mac-developers-can-you-explain-this/750574 "2016-03-31T03:41:23Z")
\*My question is prompted by my still mourning Eudora, the original mail app which was warped into Thunderbird and retains essentially nothing about Eudora that made Eudora great, and Bento, the “Filemaker Light” database… --- ## [Why did Castro rip into the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-castro-rip-into-the-united-states/750597)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-castro-rip-into-the-united-states/750597 "2016-03-31T02:52:16Z")
He had embargoes dropped, and the potential to trade, for example, with Arkansas for rice and chickens. He went to a ball game with Obama. Perhaps he is pissed off because his team lost. Is he just an old guy who wanted… --- ## [The difference between socialism and liberalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difference-between-socialism-and-liberalism/748759)
**Author:** [@Civilrighte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civilrighte)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difference-between-socialism-and-liberalism/748759 "2016-03-31T00:04:23Z")
IMO, many of the policies that Americans call “liberal” are usually associated with socialism. Things like Alcohol regulations are socialist, but alcohol/drug legalization are liberal. Positive discrimination or Affirma… --- ## [Re women trading sex for dinner was dining out more valuable in the 50's and 60's than today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-women-trading-sex-for-dinner-was-dining-out-more-valuable-in-the-50s-and-60s-than-today/750285)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-women-trading-sex-for-dinner-was-dining-out-more-valuable-in-the-50s-and-60s-than-today/750285 "2016-03-30T23:55:40Z")
In this threaddiscussing the dating habits of a famous (at the time young and single) scientist it’s noted that he routinely would confirm that women would put out before agreeing to buy food and/or drinks. His boorish b… --- ## [GoPro help - biking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopro-help-biking/750589)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gopro-help-biking/750589 "2016-03-30T21:12:31Z")
My nephew is going to be doing the 4K for Cancer this summer (riding his bike from Baltimore to Portland to raise money for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults). He is also turning 18 and graduating high school a mont… --- ## [What is the logic behind catcalling & creepy behaviour?\`](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-logic-behind-catcalling-creepy-behaviour/750460)
**Author:** [@MrLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrLee)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-logic-behind-catcalling-creepy-behaviour/750460 "2016-03-30T20:03:38Z")
Hi all A while ago I was listening to a radio programme where a 15-year old girl was talking, quite frankly, about how unknown men ‘interact’ with her in public in unsettling ways. This could be shouting something out o… --- ## ["10 Things Men Find Unattractive": Do you find this picture familiar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-find-unattractive-do-you-find-this-picture-familiar/750541)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-men-find-unattractive-do-you-find-this-picture-familiar/750541 "2016-03-30T19:47:50Z")
The ad in the horizontal array on the message board page with this title shows the faces of two women. One faces almost forward with a blank look. On Page 119 of \*The Twilight Zone Companion \* by Marc Scott Zicree, is a… --- ## [Who primarily buys scratcher lottery tickets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-primarily-buys-scratcher-lottery-tickets/750464)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-primarily-buys-scratcher-lottery-tickets/750464 "2016-03-30T18:30:27Z")
I wasn’t sure if there was a factual answer for this, so I put it in IMHO. Who buys all these scratcher lottery tickets? I buy lottery tickets sometimes (for entertainment purposes of course), and most people that I kn… --- ## [My blood sugar is acting weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-sugar-is-acting-weird/750521)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-sugar-is-acting-weird/750521 "2016-03-30T17:55:48Z")
Just FTR, yes, I have a doctor’s appointment next week. But I still want to know if this ever happened to anyone else, and how it progressed. I have had reactive hypoglycemia for at least 20 years, maybe longer. What th… --- ## [How often do you cut your toenails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-cut-your-toenails/750515 "2016-03-30T17:38:48Z")
I never marked the calendar before, but I recently cut them just before leaving on a month-long trip. I’ve been back for two weeks, and just cut them today, and they didn’t really need it all that bad, so I would say ev… --- ## [Women how do you respond when a man compliments you when you exert little effort on yourself](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-respond-when-a-man-compliments-you-when-you-exert-little-effort-on-yourself/750469)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-do-you-respond-when-a-man-compliments-you-when-you-exert-little-effort-on-yourself/750469 "2016-03-30T16:49:22Z")
There is this woman I know, we have been talking and being flirty and whatnot. She sometimes exerts a lot of effort on her hair, but on days when she is rushed she just puts it in a bun. However the bun actually looks be… --- ## [So, say that North Korea actually carries out its nuclear threat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-say-that-north-korea-actually-carries-out-its-nuclear-threat/748177)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-say-that-north-korea-actually-carries-out-its-nuclear-threat/748177 "2016-03-30T15:45:03Z")
North Korea, a country which seemingly issues an outlandish threat every other week, has threatened nuclear preemptive strikes recently. Now, we all know, of course, that nothing will actually happen - it’s empty bluste… --- ## [San Francisco Bay trip...Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-bay-trip-part-2/750524)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/san-francisco-bay-trip-part-2/750524 "2016-03-30T05:13:10Z")
Related to this thread (but I think different enough to require a new one) I’m thinking I’ll also drive from San Jose, east of the Bay…North. Then cut across West and follow the coast down. I’ll have 2 or 3 days (th… --- ## [car people, help! '99 Corolla radio, static only](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-people-help-99-corolla-radio-static-only/750474)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lee_Q)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-people-help-99-corolla-radio-static-only/750474 "2016-03-30T04:28:44Z")
Daughter’s car radio doesn’t work. 1999 Toyota Corolla. Radio does turn on but puts out static only regardless of AM/FM or what channel it’s on. Also the volume is stuck on a loud level, not sure if that’s a clue or not.… --- ## [Best name EVER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-name-ever/750083 "2016-03-30T03:41:25Z")
Do you ever find yourself wondering, late at night, whilst the world sleeps, what is truly the greatest name of any soul in the history of the world? Wonder no longer. Actually, I’m going to make you wait for it a litt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=764) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=766)