# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=777 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 778 --- ## [Stories about when your boss got fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-when-your-boss-got-fired/746743)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stories-about-when-your-boss-got-fired/746743 "2016-02-29T19:32:39Z")
On another message board I read there’s a thread about people quitting their job, and bad management is a recurrent theme. So I’d like stories about when your manager got fired. I have no direct experience myself of th… --- ## [Parents - which one of you is the mean one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-one-of-you-is-the-mean-one/747215)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-which-one-of-you-is-the-mean-one/747215 "2016-02-29T18:48:15Z")
On another thread one topic that has come up is that often one parent will be the disciplinarian while the other is the type who either doesnt want to discipline the kids, doesnt see the problem, or plain simply lacks th… --- ## [How long should a man's fingernails be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-a-mans-fingernails-be/306817)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-should-a-mans-fingernails-be/306817 "2016-02-29T17:21:38Z")
I’ve been told several times that my fingernails are too long. I don’t think they are- opinions on socially acceptable length for a man’s fingernails, please. --- ## [Carrying a poster in an airline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-a-poster-in-an-airline/747492)
**Author:** [@clarkson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clarkson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carrying-a-poster-in-an-airline/747492 "2016-02-29T16:45:21Z")
I have to participate for a conference in India. My have my poster in a tube and it is 3 feet long. I am planning on carrying it as hand luggage. Has anyone taken a poster on Jet Airways? Would there be a problem in car… --- ## [One Night in NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-night-in-nyc/747356)
**Author:** [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-night-in-nyc/747356 "2016-02-29T16:34:52Z")
I’m being sent to NYC for business, but the only free time I’m going to have is the evening before my meetings. My flight gets into La Guardia about 4:00pm. So what should a middle-ageish woman do in the big city all o… --- ## [what do I do about racist ethnic mods on major forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-about-racist-ethnic-mods-on-major-forums/745698)
**Author:** [@Civilrighte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civilrighte)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-about-racist-ethnic-mods-on-major-forums/745698 "2016-02-29T15:31:09Z")
I’ve been trying to post threads on several forums over the past few weeks in order to voice my concerns about Pakistanis and pro-pakistani racism. But every time I post, the same mod (different on each forum) at the sa… --- ## [Have you ever smoked a cigar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-smoked-a-cigar/747117)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-smoked-a-cigar/747117 "2016-02-29T14:43:33Z")
I have never done so (and never will), but for some reason, I like reading about cigars. No idea why. Poll to come. --- ## [Why don't motorcycle pipes go forward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-motorcycle-pipes-go-forward/747002)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-motorcycle-pipes-go-forward/747002 "2016-02-29T13:37:45Z")
Whenever loud motorcycles are discussed, the bikers’ response is usually that open pipes alert distracted car drivers to the bike’s presence. That’s good enough for me, but I have another question. If the object is to wa… --- ## [Probate question (California): legatee's right to examine will](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probate-question-california-legatees-right-to-examine-will/747363)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probate-question-california-legatees-right-to-examine-will/747363 "2016-02-29T06:53:52Z")
A friend of ours died last September, without any close relative as next of kin, and in her will, she left her house to another friend. As a matter of interest, if not legal relevance, both friends are women in their mi… --- ## [Global financial crisis really bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-financial-crisis-really-bad/746658)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/global-financial-crisis-really-bad/746658 "2016-02-29T04:00:12Z")
What is going on in the world that so many countries the economy is doing very bad and so many places in the world are in a state of emergency!!! \*\* Most people now expect a global financial crisis this year 51% of Br… --- ## [Please check my new PC build](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-check-my-new-pc-build/747008)
**Author:** [@The\_Man\_In\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_In_Black)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-check-my-new-pc-build/747008 "2016-02-29T01:01:41Z")
Hello. My current computer is a little antiquated, so I am planning a new build. I have built my last 2 systems, so I know how to do it, but I’d like some input. I currently only play Civ V (which my current system ba… --- ## [Desktop computer case fan slowing way down at intervals - cause?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-computer-case-fan-slowing-way-down-at-intervals-cause/747357)
**Author:** [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-computer-case-fan-slowing-way-down-at-intervals-cause/747357 "2016-02-28T22:56:01Z")
I have a Cooler Master case with several fans on a custom-built PC I’ve been using for years. Recently one of the fans on the top of the case started making a loudish noise every 5-6 seconds. I got a flashlight and watc… --- ## [Do you have any go-to books...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-go-to-books/746871)
**Author:** [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-any-go-to-books/746871 "2016-02-28T19:38:16Z")
…for personal inspiration? I’m sure many Dopers will not regularly consult the traditional texts of organized religions, but are there works you like to keep by you for intellectual or moral uplift from time to time? --- ## [Do the Clintons sleep together?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-clintons-sleep-together/747364)
**Author:** [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-clintons-sleep-together/747364 "2016-02-28T19:14:54Z")
If only for appearance sake? I can’t imagine them having sex, even by Bill’s narrowed definition. For the purposes of this thread, do they even spoon? --- ## [Looking for General Medical Information](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-general-medical-information/746941)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-general-medical-information/746941 "2016-02-28T16:22:23Z")
Specifically, what could cause blood in urine (not visibly bloody, but detected on urinalysis) and no other symptoms (that I know of) I’m pretty confidant that the list is very long so here is my attempt to corral it a … --- ## [Is there a massive oversupply of houses in USA?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-massive-oversupply-of-houses-in-usa/747275)
**Author:** [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-massive-oversupply-of-houses-in-usa/747275 "2016-02-28T14:03:24Z")
Pardon me for over-simplification: Assuming 3.2 people stay in 1 house, for 320 million population, it would require 100 million houses. Let us assume 80% occupancy (20% extra houses that are empty). It means 100\*100/80… --- ## [Flip phone or Slab phone? Need answer soonish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-phone-or-slab-phone-need-answer-soonish/746655)
**Author:** [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flip-phone-or-slab-phone-need-answer-soonish/746655 "2016-02-28T07:12:23Z")
My beloved Samsung egg is dying. It’s the only cell phone I’ve ever owned. I bought if off my son when he graduated middle school (he’s a junior in college now). It now receives texts only when it wants to, in batches… --- ## [Posting on someone's Facebook timeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-someones-facebook-timeline/747068)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-on-someones-facebook-timeline/747068 "2016-02-28T05:47:53Z")
Here is a dumb thing I should know how to do, but I don’t. A friend died and I want to post condolences on her FB page but there seems to be no way to do this. Can anyone give me a pointer? --- ## [Medical cannabis, epilepsy, nationality, and more](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-cannabis-epilepsy-nationality-and-more/746954)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-cannabis-epilepsy-nationality-and-more/746954 "2016-02-28T05:14:39Z")
Hi everyone. I’m sure you’ve never heard me mention here that although I am American, I live in Indonesia. Did I mention that I live in Indonesia? :slight\_smile: Okay, that’s out of the way. Now let’s talk about a serio… --- ## [When you type the letter "P" into your address bar, what's the first suggestion that comes up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-type-the-letter-p-into-your-address-bar-whats-the-first-suggestion-that-comes-up/746584)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 129\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-type-the-letter-p-into-your-address-bar-whats-the-first-suggestion-that-comes-up/746584 "2016-02-27T22:01:09Z")
Well? Poll is anonymous. (Heh) --- ## [Trying to understand someone's depression](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-understand-someones-depression/746779)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-understand-someones-depression/746779 "2016-02-27T20:01:51Z")
About six years ago, a friend was telling me about a friend of his who was a high school teacher and he lost his job because of depression. He was in a hospital for it and was diagnosed as having major depression and bei… --- ## [A stagnant pool of rancid, stenchful waste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stagnant-pool-of-rancid-stenchful-waste/747310)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stagnant-pool-of-rancid-stenchful-waste/747310 "2016-02-27T17:13:18Z")
No, that’s not the title of my forthcoming autobiography. It’s how an appeals court judge in Cuyahoga County describes an arbitrator’s decision that gives a Cleveland detective his job back (the detective was fired for … --- ## [Need to vent about my marriage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-vent-about-my-marriage/747041)
**Author:** [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-to-vent-about-my-marriage/747041 "2016-02-27T16:32:53Z")
I just don’t know if I can take it anymore. This kind of stuff happens ALL the time. On it’s own, it may seem like a silly thing, but this is a perfect example of what I deal with in this marriage every. single. day. TH… --- ## [What stupid thing do you do every time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-do-you-do-every-time/746582)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stupid-thing-do-you-do-every-time/746582 "2016-02-27T04:25:57Z")
Me? Periodically I email myself things from my work account to my personal account (which my phone receives as well). About 3 seconds later my phone makes a noise and I instinctively pick it up to see what it is… It’s y… --- ## [Call no parent should ever get.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-no-parent-should-ever-get/746592)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/call-no-parent-should-ever-get/746592 "2016-02-27T03:37:26Z")
I got a call from my son’s school today. They started off with, “He’s OK.” Having established that, my brain went to: what did he do? My son’s autistic, and sometimes we get calls from school about issues. “He didn’… --- ## [FB friend request - who are you??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-friend-request-who-are-you/746683)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fb-friend-request-who-are-you/746683 "2016-02-26T23:28:18Z")
I tried to search for this topic and literally got nothing but a white page, so if it’s been discussed recently, I apologize for missing it. When I logged on to FB this morning, there was a friend request from someone I… --- ## [Other Nationalities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nationalities/746912)
**Author:** [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/other-nationalities/746912 "2016-02-26T23:16:22Z")
On a given day, how many people do you meet from another country? For me, generally none, unless I go into the city, where I might run across several. How about you? --- ## [Please tell me about your spinal stimulator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-your-spinal-stimulator/747155)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-tell-me-about-your-spinal-stimulator/747155 "2016-02-26T19:37:36Z")
Hello Everyone, I just got back from my pain management doctor and all efforts to relieve my lower back/leg pain have ended in failure. I’m fused l3 to s1. He is now recommending that I have surgery to implant a spinal… --- ## [Ambassador to the Stars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambassador-to-the-stars/747009)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ambassador-to-the-stars/747009 "2016-02-26T18:53:24Z")
Aliens from another galaxy arrive, and you must choose a person to act as sole representative of Planet Earth. These aliens outmatch us incredibly when it comes to technology and they seem to be peaceful enough, so we wa… --- ## [Any experience with the Nikon D7100/D7200?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-the-nikon-d7100-d7200/746920)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-the-nikon-d7100-d7200/746920 "2016-02-26T17:00:14Z")
I’m thinking of buying a new DSLR, as my old Nikon D100 is now in its dotage. It seems that if I want to continue to use all my AF lenses, I’m going to be restricted to the two cameras in the title, as Nikon’s other vers… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=776) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=778)