# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=839 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 840 --- ## [What household cleaning products do you use? Where do you have strong preferences?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-cleaning-products-do-you-use-where-do-you-have-strong-preferences/733519)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-household-cleaning-products-do-you-use-where-do-you-have-strong-preferences/733519 "2015-10-08T12:43:58Z")
My housekeeping is inefficient and haphazard. While I would likely see the greatest return on investment by making procedural changes (e.g. a frequent wipe-down of a surface can take less cumulative time than less-freque… --- ## [Wristwatch gurus - advise me about radio controlled watches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatch-gurus-advise-me-about-radio-controlled-watches/733874)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wristwatch-gurus-advise-me-about-radio-controlled-watches/733874 "2015-10-08T06:02:22Z")
I’ve decided to treat myself to a new watch. I want one that: \[ol\] \[li\]is solar powered (because watches die after I get their batteries replaced - and I have been very happy with my Citizen eco-drive)\[/li\] \[li\]is ra… --- ## [What is it feel like, to be unattractive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-feel-like-to-be-unattractive/724541)
**Author:** [@LinusK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LinusK)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-feel-like-to-be-unattractive/724541 "2015-10-08T05:20:14Z")
Originally I was going to ask, “What is it feel like to be a woman, and be unattractive?” But then I thought, you know, there’s no reason to limit it to women. The reason for the thread is I came across some really inte… --- ## [Is buying a Haswell laptop worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-buying-a-haswell-laptop-worth-it/733679)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-buying-a-haswell-laptop-worth-it/733679 "2015-10-08T01:58:18Z")
According to this, there’s not much difference in Haswell. Is it worth paying $70 or more for laptop with one, compared to Ivy Bridge? --- ## [I have a bunch of Southwest Airlines miles I need to use. Where to go?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bunch-of-southwest-airlines-miles-i-need-to-use-where-to-go/733735)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-bunch-of-southwest-airlines-miles-i-need-to-use-where-to-go/733735 "2015-10-08T01:07:12Z")
We have tons of miles saved up on our Southwest card, and they’re going to expire if I don’t plan a trip. I’m thinking sometime January/Feb, someplace warm. Here are the places we can go (excluding cold places and ones … --- ## [Science fair ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fair-ideas/733774)
**Author:** [@bizzwire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizzwire)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/science-fair-ideas/733774 "2015-10-08T00:16:20Z")
Hiya: Once again, I have volunteered to mentor some high-school students with their Science Fair projects. Past experience has taught me that they probably will have no idea what to work on, so I thought I might as wel… --- ## [No-show at wedding, still send gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-show-at-wedding-still-send-gift/733146)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-show-at-wedding-still-send-gift/733146 "2015-10-07T23:15:51Z")
You may have seen this story in the news lately. Long and short of it is a wedding guest RSVPd then no-showed for a wedding after her babysitter canceled. She later received a bill from the wedding couple for ~$80 to c… --- ## [Master's degrees - part of the H1B scam?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-degrees-part-of-the-h1b-scam/733700)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masters-degrees-part-of-the-h1b-scam/733700 "2015-10-07T21:51:17Z")
So, if you look around the campus programs for the computer science Masters and related fields in most modern universities, foreign students are frequently the majority - often the vast majority. And, in my fruitless jo… --- ## [Sights and pastimes in Cape Town and in Amsterdam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sights-and-pastimes-in-cape-town-and-in-amsterdam/733862)
**Author:** [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sights-and-pastimes-in-cape-town-and-in-amsterdam/733862 "2015-10-07T21:15:33Z")
Later this month my gf and I are taking a trip which includes a 3-4 free days in Cape Town (mostly I’ll be working and she’ll be free) and a 3-day layover in Amsterdam on the way home. We’re doing the usual travelers’ r… --- ## [Flight simulators and landing the aircraft: Lining up the runway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-simulators-and-landing-the-aircraft-lining-up-the-runway/733650)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-simulators-and-landing-the-aircraft-lining-up-the-runway/733650 "2015-10-07T19:48:06Z")
Recently I’ve begun playing with the Android version of X-Plane 10, which is remarkably good for a smartphone based flightsim. Although the initial set of airport and scenery choices is limited, at least with the initia… --- ## [What's the best thing to do, legally, if you find a dead body in America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-to-do-legally-if-you-find-a-dead-body-in-america/733303)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-thing-to-do-legally-if-you-find-a-dead-body-in-america/733303 "2015-10-07T19:02:53Z")
Don’t worry, don’t need answer fast, question is inspired by a game\* in which the protagonist finds the body of a murder victim, so not asking for legal advice relating to a real life case. My first reaction was “Call t… --- ## [Do you think they'll be able to keep the White House garden? (regardless of who is President)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-theyll-be-able-to-keep-the-white-house-garden-regardless-of-who-is-president/733824)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-theyll-be-able-to-keep-the-white-house-garden-regardless-of-who-is-president/733824 "2015-10-07T18:12:15Z")
The best thing that Michelle has done is start the White House garden. Its grown to 1100 sq feet. Providing fresh food for the White House kitchen and the excess goes to local shelters/food banks. They even added a bee h… --- ## [Monsignor Charamsa and gay Catholics simply need to get the f---k out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsignor-charamsa-and-gay-catholics-simply-need-to-get-the-f-k-out/733385)
**Author:** [@Valteron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valteron)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monsignor-charamsa-and-gay-catholics-simply-need-to-get-the-f-k-out/733385 "2015-10-07T16:22:29Z")
First of all, bear in mind that I, the OP, am a militantly gay man who will be celebrating 40 years with my same-sex spouse in 2016. The breaking news that a leading Vatican official, Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, has c… --- ## [On-demand reissue of out-of-print CDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-reissue-of-out-of-print-cds/733793)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-demand-reissue-of-out-of-print-cds/733793 "2015-10-07T14:52:40Z")
OK, so there’s this CD that I’ve wanted to buy for a long time (Holst: The Planets/Ligeti: Lux AEterna). Every time I checked Amazon, there were only a couple of offers for the original CD on Marketplace. Since it was a … --- ## [How Do I Get a Grant to Start a Teaching Facility?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-grant-to-start-a-teaching-facility/733116)
**Author:** [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-grant-to-start-a-teaching-facility/733116 "2015-10-07T08:56:11Z")
My friends own a shop that offers classes in gem faceting, cabochoning, gold smithing, metal casting and such. There is some jewelry for sale but they also have a large selection of rough stone for cutting and they sell … --- ## [Would a Ski Lift On Mt. Everest Make Sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-ski-lift-on-mt-everest-make-sense/616207)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-ski-lift-on-mt-everest-make-sense/616207 "2015-10-07T01:39:15Z")
Reading about the fatalities on Mt. Everest gave me an idea: The so-called “Dead Zone”-the last 5,000 feet of the climb, is the most dangerous. Most of the fatalities take place there-the air is thin, it is cold, and … --- ## [Financial assistance for young students](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-assistance-for-young-students/730901)
**Author:** [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/financial-assistance-for-young-students/730901 "2015-10-07T00:20:12Z")
Hello I just leased a 1 bedroom and have no family etc. I am living in Las Vegas and am working full time and going to school full time. I was told to get involved with any financial aid programs I am eligible for, wethe… --- ## [How should men wear earings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-men-wear-earings/313048)
**Author:** [@Tower\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tower_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-men-wear-earings/313048 "2015-10-06T23:55:27Z")
I was talking to this woman the other night, and she strongly expressed the view that I didn’t have my ear piercings done correctly. I have what I’ve always thought to be the “appropriate” manly style - just my left ear… --- ## [A hypothetical for gun enthusiasts.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-for-gun-enthusiasts/733525)
**Author:** [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-hypothetical-for-gun-enthusiasts/733525 "2015-10-06T22:03:51Z")
An omniscient deity has contacted you. She has done whatever is necessary to convince you she does know the future. She tells you that if you continue to own guns, an innocent person will be killed by one of them some t… --- ## [Poor woman's rich friend has been anonymously giving her financial help. Sweet or controlling?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-womans-rich-friend-has-been-anonymously-giving-her-financial-help-sweet-or-controlling/733307)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poor-womans-rich-friend-has-been-anonymously-giving-her-financial-help-sweet-or-controlling/733307 "2015-10-06T21:47:07Z")
Okay, it’s hypo time. It’s long before I freewrote it and am too lazy to edit. No poll because I can’t 'be arsed. Today’s story is about Lily, an artist, waitress, and college student in her late twenties. Despite being … --- ## [When is it OK for a business to give up fixing racist graffiti?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-for-a-business-to-give-up-fixing-racist-graffiti/733574)
**Author:** [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-it-ok-for-a-business-to-give-up-fixing-racist-graffiti/733574 "2015-10-06T20:29:29Z")
Local Grocery, not a chain. They have black dividers in the bathroom. The dividers are all scratched up with obvious anti-black, anti-hispanic, anti-gay graffiti. Not markers, but actually scratched into the dividers. … --- ## [Small Cargo vans - new models on the market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-cargo-vans-new-models-on-the-market/728076)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/small-cargo-vans-new-models-on-the-market/728076 "2015-10-06T19:58:13Z")
I found out about the Ram Promaster City last week. The Ford Transit Connect has been around for a while and was recently updated. There’s also the Nissan NV 200 and the Chevy City Express. The Ram (can’t call it Dodge … --- ## [Version control for documentation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/version-control-for-documentation/733635)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/version-control-for-documentation/733635 "2015-10-06T19:06:51Z")
Having an engineering/development background, I’m familiar with these lovely things called version control systems. Unfortunately now that I’m a business analyst, on a team that’s tasked with maintaining a documentation… --- ## [You just won the Powerball jackpot..let's say it's 600 million. What do you do with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-the-powerball-jackpot-lets-say-its-600-million-what-do-you-do-with-it/733113)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-just-won-the-powerball-jackpot-lets-say-its-600-million-what-do-you-do-with-it/733113 "2015-10-06T17:24:40Z")
Let’s say you win 600 million dollars. Make a list of all you do with it and what you spend it on. --- ## [Grants and other financial aid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grants-and-other-financial-aid/733716)
**Author:** [@Profdriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profdriver)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grants-and-other-financial-aid/733716 "2015-10-06T16:54:52Z")
Hey, I had a tramatic brain injury last year and was wondering where to go for financial assistance and other awards for school and rent money? --- ## [Do police have an "us" and "them" mentality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-have-an-us-and-them-mentality/733266)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-police-have-an-us-and-them-mentality/733266 "2015-10-06T15:59:58Z")
Do police have an “us” and “them” mentality? I only know a few and they do seem a little standoffish and uncomfortable around civilians. One I know was reluctant to tell me that he was in law enforcement (although I al… --- ## [White label apps?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-label-apps/733721)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-label-apps/733721 "2015-10-06T15:20:40Z")
Hi digital experts! I have a client in the building materials trade who wants to be able to give builders a phone app which can measure sound levels (dBs), to show their clients where sound insulation in their homes may … --- ## [Passed over for a promotion - how to react?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passed-over-for-a-promotion-how-to-react/632291)
**Author:** [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passed-over-for-a-promotion-how-to-react/632291 "2015-10-06T12:41:50Z")
Last week I learned I was not chosen for a promotion at work. This is a big deal for me, because it is the only promotion possible for me and it likely won’t open up again for a very long time. Apparently it was very clo… --- ## [Share your drug experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-drug-experiences/733163)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-your-drug-experiences/733163 "2015-10-06T08:59:10Z")
I have a non-school-related project which involves giving people an impression of what it’s like to be on various drugs. I’m aware that experiencing a drug and having it described are significantly different but it’s my … --- ## [Describe Yourself in 3 Adjectives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-yourself-in-3-adjectives/733684)
**Author:** [@brovolone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brovolone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-yourself-in-3-adjectives/733684 "2015-10-06T05:24:52Z")
Two of which you’d deem positive, and one negative. efficient, generous | impatient If applicable, do the same to describe your significant other. brilliant, laid-back | unambitious Care to share your thoughts on the… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=838) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=840)