# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=860 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 861 --- ## [Should I contribute to my 401K?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-contribute-to-my-401k/728644)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-contribute-to-my-401k/728644 "2015-08-27T17:15:57Z")
I have never contributed to a 401 K before - but that option exists where I work now. From what I know, 401K’s can be pretty good or they can be so poorly managed that you stand a chance of losing whatever you put in. … --- ## [Has The Market Crash Finally Hit America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-market-crash-finally-hit-america/728480)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-market-crash-finally-hit-america/728480 "2015-08-27T16:27:31Z")
Been watching the Chinese economy tumble the last few months, waiting for the flow-on effect across other markets. If all you’ve been reading are page one stories you’ve been missing out. The pundit started talking the… --- ## [Ask the guy who lost 200 pounds in 9 months](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lost-200-pounds-in-9-months/609675)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-lost-200-pounds-in-9-months/609675 "2015-08-27T15:32:53Z")
I haven’t just finished losing 200 pounds - it’s something I did a decade ago. Why bring it up now, then? Well, I need to lose significant amounts of weight again and it has me thinking about the subject, so I figured I … --- ## [Do You Get Recurring Headaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-recurring-headaches/728933)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-recurring-headaches/728933 "2015-08-27T14:14:45Z")
About one month ago, I started getting headaches. They happened almost every day and began almost as soon as I woke up and stayed with me until late afternoon. The pain was such that I came to feel life was not worth li… --- ## [What is a good pair of over the ear headphones (various price ranges)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-pair-of-over-the-ear-headphones-various-price-ranges/728787)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-good-pair-of-over-the-ear-headphones-various-price-ranges/728787 "2015-08-27T13:32:00Z")
Lets say you have various price ranges \<$25 \<$50 \<$100 What would be good over the ear headphones in each price bracket? Is the quality difference between them noticeable? This would be for MP3 files. --- ## [Red Duke Has Died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-duke-has-died/728932)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-duke-has-died/728932 "2015-08-27T08:49:25Z")
Story according to NBN. All good stuff- except he never was the first to treat JFK. It seems he never actually treated JFK at all. The first with no doubt is Dr Carrico and the next Dr Perry. I have no idea if Dr Duke … --- ## [Should my father ditch this lawyer ? - estate issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-father-ditch-this-lawyer-estate-issues/728760)
**Author:** [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-my-father-ditch-this-lawyer-estate-issues/728760 "2015-08-27T05:57:00Z")
My uncle recently past away and left him a small sum. His will, was a handwritten signed will. My uncle followed the instructions from a will kit sponsored by the legal branch of his province of which he resided (Québe… --- ## [How difficult to create a self-sustaining doggie biodome ecosystem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-to-create-a-self-sustaining-doggie-biodome-ecosystem/729008)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-to-create-a-self-sustaining-doggie-biodome-ecosystem/729008 "2015-08-27T02:37:15Z")
There have been experiments where people were kept in domes to grow their own food over a period of time, with the goal of seeing if they could create a sealed, self-sustaining ecosystem by recycling their waste products… --- ## [Could someone who invents new technology rule the world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-who-invents-new-technology-rule-the-world/728792)
**Author:** [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-who-invents-new-technology-rule-the-world/728792 "2015-08-27T00:00:16Z")
It’s kind of a whacky assertion most certainly - but I’ve been thinking about it lately. Technology is advancing so rapidly, what’s to stop someone from inventing something that could allow them to rule the world so to… --- ## [Anyone paint their brick fireplace?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-paint-their-brick-fireplace/314508)
**Author:** [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-paint-their-brick-fireplace/314508 "2015-08-26T23:25:32Z")
I hate my brick fireplace. I hate the bricks and I hate the color (weathered red brick). Tearing it out is not an option. Too much work and too much money at this time. We’ve decided painting is our best solution for now… --- ## [Corporate Career Pages: One job or many?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-career-pages-one-job-or-many/728964)
**Author:** [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-career-pages-one-job-or-many/728964 "2015-08-26T23:16:58Z")
When a big corporation has a career page with a “shopping cart” feature for hundreds of job listings, tens of which you may be qualified for, do you pick one or do you apply to all the positions that could fit? On the o… --- ## [Online music lessons?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-music-lessons/728941)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-music-lessons/728941 "2015-08-26T19:28:11Z")
Has anyone tried these online music lessons for say guitar? What did you think? Is it about the same as just using a book? --- ## [Is "Anchor Baby" an offensive term? Why or why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anchor-baby-an-offensive-term-why-or-why-not/728511)
**Author:** [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anchor-baby-an-offensive-term-why-or-why-not/728511 "2015-08-26T18:49:50Z")
The latest assault on free speech by the PC police (oops! I guess I just gave away my own bias) is to try to vilify the term “anchor baby” for a baby born on US soil to an illegal alien mother. Is this term really offens… --- ## [Not asking your fiance's sibling to be part of your wedding party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-asking-your-fiances-sibling-to-be-part-of-your-wedding-party/690111)
**Author:** [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-asking-your-fiances-sibling-to-be-part-of-your-wedding-party/690111 "2015-08-26T16:47:26Z")
On two occasions in the past few years there have been weddings of people close to me where a bride did not invite the groom’s sister to be part of her wedding party. Both times this caused hurt feelings and lots of (wh… --- ## [Chemistry demo #2 - teacher sets classroom on fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-demo-2-teacher-sets-classroom-on-fire/715688)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemistry-demo-2-teacher-sets-classroom-on-fire/715688 "2015-08-26T16:37:21Z")
Well sort of. It’s a pretty short video and there are no accompanying clues or explanations about what is being demonstrated. The teacher is holding a graduated cylinder containing some rapidly oxidizing … --- ## [Have you had success with the Urinary Track Rotor Rooter procedure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-success-with-the-urinary-track-rotor-rooter-procedure/728012)
**Author:** [@1jow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1jow)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-had-success-with-the-urinary-track-rotor-rooter-procedure/728012 "2015-08-26T12:37:43Z")
Have you had success with the Urinary Track Rotor Rooter procedure or wish you had tried FloMax? To help empty your bladder vs urinary track and bladder infections from not emptying good. --- ## [Am I reading a codeword or am I just a liberal douchebag? Or both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-reading-a-codeword-or-am-i-just-a-liberal-douchebag-or-both/728523 "2015-08-26T12:07:08Z")
This is a poll about possibly irrational gut reactions, and acting on them or not. I’m about to go on a road trip. My first planned stop is Savannah, Il. It’s right along the east bank of the Mississippi, a little mor… --- ## [Bimmer people: Thoughts about my car diagnosis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimmer-people-thoughts-about-my-car-diagnosis/727780)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bimmer-people-thoughts-about-my-car-diagnosis/727780 "2015-08-26T10:04:32Z")
Howdy, fellow BMW owners. I have a mysterious problem with a wet floor (rear passenger floor, driver’s side). The sunroof doesn’t leak and spraying the door with a hose nor heavy rain doesn’t cause the wet carpet. I’ve… --- ## [What are pedophiles supposed to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pedophiles-supposed-to-do/728586)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-pedophiles-supposed-to-do/728586 "2015-08-26T04:35:40Z")
Being a pedophile must really really suck. You didn’t ask to be saddled with urges that you have no way of legally quelling. You see homosexuals go from being considered as having mental illnesses to having their partn… --- ## [Giving a handsome stranger my number on a piece of paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-handsome-stranger-my-number-on-a-piece-of-paper/727949)
**Author:** [@Rossiekerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossiekerr)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giving-a-handsome-stranger-my-number-on-a-piece-of-paper/727949 "2015-08-26T03:59:33Z")
I went to buy a new laptop and a set of computer speakers at Best Buy yesterday. When I arrived at the computer section, I didn’t know what to look for …so I waited for an sales associate to assist me in selecting and pu… --- ## [What if Israel accidentally nuked Gaza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-israel-accidentally-nuked-gaza/728819)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-israel-accidentally-nuked-gaza/728819 "2015-08-26T02:07:08Z")
I’m somewhat channelling Clancy’s The Sum of All Fears here. Suppose an Israeli airbase were conducting a practice drill with a real nuke. Suppose that during the drill, that base were attacked by missiles from Gaza. Ke… --- ## [Strange but true names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-but-true-names/160544)
**Author:** [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-but-true-names/160544 "2015-08-25T22:59:26Z")
My father swears that he went to school with a kid named Franklin Norman Stein (a.k.a. Frank N. Stein) as well as a girl named Mary Christmas. And I’ve heard (although I don’t know if it’s really true) that George Lear,… --- ## [Help me name my WiFi.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-wifi/727855)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-wifi/727855 "2015-08-25T21:26:17Z")
The old wireless router has gotten flaky so the new one is on it’s way from NewEgg. I thought that I might as well give it a clever name since I’ll be going through the whole setup again. Currently the only real conten… --- ## [Mobile Home Living](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-home-living/727423)
**Author:** [@Cumberdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumberdale)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mobile-home-living/727423 "2015-08-25T21:11:38Z")
Now that I am divorced I am currently re-evaluating things. Right now, I don’t want to own a house again. The idea of having a yard and dealing with the typical things of home ownership is very unappealing. I’m also n… --- ## [Need the opinion of landscapers or ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-opinion-of-landscapers-or/727768)
**Author:** [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-the-opinion-of-landscapers-or/727768 "2015-08-25T21:05:29Z")
… anyone with lots of gardening experience. Over the last five or so years, we’ve tried to refresh the landscaping around our house. Each time we’ve gotten designs from a local landscaping company and had them plant th… --- ## [Questions about UFO's (especially for pilots)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-ufos-especially-for-pilots/728427)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-ufos-especially-for-pilots/728427 "2015-08-25T18:17:00Z")
First of all I wish to discuss the phenomena of seeing objects in the sky one cannot explain - unidentified flying objects or “UFO’s”. Granted people have always seen odd things in the sky but its really only in modern t… --- ## [The Next President of the United States, Deez Nuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-president-of-the-united-states-deez-nuts/728486)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-president-of-the-united-states-deez-nuts/728486 "2015-08-25T15:59:23Z")
What would happen if Deez Nuts won the majority of the popular vote in the upcoming election? It seems a brilliant protest that would give hope to all of humanity. I don’t expect it to happen, but if it did? Theoretic… --- ## [600lbs bike to heavy for smaller woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600lbs-bike-to-heavy-for-smaller-woman/728128)
**Author:** [@TGreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGreen)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/600lbs-bike-to-heavy-for-smaller-woman/728128 "2015-08-25T15:43:39Z")
I have never owned a motorcycle before, but it has always been an interest of mine. Recently a work friend mentioned her husband selling his mint condition 2005 Yamaha Silverado 650cc with a bunch of extras for a good pr… --- ## [Women: Jewelry on men? Yes or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995)
**Author:** [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-jewelry-on-men-yes-or-no/306995 "2015-08-25T14:35:01Z")
I was going through some old stuff and found a gold chain that an ex-girlfriend had given me. It was a gold dog tag with my initials on it. I wore it for years and only took it off when a different girlfriend made fun … --- ## [What Scam Might This Guy Be Pulling? (eBay)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-might-this-guy-be-pulling-ebay/728432)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-might-this-guy-be-pulling-ebay/728432 "2015-08-25T13:45:29Z")
I sell an ocasional car part on eBay (from an old car I junked). In early July a guy bought a power window switch. His address was a POB in CA. My listing indicated I would send with the cheapest USPS shipping available… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=859) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=861)