# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=868 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 869 --- ## [Help me pick out a new watch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-new-watch/727164)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-pick-out-a-new-watch/727164 "2015-08-09T19:26:28Z")
I just sold mine, and my wrist is feeling kinda naked. I want something cheap, that looks really busy (lots of dials, readouts, whatever), and relatively large and heavy. My last watch was quite heavy. I want it to lo… --- ## [Do these Air Force fitness standards make sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-air-force-fitness-standards-make-sense/727342)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-these-air-force-fitness-standards-make-sense/727342 "2015-08-09T14:39:03Z")
Well the article I read them in is about trying to figure out if they do, but still, some humble opinions … The article is about research aimed at Note “airmen” is a term that applies to males and females and the goal… --- ## [Revolutionary War and arrows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolutionary-war-and-arrows/727248)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revolutionary-war-and-arrows/727248 "2015-08-09T06:18:18Z")
Given troops didn’t wear armor, muskets take a while to reload and they arnt very accurate after 50 yards…or so I heard…wouldn’t there have been a niche in battles for longbow battalions? --- ## [Trapped in an elevator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-an-elevator/727172)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trapped-in-an-elevator/727172 "2015-08-09T05:14:31Z")
Inspired by a GQ thread about anti-vaxxers and too much browsing RationalWiki. While on your travels you happen to be staying in a hotel that’s hosting a woo convention. There’s a fault with the elevator and you’re going… --- ## [Pulling into people's driveways to make a k-turn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-into-peoples-driveways-to-make-a-k-turn/727070)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pulling-into-peoples-driveways-to-make-a-k-turn/727070 "2015-08-09T03:03:18Z")
Typical situation: you’re driving down some long two-lane no-shoulder country-type road and after passing through an intersection realize that you should have turned. Or you come to realize that you’ve basically passed y… --- ## [Re: Suicide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-suicide/726831)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-suicide/726831 "2015-08-09T02:50:35Z")
I have a theory and it ties into my wonderment as to why so many people hang themselves. As anyone who has experienced nausea and fought the desire to throw up knows…once you cave in (mostly to just get it over with) yo… --- ## [In what ways are you still just a kid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139)
**Author:** [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-are-you-still-just-a-kid/727139 "2015-08-09T02:40:18Z")
I still get excited when I have to get a brand new notebook from the stationary cupboard at work, like I did this morning. I actually said to myself, ‘This time, I’m going to write neatly on every page!’ (I won’t.) … --- ## [Why is there no for profit version of PBS radio?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-for-profit-version-of-pbs-radio/727246)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-for-profit-version-of-pbs-radio/727246 "2015-08-09T01:16:18Z")
ISTM that PBS is the only station/network around that consistently features in serious in-depth discussion of major (& minor) issues, versus the call-in drivel that seems to dominate commercial radio talk shows. I know o… --- ## [Pregnancy question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-question/727035)
**Author:** [@Newgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newgirl)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pregnancy-question/727035 "2015-08-09T00:39:51Z")
I have a question that I need help answering please. Ok here’s the question I think I might be pregnant but I don’t know. I had sex like 4 days before my period but then when the day that I should have had my period it d… --- ## [If you could travel to the past, before you were conceived, would you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-past-before-you-were-conceived-would-you/726910)
**Author:** [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-travel-to-the-past-before-you-were-conceived-would-you/726910 "2015-08-08T22:39:24Z")
Okay, here’s the hypothetical: Suppose you just invented time travel. But for whatever reason, it can only take you back a year before you were conceived by your parents, and earlier in Earth’s history to any place & ti… --- ## [A question of etiquette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-etiquette/727177)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-of-etiquette/727177 "2015-08-08T19:30:08Z")
Inspired by Fight Club, possibly \*the \*most important question of all brought up by that film. We’re strangers on a flight. You’re in the center seat and I’m on the window seat. I need to get up for a piss - as I pass, … --- ## [How many months of net take-home pay do you have in savings right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-months-of-net-take-home-pay-do-you-have-in-savings-right-now/726976)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-months-of-net-take-home-pay-do-you-have-in-savings-right-now/726976 "2015-08-08T17:49:39Z")
Not gross pay, but how many times of your monthly net take home pay do you have in savings. Not your 401k or retirement accounts but in cash in the bank, under your mattress, buried in mason jars in the back yard. Poll … --- ## [Do you flush when it's just urine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flush-when-its-just-urine/727257)
**Author:** [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-flush-when-its-just-urine/727257 "2015-08-08T16:53:02Z")
Do you flush the toilet when it is urine and no “solids”? This is for at home, with no one outside of the immediate family or usual residents expected to be around. Does it depend if it is a shared bathroom or your own … --- ## [Dry Cleaners ruined my shirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cleaners-ruined-my-shirts/727091)
**Author:** [@Sphig316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sphig316)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dry-cleaners-ruined-my-shirts/727091 "2015-08-08T16:51:45Z")
I went to a dry cleaner and gave them 5 shirts. I picked it up a couple days later and they are all stretched out. I have another shirt I didn’t take from the same company and when you overlap that shirt with any of the … --- ## [Car theft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-theft/727003)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-theft/727003 "2015-08-08T16:21:05Z")
My son moved to Utah from NC and after being there 5 days his car was stolen. He’s in SLC. What are the chances he gets the car back? Car is 1999 Acura Integra so the value is low. Maybe it was just taken for … --- ## [strange call: scam, dementia, or desperation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-call-scam-dementia-or-desperation/727033)
**Author:** [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-call-scam-dementia-or-desperation/727033 "2015-08-08T15:36:06Z")
when I got home just now there was an odd message on my machine. It was a woman who sounded older but not super old. She said she was calling for my name and said her name. The last name she gave is the same as mine, … --- ## [How can I improve my oral debating skills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-improve-my-oral-debating-skills/727222)
**Author:** [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-improve-my-oral-debating-skills/727222 "2015-08-08T12:27:21Z")
I feel my beliefs on religion are fairly well thought out. Although I’m not always so sure. I’m technically an Athiest / Secular Humanist. Also throw in Libertarianism in there. I do not believe in God, nor do I subscri… --- ## [International travel Phone and Data - experiences and advice please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travel-phone-and-data-experiences-and-advice-please/726839)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-travel-phone-and-data-experiences-and-advice-please/726839 "2015-08-08T05:45:30Z")
Later this year my partner and I are travelling to Europe (9 countries) for nearly 2 months, with a stopover in NY for 10 days on the way home. We both have unlocked iPhones using different network providers (Telstra an… --- ## [Belt buckle allergy--ideas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belt-buckle-allergy-ideas/727280)
**Author:** [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belt-buckle-allergy-ideas/727280 "2015-08-08T03:48:12Z")
The resurrected thread about people wearing their belt buckles to the side reminded me of this, because both of my adult sons do this. But they do it because they are both allergic to the metal in the buckle. Any ideas … --- ## [Which species would go extinct first if humans disappeared tomorrow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-would-go-extinct-first-if-humans-disappeared-tomorrow/727178)
**Author:** [@JHuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHuff)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-species-would-go-extinct-first-if-humans-disappeared-tomorrow/727178 "2015-08-08T00:15:16Z")
If humans were to disappear from the face of the earth tomorrow (whether we all commit suicide at once, or maybe the rapture happens and we’re all somehow included, I’ll leave up to your imagination), what other species … --- ## [Dialysis dopers - your experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialysis-dopers-your-experiences/726954)
**Author:** [@pythonzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pythonzzz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dialysis-dopers-your-experiences/726954 "2015-08-07T23:07:32Z")
I’ve been recently diagnosed with Stage IV/V chronic kidney failure - healthwise, I feel fine but the BUN/Creatnine values are high and so far the other major blood parameters are well within normal ranges. As a result, … --- ## [You're stopped by the police. Do you listen carefully and follow every instruction quickly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stopped-by-the-police-do-you-listen-carefully-and-follow-every-instruction-quickly/725997)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-stopped-by-the-police-do-you-listen-carefully-and-follow-every-instruction-quickly/725997 "2015-08-07T22:26:09Z")
new post. Previous poll was rejected for being too long. :smack: Respect for authority was drilled into my generation. If you went to the school principal’s office you knew better than to back talk. You listened to wh… --- ## [Is there serious real-world interest in an Old Dopers Retirement Community?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-serious-real-world-interest-in-an-old-dopers-retirement-community/725348)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-serious-real-world-interest-in-an-old-dopers-retirement-community/725348 "2015-08-07T22:03:46Z")
This threadelsewhere proposes the idea of an Old Dopers Retirement Home, which I imagine to be a place where, as the name suggests, old dopers can go to fade away or raise hell or pontificate or complain or fall in love … --- ## [Can I reconstitute evaporated perfume?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-reconstitute-evaporated-perfume/727215)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-reconstitute-evaporated-perfume/727215 "2015-08-07T20:38:58Z")
Today has been a terrible horrible awful no good very bad day. The least distressing thing that has happened is that my beloved bottle of L’Occitane Notres Fleurs Parfum de Cedre has, I discovered, evaporated into a laye… --- ## [Switching from home workout to commercial gym. Help me adapt!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-from-home-workout-to-commercial-gym-help-me-adapt/727236)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-from-home-workout-to-commercial-gym-help-me-adapt/727236 "2015-08-07T19:05:40Z")
I have a home gym workout that I’ve been using for a while now: rowing on my concept2 and doing a pretty basic resistance routine (back squats, front squats, deadlift, press, bench press, barbell row, ring dips, and chin… --- ## [Hospital bill i'm unable to pay or finance currently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-bill-im-unable-to-pay-or-finance-currently/726555)
**Author:** [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hospital-bill-im-unable-to-pay-or-finance-currently/726555 "2015-08-07T18:57:24Z")
Obviously from my last post you guys can tell i’m unemployed looking for work and i’m young with no money. About 2 months ago i went to the ER because my testicle was upside down. It wasn’t immense pain but definitely n… --- ## [Tax question: Business use of the home without a profit worth it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-business-use-of-the-home-without-a-profit-worth-it/727153)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-question-business-use-of-the-home-without-a-profit-worth-it/727153 "2015-08-07T16:38:41Z")
A friend of mine has decided to start his own business and formed an LLC. He will be working out of his home. He was telling me about business use of the home for tax deductions. His business plan sounds good, but said h… --- ## [Republican candidates compete for nomination in combat.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-candidates-compete-for-nomination-in-combat/727162)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republican-candidates-compete-for-nomination-in-combat/727162 "2015-08-07T15:49:52Z")
Let’s say mixed martial arts style hand to hand combat, no weapons. I say Rick Perry wins. He seems to be kind of tall and muscular. Probably has good reach. --- ## [Do people fine being a merchant distasteful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-fine-being-a-merchant-distasteful/727028)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-fine-being-a-merchant-distasteful/727028 "2015-08-07T14:58:07Z")
Interestingly most of the people I’ve heard express the idea that being a merchant means you’re a scammer, or you’re getting money for nothing or otherwise shady were all working for a wage from an employer. None of them… --- ## [Now that I've learned how to \_\_\_\_, I'll never pay for \_\_\_\_\_ again.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-learned-how-to-____-ill-never-pay-for-_____-again/727006)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-ive-learned-how-to-____-ill-never-pay-for-_____-again/727006 "2015-08-07T13:05:58Z")
Tell me about domestic/life skills that have saved you tons of money over time. For argument’s sake, let’s assume someone already said ‘masturbate’ and everybody else had a good laugh over it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=867) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=869)