# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=899 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 900 --- ## [Creatinine level after exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creatinine-level-after-exercise/633121)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creatinine-level-after-exercise/633121 "2015-06-10T16:34:49Z")
I just went for a check-up and had a treadmill exercise test and a blood test. I’d fasted for 13 hours. I was very surprised they had me do the treadmill test before the blood test, and asked about that twice, but they… --- ## [In 2065: What will people be amused by/incredulous about our current society?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-2065-what-will-people-be-amused-by-incredulous-about-our-current-society/721164)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-2065-what-will-people-be-amused-by-incredulous-about-our-current-society/721164 "2015-06-10T16:27:13Z")
I’m taking this idea from a short piece in The Atlantic My predictions are that folks in 2065 will: \[ul\] \[li\]Wonder why gay marriage was such an issue\[/li\]\[li\]Shake their heads at how barbaric our drug laws/“War on Dr… --- ## [At what point is mediocre marriage better than no marriage at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-is-mediocre-marriage-better-than-no-marriage-at-all/721856)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-is-mediocre-marriage-better-than-no-marriage-at-all/721856 "2015-06-10T14:34:30Z")
So, I’m in my late 20s, and still single. I wouldn’t consider myself to be at this point yet, but at what point (or age) is a mediocre marriage better than no marriage at all? When one is 35 years old? 40? 45? I don’… --- ## [Ozarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozarks/721947)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ozarks/721947 "2015-06-10T14:19:24Z")
So, we have friends who recently moved from Sacramento to a little town south of Omaha, and we’re planning a trip out to visit them this fall. We’ve never been to that part of the country, and we’re looking for a good s… --- ## [Please advise me on selecting a roofer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-advise-me-on-selecting-a-roofer/721776)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-advise-me-on-selecting-a-roofer/721776 "2015-06-10T13:45:47Z")
Hello everyone. I’m looking to have a new roof put on. I’ve never done this before, so I’m looking for advise. What do I need to look out for? I know there are a lot of types of product, are there any particular style… --- ## [I just hired my first research assistant! What next?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-hired-my-first-research-assistant-what-next/722035)
**Author:** [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-hired-my-first-research-assistant-what-next/722035 "2015-06-10T05:27:15Z")
Academics of the Dope, I need your help. I won a grant, allotted money for a research assistant, and just made my first hire. I’m really excited, but…it’s been a long time since I’ve worked for a professor, and I’m not… --- ## [pet hair/new couch help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-hair-new-couch-help/721929)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-hair-new-couch-help/721929 "2015-06-10T02:59:25Z")
What it says. New microfiber couch, every hair is visible as if under a microscope. We have a big unwieldy vacuum, and it would be a stone bitch to drag it over every day and pull it apart to use the attachment, which di… --- ## [Please, need answer fast \[completely blocking FB contact\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-need-answer-fast-completely-blocking-fb-contact/721911)
**Author:** [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-need-answer-fast-completely-blocking-fb-contact/721911 "2015-06-10T00:49:40Z")
although it’s not life or death. a friend on FB had unfriended somebody because he is harassing her—but he just sent her a PM! how could he do that? how can she get rid of him? --- ## [Now that THE INTERVIEW got in trouble, no more TEAM AMERICA, on TV! Next, Heidi and NO RAIDERS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-interview-got-in-trouble-no-more-team-america-on-tv-next-heidi-and-no-raiders/722064)
**Author:** [@bobgnote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobgnote)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2015, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-the-interview-got-in-trouble-no-more-team-america-on-tv-next-heidi-and-no-raiders/722064 "2015-06-10T00:37:55Z")
I be missin’ my “Dirka-dirka, Islamic Jihad” rants, with the brilliant puppeteering, by the Chiodo Bros., on TV. Oh, well, most folk don’t watch hoops, enough, to even remember DIRK NOWITZKI is from freaking Germany, et… --- ## [I have to wear a cervical collar .... for six months.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-wear-a-cervical-collar-for-six-months/722055)
**Author:** [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-to-wear-a-cervical-collar-for-six-months/722055 "2015-06-09T23:36:25Z")
Any tips, tricks, advice and experiences welcome. A CT scan revealed C4 over C5 and my doc says we’re going for traction with this neck collar, it’s 4 1/2 inches at the front. I have to wear it 16 hours a day. I starte… --- ## [Combination disc/belt sanders - bandsaw-type vs conveyor-type belt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-disc-belt-sanders-bandsaw-type-vs-conveyor-type-belt/722021)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/combination-disc-belt-sanders-bandsaw-type-vs-conveyor-type-belt/722021 "2015-06-09T22:43:27Z")
I’m in the market for a small benchtop combination disc/belt sander (I have neither the budget, space or scale of usage to warrant buying separates). It seems as though there are two distinct types of these machines; th… --- ## [Could ME Leaders Be This Cynical?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-me-leaders-be-this-cynical/722072)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-me-leaders-be-this-cynical/722072 "2015-06-09T22:34:17Z")
I have been thinking about Iran and Israel-it struck me that most of what Netanyahu and the Iranian leaders speak about is simply to project a false image. When Iran releases statements about how Israel will be destroyed… --- ## [Can you button both cuffs of a long-sleeve button-down shirt while you wearing it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-button-both-cuffs-of-a-long-sleeve-button-down-shirt-while-you-wearing-it/722102)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-button-both-cuffs-of-a-long-sleeve-button-down-shirt-while-you-wearing-it/722102 "2015-06-09T22:08:14Z")
nm Please kill this thread; I forgot to set up the poll. Thanks! --- ## [how do you get a dog to take tylosin tartrate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-dog-to-take-tylosin-tartrate/611134)
**Author:** [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-a-dog-to-take-tylosin-tartrate/611134 "2015-06-09T19:18:39Z")
We took our dog to the emergency vet today due to a lovely combo of constipation combined with vomiting and bloody diarrhea. The upshot is that she’s got too much Clostridium in her stool and we were prescribed an anta… --- ## [Do you play God Save the Queen before football matches in the UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-play-god-save-the-queen-before-football-matches-in-the-uk/721591)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-play-god-save-the-queen-before-football-matches-in-the-uk/721591 "2015-06-09T18:09:36Z")
What about other countries? Because I’m getting really tired of hearing national anthems before every sporting event in North America, although I can’t speak for Mexico. --- ## [My father killed people, a lot of humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-people-a-lot-of-humans/721380)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-father-killed-people-a-lot-of-humans/721380 "2015-06-09T17:42:40Z")
He was a assault helicopter pilot. He did not talk about it much. He shouldn’t have though, maybe. Once I was drunk, I remember him telling me that he killed between 400-500 militants. Maybe, he was bullcrapping, perh… --- ## [Is there a good Imgur app now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-imgur-app-now/722010)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-good-imgur-app-now/722010 "2015-06-09T17:26:20Z")
The official app updated, and its redesign has been roundly attacked. I hate it. You can’t see the gallery to jump ahead, you can’t find subreddits, and the comments are hard to see. Anyone know of an app that acts like… --- ## [What to get a 1-year old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785)
**Author:** [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-get-a-1-year-old/721785 "2015-06-09T15:34:05Z")
The wife and I are off to a baby’s first birthday party in a few hours, and we need a gift. These folks, not two weeks ago, just handed-down to us a lot of toys for our newborn, as they’re trying to downsize. So I thin… --- ## [How common is incest/sex exploration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-incest-sex-exploration/721920)
**Author:** [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-is-incest-sex-exploration/721920 "2015-06-09T15:30:55Z")
In some of the Duggar threads and in the comments I’ve been seeing all over the Internet, there’s been an attitude of “teen boys are pervy” or “kids mess up.” To me, that’s just been really odd, because it’s just so fore… --- ## [Tired of bs sales sites \[for dishwashers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-bs-sales-sites-for-dishwashers/722030)
**Author:** [@bacnmater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bacnmater)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tired-of-bs-sales-sites-for-dishwashers/722030 "2015-06-09T15:20:41Z")
I am in the market for a dishwasher (home, built in) with stainless steel racks. Is such a thing made? All I can find is stainless interior, which I already have. --- ## [car trip from Norcal to Portland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-trip-from-norcal-to-portland/721930)
**Author:** [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-trip-from-norcal-to-portland/721930 "2015-06-09T15:17:56Z")
Looking for fun things to do and see. Plan is to start in Mendocino area, head up to Lassen and over to Shasta, both are places we’ve never been, and we would like to go to Portland to see friends for a few days. Any and… --- ## [Men with short hair and long, full beards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-short-hair-and-long-full-beards/721071)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-with-short-hair-and-long-full-beards/721071 "2015-06-09T15:03:20Z")
Lately I’ve been seeing men with short hair and big, full, trimmed beards–like lumberjacks, romantic poets, or Mormon patriarchs. Not scraggly, afterthought, “don’t own a razor, man,” hippie-ish beards, but groomed, inte… --- ## ["Dirty Stories" anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-stories-anyone/721502)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-stories-anyone/721502 "2015-06-09T08:52:57Z")
What is the dirtiest, filthiest, smelliest, downright messiest you have ever been in your life? I mean like when you were a kid did you ever dump pain all over you? Have you ever fallen into a garbage bin or a sewer? Bee… --- ## [Pretty, Cute, Beautiful, Sexy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cute-beautiful-sexy/720217)
**Author:** [@mrclose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrclose)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pretty-cute-beautiful-sexy/720217 "2015-06-09T06:38:27Z")
Those four adjectives are many times used to describe the look of a woman. Can someone give a scientific explanation of the differences? Are they different? Ex: My friend Karen is cute as a button but I wouldn’t say B… --- ## [Need Answer Fast! Are genies required to tell you that you can't wish for more wishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-are-genies-required-to-tell-you-that-you-cant-wish-for-more-wishes/721933)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-answer-fast-are-genies-required-to-tell-you-that-you-cant-wish-for-more-wishes/721933 "2015-06-09T02:01:26Z")
Must they tell you that you can’t wish for more wishes before you start wishing? If you only have one wish and you wish for more wishes and they can’t do that have you used up your wish? Do genie’s only live in those oil… --- ## [Ideas for an Android app to be created in a short hands-on class](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-an-android-app-to-be-created-in-a-short-hands-on-class/721716)
**Author:** [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2015, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-an-android-app-to-be-created-in-a-short-hands-on-class/721716 "2015-06-09T00:21:05Z")
I’ve been given the assignment to come up with a project to create an Android app for a 90-minute hands-on Introduction to Mobile App programming class. The participants would be nonprogrammers who expressed an interest … --- ## [Should commenting on people weight be prohibited in work place](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-commenting-on-people-weight-be-prohibited-in-work-place/722011)
**Author:** [@Rossiekerr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rossiekerr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-commenting-on-people-weight-be-prohibited-in-work-place/722011 "2015-06-08T22:21:52Z")
My weight had always fluctuated and I never had problem until I started working for this company. People comment on other people weight like nothing. The thing is I don’t like people commenting on my weight weather it go… --- ## [What's worse: "creative" name spelling, or "creative" name pronunciation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-creative-name-spelling-or-creative-name-pronunciation/721699)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-worse-creative-name-spelling-or-creative-name-pronunciation/721699 "2015-06-08T21:43:03Z")
What’s more pretentious: conventional names spelled “creatively,” but pronounced conventionally, e.g. “Wyllieum,” “Raychehl,” or “Khryzzteena,” or conventional names spelled conventionally, but pronounced “creatively,” e… --- ## [New desktop PC - Dell or HP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-desktop-pc-dell-or-hp/721710)
**Author:** [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-desktop-pc-dell-or-hp/721710 "2015-06-08T21:27:03Z")
I am looking for a new desktop PC for work. I am looking at a Dell XPS 8700 and an HP Envy 700xt. I can configure both pretty similarly, with an Intel i7-4790 processor, 16 GB RAM, 1TB hard drive, a 4GB NVIDIA GeForce … --- ## [Anyone spent vacation time on Catalina Island?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-spent-vacation-time-on-catalina-island/721984)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-spent-vacation-time-on-catalina-island/721984 "2015-06-08T21:24:52Z")
I’ve been thinking about a summer trip through southern California, to include stops at Sequoia/King’s Canyon, L.A., and maybe Catalina Island. What would/did you do for a couple days on Catalina Island? Any good spots … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=898) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=900)