# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=109 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 110 --- ## [Why don't states use nitrogen chambers for the death penalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-states-use-nitrogen-chambers-for-the-death-penalty/960698)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-states-use-nitrogen-chambers-for-the-death-penalty/960698 "2024-01-30T00:07:41Z")
Here’s a gift article about the problems with the use of midazolam in lethal injections: Lethal injections for the death penalty seem hopelessly broken. If OK loses this case, they will appeal and they may even win, … --- ## [Is California being unreasonably optimistic. (Electric Vehicles)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-california-being-unreasonably-optimistic-electric-vehicles/989866)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-california-being-unreasonably-optimistic-electric-vehicles/989866 "2024-01-29T20:01:04Z")
California to end sales of gasoline-only cars by 2035 Aug 25, 2022 (Reuters) - California on Thursday moved to require all new vehicles sold in the state by 2035 to be either electric or plug-in electric hybrids, a lan… --- ## [Does anyone know what the deal is behind the recent East Asia trend, especially in media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-the-deal-is-behind-the-recent-east-asia-trend-especially-in-media/995638)
**Author:** [@neitherscout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neitherscout)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-what-the-deal-is-behind-the-recent-east-asia-trend-especially-in-media/995638 "2024-01-29T16:35:33Z")
I’m new here. I regret having to join a message board in order to satisfy my curiosity on a topic, but I just couldn’t find any real discussion of it anywhere (which I find a bit bewildering). I’m not sure exactly when … --- ## [Best product to restore gloss piano black finish on speakers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-product-to-restore-gloss-piano-black-finish-on-speakers/996305)
**Author:** [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-product-to-restore-gloss-piano-black-finish-on-speakers/996305 "2024-01-28T22:45:45Z")
I was gifted five older NHT speakers that have a gloss piano black finish. I’m fairly sure that this is plastic, not a lacquer or paint. There are some minor scuffs here and there and I’d like to try to restore the fin… --- ## [Business Security ID/Key card thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-security-id-key-card-thoughts/996638)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/business-security-id-key-card-thoughts/996638 "2024-01-28T20:54:03Z")
Disclaimer: I work from home now. But I need access to the buildings once in a while. Work has issued ID’s that have to be worn in the buildings. It has a QR code that allows access to buildings and offices. What buildi… --- ## [How long does a US-based court have to humor a jailed faker's claims that he needs oxygen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-us-based-court-have-to-humor-a-jailed-fakers-claims-that-he-needs-oxygen/996719)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-a-us-based-court-have-to-humor-a-jailed-fakers-claims-that-he-needs-oxygen/996719 "2024-01-28T20:25:25Z")
Now that Nicholas Alahverdian has been extradited from the UK back to the US, how long does the legal system have to continue to humor his claims that he needs a wheelchair and oxygen? This guy is a sex offender and scam… --- ## [Discussion of blue zone diet (spin-off from "why not lift weights")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-blue-zone-diet-spin-off-from-why-not-lift-weights/996607)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-of-blue-zone-diet-spin-off-from-why-not-lift-weights/996607 "2024-01-28T19:26:19Z")
I was considering spinning off a thread to return to this … but I don’t follow. Yes we’d expect more of the outliers to be in sparsely populated communities. But the observations of Blue Zone are not what we’d expect i… --- ## [Why People of Walmart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-of-walmart/996516)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-people-of-walmart/996516 "2024-01-28T16:01:37Z")
People of Walmart If, by some minuscule chance you don’t know, is a website dedicated primarily to photos of bizarrely dressed people seen in Walmart. The most recent thread I found was 2019 and I didn’t want to resurr… --- ## [Glasses for night driving for a 61 year old](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-for-night-driving-for-a-61-year-old/996731)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glasses-for-night-driving-for-a-61-year-old/996731 "2024-01-28T13:15:13Z")
I am 61 and retired except for Uber and Lyft and sometimes I am driving on a Two-Lane Blacktop. And the headlights of a line of cars coming towards me in the other lane are starting to bother me. It’s not that I can’t … --- ## ["Draw the blinds" means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draw-the-blinds-means/996081)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draw-the-blinds-means/996081 "2024-01-28T09:17:33Z")
In the context of window coverings someone asks you to “draw the blinds” in another room. Neither you nor they know whether the blinds are currently open permitting light and sight through, or are closed preventing ligh… --- ## [How can you tell if you are lonely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-lonely/996549)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-you-tell-if-you-are-lonely/996549 "2024-01-28T07:01:07Z")
I got new job and the new job is very boring (I want my old job back ) and I think I’m experiencing loneliness now. I’m having feelings of sadness, emptiness, disconnect, being bored, restlessness, nervousness and anxiet… --- ## [If an everlasting gobstopper existed, how could it be best used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-everlasting-gobstopper-existed-how-could-it-be-best-used/996059)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-an-everlasting-gobstopper-existed-how-could-it-be-best-used/996059 "2024-01-28T06:20:06Z")
Not sure if this belongs here or elsewhere. I think the answer are factual, but it references a fiction. In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka has invented the everlasting gobstopper, which he describes as som… --- ## [Club Q shooter new charges -- why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/club-q-shooter-new-charges-why/996199)
**Author:** [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/club-q-shooter-new-charges-why/996199 "2024-01-27T19:47:20Z")
Saw this article in the Washington Post that the Club Q shooter is being charged with 50 hate crimes by federal prosecutors. The shooter is currently serving five consecutive life sentences without the possibility of par… --- ## [DIY Advice Needed on Repairing Damaged Staircase Stringer in Home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-advice-needed-on-repairing-damaged-staircase-stringer-in-home/995929)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-advice-needed-on-repairing-damaged-staircase-stringer-in-home/995929 "2024-01-27T18:14:27Z")
I’m pretty competent as a DIYer, but unsure how to tackle a cracked INNER staircase stringer in our rental house. These are simple box stairs. The stringer on one side has a 30-inch crack in it. This image shows the wors… --- ## [♫ Regrets… I Have a Few… and Here Are Some… I’d Like to Men-tion ♫](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets-i-have-a-few-and-here-are-some-i-d-like-to-men-tion/969434)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets-i-have-a-few-and-here-are-some-i-d-like-to-men-tion/969434 "2024-01-27T01:15:28Z")
In a parallel universe, there is a version of me who is a linguist conducting research in typology, has a basic command of Latin and is a competent amateur cellist. Inspired by this thread, but mine is about the things … --- ## [How do you routinely use flashlights in and around your home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-routinely-use-flashlights-in-and-around-your-home/986640)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-routinely-use-flashlights-in-and-around-your-home/986640 "2024-01-26T16:35:54Z")
Maybe I’m odd. (Okay, that’s a given.) There are some things I have lots of around the house: metal nail files, scissors, rulers, and flashlights. I’m wondering if others have flashlights stashed in various places for va… --- ## [People who dreamed about being able to fly, how did you fly in your dream?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dreamed-about-being-able-to-fly-how-did-you-fly-in-your-dream/994775)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dreamed-about-being-able-to-fly-how-did-you-fly-in-your-dream/994775 "2024-01-25T21:30:57Z")
poll --- ## [Knee replacement complications 3 months post -- what to ask for & look for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-complications-3-months-post-what-to-ask-for-look-for/996601)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/knee-replacement-complications-3-months-post-what-to-ask-for-look-for/996601 "2024-01-25T02:36:30Z")
My spouse had her second total knee replacement for arthritis, a bit over 3 months ago. She was doing well and recovering like the first knee until some weeks post, then it started hurting. It’s grown worse and worse and… --- ## [Question about police cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-police-cameras/996136)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-police-cameras/996136 "2024-01-25T01:23:33Z")
There have been numerous threads about police searches and your rights (one currently in Factual Questions), but do you continue to assert those rights not to to comply if you see the cop(s) turn their police cams and mi… --- ## [Misleading/inaccurate advertising terms: hand-scraped floors and homemade soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-inaccurate-advertising-terms-hand-scraped-floors-and-homemade-soup/995276)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misleading-inaccurate-advertising-terms-hand-scraped-floors-and-homemade-soup/995276 "2024-01-24T22:26:36Z")
I tend towards the pedantic, and am (very mildly) put off by terms that I consider inaccurate and misleading. This morning, I realized I did not know exactly what was meant by a hand scraped wood floor. Google reveals … --- ## [What could these types of dream I'm sometimes having mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-these-types-of-dream-im-sometimes-having-mean/996443)
**Author:** [@Cityyewtree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cityyewtree)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-these-types-of-dream-im-sometimes-having-mean/996443 "2024-01-24T22:00:05Z")
In real life, I live in a small town but regularly commute to a medium sized city which involves a trip up a highway, across a large estuary type river into the city. Just before the bridge crossing is a junction where i… --- ## [Best approach for multi-destination international flights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-approach-for-multi-destination-international-flights/996581)
**Author:** [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-approach-for-multi-destination-international-flights/996581 "2024-01-24T18:20:25Z")
This October, I’m excited to attend an international family reunion in southern Italy. I’ll be in/near Cosenza for the event, and afterwards will spend a few days in Paris with my mom and uncle before heading back to th… --- ## [How do you treat a wound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-treat-a-wound/996091 "2024-01-24T15:31:08Z")
So you have a minor cut or scrape. It’s bleeding but not serious enough for to be sutured. What do you do? I had a girlfriend many years ago who believed that adhesive bandages were evil, and a wound needed to be “expos… --- ## [Security cameras at Walmart](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/security-cameras-at-walmart/990922 "2024-01-23T23:24:07Z")
Does Walmart have a large room filled with monitors like they do at casinos? They have hundreds of cameras at each store. One employee claims they can zoom in and read the text on a cell phone. I found another article wh… --- ## [1099B. Makes no sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1099b-makes-no-sense/996522)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1099b-makes-no-sense/996522 "2024-01-23T22:03:09Z")
I had 2 accounts with TD Ameritrade, a regular account and my Roth IRA and as you may know TDA accounts became Charles Schwab accounts in 2023. Under my tax forms for my regular (important) account, I have a 1099B. Lot… --- ## [Birds, smell taste, vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-smell-taste-vision/996542)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birds-smell-taste-vision/996542 "2024-01-23T21:58:30Z")
Is it possible that birds use vision in place of smell? When a fruit or a flower puts out a fragrance could the fragrance be seen in ultra violet ranges? It amazes me how some birds are able to locate food just by flying… --- ## [Entertainment time sink vs. underemployment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-time-sink-vs-underemployment/996512)
**Author:** [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/entertainment-time-sink-vs-underemployment/996512 "2024-01-23T17:58:10Z")
I’ve spent a staggering amount of time on video games, watching pro sports, movies, concerts, Wordle, etc. Lots of other folks have too. Lucky me, I have time for that crap. I’m fueling some big industries I guess. But… --- ## [Churchill, Truman and Communism in East Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-truman-and-communism-in-east-europe/950290)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/churchill-truman-and-communism-in-east-europe/950290 "2024-01-22T23:08:49Z")
I recently read Churchill’s memoirs which were written some years after WW2. He spends a fair amount of time bemoaning the fact that countries like Poland, Roumania and Bulgaria became Soviet satellites. He makes a fai… --- ## [Preserving fragile paper to unroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fragile-paper-to-unroll/996431)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preserving-fragile-paper-to-unroll/996431 "2024-01-22T21:04:28Z")
Hey y’all, specially arty types, I have a little problem. My late father gave me a piece of art he did. I believe it’s pencil on some kind of brown paper that reminds me of parchment paper. This paper is extraordinaril… --- ## [Anyone ever take a Scandinavian cruise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-take-a-scandinavian-cruise/996433)
**Author:** [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-take-a-scandinavian-cruise/996433 "2024-01-22T17:43:49Z")
So my wife and I are turning 50 next summer, and we decided that to celebrate we were going to see the Aurora Borealis for the first time. We figured out that the best way to do this was to a cruise to the Arctic Circle.… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=110)