# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=134 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 135 --- ## [When was a good time to live in Russia? Was there one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-a-good-time-to-live-in-russia-was-there-one/986061)
**Author:** [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-a-good-time-to-live-in-russia-was-there-one/986061 "2023-07-11T17:35:53Z")
In discussing the events of today with my daughter, she said, “I guess it’s a bad time to be living in Russia?” Which lead to a discussion of whether there ever was a good time to live in Russia. When was the best time t… --- ## [Toyota Auto A/C repair question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-auto-a-c-repair-question/986874)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toyota-auto-a-c-repair-question/986874 "2023-07-11T17:27:56Z")
2012 Toyota. A/C stopped working. Service center says we need to recharge the system $300.00, Did not fix the problem, brought it back to service center and now being told it’s the compressor. $1,500. Not being a me… --- ## [Free dive to bottom of Mariana Trench, yes or no?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dive-to-bottom-of-mariana-trench-yes-or-no/915442)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dive-to-bottom-of-mariana-trench-yes-or-no/915442 "2023-07-11T14:27:10Z")
This is so mundane it belongs more in MPSIMS, but IMHO is more the place for polling. Say you are the lucky sweepstake winner of a free submarine dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench, in a mini-submersible like the … --- ## [What's the best way to clean tape residue off metal (aluminum, I think)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-clean-tape-residue-off-metal-aluminum-i-think/986578)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-way-to-clean-tape-residue-off-metal-aluminum-i-think/986578 "2023-07-11T13:58:26Z")
We have an old cat door that we can’t use, because the slider opening in our house is about one inch too short for it to fit. We last used it in our old apartment, where the building had settled a bit and the slider o… --- ## [Can my camera be saved? (It got wet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-camera-be-saved-it-got-wet/986872 "2023-07-11T11:03:00Z")
I brought my DSLR camera with me to Ireland last week. As I guess is kind of typical of weather in the British Isles, I got caught in a rain shower, and as a result the camera got wet. Now the camera will not turn on. … --- ## [Recommend LED fixture to replace 48" fluorescent tube](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-led-fixture-to-replace-48-fluorescent-tube/986825)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-led-fixture-to-replace-48-fluorescent-tube/986825 "2023-07-11T10:46:30Z")
In my bathroom I have two fixtures that each have one 48" fluorescent tube. I am tired of replacing them and properly disposing of the burned-out ones. What kind of LED fixtures would work here? I replaced a couple of cl… --- ## [Certain points of club meeting/parliamentary procedure in Germany, familiar or not in English-speaking contries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certain-points-of-club-meeting-parliamentary-procedure-in-germany-familiar-or-not-in-english-speaking-contries/986808)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certain-points-of-club-meeting-parliamentary-procedure-in-germany-familiar-or-not-in-english-speaking-contries/986808 "2023-07-10T19:46:34Z")
There are some procedural usages that I have encountered in club, party meetings, party conferences, local government sessions in Germany in the last 3-4 decades that I am curious whether these are also encountered in En… --- ## [Question about scientology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scientology/986399)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-scientology/986399 "2023-07-10T18:28:49Z")
As I understand it, which isn’t much, Scientology has a hold over its celebrity members (and others) in part by eliciting confessions in the early going about shameful things they’ve done, and then uses those confessions… --- ## [‘Simple’ things that are surprisingly difficult](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-surprisingly-difficult/986404)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-things-that-are-surprisingly-difficult/986404 "2023-07-10T15:51:39Z")
I grocery shop on Saturdays. Today I’m about to run out but I feel a bit peckish, and you’re not supposed to grocery shop hungry, right? So I think, there’s some leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge— I’ll make a qui… --- ## [Twitter - why do we need it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-why-do-we-need-it/986665)
**Author:** [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-why-do-we-need-it/986665 "2023-07-10T06:53:01Z")
I’ve been thinking about this for some time - why does the world need Twitter? I admit I have a Twitter account. (It’s only on my laptop, not on my phone.) I look at it maybe twice a year. I don’t follow any celebrities… --- ## [Causes of multiple toilets clogging in large building?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causes-of-multiple-toilets-clogging-in-large-building/986746)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/causes-of-multiple-toilets-clogging-in-large-building/986746 "2023-07-09T21:07:21Z")
At the university I work at, several toilets in one building keep getting clogged and flooding. Facilities mounted a “don’t rush to flush” campaign reminding people not to flush anything but, and I quote, “pee, poop, and… --- ## [Women: How often do you get "horny"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242)
**Author:** [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2013, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-how-often-do-you-get-horny/194242 "2013-02-05T04:09:24Z")
I’d like to get some idea of what the female sex drive is. Being a male, I’m rather clueless about such things, and the real life women I know are reticent about this. So I turn to the internet, hoping that the relative … --- ## [Can you tell how nasty a vegetable is from the amount of added bacon, butter or sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-how-nasty-a-vegetable-is-from-the-amount-of-added-bacon-butter-or-sauce/986378)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-tell-how-nasty-a-vegetable-is-from-the-amount-of-added-bacon-butter-or-sauce/986378 "2023-07-09T03:08:50Z")
I came across this in a book - you can always tell how nasty a vegetable is by how much bacon is added. They were talking Brussel sprouts (which I like). They were joking, but I wondered if this was generally true? --- ## [How did this debit card get hacked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-debit-card-get-hacked/986779)
**Author:** [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-this-debit-card-get-hacked/986779 "2023-07-09T03:05:52Z")
We have two checking accounts with our local credit union. One for our common expenses, and one only my wife uses. Her debit card apparently got hacked; the CU was very good about canceling the card and reimbursing the… --- ## [Sunk cost fallacy: how to calculate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunk-cost-fallacy-how-to-calculate/986747)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunk-cost-fallacy-how-to-calculate/986747 "2023-07-09T01:00:31Z")
Reading a reference to the sink cost fallacy in another thread, I got to wondering, are there formulae to help one calculate when one should bail? To have a reasonably useful measurement to say, “okay, this much and no m… --- ## [Pantry moths. No harm no foul?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantry-moths-no-harm-no-foul/986734)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pantry-moths-no-harm-no-foul/986734 "2023-07-08T19:43:58Z")
I have been having pantry moths in my kitchen for the last several months. I see a couple flying around each day and a bunch of them are getting caught in the pheromone traps I have suck inside the cabinets. At this mome… --- ## [What's the most Edenic existence for a pack of pre-historic humans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-edenic-existence-for-a-pack-of-pre-historic-humans/986543)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-edenic-existence-for-a-pack-of-pre-historic-humans/986543 "2023-07-08T12:44:50Z")
For at least a generation or two? If we accept that myths are sometimes based on some dimly (or tribally) remembered event, like Noah’s flood may be based on the worst flood suffered by one’s great (times 100) grandparen… --- ## [“The State of the Navy” (US, The View From “60 Minutes”)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-the-navy-us-the-view-from-60-minutes/986471)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-state-of-the-navy-us-the-view-from-60-minutes/986471 "2023-07-07T22:34:41Z")
I was watching a 60 Minutes report on the US Navy tonight. Very interesting, but being a “bear of little brain” it made me think of several questions. A case was made for increasing naval funding based on the decreas… --- ## [Has patriotism changed over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-patriotism-changed-over-time/986593)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-patriotism-changed-over-time/986593 "2023-07-07T22:14:51Z")
This article basically says patriotism is a positive, optimistic view of one’s country. It implies this has been replaced by nationalism, which is more political. Is this a fair description? Is it true? If so, wh… --- ## [Best surviving Android app for reddit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-surviving-android-app-for-reddit/986383 "2023-07-07T19:53:13Z")
I don’t fully understand all the reddit API stuff, but whatever the details, sadly, my only reddit app, Reddit is Fun, is defunct. What options remain for Android, and are any of them nearly as good as RiF? Everything I … --- ## [Accounting/tax question regarding insurance payout to a minor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-tax-question-regarding-insurance-payout-to-a-minor/986696)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accounting-tax-question-regarding-insurance-payout-to-a-minor/986696 "2023-07-07T17:00:00Z")
I have a friend who’s ex-husband passed away. They have a child (now 16) and the child is the beneficiary on the ex-husband’s life insurance policy. The amount is roughly $250,000. My friend is trying to understand the… --- ## [Companies renting out space on public beaches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-renting-out-space-on-public-beaches/986692)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/companies-renting-out-space-on-public-beaches/986692 "2023-07-07T11:49:00Z")
I’m on vacation and I saw for the first time in my life companies not just renting out beach equipment, like umbrellas and chairs, but setting it up for you as well. Seems like a very convenient service. But it also mea… --- ## [Does Anybody Know Anything About Elio Motors New 3 Wheeled Car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-anything-about-elio-motors-new-3-wheeled-car/728223)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anybody-know-anything-about-elio-motors-new-3-wheeled-car/728223 "2023-07-07T06:39:06Z")
A link– 84 MPG, $6,800 base. http://www.eliomotors.com/features/#the-4-musts It seems like there is no car, yet. It also seems like this would be IDEAL CAR FOR ME, if it pans out! Input from Dopers who know? --- ## [Traveling to Maine in spring. Need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-maine-in-spring-need-advice/986038)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-maine-in-spring-need-advice/986038 "2023-07-06T21:03:12Z")
Just two full days not counting travel. The wife wants to see some New England towns so I was thinking flying to Portland and staying in Bar Harbor. The next day seeing Acadia NP (how long should I plan to stay?) the… --- ## [What’s your favorite state license plate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-state-license-plate/986521)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-your-favorite-state-license-plate/986521 "2023-07-06T15:48:15Z")
We’ve done this a few times, but let’s do it again for 2023. What’s your favorite current license plate? I put ‘state’ in the thread title but this definitely isn’t limited to the USA. For me, while I understand some m… --- ## [... Why did wallets in the past come with fake family photos but now no longer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-wallets-in-the-past-come-with-fake-family-photos-but-now-no-longer/986547)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-wallets-in-the-past-come-with-fake-family-photos-but-now-no-longer/986547 "2023-07-06T07:39:43Z")
Yeah it’s a hack joke (first part at least) but why did wallets originally have fake family photos in them when you bought them, but now when you buy a wallet it’s completely empty? So yes two part question. --- ## [Have you ever had an Enema?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-an-enema/248448)
**Author:** [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-had-an-enema/248448 "2023-07-06T04:20:23Z")
Nice? Painful? Salty? I was at my GrandMa’s yesterday, and saw one on the shelf in the Loo. My first reaction was “Eewww…”, but then I remembered reading somewhere that some people get off on them, so maybe they’re k… --- ## [Canadians: Have you ever been subjected to the dreaded "SSSS" screening when flying to or from the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-have-you-ever-been-subjected-to-the-dreaded-ssss-screening-when-flying-to-or-from-the-us/985022)
**Author:** [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadians-have-you-ever-been-subjected-to-the-dreaded-ssss-screening-when-flying-to-or-from-the-us/985022 "2023-07-05T18:51:20Z")
For some reason, likely random, I was selected for the SSSS screening on a recent flight to the US. Out of Calgary, if that makes a difference. For those who don’t know, the SSSS screening is a full body patdown (I fel… --- ## [I miss the ubiquity of bar soap](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-ubiquity-of-bar-soap/986433)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-ubiquity-of-bar-soap/986433 "2023-07-05T18:01:53Z")
There were so many solid soap / detergent bars once. I don’t want to wash with something that looks like a fruit syrup shipped in a heavy plastic bottle. Just give me a soap, okay? --- ## [Will Trump be jailed within a year of this date?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-jailed-within-a-year-of-this-date/986391)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-be-jailed-within-a-year-of-this-date/986391 "2023-07-05T15:57:32Z")
I am talking about a real jail and/or prison, not some weak-ass house arrest, folks. poll [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=135)