# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=135 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 136 --- ## [If I somehow had a yearly natural body odor scent sample from myself preserved, which one would likely smell the strongest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-somehow-had-a-yearly-natural-body-odor-scent-sample-from-myself-preserved-which-one-would-likely-smell-the-strongest/986416)
**Author:** [@Glassbeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassbeach)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-somehow-had-a-yearly-natural-body-odor-scent-sample-from-myself-preserved-which-one-would-likely-smell-the-strongest/986416 "2023-07-05T15:12:24Z")
I’m a guy who turns 31 this year and I know this might seem like a strange thing to ask, but it came to mind yesterday afternoon when I was about to take a shower at work after a long shift and I could actually smell mys… --- ## [What % should I offer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-offer/986557)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-i-offer/986557 "2023-07-05T15:08:57Z")
So over the years I’ve acquired some stuff\* - and I see adverts for ways to sell it. Now I’ve not done this before, but a friend of mine has. So I was going to ask him to sell it for me. Obviously I pay all expenses (… --- ## [Moving walkways in airports](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-walkways-in-airports/985087 "2023-07-05T12:45:55Z")
This has bothered me for somewhile, but while traveling last week, it seems like the practice is increasing. I’m talking about standing on the moving walkways in airports. Some airports have addressed this by placing s… --- ## [What terms are suitable to express the takeover of a Vice President in the event of the death of a sitting President](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-terms-are-suitable-to-express-the-takeover-of-a-vice-president-in-the-event-of-the-death-of-a-sitting-president/986605)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-terms-are-suitable-to-express-the-takeover-of-a-vice-president-in-the-event-of-the-death-of-a-sitting-president/986605 "2023-07-05T12:07:35Z")
Other than ‘take over as President’ what other words or phrases are appropriate? --- ## [NY Dopers: where to donate pantry items?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-where-to-donate-pantry-items/986387)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-dopers-where-to-donate-pantry-items/986387 "2023-07-04T22:51:10Z")
Hi folks, Long story short, I am going to Forest Hills, Queens on Sunday to pack up my recently deceased father’s apartment because the real estate agent apparently thinks it should be shown empty, and my brother (the e… --- ## [Is Russia in danger of becoming a "failed State"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-in-danger-of-becoming-a-failed-state/986470)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-russia-in-danger-of-becoming-a-failed-state/986470 "2023-07-04T18:30:29Z")
This NY Times posting describes how, independently of the War, Russia is literally falling apart. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/30/putin-russia-war-modernization/ A 15-year-old Russian boy today has … --- ## [Why should you exhale through the mouth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-you-exhale-through-the-mouth/986514)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-you-exhale-through-the-mouth/986514 "2023-07-04T15:23:45Z")
I am not asking for medical advice. I would simply like to know if there is any factual basis for the advice always given in discussions of deep breathing to inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. --- ## [How to Secure Our Safety, 2023 and Forward in the USA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-our-safety-2023-and-forward-in-the-usa/986479)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-secure-our-safety-2023-and-forward-in-the-usa/986479 "2023-07-03T22:56:55Z")
MODS: I put this in IMHO, rather than Great Debates, as I didn’t feel it was narrow enough to qualify. If you feel it would be better moderated elsewhere, you have my permission to move it. DISCLAIMER: This is a thre… --- ## [How much power does a federal judge have over a verdict?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-power-does-a-federal-judge-have-over-a-verdict/986280)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-power-does-a-federal-judge-have-over-a-verdict/986280 "2023-07-03T22:53:20Z")
Obviously about the Aileen Cannon case in Florida, but I’m interested in knowing generally whether a biased judge could manipulate events in her courtroom sufficiently to take a very strong case by the prosecution into a… --- ## [A stick that swims upstream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stick-that-swims-upstream/986421)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stick-that-swims-upstream/986421 "2023-07-03T20:48:59Z")
I don’t know if this was real or not. The other day I saw a video where a stick shaped like a crawling snake was placed in the water and it swam upstream. If in fact this was real are there any know technologies that use… --- ## [Wirelessly charging a phone that wasn't made to do that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wirelessly-charging-a-phone-that-wasnt-made-to-do-that/986429)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wirelessly-charging-a-phone-that-wasnt-made-to-do-that/986429 "2023-07-03T01:46:18Z")
My phone is a Samsung Galaxy A13 5g. It does not have wireless charging capability built in. I discovered recently that there is (reportedly) a way to make this work. You get a little wireless receiver, which is a flat … --- ## [How reliable is your workplace technology?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-your-workplace-technology/986348)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-reliable-is-your-workplace-technology/986348 "2023-07-02T18:37:53Z")
I’m primarily trying to ascertain whether my work tech is worse or equivalent to what most people experience. And I’m coming at it from very much a non-techie user’s perspective. I work for a very large government agen… --- ## [Merits of affirmative action based on family wealth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merits-of-affirmative-action-based-on-family-wealth/986373)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merits-of-affirmative-action-based-on-family-wealth/986373 "2023-07-02T12:03:41Z")
I ask this in light of the most recent SCt decision regarding affirmative action. Would there be any objection to affording favorability for applicants from “poor” families? To the extent American Blacks - as a group -… --- ## [Explain that "talking to yourself" thing to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-that-talking-to-yourself-thing-to-me/986398)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-that-talking-to-yourself-thing-to-me/986398 "2023-07-02T12:02:55Z")
Until I came to live with my now wife I always thought people who talked to themselves were mentally ill. But she does, and she is not. When the both of us sit at our desks and work at something (me, usually when workin… --- ## [Was the ratio of representatives in Congress to eligible voters in the late 1780s less equitable than the French parliamentary system (PR system) after the ratification of the 1787 US Constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-ratio-of-representatives-in-congress-to-eligible-voters-in-the-late-1780s-less-equitable-than-the-french-parliamentary-system-pr-system-after-the-ratification-of-the-1787-us-constitution/986397)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2023, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-ratio-of-representatives-in-congress-to-eligible-voters-in-the-late-1780s-less-equitable-than-the-french-parliamentary-system-pr-system-after-the-ratification-of-the-1787-us-constitution/986397 "2023-07-02T10:04:49Z")
Was the ratio of representatives in Congress to eligible voters less equitable than the French parliamentary system (PR system) after the ratification of the 1787 US Constitution? I’m interested to know if the ratio of… --- ## [Recommendations for a replacement wall-hanging 'weather station'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-replacement-wall-hanging-weather-station/986380)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-a-replacement-wall-hanging-weather-station/986380 "2023-06-30T22:22:57Z")
I guess ‘weather station’ is what they’re referred to from searching Amazon. I’ve had a wall-hanging thermometer / hygrometer / barometer for around 30 years, that survived two or three moves, and today I clumsily knocke… --- ## [Plumbing issue with pinhole drip from copper pipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-issue-with-pinhole-drip-from-copper-pipe/986231)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plumbing-issue-with-pinhole-drip-from-copper-pipe/986231 "2023-06-30T19:53:41Z")
My hot water line to the kitchen & deep sink has a pin hole leak in a longish run in my basement shop. I usually ask my BIL these questions but he is literally on his way to surgery. He is a retired plumber. It is a ver… --- ## [Any African-American news anchors who speak on air with an African-American Vernacular accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-african-american-news-anchors-who-speak-on-air-with-an-african-american-vernacular-accent/835016 "2023-06-30T18:51:47Z")
Whenever I see black news anchors, they speak entirely without any African-American vernacular English accent. In some cases it sounds natural (e.g. Lester Holt of NBC News), but in other cases it sounds like they are s… --- ## [Stranger to blue water?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranger-to-blue-water/986105 "2023-06-30T17:20:35Z")
As I said in another thread, we’re watching Kingsman: The Golden Circle. ‘Merlin’ likes John Denver’s Take Me Home, Country Roads. I’ve noticed that that song seems to be popular and known worldwide. Like, in additi… --- ## [Women -\> Do You Love Nylon Stockings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-love-nylon-stockings/579652)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-do-you-love-nylon-stockings/579652 "2023-06-29T19:31:14Z")
I just finished listening to a pretty funny George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (radio) where Gracie makes a typical boneheaded move (at least George thinks so) of buying a LOT of nylon stockings. Of course everything wor… --- ## [Want to play "guess the diagnosis"? (I've been to the clinic)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-play-guess-the-diagnosis-ive-been-to-the-clinic/985957)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-to-play-guess-the-diagnosis-ive-been-to-the-clinic/985957 "2023-06-29T17:52:33Z")
You aren’t my doctor. I’ve been to the clinic. I’d enjoy having your help generating hypotheses. I wake up to pee at 4:30 AM. Not unusual, especially since I stay well-hydrated. Went back to sleep. I wake up to pee at … --- ## [Ketchup - To Refrigerate or Not to Refrigerate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-to-refrigerate-or-not-to-refrigerate/161891)
**Author:** [@DoperChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoperChic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ketchup-to-refrigerate-or-not-to-refrigerate/161891 "2023-06-29T12:16:50Z")
…that is the question. Does it really need to be put in the fridge? I worked in a restaurant for over 5 years and we never refrigerated ours. Come to think of it, my bottle doesn’t say anything about refrigeration. Wh… --- ## [Billy Crudup on "Finding Your Roots"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billy-crudup-on-finding-your-roots/986075 "2023-06-28T23:49:54Z")
I saw this episode today, but I don’t know when it was first aired. He mentioned in the show that he was 53 when it was made, so it may be a couple of years old, but I think it was originally aired fairly recently. You c… --- ## [Wagner PMC's ultimate fate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-pmcs-ultimate-fate/986179)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wagner-pmcs-ultimate-fate/986179 "2023-06-28T11:56:55Z")
What is going to happen to Wagner PMC now that its soldiers have been offered the choice of joining the regular army or returning to Russia as a civilian? Seems that Wagner has been too useful to the Kremlin to simply d… --- ## [Would you want a "weekend SO"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-a-weekend-so/985999)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-want-a-weekend-so/985999 "2023-06-28T02:17:11Z")
My gf had been looking for a carpenter willing to refurbish several outbuildings on our property. Every guy who came to give an estimate insisted on only wanting to demolish and rebuild, because it would be cheaper. Fi… --- ## [Pennsylvania estate law question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-estate-law-question/986184)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pennsylvania-estate-law-question/986184 "2023-06-27T21:53:07Z")
A relative who is a Pennsylvania resident has a will that was written in the 1970s. It mentions named property (specific cars, house, etc.) that he no longer owns. His wife is also dead. The will designates that all the… --- ## [Flying To Israel: How Much Cash Needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-to-israel-how-much-cash-needed/986143)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flying-to-israel-how-much-cash-needed/986143 "2023-06-27T19:41:48Z")
A family member is flying to Israel and plans to charge purchases as much as possible, but sometimes one needs cash. How much US cash should one bring? Consider this person is traveling with a group and may have to split… --- ## [Do you think Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-jeffrey-epstein-committed-suicide/838572)
**Author:** [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-jeffrey-epstein-committed-suicide/838572 "2023-06-27T16:26:56Z")
Do you think Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide? --- ## [The most famous people from the least-noticed countries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-people-from-the-least-noticed-countries/985986)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2023, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-people-from-the-least-noticed-countries/985986 "2023-06-27T10:49:01Z")
Please name someone who is known around the world who comes from a country that gets little international attention. The higher-profile the person and lower-profile the country, the better! --- ## [Any recommendations for a free/cheap website that I can collect photos from a wedding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-a-free-cheap-website-that-i-can-collect-photos-from-a-wedding/986088)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-a-free-cheap-website-that-i-can-collect-photos-from-a-wedding/986088 "2023-06-26T20:27:44Z")
I see some recommendations from a decade ago…looking for something newer. I was recently part of a destination wedding. I’d like a website where we can all upload our photos and share them with each other. (think an ap… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=134) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=136)