# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=179 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 180 --- ## [Talk to me about water quality testing and filters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-water-quality-testing-and-filters/970409)
**Author:** [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-water-quality-testing-and-filters/970409 "2022-08-28T16:01:47Z")
For as long as I can recall, I’ve had some deposits that form in my shower and one of the bathroom sink counters. A contractor that was doing work at the house commented on it once and suggested that I look into water f… --- ## [Staff shortages, supply chain problems, customer issues... Are things going downhill in your field of work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-shortages-supply-chain-problems-customer-issues-are-things-going-downhill-in-your-field-of-work/969686)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staff-shortages-supply-chain-problems-customer-issues-are-things-going-downhill-in-your-field-of-work/969686 "2022-08-28T01:20:25Z")
After reading about the critical teacher shortages, I’m wondering what’s happening in other fields. I suspect many other workplaces are facing serious problems as well. What’s happening in yours? --- ## [Why are so many missing persons cases being solved at the bottom of lakes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-missing-persons-cases-being-solved-at-the-bottom-of-lakes/955749)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-so-many-missing-persons-cases-being-solved-at-the-bottom-of-lakes/955749 "2022-08-27T18:43:46Z")
The YouTube channel Adventures with Purpose is solving a lot of very old missing persons cases. Grandma leaves a Thanksgiving dinner and never gets home? Her 67 Chevy and remains may be at the bottom of a local lake. I… --- ## [Were Tuesday and Wednesday Common (Girls') Names?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227 "2022-08-26T21:29:16Z")
I’ve heard of Wednesday Addams (not real) and Tuesday Weld (real but it was a nickname she adopted). I’ve never heard of real or fictional Mondays or Thursdays or whatever. Were these (or any other days) ever common nam… --- ## [I’m 65 and have $300,000 in student debt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-65-and-have-300-000-in-student-debt/970345)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-m-65-and-have-300-000-in-student-debt/970345 "2022-08-26T19:11:48Z")
Editorial is from a woman that at age 53 decided to pursue her doctoral degree through a for-profit university, to show her kids how important education is. She racked up $300k in student debt, resulting in her own in… --- ## [Are magazine fed, semi-auto shotguns any good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-magazine-fed-semi-auto-shotguns-any-good/969843)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-magazine-fed-semi-auto-shotguns-any-good/969843 "2022-08-26T18:42:44Z")
I know this isn’t the best place to ask this, but I’ve learned that asking hobbyists for their opinion usually isn’t a good idea because they basically say unless you’re buying the most expensive item available, you’re w… --- ## ["Vocational Training" for homeowners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocational-training-for-homeowners/970185)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocational-training-for-homeowners/970185 "2022-08-26T17:33:27Z")
Do such programs exist? As a homeowner who has no background in plumbing, residential construction, electrical work, carpentry, etc. I would love to find some kind of “Vo-Tech” training program where I could learn the ba… --- ## [Anti-Homeless Benches with Armrests - Do they really prevent sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-homeless-benches-with-armrests-do-they-really-prevent-sleeping/969940)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-homeless-benches-with-armrests-do-they-really-prevent-sleeping/969940 "2022-08-26T12:25:20Z")
You’ve seen them, the benches that have either actual armrests or just small bars that prevent someone from laying fully across the length of the bench and instead make it so each bench has two or three seperate seats. I… --- ## [What is the fastest paced production-type job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-paced-production-type-job/970099)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-fastest-paced-production-type-job/970099 "2022-08-26T05:19:51Z")
Spoke with someone who recently spoke with an Amazon worker. She does the mailer envelopes, and over the course of a 10 hour shift with 2 30 minute breaks, she is expected to process 600 items an hour! That is one ever… --- ## [Why wasn't I taught anything about economics in "home economics" class?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-taught-anything-about-economics-in-home-economics-class/970200)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wasnt-i-taught-anything-about-economics-in-home-economics-class/970200 "2022-08-26T01:25:26Z")
I took “home ec” at least 3 times throughout my formal education experience. I learned how to sew, both by hand and with a sewing machine, and I learned how to cook a few basic dishes, but not once was I taught anything … --- ## [Is a fly clean when he emerges from his pupa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-fly-clean-when-he-emerges-from-his-pupa/970105)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-fly-clean-when-he-emerges-from-his-pupa/970105 "2022-08-26T00:37:07Z")
Does a fly pick up most of his bacteria from things he lands on? Or is it a carryover from his maggot days? --- ## [How would a very early Homo sapiens do today?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-very-early-homo-sapiens-do-today/970129)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-very-early-homo-sapiens-do-today/970129 "2022-08-25T22:38:57Z")
Suppose I fire up my time machine, which isn’t in anything as cool as a DeLorean. (It’s a Kia Forte.) I go back to the earlier years of homo sapiens - let’s say about 150,000 years ago, to when we were definitely, well… --- ## [Post Humanity Intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-humanity-intelligence/969566)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-humanity-intelligence/969566 "2022-08-25T20:37:13Z")
Do you ever sit and idly wonder what, if any, creature would evolve to fill the role and niche humans fill today? Ants? Termites? Octopus? Maybe it will be a joint venture between two different animals such as crows or… --- ## [Tethering a mobile game: which internet monolith should I use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tethering-a-mobile-game-which-internet-monolith-should-i-use/970338)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tethering-a-mobile-game-which-internet-monolith-should-i-use/970338 "2022-08-25T20:07:53Z")
There’s a mobile game that I play and enjoy. In order to keep access to my account should something happen or I switch devices, I have my game account connected with my Facebook account. Well, right now, there’s a glitch… --- ## [What Penalty Do You Think is Appropriate For Torture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-penalty-do-you-think-is-appropriate-for-torture/970262)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-penalty-do-you-think-is-appropriate-for-torture/970262 "2022-08-25T15:52:16Z")
Using standard and internationally accepted definitions, what penalties would you deem appropriate for current or retired public officials who knowingly engage in activities unambiguously defined as torture, over an exte… --- ## [The effects of a meteor impact on the world today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-a-meteor-impact-on-the-world-today/970267)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-effects-of-a-meteor-impact-on-the-world-today/970267 "2022-08-25T14:15:31Z")
I was goofing around and found this meteor impact simulator. I input the following values; projectile diameter 100m, trajectory angle 45°, velocity of just under 20 km/s(call it 19.5 I guess, they had a dial instead of … --- ## [Bunker Fuel; potential cause of global warming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-fuel-potential-cause-of-global-warming/970186)
**Author:** [@shunnedempath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shunnedempath)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bunker-fuel-potential-cause-of-global-warming/970186 "2022-08-25T12:12:21Z")
I feel like out-there-annie over here, the red headed stepchild asking for clarification about global warming…Bunker Fuel could this be the cause of our global warming concerns? --- ## ["What goes on the internet stays there forever" is that really true or just an old wives tale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-the-internet-stays-there-forever-is-that-really-true-or-just-an-old-wives-tale/970091)
**Author:** [@thescrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thescrr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-goes-on-the-internet-stays-there-forever-is-that-really-true-or-just-an-old-wives-tale/970091 "2022-08-25T10:31:53Z")
If you post some images on the internet and it gets shared around, will stay on the internet forever or is that just an old wives tale or another way of saying you can remove from the internet but it’s really really har… --- ## [Mystery Droplets on my ceiling and walls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-droplets-on-my-ceiling-and-walls/970261)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-droplets-on-my-ceiling-and-walls/970261 "2022-08-25T07:53:30Z")
In the exact center of my ceiling there is a strip about 12" wide that runs across my ceiling runs into the two adjoining walls and goes down the wall toward the floor like a horseshoe shape. The droplets look and dry ha… --- ## [Are hotel reviews on tripadvisor dot com--believable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hotel-reviews-on-tripadvisor-dot-com-believable/965256)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-hotel-reviews-on-tripadvisor-dot-com-believable/965256 "2022-08-24T22:46:43Z")
I’m looking for a hotel for a week to visit family in a typical midwestern city. All I need is a place to sleep ( because there’s no room in the family home. ) I don’t need any amenities For about $120 per night, mote… --- ## [Skin Treatments w/o Uncanny Valley](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-treatments-w-o-uncanny-valley/970235)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skin-treatments-w-o-uncanny-valley/970235 "2022-08-24T21:58:26Z")
In my experience/observation, most skin and beauty procedures - laser resurfacing, botox, etc. - create an effect that’s not-quite-right. Maybe you look better on a camera but, in person and up-close, there’s a strangene… --- ## [Realizing that You Are at Risk of Becoming like Your Partner's Psycho Ex](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realizing-that-you-are-at-risk-of-becoming-like-your-partners-psycho-ex/969025)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realizing-that-you-are-at-risk-of-becoming-like-your-partners-psycho-ex/969025 "2022-08-24T19:07:21Z")
Have you ever found yourself at first empathizing with a new romantic partner’s suffering at the hands of their psycho ex, only to end up wondering whether their own behaviour may have played a role in their toxic dynami… --- ## [What's your oldest memory of your body aching after an activity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-memory-of-your-body-aching-after-an-activity/970100)
**Author:** [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-memory-of-your-body-aching-after-an-activity/970100 "2022-08-24T15:59:53Z")
I’m not talking about injuries, just the next-day, overall aching that so often accompanies long activities or sports. Especially ones new to your body, such as riding a horse or playing paintball for the first time. Fo… --- ## [How much could a single person with an average salary save up per month in your city/state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-a-single-person-with-an-average-salary-save-up-per-month-in-your-city-state/969974)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-could-a-single-person-with-an-average-salary-save-up-per-month-in-your-city-state/969974 "2022-08-24T12:10:03Z")
I live in a eastern European country where the monthly salary is around 500$ for most basic jobs, but despite it being so low, if you don’t rent and have your own property, you can have some 50$ saved up even if you live… --- ## [The Police Went To A Man's Employer To Complain About His Behavior; Is This Legal? Normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-police-went-to-a-mans-employer-to-complain-about-his-behavior-is-this-legal-normal/970161)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-police-went-to-a-mans-employer-to-complain-about-his-behavior-is-this-legal-normal/970161 "2022-08-24T03:20:20Z")
It seems that a Walmart employee in Oregon had a habit of calling the cops on customers, making false claims about their actions, until one unjustly-persecuted customer had enough and raised some hell. “The next day, Sh… --- ## [Does this count as useful exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-count-as-useful-exercise/969842 "2022-08-23T23:14:46Z")
Inspired by the thread on obsolete gym machines, I’m looking for informed thoughts on this question. While doing my 3 mile walk at a good pace (can talk through some it, can’t sing, lots of steps and inclines) I stop and… --- ## [Tar roofs causing global warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-roofs-causing-global-warming/970182)
**Author:** [@shunnedempath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shunnedempath)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tar-roofs-causing-global-warming/970182 "2022-08-23T22:43:21Z")
okay, so here it goes. My aunt and uncle had an earth house in Michigan NY that was completely underground. It didn’t contribute to heating up the global temperature because it was completely underground. When it snowed,… --- ## [Mystery keystroke combination to make emails disappear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-keystroke-combination-to-make-emails-disappear/970065)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-keystroke-combination-to-make-emails-disappear/970065 "2022-08-23T19:32:21Z")
Background: Windows 10, Chrome browser, Xfinity Connect (Comcast) email application. Keyboard is Logitech wireless ERGO keyboard. This has happened twice to me recently and once a while back – while moving my keyboard t… --- ## [Amusing, Unusual or Perplexing Patterns in your Love Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-unusual-or-perplexing-patterns-in-your-love-life/970027)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-unusual-or-perplexing-patterns-in-your-love-life/970027 "2022-08-23T19:15:56Z")
Inspired by this thread, where people’s dating criteria, among other things, are discussed. What I’d like to address here is different. Have you noticed strangely recurring patterns in your love life that cannot be expl… --- ## [Who will turn out to be the next Arthur Miller of the Trump Era?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-turn-out-to-be-the-next-arthur-miller-of-the-trump-era/970138)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-turn-out-to-be-the-next-arthur-miller-of-the-trump-era/970138 "2022-08-23T14:26:31Z")
We had a decade of the McCarthy Era (late 1940s to late 1950s). We’re into over half a decade of the Trump Era (starting with his presidency. I’d like to think it won’t last more than a decade). What playwrights /authors… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=180)