# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=213 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 214 --- ## [Recommendation for new phone service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-new-phone-service/959511)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendation-for-new-phone-service/959511 "2022-02-28T23:48:09Z")
Starting a couple days ago, I noticed my phone battery was not discharging at its usual pace. It hardly lost any power. I checked to see if it was talking to the cell network, and it turns out it isn’t. So I visit the lo… --- ## [Would securing an enemy nations border and opening it up to unlimited immigration be a legitimate warfare strategy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-securing-an-enemy-nations-border-and-opening-it-up-to-unlimited-immigration-be-a-legitimate-warfare-strategy/960134)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-securing-an-enemy-nations-border-and-opening-it-up-to-unlimited-immigration-be-a-legitimate-warfare-strategy/960134 "2022-02-28T23:16:56Z")
This was a plot point in some South Korean book I never read but read a detailed summary of about 15 years ago, but this one plot point always stuck out to me. Long story short, the book is about the two Koreas uniting … --- ## [Would you fix or replace your dishwasher?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fix-or-replace-your-dishwasher/960109)
**Author:** [@Honolulu\_Lulu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honolulu_Lulu)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-fix-or-replace-your-dishwasher/960109 "2022-02-28T20:47:08Z")
Our current dish washer is 20-25 years old. It works just fine. The racks that hold the dishes are not-so-fine. About 5%-10% of the dish holders have rusted and fallen off. That does not affect the quality of the was… --- ## [Anyone else hate the Apple MagSafe wireless charger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-the-apple-magsafe-wireless-charger/960202)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-hate-the-apple-magsafe-wireless-charger/960202 "2022-02-28T15:38:53Z")
For some background, Apple iPhones supported Qi charging since, I think, the iPhone X released in 2017. So I’ve been using wireless charging since then, initially with Samsung and Anker charging pads. Starting in 2020, A… --- ## [Have You Experienced Culture Shock Moving Within Your Own Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-culture-shock-moving-within-your-own-country/947268)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-culture-shock-moving-within-your-own-country/947268 "2022-02-28T01:28:45Z")
I have. And I just moved one state over! I think, though, that the difference is more urban vs. rural than Illinois vs. Missouri (I lived in a city of 130,000 vs. a town of 800). Anyway, time is meaningless here. Someon… --- ## [Does Vatican City Have Dual Citizenship?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vatican-city-have-dual-citizenship/960193)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-vatican-city-have-dual-citizenship/960193 "2022-02-28T00:43:13Z")
Obviously not. But I’m joking to bring up a point. Vatican City is a sovereign country. I think Mussolini (ironically) signed the treaty. But it is also properly part of the city of Rome, which is Italy. How can it be … --- ## [Ugly, ridiculous, impractical buildings that you still think are awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ridiculous-impractical-buildings-that-you-still-think-are-awesome/696877)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugly-ridiculous-impractical-buildings-that-you-still-think-are-awesome/696877 "2022-02-27T23:30:37Z")
The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang gets a lot of well-deserved criticism. NK doesn’t have the money for it, Pyongyang probably doesn’t really need 3000 hotel rooms, it’s never going to be finished, it’s basically a glorifi… --- ## [Military spending versus humanity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-spending-versus-humanity/960192)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-spending-versus-humanity/960192 "2022-02-27T20:31:16Z")
I’m always impressed and educated by Dopers who have extensive historical and contemporary knowledge about weapons, from atlatls to space lasers. Does anyone care to speculate on what the planet would look like if all th… --- ## [Warming ovens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warming-ovens/960103)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warming-ovens/960103 "2022-02-27T05:05:10Z")
Every oven I have dealt with in my memory has a lowest temperature setting of 170 F. But temperatures like 110 or 120 would be perfect for rising bread or making yogurt. If there is an stove with a low temperature, you… --- ## [Teeth whiteners (home versions) - Anyone have success with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teeth-whiteners-home-versions-anyone-have-success-with-them/959774 "2022-02-27T01:01:17Z")
I used a home teeth whitener a while back and I was hard pressed to notice much of a difference. What improvement I did see (which may well have been in my imagination) seemed to go away pretty quickly once I stopped usi… --- ## [The death of exes and former lovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-exes-and-former-lovers/958861)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-of-exes-and-former-lovers/958861 "2022-02-26T21:09:42Z")
Yesterday I heard from the daughter of a former boyfriend (2002-2008) that he had died peacefully in his sleep. He was 71 (I’m 73). That relationship was fraught on its best day, and I can’t explain why I stayed in it as… --- ## [Are there any Air Conditioner substitutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-air-conditioner-substitutes/250839)
**Author:** [@remisser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/remisser)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-air-conditioner-substitutes/250839 "2022-02-26T16:14:22Z")
I live in an old rickety house with old rickety wiring. Now, I’m not complaining, the wife and I were very lucky to procure such a great living space. There’s only one thing that is currently making us ill about our cu… --- ## [How far did you walk to school, in the snow, uphill both ways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-did-you-walk-to-school-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/960021)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2022, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-did-you-walk-to-school-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/960021 "2022-02-26T05:27:38Z")
I grew up in a row house in the Baltimore suburbs. My elementary school was about a quarter of a mile away and I had to cross 2 streets, neither of which was a major thoroughfare. There were a gazillion kids in the neigh… --- ## [Do you know anyone that died due to the flu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-that-died-due-to-the-flu/959347)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2022, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-anyone-that-died-due-to-the-flu/959347 "2022-02-26T02:52:07Z")
Do you know anyone personally that died because of the flu or flu related complications? poll I’m 59 and AFAIK, I don’t know anyone that died from the flu. --- ## [POLL: How do you pronounce the word "mushy"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-mushy/959716)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-do-you-pronounce-the-word-mushy/959716 "2022-02-25T18:36:01Z")
As in this sentence: “If you boil macaroni too long, it will get mushy.” poll This word turns up a lot in the many cooking shows and YouTube cooking videos that I watch. --- ## [Anyone live on/near a time zone demarcation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-on-near-a-time-zone-demarcation/955350)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-live-on-near-a-time-zone-demarcation/955350 "2022-02-25T18:33:05Z")
Share your anecdotes, stories and rants please. I’ve always thought that the situation would be a veritable breeding ground for confusion. Maybe even a plot line for a made for TV movie. Take note all you aspiring scr… --- ## [Any Experiences With Shoulder/Arm Injuries from a Fall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-shoulder-arm-injuries-from-a-fall/960064)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experiences-with-shoulder-arm-injuries-from-a-fall/960064 "2022-02-25T17:13:51Z")
This happened to me a couple weeks ago. So far my reading suggests it will heal by itself, but could well take several weeks or months to happen; that going to a doctor won’t do any good in my situation, but that doing s… --- ## [Ultimate Fate of Cryogenics Movement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-cryogenics-movement/959974)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultimate-fate-of-cryogenics-movement/959974 "2022-02-25T16:49:29Z")
In case you don’t know, the Cryogenics movement means freeze you now, revive you later. Of course the person does have to be dead first (don’t want to make a mistake there :wink: ). Anyway, I have wondered for some time… --- ## ["Come over between 9 and 10" - when do you arrive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-over-between-9-and-10-when-do-you-arrive/959817)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-over-between-9-and-10-when-do-you-arrive/959817 "2022-02-25T15:42:46Z")
There could be any number of answers here: Friend, family, acquaintance, or stranger? Business or pleasure? Meal, party, or just hanging out? Picking up or dropping off something? Helping with a project or chore? Setti… --- ## [Cave Canem (Posting Beware of the Dog Signs)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cave-canem-posting-beware-of-the-dog-signs/643583)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cave-canem-posting-beware-of-the-dog-signs/643583 "2022-02-25T13:38:10Z")
Should they be placed? I remember a faint sign on a telephone pole when I was a child, it was of the classic orange on black, but faded out. I asked why it was not renewed, and my grandmother told me that placing such … --- ## [I've got three days in Atlanta, GA. What do I do with them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-three-days-in-atlanta-ga-what-do-i-do-with-them/958616)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-three-days-in-atlanta-ga-what-do-i-do-with-them/958616 "2022-02-25T01:03:09Z")
I will be in Atlanta from February 16 through 20. Feb 16 will be taken up with flying from Austin to ATL, then a concert at the Atlanta Symphony Hall (the purpose of the trip). We should have some time on that afternoo… --- ## [My tax accountant has fired me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tax-accountant-has-fired-me/959274)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tax-accountant-has-fired-me/959274 "2022-02-24T23:10:15Z")
Several months ago, I got a letter from the accounting firm where I’ve had my taxes (personal, and home-based business) done for the past couple of years stating that they could no longer provide this service for me any … --- ## [Questions about electrical code: grounding ungrounded circuits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-electrical-code-grounding-ungrounded-circuits/959795)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-electrical-code-grounding-ungrounded-circuits/959795 "2022-02-24T22:02:37Z")
Six of the circuits in our 1950s vintage house are fed by 2-conductor fabric-covered cable, but they account for the majority of receptacles in the house. I’d like to get the receptacles grounded for convenience, so we c… --- ## [I have $25,000. It's not all that much. But what to do with it? REIT?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-25-000-its-not-all-that-much-but-what-to-do-with-it-reit/959197)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-25-000-its-not-all-that-much-but-what-to-do-with-it-reit/959197 "2022-02-24T19:02:54Z")
I’ve thought about putting the $25,000 in an REIT (real estate investment trust) but I have never done investment before and have no idea how it’s run. I am guessing someone else would manage the REIT for me and I just l… --- ## [Lying about having skills/aptitudes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-about-having-skills-aptitudes/960002)
**Author:** [@wolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolly)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lying-about-having-skills-aptitudes/960002 "2022-02-24T18:15:31Z")
How do you find skills ,aptitudes in certain jobs? Do you just take a material from the internet ,read it and digest it(as in you write everything from that material in a notebook)? I have no idea what to write in a CV … --- ## [So Russia has invaded Ukraine - or not? {It Has as of 2/24/2022}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-russia-has-invaded-ukraine-or-not-it-has-as-of-2-24-2022/959947)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-russia-has-invaded-ukraine-or-not-it-has-as-of-2-24-2022/959947 "2022-02-24T14:30:32Z")
Recent news is that Russia is deploying troops into Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine. But the articles are not treating this as an invasion - just the next step by Putin. Why is this not considered to be an invasion of U… --- ## [What's the latest on coconut milk/cream, heart health-wise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-coconut-milk-cream-heart-health-wise/960004)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-latest-on-coconut-milk-cream-heart-health-wise/960004 "2022-02-24T13:31:10Z")
Typing the subject brought up a thread asking this same question, but it’s dated 2001. Rather than bring up a 20 year old thread, I thought I’d ask again. This is because when I do online research on the question, I ge… --- ## [A question for people who speak more than one language](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-who-speak-more-than-one-language/938880)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-for-people-who-speak-more-than-one-language/938880 "2022-02-23T17:41:04Z")
When you’re dealing with people who speak your second language, do you think to yourself in the second language or in your first language? --- ## [Advantages of Honey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-honey/959175)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advantages-of-honey/959175 "2022-02-22T13:36:39Z")
As I’ve said before, I have Type 2 Diabetes. Anyway, I haven’t given up sweet things completely. My physician for his part, just says to eat them sparingly. Consider honey. I did read in a book on herbs (I forget where… --- ## [What "lost" Christmas present would YOU like to find, years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-lost-christmas-present-would-you-like-to-find-years-later/955643 "2022-02-22T02:27:42Z")
In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Chevy Chase is trapped in the attic and finds a wrapped Christmas present that was hidden and forgotten. So, if you were rummaging around in your attic and found a wrapped prese… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=214)