# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=733 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 734 --- ## [How badly will the EU be hurt if Britain leaves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-the-eu-be-hurt-if-britain-leaves/757746)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-badly-will-the-eu-be-hurt-if-britain-leaves/757746 "2016-06-22T01:42:52Z")
Apologies to the mods if this is the wrong forum. There have been threads about the pros and cons of the UK leaving, but what about the EU? If the referendum to leave is passed, would it be, economically speaking, a mi… --- ## [Expert Travelers: Lesser of Two Evils?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expert-travelers-lesser-of-two-evils/757926)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expert-travelers-lesser-of-two-evils/757926 "2016-06-21T22:21:28Z")
I have to travel in about two weeks, if the dates don’t shift. I can wait and see if the dates will shift or not, but the airfare prices continue the climb the longer I wait. Or, I could book now with a $200 penalty to r… --- ## [Killing unwanted old credit cards without beating the hell out of my credit score?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-unwanted-old-credit-cards-without-beating-the-hell-out-of-my-credit-score/757650)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killing-unwanted-old-credit-cards-without-beating-the-hell-out-of-my-credit-score/757650 "2016-06-21T22:19:14Z")
From the lean days, the days of using 0% balance transfers to stay afloat. There’re probably about 5-6, I don’t want. And would just like to kill. But I hear that closing them out dings my FICO score. Which I can’t wrap… --- ## [Who designs the smocks that Fox News women wear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-designs-the-smocks-that-fox-news-women-wear/757627)
**Author:** [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-designs-the-smocks-that-fox-news-women-wear/757627 "2016-06-21T20:45:56Z")
Who designs the smocks that Fox News women wear? Would Doper women wear such threads? --- ## [What does this Russian Cossack immigrant have in its pocketses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-russian-cossack-immigrant-have-in-its-pocketses/757597)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-russian-cossack-immigrant-have-in-its-pocketses/757597 "2016-06-21T19:35:04Z")
In this picture of a Russian Cossack immigrant, taken at Ellis Island sometime between 1905 and 1914, his traditional dress (or uniform) has many narrow, vertical pockets at the top of his jacket, each with a narrow cyli… --- ## [What's the Toughest College Course You Passed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-toughest-college-course-you-passed/757069)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-toughest-college-course-you-passed/757069 "2016-06-21T19:21:07Z")
For me it was Chaucer. (I was a double major, English and Elementary Education.) The most difficult part was learning to recite four lines of it with appropriate pronunciation. --- ## [If you wee going to do a Facebook page for business, would you....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wee-going-to-do-a-facebook-page-for-business-would-you/757962)
**Author:** [@Mr.Natural](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Natural)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-wee-going-to-do-a-facebook-page-for-business-would-you/757962 "2016-06-21T19:09:19Z")
create a new facebook account, or do a page off your current account, which is how facebook evidently wants you to do it. I’m not sure they even allow you to do a stand alone business page. Do they? I am obviously not sa… --- ## [Good Guy with a gun, fallacy or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-guy-with-a-gun-fallacy-or-not/757501)
**Author:** [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-guy-with-a-gun-fallacy-or-not/757501 "2016-06-21T18:56:56Z")
So, the events in Orlando. Here’s the first randomly selected news site from a google search on the events: Orlando Shooting: Details About Massacre, Shooter Released | Time Here’s a quote from the link: Mina said the o… --- ## [Has anyone here ever tried "Indoor Skydiving"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-tried-indoor-skydiving/757696)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-tried-indoor-skydiving/757696 "2016-06-21T18:35:32Z")
There are lots of videos available on the internet but they all look like professional skydivers. I’m guessing that first timers don’t share the same experience. If you’ve tried it, what was it like? Would you do it aga… --- ## [Who comes across as the ass in this story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-comes-across-as-the-ass-in-this-story/757700)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-comes-across-as-the-ass-in-this-story/757700 "2016-06-21T17:51:29Z")
Check this out: Charlie Sheen Takes Down 'Charlatan' Donald Trump And His Fake Wedding Gift | HuffPost Entertainment For those who don’t want to read: On The Graham Norton show, Charlie Sheen recounts how Trump gave him… --- ## [Alternatives to Skype for computer telephony](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-skype-for-computer-telephony/757603)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-skype-for-computer-telephony/757603 "2016-06-21T17:19:49Z")
I’m having more and more issues with Skype and I think I’d switch if I had a good alternative. • it needs to have its own registered URL schema. Somewthing whereby a character string such as whatever://12125551212 is i… --- ## [Fish sauce factory....worst manufacturing job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-sauce-factory-worst-manufacturing-job/757830)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-sauce-factory-worst-manufacturing-job/757830 "2016-06-21T11:16:17Z")
Now I use fish sauce on occasion. It’s stinky stuff for sure, but I buy it in a nice, sealed bottle that I can recap after use. But I got to thinking about what a revolting environment it must be on the factory floor…t… --- ## [Which MP3 player is the best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mp3-player-is-the-best/215474)
**Author:** [@kimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kimera)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-mp3-player-is-the-best/215474 "2016-06-21T09:32:46Z")
I want to get my boyfriend an MP3 player this Christmas/his birthday but neither of us really know much about MP3 players. Since they tend to run on the expensive side and I have very little money, I want to be sure I g… --- ## [Tattoo meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-meaning/757869)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattoo-meaning/757869 "2016-06-21T04:05:50Z")
I’m hoping someone can satisfy my curiosity. I saw a girl with a tattoo I couldn’t figure out. It was a simple, stylized bicycle like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/USDOT\_highway\_sign\_bicycle\_… --- ## [Using map website for trip planning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-map-website-for-trip-planning/755191 "2016-06-21T03:10:00Z")
I can use google maps to see that driving from SE Minnesota to the Two Medicine campground in Glacier NP is ~19.5 hours. Is there a way to semi-automatically break this trip up? I can eyeball a half way point and see wh… --- ## [Is this "beach body ready" poster acceptable for public display?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-beach-body-ready-poster-acceptable-for-public-display/757410)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-beach-body-ready-poster-acceptable-for-public-display/757410 "2016-06-21T01:35:19Z")
This being the poster in question, an ad poster on the London Underground for some type of diet supplement, for those who don’t trust me not to link you to goatse it’s a young woman with standard supermodel physique with… --- ## [How do you write things? (a thread about writing styles and methods)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-things-a-thread-about-writing-styles-and-methods/757500)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-things-a-thread-about-writing-styles-and-methods/757500 "2016-06-21T00:17:39Z")
Spinoff from this thread to save hijacking it. You have something to write - it could be a report, a manual, a novel, a memoir or anything. How do you approach your writing? What tools and methods do you use? What do… --- ## [What did I see: Right hand appeared to be under right arm pit.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-right-hand-appeared-to-be-under-right-arm-pit/757817)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-right-hand-appeared-to-be-under-right-arm-pit/757817 "2016-06-21T00:12:21Z")
I think I know the answer to this but If Dopers will indulge me with their thoughts. So I am driving toward a “tee” intersection, I’m on the street that would not turn if going straight. I see a Police car with it’s lig… --- ## [Your job: save humanity and re-seed the Earth!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-save-humanity-and-re-seed-the-earth/757727)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-job-save-humanity-and-re-seed-the-earth/757727 "2016-06-20T23:04:05Z")
In 2041 - 25 years from now - a cosmic event will sterilise the Earth down to a depth of at least 2 km and at most 10 km beneath the surface of the crust. Life at the bottom of the oceans may survive, but probably will n… --- ## [Money and happiness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-happiness/757689)
**Author:** [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/money-and-happiness/757689 "2016-06-20T23:03:14Z")
Have you ever known anyone who was a multi-millionaire (or had a large amount of money) who lived modestly? In other words, sort of like a Howard Hughes type, as I’ve read he drove an old car, yet he was extremely wealt… --- ## [Ugh, Cutting the Cable Cord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-cutting-the-cable-cord/757853)
**Author:** [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugh-cutting-the-cable-cord/757853 "2016-06-20T18:06:51Z")
We are trying to cut ties with Comcast cable TV. We have alternate resources for everything that we watch except for the instrumental music channel. Unfortunately, this is the channel we use the most. Is there commerc… --- ## [What's The Fascination of Fundies With The Number "666"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fascination-of-fundies-with-the-number-666/729901)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fascination-of-fundies-with-the-number-666/729901 "2016-06-20T15:35:22Z")
I know-it is from the last book of the NT (Apocalypse). It is (supposedly) the “number of the beast”-I saw it on a Vermont license plate yesterday. Is it some kind of anagram? Exactly what is its significance? --- ## [Going raise for a W2 contractor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-raise-for-a-w2-contractor/757761)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-raise-for-a-w2-contractor/757761 "2016-06-20T14:19:38Z")
A friend of mine has been a W2 contractor working in IT for a large client company. He said he’s coming up on a year in the job and the client supervisor already said they intend to renew him for at least another year. W… --- ## [Blood at the train station: what could have happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-at-the-train-station-what-could-have-happened/757801)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-at-the-train-station-what-could-have-happened/757801 "2016-06-20T13:41:38Z")
Last Thursday morning when I was at the Norwalk Metrolink Station, waiting for my train, I saw something one doesn’t often see at train stations: There was a line of blood spots leading toward the ticket machine from som… --- ## [Best-sounding earbuds, only $12?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounding-earbuds-only-12/676155)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-sounding-earbuds-only-12/676155 "2013-12-15T21:50:30Z")
I read a fun wirecutter.com article on The Best Headphones Under $30. Since earbuds always have one channel die on me (I’m cursing at you, Skullcandys), I’ve given in to treating them like disposible items. So I buy chea… --- ## [We're watching our first basketball game (on TV) tonight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-watching-our-first-basketball-game-on-tv-tonight/757806)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-watching-our-first-basketball-game-on-tv-tonight/757806 "2016-06-20T06:32:05Z")
As most of you know, tonight the Cavs have a chance of becoming Cleveland’s first pro champions since the 1964 Browns. In honor of this momentous event, my husband and I will be watching the game tonight. Neither of us i… --- ## [Does every PC come with a bunch of crap loaded on it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-pc-come-with-a-bunch-of-crap-loaded-on-it/755690)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-every-pc-come-with-a-bunch-of-crap-loaded-on-it/755690 "2016-06-20T05:44:09Z")
I know that sounds like the start of a pitting, but it’s really a question. I’m helping my mother pick out a new desktop PC, but my own house is basically a collection of MacBooks and mobile devices, so it’s been a whil… --- ## [What did I see; nearly straight up and down smoke column](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-nearly-straight-up-and-down-smoke-column/757820)
**Author:** [@zuer-coli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuer-coli)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-see-nearly-straight-up-and-down-smoke-column/757820 "2016-06-20T02:46:34Z")
Dopers all: I am driving East out of Fort Wayne, IN along U.S. 30, toward the Ohio / Indiana State Line. I notice what I take to be a smoke column, there isn’t any wind and so the very regular sides of this column don’t… --- ## [Software/Apps You Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-apps-you-love/757387)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/software-apps-you-love/757387 "2016-06-19T21:46:00Z")
Confession: I am a giant freakin’ productivity app geek. I’m on a constant search for apps to improve efficiency, but I’m really picky about the quality of the interface. I like them to be easy to use and visually slick.… --- ## [What do you think - "Second Cold War" likely?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-second-cold-war-likely/757442)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-second-cold-war-likely/757442 "2016-06-19T17:03:25Z")
Just something I’ve seen discussed online occasionally in the past couple of years. What do you think of the likelihood of a second Cold War? Or should it not be called that even if NATO/Russian relations continue to g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=732) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=734)