# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=89 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [Please help me think through a project](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-think-through-a-project/1003579)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-think-through-a-project/1003579 "2024-07-05T02:43:26Z")
When we bought our house, there were (and still are) about a dozen heavy timbers, 4" x 5" x 12’ (there may be different lengths, I can’t measure them effectively where they are now) stacked on a very heavy shelf. I want … --- ## [Favorite obscure counter-factual](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 130\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-obscure-counter-factual/981642 "2024-07-04T20:36:42Z")
So what’s your favorite obscure alternative timeline? What counterfactual historical outcome, that’s not one of the obvious ones (e.g. Hitler got into art school, Lee Harvey Oswald aim was off that day in Dallas, Hanniba… --- ## [Tell me about Venmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-venmo/1003451)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-venmo/1003451 "2024-07-04T20:12:20Z")
I did a favor for an acquaintance I trust. They rewarded me with a $20 Venmo credit. They texted it to my iPhone. Questions: Do I have to have a Venmo account to use it? Is Venmo safe? How do I ‘cash’ in my credit? T… --- ## [How's the weather in Austria-Hungary in February?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-in-austria-hungary-in-february/1003691)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-weather-in-austria-hungary-in-february/1003691 "2024-07-04T17:22:04Z")
We’re considering a Danube River cruise – Budapest to Passau – in early February. The prices are reasonable, probably because no one in their right mind would want to do that. :slight\_smile: I would expect that the we… --- ## [Are you aware of the cardinal directions at all times?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-cardinal-directions-at-all-times/1002475)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-aware-of-the-cardinal-directions-at-all-times/1002475 "2024-07-03T20:04:18Z")
Maybe it’s because I spend my working hours looking at a map of my county. But I always know what cardinal direction I’m facing or travelling. I go NNE to get to the office and of course SSW to back home. And I also k… --- ## [Trusted Recovery Group (asset recovery company). Need answer fairly quickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusted-recovery-group-asset-recovery-company-need-answer-fairly-quickly/1002707)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trusted-recovery-group-asset-recovery-company-need-answer-fairly-quickly/1002707 "2024-07-03T16:20:42Z")
My mom and stepfather had an IRA (or IRAs) with Franklin Templeton Investments. I tried to recover them, but they said the Trust wasn’t named as a beneficiary and it would have to go through probate. Since I haven’t a … --- ## [Do pools basically become hot tubs in week-long 120 degree heat waves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pools-basically-become-hot-tubs-in-week-long-120-degree-heat-waves/1003679)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pools-basically-become-hot-tubs-in-week-long-120-degree-heat-waves/1003679 "2024-07-03T15:47:36Z")
My sis and BIL have an in-ground pool they love, and spend practically all their leisure time in and around it in the Summer. Since even Summer in Michigan can often get cool, especially at night, they often keep their p… --- ## [If you have no intention of getting a tattoo, what tattoo \*would\* you get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-intention-of-getting-a-tattoo-what-tattoo-would-you-get/974291 "2024-07-03T02:01:28Z")
So I have never had the remotest interest in getting a tattoo and I can’t see that ever changing. But if I did go crazy one day and decide to get one (and deal with the repercussions, namely explaining it to my kids). I… --- ## [Absent Biden, what democrat could win the presidency in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644)
**Author:** [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2024, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absent-biden-what-democrat-could-win-the-presidency-in-2024/1003644 "2024-07-03T00:28:14Z")
After the debate, some people have been suggesting Biden should not run again. My question is, who do the dems have on tap who could win this year if Biden was out of the race… I’m not asking who you all like best, or … --- ## [Seat mate on a long flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-mate-on-a-long-flight/1002155)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seat-mate-on-a-long-flight/1002155 "2024-07-02T17:35:11Z")
Hypothetical- You are stuck in coach for a 15 hour flight. Which real or fictional person would you want seated next to you during the flight? “Nobody” is not an option. --- ## [Any of our British Dopers Listen to News on the BBC During the 1960s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-our-british-dopers-listen-to-news-on-the-bbc-during-the-1960s/1003493)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-of-our-british-dopers-listen-to-news-on-the-bbc-during-the-1960s/1003493 "2024-07-01T21:06:12Z")
…particularly the late ‘60s (and early’70s). You may recall, the USA was involved in a bit of unpleasantness in Southeast Asia at the time, and a vocal portion of the day’s young people were a tad upset about it (especi… --- ## [Why is scaffolding so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scaffolding-so-expensive/1003464)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-scaffolding-so-expensive/1003464 "2024-07-01T21:00:25Z")
I’m planning to get the exterior of my house painted. I got several estimates; the best (both in cost and in professionalism) was about $13,000. That’s fine and in line with what I was expecting. They said they would giv… --- ## ["Viager" – property acquisition in France using annuity arrangement – would you do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viager-property-acquisition-in-france-using-annuity-arrangement-would-you-do-this/1003488)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/viager-property-acquisition-in-france-using-annuity-arrangement-would-you-do-this/1003488 "2024-07-01T20:55:43Z")
My wife and I are approaching the end of our working years, and are looking at buying an apartment in France for at least the first few years of retirement. We’ve encountered a purchase option that, as far as we know, ha… --- ## [Actors from outside the Southeastern U.S., or even the country doing Southern accents--do they usually do it well?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-from-outside-the-southeastern-u-s-or-even-the-country-doing-southern-accents-do-they-usually-do-it-well/914563)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-from-outside-the-southeastern-u-s-or-even-the-country-doing-southern-accents-do-they-usually-do-it-well/914563 "2024-07-01T15:18:06Z")
At the moment we’re watching Devil’s Advocate starring Canadian Keanu Reeves and South African-born Charlize Theron, and recently we binged through True Blood, starring among others England-born Stephen Moyer and New Ze… --- ## [Leaving a dog in a car with the AC on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-a-dog-in-a-car-with-the-ac-on/1002956)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaving-a-dog-in-a-car-with-the-ac-on/1002956 "2024-07-01T14:26:56Z")
I don’t make a regular practice of this, but I have run in places on hot days, and left the car running with the parking brake on, and all, so I could leave the AC running, because my dog was in the car. I’ve never left … --- ## [Would you go to Mars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-mars/1002878)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-go-to-mars/1002878 "2024-07-01T00:53:12Z")
For these purposes assume it’s completely safe, whilst safety concerns would obviously be a real life worry please dismiss them here. For some reason the mission to Mars needs someone just like you, in fact you are the … --- ## [What state would you love to move to...if it weren't for the current politics there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-state-would-you-love-to-move-to-if-it-werent-for-the-current-politics-there/1003133 "2024-06-30T11:23:12Z")
I would love to visit Georgia and perhaps even live in Florida if politics were not so far-right in practice. Yes, I know there are somewhat liberal cities/towns in each of those states, but there is no assurance they c… --- ## [Yeah I watched the debate. (Not about voting, poll results or Bidens failures)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-watched-the-debate-not-about-voting-poll-results-or-bidens-failures/1003516)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-i-watched-the-debate-not-about-voting-poll-results-or-bidens-failures/1003516 "2024-06-30T03:59:27Z")
I’m not panicky. I’m not despondent. Biden still works out better in my world. That crap won’t change my vote. My problem is Trump’s lies. I heard his standard speaking points, we’ve all heard them. One thing, at th… --- ## [Painting \[automotive\] plastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-automotive-plastic/998291)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2024, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-automotive-plastic/998291 "2024-06-30T02:23:38Z")
It’s going to be a couple of months before it’s warm enough to paint, so I’m just gathering information while I think about the prep work. I’m sure everybody knows that my 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca II was stolen and was re… --- ## [Validity of some YouTube channels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-some-youtube-channels/1003205)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/validity-of-some-youtube-channels/1003205 "2024-06-29T22:07:52Z")
Obviously there is a range of quality and validity to whatever one reads and watches online and I don’t know of any objective assessment of them. There are a few YouTube channels I currently watch and a few that I am cu… --- ## [I have hyperkalimia. Any advice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hyperkalimia-any-advice/1002890)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-hyperkalimia-any-advice/1002890 "2024-06-29T19:58:47Z")
That is high potassium. On whatever scale they use, it is 5.4 while the normal range tops at 4.6. So not way above. Now I do try to follow a low salt diet, but I do not use a salt substitute (which basically subs K fo… --- ## [Physics and Dimensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physics-and-dimensions/1003498 "2024-06-29T19:25:54Z")
I things were scaled up or down to a point that they were unperceivable to one another but still operated almost identically in most ways would they be considered different dimensions. --- ## [How do you setup a Used Android phone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-setup-a-used-android-phone/1003404)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-setup-a-used-android-phone/1003404 "2024-06-29T01:08:21Z")
I want to give my old phone to a relative. It used to be simple. Factory Reset, Change the SIMM and the new person put in their SIMM and signed in Now, I’ve been told a Factory reset requires logging back into the orig… --- ## [6/28/2024 - How was your sleep last night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-28-2024-how-was-your-sleep-last-night/1003449)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/6-28-2024-how-was-your-sleep-last-night/1003449 "2024-06-28T22:48:38Z")
I’ve heard directly and indirectly that a lot of people didn’t sleep well last night and feel tired and burned out today. How you guys feelin’ today? --- ## [What's up with all the 'threat' warnings my antivirus software is throwing up lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-all-the-threat-warnings-my-antivirus-software-is-throwing-up-lately/1003402 "2024-06-28T19:45:50Z")
Are there more actual threats out there these days, or is my AV software just being overzealous, flagging normal adware that isn’t really a threat? I don’t think it’s just me because I’ve noticed that when I and other p… --- ## [Car detailing potions that last? INTERIOR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-detailing-potions-that-last-interior/1003281 "2024-06-28T15:58:07Z")
So I am going back to rideshare driving part time, and I need to beautify my 2014 Kia Soul in a serious way. I have always loved the way ArmorAll spiffs up my interior plastic… but always hated the way it all goes back … --- ## [Do you pay for a storage unit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-pay-for-a-storage-unit/1003330 "2024-06-28T12:36:25Z")
poll (Inspired by another thread about "stuff) What the title asks - do you pay for a storage unit outside of your living unit where you store things? If yes: -what do you keep in it? -how large is it? -how much does… --- ## [Franklin/Jefferson Ken Burns Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-jefferson-ken-burns-questions/1003286)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/franklin-jefferson-ken-burns-questions/1003286 "2024-06-27T20:05:15Z")
Recently watched these two episode documentaries and a few questions come to mind. Thanks for your help. Franklin, when ten, signed a nine year contract to work in his brother’s print shop. After an argument, he fle… --- ## [Does Norway have anything you could call a Bible Belt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335 "2024-06-27T14:38:43Z")
(Wasn’t sure if this was a valid FQ, especially since I welcome informed opinions as well as hard facts. I leave it to the moderators to judge.) On a Facebook page of humorous maps, someone recently posted a map of Nor… --- ## [Gaming addiction in 2024...still a scourge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360 "2024-06-27T10:19:22Z")
Way back in the beginning of the internet, (and probably before, I just wasn’t exposed to it then) gaming, especially first-person shooter and role-play type games focused on violent interaction and “leveling up” were of… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=90)