# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=164 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 165 --- ## [Melanoma for Valentine's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanoma-for-valentines-day/681416)
**Author:** [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melanoma-for-valentines-day/681416 "2014-02-15T23:38:03Z")
That’s what I got for Valentine’s day this year…Melanoma. I had gone to get a regular physical and my doctor pointed out a particular mole that she thought I should get checked. Went to the dermatologist and he did a bi… --- ## [Suggestions for web-based e-mail that isn't Yahoo or Google?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-web-based-e-mail-that-isnt-yahoo-or-google/681191)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suggestions-for-web-based-e-mail-that-isnt-yahoo-or-google/681191 "2014-02-14T14:11:00Z")
Okay, one more time: I’m fucking fed up to here with \[del\]Goofus\[/del\] you-know-who-I-mean e-mail; and I’ve mostly given up on Yahoo! (which lives up to its name more and more every day) years ago. Today I can’t sign in… --- ## [An open letter to my local public radio station.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-local-public-radio-station/681119)
**Author:** [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-my-local-public-radio-station/681119 "2014-02-13T05:11:43Z")
As a rule, when you want people to support you and your endeavors, you probably ought to give them at least a little of what they want, which in turn will make them more likely to support your cause. Take note, local pu… --- ## [I am sick of all these Scalene Triangle Diagrams!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299)
**Author:** [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299 "2014-02-13T00:23:41Z")
This an excerpt from a message I posted to Scalene Triangle Diagrams, specifically a triangle named Triangle Man who showed up in a They Might Be Giants song, which is soooooo destructive! love to hear the feedback. Than… --- ## [Equating IRS Auditing of High Profile Conservatives with Kristallnacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equating-irs-auditing-of-high-profile-conservatives-with-kristallnacht/681002 "2014-02-12T21:44:41Z")
11 million people just rolled over in their graves… http://floppingaces.net/2014/01/24/the-konservativ-kristallnacht-is-here --- ## [Danny Bonaduce- what a colossal fucking asshole.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-bonaduce-what-a-colossal-fucking-asshole/330957)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/danny-bonaduce-what-a-colossal-fucking-asshole/330957 "2014-02-12T21:05:39Z")
Has anybody seen “Breaking Bonaduce?” I’ve been following it for the trainwreck quality but every time I watch it, I get more and more pissed off. What a self-obsessed, narcissist, abusive fucking shit head. He’s emotion… --- ## [I pit the people at drive-up ATMs who...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714)
**Author:** [@Desert\_Dumpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Dumpster)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-people-at-drive-up-atms-who/680714 "2014-02-12T20:58:29Z")
Having completed their stupid fucking transactions, fiddle with their wallets, stuff everything back in, rearrange their makeup, check their phones, etc. and THEN AND ONLY THEN MOVE FORWARD SO THAT I CAN USE THE MOTHERFU… --- ## [I pit public officials saying we are "blessed". Really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-public-officials-saying-we-are-blessed-really/681163)
**Author:** [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-public-officials-saying-we-are-blessed-really/681163 "2014-02-12T20:35:35Z")
So Georgia, where I live, is in the midst of a winter weather event today. Almost all sleet and freezing rain where I am, snow further north. So far, it hasn’t been (key phrase here) as bad as it could have been. Befo… --- ## [US Nuland caught on tape: \*\*CK the EU!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-nuland-caught-on-tape-ck-the-eu/680744)
**Author:** [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-nuland-caught-on-tape-ck-the-eu/680744 "2014-02-12T15:16:37Z")
It’s interesting to watch how involved the Americans are in the Ukraine and their attempts to oust the democratically elected president there. It shows how schizophrenic they are. How hypocritical when you compare the d… --- ## [Vicious Dogs might escape leashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-dogs-might-escape-leashes/680323)
**Author:** [@Jacques\_Chitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jacques_Chitte)\ **Replies:** 210\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vicious-dogs-might-escape-leashes/680323 "2014-02-10T22:15:56Z")
I do a great deal of walking Sometimes people pass me walking their dogs – one or two at a time ON A LEASH – yet the dog(s) are so vicious and snarling and just charging against the leash with ALL THEIR MIGHT DYING TO… --- ## [I just turned down the volume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-turned-down-the-volume/680887)
**Author:** [@blueslipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blueslipper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-turned-down-the-volume/680887 "2014-02-09T20:50:15Z")
I use my Ipad in bed after my son and wife fall asleep. I mainly read SDMB, news; I sometimes open apps. Why do the makers think I turn down the volume? I click on an app or sometimes accidentally in a website- blaring n… --- ## [Chris Matthews-I'm a Liberal and you're an ASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-matthews-im-a-liberal-and-youre-an-ass/680247)
**Author:** [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chris-matthews-im-a-liberal-and-youre-an-ass/680247 "2014-02-08T17:45:38Z")
I know I’ve seen others on here posting similar. I’m a Liberal. Maybe an ultra liberal. But, Chris Matthews is an ass. He talks over his guests. He is too full of himself. He can’t STFU. I scream at him nightly. … --- ## [Five-year-old Disney Channel star gets death threats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-year-old-disney-channel-star-gets-death-threats/680711)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-year-old-disney-channel-star-gets-death-threats/680711 "2014-02-08T01:29:43Z")
Mia Talerico, the five-year-old star of the Disney Channel show Good Luck Charlie, is getting death threats. Apparently because the producers of the show included a lesbian couple on the show. The link - http://www.peo… --- ## [Is everyone ailing? Sickos, share the misery.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-ailing-sickos-share-the-misery/680269)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everyone-ailing-sickos-share-the-misery/680269 "2014-02-07T17:57:55Z")
Roomies sick. Friends sick. Neighbors sick. I’m sick. We’re all sick of it. This crap has been going on for weeks. We’ve all got some version of the creeping crud: coughing, blowing, allergies, colds, flu, bronchi… --- ## [Learn about what you are talking about before you shoot your mouth off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-about-what-you-are-talking-about-before-you-shoot-your-mouth-off/680320)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-about-what-you-are-talking-about-before-you-shoot-your-mouth-off/680320 "2014-02-07T05:21:37Z")
Yes, I know I’m a fine one to find that particular mote in someones eye. Deal with it. In its over-the air broadcasts WYCC, Channel 20-Chicago, added to its PBS and MHz channels a third, FNX - First Nations Experience,… --- ## [I Pit pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pain/446923)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-pain/446923 "2014-02-07T00:21:26Z")
For nearly 18 years now I’ve been dealing with recurrent pain and cramping in the muscles of my neck, shoulders and upper back. In the last couple of years it has grown steadily worse, and almost intractable, however ma… --- ## [Congratulations. I used to look up to you.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-i-used-to-look-up-to-you/680078)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congratulations-i-used-to-look-up-to-you/680078 "2014-02-06T23:05:08Z")
Congratulations, man. I used to respect you. You’re a close friend of my father’s, you’ve known me since I was a toddler, and I used to look up to you. I used to think you were a pretty cool guy, that you were wise, in a… --- ## [Really Specific Rants: People Who Drive Fast Past Me in the Parking Lot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-specific-rants-people-who-drive-fast-past-me-in-the-parking-lot/680262)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-specific-rants-people-who-drive-fast-past-me-in-the-parking-lot/680262 "2014-02-06T13:47:31Z")
I could lay into Atlanta drivers for a multitude of sins, stupidities, and errors in judgment. But I won’t. The traffic layouts and general busy hum of the place make good driving difficult and mistakes all-too-easy to m… --- ## [Learn to use your camera!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-use-your-camera/679750)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-use-your-camera/679750 "2014-02-06T07:23:25Z")
I have a small business shooting concerts. I set up multiple cameras - some operated by myself by hand, some fixed, some remote controlled, one by a second operator. On this particular occasion, I had seven running. My m… --- ## [Fuck ME!! I really don't need another F'n DOG!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-me-i-really-dont-need-another-fn-dog/664885)
**Author:** [@bubba\_jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubba_jr)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-me-i-really-dont-need-another-fn-dog/664885 "2014-02-06T06:39:01Z")
FUCK ME!!! I’ve got enough fucking animals. Both my “technical” in laws died recently so now we have 8 fucking cats. 2 of them won’t acknowledge my existence so I really only correspond with 6 of them. And only one o… --- ## [Health Insurance Companies are unspeakably evil, and the author of this ehow article is stupid.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-companies-are-unspeakably-evil-and-the-author-of-this-ehow-article-is-stupid/679814)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2014, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/health-insurance-companies-are-unspeakably-evil-and-the-author-of-this-ehow-article-is-stupid/679814 "2014-02-06T05:54:19Z")
RANT AHEAD!!! I mean, not that anybody could tell from the title, or anything. Okay, here’s what set it off-- a quote from a stupid Ehow article talking about the previous situation with pre-existing conditions (emphas… --- ## [Another specific driving rant: Those who force emergency vehicles to slow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-specific-driving-rant-those-who-force-emergency-vehicles-to-slow/680285)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-specific-driving-rant-those-who-force-emergency-vehicles-to-slow/680285 "2014-02-05T21:54:16Z")
I absolutely hate drivers who zoom ahead through an intersection, forcing an ambulance or a fire truck to slow down. Yesterday I was at an intersection, on a one way street. The light was green to me but I did not proc… --- ## [Many Scientific studies are Bullshit we already know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-scientific-studies-are-bullshit-we-already-know/680192)
**Author:** [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-scientific-studies-are-bullshit-we-already-know/680192 "2014-02-05T07:21:15Z")
I have long wondered why a lot of so called scientific, peer reviewed studies are just plain bullshit about human behavior. The latest I just read from google news is that a new study reported that Russian men who drink … --- ## [Assumptions about Northern European fantasy that really irritate me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assumptions-about-northern-european-fantasy-that-really-irritate-me/680273)
**Author:** [@Brynhildr\_Budladottir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynhildr_Budladottir)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assumptions-about-northern-european-fantasy-that-really-irritate-me/680273 "2014-02-03T23:46:09Z")
Disclaimer: This is a late response to Bridget Burke’s post in my “Racism in writing fantasy” thread. It’s in no way meant to be an attack on her and Bridget, I apologise in advance if it does come off as if I’m attackin… --- ## [I pit C.F. Martin & Co. !](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-c-f-martin-co/680022 "2014-02-01T06:02:51Z")
Look, I love your guitars. I’d buy more if I had the wallet. I purchased 2 ball caps and a set of bridge pins online from you. Okay, so that got me on your emailing list. I get that. Is it necessary for you to send me … --- ## [Dear Shadowrun Returns: Fuck Off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-shadowrun-returns-fuck-off/680102)
**Author:** [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-shadowrun-returns-fuck-off/680102 "2014-02-01T00:49:16Z")
Yes, I know this is technically a Game Room topic. But I’m really pissed. Months ago, I bought Shadowrun Returns as I really, really wanted to play it (this isn’t rocket science here). Yes, it’s a pretty good game alrig… --- ## [Dammit, BBC! Stop blowing my eardrums out!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-bbc-stop-blowing-my-eardrums-out/680084)
**Author:** [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dammit-bbc-stop-blowing-my-eardrums-out/680084 "2014-01-31T18:46:35Z")
I like to watch BBC newson my Android while I’m commuting. What I \*don’t \*like is having my eardrums ruptured by that bloody noise at the start of their one-minute news headlines. I know it’s meant to make the news rep… --- ## [I pit those who don't know when the fuck to turn on their headlights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-dont-know-when-the-fuck-to-turn-on-their-headlights/669368)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-those-who-dont-know-when-the-fuck-to-turn-on-their-headlights/669368 "2014-01-31T01:45:08Z")
Speaking strictly from Washington State law, you’re supposed to turn on your car’s headlights at “sunset”, and keep them on until “sunrise”. Let me educate you idiots: “sunset” does not mean “pitch black”. After “sunse… --- ## [HAARP and cold weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002)
**Author:** [@arielburns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arielburns)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haarp-and-cold-weather/680002 "2014-01-30T21:53:50Z")
There clearly has to be someone I can blame for this. Is this a wide conspiracy to sell more natural gas, mittens? I can’t stand the cold and I want answers. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE as a natural occurrence. Please help me. --- ## [I am sick of all these Gay Black Men!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-gay-black-men/679961)
**Author:** [@MrsLegit816](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsLegit816)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-gay-black-men/679961 "2014-01-30T05:04:24Z")
This an excerpt from a message I posted to Gay Black Men, specifically a Guy named Deondray Gossette who created a show about life on the “DL”, which is soooooo destructive! love to hear the feedback. Thanx! \*\*ATTENTION… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=165)