# April showers bring May glowers (rant thread) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175 "2013-05-01T05:22:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/241 "2013-05-16T16:43:46Z")
I applied for my USPS position in 2001, interviewed in 2007, and went to work for them in 2008… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/242 "2013-05-16T16:53:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I applied for my USPS position in 2001, interviewed in 2007, and went to work for them in 2008… What, did they deliver your application to themselves by mail? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/243 "2013-05-16T16:58:43Z")
I applied at one company back sometime in the mid-late 90’s. First interview was something like 6 months later. Second interview 3 months after that. Got a different job shortly after the second interview (was still employed at another place during that time, just wanted out). About another 4-6 months later they called me and asked me to come in for a final interview. I told them I had another job already and was a bit critical of the length of their process. A couple of years later they came to me about another job. The first words out of my mouth were that I had no interest in even interviewing with them if the process was going to take that long. They said they had improved it, and they were right. I had the job less than 2 months later. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/244 "2013-05-16T19:15:33Z")
I love my two year old. But OMG is she into the terrible twos today. :eek: She drank some juice and deliberately spilled the rest on the couch where she started to play with it. She put tomato sauce on the cat. She pulled the cover off one of my favorite books and danced around the room with it. She climbed on the dining room table and drew all over it with pink markers. She took her diaper off and peed on the spare bedroom rug. She pulled off my glasses, ran away with them and then dunked them in the toilet. She mooned the poor mailman. She pushed down the baby gate to the kitchen, ran into the kitchen, opened up the bucket where we keep the dry cat food, threw some dry cat food into the cat’s food dish and then ate the rest. She shrieked so loudly I thought the smoke alarm had gone off. She went into the frigerator, pulled out the milk cartoon and the orange juice and gave herself a bath with them. She put on my husband’s shoes and clomped around the house with them. She turned the television off and on twenty-two times. She’s napping right now. I live in terror imagining what she’s going to do next. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/245 "2013-05-16T20:19:03Z")
Ok I am a University of Wisconsin Alum and I love me some football, but this has got tobe thhe most pathetic Big Ten schedule ever put together. the Badgers 2014 football schedule… DATE OPPONENT Sept. 27 BYE Oct. 4 at Northwestern Oct. 11 Illinois Oct. 18 BYE Oct. 25 Maryland Nov. 1 at Rutgers Nov. 8 at Purdue Nov. 15 Nebraska Nov. 22 at Iowa Nov. 29 Minnesota No Ohio State, No Michigan,No Michigan State, No Penn State. Plus their out-of-conference schdule is hella light (Western Illinois, USF, Bowling Green). There is a rumor LSU will fill one more spot, but nothing yet. With that schedule we could be undefeated and not crack the top 10. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/246 "2013-05-16T20:28:51Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I love my two year old. But OMG is she into the terrible twos today. \ > > She’s napping right now. I live in terror imagining what she’s going to do next. I was going to say, “What has she got left to get into?” but then I realized that she would figure something out! :eek: So I’m walking through a parking lot today, and a woman is driving her SUV at regular road speeds - I pushed my cart kind of into her way to get her to realize she was in a parking lot and maybe slow down before she killed someone, so she just went around without slowing down. :smack: How are more people not killed in parking lots every day? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/247 "2013-05-16T21:08:23Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > Now you guys are just being mean! > > I’ll be mean too, I don’t get pimples on my face anymore. I get them in my ears. :eek: Not deep, just above and inside my earlobes. Wanna talk about itch and pain? Not to mention that I don’t even get the satisfaction of looking into the mirror and popping the damn things. > > Can we go back to talking about other stuff, please? How about inside the nose. Those are the suckiest. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/248 "2013-05-16T21:12:10Z")
**LavenderBlue** I, for one, love your stories about your two year old and hope she never gets older. Mooned the mailman. LMAO! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/249 "2013-05-17T00:07:33Z")
**LavenderBlue** , is this the same cat that the toddler colored on a while back? That is one patient cat. I probably shouldn’t tell you that my older niece was a relatively easy child until she hit four years old. _Then_ she became a holy terror. The fearsome fours have been far worse than the terrible twos ever were. It remains to be seen what will happen with her not-quite-two year old sister. Oh and my rant? Monday I had the heat on and was scraping frost off of my car windshield. Tuesday night I had to turn the A/C on so I could sleep. Welcome to Spring in Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/250 "2013-05-17T00:17:48Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Oh and my rant? Monday I had the heat on and was scraping frost off of my car windshield. Tuesday night I had to turn the A/C on so I could sleep. Welcome to Spring in Indiana. Sing it to me! Here in PA, I had the woodstove on the other night and all windows open the next (A/Cs aren’t in the windows yet!) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/251 "2013-05-17T00:23:54Z")
A few weeks ago, I flew across the country to interview for a company in Massachusetts. I spoke with twelve different engineers and we really liked one another. I had every intention of working there, but to move from CA to MA, I’d have to break my current lease and start another. All told, the cost would run about $13k. They’re not willing to pay for relocation, so I’d have to take out a sizable loan to work there. I just refused their kind job offer. I’m not a bad person, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/252 "2013-05-17T00:34:22Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > **LavenderBlue** I, for one, love your stories about your two year old and hope she never gets older. > > Mooned the mailman. LMAO! > > 😃 She handed him her wet diaper the other day so I imagined he thought it was an improvement. 😃 > [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > **LavenderBlue** , is this the same cat that the toddler colored on a while back? That is one patient cat. I probably shouldn’t tell you that my older niece was a relatively easy child until she hit four years old. _Then_ she became a holy terror. The fearsome fours have been far worse than the terrible twos ever were. It remains to be seen what will happen with her not-quite-two year old sister. Yeah she Picasso’ed the poor kitty a few weeks ago. Kitty got his revenge by teaching her that she can run into the kitchen when I’m in there, lift up the top of the dry food kitty box behind my back and hand him the contents. He licks her feet when she does it. So I sort of have two two years old plotting against me. One with an orange tail and the other who can beat up the ten year old without breaking a sweat. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/253 "2013-05-17T02:16:41Z")
Now, for the 5th day in a row, we have been carpet-bombed by a skunk outside. If nothing else pushes me to get the window outside of the basement office fixed, this will do it. Death to shunks! (way down wind, that is…) ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/254 "2013-05-17T04:51:03Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Now, for the 5th day in a row, we have been carpet-bombed by a skunk outside. > If nothing else pushes me to get the window outside of the basement office fixed, this will do it. > Death to shunks! (way down wind, that is…) Mothballs are your friend. Oh, and just so you know, bricks and concrete are porous, they soak the smell up like wood does. You might want to think about treating everything outside with a mix of 1 quart hydrogen peroxide, 1/4 cup baking soda and 1 to 2 teaspoons of liquid soap and liberally coat the walls with it. Green, cheap and safe for pets. My rant: I’m a serial tobacco quitter. I’ve been off it for almost 2 years now. This time. I’m OK when I smell the smoke. I’m OK at smoking bars. Its when I hear someone do a smoking cough that I really want to go and ask if he/she has one to share. I was hooked on speed for almost 2 years. When I quit, I had a $20 a day habit. I needed that shit to open my eyes in the morning, I’d snort it all day long and then drink beer and smoke pot so I could get to sleep at night. When I quit, I quit. It hurt. I suffered. I’d see something on TV or a movie that would remind me how good it would feel to have the burn in my nose, the rush in my head, the energy running through my body and the wild sex, OMG! My friends tried to tempt me, and then left me because I didn’t know how to party anymore. I quit watching TV and movies and cried over my druggy friends, but I held fast. No speed for over 15 years. If I can do that, why should hearing a smoker cough make me want to go to them and beg for a cigarette? I just fucking hates this. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/255 "2013-05-17T05:14:00Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Try applying tea tree oil to it the next time you clean it out. You can get it in a 10% solution or straight up. The 10% solution is effective (and my usual go-to), but for particularly stubborn infections, I’ve found that the straight oil can work better. Warning: pure tea tree oil can chemically burn. > > Seriously, that stuff rocks. I need to try that…I used a lot of tea tree oil products in high school and early college, with great results. Didn’t know the pure stuff could burn though! > [@Kimballkid](#): > > How about inside the nose. Those are the suckiest. Zits on one’s nether regions are rather horrific too. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/256 "2013-05-17T07:51:04Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > She handed him her wet diaper the other day so I imagined he thought it was an improvement. > > 😃 That’s one patient mailman 😃 **Sefton** , I think you’re a perfectly reasonable person. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/257 "2013-05-17T08:33:00Z")
I don’t have anything contagious and my allergies aren’t giving me shit. I’m annoyed by my neighbors stupid dogs barking their retarded little heads off. But, oh my god, the whining, the whining will be measurable by the shit ton. That’s the part that I’m going to have trouble with. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/258 "2013-05-17T08:57:24Z")
Yip, I’m up at 4AM. That’s not why I’m tired all the time. I slept all day from 8AM to about 10PM. I’m staying up now to try and cook breakfast, like I always do. I’ll probably be extremely tired again by then. So don’t you try to fucking tell me about my fucking health. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/259 "2013-05-17T14:31:36Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > A few weeks ago, I flew across the country to interview for a company in Massachusetts. I spoke with twelve different engineers and we really liked one another. I had every intention of working there, but to move from CA to MA, I’d have to break my current lease and start another. All told, the cost would run about $13k. > > They’re not willing to pay for relocation, so I’d have to take out a sizable loan to work there. I just refused their kind job offer. I’m not a bad person, right? Right? No, IMO you made the right decision. No reason to put yourself into debt. My husband was offered a job in Montana, we would have lost about 1000 bucks a month, just so he would have a job. Nope! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-showers-bring-may-glowers-rant-thread/657175/260 "2013-05-17T20:44:45Z")
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