# Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 1, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421 "2025-01-01T05:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/341 "2025-01-31T20:26:17Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Made a horrid groaning-grunt sound as I sat, and then it dawned on me. > > **My gawds. I am getting old.** > > Not recommended. There _is_ an alternative that is even _less_ recommended. šŸ˜® ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/342 "2025-02-01T00:18:23Z")
Two things that should me regular threads- I just donā€™t feel like starting them. Two people, a married couple, in one of Pennsylvaniaā€™s suburban counties were arrested and made the nightly news. The husband filmed his wife having sex with boys- as in male minors. They were caught because they uploaded the videos to sites devoted to child sex abuse material. Both of them were police officers. The news stories last night and tonight did not say how old the boys were. I am curious because I want to know exactly how horrified and disgusted to be. Second, at 6 pm a plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia. Sometimes they say Roosevelt and Cottman. Sometimes that say Bustleton and Cottman. It doesnā€™t really matter, those intersections are a block or two apart. It is already a high traffic area with many auto accidents. I am assuming that besides the people who were on the plane, several carloads of people were killed. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/343 "2025-02-01T01:16:20Z")
Somebody else started thread about the plane crash > [@1/31/2025: Small plane crashes in residential neighborhood in Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-31-2025-small-plane-crashes-in-residential-neighborhood-in-philadelphia/1013699): > > There is very sketchy information, because it just happened, but there are already multiple known casualties. The first story I heard said it was near a shopping mall, and maybe it was but some houses are on fire. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/344 "2025-02-01T07:56:20Z")
I just found a scratch on one of my lenses of my daily wear glasses. Itā€™s close to the nosepiece, so itā€™s rather noticeable when I look at my laptop, if itā€™s on my lap. For work I wear other glasses, so itā€™s not critical. But itā€™s annoying and means I should probably replace them. And if I replace them, I should get my eyes checked. And if Iā€™m going to do that, I might need to replace my other glasses. And my husband got his glasses the same time as I did, so heā€™ll probably want to check his as well. Hopefully his are okay. Otherwise Iā€™m looking at maybe 4 pairs of glasses. Glasses are 4.5 years old, so theyā€™re not new. Still prefer not to have to get new glasses. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/345 "2025-02-01T08:20:33Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Two people, a married couple, in one of Pennsylvaniaā€™s suburban counties were arrested and made the nightly news. The husband filmed his wife having sex with boys- as in male minors. They were caught because they uploaded the videos to sites devoted to child sex abuse material. > > _Both of them were police officers._ That one should probably be in the ā€œcontroversial encounters with law enforcementā€ thread, then. _b-dmp_ **tissh** ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/346 "2025-02-01T18:55:22Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Second, at 6 pm a plane crashed in northeast Philadelphia. Sometimes they say Roosevelt and Cottman. Sometimes that say Bustleton and Cottman. It doesnā€™t really matter, those intersections are a block or two apart. It is already a high traffic area with many auto accidents. I am assuming that besides the people who were on the plane, several carloads of people were killed. Iā€™m not sure why an accident is deserving of a rant, but at this point, approx 20 hrs after the crash the media is citing seven dead (all six on the plane & only one on the ground) & 19 injured, so no, several carloads of people were not killed. > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I just found a scratch on one of my lenses of my daily wear glasses [![](https://i0.wp.com/spazzytees.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/45752-99.jpg) ](https://i0.wp.com/spazzytees.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/45752-99.jpg) I like how you turned a scratched pair of glasses into 4-5 new pairs & two eye exams, & a colonoscopy, & a mammogram, & a \_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/347 "2025-02-02T03:27:10Z")
Iā€™m surprised nobody else did it yet so I started a new thread for February: > [@Rants are read, vileness abrew (February mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747): > > Continuing the discussion from [Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421): Iā€™m giving a mini-rant against myself for being stupid. My wife informed me that our daughter needed a set of dry erase markers for school. I could have had it delivered on Friday for free, or set it for ā€œAmazon Dayā€. I have an Amazon credit card and get 5% in store credit on any purchase, but 6% if I choose to delay delivery toward a later day (the aforementioned Amazon Day). So I delayed it until Sunday, sheā€™d still geā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421.md?page=17)