# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 258
**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:** [January 26, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/258 "2025-01-26T00:47:28Z")
Thanks! 2 New Rants That Will Be Threads Of Their Own > [@Kitchen And Bathroom Leaks- Need Answer Fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-and-bathroom-leaks-need-answer-fast/1013401/1): > > I will try to keep this short. On January tenth, I flew to Florida. I had two trusted friends who live a few blocks away pick up my mail. On Tuesday, I received a text from building management. ‘In order to prevent pipes from freezing, please leave faucets dripping’. This had not been necessary in either of the buildings I have lived in before. This was the first time management had told me it would be necessary. So, I had not left the faucets dripping. I had left the three radators on HI. I imm… While in Florida, my sister drove me and our mom to many thrift stores. I am trying to declutter so I resisted many great deals. My personal laptop is nearing the end of its life. Laptops no longer include DVD drives. I will need an external one. I found an LG external DVD drive for $3.99. I am havig problems getting it to work. I strongly suspect it is a driver conflict. My sister does not shop at thrift stores and has no experience reparing computers or electronics. She said the drive would not work because 'you bought it at a thrift store". My sister in law is a computer nerd. If she had examined the hardware and software, the drive would be working. Instead, my SIL who has never shopped at a thrift store, and strongly dislikes even entering thrift stores when my sister takes us, just said ‘It will not work because you bought it in a thrift store’. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421)._