# Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)

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**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")\
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**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")

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I’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):
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> Continuing the discussion from [Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421): I’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 “Amazon Day”. 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, she’d still ge…

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