# Aw, Gus 'tis full of rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043 "2013-08-01T01:34:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/101 "2013-08-05T05:05:42Z")
Crap crap crap crap not so far from me now - i know the grandmother. We are not bff but - enought to say hi and how is the bunny. I feel sick. It must be pure horror for the family. There are news crews everywhere today > **[Toddler killed in dog attack at grandmother's house](https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/toddler-killed-in-dog-attack-at-grandmothers-house-20130805-2r8ad.html)** > > A toddler has died after being attacked by a dog in the state's south west. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/102 "2013-08-05T08:08:47Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > In other news, New Mexico is beautiful. I love the red rocks, and the people are very nice and helpful. The folks on the highway drive nice. Its not anything like Texas, where the one with the smallest truck will get run over and not noticed. > > Its a good thing that I like NM, because we will probably take longer to drive to Texas in the truck than it would take us to do it with a mule train. Just a suggestion for later. Caving in New Mexico is AWESOME!! Skip the tour caves and hook up with one of the local grottos to see some of the wild caves. PM for an introduction if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/103 "2013-08-05T08:26:43Z")
A bit of positive anti rant coz I want to focus on non horrible stuff. I will be getting a new tablet (bells! Whistles even. Top of the line!) From telstra this Wednesday. And it will cost less than what I am paying on my current plan. Also today I started the process of applying for a no interest loan scheme to buy a laptop. Because I need it for my tutoring business they are expiditing the process and I will get the final word next Tuesday. Oh and at this exact moment the bunny is licking my knee =:3° ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/104 "2013-08-05T10:10:56Z")
Glad to hear about the cheery things in your life. 🙂 I know the joy of getting a few kisses from a bunny! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/105 "2013-08-05T10:44:35Z")
So, are you ‘adopting’ Tony? Is this a permanent move for him? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/106 "2013-08-05T14:30:03Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Just a suggestion for later. > > Caving in New Mexico is AWESOME!! Skip the tour caves and hook up with one of the local grottos to see some of the wild caves. PM for an introduction if you’re interested. Do you know Anmar Mirza previously of Lost Creek Packs? And I can definitely agree, NM is a gorgeous drive through, even better when you have time to poke around and sightsee. > [@](#): > > saje : So, are you ‘adopting’ Tony? Is this a permanent move for him? Or is this some sort of capture and neuter operation gone really strange? :dubious: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/107 "2013-08-05T15:51:37Z")
Dear Wendys, Tomatoes have no place on a Caesar salad. Love, SpazCat ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/108 "2013-08-05T16:16:33Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Dear Wendys, > > Tomatoes have no place on a Caesar salad. > > Love, > SpazCat Well, originally there were supposed to be a couple placed on the top, but Brutus et tu. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/109 "2013-08-05T16:53:42Z")
As if all the cluster of badness from last week isn’t enough, Sunday my husband got a call from one of his sisters that his mom was in the hospital with chest pain, and had been there since Saturday night. Of course, he hit the road to go to Cincinnati to see her. He’s on his way home now. All of her cardiac enzyme tests were normal, thankfully. The hospital claims it is a combination of shingles (?!) and a pulled muscle, and sent her home. The rest of us are convinced it is a gallbladder attack, but the hospital wouldn’t look into that. Mom’s going to follow up with her PCP. So, to sum up, in the last two weeks: 1. Co-worker’s SO’s mother dies 2. Same co-worker’s mother dies 3. Different co-worker’s grandmother dies 4. Husband’s boss goes missing, is found dead 5. Friend in Canada’s close friend goes missing, is found murdered (and they have now arrested the husband) 6. Husband’s mother goes into the hospital with chest pain 7. My therapist’s dogs (who came into the office with her and were therapy dogs) have both died I would like to tell the universe to **stop now**. I don’t even want to know what is going to be next. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/110 "2013-08-05T18:57:20Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Well, originally there were supposed to be a couple placed on the top, but Brutus et tu. That took me 5 seconds longer than it should have. :o Groaannnn:D Roddy ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/111 "2013-08-05T19:17:23Z")
Hang in there, **madrabbitwoman** and **Indyellen**. Sheesh, that’s a lot to deal with. Now, about these bunny kisses. Where do I sign up? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/112 "2013-08-05T20:12:15Z")
I met someone today who believes that wind turbines are a net loss - not because they’re expensive to manufacture, or because they’re simply inefficient (other people sincerely hold those views - which are wrong, but not as stupid as this person). This person was insistent that wind turbines contain a motor which is used to rotate them when the wind isn’t blowing, so they look like they’re generating energy. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/113 "2013-08-05T20:23:48Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > This person was insistent that wind turbines contain a motor which is used to rotate them when the wind isn’t blowing, so they look like they’re generating energy. There are a number of them around here owned by colleges. One on the U-lands (University of Minnesota) in Rosemount, two down by Northfield (Carlton or St. Olaf). I can tell you from experience, they don’t move when the wind isn’t blowing. Hell, there’s days when they don’t move when the wind IS blowing. But you know, stupid people gotta stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/114 "2013-08-05T20:43:26Z")
I love The Onion, but these gross, repetitive “royal baby pictures” aren’t funny. At all. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/115 "2013-08-05T20:43:31Z")
So, after a month of happily controlling my gestational diabetes through diet, my blood sugar has gone haywire again. I’ve been eating the portions they recommend and hitting post-meal highs of about 95. Great. Except now I’m getting 100 before a meal, 87 after…and tonight I had a post-meal high of 131. On a dinner that was mostly meat plus the recommended carbs and vegetables. I’d say it’s time to cut out more, but I’m only managing to eat about 1000 calories a day to start with. I’ve lost enough weight that in my third trimester I now weigh less than when I started the pregnancy. Ordinarily, I’d be thrilled at almost 20 pounds off in two months. I see the OBGYN on Thursday, so I’ll ask if I need to bump up my next endocrinologist appointment from the 18th. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/116 "2013-08-05T20:44:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > This person was insistent that wind turbines contain a motor which is used to rotate them when the wind isn’t blowing, so they look like they’re generating energy. That’s silly. The motor to turn the turbines when there’s no wind is powered by solar energy. And, before you ask, at night, they use wind-powered electric lights to power the solar cells. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/117 "2013-08-06T01:40:57Z")
> [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > \ > 'im indoors miscalculated on our holiday hotel bookings so now it looks like we will have to sacrifice our one night in Calgary because of it. Awww. ---
**Author:** ![claramorena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@claramorena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/claramorena)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/118 "2013-08-06T02:11:02Z")
I hate how my sister is a 29 year old woman and acts like a spoiled 16 year old girl. I’m 23 years old and yet far more mature than her and I hate the way she treats my parents and how to feels it is her right to insult me. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/119 "2013-08-06T03:17:44Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > So, after a month of happily controlling my gestational diabetes through diet, my blood sugar has gone haywire again. > > I’ve been eating the portions they recommend and hitting post-meal highs of about 95. Great. Except now I’m getting 100 before a meal, 87 after…and tonight I had a post-meal high of 131. On a dinner that was mostly meat plus the recommended carbs and vegetables. > > I’d say it’s time to cut out more. Wait, what? Those numbers are totally fine and anyone telling you to cut more needs to go fuck themselves. I don’t know you, but this is making me seriously wonder about malnutrition while you’ve got a developing human inside you. And today, [a perfect Saturday Morning Breakfast Comic for you](http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3072#comic). ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043/120 "2013-08-06T04:43:23Z")
> [@MickNickMaggies](#): > > I’ve been eating the portions they recommend and hitting post-meal highs of about 95. Great. Except now I’m getting 100 before a meal, 87 after…and tonight I had a post-meal high of 131. On a dinner that was mostly meat plus the recommended carbs and vegetables. I had gestational diabetes, and was also in the hospital on bed rest. My target numbers were [the same as these](http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/gestational/#12), and you are well within these guidelines, except maybe for the 100 before meals, and that depends a lot on when your previous meal was. Did they give you something more strict? Why? I would be far more worried about the weight loss than about your blood sugars. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aw-gus-tis-full-of-rants/665043.md?page=7)