# Damn Dirty April! (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 1, 2024, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679 "2024-04-01T14:43:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/61 "2024-04-05T01:16:48Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I remember when I had a list of aches and pains that I recited for my doctor at one of my annual physicals, and he just laughed and said “Yeah, sucks getting old.” Gee, thanks doc. _Well, I went to the doctor I said, “I’m feeling kind of rough” “Let me break it to you, son: Your shit’s fucked up.” I said, “my shit’s fucked up?” Well, I don’t see how–" He said, “The shit that used to work– It won’t work now.”_ -Warren Zevon ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/62 "2024-04-05T03:27:39Z")
I am in so much pain. i think the pain is being caused by a infection in the tissue above a crown I had put in 10 years ago. I had an infection a few weeks after I got that crown and I had to take a course of a strong antibiotic. This feels like the same thing. Any pressure on the crown is agonizing. I had to force myself to eat some pasta for dinner. The pain is spreading now to the teeth on either side, the side of my nose and under my eye. But it’s mostly the throbbing pain above the crown. I have an appointment in the morning but getting through the night is going to be awful. This sucks so very much. I’ve been relatively healthy since before Covid. I’d forgotten how bad feeling like shit can be. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/63 "2024-04-05T03:47:54Z")
This doesn’t sound right. I’ve had teeth be in pain, and gotten removed the next day. I’ve also had an infection where it hurt to touch my cheek. Neither of those spread. Please err on the side of caution and get help. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/64 "2024-04-05T03:53:45Z")
I cannot sleep. For decades, caffeine had no effect on me. So, I could drink coffee at night and go to slep with no trouble. But, a little over a year ago after having been on Concerta for decades I siwtched to Qelbree for my ADD. Now ( as I discovered when I went nuts with a bottle of Bosco coffee syrup) caffeine makes me twitchy and makes it extremely hard to concentrate. It could be the caffeine. It coudl be anxiety over whether I’ll get to view the 90% eclipse on Monday. It could be anxiety about various personal problems. All I know for sure is- I can’t sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/65 "2024-04-05T04:03:36Z")
Turns out my college isn’t offering math or biology classes for my degree program the rest of the year. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/66 "2024-04-05T05:01:49Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > All I know for sure is- I can’t sleep. Man, I know the feeling. I went through a month or so of not sleeping. Just today I told the doctor about lying there, listening to my heart pounding until daylight. So he asked “How are you sleeping now?” and I said “Great!” “What changed?” “I wish to God I knew…” Luckily, I listen to audiobooks to get back to sleep, and for that month I’d just lie quietly. If I could listen to a book and not stress about getting back to sleep I got about half the benefits of a good sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/67 "2024-04-05T05:48:32Z")
Almost two in the morning here, and husband is on his way to the emergency vet with our big dog. The dog’s been coughing and gagging periodically since his dinner a few hours ago. The emergency vet has about a six hour wait time, but they’re the only game in town. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/68 "2024-04-05T05:53:08Z")
> [@FluffyBob](#): > > Maybe 2 1/2 weeks from realizing something was wrong to gone. 54 years young. > > God I miss him. I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/69 "2024-04-05T05:57:46Z")
Dental pain is horrible. I fully relate to Tom Hanks in Castaway. I hope you get some relief ASAP. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/70 "2024-04-05T07:24:49Z")
Good news, the wait at the vet wasn’t too long. Bad news, they’re keeping our dog and a whole lot of money. We’ll see what’s what in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/71 "2024-04-05T07:26:59Z")
I wonder how much money they’d have to charge to have pet insurance. The clinic, I mean. Pay $x per month and all service here is covered. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/72 "2024-04-05T11:55:35Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > “Do you want raisin toast or wheat toast for breakfast?” gets the answer of _“I don’t care - whatever you have.”_ Um, I have both - that’s why I offered the choice. We go through something similar. My gf asks if I want to go to restaurant A or B for dinner. It makes absolutely no difference to me, and I tell her that. She gets flustered and wants an answer. I say, “well A is a bit closer, so I choose A”. There’s a moment of silence and she says, “OK. I was thinking B since we haven’t been there in a while, but we’ll go to A”. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/73 "2024-04-05T13:03:13Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I think she’s saying, “Whatever you’re having”. Except I’m up and fed hours before she gets up. And maybe she truly doesn’t care whether she gets strawberry or rocky road ice cream for dessert… I don’t know. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/74 "2024-04-05T13:08:37Z")
So give her a small scoop of each? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/75 "2024-04-05T13:37:48Z")
Poor pups hope he gets to come home today. My rant is towards family members who insist on correcting MIL’s delusions. She’s bedridden in a nursing g home but has these fantastic delusions she’s out driving and shopping and visiting old friends with her long deceased husband. I say go with the flow, enjoy the trips down memory lane with her. But no, BIL has to correct her and remind her that she’s an invalid and the last one of her generation alive. What’s the fucking point in that? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/76 "2024-04-05T14:09:39Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > We’ll see what’s what in the morning. Hope it is all good news. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/77 "2024-04-05T14:10:30Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Poor pups hope he gets to come home today. Thanks, I think he will, but not sure for how long. They diagnosed a serious heart disease. Thanks to you also, @kayaker ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/78 "2024-04-05T14:14:26Z")
Your doberman? Cardiomyopathy? ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/79 "2024-04-05T14:23:49Z")
Yes, one of the dobes. We’ll have to talk about his quality of life. It was very sudden. He was running around like an Olympian yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679/80 "2024-04-05T14:26:50Z")
Bummer. A friend’s doberman was recently diagnosed and is on Pimobendan (which is pricey). Her dog is doing very well right now, but they warned her that it is a terminal disease. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-dirty-april-monthly-mini-rants/999679.md?page=5)