# Decemberrants: Yule post'em here, plz **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207 "2013-12-01T14:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/201 "2013-12-08T03:56:21Z")
My nominee for complete asshole of the day. Vaccines have not one goddamned thing to do with politics. > [@](#): > > [http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2013/12/07/katie-couric-upsets-liberal-media-questioning-cervical-cancer-vaccine-gi#ixzz2mqYvO0kJ](http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2013/12/07/katie-couric-upsets-liberal-media-questioning-cervical-cancer-vaccine-gi#ixzz2mqYvO0kJ) > > Katie Couric put herself on the wrong side of liberals Wednesday with a show questioning the safety of the Gardasil vaccine to prevent the Human Papilloma Virus that causes cervical cancer. > > Liberals have pushed parents of junior-high girls to get the vaccine with the assumption that they’ll be sexually active at 12. The Los Angeles Times reported former Newsweek media reporter Seth Mnookin was the first journalist to get upset: You’re a living, breathing pile of human excrement, Tim Graham. I got my eldest child the damned vaccine not because I expect her to be sexually active at 12, which would make her a rape victim. I got her the vaccine so she reduces her odds of getting cancer, you fucking asshole. Shame on you and your ilk for daring to inject yourself with petty politics rather than vaccines. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/202 "2013-12-08T05:13:20Z")
The actual temperature, according to my weather channel app, is -24°F, which is just so completely ridiculous. I’ve lived here my whole damn life and still, every year, the weather shocks me. I say every year that I’m going to move. I know I’m full of shit but I say it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vegetable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Space\_Vegetable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vegetable)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/203 "2013-12-08T09:37:09Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I’ve tried that, but it won’t let me create a new account. It keeps telling me I already have an account. I think you need a different email address for each account. Try making a new email address for yourself (it can just forward to your real address), for instance a free one from gmail, then create a new [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) account using that address. This is what I did. (I created an account the first week [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) was available, but could never get all the way through the process, then created a new account in mid-November and was all signed up with a new policy in 20 minutes.) If you registered a gmail account on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov), you don’t need to create a new account. You can [use a trick](http://lifehacker.com/144397/instant-disposable-gmail-addresses) that makes [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) (or any place that asks for an email address) think you’re using a brand new email address. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/204 "2013-12-08T18:57:26Z")
I’m a baker. I work in a cafe located in our public library. We don’t do off-premise catering, but if a meeting held in the library wants catering, we are the only option. When folks book a meeting room it says on their contract that they must contact us(the cafe) two weeks in advance for catering. The reason it’s so long is that a lot of people are idiots and leave ordering to the last minute. It’s not usually a problem to set things up a week in advance, or even three days(depending on what you want0 but…and let me take a deep breath here… Don’t friggin’ call at 5:00PM(we close at 5:30) for a breakfast catering the next morning. For thirty people. Are your really that stupid? Even if we can do it, it’s a massive disruption lf our usual schedule. And don’t whine about “Im soooo soooory, I just forgot to order, is it going to be a problem?” Hell yes it’s going to be a problem. Do you think we have unlimited storage, so that if someone orders on a whim we have extra supplies for thirty? and then the customer whines about how much it will cost. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr, so many people don’t know the work and planning that goes into the preparation and serving of food. They want home made quality with fast food speed, and it just doesn’t always happen that way. There, I feel better now, I had to vent it out. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/205 "2013-12-09T03:34:32Z")
And the problem with you pulling off a miracle just makes everyone think that it was easy and no problem because they have NO idea what happened behind the scenes. You have my sympathy…now can I have some of the broken cookies? I went back to the pet food place today and checked out with the same sneering clerk that I met a couple of weeks ago. This time, I was not only buying food for our critters, I was picking up food for my rescue group. My bill at check out would make most people faint…OMG You just spent $250.00 on pet food!!! I also took SIX free sample bags and asked for one of the guys to help me load it into the truck (that still hasn’t disgorged my precious library CDs). When the sneering clerk sneered at me again, I asked to talk to the manager. I don’t usually do this, usually I just stop going to places that treat me poorly, but I was pretty sure that the manager of this place would like to know why I was leaving. She did care. The sneering clerk was a friend’s daughter who was only working there because she had to. Lots of back story, won’t bore you with it. Anyhow, the sneering clerk got fired and the manager sent a very nice young man to load the critter supplies into the CD eating truck. During all the upset, I forgot the sample bags of dog food and they were left on the counter. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/206 "2013-12-09T04:51:18Z")
Ooh, you’re a bad-ass, **flatlined**! She can take her sneering ways and just hit the highway! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/207 "2013-12-09T04:54:18Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > And the problem with you pulling off a miracle just makes everyone think that it was easy and no problem because they have NO idea what happened behind the scenes. You have my sympathy…now can I have some of the broken cookies? I’d send you fresh whole cookies, since you understand. You were right about people’s expectations. We do anything that’s physically possible for a customer because we can’t afford to turn down business. But it’s not necessarily easy. We smile, while inside we want to say @#$%^&\* Congrats on working with a rescue group, my dog Nathan the dachshund is from a shelter. I got lucky when I found this dog three years ago. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/208 "2013-12-09T05:00:40Z")
I’ve spent my entire afternoon and evening printing Christmas cards/letters. I’m out of ink, I’m not close to being finished, and I’m seriously considering leaving work early tomorrow to buy a new printer. The HP Photosmart Premium C309G is a steaming pile of shit. :mad: I’m actually looking forward to work tomorrow just for the chance to sit down. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/209 "2013-12-09T05:08:37Z")
Holey Moley **flatlined**! Glad you spoke up, your complaint must have been the final straw, and it must have been pretty bad if there were enough complaints to can her right then. Why is it so hard to just not be a tool? If nothing else, when it’s your job, just press your lips together and keep your mouth shut, yanno? Didn’t you end up leaving the free samples behind last time, too? Funny. My only rant right now is the stupid Bank of America ATM that was in the hospital lobby on Saturday. Trying to get home, needing cash to pay my cat sitter, gee it would be nice if the thing worked. Of course it got through the whole transaction, I didn’t ask for a receipt, and it just jammed and wouldn’t dispense my cash. So now there’s a $100 ding on my account that needs to be resolved and I’d rather not deal with it. I guess I’ll drop by my bank on the way home from the doctor’s office Monday, all this after surgery and complications that are now on the mend, but [here’s that thread for anyone who didn’t see it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=709495) ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/210 "2013-12-09T06:20:29Z")
I’m ready for those broken minor bones (in my little toe) to heal up. AND it seems that I’m allergic to yet another antibiotic. I started developing allergy symptoms Thursday night, and quit taking the antibiotics. I figured that I’d give the podiatrist a call on Friday, and she’d either tell me to just not worry about it, or she’d call in a different prescription. However, the whole Dallas-Fort Worth area is closed, due to icy conditions. The podiatrist’s office was shut down on Friday. Apparently, the hydrocodone is working fine, though. I called my sister earlier today, and she asked if I’d taken some recently. Apparently she could tell by my speech. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/211 "2013-12-09T06:35:51Z")
Damn, **Lynn** , I can’t complain after what you’ve been through. I got a script for Norco but didn’t fill it. Pain bad enough to need it is not cool. I hope you’re on the mend and not so painful damn soon. I’m allergic to penicillin and have a stomach sensitivity to tetracycline, so they always avoid those groups when using antibiotics on me. Got to take two IV in hospital, since the gallbladder infection is usually treated with penicillin and they had to work around it. Luckily, I handled those just fine and didn’t have to take any home. I hope you’re able to get around for your holiday stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/212 "2013-12-09T16:56:20Z")
**SeaDragon** , I’m impressed that you’re up and running so soon after not only surgery but also a side trip to lack-of-airville. Glad to here it (esp. as I expect my gall bladder has a limited time left). **Lynn** , hang in there. I hope Ft. Worth starts to thaw pretty soon! When I moved to Austin from LA people warned me about the heat. Nobody warned me about 26 damned degrees with wind. Ugh! At least we didn’t get the freezing rain you guys had. Hope this early nasty winter means the new year will be nice and warm. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/213 "2013-12-09T17:31:01Z")
When it’s colder than usual, it’s cold. I get to say it’s cold. Yes, I know it’s below freezing most of the winter where you are. I know it’s below zero where some of you are right now. BUT, it’s not usually below freezing here this early in the season and for this many nights in a row. I get to complain a little when my garden plants freeze, my hose is frozen and my car won’t start. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/214 "2013-12-09T17:54:08Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ve spent my entire afternoon and evening printing Christmas cards/letters. I’m out of ink, I’m not close to being finished, and I’m seriously considering leaving work early tomorrow to buy a new printer. \*\* The HP Photosmart Premium C309G is a steaming pile of shit.\*\* :mad: I’m actually looking forward to work tomorrow just for the chance to sit down. Tell me about it. The only reason I actually bought a second one is that the first one was full of brand new ink when it croaked and i was too cheap to waste the ink. I spent almost a whole day going from department to department at Hewlett Packard trying to source the teeny tiny part I broke until someone finally said “look lady just go buy another printer. It’s not worth anyone’s time to try and find that part for you” _sigh_ ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/215 "2013-12-09T18:39:23Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ve spent my entire afternoon and evening printing Christmas cards/letters. I’m out of ink, I’m not close to being finished, and I’m seriously considering leaving work early tomorrow to buy a new printer. The HP Photosmart Premium C309G is a steaming pile of shit. :mad: I’m actually looking forward to work tomorrow just for the chance to sit down. I have a Brother MCF-J430 and it works wonderfully - it replaced an ancient printer that just died. It even maintains the wireless connection after I power down and start up again my laptop!:eek: I can print from ANYWHERE!!1!!! lol ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/216 "2013-12-09T19:45:09Z")
I hate the MFs in northern states who sneer at DFW shutting down when we get a few piddly inches of snow/ice. Our area does not have the infrastructure to handle it! We get a few piddly little bits of sand on the UP part of bridges like the [High-Five](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Five_Interchange) and we’re left to our [own devices](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/mcmurtry-james/holiday-20604.html) on the DOWN part. Come on over in mid-July: we’ll see who has what to sneer about. This rant brought to you by the word “piddly.” ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/217 "2013-12-09T19:53:43Z")
We got a coating of ice here in Northern NJ. The weather forecasters were acting as if it was a major league blizzard. Thankfully my local elementary didn’t even blink. The school buses arrived on time and all went as planned. It’s a coating. Just drive carefully and you’ll be fine. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/218 "2013-12-09T19:56:24Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > We got a coating of ice here in Northern NJ. The weather forecasters were acting as if it was a major league blizzard. Thankfully my local elementary didn’t even blink. The school buses arrived on time and all went as planned. It’s a coating. Just drive carefully and you’ll be fine. Sheesh. I don’t know where you are, but the coating was bad enough in Morris County that I fell on my ass twice trying to walk my dog this morning. Roads are fine, though. 🙂 More snow tomorrow! And probably Saturday, in case you were looking to do anything this weekend. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/219 "2013-12-09T20:16:11Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > When it’s colder than usual, it’s cold. I get to say it’s cold. Yes, I know it’s below freezing most of the winter where you are. I know it’s below zero where some of you are right now. BUT, it’s not usually below freezing here this early in the season and for this many nights in a row. I get to complain a little when my garden plants freeze, my hose is frozen and my car won’t start. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I hate the MFs in northern states who sneer at DFW shutting down when we get a few piddly inches of snow/ice. Our area does not have the infrastructure to handle it! We get a few piddly little bits of sand on the UP part of bridges like the [High-Five](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Five_Interchange) and we’re left to our [own devices](http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/mcmurtry-james/holiday-20604.html) on the DOWN part. > > Come on over in mid-July: we’ll see who has what to sneer about. > > This rant brought to you by the word “piddly.” I don’t mock you guys (much) - I understand that you don’t have the infrastructure and expectations to handle crappy winter weather. We have a fleet of trucks that pickle the roads\* when we’re expecting snow, snow tires on all of our cars (and block heaters for the extreme cold), insulated houses, furnaces, snow boots, parkas, the works. We’re having another snowstorm as we speak, and it’s pretty much business as usual here. \*[Seriously!](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/1st-mid-week-snowstorm-has-city-crews-busy-clearing-roads-1.2433378) > [@](#): > > Crews are putting down a mixture of gravel and salt — known as pickle — because at the current temperature salt can’t melt the ice, Somers said. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207/220 "2013-12-09T20:17:11Z")
Oh yeah, and I have nothing but sympathy for areas that get freezing ice - that shit can seriously fuck off and die! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decemberrants-yule-postem-here-plz/675207.md?page=12)