# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 430
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8584 "2023-12-09T21:35:21Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Missed lipstick on the rim would be visible. Missed gunk inside the glass, where the drink conceals it (and probably dissolves it), wouldn’t be. > > If I’m going to worry about the glass being dirty, I’m just not going to eat there. I literally said it wasn’t rational in the part you omitted! But do go on. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8585 "2023-12-09T22:31:04Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > If I’m going to worry about the glass being dirty, I’m just not going to eat there. Reminds me of Cary Granite on the _Flintstones_, “Bartender, bring me a whiskey – in a dirty glass.” ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8586 "2023-12-10T00:42:40Z")
I don’t use straws Because if I’m eating at a restaurant, I am almost certainly alone, in which case I’m reading. And when I’m reading, I only pay (barely) enough attention to what I’m doing to get food and drink to my mouth. A straw would probably poke me in the eye at some point ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8587 "2023-12-10T00:47:27Z")
I don’t know what my cell phone service costs. My bill is combined with other people at my office, and I don’t even see it. I used to know, but plans change as we add and subtract phones and other contraptions, and I don’t keep up. I’d guess around $40 per month, but that’s just a guess. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8588 "2023-12-10T03:54:39Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > A straw would probably poke me in the eye at some point That’s part of my calculus as well! I’d forget I’m drinking with a straw and do something stupid. Best not to try at all. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8589 "2023-12-10T04:05:46Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > A straw would probably poke me in the eye at some point That’s what glasses are for. One reason, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8590 "2023-12-10T05:44:16Z")
I’m surprised so many of us don’t know what our cell service costs! My family’s is $10 per line for unlimited talk and text and practically unlimited data, but we’re included on the company’s cellphone plan, and since that’s all AT&T charges for additional phones, all the owners’ family members have them. There is a limit on data for the company, but only in the sense that they have to pay a fairly nominal fee if the entire entity goes into the next chunk of data. I don’t usually worry a lot about dirty tableware at restaurants. If there’s gunk on a glass or a fork, I just ask for a clean one. We did leave a restaurant once because all the glasses and silverware had a layer of grime on them and the water smelled funny. The place was shut down by the Health Department two days later for not having an adequately working water heater. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8591 "2023-12-10T06:07:15Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I don’t usually worry a lot about dirty tableware at restaurants. If there’s gunk on a glass or a fork, I just ask for a clean one. And there’s always the worry that the reaction will be: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/mi2sUcVkm9E/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python- Dirty Fork") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi2sUcVkm9E) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8592 "2023-12-10T11:51:07Z")
My cellphone (not smart) is on a PAYG contract, i just pay for what i use. I topped it up with £20 in 2020 and it’s still got credit. (I think calls cost 25p/minute, texts are 25p each) My gf uses 1pMobile. Calls cost 1p/minute, texts are 1p, data (which she doesn’t do - not a smart phone) is 1p/MB. She has to top up (at least) £10 every 4 months, so £2.50/month. She only uses it to chat with her sister or aunt, or call me if i’m out. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8593 "2023-12-10T12:32:07Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I’m surprised so many of us don’t know what our cell service costs! Eh, i have trouble remembering numbers even when they are important to me. For instance, i know approximately what my salary is, but i need to look it up to know precisely. My husband pays the phone bill. It’s not a significant part of the budget. Not a chance I’d know the cost off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8594 "2023-12-10T14:55:37Z")
[aside] I just realized that that was apparently a REAL meat cleaver, and could have easily injured Carol Cleveland. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8595 "2023-12-10T15:04:48Z")
My T-mobile monthly for two lines is $88 and change. When we added my wife onto my plan they had a promotion at the time that locked in that rate forever. It’s not the same as “price lock” somehow, this was years before that, but from what I can tell it works essentially the same way. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8596 "2023-12-10T16:42:13Z")
My phone is like $250 for 15Gb/mo. But not $250/mo – it will be $250 in April. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8597 "2023-12-10T18:22:59Z")
I answered the phone poll for the cost of my line, which is what I pay; but it’s part of a bundle plan my landlords have, which comes with more lines than they need, so I get one of them. I have no idea what they pay for the overall plan. I’m very lucky. I have three independent locally owned and run hardware stores that are within 20 minutes’ drive, and are in or en route to the two closest villages, where I routinely have other errands. I’ll go to whichever one of those fits best with the other errands on a particular errands day; or, if I need a particular hardware item in a hurry and don’t have other errands that day, to the closest. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8598 "2023-12-10T18:24:11Z")
It’s literally the exact same distance from my house, in opposite directions on the same road, to either Home Depot or Lowe’s. I go to Lowe’s by default. Never had a very good experience at Home Depot. I really only ever go there because they sell Ryobi tools and Lowe’s does not, and that is the battery system I have married myself to. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8599 "2023-12-10T18:31:42Z")
I have a local hardware store with limited stock, for something basic I go to them first, for something complicated I end up at Home Depot. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8600 "2023-12-10T18:34:47Z")
There are both an Ace and a True Value within a mile of home. Depends on what I want. These days I try not to shop Home Depot because of the politics of the Big Staplegun of the company. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8601 "2023-12-10T18:34:56Z")
I have a great Ace Hardware store about a mile from me; they’re my go-to store. They’re family-owned, and I’ve gotten to know the staff there. Plus, as my parents owned a hardware store (a True Value) when I was a teenager, going into that Ace triggers a lot of nostalgia. There’s a Home Depot about 2 miles away, but I’ll only go there if the Ace doesn’t have what I need, or if I really feel the need to take a long walk up and down the aisles at HD to find anything. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8602 "2023-12-10T18:39:57Z")
I’m pretty loyal to Ace. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/8603 "2023-12-10T18:40:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > if I really feel the need to take a long walk up and down the aisles at HD to find anything. You gotta identify that one employee who actually knows where anything is. If Rodrigo isn’t working today, I’m probably not finding what I need. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=431)