# Eight'll get you Ten Mini-rants for October **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254 "2018-10-01T12:16:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/21 "2018-10-02T17:01:06Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Want some of our temps? No snow, but it’s 5ºC at 1500. No thanks! I enjoy the transition seasons when temperatures are not too hot and not too cold. I just want Canadian Thanksgiving to be later! Not to coincide with US Thanksgiving, because travel would be an even worse nightmare, but say the second Monday in November instead of October. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/22 "2018-10-02T18:19:10Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > We were told (by my very smart mother!) that zippers and buttons were on different sides, because men dressed themselves while women were dressed by servants, so to make it easier for them the buttons were reversed. (Maybe it’s the other way around.) I heard that it was because little boys were dressed by their mommies, while girls became self- sufficient younger. > [@](#): > > My doctor told me that drinking orange juice every day contributes a lot of calories, so I stopped. So now I’m ready for this head cold to be over, the first one I’ve had in three years. > [@Nava](#): > > If your doctor didn’t tell you to eat oranges instead, your doctor gave you half the information. > > But throwing oranges at them is illegal. Sorry. How about putting the oranges into a pillowcase and whaling away? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/23 "2018-10-02T19:30:59Z")
Despite a serious hand injury, I work. I want tow ork, I like to work, and I am going to take care of myself, _dammit_. In the past, I had thirteen “professionals” tell me to go on welfare, disability, and/or social security. The number is now up to 16. WTF is wrong with working? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/24 "2018-10-02T21:50:56Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > If your doctor didn’t tell you to eat oranges instead, your doctor gave you half the information. > > But throwing oranges at them is illegal. Sorry. It wouldn’t help anyway. It’s an APPLE a day that keeps the doctor away. Throw apples instead. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/25 "2018-10-03T00:42:54Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Despite a serious hand injury, I work. I want **tow ork** , I like to work, and I am going to take care of myself, _dammit_. Is there a lot of need for ork towing? Are there any special permits or equipment required? Can you make a living at it or is it just supplemental to other revenue streams? Asking for a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/26 "2018-10-03T13:17:32Z")
Did you not get the “serious hand injury” part? Sometimes typing in very hard for me. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/27 "2018-10-03T18:14:08Z")
I just got a spam email inviting me to a conference on building no-code spam bots. * * * You’re invited to the first webinar of the Boomi Flow Webinar Series: “Building Zero Code, Zero Footprint BOTS.” Gartner estimates that by 2021, more than 50% of enterprises will spend more per annum on bots and chatbot creation than traditional mobile app development. Now is the time to embrace this technology and use AI bots to automate tasks and impact productivity across your organization Join Thameem Khan, Field CTO at Dell Boomi on October 24th, to learn about: • Building a business case for Enterprise Bots • Advantages of the zero code, zero footprint approach to BOTS • Leveraging Boomi to build high ROI BOTs * * * Below is a picture of the speaker. He looks like he murders cows. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/28 "2018-10-04T20:59:30Z")
I applied for a job at Company X and I’ve spoken to three of their people. I did very well and there are no more conversations scheduled. But it’s been nearly two days, and I haven’t heard anything from them. Companies Y and Z have expressed interest in me, but I don’t want to talk to them until I’ve heard back from Company X. The suspense is killing me! ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/29 "2018-10-05T01:15:37Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I applied for a job at Company X and I’ve spoken to three of their people. I did very well and there are no more conversations scheduled. But it’s been nearly two days, and I haven’t heard anything from them. > > Companies Y and Z have expressed interest in me, but I don’t want to talk to them until I’ve heard back from Company X. The suspense is killing me! Talk to Y and Z - no harm, if X hires you, tell Y and Z you accepted another position. If X doesn’t hire you, then you are further along the path for Y or Z offering you a job. You don’t owe X anything, and Y and Z really won’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/30 "2018-10-05T02:09:42Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > You don’t owe X anything, and Y and Z really won’t care. You’re right, of course. All the same, I don’t like pretending to be interested in a job when I’m much more interested in another. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/31 "2018-10-05T03:47:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I hate how early Canadian Thanksgiving comes. Thanksgiving is supposed to include sitting around a warm fire when it’s briskly cold outside, ideally with a risk of snow, maybe drinking something like a hot rum and cider. Canadian Thanksgiving was always too early, but with global warming it’s getting ridiculous. In my area it will be 21°C (70° F) this Thanksgiving weekend. Yay for Thanksgiving – let’s light a cozy fire, have hot drinks, then put on our bathing suits and go for a swim! :rolleyes: We are still digging out from 30cm of snow, my bush is flopped over and it’s a skating rink. So glad I wasn’t planning to drive to my brother’s for Thanksgiving anyway. Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/32 "2018-10-05T10:51:27Z")
[quote=“Flutterby, post:31, topic:822254”] We are still digging out from 30cm of snow, my bush is flopped over and it’s a skating rink. So glad I wasn’t planning to drive to my brother’s for Thanksgiving anyway. Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk[/QUOTE So it’s a good thing? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2018, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/33 "2018-10-05T14:38:16Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > …my bush is flopped over and it’s a skating rink. I spent all night trying to figure this out. Did the weight of the snow cause a bush to…uproot? Leaving a hole that filled with water and froze, making a very tiny rink for mice to skate on? Anyone understand this? ---
**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:** [October 5, 2018, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/34 "2018-10-05T14:55:39Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I spent all night trying to figure this out. > > Did the weight of the snow cause a bush to…uproot? Leaving a hole that filled with water and froze, making a very tiny rink for mice to skate on? Anyone understand this? I assumed I’d have to delve into Urban Dictionary to understand it. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/35 "2018-10-05T18:50:56Z")
Last month, I complained about a pain in my hand. Turns out, I had tendonitis from mousing and typing with bad form for work. I got new ergonomic stuff and my hand feels better now. But while I was going though that, I couldn’t crochet. Now that I am pain free, I’m ready to dive in and… Dang, the past month was a great time for patterns. I want to make ALL the things! When will I have time? This is the best time for crocheting, btw, you can cuddle up cozy warm with your WIP while your make it. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/36 "2018-10-05T19:29:26Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I assumed I’d have to delve into Urban Dictionary to understand it. Yo, muh bush be flopped… (know whuttah mean? nudge, nudge) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/37 "2018-10-05T21:43:17Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > One of my favorite cars won’t start. :mad: I suspect a fuel pump. Need to check it out. Aw, the joys of “Mysterious Failure”! No fuel pump, and also checked for spark. No spark! :smack: Shit! Substantially worse problem, perhaps some expensive “Brain” unit. So, I did a Hail Mary. Disconnected the battery, jumped the positive and negative cables to short the system, and… BINGO! Fired right up! 😃 Sometimes you get the Bear, sometimes the Bear gets you. A rare, non-Bear day. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/38 "2018-10-06T00:03:25Z")
See the “Reboot the Fridge” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/39 "2018-10-06T02:40:12Z")
> [@digs](#): > > I spent all night trying to figure this out. > > Did the weight of the snow cause a bush to…uproot? Leaving a hole that filled with water and froze, making a very tiny rink for mice to skate on? Anyone understand this? Eh I was typing while tired and on my phone. My bush is practically flat from the snow. The melt-freeze cycle is turning the roads into a skating rink. Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254/40 "2018-10-06T03:12:42Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > See the “Reboot the Fridge” thread. I don’t think I can wrap my head around the idea of a “Smart Fridge”. I mean, _Why?_ 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eightll-get-you-ten-mini-rants-for-october/822254.md?page=3)