# Here come rants, blah-blah (December mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012 "2024-12-01T05:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 24
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/461 "2024-12-27T17:18:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > When DIYing in bathrooms I often stand on the throne to reach the ceiling. I use a step stool. A lot safer and I won’t drop things into dookie water. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/462 "2024-12-27T17:25:24Z")
I use a step stool too. Unless the work is directly over the throne where you can’t put a step stool since the immoveable throne is in the way. Similarly sometimes for work over a vanity. Stepstools and ladders of all sorts work great on unobstructed floor. Which criteria applies to a surprisingly small percentage of a bathroom’s total square footage. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/463 "2024-12-27T17:40:38Z")
I just want to come in and say that I fucking hate Christmas. Loathe it. Despise it. Don’t want another in my life. Fuck Christmas. ---
**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 27, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/464 "2024-12-27T18:21:32Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > > if you wear shoes/boots with vibra-soles… check to see if it’s stuck in the rubber on the bottom? > > Barefoot. It’s gone for good. Otherwise you would’ve trodden on it. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/465 "2024-12-27T18:44:56Z")
So, Door Dash just delivered an order of coffees and bagels to us from Dunkin Donuts that we didn’t order. We did the right thing, called around the 'hood to see whose food we had & we called the Dunkin Donuts to say we got someone’s food. The DD person said don’t worry about it; replacement food was already delivered and to just keep it. That was very nice of them, Merry Xmas. \< Conspiracy Theory: Maybe Ben Affleck pulled my name in “The Most Hated Man in The World” Secret Santa drawing. “Your opening statement, Mr. Affleck?” \> > [@needscoffee](#): > > Barefoot. Well, I’m awfully glad you didn’t find the screw stuck in your foot. The damage that a wood screw type screw could do to a human foot is… unimaginable… ( Ouch! ) ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/466 "2024-12-27T19:03:42Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Well, I’m awfully glad you didn’t find the screw stuck in your foot. The damage that a wood screw type screw could do to a human foot is… unimaginable It was a machine screw, only about 5/8" long, and no point. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/467 "2024-12-27T19:10:09Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > It was a machine screw, only about 5/8" long, and no point. Having that in your foot would hurt even more!!! ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/468 "2024-12-27T19:15:55Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I believe you’re right. If it hasn’t reappeared after scrounging up a replacement, it’s well and truly gone. I lost the remote to my TV a few months ago. I thought it would appear when I got a new one, but so far, no luck. I’m pretty sure there’s an alternate dimension where all of the lost things go. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/469 "2024-12-27T19:17:12Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > I lost the remote to my TV a few months ago. I thought it would appear when I got a new one, but so far, no luck. You probably didn’t pay enough for the new one and wait until it was too late to return it. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/470 "2024-12-27T20:10:58Z")
I, on the other hand, was only sedated. I watched the whole thing on my own little screen. When they wheeled my gurney into the recovery line, I was still too goofy to laugh when the nurse said that we wouldn’t be discharged until we had “expelled gas” and that we should not be embarrassed because “it’s the doctor’s gas”. Imagine knowing that was funny but not being together enough to coordinate a laugh. I’m glad I had a ride home. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/471 "2024-12-28T01:21:15Z")
First, Some Good Stuff My friend Howard came over today and assembled the desk I ordered from Wayfair. He gave some wonderful Hanukkah presents. I gave him a bunch of Dungeons & Dragons modules from the seventies and eighties. I sorted through the stuff in the two large boxes I had been using as a desk. Most of it went right into the Donate box. Some of it is going to be gifts for friends. I saved a total of two items for possible resale. The Bad Stuff I think I may have damaged the antenna cable that connects to the tv. I am not getting reception on any channel below 3. Besides a bunch of other stuff, I cannot get Retro (two episodes of classic Doctor Who starting every weeknight at 8). I cannot get MeTV (Svengoolie and a bunch of other stuff) I am perfectly willing to pay for another antenna with a built in amplifier. I am wondering what I will miss before it gets here. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/472 "2024-12-28T01:24:10Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I gave him a bunch of Dungeons & Dragons modules from the seventies and eighties. > > I sorted through the stuff in the two large boxes I had been using as a desk. Most of it went right into the Donate box. Some of it is going to be gifts for friends. I saved a total of two items for possible resale. I am proud of you. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/473 "2024-12-28T01:30:45Z")
Yeah, that’s great, @DocCathode ! You aren’t missing much on Svengoolie this week (Blood of Dracula, 1957). ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/474 "2024-12-28T01:55:37Z")
Thanks. I am getting rid of a bunch more old D&D stuff, and a bunch of old Vampire The Masquerade books. A few years ago, I found a website that had free pdf’s of the entire old World Of Darkness. I found a bunch of other stuf. I downloaded over thirty gigabytes the day I found the site. Of all the old World Of Darkness books I have, I think I will keep three. One of the books (Werewolf The Apocalypse- before they adopted the blue/grey color scheme) may be worth the trouble of resale. I’m giving the rest to friends. ETA I wil not give the name of the website. That would violate SDMB rules. Also, they were shut down a few months after I discovered them. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/475 "2024-12-28T04:34:58Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > A few years ago, I found a website that had free pdf’s of the entire old World Of Darkness. I have lots of PDFs of RPGs. It’s funny how people just leave them laying around on web sites like that. 😜 ---
**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 28, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/476 "2024-12-28T07:30:28Z")
As someone who has worked customer service/retail/food service off & on, for many years, I greatly look forward to the day after Christmas, that beautiful, cold, dark, glorious day … when Fucking Christmas Carols Must Cease ™. Except inside my brain. Which is exceeding prone to earworms getting stuck for days … weeks … and I’ve heard “Rudolph the FUCK YOU reindeer” too many times to count, and I love all y’all but the title of this thread is NOT helping matters. 🎵 … right down Santa Claus lane! 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/477 "2024-12-28T14:00:38Z")
🎼 Jingle bells, batman smells, robin laid an egg The batmobile lost a wheel and … 🎵 See? Much better now. 😁 If you’re really brave, click ▶ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Qnr0CIQC-mk/maxresdefault.jpg "JINGLE BELLS (BATMAN SMELLS!) | Christmas Songs | Nursery Rhymes TV | English Songs For Kids") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnr0CIQC-mk) ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/478 "2024-12-28T16:37:40Z")
Usually, Comet shows a block of Tales From The Dark Side Saturday from eleven until whenever. Today, they showed only one episode. They are now showing Terry Pratchett’s The Colour Of Magic. It’s a great mini series. I know because I have already seen it at least three times! I want Tales From The Darkside! ---
**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:** [December 28, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/479 "2024-12-28T17:20:54Z")
In good news, I bought a new ampliified antenna at Target. I hooked it up and did a channel scan. I was getting perfect reception except on channels under 3. I wasn’t sure what to do. I knew that this antenna was still working better than my last one. So I unplugged the old antenna from the power strip and moved it to the kitchen. Reception cleared right up.This makes me very happy. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012/480 "2024-12-28T18:25:18Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > … and I’ve heard “Rudolph the FUCK YOU reindeer” too many times to count, When you get that earworm, switch to this: He knows when you are sleeping. He knows when you’re on the can. He’ll hunt you down and blast your ass from here to Pakistan! Ohhh! You’d better not breathe, you’d better not move. You’re better off dead, I’m tellin’ you dude. SANTA CLAUS IS GUNNING YOU DOWN! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012.md?page=25)