# Independent Rants (July minirants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197 "2020-07-03T17:27:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/81 "2020-07-15T22:34:04Z")
> [@jayrey](#): > > I’m getting very tired of walking into the garage only to stand there stupidly, saying to myself, “now, what was it again that I wanted to do?” I’ve said before {I’m almost positive it was here…:} that the tech I really want is an app that’ll tell me why the hell I just walked into the kitchen. … > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I wish I had done this upgrade years ago… On the other hand, I wouldn’t have picked this particular stereo at that time. Can we ask what you bought, and from where? (Though, if you’re a car guy, the store might rhyme with crutch-wield) ---
**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:** [July 15, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/82 "2020-07-15T23:20:09Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Can we ask what you bought, and from where? > (Though, if you’re a car guy, the store might rhyme with crutch-wield) Yep, that’s where I bought it! 😁 I wanted to do the work myself, but I also wanted to make sure I got the right parts on the first try. I had originally looked at an Alpine CDE-HD149BT, but by the time I finally decided to buy a stereo it had been discontinued. The single DIN market is pretty scarce now anyway, and once you eliminate the standard block-style displays (I’m not a fan of that look), there’s really not much left. I picked a Pioneer DEH-80PRS; even though it’s been on the market for so long, it’s still an impressive unit. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/83 "2020-07-15T23:47:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Question: Can a law school grad take the bar exam in ANY state, or does it need to be taken in the state where the law degree was granted? You can take the bar exam in any state, but you are only allowed to practice in a state where you are a member of the bar (or granted reciprocity from another state). It’s not like medicine where taking it in one place certifies you everywhere (because human bodies are the same all over the country, but laws are not). ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/84 "2020-07-16T00:00:55Z")
> [@digs](#): > > > [@jayrey](#): > > > > I’m getting very tired of walking into the garage only to stand there stupidly, saying to myself, “now, what was it again that I wanted to do?” > > I’ve said before {I’m almost positive it was here…:} that the tech I really want is an app that’ll tell me why the hell I just walked into the kitchen. I’ve found that going back to where you were before you walked into the kitchen (or bathroom or garage) helps you remember why you just walked into the kitchen (or bathroom or garage or whatever). You left your thought in the other room and you have to go pick it back up. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/85 "2020-07-16T02:40:45Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > > [@digs](#): > > > > > [@jayrey](#): > > > > > > I’m getting very tired of walking into the garage only to stand there stupidly, saying to myself, “now, what was it again that I wanted to do?” > > > > I’ve said before {I’m almost positive it was here…:} that the tech I really want is an app that’ll tell me why the hell I just walked into the kitchen. > > I’ve found that going back to where you were before you walked into the kitchen (or bathroom or garage) helps you remember why you just walked into the kitchen (or bathroom or garage or whatever). You left your thought in the other room and you have to go pick it back up. [According to this article](https://tinyurl.com/y2atdjdr), doorways are event boundaries. When you walk through one, you tend to compartmentalize or “put away” events and thoughts you had on one side of the door. It only makes sense that walking back through it lets you reopen the compartment and get the thoughts back out again. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/86 "2020-07-16T04:24:16Z")
Thank you for the welcome! I have always been kinda lazy, so my lazy brain doesn’t want to waste energy to remember if I watered a specific plant during my “fussing over flowers” ritual. I am usually pretty sure I did, but I end up having to go and look. Just to make sure, donchakno? I’ve also turned into a grumpy old lady (and I’m only 62). I think that being annoyed all day, every day doesn’t help with the short term memory either. I feel totally justified in my constant irritation, I live surrounded by covidiots and hubs is one of them. I moved into the guest room when he started growing that stupid protest beard. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/87 "2020-07-16T10:34:02Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I moved into the guest room when he started growing that stupid protest beard. “Protest beard”? Seriously? Meanwhile, COVID-19 made me shave off my beard for the first time in 40ish years, just so my mask fits better. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/88 "2020-07-16T10:45:36Z")
Hiya @JaneDoe42 glad you quit lurking and joined up. I’ve been doing the “Why did I come in here?” routine since I was a little kid. Age has not improved matters. Going back to wherever I was when I was prompted onto my now-forgotten mission does, indeed, reliably trigger the “oh, yeah” moment … so I put a lot of mileage onto what appears to be aimless wandering. On the plus side, exercise is good for ya!] ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/89 "2020-07-16T12:42:51Z")
There’s a single panel cartoon that’s stayed with me for a few decades (although the title hasn’t). It shows a woman walking down stairs into a basement repeating to herself “The pail. The pail. The pail.” The caption reads: “You will remember the pail. But you’ll be back again for the mop. The mop. The mop.” ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/90 "2020-07-16T14:38:52Z")
Who the heck has a rental property, and puts in what appear to be a shiny new bathroom, with a bath but no shower? The only landlord currently letting a reasonably priced property within walking distance of my job, that’s who. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/91 "2020-07-16T16:43:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Who the heck has a rental property, and puts in what appear to be a shiny new bathroom, with a bath but no shower? The only landlord currently letting a reasonably priced property within walking distance of my job, that’s who. How are you supposed to wash your hair? That’s weird. For some reason my phone today couldn’t even recognize it had an SD card, which I learned when I discovered all my music and photos had disappeared. I restarted and they’re back, but the Samsung music app no longer has my favorites marked. Bugger. The damn thing is also now pushing Spotify on me every time I start it, and you can’t snooze it for longer than 7 days. AND it’s starting to put in ADS in my list of tracks. Time for a new app, because fuck Spotify, fuck not being able to save playlists as actual files, and fuck ads. I already paid for the fucking phone. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/92 "2020-07-16T16:51:04Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Who the heck has a rental property, and puts in what appear to be a shiny new bathroom, with a bath but no shower? If it is the perfect rental other than not having a shower, I’d offer to sign a one year lease in exchange for the landlord allowing me to install a shower head in the bathtub. I’d ask that the landlord cover parts, but I’d do the labor. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/93 "2020-07-16T17:24:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If it is the perfect rental other than not having a shower, I’d offer to sign a one year lease in exchange for the landlord allowing me to install a shower head in the bathtub. I’d ask that the landlord cover parts, but I’d do the labor. It’s pretty good, but the rental market is going really fast right now- and it’d require more than just fitting a showerhead, there are cheap converters that just clip over the taps, so that part would be easy. But the walls are just painted, so they’d need tiling or otherwise rendering waterproof, and the way the layout is, a shower rail would be tricky to fit, I couldn’t just use a temporary tension one. I doubt they’d go for it, and I don’t think I could do all the work myself… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/94 "2020-07-16T18:33:40Z")
@Folacin: Oregon recently granted “diploma privilege” to applicants who had 1) graduated an accredited law school, and 2) applied to take the July 2020 Bar exam. (It was not a universally well-received decision.) The Bar is, however, more confident that they will be able to make suitable arrangements to hold the exam in October. Time will tell. It’s a terrible time to be a law student or new graduate. I feel for your son. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/95 "2020-07-16T23:44:39Z")
Something like one of these is inexpensive (scroll down the page): [https://www.plumbingsupply.com/showering-in-a-tub.html](https://www.plumbingsupply.com/showering-in-a-tub.html) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/96 "2020-07-17T01:50:15Z")
It looks like FedEx is having a bad day. I’m expecting a package, tracking a few days ago showed it departed China and made it to Japan. It was due her yesterday. Then this morning by 1030. Then today. By now, the FedEx drivers have gone home. It’s still in transit. Did a semibalistic get lost? I haven’t heard anything about unequal take offs and landing on the news. Wonder when the FedEx web site will admit they pooched this delivery? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/97 "2020-07-17T03:29:33Z")
Update: Just departed Honolulu, they think it’s going to be delivered today. Not unless they have it strapped to a Falcon 9… ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/98 "2020-07-17T22:25:41Z")
Anyone else getting mail delivery only every other day? This has been going on about a month now. Do half of the letter carriers have the virus? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/99 "2020-07-17T22:42:30Z")
Nope. Trump’s new postmaster has forbidden overtime amongst other “cost saving measures”, meaning most carriers can’t get through their routes during a day. [See this twitter thread from a carrier](https://twitter.com/DingusJMcGee/status/1282435701737287680). Several tweets down is this gem: > [@](#): > > For literally the first time in my decade long career, and even in the careers of every single carrier in my office, including 40 year vets, we are being given orders to DELIBERATELY. DELAY. FIRST. CLASS. MAIL. Not just your credit card bills or magazines, but packages and checks ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197/100 "2020-07-17T23:12:29Z")
Lovely. One more reason to hope this administration is out on its ear soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independent-rants-july-minirants/914197.md?page=6)