# Jewel Eye: Staring down the beryl (July Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [July 1, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332 "2025-07-01T03:26:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [July 19, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/241 "2025-07-19T18:34:38Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > What a maroon. A macaroon. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/242 "2025-07-20T03:08:54Z")
A macaroon maroon…dancing the [macaroni](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOF0c5tyR5Y&t=6s) macarena??? Why yes, that was one of my screen savers back in the day. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2025, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/243 "2025-07-20T12:19:02Z")
I had never seen nor heard of that when it was current. Thank you. I think. ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/244 "2025-07-20T19:14:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > had never seen nor heard of that when it was current Me, neither. I feel … amused, but confused. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/245 "2025-07-21T16:41:05Z")
I was sitting there working on a video late last night when everything went dark; power outage. Okay, given the time, I’ll just go to bed…but, I don’t know where my phone is. I’ve taken to using that as the emergency flashlight but I don’t know where it is in the dark. (I found it the second place I put my hand down). I go upstairs & it’s hot. I realize that I can’t put on the ceiling fan w/o power so I think I’ll grab the air mattress & sleep out on the deck…except I can’t inflate the air mattress w/o electricity. D’Oh! I don’t know how much got auto-saved / how much I’ll need to redo until I get a chance to boot it again tonight. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/246 "2025-07-21T18:18:24Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > can’t inflate the air mattress w/o electricity Get a foot pump ! > **[Halfords 3 Litre Foot Pump | Halfords UK](https://www.halfords.com/camping/airbeds-and-sleeping-mats/halfords-3-litre-foot-pump-290046.html?istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=367c5610-f937-4c81-8609-f84582324cd6&istItemId=xmlxxtrwl&istBid=t&&_$ja=tsid:%7Ccid:17253532456%7Cagid:%7Ctid:%7Ccrid:%7Cnw:x%7Crnd:16108744715338021302%7Cdvc:c%7Cadp:%7Cmt:%7Cloc:9046022&gad_campaignid=17262801092)** > > Shop the latest Halfords 3 Litre Foot Pump is ideal for inflating airbeds and beach inflatables at Halfords UK ---
**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 21, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/247 "2025-07-21T18:31:26Z")
… or lungs. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/248 "2025-07-21T18:55:05Z")
Foot lungs can work but if your leg gets tired you asphyxiate so I don’t recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/249 "2025-07-21T20:03:51Z")
People, there’s this great big sign saying that no dogs are allowed on the beach. You don’t even have to know how to read. The sign has a picture of a dog with a red circle and a bar through it. It was a reasonably well behaved dog. It wasn’t running into the area that was marked off as nesting area for sea birds or anything. But really, if you are going to let your dog run off leash in a no dogs allowed area, at least pick up your shit! ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/250 "2025-07-21T20:37:48Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > But really, if you are going to let your dog run off leash in a no dogs allowed area, at least pick up your shit! Dang, they let the dog run all over but it was the **owners** shitting all over the place. Irony! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/251 "2025-07-21T20:41:07Z")
I’m not really sure what we’re doing in therapy. I believe she’s probably the most qualified to rule in/rule out autism, which is my whole point in seeing her, as well as hoping to get some help managing my ADHD. But she’s psychodynamic, which is not really my jam, and today she had me “tapping” which as far as I can tell is complete bullshit. She keeps asking me what I want to work on and I keep telling her I need help managing my life due to a devastating loss of executive function apparently driven by perimenopause, and then she asks me shit that has nothing to do with any of that. Although on one level I get it, if she’s doing an evaluation she needs to have the full picture including a history. Today I talked mostly about all the times I’ve fucked up socially and all the jobs I’ve fucked up, which was really very demoralizing, and then she’s like, “write down three positive things about yourself every day.” Uhhhh kinda finding that hard to reach for after enumerating all my failures. I wasn’t exactly doing great prior to seeing her, so it’s too early to really tell if I’m worse off now, but it’s definitely dredging up stuff that makes me feel bad about myself. It’s probably going to be months to make a determination about a diagnosis, so I guess I’d better get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/252 "2025-07-21T22:36:24Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Dang, they let the dog run all over but it was the **owners** shitting all over the place. They do say that dogs come to resemble their people. And vice versa. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/253 "2025-07-21T22:43:02Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > And vice versa. It took about 3 tries to hit the urinal properly with a leg lift but now I can’t remember any other way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/254 "2025-07-21T22:44:31Z")
So you prefer pointers to setters? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/255 "2025-07-21T22:57:47Z")
Dachshund! ---
**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 21, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/256 "2025-07-21T23:48:00Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I’ve got a compendium: > 5. I have been ordering delivery all week because nobody went grocery shopping last week and decided today I was going to do the right thing and make some Goodles (high protein Mac and cheese.) Had the water all boiled and ready when I realized we’re out of almond milk, or any kind of milk actually, so I can’t even make boxed Mac and cheese. Now I have to wait for my lunch to be delivered and I’m _hungry_. Is Instacart not a thing where you are? ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/257 "2025-07-21T23:50:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Dachshund! Bless you. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/258 "2025-07-22T13:19:16Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Get a foot pump ! I bought one when I got the first air mattress. Experience taught me to go out & buy an electric pump. I _may_ still have it in the house, but of course, if I do, it’s buried in the basement, which would require some lights to go look for 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:** [July 22, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/259 "2025-07-22T13:28:43Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Dachshund! Didn’t Dachshund change its name to Niss-hound? ---
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332/260 "2025-07-22T14:14:51Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Didn’t Dachshund change its name to Niss-hound? That took me a second to get. Nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jewel-eye-staring-down-the-beryl-july-mini-rants/1020332.md?page=14)