# July mini rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887 "2016-07-01T20:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/141 "2016-07-10T11:10:00Z")
I walk a half an hour to the gym, half an hour back. Get there this morning, having dragged myself out of bed with an upset stomach, for yoga, only to find out the instructor was on holiday and they couldn’t be bothered to find a sub. Overpriced community gym fuckers. (Overpriced, because even if you are a member, each class/session/swim still costs £5) ---
**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 10, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/142 "2016-07-10T11:17:50Z")
You get an hour of walking in. How is that not sufficient physical exertion for one day? ---
**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 10, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/143 "2016-07-10T11:25:47Z")
Missed the edit window. Hope your stomach feels better soon. I recommend a few drops of Angostura bitters in a glass of 7Up. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/144 "2016-07-10T11:28:13Z")
I’m fat, for one and two hours exercise won’t kill me 🙂 I also have horrible hips that pop out of joint and yoga’s one of the things that help strengthen everything around them enough that they don’t pop on long walks! ---
**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 10, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/145 "2016-07-10T11:35:11Z")
Fair enough. ---
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/146 "2016-07-10T17:01:18Z")
> [@](#): > > You think 40’s bad? Wait until you reach 50 . . . and 60 . . . and 70 . . . . > > Each decade gets exponentially worse. I remember when I turned 50, my mother said “Some day you’ll wish you were 50 again.” Hell, now I wish I were 60 again. At 86, the way I look at it is that getting old is the penalty one pays for not dying at 50. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/147 "2016-07-10T18:12:47Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I just offered our old sick kitty a snackypoo. That was his favorite snackpoo and he just turned his nose up and is now sleeping on Westley. Poor Westley. Westley is still afraid of cats. > > Its been so hot and humid lately that I’ve been washing my hair every night. My hair doesn’t like that and its all fizzed out. I guess I should probably go to the grocery store and demand that someone tells me what I need to use. I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty. Good kitty thoughts definitely headed your way. Argan oil-based shampoos/conditioners/masks. All available through Amazon; I use ArtNaturals brand. Since I’ve started using it, my hair has been AMAZINGLY tolerant of the humidity. Almost no frizzies, which is unheard of. See, I saved you a trip to the grocery store. 😃 ---
**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 10, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/148 "2016-07-10T18:27:58Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > At 86, the way I look at it is that getting old is the penalty one pays for not dying at 50. Or: Being old and sick is what we get for not dying when we were young and healthy. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/149 "2016-07-10T19:19:18Z")
I need new friends. Two friends claiming depression and/or social anxiety both bailed on plans for today. Now I don’t have anything to do and it’s a nice day out. Is there a “not mentally ill” club I haven’t heard about that I can join? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/150 "2016-07-10T19:20:25Z")
TV programming in the month of July on a sunday is dog shit:smack: Might as well go to youtube, my emergency channel ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/151 "2016-07-10T19:50:27Z")
Pitting myself. I wasn’t paying attention. I thought the dog was inside. Instead, he got out of the fence and went walkabout. And he found the highway. And it’s all my fault. Poor sweet JO. Poor Tony. I haven’t told the little girls yet. The teen girl is destroyed. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/152 "2016-07-10T20:03:13Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > I didn’t feel like looking for the light bulb so I figured someone who works there would know where they are but she didn’t. You didn’t FEEL LIKE IT?! I was going to leave you alone in your stupidity, but since you’ve decided to tack on entitlement… Damn, but you look like an asshole. What do you suppose that’s worth, dipshit? ---
**Author:** ![cg16](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@cg16](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cg16)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/153 "2016-07-10T20:05:43Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > You didn’t FEEL LIKE IT?! > I was going to leave you alone in your stupidity, but since you’ve decided to tack on entitlement… > Damn, but you look like an asshole. What do you suppose that’s worth, dipshit? Yes since I stumbled across a store employee why look for it when I can simply ask? ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/154 "2016-07-10T20:06:20Z")
I am so very sorry about your dog. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/155 "2016-07-10T20:14:38Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Yes since I stumbled across a store employee why look for it when I can simply ask? Asking is fine. That’s not the problem. It’s dragging a bitch about what you think that employee and all other employees are worth because she couldn’t tell you something right away. There’s really only one aisle household goods are located on, and it’s different than all the other aisles at the grocery store. They also have these helpful signs over the aisles that tell you what’s down there. You have no way of knowing why she didn’t know the aisle number off the top of her head, but you’ve decided that she doesn’t deserve a living wage. You’re a lazy, entitled twat. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/156 "2016-07-10T20:31:37Z")
> [@cg16](#): > > Yes since I stumbled across a store employee why look for it when I can simply ask? What area of the store (produce, meat, etc.) was she working in? If she worked in a different area there is no reason she would have the aisles relevant to your needs memorized, particularly if she is new. ---
**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 10, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/157 "2016-07-10T20:43:27Z")
{{Lacunae Matata}} Poor sweet doggy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/158 "2016-07-10T21:01:28Z")
((( **Lacunae Matata** ))) I am so sorry this happened. I can’t see that its really your fault, though. Your property is fenced, you had no way of knowing that your dog would manage to get out. While I understand your need to blame yourself, I would blame myself in the same situation, I also think that you are wrong. Thanks **bobkitty**! I wasn’t really going to go to the grocery store and demand that some poor clerk give me hair advice, I was going to ask my stylist what to use. She probably has just the thing on her shelves and she knows my hair. (I might have been getting a little dig at cg16.) The frizzies _are_ annoying, though. I’ll look at ArtNaturals. Or maybe I’ll just get my hair cut short again. That way the frizzies will just add lift. And thanks for the good thoughts for our old sick kitty. He’s a wonderful cat, but he’s living on borrowed time. Kidney failure, hyper-thyroid, a tumor on his liver and senile. Yesterday was a bad day, but he’s having a good day today. When he has more bad days than good ones we will have to say goodbye. ---
**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 10, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/159 "2016-07-10T21:06:49Z")
Today should be my late husband’s birthday. It’s also my (living) best friend’s birthday. It’s a complicated day for me. It’s also motherfucking hot out, but I live in Texas so I oughta be used to this shit by now. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887/160 "2016-07-10T22:12:19Z")
We purchased our computer in Japan so it has a Japanese OS on it. That’s fine, I read Japanese. But we live in Taiwan now and various programs see the location, and default to Chinese, which I don’t read. Both my wife and I have google accounts on the computer. Hers is set to Chinese and mine to English. This freaks google out. It randomly provides search results in English, Japanese and Chinese and refuses to chill out, settle down and simply stay in my setting. Fuck you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-mini-rants/758887.md?page=9)