# June, no, NOTHING! (Monthly Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\ **Created:** [June 1, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081 "2025-06-01T19:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/81 "2025-06-05T03:51:41Z")
[Last week I vented](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bring-may-glowers-monthly-mini-rants/1017737/336) about a bathroom sink faucet that I could not find replacement cartridges for. Today I stopped by a small local hardware store and they had them. Reasonably priced as well at $6 each. But I bought and installed a new faucet anyway, as my wife didn’t really like the polished bright bronze finish of the old one. One the plus side, I have four more of the old faucets in my house, and it’s nice to know that I can get the cartridges if I need to. I don’t intend on replacing all of 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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/82 "2025-06-05T05:52:12Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Really, no better time for fans of turn-based CRPGs than right now. Not only are there a lot, they’re fantastic. I own almost every one of the games you listed and love each one I have. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/83 "2025-06-05T11:24:43Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > and it’s nice to know that I can get the cartridges if I need to Now. You don’t know you can get cartridges next year when you next need one. At $6 each I’d buy enough now to replace the carts in all my old faucets. I would not necessarily install the new carts now, but I’d sure buy them now. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/84 "2025-06-05T11:56:51Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I’ve got to wonder about my husband. > > I got a fairly drastic haircut Monday afternoon > … > DH took over 24 _hours_ to notice. I have been that guy. When you live with someone long enough you see them as sort of a fixed icon, not a dynamic changing entity. At least until you have reason to interact really closely and actually _see_ them, not just look in their general direction to notice where they are and what they’re doing. OTOH, here’s a story of a time I noticed her revised haircut almost instantly. And that wasn’t so good either: > [@(Old) Top O' the Mundane To Ya- A St. Patrick's Day MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/334): > > Once decades ago I came home from work after ~30 hours awake and a hellish commute home from halfway across the USA during the overnight hours. Drove home in a mental fog arriving just a bit pre-dawn. Stripped in the living room, groggily crawled into bed in the blackout-curtain dark, stuck out my hand towards her sleeping head and encountered a giant mass of Afro-like curls. My wife has voluminous long utterly straight Italian hair; never a curl in sight. > > I was sure I’d gotten into the wrong house in my sleep-deprived dazed state and was as good as dead. Then she made those familiar _umph mumph_ noises we all know and love and my heart rate began to recover. > > There was a brief fad you might recall from ~1990 for white chix to wear semi-afros. She’d gotten a perm to surprise me. First time in the ~8 years I’d known her and the ~3 years we’d been married she’d _ever_ gotten her hair “done” as opposed to just “cut”. > > I was in fact surprised. :eek: 🤯 Just not in a good way. She did not renew the perm once it had grown / washed out. She damn near got to collect on my life insurance; good thing as a mere stripling of 33-ish I had a strong heart that could survive going from 60 to 300 BPM and back no-notice. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/85 "2025-06-05T17:17:44Z")
AIUI this is a common complaint among women married to men. It does not mean he doesn’t love you. It doesn’t mean he doesn’t care. It seems to be a difference in the way we view the world and people around us. **Miller** thanks! I thought that they were gone forever. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/86 "2025-06-05T20:58:07Z")
I asked my wife "You haven’t said anything; did you not notice that I’d shaved off my beard?’ “I didn’t notice you’d grown one.” (That happened four months before) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/87 "2025-06-05T21:01:29Z")
Wait until you have multiple things needing fixing, then call the handyman and have him fix them all at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/88 "2025-06-06T13:41:07Z")
My car just alerted me that its doors and trunk are open, and it added a new DTC. Hopefully, that means it’s being worked on. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/89 "2025-06-06T13:56:26Z")
Yaay! If yours is a mini rant I have an automotive micro-rant. My car was due for an oil change which I’ve put off for the last month-ish. Then it developed a slow leak in one tire, needing a top-up about weekly. So when I had a gap in my activities I took it to my usual shop. The tire leak was a screw in the tread. Very easy to plug and this isn’t one of those stupid shops that refuses to plug tires due to some vague phobia about “liability”. But … The rear tires are just about worn out. Fronts are fine. Which is typical on these cars. And we’re just now entering the rainiest part of rainy season, where driving in deep water on the roads is common. IOW, it’s hydroplaning season. Yep, two new rear tires. Sigh. It’s only money. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/90 "2025-06-06T14:08:16Z")
I got some sleep last night but awoke early in the morning to, ah, attend to the porcelain throne for awhile … and then again … and AGAIN WTF 🤨 and really need more rest before Long Night (my longest shift of the week, 9+ hours on my feet in a busy restaurant kitchen). So OF COURSE my brain started reviewing every bad thing in my life, past and present. Hence, distracting myself with you guys! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Then it developed a slow leak in one tire, needing a top-up about weekly. Same … (Add it to the list of things for my brain to gnaw on.) * * * I have a terrible appetite and an, ah, puke-y tummy. But going without eating for days on end isn’t a great idea, so I’ve made a conscientious effort to eat more - and occasionally, even healthy - lately. Which has had predictable results on the other end, hence my rather hasty and extended retreat from bed to potty. This is my life now. Eat, poop, work, try to sleep. That’s it, that’s all there is? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/91 "2025-06-06T14:20:16Z")
At some point there will be laundry. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/92 "2025-06-06T14:27:54Z")
Whenever you’re feeling low and like there’s no one there. Just remember: Laundry. Laundry will always be there for 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:** [June 6, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/93 "2025-06-06T14:29:43Z")
I don’t know if this is a rant or just a weird anomoly. It is supposed to rain tomorrow. I have to be three places tomorrow, 150 miles apart from start to finish, though they are the two long sides of a triangle so something flying could get there with less mileage but not driving unless one has an amphibious vehicle. I have been watching the forecast(s). In looking at my preferred site - [weather.gov](http://weather.gov) two of the three list expected precipitation amounts while the third does not. Now I know that different NWS offices can do things differently but here’s the weird part, locations 2 & 3 are issued from the same office. How does one office do things differently??? ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/94 "2025-06-06T14:32:47Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Whenever you’re feeling low and like there’s no one there. Just remember: Laundry. Laundry will always be there for you. And bills. Can’t ignore them too long. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/95 "2025-06-06T15:04:41Z")
> [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Just remember: Laundry. Laundry will always be there for you. “Yes I will! You can count on me!” [![](https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nfl/players/full/16790.png&w=350&h=254) ](https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/nfl/players/full/16790.png&w=350&h=254) No, Jarvis, no. La **u** ndry, not “Landry”. [![](https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/height=417,width=795,quality=90,fit=cover,gravity=0.5x0.5/uploads/dev/assets/cms/2022/09/16160016/GettyImages-1422924436-1.jpg) ](https://on3static.com/cdn-cgi/image/height=417,width=795,quality=90,fit=cover,gravity=0.5x0.5/uploads/dev/assets/cms/2022/09/16160016/GettyImages-1422924436-1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/96 "2025-06-06T15:36:06Z")
I have mornings where it seems like I spend half my time sitting on the throne. It doesn’t help that one of my morning pills is a Lasix, which occasionally decides to put my kidney’s/bladder into overdrive. Fortunately, being retired I don’t need to try and go to work. However, I have learned that if I have a morning doctor appointment or errand I will put off taking my Lasix until I get back home. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/97 "2025-06-06T15:58:34Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I got a fairly drastic haircut Monday afternoon (went from near bra-band length to above shoulder length). My co-workers are generally noticing in maybe 15-20 _seconds_ when they see me for that long. > > DH took over 24 _hours_ to notice. I remember an old _Betty_ newspaper comic strip. From my distant memory, the blonde Betty had just come home from the hair salon with newly dyed black hair. As she walked past her husband, he said “Very nice!” Betty’s thought bubble said, “Wow, he noticed my new dye job!” Her husband’s thought bubble said, “Betty’s new cologne smells like chemicals, but I complimented her like a good husband!” ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/98 "2025-06-06T16:08:20Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > In looking at my preferred site - [weather.gov](http://weather.gov) two of the three list expected precipitation amounts while the third does not. Now I know that different NWS offices can do things differently but here’s the weird part, locations 2 & 3 are issued from the same office. How does one office do things differently??? DOGE hasn’t gotten around to firing the superfluous forecaster. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/99 "2025-06-06T17:54:33Z")
Update on my handyman story After getting a similar $150+ minimum charge from a second place, I went on NextDoor to see if I could find any handyman recommendations there. I called one that was reasonably near me and explained what I needed done. He asked for my address, and said h’d be right over. In about half an hour he showed up, pulled out a bigger wrench then I’d had, and got the existing screw out of the post. I screwed the new one in place just to make sure it would fit. He recommended that I might want to unscrew it a bit and put some caulking under it and then re-tighten it. When I asked him what I owed him, he said, “No charge!” He’s now on my list of people I will call if I ever need a bigger job done. (I also gave him a good recommendation on NextDoor.) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081/100 "2025-06-06T18:19:17Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > When I asked him what I owed him, he said, “No charge!” He’s now on my list of people I will call if I ever need a bigger job done. (I also gave him a good recommendation on NextDoor.) What a cool guy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/june-no-nothing-monthly-mini-rants/1019081.md?page=6)