# Laborious mini-rants of May

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 1, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626 "2017-05-01T04:59:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laborious-mini-rants-of-may/785626/19 "2017-05-03T18:49:22Z")

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> [@April Foolish Mini-rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-foolish-mini-rants/783514/130):
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> Follow-up for those awaiting same with breathless interest. Home Depot had the damaged and unfixable file picked up, and several days later refunded my money. I did buy pretty much the same file cabinet from Staples for $5 less and picked it up from the store.
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> However, apparently when I picked up the original cabinet from my curved front steps and carried it from the garage, I racked up my right knee in some mysterious way and I have been limping and cringing from the pain for the past week. My own fault, really, it wasn’t that heavy, I just neglected to support myself properly and forgot that I’m not as young as I used to be. I even had someone at home who could have helped me carry it.
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> But I still hate UPS.

Follow-up (from April thread). Went to doctor today. It could be worse, it’s only a sprain of the medial (something that starts with C) ligament. I’ll start physical therapy as soon as they call me back. Glad I have insurance.

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