# Let your mini-rants march on! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747 "2020-03-01T12:46:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/161 "2020-03-24T19:03:24Z")
My mother has an aortic aneurysm. Surgery has been delayed because it’s more dangerous to be in the hospital. This virus could kill her even if she’s never exposed! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/162 "2020-03-25T13:07:37Z")
Norwegian airlines charged us three times the fare to get back to the states last week. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/163 "2020-03-25T13:17:40Z")
The miniest of mini-rants in these times: got back to work today (my department is now on a five days on, five days off schedule for alternating personnel) and found that someone either stole or disposed of the little cardboard cutout doggie I kept on a table in my office. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/164 "2020-03-25T13:31:35Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Norwegian airlines charged us three times the fare to get back to the states last week. How empty was the plane? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/165 "2020-03-25T13:41:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > New hobby: collecting incredibly moronic coronavirus-related headlines. Today’s keeper, courtesy of Fox News\*: > > **“Bella Hadid shares coronavirus do’s and don’ts while eating burrito topless: ‘Don’t be selfish!’”** > > \*I originally mistyped this as “Tox News”, which is uncomfortably close to the truth. Fox is a great source of dumbass virus “news”. As if this didn’t sound bizarre enough, and it does, I googled Ms. Hadid to find out who she is and the Google mini-bio informed me of her occupation, nationality, age, height, and additionally, what her shoe size is. Today I learned that a topless, burrito-eating model wears a size six shoe. What a country. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/166 "2020-03-25T16:53:28Z")
My I-phone says the temperature range for today is 53 to 71. It also says the current temp is 50. It was supposed to warm up today, but it doesn’t look good. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/167 "2020-03-25T19:09:03Z")
Kindly stop hurling your booze bottles, Ale-8-One cans and plastic trash out your car windows as you speed past my home. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/168 "2020-03-25T19:27:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > How empty was the plane? Wasn’t full, I’m guessing 20 % empty. Last flight out of Gatwick by them for awhile. We had booked a return flight scheduled for two days later. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2020, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/169 "2020-03-30T06:14:07Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > Anyways, I’ve been invited to a local Facebook group whose purpose is for local restaurants to post their take out menus. Which seems like a fair idea, right? No, what we have are local idiots posting “is restaurant A delivering?”. For fucks sakes, you have a phone in your goddamned hand. Why don’t you call and ask them directly? The latest genius just asked if there are any keto friendly bakeries in town. Dude, you do realize what a bakery is, right? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/170 "2020-03-30T22:10:23Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > The latest genius just asked if there are any keto friendly bakeries in town. Dude, you do realize what a bakery is, right? :rolleyes: “So, like, which distillery would be best for our AA happy hour?” ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/171 "2020-03-31T00:59:38Z")
My DVR appears to have died. I called u-verse and after spending about half an hour with a tech who walked me through the usual “unplug it, wait thirty seconds, then try to restart it by holding down the power button” (all of which I had tried before calling, of course). So AT&T is sending me a new DVR, which should arrive by Wednesday. This means that all of the shows I’ve recorded but haven’t yet watched, and the ones I’ve been saving to re-watch some time in the future are all lost. Supposedly I won’t need to reprogram the new machine to record shows I watch, but that’s a small comfort. Fortunately, I have a Fire TV and my internet is still working, so I can watch my streaming services until the new machine arrives. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/172 "2020-03-31T01:37:00Z")
As I said when my college art portfolio (mid-'70s, so all analog) got marinated in beer… “Well, someone pissed on the Mona Lisa. But guess it’s time to let go of the past and start over, looking toward the future!” Like me having to make new art, here’s to you finding new shows/movies to be quarantined with. And new hobbies! ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/173 "2020-03-31T04:23:12Z")
I managed to lose a twist of thread I needed to do the next step of my Mystery Project and don’t have anything in my stash to substitute. Its not overdyed, normally I could just get another skein at my favorite needlepoint place. Now, I just have to stitch on and leave a 2 inch unstitched area in the middle of the piece to remind me that I’m a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/174 "2020-03-31T10:57:12Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I managed to lose a twist of thread I needed to do the next step of my Mystery Project and don’t have anything in my stash to substitute. Its not overdyed, normally I could just get another skein at my favorite needlepoint place. Now, I just have to stitch on and leave a 2 inch unstitched area in the middle of the piece to remind me that I’m a dumbass. Or you could go on line thread shopping. I assume that is a thing as I buy most of my yarn on line (all of it, now). It’s very handy but also means that it is possible to buy way too much yarn that costs way too much at 2 in the morning. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/175 "2020-03-31T12:27:59Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I managed to lose a twist of thread I needed to do the next step of my Mystery Project and don’t have anything in my stash to substitute. Its not overdyed, normally I could just get another skein at my favorite needlepoint place. Now, I just have to stitch on and leave a 2 inch unstitched area in the middle of the piece to remind me that I’m a dumbass. What thread is it? Brand/color name? I have a huge selection of floss here - I mean yuuggeee, and there is an offhand chance I may have it. ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/176 "2020-03-31T13:20:32Z")
> [@Dag\_Otto](#): > > The latest genius just asked if there are any keto friendly bakeries in town. Dude, you do realize what a bakery is, right? Google “keto bread.” I dare you. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/177 "2020-03-31T14:02:46Z")
> [@road\_lobo](#): > > Google “keto bread.” I dare you. I dared. There are a lot of disclaimers like “Sure, it’s crumbly and tastes eggy…” “Don’t expect it to taste like wheat bread…” But guess what? It’s full of carbs (but they play the “wait, subtract the grams of fiber from the grams of carbs and it’s only 1 gram!” game) and each thin slice has 15g of fat and 165 calories. Even when I was on a strict low-carb diet, I’d have much rather eaten one slice of “real” bread, while Paulie Paleo, deprived as he is, would scarf half a loaf of sesame-coconut flour/egg/guar/oil bread. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/178 "2020-03-31T18:46:32Z")
_sigh_ So the replacement DVR arrived today. It was left on the porch and if it wasn’t for an email I got from AT&T I wouldn’t have known it was there. Opened the box and looked through all the instructions, then remembered something the tech had suggested yesterday; I took the power cord that had come with the new unit and used it to replace the old one. As soon as I plugged it in, the old unit powered up and reset itself. Everything was still on it, and all I had lost was the shows that should have been recorded last night. So I called AT&T to report this; they made a note on my records and told me to return the new unit using the instructions provided for returning the old unit. This involves taking it to a UPS store or dropoff point, but due to the corona situation I have until May 30 to do so. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/179 "2020-03-31T18:56:13Z")
Great news! May everyone’s techie probs be as easy to fix! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747/180 "2020-03-31T19:49:04Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > _sigh_ So the replacement DVR arrived today. It was left on the porch and if it wasn’t for an email I got from AT&T I wouldn’t have known it was there. Opened the box and looked through all the instructions, then remembered something the tech had suggested yesterday; I took the power cord that had come with the new unit and used it to replace the old one. As soon as I plugged it in, the old unit powered up and reset itself. Everything was still on it, and all I had lost was the shows that should have been recorded last night. > > So I called AT&T to report this; they made a note on my records and told me to return the new unit using the instructions provided for returning the old unit. This involves taking it to a UPS store or dropoff point, but due to the corona situation I have until May 30 to do so. wow even spectrum pays for a fed ex pick up… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-your-mini-rants-march-on/848747.md?page=10)