# March Minirant Madness **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063 "2011-03-01T15:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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:** [March 18, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/381 "2011-03-18T12:59:02Z")
Turns out my husband’s colleague was [murdered](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/pamela-schmidt-dead_n_836536.html). She was beaten to death by her long-term boyfriend following an apparent psychotic episode brought on by a legal mind-altering substance colloquially known as ‘‘bath salts.’’ Thanks to the asshole posters to that newspaper article for their smart-ass comments. It made my husband feel warm and fuzzy to know someone cared. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/382 "2011-03-18T14:33:38Z")
Bloody hell, **olives**! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/383 "2011-03-18T14:45:52Z")
My deepest condolences, **olives**. * * * Thank you so much, private number that called me at 3:10 this morning. Thank you ever so much for not responding to my grumpy sleepy “hello?” and waking me up completely for no reason. I do so enjoy having to try to get back to sleep in the middle of the night. I need to start answering midnight calls with a loud angry “Somebody better be dead!” That is the only acceptable reason to wake me up at 3 a.m. on a work night. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/384 "2011-03-18T15:15:45Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > … > > The ones who post the actual blueprint of the house, I’d be willing to pay extra just for giving that info. There’s many people who are unable to read it (and many are women, not from lack of inherent ability but of training, and in the end it’s usually women who have the deciding vote on which house to buy) - but for those of us who can, it’s invaluable. Thumbs-up for blueprints. Yay, additional information! The rest of your paragraph, however … that was, let’s say, unnecessary. - purplehorseshoe, untrained in architecture AND female, but can read a friggin’ blueprint P.S. Sorry, **olives**. That’s all kinds of fucked up. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/385 "2011-03-18T15:23:36Z")
Shrug, too many conversations about “women can’t read maps/blueprints”; had a bad related experience yesterday so I get it’s on my mind (nothing got said out loud, but I really, really wanted to punch the “you don’t know what a SCADA is” guy in question). Also, when I talked about “training” I didn’t mean necessarily “architectural training”: I meant someone telling them how “this is a map, this is how you read it”. I’ve known many women who never got that from their parents, same as they never got the explanations on how to change a tyre or put snow chains on (their brothers did get all of them). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/386 "2011-03-18T16:17:55Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I need to start answering midnight calls with a loud angry “Somebody better be dead!” That is the only acceptable reason to wake me up at 3 a.m. on a work night. Caller ID. I don’t know the number, fuck off. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/387 "2011-03-18T17:05:11Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I need to start answering midnight calls with a loud angry “Somebody better be dead!” That is the only acceptable reason to wake me up at 3 a.m. on a work night. I think “If somebody’s not dead, they’re going to be after I get hold of them” would be better. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/388 "2011-03-18T17:29:28Z")
**PAIN** _Really, do I need to say more?_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/389 "2011-03-18T17:29:45Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > \ > I need to start answering midnight calls with a loud angry “Somebody better be dead!” That is the only acceptable reason to wake me up at 3 a.m. on a work night. If you wouldn’t feel bad if someone _was_ dead, then I’d say go for it! Fuck me - up another half pound. I’m trying to maintain without writing down every frikkin’ thing I eat, but perhaps that is not meant to be. Sigh. Oh, chocolate, why must you tempt me so? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/390 "2011-03-18T17:44:48Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > **PAIN** > > _Really, do I need to say more?_ My condition has a different kind of origin than what you described, but if I may assume that yours has been degenerating since the actual incident, I’ll offer my remedy when my hip becomes excruciating (and non-responsive to NSAIDS). Joint Juice. THEN three 220mg tablets of OTC Naproxen. I couldn’t tell you anything about the science behind it, but 660mg of Naproxen as a sidecar to eight ounces of glucosamine and chondroitin is effective, where just the Naproxen is not. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/391 "2011-03-18T18:03:46Z")
That’s the thing. I would have gone to the urgent care yesterday (or today for that matter) to ask for some pain meds, but with my crappy insurance, it is a $50 co-pay. THEN I would have to argue with some doctor about why I am there asking for prescription pain meds, and for why I want something other than Vicodin, which does jack shit for me. Last time I went there in pain and asked for something (ripped tendons and muscles in my arm), the person made a big fuss about not wanting to give me anything, then offered Vicodin, and just rolled her eyes and threatened not to give me anything at all when I asked for something different and STARTED (didn’t get a chance to finish) trying to explain that Vicodin is completely useless to me. Hell, when I had my tooth removed last month, the guy gave me…_nothing_ for my pain. Then of course I have no idea what the crappy co-pay is on that shit. I’m cycling through the three main OTCs (Naproxin, Ibuprofin, Acetominaphine) at near maximum strength while trying to blend them and NOT injure myself, and it is just dead insufficient for my pain. And then again, while I’d like something to deal with the pain, I don’t need to end up drugged out of my head trying to do my technical job, either. Any Hilarity that ensued would be short lived and end in badness. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/392 "2011-03-18T18:10:11Z")
> [@anya\_marie](#): > > Why are there so many dirty dishes when we never cook? > > How did I get a cold when I’m hardly around people? > > Why are there so many dirty towels already?? > > I have icecream but i’d rather be having sex… I miss you, Stephen. All this is happening without a man around??? 😃 **olives** - wow. People can be scum ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/393 "2011-03-18T18:14:18Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > That’s the thing. I would have gone to the urgent care yesterday (or today for that matter) to ask for some pain meds, but with my crappy insurance, it is a $50 co-pay. > > THEN I would have to argue with some doctor about why I am there asking for prescription pain meds, and for why I want something other than Vicodin, which does jack shit for me. Last time I went there in pain and asked for something (ripped tendons and muscles in my arm), the person made a big fuss about not wanting to give me anything, then offered Vicodin, and just rolled her eyes and threatened not to give me anything at all when I asked for something different and STARTED (didn’t get a chance to finish) trying to explain that Vicodin is completely useless to me. > > Hell, when I had my tooth removed last month, the guy gave me…_nothing_ for my pain. > > Then of course I have no idea what the crappy co-pay is on that shit. > > I’m cycling through the three main OTCs (Naproxin, Ibuprofin, Acetominaphine) at near maximum strength while trying to blend them and NOT injure myself, and it is just dead insufficient for my pain. > > And then again, while I’d like something to deal with the pain, I don’t need to end up drugged out of my head trying to do my technical job, either. Any Hilarity that ensued would be short lived and end in badness. I have a vague memory that you live in the northern US? If so, and you can get there, you can buy codiene OTC in Canada. Or, at least you could last I was there. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/394 "2011-03-18T18:37:10Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’m cycling through the three main OTCs (Naproxin, Ibuprofin, Acetominaphine) at near maximum strength while trying to blend them and NOT injure myself, and it is just dead insufficient for my pain. You do realize that Naproxin and Ibuprofen can’t be combined, right? They’re almost the same thing. Please don’t double-dose yourself! (I was swapping between Ibuprofen & Aspirin until I found out that you shouldn’t do that either. ☹ Tylenol doesn’t do crap for me.) ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/395 "2011-03-18T18:47:28Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > I have a vague memory that you live in the northern US? If so, and you can get there, you can buy codiene OTC in Canada. Or, at least you could last I was there. You can get Tylenol 1’s here, which are 300 mg acetamnophen, 8 mg codeine, 15 mg caffeine. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/396 "2011-03-18T18:52:38Z")
> [@EmAnJ](#): > > You can get Tylenol 1’s here, which are 300 mg acetamnophen, 8 mg codeine, 15 mg caffeine. Where is “here”? IE, are you in the States? If so, I would be extremely happy! ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/397 "2011-03-18T19:01:11Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Where is “here”? IE, are you in the States? If so, I would be extremely happy! Canada. The restrictions on Codeine are lighter here. Tylenol 1’s are my go to pain relief of choice. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/398 "2011-03-18T19:02:06Z")
Not in the US. But yeah, Tylenol-3’s (the ones with Codeine) would make me Very Happy™. Codeine does good things for me, unlike a lot of other drugs. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/399 "2011-03-18T19:44:29Z")
I’m a biologist. My subset of the field is rapidly approaching gender equity even at the faculty level (although there is certainly room for improvement), and the number of times I’ve felt dismissed or out of place as a woman have been vanishingly rare. Yay me. Yesterday, I went over to a different building on campus, also entirely filled with biologists, to use a different microscope. When I had to take a bathroom break, I noticed that someone had installed magazine racks in the stalls of the women’s room, and stocked them with magazines. “Sweet!”, I thought, “I’ll do a little readin’ and poopin’”. What was there? **Women’s Day**. _REALLY?_ You couldn’t have put in one of the 3,000 copies of the New Scientist we all get? Maybe the on-campus science rag? I’d have been okay with something general-interest like gardening or running or something. But _Women’s Day?_ P.S. I’m sorry, **olives** , that’s so unnerving and upsetting and if you didn’t really know the woman, you don’t even have a proper place to express your grief. Give yourself and your husband permission to be irrational about it. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063/400 "2011-03-18T19:59:27Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Caller ID. I don’t know the number, fuck off. Too late for fucking off since it already woke me up. I was all geared up for a stern “Do you know what time it is?” when the coward retreated into silence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-minirant-madness/573063.md?page=21)