# March Nemesis (Monthly Mini-Rants)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** monthly-mini-rant\
**Created:** [March 1, 2026, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100 "2026-03-01T05:47:55Z")\
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**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:** [March 29, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-nemesis-monthly-mini-rants/1028100/294 "2026-03-29T15:15:11Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> My bathroom scale has an app

There are smart scales that tie into the rest of your health metrics. I don’t own one. I do own a regular scale that I bought a couple of years ago on a doorbuster sale…it’s still in the box.

> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Yes, I can see the orange needles on the speedometer and tachometer, but for the life of me I cannot see any numbers.

Make a mental note of where the speedometer needle is for certain speeds & then [learn how to read an analog clock](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-its-important-for-younger-generations-to-be-able-to-read-an-analog-clock-if-so-why/1027820) & you’re all set.

  
Yesterday morning the alarm goes off, I toss off the covers & it's cold...\*too\* cold. I put on some sweatpants & go downstairs & look at the thermostat. It 60° in the house despite being set for 69°. Grumble, grumble, grumble I put on some shoes & go to the basement & turn on the light, which probably took me longer than to fix the problem. I have a high efficiency heater, if it doesn't get enough air it won't run. Fix? Remove the PVC pipe, pick up the leaf that got sucked in from outside & is sitting on the filter, which is blocking the system from getting enough air. Replace PVC. Went back upstairs & had breakfast (just cereal); by the time I was done it was already a couple of degrees warmer in the house. It happens a couple of times a year, usually overnight so I realize when I get out of bed (& therefore, not wearing a lot of clothes) which means it's had hours to drop because I was slumbering peacefully.  

This morning was a group run on the ~~rail trail~~ ersatz expressway. – We start out running towards the east, which was slightly blinding as the sun was still low on the horizon. I notice a vehicle coming towards us but can’t make out any details because of the sun glare. I think that the park rangers are out early this morning. Nope, it’s an old dude driving his EV on the trail. Now I know he can’t get out at the trailhead right behind us because there’s a locked pole in the middle that prevents unauthorized vehicles from driving down the path. Person I’m running with calls the cops. Sure enough a few mins later he’s turned around & is now going eastbound, coming up behind us. Get to my turnaround point & then there’s one cop coming down the trail, then a minute later, another one. Then the first cop has turned around & comes back, then a park ranger comes driving down the trail. Every time a bike came up on me I got a bit jumpy; I had to turn around & make sure the tire noise was just from a bike & not some type of automobile.

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