# March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 1, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973 "2025-03-01T16:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/61 "2025-03-06T20:29:07Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Apparently I had turned off sleep mode as a precaution while doing a huge backup a few days ago, and due to incipient senility had forgotten that I’d done it. I often switch to a non-standard power configuration. To ~~preclude~~ minimize the consequences of senility I do not close that control panel. Just leave it open as long as the config is set to something non-standard. Its presence in your pile of desktop windows, on your task bar, and on your running programs list will help remind you that it needs to be reset back to normal. I do that with lots of PC settings. There are lots of non-PC things I do like that too. Keep everything around the house put away neatly all the time. Then when something is unusual, be sure to leave something connected to it sitting out someplace obvious. Soon enough you’ll notice it out of place and say “Oh, yeah, those pills are sitting out to remind me to take them” or whatever. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/62 "2025-03-06T20:31:26Z")
Yeah, I have a pocket system. My wallet with cash and credit cards in in my right front pocket. My phone in my right back pocket. I used to keep my keys in my left front pocket, my new apartment uses codepads not keys. I used to keep my monthly transit pass in my left back pocket. I no longer use one. ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/63 "2025-03-06T20:36:00Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > Me and my Gobhi went to a party this past weekend. Your significant other is a cauliflower? ---
**Author:** ![MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MW_Degen_Gamblr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/64 "2025-03-06T20:39:39Z")
There’s a stretch of highway that has never been patrolled until a month ago. I used to speed like crazy on that road. Now it is crawling with cops. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/65 "2025-03-06T20:49:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I often switch to a non-standard power configuration. To ~~preclude~~ minimize the consequences of senility I do not close that control panel. That’s a good idea. You’re just more systematic and organized than I am. Speaking of pills, for example, there’s a couple that I’m supposed to take every night, and about half the time I just forget. Of course it doesn’t help that by bedtime I’m usually staggering around under the influence of more Caesars than ever pervaded the Roman Empire! 😉 ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/66 "2025-03-06T20:58:30Z")
> [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > Your significant other is a cauliflower? I used to refer to her as “my beloved” but people objected. She is always trying out new pet names for me. One day, she called me Aloo (for those who don’t go to Indian restaurants a lot, aloo means potato). I responded by calling her Gobhi (which as noted above, means cauliflower). So I am now referring to her as Gobhi in my posts. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/67 "2025-03-06T21:12:37Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I tapped on the microphone icon just for fun. By golly – it was speech-to-text that actually works remarkably well. It’s far from perfect – I don’t know how to make it handle punctuation, Speaking the words “comma” and “period” and “question mark” often works. Not always, though. > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > There’s a stretch of highway that has never been patrolled until a month ago. I used to speed like crazy on that road. Now it is crawling with cops Do you think the 2nd sentence might have anything to do with the 3rd sentence? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/68 "2025-03-06T21:43:29Z")
With all American alcohol now off the shelves, I’m happy to give all my rum business to Cuba. Must get out early tomorrow and pickup up at least four of these … 🍸 [![](https://aem.lcbo.com/content/dam/lcbo/products/4/4/3/9/443903.jpg.thumb.1280.1280.jpg) ](https://aem.lcbo.com/content/dam/lcbo/products/4/4/3/9/443903.jpg.thumb.1280.1280.jpg) > [@needscoffee](#): > > Speaking the words “comma” and “period” and “question mark” often works. Not always, though. When I tried it I just got the words as spoken. I’ll try experimenting some more, there might be some trick to it. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/69 "2025-03-06T21:44:28Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > > [@MW\_Degen\_Gamblr](#): > > > > Your significant other is a cauliflower? > > I used to refer to her as “my beloved” but people objected. She is always trying out new pet names for me. One day, she called me Aloo (for those who don’t go to Indian restaurants a lot, aloo means potato). I responded by calling her Gobhi (which as noted above, means cauliflower). So I am now referring to her as Gobhi in my posts. Miel means honey ---
**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:** [March 6, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/70 "2025-03-06T22:30:12Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I’m happy to give all my rum business to Cuba. Most excellent. But don’t become confused between the real thing you’ve pictured and this stuff from Puerto Rico: > **[Havana Club Anejo Blanco Rum](https://liquorstars.com/products/havana-club-anejo-blanco-rum)** > > Havana Club Anejo Blanco Rum is a medium-bodied aged white rum. It features notes of pineapple and banana with hints of oak and vanilla. It’s good stuff, but not the thing if you want to (deservedly) stick one in trumplestiltskin’s eye. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/71 "2025-03-06T22:39:02Z")
Yes, I’m aware that Bacardi has appropriated the name “Havana Club” (almost certainly illegally) and is producing the counterfeit stuff in Puerto Rico. The stuff I’m now buying and that has always been sold by the LCBO is the authentic Cuban stuff. Incidentally, there are various grades of it, and some of the well-aged Havana Club tastes just like the smoothest scotch you could imagine! This is not a rum you would ever waste in a mixed drink! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/72 "2025-03-07T00:35:13Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > some of the well-aged Havana Club tastes just like the smoothest scotch you could imagine! This is not a rum you would ever waste in a mixed drink! This makes me want to drive to Canada and buy rum. But then a lot of things make me want to drive to Canada. _le sigh…_ ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/73 "2025-03-07T00:52:32Z")
Well, it looks like Space-X just blew up over Florida… \< [Artist’s Conception](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa2IKhMPqzc) \> ---
**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 7, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/74 "2025-03-07T04:47:34Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Well, it looks like Space-X just blew up over Florida… And this is the company that will get the FAA air controller communication contract? Not sure if I want to fly anymore. ---
**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 7, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/75 "2025-03-07T13:00:26Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Speaking of pills, for example, there’s a couple that I’m supposed to take every night, and about half the time I just forget. I have recurring alarm on my phone labeled ‘drugs’. I’d forget 80% of the time otherwise. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/76 "2025-03-07T15:21:52Z")
I work from home. I just got done with nmy first break. No water is coming out of my kitchen faucet or my bathroom sink faucet. I forgot to check the bathtub faucet. But, I am pretty sure it’s dry too. I called building management and informed them of the problem. I went to the building website and submitted a maintenance request. I am very glad I have hand sanitizer. I really hope they fix things soon. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/77 "2025-03-07T15:48:12Z")
**DocCathode** , I hope you get your water back soon! I live in an apartment, and we had a problem that resulted in our water being turned off, sometimes with little or no notice, multiple times over a few months. It was not good. I think not having water is worse than not having power. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/78 "2025-03-07T15:58:47Z")
Thanks. Naturally, I ran out of botted water last week. This leaves me with two cans of boba tea, and a little over half a gallon of skim milk to drink until the problem is fixed. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/79 "2025-03-07T15:59:51Z")
Have be you checked the website for your water provider? Sometimes that can be the result of a broader problem like a water main break. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/80 "2025-03-07T17:24:13Z")
And thanks to a mailing list I’m on, I was just informed that DST starts in the US on 9 March this year, so this weekend. (mumble grumble) Just the weekend I need to be losing an hour, when I’m starting a new temp gig on Monday! Cue my standard semi-annual “standard, daylight, split the difference, pick something else altogether, I don’t care, just pick something and STICK WITH IT!!!” rant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973.md?page=5)