# \[OLD\] June Bugs (monthly mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 1, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892 "2023-06-01T22:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/321 "2023-06-26T00:59:04Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > My power is out. And right in the middle of cooking dinner, dammit! I was making turkey shepherd’s pie. All we got to eat was boiled potatoes. We were supposed to run dungeons tonight. 🤬 I feel your pain. Our power went out a couple of weeks ago in the middle of my cooking a pork shoulder. What should have been done by 9 pm took until 4 am instead. I said many bad words when the lights went off. I hope your power comes back on soon enough that you can at least finish your cooking before then. That will give you something to look forward to having tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/322 "2023-06-26T01:23:28Z")
@Atamasama, what you say about depression not happening in a vacuum is true. And yes, perhaps it is an extreme response. I’ve never thought of it that way. It’s just always hanging in the background waiting for the opportunity to rear its ugly head at me and roar away. That’s some fuel for thought that I’m going to use. Thank you. @Spice_Weasel, I feel your dinner pain. But I’m thrilled you took a day to be with your kid and then with your husband. You are coping better than you know. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/323 "2023-06-26T02:02:13Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > That’s some fuel for thought that I’m going to use. Thank you. 🤗 ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/324 "2023-06-26T03:25:03Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Seat’s fine; lid is the problem. > > … and I have no doubt a semi-competent handyman could fix it in fewer minutes than I have fingers on one hand. > > However, “semi-competent handyman” does not describe me. > > I might get ambitious and look up DIY fixes … _might._ IANATSE (Toilet Seat Expert) and in fact, in my capacity as a Bernese Mountain Dog, I don’t use 'em. I just go out into the back yard, sniff the grass until I find a suitable location to my liking, and squat. However I don’t believe there’s any such thing as tightening a toilet seat lid. The thing that keeps the lid from bonking you on the head or backside is simply its inclination against the toilet tank lid. The seat assembly itself is usually held on with two bolts at the rear, usually under little plastic caps. There shouldn’t usually be any leeway to shift it back and forth. So either the seat is badly designed, has an add-on cover on the lid that’s too thick, or for some strange reason the tank itself has shifted too far forward – or more likely, the generally loose-fitting tank lid is just sitting too far forward. Sorry, it’s all I got, but I think that probably exhausts the possibilities. But I don’t know from toilet seats. Now, keyboard remapping, here I have become an unwitting expert! ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/325 "2023-06-26T16:06:13Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > My power is out. Our power went out too. I was also cooking. I was prepping my lunches for the week. I’m trying to decide if I should eat them or not. I don’t think they are safe to eat. I’m really disappointed because they turned out really tasty and I do hate wasting food. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/326 "2023-06-26T16:11:39Z")
Here’s where I confess that I immediately removed the slice of cheesecake I was saving for dessert and ate it to ensure it didn’t go bad in the fridge. Priorities! We did lose everything in our fridge, but they got it back on in time to save the stuff in our standing freezer. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/327 "2023-06-26T16:31:26Z")
The power was out from about 6:30 pm till 3:15 am. The fridge was only opened twice and was still cold. (I happened to be awake at around 2 am to get the baby a bottle out of said fridge. It was cold then). But my lunches did not start cold and were room temperature for hours. They are toast. Dangerous. Food poisoning waiting to happen. I’ll throw them out tonight. What a waste. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/328 "2023-06-26T16:59:13Z")
So I worked 2 days last week. Its hard getting up at 5.30 and I was late the third day. He said the first week is the time to make a good impression, said it wasnt going to work out. I will get the 2 days pay, but not til the friday after this one. I am off to an interview today.🤞 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_undeposable_hand/32/8502_2.png) [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Undeposable_Hand)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/329 "2023-06-26T18:58:50Z")
What do you find hard about waking up on time in the morning? ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/330 "2023-06-26T19:16:12Z")
At times I wake during the night and it takes awhile to get back to sleep. I have been fatigued for a while. Im hoping they liked me today, its for dietary aide at my exes nursing home. No, I wouldnt see him. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/331 "2023-06-26T19:18:37Z")
> [@The\_Undeposable\_Hand](#): > > What do you find hard about waking up on time in the morning? Ironically, it’s sleeping until I actually have to wake up. I almost always wake up before 5 to 15 minutes before, and sometimes significantly longer than that. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/332 "2023-06-26T19:19:32Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I almost always wake up before 5 to 15 minutes before, and sometimes significantly longer than that. I do the same thing all the time. It happened to me today also. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/333 "2023-06-26T19:20:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I do the same thing all the time. It happened to me today also. You do realize that we’re cheating ourselves, right? LOL ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/334 "2023-06-26T19:22:15Z")
Yeah, I’m tired at times during the day and it’s probably because my brain won’t let me sleep enough. I’m tired right now. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/335 "2023-06-26T19:24:56Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I’m tired right now. My only suggestion is for you to analyze your habits. Caffeine in the evening? Falling asleep on the couch for an hour or so while watching TV before bed? Etc. Perhaps you can help yourself with a life adjustment. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/336 "2023-06-26T21:34:37Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > However I don’t believe there’s any such thing as tightening a toilet seat lid. The thing that keeps the lid from bonking you on the head or backside is simply its inclination against the toilet tank lid. The seat assembly itself is usually held on with two bolts at the rear, usually under little plastic caps. There shouldn’t usually be any leeway to shift it back and forth. So either the seat is badly designed, has an add-on cover on the lid that’s too thick, or for some strange reason the tank itself has shifted too far forward – or more likely, the generally loose-fitting tank lid is just sitting too far forward. Excellent synopis. I’ll add one more idea … As @wolfpup said, the seat/lid assembly is bolted to the bowl by two bolts / long screws from the top with nuts or wingnuts underneath. Typically the bolts are slender and the holes are large. Which lets the installer move the seat side to side or fore and aft a little to align the front of the bowl & seat. Which are “standard sizes” which means no two brands fit together perfectly. Over time, as people sit on the pot, the bolts tend to work slightly loose then the seat migrates a smidgen backwards every time somebody sits down or heaves themselves up. Slowly but surely the seat slides imperceptibly backwards until the lid is sitting just past vertical when leaning against the tank. Now only a slight jostle is needed to cause the lid to fall. If you let this keep getting worse, eventually the lid won’t stay up at all; you’ll have to hold it up until you’re seated. The fix is simple, if sometimes a bit of a contortion act depending on your bathroom. Loosen the bolts / nuts. Pull the seat forward. It won’t move far, maybe 1/8". Re-tighten the bolts / nuts. If they’re all rusty and nasty the hardware store will sell you modern plastic non-rusting replacement bolt/nut sets for just a couple bucks. But by far the hard part will be getting the old ones out. That gets into handyman territory. Be glad you’re a lady. When you’re a man and the lid unexpectedly falls closed it usually does a rain-bird sprinkler maneuver on your stream. Pee goes everywhere. Ladies just get a gentle tap on the back as the lid settles against their spine. So genteel by comparison. As always. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/337 "2023-06-26T21:48:24Z")
For me, this sort of thing is almost always a sign that I just don’t want to go to work, because work is unpleasant. I don’t mean work-is-work, but that there’s something emotionally difficult about it: toxic people or toxic workplace or the like. I don’t know if **SuntanLotion** had been on this job long enough for that, but the manager sounded like a difficult person, and it sounds like a place where you’re always one mistake away from being fired. ---
**Author:** ![icon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c6cbf5/32.png) [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/338 "2023-06-27T00:53:48Z")
I actually use my phone to wake me up. It has an app that monitors my sleep (I always put in on airplane mode) and wakes me within 15 minutes of my alarm time. It does that by figuring out when I am at my lightest sleep. That tends to make me feel alert when I wake up. I also set it with captcha where I have to scan a qr code to shut off the alarm. That last bit has saved me from missing meetings! `//i\\` ---
**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:** [June 27, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/339 "2023-06-27T01:14:17Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > I don’t know if **SuntanLotion** had been on this job long enough for that, but the manager sounded like a difficult person, and it sounds like a place where you’re always one mistake away from being fired. Perhaps, but I gotta wonder how much somebody wants a job when they can’t manage to be there on time 3 days in a row their very first 3 days. It’s almost like alarm clocks or phone alarms don’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892/340 "2023-06-27T01:28:31Z")
That’s what I mean: it sounds more like “something in me doesn’t want to” rather than “I can’t.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-june-bugs-monthly-mini-rants/984892.md?page=18)