# Ranters Play in the Pit -- I think it's for the Month of July **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2014, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072 "2014-07-01T05:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/101 "2014-07-10T17:53:34Z")
Thinking of you today, **purple**. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/102 "2014-07-10T18:35:02Z")
**(((purplehorseshoe)))** ---
**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:** [July 10, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/103 "2014-07-10T23:46:32Z")
Oh crap, my Windows 8.1 [Professional] machine installed an update last night. ☹ No kerplooey yet… And (((purplehorseshoe))). ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/104 "2014-07-11T00:12:09Z")
Three straight days of evening thunderstorms. Why the hell can’t we have a nice dry summer like Southern California? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/105 "2014-07-11T03:38:25Z")
Drought is bad, and I love thunderstorms. I’ll have what you’re having. Also, people are whining about the jet stream dropping south next week, predicting we’ll have temps in the 60’s and 70’s next week. Heaven. These people who want it to be in the 90’s need to move the fuck south and STFU. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/106 "2014-07-11T06:40:55Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > Three straight days of evening thunderstorms. Why the hell can’t we have a nice dry summer like Southern California? Those come as a package deal with the summer fires. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/107 "2014-07-11T08:04:12Z")
{_{_{_{_{_{purplehorseshoe}_}_}_}_}_} My worst nightmare. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/108 "2014-07-11T10:37:42Z")
Motorcycle riders, a word please. I understand why you have your brights on. It is 10 at night and we are on the Blue Ridge Parkway. However, I have the courtesy to dim my brights when I see another vehicle coming. I ask that you do the same, especially if you have halogen lights. Otherwise you are blinding oncoming traffic (me) and that causes a hazard. If you blind someone in a car on a winding country road–on a curve, no less–you are putting yourself at risk. In other words, if I hit you because your fucking bright-ass halogen brights blind me, I will berate you thoroughly until the ambulance arrives. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/109 "2014-07-11T15:00:19Z")
The most micro of micro rants. I ordered something from Amazon with free shipping. OK, I freely grant that for a $7.00 object , you’re not going to overnight anything to anyone. But I didn’t even know that there was a shipment method that took two weeks to get from Texas to the East Coast. Apparently they handed the package to some random hitchhiker heading east and said “Hey, whenever it gets there, that’s fine with us.” Also, guy who’s supposed to fix my boat? It’s halfway through July and you haven’t even gotten me a quote yet. I know it’s your busy season, but it’s been two months; it’s nice out, and I want to go sailing. If you’re so damn busy, hire some help. (And a special fuck you to the people I bought the boat from for leaving the hatch open and letting rain water permeate all the way down to the keel, causing me no end of problems over the years.) ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/110 "2014-07-11T17:48:51Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Oh crap, my Windows 8.1 [Professional] machine installed an update last night. ☹ No kerplooey yet… We’re starting to think it may have something to with the encryption on the machines. However, we were able to successfully uninstall the updates and our IT guy is going to test the encryption theory next week on a spare laptop. Oh, and big hugs, **purplehorseshoe**. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/111 "2014-07-11T19:01:09Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Drought is bad, and I love thunderstorms. I’ll have what you’re having. Also, people are whining about the jet stream dropping south next week, predicting we’ll have temps in the 60’s and 70’s next week. Heaven. These people who want it to be in the 90’s need to move the fuck south and STFU. I love cooler weather, my happy place is 65-70 degrees and in the winter I drive mrAru nuts because I will happily sleep with the window open. Hell, if I have to go somewhere and wait for him in the mom van in the winter I am probably the only one not sitting with the engine running because I am flaked out with the seat laid back and my in car blanket over me napping with the CD player cranking tunes. And I had a blast researching saami stuff for a friend, I found there is actually a name for the type of[snow caves](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinzhee) Dad taught my brother and I to make for winter camping! My minipit right now is that the cat managed to get the back door open sometime between 5 am and 9 am, and it let in about 30 damned flies, 3 or 4 moths and one damned horsefly [that freaking stung/bit me and IT FUCKING HURTS:(] so mrAru and the cats are running around trying to kill or catch and eat the bugs. [mrAru is using one of those electric fly swatter tennis paddle thingies] ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/112 "2014-07-11T19:16:09Z")
Bloody hell, have to get a root canal next week. :eek: ---
**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:** [July 11, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/113 "2014-07-11T19:37:11Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Bloody hell, have to get a root canal next week. :eek: My condolences. I just had a lot of dental stuff happen a couple of days ago myself. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/114 "2014-07-12T00:11:00Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > We’re starting to think it may have something to with the encryption on the machines. However, we were able to successfully uninstall the updates and our IT guy is going to test the encryption theory next week on a spare laptop. Whew! (^\_^) > [@eenerms](#): > > Bloody hell, have to get a root canal next week. :eek: Have you ever had one before? In my case, the root canal was a walk in the park compared to the throbbing pain in my face that kept waking me up at night and prevented me from eating or drinking anything that wasn’t lukewarm. The expense sucked though. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/115 "2014-07-12T14:18:37Z")
Jeezus Peezus, ANOTHER kidney stone? This is the fourth in the last eight months. The local 24-hour emergency room is gonna name one of their examination rooms after me, I’ve been in it so often. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/116 "2014-07-12T15:54:47Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Whew! (^\_^) > Have you ever had one before? In my case, the root canal was a walk in the park compared to the throbbing pain in my face that kept waking me up at night and prevented me from eating or drinking anything that wasn’t lukewarm. > > The expense sucked though. Nope, first one…yep expensive … ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/117 "2014-07-12T18:03:26Z")
Oh honey we went to junior high school together. I know exactly how old you are. You can keep posting selfies on Facebook and attempting to solicit “advice” about bikinis that are clearly intended to net you complements about your appearance. You’re still in your mid-forties. You look like it. It’s okay. Accept it, let it go and stop pretending otherwise. That’s what’s really making you look bad. Not the wrinkles. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/118 "2014-07-12T18:45:59Z")
I have an officious colleague with a martyr complex, who is driving me batty with her sanctimonious bullshit. I want to tell her to go fellate a leprous goat, but…you know, hostile work environment. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/119 "2014-07-12T18:53:57Z")
So…find her a friendly and receptive leprous goat. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072/120 "2014-07-12T19:47:48Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Nope, first one…yep expensive … As I mentioned in a thread we had a while back about root canals, I’ve had a couple. I wouldn’t call them much worse from the point of view of pain as a normal filling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranters-play-in-the-pit-i-think-its-for-the-month-of-july/692072.md?page=7)