# Rants are Read, Vileness Abrew (February mini-rants)

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**Created:** [February 2, 2025, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747 "2025-02-02T03:25:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-are-read-vileness-abrew-february-mini-rants/1013747/8 "2025-02-02T10:04:28Z")

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> [@Auld Lang Sighin' (January mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auld-lang-sighin-january-mini-rants/1012421/346):
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> I like how you turned a scratched pair of glasses into 4-5 new pairs & two eye exams, & a colonoscopy, & a mammogram, & a \_\_\_

😛  
Mammogram was November 2024, and I’m about a year out from my third colonoscopy. Which means I’ll get to do both in 2026. Joy.

Hubby says he’s fine with his glasses, but we still should do eye exams with a proper eye doctor, especially as his mother has glaucoma. The optometrist we go do doesn’t do glaucoma tests and recommended we should get additional testing since we’re over 50.

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