# Rants Giving (November mini-rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 1, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811 "2019-11-01T00:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/201 "2019-11-20T19:32:11Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Beef or chicken human baby food. It works. Thank you! I actually did know that, but had forgotten. Lucky loved the chicken. Which just reminded me of how much they all liked freeze-dried chicken. So, did I miss Thanksgiving or something? Why do 3 of our neighbors have Christmas lights up already? If anyone puts up any of those musical inflatable ones, I’m going to have to pull out the garden gnomes and start playing Lovecraft Historical Society solstice carols. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/202 "2019-11-20T19:57:48Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well crap! New meds. Makes me wanna barf. > Yesterday I took them w/o food. Today right after breakfast. Same nausea. This train is gonna stop. Put a call in to the nurse line. UGH! I hope you find the right ones (that don’t make you want to barf) soon. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/203 "2019-11-20T20:24:08Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > So, did I miss Thanksgiving or something? Why do 3 of our neighbors have Christmas lights up already? If anyone puts up any of those musical inflatable ones, I’m going to have to pull out the garden gnomes and start playing Lovecraft Historical Society solstice carols. Anything inflatable is by definition _deflatable,_ just sayin’… ---
**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:** [November 20, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/204 "2019-11-20T21:28:03Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > **overly** , I think you’ve just unintentionally explained why these days I see references to the gender of horses and kittens. > > Yeah, the _gender_. Because boy colts totally argue with their mommys about whether it is acceptable for a boy colt to wear a Dora the Explorer saddle or not. Or rather, because some people are afraid that the dreaded S-word may lead to dancing… Ho-lee crap! I remember being ten years old when I first saw a TV commercial telling me that Ultra Brite toothpaste would give my mouth sex appeal! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/205 "2019-11-20T21:32:34Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well crap! New meds. Makes me wanna barf. > Yesterday I took them w/o food. Today right after breakfast. Same nausea. This train is gonna stop. Put a call in to the nurse line. UGH! > [@overlyverbose](#): > > I hope you find the right ones (that don’t make you want to barf) soon. Until then, try mixing them with beef or chicken baby foo— OW! Who threw that? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/206 "2019-11-21T01:36:46Z")
Phew. It’s hot (40° C) and windy (50kph, gusting towards 100kph). [I’m in the big red area around Bendigo.](http://emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/#) Fortunately, I leave deep in town, so I’m (relatively) safe. There’s a cool change due to come in in a few hours, and the winds will die down as well. Until then…well, good luck to the fire services people, and those in any danger areas. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/207 "2019-11-21T03:27:01Z")
Wheee! No power. Time to grab a book. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/208 "2019-11-21T03:36:17Z")
I hate myself. Gah!! Getting the ashes out of the wood stove and fireplace. Last trip with ashes. Dumped a whole bucket on the deck. Big ass mess. Swept and swept. Still ashy looking. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/209 "2019-11-21T04:17:04Z")
I wrote checks totaling $100K for capital gains. To this fucking buffoon government. Beat that suckas’ ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/210 "2019-11-21T08:13:30Z")
id of used the 100 k or some amount of it for a lawyer to find a loophole sos i wouldnt have to write such checks ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/211 "2019-11-21T13:32:06Z")
Taking the dog to the vet for the third time this week. He got a cut on his hip and keeps getting the staples out. Also has worms. Yo, least favorite dog, shit’s getting expensive! ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/212 "2019-11-21T13:32:19Z")
I often pick up dinner at some restaurant or other on my way home from work (my wife usually calls in ahead of time with the order). Three times over the last month, the restaurant person dealing with me (server, bartender, or cashier), after I’ve given them my name, has asked me something like: “Are you zxatbduey?” I stare blankly. They say: “Zxatbduey? Hsleondhd?” No, I just told you my name. “Zxatbduey? Hsleondhd? Doordash?” Oh! You’re asking me if I’m a courier for one of them newfangled delivery services! Uh, no. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/213 "2019-11-21T15:57:32Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > id of used the 100 k or some amount of it for a lawyer to find a loophole sos i wouldnt have to write such checks I tried. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/214 "2019-11-21T17:05:00Z")
> [@DummyGladHands](#): > > I wrote checks totaling $100K for capital gains. [Tired of writing checks? Here’s your answer!](https://images.app.goo.gl/sRMtR47WyCbVoacNA) ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/215 "2019-11-22T02:49:22Z")
What a great idea, neighbors! Get your dog to come by yelling at him. He’ll take that as aggression and charge and bite. Actually, he’s a chihuahua. He’ll slink behind them and bite their leg. Sneaky little yappinshits. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/216 "2019-11-22T03:54:57Z")
Hey, at least chihuahuas are smart enough to know they’re small. The dachshund in this week’s AirBnB would receive me barking and then proceed to place himself at what would have been a comfortable punting distance, if I’d been the kind of person who considers it OK to punt dogs. PSA: if you’re offering rooms to rent and you have animals, please indicate so clearly in the listing. I’ve got friends who would have taken one look at the cat and gotten out of the house (allergies of doom). ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/217 "2019-11-22T05:49:32Z")
Mid-daughters 2 Chihuahuas are not what I’d call smart. Not as dumb as my Yorkie. But 10 times noise-ier. They’re coming early next week. She’s been using a squirt bottle trying to shut them up. She’s had warnings from her Condo assn. about them. The Vet offered to de-bark them :eek: I told her to change Vets and try the squirt bottle. So far she claims it’s working. I’m anxious to see. I bet it goes out the window while they are here. I feel a headache already. Last time they were here they barked non-stop. My dogs were very alarmed at all the noise. The cats stayed up, up and away in the beams. They were not amused. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/218 "2019-11-22T18:21:07Z")
To all the restaurants that bought into the whole web ordering thing: how about having a site/app that works? Burger King, your site is broken. No other word for it Sonic, please don’t tell me that there is no location within 50 miles (and warn me of a long trip) when I am parked in stores lot, nose of the car within a meter of the building. Friendlys web site is anything but. Come on folks, step it up a notch or two and try to be ready for prime time. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/219 "2019-11-22T21:36:41Z")
Bought something online. Later got an email asking for my review of the product. Okay, I’ll play along. Click on the ‘stars’ rating & it’s a hyperlink to their site. Apparently, one needs a user account to leave feedback. If I didn’t need one to make a one-time purchase from you why should I go to all of that trouble just to help some random stranger out with their future purchase when the main reasons I bought from you were cost & delivery time & not actually because of product quality. (it was a one-time use thing, unless I elect to save it & then remember to pull it out it next Halloween.) Here’s some feedback: Don’t make it hard to help you out. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811/220 "2019-11-23T04:17:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Here’s some feedback: Don’t make it hard to help you out. It’s too bad a company can’t see how often a customer wants to compare products, or leave a review, or even tries to buy something and gives up because it’s too time-consuming or intrusive or glitchy. Any retail web/IT folk here? Does corporate ever see those figures? Or know that it happens? I doubt it. I really should send an email saying “I tried, but when I had to make an account with a long, complex password, I slammed my laptop shut in anger.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rants-giving-november-mini-rants/842811.md?page=12)