# Schlep Timbre (September Mini-Rants) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 1, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553 "2024-09-01T08:08:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/261 "2024-09-21T12:57:50Z")
The voice of the dad bear in the Charmin commercials has changed. I don’t like it. Why do I care? I don’t even know. ---
**Author:** ![WalterBishop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/aeb1de/32.png) [@WalterBishop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WalterBishop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/262 "2024-09-21T12:58:15Z")
I’d just like to reiterate a point I once made in another mini-rants thread a while back, that if you’re a single mother with a yowling, screaming, gibbering, shrieking, ear-splitting hysterical toddler, and you’re in a _doctor’s waiting room_, then you should be seen _IMMEDIATELY!_ Like, you should be catapulted straight to the front of the queue. Doesn’t matter if the guy in front of you is having a massive heart attack, or has an axe sticking out their fucking head, or whatever, you go first. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/263 "2024-09-21T15:29:28Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Typically we’d record those games and watch both a bit later in the day. No dish, no dice. I’d use this as an excuse to go to a sports bar and watch. I’ve gone to a British Pub themed place to watch Premier League football matches. My gf suggested it would be cheaper to subscribe and watch from home. I told her that was a horrible idea. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/264 "2024-09-21T15:38:01Z")
Is there nowhere else you could site your dish temporarily ? Like hung out of a window ? or nailed to a post ? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/265 "2024-09-21T15:54:31Z")
Normally that’s exactly what we’d do, but the roofing guys are back today, plus I’m getting a food shipment from FedEx that needs to go in the fridge as soon as it gets here. So we need to hang around today. > [@pjd](#): > > Is there nowhere else you could site your dish temporarily ? > Like hung out of a window ? or nailed to a post ? Well, that’d be nice, but too many trees, it needs to be high up. But that doesn’t even matter at the moment, because … We just found out the roofing guys THREW THE DISH AWAY! We also had an old directional antenna up there and mr. romans told them to get rid of it (the motor on it broke years ago). Apparently someone misunderstood and they took both the dish and the antenna to the dump. FUCK. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/266 "2024-09-21T15:56:11Z")
Ouch. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/267 "2024-09-21T16:07:35Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I’ve gone to a British Pub themed place to watch Premier League football matches. My gf suggested it would be cheaper to subscribe and watch from home. I told her that was a horrible idea. I did the math, and discovered that I save over $300 by watching at a tavern. Add to that the price of my wife’s sanity… I get to yell at the players and refs without annoying her. And this was just for the NFL season. We have a local bar with twenty TVs so I can watch all the Sunday mid-day games at once. Signing up for cable or premium streaming services, add Sunday Ticket/Red Zone, and it’d be close to $700 for four months’ worth of Sportyball. . ETA: **romansperson** , couldn’t you, or one of the workers, go to the dump and see if your dish is sitting there where the current stuff’s being piled? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/268 "2024-09-21T16:35:24Z")
Nope, according to them it’s gone. No matter though - I did a chat with DirecTV and they will be bringing us a new one. The head roofing guy already told us if there’s any cost involved they’ll pay it. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/269 "2024-09-21T17:22:13Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Nope, according to them it’s gone. No matter though - I did a chat with DirecTV and they will be bringing us a new one. The head roofing guy already told us if there’s any cost involved they’ll pay it. That is still such an inconvenience to you! What a bunch of chaos. At least they have responded positively. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/270 "2024-09-21T20:16:13Z")
Any chance of getting directv streaming while the dish is gone? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/271 "2024-09-21T20:34:28Z")
Yes - we have access to streaming either on the computer or via the app on our TV as part of the subscription. So at least we got to see one game today, but the ads are especially horrible right now (battleground state, so we get tons of political crap shoved down our throats, which makes simply trying to watch a show a less than pleasant experience. I REALLY want my DVR back). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/272 "2024-09-21T23:26:37Z")
**FÜCK FALL.** Kudos to Lewis Black. Everywhere I go they have fucking mums and other fall shit. It’ll be snowing soon, take my word. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/273 "2024-09-21T23:38:49Z")
Send the mums down here, since those and cabbages will last allll winter in our climate. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/274 "2024-09-21T23:50:33Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Everywhere I go they have fucking mums and other fall shit. I passed a displays of those ghastly smelling “cinnamon” pine cones this afternoon and still have a sore throat. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/275 "2024-09-22T01:06:24Z")
Our local grocery store had its ‘pumpkin spice’ display set up last week, with the pine cones, brooms and whisk brooms, pumpkin spice cookies, cookie mix, Pop Tarts, and pumpkin spice coated almonds and pretzels. And Walmart already has Christmas crap. They’ve cleaned out almost their entire (very large) seasonal section of garden/summer-related stuff and are putting up cards, decorations and even those motion-activated figurines/toys that play Christmas music. Haven’t been over to Home Depot lately but I fully expect to see the outdoor furniture selection cleared out in favor of Christmas trees and decorations. Personally, I’m waiting for the bags of whole almonds and hazelnuts. They’ve been hit or miss for years. If I can find them, I’ll buy those. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/276 "2024-09-22T01:15:20Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Haven’t been over to Home Depot lately but I fully expect to see the outdoor furniture selection cleared out in favor of Christmas trees and decorations. I was at Home Depot today. Didn’t notice any Christmas stuff yet, but I wasn’t really looking for it, and didn’t venture into outdoor furniture (I was seeking Command adhesive strips, which are surprisingly hard to find in my area if you don’t want the velcro style). They did have a large prominent display of animated Halloween decor. ---
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/277 "2024-09-22T13:37:05Z")
Speaking of losing things, I seem to have managed to lose 2 pairs of prescription glasses and a pair of freaking FLIP FLOPS in our 2300 square foot house. Nice flip flops and one of the pairs of glasses were bifocals. How is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/278 "2024-09-22T14:07:31Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > How is this possible? Maybe because you weren’t wearing your glasses? 😉 ---
**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:** [September 22, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/279 "2024-09-22T15:32:44Z")
> [@Tride](#): > > a pair of freaking FLIP FLOPS My gf buys flip flops from Old Navy on a regular basis. She has dozens of pairs, which she wears often. When Kizzy was a puppy she went through a stage where she liked to chew things. She destroyed many, many flip flops, but only by gently breaking them. Once she broke one of the straps, she no longer wanted it. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553/280 "2024-09-22T16:57:07Z")
I ordered a prescription delivery from CVS last Monday. After having to talk to a pharmacist in order to get it approved because, despite the fact that I’ve been taking this medication for years, there’s some sort of alert on my account, I was told that it would be delivered via USPS on Friday. On Friday I’m notified that it actually won’t be delivered until Saturday. When I get the email notice that it has been delivered I go out to my mailbox. A few letters, but no package. I call up the tracking info, which does show that it was delivered - to a Parcel Locker. No further info on where this parcel locker is, or how I’m supposed to pick up anything from it. I live in a duplex with an individual street mailbox, which is where the USPS has always placed my packages in the past. And if the package doesn’t fit in the mailbox (which this should, just it’s just a single pill bottle) my postal carrier places it on my front porch. And of copurse, since it’s Saturday afternoon the local post office is already closed, so I can’t get any info on where the package is until Monday. The kicker is, I only have enough of this medication to last me until Wednesday. Fortunately, it’s not something vital like my heart medication, but still… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schlep-timbre-september-mini-rants/1006553.md?page=15)