# Silver Hells: December Minirants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468 "2018-12-02T23:29:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [December 27, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/181 "2018-12-27T03:18:03Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Please tell us you have more faith in your kid than that. Or should I say “your young adult”… > > Or else you’ll have stalk her so that you can be ready to slap those Bacon Flavored Dog Laxatives out of her hand. I’m assuming/hoping she knows what the stuff is for. I don’t trust any young adult. I’ve truly become the older, smarter adult in the room. Though I still feel inadequate for most activities. I’ve got my eye on her. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/182 "2018-12-27T04:00:02Z")
> [@Mrs\_Ducky](#): > > We just signed a contract today with Bath Fitter to have a walk in shower put in to replace the bathtub. The sales person had us sign a disclosure statement that the surfaces are slippery when wet. It’s the McDonald’s hot coffee affect! I know, I know that this is common parlance. But the fact is that the Liebeck vs McDonalds case was not frivolous. McDonalds had been involved in hundreds of cases involving coffee burns, many of them third degree burns, as Mrs. Liebeck’s were. McDonalds’ operations manuals required coffee to be served at between 180 and 190 °F, which can cause third degree burns in under 10 seconds. They’d known for at least 10 years that this was an unacceptable amount of risk and refused to change their procedures. They offered only $800 to settle the lawsuit, which originally asked for a mere $20,000 to cover medical expenses and lost income. That’s why it proceeded to trial, and it was the jury that decreed the settlement amount. In [the words of one juror](https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts), > [@](#): > > she thought the company wasn’t taking the injuries seriously. To the corporate restaurant giant those 700 injury cases caused by hot coffee seemed relatively rare compared to the millions of cups of coffee served. But, the juror noted, “there was a person behind every number and I don’t think the corporation was attaching enough importance to that.” (No offense meant to **Mrs\_Ducky**. I just get sad hearing this when there was a woman who suffered horrible pain and remained in pain for the remainder of her life because McDonalds kept its coffee too hot. You can’t even drink it at that temperature.) ---
**Author:** ![Space\_Vegetable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Space\_Vegetable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Space_Vegetable)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/183 "2018-12-27T08:16:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > _“Do not repair or disassemble the product by yourself and put it in water.”_ > > Goddamnit, how am I supposed to familiarize myself with your product if I can’t take it apart and submerge the bits in water? 😕:smack::mad: What’s the problem? The guide clearly says “by yourself”. So you need a buddy with you during the disassembly phase if you want to also put the product in water. (It appears a buddy is optional during the actual dousing.) I admit there’s ambiguity on whether companionship is required during a repair with immersion. Best to have a helper, I say. Safety first! For times when no helper is available, consider substituting lemonade or a nice chicken stock for the water. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/184 "2018-12-27T12:13:40Z")
Yesterday I was listening to Irish music (Solas, for those who care). Good stuff. Unfortunately, several of the speedier jigs decided to take up residence in my head and I was listening to it loop _all night long_. As in, I didn’t get any sleep at all because my brain decided to be a music box. I was supposed to take Monday off and be in the office today and tomorrow. Not happening now. I’m definitely not safe to drive (and still can’t get to sleep). This is gonna suck rocks trying to get my body to go back on a real wake sleep cycle before tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/185 "2018-12-27T12:20:02Z")
Okay, hun, y’know what? The fact I haven’t seen you in two months is not because “I’m getting my life together” if you’re able to brag about all the time you’re spending with your other partners. Fuck that shit. You know goddamn well I’m lonely. This is not helping. Oh, what, you’re going to a fucking play party with your other girlfriend on new year’s? Lovely! Good to hear! Fuck you with a rake you stupid insensitive bastard. I should just dump him. I probably would, if I actually got anything out of it. I’m already advertising myself as “single” on dating sites, because for all intents and purposes, I am. But I’m lonely as all hell, and even if I never fucking hear from them, getting some love from them once in a goddamn while would really be nice. It’s just been two months, and I am so fucking tired of being alone. ---
**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:** [December 27, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/186 "2018-12-27T12:23:10Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Yesterday I was listening to Irish music (Solas, for those who care). Good stuff. Unfortunately, several of the speedier jigs decided to take up residence in my head and I was listening to it loop _all night long_. As in, I didn’t get any sleep at all because my brain decided to be a music box. I was supposed to take Monday off and be in the office today and tomorrow. Not happening now. I’m definitely not safe to drive (and still can’t get to sleep). This is gonna suck rocks trying to get my body to go back on a real wake sleep cycle before tomorrow. Trade you for _What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?_ ---
**Author:** ![adhemar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@adhemar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhemar)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/187 "2018-12-27T18:35:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > As I was crawling around doggy proofing (a—gain!) I had the flashlight and looking under things. Moved to the laundry room and Baby Jesus is between the washer and dryer. The W/D is on a platform thingy and there is a narrow space where stuff and small animals can get. I have a grabby thingy, somewhere in this house to get BJ with, but I don’t care enough to look for it. I went out in the yard and got a brick to keep animals out of the hidey hole. I’m pretty sure the cats put BJ in there because the are scratching and howling loudly at the brick. I ain’t caving. The brick stays til I find another remedy. is this from a Nativity scene? ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/188 "2018-12-28T00:07:48Z")
I still have no idea. We asked her to explain at the time (she first just mentioned “Baby Jesus has been spotted.”) and she went off on another subject. So Baby Jesus isn’t just cute, he’s mysterious as well. Oh, found her first aside: > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yes. She’s fine. The little dummy. I have been crawling around looking for other junk she could ingest. On the plus side, you’ll all be happy to hear 'Baby Jesus ’ has been spotted.🙂 > [@digs](#): > > I had no idea what Baby J had to do with anything (a lot of other posts here…) so I looked back through a couple of pages and I must have missed it. Want to tell us? > > And so glad you don’t have a Digestive Issues Dog for the holidays. Becccccck…! We need some Baby Jesus in our lives! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/189 "2018-12-28T01:02:13Z")
she lost a plastic baby jesus from her front yard and it ended up behind the dryer after a few days …… she thought that the cats hauled it off …. nava posted the link you missed > [@Nava](#): > > Beck is talking about [this MPSIMS thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=867333) ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/190 "2018-12-28T01:19:34Z")
Not from the yard. From a little table by the Christmas tree. If you don’t wanna read the thread, BJ has been found, recovered a little worse for wear. He’s now packed up and put away to rise again another day. Sorry about the confusion.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/191 "2018-12-28T01:38:38Z")
So I spent the whole year healthy; never had a day in bed, never a cold or flu, just the picture of health. Until the day before Xmas, when a insidious intestinal bug turned by bowels into sewer water and my stomach refused to process any more food. Given that I had to fly on Christmas day and then drive 120 miles home didn’t help either. Still on the mend, but still not getting far from the Bathroom either… Bah. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/192 "2018-12-28T02:36:34Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Still on the mend, but still not getting far from the Bathroom either… > > Bah. Bah with some Humbug. So sorry! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Not from the yard. From a little table by the Christmas tree. > If you don’t wanna read the thread, BJ has been found, recovered a little worse for wear. He’s now packed up and put away to rise again another day. Sorry about the confusion.🙂 Thanks much, I just read it; well-written! And intriguing… _especially_ the part where you \*THINK \*he’s safely stashed in a box in the back corner of the basement… But have you looked in that box? Tonight? We’ll wait… Do start a thread when Our Miniature Savior disappears, and shows up under your pillow, but when you scream and everyone comes running… no Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/193 "2018-12-28T03:59:45Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Not from the yard. From a little table by the Christmas tree. > If you don’t wanna read the thread, BJ has been found, recovered a little worse for wear. He’s now packed up and put away to rise again another day. Sorry about the confusion.🙂 Took me a while to realize “BJ” meant “Baby Jesus”. But, then, I live in a town where you can buy “I {heart} BJ” T-shirts to show your adoration of, er, of the town. Yeah, that’s it, the town. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/194 "2018-12-28T04:33:17Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Bah with some Humbug. So sorry! > > Thanks much, I just read it; well-written! And intriguing… > _especially_ the part where you \*THINK \*he’s safely stashed in a box in the back corner of the basement… > > But have you looked in that box? Tonight? We’ll wait… > > Do start a thread when Our Miniature Savior disappears, and shows up under your pillow, but when you scream and everyone comes running… no Jesus. Well thanks. Now I’m afraid to look in the box. It doesn’t help that I got an envelope in the mail today that was unfamiliar. I opened it and out fell a little card with that weird blue-eyed, lovely locked picture of Jesus.( we’ve all seen) and a letter asking me if Jesus was my friend. If not, I could contribute to their ministry and heap lots of benefits. Creepy. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/195 "2018-12-28T05:20:53Z")
I believe I may have a torn meniscus in my knee. My mother has been in the hospital and now rehab for three weeks and I’ve been running around like crazy trying to take care of everything. I don’t recall doing anything to my knee but it’s been hurting since last week. It’s really, really bothering me today but I won’t go to the doctor because I haven’t met my deductible and I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend money in the last days of the year when I can wait a week and have it applied to the deductible for next year. Thanks American healthcare system! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/196 "2018-12-28T07:48:14Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Not from the yard. From a little table by the Christmas tree. > If you don’t wanna read the thread, BJ has been found, recovered a little worse for wear. He’s now packed up and put away to rise again another day. Sorry about the confusion.🙂 Kudos, putting “BJ” and “rise again” next to each other like that. thatswhatshesaid ---
**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:** [December 28, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/197 "2018-12-28T08:02:01Z")
^^^You are so bad! ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/198 "2018-12-28T11:19:12Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I know, I know that this is common parlance. But the fact is that the Liebeck vs McDonalds case was not frivolous. McDonalds had been involved in hundreds of cases involving coffee burns, many of them third degree burns, as Mrs. Liebeck’s were. McDonalds’ operations manuals required coffee to be served at between 180 and 190 °F, which can cause third degree burns in under 10 seconds. They’d known for at least 10 years that this was an unacceptable amount of risk and refused to change their procedures. They offered only $800 to settle the lawsuit, which originally asked for a mere $20,000 to cover medical expenses and lost income. That’s why it proceeded to trial, and it was the jury that decreed the settlement amount. In [the words of one juror](https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts), > > (No offense meant to **Mrs\_Ducky**. I just get sad hearing this when there was a woman who suffered horrible pain and remained in pain for the remainder of her life because McDonalds kept its coffee too hot. You can’t even drink it at that temperature.) It was the sales person’s comment when she asked me to sign it. I was just repeating what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/199 "2018-12-28T16:50:39Z")
> [@Mrs\_Ducky](#): > > It was the sales person’s comment when she asked me to sign it. I was just repeating what she said. My sincere apologies. I did not realize you were quoting. I shall whack myself with a limp noodle now.\* \*THAT IS \*\*NOT \*\*A EUPHEMISM! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468/200 "2018-12-29T02:41:41Z")
I got a skirt steak for fajitas - found one that was mechanically tenderized (basically a pointy machine beats the hell outta it) and was looking forward to nice, tender meat. You know the silverskin? That tough, chewy, impossible-to-chew membrane that you strip off? They mechanized it INTO the meat. Pounded it into the surface. No way to remove it, just had to cook it as is and then work around it like any other gristle. Hmph. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silver-hells-december-minirants/825468.md?page=11)