# So it's too hot for a July minirants thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472 "2019-07-03T20:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/201 "2019-07-30T18:19:59Z")
About a year ago one of our cats started peeing on the bath mats. Turned out to be a bladder infection. Fixed the infection, after a while managed to get cat to stop peeing on the bath mats. We just went away on vacation for 2 weeks and I think he is mad at us for leaving because he is now peeing on the bath mats again (Everything else is normal so I don’t think it’s another infection). Of course the other human members of the household can’t remember they now need to pick up the bath mat after they shower to prevent the cat from peeing on it so I am continually washing bath mats. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/202 "2019-07-30T19:51:13Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s not just St. Louis. The Stanley Cup [recently made an appearance in Saskatchewan](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/stanley-cup-in-regina-1.5202754) to great acclaim because two of the Blues players are from there. No doubt they put stuff in it there, too. 😃 I think each player on the winning team gets possession of the Cup for a week. I remember when the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 1996. The Avalanche had relocated to Colorado from Quebec City, where they were the Nordiques. Goalie Patrick Roy took the Cup to Quebec City, where he was born, and had it put on display. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/203 "2019-07-30T19:55:38Z")
> [@MissTake](#): > > Unfortunately, that is the opinion of the pharmacist, the resident, and the nephrologist, at three separate appointments today. They all straight up freaked when I brought up CBD. Then again, this is Minnesota, super uptight. Well, obviously! They are all middlemen who will be cut out of the profit chain if you use CBD instead. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/204 "2019-07-30T19:58:26Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I’ve actually seen toilets that flush using a foot pedal. I’m surprised they aren’t more common. They aren’t more common because the cost more money. And businesses aren’t inclined to spend more money on things that bring in _zero_ profit! ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/205 "2019-07-31T03:09:57Z")
Air conditioning crapped out this afternoon. I am in Houston, it is July, waiting isn’t an option. We knew the whole system was on its last legs when we bought the house and it seamed to be cobbled together from different manufacturers parts, probably due to incremental fixes over the years so we had some rainy day funds for this, but feck, no slow wind down and opportunity for shopping around. New 5 ton variable system installed tomorrow, but feckity feck it’s going to be a sweaty night. . ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/206 "2019-07-31T04:02:30Z")
Bast’s _bellybutton_, cat, will you please **SHUT UP**. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/207 "2019-07-31T04:19:00Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > … > They say the medicated creams work wonders–without the medication it takes two weeks to clear up, but with the medication it only takes 14 days :smack:. > > But on a positive note, if I had to rate the quality of an itch, I would put “poison ivy” a few notches above “insect bite” and “generic allergic reaction” and several notches above “fiberglas insulation”. It truly is a pleasant itch to scratch. Bleh :(. I had poison ivy on my _face_ when I was 9. I was gathering leaves for a school project - and for some reason, held one up to my face. We used a lot of Caladryl (which basically does fuck-all compared with the cortisone creams available nowadays, I gather). At least doctors are more willing to prescribe oral steroids if it gets bad enough, as a co-worker learned a few years back. Itching: Yeah, there’s something very satisfying about scratching one of **those** itches. “Itch-gasm” is my word for it :D. The worst itching I ever had was late 2009 when my gallbladder was acting up. My liver was affected, and that meant that my hands and feet itched NONSTOP for 48+ hours. I literally could not sleep, I knew it wasn’t anything steroids would help, scratching did utterly nothing, hot water (which can short-circuit insect-bite itches for a bit) did nothing; _cold_ water helped briefly but I was not about to spend hours with hands and feet in ice water. I suspect fiberglass is… well, not “more pleasant” but “less likely to induce suicidal thoughts”. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/208 "2019-07-31T04:24:20Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > They aren’t more common because the cost more money. And businesses aren’t inclined to spend more money on things that bring in _zero_ profit! Could be. The place I’ve seen them recently was in a Federal office building. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/209 "2019-07-31T04:38:48Z")
I hadn’t had an attack of “it’s not MS” in almost ten years. CHRIST MOM FUCK OFF! ---
**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 31, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/210 "2019-07-31T08:17:31Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Bast’s _bellybutton_, cat, will you please **SHUT UP**. Stealing. The Bast’s bellybutton thing, I mean. I’m already quite proficient at telling Brock to shut up. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/211 "2019-07-31T10:10:32Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Stealing. > > The Bast’s bellybutton thing, I mean. I’m already quite proficient at telling Brock to shut up. I refer you to the [Two Lumps comic strip](http://twolumps.net/), which has frequent examples of this sort of cursing. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/212 "2019-07-31T11:08:09Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I refer you to the [Two Lumps comic strip](http://twolumps.net/), which has frequent examples of this sort of cursing. I officially hate you 😃 (new time sink!!!) ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/213 "2019-07-31T11:13:43Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Air conditioning crapped out this afternoon. > I am in Houston, it is July, waiting isn’t an option. > We knew the whole system was on its last legs when we bought the house and it seamed to be cobbled together from different manufacturers parts, probably due to incremental fixes over the years so we had some rainy day funds for this, but feck, no slow wind down and opportunity for shopping around. > New 5 ton variable system installed tomorrow, but feckity feck it’s going to be a sweaty night… Naturally it couldn’t have died a few days ago, when we were enjoying overnight lows that actually got below 70… That sucks to hear. This place is misery without a/c in the summer. (Notes current temp at 6:11 am local, of 79 degrees and somewhere north of 80 percent humidity.) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/214 "2019-07-31T12:31:05Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I officially hate you 😃 (new time sink!!!) Allow me to introduce you to a few more massive time sinks. [Digger](http://diggercomic.com/blog/2007/02/01/wombat1-gnorf/): a comic strip about a very kind and practical wombat who gets involved with magic and gods. Hugo winning strip that got turned into an almost 900-page book. [General Protection Fault](https://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/1998/11/02): a comic about a small software company that gets involved in some very, very strange events. Has been running for almost 2 decades now, 3x a week. [A Girl and Her Fed](https://agirlandherfed.com/): a comic strip about a woman who gets involved with what starts out as a group of people turned into cyborgs in a secret government project, and then it gets weird. [User Friendly](http://userfriendly.org/): a comic strip about a small Internet company in Canada. Only published for 10 years, but still available online. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/215 "2019-07-31T13:49:30Z")
People keep posting time-sink web links that are gonna get me fired. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/216 "2019-07-31T14:50:57Z")
It’s the busiest moving day of the year, at least here in town. (Many college student apartment leases end on July 31.) So who would think that you’d be able to rent a truck at the last minute for moving? Well, my wife and stepdaughter, apparently. Why weren’t we getting her moved over the weekend? Well, according to my wife, “she thought she could do it herself and didn’t want to ask anyone for help and inconvenience them.” Instead, I have to take two hours away from work this morning to drive my wife 30 miles to get a U-Haul truck because there are none in town. Yeah, thanks for not inconveniencing me! (At least my wife didn’t ask me to take the whole day off of work at the last minute so I could help move.) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/217 "2019-07-31T15:34:51Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > People keep posting time-sink web links that are gonna get me fired. > > 😉 \ ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/218 "2019-07-31T17:52:00Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Bleh :(. I had poison ivy on my _face_ when I was 9. I was gathering leaves for a school project - and for some reason, held one up to my face. We used a lot of Caladryl (which basically does fuck-all compared with the cortisone creams available nowadays, I gather). At least doctors are more willing to prescribe oral steroids if it gets bad enough, as a co-worker learned a few years back. > > Itching: Yeah, there’s something very satisfying about scratching one of **those** itches. “Itch-gasm” is my word for it :D. Calamine lotion is all over my arms right now. The fancy creme from the doctor says to apply twice a day, but I need some relief during the rest of the day. And it seems to be helping a bit. The blisters don’t seem to care a bit about the creme. But it’s such a _good_ itch (I like your word for it). And it gives me an excuse to sing that “Poison Ivy” song all around the house. At least my wife’s face is looking better. The pills she got seem to be doing the trick. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/219 "2019-07-31T17:56:03Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > At least my wife’s face is looking better. The pills she got seem to be doing the trick. Where can I get some of those pills? SO glad my wife never checks The Dope… (Hi, Hon, just joshin’!) ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/220 "2019-07-31T18:49:59Z")
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