# 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:** 8
**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:** [July 23, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/141 "2019-07-23T03:19:27Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > This thread reminds me I went on a road trip two weeks ago with my sister and my two nieces and out of the 5 public restrooms we had use only 1 would be what I consider clean. A lot of unflushed toilets for one thing. Is that hard to flush a toilet? Apparently, some of the ghetto divas (of all skin colors) I work with think so. EEEEWWWW!!! And don’t even get me started on that hovering BS!!! ---
**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 23, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/142 "2019-07-23T04:24:51Z")
Eastern PA is flooding again. I don’t remember ever having a year with this many floods before, but I also don’t know how to confirm that. Pity. I keep telling myself it’s better to get it as rain now than snow later, but I have this horrible sinking feeling that we’re just going to keep getting precipitation like this all year long and things are going to get just UGLY. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2019, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/143 "2019-07-23T13:08:25Z")
Half an hour to reboot my computer and now all my bookmarks are gone? Fuck every single person who speaks to me today. Just because! ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/144 "2019-07-23T13:19:11Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Fuck every single person who speaks to me today. So, howya doon? ---
**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:** [July 23, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/145 "2019-07-23T13:23:53Z")
Fuck you! Dammit, **digs** , I’m tryna be mad here… ---
**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 23, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/146 "2019-07-23T18:49:58Z")
Last night we had a storm that was way fiercer than the standard summer “severe thunderstorm warning” weather. We got all of the same warnings, but it’s like the boy who cried “wolf”, they always say the same thing. Except this time I found an obscure report that said “wind gusts up to 80mph” and that was the correct one. All of the others (e.g. national weather service) had the standard summer storm boilerplate. So, there was a big log, twice as thick as my arm and about 15 feet long that came straight down like a spear and landed in the center of my nice glass table outside, smashing the top into flinders. I now know a few things that I didn’t know yesterday. First, that tabletop was not tempered glass–it is in wicked shards right now. Second, a new 42" x 3/8" round top costs $225. At least that spear log didn’t fall on my roof. ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/147 "2019-07-23T20:52:36Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Half an hour to reboot my computer and now all my bookmarks are gone? Instead of being mad, fix it: [Restore bookmarks from backup](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them) How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Bookmarks in Chrome & Firefox Search domain Modern browsers recognize that a lot of effort has gone into recording those bookmarks, so they keep backups, and can be restored from them. (You can also export them to your own backup file.) ---
**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:** [July 23, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/148 "2019-07-23T21:01:53Z")
**Tim** , I rescind the “fuck you” I had prepared to give. I won’t have time today to attempt your solution, but I appreciate the help. May tomorrow be a better day! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/149 "2019-07-23T23:00:22Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Last night we had a storm that was way fiercer than the standard summer “severe thunderstorm warning” weather. > We got all of the same warnings, but it’s like the boy who cried “wolf”, they always say the same thing. Except this time I found an obscure report that said “wind gusts up to 80mph” and that was the correct one. All of the others (e.g. national weather service) had the standard summer storm boilerplate. > > So, there was a big log, twice as thick as my arm and about 15 feet long that came straight down like a spear and landed in the center of my nice glass table outside, smashing the top into flinders. > > I now know a few things that I didn’t know yesterday. First, that tabletop was not tempered glass–it is in wicked shards right now. Second, a new 42" x 3/8" round top costs $225. > > At least that spear log didn’t fall on my roof. That happened to a glass table we had last winter. We got a really heavy, wet snow in December. In the middle of the night I heard something fall, but it didn’t sound like it hit the house, so I went back to sleep. The next morning my roommates discovered that the snow had weighed down the gazebo so much the frame bent and the whole thing collapsed. The table survived, but it shattered a few months later when the umbrella they put in the middle of the table got slammed against the hole a few times too many during a windstorm. There’s another glass table with an umbrella on the side porch that’s still in one piece. It must be in the place where the wind doesn’t smack the umbrella around as much. Also, nothing’s ever collapsed on it. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/150 "2019-07-24T06:20:30Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > This thread reminds me I went on a road trip two weeks ago with my sister and my two nieces and out of the 5 public restrooms we had use only 1 would be what I consider clean. A lot of unflushed toilets for one thing. Is that hard to flush a toilet? Some of the newer eco-flush toilets don’t flush… enough. Especially the ones that use the laser beam approach and don’t have a manual flush button or lever. I stood up, it flushed, I turned back since you kinda had to to get the door open enough to get out and… stuff still floating. So I swiped… I waited and swiped again. No button on the top nor a lever. I went and washed my hands, went back and held my hand (h)over the sensor, removed it and it finally flushed again. There was also the McD manual flush toilet that seemed to have no water to force down or was plugging up somewhere. Flush, swirl, swirl, slow drain. I left that one as it was just t-p and a pee and I did not want to be the one who flooded the room. I did mention it to the cashier but who knows at lunch rush if he told anyone. ---
**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 24, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/151 "2019-07-24T06:36:20Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > This thread reminds me I went on a road trip two weeks ago with my sister and my two nieces and out of the 5 public restrooms we had use only 1 would be what I consider clean. A lot of unflushed toilets for one thing. Is that hard to flush a toilet? Many people have the idea the the flush lever is terribly contaminated, since all those other people touched it with their finger (and often before they wash their hands (assuming they even will)). So they refuse to touch the flush lever. I’d think if you’re that germophobic, you could use a piece of toilet paper to touch the flush lever, but maybe that’s too much effort. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/152 "2019-07-24T09:33:06Z")
Do you remember the moronic backlash against Coca-Cola for their multi-lingual commercial using the patriotic song, “America, the Beautiful”. The morons accused the soft-drink company of trashing the national anthem by having it sung in anything other than English. Well, some idiot writer, supposedly a professional journalist, called the American flag “stripes and stripes”. In the remarks section of the online article, I took exception to that terminology and am now getting the usual moronic backlash because, apparently, I hate America’s flag and therefore America itself. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/153 "2019-07-24T10:31:38Z")
> [@Swampwolf](#): > > All right you climate-change denying motherfuckers–you know who you are: “Oh, it’s snowing! Global warming is a myth!” You gonna poke your heads out of your air conditioned domiciles and acknowledge that the Earth is [heating up](https://www.axios.com/temperature-records-set-in-2019-512a1109-99ae-45aa-8953-781ff955c91d.html)? Or are you just going to sweat your asses off and claim it was hotter when you were a young’un, then go back to denying the [truth right before](https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/the-10-hottest-global-years-on-record) [your eyes?](https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datatools/records) > > Fuck you, fuck your scientific ignorance, fuck your party-line parroting, and the horse you rode in on. Twice. Hey, Senator Inhofe - where’s your fucking snowball now? ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/154 "2019-07-24T12:35:26Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > Instead of being mad, fix it: > [Restore bookmarks from backup](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them) > > [How to Recover Accidentally Deleted Bookmarks in Chrome & Firefox Search domain](http://www.howtogeek.com/111784/how-to-recover-accidentally-deleted-bookmarks-in-chrome-firefox/https://www.howtogeek.com/111784/how-to-recover-accidentally-deleted-bookmarks-in-chrome-firefox/) > > Modern browsers recognize that a lot of effort has gone into recording those bookmarks, so they keep backups, and can be restored from them. (You can also export them to your own backup file.) It didn’t work, probably because I had already been trying to fix it manually. ☹ At least I will know how to create a backup when I get settled again. ---
**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 24, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/155 "2019-07-24T16:29:47Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Update: > > On Thursday I got a call at work. A receptionist told me “Bill Smith” wanted to talk to me and sounded like he knew me. I assured her I knew no Bill Smith. She returned a few minutes later and told me Mr Smith was a lawyer. … > > …As far as Unemployment Compensation, I keep excellent records. I’ve never fired anyone, and previous people who have quit and applied for UC have lost their cases every time so far. > > … Interesting. Sounds like this person is planning on attempting to sue for wrongful termination. Do you have her “I quit” on record somewhere, or at least was it said in front of witnesses? I’m surprised people who quit even tried to get UC. That’s pretty much a no-brainer: unless they make a case for the workplace being insanely hostile or whatever, if you quit, no UC. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/156 "2019-07-24T16:35:48Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Interesting. Sounds like this person is planning on attempting to sue for wrongful termination. Do you have her “I quit” on record somewhere, or at least was it said in front of witnesses? > > I’m surprised people who quit even tried to get UC. That’s pretty much a no-brainer: unless they make a case for the workplace being insanely hostile or whatever, if you quit, no UC. Several people heard her quit, but not me. I was doing something and found out she quit after she was gone. I’ve had people quit and then apply for UC hoping to take a paid vacation. Each time I’ve filed the necessary paperwork and each time the request for UC was denied. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/157 "2019-07-24T16:37:49Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Interesting. Sounds like this person is planning on attempting to sue for wrongful termination. Do you have her “I quit” on record somewhere, or at least was it said in front of witnesses? Yeah, I don’t think she is planning any kind of wrongful termination suit. The lawyer is (I assume) defending her against the trespass/illegal entry charge. ---
**Author:** ![mischievous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mischievous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mischievous)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/158 "2019-07-24T19:52:38Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > I’m surprised people who quit even tried to get UC. That’s pretty much a no-brainer: unless they make a case for the workplace being insanely hostile or whatever, if you quit, no UC. At least in Maryland, there are a bunch of contexts in which you can quit and still get unemployment, most of which I think are quite reasonable protections against employers. For instance, if the employer hasn’t “fired” you but they also aren’t giving you any shifts, it’s quite reasonable to assert that you’ve been functionally laid off. There are certainly grayer areas - for instance, if you resign in response to a benefit offer like a severance payout, you are ineligible for UC during the period covered by that severance but eligible again once it runs out. On the one hand, this seems like double-dipping by taking severance _and_ unemployment. On the other hand, a severance offer is basically a layoff where the employer has sweetened the pot to get people to self-select, and if people were laid off they deserve to get the full period of UC eligibility. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/159 "2019-07-24T22:54:04Z")
We finally got the new plates for the Rescue-Mobile and my BB is going to head out tonight with a load of 47 cats/kittens. He’s going to Jerome, AZ at the start of monsoon season. Arizona monsoons are unpredictable and can be very violent. So, my BB is driving an unfamiliar big ass RV that is loaded with felines of various ages during storms and will be going through Phoenix traffic! :eek: It was much easier when he was working and all responsible and shit. And for the brag: the Rescue-Mobile now has laminate flooring with 2 drains so it can be hosed out if needed. Stainless steel cages line the walls and there are anchor points on the floor for more cages. Litter, food and water storage cabinets are in the back because that is where the most vibration and noise is. The “bathroom” is intact. All of the faux wood paneling is gone, as well as the overhead cabinets to allow more room for the cages. The AC and heating systems have been upgraded. Its going to be amazing at what it is intended to do, which is a good thing because after all those mods, it really doesn’t have any other use. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472/160 "2019-07-24T23:04:56Z")
Sorry, was too busy bragging to mention that in Texas, if someone stops working, they have to apply for UI to get medical benefits. I don’t know if that applies to food stamps, I heard about the UI for medical from a friend who was mad at her daughter for quitting a job because she “didn’t feel valued”. After I got out of the AF, I found a job at the Pearl Harbor Memorial as a janitor. People are indeed slobs when it comes to public areas, restrooms most of all. After a month, I lost count of how many toilet handles I had to replace because they had been kicked off by people who didn’t want to actually touch the thing and then go wash their hands. Due to the massive amount of people visiting, the restrooms had to be cleaned on a regular basis. The men’s had to be cleaned every 30 minutes unless someone said it needed attention, I had to clean the woman’s every 15 minutes. People would actually go through the entire experience, ride the boat to the Memorial and then throw trash on the floor of a giant crypt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-its-too-hot-for-a-july-minirants-thread/836472.md?page=9)