# The anti Mini-Rant Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 13, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948 "2010-04-13T14:32:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/21 "2010-04-20T03:05:37Z")

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In spite of the fact we had a blizzard last week, the weather improved. I took advantage of it, and I was able to play golf on the weekend and get out for a good bike ride today.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/22 "2010-04-21T10:47:37Z")

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We were eating at a restaurant when suddenly swarm of flying ants fly in (when someone opens the door). The ants swarm the entire place; the manager said the meal was on the house.

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**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/23 "2010-04-21T12:26:52Z")

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I have a 500 GB external hard drive, and I thought it died. Turns out it’s just the enclosure that’s pooched. $40 fix, and no loss of data.

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**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/24 "2010-04-21T16:59:25Z")

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My 3 month-old granddaughter smiled at me again yesterday.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/25 "2010-04-21T17:25:08Z")

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Moving thread from IMHO to MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/26 "2010-04-22T02:59:31Z")

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[Zapp Brannigan] I have made it with a woman [/ZB]. (Not for the first time though.)

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**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-anti-mini-rant-thread/535948/27 "2010-04-22T15:56:15Z")

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We unraveled where my recurring nightmares have come from, and, for the first night in several weeks, I not only slept all the way through the night, I woke up without either terror or pain. Life is much better today.

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