# Too Damn Hot or Not Hot Enough: July Minirants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516 "2011-07-01T15:43:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/581 "2011-07-30T00:00:00Z")
OH GOD My right ear has been blocked all morning, since I got up, due to the sinus congestion I’m suffering from this cold. I’ve been trying everything - warm compress on the ear, chewing gum, gently blowing my blocked nose, stretching my neck, pulling my earlobe, taking decongestants. Nothing was working. It was a bit hurty, I couldn’t hear properly. HORRIBLE. It’s just released. OH GOD IT FEELS GOOD. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/582 "2011-07-30T04:23:30Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > Cheddar does not belong on any pizza. Ever. At any time. The only reason that a pizza place should even stock cheddar is for the salad bar and/or sandwiches. Cheddar is a fine cheese, but it doesn’t belong on anything that even pretends to be a pizza. Both the texture and the flavor are wrong. It seems to work just fine on the top of a Godfather’s Taco Pizza. Of course, it is put on cold on top of the lettuce… But cooked on a pizza? No. Just plain wrong. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/583 "2011-07-30T05:24:28Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#): > > OH GOD > > My right ear has been blocked all morning, since I got up, due to the sinus congestion I’m suffering from this cold. I’ve been trying everything - warm compress on the ear, chewing gum, gently blowing my blocked nose, stretching my neck, pulling my earlobe, taking decongestants. Nothing was working. It was a bit hurty, I couldn’t hear properly. HORRIBLE. > > It’s just released. OH GOD IT FEELS GOOD. _golf clap_ Hope it stays open! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/584 "2011-07-30T12:21:03Z")
I hate it when my subconscious infiltrates my dreams. Last night instead of a nice restorative sleep I had all sorts of semi-intertwined dreams that were complicated, stressful, and bizarre, and left me anxious and tired this morning. It’s stupid, I have no real reason to be stressed. All in all I lead a pretty charmed existence, but this next couple of weeks are going to be busy and my time needs to be used wisely, and so my wee brain is in planning mode. Why must it come up with all the possible screw-ups (plus invent some outlandish ones of its own) at night, when I’m helpless to deflect them?? Dammit, I hate waking up cranky :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/585 "2011-07-30T13:57:54Z")
> [@saje](#): > > Why must it come up with all the possible screw-ups (plus invent some outlandish ones of its own) at night, when I’m helpless to deflect them?? So that you are more prepared if they do happen. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/586 "2011-07-30T13:59:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It seems to work just fine on the top of a Godfather’s Taco Pizza. Of course, it is put on cold on top of the lettuce… > > But cooked on a pizza? No. Just plain wrong. Yes, right there - sprinkled over a taco pizza, I love cheddar on a pizza. It is wrong wrong **wrong** otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/587 "2011-07-30T14:49:25Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > _golf clap_ > > Hope it stays open! Unfortunately it was just too much to hope that it would. It’s been on and off all day, but right now I’ve got a weird headache that’s inside my skull, sitting at the top of my jawbone and all through my sinuses. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/588 "2011-07-30T16:05:42Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It seems to work just fine on the top of a Godfather’s Taco Pizza. Of course, it is put on cold on top of the lettuce… > > But cooked on a pizza? No. Just plain wrong. I’ve never had a taco pizza. This area is at least 50% Mexican, and I have plenty of independent Mexican/TexMex restaurants to go to, if I want a taco. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/589 "2011-07-30T23:34:56Z")
Just checked the forecast for the next several days. Predicted high temps: Sunday: 104 Monday: 106 Tuesday: 107 Wednesday: 108 Thursday: 105 Friday: 105 Saturday: 102 This summer’s been brutal, even for Texas. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/590 "2011-07-31T00:36:12Z")
Happy Birthday to everyone. Back when I worked for the Pizza King, I told PK that I always take my birthday off to pamper myself. One day out of the year just for me. PK told me that only kids thought that way and that adults should just get over it. So…I gave up my pampering day to go to work. Guess which butthead took a week off to go on vacation for his 40th BD? My weather rant…my server used to die when a drop of rain hit the ground. Now it flakes out when it rains in other states. If I have to be offline, give me some flipping rain!!! ---
**Author:** ![NoiseBomb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/49beb7/32.png) [@NoiseBomb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoiseBomb)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/591 "2011-07-31T02:28:45Z")
So my circa 1991 clock radio (faux woodgrain for life!!) decided that Thursday was the end. It woke me up from the wonderful 9-minute snooz to BEEP BEEP BREEP BREez fssst fsst fsst… Even some percussive maintenance couldn’t revive it this time. Ah hell, but 20 years for an alarm that I think I paid around ten bucks for (I miss you, Caldor) is a pretty good run. I used the cell phone alarm to get up on Friday. It would work, but I don’t like keeping the phone by my bed. There’s a couple callers who don’t seem to understand that I work second shift, so if you’re calling me at 8AM, somebody had better be dead. (OK, there was that one time that somebody was, but that was a weird exception.) Since the Walton family could always use some more income, I bring home this shiny new one. Timex, they’ve usually made decent stuff, haven’t they? A bigger display too, since my eyes are also 20 years older. No more squinting to see what time it is when I wake up early. Yay. Now to see what I’ll be waking up to. meep meep meep. What the hell is this? Is it one of those that gets gradually louder? Hmm, yes, but only slightly. Does the volume knob do anything? Nope. meep meep meep. Sitting in the room with it going off wasn’t the least bit annoying. AM radio static is actually louder and more annoying than this. Really, I tried that. This is the electric equivalent of my grandmother whispering in my ear “psst, pretty please time to wake up.” Who the fuck is this going to wake up? Someone who sleeps that lightly probably doesn’t need an alarm clock. If I wanted a kinder, gentler alarm I’d look for something with cute puppies or something on the package. I sleep with a box fan running plus have some mild hearing loss, so this meep meep meep isn’t going to cut it. Not like I need a drill instructor screaming in my ear WAKE UP NOW MOTHERFUCKER THERE’S COMMIES INVADING AND YOU’RE LYING THERE LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES (but that Sonic Bomb alarm clock from thinkgeek is tempting) just something that might wake a semi-normal person up. Say, whatever happened to the stores having display models plugged in so you could test this sort of thing out? So I pit, ummmm, whatever engineers, consultants and focus groups decided that some people might actually want to wake up to a pathetic little meep meep meep. Not all of us want to be gently rocked awake, you know. Oh, and it’s still really hot and humid and shit. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/592 "2011-07-31T02:56:57Z")
I play a lot of outdoor racquetball . This summer it has been so damn hot and humid ,that you have to pace yourself. You sweat like a pig . It is like playing in a sauna. ---
**Author:** ![Mom-of-Andrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@Mom-of-Andrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mom-of-Andrew)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/593 "2011-07-31T03:24:57Z")
> [@NoiseBomb](#): > > that Sonic Bomb alarm clock from thinkgeek is tempting _Awesome_ username/ post combo ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/594 "2011-07-31T04:22:47Z")
**NoiseBomb** , sorry that didn’t work for you, but that would be the perfect alarm clock for me - I’m a light sleeper and the tiniest noise seems to wake me up. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/595 "2011-07-31T23:52:32Z")
I left one of the overhead lights in my '97 Jeep on; it’s been that way since sometime last week. :smack: (I think I hit it with my head when I was jumping in during a really nasty rainstorm.) The battery was so old and dead that it wouldn’t hold a charge…fortunately, AAA was able to get here in 45 minutes with a new one. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/596 "2011-08-01T00:13:25Z")
> [@NoiseBomb](#): > > Now to see what I’ll be waking up to. meep meep meep. What the hell is this? Is it one of those that gets gradually louder? Hmm, yes, but only slightly. Does the volume knob do anything? Nope. meep meep meep. Sitting in the room with it going off wasn’t the least bit annoying. I dunno, it’s been almost two years, but it would still probably bug the shit out of this fucker; [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33895926/ns/us\_news-weird\_news/t/principal-bans-four-letter-word-meep/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33895926/ns/us_news-weird_news/t/principal-bans-four-letter-word-meep/) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/597 "2011-08-01T01:02:03Z")
I saw a guy leaving Tiger stadium today. he was not red but purple from the hot sun. I think he may have done damage. We just had the hottest July ever in Dearborn Hgts, Mi. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/598 "2011-08-01T01:17:31Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Just checked the forecast for the next several days. > Predicted high temps: > > Sunday: 104 > Monday: 106 > Tuesday: 107 > Wednesday: 108 > Thursday: 105 > Friday: 105 > Saturday: 102 > > This summer’s been brutal, even for Texas. Just to improve your spirits, see [http://www.jumbojoke.com/northeast\_braces\_for\_temps\_near\_boiling\_point.html](http://www.jumbojoke.com/northeast_braces_for_temps_near_boiling_point.html) - looks like your temperatures are even hotter than that! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/599 "2011-08-01T02:21:27Z")
It is 83 degrees (“feels like 88”) at 9:15pm. It will be in the 90’s the next couple of days. You can almost swim through the air, it is so thick. Why NO, I don’t feel like leaving my nice, comfortable and cool apartment. Is there a problem with that? (Well, ok, I have to run to the post office tomorrow, but beyond that, I’m huddling over my box of sugar-free fruit bars and staying inside.) On another topic, my company is bringing back raises after a three year wage freeze. I’m told they’ll be a generous 1-3%. I’m also told you can’t be on any kind of warnings to get it. This at a warning-happy company where probably 2/3rds of the employees are on some kind of warning for _something_. So us 1/3 of the employees who are NOT on warnings will get a pittance of a raise, and they somehow expect everyone to be happy that the ‘wage freeze’ is over. yeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh… about that… ---
**Author:** ![CreaseMunky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@CreaseMunky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CreaseMunky)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516/600 "2011-08-01T03:29:39Z")
**#1** Dear Aunt, Beef tenderloins are not meant to be cut up and cooked like steaks. I almost cried when I saw what you did to the tenderloin I carefully chose for the family dinner. The fact that only I and one other were absolutely horrified by this makes me lose a lot of faith in my relatives… as far as cooking is concerned. **#2** Dear Coworker, Knocking up the wife you have stone-cold-red-handed-busted cheating on you is just another of the very bad life decisions I’ve seen you make over the last 20 years I’ve known you. This drama has been going on for a year and a half and I, along with most of the other people we work with, are sick and tired of hearing about your domestic situations. STFU, grow a spine, and stop expecting us to give a fuck. Our symapthy ran out a LOOOOOOONG time ago. **#3** Dear Friend, Yanno what, stop playing the victim card. You claim to have a brilliant business mind, but no one takes you seriously. I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say, It’s because of the 2 felony convictions and NOT a conspiracy against you, as well as everything else that has gone wrong in your life was NOT somebody else going out of their way to personally screw you over because he/she/it was TOTALLY jealous of your brilliant business mind and had to put you in your place. It’s the 2 felony convictions. P.S. If you have such a brilliant business mind, you’d be trying to get your MBA from somewhere besides the University of Phoenix. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-damn-hot-or-not-hot-enough-july-minirants/587516.md?page=31)