# Twenty Days Has October Rants - The Rest Are On Furlough **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074 "2013-10-01T07:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/61 "2013-10-02T18:25:44Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Stupid liberal idea of the day…” “Stupid republican idea of the day…” I think I speak for the rest of the world when I say GROW UP AND GET OVER YOURSELVES! Start doing what is best FOR YOUR PEOPLE, and quit taking the rest of the world down with you in your stupid, stupid squabbles! Where’s the smoochie smoochie I love you smilie? YES! I hate them both right now, stop punishing us for your idiotic power plays. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/62 "2013-10-02T19:03:08Z")
You know pro and con are opposites, don’t you? Which makes “congress” the opposite of “progress.” That’s what the current situation is about. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/63 "2013-10-02T20:01:33Z")
Enough with the Stop Signs! In the last two months, they have added stop signs between my house and the main road in three separate directions. And it wasn’t that much longer ago that they turned another intersection into an all-way stop. All of them are at least arguably good ideas (one intersection I’m never at with cross-traffic), but still . . . I hate stopping at every corner. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/64 "2013-10-02T20:29:21Z")
You know, come to think on it, there’s really no reason that stop signs have to be _only_ on corners… ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/65 "2013-10-02T20:43:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Stupid liberal idea of the day…” “Stupid republican idea of the day…” I think I speak for the rest of the world when I say GROW UP AND GET OVER YOURSELVES! Start doing what is best FOR YOUR PEOPLE, and quit taking the rest of the world down with you in your stupid, stupid squabbles! I don’t usually even touch either of those threads. Helps save my sanity if I stay out of them. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/66 "2013-10-02T22:59:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > “Stupid liberal idea of the day…” “Stupid republican idea of the day…” I think I speak for the rest of the world when I say GROW UP AND GET OVER YOURSELVES! Start doing what is best FOR YOUR PEOPLE, and quit taking the rest of the world down with you in your stupid, stupid squabbles! Although I can definitely agree with your “get over yourselves! Start doing what is best for your people” sentiments, calling both sides equal in this game is a bit like saying both individuals in [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqKWXirsU) are behaving equally badly. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/67 "2013-10-02T23:33:17Z")
Drop dead, Glenn Beck. Three unsolicited phone calls in two days is not acceptable, you brainless, useless, arrogant asshole. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/68 "2013-10-02T23:34:37Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Hm, one could make the point that anything not ocean is an island, just depends on the scale of the thing 😛 > > And I don’t rub away eye crunchies, I use warmed up saline in an eye cup and blink it away - when you rub crunchies you are microscratching the surface of theeye and it is bad [according to my eye doc] > > And I would like to see each and every member of the senate and congress that are backing this bullshit to get bounced out of office and never allowed any governmental post in the future. They can keep ONE single retirement package if they qualify for more than one. > > I do all my dailies, then I pop up the page of [Temples and Bosses](http://www.gw2state.com/temples.html) and start doing what pops up [and has enough people to succeed, I play on a German server so there is a bit of a time shift going on] and then I just randomly farm critters and resource nodes. It sucks being stuck at 471 weaponsmithing! > > I don’t do jumping puzzles, for some verdampt reason I can’t jump for shit - I have the doubleclick turned off, and I dismiss the pets so they don’t get in the way of seeing what I am doing, and I use the speed mod that necros get. I have been crunching the luck so I am now up to 53% for magic drops which helps. I managed to get the whole [jotoros](http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jatoro%27s_armor) in drops which amazed me. Right now all my weapons are exotic and I am thinking of making a complete set of [wupwup](http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Wupwup_weapons)- I normally do staff, trident, dagger and focus. I don’t seriously raid, I think I have burned out after 14 years of MMORPGs all I do is chip at bosses and do tradeskills and forage. Yah, at some points it does seem like a job, doesn’t it? At 471 weaponsmithing, you’re pretty well at the point of “discovering” the various ori weapons again - tedious, and expensive. Craft boosters help. I’ve a ranger at the same point in huntsman, and I’m holding off a bit, and just gathering and refining until I’m in the mood to blitz the last 29 craft levels. I’m not entirely looking forward to when they release ascended armours, but I’ve been buying up cloth and leather of all tiers before their price jumps in the Trade. On the jumping, it may help to take off the speed boost - are you more apt to overjump than under?. I’m not much good at jumping myself, but I substitute stubborness for skill. 😃 And, as I say, there’s some chests that don’t require jumping at all, though you may have to liberate Skrittsburgh or some such. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/69 "2013-10-03T00:14:23Z")
> [@jabiru](#): > > I’ve got a week off work and I’m stuck on the sofa in my PJs because I’ve got a cold. Can I get a refund? Not for the PJs, you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/70 "2013-10-03T00:44:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Not for the PJs, you can’t. Damn! I got dressed today, especially to take them back to the shop. Pity it closed down over a decade ago. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/71 "2013-10-03T00:57:56Z")
I’m ready for the month to be done. It’s two days in and already I’m going insane. I could list all the reasons but it would bore people because I’m not that witty. Suffice I to say, I’m flustered at work trying to stay on top of things while things are being stupid crazy for a multitude of reasons and quarter end. I’m crazy at home because I’m buying a house (yay!) and possession date is soon, but my midterm is in less than a week and my DS who though is being really well behaved is losing his teeth in a rather dramatic fashion resulting in blood and emergency dentist visits. I’m going to go study now, and try to ignore the looming moving day until after Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/72 "2013-10-03T01:41:49Z")
I need to run to the grocers, but it’s pouring out. I thought I could hold off until tomorrow, then I dumped the last of the hard cat food into their water bowl. I doubt they’ll be too hungry, though, what with the mice I now have in the basement. Fuck. Lucy got one last week and Dot brought me one on Monday. For some reason, it’s very difficult to praise her for being such a good hunter when I’m shrieking. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/73 "2013-10-03T03:18:16Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I do all my dailies, then I pop up the page of [Temples and Bosses](http://www.gw2state.com/temples.html) and start doing what pops up [and has enough people to succeed, I play on a German server so there is a bit of a time shift going on] and then I just randomly farm critters and resource nodes. It sucks being stuck at 471 weaponsmithing! > > I don’t do jumping puzzles, for some verdampt reason I can’t jump for shit - I have the doubleclick turned off, and I dismiss the pets so they don’t get in the way of seeing what I am doing, and I use the speed mod that necros get… I have a dreadful time with jumping too, luckily one of my friends is good at it and is a mesmer, so he can port me (after the 15thousandth time I fall) when I run out of patience. I have gotten better than when I started, but I’m still not very good at it. I wish they’d change the monthly so that JPs weren’t always one of the requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/74 "2013-10-03T03:38:58Z")
Severe tension headache + husband who kind of sucks at massages - Advil (I miss Advil SO MUCH; fewer than 3 weeks, yay) = stabby Silver Fire. My fetus has hiccups or something. Usually we watch my belly and giggle, or whatever, but now I’m just annoyed and all :rolleyes: by it. I’m so uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Oracle33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b487fb/32.png) [@Oracle33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oracle33)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/75 "2013-10-03T04:01:39Z")
I went panning for gold and the only bloody flake I found washed out of the pan into the river ---
**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:** [October 3, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/76 "2013-10-03T05:08:25Z")
The forecast for tonight is for snow. WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! Well, technically, they don’t _think_ it will snow, but the weather models are saying it’s a possibility. Waaah. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/77 "2013-10-03T05:53:20Z")
It’s 1 AM here, and 24 C. Of course, it does get a tad warm here in the summertime. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/78 "2013-10-03T07:49:49Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > Yah, at some points it does seem like a job, doesn’t it? > At 471 weaponsmithing, you’re pretty well at the point of “discovering” the various ori weapons again - tedious, and expensive. Craft boosters help. I’ve a ranger at the same point in huntsman, and I’m holding off a bit, and just gathering and refining until I’m in the mood to blitz the last 29 craft levels. I’m not entirely looking forward to when they release ascended armours, but I’ve been buying up cloth and leather of all tiers before their price jumps in the Trade. > On the jumping, it may help to take off the speed boost - are you more apt to overjump than under?. I’m not much good at jumping myself, but I substitute stubborness for skill. 😃 And, as I say, there’s some chests that don’t require jumping at all, though you may have to liberate Skrittsburgh or some such. I don’t work so the only craft boosters I get are random rewards when doing bosses and such - which sucks. I am channeling them all to my main. I seriously dread getting my armor smith and tailor up, though I have been saving the leather and cloth assiduously. What sucks is take the one where you have to jump on the pointy bit in Lions Arch - I can hit it spot on 3 or 4 times running, then totally fubar it a dozen times in a row - over and undershooting both. And jumping down into that well thingy to get into the underwater caverns, half the time I miss the damned hole you have to slide down through. It isn’t lag, no idea - I can do it equally sucky with and without the boost. My character just can’t jump for crap. > [@CanvasShoes](#): > > I have a dreadful time with jumping too, luckily one of my friends is good at it and is a mesmer, so he can port me (after the 15thousandth time I fall) when I run out of patience. I have gotten better than when I started, but I’m still not very good at it. I wish they’d change the monthly so that JPs weren’t always one of the requirements. I got lucky with the one in the munchkin baby zone, someone took pity on me and ported me all the way to the target. I have noticed the munchkins actually seem to jump better than the veggies - pity my main is a veggie, mainly because I thought the munchkins look like weasels and I sort of like the veggies. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/79 "2013-10-03T13:18:42Z")
Today I got a phone call from my bank’s credit card fraud transactions about some suspicious activity on my account. I’m sick of the word “fraud” this week! But very very grateful to the nice ladies at card services who sorted it all for me. And wondering who the hell has it in for me, even though this is \*probably \* almost certainly unrelated to my previous rant. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twenty-days-has-october-rants-the-rest-are-on-furlough/670074/80 "2013-10-03T14:24:20Z")
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