# Whew it's hot out here! Summer Mini-Rants **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239 "2010-06-23T14:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/201 "2010-06-30T21:11:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’ll jump on the “cut your losses” train - socialize with this woman any time it’s convenient for _you_, but don’t change your life for someone who obviously doesn’t care about inconveniencing other people. Life is so much better once you stop trying to tie yourself in knots for other people. Times 10. Plus, I don’t know what kind of “show” this is, but I’ve never heard of a theatre – particularly one that charges $75 a seat – that will simply allow you to change which show you’re attending at the last second. Advance tickets are just that – reservations for a specific day and time (and almost certainly a specific seat) _in advance._ They might sell you new tickets, if there are seats available, but they probably won’t refund your old ones just cuz they changed their mind. And a three-day bachelorette party? Sounds like “ME ME ME” syndrome, to me. Good lord. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/202 "2010-06-30T21:29:58Z")
STOP FUCKING CRAMPING. UGH. I don’t know what part of you is doing this, stupid womanly bits, but all the poking around was TWO WEEKS AGO. **GET OVER IT ALREADY.** ---
**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:** [June 30, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/203 "2010-06-30T23:07:44Z")
I want to know what the hell is taking someone at my company so long to order my goddamn chair. My entire department was supposed to get new chairs last month. When the chairs were distributed, there was not one available for me. Depending on who I talk to, one of two things happened: an individual outside of my department decided he wanted a new chair and just took one, or I was simply “overlooked”. Yeah. (I’m the only female in my department; would the company really do something that stupid?) At this point, I really don’t care what happened; I just want a new chair. The arms of my chair are held together with electrical tape; it gets sticky in this weather! I’m almost ready to just buy the chair myself and submit an expense report. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/204 "2010-06-30T23:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Shot From Guns] Hoorah! Citizens demand pictures. 😃 (So is this like a permanent sun allergy thing, like that one episode of _House_? Because that would totally blow.) [/QUOTE] I think I missed that episode. But yeah, it appears permanent. It started when I was in high school, during… yes, during band camp. I break out in burning hives and feel like I’m going to throw up if I get overexposed to UVA rays. And by ‘‘overexposed,’’ I mean, ‘‘I walk out to get the mail and have to stop and tie my shoelace.’’ [Here’s an article that makes fun of me.](http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2009/10/28/4380051-real-life-vampires-people-who-are-allergic-to-the-sun) I can usually avoid the hives if am diligent with sunscreen, but not the nausea. Some summers are worse than others. Invitations to the beach will generally receive a response of hysterical laughter (unless I’m feeling particularly stupid, in which case they will receive a response, hours later, of ‘‘Why did I _do_ that?’’) [Grudging photograph of me in my new duds.](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4wN5jvaHEu65Zbx5ecd64A?feat=directlink) Actually, it was my husband who told me I looked like a beekeeper. I think it more looks like I’m about to go on safari. Today I safaried to… _West Philadelphia._ I totally met a friend in the elevator and she didn’t even recognize me at first. Or at least, she was _pretending_ not to recognize me. I have to admit though, that hat is pretty badass. Um, I mean, functionally. What I’m trying to say is, it protects me from the sun like it’s supposed to. The difference, qualitatively, was quite astonishing. > [@](#): > > Sorry your mom’s a bitch. ☹ You have such a beautiful, concise way of expressing yourself. > [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > Bee keepers are not inherently dorky. I apologize for my rash words. I certainly did not mean to impinge the honor of the long and treasured beekeeping tradition. > [@Chimera](#): > > All the cool kids wear Hazmat suits. 😛 Oh, I accepted a long time ago that I am not, and never will be, ‘‘cool.’’ But is ‘‘sufficiently under the radar’’ really too much to ask for? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/205 "2010-07-01T01:14:10Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > groupons just game out, but those are things nobody who doesn’t work with me would know) What are groupons? ---
**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 1, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/206 "2010-07-01T02:00:48Z")
I think I need a hat like that - I garden and walk in the sun all the time, and I usually get a headache from it (even with my hat and sunglasses on). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/207 "2010-07-01T02:58:01Z")
Stupid “swfobject is not defined” error that doesn’t make any sense! Argh! ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/208 "2010-07-01T03:51:59Z")
> [@Finagle](#): > > Ah, another Microsoft rant. I know how you all love to hear people whining about their computers. > > I updated today to patch the 16 or so no doubt serious security flaws that have been discovered since the last time I updated a month or so ago. Now my computer is nagging me to restart. Well, guess what, fucktard? I’m working. I was working 15 minutes ago when you nagged me to reboot, and I was working 30 minutes ago when you nagged me to reboot, and I was working the other 15 or so times you’ve popped up that annoying fucking dialog today. > > Guess what? Reboot later means \*\* later \*\*. Not fifteen minutes later, but when-I’m-damned -good-and-ready-to-reboot-later Like when I don’t have 15 windows and files open and set up just so, so I can retain context while i’m programming. > > The shithead who wrote a “Remind me later” dialog without a “Shut the fuck up for at least four hours” button should be jabbed with red hot knitting needles every fifteen minutes. > > Sheesh, let’s make the update process as annoying and intrusive as possible, and then whine when no one updates their systems. Allow me to link you to some recreational reading. [“Automatic updates,” I hate you!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11866259) Specifically my [Post 50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11866259#post11866259) where I bemoan the lack of an STFU button. Simply put, we feel your pain. ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/209 "2010-07-01T03:56:51Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > What are groupons? groupons are like… I think you sign up for this website and probably buy a subscription and then you get gift certificates (or maybe just very generous coupons) to local businesses. I’m not entirely sure, I just know that the one for my place came out recently and we’ve been slammed ever since. And I’m really glad others think the whole damn thing is outrageous. And that I’m not a horrible uncaring fairweather friend for not going to the entire party. I have a hard time figuring out what’s reasonable and what’s not- that’s one thing I can always count on The Dope for. You won’t tell me I’m right just because I’m me. Anyway, I moved my schedule around for the show. I have to go in to work before and then leave for the show and then go back when it’s over. It’s a workable solution. I do want to see this show (it’s Wicked, one of my favorites, and we have good seats), so I’m glad I’ll be able to both see the show and continue having a job. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/210 "2010-07-01T04:19:40Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Actually, it was my husband who told me I looked like a beekeeper. I think it more looks like I’m about to go on safari. Today I safaried to… _West Philadelphia._ Actually, the first thing that sprang to mind for some reason was italian monk. From way back when, something about the hat. But a _cute_ italian from centuries ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/211 "2010-07-01T07:18:02Z")
Ah, one of the White Brothers? One of my Sunday school kids had that allergy; when the Spring sprang and she mentioned it, the other kids (they were in 4th grade) asked for confirmation, obtained it, went silent, and then one of them very concisely expressed their collective feelings: “that SUCKS!” **Dorothy** , I’m another one who thinks those are not friends; acquaintance, yes, friends no. And **overly** , I hope your sister gets better and can hug her own bundle of joy soon (well, in about a year). Mini, right. So I’ve rented an unfurnished apartment, and as it is my custom when doing so, I’m getting minimal furniture and Not Making Holes In The Walls; that means that I’m not buying “package rooms” from stores, but one piece here and one there, as the package rooms are both overcrowded for my taste and overpriced for furniture that’s sort of throwaway. Well, I’m making holes to hang the curtains, but I fully intend to leave the rods behind (and, if they want them, the curtains too), so that’s that. I’ve specifically found rods which are the same wood pattern as the parquet. Why does everybody who comes in: the owner, coming to see what was wrong with the heater, his gf? coming with him, the guys bringing in furniture, feel the need to remark “oh, it’s so empty, are you getting the furniture slowly?” No, actually I’m waiting for the lot I purchased off when the French turned Versailles into a mall, see, I’m totally into Baroque furniture. The gf? took the cake with “Is that your computer?” Well, I don’t think it’s yours… it’s in my house, I live alone, whose computer do you think it will be? I could have hugged the maintenance guy the owner called to look at the heater, just on grounds of Not Asking Stupid Questions. I realize it’s friendly chitchat, but for some reason it makes my brain hurt. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/212 "2010-07-01T11:48:16Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > groupons are like… I think you sign up for this website and probably buy a subscription and then you get gift certificates (or maybe just very generous coupons) to local businesses. I’m not entirely sure, I just know that the one for my place came out recently and we’ve been slammed ever since. No paid subscription required – you just get an email telling you what the “daily deal” is, and if enough people opt in to the offer then you get a (usually fairly big) discount for local products and services. Like, $100 worth of spa services for $50, or $10 worth of cupcakes for $4, stuff like that. (Today’s deal in Philly is $75 worth of home-delivered organic food for $35 – different cities have different offers.) [Here’s how it works](http://www.groupon.com/learn), and [their FAQ](http://www.groupon.com/faq). ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/213 "2010-07-01T12:30:17Z")
OH GOD I am getting into it with an anti-vaxer. I say getting into it, she’s stomped off after linking to VRAN and calling me a “fucking zombie” but still, OH GOD. I really just want to call her a child abuser in 72pt blinking lime Comic Sans. I won’t. It’s not helpful and it’s not true and I’d only be doing it because it’s one of her buttons (she got into a huge slapfight after calling a fellow mommyblogger a child abuser for letting her kid cry, once, for fives minutes (in 1960!). She’s one of THOSE parents. I digress), but anti-vaxers make me absolutely CAPSLOCK FUCKING FURIOUS. Self-serving goddamn back-patting pox-bringers. “I’m too SPECIAL for peer reviewed science! Facts are a tool of the PATRIARCHY! Science is made from CHEMICALS! My self-righteousness is certified ORGANIC! I’m accessing the internet with CRYSTALS! MOMMY-INSTINCT! BIG PHARMA! AUTISM! _AUTIIIIIIISM!_” She even made the point that children could be adequately protected with homoeopathy. I nearly exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/214 "2010-07-01T14:01:01Z")
My mailman told me yesterday that Pelosi is going to take over all of the government employees’ 401(k)s and they won’t be able to access their money and they only get 3% of it at a time. It’s pointless to try to tell him what the facts are. From [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aHFCE999fWR0): [quote=] Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) – The Obama administration is weighing how the government can encourage workers to turn their savings into guaranteed income streams following a collapse in retiree accounts when the stock market plunged. [/quote] Key words being “encourage” and “option”. There is no plan to take over your 401(k), sir. What’s worse? Then he went on to bitch about _how his retirement accounts are down $25,000 because the market is in the toilet_ :rolleyes: Next time, instead of turning and intently finding something, anything, to work on on my computer (hint- shut up!) I’m just going to tell him I don’t want to talk politics and how’s your daughter? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/215 "2010-07-01T14:27:06Z")
Aaaaand it’s official. Instead of happily announcing her pregnancy, my sister has to take plan B over the weekend to flush her uterus of the empty gestational sac. And as a side bonus, it’s supposed to hurt. And they don’t want to visit this weekend because seeing my children, particularly my seven-month old, would be too painful for them, which I totally understand. I wish there were something I could do. I talked to her yesterday and her husband - she’s resigned, but he’s doing pretty badly. They’re planning on trying again when she’s got her cycle back. I hope to hell things work out for them. I know the odds are in their favor, but nothing for them has been easy. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/216 "2010-07-01T14:43:37Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > Aaaaand it’s official. Instead of happily announcing her pregnancy, my sister has to take plan B over the weekend to flush her uterus of the empty gestational sac. And as a side bonus, it’s supposed to hurt. And they don’t want to visit this weekend because seeing my children, particularly my seven-month old, would be too painful for them, which I totally understand. I wish there were something I could do. I talked to her yesterday and her husband - she’s resigned, but he’s doing pretty badly. They’re planning on trying again when she’s got her cycle back. I hope to hell things work out for them. I know the odds are in their favor, but nothing for them has been easy. ☹ I’m so sorry. Thanks for being a good and supportive sis. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/217 "2010-07-01T15:12:24Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I think I missed that episode. Looks like it was erythropoietic protoporphyria, so an allergy to light in general. The episode was Season 3’s [Finding Judas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Judas). > [@](#): > > [Grudging photograph of me in my new duds.](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4wN5jvaHEu65Zbx5ecd64A?feat=directlink) Dawwwww, you actually look cute! Although granted, it might look slightly more silly all buttoned up as a full-body shot. 😛 > [@](#): > > You have such a beautiful, concise way of expressing yourself. Thank you, thank you. > [@Projammer](#): > > [“Automatic updates,” I hate you!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11866259) > > Specifically my [Post 50](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11866259#post11866259) where I bemoan the lack of an STFU button. IMO, this was one of the worst things in XP. Which, of course, leads us to the question: Why the hell are you using a \*TEN YEAR OLD \*operating system? Even in Vista, the post-update reboot nag has varying options for when to next remind you, with four hours being the max. > [@wolf-alice](#): > > I really just want to call her a child abuser in 72pt blinking lime Comic Sans. I won’t. It’s not helpful and it’s not true and I’d only be doing it because it’s one of her buttons It’s not _helpful_, but it’s definitely _true_. > [@overlyverbose](#): > > And they don’t want to visit this weekend because seeing my children, particularly my seven-month old, would be too painful for them, which I totally understand. ☹ Hope your mom gets over her shit in time to be supportive to her daughter. In the meantime… Have you considered getting someone to watch your kids so you can visit your sister? I mean, not that you should be expected to or obligated to, just that it’s an option if you want to be there to support her in person without giving her the babies-in-front-of-her-eyes stab in the gut. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/218 "2010-07-01T15:49:30Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > ☹ Hope your mom gets over her shit in time to be supportive to her daughter. In the meantime… Have you considered getting someone to watch your kids so you can visit your sister? I mean, not that you should be expected to or obligated to, just that it’s an option if you want to be there to support her in person without giving her the babies-in-front-of-her-eyes stab in the gut. I have considered it. My daughter still hasn’t weaned and I don’t have a large stash of breastmilk saved up (that was gone with the last growth spurt), so it’d be tough, but probably doable. Hell, if she wanted me to, I’d hook myself up to my pump like a milk cow, day and night, and visit her anyway. I offered to come, but I think she wants to get this done and have a chance to recover on her own with her husband. We do have plans for a summer vacation together in late August/early September. If she doesn’t want to see all of us together at that point, I’ll see if I can get away by myself, even for an overnight. The one thing that she hangs onto is that she got pregnant almost immediately after they began trying. She wants to start as soon as possible once she can and she has the doctor’s ok. ---
**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 1, 2010, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/219 "2010-07-01T15:50:51Z")
> [@wolf-alice](#): > > OH GOD I am getting into it with an anti-vaxer. I say getting into it, she’s stomped off after linking to VRAN and calling me a “fucking zombie” but still, OH GOD. > > I really just want to call her a child abuser in 72pt blinking lime Comic Sans. I won’t. It’s not helpful and it’s not true and I’d only be doing it because it’s one of her buttons (she got into a huge slapfight after calling a fellow mommyblogger a child abuser for letting her kid cry, once, for fives minutes (in 1960!). She’s one of THOSE parents. I digress), but anti-vaxers make me absolutely CAPSLOCK FUCKING FURIOUS. Self-serving goddamn back-patting pox-bringers. “I’m too SPECIAL for peer reviewed science! Facts are a tool of the PATRIARCHY! Science is made from CHEMICALS! My self-righteousness is certified ORGANIC! I’m accessing the internet with CRYSTALS! MOMMY-INSTINCT! BIG PHARMA! AUTISM! _AUTIIIIIIISM!_” > > She even made the point that children could be adequately protected with homoeopathy. I nearly exploded. Hey, if she thinks homeopathy will do the trick, offer to cough on her children. The resistance in your system coming out in a cough should just about equal how useful homeopathy is. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239/220 "2010-07-01T16:11:40Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > My daughter still hasn’t weaned and I don’t have a large stash of breastmilk saved up _Or_, you could invent a way to make your baby invisible! Er, and inaudible. And untouchable. But on the plus side, you could make billions off the patent when you’re done. > [@](#): > > I offered to come, but I think she wants to get this done and have a chance to recover on her own with her husband. Understandable. And good on you for being attentive to what \*she \*wants and needs rather than your own desire to be there for her. > [@](#): > > The one thing that she hangs onto is that she got pregnant almost immediately after they began trying. She wants to start as soon as possible once she can and she has the doctor’s ok. Fingers crossed, eh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whew-its-hot-out-here-summer-mini-rants/544239.md?page=12)