Anti-Rants

[RShack]

I have a strange history with soda. My family always bought Coke...

When I was a kid, my folks didn't have extra money (mainly because they had us 4 kids), and soda was a treat. Each week, we each got one 16oz bottle of Pepsi with a screw-on top. For a while, my baby sister got taken advantage of. The level of Pepsi in her bottle mysteriously got lower and lower without her touching it. (She wanted to save it. Dunno why. She was 3.) Pretty soon, she wised up. So when Mom was unpacking groceries, she made a big production of opening up her bottle, and spitting in it while everybody was looking, and then sealing it back up. If somebody wasn't there, she'd find them later, and do a repeat spitting. It worked: the mystery thieving stopped. Smart kid for being only 3.

[DurbBird]

I love reading the Saturday morning newspaper and drinking tea in the recliner.

I love having a Bailey's and coffee before the opera.

I love flying kites.

[HoodGuy007]

I love that when I wake my son up in the morning, his first action of the day is always a giant smile.

That brightened up my day, because every morning my sister calls me to make sure I'm up, and if I'm not she tells me my cat will make me get up by pouncing me. Kids are awesome.

[Why Not?]

I was a Diet Coke addict until someone told me that people use Coke to clean engine parts. I have not touched it since... Well, I try not to...

I had a similar experience, except with motor oil.

[Icterus galbula]

My school has a double block for each class once a week, and right now I'm on my double for my free block. Ahhhhh.

[DREKTUNES]

There's this peanut butter that has chocolate in it. That, with pretzels, makes me happier than I ever thought food could. Oh jebus it's tasty.

[TGO]

There's this peanut butter that has chocolate in it. That, with pretzels, makes me happier than I ever thought food could. Oh jebus it's tasty.

Man, pretzels dipped in almost anything is tasty. Peanut butter, chocolate, nutella, practically any kind of mustard, tostitos queso, bean dip, I can go on and on. Pretzels are awesome.

[DurbBird]

I read that Ernest Hemingway liked peanut butter sammitches with chopped onion. I tried one once, and it wasn't bad.

[twoBshorty]

So we're doing a dumb stats project comparing pulse rates...trying to save time, we came up with a random sample and e-mailed the people asking them to time themselves for 15 seconds and e-mail us back the number.

I just got an e-mail from a girl: "I can't find my pulse. I suck at this."

Yes, yes, you do. I sent her back an e-mail explaining how to either press her fingers on her neck (using my wrist never works for me, I hope that's her problem) or put her hand directly on her heart. Then I collapsed in laughter.

Maybe I should have told her to call 911?

[RShack]

So we're doing a dumb stats project comparing pulse rates...trying to save time, we came up with a random sample and e-mailed the people asking them to time themselves for 15 seconds and e-mail us back the number.

I just got an e-mail from a girl: "I can't find my pulse. I suck at this."

Yes, yes, you do. I sent her back an e-mail explaining how to either press her fingers on her neck (using my wrist never works for me, I hope that's her problem) or put her hand directly on her heart. Then I collapsed in laughter.

Maybe I should have told her to call 911?

AFAIK, it's hardest for people to take their own pulse. Your whole body is pretty much thumping at the same rate, so it makes it harder to feel it. Much easier for some folks if they get somebody nearby to do it for them.

ps: This sounds like a Short Rant, not an Anti-Rant ;-)

[twoBshorty]

AFAIK, it's hardest for people to take their own pulse. Your whole body is pretty much thumping at the same rate, so it makes it harder to feel it. Much easier for some folks if they get somebody nearby to do it for them.

ps: This sounds like a Short Rant, not an Anti-Rant ;-)

No, it didn't bother me, so it's not a rant. I just thought it was really funny. There's nothing like getting an e-mail with "I can't find my pulse! Help!"

[RShack]

No, it didn't bother me, so it's not a rant. I just thought it was really funny. There's nothing like getting an e-mail with "I can't find my pulse! Help!"

Oh, I see now. (Never mind.)

[DREKTUNES]

No, it didn't bother me, so it's not a rant. I just thought it was really funny. There's nothing like getting an e-mail with "I can't find my pulse! Help!"

Dude. She's a zombie. RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ScottieBaseball]

Geico sent us a letter two or three weeks ago informing us that they performed an audit and realized that we've been eligible for their Good Driver Discount for "some time" and that they'd be mailing us a check for an undisclosed sum of money and notification that our rates were going to be reduced by almost 10% moving forward.

This past weekend, we opened a check for nearly $200.00. They could have just said, "Congratulations! You're eligible for a %10 discount!" Instead, THEY did the research and discovered THEIR mistake, THEY owned the mistake, and THEY made good on it.

[sakata_catching]

Geico sent us a letter two or three weeks ago informing us that they performed an audit and realized that we've been eligible for their Good Driver Discount for "some time" and that they'd be mailing us a check for an undisclosed sum of money and notification that our rates were going to be reduced by almost 10% moving forward.

This past weekend, we opened a check for nearly $200.00. They could have just said, "Congratulations! You're eligible for a %10 discount!" Instead, THEY did the research and discovered THEIR mistake, THEY owned the mistake, and THEY made good on it.

The unexpected refund is one of the sweetest things in life. A few weeks ago, the City of Pittsburgh [edit: actually, Allegheny County] sent us a refund check for $220 for "mis-assessment of property tax." Trust me, we stood a better chance of winning Lotto than having this happen.