The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXI

[Zelig]

Let me guess... FutureShop?

Superstore.

I bought ~$100 worth of groceries into four of my own bags, so they were heavy and I was carrying two in each hand. Middle-aged lady asked to see my receipt as I walked from the cash to the exit, I said "no thanks" and walked around her and left.


I've also refused to sign the payment contract for my gym because it was shoddily written, as far as I can tell there are no repercussions to that.

 

[Borachio]

My time is valuable enough that the time wasted with receipt checks is worth more than the amount prices are increased to cover shoplifters.

So, you really resent the < two minutes it would take for someone to look at your receipt and maybe stamp it with something?

So much do you resent it that you'd willingly pay up to 20% more for your purchases?

You're a richer man than I am, Gunga Din.

Do you also resent the invasion of privacy that CCTV in stores represents?

 

[Zelig]

Yes, I really resent the < two minutes it would take for someone to look at my stuff, and I will not allow it. Someone as I'm leaving a store has no more right to do so than a random stranger on the street.

I wouldn't actually pay 20% more for my purchases, I'll go to stores with cheaper goods, there's very little evidence to suggest that receipt/bag checks are actually effective at stopping shoplifting.

I welcome CCTVs, they don't waste my time, or intrude on my privacy.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Yes, if you choose the stationary bike, you will need entertainment handy. Music, movies and television all work nicely.

You can also do homework on an exercise bike, particularly if it involves a lot of reading. Though I have done physics work on a bike. People looked at me like I was crazy, but whatever, they'll stfu when their airplanes crash because the engineers who built them were ostracized at the gym and never got around to those conversions....

 

[Borachio]

I've just heard on the radio that it's illegal to let a donkey sleep in a bath in Arizona. Is this true?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Probably, they're into kinky stuff out there and there's nothing better to do in the desert.

 

[rugbyLEAGUEfan]

I've just heard on the radio that it's illegal to let a donkey sleep in a bath in Arizona. Is this true?

I'd suggest it's moot anyway as it's unlikely a donkey could catch even a wink under such circumstances.

 

[madviking]

I've just heard on the radio that it's illegal to let a donkey sleep in a bath in Arizona. Is this true?

It's still illegal for a black man to marry a white woman in the state of Virginia.

 

[Borachio]

It's based on a 1924 case where a merchant's donkey started sleeping in an old bathtub that was supposed to be filled with his drinking water. When the local damn broke a flood ensued and the donkey was washed away in the tub. The tub and donkey survived the trip down the valley for a mile until the water receded. The law was passed because several of the townspeople signed a petition against such a thing after they had to wrangle the donkey and haul the merchant's *** back to his house.

And this is according to Yahoo Answers. So it must be right.

It's still illegal for a black man to marry a white woman in the state of Virginia.

Really? But is it OK for a white woman to marry a black man in the state of Virginia?

 

[madviking]

Really? But is it OK for a white woman to marry a black man in the state of Virginia?

There are anti-miscegenation laws in Virginia.

Spoiler the chase :

The main thing is that it is not illegal to have unconstitutional laws on the books. It is illegal, however, to enforce them. This means that almost all of the "weird" laws you hear are just random laws that are on the books but are not enforced.

 

[Flying Pig]

This reminds me a little of Roman law, which almost never repealed anything, instead just making a new law to supercede the old - the result being a system written by lawyers that could only be understood by lawyers, and even then, only barely.

But that's the present state of affairs in the UK, unless I'm sorely mistaken.

Yes, but when an older law is overwritten, it's no longer used in the law-books and put into common circulation - in Roman Law, lawyers still had to learn all of the ancient laws.

 

[Borachio]

But that's the present state of affairs in the UK, unless I'm sorely mistaken.

I should have been a lawyer myself, but it would have given me a headache, I know it.

 

[Quackers]

The main thing is that it is not illegal to have unconstitutional laws on the books. It is illegal, however, to enforce them. This means that almost all of the "weird" laws you hear are just random laws that are on the books but are not enforced.

Wasn't there this case in California where a man raped a woman, but the woman was duped into believing it was her husband and due to some old law he got off free!
I imagine that law wasn't unconstituitional then...:shrug:

 

[hobbsyoyo]

It's still illegal for a black man to marry a white woman in the state of Virginia.

I've never really considered whether or not unconsititutional laws are still allowed to be on the books. Does anyone know?

Just for those who don't know: All of those kinds of laws were struck down by the US Supreme Court.

 

[Synobun]

I'm at my wit's end. I've been laying in bed but cannot for the life of me fall asleep with my head completely straight. My Google Fu is failing me and I decided to come here to ask. Can you turn your head while trying to sleep after a wisdom tooth extraction? Or do you absolutely have to keep your head upright?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I'm at my wit's end. I've been laying in bed but cannot for the life of me fall asleep with my head completely straight. My Google Fu is failing me and I decided to come here to ask. Can you turn your head while trying to sleep after a wisdom tooth extraction? Or do you absolutely have to keep your head upright?

You can turn your head. Who told you that? Neither me or my wife were told that and we both slept as we wanted and were fine. Well, my wife drooled blood everywhere but that's another issue.

 

[shadowplay]

What drugs did the oral surgeon give you? Despite it's over-the-counterness, I found advil (ibuprofen) to help a lot after I had my wisdoms yanked, since so much of the pain after wisdom tooth extraction is from swelling, which is what advil is good for. All I had was that + tylenol 3, which despite being perscription, didn't work as well, and I stopped taking it in favour of just advil.

 

[Synobun]

What drugs did the oral surgeon give you? Despite it's over-the-counterness, I found advil (ibuprofen) to help a lot after I had my wisdoms yanked, since so much of the pain after wisdom tooth extraction is from swelling, which is what advil is good for. All I had was that + tylenol 3, which despite being perscription, didn't work as well, and I stopped taking it in favour of just advil.

None. I have a long history of pain meds not working so most doctors don't even bother anymore at this point.

So I can sleep with my head turned? I have my bed covered in towels, so drooling shouldn't be a problem... That's relieving. I was told that I had to keep my head upright at all times.

 

[Arakhor]

When I had a molar extracted last spring, I was given some gauze on which to chew. I still woke up with dried blood on my top-sheet.

 

[Synobun]

When I had a molar extracted last spring, I was given some gauze on which to chew. I still woke up with dried blood on my top-sheet.

My dentist told me that in regards to wisdom teeth, it's better to only chew on gauze if you're bleeding badly but if you're not, just leave it because it'll overall be better for the healing process which can easily take up to six weeks.

Perhaps the crappiest part of this is that I'll spend the first two weeks of having a new life being miserable and not being able to eat the foods I want.

On that note, I need to try and sleep again, and embrace my drooling glory. Adios, forum.