# A Bowl Full of Paper Clips. The Hold It Together MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 8, 2011, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927 "2011-08-08T10:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/121 "2011-08-12T03:23:13Z")
**{{{{{{{{Soapy}}}}}}}}** **{{{{{{{{{Spaz}}}}}}}}** **{{{{{{everyone else}}}}}}}}** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/122 "2011-08-12T05:40:34Z")
I just found out - a dear friend passed away this evening of a sudden massive heart attack. Please keep her husband and all her friends and family in your thoughts ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/123 "2011-08-12T10:14:21Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ _YAWN_ 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 98. I did not mow yestiddy due to what I can only conclude as inherited sorriness. I must do so today. ICK! **{{{Soapy}}}** hope your cat turns up soon. **{{{Spaz}}}** I’ll keep grandma in my thoughts and prayers. \*\*{{{Rosie}}}\*\*your friend, her family and you are in my thoughts and prayers. Yay for new specs and groceries **Taters**! Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/124 "2011-08-12T10:35:37Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **{{{{{{{{Soapy}}}}}}}}** > **{{{{{{{{{Spaz}}}}}}}}** > **{{{{{{everyone else}}}}}}}}** Me, too. \*\*Rosie \*\*said it first, and gets **{{{{{Rosie}}}}}** of her own. Blurf. It’s Firday, and not only am I at the office, but I irk a full day. Won’t anyone think of The Chilldrunnnnnnnnn? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/125 "2011-08-12T10:53:14Z")
I could say I slept in until 6, but that’s only because Taz the Evul woke me up around 3:30 walking back and forth across my chest. Eleven pounds is awfully heavy when concentrated on little foot pads. Stoopit cat! \*\*FCD \*\*has a Dr appt this morning and he asked me to tidy our living area, so I probably won’t be doing a lot in the basement today. Which is fine - the upstairs is a bit of a disaster area… I dreamed last night that we were getting 2 pugs. :eek: _NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!_ I think that’s more of a nightmare. Seriously. I have no diet coke in the house, so I think I’ll run down to WaWa and get my caffeine fix and a breakfast sammich. Which means I should probably put some clothes on. I’m not retired enough to go to a convenience store in robe and slippers… not yet, anyway. Hugs to all who need them - hang in there. **Taters** , progressive transitions ROCK!!! If you’ve never had progressives before, be prepared to be a little dizzy till you get used to them. I found that because the sides of the lens isn’t ground, I’d lose sharp peripheral vision and till I got accustomed to it, it would mess with my equilibrium. But once I got used to it, I loved 'em. Weirdly, when I don’t have my glasses on and I’m trying to focus on something small, I find myself lifting my head to look thru the bottom of the lens that isn’t there. 😃 OK, need for caffeine is great. I’m going to grab some clothes and go. Incidentally, it got down to 64° last night - glorious sleeping!! The house is still wide open. I’ll put off closing it till the last possible second… ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/126 "2011-08-12T11:23:58Z")
> [@swampy](#): > > {{{Soapy}}} hope your cat turns up soon. > > {{{Spaz}}} I’ll keep grandma in my thoughts and prayers. > > {{{ **Rosie** }}}your friend, her family and you are in my thoughts and prayers. Hi **Dotty**! Hope you had a great day! Wow, that sounds rather tacky, **lieu** , not to mention unethical, at the least. It’s Firday!!! So happy cuz it’s been a really long week. Hugs! GT ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/127 "2011-08-12T11:31:31Z")
Back and caffeinating. aaaaaaaaaahh! 😃 I may actually \*dust \*today! :eek: It could be a sign of endtimes. Beware!! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/128 "2011-08-12T12:11:48Z")
No kitty this morning. I don’t feel good about this. This is a stay-close-home-and-snuggle-mom-cat. I am heartbroken. My daughter comes home from camp Sunday. She will be crushed. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/129 "2011-08-12T12:34:06Z")
\*\*Soapy \*\*- so sorry. ☹ We have constant struggle to keep Taz in the house. I just know if he got out, we’d never see him again. In fact, one day I was sure he’d slipped out - I couldn’t find him anywhere, and naturally, he didn’t come when I called. A few hours later, he casually sauntered by… idiot cat. Anyway, hope your kitty shows back up. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/130 "2011-08-12T14:41:27Z")
**{{{Soapy}}}** again. Maybe kitty will decide to remember the source of food and skritches. Irk is, well irk. The phones are actin’ up. I am up to my hiney in paper irk. It’s hawt outside too! I walked outside, turned around and came back in. _GASP_ I wish this meant a storm front is on the way. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/131 "2011-08-12T14:52:48Z")
I survived dusting. I even broke out the Old English scratch cover and hid the evidence of kittehs trying to destroy the hutch. And I swept the kitchen floor. I really should mop it - but I need to leave some fun for next week. I also cleaned up a bowl of pennies that Ziva dumped all over the bedroom floor. I’m guessing she was attempting to get into my closet by launching herself off the bowl of pennies on **FCD** ’s dresser. She failed. Fortunately, pennies on a carpet are easy to scoop up. The house is still open, but I expect I’ll have to close it soon. It’s supposed to reach upper 80s today, and once it hits 76 inside, that’s it. Maybe another hour? Now it’s break time - resting up till I have to make lunch. 😃 I need to take this retirement thing more seriously… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/132 "2011-08-12T15:19:37Z")
**{{{rosie}}}** \*\* {{{Soapy}}}\*\*. I hope she’s found soon. **FCM** , my current glasses are progressives; I’ve just never had the transition lenses before. I had no issues getting used to them when I got them. I guess I was lucky. The eye doc was trying to talk me into getting glasses to use just for the computer, but I didn’t want to pay for two pair of glasses. Yes, I’m cheap. I may opt to get the lenses, and put them in my old frames later. We’ll see. For now, I’ll just take my glasses off when I use a computer. I have some errands to run today and I hope to get some tidying/cleaning done around here. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/133 "2011-08-12T15:41:08Z")
I’m hongry! It ain’t lunch time yet however. Life is so unfair! I have a tamale, refried beans and rice for **N.O.L.**. Fortunately for my co-irkers I will be out and about this afternoon makin’ home visits. Maybe I can confine the ensuin’ fart fest to when I’m actually travelin’. Fun times await! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/134 "2011-08-12T16:27:05Z")
**{{{soapy}}}** My kids are putting out “go home” waves towards your kitty! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/135 "2011-08-12T20:37:49Z")
[maybe he can find **Soapy** ’s kitteh . . .](http://cheezburger.com/View/5080531456) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/136 "2011-08-12T20:58:49Z")
I left irk at four, came home, through some chikin strips on the grill and made a sallit. That was dindin and it was good! Now I sit chillin’ for a bit and then Ima go mow da yahd. I must mow. I shall mow. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/137 "2011-08-12T21:03:10Z")
I was just being geeky and looking at some of the technical specs on the MRI unit I was in yesterday. Good thing we’re close to so many big nuclear plants. The scanner sucks down about 1,400 amps when running. :eek: Apparently, a significant part of the cost for a scan is the electricity. If I did the math right, my scan took $150 or so in juice. The scanner is insanely heavy as well - 145.5 tons. I like the manufacturer’s notation that the thing is assembled in pieces on-site. Otherwise, that would be a hell of a box! ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/138 "2011-08-12T22:02:38Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > **{{{Spaz}}}**. Is your Grandma diabetic? Yeah, Type 2. She also, according to my dad’s daily email update, still has her foot today. She’s very stubborn; mules are weak-willed compared to her. Tomorrow my uncle’s going to wield his power of attorney so they can do the surgery. {{{{{ **rosie** }}}}} {{{{{ **Soapy** }}}}} Culinary Boy has finally spiralled into the depression that’s been threatening since he got attacked last October. He’s trying to get into a treatment center, but they never have any open space. Fingers crossed that tomorrow’s the day he gets in because he really needs it. ---
**Author:** ![Bri2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@Bri2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bri2k)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/139 "2011-08-12T22:54:04Z")
Sorry about your loss, **rosie**. **Spaz** I wish your Granma has a speedy recovery. **IvoryTowerDenizen** may the kitteh return soon! To put a nice end on a heinous week, I ordered in from my favorite pizza place. Pepperoni & extra cheese, washed down with my last 7-Up. Few things go better with pizza than 7-Up! Now the pizza has sunk low and I think I need to go take a nap. TGIF, all! Bri2k ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bowl-full-of-paper-clips-the-hold-it-together-mmp/591927/140 "2011-08-12T23:16:09Z")
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