# A Chilly (Well, To Me) MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 19, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962 "2026-10-19T10:17:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/41 "2026-10-19T23:17:49Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > do you scrape all the wet ingredients out of their containers or do you just pour our whatever will come on its own and that’s all? I use a rubber scraper and scrape it all out. That’s what Mom, who lived through the Great Depression, did. Why waste any of it? Besides, think of the pagan babies who are starving; you shouldn’t waste any food. (if you didn’t go to Catholic school in the late 50s/early 60s, you may not understand this reference; I particularly remember Sr Regina in 1st grade exhorting us about bringing in nickels and pennies to help the pagan babies and telling us to finish all our food since we have it and they don’t.) > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m reading today that Meta shut down all mentions of No Kings because they thought it was a bot attack. Once again they’re f’ing lying. **metal mouse/taters** oh, good tip, I’ll try to go to Belle Tire tomorrow to check the air level in my tires. My Fusion is a 2014 and doesn’t have low-air warning. > [@Misnomer](#): > > neither of us is interested in doing anything else in that area If you have an extra hour or so, I’d suggest going up to Griffiths Observatory. Daughter insisted we go there when we went to the Rose Bowl and I’m glad we did. > [@Misnomer](#): > > sorry No need at all. You were checking to see if I knew of a site that you knew would be valuable to me. I hope my response didn’t come off snarky. Please enjoy your evening and I hope everyone has a restful sleep tonight. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/42 "2026-10-19T23:59:53Z")
Well, the only things I accomplished today were cleaning the kitchen and dropping our ballots in the drop box. **Chef** , I had a sandwich on German rye with butterkase, aged Gouda, teewurst, gelbwurst and butter today. ‘‘Twas delicious. Looks like we’re going to my son’s place for the weekend. We’ll head down after I get my eyes zapped on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/43 "2026-10-20T01:44:46Z")
Up from naptime. Having an Old Fashioned, cheeseburger, fries and corn with Old Bay. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > You probably meant deposed, right? 😉 I do hope so! Not if the ladies were part of the local Mafia family. 😉 > [@Paintcharge](#): > > I got the results from the x-ray on my back…I’m old is the determination. “Age related wear and tear with some compression in L-4-L5.” > Thanks, I knew that. “I canna change the laws of physics.” - Montgomery Scott Sorry it’s not something more fixable. > [@Misnomer](#): > > I had no idea there was such a thing! I don’t use those kinds of calendars, otherwise one would be on its way already. 😁 Catalog. Because my phone’s otter corrupt is full of shirt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/44 "2026-10-20T01:46:55Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > > **Taters** , with the cold weather I probably need to check my tire air levels and get them pumped up. > > My Jeep tells me. I have a husband for this. 😆 He checks our tire pressure once a month unless more often is called for. I know that all five tires have pressure sensors but it would take me a minute to figure out what the gauges are telling me. I decided to renew my RE license. It isn’t horrible expensive for a hobby, I’m not constantly buying supplies (thread, canvas, plants, plant food, etc.) after I’ve paid the initial cost and I do like being able to open other people’s kitchen cabinets. > [@Filbert](#): > > The pigeon netting company So I don’t know much about Scottish pigeons but the ones on this side of the ocean are kinda dumb and their nest making leaves much to be desired. If the fledglings are ready to go, maybe let them go on their way and then drag your garden hose over and spray all the twigs and sticks down. Once the nest is down, spray the area with Neem oil to disguise the smell of home. That worked with a pigeon that was trying to make a nest in a fender, but putting a nest in a fender wasn’t that smart either. > [@missred](#): > > Yes. Not doing so is not only a waste of food, but it creates stinkier trash. And stinky trash attracts javalina. I’ve found that icing spatulas work best for condiments, they are narrow enough to fit through the neck and semi-flexible for mayo jars. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > And we’ll not get into placing a soaking tub **in** the bedroom. Or the glass walls around the toilet??? The worse I saw was back in AZ, it was Barbie pink. All of it was Barbie pink, the exterior, the roof, the carpet, the sinks and toilets and everything. With gold and BRIGHT Barbie pink accents. It had a lovely view and a very nice lot, but the buyer would have had to take it down to the studs and start over. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Did you accidentally move in next to Odin? If Harry could smite people, a whole lot of people would be running around with their hair on fire. The data center workers aren’t happy about a bunch of armed hillbillies (official census designation is Appalachian Americans) hanging out in the woods watching them. They are trying intimidation and bringing in law enforcement to get them to leave, which isn’t working so now the Chestnut gang is worried about chemical warfare. If the Chestnut trees are gone, all resistance will be gone as well. (They are using psych tactics now. There are “hidden” snares surrounding the grove. If the wires are tripped, the most that will happen is a bang or some smoke, but the dozer drivers don’t know that.) > [@Chefguy](#): > > Me, after reading the paper this morning: Same, girlfriend. Same. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > **metal mouse** , if you want me to edit your post to delete the details of the legal action in the last MMP, please just let me know. I’m actually more concerned about him telling us about it when it happened. I didn’t see him saying it was his fault, but you know how lawyers can be. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > You probably meant deposed, right? 😉 I do hope so! My poor mother. She worked so hard with me and my spelling lists. The ONE time I got a hundred on a spelling test, she took us all to Farrell’s for sundaes. My collegiate dictionary has a worn spot on the spine where I rubbed the gold leaf off. Then came spell-check. All of her work was for naught. I spend more time proofing emails to her than I did proofing my Master’s thesis because I can still hear her sigh. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > Gone are the days when one can simply purchase a replacement battery, pop out the old one and shove in the new. SO upsetting! And wasteful. My phone is starting to heat up when I use the GPS and the battery isn’t lasting as long as it did three years ago. It ticks me off that I"m going to have to buy a new $$$ phone when my current one does everything needed. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > This passes for fun in our lives. 🙂 Hubs holds Jolene like a rifle and points her at birds so she can go akakakak. This entertains all of us. > [@liirogue](#): > > Also, I sure hope they don’t manage to dispose of **Metal Mouse** over the phone - sounds like a terrible way to go! 😉 Didn’t we see that on a Twilight Zone episode? Some poor guy answers his phone and gets vaporized? I agree, that sounds like not a lot of fun, but a least he wouldn’t need to get dressed up for it. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > I got the results from the x-ray on my back…I’m old is the determination. Yeah, I keep hearing that shit too. What’s up with that anyhow? I’m sorry they didn’t have any good news, living with chronic pain just sucks. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Shoot, I can just call you something innocuous like a “ball point pen!!” in Polish and make it sound vaguely obscene. It’s all in the tone & delivery. Or you can call them something obscene with a smile and nice voice and they will smile and nod right back at you? Then you get to mentally point and make fun again. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Why do I always run out of time? Yeah, I thought I would have more time now that I’m retired. Where does it all go? > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Once again they’re f’ing lying. They keep adding more details to their story. I guess the first version didn’t fly so they are trying to pad it better. > [@Taters](#): > > Looks like we’re going to my son’s place for the weekend. How’s Maisie with that? Will she pee in your son’s yard? Critters are so strange at times. Good luck with the zapping. I hope this will be the last time. So after Harry came over for coffee and cookies, and his Raven got its cashews - he digs through the bird seed and throws everything on the ground if I don’t get a handful of cashews out for him fast enough, Hubs and I went off to the distillery. I got a bottle of Tiramisu and one of chocolate, he got a bottle of bourbon. Then we went to the good Asian buffet and were surprised that there were open parking spots and no crowd. Its always been pretty full in the past, I hope they are able to stay open. After that we drove north to what is now MY plant nursery. There are seven acres of green houses, and the workers are super friendly and knowledgeable. They didn’t have what I wanted but will order it for me if I call in March. Spring is also a good planting time, so that’s what I will do. I felt very badly for poor Hubs, he’s going for another stress test tomorrow morning and couldn’t have coffee this morning or chocolate this evening. No coffee tomorrow morning either. He says I don’t need to go with, but last time he had one of these, he ended up getting a stent. I will be up and dressed so he can call me if he needs to go to Charleston. Yes I am worried. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/45 "2026-10-20T02:16:34Z")
> [@(Old) Gobble, eh? A Metric Thanksgiving MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-gobble-eh-a-metric-thanksgiving-mmp/1033772/296): > > How the heck do you pronounce the name of that German brand? Do you mean “Elisenlebkuchen”? It’s not a brand – it’s a type of gingerbread (_Lebkuchen_) cookie. Various recipes can be found online. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > you are following a recipe, do you scrape all the wet ingredients out of their containers or do you just pour our whatever will come on its own and that’s all? Scrape, of course. I also scrape tins of soup and other things that don’t cooperate and empty themselves. > [@liirogue](#): > > Let’s just say I hope I can find the right combo of meds to calm things down. Ask your doctor if trephination is right for you. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Besides, think of the pagan babies who are starving; you shouldn’t waste any food. When I was a kid my mother (born in 1914) kept reminding me about the starving Armenians. . . . ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/46 "2026-10-20T02:36:27Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > My phone is starting to heat up when I use the GPS and the battery isn’t lasting as long as it did three years ago. It ticks me off that I"m going to have to buy a new $$$ phone when my current one does everything needed. > > Aspenglow: If your phone is a mid to high end one, it may behoove you to go to a phone shop to have the battery replaced. Make sure they are certified if you’re dealing with an iPhone, but the company that I used to work for (Asurion) has store fronts to repair phones (they may go by U Break I Fix in your neck of the woods. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > couldn’t have coffee this morning or chocolate this evening. No coffee tomorrow morning either. **{{{JtC hubs}}}** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/47 "2026-10-20T02:38:44Z")
Evening all. Would have sworn I posted something this afternoon, but guess not. Gym time was spent, followed by refereeing (those 8-year olds can run the pants of an old guy like me). Then stopped to exchange the U7 medals for ones with updated ribbons that look a little fancier. And then finally stopped at SONIC for cheeseburger and fries, with some snackage afterward, so calories are all caught up (scale says 201.4lbs today, so must be doing something right). Am in full sloth mode now and ought to sleep well tonight (at least as well as my bladder lets me). Was a nice day, temperature about 72F during the day, but down to 56F now and heading into the 40’s. And now about 30 messages to catch up on. Scroll initiative activated!! **Taters** , my car does to, give me a warning screen if I get below 30psi and also up-to-date readings (34-36psi right now). And while I don’t read real estate prices around here, I have occasionally looked when I’m in other areas/countries and pass an office with house ads, just to see what they cost (usually a lot). **rocky** , I’m with you, we still have 12 days left and it seems like the month should be over with already. **Nut** , good luck with the pigeons, sound like the humans are just as big a pain. **Cookie** , ouch! for daughter, I’ve never busted a rib (yet) but can’t imagine that it feels very good. And an 85 year old falling and busting a hip is usually very bad news, my best wishes for the lady. **FCM** , I try to pay my card a couple days before the due date, but paying every time is not how the thing works…but given it is BIL and he got took awhile ago, I doubt he’ll be breaking out of that habit. **Dicey** , hope the ear check and the repair can be coordinated successfully. **Cookie** , lovely picture. **Bright Tree** , good luck on the battery. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > To lighten things up, did you listen to Elvis’ _I’m all shook up?_ Never been a big fan of Mr. Presley, albeit the video remixing his song “A Little Less Conversation” is a favorite of mine: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1\_6F-nCaw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx1_6F-nCaw) **52** , hope the belly problems have receded. And I’m not that easy to dispose of… **VanGo** , glad it’s nothing serious, outside of getting old. I know about old. **Oopsie** , have a great end-of-the-year trip! And first class for a 5+ hour flight is the way to go if your budget can stand it. Domestic 1st class isn’t quite as spectacular as international, but you will still appreciate it, I’m sure. **nellie** , sounds like the toothbrush committed suicide… And sounds like you are having a ball with the doggies…tried to make friends with a Great Dane pup at the soccer game, but he’s still in the ‘chew everything, including hands’ stage, so not too many scritches. **JtC** , hope the Real Estate license isn’t too much of a bother to renew. And thanks for the update on the hillbillies vs the Data Centers–rooting for the West Virginians, wish it was getting more coverage. And sounds like a good day out…booze, buffet, and plants. Best wishes to Hubs (and you). **Bright Tree** , I’ll drop you an PM. And that’s about all the energy I have left. Take care and I’ll see you in the morning. Go watch baseball and tackleball although neither seems to be very exciting. Take care all. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962/48 "2026-10-20T03:49:09Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I got a bottle of Tiramisu I didn’t know that was a possible way to ingest tiramisu. Sounds delishush. (wow that was accepted as a real word). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilly-well-to-me-mmp/1033962.md?page=2)