# A Circusless MMP
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Tags:** mmp
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196 "2017-05-22T04:18:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 5
### Author:  [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/81 "2017-05-23T23:33:14Z")
> [@dogbutler](#):
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> PREDS WIN!!! GOING TO THE STANLEY CUP FINALS!!!
**GO SMASHVILLE!** **ruble** , **doggio** has a connection in Nashville too, slthough, with the CMA Festival overlap, it will be gridlock traffic.
**Moooom** , if Higgs has a surprise encounter with Senor Skunk, be prepared not only for the stench, but a pretty sick pup.
**swampy** , need a choir? đ Iâm glad that yâall were there for JDDâs 'rents.
I have a mater thatâs beginning to ripen! đ By this time next week, I should have at least one to snack on. Sis sent more puppy pics today and the little booger is just getting more adorable by the day. Glad youâre considering another dog **sari**.
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### Author:  [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/82 "2017-05-23T23:40:31Z")
**FCM,** hope Sis gets to feeling better quick. You can use the extra cash to take her out to dinner one night.
**Sari,** sort of depends on the person. Most people who lose dogs get new ones relatively quickly. For others it was that one special dog and they have trouble adapting.
I would imagine that Sah-son will try to ignore a new puppy as much as he can, but puppies have a way of getting into oneâs heartâŚ
**Bumba,** hope both eye and elbow get to feeling better.
The window guy came out and gave me a bit of a tutorial along with a good quote on my windows. I was a bit embarrassed about their not being very clean but I guess heâs probably seen it all. Next guy is due tomorrow morning.
Got sleepy and took and afternoon nap, now will have trouble going to sleep tonight or waking up way to early tomorrow. Such is life.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/83 "2017-05-24T01:29:19Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> I did not make it to Beer and Hymns last night. Instead I sat for ten hours in the ER with JDDâs father who was sent there from the nursinâ home. See, JDD and Partner and JDDâs sister are at the beach this week. So, the nursinâ home sent JDDâs father to the ER for no reason really but I wonât get into that. JDD calls me to ask if Iâd go and that turned into an eleven hour ordeal durinâ which I pitched a fit because after five hours he had still not been seen by a doctor and had had one very brief visit from a nurse. I also may end up losinâ friends because I chewed JDD and his sis out for beinâ so irresponsible as to both be gone at the same time when they both know they have frail elderly parents in their nineties in a nursinâ home. I did not mind goinâ to be with Mr. Frank but had this been a real emergency where decisions had to be made, I could not have made those decisions because I am not family. I told the both of them that they have to step up and understand they are the ones with the parents who need to be able to rely on them when critical situations arise which they surely will. Fortunately they dodged a bullet this time. When they are both back in town, I will sit them down for a âCome to Jesusâ about beinâ the responsible adult children. Havinâ gone through this myself just recently with my own mom, I believe I can speak with authority. OYKW is pretty pissed with JDD and Sis as well so I got backup and an âAmen cornerâ for Come to Jesus.
If they have Beers & Hers, call me; however, iffn itâs Beers & [Herrâs](http://www.herrs.com/), that I can haz at home.
:mad: I typed a long & eloquent [counterpoint](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soL46TbBCaE&t=63s) & it went ::Poof:: :mad::
Anyway, let me try again, at least some part of it (& whereâs **Bobbio** to back me up on this?)
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[li]50-60% of the calls for the bambilance are to about ½ dozen addresses, the various assisted living/nursing homes in our coverage area. Not surprising, lots of elderly congregated there, many with medical issues, some with âstaffâ issues.see below[/li][li]Especially at night, there can be one RN for the facility & the rest of the staff is nursing assistants, techs, & orderlies. [/li][li]9pm ish - weâre dispatched for Hemoraging - pt has fractured a toof & the sharp edge has cut the inside of their gum, causing bleeding. Obviously, pt needs a dentist; however, I donât know of an ER with a dentist on staff. Not sure what the ER can do over & above what the facility staff can do - use gauze to absorb any blood, put pressure on cheek to stop bleeding, repeatedly put & replace gauze over toof to prevent further issue until a dentist can extract it/put on emergency crown.[/li][li]4am ish - dispatched for Nausea & Vomiting. Get there to find the pt has puked one time. ( **Translation:** If I send them out, they wonât make it back until after my shift has ended & iffn they _do_ puke again, itâll be someone elseâs problem to clean up. :dubious:[/li][li]The ER staff musta realized pt was there for a BS reason & gave the pt the necessary level of care.[/li][li]Anyone in an assisted living facility / nursing home should have should have advanced directives filled out as itâs hardly surprising when elderly people not in good enough health to take care of themselves pass away. [/li][li]If it was a true emergency, theyâd escort the family out while they worked on the pt to stabilize them. [/li][li]What happens if one sibling is close & the other lives on, say, the Left Coast? The nearby one can never go on vacation?[/li][/ul]
I say good on the sibs for going on vacation together. Let them live & enjoy their lives. Decisions can be made over the phone iffn a real emergency comes up that isnât covered by existing AD.
> [@Sahirrnee](#):
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> Cool, baked beans and ammo in one store. Great home defense system, if the farts donât get 'em, the bullets will.
Mr. Taggart, paging [Mr. Taggart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPIP9KXdmO0).
Speaking of which, they showed _Blazing Saddles_ on screen nearby this weekend, with a certain Mr. Brooks in the audience giving commentary & Q&A afterwards. Unfortunately, I didnât find out about it until after the fact because that woulda been _killer_ to go to! âš
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/84 "2017-05-24T02:32:23Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#):
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> I was there for the final show!
Much envy from here!!!
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> What does it mean, âBi-Martâ?
You can shop both ways? đ
Sort of listening to the game. I believe the Flightless Birds are NOT winning.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/85 "2017-05-24T03:02:20Z")
Pens lose!!!1:d
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/86 "2017-05-24T03:04:23Z")
> [@dogbutler](#):
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> Pens lose!!!1:d
They just wanted to wait until Thursday to clinch in front of the home fans!
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/87 "2017-05-24T03:15:51Z")
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> They just wanted to wait until Thursday to clinch in front of the home fans!
Nah. And I got to get busy sacrificing rubber chickens between now and Thursday.
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/88 "2017-05-24T03:19:45Z")
> [@dogbutler](#):
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> Nah. And I got to get busy sacrificing rubber chickens between now and Thursday.
Please write about it, & be carefulâŚyou could end up with a pullet surprise.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/89 "2017-05-24T03:22:58Z")
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Please write about it, & be carefulâŚyou could end up with a pullet surprise.
I get those, now and hen.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/90 "2017-05-24T03:52:25Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#):
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> I think skunks are cute, from a distance.
I once met a very nice blonde skunk at a petting zoo. Sheâd been raised by humans, spayed, and descented. Quite the snuggler, too. When she was handed to me, she just grabbed onto my sweater and settled right into my shoulder, all âoh yeah, this is good, this works for meâ.
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### Author:  [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/91 "2017-05-24T08:44:18Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work.
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### Author:  [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/92 "2017-05-24T09:44:35Z")
Up, decaffed, sheveled and at irk.
I have started a thread in IMHO for suggestions on where to stay when we visit Washington DC in August. Itâs a mahoosive place and we have no idea where to start.
Irk continues to be irksome, exams continue apace and my bit of them is almost over. Two today (one student failed to show up), two tomorrow and one last one on Friday although I wonât be here for that one as weâre going to Belgium for the long weekend. Public holiday here on Monday so we are taking an extra day and going by Eurostar to Antwerp.
**Swampy** , good on you for telling them about responsibility to aged frail parents! If they value your friendship, they will understand that youâre talking sense, especially since youâre right about not being able to make weighty decisions on healthcare issues because youâre not family.
**Sari** , I would say go for it with the puppy and wait for your son to come around. After all, itâs your life too and if you want a dog then why not? You canât be pandering to other people all the time đ
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### Author:  [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/93 "2017-05-24T10:39:25Z")
The last 7 years of my real career, I had a wonderful job that I literally could not take home with me. I couldnât talk to anyone about it, and I got to be really good at turning my work brain off when I left the building.
I wish I could get that back.
Last night, I was in bed, getting comfy before dropping off to sleep, when I suddenly realized that Iâd forgotten to put any dimensions on a drawing Iâd passed back for check. WHY would I think about that?? It wasnât urgent or anything, but for some reason, my brain decided to say âHey, dummy, guess what you didnât do!!!â Dammit.
It rained all night long - no t-boomers, but steady drops falling till this morning. The t-boomers are supposed to hit tomorrow. Iâm going to need a herd of goats to beat the lawn into submission after all this rain. But thatâs for later in the week. Just gotta get thru today and tomorrow.
Onward! Happy Wednesday!
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/94 "2017-05-24T10:53:06Z")
Good Morninâ Yâall! Up and caffeinatinâ. _YAWN_ âTis 72 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 79 with rain/tstorms/apocalypse predicted for the day. It does look like a storm front is headed this way so maybe TWPTB are right. There was some severe weather all over the area yestiddy includinâ a couple of tornados east of here. Today I shall launder and dindin will be the salmon patties I was goinâ to make on Moanday. 'Tis an easy meal to make and ifân it is an icky day, some good southern comfort food.
**Spidey** FWIW Mr. Frank does have an advanced directive and I was in possession of it while at the ER. However, five hours is too long for anybody not to be at least acknowledged, especially since at that time nothinâ had been done to determine whether or not the leakage was anything of consequence. I see no reason to let somebody lie there that long. As to JDD and Sis beinâ gone at the same time, sorry, they get no slack from me on this. If it were a case of livinâ far apart then they need to figure out sumpân but this is not the case. Both live close by where their parents are and as I said, since both parents are frail, elderly, and in a nursinâ home, you never know when some kind of medical crisis may arise. I should not have been the one who ended up sittinâ with their father in the ER for ten hours. One of them should have been here in case of things such as this. So, no slack from me.
Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then I suppose I should be somewhat presentable even though my plans are to be right here in da cave. No where I absolutely have to go today which is fine by me.
Happy Hump Day Yâall!
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### Author:  [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/95 "2017-05-24T13:29:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#):
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> **Spidey** FWIW Mr. Frank does have an advanced directive and I was in possession of it while at the ER. However, five hours is too long for anybody not to be at least acknowledged, especially since at that time nothinâ had been done to determine whether or not the leakage was anything of consequence. I see no reason to let somebody lie there that long. As to JDD and Sis beinâ gone at the same time, sorry, they get no slack from me on this. If it were a case of livinâ far apart then they need to figure out sumpân but this is not the case. Both live close by where their parents are and as I said, since both parents are frail, elderly, and in a nursinâ home, you never know when some kind of medical crisis may arise. I should not have been the one who ended up sittinâ with their father in the ER for ten hours. One of them should have been here in case of things such as this. So, no slack from me.
What I didnât say as eloquently (the second :mad: time) was that facility staffs send out a lot of dubious things, in many cases, I believe, to make it easier on them. (Itâs less work to do paperwork on _why_ you sent someone out than actually taking care of them.)
In any ER, if youâre stable & theyâre busy, youâre gonna sit.
If youâre stable, there for dubious reasons, & the ER is trying to find a transport bambilance to take you back for borderline medically unnecessary reasons (which means payment could be denied) youâd sit longer. Itâs a game & you became an unwitting pawn in it.
Like **Mooommm** âs poll a week or two ago of whether you have a family member there when you have scheduled surgery or not. If something like this were to happen to me, at some point, Iâd talk to ER staff & then call JDD, âHeâs stable, theyâre not doing much for him, heâll go back as soon as transport gets here. Iâm going home.â
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### Author:  [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/96 "2017-05-24T14:17:44Z")
I decided to make a trip to Ferdâs for some household items I needed so I donned presentable for the public clothinâ and went. Now second load of laundry is in the washer and first load is in the dryer. 'Tis rainyish out but I managed to go to the mailbox and back between rains, so go me.
**Spidey** it took eight and a half hours to determine there was no problem and one and a half hours waitinâ for transport back. Way too long.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/97 "2017-05-24T14:17:49Z")
> [@dogbutler](#):
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> Pens lose!!!1:d
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> They just wanted to wait until Thursday to clinch in front of the home fans!
And one heavily armed visitor from the south. đ
Actually, for the Predators, its probably a good news/good news situation. Whichever team wins Thursday, they are going to be beat to snot!
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Please write about it, & be carefulâŚyou could end up with a pullet surprise.
Feathering your Nest-o-Puns I see? :smack:
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/98 "2017-05-24T14:25:51Z")
> [@Spiderman](#):
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> In any ER, if youâre stable & theyâre busy, youâre gonna sit.
Unless its me in the days when Divine Providence was open. They liked me and with the heart and all the work on the house I was doing unsafely back then I was pretty much a regular. The OW fell on a neighbors porch, twisted up her ankle really bad, and I ran her down there. I snagged a wheelchair near the door (I knew where they were) and rolled her in. Before the doors closed they already had my records up and were calling the attending. I had to stop and say âNo â Not me this time ----- see? Lady. Leg out. Not me!!!â :smack: đ But they did manage to slip her in at the front of the line so it wasnât all for the bad.
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### Author:  [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/99 "2017-05-24T17:59:28Z")
Happy Hump Day!
Itâs cool outside and for a while the sun came out. Now itâs cloudy again.
We got groceries and most of them have been put away.
Check has been sent off to the breeder. The puppy she sent me a video of got adopted before I could get back to her. Hopefully there will be a pup available from the June litter. If not, I can wait. It helps that I donât care about gender or color.
I look around though and see how much my house needs to be puppy proofed. We were spoiled with Mackie, even when he was young he left things that werenât his alone. I doubt Iâll get that lucky again.
**MetalMouse** , I hope you are right and when he sees the puppy he will want it. How can anybody resist a puppy?
**BooFae** - he will have to help take care of it. Well, maybe not, but I hope he does.
> [@Catamount](#):
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> Shouldnât that be the other way around? :dubious:
I think youâre right.
Glad your sister is doing well **FCM**. My mother has had both knees replaced, and it hurts just to think about it. Anyway, she would tell your sister to make sure she does the therapy and use the knee. She knew somebody who didnât because it hurt too much and it caused a lot of problems for them.
**Swampy** I think it was very nice of you to sit there all those hours. Youâre a good friend.
I feel the need for a nap. I should resist.
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-circusless-mmp/787196/100 "2017-05-24T19:18:23Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#):
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> Anyway, she would tell your sister to make sure she does the therapy and use the knee. She knew somebody who didnât because it hurt too much and it caused a lot of problems for them.
I would tell her that too, and probably will on FB. (Iâm not her friend but Iâm her sisterâs friend and see her a lot on there.)
Wifey had her right knee done about 3 years ago and did a lot of exercising before and after the operation, and still goes to the pool as much as she can. It really makes a difference. She needs to have the left one done but is stubborn about getting around to it.
My mother had hers done and didnât do the PT because it hurt. (Mom was kinda self-indulgent. And stubborn.) and had trouble with it 'til the day she died.
Itâs cool here today too. This would be an excellent day for me to mow the [del]dogâs potty room [/del] back yard. And then I think Iâll get cleaned up and go rent a movie for tonight. The vast wasteland that is Wednesday night TV doesnât appeal at all.
Speaking of which, I have a cousin whom I am very fond of back east, who post the winners of reality contest shows on FB the minute she sees them, and itâs annoying. Last night I found out who won Dancing With The [del]B-list celebrities[/del] Stars before we watched it. And I had to keep it a secret from Wifey, and I also knew who won The Voice ahead of time, not that I care about that one. But Wifey does. Iâve told cousin how annoying it is to be spoilered like that, to no avail. I may have to unfriend her on FB, and I donât want to. Sheâs the only one of my relatives who came and sat with me the whole time Mom was in hospice. Every one else popped in once, or sometimes twice, and said a few words that Mom couldnât hear anyway, and scooted out as soon as their duty was done. Can you tell Iâm not overly fond of most of my family? Thatâs okay, as the feeling is generally reciprocated. Iâm that godless liberal who lives out west. But has guns, :eek: which confuses the hell out of them.
Enough of this self-pity. Iâve got things to do, as soon as I remember what they were.
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