# A Creative MMP ...plus... It's Summer! A Garden Party MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 7, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520 "2008-07-07T04:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/441 "2008-07-12T10:52:59Z")
Um. Ouch. Never reading spoilered TMI ever again. Bever. Morning, everyone. Happy Saturday! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/442 "2008-07-12T11:31:35Z")
**Nava and donkeybear** should have a TMI-off. šŸ˜ƒ Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffienatinā€™ here. There was a debate about goinā€™ out for brekkies with the decision beinā€™ nah. Matter of fact olā€™ yā€™all know who is snoozinā€™ away again. Poor thing. Guess I wore him out. šŸ˜ƒ Itā€™s all cloudy out and Iā€™m hopinā€™ that means a day of rain. Thatā€™d be great. Hugs, appropriate/inappropriate appendage crossinā€™, wet trouts etc. apply as needed. Later Yā€™all! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/443 "2008-07-12T11:37:47Z")
Yay for Saturday! Lucy decided that since Mr Rebo had to go in at the asscrack of dawn, I must be ready to get out of bed and feed her. I was rudely awakened with a huge sloppy dog kiss. Well, I was already kinda awake, but that sealed the deal. So Iā€™m up and caffeinating, with nothing planned to do today. Ahhhh! As to the TMI lately - :eek: ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/444 "2008-07-12T12:14:45Z")
Time for work again. 2 days till maybe vacation. **Rebo** , I was awakened this morning by a certain young feline licking my mustache. Congrats on the tickets, **snowbunny** , and good luck with the job thingy. Interesting TMI there, [n]Nava]/b]. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/445 "2008-07-12T12:42:39Z")
Ignoring TMIā€¦ whistling pastā€¦ I just got an email from a student that was just nasty. And he threatened to go to the Dean over his perceived mistreatment. :rolleyes: So I offered to get the Deanā€™s contact info for him. šŸ™‚ Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/446 "2008-07-12T12:55:43Z")
ETA: Also my stomach hurts, Iā€™m sure itā€™s related to all the new drugs hitting my system, but dammit, if I want to make my tooth stop hurting, Iā€™ve got to endure the stomach pain. :rolleyes: Iā€™m so old and creaky! And I didnā€™t think that other post had posted, so I added some stuff and hit submit again, but then just deleted it again so I didnā€™t look like a doofus. Donā€™t we have a ā€œone post per X minutes ruleā€ anyway? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/447 "2008-07-12T12:54:47Z")
**Nava** , I sure hope I end up like your grandparents and not like your parents. **Mooooom** , that was you that babysat me? Iā€™m doing fine I guess. **swampy** , Iā€™m up and at 'em, no wearing me out last night. (Hmm, could I make it down to GA and back in time for work?) **IvoryTowerDenizen** (what nickname do we use for you?), donā€™t you just hate entitled college students like that? ::ducks:: ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/448 "2008-07-12T12:59:40Z")
[QUOTE=chaoticbear] **IvoryTowerDenizen** (what nickname do we use for you?), donā€™t you just hate entitled college students like that? ::ducks:: [/QUOTE] **Soapy, Prof Rapunzel, Ivory 9944/100** (although I think everyone finally agrees- Iā€™m not that pureā€¦). I like **Ivory**. I donā€™t get too many of the ā€œentitledā€ ones, so it always shocks me when I do. Ah well. He can call my Dean-- thatā€™s fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/449 "2008-07-12T13:25:13Z")
Iā€™m posting from my phone this morning since TVManā€™s network doesnā€™t want to let me on. Maybe itā€™s retribution because TVMan is still somewhat on The List this morning. He just informed me last night that CPex will be in town in two weeks. I canā€™t wait to find out what activities that they have planned to which I am not invited. :rolleyes: although he has been talking to her significantly less lately it still bothers me that my opinion counts for ZERO where she is concerned. Oh well. More later, hopefully from a real computer where I can type more easily. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/450 "2008-07-12T13:41:49Z")
Back from breakfast and a quick hardware store stop. Off to the basement with me - laterz!!! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/451 "2008-07-12T13:43:41Z")
**CutiePie** you are a better person than me to put up with that. Just sayinā€™ā€¦ **donkeybear and gotti** this is especially for yā€™all. The neighbors are havinā€™ some new siding put on their house and there are two really hot bears doinā€™ the work. Theyā€™re standinā€™ on ladders and climbinā€™ on the roof so from my back porch I have a good view of two very hairy shirtless sweaty burly men with big arms. :: DROOL :: Ol yā€™all know who and I are highly ummmmā€¦ entertained. šŸ˜ƒ ETA: First on page 10! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/452 "2008-07-12T13:58:52Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Ignoring TMIā€¦ whistling pastā€¦ I just got an email from a student that was just nasty. And he threatened to go to the Dean over his perceived mistreatment. :rolleyes: So I offered to get the Deanā€™s contact info for him. šŸ™‚ Whatever. [/QUOTE] I had one of those once. She pitched a fit and went to my supervisor because ā€œher daddy taught HS English and he said all her papers were good enough for an A so she should have gotten an A instead of a B.ā€ Strangely enough, the people who got a C, D, or F for the class did not complain about their grades. Only the ones who got Bs. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/453 "2008-07-12T15:00:10Z")
Meh. I am blah, gray, dial tone today. Itā€™s gray out and HUMID and rainy. Not a day to go downtown. Iā€™ll go tomorrowā€“but do what? It has to be cheap, folks. Iā€™d like to go to the Art Institute, but I worry about my bone spur thereā€“lots of ā€œidle walkingā€ and standing, which makes the foot/leg hurt and makes my varicose vein in the other leg hurt as well. Sorry to bore you with my trivial aches and pains. Getting old sucks. Happy Saturday all. I hope I find something pleasant to while away the timeā€¦ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/454 "2008-07-12T15:01:42Z")
Good morning everyone. Iā€™m vertical and the coffee is done. Iā€™ve got to say, itā€™s very weird walking out to my garage and not seeing the boat there. Itā€™s beautiful today, it would have been a perfect day for playing on it. Hopefully, the buyer is making good use of it. I feel like I could have slept some more, but my back was killing me, so I decided to get up. Hmm, I guess I donā€™t have much to say. Later folksā€¦ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/455 "2008-07-12T15:18:35Z")
Damn, I missed the edit window. I did have something else to relate, after all. A Del Taco just opened by my house. Itā€™s only been open a couple of days. Iā€™ve heard raves about this place from other folks that have eaten at Del Tacos in California, so I thought Iā€™d give the place a try last night. Well, the line for the drive through was snaking through the whole parking lot, so I thought Iā€™d go inside and order that way. I stood in line for 25 minutes; yes, thatā€™s right, 25 minutes. I finally got up to the cashier to order and was told their computers were down. At this point they announced it throughout the whole store. They told us the computers probably wouldnā€™t be up for at least another hour and that we were welcome to wait if we wanted. Yeahā€¦right. Iā€™m not going to wait that long. So, we ended up having Herfyā€™s for dinner. It was good, but damn, I really wanted to try something new. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/456 "2008-07-12T15:50:12Z")
Morning, all. Nothing much here to report today; the Idiots got to go for a swim this morning, and thatā€™s been the highlight of the day thus far. I guess if anything happens, I shall report back in. Iā€™m kind of hoping nothing does; Iā€™ve got lots to do today and donā€™t need and eventful life on top of it. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/457 "2008-07-12T16:17:50Z")
Gee, **Taters** , I didnā€™t know you needed computers to make tacos. šŸ˜• Lunch break - just had a 'mater sammich - yum! We pulled the 8-3 w/Grd from the house breaker box to the garage where the shop breaker box will be installed. We also pulled the TV cable for the bedroom and the living room. We still need to do the Cat 5 for the nook, but that can come later. Next step is to clean and organize, than start putting the bathroom together. Some sheetrock will go up today. FINALLY!! Doncha wish you wuz me?? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/458 "2008-07-12T16:19:38Z")
I guess Iā€™m in a thread starting mood. Hereā€™s one about [me and TVMan and CPex.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9994926#post9994926) If you feel like answering, please do so over there, because I may just print it out for him later on. Unless I really am crazy. (Erm, moreso than usual.) ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/459 "2008-07-12T16:36:45Z")
Driving by as a last post. Love you guys lots. Itā€™s silly to say, but the MMP is rarely the most interesting thread on the SDMB, but itā€™s the members that post here that keep me reading. In the words of the critically acclaimed actor: ā€œIā€™ll be back.ā€ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-creative-mmp-plus-its-summer-a-garden-party-mmp/455520/460 "2008-07-12T16:37:50Z")
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