# A Football Follow-up MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926 "2017-01-23T07:37:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/141 "2017-01-26T20:30:09Z")
In other exciting news, I received a flu shot at Kroger. No two for one or any other specials. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/142 "2017-01-26T20:51:16Z")
well, we didn’t get into Black Bear last night. Couldn’t even find a parking space, which I imagine frustrated Pogys Subs, the sub shop behind the restaurant. There was no parking around them either and they were empty when we drove by. We went to Thai food instead, and had our usual, Eggplant chicken for her and Pra Ram for me. We had an interesting salad that we’d never had before, though. It was shrimp, lemon grass, cilantro, onions, lettuce, and mint leaves, and the dressing was lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, maybe hot chili oil? (we think) It was really good and we’re going to try to re-create it at home. We’ll see. I’ve been trying for two years to re-create their Tom Ka soup without much success. Good on ya, **Swampy**! That’s all I got. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/143 "2017-01-26T21:20:37Z")
The famous medical center Kroger now has lemon grass. I have grown taro from their taro root, I wonder if I can grow lemon grass from their product. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/144 "2017-01-26T21:45:10Z")
Thanks for the good luck wishes! It looked like pretty much exactly what I hoped for, and though they didn’t exactly say it outright, it sounded like they’d be happy to take me! _happy dance_ It was so great seeming, I keep looking for the catch… It’s going to be a bit weird moving away from Bristol though, and it will mean abandoning my allotment (maybe I’ll be able to take the bees, not sure), but seeing as I’d be swapping it for studying Horticulture freakin’ [_here_](http://www.edenproject.com/), I should cope. Plus it’s fairly cheap if time consuming to get between the two places by public transport, especially as the student pass apparently gets you free transport on local busses, which is pretty cool, so coming back to visit friends and suchlike won’t be too hard. I’ll be writing my formal application tomorrow. Wish I’d asked for good luck in the staying over though, the place I was planning on staying turned out to be closed (oops, forgot to check, I’ve been there before in late Autumn without booking, but didn’t know they closed for January), and the backup place looked rotten, so I gave up and came home. It was rubbish freezing weather for looking around anyway 😉 Assorted {{hugs}}, yays and pats on back as needed. Brain too full of plans to process much 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/145 "2017-01-26T21:54:45Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Thanks for the good luck wishes! > > It looked like pretty much exactly what I hoped for, and though they didn’t exactly say it outright, it sounded like they’d be happy to take me! _happy dance_ > It was so great seeming, I keep looking for the catch… > > It’s going to be a bit weird moving away from Bristol though, and it will mean abandoning my allotment (maybe I’ll be able to take the bees, not sure), but seeing as I’d be swapping it for studying Horticulture freakin’ [_here_](http://www.edenproject.com/), I should cope. Plus it’s fairly cheap if time consuming to get between the two places by public transport, especially as the student pass apparently gets you free transport on local busses, which is pretty cool, so coming back to visit friends and suchlike won’t be too hard. > > I’ll be writing my formal application tomorrow. > Wish I’d asked for good luck in the staying over though, the place I was planning on staying turned out to be closed (oops, forgot to check, I’ve been there before in late Autumn without booking, but didn’t know they closed for January), and the backup place looked rotten, so I gave up and came home. It was rubbish freezing weather for looking around anyway 😉 > > Assorted {{hugs}}, yays and pats on back as needed. Brain too full of plans to process much 😃 Yay! Much happiness from here to you! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/146 "2017-01-26T23:09:45Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > It’s going to be a bit weird moving away from Bristol though, and it will mean abandoning my allotment (maybe I’ll be able to take the bees, not sure), but seeing as I’d be swapping it for studying Horticulture freakin’ [_here_](http://www.edenproject.com/), I should cope. I’ll say, you’re moving to Hobbiton of the Future! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/147 "2017-01-27T00:13:34Z")
I give up. Who’s in the Super Bowl? ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/148 "2017-01-27T00:46:55Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I give up. Who’s in the Super Bowl? The Falcons and the Cheatriots. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/149 "2017-01-27T01:14:30Z")
Howdy Y’all! We et dindin and have been in chill mode. Another excitatin’ evenin’ at da cave. OYKW is on the bed watchin’ teevee. I may join him shortly. 'Tis cool out so a good time to snuggle down under a blanket. **Nuts** yay for everything goin’ so good! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/150 "2017-01-27T01:41:47Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > seeing as I’d be swapping it for studying Horticulture freakin’ [_here_](http://www.edenproject.com/), I should cope. That is so very cool! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/151 "2017-01-27T02:02:27Z")
Tried to go a visitin’ at the horsepistol kinda-in-the-hood this evening since I was told the patient was in the horsepistol; problem is patient is in Horsepistol-North/Alternative campus, some 20 miles away. :smack: Got lucky (or so I thought) & found a metered spot on the street, less than an hour to go until free parking time. Put in a quarter…& nuffin. Put in a nickel in the hopes that it’ll push the quarter in & I get…3 minutes. Put in another quarter…& nuffin’. There’s a sticker, "to report a defective meter call \<800-PISS-OFF\> so I call the [soulless bastards](http://www.philapark.org/), but of course, since one needs to read them the meter #, one has to stand out in the cold & windiness. Also, since I didn’t make it past the reception/info/security desk, I didn’t really need to pay for parking in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/152 "2017-01-27T03:04:08Z")
Damn ---- missed by one! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/153 "2017-01-27T04:32:55Z")
I have no idea what goes on in the Princess’s furry head lately. She’s a lot more vocal lately (and keep in mind she’s a Siamese mix!), including forlorn wails in the middle of the night. She’s also decided on a couple of new preferred perches: the printer or the top of the fridge. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/154 "2017-01-27T04:35:55Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > That is so very cool! Yes it is! **Go Nuts!** ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/155 "2017-01-27T04:47:25Z")
Let’s eat Grandma Let’s eat, Grandma > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Yes it is! **Go Nuts!** [Okay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lENb6OzabPs)! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/156 "2017-01-27T04:54:49Z")
I’m back from cancer clinic. It’s not good. Chemo worked but not enough. I have metastatic cervical cancer with a 5 year survival rate of less than 5%. Next up is 6 weeks of chemo-radiation and then more scans. I refuse to die. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/157 "2017-01-27T04:58:13Z")
:D. Love it. I had to irk an extra hour :eek:since our POS went down at closing followed by a frantic phone call from HQ. iT dude messed it up and he talked me through fixing it. Had he called 5 minutes later I would have been gone and would have had a nightmare tomorrow. He was very appreciative and readily admitted he made a boo boo. It all pays the same. Sorry **dotty**. The Love It comment was the Go Nuts video. Prayers, good thoughts and healing vibes coming your way. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/158 "2017-01-27T05:47:28Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > The Falcons and the Cheatriots. Well, then, Hotlanta for me. > [@Dottygumdrop](#): > > I’m back from cancer clinic. It’s not good. Chemo worked but not enough. I have metastatic cervical cancer with a 5 year survival rate of less than 5%. > > Next up is 6 weeks of chemo-radiation and then more scans. > > I refuse to die. {{{ **dotty** }}} fuck cancer, if I may so express myself. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/159 "2017-01-27T09:54:41Z")
**(((((Dotty)))))** - what **Sunny** said. Sending healing thoughts and positive vibes your way. **Nuts** , that would be just awesome, and I bet the bees would be very much at home there. And you have the prospect of a visit from **mooom** in the future too. Good luck with the application! Nothing exciting here, cat knocked over a table lamp about 6am…lamp survived but bulb did not so I had to clear up bits of broken glass-type stuff off the floor first thing. Fortunately I do not have to replace the lamp so that’s a bonus. I am at irk, troublesome staffer has been told he’s moving on, he’s not happy and is now at home sulking. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-football-follow-up-mmp/777926/160 "2017-01-27T11:26:32Z")
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