# A Friday The Thirteenth MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 9, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175 "2022-05-09T11:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/181 "2022-05-15T04:14:15Z")
😆 (stupid character count) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/182 "2022-05-15T04:52:24Z")
Evening all. Back from the Dalles in Oregon, walked to (and from) numerous beautiful waterfalls and had dinner on a stern-wheeler boat, and the weather was extremely good (67F and some sun, no rain). So you’re welcome Portlanders for me bringing good weather with me
 **Jane the Cane** , you have some good and wise friends. **Baker** , glad you are doing better; my knee got a little twisted on the trails today, if I move it wrong I get a twinge, but still moving pretty good. **FCM** , hope the discussion helped; I think you have reason and logic on your side, but that doesn’t always carry the day. As an alternative, is there someone else in the family (or a good friend) who could come along on the boat to help keep an eye on things? Only idea I can offer. OK, tired and tomorrow I take the light rail to the airport, get a rental car, and try to make my way to the Museum with the Spruce Goose in McMinnville. Everyone take care and I’ll catch you on the next MMP. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/183 "2022-05-15T04:56:41Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > OK, tired and tomorrow I take the light rail to the airport, get a rental car, and try to make my way to the Museum with the Spruce Goose in McMinnville. Light rail runs right into the airport, so it’s relatively easy. Are you going to drive straight back up to Portland, or can I start making restaurant reservations? 😁 ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/184 "2022-05-15T04:58:46Z")
Sunny, staying at a hotel near the airport Moanday and 2sday, but I can make myself available if possible. Will send you a PM. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/185 "2022-05-15T10:32:29Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I think you have reason and logic on your side, but that doesn’t always carry the day. It won’t. And I can’t not go - that would be beyond bitchy. But my displeasure at being excluded from planning will _not_ be ignored! I will say that I’ll be so glad when Thursday gets here and we’re on the road south. I’m already getting the same questions for the third time - I think MIL is starting to lose it mentally, too. And it makes me unreasonably crazy that she pronounces _quiche_ as _kish_. And she says “boughten” 😼 Today is finally Roxy’s b-day party. Since she was 4 last month for her party at home, she’s obviously 5 today, right?? đŸ€Ł How do you explain time to a little kid?? Not my problem, of course. _heeheeheehee_ Anyway, my daughter will be over early to finish preparing, then SIL will bring the kids a bit later, and guests theoretically arrive at 2. Here’s hoping the rain holds off. Other than that, just the usual. Happy Sunday! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/186 "2022-05-15T10:57:39Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 65 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 91 and partly N.O.S. for the day. The big plan of the day is deheathenization followed by bein’ bears who brunch at a local hog trough buffet place as a change of pace from the club. I foresee nappage and sloth after that, with some possible quality cee-mint pond time thrown in for good measure. I did not post again yestiddy (duh!) as I was tahrd when I got back to da cave from assistin’ with spiffin’ up the church house grounds. I scored Diet Poopsies and ham steaks from the Food Kitteh as well. Anywho, I trimmed a buncha shrubbery over to the church house and beat up my arms while doin’ so. My fault for not wearin’ longsleeves, which I know to do when tacklin’ a task like that. My right arm is especially bruised up cause shrubbery is rough. On the plus side I think all the shrubs look quite good if’n I do say so myself. **MOOOOOOM** have you brought FCD to Jesus yet? He and daughter deserve that for makin’ the plan without you and should be the ones to walk the plan back. **Oopsie** congrats on the cert! Of course you did well. We knew you would do well. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then purtification for deheathenization must commence. Happy Sunday Y’all! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/187 "2022-05-15T11:54:34Z")
Good morning! Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP and lunch / breakfast prep. Other than that, the day’s plans just have me cooking supper (Brazilian fish stew) and going to bed with the chickens to get up for irk tomorrow. Such a life. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/188 "2022-05-15T12:00:35Z")
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s 18c/64f today, weather app says “Oh Mr Sun. Please show the fuck up, you twit!” - which means it’s cloudy. We have windows open for some fresh air as the house does get very warm so it’s nice to get a bit of a breeze coming through. **Oopsie** conga-rats on the exam result! **Moooom** how did the conversation with **FCD** go? Sorry to hear about your MIL too, she isn’t helping FIL at all by cutting his dosage, someone needs to remind her that docs get to be docs for a good reason, and they know what they’re doing. **Swampy** you had a duel with a shrubbery? Did you say “Ni!” a lot? And have you cut down the mightiest tree in the forest
with a herring? Sorry, can’t see the word “shrubbery” without having a Monty Python moment! **shoe** glad to hear you’re still alive, please stay that way! I have very few plans for today. First plan is to finish this cup of tea and then make another one, I need some lunch, I have some buffday pressies to wrap for 'im indoors, and I have to put something together for lunch tomorrow as I’m on campus. And it’s my turn to make dinner tonight so that will be chilli, which means there will be leftovers for Tuesday. Then I shall spend the rest of the day impersonating a sloth. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/189 "2022-05-15T12:31:04Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > someone needs to remind her that docs get to be docs for a good reason, and they know what they’re doing. Yes, well, she obviously knows better
 🙄 You can’t reason with her when she makes up her mind. Neither of us try any longer. So much for Daughter getting here early. But I did remember to throw a load of unders in the washer, and I pushed the vacuum cleaner around the carpet, so there’s that. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/190 "2022-05-15T12:56:37Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off today. I shall do the usual cleaning. And from yesterday, and the “odd things I’ve seen shipped” file, there was an envelope of _ **LIVE BEES** _ . Also, I had to rebox a case of purple dildos.(I won’t kink shame anybody for their Barney fetish. 😉 ) > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Until later. Later won’t be as fun. Hangovers are temporary. Epic family rants uploaded to TikTok are forever. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Yoshi feels that the neighbors are up to no good He knows they are Invisible Mole People in neighbor suits. đŸ€Ș > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I am still alive. \< cancels necromancer \> But yay! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > t won’t. And I can’t not go Would a preemptive Mayday to the Coast Guard be out of line? > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Today is finally Roxy’s b-day party. 🎉 🎂 đŸ„ł ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/191 "2022-05-15T15:55:23Z")
I have zero plans today. Ahhhhh. 🙂 I intend to stay indoors: it’s going to be warm and humid all day, with a chance of storms in the late afternoon/evening. Yesterday it got muggy enough that I turned the AC on: doing so annoyed me a little, because it’s only mid-May and the high was only 71, but I have zero tolerance for humidity. Based on the forecast, the AC is going to stay on for a while. Yesterday I lazily watched several episodes of a _Fresh Prince of Bel Air_ marathon on MTV2, and after a few hours I succumbed to the repeated ads for [Nuts.com](http://Nuts.com). I ordered a few pounds of almonds – dry roasted, covered in sugar-free milk chocolate, and covered in sugar-free dark chocolate – as well as some dried pineapple chunks, unsweetened banana chips, and sugar-free fudge. I still never feel hungry (production of the hormone that causes hunger got interrupted by the gastric bypass), so I rarely snack, but when I do it’s usually almonds. I figured “what the heck” about everything else; it should all keep for a decent amount of time. While I don’t need any of it I _really_ don’t need the sugar-free fudge – I’ve been deliberately avoiding “replacement” sweets/treats – but I was weak last night. 🙂 > [@dogbutler](#): > > an envelope of _ **LIVE BEES** _ I bet that created quite a buzz! 
but seriously, what were those people thinking?!? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/192 "2022-05-15T16:24:12Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > 
but seriously, what were those people thinking?!? Apparently it is normal to send queens through the mail and/or UPS, to keep hives going. It’s routine enough that UPS carries a _ **LIVE BEES** _ sticker for the envelopes. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/886/058/fd4.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/886/058/fd4.jpg) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/193 "2022-05-15T16:39:24Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > I have very few plans for today. First plan is to finish this cup of tea and then make another one Very similar to my plans, except I’m using coffee. I did get a new water boiler, so I can drink tea again. 🙂 > [@dogbutler](#): > > there was an envelope of _ **LIVE BEES** _ I’m thinking I should use this instead of a “Fragile” label in the future
 I’ll bet that package was handled very carefully. > [@dogbutler](#): > > He knows they are Invisible Mole People in neighbor suits. đŸ€Ș He’s not wrong
 > [@dogbutler](#): > > It’s routine enough that UPS carries a _ **LIVE BEES** _ sticker for the envelopes. What about snakes? Scorpions? * * * Last night was the first night that we had to run the A/C. Most nights it cools off here. We’re close to the Bay/Delta, so we get the winds or sometimes the fog. Last night it was humid and hot all night. I object, strenuously. Today shall be TV and sloth. I might even make popcorn. Perhaps I shall take a nap! It’s a crazy day, here at the Sunny residence. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/194 "2022-05-15T17:14:07Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > What about snakes? Snakes (and other reptiles) are constantly sent via overnight shipping. 
 just, ah, something to keep in mind the next time you see a UPS van. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/195 "2022-05-15T17:27:21Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > 
 just, ah, something to keep in mind the next time you see a UPS van. I’d also like to point out that **Ruble** used to get his black powder (not smokeless powder) via UPS, 25 lbs. at a time, in a box clearly labeled "explosives, " “handle with care,” etc. all over it. Made for some mighty nervous delivery drivers, to our great amusement. (It only goes boom when exposed to a spark or flame - not on impact.). ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/196 "2022-05-15T17:47:23Z")
Happy Sunday! It’s lightly breezy 80 degrees outside today. The sun is shining. This morning was cloudy, 61 degrees. It’s hard to know what to wear. I was a bit too warm in a sweat shirt, but my friend in a t-shirt was chilly. The dogs were a bit lazy again today. Even though they don’t play much, they still enjoy hanging out together. I didn’t sleep well last night. I had a strange dream. There was a monster in my bed, a cross between an octopus and a squid, and it had me in its tentacles. I was screaming, in real life as well as in the dream. My son ran upstairs to see what was wrong, and couldn’t understand why I kept saying there was a monster in my bed. I think this is the first time I have ever screamed for real while screaming in a dream. So strange. I didn’t get much done yesterday, and today isn’t looking too good either. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/197 "2022-05-15T18:37:55Z")
We’ve got tickets for the new Downton Abbey: A New Era movie next Friday. Movie and Japanese food next week! 🙂 I asked SWMBO if we could to see Smokey And The Bandit on the big screen at the end of the month. She said I could go see it. Alone. â˜č Wifey had scrambled eggs with cheese on top, and bacon for breakfast. I wrapped mine in a couple of low-carb tortillas with a nice dousing of Tapatio. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/198 "2022-05-15T20:12:28Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > He and daughter deserve that for makin’ the plan without you and should be the ones to walk the plan back. I read that as ‘walk the plank’, which is a viable option, I suppose. > [@Misnomer](#): > > 
but seriously, what were those people thinking?!? They’re thinking ‘Ooh, I want some bees.’ Makes perfect sense to me. One can buy both queens and small colonies (known as ‘nucleus colonies’, or ‘nucs’) through the post here as well, though I prefer to catch my own freebees. Hopefully next year I’ll be able to start up again
 The end of the course seems to be approachething rather fast at the moment; I have too many things to do before then, so obviously I’m not doing them, in favour of messing about on the internet and relying on last-minute panic. It is the way of the student. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/199 "2022-05-15T20:16:54Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > The end of the course seems to be approachething rather fast at the moment; I have too many things to do before then, so obviously I’m not doing them, in favour of messing about on the internet and relying on last-minute panic. It is the way of the student. That’s how I did most of my coursework, and still got good grades, so for some of us it’s an effective approach. 🙂 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Snakes (and other reptiles) are constantly sent via overnight shipping. > > 
 just, ah, something to keep in mind the next time you see a UPS van. (crossing UPS delivery driver off possible job options) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2022, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175/200 "2022-05-15T20:58:20Z")
**sunny** , you can buy [live baby chicks](https://www.californiahatchery.com/Day-Old-Chicks-for-Sale_c_11.html) and have them shipped to you. Back when I was doing the dippy hippy thing, we did that a couple of times. The fish stew is marvelous, but now I’m winding down to psych myself up to go back to irk tomorrow. Retirement is looking damn good about now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friday-the-thirteenth-mmp/964175.md?page=11)