# A self-rescue MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 6, 2013, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605 "2013-05-06T08:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/121 "2013-05-07T17:12:16Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Not yet it hasn’t. I still have unused squid. Nothing should [go to waste.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/calamari/) ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/122 "2013-05-07T17:13:25Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I’ve been spending so much time online with all you funny foreigners, I can’t remember how we’re supposed to spell centre any more. I just pick a random variant… I can still spell couluour properly though 😛 Stick it in your boot and kick it to the kerb! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/123 "2013-05-07T17:16:25Z")
Are all meetings clusterF\*cks, or just all the ones that I attend? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/124 "2013-05-07T17:20:38Z")
> [@Jynxster](#): > > Are all meetings clusterF\*cks, or just all the ones that I attend? Pretty much all of them. Everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/125 "2013-05-07T17:30:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nothing should [go to waste.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/calamari/) That’s not what [I use them for](http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=squid+bait+rigging&qpvt=squid+bait+rigging&FORM=IGRE&adlt=strict)… ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/126 "2013-05-07T17:32:28Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Not yet it hasn’t. I still have unused squid. [/QUOTE] Know anyone who’s moving out of a place on unhappy terms? They may be able to find a use for it. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/127 "2013-05-07T17:35:43Z")
> [@Jynxster](#): > > Are all meetings clusterF\*cks, or just all the ones that I attend? Just to cornfuzz **Nutty** even more, polite military society refers to them as a Charlie Foxtrot. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/128 "2013-05-07T17:40:51Z")
Did I mention Cedar Point has a new coaster? Did I mention we get in for media day and early rides? Did I mention their idea of early is 4AM? 4AM!!! I didn’t even know such a thing existed!!! Except to come home at. That’s fine. But getting up before then to be perky by then? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/129 "2013-05-07T18:04:43Z")
Pre-dawn roller coasters could be interesting. Just watch out for the parking charges! I think one run on a roller coaster at 4 AM would get anyone perky. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/130 "2013-05-07T18:26:24Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Wait, what? Working today? > > I missed that part. I was brought in yesterday and today to lay my mad spelling and grammar skillz on a couple of gawd-awful manuals that one particular individual here has drafted. Besides having a poor mastery of written English, he loves verbiage - can’t say _use_, must say _utilize_. :rolleyes: It’s apparent he writes to make his stuff sound S_M_R\*T but it’s awkward and very poorly constructed BS. He’s also very inconsistent with formatting. To give him props, he’s a whiz with the software, but he lurves to make things more complicated than they need to be, because he can. It shows in his writing. Anyway, I just finished beating the users’ manual into submission and yesterday, I bled all over the overarching control document - THAT was a disasterpiece! Tomorrow, I shall again be retired until the Feds break loose some $$$ and the contracts start flowing again. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/131 "2013-05-07T18:27:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nothing should [go to waste.](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/calamari/) Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum!!! _\_ I loves me some calamari almost as much as chocolate!! ---
**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 7, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/132 "2013-05-07T18:29:37Z")
I do not like roller coasters. They are not fun. They are scary. I said it. So There! 😛 **Lucky** that is the OED definition of a meetin’. I keep gettin’ these requests for documents from a law firm concernin’ a participant. I dutifully forward them to HR. HR does apparently nuttin’ with 'em. This is the third one. I have dutifully sent it on to HR. HR lives in Virginia. I think therein lies the problem. :rolleyes: No worries on my end. I did my part. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/133 "2013-05-07T19:49:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Do NOT consult with Dr. Spidey. I is a perfessional; I knows how to treat childbirth & almost earned a ‘stork’ from a neighbor; I’d take care of **Apes** right; of course, there’s also the fact that I _like_ her! :eek: > [@anyrose](#): > > _zoooooom_ > _::screeeeee::_ > > [Beware!](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/07/cicada_insect_horde/) > > _zoooooom_ Who’s updating the [recipe](http://gizmodo.com/fight-the-east-coast-cicada-onslaught-with-chianti-and-487409420?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_twitter&utm_source=gizmodo_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow) blog? Mmmm, yummmmmmmy! > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > **Coolio** welcome, I think \*\*Spidey \*\*has the goat and **bobbio** has the squid, prepare yourself, also you will need at least a 12 pack of tp and coasters. > **Jim** & Beer, I need a 12-pack of beer…or I swap the goat out for a mooooo; which is infinately worse! My interwebz is down; currently sitting on neighbor’s porch catching up on work emails & other important things {like the MMP}. Now must go call Verizon & beg & plead for 2nd level tech support. **Translation:** I’ve already cycled the router & made sure the connections are connected. :rolleyes: ---
**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 7, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/134 "2013-05-07T20:07:00Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Did I mention Cedar Point has a new coaster? Did I mention we get in for media day and early rides? Did I mention their idea of early is 4AM? 4AM!!! I didn’t even know such a thing existed!!! Except to come home at. That’s fine. But getting up before then to be perky by then? 4am is a reasonable bedtime, according to my husband. OK, so he does work second shift. 😃 ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/135 "2013-05-07T20:15:24Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > When did amusement parks get so expensive? I was hoping to go to Carowinds and try out their roller coasters before I’m laid out with back surgery. Just to get there, it’s $15.00 to park. They don’t even charge for parking at Great America near San Francisco, which is near the global nexus of expensive parking. For fifteen bucks, they could at least wash the cars. > > Then, it’s $57 each to get into the park. On the broad assumption that there’s no sales tax being charged, a day with the roller coasters will cost me $129, and that’s without having any lunch. The last time I was at a park, (about 5 years ago) the in-park Subway shop was charging $12 for what’s ordinarily a $5 footlong, so even eating lightly, we’re probably looking at another $40. \ > > I think I’ll figure out some other way to spend $169. Moses on a motorbike! The last time I went to Carowinds was 1998 and it wasn’t near that expensive! And them was 1998 dollars! I was going to go for a walk, but the clouds are threatening and my legs hurt from yesterday. I think I’ll sit on the floor and cut more plarn. I hate that cutesy name, but that seems to be what everyone that I’ve run across calls it. ---
**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 7, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/136 "2013-05-07T20:31:41Z")
Beast loaf is bakin’ away. Soon mac 'n cheese shall bake away. Then rolls shall bake away. Dindin is underway! Plus there should be enough for tomorrow’s dindin, so yay for that. That is all. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/137 "2013-05-07T20:33:11Z")
Home, exhausted. Supper will be a chicken and onion dish cooked in a sauce that has peach jam in it, served over rice. Probably broccoli on the side. The rice is cooking right now, and shortly, I’ll go start the chicken. It’s crazy windy here! And we had some serious rain, to judge by the splashback on the siding by the deck. ick. Glad I’m not working tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/138 "2013-05-07T20:48:47Z")
Well guess what? Life has been crazy around here. I see all of your surprise eyes, :eek: lol! A couple of weeks ago the MMP was about pets. Well on the previous Friday I said goodbye to my oldest pom Fawn and my min pin Zoey. It was really hard, my dad took my daughter and I and he insisted on being in the room with us and he cried too. Anyway, I just couldn’t post that week, and I have been tying to keep myself busy since then. We put them with Cash and the Halloween kitty Matilda and re-planted the rose, pansies, pinks and snapdragons. Only five poms left, and even Satine is 10 years old. My mom is still making me and the rest of the family and our circle of friends crazy. I have been able to get her to eat occasionally, but she still will not take her medications as prescribed, and I don’t think she has really quit drinking as she says she has. On the other hand spring is here, the last few days have been gorgeous but too hot, today I woke to clouds but they have gone and it’s a lovely 61°F with a light breeze. My son and my daughter’s boyfriend power washed my deck and have spent the last two days applying stain and weatherproofing. I am hoping to get the furniture back up on the deck today, I would like to sit outside and watch the sun set and the stars come out. I read but retained mostly nothing. **April** I have four kids. I had light contractions for a couple of days and then about twenty minutes of “oh, this is kinda serious” and then it was over, and I wish for you as easy a labor and delivery as I had. On preview, I think I need the recipe for that chicken dish **Mooom** puhleeze. I lurve me both some chicken and peach anything. Ima go outside now and play in the dirt again. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/139 "2013-05-07T21:25:05Z")
Wait one cotton pickin’ minute here. We have staff meetings? I can only assume that Beer is served at these meetings. Why was I not invited? :dubious: 😃 **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605/140 "2013-05-07T22:06:35Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Yet another lamestream media “We’re all gonna DIE!!!” story. > > ETA: Anyone know if cicadas make good crappie bait? 'round these parts, we use [these](http://www.troutnut.com/specimen/367), **Bbbobbio** (dobsonfly larvae). Fishies can’t resist them. Catch 'em right on the shore of any good size river (just flip over big flat rocks in the mud), and watch your fingers! They bites! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-self-rescue-mmp/657605.md?page=8)