# A Special Manly MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 23, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120 "2010-08-23T01:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/141 "2010-08-25T16:28:36Z")
Yay, **Ann**!! šŸ™‚ > [@Wile\_E](#): > > Technology hates me. Are you a [wizard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486657/)? šŸ˜‰ ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/142 "2010-08-25T17:56:10Z")
Yay for the thus far good news **Annie**! The job is with the telephone relay service for people who are deaf/hard of hearing. The position is that of manager. Just not sure I want to do it. Interview went well. Thanks for all the good thoughts. In other news, my sinuses hurt. :mad: I hate that! ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/143 "2010-08-25T18:27:58Z")
Yay for good news! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/144 "2010-08-25T18:38:24Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Yay for the thus far good news **Annie**! > > The job is with the telephone relay service for people who are deaf/hard of hearing. The position is that of manager. Just not sure I want to do it. Interview went well. Thanks for all the good thoughts. > > In other news, my sinuses hurt. :mad: I hate that! Thanks! BTW, that would be a job I would adore. I trained the call center on what to do when you get a relay call. Wanna come and QA instead? šŸ˜ƒ Sinuses. I feel ya. Welcome to the South. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/145 "2010-08-25T19:47:41Z")
[QUOTE=swampbear] The job is with the telephone relay service for people who are deaf/hard of hearing. The position is that of manager. Just not sure I want to do it. Interview went well. Thanks for all the good thoughts. In other news, my sinuses hurt. :mad: I hate that! [/QUOTE] Sounds better than the cellphone maul center gig you used to have. Relay service has always fascinated me. Go ahead. As for the sinuses, Claritin-D is my savior. Go ahead. (For the befuddled, ā€œGo aheadā€ is the traditional cue to the relay operator to translate and works like saying ā€œOverā€ on a two-way radio.) ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/146 "2010-08-25T20:13:36Z")
\*\*taxi \*\*- love the afghan! I saved the pattern the last time you posted about it, and Iā€™m glad you reminded me of it. I was looking for a new baby afghan pattern and Iā€™d forgotten about this one. So yay! \*\*swampy \*\*- your post about the job reminded me of an old old OLD SNL skit where Garrett Morris did ā€œNews for the Hard of Hearingā€ - Jane Curtain would read a line, then Garrett would yell the same line at the camera. Cracked me up!! Daughter will be at work late today, so itā€™s just me and my sweetie for supper. Maybe I can persuade him to go out tonight?? We shall see. Speaking of daughter, she wants ā€œlab coatsā€ for her students. Translation - menā€™s small or boyā€™s large white button shirts. If any of you have any of them laying around that you donā€™t want or need, Iā€™ll gladly take them off your hands. I was going to buy her a set for the classroom, but I couldnā€™t find any for under $15, and for 30 shirts, thatā€™s some serious scratchā€¦ :eek: Iā€™ve posted a request at work and on our local classified listing, so obviously Iā€™m not above begging. School starts on Sep 7 - I donā€™t have much time. Happy Hump Day - cā€™mon Firday!!! ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/147 "2010-08-25T20:19:47Z")
My Asus Eee netbook just arrived. Itā€™s a refurbed one I got from [Woot.com](http://Woot.com). Now I wonā€™t have to pack up the big laptop every morning when I head to the store. Ima go now. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/148 "2010-08-25T22:06:31Z")
Thank goodness that Hump (work) Day is over and weā€™ve only two more days to work this week! Well, at least those of us who work Mon-Fri., that is. šŸ˜ƒ Last week, I discovered that the mice had been partying in my cubby, unfortunately. I had a bag of chex party mix and theyā€™d chomped right through a fabric bag to get to it. They had partied down on it, too. At any rate, the exterminator came on Monday and put down quite a few snap traps, under the desks (mine and several nearby) and one up in the flipper cabinet that the party happened in. Today, just two days later, we caught -three- of em! And one of em got caught while the guy was there to pick em upā€¦ he was stillā€¦ alive! :eek: Needless to say, I was squicked out today and now have to wait until Monday again for the exterminator to put out more traps. Oh, he baits them with this cloth that apparently smells like peanut butter and mice find it irresistable. ::shudders:: Sorry for such dreadful tidings ā€¦ I personally think we should have several cats in our office, btw. Okay, okayā€¦ something better to discuss ā€¦ hmmmā€¦my son has made it to New Mexico safe and sound and started grad school this past Monday! I am just so proud of him!! šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [August 25, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/149 "2010-08-25T22:10:36Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I hit 8 years at my Job on Sunday, and 22 years in retail. Eight more years, and Iā€™ll be legally insane. Eight more years and Iā€™m writing to the Vatican to have you canonized. Thirty years in retail is worse than what they did to [Saint Bartholomew.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle) My spazghetti sauce recipe has been officially stolen from me. This must be why chefs donā€™t share recipes. Theyā€™re worse thieves than teachers. ā˜¹ Thereā€™s a convention down at [Ye Olde Grove Park Inn](http://www.groveparkinn.com/Leisure/). Part of the convention is staying at Ye Olde Spazā€™s Workplace. I spent close to four hours shuttling people back and forth yesterday and two hours today. Over _one hundred miles_ have been put on the shuttle van since yesterday. YOGPI is two miles and some change from YOSW. Whereā€™s the mind boggle icon? Iā€™m tired. **Rosieā€™s** sig to 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:** [August 25, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/150 "2010-08-25T22:42:07Z")
We went to the Leonardtown Grille and had a very yum supper. I got the crabcake and shrimp dinner with fresh green beans and a salad. \*\*FCD \*\*had the special - porterhouse with baked N.O.T. and salad. We are both stuffed. Peach streusal pie later. Iā€™ve got a load in the laundry. Later, Iā€™ll knit. Mostly, Iā€™m chillinā€™. Cā€™mon, Firday!!! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/151 "2010-08-25T22:45:42Z")
Whoa, **Spaz**! Thatā€™s a lotta mileage. Sorry about your recipe. You didnā€™t share it with us on the blog, did you? > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I actually have to got to work today. Back on contract. Yay? > [@Misnomer](#): > > ā€¦ > > > [@Wile\_E](#): > > > > Technology hates me. > > Are you a [wizard](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486657/)? šŸ˜‰ Heh. I knew exactly where that was going. Iā€™ve watched the whole series a couple of times on hulu and just started reading the novels. > [@tarragon918](#): > > ā€¦deleted icky mousie stuffā€¦Sorry for such dreadful tidings ā€¦ I personally think we should have several cats in our office, btw. Okay, okayā€¦ something better to discuss ā€¦ hmmmā€¦my son has made it to New Mexico safe and sound and started grad school this past Monday! I am just so proud of him!! šŸ™‚ I agree on the cats. Whatā€™s your son studying? Yay for a new netbook,\*\* Bumba\*\*. Cautious yays on good preliminary results for **RANE**. Almost forgot: cute blanket, **tax** i! Loved that quote, **SO**. It may need to go to work with me. We do some of the business analysis and work with the developers and some of our customers are impossible to nail down on requirements. Arggggghhh. (Itā€™s been extra-annoying this week.) Iā€™ve been in parts of whatever business it is Iā€™m actually in for 20 years (Iā€™ve been doing business analysis and related stuff since 1994 and project management-ish stuff sinceā€¦well, forever. 20 years for this employer; since high school - :cough: years ago - in life). Off to the grocery for a few things, then itā€™s back here to take compost and recycling out, put out trash, etc. Back later. GT ---
**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:** [August 26, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/152 "2010-08-26T00:06:07Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Speaking of daughter, she wants ā€œlab coatsā€ for her students. Translation - menā€™s small or boyā€™s large white button shirts. If any of you have any of them laying around that you donā€™t want or need, Iā€™ll gladly take them off your hands. I regret to say that I usually shotgun and burn mine for doing my zombie thing. But if she thinks its going to be a regular thing, shoot me a PM and I can probably cover you with some for next year. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/153 "2010-08-26T01:23:00Z")
GilaMonster has gotten another job and tomorrow will be her last day. This, of course, was unavoidable and Iā€™m truly happy for her because it will provide much needed health insurance for her family of 5. Butā€¦ How to let go of someone who I have shared so much of life with over the past 4 1/2 years. Iā€™m not going to get all mushy here but I will miss her very, very much. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/154 "2010-08-26T02:36:52Z")
Aww, **Sticky** , sorry youā€™re losing her. Am off to knit a bit and watch something online before dozing offā€¦ Hugs all. GT ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/155 "2010-08-26T02:44:09Z")
You guys helped me get through this day. I canā€™t express how much you all mean to me. Thanks: I love you all, and good night! šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [August 26, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/156 "2010-08-26T03:02:38Z")
Worked all day again, still waiting on VP. Had a customer walk in and ask for something: Customer: Where is this(points at front page of Office Max ad) Me: There(points at the Office Max next door) šŸ˜ƒ Sorry about **GilaMonster** , **Sticky**. Sorry about the recipe, **Spaz**. Flayed and crucified? Meh, I get worse on a Saturday afternoon.šŸ™‚ **Bumba** , I got a Gateway netbook from W00T! I love it, itā€™s even Canes red. Good luck **swampy** (or meh. as the case may be)! **Herbs** , I could loan you Gordie to take care of your vermin. However, nuking your cubicle from orbit would cause less collateral damage. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/157 "2010-08-26T04:25:54Z")
lost the intertoobs last night, and just got home, so Iā€™m not going to pretend to have read the last two pages. Iā€™ll just ā€œsigā€ you 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:** [August 26, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/158 "2010-08-26T09:01:09Z")
Morning all, glad itā€™s nearly the weekend! I went to the pub last night, beer was consumed and bizarre conversations were had. I got home and into bed before midnight so that was good, got woken up by sirens at 4.30am. Sirens that did not stop, did not fade into the distance and were keeping me awake. Bah. I is tired today. And Iā€™m out of leftovers so I have to cook tonight. It will be a creation involving marrow, turnips, mushrooms, carrots and celery. And anything else I decide to put in it. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/159 "2010-08-26T10:52:42Z")
Why oh why do I always stay up so late at night knowing that I will totally regret it in the morning? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2010, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-special-manly-mmp/551120/160 "2010-08-26T11:03:44Z")
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