# A Valentine's Day Spring Is In The Air Sorta MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 14, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292 "2011-02-14T10:59:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/81 "2011-02-17T11:13:23Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis warmish out at 55 degress Amurrkin but foggy. I hate goin’ to irk in the fog. It makes the people who don’t already know how to drive but drive anyway even worse. :eek: Ok that’s all I got this mornin’. Time for more caffiene and feedin’ of rumbly tummy. Then irk purtification shall commence. Happy Firday Eve Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/82 "2011-02-17T11:17:58Z")
Blurf. Today the forecast at The Annex is 61 Amurrkin and sunny. Tomorrow, the temperature will be 69 \. I have a 4 day weekend coming, but it won’t be fun. The packers come Monday. Imagine, the end is in sight for my whining about moving. Carry on. I need more WTHU. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/83 "2011-02-17T12:30:01Z")
Then you’ll be able to whine about settling in, and all the repairs that need to be done. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/84 "2011-02-17T12:44:46Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. I can haz Firday? kaithnxbai! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/85 "2011-02-17T13:29:32Z")
Is it the weekend yet? ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/86 "2011-02-17T14:14:43Z")
Almost **BooFae** not quite yet but Firday is in sight! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/87 "2011-02-17T15:29:39Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **LiLi** Ikea hot dogs? Did you have to put 'em together yourself? 😃 I picture an Ikea hot dawg as a pig, a butcher knife, a meat grinder, onions, and various condiments in a box. What? Everything else from Ikea comes in a box and has to be put together. HAH! This cracked me up. Really good weekend in San Diego. Lots of good food and sunshine and 75 on Saturday, 65 the other days. When we left, it had been days of 0 or single-degree highs (in degrees F) so that was a good 70 degrees above what we were used to. Felt pretty darned good. But now I’m tired - haven’t completely undone the jet lag yet - and I don’t feel like doing work at all. Bleh. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/88 "2011-02-17T15:59:01Z")
It’s warm! It’s above freezing! We have a fun weekend of seeing friends planned, and I should be doing housework as Gnat’s been taken away by some lady who promises not to return him until five. Bleh, indeed, **taxi**. Today’s our Friday, we have a four-day weekend, life is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/89 "2011-02-17T16:08:17Z")
I crack me up sometimes. I just sent an e-mail to the relocation coordinator that’s handling us, and I let my Inner MMPer shine through. > [@me](#): > > Item #2 is important because we are considering pizza or party trays, and drinks for the folks. ‘Cuz we’re nice like that \. Tip of the hat to \*\*Moooooooooooooom \*\*for that one. > [@](#): > > Please remind _ **EVERYONE** _ that if they use MapQuest or Google Maps to find us, use 18 Turner Road, Pixley, NC, as the address even though Mayberry is what the post office delivers to. Use of Mayberry in either utility will spot you about 6 miles to our east in an honest-to-God cypress swamp where you hear “Dueling Banjos” in the background and alligators patrol the water. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/90 "2011-02-17T17:49:35Z")
**BBBobbio** that’s how close I live to a gator patroled cypress swamp too! It’s the second largest swamp in Jawja. Hence my screen name. The gator patroled Flint River is only a mile and a half away. One can sometimes see gators sunnin’ themselves on the river banks. This seems to be a large part of gator life. Also, I have done my good deed for the day. JDD needed a form filled out by the planning authority and maps showin’ the prior and most recent flood zones. See, his house lies in a flood zone and his flood insurance went way up but the insurance company will grant a waiver of the premium increase with this info. So, since I work like two blocks from the offices of said authority, I betook myself over there paperwork in hand intendin’ on just findin’ out what all would need to be done cause, ya know, nuttin’ is ever simple. Well, lo and behold! In twenty minutes time I got the form filled out and the maps. I called JDD and if’n he coulda I do believe he woulda kissed me through the phone. 😃 I even made him copies of everything and mailed the stuff off to his insurance company bein’ as I knew irk mail would be goin’ out soon. Thus, my good deed for the day. Tuna sallit sammich and chips for lunch, brought from home. Since I’ve et and all reckon I should go back to irk. Later Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/91 "2011-02-17T18:55:45Z")
I’m a little less bleh. A friend and I went out for lunch, and, although the Afghan place that I wanted to go was closed, we had a good Indian buffet for lunch. And then picked up coffee on the way back because we were both sleepy and both have meetings to attend soon. No photographic evidence, but I have a short skirt on today. And it’s fine if I stand still, but when I walk it bunches up. Grrrr. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/92 "2011-02-17T19:17:29Z")
Busy morning so far today. Now I am starving. I need to go drop something for work off at FedEx then I will grab some lunch. Not sure what though. Warm and sunny in CA today. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/93 "2011-02-17T20:22:46Z")
OYKW is swipin’ General Tso’s dindin on his way over. He told me that last night. He butched up and told me it was a no cook night tonight. I just love it when he’s forceful. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/94 "2011-02-17T20:34:41Z")
The house is open - it’s hovering around 70°F right now. More of the same tomorrow, so I decided to take the day off. Yay! However, because a certain evil pug took it upon himself to hike his leg on my bedspread, I will be doing laundry tomorrow. Damned dog! I may have to sit in on a VTC on Tues regarding a project I was on months ago. They’re going to be presenting it to some mucky-mucks soon and want to run over the slides one more time. This is the project that was based largely on rectally-extracted assumptions so while the analysis is valid, the basis for the analysis isn’t. I’ve pointed out repeatedly that all of my work was based on these assumptions - I guess if you have enough disclaimers, anything is valid… :rolleyes: Lessee, what else? Not much. Looking forward to a 4-day weekend, even if it involves chores. With luck, I’ll get to sleep in a little. Maybe… ---
**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:** [February 17, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/95 "2011-02-17T21:11:10Z")
I would love a four day weekend about now. However, I have to work on Sunday. So, this week I’m working Monday-Friday, Saturday off, and Sunday into work. If Monday wasn’t a holiday, I’d be in. As it is, I’m kind of waiting to hear to see if I’ll be told to come in Monday too. ☹ I slipped and fell twice in the parking lot at work today. It was icy and snowing, but the stupid facilities people didn’t put the ice melty stuff down…again; so down I went. I kind of wrenched my arm grabbing for the door on the Expedition, but I’m waiting to see if the Motrin will knock the pain out. In the meantime, the admin assistant made fill out an accident report just in case. I’ve never had to do that in my entire career. Frankly, I came damn close to cracking my head too. I don’t know how I managed to avoid that. My boss fell in the lot this morning too. I don’t know who had it worse. She ended up doing the splits. That couldn’t have felt good. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2011, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/96 "2011-02-18T00:25:58Z")
**Taters** ick on the fall and the havin’ to work on Sunday. Take care of yourself. I glad you filled out the accident report just in case. I really enjoyed General Tso’s Dindin. Hope he was able to find sump’n else to eat. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/97 "2011-02-18T03:10:07Z")
**Taters** , as HR told me, always -always- fill out an accident report! If nothing else comes of it, facilities should get their butts chewed out for not making sure the lot was safe!! I’m still not feeling well. I go to see my primary care doctor tomorrow at 8 AM, so hopefully will have some sort of handle on this after that. I’ve been through several phases with this: sneezing phase, chills/feverish phase, coughing phase. Coughing is the worst, I think; I couldn’t sleep last night. I’m doing everything that I’m supposed to do, it’s just making me miserable. ::sighs:: There you have it. At least tomorrow is Friday and it’s a holiday on Monday! ---
**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:** [February 18, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/98 "2011-02-18T03:15:18Z")
Sorry about your fall, **Taters**. Hope everything stops hurting soon. I gave up on short skirts a while ago because of reasons like that, **taxi**. They’re always doing all kinds of stuff that they shouldn’t and you wind up thinking more about what you’re wearing than what you’re doing. Hope you’re feeling much better very soon, **tarra**. My cold appears to be going away. Still a bit drainy, but otherwise much better. Am sleepy already, so I guess I should consider crawling into beddie bye… Hugs all. GT ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/99 "2011-02-18T03:22:47Z")
I wish I could spend two hours every morning with my chorus - then I could handle anything! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292/100 "2011-02-18T04:54:34Z")
Last night I dreamed that I interrogated people on which version of “The Ants Go Marching” lyrics they learned: “Down TO the ground” or “Down INTO the ground” to get out of the rain. The people I asked reacted pretty much like you’d expect them to. But really, down to the ground to get out of the rain makes no sense. How does being on the ground keep you from being rained on? It doesn’t! In other news we haven’t had a snow storm for almost two weeks, and that makes me very nervous. The other shoe will drop, but when?? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-valentines-day-spring-is-in-the-air-sorta-mmp/571292.md?page=6)