# A Very Grumpy MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 10, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140 "2016-10-10T10:12:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/61 "2016-10-11T16:39:08Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The sensible part of me says it’s none if my business, but the nosy part wants to know what is going on. Let us know when you find out, because now I’m curious, too! 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/62 "2016-10-11T16:59:52Z")
Howdy Y’all! I did indeed get one of the three trees trimmed up this mornin’ and hauled two, count ‘em two, loads of limbs. The tree looks much better. I may tackle the other two (not as much trimmin’) tomorrow. Or not. I can be willy-nilly that way cause, well, I’m retired. 😃 I’ve had N.O.L. and now I am in chill mode. **sari** you know, of course, that now we all _must_ know. Please find out as much detail as possible. **MOOOOOOM** hope the 'puter woes get sorted out soonest. **ruble** yay for a good trip! **Butters** you social organizer you! Oh and in reply to a post from yestiddy, collards are indeed a lot of irk but well worth the trouble. I but only fresh ones that I have to clean and tear. Once I bought some of those “pre-washed and cut” collards. I don’t care if’n it says pre-washed, I shall still give 'em a rinse. Plus, there were so many stems which is a collard no-no. Learnt my lesson there. 'Tis only fresh, gritty collard greens for da bear. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/63 "2016-10-11T17:00:30Z")
As long as you don’t sit on your porch with a telescope and a parabolic mic, you’re not too nosy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/64 "2016-10-11T17:07:38Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > As long as you don’t sit on your porch with a telescope and a parabolic mic, you’re not too nosy. 😉 But none of us would mind if you did. Just sayin’. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/65 "2016-10-11T17:08:56Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The sensible part of me says it’s none if my business, but the nosy part wants to know what is going on. Keep you head down. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/66 "2016-10-11T17:11:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I have no idea what to give Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) for our anniversary. > When asked, she replied, “Five more years!” > > Shut up, Dogbutt. > Shut up, Spiderbutt. > > Rosie, Mom, other normal people, what shall I give her? You could always take a vacation. 😃 **doggio** , Alex is a nice looking kitteh. How does Gordie get along with him/her? I threw in a load of laundry yesterday when I got home from irk. About 2 a.m., I woke up and remembered that I hadn’t dried them. :smack: They’re dry now. I’ll fold them when I get home and hope that nothing is too wrinkled. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/67 "2016-10-11T17:38:21Z")
**Swampy** Those pre washed ones are just like you said. Stemmy and just not the same as the fresh ones. Collards and all greens really need a frost to be the best but these I cooked yesterday were very good plus there are leftovers. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/68 "2016-10-11T17:57:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > As long as you don’t sit on your porch with a telescope and a parabolic mic, you’re not too nosy. 😉 You have a point. 😃 But I don’t want to be _that_ neighbor. Although for the most part I can’t help noticing things - like the woman in the white car who would pull up, sit in her car for a while, and then leave. Or the guy across the street who got into a car and right away lit up a pipe. I don’t know what he was smoking, too far away for me to get a whiff of it. I was surprised he was so open about it. Anyway, as soon as I know something, I’ll share. I’m sure the neighbor in the same house will hear from somebody and I can hear it from her. Their green truck is gone. From what I heard it wasn’t running and some of the neighbors weren’t too happy about it sitting there. Parking can get tight out front sometimes. Of course I don’t know that the police notice if a vehicle hasn’t been moved, or if they even care. It wouldn’t explain why they were going through it either. I noticed it has been sitting there since forever, but I figured they were just lucky enough to get the same spot everyday. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/69 "2016-10-11T18:16:40Z")
Still trying to catch up everything, but I can’t forget big {{{{{hugs}}}}} for **Rosie**. Going to fetch Girl 2.0 from the church in a little bit. She and her friends had 2 extra days off school this week, so they volunteered at the soup kitchen. Normally, the kitchen provides a free hot lunch on Saturdays, but this week, it’s all hands on deck - yesterday, with about 6 hour’s notice, a handful of social ministries fed about 2000 people throughout the county, including deliveries to hundreds of shut-ins and outlying communities. The community is also providing food, clothing, toiletries, etc. for people who have lost homes, or who have incurred expenses during evacuation, and now can’t afford diapers or such. I expected no less of my dear friends and neighbors, but I’m just emotionally overwhelmed at the kids getting involved in packing lunches and washing dishes and pulling downed trees out of their elderly neighbors’ driveways. We’ll make some more deliveries after the big lunch rush, and then grab some milk and fresh bread and fruit, and then it’s time to tackle my house. Running loads of dishes and laundry now, getting the trash ready to haul off, cooking a real meal tonight. (Shrimp! Our friend’s freezer was half-thawed, and he’s working too many hours to cook right now, so we have shrimp and venison for the next 2 nights. Maybe shrimp and grits tonight, and a stew for tomorrow.) But, since we don’the need it for now, we took our generator up to friend’s house, so he can at least run the refrigerator and a lamp and coffee pot until the power is restored. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/70 "2016-10-11T18:27:42Z")
They lit the fuse on the [Broadway bridge](http://nlr.ar.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=63176&pageId=5464005) this morning. There was a lot of smoke, noise and a lot of very frightened pigeons, but the bridge is still standing. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/71 "2016-10-11T18:40:07Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Spousal unit got to Cleveland in good time. He said if he can get his business wrapped up quickly, he’ll come back home today.. Can’t sat I Blake him, we are talking about Cleveland after all. > [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy Y’all! I did indeed get one of the three trees trimmed up this mornin’ and hauled two, count ‘em two, loads of limbs. The tree looks much better. I may tackle the other two (not as much trimmin’) > [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > …I’m just emotionally overwhelmed at the kids getting involved in packing lunches and washing dishes and pulling downed trees out of their **elderly** neighbors’ driveways. Your kids are visiting **Swampy**??? 😛 Okay, back to it. **Ruble** , you’re lucky with the salt mine work; mine is more like trying to find out the pony that must be here. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/72 "2016-10-11T18:54:03Z")
He’s on his way home. Should be here before 9, traffic permitting. He’ll be exhausted. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/73 "2016-10-11T18:58:35Z")
OYKW called. He has a gnawin’ and a cravin’ so we’re goin’ to the not too shabby Chinese [del]hog trough[/del] buffet for dindin. So tomorrow we can have leftover ham pot pie. Hey, he’s buyin’ so I’m eatin’! 😃 **Peaches** you raised good younguns. Good for you and for them. Shrimp 'n grits is one of my fav-o-rite things but I don’t make it very often for some reason. Don’t know why cause it’s not that hard to make. **Butters** right you are about greens. **Spidey** you forget that I’m the one who chases whippersnappers of’n mah lawn. 😛 ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/74 "2016-10-11T19:07:19Z")
**Spidey** your autocorrect is misbehaving. **Mooomm** tell him to drive careful or we shall all be most vexed. I am _big breath_ going to look at the news now. I dread it, but it must be done. Also, laundry. I will add a blurf at this point, for good measure. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/75 "2016-10-11T20:03:33Z")
Made it through work. Going to Canes Corner tonight.🙂 > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Anyway, we have to forklift the pumpkins from the commissary and run em through the car wash to clean them. We have to decorate the hay ride wagon. I have to go gather all my Halloween stuff and get all the decorating stuff out and organized. I will be glad when it is over on Thursday. Don’t fork anything up. :D;)😉 > [@missred](#): > > **doggio** , Alex is a nice looking kitteh. How does Gordie get along with him/her? Gordie is insane with joy over having a playmate. She is not too happy about a giant hyperactive Jack Russell chasing her around the apartment. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/76 "2016-10-11T21:15:53Z")
My sweetie called me from Breezewood, PA - where I-70 takes a little break, literally. He should be home before 8. So we shall see. Meanwhile, I’ve fed Higgs and fed me. Shortly, I will load the dishwasher, then shed my work clothes and don robe and slippers for evening chillage. C’mon, Firday! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/77 "2016-10-11T21:30:52Z")
How did I miss **doggio** getting a kitteh?!?! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/78 "2016-10-11T21:40:02Z")
We’re back from the chowdown at the Chinese [del]hog trough[/del] buffet. ‘Twas a little better than not too shabby tonight. I do believe they had just put everything fresh out. So, now chillage ensues for the evenin’. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/79 "2016-10-11T22:52:50Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*just called - he’s caught in traffic on the Beltway, but I checked and he should break free in another mile or so. I hope. Poor baby… Meanwhile, Higgs is snoring on the footrest between my feet and Taz is lying on my left side. Ziva is under the dining room table because she’s slightly insane. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 11, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140/80 "2016-10-11T22:57:27Z")
**doggio** for some reason, I thought that Gordie was also a pug. Silly me. A JRT would certainly up the kitteh krazy. 4 more minutes until I must help with math homework. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-grumpy-mmp/768140.md?page=5)