# An Impatient MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 14, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156 "2013-01-14T11:34:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/241 "2013-01-18T10:49:22Z")
Yawn. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/242 "2013-01-18T11:12:38Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 39 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 58 for the day. Yesterday at this time it was high 60s out. Welcome to Winter in south Jawja. **Soapy** yay for house on the market! Appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for a quick and profitable sale. **mmmmmms** hope the job gets better or you find sump’n better. Never hurts to look I say. Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas, irk purtification must commence. Ah well, at least it’s Firday. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/243 "2013-01-18T11:22:18Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/244 "2013-01-18T11:23:01Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > I don’t know about you, but I’d happily use Ban’s ATM card on a night out with Ms. Portman… 😉 I don’t care how good it looks, never stick it in Teh Crazy, even if she was your weight loss program. Like either of us would ever get the chance anyway… ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/245 "2013-01-18T11:25:13Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Ah well, at least it’s Firday. But I have a class on Saturday. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/246 "2013-01-18T11:26:45Z")
Ya know, if the moron media is going to run with ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/247 "2013-01-18T11:30:04Z")
Ya know, if the moron media is going to run with OHMYGODWEREALLGONNADIEFROMTHECOMINGSNOWPOCALYPSE!!!, they should be required to have malpractice insurance. There is a refreshing lack of the white stuff in my yard and on my vehicles this morning. Yeah, my heart bleeds right now. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/248 "2013-01-18T12:12:10Z")
Good morning! Since I woke up at a ridiculous hour and had a hard time falling back to sleep, I decided to turn off the alarm and get up when I got up. I just got to work for what I expect will be a really short day. I know I have a few drawings to fix, and I should probably tidy my desk, but overall, I figure I’ll be gone by lunch time. I need to stop by WalMart for some critter food and aspirin, then home I’ll go. And at the risk of bringing Miss Manners’ wrath down upon me, I need to postpone CounterFest '13. And NOT because **swampy** ’s inevitable claims that we’re remodeling the whole house! 😛 When I picked the day in the first place, I figured - old counters out, new counters in, new paint, party! What I failed to anticipate was the need for structural supports for the breakfast bar - right now, there’s a leg fashioned of 2X4 scraps, but we’ve got to do a proper, non-hideous support. I also didn’t know that we’d be removing the top of the half wall and it now needs to be replaced - the old one won’t fit over the new backsplash. And I didn’t think about granite backsplashes being straight and square while our walls aren’t - we need to procure, paint, and install trim, then caulk it all. And the window frame had to be partially removed, so now it needs to be wholly replaced. And then there’s the electrical work. Even with a 3-day weekend, there’s no way we can get it all done along with our normal chores like laundry and taking the trash to the convenience center, and my abnormal chore of trying to (still) get the coke stain out of the carpet. So, alas, I must be a bad hostess and say “Never mind…” in the hopes of doing something next month. I’m sorry. ☹ That’s part of why I couldn’t sleep. _\_ At least the roads were clear and dry this morning. Happy Firday anyway. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/249 "2013-01-18T12:37:22Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > And at the risk of bringing Miss Manners’ wrath down upon me, I need to postpone CounterFest '13. And NOT because **swampy** ’s inevitable claims that we’re remodeling the whole house! 😛 > > When I picked the day in the first place, I figured - old counters out, new counters in, new paint, party! What I failed to anticipate was the need for structural supports for the breakfast bar - right now, there’s a leg fashioned of 2X4 scraps, but we’ve got to do a proper, non-hideous support. I also didn’t know that we’d be removing the top of the half wall and it now needs to be replaced - the old one won’t fit over the new backsplash. And I didn’t think about granite backsplashes being straight and square while our walls aren’t - we need to procure, paint, and install trim, then caulk it all. And the window frame had to be partially removed, so now it needs to be wholly replaced. And then there’s the electrical work. > > Even with a 3-day weekend, there’s no way we can get it all done along with our normal chores like laundry and taking the trash to the convenience center, and my abnormal chore of trying to (still) get the coke stain out of the carpet. So, alas, I must be a bad hostess and say “Never mind…” in the hopes of doing something next month. I’m sorry. ☹ Like I said, massive overhaul of FairtChatEstate. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/250 "2013-01-18T12:37:29Z")
Mornin’ all! We got a card in the mail earlier this week from the wife’s aunt and uncle. Since Christmas was passed and the next B-day still 2 months away I asked what it was for. Oh, just congratulations on our anniversary. :eek: Thanks, Nancy, for being early and saving my bacon! In my defense, I have haven’t forgotten again in the two days since the reminder, so there’s that. Hopin’ the repairs and the sleep are cathartic and lasting, FCM. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/251 "2013-01-18T13:01:01Z")
SnOMGw! was a flop in my neighborhood. Now people just need to eat all that bread and milk. I don’t understand the whole “Run out and buy every loaf of bread in the store!” thing - if I’m going to stock up on anything in a panic, it’s going to be MEAT. Even if it’s just hot dogs and cold cuts that can be eaten unheated, I want protein, not empty carbs. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/252 "2013-01-18T13:11:48Z")
**Mooommm** , What was the mumper count for next weekend? Do we still want to do a counterless mumperfest somewhere other than FairyChatEstates? I still gotta come home on Sat. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/253 "2013-01-18T13:16:05Z")
I’m at school again (class hasn`t started yet.) It’s -19 degrees Celsius (-2 degrees F.) It’s so cold that your nostrils stick together. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/254 "2013-01-18T13:37:08Z")
I’m with you, **gotti** , on the whole protein v simple carbs thing. When Cousin and I go to the Mensa weekend thingys, Saturday morning, she grabs bagels and donuts, I grab cheese and granola bars, (one chapter even puts out hard boiled eggs for breakfast), then she’s ready for a nap by noon, and I’m ready to do things. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/255 "2013-01-18T13:44:31Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **Mooommm** , What was the mumper count for next weekend? Do we still want to do a counterless mumperfest somewhere other than FairyChatEstates? I still gotta come home on Sat. When were you going to be passing thru? I know you said it’d be later - perhaps we could meet for dinner? Maybe see if \*\*BBBobbio \*\*would be up for that, or anyone else, for that matter? I was tentatively figuring in the neighborhood of 8-12, depending on spousal units, tho I might have been a tad optimistic. But yeah, we could see if there’s interest in meeting for food and conversation on Saturday when you pass thru the area. Anyone? \*\*gotti \*\*- I stopped in FoodLion on the way home from dinner last night, and I saw one woman there with FOUR GALLONS of milk!! Every forecast I’d seen said today would be sunny and above freezing (and it is) - I just don’t get it. Peoples is weird. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/256 "2013-01-18T13:56:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > When were you going to be passing thru? I know you said it’d be later - perhaps we could meet for dinner? Maybe see if \*\*BBBobbio \*\*would be up for that, or anyone else, for that matter? Twist my arm. OW! That’s enough. ETA: Now I will have to take VWife to the St. Clements appraisal fair next Saturday. :mad: ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/257 "2013-01-18T14:43:29Z")
The Coming Snowpocalypse became the Everything Outside Is a Sheet of Icepocalypse. Yeah, staying inside today. I did something yesterday I need to confess. I swiped my dad’s favorite African violet. The one he started from seed and grew with really pretty striped flowers. I want a cutting from that plant, but my allergies won’t let me stay in dad’s house past a couple of hours. (I was dizzy after sorting through the books last night.) It’s sitting in my window getting some sun, hanging out with the spider plant. I will give it back to Dad, just not yet. Not until I get my cutting and since I repotted it yesterday I’m going to have to wait a few days for the transplant shock to subside. Yes, this is how badly I want pretty striped flowers. I will swipe plants from Dad while he’s not home. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/258 "2013-01-18T15:10:56Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > What would you feel like if you had pudding in orifices that were not designed for ingesting pudding; like ears? :eek: Have you no imagination? :p:D ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2013, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/259 "2013-01-18T15:15:00Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] …I saw one woman there with FOUR GALLONS of milk!! Every forecast I’d seen said today would be sunny and above freezing (and it is) - I just don’t get it. Peoples is weird. [/QUOTE] Maybe she just wanted to make some mozzarella cheese? ---
**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:** [January 18, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156/260 "2013-01-18T15:29:33Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I should go and practice my ukulele. I **love** the ukulele!!! I have several CDs by the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain for in the car. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2KZjnFZvCNc/hqdefault.jpg "Smells like Teen Spirit - The Ukulele Orchestra") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KZjnFZvCNc) Watch the dude with the longer hair - he really rocks out as he plays. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > When were you going to be passing thru? I know you said it’d be later - perhaps we could meet for dinner? Maybe see if \*\*BBBobbio \*\*would be up for that, or anyone else, for that matter? I was tentatively figuring in the neighborhood of 8-12, depending on spousal units, tho I might have been a tad optimistic. > > But yeah, we could see if there’s interest in meeting for food and conversation on Saturday when you pass thru the area. I’ll pass and hope you end up with one of the March/April weekends I’m free. I was going to have to rush back to see 1776 Sunday so ----------- [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-impatient-mmp/647156.md?page=14)