# Ask the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 9, 2012, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685 "2012-07-09T09:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/81 "2012-07-10T10:57:10Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **doggio** has boobs? 😕:eek: If I did I’d never leave the house.😉 I just like the team has them.😃 Up, caffeinated, off to irk ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/82 "2012-07-10T11:04:41Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > The bulls are running this week, are they not? Tell her to go play in the traffic. Poor bulls, what have they done to you? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/83 "2012-07-10T13:28:22Z")
Happy Tuesday all, Have been having intertoobs trouble, should be all good today. I am on my phone and it is a pain Cheers all JIM ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/84 "2012-07-10T13:40:25Z")
TPTB sent me a new laptop. Rah. However, LotusNotes is not configured on it. This is important because this is the way in which TPTB have deigned to be the way to connect to workstuff. Thus, I get to get walked through configurin’ the dang thing by tech support later this mornin’. I am sooooooooooo overjoyed. :rolleyes: However the new ‘puter is shiny and new so I suppose that’s sump’n. In the meantime I have two, count ‘em two, laptops sittin’ on my desk. Go ahead they said and get the old one ready to ship back. Nope said I. We shall get the new one workin’ properly first. In the meantime I need the old one for like irk purposes, ya know, the thing I show up to do everyday. Thus endeth what I suppose one could call the rant. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/85 "2012-07-10T13:42:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I see most of you did a good job answering questions in my absence - and I thank you! As has been said, once a Mumper, forever a Mumper. You are always welcome back as long as you remember to use a coaster. We tolerate a lot, but wet glasses on the furniture is a floggable offense. Or it would be if we hadn’t lost the cat o’nine tails… > > Anyway, welcome, all! As long as you send me a chocolate love offering, you’re good to stay. 😃 > > \*\*flytrap \*\*- I’m not sure why you’re giving me so much grief, but if you don’t watch yourself, you’ll get _The Look_[sup]TM[/sup] and I promise you, it’s the thing of nightmares. :eek: > > Meanwhile, I’m not happy that I’m up this early. Somebody needs a nap! Pssst…Where does she keep the keys to the liquor cabinet? ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/86 "2012-07-10T13:46:09Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Go ahead they said and get the old one ready to ship back. Nope said I. We shall get the new one workin’ properly first. Sound thinking, Sir. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/87 "2012-07-10T14:11:57Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Sound thinking, Sir. Or stupid thinkin’. I mean, I could have said okey dokey and then when I got a call about why so and so is not done I coulda said “because y’all told me to pack up and ship back the old workin’ laptop and I can’t connect with the new laptop until tech support calls me.” However, since I didn’t, back to irk. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/88 "2012-07-10T14:22:58Z")
**swampy** , you’re such a dedicated professional - I’m impressed. 😃 Back from my shopping errand. I had 5 items on my list. I got all 5. Plus some. I didn’t break the $200 barrier, so there’s that. And we’re having poke tenderloin for supper, rotissed to perfection. And N.O.T.-n-onions, and shrooms, and 'maters off the vine because they’re starting to ripen way too fast so we need to start eating 'em. It’s amazing how much 2 plants produce with a little kick from miracle-gro. Lucky for me, I love 'maters. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/89 "2012-07-10T14:38:29Z")
Lotus Notes? Egads. And do you also have to log into an AS/400 to do your work? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/90 "2012-07-10T14:59:07Z")
**gotti** , the customer I’m at does use both. And no, they don’t want to get rid of either. Cos they’re theirs and they like 'em, damnit! I understand RnD are one of the groups which completely refuses to use anything invented or coded in this century. Very innovative, not. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/91 "2012-07-10T15:36:14Z")
Okay, the recipe. Sunset Punch aka Tomato Juice 1 oz blood orange syrup 1/2 oz Chambord 1 oz peach schnapps 1/2 oz limoncello (optional) 1 oz vodka\* 2 oz cranberry juice (approximately) 2 oz orange juice (approximately) - I’ve been using soju instead of vodka lately, because I want to use it up. If you’re a lightweight, soju is a good option because it’s less alcoholic. For the juice I basically just top it off with half of one and half of the other, thus the approximately. What I’ve been doing when my boyfriend comes over, because this is so yummy, is make a pitcher full - four times everything, for my pitcher - and sticking it in the fridge. I need to get more juice and Chambord though… (My other favorite drink right now is Woo-Woos - the recipe I have is 1 oz vodka, 1/2 oz peach schnapps, and 4 oz cranberry juice, although googling gives me different proportions on every site. I tend to do closer to 1 oz peach schnapps) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/92 "2012-07-10T15:43:27Z")
Anyone have an update on **Phouka** this week? Last I heard, she had a permanent, paying gig… ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/93 "2012-07-10T16:00:17Z")
No updates - busy with living I suppose. Which is a damn good thing! ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/94 "2012-07-10T16:12:46Z")
Every day for the past 10 days or so I have returned home or awoken with the thought “I am beat - I need a break. I’m gonna call in today!” but I kept going in. However last night as I drove home I noticed my ankle itched - heat rash I suppose. Then the other ankle started itching, and by the time I got home my hands started to itch and my lower legs were going at it too. So it was a mad scramble looking for my Benedryl stash (why the fuck was it in the door of the pickup?) and today, folks, I am home. The itching is going away - don’t know why I had a hives attack (well I did shoot a building fire on the way home but there wasn’t much smoke left when I got there.) So it’s chillin time - though I did have to go climb out on the truck to get info for the microwave dish replacement. The original was a Nurad 20 OR2D R for those keeping score. Made in Baltimore, I think Nurad has been out of business for at least 20 years, making it likely this dish was a holdover from a previous truck and it’s true age could be 30-40 years old. Yikes! (ETA: looks like Nurad Technologies is still around building defense dept antennas, not in the tv biz since about 1998 from what I can read into it. Anyway, it’s old shit.) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/95 "2012-07-10T17:00:51Z")
And the verdict is… brand new shiny laptop is FUBAR!!!111 Thus, I get to pack it up and send it back. Lotus Notes would not configure. Somebody, somewhere did sump’n wrong and it ain’t me. HAH! In other news, instead of chikin ‘n dumplin’s for dindin I am told we shall be goin’ out for Mexican because OYKW has him a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for Mexican. We must satisfy the gnawin’ and cravin’ after all. **ShinyCat** that sounds nummy. I foresee it bein’ a poolside drink. **gigity** hope the itchies are all better. Back to irk. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/96 "2012-07-10T17:09:13Z")
**Gigity** must be allergic to his job. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/97 "2012-07-10T17:16:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > In other news, instead of chikin ‘n dumplin’s for dindin I am told we shall be goin’ out for Mexican because OYKW has him a gnawin’ and a cravin’ for Mexican. We must satisfy the gnawin’ and cravin’ after all. Swampy, what does OYKW stand for, Oh You Know Who? ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/98 "2012-07-10T17:34:38Z")
\ Aunt Flo’s been kicking up a ruckus; guess she knows she’s gettin’ on in years and is trying to make up for the 20 years she won’t be around ALL AT ONCE. So I’m making my hot chocolate and passing it around to everyone: if it’s cold or rainy where you are, it will warm you up. If it’s hot, then you might as well even everything out and join the party. 😃 Did I mention my hot chocolate containes chili powder, cinnamon and salt? So yummy!! \ Dig in! I’ll even wash the cups later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/99 "2012-07-10T17:55:17Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Gigity** must be allergic to his job. QFT ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685/100 "2012-07-10T17:57:03Z")
Grrr. Half of the clip for my mp3 player broke. I never use the clip, but now it’s all lopsided and stuff. I may have to break the other side. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-mmp/627685.md?page=6)