# Back to the grind in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146 "2016-01-04T11:11:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/201 "2016-01-08T14:45:25Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > šŸ˜• > I could almost make it across TN in two days _on a bicycle_. Itā€™s only 6-7 hrs in a car. > > Just got home from R C, & ingested some leftovers. Iā€™m still hongree, though. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Horse puckey. The travel or the leftovers, **flytrap?** One must be accurate on these thingsā€¦ Bing maps say from Bristol, TN (NE corner) to Memphis (SW) is 501 miles and can be driven in 7.5 hours. From Cleveland, TN (SE) to Tiptonville NW) is 357 miles in about 5.5 hours. A good chunk of the day, but doable by car with time left over. 2 days on a bike? Would depend on conditioning. And mountains. Rosie, hope it just needs a starter motor or something minor. I am hopeless when it comes to car problems, reason that I pay AAA dues each year. Otherwise, typical Firday. The Bladder-Alarm went off at 3:30am, and I got to irk just in time for the lights to go out just before 0700 (thatā€™s the 4th failure weā€™ve had in this building in the past 5 weeks; what the hell is going on out there?). And then just as I am dozing off, they come back on and I have to get back to irk. And itā€™s raining. Oh joy. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/202 "2016-01-08T15:02:48Z")
Good morning all. After my little celebration that the morning commute was ā€œonlyā€ an hour and a half, my evening commute with 3 and a half hours. So thatā€™s 5 hours total in the car. I was not amused. Today, I shall work from home. And itā€™s Firday! So thereā€™s that. I have noticed that I am light on beerverages, so shopping must be done. And also for other, less important things, like food. Onwards. Yay. And BLURF! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/203 "2016-01-08T15:28:40Z")
Blurf. And the sprog haz a blurf, too. Weā€™re both home with some crappy virus, so of course, heā€™s playing Halo. Iā€™ve been catching up on housework, but I did make an awesome breffest of eggs scrambled with fresh 'sparagus and cheese, with an English muffin and apple slices. And coffee, because I need caffeine like I need oxygen. Later, itā€™s off to the bank to cash the insurance check from the damage to my car, and to get some lunch for me and the sprog. Chickie doodle soup sounds about right. ---
**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 8, 2016, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/204 "2016-01-08T16:06:37Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I LOVE THE DOPE! > > I wasnā€™t familiar with the song so I went and youtubed it, and the next song to play was one we often use in Mass and that Iā€™ve been sure for a long time the ā€œhebrewā€ part of our lyrics had to be distorted seventy-times-seven ways. Yup, we can say that there are some ā€œslightā€ differences between both and leave it at that (the original song is Evenu Shalom, what we sing is only a part of it). It helps that a) Several members of my family are church musicians to the point of having advanced degrees on the subject and b) Iā€™m one of those really odd Christians (ELCA Lutheran but not all of us feel this way) who believe like Saint Peter that you really canā€™t follow Jesus without having a firm knowledge and respect for Judaism. As a result, every time Iā€™ve read ā€œNavaā€ over these years my brain has gone off on that tangent. šŸ™‚ > [@dogbutler](#): > > I ner ment any insult to the Amish, or stone Age tribesmen. Flytrap is something completely different. OK then ā€“ the chili pot remains open. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 8, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/205 "2016-01-08T16:13:15Z")
Busy, busy morning, which is good. And just over 3 hours to go, which is better! šŸ˜ƒ My engineer has been giving me more complicated stuff to do, so my brain is being challenged. I figure thatā€™s a good thing in my advanced years. Plus it passes the time. The weekend promises to be relatively mild, but very icky, with clouds and rain. Not that I had outdoor activities planned, but still, ick. maybe weā€™ll finally go see Star Wars. Thatā€™s a good indoor activity. Meanwhile - LUNCH!! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/206 "2016-01-08T16:19:16Z")
Happy Firday! Ishy weather predicted for no. Illinois this weekend. tomorrow I have a bunch of errands, then yoga, then Chinese takeout for din-din. Iā€™ve had a gnawin and a cravin for egg rolls and beef chop suey for quite some time. Sundayā€™s high temp is 20 so Iā€™m staying in all day. ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/207 "2016-01-08T17:16:10Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > > > Horse puckey. > > The travel or the leftovers, **flytrap?** One must be accurate on these thingsā€¦ I did not make any horse puckies; therefore I didnā€™t have any as leftovers either. Where does one even get horse puckeies, Mickey Dā€™s??? > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Meanwhile - LUNCH!! šŸ˜ƒ I donā€™t know how you eat lunch so early, I canā€™t even _think_ about lunch at that time. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/208 "2016-01-08T17:22:45Z")
Still blurfy but I got some stuff completed. I am about to go to Home depot and get a couple of giant totes to store some clothes in and while I am out I will probably wind up at the Pubic store to some filets for steak night. Hubby is on his way home and should get here by 4 ish. Thank Goodness itā€™s Firday!!!1111!!! ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/209 "2016-01-08T17:23:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Horse puckey. Iā€™m calling bull puckey on your horse puckey. Itā€™s 3.5 hours from Memphis to Nashville and4.5 from Nashville to Bristol by car. Now if youā€™re taking said horseā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Happy birthday OYKW! It looks like Iā€™ll have things at irk wrapped up by 1:30 today. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 8, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/210 "2016-01-08T17:47:10Z")
Happy Firday! Itā€™s a cloudy 35 degrees outside. We have to go back for the text books today. The bookstore was moved to a different building, so he didnā€™t get them yesterday. His orientation went badly. He is supposed to have an email address, I thought the school email was good but the professor wants them to use a personal email address. Doesnā€™t make sense to me, but the professor thinks personal emails are checked more often and so communication is better. Then he had trouble logging in the the website they are using. He was mortified over having so much trouble and needing help. Get over it - shit happens - but he doesnā€™t see it that way. **Doggio** - I need all the same it seems except for the echo part. I finally got the email to reset my password on the payment site. \* They\* came as a clump overnight - all 17 of them. I also got three thank you emails for making my payment. I hope that doesnā€™t mean the payment will be taken out of my checking account 3 times. I was also informed by the nice CS guy in the phone that my new password should be in the format of XXXXnnXXXX because that is the systemā€™s preferred format. **Rosie** - Iā€™d love to be able to give you some money. I need to buy a powerball ticket - with that much winnings I can share. Happy Birthday **OYKW** and belated HB to **FCMmom** **Flytrap** - using a stamp means one has to place their trust in the USPS, and the company to whom one is sending the money. I prefer online when I can see the payment has been made and I get a little text on my phone saying the money has been deleted from my account. OK - Iā€™m anal about paying bills. I donā€™t trust anybody in the process. **Red** Iā€™m sorry about Dede ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/211 "2016-01-08T18:05:27Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Iā€™m calling bull puckey on your horse puckey. Itā€™s 3.5 hours from Memphis to Nashville and4.5 from Nashville to Bristol by car. It is well known that traveling with a child that time is increased by the square root of two. :dubious: ---
**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 8, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/212 "2016-01-08T19:07:12Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I donā€™t know how you eat lunch so early, I canā€™t even _think_ about lunch at that time. Maybe itā€™s because I have breakfast before 6, so Iā€™m dying by 11ā€¦ ya think? My brain is officially fried. A big chunk of the work that I did just disappeared. But since Iā€™d already done it, the re-do went pretty quick. Iā€™ve got an easy bit to do now, then itā€™s home time. YAY!! ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/213 "2016-01-08T20:12:44Z")
Home from work, Gordie is walked, made some lunch. Now itā€™s hockey time. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Meanwhile - LUNCH!! šŸ˜ƒ **Lunch**? I see him on Facebook a lot. 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:** [January 8, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/214 "2016-01-08T20:27:06Z")
Howdy from da cave! OK, Iā€™ve been here for a little while. I decided that if I was goinā€™ to spend time doinā€™ on-line traininā€™ I could do it just as well from the comfort of da cave, so I did. Also, I have picked up OYKWā€™s cake and it is tucked away in da chest freezer. I shall prepare pancakes, scrambled aigs, and bacon upon his arrival. I shall also prepare grits because I want grits. Tomorrow night we will go to a good friendā€™s house for chili 'n fixinā€™s. It will be good cause she makes really, really, really, really good chili. Meanwhile, thereā€™s intartoobz to be perused! ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/215 "2016-01-08T20:40:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It is well known that traveling with a child that time is increased by the square root of two. :dubious: Speaking from (painful) experience, I think itā€™s more like the square root of 9 or 16. On a 5 minute drive (from the restaurant to our home), we had to stop because blood was about to be shed over a reading light in the back seat. My only meeting for the day got cancelled, so Iā€™m working on a staffing and organization plan. Wheee. Happy Birthday to **OYKW**! Have a fun night **Swampy**! And, FTR, Iā€™m with **Mooommm**. 11 is a perfect time for lunch after breakfast at 6. I get downright grouchy without a timely lunch. šŸ˜ƒ Time for more coffee. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/216 "2016-01-08T20:45:00Z")
The sprog has given up on Halo and has moved on to FIFA '15. Thereā€™s something ironic about wanting to play a [del]soccer[/del] football game on the TV rather than go outside to play, but Iā€™m not a 13-year-old boy. I just finished filling out my taxes. We generally file separately because of reasons, some of them good ones. All I need to do is hit ā€œsendā€ on January 19, and Iā€™ll be good to go. One less thing to have to do later. ---
**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 8, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/217 "2016-01-08T20:55:03Z")
HOME!!! Calzone and salad being delivered for supper. I think Iā€™ll be sleeping with Mel again. Thatā€™s about all. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/218 "2016-01-08T21:28:16Z")
I stole Wendyā€™s dinner because I need red meat right now. Yes, I know itā€™s only 4:30. I havenā€™t eaten anything of substance since 10 this morning. One more day of irk and then I can has weekend. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/219 "2016-01-08T21:29:13Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > Speaking from (painful) experience, I think itā€™s more like the square root of 9 or 16. On a 5 minute drive (from the restaurant to our home), we had to stop because blood was about to be shed over a reading light in the back seat. What is the name of the drug given children on trips? Dramamine? Rum? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146/220 "2016-01-08T21:35:53Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What is the name of the drug given children on trips? Dramamine? Rum? Benadryl. Given liberally and as often as needed. Not that I have any experience with that, no sir, I donā€™t. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-grind-in-the-mmp/742146.md?page=12)