# Begorra! A St. Paddy's Day MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 10, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332 "2014-03-10T05:00:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/301 "2014-03-16T21:06:08Z")
Yeah, heating a duplex may be cheaper - assuming the windows and attic/roof are properly insulated. It’s a matter of preferences - I’d take a duplex over a middle row house for sure and either over an apartment/condo in a common building. I hope you don’t think I’m trying to tell you which way to go, as if you’d do what I say anyway… 😉 Corned beef and assorted veggies made for a yummerrific supper. I’s stuffded now - cake later. Still no precip, and from the weather radar, it looks like things are breaking up. Then again, the snow wasn’t supposed to come till tonight, so we shall see. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/302 "2014-03-16T21:22:27Z")
I wonder if I can go to NYC in May. The last time I weanted to go there, though, my sister effectively scared me away by pointing out that the cheaper accommodations probably all have bedbugs. The friend I stayed with last time I was there has moved away. I dunno. maybe I should stop chasing pipe dreams. Maybe I should get back to the ukulele. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/303 "2014-03-16T21:30:38Z")
How weird! I posted earlier and I don’t see said post. 😕 Oh well… \ CLEARING THROAT \ \*\* HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR AAACCCEEE!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! \*\* ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/304 "2014-03-16T21:31:34Z")
Thanks to a post my sis made on FB, I’ve got a new sig. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/305 "2014-03-16T21:38:12Z")
Thanks, **Swampy**. Ha! Cool sig, **FCM**! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/306 "2014-03-16T21:49:55Z")
My sinuses hate me (thus, deheathenating got skipped (sad face)), slept poorly, could NOT make a decent mold of a favorite barrette, and can’t play Criminal Case due to server/browser issues. I have the grumpies, and chocolate isn’t helping. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/307 "2014-03-16T21:54:11Z")
\*\*Ace \*\*- I’m going to put it on a t-shirt. The ones for sale on line are stupidly expensive. I’ve got iron-on transfers that work with my printer, so that’s what I’m going to use. I can even pick the color t-shirt that I want! My sis has asked me to make her one, too! ---
**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:** [March 16, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/308 "2014-03-16T22:45:12Z")
We got snow ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2014, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/309 "2014-03-16T23:00:33Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > oh geez > > To make matters worse a house I looked at previously just came down another $10.000 in price. I thought it was too much before, now it is more at what I am willing to pay. > I think it will be the one. Which town? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/310 "2014-03-17T00:00:41Z")
Flurrying has started here. blech. I’m going to knit and pout for a while. _ **MWAH!!!** _ ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/311 "2014-03-17T00:02:16Z")
‘Tis pourin’ out. I think it’s maybe time to go snuggle in the bed and watch some teevee until sleepy time. So, next person to post starts us off tomorrow? 😃 Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/312 "2014-03-17T00:13:27Z")
[Meanwhile, in Dublin](http://www.earthcam.com/world/ireland/dublin/?cam=templebar). ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/313 "2014-03-17T00:28:37Z")
Hockey sucked, but we had plenty of Irish food. Happy Birthday **Ace**!!! > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > [http://www.redfin.com/MD/Hagerstown/938-Spruce-St-21740/home/15392381#photoSlideShow](http://www.redfin.com/MD/Hagerstown/938-Spruce-St-21740/home/15392381#photoSlideShow) > There it is **Doggio**. When I first walked in I thought the room was unfinished and needed sheet rock. Nope, I think it’s supposed to be decoration. > I like the stone wall and the second story porch. The back yard goes way beyond the fence. The kitchen is nice. > What I don’t like is the stairs to the second floor they are closed in by walls on both sides, maybe if I took the wall out and opened them up on one side I would like them better. The floors upstairs are a little uneven, the house is over 100 years old. All the really cool old house features are gone though. You have to go outside to go to the basement, which is a pain in the ass if your furnace goes up in the middle of winter, been there and done that already. > The other cool thing is that it is catacorner across the main road from a bright yellow house with bight purple shutters. That’s an easy landmark to use as directions - you can’t miss it. > > I know what you are saying\*\* FCM\*\* and that is where I am having trouble, seeing through the ugly to what it could be. I can’t add yard to the perfect house, I can fix the house with the good yard. I got spoiled by the one I really wanted last year that was pristine move in condition, I wouldn’t have had to do a thing with it. I want to hear back from the mortgage guy about the HomePath one. I like it better as a house, the neighborhood is good and I’ll have the money to fix it the way I want it. > That one is here [http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/427-Ridge-Ave\_Hagerstown\_MD\_21740\_M54442-24164?row=1](http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/427-Ridge-Ave_Hagerstown_MD_21740_M54442-24164?row=1) Looks like they were going for a Tudor style, except that’s more of an exterior look. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > oh geez > > To make matters worse a house I looked at previously just came down another $10.000 in price. I thought it was too much before, now it is more at what I am willing to pay. > I think it will be the one. I hope you can get it. 🙂 Looks fun in Dublin, **An Gadai** ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/314 "2014-03-17T01:09:00Z")
I have been a slug this weekend, resting. Hubby fixed our corned beef and veggies yesterday and I think it’s the best we ever had. I am taking the leftovers for lunch tomorrow. Happy Birthday Ace. Here’s hoping the weather warms up soonest for all youse. It’s been very windy here today with temps in the high 70’s. I know more about this Malay plane than I should as that’s all I’ve been doing is watching tv coverage and reading multiple forums all weekend. Did not even nap. I am trying to get into a new pattern with the time change so I can go to sleep earlier and wake earlier. I have had the most trouble adjusting to this one than any other. :smack: It is amazing to me how much difference one hour can make. Lucky Louie got a bath today and my new car got one yesterday. I have an energetic hubby. I had my 5K mile service last week and the oil in new Toyota’s is synthetic. I don’t need another oil change for 10k miles according to the service tech. I must go back in 5K for a tire rotation and multi point check. I used synthetic oil in my last car too but changed it every 5K miles. 10K seems too many. Well that’s the news from Paradise. I wish I had a piece on Mmooomms cake. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/315 "2014-03-17T01:47:02Z")
Well we’ve just had our Saint Patrick’s Day mass. They were hanging from the rafters, as usual. And we had a lot more ‘official’ guests than normal…the Governor of NSW, the President of the Legislative Council, various MPs, the Chief Justice, the Irish Consul etc. We enjoyed ourselves tremendously singing \*Faith of Our Fathers \*and _Hail Glorious Saint Patrick_. And a Gaelic piece too, which I hadn’t seen before: > [@](#): > > Céad míle Fáilte romhat, a Íosa, a Íosa ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/316 "2014-03-17T13:43:10Z")
For some appropriate Civil War-era music, here’s “The Opinions of Paddy Magee” performed by David Kinkaid: [Opinions of Paddy Magee.wmv - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T66xmOsi4A). We have the flag shown at the beginning, that of the 69th New York Volunteers / Irish Brigade, flying at home today. The motto at the bottom, in Gaelic, means, “They never shrank from the clash of spears.” Huzzah for the Irish! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/begorra-a-st-paddys-day-mmp/683332/317 "2014-03-17T14:07:29Z")
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