# Cranking Up The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891 "2014-06-16T09:42:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/1 "2014-06-16T09:42:24Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 71 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 92 for the day and it might rain. Or not. Nobody knows. Today my new assistant starts. Poor thing will be innundated with trainin’ this week. I feel she’ll catch on pretty quick however. There’s some online stuff that must be done as well as such fun things as gettin’ her set up with a permanent admin account, user names, passwords and all that there stuff. Also, tonight is men’s night over to the church house. Thus, steaks are marinatin’ and beer is chillin’. Lookin’ forward to that. Ok, that’s all I got. Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy demands to be fed. Then, alas and alack, 'tis Moanday so irk purtification must commence. So, tell me what fun things y’all have comin’ up this week. Or hijack away. Either way it’s all win-win! 😃 Happy Moanday Y’all! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/2 "2014-06-16T10:37:38Z")
First! After this weekend (which is becoming a normal weekend), I’m looking forward to irk (with it’s more relaxed pace). Twas fun, but exhausting. Flights the 2nd ½ of the week are scheduled. Thurs, Fri, & Sat eve’s. Sat is the Solstice flight. Can it be summer already??? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/3 "2014-06-16T10:56:57Z")
This is the week we use our camper for the first time. And Higgs goes to a kennel for the first time. Poor Higgs… There’s a Maryland-Delaware HOG Rally in Cumberland, MD and \*\*FCD \*\*wants to show his bike. So we’ve got reservations at the Rocky Gap State Park campgrounds. We’ll head out there on Thurs, he’ll show his bike on Friday, and I’ll come back on Sat morning. Whether he comes home with me or stays another night depends on the weather - right now, there’s only a 40% chance of t-storms in the forecast, but a couple of days ago, it was 80%. We’ll figger it out at the time. As for the early part of the week: highs in the 90s + humid = not working outside. Maybe I’ll do some laundry. Maybe I’ll play in my studio. Maybe I’ll do some chores. Doesn’t matter - I’m retired! 😃 The main thing I don’t like about the solstice is that the days start getting shorter again. Dammit. Plus that heat thing. Double dammit. We should have settled somewhere with a less hot and humid summer. Oh, well. Happy Moanday, all! ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/4 "2014-06-16T11:09:37Z")
I have two interviews this week, one today and one tomorrow. Then RT will be home this weekend! Last night I dreamed that I went to today’s interview and that I was being interviewed by the principal, Nathan Fillion. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/5 "2014-06-16T11:34:09Z")
Blurf!! ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/6 "2014-06-16T11:39:20Z")
Morning all, It is going to be HOT HOT HOT this week. I think we might get to 100 Wednesday! Other than that its pretty boring here. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/7 "2014-06-16T12:09:48Z")
Yeah, I don’t have a lot planned for this week either, just avoiding the heat. Although I heard from the library that I can go get the new Harry Dresden novel - it’s finally my turn on the hold list. Next week, however, is chock full. We’re going up to the 'burgh for the week. Right now we’re planning on leaving on Sunday morning, but if we can think of something to see between here and there, we might leave on Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/8 "2014-06-16T12:34:09Z")
We’ve really hit the “Aw crap, it’s already packed!” phase now of wanting to do “x” and realizing some key component is unavailable. The rice cooker is packed. So is the rice. The dutch ovens are hiding in boxes. Ditto the frying pan. Getting very close to “Do we want to go for Chinese, Thai or Mexican tonight?” ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/9 "2014-06-16T12:45:20Z")
Good morning everyone! Another joyous week. Back to dayside, and for this I am thankful. Had the kids for the weekend. Although the weather was wonderful, we were unable to go on the water because the trailer for the boat was being rebuilt. I had a couple ideas of what to do for the weekend, one of which get the kids to pass their MD Boating Certificate course. The website says 3.5 hours. It took us 7 on Saturday, but both passed with perfect scores. Very happy, and very happy we don’t have to do it again. Now they can legally operate a boat in MD (and in states that accept the certificate). And I even learned some things going through the course too. All in all good times. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/10 "2014-06-16T12:48:59Z")
I have a rehearsal to go to and several plays to go to this week. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/11 "2014-06-16T13:06:47Z")
Blurf. Not got too much planned for this week, juggling should be interestin’ tonight, as I’m bringing some of the students from the uni club to meet the locals. Partly I’m trying to get the annual one day convention going again, which the students have to book, but the other local jugglers often do half the work for (as they know more performers and teachers)- but after a hiatus when the union building was having renovations , the two groups have separated off, and I’m now the only regular at both clubs. I also plan to bake some cake, so I’d better away and get ingredients soon. Just waiting for the washing machine to finish so I can hang stuff out to dry first. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/12 "2014-06-16T13:09:35Z")
Gonna be hot this week, then we escape to Albuquerque and Durango for some _sigh_-seeing and fly fishing. Mmmmmmm… flies. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/13 "2014-06-16T13:13:13Z")
Blurf. I had a chance meeting with a large quantity of wine last night. You can work out the rest for yourselves. This is my last week of being unemployed so I have a few things planned. Today there may be grocery shopping if I feel like it. Tomorrow I’m getting my hair cut and as I will be in town, I will be picking up tickets to see the Swedish war machine when they come here in December - a bit of poor planning one way or another as they are playing on the same day I get back from a week in Vegas but it will give me an incentive to stay awake! Wednesday is pub night, Thursday is an as yet unplanned day, and I’ll be visiting my doting parent on Friday. Saturday I’ve booked on a tour of the Pre-Raphaelite section of the big art gallery, followed by a bit of shopping and some cocktails with a friend. Sunday…another unplanned one but I think it will be a quiet day before starting my new job. There you have it, a week in the life of the Fae. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/14 "2014-06-16T13:46:22Z")
Happy Moonday! It’s a clear, cool, sunny \ 69 \ degrees outside. I’ll be closing my window shortly. Today I go see the doctor, I didn’t sleep well and I’m nervous. I’m glad my friend has her car back from the shop and she can drive me downtown. We’ll be have lunch afterwards but we haven’t decided where yet. There’s a nice restaurant out her way that I like, but I’m waiting to see how I feel. I got the most weird phone call this morning. Normally I don’t answer numbers I don’t recognize but since I’m getting calls from doctors and hospitals and insurance providers lately I answered. So the guy asks for Mrs. Snickerdoodle\*. I tell him he has the wrong number. He says are you sure, I say yeah I’m sure. Then he says oh, because I am calling about the house on Somerset Lane\*. I said sorry, you have the wrong number. The weird part Way way way back when I was using AOHell, and we are going back a long way, I had made up a fake name that I used whenever I was filing out surveys or inquiring for information. Anything I signed up for got the fake name. The name was so obviously fake _Cookie Snickerdoodle_\* that I couldn’t believe I’d actually get phone calls and snail mail addressed to that name. I haven’t even seen, heard or thought about the name in probably 10 years. The address he asked about, is a house my sister owns. How in the hell did somebody get my fake name from over ten years ago, get my cell phone number, and associate it with the HFH!!! Maybe I should do a search on the fake name. \*these aren’t real names, just an example of how obvious it is the name is fake. Later this week I may or may not look at some other houses. If the offer I have in now is accepted then I won’t. If I haven’t heard anything then I will. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/15 "2014-06-16T13:48:09Z")
My youngest sis is frustrating. She posts little trivia nuggets on her FB, and for the most part, they’re bogus. I send her links with the real story, and she says “I’m just doing this for fun.” Today, she deleted the comment I made. Her FB so she can do what she wants, but it is aggravating that she’d propagate BS. She’s a brat! 😛 We’re back from the gym, and in a little bit, I’ll retreat to the cool of the basement and spend a little time in my studio. The house is still open, but it won’t last long, alas. Oh yeah, and I need to make ice for the weekend. Off I go!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/16 "2014-06-16T14:14:56Z")
Up and caffeinated. Laundry at some point today. > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I have two interviews this week, one today and one tomorrow. Then RT will be home this weekend! > > Last night I dreamed that I went to today’s interview and that I was being interviewed by the principal, Nathan Fillion. 😃 “Principal Tighhtpants”? 😃 Good luck on the interviews. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > This is the week we use our camper for the first time. And Higgs goes to a kennel for the first time. Poor Higgs… The one time I kenneled Gordie, he thought he was going back to the pound, and had a meltdown in the vet’s lobby. and as far as FB goes: “90% of the quotes on Facebook are made up.” - Abraham Lincoln. (((( **sari** )))) ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/17 "2014-06-16T14:20:28Z")
We used to take Pixel and Bernie together and they’d stay in the same run. Unfortunately, we can’t take Higgs and Taz because Taz will escape. She won’t be happy, but she’ll survive. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/18 "2014-06-16T14:26:25Z")
I have to go get ready. I keep putting it off and I know I need to do it. I think somebody just went into the bathroom so now I have to wait. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/19 "2014-06-16T15:55:42Z")
ohhhhh I killed the MMP Getting ready to go. I’m springing for a nice lunch, I htink we’ll go to the _Hazelwood Inn_ They have good crab cakes, and sauer beef and dumplings, and real mashed potatoes. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891/20 "2014-06-16T16:08:38Z")
mmmmmmmmm - crab cakes! \*\ \* I had some leftover chicken for lunch, then I pulled some weeds in the bed next to the front porch. I figure I did about 1/3 of it, but the sun is too high and there’s no more shade in the front. I’ll get out there again first thing tomorrow and see how much more I can get done. It’s an overgrown mess! I’ll weed it, then feed it. Of course, the feeding will nourish the weeds too, dammit. \*\*FCD \*\*is on his way to Baltimore to take the helmet to my sister. She’s going to be surprised. I got an email from our travel agent - she couldn’t reach my mom. Turns out the guys who are fixing her collapsing culvert managed to cut her phone line. I finally reached her on her cell. With luck, she’ll have her phone back tomorrow. When I cool down a bit, I’m going to futz in my studio for a while. The house is closed and the air is on and I do not like that I had to do it. Oh well, such is summer in southern Merrylande… ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cranking-up-the-mmp/690891.md?page=2)