# DST in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 13, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099 "2023-03-13T06:11:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/221 "2023-03-17T17:57:54Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > A friend of mine passed away from cancer Tuesday morning. She was just a year older than I am. It was lung cancer and she’d never smoked a day in her life. Oh, sweetheart, I am so sorry. > [@overlyverbose](#): > > I’ll be taking overlyboy to get his driving test on Monday. I’ve got my fingers crossed - for me, the state trooper he’ll have riding with him and, of course. overlyboy himself. Let us know on the next MMP!! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Nothing involving home maintenance is simple. Ye gods, ain’t that the truth. > [@Misnomer](#): > > Now, though, I never have any idea what’s going on. Same. Not quite the same context as you, but … yeah. > [@Bumbazine](#): > > I do occasionally consider visiting a ‘dispensary’ to try some CBD for pain relief however. Maybe someday. Highly recommend. CBD will _not_ get you high. It just helps you relax because it - for most people - relieves inflammation and muscle tension. Heck, in a lot of places you can get CBD products at non-dispensary stores. * * * My co-worker needed a ride to PetsMart, to get frozen mice for his idiot deadbeat roommates. I figured, **Charm** would probably like a snack, too. So we each got a 6-pack of frozen mice (yes, really) and since there’s a Panera in the same strip lot, I treated myself to some fresh bread. Dropped my co-worker back off st his home (we both work at 3, so I’m picking him up again soon) and am now thawing a mousie and inhaling fresh bread with butter. Need to get actually dressed, since I just threw on a sweatshirt to get his/mine errands run. Off to irk soon. Will I be running the fryers? Sauce’n’cheese setup? The drive thru register? Or perhaps all 3 at once? Who knows? We’ll find out soon, on the next episode of Gotta Go To Work. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/222 "2023-03-17T17:59:25Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Well, that looks all nice and stuff, but how can we tell that it was really quality approved!!! > > Honestly, I am amazed at your work. I’m pretty sure Ralphy isn’t in the picture because he had already signed off on it. He never falls down on his job as Quality Assurance: [![](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/223 "2023-03-17T18:01:21Z")
@swampbear @The_Stainless_Steel_Rat @dogbutler @nelliebly @scareyfaerie Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/224 "2023-03-17T18:03:55Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I’ve been avoiding being online lately. A friend of mine passed away from cancer Tuesday morning. She was just a year older than I am. It was lung cancer and she’d never smoked a day in her life. It wasn’t a surprise, though. Over the weekend, she asked that we take the rest of the week to start writing letters to her kiddos and husband with stories about her hijinks because she she’d been told she just had a few days. I’m so glad I knew her. I can’t believe I missed this earlier! I’m so sorry for your loss. ☹ > [@LH75](#): > > He never falls down on his job as Quality Assurance: It’s important work! 😂 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/225 "2023-03-17T18:06:15Z")
That’s a great picture with your supervisor, **Hippie.** No wonder you make such beautiful things; you have excellent oversight. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/226 "2023-03-17T18:07:55Z")
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! It’s still morning here. I’m not Irish. I don’t wear green because I don’t have any green clothing. When I was a kid, if you weren’t wearing green, the Irish kids would pinch you. Well, our (Catholic) school uniforms were blue plaid, no green, so we Italian and Polish kids would cut shamrocks out of green cardboard and wear those. One year I resented the whole pinching thing so much, I wrote on my shamrock, “I’m a little d\_go.” (It was one of those words that was OK if Italians said it about ourselves.) My mother laughed until she cried. I skipped the prednisone this morning because I’m feeling better and am hoping to avoid it. Fingers crossed! > [@Misnomer](#): > > (I’m a picky bitch, though. 😁) You say this like it’s a _bad_ thing. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Alas, I can’t afford an airplane. (If I could, I’d rather have a helicopter.) I figured that was the reason. I hope you have a safe, smooth trip. \*\* > [@peedin](#): > > The caption is “you had me at shenanigans.” **wordy** , I’m so sorry you lost your friend. Congrats to overlyboy on his back-a-versary, though! And we’ll all be cheering him on on Monday. > [@peedin](#): > > The caption is “you had me at shenanigans.” I love it! ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/227 "2023-03-17T18:18:52Z")
@Misnomer @purplehorseshoe Thanks ---
**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, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/228 "2023-03-17T18:44:38Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Need to get actually dressed, since I just threw on a sweatshirt Hope it was an extra-long sweatshirt! **FCD** and SIL bought all the stuff they needed, but my poor sweetie was really hurting, so we’ll go back tomorrow to finish the installation. He’s napping now and I’ve got a load of jeans in the washer. It’s rainy and dreary and apart from 2 loads of laundry, nothing will be accomplished today. So there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/229 "2023-03-17T19:03:58Z")
I completely forgot to acknowledge St. Patrick’s Day here…and I’m half Irish (on my dad’s side)! 🤦‍♀️ I _did_ remember to wear silver shamrock earrings for my on-camera meeting this morning, plus a t-shirt with my last name and a shamrock (which I got from [InkPixi](https://www.inkpixi.com/) a bunch of years ago). And if I were to go anywhere today, I’d put on my [Claddagh ring](https://www.amazon.com/Failte-Sovlar-Claddagh-Wishbone-Ireland/dp/B007EUMYF8/): I’ve worn one every day – if I’ve been out of the house – since I was in college. Éire go Brách! 🇮🇪 (The rest of me is Italian. Back in the day, that grandfather – rest his bigoted soul – used to tell my mom and her brother that they could marry whoever they wanted as long as they weren’t black or Irish. And they both married Irish. Heh.) > [@nelliebly](#): > > You say this like it’s a _bad_ thing. For my sanity/happiness? Not a bad thing at all. For my single-ness? Well… 😁 ---
**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, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/230 "2023-03-17T19:05:14Z")
Howdy Y’all! We went to the hog trough GC, where they did indeed have corned beast 'n cabbage (not as good as mine by a long shot), then it was back to da cave for nappage. Now we await the promised rain. Thus it is in swampland. **wordy** so sorry about your friend. Happy backaversary to overlyboy and good luck to him on the driver’s test! **MOOOOOOM** it ain’t a home improvement project unless it involves at least two trips to Lowe’s/Home Despot/hardware sto’. I think that is like international law. **shoe** hope irk goes OK and that Charm enjoyed her snack. **Oopsie** I vote stay home. Then again, we are semi-hermits and go with that option as often as possible. **Bumba** doesn’t matter who cuts my hair it always looks like it did before except a little shorter. I did my fair share (and a few other people’s share) of pot in kolledge. This is most likely the reason I have a very hazy memories of the mid 70s. ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/231 "2023-03-17T19:51:02Z")
I broke up with my boyfriend on Tuesday. I wish not to go into any specifics, but I found out that he had lied about some things that prevented the relationship from working. We’re still friends, but I still hurt. 💔 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/232 "2023-03-17T19:52:38Z")
I’m sorry honey… that stinks… ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/233 "2023-03-17T19:54:14Z")
by the way, a Happy St. Patrick’s day to all you Mumpers… may you have the luck of the Irish! 💚 💚 💚 ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/234 "2023-03-17T19:57:18Z")
Oh, happy birthday, **janis**! ---
**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, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/235 "2023-03-17T20:18:12Z")
TWPTB say we will have rain startin’ in 115 minutes. This amuses me. They should be so accurate with tornadoes. **{{{GodBod}}}** glad y’all can be friends, but it still stinks. May you find a new true love soon as you are ready. And now this… \< AHEM \> CLEARIN’ THROAT \< AHEM \> **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR PPPEEEAAARRRLLL!!!** **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/236 "2023-03-17T21:18:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > To all you filthy minded folk, I feel as if I am amongst my true people! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I am aghast… _aghast_, I say… to discover we have such pervs in the MMP!!! I’ll scootch over so the two of you can sit close to me so we can whisper amongst ourselves. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/237 "2023-03-17T21:18:58Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** > **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** > **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR PPPEEEAAARRRLLL!!!** > **HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!!** What he said. (But you really _don’t_ want to hear me sing!) ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/238 "2023-03-17T21:35:25Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > and am now thawing a mousie and inhaling fresh bread with butter. I paled a bit at this until I parsed backwards and made some assumptions about **which what for whom**. Plus thank you for reminding me that Panera makes good bread. My go to bakery for bread for the past few years changed their recipes recently and I suspect is no longer baking it on store premises so I need to find a new source. Life is too uncertain to not eat good bread (and lots of it, with real butter). The mousse imbibers are on their own, I have no advice for them. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/239 "2023-03-17T23:08:38Z")
Happy birthday **pearl**! Got the houseirk done and groceries bought. On the way home from Krogering, some @$$hole decided to park his beater in the lane that I was traveling, get out and walk up to the trailer facing the 2 lane, busy street. This was on the corner of a T-intersection 3-way stop. Had traffic backed up in all but one direction. Dumb@$$! Hanging out in the studio this evening, given that I’m allergic to the outdoors this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099/240 "2023-03-17T23:23:45Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Sunday is St. Joseph’s Day, which means if you’re an Italian from Chicago, you wear red and eat Italian food. St. Joseph is also the patron saint of Poland so we wear red as well and eat Polish food. > [@nelliebly](#): > > I swear I missed the “off” in that sentence. I did as well and had to reread it. 😆 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I make vegan cheese So I imagine that must be lactose free, correct? Our daughter loved cheese but she is very lactose intolerant so while Hubs and I are having mac & cheese and breaded baked fish fillets tonight, she won’t be able to eat the mac & cheese when she arrives. Watched basketball yesterday pretty much non-stop and not quite as much today. My Spartans beat USC 72-62 so we’re smiling and the lads are still dancing. They’ll play Marquette on Sunday. #GoGreen I’ve never made pulled pork before but there was a good price on port loins so I bought one. Found a pretty simple recipe, made the BBQ rub this morning, cut as much of the fat off the loin as I could then rubbed it well and put in crock pot. Another hour and it should be ready. Hope mine turns out as well as the people who commented on that recipe. Kroger had 4x your purchases for gas points today so went Krogering. Spent $51 and received 204 gas points. Have to get going to get my daughter’s room cleaned and clean sheets put on. Well perhaps I’ll internet a little more first since she’s just started the trek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dst-in-the-mmp/981099.md?page=13)