# Early to Bed and Early to Rise MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476 "2017-07-17T09:35:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**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:** [July 21, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/161 "2017-07-21T22:12:26Z")
Amazon Prime finally got here, so lunch was rice crispy treats and doritos. It’s starting to rain here, so I guess it is a good thing we didn’t spray the weeds today. Today has been a bit of a wasted day. I talked to a friend on the phone this morning and sat out with the neighbor for a few hours this afternoon. **Flytrap** , when they are in full bloom I’ll post a pic. ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/162 "2017-07-21T23:09:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Supper was Amish corn. Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin ate roasted corn for dinner when it was in season. This was New York in the 1930s and 40s. Wolfe proclaimed that housewives should be roasted for boiling it. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/163 "2017-07-21T23:28:54Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I am goin’ back to the horsepistol around seven to check on Mr. Frank and make sure he’s comfy for the night. I know he’s gettin’ good care but just feel better makin’ one last check. You’re a good man, **Swampy**. 🙂 I’m getting hungry. Hopefully hubby will finish work soon and we can eat! ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/164 "2017-07-22T00:03:22Z")
Still freakin’ hot. I made Italian Chicken with 3 cheese rice and spinach with bacon and oregano for dinner. **swampy** , you’re a good guy. You’re like the anti- **Flutrap**.😃 ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/165 "2017-07-22T00:03:38Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Sometime shortly before the sailing date, they’ll email us the luggage tags so we can print out as many as we need. Place I used to work had a luggage tag maker - give us your business card & we’ll put it in a sleeve & run it thru the melty/laminator machine as a promo at conventions. When the company closed I was the last one with a key to the marketing closet. It’s in my basement. I pull it out whenever I go away & make custom luggage tags for that trip (if necessary) like which hotel(s) on which date(s) & which race/event on the other side. Iffn my luggage gets separated (which is exceedingly rare to even be able to occur because most are drive or if a plane is involved, carry-on only) it would know how to find it’s way back to me while I am wherever I am. I’m starting to run low; down to about 200 sleeves (before I would have to buy more). :rolleyes: I haz to get my stuff together & go to bed soon because my alarm needs to be set for a wake-up time possibly before **Sunny** even goes to bed. :eek: I has **big** race tomorrer; hope to survive & not melt as it’s s’posed to be 93° & hoomid. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/166 "2017-07-22T00:06:03Z")
Sounds like a cool gadget **Spidey**. ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/167 "2017-07-22T00:07:00Z")
Back from the horsepistol. Mr. Frank was given a mild sedative to help him sleep at his request and it was takin’ effect so I left. Back in the mornin’. For now, however, I have ice cream! YAY! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/168 "2017-07-22T00:09:21Z")
Kinda like [this](http://www.jobrien.com/security-accessories/security-laminators/4-inch-laminator.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6LHMxMyb1QIVjUoNCh1mngmsEAQYASABEgJxfvD_BwE), **Sunny**. > [@swampbear](#): > > Back from the horsepistol. Mr. Frank was given a mild sedative to help him sleep at his request and it was takin’ effect so I left. He had a [Sedagive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpiHCZHGbF8&t=42s), **Swampy**? ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/169 "2017-07-22T00:35:47Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **swampy** , you’re a good guy. You’re like the anti- **Flutrap**.😃 Why, thank you, Dogbutt. I believe that is the nicest thing anyone ever said about me. No, second nicest. When I quit smoking, my Mother said, “You don’t stink anymore.” ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/170 "2017-07-22T01:55:28Z")
I was on the way to the bus today with my dad and sister and I found a baby bird on the side of the road. It had fallen off the edge of the sidewalk and couldn’t fly yet, and was too small to get back up on the sidewalk itself, so I lifted it up and put it on the nearby grass. I heard that often parent birds are nearby even if you can’t see them right away, so usually if you see a baby bird you should leave it alone. But this one couldn’t get back to the grass by itself, so I helped it. I hope it found its way back to its parents - there wasn’t much else I could do for it after that. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/171 "2017-07-22T07:34:49Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why, thank you, Dogbutt. > I believe that is the nicest thing anyone ever said about me. > No, second nicest. When I quit smoking, my Mother said, “You don’t stink anymore.” That’s not true, **Flytrap**. For instance, if someone said, “That **flytrap** , he’s not fit to sleep with the pigs.” I’d defend you, & say that’s not true, that you _are_ fit to sleep with pigs! Feel better now? 😉 **This is what it’s all about** - Race Day!!! ---
**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 22, 2017, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/172 "2017-07-22T09:50:00Z")
Up, caffeinated ,and sheveled. Another scorcher today. The Heat Index is already 80, and it’s not 0600 yet. ---
**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 22, 2017, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/173 "2017-07-22T10:24:46Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 71 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 91 and mostly N.O.S. with a heat index around a hunnert. I shall purtify shortly and head up to the horsepistol to check on Mr. Frank. I shall also stop for a McBrekkie. Outside of that no big plans for the day. I’m hopin’ for some quality cee-mint pond time. OK, I need more caffeine and then purtification must commence. Happy Sattidy Y’all! ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/174 "2017-07-22T12:24:04Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I’d defend you, & say that’s not true, that you _are_ fit to sleep with pigs! > > **This is what it’s all about** - Race Day!!! I went out with [her](https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/muppet/images/b/b1/Giles_deacon_miss_piggy_04a.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/280?cb=20140210053226)once. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/175 "2017-07-22T13:38:23Z")
Happy Saturday! It is a very N.O.S. and going to be hot day today. I got up too early, but was able to fall back asleep, and now I am up too late. It’s okay though, if I need the sleep, I need the sleep. I feel a bit more energetic and so maybe I’ll get more done today. ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/176 "2017-07-22T14:42:52Z")
Late to the party again… We had a terrible night - both woke around 3 and wound up in the living room watching the end of Juno before going back to bed. \*\*FCD \*\*fell back to sleep, but I tossed and turned till around 7. ugh. So we got up, went to breakfast, then to **FCD** ’s office for some more stuff for his project, and finally to Food Lion for a hunk of London broil. I’ve got the first load on the line, the second in the washer, and I sliced up the meat for jerky - it’s marinating in teriyaki right now. I’ll smoke it in a couple of hours. And I’ll have to go to the store again for ingredients for brine so’s I can smoke some salmon tomorrow. That’s a lot more complicated than I’d thought. Meanwhile, 2 more loads of laundry waiting to be laundered, and tomorrow, I’ll have to drive to Upper Marlboro to order our pellets, since the closer store closes at 1 today and I won’t be able to make it. \*\*flytrap \*\*- I steam my corn. It’s also good deep fried (not battered, tho!) \*\*sari \*\*- the luggage tags I mentioned are the ones that tell the crew where to put our bags. We drop our luggage off before we even check in and it magically appears at our cabin by evening. They’re designed so it’s quick and easy to determine where they’ll be staged. I saw a TV show - can’t recall what series - that showed the behind-the-scenes process of turning around a cruise ship - getting one batch of passengers and their stuff off and getting the next batch on. It’s pretty amazing what they can accomplish in under 12 hours! Pretty much everyone is involved in the evolution, whether taking supplies aboard and stowing them, readying cabins for the next batch of passengers, getting luggage moved in, getting people checked in, and oh, by the way, they have lunch ready as you’re checking in. It’s impressive. Thus beginneth my day. Happy Saturday!! ---
**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 22, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/177 "2017-07-22T14:49:15Z")
I steam corn in the microwave, or grill it in the shuck. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/178 "2017-07-22T15:00:24Z")
I grill my corn on the BBQ. I just humiliated myself by posting about a car problem that turned out to be the car being in 4WD-down when it wasn’t supposed to be. I should have known to check that. :smack: I have started the day with humiliations galore. Whee! We’ll be leaving within the hour for California. Me, 2 kids, and 2 dogs. 8 hour drive. 🆒 ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/179 "2017-07-22T15:17:42Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > We’ll be leaving within the hour for California. Me, 2 kids, and 2 dogs. 8 hour drive. 🆒 [Darlingtonia!](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/af/59/af/af59af1906a9fd3d3fce100265cf3d61.jpg) Well, Washington, anyway. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476/180 "2017-07-22T15:45:39Z")
As you can guess, the tire store plus double yesterday was brutal. I came home so exhausted that I don’t think I turned over once. Its hot and raining a fair amount so we’re going to Kennywood. Hey — we got season passes and the weather means short lines! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-to-bed-and-early-to-rise-mmp/791476.md?page=10)