# Everything's Blooming! A Happy Spring MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 12, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806 "2010-04-12T03:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/161 "2010-04-17T14:54:00Z")
:mad: It’s not a good day when you have to jumpstart THE FRAKKING LAWNMOWER. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/162 "2010-04-17T15:02:19Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > :mad: > > It’s not a good day when you have to jumpstart THE FRAKKING LAWNMOWER. [points if you have seen the new A Team trailer] Did you shout CLEAR! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/163 "2010-04-17T16:15:46Z")
Go **Bobbio** on the IV start! Hope the Italian bread turned out well, **taxi**. I should probably make some more too. Put in a couple hours picking up trash. Students are pigs. OK…not all students, but it’s amazing how much crap winds up on the ground near campus. **Alien!!!** How’s it going? Should probably be out in the garden, but I really feel like taking a nap. And maybe having a bit more lunch. Off to do stuff… GT ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/164 "2010-04-17T17:49:29Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > [points if you have seen the new A Team trailer] > Did you shout CLEAR! Didn’t have to, because the unit is lower voltage. Instead of big sticky pads, this one has some really nasty looking nipple clamps… 😃 Half the yahd is done. I ran out of gas, and I’m slothing around a bit before I hie myself to the gas station. After the yahd is done, then I think I’ll go to the dump and unload the first half of my former pumphouse, so’s I have room to make the second half former pumphouse, too. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/165 "2010-04-17T17:55:43Z")
I just finished rocking the ditch! 😃 I think I got about 8’ of it filled - I figure it’ll take 2 more tons to do the rest of what we want done. Maybe more - we shall see. But at 2¢ a pound, it’s not gonna be too pricy. So that’s good. No idea what else I’ll do today. It’s nice out, sunny and cool. I supposed I could prune some forsythia. Or nap. Either way. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/166 "2010-04-17T18:51:12Z")
[While we’re on the subtopic of trees and pollen…](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/VunderBob/trees.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/167 "2010-04-17T19:47:46Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > [While we’re on the subtopic of trees and pollen…](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/VunderBob/trees.jpg) :D:D:D Back from running errands. Am thinking of changing my regular Whole Foods stop from Sunday to Saturday. Pretty much had lunch from the samples: two kinds of hummus, granola, pasta sauce with bread, red cabbage salad, brie with date and almond topping. Could have had more if I’d had the patience to scrounge through everything. Now I’m going outside to plant some seeds and do some weeding and pruning. Back after a bit. GT ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/168 "2010-04-17T20:25:59Z")
Just finished working out. I missed last night because all of a sudden I came down with several hours of dizziness and pukiness. T’wasn’t fun. At any rate, I upped the speed and the distance. I should hit the weights too, but am still feeling just a leeeeettle punkey from last night. I figured I did enough today. Bleh, I’m all sweaty. I should hop in the shower and clean up. First though, I’m gonna finish my water. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/169 "2010-04-17T20:44:38Z")
\*\*Bbbobbio \*\*- love the pic!! 😃 Just finished hacking back some forsythia to 30" (or so) sticks. The whole hedge is leggy and ick, and my mom promises that cutting them back will result in thicker, fuller plants. Once I get the whole hedge cut back, I’ll dump some plant food along the roots and let Mother Nature do her thang! Shrimp for supper - with steamed broccoli and something starch-like. Tonight is make-curtains-for-daughter night. good times… ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/170 "2010-04-17T20:45:14Z")
Thanks, guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/171 "2010-04-17T21:33:36Z")
**Bunz** , next time you’re in the grocery store, look at the cat litter. You lost 4 bags worth of Tidy Cat. I fought the lawn, and the lawn won. Time to change the drive and PTO belts on the mower. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/172 "2010-04-17T21:46:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Bunz** , next time you’re in the grocery store, look at the cat litter. You lost 4 bags worth of Tidy Cat. Ha! About 30 more pounds and I’ll have lost an entire GilaMonster. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/173 "2010-04-17T21:52:20Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Ha! About 30 more pounds and I’ll have lost an entire GilaMonster. 😛 Good grief! you could put her in a totebag and take her anywhere you go! ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/174 "2010-04-17T22:08:27Z")
WTF? Did the MMP just get spammed? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/175 "2010-04-17T22:16:24Z")
Shrimps were yum. I’s stuffded. The cold front has come thru - windy and suddenly chill out there. So the house is now closed. Spring has been weird here. \*\*Taters \*\*- spammed, or someone has figgered us out! 😉 I need a shower. And a hot fudge sundae. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/176 "2010-04-17T22:55:15Z")
Huh? Spammed? Whad-I miss? ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/177 "2010-04-17T23:00:38Z")
The post has been removed, I guess. It would have been the post right above the one where I asked if we’d been spammed. It’s gone now. A mod must moved in and taken care of business. We’ll be leaving shortly to go to our friend’s house for what was supposed to be a bon voyage party. She was supposed to fly out to Germany tomorrow; looks like she won’t leaving tomorrow. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/178 "2010-04-17T23:31:34Z")
Howdy Y’all! Today I irked, napped, scrubbed down the back porch (now all depollenated!), supped and showered. I’s tahred! If’n I hadn’t taken that hour nap after irk I’d be sound asleep right now. We got spammed and I missed it? I miss out on all the fun stuff! Oh and it’s my weekstart! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! Course I need to mow da yahd and clean da cave, so there goes that. Next Sunday YP and the Missus are comin’ for lunch. Thus I shall do a thorough cleanin’ this weekstart and a run through make sure stuff’s still cleaned cleanin’ next Sattidy. Ima bake a turkey breast for lunch that day. Haven’t had any turkey in a while so it should be good! Ok, off to do other stuff. Later Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/179 "2010-04-17T23:55:38Z")
Spam? Ewwww :p:D Turkey sounds good, swampy. May I have some as well??? I took apart one large dead branch from one of my crabapples, pulled a bunch of weeds and then planted radishes and lettuce. Then I went for a short walk as a cool-down. I’m all depollinated now and am going to read so that I’ve finished my book club book before Tuesday. Had a cheese sandwich for dinner. Am considering what else to have. Maybe the last of my lentil soup. Hmmm…should make some more of that. It has lentils and ginger and garlic and shallots and tomato and honey and vinegar. I’m pretty sure that was all. Maybe tomorrow. Off to find something warm to drink and some chocolate and my book… Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [April 18, 2010, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806/180 "2010-04-18T00:57:11Z")
Sure **gt**. You’ve got a whole week to get here. Lunch will be served around oneish. 😃 I suppose I should also plan on vegetation, another side or two and a dessert. It may be a fox paw to serve just baked turkey breast and wine though to me it sounds just fine. I am windin’ down again. Soon I shall beddybye. Nitey Nite Y’all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everythings-blooming-a-happy-spring-mmp/535806.md?page=10)