# Fresh air and sunshine in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 6, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179 "2020-04-06T10:20:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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 9, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/121 "2020-04-09T11:26:38Z")
Rain last night and at least one rumble of thunder this morning - the weather guy warned of a cold front moving thru today. I think it’s supposed to be nice, but cooler, later. Hope so - RoxStar needs to get out and run off some energy or she’s a pill at bedtiime. \*\*shady \*\*- no worries here about the kid turning into a manipulator - her mama teaches middle school. She doesn’t take sh\*t from anyone! 😃 And we don’t tell Roxy she’s smart - we just say “Good job” when she does good. \*\*nellie \*\*- my mom used to buy wine in big jugs, too, till they invented box o’wine. I think it was Christian Brothers brand, but it was so long ago, I can’t be sure. Anyway, now she will spring for cases to keep on hand. So last Christmas, we got her a wine club subscription - she gets 3 assorted bottles to try quarterly. Yep, that woman likes wine. I don’t think she’s a wino yet, tho. As far as I know, she doesn’t put the bottles in bags to drink. 😃 \*\*BooFae \*\*- while I’m neither a podiatrist, nor do I play one on TV, I do know that stretches are often good for foot pains. While sitting around being a slug, you might try flexing and pointing your feet periodically. Plus if you attach feathers to your toes: cat toys!! 😃 I’m just coming out of several days of pain in my insteps, mainly because of all our construction work this weekend and the frequent trips up and down the slope to get tools and such. So happy stretching! Supper tonight will be a couple of big racks of ribs. I think I’ll cook them in the smoker, sans smoke so I can leave it in the garage. I think it’ll use less power than the big oven, and I can leave them out there for a good long time so they’re falling apart. Plus we’ll have veggies of some sort. I know I have fungus in the fridge - maybe I’ll go get some cabbage… hmmmmm… Happy Thursday!! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/122 "2020-04-09T13:04:39Z")
Happy Thorsday! It was a rainy morning, but now the sun is out and shining. Echo is having a fit this morning. Keeps running from door to window crying. I think she misses her friends. Lily should be back Saturday I’m pissed off at whoever the hell made the decision that liquor stores are essential and dog parks aren’t. In the good news section of life, I got an email from my car insurance company saying I will be getting a discount on my bill because of not going anywhere in April and May. Of course, I never go anywhere but the dog park and grocery store anyway, but I would never turn down a discount. Easter dinner in the armpit has been cancelled, so I won’t be making that trip. I need to do some laundry today, once the dishwasher gets done. **Nettie** , I feel your pain, both in regards to idiot customers and noisy neighbors. **Red** , getting my son a cheap phone is an option. I may call At&T today and see how much to add an account. I have lots of old phones around here that he could use, since he won’t be using it anyway. Or maybe add it to his tablet? At some point he will need one, although if he gets a job irking from home, he’ll probably use mine. I have to call irk, I don’t know wtf is wrong with the system. I am so fed up I am ready to quit. ---
**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 9, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/123 "2020-04-09T13:07:55Z")
I got an email from GEICO saying all policies renewed between April and October will get a 15% discount. Ours comes up for renewal in July, so I’ve got that to look forward to. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/124 "2020-04-09T13:35:54Z")
**Moooommm** , got the same GEICO message you did, it’s not a large amount but if they want to do that, it’s fine with me. **Sari** , hang in there, work can be a great pain, but being unemployed isn’t much fun either. Have something ready to go before you split. **Nettie, Dot** , people gonna be people…Job is obviously your patron Saint… And all those with noisy neighbors, may they become mute…or you get a really good set of earplugs… Everybody take care this (pleasant in N. Ali-bama) Thorsday. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/125 "2020-04-09T14:07:57Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Looks like it rained some more overnight, but I still got Gordie to go out and do his business. > [@Seanette](#): > > I don’t do alcohol. Got home too wrung out to even forage chocolate (and I do make sure to have that on hand), then to add to the fun, jackass neighbors were being totally unnecessarily loud in the parking lot. For bonus points, it was a flock of five-ish guys who could NOT all be roomies, since the largest apartments in the complex are 2BD/2bath. And they were less than 6 feet from my bedroom window! Listen, jackasses, just because YOU may not have to work tomorrow does NOT mean your neighbors don’t need some damn sleep! > > And DH is reporting sore throat, with mild cough from throat irritation, and nausea. He says no fever, or shortness of breath. > > I know, I should slide this over to the April rants thread, but here feels more like someplace I can vent without people being too annoyed with me. Feel free to vent here. > [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > Lord, I HATE this. People do this all the time when calling the shelter. They call and they tell you they have a cat and she’s a sweet little cat and they found her under a canoe as a kitten and bottle fed her and she’s pure black and beautiful, but she’s so shy and she doesn’t like anybody but family and last year, she had kittens and it was really tough because the caller’s husband is on disability after he hurt his back at work and so they’re on a fixed income and it’s been really hard because the husband doesn’t even really like the cats, but boy he sure likes this one little black one because she reminds him of one he had when he was in college- his grandma’s cat was really mean, like… really mean, but when then he found this one in a puddle and took her home and she would say “I love you” just like this- “whaaaaawwwwuuuwoooo” but he knew it was “I love you” and she even used the toilet! > > And… oh my god. GET ON WITH IT. What do you want? Do you want us to take the cat? Spay her? Take the kittens? Do you need advice? Food? Do you want to adopt her a friend? WHAT. DO. YOU. WANT? I could not possibly care less about your husband or the dog you had in the seventies or your ungrateful son who stole from you and and whose girlfriend is covered in tattoos and has a piercing through her nose like a bull and won’t let you see your grandbabies. All my lines are ringing and there are seventy two people standing in the lobby staring at me waiting for me to get off the phone to help them. Just tell me what you want. > > I uh… have a lot of pet peeves. I’m a very cranky person. > > Anyway, just finished watching another livestream. Julian Koster from the Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air), one of my favorite podcasts. It’s so lovely. His stories and music are captivating and sweet with just the right amount of weird. I didn’t really get the appeal of livestreams before, but it’s nice right now to have something- ANYTHING- to look forward to and separate one day from another. The next one I know of will be Friday- the same band who has done it the last few Fridays. [GET ON WITH IT](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXE8LdXzeHM)(I hate the Story Time People[sup][sup]TM[/sup][/sup], too.) **Nettie** , noisy neighbors are fun, when you’re stuck at home(my upstairs neighbors run an elephant mosh pit). ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/126 "2020-04-09T14:34:22Z")
I’ve had elephant mosh pits upstairs, too, so I do sympathize. Decided to take an FMLA day, since DH reported feeling a bit unwell yesterday. I’m not exactly 100% myself (no, neither of us has symptoms consistent with COVID-19). ---
**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 9, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/127 "2020-04-09T14:49:14Z")
I was staring into the sun as I headed to the supermarket today. Now the rain has started. Welcome to new England! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/128 "2020-04-09T15:23:41Z")
Afternoon. Bees all present and correct . I’m hoping it’s not just a fluke, but I got no aggro off them today, so hopefully I won’t have to stage a revolution and get a new queen in. Very nice to get out in the countryside a bit and remind myself that the spring is happening out there, even if I don’t get to see it. Called in the supermarket on the way back as well, to get some essentials like ice cream and beer, plus some milk and fresh vegetables, I guess. Also bought some duck aigs from the street stall by my bees, and am fighting the temptation to get an incubator to try hatch myself a little isolation buddy… If I lived somewhere that a) had a garden and b) didn’t ban pets, I’d be giving it a go… ---
**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 9, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/129 "2020-04-09T15:24:13Z")
Quick and productive run to Food Lion has been completed. Along with the stuff I wanted for supper tonight, I got some of the jumbo shrimps on sale, plus another 6-pack of paper towels. Still no TP to be had, but we’re fine in that department. I just look out of curiosity. I saw an idiot woman there wearing a mask… over her chin. Mouth and nose were exposed, but her chin was safe, by golly! :smack: Since being back, I packed some more chickie tits for the freezer, rubbed and started the ribs in the smoker, and made another batch of rotisserie rub (which I put on the ribs, even tho they’re not being rotissed. ) And I cleaned the broiler pan from last night’s burgers (just didn’t want to deal with it last night) and cleaned the sink. Go me! 😃 SIL just put Roxy down for her nap, and I’m thinking I’ll make myself some lunch. And my mostly idle day yesterday was good for my feet - they’re feeling almost normal today. Yay! Sleeping with Mel probably helped, too. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/130 "2020-04-09T17:10:35Z")
Tested the sprinkler system for any ruptures or other problems this morning, then ran a full cycle for the first time this year. S’posed to hit 75 today, and the fleurs looked thirsty. Tons of tulips blooming along with the second round of daffodils. If this sort of weather keeps up, the dogwood tree will explode into color soon. Gotta love spring. Except for the pollen allergies, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Kovitlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kovitlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kovitlac)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/131 "2020-04-09T17:19:20Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > **Swampy** , NO.:eek: > > I’m surprised your eye doc does not verify you have a driver before dilating your eyes. Those “glasses” are more for your comfort than anything else. They do NOT normalize your vision; only time will do that. > > Put your right furry paw over your heart, raise your left furry paw, and swear to all the Dopers that YOU WILL NOT DRIVE with your eyes dilated! > > _worries_ > ~VOW I’ve had no issue with pupil dilation and driving soon after (and I’ve had several appointments with dilation - it’s far from a one-time thing). I don’t even need sunglasses for it. The only time I would have needed a ride after was when they took pictures of my eye due to high blood pressure in the eye causing bleeding. I had to stare at a camera flash for WAY longer than anyone would be comfortable with. My eyes were watering so bad I absolutely needed a ride afterward. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/132 "2020-04-09T17:37:28Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Thanks for the link, that could be it but I’ll have to get it looked at properly once we’re allowed to do such things. The pain location is all round the back of my heel, not so much underneath and not really the arch **so tending more towards the Achilles.** > > It’s hindering activity in that it doesn’t bother me if I am sitting doing nothing but it’s very painful to walk. \*\* It was quite a sudden onset,\*\* happened before when I was doing circuit training at the gym and the instructor put **short sprints into the circuit.** At the time, I thought it was down to my trainers having inadequate support so I bought new and better ones, plus some gel heel grips that are supposed to stop your feet moving around too much when you wear them. > > It’s definitely worse on waking and it takes me a while to get moving, also the same if I’ve been sitting for a while and then get up to walk somewhere. Once I’ve walked a bit, it gets better but that sounds like it’s because the muscles are stretching. > > **Chefguy** - thanks for the warning! Given this, I’m guessing an Achilles strain. Ice 2-3 times a day, NDAIDS of your preference and **gentle** stretching. The best stretch is to put your leg back straight and lean into a wall or other support [like this.](https://www.wikihow.com/images/thumb/d/df/Stretch-for-Achilles-Tendonitis-Step-5.jpg/aid10081652-v4-728px-Stretch-for-Achilles-Tendonitis-Step-5.jpg.webp) Hold for 20-30 sec. then _slowly_ bend the knee. You should feel the stretch move into the Achilles. DO NOT STRETCH TO THE POINT OF PAIN. Do not stretch by hanging the heels off a edge, not enough control. These are also safe alternative stretches. [1](https://www.verywellfit.com/thmb/yRVp7sMdVyzGxmSlCmEASkbWwbA=/1939x1454/smart/filters:no_upscale()/Verywell-10-2696048-CalfStretchTowel-1003-598cba640d327a0010ee067b.jpg) [2](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QMzke6N9Xtk/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/133 "2020-04-09T17:38:20Z")
Happy Thorsday! Decided to mow the lawn yesterday afternoon instead of going to home depot, so I have to go there today, and then we may well head back over the hill this evening, or maybe tomorrow morning. We’re all wishy-washy about that. While I was wandering around bimart yesterday, I passed by the TP isle and they had stock, (but no charmin), so I bought a 24 pack of quilted northern, just because. They had a few packs of some kind of TP at fred meyers too, but I didn’t buy any there. I went to freds 'cause bimart didn’t have any of the carpet cleaning powder (arm & hammer pet fresh\*) and their shelf where it normally resides was absolutely bare as well. WTH? Are the hoarders hoarding carpet cleaning products now?? :smack: Also those n95 masks aren’t at all comfortable to wear for an extended period. Plus also, I saw a number of people who just don’t get the concept of ‘social distancing’. Sometimes I wonder how the species has survived this long. 😕 \*After being away for a couple of weeks, when we returned to the ‘big house’ it smelled really doggy, so **Wifey** really wanted to clean the carpets. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/134 "2020-04-09T19:09:54Z")
> [@SurrenderDorothy](#): > > And… oh my god. GET ON WITH IT. What do you want? Do you want us to take the cat? Spay her? Take the kittens? … If you haven’t figured it out yet, you should not look for recipes online. :eek: _I remember languid summer afternoons when my mother would wear her cheerful yellow apron with the red and purple flowers on it while she poured the boiling water into the big green pyrex bowl into which she’d already emptied the contents of the gelatin dessert packet that she traded eggs that our chickens laid yesterday for. Those chickens had the free run of the side yard and clucked and pecked aimlessly all day long. Once she mixed the gelatin with her mother’s wooden spoon, she mixed in diced peaches that came from our trees that had been planted by my grandfather…_ Some hospitals need to send a gentle warning to people before sending out bills. Especially people who just had heart surgery… Y’all sitting down? Able to handle a good startle? [spoiler]The hospital billed my insurance just short of $317,000 for my ablation procedure. Still waiting on the final settlement, but my share should be in the neighborhood of $2500.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/135 "2020-04-09T19:21:30Z")
Oh, goody! I found a bill for my USAA credit card! The good news is that it’s not due until the 12th. The bad news is that I don’t have any money until the 15th. I had to dip into my meagre savings. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/136 "2020-04-09T20:51:29Z")
Well, they’re alive, or at least one of them is, as I’ve been hearing someone drag furniture around. At least I _think_ it’s furniture.Cue the _Psycho_ soundtrack. I’ve come to the firm conclusion that there are a LOT of people who just plain need to talk. I’m sure some of them want sympathy, too, as in “Don’t think I’m a bad person for having a pet I can’t keep.” But when you don’t have time to hear their life story, it must be very aggravating, especially when the phone’s blowing up with other people wanting to tell their life stories. Too bad there can’t be a dedicated phone line where an automated voice would say “Uh-huh,” and “Oh, that must be tough” every 15 seconds. Somebody invent that, wouldja? And **Gotti** , I hear ya on the recipes. It’s like these people are saying, “OK, I’ll give you this recipe (which I actually got from an old Pillsbury Bake-Off cookbook), but first you’re going to have to pay for it first by reading my overblown drivel about my boring children, interspersed with 30 photos of this wondrous cobbler.” Just give me the stupid recipe, you torturous witch! There. I feel better. Wow, that’s quite a bill! Maybe the hospital thinks if they give you the huge number first, the portion you’ll have to pay will seem smaller. **FCM** , my mom was thrilled when she discovered box wine. I’m missing her. I used to call her on Good Friday because her religious beliefs and empathy were so deep, she always got depressed. I always made a note on Holy Thursday to remind myself. She’s been gone almost 10 years, but it doesn’t feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/137 "2020-04-09T21:07:24Z")
Yay! The lil’wrekker signed up for her summer classes. All online. She’ll be here ALL summer. I’m sooooooo happy.🙂 She’s not so happy:( Her BF lost all his students. So his trying to figure out what to do. He needs to work. Don’t know how that’ll turn out. Good day, all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/138 "2020-04-09T21:14:31Z")
Afternoon all. Been a truly nothing day, internettin’ interspersed with nappage and reading. Nothing much in the mail (just annuity statements). Took the cheezeburger out of the refrigerator to finish thawing, then will grill it in a bit. Tomorrow I will go to the place that has my lawnmower for servicing…they’ll have had it for one month then and yeah, they had a bunch stacked up and yeah, with the virus it’s been a mess, but a month is long enough. **gotti** , been a long time since I got a hospital bill like that. Is it itemized? You can be rather surprised how much they charge for things there. **nut** , glad the bees are well. Everyone take care now. Back to readin’ and nappin’ and internettin’… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/139 "2020-04-09T21:16:53Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **FCD** ’s new name is B-Pa - at least according to our shortest human roommate. I’ve been called Ma (to distinguish from Mama). Her paternal grandfather is YaYa, and I think her other grandmother gets some variant of grandma. Toddlers are such fun! > > And she’s especially fun now that her mama bought her a barrel of magnetic letters, which grace the fridge. She not only knows just about all of them, but she figured out that if you turn the M upside down, you get a W! Is she a genius or what??? 😃 Of course, it makes for a challenge when I need to get in the fridge. > > Woke stupid early again - I only got about 5 hours of sleep, so I’m dragging. It’s raining, and I have no intention of venturing out today. I foresee max vegging and chillage. I think I’ve earned it. > > So onward, crawling into the day! Happy Wednesday! Toddlers are fun when they start figuring out the world. The lil’wrekker singlehandedly changed my Daddy’s name from ‘Granddaddy’ to ‘Diddy’ She was the last grandchild. Her much older cousins referred to him as ‘Diddy’ from then on. I enjoy your tales of Roxys goings on. She seems like a fun kid. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179/140 "2020-04-09T21:34:50Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Some hospitals need to send a gentle warning to people before sending out bills. Especially people who just had heart surgery… Y’all sitting down? Able to handle a good startle? Eep. _goes out and hugs the NHS_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-air-and-sunshine-in-the-mmp/851179.md?page=8)