# Getting to work on time - a commuting MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 16, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683 "2015-11-16T10:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/201 "2015-11-20T19:57:30Z")
No, it’s weird ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/202 "2015-11-20T20:34:42Z")
Just finished pulling the pork and adding onion and more sauce. It’s smelling yum!! Sweet N.O.T. fries on the side. Double yum! Extended forecast shows temps in the 20s on Sunday and Monday nights. So I guess the banana trees and the spider plants need to come inside. One of the spiders is going to work with me, so this is a good excuse to do that now. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/203 "2015-11-20T20:59:33Z")
**Metal Mouse** - Haha George Carlin is spot on. **Doggio** - I try to clean out everything I don’t use regularly. But it’s weird because there’s a bin of… Small _stuff_ that I always think I’ll need a use for - 100s of pens, stacks of decorative paper, small mementos from good times, etc. That I know I’ll probably never use but I always make excuses to keep. I’m just glad it’s one bin haha. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/204 "2015-11-20T21:27:01Z")
**lucii** , you just described the stash of a scrapbooker. 😛 ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/205 "2015-11-20T21:48:11Z")
Howdy Y’all! Firday has been survived. YAY! When I got to da cave I decided it was time to bring the outdoor plants in, so I prepared their Winter home in the dinin’ room and drug the plants in. Go Me! In a bit I shall begin to forage the fridge so a spot can be cleared out for turkey thawin’. Right now, however, 'tis beerverage time. **nettie** perhaps TWC felt we needed sump’n to watch to make us throw up after we consume mass quantities. I say it will take **spidey** one hour and twenty three minutes to get home after irk. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/206 "2015-11-20T22:55:34Z")
Pulled poke was yum. I think I’m going to assume the crochet position before going to bed early. I’s tahred… _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/207 "2015-11-20T23:09:43Z")
A pox on the scheduling people. We were told to be at the hospital at 8 AM. He’s been NPO since midnight with the expectation of having a procedure done bright and early. It’s now 3 PM and all that’s happened is they put a regular IV in his arm. Nothing connected to it, no procedure, no food. No happy! ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/208 "2015-11-20T23:33:19Z")
Foragin’ has been accomplished. There is now room in da fridge to thaw a large bird for turkey day. OYKW is about to have him a soak in the tub. I just saw a teevee commercial for a colorin’ book for adults. Happy old and middle aged wimmen were colorin’ away. Plus, it comes with a DELUXE package of 51 two sided colored pencils! What more could you want! **gotti** dang! Here’s hopin’ DH gets in soonest and gets this over with. ---
**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:** [November 20, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/209 "2015-11-20T23:36:35Z")
Hey, hi. Haven’t been on message boards in a while. Been busy. Don’t know where to ask this, but are we having a Christmas gift exchange on the board this year? And/or Christmas cards for Doper kids? ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/210 "2015-11-21T00:17:20Z")
@#$/! Just went out to the twuck and the @#/ thing wouldn't start. My neighbor tried to jump start it for me to no avail. I talked to a mechanic friend in Texas, and he seems to think it might be the starter. @#/! I hate it when I have to spendmy bonus mo ey on something that isn’t fun. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/211 "2015-11-21T00:35:15Z")
> [@missred](#): > > hate it when I have to spendmy bonus mo ey on something that isn’t fun. Damn betcha. Bonus money is for hookers and blow dammit!!! 😃 Home from work. Tough day; they decided to run us at 100% speed even though we only have 70-75% manpower until after Thanksgiving. The good thing is we survived - the bad is that we’ll probably have a bunch of our best workers resign over this just when we need them most. Sometimes I think that even our management sucks and 99% of the time I really like them. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/212 "2015-11-21T00:39:18Z")
My mother called and told me not to come to the armpit this weekend. She is having work done at the house and says it’s all torn up and a mess right now. Cool by me 🙂 **Swampy** my mother has the adult coloring books and pencils. She enjoys it and I’ve already bought her two books and some new pencils for Christmas. She thought I might like it but I don’t think so. I guess everybody else will get gift cards. I hate to do that with the younger boys being that their father is an addict. Although talk has it that he has gotten a job and is cleaning up his act. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/213 "2015-11-21T01:12:38Z")
Dindin was tilapia and baked N.O.T.'s. Good food. Crock pot ranch chicken tomorrow; that’s gonna be _real_ good. Sunday, we’ll have Thanksgiving dinner at the church. We’ve also been invited by our landlady to Thanksgiving dinner on, y’know, Thanksgiving. Mom and I watched yesterday’s Jeopardy Tournament of Champions episode on the DVR, and then watched today’s relatively live. They were the finals. **Tournament of Champions spoiler warning:** I can’t believe how dominant Alex was! Matt, whom I predicted to go all the way, got creamed! ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/214 "2015-11-21T01:20:38Z")
We dae nae hae ony passenger trains. So it’s a leisure 15 minute drive to work. The morning radio jockeys make it fun. I keep a drawer full of Tetley tea to get through the morning reports. Don’t know why but I love that in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/215 "2015-11-21T02:41:53Z")
**Red** - Am I that obvious? Yeah. I’m a scrapbook fanatic! ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/216 "2015-11-21T03:57:11Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > :dubious: Is it just me, or is there something a bit weird about the Weather Channel running [a documentary on the Donner Party](http://www.theweathercompany.com/shows/dead-winter-donner-party) on Thanksgiving weekend? Having a bit of [Vuja De](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18862734&postcount=11)? I _thought_ that looked familiar! I went out on a couple of dates with this girl in the latter part of spring. I was relieved when I _thought_ she had as much non-interest as I did & that we would just ride off our separate way w/o me having to break up with her. It turns out she was really into me so I tried to make a go of it under the “if you open enough oysters, you’re bound to find a pearl” theory. But, ummm, no; she was more of a clam or mussel, meaning there was no chance of a pearl there so I dumped her later in the summer. I was told that I broke her heart. Then, put it this way, I wouldn’t have been afraid for a pet rabbit, but iffn I had a lesser pet, say a hermit crab, I wouldn’t have been shocked to come home to a crab cake samm’ich on the table, which only reinforced the fact that my decision was the right one. Thru social media posts I saw she was on a “great date”. So why if I want no part of her was I bummed to see she’s moved on? 😕 Got stuff to do still to get ready for the morning but I wanna go to bed now because I gotta leave tomor’er at 5:45, which is an hour later than Sun. That’ll make three straight weekends that the _latest_ the alarm has gone off has been 5:40. ☹ I sincerely hope (but highly doubt) there will be time for nappage tomor’er. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/217 "2015-11-21T04:36:45Z")
I began a thread on casting Casablanca with Looney Tunes characters, with Bugs Bunny as Rick Blaine of course, but it has [already been done](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78gCyD3TvGs). dammit ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/218 "2015-11-21T04:44:14Z")
Well, the Canes lost. But the bartenders at the Bistro were happy to see me back. 🙂 > [@EmilyG](#): > > Hey, hi. Haven’t been on message boards in a while. Been busy. > > Don’t know where to ask this, but are we having a Christmas gift exchange on the board this year? And/or Christmas cards for Doper kids? **Midget**! : tacklehug : (just cuase I see you on Twitter and Facebook, doesn’t mean I didn’t mis you here) > [@missred](#): > > @#$/! > > Just went out to the twuck and the @#/ thing wouldn't start. My neighbor tried to jump start it for me to no avail. I talked to a mechanic friend in Texas, and he seems to think it might be the starter. @#/! I hate it when I have to spendmy bonus mo ey on something that isn’t fun. That sucks, but at least it’s a fairly cheap replacement. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/219 "2015-11-21T04:46:09Z")
But Bugs got the goil! 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 21, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/220 "2015-11-21T04:47:45Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Well, the Canes lost. But the bartenders at the Bistro were happy to see me back. 🙂 You realize that you have a problem, right? :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683.md?page=12)