# 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:** 4
**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:** [November 17, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/61 "2015-11-17T12:19:09Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > How _does_ one fairly small dog produce so much hair? Dunno, but that’s also a good question about cats. 🙂 Managed over 5 hours of sleep last night, so a little better than yesterday. Today’s one of my disgustingly long ones (up at 0400, out the door by 0540, won’t be home until 2030, if that early). To my relief, a problem co-worker has today off. We won’t notice any loss to productivity, really, and I’ll be a lot happier without having to deal with his mood swings. Just hoping the even bigger PITA is either off today or on a different shift so I don’t have to deal with her attitude. ---
**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/62 "2015-11-17T12:36:03Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Luci** , if it helps, everyone feels like that at one time or another. Think of something soothing, like soft kitties playing with yarn, or puppies rolling around with a toddler. It’s funny you say that - I just got done watching Puppy videos on Youtube to improve my mood! 😛 ---
**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 17, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/63 "2015-11-17T13:44:34Z")
Up and caffeinated. It’s closing shift for me today. How’s the head this morning, **Flipper**?😃 ---
**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:** [November 17, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/64 "2015-11-17T13:46:07Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Yes **MetalMouse** and\*\* Flipper\*\*, we have not one, but two, Roy Roger’s up here. > One right on Rt 40 that I have to drive past on the way home. > We also have a Sonic, a Ryan’s, and at least one Waffle House. Yeah, we have those three also, along with the rest of the usual suspects. Roy Rogers and White Castle are missing (White Castle because we are below the WC-Krystal dividing line, which is about 100 miles north at Nashville). > [@](#): > > I guess I should look at his school schedule and start figuring this stuff out. He has four finals that week, three have to be taken at the college, and three big papers due. I told him he’d better get busy on some of the big papers, two of them can be turned in early, so get them done. It looks like three of his classes take a break over Thanksgiving so that is a good time to finish up what he can early. > Of course he won’t listen to me and it’ll be a mad rush to the finish line. No college paper should ever be done until the night before it is due! (Well, that’s how I did it…) > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > With my back not working, I can’t get out of the way of things. I knocked my forearm against a dresser and peeled back a postage stamp flap of skin. I swabed it with H[sub]2[/sub]O[sub]2[/sub] and Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) slapped a band aid on it. Ouch. Have removed skin like that before. And I also have a big bottle of Hydrogen Peroxide sitting in my bathroom; my Mom used to use that for damn near everything but broken bones. > [@](#): > > My neck hurts like hell. I shall have some Tramadol, and describe it with adjectives. Just had to laugh, your last line reminded me of one of the old Schoolhouse Rock songs about adjectives from so long ago: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs) ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/65 "2015-11-17T15:00:23Z")
[quote=“The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat, post:64, topic:737683”] Just had to laugh, your last line reminded me of one of the old Schoolhouse Rock songs about adjectives from so long ago: [/QUOTE] Indeed, that is where I stole the phrase. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/66 "2015-11-17T15:19:37Z")
It’s Tuesday. I think. After watching the football game last night I am questioning reality and wondering if maybe this isn’t all some sort of delayed effect from some of the stuff I took back in the 70s. ---
**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 17, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/67 "2015-11-17T15:50:57Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > It’s Tuesday. I think. After watching the football game last night I am questioning reality and wondering if maybe this isn’t all some sort of delayed effect from some of the stuff I took back in the 70s. He seems to be somewhat responsive…forty years in a coma…it would be a miracle. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/68 "2015-11-17T16:07:11Z")
I took Gordie for a long walk, no I’m making mole\* style oatmeal for breakfast. - I [Googled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_sauce) it for you, **Flytrap**. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/69 "2015-11-17T16:22:02Z")
Mole is one of the things Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) likes from Mexican cuisine. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/70 "2015-11-17T16:26:29Z")
Thank You **Ruble**!!! He is thrilled. [http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/folwawup/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151117\_103039\_zpsvkihhng3.jpg.html?o=1](http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/folwawup/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151117_103039_zpsvkihhng3.jpg.html?o=1) ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/71 "2015-11-17T16:26:32Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > How’s the head this morning, **Flipper**?😃 Huh? I don’t get it. Blurf. Up; played a little; still a little tired. Might supplement with a brief nap. Today ekemom plans to wash dishes, and I will make mac 'n chez for dindin. ---
**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 17, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/72 "2015-11-17T16:43:31Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > RP paused; gin’jale drunk; 'tis bed for me. > [@ekedolphin](#): > > Huh? I don’t get it. Judging by your post, I figured you might be a tad hung over. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/73 "2015-11-17T17:22:17Z")
Howdy all from irk. I finally got my evals for my employees and I got a raise!!!111!!! It’s only 3% but it is a gift that keeps on giving. Some folks get cash awards but I prefer a raise. Pretty hat there **sari** 😃 ---
**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 17, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/74 "2015-11-17T17:33:17Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Howdy all from irk. I finally got my evals for my employees and I got a raise!!!111!!! > It’s only 3% but it is a gift that keeps on giving. Some folks get cash awards but I prefer a raise. > > Pretty hat there **sari** 😃 State employees here get bonuses so that it won’t keep on giving, and they shell out less retirement money. ---
**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 17, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/75 "2015-11-17T17:38:43Z")
I just et me a sammich and am takin’ a break before divin’ back into irk. I have an appointment in da burg at two which won’t take very long so yay for that. I have also been informed that the General’s dindin will be swiped. Sounds like a plan to me. **sari** sah-son is lookin’ cool in the war bonnet. ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/76 "2015-11-17T18:26:21Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Judging by your post, I figured you might be a tad hung over. 😉 Do people get drunk from ginger ale? I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time! 😃 Had a PBJ and a gin’jale for breakfast. ekemom is up and starting on the dishes. Mac 'n chez tonight for dinner; no doubt we’ll eat it while watching Wheeljep, as we generally time our dinners so that they’re ready to eat by 7, 7:30. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/77 "2015-11-17T18:27:23Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > State employees here get bonuses so that it won’t keep on giving, and they shell out less retirement money. That is probably the point. Bonuses are nice at the time but the raise adds up. One year I got a $1000 bonus _before_ tax which was actually $705 after tax. Yea, just give me the raise. ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/78 "2015-11-17T18:35:14Z")
**rosie** , I had two of those cases too; one for the 5.25" disks and one for the 3.5". 🙂 **metal mouse** , Nashville seems to be the overlap for White Castle and Krystal. We have both in my little exurb. I got a call from my dad last night. One of the women that I used to hang around with at irk when I lived up north called him wanting my contact info (he was smart enough to relay the message rather than give it to her). She is mentally ill and the last time she found my address, she showed up on my doorstep one day. I had to call for a psych eval when she got more than weird. :eek: She told Dad that she needed to get word to me about another coworker from 20+ years ago who was terminal. I may call her tonight, but I will block my number. We’re not sure how she got Dad’s, as he hasn’t had a landline for years. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/79 "2015-11-17T18:49:21Z")
Think it was my third computer that had those little 3.5" disks. At least I managed to skip from cassette tapes to 5" floppies and never had to deal with the monster 8" disks. Now, the 3.5" disks are a curiosity, but I still have an external USB floppy drive, so I can read old disks and find that the file types are obsolete and useless. :smack: Well, maybe not completely useless. I managed to find an Illustrator plugin that lets me read some of my old graphics files with rather variable results. ---
**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 17, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683/80 "2015-11-17T18:54:01Z")
I no longer have an external floppy. Shoot, this will likely be my last desktop with a CD/DVD drive (OK, maybe my last desktop period 😛 ). The desktop, printer, laptop, tablet and phone will all take SD cards, so that tends to be my method of storage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-to-work-on-time-a-commuting-mmp/737683.md?page=5)