# Guten Morgen MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667 "2012-04-23T05:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/121 "2012-04-25T22:27:52Z")
Oh **Soapy.** ((((hugs)))) ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/122 "2012-04-25T22:54:04Z")
**{{{{{{{{{Soapy}}}}}}}}}}** , sending prayers for you mother. ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/123 "2012-04-26T00:11:50Z")
I tend to have that effect **MOOOOOOM**. šŸ˜ƒ You should provide a link to the Unca Rue Story Guy threads so the uninitiated could read 'em. Home from Evening Prayer at the church house. I liked it because it was just Evening Prayer. Since YP is out of town this week, there was no Communion as a Priest must be present to preside over Communion. So, it was strictly the Evening Prayer service from the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer with Intercessory Healing prayers. Very nice. In other church related news (this is the religious news portion of the MMP) the local ELCA church, Lutheran Church of Our Savior (LCOS) has expressed interest in a shared ministry with us. Seems they are very interested in sharing space with St. Patā€™s, meaninā€™ there would be a Lutheran service at nine a.m. and an Episcopal service at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. Plus other stuff to iron out like how to best share meeting and office space as well as financial considerations. Should make for some interestinā€™ times over the next few months as we iron this all out. Da bear, of course, immediately volunteered to be a part of the Episcopal end of things. I reckon Iā€™m afraid Iā€™ll run out of things to keep me out of trouble. :rolleyes: Thus ends the religious news portiion of the MMP. We now return to our regular program. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/124 "2012-04-26T00:40:01Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > In other church related news (this is the religious news portion of the MMP) the local ELCA church, Lutheran Church of Our Savior (LCOS) has expressed interest in a shared ministry with us. Yā€™all better be careful. Them pesky Brewtherans might get their beer mixed with your whiskey. ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/125 "2012-04-26T00:47:19Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Yā€™all better be careful. Them pesky Brewtherans might get their beer mixed with your whiskey. Thanks for the heads up **BBBobbio**. The first point I shall make is they should buy their own refrigerator so they donā€™t mix their beer with our beer and wine. Seriously, I looked in the kitchen fridge tonight and there were two twelve packs of beer and two bottles of wine. Know how to tell if youā€™re in an Episcopal Church kitchen? You canā€™t find a can opener but you can find at least three corkscrews. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 26, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/126 "2012-04-26T00:54:04Z")
Oh and because I am uber nice, links to Unca Rue Story Guy [Part One](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=81611) and [Part Two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=103477). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/127 "2012-04-26T00:55:07Z")
Sheā€™s owing better. Slurring and left side weakness much better. CT scan tomorrow and weā€™ll have a better idea of what happened. Thanks for the hugs. I canā€™t believe this. Just a month since my dad died. I fell apart in a meeting I was in when I got the call. Fortunately I was among friends. ---
**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 26, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/128 "2012-04-26T01:14:05Z")
Oh, **Soapy**! Best wishes for a swift and full recovery for you Mom. And extra hugs for everyone. Meant to write this to DMark earlier: hope baby arrives in the middle of the night so that you donā€™t have to freak out. šŸ™‚ Also liked the part about writing down 911 auf deutsch. šŸ˜ƒ Exciting religious report, **swampy**. We used to share space with the Korean Catholic parish. Not sure why they left usā€¦ I thinK that we need to [del]bully[/del Long day at work. But getting closer to being done with this project. So, YAY! Hugs all. GT GT ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/129 "2012-04-26T10:14:01Z")
**{{{{{everybody}}}}}** ---
**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 26, 2012, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/130 "2012-04-26T10:19:55Z")
Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffienatinā€™. _YAWN_ 'Tis 60 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 88. Normal weather has returned. Glad your mom is doinā€™ better **Soapy**. Prayers and healing thoughts headed out for a full recovery. Today is yet another webinar (hate that word!) led by the person I cannot understand. Seriously, not to sound all prejudiced but she has a very thick Hispanic accent and I cannot understand a lot of what she says. The way I learn anything is to review the tutorials. I will sit there for two hours and not learn a thing. Le sigh. Now I need more caffiene and brekkie for rumbly tummy. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy Thursday Yā€™all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/131 "2012-04-26T10:50:00Z")
Blurf. I am filled with much Recreational Indignation this morning, for I now have a twofer related to the ex-VunderLair. To recap, the property management company the bank hired has been hassling me to sign their paperwork for the third time, and to mow the yahd. The bonus is I got a letter from the mortgage company yesterday, saying that because I dropped my homeownerā€™s coverage, they are exercising their right to get it themselves and bill me for it. So, following a very heated phone call with the bank that established once and for all that the deed-in-lieu process is concluded and I relenquished all claims and responsibilities as of March 6th, I wrote two of my famous poison pen letters. To the insurance enforcement wing of the mortgage company, I said that if yā€™all wanna buy insurance for the property, knock yerselves out. However, if you try to stick me with a bill for it, the matter will be settled by someone refered to as Your Honor. To the property management company, I sent a long one, where I can almost quote the good bits verbatim: > [@](#): > > Hereā€™s a bunch of clues for you. Feel free to pass any of them around to people within [loathsome company] that needs one: > > [ol] > [li]Iā€™ve signed your paperwork twice already. I will not sign a third time.[/li] > [li]There will be glaciers in Hell a mile thick before I mow the yard of a property where I have no property interest.[/li] > [li]You will need to provide me with a court order to compel me to do either of the above.[/li][/ol] > > The only signature you will get from me ever again is the one at the bottom of this letter telling your company to go pound sand up its ass. > /s/ VunderBob Now I need to pull up a lawn chair and get a bucket of popcorn to wait for the responses. I wonā€™t hold my breath, though. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/132 "2012-04-26T12:08:54Z")
**{{{Soapy}}}** - all kinds of good thought headed to you and your mom! Oh, **BBBobbio** , donā€™t hold back - tell us what you really think! šŸ˜‰ Good morning! Itā€™s raining way earlier than I expected, so I wonā€™t be doing anything outside today. Steve from the oil company is coming over around 1030 to discuss pumping out our oil tank and replacing it once the well guys dig out then bury the new plumbing to the house. I also need to remind \*\*FCD \*_about getting a load of dirt delivered and dumped so we can fill in the shallow well. I should probably empty the dishwasher, too - weā€™re about out of glasses in the cabinet. Itā€™s so tough to be meā€¦ \* \_ Again with the freaky sleep cycle - I woke up around 3:30 and could not fall back to sleep. So I turned on TV and about 4:40, I couldnā€™t keep my eyes open, so I crashed again. I woke up enough to tell my sweetie good bye, then managed to snooze again till almost 7. So Iā€™m feeling sorta human, kinda. Iā€™ve got a small poke roast in the slow cooker with some apple juice. Iā€™ll figure out the sides later. Daughter is coming to dinner as usual for Thursday. Other than that, just another day in paradise. Happy Thursday! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/133 "2012-04-26T12:22:06Z")
**{{{Soapy}}}** - sending prayers for your Mom to recover quickly. Take care of yourself, too! Love your letter, **Bobbio**! I was a hero at work yesterday! I found an error that could have potentially cost us $10K in material alone, and untold amount of money due to weeks of delay on the project. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/134 "2012-04-26T12:35:01Z")
Good for you, **Rebo**! I expect my husband would love an employee like you. Right now heā€™s dealing with a guy whoā€™s designed a plastic plate with brass inserts to receive stainless steel screws, and the guy doesnā€™t understand that he needs to provide a torque specification for the screws because the device it holds has very rigid alignment parameters. And personally, I donā€™t understand the 3 different materials - why donā€™t they just tap a stainless plate?? Never mind. Iā€™m retired. Not my problem. But good for you anyway! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/135 "2012-04-26T12:39:21Z")
Thereā€™s no need to be so polite, **Bobbio** , you can just cut loose and let them know the depth of your feelings. {{{{{ **Soapy** }}}}} ---
**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:** [April 26, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/136 "2012-04-26T12:41:46Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > the well guys dig out then bury the new plumbing to the house. How much are they replacing? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/137 "2012-04-26T12:51:49Z")
\*\*flytrap \*\*- weā€™re having all new plumbing run, since the existing stuff is 30+ years old. The new well is closer to the house and my uncalibrated eyeball guess is that theyā€™ll run about 50ā€™ from the well head to the corner of the basement where it enters the house. Itā€™s at least 35 or 40ā€™ closer than the old well. So, should I buy one of those adorable ā€œlighthousesā€ that one sets over the well to disguise it? Or a cutesy "wishing well? Or really freak the neighbors out with a gallows or guillotine? This could be funā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [April 26, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/138 "2012-04-26T13:03:16Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > So, should I buy one of those adorable ā€œlighthousesā€ that one sets over the well to disguise it? Or a cutesy "wishing well? Or really freak the neighbors out with a gallows or guillotine? This could be funā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Gallows, without question. ---
**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 26, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/139 "2012-04-26T13:25:45Z")
{{ **Soapy** }} Iā€™m having the opposite weird sleep- Iā€™m not falling asleep until about 4am, then Iā€™m waking up around 1pm. I think itā€™s partly because Iā€™ve been stuck inside due to the thoroughly rotten weather all week, after planning a week of gardening stuff. Itā€™s not too soggy today though, so I might go out and see if I can do anything. Anyway, finally found my camera this morning, so Iā€™ve photographed my eggcups I may have mentioned from last term: the glaze is awful, so Iā€™m going to try and go over the worst bits. They have nasty cheap very thin glaze at the class, so Iā€™m going to buy some coloured slip for use in future, that being what I prefer to use. One of themā€™s also a bit shallow for holding an egg steadyā€¦ other than that, Iā€™m quite pleased with them šŸ˜ƒ : [Eggcups Fā€™tagn!](http://i1217.photobucket.com/albums/dd384/triskaidekia/Egg%20cups/DSCF3178.jpg) Iā€™m gonna make a few more better ones, I think; got class tonight. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667/140 "2012-04-26T13:30:52Z")
LOVE the eggcups! The drillers stopped by a bit ago to get the lay of the land. They asked if I cared if they took out one small tree - pfffffy - nah! I just hope they were referring to my dogwoodā€¦ no, Iā€™m pretty sure itā€™s the spindly little thing next to the well site. They also asked where theyā€™d be dumping the drilling mud, and I told them to put it as far back in the yard as they could. Weā€™re moving along. Boat show tomorrow - thatā€™ll be a nice break from fretting over household crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guten-morgen-mmp/619667.md?page=8)