# Here it is! The MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 10, 2012, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277 "2012-09-10T10:06:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/41 "2012-09-11T00:07:07Z")
Long day. Thank Og for the glorious Autumn-like weather or I would have been very blurfy tonight. Didn’t read, not gonna make excuses. Stay safe if you’re in Leslie’s path, or near wildfires, or anywhere you don’t really want to be. Gonna immerse myself in a few more Tennants then go sleepybye ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/42 "2012-09-11T00:37:08Z")
It rained!! It rained!! (Snoopy happy dance) We’ve had 49 days without our normal liquid sunshine. The lawns were brown and the fire threat was HIGH! It still is, but every drop helps. We have 4 (or maybe 5) wild fires going on the other side of the state, but they’re getting them under control. This, the wet side, has had a couple little ones that our champion firefighters put out quickly. It’s going to get warm again later this week, but Fall is around the corner. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/43 "2012-09-11T00:47:13Z")
LOL! It rained for like 15 whole minutes, **picu!** Still, it was a little moisture. I swear, the post about **FCM’s** first day wasn’t there when I told her to get back in there and tell us about it. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/44 "2012-09-11T00:51:23Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > What about tortilla revolution? I believe that became politically incorrect about the time of the Frito Bandito. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/45 "2012-09-11T01:08:04Z")
I love that the days are now shorter because it means the nights (and mornings!) are now cool. I feel a renewed will to live! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/46 "2012-09-11T03:11:21Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I love that the days are now shorter because it means the nights (and mornings!) are now cool. > > I feel a renewed will to live! 😃 Preach on!! Except that the last couple of rather stormy days, I have felt like a thick brick of felt wool. Wet wool. I just want to sleep, and not move. And for no real reason, unless it’s because I didn’t have a bunch of coffee. 😛 I am currently blaming the weather, but I don’t really want that to be the case. I don’t like the idea that my entire mood and energy level is dependant on the barometer. :dubious: ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/47 "2012-09-11T03:39:36Z")
: waves : ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/48 "2012-09-11T04:46:59Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > : waves : Good thing I don’t get seasick. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/49 "2012-09-11T10:20:05Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 61 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 86 and dry which means the dang ragweed is rampant. Rampant ragweed makes for a sinusy stuffed up bear and a sinusy stuffed up bear is not a happy bear. ICK! Ok, that’s all I got. I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. I want to stay inside and hidden but I just know that ain’t gonna happen. Oh well, Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/50 "2012-09-11T10:50:15Z")
Blurf. 'Twas a tad nippy pedaling ass to work today. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/51 "2012-09-11T10:54:35Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. nice and cool outside today. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/52 "2012-09-11T11:04:56Z")
> [@](#): > > Twas a tad nippy pedaling ass to work today. used to work with a woman who always called that “nipple-y” - 😛 > [@](#): > > I don’t like the idea that my entire mood and energy level is dependant on the barometer. I’m guessing an MMP thread is no place to talk serious but it seems to me everyone underestimates how much difference 2 basic things make in their lives: natural light and airflow. I spent the summer house hunting and am always thinking, why don’t they plan it so you can get light and cross ventilation? the barsteds!:mad: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/53 "2012-09-11T11:16:00Z")
**Jackie** - an MMP thread is THE place for ANYTHING. Welcome, btw. Did you bring chocolate, beer, and kitteh or puppeh pics for offerings? ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/54 "2012-09-11T13:27:43Z")
I’m taking everything off my desk and putting it in a box and if I need it, I will find it. I’m not lying, I cannot see the top of my desk because I haven’t been bothered to put anything away. It’s just piles and piles. So much for the paper-less society. Of course, any fuds or personal items will remain on the desk. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/55 "2012-09-11T13:42:51Z")
Last night I dug the coffee maker out of the box it had been hiding in and cleaned it up. I even figured out how to get the timer function to work sans instructions so this morning I woke up to the delicious smell of coffee wafting through the apartment. Now if only someone would invent an auto-bacon and egg fryer. peedin, I only started having a job with a desk a few months ago. I spent 2 days clearing off all the leftover papers from the previous owner and was saddened and surprised when a week later it looked just like it did when I started. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/56 "2012-09-11T13:55:38Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > used to work with a woman who always called that “nipple-y” - 😛 I’ve long advocated for topless weather girls on TV. Their entire job is to point out places on the map that are nipply. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/57 "2012-09-11T13:57:07Z")
A paperirkless environment. It is to laugh. HAH! We’re goin’ (the pretense is have gone) paperless except for all the papers. :rolleyes: **Jackie** what **Rosie** said. The MMP is the place for anything so post away and welcome! **Innie** what you do is place strips of bacon on a George Foreman grill before you go to bed. Wake up, plug in/turn on said grill, go back to sleep and wake to the smell of yummy bacon goodness. Don’t step on the grill. If you do, wrap your foot in bubblewrap and go to irk anyway. -swampbear (achy of sinus and purveyor of helpful hints) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/58 "2012-09-11T14:02:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > A paperirkless environment. It is to laugh. HAH! We’re goin’ (the pretense is have gone) paperless except for all the papers. :rolleyes: Computerization of the office environment has caused a marked increase in the consumption of paper, not a decrease. Before, production of paper on a typewriter was a lot of irk, PCs and copiers have taken out a significant portion of the sweat. Seriously. I’m waiting for the day when I can plug my brain directly into MS Office, skipping the keyboard and mouse entirely. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/59 "2012-09-11T14:07:19Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Last night I dug the coffee maker out of the box it had been hiding in and cleaned it up. I even figured out how to get the timer function to work sans instructions so this morning I woke up to the delicious smell of coffee wafting through the apartment. Now if only someone would invent an auto-bacon and egg fryer. Oooohg! I want one of those, too! eta: > [@VunderBob](#): > > I’m waiting for the day when I can plug my brain directly into MS Office, skipping the keyboard and mouse entirely. I’m still waiting for my company to join the ranks of those with telecommuters ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277/60 "2012-09-11T14:12:24Z")
Tell me about it **BBBobbio**! Here’s a wonderful “example” of our “paperless” system. I just finished an exit on a participant. One form can be done and sent via email with a copy archived electronically, no problem. The other form is a pdf read only so it can’t be typed on and thus must be printed, filled out then scanned and a copy kept for apparently for all of eternity. Yet this is touted as savin’ paper. It pays well. I keep remindin’ myself of that. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-it-is-the-mmp/634277.md?page=4)