# How old is old, or Relativitiy in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 3, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869 "2015-08-03T09:46:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/121 "2015-08-05T23:03:51Z")
Quick howdy from MD’s Eastern Shore - been taking a 2 week vacation with my kids at my parents home. Bless them for putting up with us. Some fishing, swimming, driving lessons, etc. Will go crabbing tomorrow (probably). Back to work Monday. Haven’t been reading the Dope much, nor have I kept up with the MMP. Will try to catch up by Monday. Hope everyone is well. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/122 "2015-08-05T23:10:10Z")
Last night, the miniature emperor catered dinner. We have leftovers to cover tonight. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/123 "2015-08-05T23:20:20Z")
We went to Kevin’s for supper because \*\*FCD \*\*wanted their fried chicken and they only serve it on Wednesday. But we’re back. He’s off tomorrow and Firday, hoping to finish the bike. Repainting the saddle bags - he decided he doesn’t like his reaper and dead man’s hand. I just smile and nod… Meanwhile, time to chill. Maybe some ice cream… _ **MWAH!** _ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/124 "2015-08-05T23:32:33Z")
The Lupus Donation truck came this afternoon and took 11 full trash bags of clothes and 1 full of shoes and pocketbooks. What should I put down for fair market value? About 15% of the clothes were still new in package, another 10% never worn, the rest in good but used condition. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/125 "2015-08-05T23:59:42Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > The Lupus Donation truck came this afternoon and took 11 full trash bags of clothes and 1 full of shoes and pocketbooks. What should I put down for fair market value? > About 15% of the clothes were still new in package, another 10% never worn, the rest in good but used condition. Here’s the Salvation Army estimate list. > **[The Salvation Army Thrift Stores | Donation Valuation Guide](https://satruck.org/Home/DonationValueGuide)** > > Donation Valuation Guide. Learn about the value of your Salvation Army donation with per item valuation in our handy guide. A few minutes of rough guesses should give an adequate number. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/126 "2015-08-06T00:03:20Z")
I think I need to take an anger management class. I just upset Sah-son and had him running to close the windows because I went off on a telemarketer. I’ve had enough of them, they are calling from Baltimore numbers and I think it might be important so I answer. They are asking for me by name, which pisses me off even more and one actually had to nerve to call me back wanting to know why I had been nasty to him when he hadn’t been rude to me. I hadn’t been nasty to him, hanging up on him _was_ being nice. Telling him if he called me again I was going to get a machete, hunt him down, cut off his balls and shove them down his throat - not so nice. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/127 "2015-08-06T00:07:46Z")
Howdy Y’all! Miss me today? 😃 After a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig dindin I decided to mow da yahd cause rain is predicted tomorrow and Firday. Of course I have now ensured that will not happen. Anywho, I’s all showered and cleanded. I’s also tahrd! OYKW stayed in and cleaned up the kitchen, washed dishes and so on which I greatly appreciated. He offered to come out to help afterwards but I saw no need for him to be out in the gnat fest. Thanks be to Og for bug repellent! I shall now go surf teh intartoobz for a bit and then it will be beddy bye time. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/128 "2015-08-06T00:16:02Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Here’s the Salvation Army estimate list. > > [The Salvation Army Thrift Stores | Donation Valuation Guide](https://satruck.org/Home/DonationValueGuide) > > A few minutes of rough guesses should give an adequate number. very cool. Thank you. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/129 "2015-08-06T00:54:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy Y’all! Miss me today? Were you gone? 😕 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/130 "2015-08-06T00:59:07Z")
On Day One of the steroid pack for the allergies and ears. No chihuahua eyes yet although to judge by past experience they will come. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/131 "2015-08-06T01:53:37Z")
I nearly had seeds when I was eating a chocolate chip cookie that I didn’t realize was quite a bit melty. Tomorrow is moving day. Ugh. I have given up for the night and will get up early in the morning and resume again until the movers get here. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/132 "2015-08-06T02:02:44Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, Fairychat, Spiderman, Dogbutt, I present a bunch of G-dless Commies thinking that a sex toy is a special plant grown only in China. [Link.](http://shanghaiist.com/2012/06/19/mystery-mushroom-artificial-vajayjay.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter) ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/133 "2015-08-06T02:55:20Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > In light of the recent spate of birthdays (does 2=spate?) I was pondering our concept of what is old. > > When I was about 5 or 6, I asked my grandmother how old she was. She said 22, so I figured 22 was pretty old. (She was actually 45 or 46 at the time.) > > In my teens, I did the math and determined that I’d be 46 in the year 2000, which seemed ridiculously far off, therefore pretty old. > > Now, at 61, old=80s. My inlaws are in their mid-80s, and their age is most definitely evident. My mom is 81, and she’s admitted to lacking the endurance of a few years back, so she’s gotten rid of several of her gardens to reduce her workload. Doesn’t stop her from taking numerous cruises, tho! > > From where you sit now, or where you’ve sat in the past, what age do/did you see as old? > > And Happy Moanday to all! Today (August 5th) is my 53rd…I, too, remember realizing years earlier that I’d be 38 in the year 2000 and thinking how far off that was and how ridiculous that concept was…I remember thinking as a kid how old my parents were at the time (mid to late 30’s) and how ancient my grandparents were (early 60’s)…now, I look a teens in the mall and think, man, I was never that young and stupid… ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/134 "2015-08-06T03:51:56Z")
> [@betterlifethroughchemistry](#): > > Today (August 5th) is my 53rd…I, too, remember realizing years earlier that I’d be 38 in the year 2000 and thinking how far off that was and how ridiculous that concept was…I remember thinking as a kid how old my parents were at the time (mid to late 30’s) and how ancient my grandparents were (early 60’s)…now, I look a teens in the mall and think, man, I was never that young and stupid… I’m not sure about young but there were times when I was that stupid. Somewhere I still have several Nehru shirts and a jacket and some really huge cheap chains to prove it. Along with some bell-bottoms slit up the leg and white panels sewed in. Good God, I swear those were really the tops at one time. :smack: You know, when mother passes away, if that stuff is still in the attic back at the old homestead, I may make a fortune on eBay; if I can find a seller willing to ship to Japan. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/135 "2015-08-06T08:38:34Z")
Morning, mumpers! I am at irk, it is irksome. Last night was pub night, had a good night out but got to bed late and didn’t sleep too well so today I’s also tired and not prepared to put up with idiots. Pointy sticks may be in use today. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/136 "2015-08-06T10:12:30Z")
\*\*kopek \*\*- did you own a polyester leisure suit? Or a shirt with white collar and cuffs? (I had one of those.) Platform shoes? \*\*betterlifethroughchemistry \*\*- As for young and stupid - yes, we were all that young, but certainly not that stupid. As teens, we were possessed of wisdom and insight beyond our years, unlike these whippersnappers today!! 😃 Today the service guy is coming to give our furnace and a/c their annual once-over. Tomorrow, if rain holds off, our pellets will be delivered. I’m thinking we’ll see the pellets next week, frankly. Most surprising, tomorrow’s HIGH is supposed to be 75°!! Open windows all day! WOOHOO!! My main plan for today is to hack down more wisteria. I’ll do other stuff, but that’s the only thing I specifically intend to do. Unless it rains, then all bets are off. 😃 Happy Thursday!! ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/137 "2015-08-06T10:23:33Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 77 Amurrkin out and very cloudy and muggy with a predicted high of 89 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse. I see flashes of lightnin’ in the distance, so we shall see. Today is an irk from da cave day. I have to sit through a three hour! webinar (I hate that word!) and do an hour’s or so worth of testin’ afterward. I can do that just as well from here so I was granted a work at home day by TPTB. So, let it storm away! Ok, that’s all I got. I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Afterward I shall purtify. One must be all clean and presentable after all. Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/138 "2015-08-06T11:13:38Z")
blurf ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/139 "2015-08-06T11:22:57Z")
Just thought I would report in and let y’all know I managed to complete my mornin’ commute safely. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 6, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869/140 "2015-08-06T11:31:41Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- glad you didn’t trip over any throw rugs during your commute. \*\*FCD \*\*is up and he just went to get himself a soda - he prefers a fountain soda for breakfast instead of the mere canned stuff we have at home. Once he gets back, I’ll be hitting the shower. Don’t want to chance missing the furnace guy should he show up early, because you just know he would if no one was hear to answer the door… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-is-old-or-relativitiy-in-the-mmp/726869.md?page=8)