# I hate when I do that in the MMP! - old **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 16, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640 "2023-10-16T09:53:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/261 "2023-10-21T19:31:31Z")
Well, I had promised to keep up with the MMP, but of course I have fallen hopelessly behind. You all are a busy bunch! **FCM** , sorry about your BIL troubles. Somehow I’d been under the impression that you had just one BIL, who had both physical and emotional issues. (I guess reading for comprehension isn’t my thing.) I can’t imagine how overwhelming it must be for **FCD** two have two brothers going through these crises at the same time. Hang in there, and I hope everything calms down soon one way or another. **Oopsie** , we have a very old set of kitchen knives. **Mrs W** often complains about how dull they are, and says we should throw them out and buy new ones. I suggested we just sharpen them, but she says that’s too much trouble. One of these days I’ll buy a sharpener and just do it. **Shoe** , our cat Zoe sploots upside-down. It’s hilarious. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275193475_e85ed3d16c.jpg "IMG\_5371") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275193475/) Here in Middle-of-Nowhere Arkansas, I have the luxury of two days off (usually we work on Saturdays, but this particular facility doesn’t allow it). Slept in and haven’t done much today. In a couple hours I’m going to take a 3-mile walk to the only decent-looking bar & grill in town, and then probably Uber back to the hotel whenever I get my fill of it. Even if it turns out to be underwhelming, I need the steps. Lots of standing in one place on this job. In our first week (of the scheduled three), the team has completed well over half of the contracted work. So we might go home early. Or they might find something else for us to do. Or they could sent one or more of us to a different project elsewhere for the final week. I wouldn’t hate getting out of here, but I also want to get paid. So I’m kind of hoping for the third option. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/262 "2023-10-21T20:24:45Z")
**pilot** I don’t know about you, but my beard has mostly turned gray. And I’m only 50…what year is this? 52. **FCM** Hope the trip is uneventful. **wheelz** Sorry are you vroom? I get confizzled as to everyone’s nicknames. Anyway, cute kitty pic. And you are right, sharpen the knives, or at least hit them with a steel. **shoe** Clutching ma pearls. Now the question as to do I make soup today or tomorrow? Beef barley is the plan. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/263 "2023-10-21T20:34:34Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > **wheelz** Sorry are you vroom? I get confizzled as to everyone’s nicknames. As do I. I have been dubbed **wheelie** by the MMP powers that be. Pretty sure **vroom** is @carnut, but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/264 "2023-10-21T20:39:32Z")
Got on the ship around 1130. Can’t get into our room until at least 1500. So I have to lug my bags around until then. WiFi is hella expensive. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/265 "2023-10-21T20:50:27Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > **pilot** I don’t know about you, but my beard has mostly turned gray. And I’m only 50…what year is this? 52. The hair on my head started turning gray when I was 29. By 35 it was all gray with blond highlights. It’s still that color today at 65yo; the only difference is lots more forehead skin showing. My beard went gray at the same rate as my head, but doesn’t even have the blond highlights and never did. I was ~33 the first chance I had to grow a beard. It was solid gray. Still is now 32 years later. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/266 "2023-10-21T20:59:33Z")
Alaska cruise? You might do just as well to use wifi at cafes in port. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/267 "2023-10-21T21:05:49Z")
Howdy Y’all! The Priest interview went well. We discussed afterwards and have decided to recommend to the Vestry that he be hired. At that point it is the job of the Vestry to negotiate salary etc. and to notify the Bishop whether or not he is selected. The Diocese then extends the official offer to the Priest. A muchly weird process but that’s how we Whiskypalians roll. I got back to da cave, chowed down (I was hongry!) and then achieved nappage. Then a very tasty gin ‘n tonic was enjoyed whilst sittin’ on the back porch. Scurvy and malaria are now at bay. **Oopsie** the centerpiece is tres chic! **shoe** glad GC called to entertain last night. My beard was black when I first grew it. Now it’s gray as is the hair on my haid. The hair is thinnin’ a bit, but I still have hair, unlike my bald brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/268 "2023-10-21T21:36:25Z")
swampy, my dad had a high forehead that got higher as he aged, and he ended up with the usual male pattern baldness. But he had a saying about that. He said… _All men are given an equal number of hormones. If you choose to use yours growing hair, that’s your business._ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/269 "2023-10-21T21:58:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > What instrument does your granddaughter play? > > … and it it’s not too nosy of me, how many grandkids do you have? She plays trumpet, and her little brother plays French horn. We’re a musical bunch. I have, between grands and step-grands, 12 grandkids, one step-great-grandson and another step-great grandsomething on the way. The visit with the kids was good. It’s always great to have them all in one group. Goofiness ensues. Didn’t make it to the marching band exhibition, though, as I didn’t want to be asleep at the wheel. Two hours with them and two 45 minute drives later, I’m exhausted. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/270 "2023-10-21T23:00:12Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@missred](#): > > > > When I took the jeans out of the dryer this afternoon, I made the discovery that I had (again!) left a tube of lipstick in one of my pockets. > > I _knew_ there had to be an advantage to not wearing makeup! Woot! 😉 It’s the only make up I wear on a regular basis. 🙂 > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Now the question as to do I make soup today or tomorrow? Beef barley is the plan. If you make it today, tomorrow’s leftovers will be even better. Cool Lego centerpiece **oopsie**. Zoe is a pretty girl **wheelie**. Reminds me a bit of my old cat Domino. Messed around in the studio some today, then took Nelson to the dog park. His mini-Aussie buddy Remi was there, as well as a newer girl, Lola. She’s a 10 month old shi tzu - bichon mix with a puppy’s exuberance and energy. She played well with the boys, so everybody got a good workout. Speaking of dog parks, has anyone heard from **sari** lately? ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/271 "2023-10-21T23:17:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Overworking is not good. All of your post is very good advice, I’m fairly sure my real problem is that I haven’t practiced enough. I roll them out into lopsided circles and then try to recover by taking some from here and sticking it over there. I think I’ll make a batch of dough for the express purpose learning how to roll decent circles. I was pretty disappointed in the Cookie Contest results. I won first place and the kids won second. The boys didn’t seem upset, they were super proud to have come in second in their very first cookie contest and were happily showing off their five dollar bills. (They won 10 bucks and split it.) I did beat a professional baker, but she specializes in breads so I’m not going to brag that much about it. The parade was fun and we ate Indian Fry Bread for lunch. I bought some new pot holders and some goat milk soap and hubs bought a long rooster tail feather onna stick for GG. He can do some amazing standing leaps after feathers, his back feets easily clear 4 feet straight up without really trying. He’d probably go higher if I was taller. Someone had made little train cars out of water barrels and spent an hour or so pulling 4 of them (filled with kids) around with her riding mower. I’m mad that I didn’t get pics, it was pretty cute. > [@missred](#): > > Do you know how uncomfortable coffee is when it comes out of your nose? 😛 🙂 > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’ll need to invent a new way to destroy clothing. I wonder what it’ll be? Weren’t you just talking about installing lever door handles? > [@Misnomer](#): > > As threatened, here’s the LEGO centerpiece that I finished on Tuesday night: That is really cool and it looks very nice on your table. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > > VBC refuses to even look at the dragon. It came with pug smells and then GG got his cooties all over it and she Doesn’t Want It. So much so that she keeps tossing it off the bed when she sees I’ve put it back up. > > This made me laugh. I’m guessing you know me well enough by now to know that I didn’t just put Draco back on the bed once… > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The latter is because **G.C.** spent the night. 🙂 W00T!!! > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Today will be extra fun because he’s set up his tv/cable so I can watch my beloved Cornhuskers play tackleball 🏈 on the big screen. GO CORNHUSKERS!!! I hope you enjoy your game 🙂 > [@Wheelz](#): > > **Shoe** , our cat Zoe sploots upside-down. It’s hilarious. I hope she doesn’t have a ticklish belly because I wouldn’t be able to resist that temptation. > [@missred](#): > > > [@Paintcharge](#): > > > > Now the question as to do I make soup today or tomorrow? Beef barley is the plan. > > If you make it today, tomorrow’s leftovers will be even better. This is some very good advice! > [@missred](#): > > Speaking of dog parks, has anyone heard from **sari** lately? I was thinking about her last night, I hope she isn’t having connection issues at her new place. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/272 "2023-10-21T23:36:31Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Zoe is a pretty girl **wheelie**. Reminds me a bit of my old cat Domino. That’s funny, since her shelter name was Domino. I guess that’s not too uncommon for a black and white cat. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I hope she doesn’t have a ticklish belly because I wouldn’t be able to resist that temptation. Oh, we mess with her all the time. It’s impossible not to. I have tons of pictures of her in weird positions: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275689780_b44f26ba16_z.jpg "IMG\_5378") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275689780/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275687665_a889fb4efe_b.jpg "IMG\_5376") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275687665/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275227896_8c30d73160_b.jpg "IMG\_5379") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275227896/) I suppose I should show some love to her sister Chloe too, who is also very cute but slightly less entertaining. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275499823_730e2e4416_b.jpg "IMG\_5380") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275499823/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53275222341_246fe30b6c_b.jpg "IMG\_5377") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/195486993@N02/53275222341/) (There’s never a bad time to post kitty pictures, right?) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/273 "2023-10-21T23:47:50Z")
It happens with chapstick or lip balm. The waxy oil thing is a bear to fix. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/274 "2023-10-22T00:35:24Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > GO CORNHUSKERS!!! I hope you enjoy your game 🙂 Thank you! I did~Cornhuskers 🏈 won, so 4-3, best mid season in a looooonnggg while. Our defense is quietly relentless. Nine sacks. A bowl bid this year would be be delicious. Since I had a big tv/streaming and an apt to myself, I stayed and am watching our women’s 🏐 volleyball. We are #2 in the nation, playing #1 Wisconsin at home, a mile from my house. I used to take a client who had legacy season tickets on the net to the VB games so I can imagine the atmosphere. Every bit as intense and rabid as the football stadium but louder because all that noise is trapped indoors. Amazing athletes all. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/275 "2023-10-22T01:07:57Z")
Zoe looks like she wants tummy rubs. Both girls look very cuddleable. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/276 "2023-10-22T01:10:20Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > It happens with chapstick or lip balm. The waxy oil thing is a bear to fix. I treat lipstick stains like any other grease stain. First line of defense is pretreat with laundry soap and wash in hot with Oxyclean added. If that doesn’t work, I still keep some [Lestoil](https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/cleaning-and-disinfectants/stain-removers/12683?x429=true&x429=true&gclid=afe1f77e54591226290b924a225a61f9&gclsrc=3p.ds&gclid=afe1f77e54591226290b924a225a61f9&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=afe1f77e54591226290b924a225a61f9&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=PLAs_N4_Home-and-Decor_Other_All_All&utm_term=4581733690670395&utm_content=Home-and-Decor_Cleaning-and-Disinfectants_All_All) on hand. I learned about this back when I worked at the meat plant. If I worked the fryer room, I generally had greasy clothes. Chloe is a pretty girl too **wheelie**. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/277 "2023-10-22T01:57:55Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > (There’s never a bad time to post kitty pictures, right?) NEVER! Chloe looks very smooshy 🙂 > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Since I had a big tv/streaming and an apt to myself, I stayed and am watching our women’s 🏐 volleyball. I’m so glad you are enjoying yourself, have any of the kitties offered themselves up for cuddles yet? I have a serious problem now. Hubs very kindly installed a copy of **[M.U.L.E.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.U.L.E.)** on my comp. It was a time suck back when it was new and its even more addictive now. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/278 "2023-10-22T02:26:47Z")
Napprd, having a Sazarc with Asian BBQ stirfry, and watching hockey. > [@Misnomer](#): > > It’s a little smaller than I expected, but the table still looks nicer with it than without: Indeed it does. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Aw, c’mon. No stories? Well I’m above all the drama(literally and figuratively), so I was relaying what the sup said. But she wasn’t unzipping bags when she got assigned to that, wasn’t clearing the rollers of resorts, and was being snippy to the sup when she was wandering instead of doing her job. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Whelp, these zombies on my phone game aren’t gonna kill themselves, Sup and Panamanian Vince have started to referring to Shaggy as “Zombie” Which is is insulting to the undead, as they can at least be motivated to do something. > [@Wheelz](#): > > (There’s never a bad time to post kitty pictures, right?) Never. [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/8a08d03d0dc3ace94fec5c71a3830124/8b973ef9ce0ace4a-bd/s540x810/7b9a1880e0bf409d8c52a2e67ba806cf9bc377b5.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/8a08d03d0dc3ace94fec5c71a3830124/8b973ef9ce0ace4a-bd/s540x810/7b9a1880e0bf409d8c52a2e67ba806cf9bc377b5.jpg) (Spot, glaring his disappointment at the quality of the food, and lack of Mai Tais) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/279 "2023-10-22T02:51:32Z")
Love the cat pics. I’ve been missing my Morty so much lately. I’m looking to move to a new place soon, once I do, I may consider a little feline brother for Bob. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/280 "2023-10-22T03:02:21Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > have any of the kitties offered themselves up for cuddles yet? I’ve had two different sightings of one of them. Gooshy food was eaten and toys I brought relocated while I was out grabbing dinner (two McDs happy meals cause grandkidlets want the iconic buckets-I drink milk with them and eat the apple slices, so not irredeemable). They are very very shy rescued ferals so two sightings of the most shy one is a good day. I’ll be back in the morning to dish out some more goody fud. Hey, **shoe** Michigan whomped Michigan State 49-0, now I don’t feel so bad at our 45-7 drubbing by them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640.md?page=15)