# I hate when I do that in the MMP! - old

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/81 "2023-10-17T22:29:56Z")

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> [@swampbear](#):
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> **CupCakes** there are Priests who make bein’ an interim their vocation, as well. They are usually older Priests, who, like you, I suspect are cruisin’ toward retirement.

This is what Daughter’s church had during the time that their former Pastor/Reverend (not sure what the correct Episcopal term is) left to become the bishop of the Michigan diocese. When they finally hired a new Priest to be the head Priest, the elderly interim priest went on to a different parish who were in need.

**Taters** wow, that’s joyful news that you will be visiting your daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren! Enjoy!!!

What I hate when I do that is: I like to grow my nails out. What I hate is when they are all nicely the same longish length and I knock into the car door handle or the wood stair railing or my desk or any other hard surface chipping one nail… or when I rip one off like I did when we were kayaking on our vacation. My nails generally look their best in the summer (unless I go camping) because they tend to get a bit brittle when it’s cold.

> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> They offered a chocolate croissant and _YOU DIDN’T ACCEPT_ dunno if we can be friends.

They couldn’t repair my car and have it done by end of day tomorrow so it will be going in next week after I return from Chicago. I will definitely get a chocolate croissant then.

Daughter and I are going to a talk by Rachel Maddow on Thursday evening which will include receiving a copy of her new book which is just out today. Then she asked if I would be willing to stay and watch Bella on Saturday as she’s leaving for a wedding at noon and likely won’t be back until after midnight. So, I’m driving back on Sunday.

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Chocolate is always the default answer. They are soooooo good.

Very jealous of you seeing Rachel maddow. She is sold out here.

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> Not sure what to pull out of the freezer for supper - maybe we’ll just have the leftover poke roast. What can I do with it to make it more interesting than warmed-over poke? Must ponder.

It’s Tuesday, make tacos! 😃

**wheelie** , glad that you got to see the better side of humanity and didn’t get too scarred. Two of my roommates when I lived in the House of Queens worked for an inventory outfit like that. If I didn’t have a dog, I would consider that, given my inventory background.

It’s good to see you back **cat glove**! Sorry about the car woes. I hope that the transplant is successful.

My idiot boss threw me a curveball today, but I’m in the process of making it into at least a base hit. It’s sad to be both dumb and mean (a really bad combo).

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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**Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/84 "2023-10-17T23:31:41Z")

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**MetalMouse** I was hopin’ it would be that version of _The Weight._ I do believe that is my favorite take on the song and I have loved every version of _The Weight_ I have heard. This one, however, sends chills up and down my spine everytime I hear it.!

**Cat\_Glove** Priest is the correct term. A Priest who retired from my Parish has been fillin’ in a lot for us. Some Sundays we do the service of [Morning Prayer](https://bcponline.org/DailyOffice/mp2.html) with music and a sermon from a site called Sermons That Work. I have been leadin’ those services. Matter of fact, I shall be doin’ this Sunday.

ETA: **MOOOOOOM** _ **quelle horreur** _!!! However will you survive!

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> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> PS–here’s the You Tube (if it;s behaving) for “The Weight” that I mentioned above–worth a listen:

Very worth a listen. Thank you, that is incredible! I saved it to my favorites to listen to again.

In return, here’s similar favorite of mine:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ezYABt7aLaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Stand By Me (2020) - Whispering Bob's All-Stars") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezYABt7aLaU)

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/86 "2023-10-18T00:02:15Z")

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(Accidentally posted this in last week’s MMP.)

> [@The pumpkin spice (bleck!) MMP \[Old\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/8):
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> I’m not particularly close to any of my sibs, probably mostly because I left home at 19 while they all stayed in the Baltimore area to this very day.

I’m the youngest of four, with a nine-and-a-half-year gap between me and the next youngest. My brother enlisted in the Navy a few days after my second birthday, and both sisters were out of the house by my tenth birthday. Not particularly close to any of them, though we did keep in touch; my brother came to my first wedding, and one of my sisters to my second, but other than that it was mostly snail-mail.

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/87 "2023-10-18T01:51:17Z")

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> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#):
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> so I went with cheese. Oh my goodness, it was so darn good

Woman. Details.

What kind of cheese?

> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#):
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> So, the upshot is I just went to Belle Tire to put free air in my tires and I’m going to end up paying over $3,300 to get the car in better shape.

Moral of the story: never stop to put air in tires. Got it.

> [@JaneDoe42](#):
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> As it happens, there are no pretzel sticks at the junction so they will remain legless.

I suppose carrot slivers weren’t an option?

> [@JaneDoe42](#):
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> when our housekeeper said she was going to be at Cordes Lakes Days with her grands, I figured I’d get the stuff for those so the grands could enter the contest too.
> 
> I put those together to show how they should look and made a few more for Hubs and then packed everything back up for our housekeeper to pick up on her way home tonight.
> 
> It is a cookie contest, not a baking contest so 10 year old kids entering store bought cookies shouldn’t be an issue. They will be trilled if they win

It took me a bit to parse this story, but now that I did … _D’awwww_ my tiny, shriveled little heart.

> [@swampbear](#):
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> all! Laundry got laundered and put away where it stays until it gets used and all dirty and goes back into the hamper in the laundry room. It is a never endin’ vicious cycle!

Nudity FTW.

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> The hygienist got it out in under 10 seconds. No charge.

That must’ve been _such_ a relief. I bet the look on your face was payment enough.

> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> “The Weight” that I mentioned above

That was beautiful. I haven’t heard (or seen! and seeing it was a huge part of it) that version before.

> [@Wheelz](#):
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> This particular job is mostly about counting and cataloguing

One! One thing! Hah-hah-hah …

Two! _TWO_ things! Hah-hah-hah …

THREE!

**Supervisor:** Just stop.

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> > [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> > I thought they looked like breastesses.
> 
> I thought they were eyeballs with candy corn lashes

**JtheC** they look like turkeys to me. Although now, they also look like …

> [@missred](#):
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> My idiot boss threw me a curveball today, but I’m in the process of making it into at least a base hit.

My absolutely non-sports me had to squint and re-read, but I’d like to think I know what you meant.

Boss pulled a WTF and you’re rolling with it as best you can … yes?

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**Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-when-i-do-that-in-the-mmp-old/991640/88 "2023-10-18T01:52:10Z")

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Evening all. Had fun with the soccer players, recruited a (slightly) older brother and sister of two of the players and played 5 v 3…the kids won, which made them happy, but then I forgot to return one of the boy’s watches he had given to me for safe-keeping, and had to run it over to their house. Dinner has been assimilated and have just a little more internettin’ to do.

Mailbox was overflowing, so let’s see what I got, shall we?  
\*Viva Medicare (local) Plan–Buy our Medicare Advantage Plan…Nope  
\*Operation Homefront–wants money–Nope  
\*Champion Windows–Please buy our windows–Nope  
\*UN Refugee Agency–wants money–Maybe later  
\*Vietnam Vets Memorial Fund–wants money–Nope  
\*Humana Health Care–Buy our Medicare Advantage Plan–Nope  
\*Meals on Wheel–wants money–Maybe later  
\*WLRH (local Public Radio–wants money–You get a donation from me in June and that’s it.  
\*Smile Train–wants money–Nope  
\*National Park Foundation–wants money–Maybe later (they did send me a nice 2024 calendar).  
So…the shredder has some major work to do.

**Wheelie** , maybe this will help relieve the boredon…but if you don’t have wheels, maybe not so much–[15 Best Things to Do in Arkadelphia (Arkansas) - The Crazy Tourist](https://www.thecrazytourist.com/15-best-things-to-do-in-arkadelphia-arkansas/)

**FCM** , I could manage without a microwave for two weeks, but not comfortably…hope the shipment is early.

**Cat Glove** , that sounds like an interesting talk; hope the book is good reading.

**red** , nice that you can perform some bureaucratic ju-jitsu on dumb boss.

**BBBoo** , that was nice. Thank you.

OK, need to finish things up here and be thinking about bedtime. Did manage to change comforters so the heavyweight one needs to be properly distributed on the bed for sleepage tonight. Catch everyone on Hump day.

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Up from naptime, having a Manhattan, and awaiting late night hockey.

> [@Misnomer](#):
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> Add me to the list of folks who will randomly walk into a doorframe when entering/leaving a room. My poor shoulders… 😉

**dogbutler** : \< regularly walks on a moving belt, dodging large boxes while carrying a 80lbs box without falling \>  
Also **dogbutler** : \< regularly smashes toes on furniture that has been in the smae place in the apartment since 2010 \>

> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#):
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> Yikes.

Adn then some, that’s 50% of Carmen’s value. But I had a tie rod snap(in a parking lot, thank OG), and that makes your front tires go knock kneed, which could be fatally bad on a freeway. I hope you can swing it.

> [@JaneDoe42](#):
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> Your brain has realized it dropped a bit of the song and keeps replying it in the attempt to fill in the gap. If you listen to the song the whole way through, that will fill the gap and the worm will go away.

Nah, WOCD plays the same song over and over, even if I do know 100% of the lyrics.  
🎶 \*If you like pina coladas…  
and getting songs stuck in your brain…" 🎶

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Damn **Cat\_Glove** that’s a bummer. OTOH, a steering rack that’s getting ready to fail is stoopit dangerous. You may’ve saved a lot of money & blood getting that fixed today.

As others have said good luck w the transplant in the extended family.

> [@nelliebly](#):
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> Oopsie, I’m also a popcorn fan. I think there’s a good chance a hull got between your tooth and gum below the gum line. That happened to me once. The hygienist got it out in under 10 seconds.

This. BTDTGT bleeding gums to prove it. Dentist crew can fix easy & quick.

  

> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> There as some bridges I will not cross, and voluntarily listening to Barry Manilow is one of them.

I’ve always thought highly of you, but now you’re the best. Manilow is utter dreck!

  

> [@Wheelz](#):
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> Though it sounds like you had bigger problems, it’s still a handy thing to have. I’ve used mine quite a few times.

I’ve got a similar one. Being able to fill your tire right now wherever you are is super-valuable. You can keep a slow-leaking tire going for a few days until you can find time to get to a repair place. Without running it long enough at such a low pressure that you take much future life out of the tire.

If you come out some time and it’s dead flat you can still get underway in just a few minutes and no matter how bad the leak you can get a few miles before stopping to fill it again. Being able to limp around town is far better than being trapped wherever you happen to be when Fate sticks a big screw in your tire and a big “screw you!” in your face. It’s the get-out-of-jail-free card for about 90% of the reasons a car won’t drive.

  

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> Unfortunately, it won’t get here till Oct 30. Dammit. And we loaned our boat microwave to MIL. Dammit. No nuking for 2 weeks!!!

When mine died two months ago, a wise MMPer said “Yanno, for not much money the thrift store will sell you one to use temporarily. As will Target. Donate it back when you’re done with it.” My outage was about 4 days. You might want to consider **JtC** ’s sound advice.

  

As to me:  
Lazy day. Did mini-groc and carwash while Her Ladyship had her afternoon hair appointment. Probaby could have enjoyed a nap, but pushed through. Today being Tuesday we walked for our usual craft tacos and I had a habanero tequila margarita. Tangy! Her Ladyship had a mango margarita. Sweet!

Once back home she fired up a murder mystery DVD which I sorta watched while reading & posting. It got more convoluted than I could keep straight, but in the end all the dead people stayed dead. So not much of a surprise ending if you ask me. 🤪

Like **Metalmouse** , my bedtime is next.

Congrats on everyone surviving tacoday and good luck to us all on humpday.

Cheers!

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> [@purplehorseshoe](#):
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> I suppose carrot slivers weren’t an option?

Such a clever idea! It’s too late now, the twins came over to get their supplies and were pretty happy about the idea of maybe winning 25 bucks. They also knew that they were turkeys but when I said something about getting pink kisses to make boobies for February, their grandma gave me that _look_ so I didn’t bring up eyeballs…

Sorry for the bad wording, I might have had a bit to smoke before posting and, well, you know.

I happen to know two of the cookie contest judges personally and I’m pretty sure that the kids will win. This is just because the judges will look at the effort involved and know that those turkeys made with candy and frosting took much more effort and self restraint than my cookies did. Plus, the kids are SO much cuter than me!

> [@dogbutler](#):
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> **dogbutler** : \< regularly walks on a moving belt, dodging large boxes while carrying a 80lbs box without falling \>  
> Also **dogbutler** : \< regularly smashes toes on furniture that has been in the smae place in the apartment since 2010 \>

We have so much in common!

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#):
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> > There as some bridges I will not cross, and voluntarily listening to Barry Manilow is one of them.
> 
> I’ve always thought highly of you, but now you’re the best. Manilow is utter dreck!

Did you guyz really think I’d ruin a perfectly good song by using it as a Halloween costume prop? Geeze Louise.

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> You might want to consider **JtC** ’s sound advice

Blushing now. But yeah, cheap microwaves are easy to acquire and make life so much simpler.

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> [@JaneDoe42](#):
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> They also knew that they were turkeys but when I said something about getting pink kisses to make boobies for February, their grandma gave me that _look_ so I didn’t bring up eyeballs…

If the twins are male and you make cookies of boobies with eyeballs they’ll be scarred for life. I say “Go for it!!1!” 😁

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I think the lip/cheek/tongue biting problems gets us all because once bitten, it is then swollen and in the way of being bitten again. I resort to swishing salt water through my mouth regularly to help heal it quickly. Does it work? Heck, I don’t know but at least I feel I’m doing something about it.

So finally joining you on Tuesday night because I started my new job Monday. Hardly mundane, but I’ve started so many new jobs (contracting gigs all run you through the new job stuff so that’s an average of every year or so) that it feels mundane. This place is gonna be interesting. They run on a shoestring. The facility lacks much, including warmth. The place is reputed to have bedbugs (no lie). But the people are encouraging and most are characters. I feel right at home. Except I don’t have bedbugs at home. Yet.

And bonus, nobody has yelled at me or said a harsh word yet. It almost makes me want to call up the old boss, laugh like crazy, and hang up. Almost. But I am truly happy to have closed that short chapter of my life.

**shoe** , I’ve done mac for breakfast. It works quite well. I add broccoli because that’s how I am. Do you add anything? Lately, I’ve been on a cheap breakfast burrito kick because not only is it cheap but it sticks to my ribs, and I can polish it off as I head to the elevator and car for work. That’s not so quick and easy to do with oatmeal.

**metalmouse** , what is N. Ali-bama cold like? I’ve never even been through there in winter so I’ve no idea. North Georgia, yes. Jackson, MS yes. But truly, what is winter cold like? Wet, dry? Does it dip below freezing more than twice a winter?

> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Pro tip: If you replace all your home’s doorknobs with the lever type, that happens a LOT less often. I’ve done that to the last few places I’ve owned. Your nose will thank you.

Personally speaking, I would never. Those doggone lever handles are constantly catching my pants pockets and either tearing the pocket edges or slamming the edge of the door back into my shoulder as I fight to open it.

Past my bed time with these new irk hours. The job won’t kill me but the schedule might. Goodnight/good morning all.

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> [@JaneDoe42](#):
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> I used to hate waking up to snow. Now that I’m not irking anymore, I love it. I bundle up in my fluffy bathrobe and jammies and drink coffee while watching the working stiffs slip n slide down the road.

snow in az…must near flagstaff up north lol

> [@scareyfaerie](#):
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> **shady** I’ve never bought anything from FB marketplace, and I’ve seen so many ridiculous ads for things like keto gummies, or some socks that mysteriously make you lose 50lbs in weight overnight. Sadly FB and Instagram are full of people peddling this nonsense, and of course they are doing their best to get you to buy a subscription to their snake oil shop, or add a bargain to your order that ends up costing you an arm and a leg.

this place wasn’t on Facebook but might as well have been tho  
but that’s whats happened here they tried to say I clicked that I wanted their “cleansing” pills too  
and she bought the socks that will “reduce swelling " and this thing that looks like a Bday party prize bag toy wristwatch that has a tiny buzzing motor that"stimulates circulation” that’s rechargeable…and the footpads that help cleanse the feet and legs … yeah they see her coming … between Facebook and wish/geet/temu …

Now there are some nice jewelry pieces shes bought from places that advertise on FB tho

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> snow in az…must near flagstaff up north lol

Nah, about a thousand feet lower, but we still get snow a couple of times a winter.

I am so sorry about your aunt and the snake oil, you are in a really sucky situation and there really isn’t anything you can do to change things.

Or, wait, isn’t pot legal where you are? That could help. It won’t make things any better at all, but you won’t care nearly as much…

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Friends, I got bad news this evening, and it’s going to take some time to assimilate it. I may not post for several days. Wishing you well, Mumpers.

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☹ 🫂

(shut up discourse)

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((((hugs for **nellie** ))))

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> [@nelliebly](#):
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> Wishing you well, Mumpers.

Wishing you whatever you need~ **{{{{{{{{{{ nellie }}}}}}}}}}**

(And remember the both **JtC** and I have canes and _will travel_ if sisters-in-arms are called for, shins need whacking……)

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Good vibes, Nellie girl  
As always, thinking of you. 😚

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