# I Might Be Starting The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 9, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070 "2018-04-09T10:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 11, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/61 "2018-04-11T18:43:43Z")
Howdy Y’all! Today I have procured groceries, mowed da yahd and had a nap. I say that is more than enough for one day. 😃 Didn’t like the looks of the spareguts so we shall have shrimpies ‘n grits and Pubic sto’ coleslaw tonight. Yes, I bought coleslaw. Pubic’s makes a good one so why not. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/62 "2018-04-11T18:52:03Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I’m thinkin’ bacon wrapped spareguts for vegetative matter. Since when does bacon constitute vegetative matter? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The ancestor of [Arkansas chickens.](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/19/scientific-journal-publishes-research-dinosaur-typ/) > [@story](#): > > A dinosaur unique to Arkansas has gained more recognition in the scientific community through publication in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. > > The Arkansaurus fridayi, discovered in 1972 by a man named Joe Friday as he searched for a missing cow in Lockesburg I wonder if [he](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/b3/f7/a4b3f7eee271e98346c6ac33d8401699.jpg) asked for the missing cow’s picture to be on a…milk carton? 😛 Fascinating article, I always thought it was related to the [Tennessee lamb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXvoRRMSSGU). Ignorance fought! Thanks, **flytrap**! ---
**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 11, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/63 "2018-04-11T19:03:43Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Since when does bacon constitute vegetative matter? Since it was wrapped around asparagus. > [@Spiderman](#): > > I wonder if [he](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a4/b3/f7/a4b3f7eee271e98346c6ac33d8401699.jpg) asked for the missing cow’s picture to be on a…milk carton? 😛 > Fascinating article, I always thought it was related to the [Tennessee lamb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXvoRRMSSGU). Ignorance fought! Thanks, **flytrap**! I think he asked for just the facts. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/64 "2018-04-11T20:14:31Z")
{{{cupcakes}}} I hope you get some rest soon. Why is it so busy right now? Other than that, not so very exciting at Chez Sunny. Rain and clouds (Orygun in other words). Perhaps a roast chicken for dinner. I’m thinking I need to buy a freezer. Hubby resists, because he thinks we’ll end up wasting food, but I like to stock up on meat and assorted things at CostCo, and then package them in meal portions. It saves us a lot of money, and the quality is better. The freezer just doesn’t hold it all. I may just do it. Happy Wotansday all. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/65 "2018-04-11T20:26:14Z")
Home with a slightly fried brain. It was a very busy day, but I’m down to my last dozen drawing for Tim, plus a revision for Ryan. I may even get Josh’s fixture drawn! Go me. Daughter’s doctor said there are no changes, but if she hasn’t delivered by next Weds, he’ll schedule an inducification. I’s hongree, but I’m trying to wait till at least 5 to eat. I’ll have the last of the pulled poke and the last of the pot roast veggies. And ice cream, of course. 😃 That’s my exciting evening agenda. I talked to \*\*FCD \*\*- his folks are really losing it. They’re confused, they forget so much - like MIL had a Dr appt and she knew what time, but not where or what doctor. I wish they’d move up here so we could look after them. But they won’t. And I fear it’ll only get worse. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/66 "2018-04-11T21:32:23Z")
**Moommm** we’re working at moving my MiL into an assisted living facility out here in Orygun near us. She’s forgetting a few things, but she doesn’t want to live with us and be a burden. She also really likes a more social atmosphere, and would enjoy hanging out with all of the other people there. We’ll see how it goes. Short version: I understand the worry. Would his folks consider a moving to a retirement home if they won’t move to be closer to you? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/67 "2018-04-11T21:36:21Z")
\*\*Sunny \*\*- they’re stubborn and they have no intention of moving. My MIL has macular degeneration, but she still drives. My FIL has all kinds of health issues, but he bristles at the idea that he needs any kind of help. Their youngest son lives fairly close to them, but he’s got his own issues, and the other brother is in really bad health, plus lives over 2 hours away, so he’s no help either. Things would be so much easier if they got an apartment near us. Never gonna happen. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/68 "2018-04-11T22:30:21Z")
**{{{baker}}}** Found out at irk today that I’m fixing to be assigned to write process for my department. I’ve done it before in my career and just need to learn the template that we use. Other than that, just another day. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/69 "2018-04-11T22:55:29Z")
Just found out one of my mother’s long-time friends has been sent home to die - inoperable cancer. She’s 82 and she and her husband used to cruise with my parents, and later with my mom for a lot of years. They visited here a few years back and she gave me a piece of lace that her mother had made. I was going to have \*\*FCD \*\*make a glass topped table where I could display it. Suddenly, that feels more urgent. ☹ It’s been a bad week for elderly folks in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/70 "2018-04-11T23:22:15Z")
Hubby has a cold. I hope I don’t catch it. He has an immune system make of steel and rallies quickly. Me, I will be in the throes of death should I catch it. Work was manageable so there is that. I hired a lady whom had to go back to HR third time today for a do over on fingerprints. She got up and walked out. HR called me and told me and I left my phone home today so when I got home nary a call or text from her. I guess she does not want the job. I came to the conclusion that if one want something done right just do it oneself. I will not call her and beg. Obviously she does not want the job. Managerialism is not it’s cracked up to be. No idea what shall be supper and don’t even care. I have having beers. Still on the first one but I am determined to have more than one. \*\*Rosie’s sig. \*\* ---
**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 11, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/71 "2018-04-11T23:37:43Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Hubby has a cold. I hope I don’t catch it. He has an immune system make of steel and rallies quickly. Me, I will be in the throes of death should I catch it. Got any Jazz CDs you want to will to me? ---
**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 11, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/72 "2018-04-11T23:57:41Z")
Shrimpies ‘n grits and coleslaw made for a good evenin’ sup. YUM! **Spidey** when one puts bacon in or around vegetative matter it becomes part of said vegetative matter and thus becomes vegetative matter. Sheesh! What is so hard to understand? 😃 **{{{MOOOOOOM and MOM}}}** may your friend’s passing be a peaceful one. I may have said this already but a year ago today I was goin’ through that with my mom. ---
**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 12, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/73 "2018-04-12T00:24:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Spidey** when one puts bacon in or around vegetative matter it becomes part of said vegetative matter and thus becomes vegetative matter. Sheesh! What is so hard to understand? 😃 Damn right! ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/74 "2018-04-12T01:15:17Z")
Worked. Had unexpected company, instead of expected company. Watching hockey. > [@Filbert](#): > > Well it _is_ Spring Break time… If your return spring unravels ,can you re-coil it? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The ancestor of [Arkansas chickens.](http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/19/scientific-journal-publishes-research-dinosaur-typ/) But can you use it to make an Ostemturdurkenarrowird? {{{{ **Moooommm** and friend}}}} That’s why the goodbyes at the hockey Convention are so bittersweet. We lose somebody every year now.☹ Cheers, **Butters**! ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/75 "2018-04-12T01:20:42Z")
My precious **Lucky Louie** has turned into an asshole with his feline sister **Scooter**. Every night it is a cat/dog fight. He is the boss and she would never hurt him even though she is bigger than him. This is relatively new behavior. The older he gets the more the Chihuahua comes out. My sweet little feller is an ogre after dark. Leftovers/scrounging was supper. Tahred. Hoping for a full night of good sleep. ---
**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 12, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/76 "2018-04-12T01:30:54Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > But can you use it to make an Ostemturdurkenarrowird? Apparently it was rather large for that, but I guess if you stuffed everything into it, things would work out. Or, rather, stay inside. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/77 "2018-04-12T02:11:08Z")
Thanks for the hugs everyone, I needed them. Today I only worked nine hours. > [@nightshadea](#): > > I was told that I came into the world 2 months early and was tangled up…my family says its the only time I was early for anything… > [@Filbert](#): > > I was two weeks late, and showed up about7am I was born at 10:16PM on New Years Eve, when my due date was Christmas. I’m told my father was vastly relieved I was born before midnight, making me his little tax deduction for the whole year!😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/78 "2018-04-12T03:06:10Z")
Well, I’m typing this out on my new 27" monitor. Still trying ot determine if I like it or not, too many decisions about color and contrast and brightness to make; just be normal, willya? **Moooooom,** it can be hard to change habitats, especially if you’ve been in the same place for many years. Hope they realize what is best for them sooner rather than later. **Butters,** employees and hiring of the same can be a pain; I only had to do it several times in my Government career and hated it, even though I think I was moderately successful at it. It’s after 10pm, so need to get the garbage ready for takeout tomorrow and the retire for the evening. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/79 "2018-04-12T03:49:38Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Since when does bacon constitute vegetative matter? It comes from a magical animal so it can be anything we want it to. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tsdmqhn50uM/hqdefault.jpg "Simpsons Magical Animal") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsdmqhn50uM) ---
**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:** [April 12, 2018, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070/80 "2018-04-12T08:00:18Z")
Oh, look, it’s stupid early and I’m wide awake… guess it’s payback for the good sleep I got last weekend. On the plus side, I’ll see my daughter day after tomorrow. Meanwhile, _yawn_… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-might-be-starting-the-mmp/812070.md?page=5)