# I win the Internet! First MMP of the week **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 20, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782 "2013-05-20T02:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/321 "2013-05-25T17:18:39Z")
up and had lunch for what it is worth I’m trying to pull myself together enough to go feed the cats, I feel like crap today. My niece is having a sprinkle on Monday, a sprinkle being a mini baby shower. I don’t know what to think. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/322 "2013-05-25T18:10:40Z")
Am in for a few minutes from the garden. Have weeded and pruned A LOT. Will switch to planting stuff in a bit. Glad Bubba is home. Happy Saturday, all. Hugs. GT ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/323 "2013-05-25T18:51:27Z")
Been trying to contact someone. Tried through Facebook. Failed. Will try email next, but don’t know how often she checks her email. I do have her phone number, but I have a bit of a phobia of talking to people on the phone. Damn. Why do I have to have so much anxiety? ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/324 "2013-05-25T20:12:32Z")
Just peeking in - the decoy show was pretty dull, but I expected as much. We had lunch at Bert’s. \*\*FCD \*\*took his dad out on his Harley. I ran to the grocery store. Yep, exciting day. I think we’re going to the concert in Leonardtown this evening. So goeth the weekend… ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/325 "2013-05-25T22:09:59Z")
Wow - quiet in here… I’m home alone with the dogs. Everyone else went to Best Buy to get a charger for MIL’s Nook - she thinks she left hers on the train. I’ve got a chicken in the rotisserie, so I had to stay home, which is fine with me. We’re not going to the concert - it’s just too chilly to sit outside as the sun sets. I think we’re going to Point Lookout tomorrow. Or some place else. We shall see. My inlaws are sweet people but I can’t wait for Tuesday. You can only hear the same stories so many times. Honest to goodness, I’m loving these few minutes of solitude! ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/326 "2013-05-25T22:29:37Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Wow - quiet in here… I’m home alone with the dogs. > Honest to goodness, I’m loving these few minutes of solitude! I was going to ask if you were bragging or complaining. After discussion with Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) we will use the 100 gallon for salt water. I have designed rudimentary braces for the stand we bought. Priced argonite sand, live and base rock (Moses and Aaron on a stick!) when I attended a fragging class at Northside Aquatics today. I’ll start with a lot of base rock and a small amount of live rock and wait for two or three months. What substrate do you use, FairyChat? ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/327 "2013-05-25T22:43:53Z")
I honestly don’t remember what kind of sand he got - he set up the tank in 2009, fercryinoutloud! Did he mention in his email that he’s thinking about setting up a tank for raising corals for sale? I guess that’s his post-retirement business… ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/328 "2013-05-25T22:53:11Z")
Just had another long phone call. All I have to say is **BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!** Psycho Bitch lost custody of her kids yesterday! Now she has to go all the way to Nash County (aka all the way across North-By-God Kakalak the long way) if she wants to get them back. Which is increasingly highly unlikely because her ex-husband? Comes from one of the First Families of the Large Town of the County. _dances with glee_ She’s still parked in Irish Storyteller’s house, but her bizarre and crazy performance in the courtroom yesterday will not help her in the eviction case. And the best part is _the kids are out of it_. There’s hope for their future yet. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/329 "2013-05-25T22:56:25Z")
May not be my business. really, but I’m kind of hazy on the backstory for this. ---
**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:** [May 25, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/330 "2013-05-25T23:24:51Z")
Good Evenin’ Y’all! The official openin’ pool partay of Summer was a hit. Good people. Good drink. Good food. A good time had by all. Everyone is gone, the kitchen is all cleanded and I’ve had a nice soak in the tub. OYKW is on the bed watchin’ BritComs. Life is good. Sounds like the kids are in a better situation **Spaz**. Good! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/331 "2013-05-26T00:45:58Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Just peeking in - the decoy show was pretty dull, but I expected as much. [/QUOTE] And the people who went to the real show had a blast. DH needs killin’ right about now. He wanted to get stuff out of the garage to the backyard shed. Heavy stuff. So, it gets loaded in the truck, and he drives it back there. The side yard is soup, and the truck goes through mud as deep as the hubcaps. :eek: Making it worse, the fresh ruts are on our neighbor’s lawn, so now I have to fill in the ruts and get some happy grass growing before anyone notices. ☹ Did I mention the stuff we moved is heavy? My pain is down to a low “seven” 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:** [May 26, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/332 "2013-05-26T02:07:18Z")
Blurfed, came home. Herbed chicken for dinner. a customer left her shopping list on my register, here are the last five items: [ul] [li]bathing suit[/li][li]deodorant[/li][li]weed[/li][li]nails done[/li][li]belt[/li][/ul]:dubious: Great news, **Spaz**! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/333 "2013-05-26T02:08:42Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Blurfed, came home. Herbed chicken for dinner. > > a customer left her shopping list on my register, here are the last five items: > [ul] > [li]bathing suit[/li][li]deodorant[/li][li]weed[/li][li]nails done[/li][li]belt[/li][/ul]:dubious: > > Great news, **Spaz**! Hahahahaha:p ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/334 "2013-05-26T02:54:39Z")
Busy day, I napped, bathed, napped, fed cats, watered bonsai, ate, napped, ate, and now I’m getting ready for bed. Ok **Spaz** , enough teasing, out with the good stuff! I’m happy for you that the Bubster is home **Stickey** ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/335 "2013-05-26T04:02:22Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > May not be my business. really, but I’m kind of hazy on the backstory for this. This goes back to last week’s MMP. A friend of mine has had to resort to legal measures to get his psycho ex-girlfriend out of his house and away from him. I have a lunch date scheduled with Irish Storyteller, so the good stuff is forthcoming. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/336 "2013-05-26T08:05:21Z")
How does a cat who is definitely not a feline Einstein suddenly manage to figure out escaping from an enclosed patio that’s been sufficient to confine her (when she’s out there, she spends most of her time indoors) for the last eleven months? In a way, I guess it’s a good thing she freaked about unfamiliar surroundings. Instead of getting into squabbles with the stray/feral population or wandering into the parking lot people drive much too fast in, she hid in some landscaping and, when she heard me looking for her on the patio, started meowing at me to come get her. Once I got around part of the building and found the right bush, she came out to be picked up and carried back to our apartment. Must spend part of Monday doing a better job on the cat-proofing. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/337 "2013-05-26T10:44:39Z")
Errands were done yesterday, eye test was completed with minimal bank balance damage. The optician said my current specs are fine for computer use at work but I need some different lenses for reading and suchlike, so new specs are on order and should be ready in about 10 days. Housewarming/birthday party last night was fun, it was good to catch up with some folks I’ve not seen for quite a while. Got home about 1am and, because I am so rock n roll, I had a nice cup of tea before bed. This morning has not been very productive so far, I have been over to my friend’s house to feed her cats and have changed my bedding so that’s in the washing machine now. It’s lovely and sunny out so I am hoping to get it dry on the line this afternoon. Next, I have spuds to plant and then grass to deal with. I’m not sure whether to bother strimming it or just dig it all up. It’ll grow back, whatever I do. Lunch will be sallit because I am feeling the need for something healthy after all the junk I’ve had lately, and dindins tonight will be chilli because it’s quick and easy. There’s ironing to do but that could wait until tomorrow, I really should make the best of the good weather. After this cup of tea though… ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/338 "2013-05-26T11:50:46Z")
The house is waking up. I’ve tended to the puppeh’s early routine, cleaned the cat box, breakfasted, and caffeinated. FIL just got up and is making his coffee. \*\*FCD \*\*is still in bed - he does not want to get up. Not sure what MIL is up to. I think we might pack a lunch and go to [Point Lookout State Park](http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/pointlookout.asp) for a few hours. Just something to get us out of the house for a few hours. It’s supposed to get into the low 70s today and the wind is less than yesterday, so we should have a pleasant walk. I should probably get showered and dressed… eventually… Happy Sunday! ---
**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:** [May 26, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/339 "2013-05-26T11:58:13Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 57 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 for the day. Plans include deheathenization, N.O.L., and either pool time or cave defilthyfication or some of both. Da cave is not horrible but after folks traipsin’ in and out yestiddy could do with a spiffin’ up. **doggio** the poor woman! How will she get all her errands done if’n she forgot her list! Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then, purtification for deheathenization must commence. I have ush duty today. Rah. Happy Sunday Y’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:** [May 26, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782/340 "2013-05-26T12:06:45Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*is up - guess I need to hit the shower after him. Laterzzz!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-win-the-internet-first-mmp-of-the-week/658782.md?page=18)