# I'd rather pay someone to do that in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 24, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304 "2022-01-24T11:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/281 "2022-01-30T20:46:33Z")
Scrambled eggs (with cheese on top) and bacon for breakfast this morning. I had mine rolled in a couple of low-carb tortillas with a nice dousing of Tapatio as breakfast burritos. A piece of Jimmy Dean’s sausage in the fridge was looking kinda grey so I cooked that too. It tasted fine to me, but Goo wouldn’t eat the morsel I offered her. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/282 "2022-01-30T20:53:44Z")
Last night I dreamed about eating: I was at some sort of magic buffet with all of my favorite carbs and snack/junk foods, and nothing made me sick! It was wonderful. I think it was prompted by all the talk of yummy snack cakes in this thread. 😀 One of the good things about surgery vs a diet is that there is no such thing as “never again” in terms of food. During this first year my new tummy is sensitive, so I need to be careful, but eventually I _should_ be able to eat anything – just in small amounts. A friend who had gastric bypass 1.5 years ago recently told me that she’s even able to eat a slice of pizza every now and then. I hope to have a bite of a Swiss Roll or HoHo or Devil Dog again someday! Sorry about the taxes headache, **Mooooom**! ☹ I’m still waiting for one more W-2 before I can do mine: I got the one from the county, for the election that I worked in June, but I still need the one from my employer. I also have the interest statement from my credit union, and a statement from the HSA I was enrolled in last year. Luckily my taxes are very simple/straightforward, so as soon as that last W-2 arrives I can log into H&R Block _{fist-bumps **Baker** }_ and take care of filing. I usually wind up owing the feds a little bit, but not enough to make it worth adjusting my withholding. Besides, I’d rather have an interest-free loan than give them one. 😉 Project management training – completing enough hours so that I qualify to ask for permission to take an exam – continues, slowly but surely. Yesterday I completed a 4.5-hour online course: twelve topics, with a quiz at the end of each one. That was kind of brutal. I plan to satisfy the remaining needed training hours with webinars: there are tons of free, 1-hour webinars on the Project Management Institute website that count toward the requirement. I admit that I’ll be kinda half-assing them: the volume will be very low, and I’ll be multitasking while they play (I’m “watching” one right now). I’ll only do two today…I should have started the webinars sooner and gotten one or two more hours in, but _c’est la vie_. After today, I’ll still have 10 hours to complete. I figure I’ll watch one each day this week (either during lunch or right after work), then watch the last five next weekend. I plan to submit my application by this time next Sunday. 🤞 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > the guy conducting the interview asked where I saw myself in 5 years. WTF?? LOL! Luckily, I’ve never encountered that question in an interview. It often pops up during performance reviews – but, happily, not with my current boss. 🙂 > [@nelliebly](#): > > My other dreaded question was, “So tell us a little about yourself.” I hate that question too; way too open-ended. My usual response is, “Do you mean, like, ‘I was born in a log cabin’…?” > [@Seanette](#): > > glass butter dish (Anchor Hocking Wexford pattern Pretty! > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > For Caturday, I present … Boo Awww…good friends of mine had a black cat named Boo; he died in November. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > washed the car’s windows as they were absolutely filthy after we got back home yesterday. There was all sorts of mucky salty spray coming off the road surface so I thought I’d give them a clean up so I can see where I’m going later. Don’t forget to give your headlamps a wipe every now and then… 🙂 > [@Taters](#): > > too very ordinary pizzas from Dominos had cost us $79.00 with tip. U.S. dollars? 🤯 I used to order from Dominos frequently: I never used coupons or specials, but I’d always get either a medium or large pizza plus dessert and often also some bread. My typical total – with tip – was about half of that! > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I think we’ll continue our _Ozark_ binge today. I need to start watching that show again. I loved the first two seasons, but for some reason when S3 came out I couldn’t get into it. Now S4 is out, and I’m way behind! Starting S3 again might be a good plan for when I finally get off this computer… > [@Filbert](#): > > Turns out she’s not just a selection of pixels arranged into words Cite!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/283 "2022-01-30T21:11:21Z")
Happiness is a sunny Sunday afternoon, watching a Girl Scout and her father walking up your driveway with a wagon to try and sell you Girl Scout cookies. I had my $20 in hand and was waiting by the door! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/284 "2022-01-30T21:39:37Z")
Happy Sunday, everyone. I have little to report. Walked to store. It looks like rain. **swampy** , that was funny. _Explain yourself, Deborah._ 🤣 **quietly** , what kinds of GS cookies did you get? I like 'em all, but Somoas and Thin Mints are my favorites. **Sunny** , beautiful kitties. I love black cats, but I have to admit, Panda is a heartt-stealer. **Taters** , that WAS pricey pizza! For that much, they ought to include freebies…breadsticks, dessert, a Maserati. > [@Misnomer](#): > > My usual response is, “Do you mean, like, ‘I was born in a log cabin’…?” Ha! Wish I’d thought of that one! One problem I have with it is that I always think it’s an attempt to get info they can’t legally ask, like whether you have kids. Another question I don’t like is “What would you say your greatest weakness is?” C’mon, you know everyone is going to say, “I guess it’s that I’m an overachiever. I just can’t slack off on company time!” ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/285 "2022-01-30T21:43:54Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > with none other than an actual 3d **BooFae**. squeeeee! 😃 ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/286 "2022-01-30T22:20:12Z")
Howdy Y’all! We deheathenated followed by an actual sit down N.O,L. at the good seafood place. OYKW wanted shrimpies. I didn’t want seafood or any kind of fish, so I had their fried chikin, green beans, squish, mac 'n cheese and cornbread. We were both stuffded, but it was so good! We got back to da cave and achieved nappage. Now we sloth and chill. I did haul the biiiiiiiiiiiig trash can all the way down to the road for pickup tomorrow, so I can say I accomplished a task. Glad folks enjoyed the Little Debbie’s ice creams review. Matt Mitchell is funny. I love his tagline, “sometimes funny… always hungry.” He does this thing called “Bless Your Rank,” where he, well, ranks various edible stuff. He did one durin’ the 2020 lockdown that was stuff from his pantry. Had me all ROFL! Here’s a link to [Bless Your Rank](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5n1z145EPUN4x-IJ8XBbGx1We9FUtHSA) for your entertainment. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/287 "2022-01-30T22:56:35Z")
**sunny** and **doggio** , the kittehs are a good looking bunch. **taters** , I’ve never spent that much on _good_ pizza! 😮 **silenus** , I ordered GS cookies from several scouts, but chose the donate option (at my house, I don’t have sense enough to stop and I’m insulin dependent). Ready to begin the bigger project now. Tonight will be doing some photo printing and then it’s off to the races. Italian wedding soup for supper was pretty good, although I made the meatballs a little too big. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/288 "2022-01-30T23:17:47Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > **quietly** , what kinds of GS cookies did you get? I like 'em all, but Somoas and Thin Mints are my favorites. 2 packages of Lemonades and 2 boxes of Thin Mints. I just wish they packaged the Thin Mints in something other than the 2 single-serving tubes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/289 "2022-01-31T00:33:25Z")
Well dang, KC lost. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/290 "2022-01-31T01:22:14Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Turns out she’s not just a selection of pixels arranged into words, who knew? I knew!😉 I’ve been reading and generally being a slug. All in all, a very lazy day! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/291 "2022-01-31T01:23:29Z")
I put all of my stains, urethanes, tung oil, Danish oil, varnishes, etc for free on FB Marketplace this morning and was immediately swamped with queries. A woman came by this afternoon and took it all, along with all of my cans of spray paint. She runs a craft/art class at a homeless shelter. This is good in at least two ways: I don’t have to figure out how to dispose of toxic materials and pressurized cans, and we can also take this as a charitable donation. So the slog goes on to pare things down for the Big Move. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/292 "2022-01-31T01:32:36Z")
I paid rent, signed the new lease, and started taxes. Plus cleaning. I’d almost be mistaken for a functioning adult. 😉 > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > American football? Tennis? Cooking? [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/071/773/8c1.jpg) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/071/773/8c1.jpg) > [@silenus](#): > > Happiness is a sunny Sunday afternoon, watching a Girl Scout and her father walking up your driveway with a wagon to try and sell you Girl Scout cookies. I had my $20 in hand and was waiting by the door! I went to Harris Teeter, and there were Girl Scouts, so I bought their last 2 boxes of Thin Mints. You’re right about the packaging. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/293 "2022-01-31T01:47:54Z")
Evening all. Clothes are all washed, dried and put in their proper locations (except for the blue jeans, I only dry them 75% and then let them finish while sprawled over my couch–heard somewhere that you shoudn’t completely dry jeans in a dryer because reasons. watched 1.5 tackleball games ( I find that easier, if not as much fun, as **doggio’s** handegg. Will probably return to the game here in a bit, hasn’t been half as interesting as the afternoon one. Noon dinner was meatloaf at Logan’s and oh happy day, they have regular french fries back instead of those terrible (to me) waffle fries. Haven’t seen a girl scout out and about yet, may still be too cold for them, but I’ll probably find something to buy from them. **Cookie** , sounds like you done a good thing without really planning too. Hope they make good use of your stuff. **Taters** , I’m not a pizza guy, but unless you had 3 extra-large ones with all the fixin’s, that sounds really high-priced. I’d double check the receipt if I was you. **Oopsie** , Like you, I need one more 1099 to do my taxes. Waiting for one of my Annunities to send there’s, I tried getting into their on-line system but it was apparently engineered by someone who like puzzles, cause I can’t get it to do a simple thing. Will keep trying. **Nut** , happy you were able to connect with **boo fae** ; if I ever make it back to Jolly olde England, I’ll have to make time to meet you two. OK, back to the tackleball game and I’ll see y’all on the next MMP. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/294 "2022-01-31T02:03:04Z")
yeah, im not a big fry guy but waffle fries might as well be ruffles tater chips to me … ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/295 "2022-01-31T03:01:39Z")
Watched both football games. Foot er leg is much improved today. I may actually be seeing some light at the end of this nightmare. I will continue to nurse it and stay off it for a couple more weeks but hopefully by the time I move on Feb 24th I’ll actually be walking. We got down to 46F which is the coldest I ever remember it being down here. I had the heat on so I wasn’t out in it. It’s supposed to be back to 70F tomorrow… Catch everyone in the next MMP. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/296 "2022-01-31T04:42:06Z")
I shared the story, as posted here, of my Great-Great-Uncle Kirkpatrick on FB, and my uncle’s (middle-namesake) gave me a Thanks. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/297 "2022-01-31T06:32:22Z")
Yes, I can confirm that my Very Important Thing was tea and cake with **Nut** who is lovely and not at all a serial killer 🙂 The list of Mumpers What I have Met gets another name on it! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/298 "2022-01-31T06:33:35Z")
Yay!! ---
**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:** [January 31, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/299 "2022-01-31T17:39:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Well dang, KC lost. My feelings exactly. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/300 "2022-02-01T04:01:27Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Maine Coons are known to like to play in water. GG is a kitten and kittens play with everything Poe and Linden have/had 3 toys meant for human children, and the two that are not just a big human version of their cat tunnels involve water. The water filled pat pat mat didn’t survive their kittenhood despite nail caps. The last toy is a pair of [robot fish](https://zuru.com/kids/robofish) that they both find _fascinating_, especially when the fish are plopped into a big transparent bowl from Dollar General. George might too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304.md?page=14)