# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/41 "2022-01-24T22:08:36Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I would very much like this. How did you find these marvelous folks? I got a leaflet through my door. It’s just a one-woman operation - she sensibly decided to start a little business in lockdown. If you live in the East Midlands of the UK, I’ll give you the details… ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/42 "2022-01-24T22:16:55Z")
Congrats, **butters!** ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/43 "2022-01-24T22:34:36Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > It mine! CONGRATS!!! 🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊 🎊 Love the brick work on the arches (or are they tiles?) but I confess, I’m not crazy about the color. I assume it’s a fully fenced back yard? Supper was pretty good - I love how tender meat comes out from sous vide! Tomorrow I’ll rotiss a chickie. Today, I’m done. Assume the chill mode! ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/44 "2022-01-24T22:53:29Z")
Forgot to ask, **Butters** - how close will you be to your son? ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/45 "2022-01-24T23:21:16Z")
Glad your vision is improving **knott**. **shoe** , I remember lake effects snow and have declared that I will never live anywhere where that’s part of my local weather forcast again. **{{{VanGo}}}** I like the house **butters**! The two things that I outsource when possible are assembling furniture and spring cleaning / carpet cleaning (the service that I use includes cleaning carpets in the spring cleaning). I’ve also hired out oil changes for most of the last ~27 years and tend to take the car to the car wash that does the interior for you (cost accounting found that it only costs me ~$4 more that way). All of that leaves me with more time to play in the studio and hang out with Nelson. 🙂 Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/46 "2022-01-24T23:57:29Z")
Howdy Y’all! Got the errands out of the way early this mornin’ (well, mid-mornin’) and then worked on my sloth skills. Sup got cooked and et and the kitchen is all cleanded up. Thus has it been in swampland today. **VanGo** it’s OK to miss Cinnamon. I still miss every pet I have ever had. Also, that road you described sounds like an alley. We have lots of paved and unpaved alleys down here. **Butters** WOOHOO! So glad you got the house you wanted in Palm Coast. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/47 "2022-01-24T23:57:53Z")
Suddenly my allergies went nutz. I think we are crying as much for our rainbow bridge pets as for you. It’s been over a year and I still water up every time I think about The Best Cat in the World. Congrats on the new place, **butters** , it’s very pretty! How deep is your front porch area? It looks like it would be a wonderful place to sit and enjoy your morning coffee. Hubs used to do all of the vehicle stuff, but old age kicked his butt and now we pay someone else to do it all. He still schedules all of the routine stuff and takes my car for oil changes and car wash so nothing has really changed for me in that area. We’ve always paid someone to do the heavy yard work and I puttered around with the flower beds and such. Cleaning out the vegetable beds this year has been a bit of a challenge and I might have to pay someone else to do it next year. Hiring a housekeeper to come in once a week was one of the best choices we have ever made. It happened because hubs retired before I did and I announced that I was no longer going to spend my weekends doing housework. Hubs certainly didn’t want to do it himself, so he hired Pam. I adore her. When she retires, we will have to find someone else because we don’t want to go back to dealing with floors and ceiling fans again. We bought a robot litter box because we would rather put out 500 bucks for a machine than scoop the boxes ourselves. I hadn’t realized how lazy we were until I started typing. Hmmmm. No, we are supporting the local economy and helping support our friendly neighborhood gig workers, that’s what we are doing! Hubs took our friend over the mountain to his new digs. They needed to get paperwork signed and friend wanted to look at furniture. I’ve suggested that he put friend’s rolly walker chair in the car because friend really can’t walk that far and hubs poo-poohed me. Today, after the unsuccessful furniture shopping trip, the walker is now in the car because friend really cannot walk across a store anymore. While they were gone, I got all motivated and cleaned out the deep cabinets under the kitchen island. I can’t reach into them far enough and stuff was getting lost in the back. I had to use our grabby thing to reach everything, but I sorted everything into clear plastic bins that I could slide in and out. We lost about 5 inches in the back, but oh well. As that was the most productivity I’ve displayed for days, I felt I should sit down and stitch for a few hours and rest. ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/48 "2022-01-24T23:58:28Z")
My son is in Melbourne so probably 20 minutes away. The yard is fully privacy fenced since Buddy would probably bark at neighbors. I need to do some tree planting for some shade. And flowers. The lot is twice as big as the one here in the Keys. Plus I’m gonna pay in full so it will be mine and I’ll still have plenty to live on. There’s a Publix and a Walmart about 10-15 minutes away. ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/49 "2022-01-25T00:15:55Z")
Your new digs sound perfect **butters**! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/50 "2022-01-25T00:33:51Z")
{{{janedoe}}} I miss TBCITW with you. I’ve cried more today putting those pictures into frames than I have in years. But we do have the tales of GG to keep the pet smiles coming. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/51 "2022-01-25T00:54:49Z")
I did take a good look at the pics through my tears. I could tell that Cinnamon wasn’t just loved, he loved and adored you like only a Very Good Dog can. It’s fairly obvious that you are a Very Good People. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/52 "2022-01-25T00:58:05Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I’ve cried more today putting those pictures into frames than I have in years. {{{ huggzz }}} ---
**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 25, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/53 "2022-01-25T01:19:38Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > It mine! Yay!! ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/54 "2022-01-25T02:03:31Z")
Hey y’all. Sorry for bringing a down into the MMP. I’m doing much better now, just needed a couple hours to recover. Thanks for putting up with my crap. Now, onwards with good news. Well…I don’t have any, one potential project fell through, and it seems the other is going from $25k to 15, before expenses. But hey, work is work. So, be safe and sound everyone. Love you all. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/55 "2022-01-25T02:39:16Z")
You were NOT a downer, the memories are bittersweet but part of love. Plus, you motivated me to move a few pics of TBCinW to flikr. It wasn’t as hard as I thought. I just moved his pics to the pet picture thread. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/56 "2022-01-25T02:57:57Z")
That was a beautiful story. I read through it before it snuck off to the pet pic thread, that beard, he was a beaut. Happy thoughts for all of our furry friends on the other side of the bridge. I like to think of them all playing together. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/57 "2022-01-25T03:06:37Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > IMO paying someone to change your car’s oil is the best bargain going No kidding. I worked out the price of oil and so forth and discovered if I changed my own oil, I’d save a whole $4. Someday, post Covid, I might seriously look into a cleaning person… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/58 "2022-01-25T03:08:09Z")
So that’s what Cinnamon looked like. Gorgeous dog. Also, I liked the picture frame. I need to get something like that. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/59 "2022-01-25T03:37:56Z")
I really wish there was a way to be able to see people’s profile pics enlarged by demand. I only realized that he was using Cinnamon’s pic one day when I was on my tablet. Usually I read the dope on my laptop. > [@elfkin477](#): > > Someday, post Covid, I might seriously look into a cleaning person… Our housekeeper knocks on the door, we greet her on the front porch, ask about her family and then go out for breakfast. Of course, we were using her before the world ended, so already trusted her alone with our cats. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2022, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/60 "2022-01-25T04:35:29Z")
As usual, I made too much meatloaf. Aside from the usual sandwiches or just reheating, any suggestions for the excessive leftovers? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304.md?page=4)