# 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:** 7
**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 26, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/121 "2022-01-26T22:52:03Z")
Mrs. L.A. just left. She’s taking Goo to the vet to get her weighed. Goo is 8 (or is it 9?), she plays, she eats, she sleeps… but we think she’s losing weight. ---
**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 26, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/122 "2022-01-26T22:56:51Z")
Best wished to **Goo.** And some skritches when she gets back from the vet. ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/123 "2022-01-26T23:11:43Z")
Yay on **FCGK** just having run-of-the-mill crud. **Moooooom** , the last time I was there, _Ruby Tuesday_ had a good salad bar. Ouch **BooFae**! I hope that your tootsies are better soon. Irked, came home, walked Nelson and et. Now for some chill time in the studio. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/124 "2022-01-26T23:39:58Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Best wished to **Goo.** And some skritches when she gets back from the vet. Oh, definitely. 🙂 I called 24 PetWatch, and they say: - Goo’s birthday is 06/22/2013, and she’s 8 1/2 years old. - Abbey’s birthday is 06/03/2020, and she’s 1 1/2 years old. And… Goo just got home. She’s 10.42 pounds. When we took her in last month, she was 10.4 pounds. So we’re happy. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/125 "2022-01-27T01:05:51Z")
Good news on Goo! **Sari** it sounds like a bad situation, but I’m glad you were there to help. In case you ever wondered why you were getting mice in your house, now you know. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/126 "2022-01-27T01:16:32Z")
Watching Midway (2019) for the first time. I’m a little disappointed they did not depict my great-uncle [Captain Chaplain Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick](http://gonebutnotforgotten.homestead.com/kirkpatrick.html) on the USS Arizona. (Not that they did in the original.) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/127 "2022-01-27T01:21:21Z")
Yesterday my cousin and her husband visited, down from Nebraska. They brought along a couple buckets of black walnuts. I have a cracker designed especiall for those. Today I’ll start the long chore of cracking and picking them. I will limit to a certain amount each day so I don’t get so sick of them and frustrated by the long process. I love black walnuts but they are about the most difficult to work with. Messy to. I’ll be wearing gloves as you can stain your hands. At least the nuts have the dried husks off of them already, but those shells are hard! ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/128 "2022-01-27T01:25:37Z")
**sari** - that’s scary about your neighbor. Kinda reminds me of my inlaws neighbor - she was a rather unpleasant woman who didn’t socialize much with the neighbors, but my MIL did occasionally talk with her. MIL noticed that she hadn’t seen her neighbor for several days, and one thing led to another - they found her on the floor, barely conscious. She wasn’t a hoarder - just mostly reclusive. I think she’d been on the floor at least 2 days, and she never recovered - died within a week of being found. Apparently it was a challenge to find her son, as they’d been almost estranged. Very sad situation all around… In an “oh, by he way” - **FCD** mentioned he fell outside the therapy place, and no one stopped to help him up. Nice, huh? He fell on his left side, twisted his right leg a little, and twisted his neck. I held my temper, but told him he’d better use his cane next time he goes. He’s so stubborn sometimes… Drives me crazy! I need to get to bed soon since I’ll have to get up early to fetch Toby. At least my daughter will be picking him up after work, since she doesn’t have to go for Roxy. Anyway, it’s almost bedtime. I’s tahred. ---
**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 27, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/129 "2022-01-27T01:27:43Z")
VBC came to us with viral conjunctivitis. She gets a couple of flare ups a year, her eye gets goopy for a few days and then it clears up. This time it didn’t clear up and kept getting worse, so off she went to the vet. A whole bunch of money later she is home and I am in possession of eye drops that are supposed to be administered three times a day. If I stop posting, just assume I’m dead. Hubs took his friend to go charity store furniture shopping (friend did pretty well) so poor GG was alone and all by himself and bereft of all company for endless hours. GG has attachment issues, currently he’s attached to my leg and walking isn’t easy with a 13 and half lb cat attached. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/130 "2022-01-27T02:05:12Z")
Evening all. Not much accomplished today outside of some financial figuring. Found a Magna (Japanese comic) archive for _“One Punch Man”_ and I keep reading it, it’s rather crazy but I guess I’m hooked. About 1/3 the way through the archive now. Schools here have been closed but they are allowing us to do soccer games on Saturday–go figure. Got some new goalie gloves I’ll take with me and let the kids break them in. **Sari** , that’s quite a story; glad the niece was a responsible sort. And glad you were there too. It’s something that worries me sometime, I’m no hoarder and am in reasonably good shape, but if I fell and really hurt myself, how long would it be before someone showed up? **FCM** , Mr. Stubborn better figure things out or the next fall could be very serious. And glad the kids just have one of 40-50 crappy childhood sicknesses. **Unknown** , hope VBC gets better without any maimery. OK, back to on-line comics. All y’all take care. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/131 "2022-01-27T02:07:55Z")
**FCM** Hope FDC is ok after the tumble. Really crap that no-one helped him up. **Unkown** Awww, poor GG. He was left alone for evar. You gotta know how scary that is. And good luck with the eye drops. **baker** What is this special black walnut cracker? I have giant b walnut trees on my lot, and mostly they serve as food for the annoying squirrels. I know how much of a PITA they are to get out of the shells, but I might be enticed if there were an easier way. I’m not really looking forward to going to the high school next week to help them build their musical, but they’re paying me, and I promised my friend. Damn germy kids. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/132 "2022-01-27T02:17:52Z")
I saw the orthopedic dr today who did follow up x rays and it turns out both bones in my lower leg are in fact fractured which he didn’t see on the first set of X-rays. The larger outer bone is nearly 100% healed and the inner bone is 50% healed. He said he would have done surgery if he’d have found it sooner to stabilize the bones but they are healing nicely and are not misaligned. At least I now know this will heal on its own and I just need to keep doing what I’ve been doing. About another 6-8 weeks all should be normal. This has been one of the worst ordeals of my life. My neighbor drove me to the doctor and she continues to walk Buddy twice a day. I don’t know what I’d have done without her. I did write a check and made her take it as I would have paid anyone else but Buddy doesn’t like ppl though he’s used to her. She argued with me but she did cash the check. I will give her another in a couple weeks. I finished watching Lilyhammer (highly recommend) and have started watching Ozark. The highlight of my week though is football. Take care everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/133 "2022-01-27T02:45:40Z")
paintchargw, it’s easier to show a picutre than describe. An Oklahoma company used to makr them but I don’t think it is around now,. But you can find them for sale online. > **[Vintage Iron Nut cracker. CE Potter Sapulpa. Okla.Pat. NO. 2377369 • $80.00](https://picclick.com/Vintage-Iron-Nut-cracker-CE-Potter-Sapulpa-OklaPat-173082905723.html)** > > VINTAGE IRON NUT cracker. CE Potter Sapulpa. Okla.Pat. NO. 2377369 - $80.00. FOR SALE! VINTAGE C E POTTER SAPULPA OKLA. NUT CRACKER PAT. NO 2377369 OVERALL GOOD CONDITION WITH A FEW MINOR SPOTS OF RUST AS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. WORKS LIKE A CHARM. ... A hulled nut is placed in the jaws of the cracker, the little hood is pulled over, and the handle moved over that top arch. It takes practice to get it to work meaning it still won’t be a fast process, but it’s better than wacking them with a hammer. If you google _Sapulpa OK nut cracker_ you should find listings of a number more for sale. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/134 "2022-01-27T03:10:30Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I’m now experiencing that post-grief feeling where I’m coming out of the fog and realizing I haven’t done a damn thing for a month, at work or at home. You’ve managed to soldier through enough shit to break a strong horse and you are still standing, you are allowed to slack off on the less important stuff for a while. Mom says she doesn’t remember the year after my dad died, it’s all fog. Grief fog is normal, don’t beat yourself up over it! **Sari** I agree that your neighbor is lucky to have such a good niece. I’m really looking forward to hub’s friend the hoarder finally moving somewhere where people will be close and he will be checked on if he misses more than two meals. We are not his family and we have no legal authority over him. If he had fallen in his shack, he would have refused to open the door and we wouldn’t have any standing to help force the sheriff to do anything more than knock and leave. FCM I am so glad FCD didn’t get hurt. What kind of cane does he have? When I had one of those generic drug-store canes I didn’t like using it, but hubs bought me a fancy fiber-carbon self-defense cane that I can bring on planes (cause he’s a guy) and I went to the dollar store and bought some decals to bling it up, then got a pressure activated light that flashes every time I take a step. I like using that one, I pretend it makes me look like a gracefully aging rock star. I’m so glad your grands don’t have the big crud, just a little one. Hopefully they will be feeling much better tomorrow. Kids bounce back so quickly. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > This has been one of the worst ordeals of my life. Just reading about it has made me winge more than once, I’m glad it will be over soonish. Are you bored out of your mind? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m a little disappointed they did not depict my great-uncle [Captain Chaplain Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick](http://gonebutnotforgotten.homestead.com/kirkpatrick.html) on the USS Arizona. I used to polish his nameplate at the USS Arizona Memorial when I was a janitor back in the mid 80’s. I used to sweep very slowly (so I could stay in hearing distance) around the Docents when they were talking about their experiences during the bombing and I heard your great-uncle’s name often enough to not even need to look at your link. His name was spoken with respect and regret. Small world 🙂 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Unknown** , hope VBC gets better without any maimery. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > **Unkown** Awww, poor GG. He was left alone for evar. You gotta know how scary that is. And good luck with the eye drops. Thanks for the encouragement, we did the first drops tonight and it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. I think we will live for a week but 10 days might be pushing it. GG is so big now that we have problems remembering that he’s just a 9 month old kitten. He was living with him momma and aunt and 5 brothers and 4 cousins when we brought him home. We are retired and VBC glomed onto him as the kitten she always wanted, so this really was the first time that GG was all by himself. He did _NOT_ like it. Currently GG is sitting on hub’s lap, “helping” him kill computer monsters. There has been a lot of swearing going on, but my big strong husband just can’t seem to manage to push a cat off his lap no matter what. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/135 "2022-01-27T03:12:00Z")
Howdy Y’all! Provisions got procured, We had a late N.O,L/sup at the hog trough GC, and nappage and sloth were accomplished. A busy day for a couple of grumpy old men! **MOOOOOOM** glad the grands don’t have the plague. Hope they’re both over the crud soonest. Glad FCD is OK after his fall. **sari** YIKES! Hope the neighbor gets the help she needs and is not badly hurt. **Butters** so I take it you are on the mend? **Nameless** hope VGC’s eye is better soonest. Poor GG, he missed his mommy! **Flyboy** glad Goo is OK. **Nellie** hope your 'puter does not go all wonky on you again. **CupCakes** that nutcracker looks like it could double as a medieval torture device. I’m sure **doggio** will just have to get one. ---
**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 27, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/136 "2022-01-27T03:54:49Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I used to polish his nameplate at the USS Arizona Memorial when I was a janitor back in the mid 80’s. I used to sweep very slowly (so I could stay in hearing distance) around the Docents when they were talking about their experiences during the bombing and I heard your great-uncle’s name often enough to not even need to look at your link. His name was spoken with respect and regret. 💗 My uncle, my father’s youngest brother, got his middle name Leroy from my great (Great-?) uncle. My uncle was born 3 December, 1941. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/137 "2022-01-27T04:16:53Z")
One of the Docents was a Navy guy who was attached to the USS Arizona but was married by Captain Chaplain Kirkpatrick (he always used the full title out of respect) on the 6th so was getting laid off base when the bombs fell. (He didn’t say he was getting laid, that was my dirty mind working, but honestly, what else would he have been doing?) Docent also said that his oldest son Thomas joined the Navy in '59 which I offer up as evidence as to what they were doing. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the Memorial on December 7, but back in the 80’s we spent weeks spit shining the place for the big event. Us janitors were given the usual orders to wear our “dress” uniform (the one we didn’t work in but did iron) and got overtime to be able to keep up without rushing around and being in the way. We didn’t have to, there were a few accidental spills but the person who spilled usually rushed off to get paper towels before we even knew about it. His name is surrounded with respect. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/138 "2022-01-27T04:18:27Z")
**flyboy** and **unknown** That’s a really sweet story of what a small world we live in. Best to both of you. I just think that’s pretty cool. Well, shit, best to the rest of us as well. My version of Tiny Tim. ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/139 "2022-01-27T04:30:43Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the Memorial I have not. But I’ve always wanted to go. I saw an image of the memorial online that happened to have my relative’s name in it. I’ve wanted to go see it. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Docent also said that his oldest son Thomas… I wonder if there’s a connection? ---
**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 27, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304/140 "2022-01-27T04:45:13Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > That’s a really sweet story of what a small world we live in. It really is cool, I’m all wow about this myself! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wonder if there’s a connection? It was never said, but heavily implied. The only reason the Docent was alive was because your Great Uncle was willing to facilitate the wedding that saved the Docent. The main reason I swept so slowly was because the Docents all had their usual talk but then would take questions and chat about what had happened. That was the best part and was well worth having to **run** through the parking lots to pick trash up to make the time up. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I saw an image of the memorial online that happened to have my relative’s name in it. I find myself wondering if the nameplate I polished daily is still there today. I know it was brass, but it got polished every day by young people with a lot of energy. So, since I haven’t spammed you guys with kitten pics lately, I want to share these. Gormless on 09/09/21: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51846132265_f12f8da206_b.jpg "GG090921") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/191587192@N04/51846132265/in/dateposted-public/) And today: [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51845389506_5ed8cc109c_b.jpg "GG012622") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/191587192@N04/51845389506/in/dateposted-public/) He’s starting to look somewhat like a Maine Coon, but mostly he just looks like a doofus and he just doesn’t grok doors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-rather-pay-someone-to-do-that-in-the-mmp/958304.md?page=8)