# Independence Day MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 4, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050 "2016-07-04T08:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/21 "2016-07-04T18:31:39Z")
\*\*doggio \*\*- f[irst 3 pics](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/fairychatmom/library/Pottery?sort=3&page=1) are a monster I made ages ago - still needs to be fired and glazed. The next 5 are the one I just did today - it’s gray because the clay is wet. Welcome home, **MetalMouse**!! Glad you had a good trip! We ran to Cracker Barrel for lunch - doggone, was it crowded there! I’m thinking about heading back to the studio for a while. \*\*FCD \*\*is going to print one of the parts he just designed for work - he’s hoping they’ll contract with him for the prototypes. Oh yeah, and it’s raining. \*\*Tugig \*\*- better thee than me! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/22 "2016-07-04T18:41:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Working from 7am to 3pm…by which time the clouds will be in full-leak mode. Typical Portland Fourth. I cannot wait. I am so excited to get back to Oregon. Yesterday the nice folks loaded almost everything. A little more to do, but we’re close. We got down from 56 ft of trailer on our last move to a 28 ft one. 😃 Today I iz sore. Today’s plan: shop for a few things that accidentally got onto the trailer, and a few last packing materials. We might hit the fireworks tonight. We shall see. I haz (surprise!) a headache, but I am 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:** [July 4, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/23 "2016-07-04T18:48:02Z")
Welcome home **MetalMouse**! **Mooommm** I vote for the steampunk thingie. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/24 "2016-07-04T18:49:20Z")
We went out to the cee-mint pond for a while but came in cause of boom booms in the distance of the thunder type. It may pass around us but still one gets outta the cee-mint pond when one hears boom booms of the thunder type. **MetalMouse** welcome back! Glad you had a good time. **sunny** sounds like y’all are close to move time. When do you actually make the move? OK, off to surf. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/25 "2016-07-04T18:55:22Z")
Blurf. Been sleeping most of the day getting caught up from my round trip through Florida. Not doing any celebrating here. About to eat a tombstone pizza and maybe nap some more. Happy Indendence Day! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/26 "2016-07-04T19:04:59Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > It’s a nice 67 degrees outside, the AC is off and the windows are open. I hate you. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/27 "2016-07-04T19:06:52Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Happy Go-it-alone Day, you ungrateful Colonials! 🙂 On this day which is not my birthday because I lied to Facebook, let us all be very happy that FDR and Churchill got along well, lest we all be speaking German. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/28 "2016-07-04T19:13:10Z")
Howdy y’all. I’m off work today (which is why I can Dope on a weekday) and I’m going up to my parents tonight to watch fireworks for free in their backyard and hopefully not argue too much. Who’s jealous? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/29 "2016-07-04T19:25:23Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > **Mooommm** I vote for the steampunk thingie. [Past efforts.](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/fairychatmom/library/Pottery/steampunk-ish?sort=3&sc=3&page=1) ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/30 "2016-07-04T19:56:10Z")
A slight crisis at Casa de Peedin. I am down to 2 rolls of tp! I am making an emergency TarJay stop before going to volunteer at the horse rescue. Happy Fourth! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/31 "2016-07-04T20:15:30Z")
Isn’t any station or network showing 1776 today? It’s alway shown on July 4th, isn’t it? I’ve channel surfed all over and can’t find a listing. Other than that I’m not doing much today. My neighborhood will be loud into the wee small hours, and I have to go to work early. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/32 "2016-07-04T21:20:14Z")
Chili/cheese/onion/slaw dawgs have been ingested along with chips. What says Independence Day more than that. 😃 > [@peedin](#): > > A slight crisis at Casa de Peedin. I am down to 2 rolls of tp! I am making an emergency TarJay stop before going to volunteer at the horse rescue. Happy Fourth! ::clutches pearls:: ::falls onto faintin’ couch:: Am I the only person in the world who does not see the appeal of steampunk? ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/33 "2016-07-04T21:28:54Z")
Burn some meat and see how much watermelon you can eat. There’s a local ban on fireworks due to extremely high fire risk so we expect to hear a lot of entertaining fire alarms later. We’re betting on whether the idiots who set off bombs over there every year will burn down their farm this year. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/34 "2016-07-04T21:56:12Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- I’m not into steampunk like some friends of mine have been, but it’s a fun way to play with clay, and it sells, so who am I to mock it! 😃 No supper tonight. I’m eating some wheat thins. I’ll have some cherries, too. That’ll be it. Thus endeth the 3-day weekend. Dammit. At least I just have a 4-day work week, so there’s that. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/35 "2016-07-04T23:15:45Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > ::clutches pearls:: ::falls onto faintin’ couch:: > > Am I the only person in the world who does not see the appeal of steampunk? Run that by again. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2016, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/36 "2016-07-05T00:20:58Z")
TCM is showing 1776 at 1am EST so later tonight/early tomorrow. Steampunk is passé. Crisis averted. I bought the big@ss 36 pack of Cottonelle. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/37 "2016-07-05T00:33:21Z")
I get the pallets o’ TP at CostCo. One can never be too careful. 72 rolls or something like that. **Swampie** we’ll be out of this house Weds. We have contractors making some minor repairs starting tomorrow. The house will officially be listed on the 25th. The tenants will be out of our Oregon house in mid-July and then I need to assess what works needs to get done there. We’re shooting to be in Oregon in mid-August. This morning I started the day by pouring the water into the grounds basket instead of the water compartment, while trying to make coffee. Fortunately i hadn’t put the grounds in yet. 😛 ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/38 "2016-07-05T01:20:36Z")
Home. Doing a double tomorrow. Will probably say more but not until Wednesday. 😉 > [@peedin](#): > > TCM is showing 1776 at 1am EST so later tonight/early tomorrow. The best movie ------- ever. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/39 "2016-07-05T01:57:02Z")
I believe we have survived bombardment. All is quiet. Dare I hope. **Wetone** yay for crisis aversion re tp. **flytrap** just what is it that is givin’ you the problem, my faintin’ over **Wetone’s** potential tp crisis or my distaste and total lack of understandin’ of steampunk? I shall now retire to the boudoir. Da bear is sleepified and OYKW is already snoozin’ away. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050/40 "2016-07-05T02:27:41Z")
The fireworks are over here it seems. I can’t find my cat. Hopefully she is just hunkered down somewhere. She is pretty scared of thunder so I figure it was the fireworks. Damn fireworks. I don’t like them at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/independence-day-mmp/759050.md?page=3)