# It's a New Traditions MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 9, 2013, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882 "2013-12-09T08:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/101 "2013-12-12T02:47:11Z")
> [@Jesse\_Pinkman](#): > > My new tradition is not returning home for the holidays until I have a girlfriend to show my family. I’m sick of returning home the eternally girlfriend-less loser of the family. I just told them today. > > So in other words, I’m never returning home to my parents again. **Jesse Pinkman** , [you were already told today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16922061&postcount=17) to drop the one-trick-pony act. Since you’ve decided to keep putting on your “I’m such a loser” show in every post you make, this is a formal warning – find something else to talk about here and/or find another outlet for your posts on this topic. ## Warning Issued. **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/102 "2013-12-12T05:28:46Z")
Traditions - My favorite tradition has been Thanksgiving at my aunt’s farm on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. This year was the 50th… and the last. I often work many holidays, so I was delighted to get this year off, and with some help by a good friend I was joined by my teen aged children to attend the affair. We managed to get a big family photo of the 26 of us spanning 5 generations (my father’s side of the family). Though my aunt is still holding up well in her late 80’s, having just beat cancer for the \*fourth \*time, she and my uncle have decided it’s time to hit a condo since the farm is hard to keep up. As for the other holidays I am indifferent, having most often been required to work them. Indeed I appreciate most holidays merely because the traffic is lighter during my shift. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/103 "2013-12-12T05:50:37Z")
**Tugig** I have missed ya, do a bit of Holiday work myself. WE GOT A WARNING IN THE MMP:cool: Has this ever happened before? Practice was good but weird, we are now playing “Africa” by Toto. I have mixed feelings about this. **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/104 "2013-12-12T06:21:24Z")
Yes we’ve had a warning before, and it involved me… Not me being warned, but rather someone else bringing outside problems to the board. Which until those problems are fully concluded I tend to post less than I did before. But thanks for the kind note! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/105 "2013-12-12T07:02:08Z")
What was the blood test before marriage thing for anyway? I’ve heard references to it since forever but never learned what was the point. Yes, I know I could google it 😛 ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/106 "2013-12-12T11:20:08Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 43 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 59 for the day. Why, you’d think it was almost Winter or sump’n! 😃 Howdy **gigity**! Come back and play some more. **Nava** I think the blood test had to do with STDs or somesuch thing. Ok, now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants sustenance. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/107 "2013-12-12T11:23:12Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > What was the blood test before marriage thing for anyway? I’ve heard references to it since forever but never learned what was the point. > > Yes, I know I could google it 😛 I think it was to test for certain STDs although sometimes you found out a little more. A guy I know found out he was neither male nor female when he got the pre-marriage blood test (he has 3 sex chromosomes). It’s below 30 American outside today. Let’s see if I slide down the steps to my car again this morning. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/108 "2013-12-12T11:33:52Z")
I’m up, caffeinated, and off to work. It’s a balmy 34 degrees here. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/109 "2013-12-12T12:07:01Z")
Blurf, y’all. > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > WE GOT A WARNING IN THE MMP:cool: > > Has this ever happened before? I guess I’ll dispense with my advice to [del]the troll[/del] **Mr. Pinkman** that if he can’t take a girlfriend home, he should shake things up by finding a guy. Bisexuality doubles your chances for finding a date, after all. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/110 "2013-12-12T12:11:23Z")
Blurf. Being a bit frustrated today- I didn’t get the job last week. The reason they gave is that they didn’t think I had sufficient computer skills. I’m quite annoyed by this, as I’m quite capable of using all the programmes and doing all the stuff they mentioned, but there’s nothing on my CV (or resume to you) mentioning doin’ stuff on computers. Getting a certificate to prove I’m at the level I’m actually at (not even a course where I’d really learn anything!) would wind up costing over £1000, as my school didn’t do formal qualifications in the subject until after I left, so I’d basically have to start from the ‘This is the “on” button, can you press it?’ level, and pay through the nose for it. Bah. I need to find some sort of loophole. Aanyway. I need to get showered and properly dressed, so I can go do stuff outside without scaring people. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/111 "2013-12-12T12:53:02Z")
Morning all, Party last night was actually nice. Got an invitation for a sunset flight over NOB next saturday to see the lights and the ships. I am pretty excited. Should be a stuper slow day at irk. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/112 "2013-12-12T12:54:15Z")
so, … um, … blurf. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/113 "2013-12-12T13:23:58Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > **Jesse Pinkman** , [you were already told today](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16922061&postcount=17) to drop the one-trick-pony act. Since you’ve decided to keep putting on your “I’m such a loser” show in every post you make, this is a formal warning – find something else to talk about here and/or find another outlet for your posts on this topic. > > ## Warning Issued. > > **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator As it turns out, he post in question here was was made _before_ the instruction to stop. In the interest of fairness, this warning is being retracted. The note to post on more than just this one topic stands. ## Warning rescinded. **Hal Briston** - MPSIMS Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/114 "2013-12-12T13:26:08Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > WE GOT A WARNING IN THE MMP:cool: > > Has this ever happened before? It didn’t last. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/115 "2013-12-12T13:52:00Z")
**Hal** , when in hell were you issued jackboots? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/116 "2013-12-12T14:10:05Z")
Mawnin all and Happy Thorsday, I can haz Blurf? Caffinating and prepping for some loud metal after that, I have two days of men groping each other until one “submits”. **Swampy** don’t get all excited it is MMA. Anyhoo Mawnin all **Jim** ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/117 "2013-12-12T14:33:56Z")
Happy Thorsday! It’s cold, but the roads are clear and that is what matters as I have to go out today. Well, I don’t HAVE to go out today but my friend from across town has to come this way today so we are going to meet up, get some lunch and then I’ll drive her to her destination because I know where it is, kind of sort of. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/118 "2013-12-12T14:38:54Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > What was the blood test before marriage thing for anyway? I’ve heard references to it since forever but never learned what was the point. > > Yes, I know I could google it 😛 Better yet, you could have consulted the Straight Dope archives. 😃 > **[What’s the purpose of premarital blood testing?](https://www.straightdope.com/21342291/what-s-the-purpose-of-premarital-blood-testing)** At least finding that column worked. A lot of the rest of my morning so far is less than functional (living room light won’t turn on, printer got temperamental, I now have to leave half an hour earlier to work around my local transit system’s scheduling issues, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/119 "2013-12-12T15:45:01Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > I have one older tradition that remains, though handicapped these days, and one new one that’s turned out to be really nice. > > The older tradition (since 1997) was to head to the Chicago Christkindlmarket to buy presents, along with Marshall Field’s. I used to get 60% of my gifts between the two. These days, it’s changed since Marshall Field’s closed. I cried the first Christmas I visited there after it turned into Macy’s. It was like going to Kmart. Now I go to the Chicago French Market for brunch before heading to the Christkindlmarket. Not the same, but an acceptable adaptation. I make sure to bring several friends, some who have never been so I can enjoy their experience, and some who are looking forward to buying certain things that are always there, as I do. There’s a honey booth that sells this amazing vanilla bean honey, and I have to hit the candy store for imported marzipan cookies that I can’t find anywhere else. The majority of my gift shopping is now done on Amazon. > > \ Amazon here too. I used to love to go to the Marshall Field’s windows with my parents and sister when we were little. At least Macy’s has kept up with that somewhat. And they havent destroyed the historical trappings of Field’s (the clocks, the Tiffany skylight). But otherwise, meh, nothing special about it anymore. And the Walnut Room is sadly deteriorated and shopworn. Christkindlmarket was a big ripoff I thought. Most things are marked up 200% over the same stuff I see at TJMaxx! No shit! And the pretzels are dried out and tasteless. Big tourist trap. Will check out the French Market tho… thx for that tip! This year our new tradition will be to save up our Christmas $$ for a trip after the hols when the crowds have thinned to someplace special, even if just a couple days in Chgo at a hotel for shows and dinners. We dont need any more STUFF! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882/120 "2013-12-12T15:56:02Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > **Hal** , when in hell were you issued jackboots? > > :dubious: Couple of months back. Apparently, they were desperate. See, _this_ is why it pays to keep an eye on ATMB… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-new-traditions-mmp/675882.md?page=7)