# It's Alive!-A Bachelor Fridge MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 12, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355 "2010-07-12T03:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/281 "2010-07-19T00:42:55Z")
> [@Bpelta](#): > > Harry Wolfson of Harvard was reputed to keep books in his fridge. Did I miss part of a conversation, or does this post win non-sequitur of the week? šŸ˜ƒ Welcome, \*\*Bpelta \*\*- thatā€™s quite an opening comment. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/282 "2010-07-19T00:56:38Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Iā€™ve always had good experiences with Midas. And a chain is more likely to treat you well than a single store business, because if they donā€™t they lose their franchise. You just got an asshat at Monro, is all. > > eta -if/when that happens at Midas, ask for the manager. Be assertive. Youā€™re the customer. > [@anyrose](#): > > because so many women just stand there and nod their haircovered head\*. I have found, if I present myself as interested and willing to learn, they will talk to me like a person, not a kitten > > eta \* either that, or wave them off with a ā€œdo whatever you have to to fix it.ā€, or are too busy flirting with the younger repair guys to notice theyā€™re being fleeced. To which I say, again, present yourself as the intelligent woman you are and you will be treated with respect **Rosie** , I DO assert myself. I worked at a dealership for 14 years so I know how to properly treat women and expect to be treated that way. But finding that sort of treatment is unfortunately rare. Heck, even when I worked there the guys at the Chevy franchise dismissed some of my problems with my S10 as ā€˜operator errorā€™ and then had to cover them after the vehicle was out of warranty because (surprise!) they were valid concerns. Iā€™m with **FCM**. Going to somewhere like Midas just seems like asking for trouble to me. Local guys who donā€™t have set ā€˜corporate pricingā€™ and such are much more likely to give you a better deal. If after calling around, I find Midas has the best deal, I will go there, but Iā€™d be surprised if that was the case. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/283 "2010-07-19T01:11:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Did I miss part of a conversation, or does this post win non-sequitur of the week? šŸ˜ƒ Welcome, \*\*Bpelta \*\*- thatā€™s quite an opening comment. Itā€™s kind of funny when you consider[thisā€¦](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571331) ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/284 "2010-07-19T01:14:55Z")
Doing a slow steam-down. One of my less than lovely neighbors (there really arenā€™t many) decided to smart-off while cutting through my yard; I was sitting in my dining room at the time. I donā€™t mind a little lip now and then but when you invited yourself onto my property? Then the young human decides to come back and play games by ringing the doorbell and then hiding behind the hedge - to ask to borrow some yard tools off me. I exploded quietly but in fairly terse terms. How did the boy manage to survive for 23 years on that level of dumb? Tomorrow when Iā€™m happy again Iā€™ll talk to the young man; tonight I think Iā€™d more likely just throttle him. PS ā€“ local shops and businesses; always. And a Mom-n-Pop over just a Pop or Mom if possible. Yeah, sometimes it costs me maybe 10% more than a box shop but whatever good or service I get always seems to last longer. So I figure thatā€™s best overall. Think global but buy local when you can. ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/285 "2010-07-19T01:17:00Z")
> [@interested\_bystander](#): > > Hope yā€™all had a great day. and ill go back to lurking now. DONā€™T DO THAT!!! Swampy hasnā€™t named you or anything yet - and I need the distraction! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![unstrung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a698b9/32.png) [@unstrung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unstrung)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/286 "2010-07-19T01:29:36Z")
This thread has obviously gone to other places, but to respond to the OPā€¦ My refrigerator is a bizarre and captivating theatre of foods left untended. Between forgetfulness, power outages, and other random happenstance, asking me if Iā€™ve got weird things in my fridge is akin to asking someone who has fallen into a live volcano whether they feel a warm draft. But some people mentioned pickles, and this is why I am responding. In theory, it seems that pickles should be impervious to any sort of corrupting influence. But, this jar of half-sours has been mocking me for weeks (months?), and I would love to know my chances of survival should I decide to put them out of their miseryā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/287 "2010-07-19T01:33:26Z")
> [@Bpelta](#): > > Harry Wolfson of Harvard was reputed to keep books in his fridge. it obviously responds to the thread title šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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 19, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/288 "2010-07-19T01:41:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > it obviously responds to the thread title šŸ˜ƒ Shhhhhh - donā€™t tell **FCM** - its all part of a government plot to confuse her. šŸ˜‰ (lets face it ------ its not all that often that we still have people responding to the OP by page 6. Not that thats a bad thing or anything) ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/289 "2010-07-19T01:46:41Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > it obviously responds to the thread title šŸ˜ƒ Please insert ā€œnot soā€ in front of the word obviously. šŸ˜ƒ > [@kopek](#): > > (lets face it ------ its not all that often that we still have people responding to the OP by page 6. Not that thats a bad thing or anything) Quite right. šŸ™‚ Ok, Iā€™m giving up and going to bed. I tried to order new checks for an account which all I have are starter checks that are laying around here\* somewhere\*. And now it wants to know the ā€œFraction Numberā€? Iā€™ve never heard of that one before and I canā€™t just wing it with my account information. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/290 "2010-07-19T01:52:13Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Yay - got my computer back! šŸ˜ƒ Now I can read my funnies and work on the MMP. And try to get some more pics uploadedā€¦ > > The room is rocking - always happens after I spend time out on the boat - very weird sensation. Now I need ice cream, because itā€™s always time for ice cream. šŸ˜ƒ donā€™t forget to provide the link for us lazy folks! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/291 "2010-07-19T02:06:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > youā€™re making a Frankendrain? Itā€™s ALIVE!!! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/292 "2010-07-19T03:24:23Z")
Pool sloth was a little short, due to thunderstorms. There wasstill food and drink inside. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355/293 "2010-07-19T10:46:52Z")
[Hereā€™s the new MMP.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571362) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-alive-a-bachelor-fridge-mmp/546355.md?page=14)