# It's hurricane season in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [June 1, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845 "2020-06-01T11:39:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/61 "2020-06-02T16:09:48Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Will we get to blow things up? I have everything necessary to accomplish that, and Kopek would expect nothing less. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/62 "2020-06-02T16:32:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If they are on the second floor, how will you clean them next year? Now that theyā€™re clean, keeping them clean is relatively easy with [stuff like this.](https://www.amazon.com/BG-Frigi-Fresh-5-5-oz-156g/dp/B0777TWFG5) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/63 "2020-06-02T16:45:04Z")
Thanks for the Happys everybody! The big excitement for today shall be driving up to The Dalles to go to the Safeway store, where we will procure a small cake, and some other consumables. We may also plant a few plants **Wifey** bought yesterday. We need to figure out a way to keep the deer from eating them, though. Pesky rodents of unusual size. Right now Ima just play on the computer and wait for my promised waffles. šŸ˜ƒ Happy Toosday, yā€™all! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/64 "2020-06-02T17:46:51Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. I am doing a load of whites, minus the couple of pairs Gordie is doing his ā€œsketchy perv dogā€ thing with.:dubious: > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > We need more **Alex Catt** posts. > [@Alex Catt](#): > > _Dear diary. My attempted escape was foiled by the presence of the loudbeast in the doorway. I have managed to keep my cheer up by making retching noises near the primateā€™s electronics._ > [@nelliebly](#): > > Hey, I used to live near there. The kids always hoped that would get 'em a day off school, since blizzards and -25Āŗ never did. The eternal optimism of youth. [Peasant in 2031]When I was your age, we had to walk up hill through 40 feet of volcanic ash and pyroclastic flows to get to school. Both ways. While fighting off Murder Hornets with our homework[/Peasant in 2031] > [@gotpasswords](#): > > Guess they wanted sprinkles and mediocre haircuts? No idea if that was before or after breaking into the Dollar Tree. Bored suburban kids. Dollar Tree: when youā€™re so over Wally Worldā€™s strict dress codes, and high falutinā€™ manners. [quote=Miss Owl] The screw extractors worked [/quote? So now you have a couple of screws loose?šŸ˜ƒ > [@Miss Owl](#): > > And now the cat is miffed because Iā€™d had that master bedroom window open for the past couple of weeks and she liked to lie in that window (there are two other open windows in that room so sheā€™s hardly deprived). She now goes up to the window, sniffs around the AC and hits it with her paw, then gives me dirty looks. of course, you took away the best birb watching spot. Also, I will clean for beer. Blowing stuff up is just icing on the cake.šŸ˜‰ HAPPY BIRTHDAY **Bumba**!!! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/65 "2020-06-02T17:55:38Z")
Late to the party, butā€¦ HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUMBA! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/66 "2020-06-02T18:09:51Z")
Afternoon all. The electric bill is paid and banking done, so Iā€™m inside again as the temperature approaches 90F. HVAC is on and damn the expense. Lunch has been consumed. **OW** , that was a fine story; I can remember getting the room AC out of the basement and into the windows in Ohio when I was young. Now youā€™re hard-pressed (at least here in N. Ali-bama) to find a house without Air. And keep an eye on the cat until it finds a new perch it likes (or at least tolerates). **Sari** , glad ripple is feeling better, have fun getting rockedā€¦ And right now I donā€™t feel like nappage, as long as I donā€™t lie downā€¦probably should do a couple loads of laundry instead. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/67 "2020-06-02T18:20:51Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Now that theyā€™re clean, keeping them clean is relatively easy with [stuff like this.](https://www.amazon.com/BG-Frigi-Fresh-5-5-oz-156g/dp/B0777TWFG5) I have been given to understand that it is sticking out a second floor window. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/68 "2020-06-02T18:45:23Z")
Happy Birthday Bumba!! Many solicitations and yada, yada, yada! Well the Movie Marathon is up and running again. I found another box of VHS tapes. The Grandwrex are so fascinated by them. This box of tapes came from My Daddyā€™s house. Some are not appropriate for younguns. But weā€™re picking through them. I may have to start showing them the camcorder tapes I made when the kids were little. Yes, I think thatā€™s a great idea! Dang, Iā€™m a genius some days! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/69 "2020-06-02T19:27:28Z")
Just finished building a chicken salad and tidying the kitchen. Roxy is up from her nap and hanging downstairs with her folks. \*\*FCD \*\*is napping. Iā€™m not sure what to do for supper tonight, but Iā€™ll figure something out eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/70 "2020-06-02T19:32:53Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I have been given to understand that it is sticking out a second floor window. Yes, they are both in second floor windows. I may look for something like that for when I bring them in later this year. The particular product that was linked is for car AC units but I saw lots of other options on-line. And, of course, thereā€™s always the ā€œallow unit to fall from window and replace itā€ method. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/71 "2020-06-02T20:05:23Z")
Everyone was masked and socially distanced at the salon, and they disinfect everything between customers. Now my hair looks good (until tomorrow, anyway), and I have no place to show it off. šŸ™‚ Happy Birthday, Bumba!!! (Am I too late for cake?) šŸ™‚ **MetalMouse** , no worries on the seven years. I was dept. chair then; sheā€™s department chair now. A big bully in the department went way over the line and was very nearly fired for it. She supported him right up to The Incident, and thatā€™s what sheā€™s sorry about. Heā€™s giving her all kinds of grief now, and she needs some help with curriculum stuff, which I had lots of experience with and actually helped develop at the state level. Hats off to you, **OW**. I can barely disassemble my coffee maker to clean it out. Hope the kitty finds a new windowsill to claim and conquer. **doggio** , you crack me up! Fighting off murder hornets with our homework! **Moooom** , count me among those who read ā€œrubber chicken.ā€ Thatā€™d be a fun little surprise for the family some night. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/72 "2020-06-02T23:31:24Z")
**Happy birthday bumba!** (you share a birthday with one of my nephews) **swampy** , I occasionally misplace my heat pack (just a sock filled with rice that I microwave), therefore, I have two of them. Right now, Iā€™m missing one of the masks that Sis made for me. All of this in a 560 square foot home. **OW** , when I lived upstairs in my last apartment, the two times that I replaced a microwave, I called for a teenaged boy. šŸ˜ƒ No shame in no longer being willing/able to schlep something that heavy up a flight of steps by yourself. It was pretty slow at irk this morning, so I cut out at lunch, came home, donned riding gear, got Nelson and headed to where my bike is stored. I left him there with my friendā€™s basset hound, Elvis, to hang out in the fenced in back yard with the friendā€™s nephew to ride herd. Then we took off for an afternoon of wind therapy. Does wonders for the attitude. I have a question for those of you who are more techy than I am: All of a sudden, Windows 10 decided to mirror my screens, rather than being able to have something on one and something else on the other. How do I fix it? I have searched the intertoobs to no avail and rebooted (which did even weirder things to my icons). Oy, where is a kid when you need them? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/73 "2020-06-02T23:34:08Z")
Evening all. Still hot (86F) and the AC is working hard to keep up. The fans are stirring the air some and that helps, but I am not dressed for company. Third load of misc wash is tumbling in the dryer right now and the Tuesday Mac-n-Cheese is being consumed. After that comes some internettinā€™, readinā€™ and TVā€™inā€™. **Nellie** , Iā€™m impressed. State level stuff is not easy to develop, much less getting everyone to sign off on it. **Becks** , if it keeps the kids amusedā€¦I traded in my VHS player last year and donā€™t use my DVD player all that muchā€¦nothing I particularly want to watch. Have a good night now, everybody. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/74 "2020-06-02T23:46:27Z")
I finally got my hair cut. The Son-in-law somehow procured clippers, and The Daughter did the honors. She complained because she didnā€™t do it ā€œperfect,ā€ but I was so delighted I DIDNā€™T CARE, Later, I saw the box for the clippers, and no wonder The Son-in-law managed a miracle in finding them They are DOG clippers! I havenā€™t started scratching my ear with my foot, or tried to lick my butt, but I do crave a dog biscuit at bedtimeā€¦ ~VOW ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/75 "2020-06-02T23:56:33Z")
_ **Happy Birthday Bumba!** _ World events have me stressed out. I donā€™t know how the hell we fix our society. **Red** why donā€™t you start a thread in GQ? Someone on the Board usually sorts out the computer questions fairly quickly. I went to the dentist this morning and heā€™s sending me off to get a root canal. Wahhhh! Stay well and safe everyone. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/76 "2020-06-03T00:14:22Z")
Salads for dinner. Romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, hard-boiled eggs, blue cheese, and mushrooms. I had blue cheese dressing. Mrs. L.A. had thousand island, and no blue cheese. And wine. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/77 "2020-06-03T01:15:56Z")
My brother-in-law died this evening. Heā€™s at peace now. I want so badly to be with my sister. Sheā€™s a very sweet personā€“MUCH sweeter than I am, I assure youā€“and really needs her siblings around, but we each live 500+ miles away. And if that werenā€™t enough, she got scammed yesterday. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/78 "2020-06-03T01:24:07Z")
**metal mouse** , I donated my VCR and any tapes that were left when I moved the last time. I still have a DVD player, but it is fixing to go to Goodwill, along with the DVDs. Itā€™s too easy to stream stuff. **sunny** , this is the only place I post on the boards and has been for a few years (donā€™t yā€™all feel special? šŸ˜› ). Iā€™m sorry **nellie**. You and your family have likely already done your grieving, but thereā€™s still some left over when you realize that someone is no longer breathing. Gā€™night, yā€™all! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/79 "2020-06-03T01:27:53Z")
My condolences to your sister, and **nelliebly** , I hope you find peace. Sit back for a while, and recall some fun, loving moments about your brother-in-law. Write down a few notes so you can easily recall those moments. And then, call your sister and share those memories. The memories of him from other people will give her comfort now. ~VOW ---
**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:** [June 3, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845/80 "2020-06-03T01:53:03Z")
**Nellie** Iā€™m sorry about your BiL. {{{Hugs}}} Does anyone know if Spidey is ok? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hurricane-season-in-the-mmp/854845.md?page=5)