# It's Moanday So Here Is The New MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 4, 2017, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535 "2017-12-04T09:45:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/61 "2017-12-05T23:29:17Z")
Upon getting up to put the leftovers in the oven it hit me. I’m catching a cold. No wonder I’m out of energy. And my head is filing up. Damn. Too much time out in crowds in stores plus visits to 3 medical facilities. Must’ve run across somebody (or some doorknob) slathered with cold virus. Launching the massive Vit C overdose and hoping for the best. Noticed I was chilly in a warm house. Time to put on my warm “jammies”. Actually a fleece warm-up suit. House thermostat says 79F. That’s from being open all day. Crap. I need to lose a couple days like I need a hole in the head. Usually I can stave it off if I catch it early. Here’s hoping. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/62 "2017-12-05T23:32:51Z")
We had a guy stop by to give us an estimate to screen in the front porch. It’s 4’ on 2 sides and less than 30’ on the other side. Roof already in place. If we signed today, we’d get it for just over $6K. Um, nope. \*\*FCD \*\*had guessed it might cost around $3K, which I thought was stiff. Guess that shows what we know. Anyway, it’ll probably be DIY, even tho we didn’t want to do it ourselves. \*\*Butters \*\*- they had to order a part for the furnace. Maybe have it fixed the end of the week… ---
**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 5, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/63 "2017-12-05T23:46:26Z")
Kitchen is clean, and apartment is dusted and vacuumed. Having a martini, with the Italian chicken marinates. For some reason my keyboard is making [Pong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4VRgY3tkh0) noises.:dubious: **Flyguy** , my choice of disease fighting Vitamin C is a Screwdriver(Alcohol sterilizes!) > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > You’re a very strange man. I bet **Mrs. Trap** V1.0 and V2.0 said the same thing in court.😃 And don’t forget to screen the bottom of the porch, too. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/64 "2017-12-06T00:02:53Z")
Bottom of the porch? Are you being weird, too? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/65 "2017-12-06T00:13:02Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Bottom of the porch? Are you being weird, too? When I lived in Missouri, we ran the screen underneath the porch, as well as around the sides. Tenacious, blood sucking bugs out there. Of course, I have no idea why we’re talking about porches and screens. Feel better **Flyguy**. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/66 "2017-12-06T00:16:15Z")
Our front porch is a concrete slab, so I’m pretty sure it’s not necessary to screen under it. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/67 "2017-12-06T00:28:27Z")
**Flyguy,** hope it’s nothing more than a cold. Feel like I’m getting something, but not enough to stay in bed. Also have an achy foot when I put weight on it after sitting. Don’t know why, but I’ll keep an eye on it. **Swampy,** glad the appointments could be arranged. My dentist likes to see me every six months and they make the appointment when I’m in for the previous one. Like I’m likely to remember something six months from now (they do call/e-mail just before the date). You did remind me that I haven’t seen a eye doc in about 2 years and since I pay insurance for it, I ought to now and then. **FCM,** hope the furnace is under warranty. They worked on mine a couple months ago, ended up replacing 3 parts (all under warranty) and it still cost me $400 in labor. May your luck be better. **Butters,** glad the scan (and the drive) went OK. and congrats on the new grand-baby. **Nut,** good wishes on the test results and who knows, maybe the electric folks will end up paying you (one never knows…) Have dined on Macaroni and Cheese and with it still raining outside, a quiet and indoors night is in the cards. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/68 "2017-12-06T00:32:35Z")
Congrats on the new great grandbaby **butters**! **metal mouse** , you were right about the rain. When I took Nelson out at 5:20 am, it was pouring. We were both suited up, me in a rain poncho and him in his yellow slicker. We didn’t stay out long. Things got did today. That’s about all. Tonight, I need to prep the yule logs for the heathen children to decorate this Sunday. ---
**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 6, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/69 "2017-12-06T00:38:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Bottom of the porch? Are you being weird, too? > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Our front porch is a concrete slab, so I’m pretty sure it’s not necessary to screen under it. Ah. I assumed you had a raised wooden porch, with space between the deck slats. Carry on, then. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/70 "2017-12-06T00:48:45Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > … > **Flyguy** , my choice of disease fighting Vitamin C is a Screwdriver(Alcohol sterilizes!)… A short martini might help. I’ll get right on it. 🙂 Actually you reminded me of another actual home remedy I’d forgotten. Moisten a little finger in rubbing alcolhol & run it up your nostril & dig around for a bit. If bugs are multiplying in there, that’ll get 'em. Probably not good for your mucous membranes if done daily for years. But safe enough to do once in awhile and it sure seems to help kill colds in the early stages. Thanks for the good wishes all. Pretty minor irritant compared to even the first page of medical issues in MPSIMS today. Much less the endless parade of truly nasty stuff happening to people. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/71 "2017-12-06T01:06:05Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Our front porch is a concrete slab, so I’m pretty sure it’s not necessary to screen under it. If the bugs make it through the concrete, you have bigger problems… ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/72 "2017-12-06T01:20:20Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Ah. I assumed you had a raised wooden porch, with space between the deck slats. > Carry on, then. When you assume, you make an ass out of you, not me. LSLguy is flyguy? That is less logical than flytrap. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/73 "2017-12-06T01:28:10Z")
@ **The Vorlon** : [_Tremors_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremors_(film)) anyone? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/74 "2017-12-06T01:58:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > That is less logical than flytrap. He’s a pilot. We also lack imagination. There may be some correlation. Now that you mention it, we do have two “fly” names. Perhaps we should re-think **LSLguy** ’s name. **skyguy**? 😃 (Yes, that’s awful. Others will have to help.) I figured out the porch discussion. I’m having that issue where I hit “first unread” and it takes me to some random place on the thread. I missed the note from **Mooommm** about screening in the porch. **Moooommm** you should get another estimate. That sounds crazy high for something that you could likely do yourself in a weekend. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/75 "2017-12-06T02:17:14Z")
**flyguy** , my grandfather’s home remedy to ease a stuffy nose was to dip a cotton swab in VapoRub and swab the inside of the nostrils. It does help. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/76 "2017-12-06T02:19:47Z")
We had our porch screened in about 6 years ago and it was only about 20 feet bigger on the long side. It was about $2000. I would get another estimate too. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/77 "2017-12-06T03:29:24Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > You’re a very strange man. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > You’re a strange one Mr. Flytrap. Evidentally, it bears repeating. > [@swampbear](#): > > Dental and eye appointments have been completed. Which one checked your eye teeth? 😕 > [@swampbear](#): > > I don’t care what one puts into a punkin pie, I ain’t eatin’ it cause I don’t like punkin. More for me. 🙂 > [@LSLGuy](#): > > A short martini might help. I’ll get right on it. 🙂 Why are you diluting good vodka? Or do you not have _good_ vodka, in which case, it’s okay to dilute it. > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > When you assume, you make an ass out of you, not me. You don’t need **Doggio** ’s help; you do a _wonderful_ job of that all by yourself. (See, I do pay you compliments sometimes. :p) Went running this evening. Wore a Class III reflective vest & had more (LEDs) lights on me than about 40% of the Xmas corporate/professional trees, including a [lightbar](http://www.one80light.com/uploads/1/1/6/5/11650746/s272583383665464422_p13_i2_w640.jpeg), one (rated up to 2+ miles of visibility, LED lights rated at 930 lumens, 360 degree illumination) in beserker mode & _still_ had some guy try to turn thru me in the marked pedestrian crosswalk. Idjit! :mad: ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/78 "2017-12-06T04:02:48Z")
He had places to go! Things to do! yeeeesh. Your only defense is to run in full plate armor. 😃 ---
**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 6, 2017, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/79 "2017-12-06T10:53:37Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Nut,** good wishes on the test results and who knows, maybe the electric folks will end up paying you (one never knows…) They are 😃 Talked to 'em again last night, and they said that if I’m happy with a bill of -£14, so far as they can see, it’s right on the system, so it can stay like that. I reckon they decided it’s not worth the staff hours to try and get it quite right. That’s this month free, and what should be about half of next month’s as well. Got one more test tomorrow, then that’s it for the year. Got a nastier exam to revise for on the day we get back though, as well as some coursework to be getting on with, so it’s not quite party time. Happy Wednesday all! ---
**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:** [December 6, 2017, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535/80 "2017-12-06T11:29:43Z")
it rained overnight and we’re promised a windy and chilly day. \*\*MetalMouse \*\*- the furnace is about 11 years old, so I’m pretty sure it’s out of warranty. They charge $110/hr for labor, and I have no idea what the part will cost, but I’m pretty sure it’ll still be cheaper than buying a whole new furnace. However, this disproves the statement that “Nothing stops a Trane” 😛 I’m a pilot, too! OK, almost 40 years since my last biennial flight review, so technically, I can’t fly a plane, but as far as I know I could just have a check ride and be good to go. \ yeah, right. I’m pretty sure it costs way more than the $11/hr I paid in 1974 to rent a Cessna 150. We got one other estimate for the porch - actually, it was for all the stuff to screen it in ourselves, and it came to a tad under $2K. If we went with pressure-treated lumber and designed it ourselves, I’m pretty sure it would be less than $1K. It’s just a matter or deciding how we want to do it. But, yeah, $6K is ridiculous, even with a lifetime warranty. I need chocolate. Happy Wednesday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-moanday-so-here-is-the-new-mmp/803535.md?page=5)