# It's Sleet! It's Freezing Rain! It's the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 10, 2011, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078 "2011-01-10T11:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/41 "2011-01-11T02:17:43Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > We’re back from his quarterly appointment, which went _very_ well, and don’t have to go back until April 18th. Gnat’s doing fine, and his blood sugar numbers are generally okay. I love Sick Kids Hospital. They’re the best. Congrats! I know how hard that is. Good for you both! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/42 "2011-01-11T02:19:39Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I has a sad. One of the chorus gals passed away this morning. One of her requests was that the chorus sing at her wake - so that’s what I’ll be doing Thursday eve. I’m so sorry, **rosie**. I’ll sing a song Thursday night in her honor. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/43 "2011-01-11T02:37:38Z")
**Rosie** your voice will be the wing of the prayers. I wish you didn’t have to do it, that she was still alive and singing with you - but I am equally and at the same time glad you can. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/44 "2011-01-11T02:50:19Z")
Sorry about your friend, **rosie**. ☹ For those of you not on fb, I’ve decided to make like a [tree](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/purplkid/DSCN0040.jpg) [again](http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s103/purplkid/DSCN0042-1.jpg). I blame this on **MsChilePepper**. 😃 ETA: No, I don’t know what it is with me and trees… I was just thinking about making another one that is more two dimensional. I suppose I’ll tire of them eventually. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/45 "2011-01-11T03:59:14Z")
I think the trees are way cool, and most definitely unique. Have you sold the other one? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/46 "2011-01-11T04:05:41Z")
Thank you all. She lived a long and very full life - at age 85 she was on a bowling league and volunteered at a soup kitchen/thrift store - and was driving every day. She was a little (5’1") bundle of energy - right up until 2 weeks ago, when she became ill. She was surrounded by her 8 remaining kids and their kids, and their kids’ kids. But I feel extra bad for her family - about 2 years ago, she lost her husband, then a week after we returned from competition last year, she lost one of her sons. On the up side (if there is one) C is now in the most fantastic Sweet Adelines All Stars chorus in the sky. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/47 "2011-01-11T04:16:03Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I think the trees are way cool, and most definitely unique. Have you sold the other one? Thanks. Nope, haven’t had any shows lately and I’d be afraid to put them on Etsy because I’d be wary about shipping. They’re fairly sturdy, but I’d be afraid that those old [gorillas](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2ZeIoLz8FE) that were always after luggage might have started working for the USPS since the seventies. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/48 "2011-01-11T04:58:33Z")
The weather here in WV has changed at least three times since about 10p. They’re not sure if we’re going to get freezing rain, snow, or some combo thereof! ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/49 "2011-01-11T05:09:43Z")
My name change in finally finished! I was freaking out in the court room. The judge had thought it had been at 8:30. The deputy suggested I go home and call the clerk to see if I could get it on the schedule for the day or I could wait and he’d ask. I waited and the judge checked after he dealt with the important cases. He had made the mistake and it all got taken care of (he didn’t even ask me any questions). I filed the paperwork, got an certified copy to send to Social Security and I officially have my name! I have to get a new drivers license and all that, but I’m waiting until I get my hair cut. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/50 "2011-01-11T07:57:31Z")
Gratz on the new name, I used to eat paper too and I’m reasonably sure it didn’t cause the nerdiness or anything and I hate that doctors have a word made from bits of Greek for that it’s like if you use normal language to describe something it’s not so important whereas sticking fancy words on it turns it into a “condition”, so sorry **rosie** , get better **Boo**. Can’t be arsed use better punctuation, deal. I’m having a strange issue with a program at work. It’s a program which you use to record demos, to make the manuals for another program. The recorder fills in some text automatically. For some reason, I’m getting the text in English instead of Spanish, so the recording is in Spanglish. I can translate it, of course, since anyway I end up changing most of the autotext, but it’s stupid and it bothers me that I have no idea what causes it (the woman who does support for the recorder has no idea either, she’s investigating). Off to record manuals. Planning on having a “bah, humbug” kind of day. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/51 "2011-01-11T08:43:55Z")
\*\*Rosie \*\*-- sorry ☹ Although – healthy until 85, gone in 2 weeks… I want to go like that! It is The Way of the Righteous. \*\*ShinyCat \*\*-- so, what should we call you now? Or should we just whistle in your general direction? 😃 \*\*Nava \*\*-- some kind of Localization setting on the computer you’re working on…? ETA: Not that it’s **sooooo** important, but y’all will notice if I **don’t** mention that I’m “first on 2!” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/52 "2011-01-11T09:53:32Z")
SO is Spanish. Local settings are Spanish. Program menus are in Spanish. Blagh. Found out that there are already manuals for most of the stuff, so what I need to do is get permission to update existing manuals. Will do that and then continue with data cleansing. That’s actually kind of fun (yeah, I’m weird), I curse like a sailor while I’m setting up all the checks but it’s nice when I finally get a clean file. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/53 "2011-01-11T11:24:01Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. Today I return to East Albeeeny Medical Center to bore myself for another three hour stretch. I may or may not be alone. I’m kinda hopin’ for alone so I can entertain myself rather than be forced to do idle chitchat. I’d rather be bored alone than be bored with somebody else. I’m all weird like that. **{{{Rosie}}}** so sorry about your friend but like others have said she led a long and very full life. I know she’ll be missed much by family and friends. Congrats on the name change **ShinyCat**! I know you’ve waited a long time for that. Cool tree **StickyBuns**! Ok, time for more caffiene and the feedin’ of rumbly tummy prior to irk purtification. Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/54 "2011-01-11T11:51:58Z")
no snow yet - but uncooperative insides. another day without irk or the pay therefrom ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/55 "2011-01-11T12:15:52Z")
Good morning all! Up and caffeination in progress. A bit late this morning–no snow yet here, though it is supposed to be here in time for the evening rush. :mad: Ah well, I’ll probably leave work early. Sorry about your friend and chorus-mate, **Rosie** , although it sounds like she had a long and full life and was much loved. Congrats on the new name, **ShinyCat**! Glad to hear that the sickies are getting better - sending virtual chicken soup out to any who need it. 🙂 All this talk of snow has made me wonder how our friend **SnowBunny** is doing! If you’re lurking out there, Hi ya’ll to you and to **MamaTiger**!! We miss you both!! okay, I gotta get ready to go. Hope everyone has a great Tuesday - okay, it -is- one day closer to the weekend, right, **FairyChatMom**? 😃 ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/56 "2011-01-11T13:07:29Z")
Up, caffeinated, and off through the freezing rain to irk. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/57 "2011-01-11T13:34:54Z")
I’m so sorry, **(((rosie)))**. Morning! Bloody freezing outside! Have to do chores! Thanks, **Annie**. We really have the best support staff. It’s almost a pleasure going in. Almost. Except for the tantrums and stress. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/58 "2011-01-11T13:41:26Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > Whoa! Wouldn’t think it could get that cold in your neck of the woods. Sorry, the -17 and 10’ of snow was over Christmas vacation in SE Colorado and up at Wolf Creek. BTW, did you start that gardening thread in the spring? That was enjoyable. Hope you or someone does it again when ‘the warm’ returns. **Rosie** , sorry about your bud. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/59 "2011-01-11T14:52:42Z")
> [@Lissla\_Lissar](#): > > Thanks, **Annie**. We really have the best support staff. It’s almost a pleasure going in. Almost. Except for the tantrums and stress. And it’s even worse when Gnat acts up right? :p:p Sneakin’ in a post from East Albeeeeeeny Medical Center. _SNORE_ Every once in a while I get up, walk around, hand out brochures and discount prescription drug cards. I live for excitatement! ---
**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:** [January 11, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078/60 "2011-01-11T15:26:02Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > My name change in finally finished! Does that mean we can now officially call you Raymond Luxury-Yacht (pronounced Throatwobbler Mangrove)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-sleet-its-freezing-rain-its-the-mmp/567078.md?page=4)