# It's the Independence Day in December MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 14, 2015, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399 "2015-12-14T06:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 14, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/21 "2015-12-14T16:53:22Z")
It’s December 14th, and I have the windows open. I love living in N.C. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/22 "2015-12-14T16:57:44Z")
Nearly 70° outside and I’m freezing here inside - do they really have the air on?? I’m about to don my hoodie. _brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr_!! So, what shall I make for supper tonight? Fish sounds healthy, and broccoli, perhaps? ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/23 "2015-12-14T17:02:22Z")
Blurf! I’m waiting for the truck to be finished. If I had a choice of holidays to repeat, I’m thinking Labor day. Nice weather, not as much merchandising and a long weekend to camp, ride and cook out. ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/24 "2015-12-14T17:18:07Z")
I have been a productive bear this mornin’. I made two visits to local places this mornin’ which took up a chunk o’ time. I’ve had N.O.L., which was the rest of my neighbor’s cookin’, and am now about to go in trainin’ mode as I have yet more on line gettin’ learnt to get done and as usual I am behind. I’d rather, ya know, _do_ my job than _learn_ about my job which I already know how to do. I’m a rebel like that. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/25 "2015-12-14T17:29:51Z")
I bought some stuff from Macy’s a couple weeks ago going to middle GA. I just did some tracking with Fed-ex and one of my packages went from Atlanta to Hollywood Fl and is out for delivery in Hollywood. :eek: The others are in ATL. Wonder where they will go? I sent an email to Macy’s customer service to check. This is why I prefer to use Amazon. I am having a sub from Quizno’s for lunch when my girl gets back with it. Hongry. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/26 "2015-12-14T19:03:50Z")
My birthday is the day after the proper Memorial Day, so I always believed the holiday was for me. I believe there are such ghastly things as Memorial Day Sales (mattresses, etc.) so maybe a sale for Groundhog Day? ---
**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 14, 2015, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/27 "2015-12-14T19:40:15Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I’ve done hockey tailgates when it’s 34 and sleeting. Just why is it called common sense if it’s rare? 😕 \*\* Red\*\*, no! Don’t repeat Labor Day; it’s bad enough that summer has to end & school has to begin _once_ ! :eek: So all that indoor stuff that was planned for this weekend that I blew off due to record high temps & low winds & wanting to be outside enjoying it? I decided I should start it somewhere around 10pm last night! 2.5 loads of laundry, vacuumed upstairs, paid some bills & reconciled the checkbook & I’m paying for it today - can I haz nap? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/28 "2015-12-14T20:05:05Z")
\*\*Butters \*\*- last year (or the year before?) I mailed a box of stuff to my sister in Baltimore. It’s just over an hour anna half to her place. USPS sent the box from my local post office to one of the Carolinas before routing it back to Baltimore. And this was priority mail! It took her a week to get it. Luckily it wasn’t time sensitive, but dang! My day is winding down. Jason has done a good job keeping me productive, but my brain is close to fried, so I may waste the last 20 minutes or so. \*\*FCD \*\*wants rotissed chickie for supper - I’ll stop at Food Lion on the way home and get everything we need for supper. Easy peasy! 😃 Three more days till my weekend of insane busyness… ---
**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 14, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/29 "2015-12-14T20:23:22Z")
Howdy Y’all! I have survived Moanday. YAY! Dindin shall be grilled poke chops, baked veggies (zucchini, squishes, and onions), and deheathenated rice (well it says “converted” on the box!). ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/30 "2015-12-14T22:22:17Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > **Metal Mouse** As for watching Dr Who, I used to watch it when I was a kid, back in the days when the monsters were made out of cardboard boxes and tin foil 🙂 Are they not still made out of cardboard boxes and tinfoil? We just started watching this season and I was struck by the “Lost in Space” level special effects. I have also been very productive for a Monday. Laundry, housecleaning, and working from home. 'Course I did some work from home last night, so I was a little ahead in that area. Trying to decide if I have enough time to grocery shop before it’s time to get the girl child from school. No idea what’s for dinner tonight. Oh yeah, MiL left again today! No more scheduled visits until May. _superior dance_ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/31 "2015-12-14T22:44:52Z")
I have my real computer back - YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! It was the power supply. Swapping that out was easy. Crawling under the desk to hook everything up was a pain in the patoot! But it works, so yay! Gotta do a backup in the next few days, just in case. I don’t know how old this computer is, that’s how old it is! 😃 It does run Windows7 and I got it shortly after Vista went away. Supper was rotissed chickie, cole slaw, and really fresh and yummy italian bread. I’s stuffded! Ice cream later. I drove home in a little rain, and more is promised overnight, but tomorrow will be sunny, which pleases me. 😃 It’s cooling down, yet still mild for December. Weird weather… ---
**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 14, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/32 "2015-12-14T22:48:12Z")
Dindin has been ingested and the kitchen is all cleanded up. Go Me! Chillage is now underway. It’s been a rainy day but tomorrow is supposed to be sunny and mid 70s. ---
**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 14, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/33 "2015-12-14T23:22:23Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I have my real computer back - YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! It was the power supply. Swapping that out was easy. I _told_ you so! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Crawling under the desk to hook everything up was a pain in the patoot! That’s what I do for a living, while wearing a black T shirt that says, “I’m here because you broke something.” ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/34 "2015-12-14T23:29:57Z")
I gotta crawl back under there - I plugged the speakers in the wrong place. dammit. But other than that, all is fine. Huzzah! ---
**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 14, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/35 "2015-12-14T23:33:45Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Just why is it called common sense if it’s rare? 😕 > > \*\* > Red\*\*, no! Don’t repeat Labor Day; it’s bad enough that summer has to end & school has to begin _once_ ! :eek: So maybe Ground Hog day? 😃 Twuck is fixed. Laundry is finished except for folding towels, a really cool pair of cards have been designed and made and supper is in front of me (a piece of fried chicken from lunch, sauteed eggplant and [del] fart blossoms [/del] Brussels sprouts roasted with prosciutto for those following at home). After the towels are done, more studio time and some surfing before bed. I have to return to irk tomorrow. ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/36 "2015-12-15T00:50:41Z")
Dinner (such as it was, and what there was of it) has been completed. I actually did yard work (something I do my best to avoid), filling in a couple of holes where trees were 6 years ago (I swear, there is a micro-black hole there eating all the dirt I put in). We’ll see how this does. Since the OP mentioned Independence Day, we call all look forward to this movie come next Summer: Why? I don’t know, the first one told a complete story and should have closed the book, IMHO. But when it come to money in Hollywood… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LbduDRH2m2M/maxresdefault.jpg "Independence Day: Resurgence | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbduDRH2m2M) ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/37 "2015-12-15T01:05:00Z")
> [@missred](#): > > So maybe Ground Hog day? 😃 That’s so cool, **red** ; they made an [emoticon](http://www.sherv.net/missing.tooth-emoticon-1305.html) of you. :eek: :mad: Actually, if you’ve never been it really is one of those things that you need to see in person once in your life. 5-figures worth of people standing outside, overnight, in February (it’s a good thing the _average_ [del]anti-freeze[/del] BAC is about a .12) to watch a warm-up act, pre-dawn fireworks & then the big show…guys in tuxes & top hats pulling a rodent out of a stump. :dubious: Then heading back into town for one of the many pancake breakfasts before buying souvenirs, getting pix with the many 5’ tall customized-for-each business (Phil My Prescription is in front of the pharmacy) groundhogs & getting the 'ell outta town. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/38 "2015-12-15T01:21:39Z")
Time to log off and veg. _ **MWAH!** _ ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/39 "2015-12-15T01:37:46Z")
Supper was oven fried chicken, rice and gravy and boiled okra. There is still birthday cake but I am done. Still have to walk **Lucky Louie** and then it shall be beddie bye for me. Tahred. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2015, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399/40 "2015-12-15T02:21:35Z")
Work is done, salad has been eaten, ammo and gun packed for tomorrow. No spree – just a last chance to go shooting with a friend before he moves to NJ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-independence-day-in-december-mmp/740399.md?page=3)