# Life is a Beach-An End of Summer MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 27, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174 "2010-09-27T02:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/61 "2010-09-29T10:43:24Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@Nava](#): > > > > I have a linguistic question… what do you call groups of workers who stand in front of a factory informing (or “informing”) other workers that “we’re on strike”? Today is the second day of a very strange general strike in Spain and I realized I have no idea how to say _piquete informativo_ in English. > > Cognate time, **Nav**. In English, they’re known as _picketers_, and the formation is a picket line. The verb is ‘to picket’. > > Blurf. Gotta start my daily reconstruction. I ain’t nekkid yet… Aha! That’s probably the root of piquete, too. Thank you, **Mr Not-Nekkid-Yet.** ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/62 "2010-09-29T11:52:34Z")
Up, caffeinated, off to irk. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/63 "2010-09-29T11:59:08Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > too damned early for football - baseball isn’t even in playoffs yet. I’m in Pittsburgh ----- for us baseball season ended about the fifth game of the season. :smack: And I would add a large Vikings here but with that aged cheesehead we have as QB ----- lets just say I would have left him on the tractor. **Doggio** - a Cheesehead? Hmmmm - have to ponder that. On the good side though you did introduce me to that lady who starts to lose clothes when she drinks tequila. Work being real work for a while. Will be passing in and out. Both here and in real life. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/64 "2010-09-29T12:11:31Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. **Rebo** a hundred and fiddy bucks each? :eek: Thanks, I needed that! **Rosie** I forgot to say yesterday, yay for new manager who knows stuff! Anybody else relieved to know that **BBBobbio** did not post nekkid this mornin’? 😛 **Nava** what **BBBobbio** said. They’re picketers. **StickyBuns** for a while, before he went to the AD unit at the Veteran’s Hospital, my next door neighbor would leave her husband on my back porch before she went to work cause she left earlier than I did and before the AD Caregivers center opened. I would take him there on my way to where I worked at the time. We had to do that because he took to wanderin’ around the ‘hood and it got unfun goin’ to look for him. There are woods at the end of the street behind us and I got really worried he’d wander into the woods. However, he never slept out there at night. Mr. Bear has been brekkied. Cesar Sunrise Chicken with Cheddar Cheese Souffle accordin’ to the little package. YUM! Well, it must be YUM cause Mr. Bear scarfed it down the second I gave it to him. I have also determined that what I thought was a little monkey is really a bear with long arms and legs aka Grateful Dead dancin’ teddy bear. Anywho, we have had our breakfast and lap time so for now Mr. Bear is relatively happy, even though he did go over to the fence that borders his yard and sit there and whine a few minutes. I am tempted to go put him on his back porch. He stays on it durin’ the day while she’s at work. If he starts whinin’ at the fence again, I might just do that. It bein’ daylight out and all I left the back door to the yahd open for him. No bidness has been performed on the back porch. Gotta give him props for that! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/65 "2010-09-29T12:35:50Z")
**Rebo** , Aberdeen is beautiful and well worth a visit. I haven’t been there for a very long time but you might find this [site](http://www.aberdeen-grampian.com/default.aspx) useful for things to see and do. A lot will depend on how long you’re here and how much free time you have. Sadly 'im indoors is in Belgium and I am a couple of hundred miles away from Aberdeen! However, they don’t really eat haggis for every meal and it’s not anywhere near as scary or unpleasant as it might sound. Also, if you have a very sweet tooth, look out for some genuine butter tablet. It’s kind of like soft fudge, made from sugar and condensed milk with some more sugar thrown in just for good measure. I’ve moved to my new office today, got my PC working but the phone’s not working yet because nobody put in an order to telecoms to transfer the number to a new network point. The computer didn’t get moved with everything else either because nobody booked porters to do it, and nobody told me I had to disconnect it myself either. Honestly, it’s very true that you simply can’t get the staff. I did lose half a pound at Fat Club last night though, that was a surprise more than anything else. Now the diet starts again. **Swampy** , you are too good to that dog and he is just showing his appreciation. Appendages are crossed for his owner too. What luck to have such good friends and neighbours. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/66 "2010-09-29T12:51:46Z")
Mr. Bear is now on his back porch happy as well, a happy thing. I caught him attemptin’ to tunnel out from the back yahd. He had an appreciable hole dug, almost big enough for him to squeeze under. This he did in a space of ten minutes! So, you could say he gave me a reason not to want a doggy. 😃 I’ll call my neighbor in a few and let her know that’s where he is. Heck, he stays there while she’s at work so it ain’t an awful thing. His little feet and legs are filthy. He’s a white poodle. He would have none of me attemptin’ to clean him off so I shall inform her of that also. The stinker! He’s got his bed, his baby and fresh water so life’s good for Mr. Bear, I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/67 "2010-09-29T13:56:34Z")
I’m building cheesecakes this week. One is for hubby’s union rep, who has walked us through all the short-term disability leave paperwork. His is NW cherry. Then, I have to make one for a group of friends we hang with at a local establishment. That one is caramel apple. I suppose I should make one for hubby too, but he’s supposed to be on a diet. I don’t have any low-fat, low-sugar receipes. What kind should I make your here?😃 ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/68 "2010-09-29T14:07:30Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > I don’t have any low-fat, low-sugar receipes. > > What kind should I make your here?😃 One using Neufchatel cheese and Splenda? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/69 "2010-09-29T14:42:34Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@picunurse](#): > > > > I don’t have any low-fat, low-sugar receipes. > > > > What kind should I make your here?😃 > > One using Neufchatel cheese and Splenda? Hey, if you’re gonna have a cookie, have a damn cookie! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/70 "2010-09-29T14:58:11Z")
I like my no-bake lemon cheesecake recipe - just for you **VBob**. 2 8-oz pkgs Neufchatel, softened 1 jar Dickenson’s Lemon Curd (in the baking aisle) 1/2 cup Splenda 1 tsp lemon zest (optional) Graham cracker crust Mix all ingredients, and pour into pie shell. Refrigerate 4 hours. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/71 "2010-09-29T15:02:17Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > > [@VunderBob](#): > > > > One using Neufchatel cheese and Splenda? > > Hey, if you’re gonna have a cookie, have a damn cookie! 😃 I’m diabetic, dammit. Can’t have the cookies, either. Well, I tell the doctor I don’t eat the cookies… ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/72 "2010-09-29T15:09:51Z")
In any Mumpers aren’t voting yet for Bearflags kid or don’t know what I’m talking about, hit [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571282&page=10](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571282&page=10) and read post #470. If I was better at these durn computers I would direct link it all but I suck so this is how I’m doing it. Also spread voting among your friends. Its neck and neck right now. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/73 "2010-09-29T17:04:20Z")
Nobody’s commented on swampy’s booty call?? Y’all are falling down on the job! It’s nice to be asked even if you aren’t interested. 😃 Work’s been blah. I have a lot to do and have spent way too much time waiting in queue on the server. ARGH. I went to the local knitting meetup group for the second time last night. That was fun. KT and I aren’t seeing much of each other these last couple weeks. He was flying or at meetings 4 nights last week. This week I had community choir on Monday, the knitting meetup group last night, he’s flying tonight and tomorrow, and he’s going out with airport friends on Friday. It’s good to have friends and interests, but I miss seeing my husband! We are taking an overnight trip to Duluth on Sunday/Monday so that should help. I’m off for the afternoon. Going to the outlet mall. Retail therapy! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/74 "2010-09-29T17:06:32Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > > [@picunurse](#): > > > > Hey, if you’re gonna have a cookie, have a damn cookie! 😃 > > I’m diabetic, dammit. Can’t have the cookies, either. > > Well, I tell the doctor I don’t eat the cookies… Ok, I’ll make your’s with splenda. Don’t tell hubby, he’ll think I’m leaving him. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/75 "2010-09-29T17:18:37Z")
The bestest cheesecake evah! ``` * Exported from MasterCook * Sour Cream Cheesecake ``` Recipe By : Waring blender cookbook Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Desserts Amount Measure Ingredient – Preparation Method * * * 1 graham cracker pie crust, 9 inch 2 egg /2 cup sugar 2 easpoons vanilla 1 1/2 cups sour cream 1 wide strip orange rind 1 narrow strip lemon rind 16 ounces cream cheese – cut up 2 tablespoons butter – melted Put the eggs, sugar, vanilla, sour cream and orange and lemon rinds into a blender. Blend on high for 15 seconds.With blender still running, add the cream cheese and butter. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture into crumb crust and bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutess or until set in the center. Turn off heat and leave in oven for another 15 minutes. Remove to cooling rack. When cool, place in fridge for 2 hours or overnight before serving. ``` - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ``` Try it. You’ll thank me. Except **Bobbio**. Back later. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/76 "2010-09-29T17:35:57Z")
I have my very own cheesecake baker who has his own special recipe. If I’m real good and make with lots of sad puppy dawg eyes I get me one from time to time. Like this past weekend. Neighbor is home from the hospital. All the tests look good accordin’ to the doctor but she’ll be havin’ some more plus a colonoscopy. Poor thing. Mr. Bear is, needless to say, just beside himself to have mommy back. He is clingin’ to her like white on rice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/77 "2010-09-29T17:38:36Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Nobody’s commented on swampy’s booty call?? Y’all are falling down on the job! _ahem_ > [@Misnomer](#): > > Go **swampy**! Go **swampy**! Go **swampy**! 🆒 😃 ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/78 "2010-09-29T21:54:45Z")
Well, the van’s gone. It was kinda sad driving it in this morning, realizing it was the last time I’d drive it. Oh well - I’ll save $200/year on insurance anyway. It’s been raining today and we’re supposed to have many storms overnight and all day tomorrow. We do need the rain. Just don’t need a major downpour. Nice steady showers are so much more effective. \*\*Missy \*\*- did you see my question in the last MMP about the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally in DC on Oct 30? Are you going? I am, and my daughter plans to accompany me. I’d love to meet up with you if you come. That’s all I’ve got for now. I’s tahred still. Apparently having houseguests for a week just kicked my butt. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/79 "2010-09-29T22:37:26Z")
Glad I own a canoe. Damned rain. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174/80 "2010-09-29T23:39:51Z")
It is raining. Why is it the dog that runs away at the drop of a hat has to be dragged, kicking and screaming out side in the rain? More irk and rain tomorrow. > [@kopek](#): > > **Doggio** - a Cheesehead? Hmmmm - have to ponder that. On the good side though you did introduce me to that lady who starts to lose clothes when she drinks tequila. Regret not bringing the axe now, huh?😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-a-beach-an-end-of-summer-mmp/555174.md?page=5)