# Life On The Other Side Of The Burlap - A Renaissance MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 2, 2006, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938 "2006-10-02T05:40:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/81 "2006-10-03T02:29:48Z")
**Rue** was here! O frabjous day! šŸ˜ƒ Iā€™m up for a Marylande RenFest, **FCM**. Just say when. Iā€™m about 15 minutes from the Faire site in Crofton, which I assume is the one youā€™d be heading to? Papa Tigs just celebrated ten years with his company, and as a token of their appreciation they gave him this glossy catalogue he gets to pick one item out of. Average value, $75 to you or me, probably $10 to the company (itā€™s a really big company). I saw lots of nice things in there that _I_ want, but for some strange reason he thinks the reward should be for _him_. I donā€™t know where he gets that idea. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/82 "2006-10-03T02:35:50Z")
Well, the Ex. Committee meeting was tonight, and it went well. No complaining, except I guess we complained about the people who complain too much. Weā€™re actually starting to get excited - hockey is almost here. SIL got back from Atlanta tonight - I didnā€™t go home after the meeting, just went straight to her house, and I think she was a bit miffed because her dogs acted very happy to see me. Mr. SCL is working 7p to 7a tonight, so Iā€™m all alone. Big fat hairy deal. Think Iā€™ll go for a long, hot soak in the tubā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/83 "2006-10-03T03:05:24Z")
**swampmeister** , I have never had the attention span to stay in one place nearly that long, I vote that the spinach has made you IMMORAL!!! heh. I mean immorTal. Unless you like the otherā€¦ šŸ˜‰ **rosie** , wrong furry face. In fact, lately I wake up to master Cuervoā€™s furry butt-ox in my face more than his regā€™lar face. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/84 "2006-10-03T03:22:06Z")
Being immoral _and_ immortal would be fun. More time for misbehavior! But are we going to stay young-looking, like elves, or get older and more decrepit as time goes on? ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/85 "2006-10-03T03:24:14Z")
Wow, two pages and itā€™s not even Monday night here! Well, itā€™s 7ish, so I suppose itā€™s technically night, but itā€™s still light outside, so there ya go. I had a crappy weekend, I will leave out everything except that after two weeks of fighting a sinus infection I broke down Friday and called the doc. 10 days of amoxicillin, 10 days of no adult beverages, boo. I canā€™t even stay snugged up in bed because Jeff (the contractor) is here pounding nails and the like. Double boo. Oh, the one other incident I will share is that #3 and I had our first real teenager/mom fight on Saturday, she hated me until this afternoon. I wasnā€™t all that fond of her, either! Oh, and Callaloo, my calico kitty got out at some point and I couldnā€™t find her for **hours**. I even had skiffman out looking on the road for her squished body. Finally he heard her and followed the mewing, she was under the banya and scared spitless, poor thing. I hope that she learned a lesson! Great OP, prolly the closest Iā€™ll ever get to a Ren Faire, even though it has been my heartā€™s desire for decades. We do have a new SCA chapter here, but they mostly travel to the mainland to do anything authentic. Jeff talked me out of the vinyl, and I am getting bamboo flooring instead. It looks pretty, and comes highly recommended. I will get a phone call tomorrow to give me the shipping prices. Itā€™s coming from California, so theyā€™ll truck it to Seattle and then put it on the slow boat. Hopefull Iā€™ll have flooring before Christmas. Well, dinner is done, so Iā€™ll say gā€™night. Yā€™all have a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/86 "2006-10-03T03:34:37Z")
Cuervo and I are sitting in a dark family room watching the bitchin-est lightning storm ever outside the window. He is NOT brave, but is hanging in there. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/87 "2006-10-03T04:32:17Z")
**kai** , bamboo flooring is purty! We have it in our office and itā€™s held up nicely. Itā€™s ā€œsofterā€ than regular wood and bouncier, but itā€™s quite sturdy. Also, you donā€™t get those nasty black marks like you do with vinyl. I think youā€™ll like it. **Tel** , anybody whoā€™s immortal should definitely choose the ā€œnever ageā€ option. Or be born an elf. I miss thunder and lightning. We donā€™t get real weather here, just warm, cool and rainy, with a little bit of hail every couple of years and the occasional heat wave. Sometimes we get pretty snow to look at up in the mountains. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/88 "2006-10-03T05:02:25Z")
Why are the Google ads all for the Hotel California? They say you can check in online, but they donā€™t say anything about checking outā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/89 "2006-10-03T07:07:40Z")
**MBG** , I thought **swampy** didnā€™t need no spinach to be immoral. Always found him immorally fun. Was I wrong, **swampy**? Whatā€™s supposed to be bad about spinach? Itā€™s one of the few veggies Iā€™ve always been able to put up with (although I must admit the texture can be quite yucky, if it hasnā€™t been cut small enough). ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/90 "2006-10-03T07:25:27Z")
\*\*Nava, \*\* thereā€™s been a recent problem here in the States with _E.coli_ in the spinach fields. Thatā€™s all that I know of that would be spinach-related. Pity, since spinach is one of the few vegetables that I like. Most vegetables are bitter to me. No one believes me, either. I argued with my mother about it for years. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/91 "2006-10-03T08:47:26Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] \*\*Nava, \*\* thereā€™s been a recent problem here in the States with _E.coli_ in the spinach fields. Thatā€™s all that I know of that would be spinach-related. Pity, since spinach is one of the few vegetables that I like. Most vegetables are bitter to me. No one believes me, either. I argued with my mother about it for years. [/QUOTE] Aaaaaaaah! Thank you, hadnā€™t heard about it over here. Iā€™ve discovered something important and decided that I donā€™t have to kill Mom: I have to kill me. Or at least give myself a good hard kick to the ass. I returned to Spain in April after 6 months in Costa Rica (with a Christmas break); sheā€™d been fine, treated me like Iā€™m over 3ā€™ tall. The last two weeks have been horrible. Thanks to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390649) thread where someone asks about MS, Iā€™ve just realized what the problem is. Iā€™ve been having lots of ā€œstupid medical thingsā€ since I was in my teens, which have taken me to doctors more than once and always ended up as ā€œsomething unimportant that happens to you,ā€ doctorspeak for ā€œI canā€™t find my head with both hands but you donā€™t seem to be dyingā€. While in Costa Rica and by happenstance, I found out that the list of ā€œthingsā€ matches scaringly well with the list of MS symptoms, including getting worse when itā€™s too hot (my Miami and Costa Rica periods where the worst; in cooler climates I can go for years without a glitch), so I asked my GP for a neurologist appointment. Which I had two weeks ago :smack: and Mom came with me, and I didnā€™t tell the neurologist I am thinking of MS (I know many doctors whoā€™d absolutely refuse to consider anything that the patient thinks may be the problem) but I did tell Mom. I also told her that if itā€™s that itā€™s not likely to get any worse than itā€™s ever been, but I bet _looks around_ my MP3 player that sheā€™s casually asked SiL-the-doctor about it and Sil has, as usual, rattled all the worse-case possibilities and nothing else. Can someone please smack me from here to France? Merci. And while Iā€™m in Biarritz Iā€™ll shop around for some patĆ© to bring Momā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/92 "2006-10-03T08:49:16Z")
Why are all my ads on addiction? In Spanish and English, even! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/93 "2006-10-03T10:42:26Z")
::Falls over in awe of **Exā€™s** power to lure **Rue** out of the woodwork.:: Hi **Rue**! We miss you! **Nava** isnā€™t it amazing how you can still share stuff you know you shouldnā€™tā€¦? I catch myself doing this periodically and inevitably wind up with an incurable case of the rolleyes. Hope this phase passes quickly. Well, Iā€™ve got to get ready for work. Again. Is it Friday yet? GT ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/94 "2006-10-03T10:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Tiger] Iā€™m up for a Marylande RenFest, **FCM**. Just say when. Iā€™m about 15 minutes from the Faire site in Crofton, which I assume is the one youā€™d be heading to? [/QUOTE] tsk tsk - youā€™re going to lose points for reading comprehension. I proposed a **MMP-Fest**. I have no intention of going to the RenFaire - just not my cup of tea. But I would think at the very least, you, me, and our chocolate-teasing spice could manage a lunch date sometime, seeinā€™s as how weā€™re relatively sorta close. Iā€™m trying to figure which other MMPers are relatively close - \*\*bibkitty \*\* is around Baltimore, and one of our more scarce MMPers is in northern Va. Speaking of which, whatā€™s the phase of the moon that both \*\*Ex \*\* and \*\*Rue \*\* came out of their lairs?? That means \*\*welby \*\* should be next, right? speaking of NoVa MMPersā€¦ Training starts today and runs till Thurs, which means Iā€™ll be getting home later than usual. I sure hope Bernie has good bladder control. And I hope I can stay awake. I know the training is important for work, but it can be soooooooo boringā€¦ Weā€™ll see how well caffeine works. Happy Tuesday, all! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/95 "2006-10-03T11:37:15Z")
Immortal, immoral, invisibleā€¦ I think thereā€™s a hymn about thisā€¦ Oh wait, thatā€™s _Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise_. Anywho, I think being immortal, immoral, invisible (or have the ability to be invisible when I want) and ageless (a studly 25, say) would be the jakiest of all jake things to be. Dang, we keep gettinā€™ new folks droppinā€™ by this week. Even **Rue** showed up. And **Ex**. If **welby** also shows up, would that be a sign of the apocalypse? The dinner thingy was actually not too bad last night. [sub]And the two gin and tonics I had before dinner had nuttinā€™ to do with that![/sub] I now have a plaque. WOO and HOO. Or, as I like to refer to it, a pla **g** ue. See, waaaaaay back in younger days, there was this article in my hometown newspaper (Motto: Proofreaders? We Donā€™t Need No Stinkinā€™ Proofreaders!) about some people who were recognized for good stuff theyā€™d done by a local organization. The papers said the people were given pla **g** ues of recognition. Hence, pla **q** ues are now pla **g** ues in my mind. I even had a running joke about it with some friendsā€¦ ā€œThou hast done well. A pox be upon thee!ā€ šŸ˜ƒ Come to think about it, pla **q** ue is a strange thing to give people. I mean, thatā€™s the stuff dentists tell us is bad for our teeth, right? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/96 "2006-10-03T12:06:32Z")
[QUOTE=FairyChatMom] tsk tsk - youā€™re going to lose points for reading comprehension. I proposed a **MMP-Fest**. I have no intention of going to the RenFaire - just not my cup of tea. But I would think at the very least, you, me, and our chocolate-teasing spice could manage a lunch date sometime, seeinā€™s as how weā€™re relatively sorta close. Iā€™m trying to figure which other MMPers are relatively close - \*\*bibkitty \*\* is around Baltimore, and one of our more scarce MMPers is in northern Va. [/QUOTE] Sounds good to me. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/97 "2006-10-03T12:32:04Z")
[QUOTE=Telperien] Being immoral _and_ immortal would be fun. More time for misbehavior! But are we going to stay young-looking, like elves, or get older and more decrepit as time goes on? [/QUOTE] that depends; is there a portrait in the attic? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/98 "2006-10-03T12:40:05Z")
Paging **welby**. **welby** , come in. **Ex** showed up, but now heā€™s gone again. Come back, Errant American Husband! **rigs** , I hope you feel better today. I think that hot chocolate with lots of kahlua/rum/creme de menthe/amaretto in it is healing. Oh, no! Itā€™s **Mrs. Cake**! If Black Dogs with Orange Eyebrows show up, Iā€™m straight out of the Postal Service. Sorry. I got too much sleep, filled with weird dreams, and I was reading _Thud!_ last night. I havenā€™t had tea, yet, either. **Alastair** , have you started the Emily Dickinson yet? I like her very much, although my passionate devotion is reserved for T. S. Eliot and Dylan Thomas. Time for tea and breakfast. I think I will eat breakfast and surf the interweb for a bit, spend an hour getting my costume all finished (Iā€™ll take pics tonight), and then bleach the kitchen, clean the fridge, and try to get the livingroom tidy. Whenever I sew, it looks like everything exploded. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2006, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/99 "2006-10-03T12:47:50Z")
Cheeselog? _Cheeselog?_ If I wanted that kind of abuse I could just call my Dad. Sheesh. I really donā€™t have anything useful to say about RenFaires, because Iā€™ve never been to one. I donā€™t really have any objection to that sort of thing per se, but I have this nagging allergy to nerds. So you can understand why I have such a hard time living with myself. Whereā€™s **welby**? I never feel like a visit to the SDMB (and the MMP thread in particular) is complete unless I give that little punk a beatdown. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938/100 "2006-10-03T13:13:24Z")
**Ex** , **welby** has been as scarce as you lately. Yā€™all need to come out and play more often. **Nava** I hope everything comes out ok with the tests. Maybe itā€™s not MS but if it is, at least you know and can get a fix on how to treat symptoms. Also, itā€™s just fine to think of me as immoral. Scruples and ethics I got. The morals have always been pretty lax. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-on-the-other-side-of-the-burlap-a-renaissance-mmp/374938.md?page=6)