# Live from Raleigh, It's the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813 "2014-08-18T09:21:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/141 "2014-08-21T01:51:55Z")
Well, I didn’t bowl tonight. Not only am I gimpy, but there were flash flood warnings most of the evening. I got drenched just going to and from the truck to the pharmacy. Nice evening to stay in. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/142 "2014-08-21T02:43:24Z")
Dinner is eaten(hebed and breaded chicken, saged rice, and spinach and portabellas). Bummer about the A/C **Flytrap**. Sorry you couldn’t bowl, Red. I need to see if I can find a league this year. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/143 "2014-08-21T09:29:46Z")
No, we didn’t stay out all night - I just didn’t get back on line after supper. So you can stop fretting. 😃 I had the shrimp tacos again - they are \*soooooooooooooo \*good!! The serving is 2 and I wanted more even tho I couldn’t possibly have fit any more in my tummy. I think that’s my new favorite at Salsa’s. It’s really hit \*\*FCD \*\*that I’ll be gone for a month. He’s lonely already. Poor guy. He will have a few crabber days, and I hope he does some rides with his HOG chapter. Plus I asked him to make a chair or a bench or something to sit upon for the blue bedroom - that will take some time. He’ll just have to survive on emails. Last night he did find a site that shows the location and track of the cruise ship, so he can follow my journey. So there’s that. Today is for house-cleaning - specifically, the bathrooms. I’ll do a good bit of vacuuming, too. And I’m thinking I might cook and chop up some chicken - I’ll freeze it and my sweetie can make chicken salad while I’m gone. He’s not much for cooking, but I think he can thaw and mix, and if I bag single servings, he won’t be faced with eating an entire batch before it goes bad. I need to get the freezer organized and put the easy-to-cook things all together. Then I need to write up some detailed instructions - history has shown that if I say “Cook in microwave” the default is 20 minutes on high. :eek: \*\*FCD \*\*can do a lot of things really well, but cooking ain’t one of them. I also need to wash and pack the afghans and shawls I’ve made. My sweetie will take them to my mom’s when he comes to pick us up next month. All these last minute things… hope I don’t miss something important. Like my passport. :eek: Happy Thursday! ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/144 "2014-08-21T10:02:17Z")
Mornin’ all. Another interview today- I actually already had one at this place, but it was about a year ago, so maybe it’ll go better this time. I can only hope. Your version of ‘last minute’ is very different from my family’s **Mooooom** ; last minute is as we’re getting into the car, and organised packing only starts the night before. Both me any my parents have discovered that the ticket was from a different London airport than the airport we’d booked transport to while on the way there. We’ve just all got good at dealing with chaos now. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/145 "2014-08-21T10:05:47Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > No. What if I tell you that the ghost of the possum went into my car and tried to break my timing belt shortly after? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/146 "2014-08-21T10:19:22Z")
\*\*Nut \*\*- one of my more delightful personal quirks is the tendency to over-plan and over-organize things. I’m also inclined to feel like I’m late if I don’t arrive early. It may take a little spontaneity out of my life, but it also tends to lessen the stress, plus I enjoy planning - sometimes more than the actual event! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/147 "2014-08-21T10:37:36Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 98 with a heat index around 108. Firday and Sattidy will be temps from 100-102 and heat indices around 110. ICK! Needless to say there is a _heat advisory_ in effect through Sattidy. Next week promises some rain. We shall see. **Spaz** when you ran over the possum, did you get out of your vehicle and go look at it to determine its edible possibility? If you did, that counts. 😃 **flytrap** bummer (as **doggio** said) about the a/c. Had to replace mine four years ago. I got bids from a bunch of places and then went with the first one which was not the cheapest, but from a place that is really reliable. They’re great about service. **MOOOOOOM** don’t forget to make sure FCD has plenty of TP while you’re gone. If he has bread, cheese, peanut butter, and jelly he’ll be good to go with grilled cheese and PBJ sammiches. That would be grilled cheese sammiches or PBJ sammiches although I suppose he could have a grilled cheese and PBJ if he desires. He’ll be a bachelor. He can live on the edge! 😃 **Red** sad you couldn’t bowl. Bad knees and ick weather are good reasons to stay in though. Now I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, alas and alack, irk purtification must commence. Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/148 "2014-08-21T10:47:34Z")
Blurf. Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/149 "2014-08-21T11:00:58Z")
\*\*swampy \*\*- there are 2 unopened 12-packs in addition to the rolls staged in each of the bathrooms, so he’ll be good for TP. And, believe it or not, he loves grilled PB sammiches, as long as it’s not crunchy PB. He likes the smooth stuff. I like crunch. So we have 2 jars of PB in the pantry. And he knows where the deli is at Food Lion, so he’ll have other sammich makin’s. I’m hoping he’ll maybe occasionally get a rotissed chicken - besides having some for a dinner, he can chop up the leftovers and make chicken salad or sammiches. I’ll add that suggestion to the note. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/150 "2014-08-21T12:11:28Z")
Happy Thorsday! It’s cloudy out and looks like rain. I was bad and didn’t go to the ER last night. Nothing on the agenda today but irk. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/151 "2014-08-21T12:22:52Z")
Just heard the shower turn on, so \*\*FCD \*\*is up. I need to go get in line for my turn! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/152 "2014-08-21T12:54:16Z")
Dang it’s hawt out already! Both [del]minions[/del] assistants (btw, they like the idea of bein’ minions :D) are out and about today takin’ new apps. They’ll be out all day as each one of ‘em has three lined up to take. I, bein’ the good boss, told ‘em to head homeward after the last one even if’n it ain’t exactly eight hours and count it a full day. As far as I am concerned doin’ all that out in the heat is a full day. Y’all just wish y’all had a boss like me. Of course, this means da bear will be bzzy gettin’ all that paperirk in and gettin’ start dates (the goal is week after next) for everybody, gettin’ ‘em all set up in our system and all that there stuff. However, yay, new folks startin’ which is always good. Ok, back to irk now. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/153 "2014-08-21T13:04:23Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Both [del]minions[/del] assistants (btw, they like the idea of bein’ minions :D) are out and about today There can be only two. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/154 "2014-08-21T13:33:13Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > I ran over a possum once, does that count? Only if you took it home after scraping it off of the pavement. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/155 "2014-08-21T13:35:25Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > All these last minute things… hope I don’t miss something important. Around here we have a saying: “If you wait until the last minute, then it only takes a minute.” ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/156 "2014-08-21T13:36:43Z")
Swampy, minions is a very cool word. I’ve always liked it. When I was on my last ship, I referred to the 40+ boys and girls who worked for me as “my minions.” ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/157 "2014-08-21T13:48:35Z")
Up, caffeinated, and off work. **swampy** , Gordie is my only minion. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/158 "2014-08-21T13:53:02Z")
the humid! it hurts! blurf ---
**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:** [August 21, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/159 "2014-08-21T13:58:40Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Just heard the shower turn on, so \*\*FCD \*\*is up. I need to go get in line for my turn! 😃 If you don’t hurry, Ziva & Taz will jump in front of you because cats just so love bathtime, as evidenced in these [pictures](http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-wet-cats/)[sup]\*[/sup]. - Warning: Internet pics of pretty little putty tats. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813/160 "2014-08-21T14:05:52Z")
Continuing the theme, [here’s one](https://www.flickr.com/photos/seanette/4596686510/) of our previous cat post-bath. I’m surprised the glare didn’t melt the camera. 🙂 And [here’s one](https://www.flickr.com/photos/seanette/8653498783/) of the same cat all clean and dry. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/live-from-raleigh-its-the-mmp/695813.md?page=9)