# Lost & found, the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 9, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382 "2016-05-09T11:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/241 "2016-05-14T20:40:06Z")
An anecdote that illustrates the superiority of the divine female intellect over that of the brutish male. I purchased two powerheads, small pumps with propellers, suitably shielded, that move water about the aquarium. “What did you buy?”, asked Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) interested in our hobby, and concerned for the safety of the household. I said, “Powerheads”, and was reading to her from the hilariously horribly translated manual. “Please make sure that there are no sands in the pump before it works, otherwise it will destroy the spare parts badly…As the influence of the magnetism, magnets will cause permanent destroy for electrical equipment or other objects. For example, pacemaker, credit card, keys…To avoid the aquariums to be smashed, please don’t put the anode and cathode[sub]1[/sub] together directly when install the magnets” “You bought some more cheap shit, didn’t you?” “Well, I…yeah, I bought some more cheap shit.” 1. North and south poles of the magnets? ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/242 "2016-05-14T21:04:53Z")
The in-laws stopped by this morning. I shooed them away quickly - this upper respiratory crud is no joke, and my father in law has health issues from Agent Orange exposure, plus they were going to the airport this evening to pick up my brother in law (who has a chronic illness.) I was feeling guilty about the lack of hospitality, until I learned this afternoon that this infection put one of my high school classmates in ICU yesterday. It’s bad. In other news, DaNiece and her boyfriend went and jumped the broom yesterday. We had been planning for an October wedding, but I guess we’ll just plan for a reception. Or whatever they want. We still get to look forward to my brother’s wedding, but I know him - the celebration won’t coincide with any big college football games! ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/243 "2016-05-14T21:22:30Z")
Wrestling with disability folks. They need medical records. Hospital says that they don’t have the release. Release was sent, via fax, with proof of delivery. They should have it. I think I will have to go up there and hand deliver the release. Meanwhile, because they don’t have the records, my leave expires Monday. And no one told me there was an issue until yesterday at 4:51pm, so I couldn’t do anything to address it myself. (I do call my case worker regularly, so I don’t know why the bombshell). There’s no way I can go to work, short of a miracle tomorrow. Just arg. Mostly today shall be sitting quietly. There is a stack of laundry to put away. We shall see… ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/244 "2016-05-14T22:30:03Z")
More work, some cleaning, and many dog walks. now it’s beer time. > [@anyrose](#): > > Mais oui! Et je le ferais à nouveau, aussi. Ooo, la, la!😃 _MWAH! MWAH! MWAH!_ > [@kaiwik](#): > > Some blurfage this morning, but as I sit by my window with my coffee I can smell that the heat we have been having has opened some of the jasmine blossoms, heavenly! > > **doggio** ::tacklehug:: returned, con mucho gusto! Tish! you spoke… Spanish! _Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!_ {{{{ **sunny** }}}, hope you get things resolved quick. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/245 "2016-05-14T22:48:11Z")
Supper was good. A very short but intense storm zipped past. It’s sunny but the temps have dropped, and tomorrow is going to be chilly and windy, but sunny. I’ll be hanging laundry out. Poor \*\*FCD \*\*is in so much pain. I almost wish they’d do the surgery this week… We’ll find out something on Moanday. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/246 "2016-05-14T23:26:01Z")
Bought a new trash can. Such is the excitement of my life. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/247 "2016-05-14T23:31:28Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Ooo, la, la!😃 > _MWAH! MWAH! MWAH!_ > Tish! you spoke… Spanish! > _Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!_ Illegitium non carborundum. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/248 "2016-05-14T23:33:34Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Bought a new trash can. Such is the excitement of my life. I hope that you will be very happy together. On a similar note, I acclimated one of the pajama cardinals to the 90 gallon tank. If he lives, the rest will follow. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/249 "2016-05-14T23:54:30Z")
Pajama cardinals? The church has really changed its standards since Vatican II! My hospitalized friend is improving. My mother in law understood my “rudeness” this morning. And my darling husband finally grasped that, no, this hasn’t just been a bad allergy season. (How has he not noticed that I’ve been sick for a month, and that the baby has coughed so much that she puked, several nights this week?!) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/250 "2016-05-15T00:37:12Z")
> [@Lacunae\_Matata](#): > > this upper respiratory crud is no joke Oh god, you got that too? I just finally got over mine after a solid week. _hugs and orange juice_ It gets better. Eventually. A neti pot or nasal spray will help. Seasonal (Irish Storyteller’s fiancee) made two pineapple upside-down cakes. The first one we ate plain, the second one is in the fridge soaking in a lemon rum glaze. Mmmm, cake. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/251 "2016-05-15T01:01:19Z")
Another little burst of rain, and the temps have plummeted. Tonight, we’re promised 42 freekin degrees! Stoopit spring. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/252 "2016-05-15T01:23:55Z")
I have the place to myself for an unknown length of time before I need to go fetch DH (he’s taking pictures at a former co-irker’s daughter’s quinceañera party), currently trying to decide between butter pecan ice cream or key lime cheesecake. At least the Princess Cat was happy to see me when I got home, with lots of purrs and snuggles. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/253 "2016-05-15T01:46:03Z")
It’s a good thing **Swampy** is away; otherwise this post would send him to the ER! Staying at my friend’s [Del]postage stamp[/Del] studio in the Upper West Side. He doesn’t live here, only stays here when in town. Someone else was here until this afternoon; when I walked into the bathroom there was a tube…& only a tube. I couldn’t find anymore. :eek: so I bought him a large (which means a 4-pack.) Tomorrow I’ll tell the story of the bug eyed baby (when I have a better keyboard.) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/254 "2016-05-15T01:51:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Illegitium non carborundum. Sorry, Latin doesn’t turn me on, dude. 😛 > [@Spiderman](#): > > It’s a good thing **Swampy** is away; otherwise this post would send him to the ER! > > Staying at my friend’s [Del]postage stamp[/Del] studio in the Upper West Side. He doesn’t live here, only stays here when in town. Someone else was here until this afternoon; when I walked into the bathroom there was a tube…& only a tube. I couldn’t find anymore. :eek: so I bought him a large (which means a 4-pack.) :eek::eek::eek: : faints : ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/255 "2016-05-15T02:25:24Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Sorry, Latin doesn’t turn me on, dude. 😛 Tut Deutsch? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/256 "2016-05-15T02:29:29Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Tut Deutsch? Fraulein **Katze**! Sie sprach Deutsch! _Mwah! Mwah! Mwah!_ ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/257 "2016-05-15T02:50:15Z")
Sometimes I am very suddenly and strongly reminded how weird we all are. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/258 "2016-05-15T04:56:30Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Oh god, you got that too? I just finally got over mine after a solid week. _hugs and orange juice_ It gets better. Eventually. A neti pot or nasal spray will help. > > Seasonal (Irish Storyteller’s fiancee) made two pineapple upside-down cakes. The first one we ate plain, the second one is in the fridge soaking in a lemon rum glaze. Mmmm, cake. A hard ginger ale ain’t hurting! And The Boy’s friend sent me some lovely curry, which is clearing my sinuses nicely. Now if only I had some rum-soaked pineapple upside down cake… ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/259 "2016-05-15T07:12:19Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > My standard housewarming gift is a fire extinguisher. That’s a good one, I have been known to give smoke detectors and fire extinguishers for wedding gifts too. (Not festive but more necessary than people think, and they are often forgotten.) make sure you give 9 volt batteries too! Usually for a 2 or 3 year old’s birthday present I get an assortment of bathtub toys, rubber ducks, etc and either a mesh bag to hang them in or a really large plastic colander to scoop them up in and they can drain somewhat hygienically. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382/260 "2016-05-15T08:02:32Z")
Sitting on a subway under Columbus Circle at this un-Ogly hour. There’s an unauthorized person on the track ahead so they threw us off. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-found-the-mmp/754382.md?page=14)