# MMP: Baby It's COLD Outside! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 13, 2006, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262 "2006-02-13T11:06:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/301 "2006-02-18T13:21:56Z")
Good morning everyone. I figure I should let you all know I’m about to go to Hartford for today and a good chunk of tomorrow, so I won’t be back until Sunday afternoon. I don’t think I have great hair, does that preclude **great hair sex** and/or **great sex hair**? And **Savvy** , the real estate market right now is INSANE. :: goes to Hartford :: ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/302 "2006-02-18T13:31:23Z")
No fair…everyone’s going places… [tantrum mode]I wanna go too!![/tantrum mode] I’m up, considering what to do today. Need to get the tax stuff finished up as it’s driving me nuts, but I don’t want to make that the center of my weekend, though. Guess I’ll start surfing around to see what my choices are. It’s actually snowing out a little, but I don’t think it’s actually supposed to accumulate much. It’s looking a bit dusty at the moment; I’m hoping that’s it because I wanna go out and not worry about weather. Breakfast…maybe biscuits…? GT ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/303 "2006-02-18T14:21:34Z")
I’m not going anywhere - at least, I’m not planning to go anywhere today. It’s cold and grey and unpleasant looking out there. Tomorrow, I’m going to do a little grocery shopping - Shopper’s has crab legs for $4.98/lb - yum! It’s been a productive morning so far. I helped **FCD** get washed up and shaved. He has a beard, but he shaves his neck, and the collar against his throat was very uncomfortable. Anyway, he’s all clean with a fresh dressing, and he’s assumed his position on the recliner, remote control in hand. I’ve had breakfast and I finally got around to doing last night’s dishes, except for the greasy pan that I roasted the beef in. It’s soaking in hot, soapy water. Everything else has gone through a dishwasher rinse cycle. Ya know, I’m thinking **Rue** just tells us the icky stories so we won’t be jealous of his glamourous job. I suspect the cake is just the tip of the career iceberg. He never mentions happy hours or in-office foot massages or the caterers or the live orchestra instead of Muzak. Yep, I think he’s holding out on us. 'Fess up, **Rue**! 😉 ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/304 "2006-02-18T14:25:58Z")
OK, [**swampy’s** biscuits](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7092890&postcount=366) are in the oven. (is it just me or does that sound just a little bit dirty?) They were the consistency of drop biscuits when I combined everything, so I just made them that. I used two soup spoons to shape them, thus avoiding any contact with the biscuits **and** avoiding messy hands **and** avoiding the messy clean up of surface where the dough was kneaded and/or rolled out. Gotta go make some eggs before the biscuits are done. Review to follow. It’s another fascinating morning chez GT… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/305 "2006-02-18T14:36:48Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > I don’t think I have great hair, does that preclude **great hair sex** and/or **great sex hair**? > > :: goes to Hartford :: Great hair sex is when you have a great new haircut and you’re feeling especially attractive and you take that confidence into the bedroom (or somewhere else) with you. Great sex hair is when you have just had great, mind blowing, life altering sex and you look in the mirror and yes, baby, you look like you’ve been doing the nasty-if not attended to, everyone else will know you’ve had great sex as well. This applies to people with longish hair. Maybe grow your hair longish and try it! Baby-it IS cold outside–it’s -3! Pushing off going downtown until tomorrow when tis warmer. PS-no-one ever had great hair sex or great sex hair in Hartford. Trust me here. Biscuits sound yummy! I think I may make biscottie today–I feel all womanly and domestic and warm oven-y. (and yes, **GT** -it sounds er, suggestive…) ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/306 "2006-02-18T14:56:27Z")
Ah, yes, _suggestive_ is the word I was looking for. It’s Saturday and in my rush to make biscuits I haven’t had my coffee, so I have no vocabulary. I, too, am positive that **Rue** is not telling us the whole story. How his colleagues are in awe when he suavely enters the room to perform life-saving procedures, for instance. Also, it seems to me that we have not had a Soupo and Katcha update in quite some time. They’re probably all grown up and in college by now. Biscuits are yummy. Probably should have added a little more flour so that they’d have a little more shape, but they are yum yum yum. I only made 1/2 a recipe, by the way, which filled a cookie sheet. Made a quick veggie scramble: scallions, real bacon bits, asparagus tips, a little mustard and Tabasco in the eggs. Also yum. Gotta go snag another biscuit. GT ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/307 "2006-02-18T15:07:51Z")
You know how when you take Pet to the vet and the assistants always say, “I have to go in the back, be back in a minute?” Well, they aren’t going back there for vitamin shots, nail clippers, towels or similiar-they’re going back there to grab another drink and check out the dancing girls. I know this because we have the same set up in our nurse’s lounge. (except it’s dancing men). Really. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/308 "2006-02-18T15:15:01Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I know this because we have the same set up in our nurse’s lounge. (except it’s dancing men). > > Really. Hmmmm - that explains the delay in responding to the nurse call button. Guess I shoulda gone searching for them myself - I mighta gotten a peek! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/309 "2006-02-18T15:24:52Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Hmmmm - that explains the delay in responding to the nurse call button. Guess I shoulda gone searching for them myself - I mighta gotten a peek! 😃 :eek: I am doomed! See, the first rule of the nurse’s lounge is…don’t talk about the nurse’s lounge. It was nice knowing all of you. Come to the river and see me sometime–I’m the feeding frenzy near the bridge… ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/310 "2006-02-18T15:31:55Z")
It’s flurrying - no appreciable accumulation anticipated, and in 2 days, it’s supposed to warm into the 40s and 50s again. I’m thinking I may stoke a fire - it’s kinda chilly in here. Plus I get to play with combustibles - woohoo! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/311 "2006-02-18T16:39:54Z")
It seems to be warming up, it’s -11 F. Oh wait, the thermometer is in the sun. Anyway, I also have no plans to go anywhere today. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/312 "2006-02-18T17:02:46Z")
-13 right now. Damned if I’m going outside. We watched the first two eps of _Buffy_ last night. So far, _Firefly_ is winning. Time for lunch and loafing. I should take a chicken apart, but I think that’s my only chore for today. I want to finish a few books and drink a lot of tea today. That’s the plan. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/313 "2006-02-18T17:50:32Z")
Just back from a pharmacy run. I did a little on line research and determined that I could help **FCD** ’s throat with a cool mist vaporizor, so off to CVS I went. I also picked up a pack of anesthetic lozenges, in the hope that it would give him some relief. Despite the snow, the roads were just wet, and by the time I got back, the snowfall had stopped completely. Plus the fire had almost died, so I tossed another log on, set up the vaporizer, and gave him a lozenge. He’s crashed in bed again and I’m having a bowl of raisin bran, because I don’t feel like cooking lunch. Oh, while I was out and while it was still snowing, I saw 2 guys on a motorcycle. At least I think it was two guys, unless it was a guy with a woman who was about his size. Anyway, motorcycling in the snow. Um, ok… ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/314 "2006-02-18T18:15:11Z")
It’s still cold! There’s like, frozen ground in the back yard. However, the sun is shining and the sky is blue, and it’s _Saturday,_ which is the best day of the week. I’m going to put on a bit of makeup and nicer pants, then head out to the > [@](#): > > “Paws for Life Adoption Fair” on Saturday, February 18th at Pearkes Arena from 10am-4pm. Rescued animals will be there to meet you and this is an opportunity to adopt a new best friend and meet some people and groups who rescue and rehabilitate animals in your community. Admission is by donation with 100% of proceeds going to help save animals. Maybe I will meet my dog today! My husband is okay with us finally adopting a dog, so I will check this out. Remind me to buy some milk while I’m out and about. That bottle of wine I opened last night after locking all my stuff in the car after finally getting home after the cute guy from BCAA started my car… I seem to have consumed it all before bed. Methinks it’s PMS time. In my defense, it was a slender bottle. And quite nummy. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/315 "2006-02-18T18:33:05Z")
But did your husband get your car unlocked? Don’t lock your keys in your car today! and get me some milk as well. I think it’s movie noc here–and wine sounds nice too. Hmmm. (and I still have great hair, so… 🆒 ). ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/316 "2006-02-18T18:38:19Z")
I’ve made it through what I think is my last pile of paper. Gotta verify, but I might be much closer to doing taxes. Heating up a couple more biscuits for lunch. Checked on work stuff (grrrrrrr…glad for VPNs, though, so that I could get to everything I needed to from home). Fast forwarded through lots of last night’s Olympics coverage. Not fascinating. Biscuits are calling. Back later. GT ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/317 "2006-02-18T18:48:47Z")
Eating cornbread with melted 5 year old cheddar. Yum. Have taken chicken apart, and the carcass is in the crockpot. I’m wondering what to make the cooked chicken into- creamed chicken? Chicken in sherry parmesan sauce? Fried rice? I’m thinking seriously about making some tortiallas to freeze. I think I want some trifle for after lunch dessert. Good luck on pet-meeting, **Savannah**. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/318 "2006-02-18T19:06:10Z")
**GT** , got the card and the chocolate in today’s mail! Thanks ever so!! ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/319 "2006-02-18T20:01:50Z")
Glad it got there! I was afraid the chocolate would disintegrate in the mail…hope it’s good. Chicken in sherry parmesan sauce sounds good to me, **Lissla**. Probably because it’s cold out. Last time I looked they said it was 15 Merrkun degrees but felt like ). At least it’s sunny and looks pretty. I’ll probably brave the cold for a walk after a while. GT ---
**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:** [February 18, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262/320 "2006-02-18T20:07:23Z")
**GT** (Trav?) glad you liked the biscuits. They are so simple to make. **Rebo** whomp biscuits are ok sometimes. I do like those Grands. Now, if you had really wanted to make that sound dirty **GT** (Trav?) you could have said you buttered swampy’s biscuits. 😃 Good to hear that **FCD** is moving on in the recovery. If he re-commandering the remote, he’s well on the way! Y’all remember me being all excited about buying a new sofa bed for my study? Well, it didn’t work out. They couldn’t get the dang thing through the hallway to the study. Stoopid narrow hallway! So, I am now the owner of a new futon from Sam’s Club. Maybe I can find a picture of it later. I went after work yesterday and bought it. We put it together last night in only one hour! It’s purty and has keee-yooote accent pillows. Four of 'em even. Tonight, a friend is having us over for homemade lasagna. YUM! She makes good lasagna, so my tummy is all excited about going. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmp-baby-its-cold-outside/344262.md?page=17)