# Monday The 13th - The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 13, 2021, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594 "2021-09-13T07:15:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/61 "2021-09-14T20:21:35Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. šŸ„ƒ 'splain please? **taters** I canā€™t remember if youā€™ve said (sorry), but have you been tested for COVID? I hope you feel better soon. **talky** I hope your daughter doesnā€™t have any issues. Good for you for being so proactive about it. I donā€™t think parents always realize how awful kids can be to each other. I need to run, so Iā€™ll finish reading in a bit. Pixel had a seizure last night, which is probably tied to the kidney failure. Iā€™m off to pick up a prescription for him. Poor little guy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/62 "2021-09-14T20:32:43Z")
A Wisconsin Old Fashioned is a mutant concoction of Korbel brandy and half the fruit aisle at Piggly Wiggly. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/63 "2021-09-14T20:39:45Z")
I donā€™t have children but my three sisters made up for me, so Iā€™ve been around toddlers in the past. One such toddler didnā€™t seem to want to be potty trained either so one day I made a fancy pillow for her chair. I used sequins and beads and lace and all the fancy stuff I could fit and used shiny gold beads to trace out her name. She watched me making it and helped me choose which color lace should go where. When we were done I once again reminded her that her pillow couldnā€™t be washed because of all the lace and stuff, then gave it to her. She loved her pillow and used it all the time. She never peed on it, which impressed my sister so much that she bought super fancy bedding for my niece while impressing the importance of not peeing on it because then it would have to be washed and ruined. Niece stopped wetting the bed and the rest of the potty training went in the blink of an eye. I donā€™t know if this would work for Roxy but its worth thinking about. Poor Pixel ā˜¹ Kidney failure in pets is horrible. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/64 "2021-09-14T21:45:13Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A Wisconsin Old Fashioned is a mutant concoction of Korbel brandy and half the fruit aisle at Piggly Wiggly. I am intrigued! > [@dogbutler](#): > > So no Second Breakfast? ā˜¹ No elevenses?! > [@nelliebly](#): > > one of [these](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07VVFWT1M/?tag=best-grabber-tool-20&asc_source=browser&asc_refurl=https://www.bobvila.com/articles/best-grabber-tool). I have a few of different lengths. This one looks intriguing. Iā€™m sure that I need another! I have returned from prescription fetching. He needs to start eating kidney food, which apparently tastes horrid to every dog. I picked up several kinds and hopefully heā€™ll eat one of them. If not, Iā€™m considering whether I can makes something at home that might be work. Tonight shall be schnitzel or The Habit. Right now The Habit is in the lead. Happy Toesday everyone. ---
**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 14, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/65 "2021-09-14T22:10:24Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > A Wisconsin Old Fashioned is a mutant concoction of Korbel brandy and half the fruit aisle at Piggly Wiggly. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I am intrigued! [Recipe](https://www.simplywhisked.com/wisconsin-brandy-old-fashioned/) ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/66 "2021-09-14T22:19:49Z")
Nothing wrong with eye candy **shoe** , although, youā€™re wise to keep it professional at irk. **nut** , youā€™ll be used to reaching everything for your housemates, Iā€™ll bet. šŸ˜› **nellie** , I am commiserating with the itchies. Weā€™re close enough to the lake here that the skeeters just about eat me alive when I walk Nelson unless I wear bug dope. Irked, came home, walked Nelson and et. Now itā€™s chillage. Stay safe and healthy yā€™all! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/67 "2021-09-14T23:33:20Z")
Oh, no, I _loathe_ work drama **misred** I ainā€™t gonna stir up more. But with that in mind ā€¦ Found out today that someone _else_ I work with has a crush on _me_. So itā€™s OtherDude - \> Me - \> AbsurdlyYoungCutiePie. Iā€™m not gonna act on either one, but I think itā€™s hilarious that Iā€™m in a position to potentially create so. much. drama, and I kinda sorta wish I could tell the main boss, ā€œGimme raise or I can cause a world of shit for you.ā€ I wouldnā€™t, of course (cuz Iā€™m nice too, dammit!) but it makes for a fun daydream. ---
**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 14, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/68 "2021-09-14T23:44:21Z")
Howdy Yā€™all! The strange HVAC invoice has turned into a mystery. Even the HVAC folks are a bit confused. I think it is supposed to be an invoice for the amount of the yearly HVAC maintenance contract. I want to bid this out just to ensure we get the best price. Also I believe this was all contrived to cause me aggravation. It is the work of TVCTPMO!\* **Talky** your daughter definitely did the right thing, so good for her. Middle School/Junior High (it was Junior High back in my day) is hellish. I hated every single day of junior high. To this day should I drive by my old junior high (no longer a junior high, but part of the local college now) whilst visitinā€™ Ye Olde Hometowne I tell it how much I hated beinā€™ there. **MOOOOOOM** classy foot stool. Then again, anything from the Dollah Genrul is all class. **shoe** you are the work vixen! Relish your role! **nellie** hope the itchies are less today. **taters** hope youā€™re feelinā€™ better now. **sunny** hope Pixel is better today, poor baby! \*The Vast Conspiracy To Piss Me Off, for those of you not in the know. ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/69 "2021-09-15T00:25:46Z")
Someone from the bariatric center actually called me today, to make sure my message from a week ago had been returned. She didnā€™t think my insurance approval request had been submitted yet, but ā€” again ā€” said it should be submitted today. She promised sheā€™d find out for sure and let me know, but she did not. ā˜¹ So, tomorrow Iā€™ll go back to my plan of contacting the patient coordinator. On the whole, Iā€™m super happy with this center. I believe they are trying, and I do appreciate that someone (finally) reached out to me, but I just need to know that the approval wheels are _definitely_ in motion. In other news, Verizon is crediting me $20 for my 56-hour service outage. The wasp nest wasnā€™t their fault, so Iā€™m pleasantly surprised. šŸ˜ƒ For some reason I havenā€™t been interested in Real Food today. Lunch was Cheerios, peanut butter, and a protein shake; dinner was oatmeal, and Iā€™m about to have some sugar free pudding. I have meatloaf and beef tips in the fridge, pierogies in the freezer, and soup in the pantry, but I just wasnā€™t interested in any of it. Maybe subconsciously Iā€™m aware of the glutton feast that shall be this weekend and Iā€™m conserving. šŸ˜‰ > [@nelliebly](#): > > If it takes 3 weeks, will your surgery have to be postponed? Nah: I donā€™t have a date yet, so thereā€™s nothing to postpone. šŸ™‚ Once the bariatric center gets the approval they will call me with a surgery date, and weā€™ll work backwards from that to schedule my pre-op appointment with the surgeon and determine the start date of my 2-week liquid diet. Iā€™m hopeful for surgery sometime in mid-to-late Octoberā€¦weā€™ll see. Thanks for the crossed fingers! > [@Taters](#): > > I could have gotten this crud while having to go to Yakima. Hey, Iā€™ve heard of Yakima! I have good friends who live about 40 miles north of Yakima (in Ellensburg); thatā€™s where one of the regional airports is. šŸ™‚ ---
**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 15, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/70 "2021-09-15T00:37:21Z")
Dang, Iā€™ve apparently been neglecting all of you. My apologies! To summarize the day - **FCD** did his exercises, so we went to DQ. He took a nap, and I watched the second episode of a documentary on ancient Britain - like back when it wasnā€™t an island and all that! Iā€™ve been crocheting squares for a pink-and-burgundy afghan. Neither of us really wanted supper, so we had an amish 'mater and some cuke salad. I went out and looked at my 'maters, and pretty much all of them have been attacked by bugs. Dammit. Iā€™m thinking tomorrow Iā€™ll just tear out my veggie patch for the year. Iā€™ve been thinking about starting more 'maters and trying to keep them going in the greenhouse over the winter, but I have to come up with a way to heat it and run a grow light out there. Still thinking that out. Daughter has to go on insulin for her gestational diabetes - her copay is $94!!! Holy crap - how do diabetics afford insulin?? Especially if they donā€™t have insurance. Dang. Nothing else exciting going on here. Iā€™m going to had back to bed pretty soon because **FCD** has therapy at 7:30 tomorrow, so we have to get out of the house a bit after 7. What a pain!! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/71 "2021-09-15T01:03:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **FCD** has therapy at 7:30 tomorrow, so we have to get out of the house a bit after 7. What a pain!! I hope pain doesnā€™t actually happen šŸ¤žšŸ¼šŸ¤žšŸ¼šŸ¤žšŸ¼ > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Holy crap - how do diabetics afford insulin?? Many do without or only use partial doses, much to the detriment of their health and quality of life. I think itā€™s a crime that big pharma is getting away with this. Thereā€™s a reason so many people smuggle in from Canada. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/72 "2021-09-15T01:28:08Z")
Brought home a few wings and a couple of chicken tacos. Have eaten half of that, plus nibbled on some cheese. Litter box is scooped (overdue - sorry, kitties!) and the rats got some bran cereal plus a bit of oatmeal. Outside itā€™s in the 60s and not too humid, so itā€™s another ā€œopen windowsā€ night. Matter of fact, my tired old ass is going to bed. Gā€™night, yā€™all. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/73 "2021-09-15T02:01:53Z")
Evening all. Soccer got practiced, we finished about 7pm and the rain came about 8pm, so that worked out well. Kids are frustrating, my assistant coach and I work hard in developing their skills and knowledge, then when we scrimmaged with another team they looked like they had forgotten everythingā€¦life with a group of 10-11 year oldsā€¦ Otherwise things are good, mailed off the internet bill so everything except for credit cards and gas are taken care of for the month. Will check the bank statements tomorrow to see if the annuities have deposited as normal. **Oopsie** , you are more patient than I would be in your situation; but hooray for Verizon. > [@Misnomer](#): > > For some reason I havenā€™t been interested in Real Food today. Lunch was Cheerios, peanut butter, and a protein shake; dinner was oatmeal, and Iā€™m about to have some sugar free pudding. I have meatloaf and beef tips in the fridge, pierogies in the freezer, and soup in the pantry, but I just wasnā€™t interested in any of it. Maybe youā€™re pregnant? šŸ˜„ šŸ˜‰ **swampy** , _everything_ is contrived to cause aggravation; it is a fundamental law of the universe (or oughta be). **Sunny** , best wishes for Pixel. **boofae** , thatā€™s the price we pay for enjoying ourselves; having to go back to work and faceā€¦oh wait, Iā€™m retiredā€¦ šŸ˜œ Being nearly 6ā€™2" I can usually make it to the top shelf, but have a little 2-step ladder just in case. OK, dinner is quietly assimilating in my belly and it sounds like the rain has stopped, so all is good. All yā€™all have a good night/good morning. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/74 "2021-09-15T03:56:15Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Brought home a few wings and a couple of chicken tacos. Have eaten half of that, plus nibbled on some cheese. do you work at a dickeys bbq place? only place I know that has bbq and tacos ā€¦ in fact they male a bbq brisket taco as well as a chicken ā€¦ ---
**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 15, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/75 "2021-09-15T06:00:11Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. : crosses fingers for Oopsie : > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **boofae** , thatā€™s the price we pay for enjoying ourselves; having to go back to work and faceā€¦oh wait, Iā€™m retiredā€¦ : heaves a trout full of Sri Lankan spiders southwestward : : thinks anti itching thoughts at nellie : ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/76 "2021-09-15T06:44:07Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I like this place. Superman by The Brothers Four popped up on the iPod. (Things always ā€˜pop upā€™ on the iPod because itā€™s always in Shuffle mode.) These four Seattleites seemed to have a little trouble with their Spanish ā€“ which doesnā€™t help those of us who donā€™t speak Spanish. And then I remembered Iā€™d [asked about the lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-lyrics-translation-spanish/512943/) a dozen years ago. And there they were.   Okay, I just had to go read that old thread, because Iā€™ve known that song (more or less) since almost forever. Here are the lyrics from one of the lyric sites: Pintame de colores porque me llaman Superman > **[āˆš Rockol - la musica online ĆØ qui - NovitĆ  Musicali](https://www.rockol.com/uk/lyrics-13477131/the-brothers-four-superman)** > > Read the complete lyrics of Superman by The Brothers Four on Rockol.com And the entire song is on several YouTube pages. Hereā€™s one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/lV_qGVXNTWA/maxresdefault.jpg "The Brothers Four - Superman") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV_qGVXNTWA) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/77 "2021-09-15T09:25:19Z")
Hey there everybody! It seems there are more new faces than those I recognize, so I will be the stranger in town. Again. lol, Hi new people! Life here continues to be . . . interesting. Our little Rosebud turned one in August, and what a delight she is! Daisy and Irish are the best first time parents ever, too. Last summer, I got a mama Pom and a puppy from her last litter. The mama Pom, Sparrow, is an AKC Confirmation Champion and has had most of her progeny have finished their Championships too. Caoimhe, my girl pup, is growing up quite nicely, and last week her breeder came by to see how she is coming along, along with the woman who owns a wee little orange male we are thinking about putting her with when the time is right. I would be so over the moon if I had a pup get its Championship! I have a bad tooth, and I am so fed up with dental stuff, I am ready to just have them all pulled. On a more exciting note, my doc is certain that what is wrong with my arm is a torn bicep tendon. Mere words cannot express how delighted I am with this bit of news. I go to the hospital tomorrow for x-rays. rawr! Have a wonderful Wednesday, Cool Kids, and I will try to get back this week. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/78 "2021-09-15T09:27:40Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > do you work at a dickeys bbq place? only place I know that has bbq and tacos Yup, thatā€™s my current irk. ---
**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 15, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/79 "2021-09-15T09:38:44Z")
Remember what I said about jinxing my sleep? Yep. Been up since 2. And Iā€™m going to lay a fair share on **FCD** - heā€™s decided to cut back on some of his pain meds to ā€œsaveā€ them in case he needs them ā€œlater.ā€ For this, I blame his mother - the woman refuses to take meds as directed by her doc so she can stockpile her own mini-pharmacy and self-prescribe as desired. But I digressā€¦ Since he didnā€™t take all his pain meds yesterday, he was in lots of pain last night. When he finally wakes up, heā€™s going to get such a talking-to!!! šŸ˜  > [@kaiwik](#): > > finished their Championships Welcome back. Now, please explain this whole Championship thing to me. Well, maybe not the whole, but the gist, if you donā€™t mind. Bummer about the tooth and bicep - sucks when the parts get out of warranty, donā€™t it? šŸ˜‰ With me itā€™s eyes and fumbly fingers. Plan for today - PT at 7:30, and while heā€™s being abused, Iā€™m going to pop down the other end of the shopping center to Food Lion for a few things. Then depending on the weather, Iā€™ll either pull more weeds or stay inside and do a little sewing. And since my daughter has a meeting after work, I get to pick up Roxy at 3. Somewhere in there, Iā€™ll inventory the freezer and decide what weā€™re having for supper. So lots of fun ahead. Happy Wednesday! ---
**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 15, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594/80 "2021-09-15T10:14:25Z")
Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffeinatinā€™. _YAWN_ ā€˜Tis 71 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 82 and lots oā€™ rain beginninā€™ this afternoon. We shall lay in provisions and I must needs attend to some church janitor Junior Warden duties over to the church house. Sup shall be salmon patties, peas, smashed N.O.T., and bizkits just cause. **{{{Wiki}}}** :: tacklehug :: but kinda gentle cause of the torn tendon. Yay for the pommies and little Rosebud! I think poms are cute even if they look like hairballs with teeth. I want a beef brisket taco! Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack and oh so much bother, I suppose I must needs purtify and don appropriate beinā€™ about the public attire. Why must life be so difficult! Happy Hump Day Yā€™all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monday-the-13th-the-mmp/950594.md?page=5)