# Northern Exposure - An Arctic MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 14, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641 "2006-08-14T08:10:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 16, 2006, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/201 "2006-08-16T22:26:23Z")
Hah! I have a little time before class, and I can spend it Doping. Whee! One of my co-workers (the Paranoid One) has been progressively bothering me more and more. She is extremely conerned all thew time that no one is as competent as she is, and so she needs to ask you before you do anything that you’ve done hundreds of times before if you know how. I want to wring her neck. I am searching for calm, and charitable thoughts. She can’t help being a control freak, and I can help being bothered by it. Grr. No, no. Zen. Calm. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/202 "2006-08-16T22:31:53Z")
[QUOTE=BiblioCat] Oooooh, Sweaty Tree Guys are just as good as Sweaty Firefighters. Take pictures. [/QUOTE] Trust me on this one–these are not hot, sexy sweaty tree guys. 1. I don’t like sweaty --not sexy to me. Go take a shower, already! The ONLY guy who is sexy dirty, is Viggo Mortensen–and he will be sexy dead. 2. Tree guy is shorter than I am, with a beer belly and he talks non-stop. 3. #2 tree guy giggles, ala Beavis to whatever Tree guy says. Can’t wait for tomorrow! in other news: #1 son came to me this afternoon with a plan for his physical exercise and he joined the Fencing Club while at freshman orientation. So, no more soccer. I will hold him to his exercising, though. (and if he thinks that fencing will be easier than soccer, he has another shock coming…). We talked about training and how every friggin’ thing in life requires some kind of it. Even housework–it requires regular attention etc. We shall see. Hopefully this is something that interests him more. I do hope I didn’t just cave to his wiles. Husband agrees with the plan. ---
**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 16, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/203 "2006-08-16T23:16:28Z")
Home from therapy. Sketties were good. Too bad I don’t have any ice cream in the house. Tomorrow will be a cool day at work, 'cause I won’t be at work much. We’re going on a field trip as the last part of our training. For the last three days, we’ve been learning about a particular type of facility. Tomorrow, we are going to visit one such facility. It should be interesting. If nothing else, it’s a day out of the cubicle farm! YAY! Maybe on the way back to the office, we can stop for ice cream… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/204 "2006-08-16T23:39:15Z")
An embarrassing moment: #2Granddaughter (10 yr-old) is hanging out at the shop with me. I’m talking on the phone with TheGirlChild[sup]TM[/sup], her aunt, when #2GD gets up from her chair and wanders by, and , automatically, I go into parent-speak and say _“pull up your pants.”_, right in the middle of a sentence. Then I had a sudden thought. :eek: How did that sound on the phone? :eek: :eek: In other news, I just tasted chocolate covered potato chips for the first time. They’re…interesting. Pretty good, really. Hi **Taters**. Hi **Scout**. Hi **Everybody**. ---
**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 16, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/205 "2006-08-16T23:51:33Z")
Hi **TaterswelbyReborosie** andotherdrivebypeople! :gasp: Another slow day at work. I looked in the fridge to fix dinner, had to toss the broccoli, it was generating its own white sauce. Pizza it is. I can tell Maggie is a Doperdog, I said pizza and I got no response. I said “bring pie” and she perked up. **rigs** ,my mom never let me run around with a pointed metal stick when I was young. Will you adopt me? **Tel** , go for the lottery. If you win big you can buy fiery vengeance. Have your cake and eat it, too. **SCL** , I guess the committee wants the players to play, not face the perils of castle Anthrax. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/206 "2006-08-17T00:47:09Z")
Depends–how old are you, **caninemanservant?** I’m _already_ doing the Mrs Robinson thingy with our own **spats** … Are you housetrained? Obedient? Quiet? If so, we’ll see. 🙂 I am reading the funniest murder mystery right now: _The Big Over Easy_ by Jasper Fforde. I usually don’t like hard boiled mysteries, but this one is hysterical. Humpty Dumpty has had a great fall…but was he pushed? hee. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/207 "2006-08-17T01:31:18Z")
OK, I think I’m caught up on the MMP. Glad you made it home safely, **Tel** , even if you immediately encountered job info for back in Virginny. So where _is_ that **Spats**? The dustbunnies in NC sure are large! (And cute; seems a shame to clean them up.) Loved the farmhand story, **Bobbio**. Kinda reminded me of my tree people from last week. I notice **Rue** still hasn’t stopped by. Do we have a volunteer for next week’s MMP yet? I can do it, if no one else wants to… Off to beddie bye…(didn’t get enough sleep last night and now it’s catching up with me). GT ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/208 "2006-08-17T02:20:28Z")
**gt** , you’re a better Doper than I, I just skimmed… **rigs** : 2 tings. First ting, is my guy over by dere says he’s not sure which district did or didn’t change contracts this year, so shoot me an e-mail and I’ll get a precise answer for ya. Don’t want the rigslings riding unreliable buses, ok? Udder ting: I checked the summary of that book you’re reading and put it on my wish list at my library. Soon’s I finish slogging through the last Harry Potter (I’m, 2/3 through number 5 now) I’m going to start to attack the list. I love a good book recomendation, yes I do! Now, my beeeg news of the day. My mum is coming to visit us here. She lives in Tucson (Hi **troublmakr**!!), and doesn’t like to travel a lot these days. But a good friend of the family had a school named for him last year, and the grand opening/dedication/open house is September 7th, so she’ll fly out the night before, and stay with us (shudder) until 13th. (note to self and Wife: No shrieking sex between the 6th and 13th, which means thanks mom, the 7th is our anniversary. ☹ ) But it’ll be fun anyway, I’m thinking we’ll have a thing with the neighbors - we’re always bragging what a fun 'hood we moved into, she can see it firsthand now. Also, Ms. Big Pockets Grandma will take the Kid shopping, which works since she (Kid) will be at school, but only 40 minutes away, as opposed to 330 miles like when she was in Cleveland so she can come home over the weekend, and do some essential Grandma Shopping. Ok, got to fly, I’ll be around only in the morning tomorrow, then off to the Sox game. Envy me. A weekday afternoon at the ballpark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/209 "2006-08-17T02:30:07Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] So where _is_ that **Spats**? [/QUOTE] I dunno. His LJ entries have been short and sporadic, too. I wonder. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/210 "2006-08-17T03:34:14Z")
Sorry everyone, I know I haven’t been here the last few days. This is what happens when I get home and have nothing to do: I lose all track of Things I Do Each Day, like posting on the Dope. **kai** , I’ve just turned 22. OH! The other thing is I’ve been having my own private marathon of The 4400. A friend lent me the season 1 and 2 DVDs. I’m midway through season 2 now. Here are some puns that I haven’t shared with my Cool Kid friends. > [@Pun for Tuesday](#): > > Tosa ohsa\ noun > Definition: The Tosa is a breed of dog of Japanese origin that is considered rare. Befitting of its origins as a fighting dog, the Tosa Inu is not a dog for the novice owner. It is driven not only to scrap with other dogs, but also with cats, as well as with other small animals. It is a large breed and can be extremely difficult to control. > Example sentence: My new dog was getting really belligerent and hostile, so for a bit of relief I headed to the local eatery and had them tosa salad for me. > [@Pun for Wednesday](#): > > So there I was, right? On the ice, right? There I was, surrounded by the other girls on the team - real dogs, they were, not going to win any beauty pageants - and we’re about to start the game. We’ve got our sticks, the goalie is in the net, and finally the door opens once again and out comes, clicking claws on the ice, this scrunch-faced flat round black dog that slides into the face-off circle. That’s right - it was a hockey pug. Yeah, I’ll be better about posting. Although, come to think of it, I may be gone next week. I don’t know if I’ll have internet access at Cape Cod. I’m going with the family. It’ll be fun. And yes, I _did_ read what I missed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/211 "2006-08-17T09:23:39Z")
TOIT! Thank Og It’s Thursday. Wow. You guys are really good at this. I just lose track of my own life so easily, let alone everyone else’s. Great network of friends to have! And, BTW, love all the gorgeous baby/child/grandchild/dust bunny photos! Thursday is the last day of my working week and I for one am heartily impressed that I have made it through another week! The last six weeks have been very, very quiet in our little office, firstly because both the bosses took 6 weeks leave at the same time, and secondly because any sane person would (and most do) take holidays in summer and run away from the 120F temperatures in this little corner of the world! So the banking and business worlds grind to a halt for a few weeks and leave those poor few of us who can’t afford or don’t want to holiday with every man and his dog to quietly while away the hours, and the days, and the weeks, in our quiet little offices until the masses return from vacation to once more impose their wills on us. :sigh: And all of this quietude would be quite lovely (and for the most part it is) as it means I can turn up at 9:30am and toddle off home at 6:00pm without a care (my normal days start at 9am and usually carry on until about 8-9 pm). BUT, I am six weeks pregnant and feel very much like dropping my head down onto the desk and drooling sleepily over my keyboard, so something to keep me busy would be much better. I am one of those people who functions better under pressure. When it’s quiet, I am highly unmotivated and find it (hard to believe, but it’s true) harder to meet deadlines, simply because if there is so little to do, why do anything at all? The other thing is that the day passes much more slowly when it’s quiet. Clock-watching is very annoying and I am absolutely positive that it does in fact slow the passage of time. So anyway, here I sit at 12:25 on a Thursday afternoon, wishing it was 1:00pm already so we could bugger off to our loooooong Thursday lunch, sitting in a café drinking iced tea and scoffing gourmet sandwiches, followed up with eeevil cheesecake dessert! :double sigh: ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/212 "2006-08-17T10:03:40Z")
Thanks **li-li** that sounds really nummy, and I have a soup it would go great with. hehehe, **bobbio** , my husband generally defers to the wonders of my wrath when it comes to stupid people. He is such an easy going kind of guy, whereas I tend to blow when a line gets crossed. I do not tolerate fools or ijits. Aw **rigs** teenagers are such a handful. It sounds as though he has Teenage Ennui in a bad way. And if he thinks fencing is going to be a piece of cake, boy does he have a surprise coming! It is admirable that he worked for his computer, and there are skills in building a custom computer (I have an adult friend who is into gaming in a big way, EverQuest, and she has built three computers for herself, not including mine, and her latest, biggest, best system sounds a lot like your son’s, all see through with blue neon-ish lights, we call it the Frankenputer) and gaming, although gaming can easily become a compulsion. A lot of my friends, including myself, refer to our friend’s obsession with EverQuest as EverCrack. The greatest tool I have found in helping teens to grow into responsible adults is consistancy in everything. If he has a fencing lesson, he must attend and participate. He may hate it, he may temporartily hate you, but it will pass, and he will thank you in the long run. My two older girls greyed my hair considerably, and The Son is looking to do the same. He _only_ wants to play video games…although this summer I have forced him outside. At first I could only motivate him (read that as order him) to get out on the deck and get some fresh air and sunlight, but he now has a renewed interest in his skateboard and riding his bike, he and his buddy have gone swimming frequently, and he does enjoy his Wednesday church youth group. Tomorrow they are having an overnight with swimming, games, food, etc. and his only complaint is that he needs to be there by 9:00 am, and he hasn’t seen that time of day all summer! You have my parent’s prayers and thoughts, we have to stick together through this! I am amazed at how many kids are starting school already! What happened to school beginning after Labor Day? Alaska begins early as a lot of kids go to their families fish sites in late May, but now it seems the entire country is beginning in August. When do your schools let out for summer break? **MBG** our buses are so crowded that my kids refuse to ride. They would prefer to walk to and from school, no matter how dark the day or how bad the weather. I guess I ought to give them credit for that, the two older girls thought their feet were solely for the display of expensive sneakers. (hehe, I punned!) **pugs** you crack me up everytime you refer to your kid as Lil Lestat! When #2 was in high school she adopted the goth look for a while. One night the family was together watching a movie and she appeared in the darkened hallway, black clothing, ultra pale face makeup with dark eye and lip makeup, and announced in a gloomy voice that she was going to bed. I couldn’t help myself, and asked her if she was sleeping in the crypt that night. The rest of the family cracked up, although she was not amused! She laughs about it now, although at the time she was always drawing the most morbid pictures. (she is a very talented artist) I worried for a while, but she grew out of that phase…and into another, and another… I bought _On Writing_ when it came out, and while I have some of his audio books I do not have that one. It’s now on my PFD list! Hurry October! **Sean** I agree that _Small World_ was a bore, but the Nodd’s Ridge series is quite good, imo. the books are _Caretakers_, _The Trap_, _Pearl_, _One on One_ and _Book of Reuben_. **Jahdra** Alaska is a wonderful place to visit, and I will probably live out the rest of my days here, but it takes a certain kind of person to deal with some of the down sides. The winters are long, dark, cold and brutal. Depending where you live, winter storms frequently isolate communities. The wildlife is magnificent, but then again, it’s wildlife, and sometimes it bites. Cabin fever sets in. Summers are short, and the biting bugs are mighty. And a lot of very odd people come and go. Those are the downsides, and despite all of them, I still wouldn’t move back to the Lower 48 for anything. Hawaii, maybe! I do appreciate all the positive comments I have received about my writing about daily life here, and the raw, natural beauty of the land is truly awesome. It takes my breath away daily. Aw **mika** I get a twitchy eye when I am stressed too. Fortunately it isn’t a permanent condition. I am happy for you being halfway moved, I am still not completely unpacked from the move last September! Hmmm **spats** , #2, otherwise known as The Peach, will be 22 in just a couple of months… Okay, I gotta go to bed, lots to do tomorrow, rather later today. Time just flys by. Prayers and good thoughts for those who need them, (please include both of my brothers), the skiffman called and agreed to not go out west, and will probably work hunting charters around the island through December, and then we will play it by ear until halibut in the Spring. At least with the charters he will be able to get out deer too, which he hasn’t been able to for a couple of years. I will try to fill in the latest happenings chez kaiwik before the weekend, but ya never know… 😃 ---
**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 17, 2006, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/213 "2006-08-17T10:55:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dottygumdrop] And all of this quietude would be quite lovely (and for the most part it is) as it means I can turn up at 9:30am and toddle off home at 6:00pm without a care (my normal days start at 9am and usually carry on until about 8-9 pm). [/QUOTE] Those are seriously your work hours?? Dang! I guess there’s no such thing as an 8-hour day for you? My 8 hours run 0600-1400 (that’s 6-2 for the non-military among you) - if we lunch at our desks and work thru, we don’t have to extend the day to cover that. So I’m generally home by 2:45 every afternoon, leaving me plenty of time to do stuff before dinner. The very idea of working till 8 or 9 PM makes me weep - I’m usually crawling into bed by 8:30 to watch TV till I nod off. If I’m not being too nosy - will you quit work when the baby arrives? ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/214 "2006-08-17T11:01:23Z")
I’m up and pondering how best to get stuff done today. It’s my Friday (yay!!!), although it appears that work computer will be going to Michigan with me so that I can put my slides together for my Tuesday presentation. I should have a bit of time tomorrow mid-day and Saturday a.m. to get much of that done. So, I think that I mostly have to get one large assignment together for my group (I need for them to have it done while I’m gone). There will be about 4 million miscellaneous small things to do, but I think I can still get myself home at a decent hour. Wow, **DottyG** , where are you that it’s so hot? Seems like it’s kind of a good thing that your bosses are out of the way while you’re in the sleepy phase. Well, I should actually get stuff done before I toddle off to work… GT ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/215 "2006-08-17T12:03:43Z")
Today has started with a new round of bogosity for the week. I got up at 0400 so I could get to the Y extra early and swim more than usual. I took my time getting ready, ambled out to the Nerdmobile, and set out for Suffolk. Hmm, the car is riding funny, and I’m not even out of my driveway. I got out to look, and the driver’s side front tire is mondo flat. Damn… I drove the Family Truckster instead, after checking with VWife that she wasn’t going anywhere today. I don’t like it for this commute, because it sucks the gas so quickly. I was going to get new tires for the Nerdmobile anyway. I guess it’ll be this weekend… :mad: ---
**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 17, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/216 "2006-08-17T12:04:31Z")
Sounds like **DottyG** is in the middle east somewhere to me. I hope it ain’t anywhere where they’re shootin’/bombin’. So, here I am at work. Woo and Hoo. I’m just wonderin’ what unogly horrid things will befall me today. I swear if that fool from Etlanner calls and says anything about mop handles to me, Ima get in my vehicle, drive to Etlanner, find him and slap him. Or maybe just stick my tongue out at him. Then drive all the way back home. I think I’d like to do that. Go on, call! I dares ya! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/217 "2006-08-17T12:17:11Z")
Oh my. Oh my oh my oh my. I think I’m gonna . . . It’s Thursday? THURSDAY? I’m not in to say toodles. I’m in to say I’m gonna cry because I thought yesterday was Thursday, and that today, Friday, I’d be flying out to go fishing. **Welbywife** took sadistic pleasure in pointing this out to me as I packed last night. How can I have lost an entire day? ☹ ---
**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:** [August 17, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/218 "2006-08-17T12:21:42Z")
Any constructiony people around? Our new bed has been progressively breaking. It’s got a slatted bottom, and the sides are bulging out, which makes the slats fall. There’s no side-to side bracing. Lazy Husband and Driving Husband are coming over today, and we’re going to try to come up with an intelligent solution. I think if we got pieces the inside width of the bed, laid crosswise, and bolted them to the sides, that would give it more structural integrity. I’m really bad a spatial stuff, though. And measuring. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/219 "2006-08-17T12:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Any constructiony people around? Our new bed has been progressively breaking. It’s got a slatted bottom, and the sides are bulging out, which makes the slats fall. There’s no side-to side bracing. Lazy Husband and Driving Husband are coming over today, and we’re going to try to come up with an intelligent solution. I think if we got pieces the inside width of the bed, laid crosswise, and bolted them to the sides, that would give it more structural integrity. I’m really bad a spatial stuff, though. And measuring. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE] Quick and dirty fix is to drill and screw the slats into the siderails that hold them up. That way the slats keep the siderails from bulging out. ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641/220 "2006-08-17T12:49:42Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] I’m really bad a spatial stuff, though. And measuring. Any suggestions? [/QUOTE] Use a tape measure? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/northern-exposure-an-arctic-mmp/368641.md?page=12)