Ohhhh, looky, a springy MMP!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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It’s more like a Manhunter video actually. I’ll let those amongst you who are brave enough google Manhunter videos. :smiley: gotti, of course, already knows. Just please note that it is not a good thing to do at work, ok?

meli don’t knock the hand me down stuff especially when it comes to wood furniture. My dining room table is a table my folks had when they were first married. It’s a great table! It sits eight comfortably and has drop down leafs (leaves?) on both ends so it could be a table for four if’n I want. I’ve had it for years. Mom has always said I was smart for jumpin’ on it when they asked if my sibs or I wanted it.

Oh and I put all the plants that live on my back porch in warm weather out this morning. It looks like Spring out there now.

Edited cuz I ain’t got no good grammar.

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Don’t worry, swampy, I wasn’t being sarcastic about the furniture. (Sorry if it came off like that. Ah, how easily communication over the 'net is misinterpreted.) I’m genuinely very glad to receive it, even if it isn’t in the best of conditions (it’s not nearly as large as your set and has seen a lot of abuse over the years); it’s functional and hasn’t fallen apart yet (except for a couple of the chairs, heh), therefore, I am happy. :slight_smile:

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When my in-laws moved from their enormous mausoleum house to a “Senior Community” we ended up with a lot of their old furniture, including the dining room set (an expandable mahogany table and six chairs with petit-point needlework done by my husbnd’s grandmother, plus an impressive carved sideboard) and a fancy-schmancy ornate velvet loveseat, among other things. We initially despaired at incorporating these seemingly outdated pieces into our contemporary home, but I honestly can’t tell you how many times people have been here and gawped at our “amazing antiques.”

Somehow, we got known as the people with extraordinarily good taste. Go figure!

(In other words, hang on to that old furniture!)

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I have to tell you about something funny that happened at lunch.

I went to the library. I parked there and my windows were all open. My iPod was playing a song called Wasn’t me", which is a reggae song about a guy who got caught sleeping around on his girlfrined. (not a great song but it appeals to me for some reason - nice rhythm, and I like the lyrics for the silliness.) Not loud, but loud enough to be heard. Here are the lyrics. It was right on this line:
“picture this, we were both butt-naked
banging on the bathroom floor”
when I parked and looked up and there were at least two old people and one handicapped guy looking at me in faint horror.
Hah! I think some people forget what it’s like to be young. :stuck_out_tongue: Fun times, fun times, to pester the old and infirm.

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Been there. Done that. :smiley:

meli I know you weren’t dissin’ your folks table. I was just sayin’, as LOW so eloquently put it, that some of that old stuff is some of the best stuff you can have. A lot of folks comment how they wish they had my dining room table. Then again, me bein’ gay and all, the mere fact that anything is even in my home makes it f-aaaaaa-bu-lous! You’ll also be surprised how nice a beat up old table can clean up.

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Is it just me or is swampy’s unemployment upping his TMI-factor? I think I’ve learned more that I didn’t really need to know about him this week than in the last few months.

:smiley:

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Idle hands lead to a dirty mind, Taxi. :wink:

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Hey! Somebody’s gotta uphold the standards of the MMP after all. Besides, kai said she was eatin’ bear and nobody thought that was dirty. So There! :stuck_out_tongue:

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**kai ** - I’m not ignorin’ - I’m just forgetful! I did mean to post that looking at your pics, I was struck by your eyes. They seemed to follow me around the room… :eek: OK, maybe I exaggerated that part, but still.

Just a quick post before I toss a white load in the washer (someone informed me this morning that he was out of unders) and while the laundry is going, I’m going to slap some underglaze on the dry pots. With luck, I can fire a load this weekend.

Back later, perhaps. Quit encouraging the bear - he’s starting to get out of control!!! :stuck_out_tongue:

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So, did he go commando this morning or just turn the ones he wore yesterday inside out?

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Oh, my.

:cracks whip:

DOWN, BEAR! There’s a good bear…here have a treat. Smoked sausage? <snerk>

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I’ve had my sausage smoked many, many times.

[sub]What? Mika handed me a line, what was I supposed to do![/sub]

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I’m good at handing people lines. Not so much at responding tot hem, but very good at feeding them.

Anyway, swampy, i think you scared everyone away.

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Hi, everybody. No, you didn’t scare me away, Swampy – I just tried to undo all my surgeon’s good work yesterday. Tripped over something on the bedroom floor and fell HARD…on both knees. Including the one that just got replaced four weeks ago. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Needless to say, it hurt like a mother**, and after Lapin Blanc came running from the other end of the house to find out why I was screaming in agony and I rolled over, we discovered I’d managed to pop my incision open. There was already a 6" glop of blood on my jeans, and more running down my leg. :eek: So, as a veteran of the mom-with-small-boy-who’s-always-needing-stitches school, we grabbed some sterile bandaging and wrapped it up tight with an ace bandage, and called the doctor’s office to see if they wanted me to go there or the ER.

They wanted me to come in to the office, which was fine by me since I trust them more than the ER anyway, so I went in and got properly bandaged and steri-stripped and x-rayed, and it appears I managed not to do myself any permanent damage. But, needless to say, my knee is swelled up like a grapefruit and is turning a real collection of pretty colors as it bruises up (what can be seen under the blood-satured steri-strips, that is – even all taped up, it didn’t stop bleeding completely till this morning!) and hurts like the dickens. So I’ve been in bed with my feet waaay elevated since midafternoon yesterday. If anybody feels the need for a photo, I’ll be happy to provide one. It’ll definitely be of the TMI variety!

And then to add to the good cheer, I talked to my mom a little while ago and learned that my Aunt Betty passed away this morning. :frowning: She was what they used to refer to as an “old maid,” never married, was a kindergarten teacher her whole life and loved kids, and was always my favorite aunt; we had a lot of fun times together. We had our little jokes, especially “Great Scott!” Sniffle. I’ll miss her. But it was a blessing that she went quickly and peacefully. Great Scott, Aunt Betty, I hope St. Peter lets you right in those pearly gates!

Sounds like everything here is going along as usual – escaping cows, nightmares, TMI – all the usual you expect from an MMP. :smiley:

And now I’m off to elevate my knee again!

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Quick drive-by post: I went to trivia night at the pub last night and then went to a friend’s house for a few more drinks - we ended up playing rummy and watching Crocodile Dundee on TV, and by then it was so late that I just crashed at their place. I had a breakfast thing with other friends in the morning so had to stop by my place to change clothes and freshen up before going for pancakes, then came straight to campus. The weather’s crappy and I haven’t been feeling very cheerful, but my preceptor said my latest thesis draft was decent so I feel somewhat comforted.

Must dash off to class. I plan to get work done today and tomorrow, damnit.

ETA: Appropriate hugs and nods and disturbed looks all round. I’ve caught up on reading the MMP but unfortunately don’t have time for individual replies just now. :frowning: See y’all later.

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Back from work, and the dog is walked. I stopped taking the horse pills, so my stomach only hurts a little now. Of course, my back is hurting again. <sigh> At least I hope I am on vacation next week. i heard from my mom, she enjoyed the flu. Mom and dad went to my cousin’s Ian’s wedding. His dad(Uncle Pat) has become a Crazy Cat Guy, he has five now. And he likes hockey. If certain MMPers were single, I’d introduce them. :smiley:

gt, Maggie cook? I’m lucky she didn’t eat my shoes like last time I was sick.

meli, I got my parents [del]junk[/del] cast offs when they moved out of state. I had 70’s decor for the next six years.

MamaTigs, :eek:[sup]5[/sup]. I hopw you heal quick. Sorry about Aunt Betty, too.

kai, beautiful pictres of you. Too bad you’re married to a guy with access to harpoons.

meeks, it was a drug side effect, so I have no Sick to pass around. Send in your SCA check, I like women in chain mail.

swampy, I have no living cows here, but Rod the Roomba just locked himself in the bathroom.

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Are your floors so vile that the poor thing’s trying to commit Roombacide?

:smiley:

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Biotigs ouch! Hope you get all healed up soon. Of course we want to see a picture. Silly tigs! :smiley:

I’m so sorry about your Aunt Betty. FWIW I’ll keep her and your family in my thoughts and prayers.

doggio what did you do to poor Rod? I hope he doesn’t do something drastic like try to flush himself down the toilet, poor dear.

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Okay, Swampy, I’ll take a photo next time I change the bandaging. (I’m keeping it covered till I know for sure it’s stopped seeping blood so I don’t ruin more clothes!) I should have known you’d want photographic evidence. Silly me. :wink:

It really turned to spring today, quite suddenly and thoroughly. The daffodils and forsythia are in full bloom, and the blossoming trees are all budding out with white and pink blossoms. I understand the cherry trees around the Tidal Basin are actually going to bloom during the Cherry Blossom Festival this year, too, for a rare change. We’ve got the windows open and the breeze is so lovely and fresh!

We took the pups for a drive this afternoon and ran a couple short errands this afternoon (to make sure I can move around again) and I got a new shedding blade since their old one finally gave up the ghost last year and it’s definitely shedding season. And then I took them out in the back yard a little while ago and proceeded to remove enough fur from the pair of them to cover a new dog easily. It’s a wonder they’re not both bald, considering how much hair we left all over the yard! Why do we keep pets who coat our yards, homes, clothes, and everything else we own with hair? And why do we love them so much anyway? :smiley:

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BooFae, check this out.