# (Old) A Head For The Hills MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 22, 2023, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409 "2023-05-22T10:18:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/261 "2023-05-26T22:53:30Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Happy Friday and three day weekend for those that still notice. Four days for me. šŸ™‚ Well, it _was_ā€¦ ā˜¹ > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Tomato sauce comes from a canā€¦ [Peaches come from a can. They were put there by a man in a factory downtown.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNRwDrNAGLo) Nurse Spousal Unit is too tired after a week of visiting patients, a long drive (both ways) to a three-day seminar over last weekend, and another week of visiting patients. ā€˜I feel like Iā€™ve been working for two weeks,ā€™ she said. We were going to go out for Greek food tonight, but sheā€™s too tired. She says itā€™s too hot for me to cook. She ordered a pizza and salad for us. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/262 "2023-05-26T23:03:07Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Use your usual recipe for tomato sauce, but take the time to remove the seeds and pulp even if you do use a food mill. So like garlic and shallots and stuff? He says hoping for a big tomato harvest this year. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/263 "2023-05-26T23:14:50Z")
Yes šŸ™‚ I like to simmer the tomatoes with good olive oil to add a little extra flavor, but basically, you make your tomato sauce how you want it. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > For a **Leftie Hippie type** you sure do hang out in some far-Right places. Thatā€™s the sweetest thing anyone has said to me for a very long time! Mom lives in Boise, thatā€™s the only reason I would ever consider going there. ---
**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:** [May 26, 2023, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/264 "2023-05-26T23:23:45Z")
Yay on the good numbers **bumba**. The apartment is cleaneded up, groceries are bought and supper is et. I washed Nelsonā€™s toys with the sheets and towels this morning (hot water and bleach) soā€™s any bacteria that may have been on them would be greatly reduced and not reinfect his gums. When Rocky (his emotional support raccoon) came out of the dryer, he got all excited and immediately took him. I also washed his car bed and his studio bed for the same reasons. He was beginning to get back to his usual self this afternoon when he killed\* one of his rope toys. šŸ™‚ \*He tends to shake any long toy like he would a rat to kill it. Blame it on his terrier ancestry. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2023, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/265 "2023-05-26T23:50:24Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > That sucks, were you able to get in the door? Yes, current location is open when I arrive, I have a key to the office. ID badge opened doors at the previous division and at headquarters so I had it inactivated today. Iā€™ve only been using it to swipe in on the time clock. However, we also have Executime software so Iā€™m signing in on that now. > [@teelabrown](#): > > itā€™s just about the biggest company in the world based on Rachel Maddowā€™s book, Blowout, Iā€™m going to guess Exxon-Mobil. (I know you didnā€™t want us to guess and I know you wonā€™t say; Iā€™m just reading this book right now and incredulous at the actions of the oil & gas industry) > [@Baker](#): > > I made a very peculiar discovery on the back of one card, a name that would be the married name of my maternal great grandmother. Very šŸ†’šŸ•¶ > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Tomorrow will be my first Saturday without Soccer in a couple of months, so need to find something to do with myself. what about umpiring softball or baseball? **Bumba** quite a full day. I bet dinner was delicious and really hit the spot after all that activity. Iā€™m sure you slept well. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > so I settled for a They can call those plants firecrackers all theyā€™re good for but I have news for them, THESE are firecrackers: [https://www.amazon.com/Monarda-Balm-Flower-Seeds-Perennial/dp/B00GVH91CO/ref=asc\_df\_B00GVH91CO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642134413834&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12575681961002635537&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016866&hvtargid=pla-1952441906769&psc=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwscGjBhAXEiwAswQqNI3YWIHVuOpdA6vJIXpwl9ywHhw0W6shfCDhFeyVzeFFV8gLzs0smxoCAX8QAvD\_BwE](https://www.amazon.com/Monarda-Balm-Flower-Seeds-Perennial/dp/B00GVH91CO/ref=asc_df_B00GVH91CO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=642134413834&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12575681961002635537&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9016866&hvtargid=pla-1952441906769&psc=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwscGjBhAXEiwAswQqNI3YWIHVuOpdA6vJIXpwl9ywHhw0W6shfCDhFeyVzeFFV8gLzs0smxoCAX8QAvD_BwE) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/266 "2023-05-27T00:04:24Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Thatā€™s the sweetest thing anyone has said to me for a very long time! Mom lives in Boise, thatā€™s the only reason I would ever consider going there. Anything for you, my dear. Good luck w Mom. I know this has a bunch of stress in it. > [@missred](#): > > \*He tends to shake any long toy like he would a rat to kill it. Blame it on his terrier ancestry. Given some of what youā€™ve told us of this critter, Iā€™d sooner believe he likes the sensation of his small brain rattling around inside his large skull. Like a rattle-can of spraypaint: shake until the ball moves freely. šŸ˜ Had my ham & cheddar sandwich on a half bread/half lettuce wrap. And a pile of blackberries. A fine if simple dinner. Next up is some Colombian whole wheat crackers with TJā€™s Stilton. Iā€™d enjoy a nice Scotch with that, but need to go to sleep soon and will sleep better without. Le Sigh. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/267 "2023-05-27T00:09:26Z")
We decided we should do sumpā€™n for Memorial Day, so JDD and Partner and the wives are cominā€™ over to hang at the cee-mint pond. Weā€™ll grill burgers and eat 'em along with N.O.T. sallit, and corn on the cob. Well, I wonā€™t eat corn on the cob, I will cut the corn off the cob. I do not like to bite into stuff like that. I even have to slice apple before I can eat it. Itā€™s a weird texture thing for me. Oh and weā€™ll have cheesecake with fresh macerated strawberries. Plus beerverages and stuff like chips ā€˜n dip to munch on whilst lounginā€™ at the cee-mint pond. **Pilot** have a safe flight to Nā€™awlins. Too bad you canā€™t have some fun whilst there. **red** glad Nelson is gettinā€™ back to his usual self. Tomato sauce comes from a jar and tomato paste comes from a can. I am far too slothful to believe they come any other way. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/268 "2023-05-27T00:40:42Z")
Hello all! Finally, Iā€™m learning how to breath again. Itā€™s been an incredibly busy few days. Both kids are now finished with school and, unless things go really, really badly, I now have a 9th grader (that one is a given) and a senior (hopefully). Thereā€™s been a lot of driving back and forth to schools, getting CtE to theirs, BtY to his, picking CtE up either from school (if I was going to be in the area anyway) or the bus stop and, finally, picking up BtY from school. I am SO looking forward to not have to get up or be out of the house to shuttle the kids around. I did manage to get up to MFN and get my gummies, which are doing wonders for my back pain. Things have gotten busier for him so Iā€™m hoping that weā€™ll be able to get together like weā€™d talked about one day next week. Partly because he told me he would switch out the PITA right turn signal bulb in the van for me. The quick clicking is driving me nuts, and Iā€™m not sure if Iā€™ll have the time or the back to get into everything that I need to to switch it out. The kids and I have a tradition where, after the last day of school, we go to our local Sonic and get shakes. Weā€™ve been doing this for at least 6 years if not longer. And this is a place weā€™ve been going to since BtY was around 4, so everyone knows us there fairly well. One of the guys asked CtE when they would start working there with them. Iā€™m kinda hoping that they will - partly because I think it will be good for them and partly because they have a $70 game that theyā€™d be able to pay for themself. But it was a nice day for shakes and (later) sitting outside on the porch to relax. BtY has discovered my Porch Chair. Itā€™s a camp chair, which isnā€™t the best but at least is comfortable enough most of the time. It could be the impetus I need to go get the table and chairs from Ollieā€™s sooner rather than later. It would also be nice to eat on the porch every once in awhile. Iā€™m thinking about buying plants for the porch, but Iā€™m not completely sure. 1) I have a black thumb - Iā€™ve killed cacti. 2) Iā€™m not sure which would be the best ones for staying outside like that, 3) Hi Opal, 4) I have a tendency to overdo and I worry that once I start buying plants, I wonā€™t be able to stop. Kroger has some Boston Ferns on sale for $12 that I may decide to pick up. Iā€™m also thinking the possibility of having a container garden but thatā€™s failed every other time Iā€™ve tried it. No big plans for the weekend. We were hoping that my best friend would have been able to come up for a board game long weekend, but she had a family emergency happy. So instead, it will be the excitement of cleaning, recycling, dropping stuff off at Goodwill, and (hopefully) a fair amount of reading. Iā€™m looking forward to June 1, because thatā€™s when our public library is starting Summer Reading. I always end up with a LOT of points because I read a lot. And Iā€™ll admit to a bit of chomping at the bit to log some of the reading Iā€™ve already done. But I just have to wait until next Thursday. And nothing says I canā€™t read until then, right? **Sari** , Iā€™m in puppy cuteness overload! So adorable! > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Yay! Congratulations šŸ¾ You go girl šŸ™‚ > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Real Fish** , YEAH!! for your award. Volunteers like you deserve all the recognition you can get. Thank you both so much! I should have expected it from them because they make no secret that the love having me at the school, but I really wasnā€™t thinking anything like that would even be possible. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I recently started volunteer teaching two literacy classes for refugees and immigrants. An hour on Wednesday, 90 minutes on Friday. I wish I had made myself do it years ago! That sounds like a wonderful use of your time, **Boo**. I should probably look into something like that myself - though I do have my two hours a week where Iā€™m helping with storytime. But likeā€¦ well, most if not all of usā€¦ I have a love of words and a love of sharing those words. Thatā€™s probably part of why I help with storytime. But having older students would be an interesting opportunity. > [@Misnomer](#): > > on June 3, weā€™ll have a tent at a local pride festival! Iā€™m looking forward to it, and I ordered some [rainbow heart stickers](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B094VS6FT3) and a [wood sign for our table](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BP5VDF1L) that got delivered today. That sounds wonderful! I love the idea of the rainbow heart stickers. I need to see if weā€™re even having one this year. Now that the school year is done and things are calming down a little, I should look into some of the events that Iā€™d like to attend. > [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@TruePisces](#): > > > > Have you been to Florida Southern College? > > Nope ā€“ but I just Googled it, and itā€™s now on my bucket list! Thank you! šŸ™‚ The campus is really beautiful. It was very much a Methodist-affiliated school when I was there in the early 90s, but that was more in what we were and werenā€™t allowed to do. I loved just walking around the campus. Whenever you do make it down, youā€™ll have to let me know what you think! **Cat Glove** , pharmacy mix-ups are the worst, especially when youā€™re in serious need of the medication. Iā€™m glad that, in the end, you were able to get the patches but you shouldnā€™t have had to deal with that frustration. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Dinner out was a fun little place locally that specializes in small plates. Sort of Appetizers į“™ Us, but nothing deep fried. That sounds like exactly the type of place I need. I get tired of food very quickly, so buffets and things like that are much better for me. Iā€™ll have to see if thereā€™s anything like that around here. > [@dogbutler](#): > > I love your child. Unless he becomes a Coke dealer. šŸ˜‰ Nope, I expect that he wants Mom dead and will become a Pepsi dealer. šŸ˜‰ (Iā€™ve got some weird allergy to Pepsi that, when I drink it, I have an asthma attack.) > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Holy Jesus FUCK one of the local high schools had their graduation tonight (couple of guys showed up in their gowns & square hats!) and we were SUH-LAMMED had to call in reinforcements for a couple of hours. I suspect that a lot of the places around here have been like that for the last couple of weeks. With our district being as large as it is, they have a lot of graduations before the end of the school year and they do most of them at some of the larger convention centers. Times like this, I kowtow to you and anyone else who will be trying to feed people during times like this. Belated Happy Birthday, **Herald**!!! Hope it was a great one (I havenā€™t gotten that far yet, so if you said how it was, then Yay/Boo/Whatever-is-apporpriate) > [@swampbear](#): > > This will get turned into my version of Philly cheesesteaks, I refuse to tell this to my Philly-raised Hubby. He would be harrumphing for hours. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > I feel really shitty about wanting to jump ship after only having been here six months, especially since theyā€™re all so over-the-moon to have me here, butā€¦ Iā€™m really unhappy. I havenā€™t heard back from that one job, which is a little unexpected - I didnā€™t expect to _get_ the job, but I at least expected an interview. I put a couple more applications out. At least makes me feel like Iā€™m doing something. {{{ **Niner** }}} As much as you donā€™t want to jump ship after six months, youā€™ve got to do whatā€™s going to make you happy. And donā€™t cut out the possibility of that job being off the table. Iā€™ve seen a lot of places take far longer than anyone else thinks it should take. So thereā€™s hope! > [@dogbutler](#): > > After 25 years in retail, I agree whole-heartedly. I donā€™t think I could ever go back to the customer service business. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > I mean, I spent right about 32 years in SoCal, 110-115 in the summer wasnā€™t at all uncommonā€¦ And I never ever liked it. XD I spent 12 years in Florida where it was always far too hot for me. I was one of the few who didnā€™t spend the summer at the beach. I was much happier in the AC, and Iā€™m MUCH happier here in Nashville where we have more than ā€œhotā€, ā€œhotterā€, and ā€œwhat the fuck?!ā€ for weather. > [@Chefguy](#): > > My son just told me that his daughter came out as trans, which wasnā€™t entirely shocking to me. Canā€™t be easy for a kid, and I wish her/him luck. How old, if itā€™s not too impertinent to ask? I canā€™t speak to trans but when CtE came out as non-binary (though now theyā€™re thinking they may be more gender fluid) I know I was glad that all of the people that loved them just supported whole-heartedly. I know the fact they had people supporting them helped a LOT. Even if the changes in the legislature around here have made them more uncomfortable wearing the things that they enjoy like their skirts. Just be supportive of them. Thatā€™s the best that any of you can do. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Happily, hubs just announced that the D4 early access will start June 2nd. I paid for early access because I love the game and also because I want to get the names I want. Imma be Lavinia Whateley, Sonia Green, Steve and derF. I keep wavering back and forth on getting it. Not because I donā€™t want it - I desperately do! But if I get it, then Hubby will want his own copy. And CtE may decide that they want a copy. Iā€™ll just have to keep an eye out for sales and keep playing D2 in the meantime. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > I am busily at the shopā€¦waiting for paint to dry. Such excitement. You live the most exciting life. šŸ˜‰ Of course, Iā€™m the person that would have six books that Iā€™d flip back and forth between as I wait for the drying paint. **JtC** , **FCM** , **VanGo** and anyone else talking about tomatoes and yummy tomato things - about a year ago, we got more tomatoes than we could reasonably eat from a community giveaway. Hubby made tomato jam from it. If I could actually grow anything (see my comments about my black thumb above), Iā€™d want to have enough tomatoes to make more jam. And I think I might have actually reached the end of the current posts. Now I think Iā€™m going to give my back a rest and kick BtY out of my chair on the porch so I can get some reading done. Have a great Friday night/Saturday morning, all! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/269 "2023-05-27T00:52:17Z")
Did you ever start a project that you canā€™t lay down, but now you are regretting starting? Over time Iā€™ve collected tons of recipes off of labels, from magazines, from family and so on. Now I started to finally organize them and hoo boy, itā€™s a mess. But the good thing is I found some things I thought I had lost. Like the Klingon recipe book I got at a con in OKC in the late eighties. Thereā€™s Fried Ferengi ears, Andorran Brain Matter, Bleeding Qagh, and so on. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/270 "2023-05-27T01:14:20Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Oh and weā€™ll have cheesecake with fresh macerated strawberries. Plus beerverages and stuff like chips ā€˜n dip to munch on whilst lounginā€™ at the cee-mint pond. I know youā€™re using the culinary term correctly, but I can only ever think of the word ā€œmaceratedā€ in the context of waterlogged festering wounds. The sort that 16th-18th Century wooden sailing ship sailors contended with. Not an appetizing thought, and doubly so considering white semi-mushy stuff w red saucy stuff atop and a crunchy / crumbly brown layer below. Carry on. šŸ˜ > [@swampbear](#): > > **Pilot** have a safe flight to Nā€™awlins. Too bad you canā€™t have some fun whilst there. Thank you. Itā€™ll be 3 flights each day - 6 total; Nawlinā€™s is just the overnight. Gotta traverse the Gulf of Mexico 4 times too. A solid daysā€™ work each day. Weā€™ll have earned beinā€™ tarred by the time weā€™re done each day. Long range weather ~~forecasting~~ guessing seems benign enough. > [@TruePisces](#): > > That sounds like exactly the type of place I need. I get tired of food very quickly, so buffets and things like that are much better for me. Iā€™ll have to see if thereā€™s anything like that around here. The magic word you might try looking for is ā€œTapasā€. Originally a Spanish idea of course, but now lots of restaurants of other cuisines are experimenting in that direction. Although a good buffet can deliver a Tapas-like experience as long as you can a) manage portion control, and b) not eat just the desserts. šŸ™‚ When I lived in Las Vegas and the price of the buffets was not so crazy as it is now, once in a while weā€™d get a gaggle of us late 20- / early 30-somethings and hit one of the big hotel buffets, where the rule of the party was to eat only the desserts. And ideally 1 of each kind. Washed down with copious cheap champagne. Great fun. Then. Would kick my ~~butt~~ pancreas now. Sigh. So much for the things of youth. Bedtime here chillinā€™s. Might be a couple days before I can rejoin the party. Cheers to all! {{Hugs}} to those who ~~need~~ want them. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/271 "2023-05-27T01:16:07Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > Iā€™ll just have to keep an eye out for sales and keep playing D2 in the meantime. Have you downloaded Diablo Immortal yet? Itā€™s free to download, but the folks who are into PVP spend a whole lot of money on armor and weapons. By whole lot, Iā€™m not talking a couple of bucks for a cool staff, Iā€™m talking 50 bucks for a cool staff. I have enjoyed it a lot, despite not being willing to pay money for game stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/272 "2023-05-27T01:17:27Z")
The Spousal Unitā€™s new potting bench, inspired by a mid-century slat coffee table. [[Album] Potting bench ![](https://i.imgur.com/83wmJ3W.jpeg?fb "Potting bench") ](https://imgur.com/a/KzBayEl) 1. Itā€™s my first attempt at building a table. 2. Itā€™s my first attempt at staining. 3. Mistakes were made. 4. Lessons were learned. 5. It is what it is. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/273 "2023-05-27T01:27:30Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > [@missred](#): > > > > \*He tends to shake any long toy like he would a rat to kill it. Blame it on his terrier ancestry. > > Given some of what youā€™ve told us of this critter, Iā€™d sooner believe he likes the sensation of his small brain rattling around inside his large skull. Like a rattle-can of spraypaint: shake until the ball moves freely. šŸ˜ His skull isnā€™t very big, considering heā€™s a small dog. You must be thinking of some other critter. Nice poting table **flyboy**! ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/274 "2023-05-27T01:30:25Z")
George has a big headā€¦ Nice work flyboy, I would hesitate to have anything nice like that in my potting shed, I tend to drop tools when struggling with a plant. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/275 "2023-05-27T01:30:53Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It is what it is. Looks like a labor of love~lovely~ ---
**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:** [May 27, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/276 "2023-05-27T01:31:13Z")
Evening all. Never made it to the gym, laundry took longer than I thought and I ended up doing 5 loads, so good thing I have no plans for tomorrow, can get over there and redeem myself. Had a Big Bowl Oā€™Salad for dinner in penance for not exercising. About a 30% chance of tunder-boomers around midnight, so a bit cooler tomorrow. Bird (not sure if itā€™s the same or a relation) has rebuilt the nest and is perching in it again, so I may be blessed with some more chicks soon. I appreciate that they find my alcove quiet and safe, but using my sidewalk as a bathroom is beginning to get old. Iā€™ll let this nest go, but once babies are out, it goes and if I have to put barbwire up there, Iā€™ll find a way to let them find another home. **Cupcakes** , not recipes, but I have a few things that I really should organize one of these days. And love the idea of Fried Ferengi Earsā€¦ **Pilot** , safe flights. **Flyboy** , thatā€™s almost too nice to be a potting bench. Ya done good!! **Real Fish** , glad your time as a chauffeur is getting a summer vacation. ANd Sonic makes a pretty good shake. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > what about umpiring softball or baseball? I really have no interest in those sports, soccer is my game, now and forever. **JtC** , I think there are about 2 roundabouts within 50 miles of me, one I use nearly every day and so far people have been very good at roundabout disciplineā€¦at least when I am there. Enjoy the plants, I have no talent with them whatsoever. **Niner** , sounds like a good day indeed; not a horror fan in my reading, but if it makes you satisfied, go for it. **Shoe** , Iā€™m good at house-sittingā€¦I sit around my house all day. Hope the pizza business isnā€™t quiet as hectic as yesterday. Ok, need to do a couple of things before thinking about bedtime, so all yā€™all take care and Iā€™ll catch you on the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/277 "2023-05-27T01:54:52Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Cupcakes** , not recipes, but I have a few things that I really should organize one of these days. And love the idea of Fried Ferengi Earsā€¦ The recipe is, more or less, wiener schnitzel. Pound the meat thin, dip it in egg to moisten, and roll them in bread crumbs and fry. ---
**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 27, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/278 "2023-05-27T02:06:44Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > And microbreweries. You like beer donā€™t you? Does a bearā€¦? šŸ» Made jerked catfish with beans and rice, and a salad. and a Negroni. > [@TruePisces](#): > > Iā€™ve got some weird allergy to Pepsi that, when I drink it, I have an asthma attack.) thatā€™s like my weird pistachio allergy. If I eat them, I hornk up everything Iā€™ve eaten for the previous six months. > [@teelabrown](#): > > Today is my husbandā€™s last official day of working, as he is retiring. Congrats! > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > I feel resoundingly OK today, which is so wildly atypical that Iā€™m actually unnerved by my own good mood. \< "yay!"s quietly, so as not to spook **Niner** \> > [@Paintcharge](#): > > And I hope the dimensions they gave me were accurate. At handover: Client: ā€œI know I wrote down and said millimeters, but I I clearly meant milli-furlongs!ā€ > [@missred](#): > > \*He tends to shake any long toy like he would a rat to kill it. Blame it on his terrier ancestry. Spot is a two year old boy, and it shows. He pulls out random toys, bunny kicks them, and leavers them laying all over the apartment. But Squeaky Squirrel is his favorite. Given some of what youā€™ve told us of this critter, Iā€™d sooner believe he likes the sensation of his small brain rattling around inside his large skull. Like a rattle-can of spraypaint: shake until the ball moves freely. šŸ˜ [/quote] As a 15 year owner of a terrier, this is scarily accurate. šŸ¤£ > [@Baker](#): > > Bleeding Qagh, Well, Qagh is best served alive. \//- > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > - Itā€™s my first attempt at building a table. > - Itā€™s my first attempt at staining. > - Mistakes were made. > - Lessons were learned. > - It is what it is. !. Not bad for a first time. 2. Better than I can magae. I like ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/279 "2023-05-27T02:54:11Z")
1. It looks great! 2. Staining evenly is incredibly difficult. 3. Next time, try putting the slats at 90 degrees from where they are now. Proā€“itā€™ll look cooler, and will be stronger. Conā€“takes more material. **doggio** What did you change your avatar to? Looks like a fuzzy terrier. Changesā€¦harumphā€¦donā€™t like changes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409/280 "2023-05-27T03:06:28Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Next time, try putting the slats at 90 degrees from where they are now. Proā€“itā€™ll look cooler, and will be stronger. Conā€“takes more material. I was aiming for a mid-century slat coffee table, and I patterned the potting bench after an original (thought rotted) coffee table. Yes, rotating the slats 90Āŗ would be stronger; but not the ā€˜lookā€™ I wanted. Next time (if there _is_ a next time) Iā€™ll source better wood. The selection was limited at the hardware store. If I build another (coffee) table, Iā€™ll try to use the same kind of wood throughout. Hemlock or oak. The pine slats are like the cheapest thing at the hardware store. I was distracted because theyā€™re Ā¼ inch too wide and the kids in the lumber department seemed a little slacky, and I forgot that they had better (though still too-wide) wood there. I probably should have been paying closer attention to what the lumber guys were doing. I told them I wanted a sheet of OSB cut into two 6-foot by two-foot pieces, and one 2-foot by four-foot piece. I showed them with my hands on the sheet of wood, but they still didnā€™t get it. I had to draw them a picture. That should have made me aware that they were pulling the wrong wood for the slate. As I said, mistakes were made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-a-head-for-the-hills-mmp/984409.md?page=15)