# (Old) Alexa, start the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 20, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150 "2025-01-20T12:09:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/201 "2025-01-22T15:11:56Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Was supposed to train but its -4 without wind chill and I’m not taking bus’s. Did you call and let them know, and explain why? (I hope they were sympathetic to your plight.) > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Weather app has gone quite bonkers and says “Call me crazy, but I think this is a fucking shorts day.” Oh, most definitely not! The local temps went up by twenty degrees, and at least one customer (granted, cocooned in their car) was in _a tank top_ the other day, so … probably, yeah, shorts. Maybe not flip-flops. It’s still a bit icy. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Cherry draped herself over the radiator until she got warm enough, then she stretched her paws out to cool off a bit. Aahhhhh. The life of a cat. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > the carrot snacks will be good for you. He’s a rat, not a bunny. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > the office can be noisy on the day when everyone’s in. I am learning to not care quite so much. The younger kids these days have earbuds. Turns out, they don’t hafta pipe music or whatever; can just be white noise, or even simply act as earplugs. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > apart from going to the Skechers outlet, I just re-ordered a pair offa my Amazon. They’re rainbow tie-dye! 🥹 ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/202 "2025-01-22T15:18:17Z")
Car started right up after a low of -15 F last night. It s -1 F at the moment. High of 13 F predicted today. I drove my car on the highway for about a half hour last night to make sure the battery was charged sufficiently. Battery will be coming up on 3 years old soon so I think I will get another one this spring/summer. Was going to get a new car but that has to wait for awhile now. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/203 "2025-01-22T15:47:19Z")
It was 3F when I got up, its 8F now and sunny and bright. I’ve figured out that I can’t do white-work during the morning, but afternoons when the sun is behind the house are good. We are thinking about going to the pet rescue place and petting cats, but we haven’t gotten an answer on the phone yet. They might just be feeding and cleaning, but not open for visits so we will wait to be sure that they want us. I will go out and start both cars this morning. I haven’t driven mine for a week or so and the battery probably needs some charge. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/204 "2025-01-22T15:55:22Z")
Nice view! Tell me, are those some kind of dead palm trees planted in front? Can’t quite make that out certainly look like palm fronds ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/205 "2025-01-22T16:31:28Z")
I went to bed early and caught up on sleep. I dreamed that I made whiskey apple cake with a caramel filling and a cream cheese frosting. Apparently my subconscious thinks clogged arteries might be fun. Then I dreamed I was trying to get a student to pay attention while his own group was reporting, and he said he refused to conform because “Conformation is the ploy of autocrats.” I told him to rebel by sitting down and taking the F. He rebelled against that by electing to pay attention. It was more fun dreaming about apple cake. I’m trying to decide whether I should walk to the bus station or take the bus. We have freezing fog this morning, so the latter would be safer, but I need the exercise. Maybe the fog will burn off by then. **MetalMouse** , that’s an intriguing theory about the neighbor. I bet you’re right, but it doesn’t bode well, does it? > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I didn’t feel that it was a good idea to have someone trying to stab me in the arm while dodging coughing fits. “Whaddaya mean, ‘What is it?’ It’s a rose on a windy day! Geez.” > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Turns out, they don’t hafta pipe music or whatever; can just be white noise The world becomes more and more like _Fahrenheit 451_. (In the novel, Montag’s wife wears “seashells” in her ears at night so she doesn’t have to think before falling asleep.) > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > > > apart from going to the Skechers outlet, > > I just re-ordered a pair offa my Amazon. > > They’re rainbow tie-dye! 🥹 💙 this! You’re the coolest! Holy moly, **FCM**! Youll have to build a snowcastle! > [@TruePisces](#): > > I can’t even wrap my mind around the thought that a school district would be so careless with kids’ and teachers’ lives to keep school open in that kind of cold. They did cancel school the NEXT day, possibly because it was hard to fold Kidsicles so they could sit at their desks. **doggio** , is photography a nobby? You take such excellent photos. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/206 "2025-01-22T17:56:27Z")
It has stopped snowing. We didn’t get much. The temp is up to +11F, with a Winchell of -4F. Rawwther chilly! **NP,** is a guy who deals in batteries a batterist? A batterier? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/207 "2025-01-22T18:20:50Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > > > the carrot snacks will be good for you. > > He’s a rat, not a bunny. 😃😀😄 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/208 "2025-01-22T18:25:32Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > I can’t even wrap my mind around the thought that a school district would be so careless with kids’ and teachers’ lives to keep school open in that kind of cold. It’s just the opposite, actually, to protect kids. Our schools never close, even if the school has a « bad weather - stay home » day. The doors are always open and there’s a skeleton staff of teachers, in case a parent doesn’t hear and drops off a kid. They don’t want to run the risk of a kid getting dropped off and the doors are locked, and the kid running all the risks of exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/209 "2025-01-22T18:30:10Z")
My trip to the dentist ended up being a two hour ordeal. The molar that the crown came off of is in bad shape and the tooth next to it is cracked. He gave me the option of crowns for both, or extraction of the one (which has a marginal chance of success) and a crown for the other. I chose crowns for both, as extracting that molar would be arduous and painful. So after two hours of grinding and drilling and injections and fussing and photos, etc., I’m now at home sipping my coffee through a straw and waiting for the numbing agent to subside. I go back in two weeks for the permanents and a $3500 bill. Wheeee! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/210 "2025-01-22T18:33:29Z")
I’m processing right now. The high school that my kids are zoned for, though thankfully not attending, had a shooting today. One student shot two others then turned the gun on himself. My mama heart is breaking. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/211 "2025-01-22T18:42:59Z")
Oh no, that is horrible. 🫂 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/212 "2025-01-22T19:07:03Z")
They are palm trees. No clue if they’ll come back. OMG, the school shootings are just terrifying! But 2nd amendment, right? 🙄 **FCD** just got his hair cut. Now back to the hotel. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/213 "2025-01-22T19:17:30Z")
Wow! I assumed they were potted palms that were brought in just for the summer, to make the place feel tropical and replaced every season. Palm trees in merrylande? 🌴 🤯 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/214 "2025-01-22T19:44:17Z")
Bought 4 lbs. of baby carrots to snack on and have a 4 Feb follow-up appointment with the surgeon on 4 February booked, so things are progressing nicely. Lunch was soup and sammiches, and have been internetting since then. Will watch some Champions League soccer and work on the NY TIme X-word to polish off the afternoon. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > He’s a rat, not a bunny. But I do love Bugs Bunny cartoons… > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > > > apart from going to the Skechers outlet, > > I just re-ordered a pair offa my Amazon. > > They’re rainbow tie-dye! Oooh, pics when they arrive!! **nellie** , glad you had an (apparently) quiet night to rest. As for boding well or ill, if you neighbors don’t lose focus and keep the reports coming, she’s only delayed the inevitable. Keep Calm and Carry On… **Cookie** , FWIW, I think you made the right call on the dental work, and hope it all is worth the $$$. **Real Fish** , OMG! Early news reports are reporting 2 dead (including the shooter), 1-2 injured. HGad your kids weren’t there, but the agony of the parents… 😢 And time for soccer and puzzles. Catch y’all later. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/215 "2025-01-22T19:45:35Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I dreamed that I made whiskey apple cake with a caramel filling and a cream cheese frosting. If I said I need to sleep with you, would you take it the wrong way? Cuz I need dreams like that … > [@nelliebly](#): > > > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > > > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > > > > > apart from going to the Skechers outlet, > > > > I just re-ordered a pair offa my Amazon. > > > > They’re rainbow tie-dye! 🥹 > > 💙 this! You’re the coolest! If anyone needs a pair … > **[Amazon.com: Skechers Women's Sneaker, Black Multi, 10 : Sports & Outdoors](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W2R2N7Z)** > > Engineered mesh heel brace lace up with air cooled memory foam. Bright chrome eyelets and metallic logo details add pizzazz to a soft nubuck leather upper in this sporty and stylish jogger. Slip your foot inside and enjoy the... ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/216 "2025-01-22T19:53:43Z")
My daughter has those rainbow sneaks. The ones I bought are black. Yeah, boring, but I like 'em! We’re back from running around and probably in for the rest of the day. We stopped at [Wockenfuss](https://wockenfusscandies.com/) and I bought a couple of pieces of fudge. EIGHTEEN FREEKIN’ DOLLARS A POUND! And it wasn’t really that good. But I just got $6 worth, so there’s that. I think I’ll go ride the bike in the fitness center for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/217 "2025-01-22T20:27:01Z")
OK, maybe this deserves it’s own thread but I figure the MMP has such a wide variety of wisdom and knowledge that I’ll try asking. I just got what I’m assuming is a scam caller about Medicare benefits. Thick Asian accented guy named “John” But he wasn’t asking for me, he was asking for a person that, before I sold my house, was my tenant. This gal was very sweet but kind of emotionally fragile, and her husband had died. She has a good friend, a guy who doesn’t live with her and I’ve seen them several times visiting at my church. I make sure to talk with them, but haven’t seen them lately. I’m afraid that if a scammer would get hold of her she could get hurt, although I’m sure she doesn’t have much. Her eyesight is also poor. I don’t have contact information for her though. Can someone advise me on how to find her to give her a warning. I liked the woman and her husband, and her new friend is good too. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/218 "2025-01-22T20:31:47Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > I’m processing right now. The MMP is how I get much of my news. Your heart - and brain - must be splintering all around right now. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Bought 4 lbs. of baby carrots to snack on Okay. I take it back. He be a bun-bun. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > pics when they arrive!! Linky provided. They’re so friggin’ _comfortable_ in addition to being cuter’n’hell. Well worth the $$ esp for a woman on her feet all day. Except for today, cuz normally I’d be on my way to work, but today is my Blessed Day Off * * * No advice for the would-be scammer. Plenty of naughty words. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/219 "2025-01-22T20:46:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Next weekend, the place will be overrun with cheerleaders Reminds me of when we visited Hubs’ sister in Roanoke. Stayed in a Quality Inn that was overrun with kids that were in a ?Quidditch? tournament. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Snowpocalpse 2025 in the 27609: so basically, a dusting of snow. looks like powdered sugar on a chruschiki **real fish** that’s awesome that CtE is getting it together. Sounds like a good career for her. 📚 **Coppertone** sorry that it didn’t work out for you to go in and train today. did you call them and let them know? > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Did you call and let them know, and explain why? ninja’d. (I kinda had thought that you might say the same thing as me) **nellie** what does the lease contract say? Does it really say tenants get 4 warnings before they can be evicted? seems excessive as this would mean that they couldn’t be evicted until the 5th incident. **cupcake** what about contacting the church; perhaps they’d have contact info. was 1\* this morning, up to 13\* now so about to go to Kroger to pick up a circular and a few needed things. TTYL. Stay warm! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150/220 "2025-01-22T20:49:44Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I went to bed early and caught up on sleep. I’m so happy it was quiet enough for you to sleep. I really hope they keep things quiet, but kinda doubt it. Those sort of people never quiet down. > [@nelliebly](#): > > “Whaddaya mean, ‘What is it?’ It’s a rose on a windy day! Geez.” 😂 > [@TruePisces](#): > > I’m processing right now. The high school that my kids are zoned for, though thankfully not attending, had a shooting today. My heart goes out to everyone involved, including the shooter. They must have been in so much pain to feel the need to lash out like that. Suicide is never painless, especially when you feel the need to take others with you. > [@Baker](#): > > I just got what I’m assuming is a scam caller about Medicare benefits. Scammers are bad, scammers who target the elderly are the very worse. Do you know their friend? Does she sit next to certain people at your church? Would your priest maybe know? It’s good of you to want to warn her. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Linky provided. They’re so friggin’ _comfortable_ in addition to being cuter’n’hell. Cute! Sketchers always seemed to last for a good while before the comfy went away. I hope these follow the tradition. So we went to the shelter today and hubs gave all of the homeless dogs milkbones and we both petted cats for a while. Hubs and GG took a nap when we got home and Jolene has been “hunting” flying fuds. It has gotten up to 27F and I dragged the big bin back to where it waits to be filled. Traffic seems normal except for the lack of school busses. The regular bus hasn’t stopped running, I should write a letter commending them. We heard from Hub’s cousin who lives in Virginia Beach. It snowed. The Bernies approved. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54281726586_45a0794ae4_b.jpg "boy dog") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/191587192@N04/54281726586/in/dateposted-public/) [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54281725911_6267b435cb_b.jpg "girl dog") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/191587192@N04/54281725911/in/dateposted-public/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-alexa-start-the-mmp/1013150.md?page=12)