# (Old) Dark Skies in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 24, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523 "2026-08-24T08:43:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 319
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523/319 "2026-08-31T03:30:25Z")
Well, it was a day. I’m yawning like a hippopotamus and will struggle to stay up for much longer. Congrats on the bulb score, **Nut**! It will be so beautiful at your place next spring! **Taters** , we’re looking forward to rain starting on Wednesday. I can hardly wait, too. Thanks for the kind wishes re the pond. I haven’t dared go look again yet. It’s still very iffy, though I think we did figure out how the leak developed. I hope everything goes as well as possible re your wiring concerns. As you say, if it’s not one damn thing, it’s another, with home maintenance. You have my sympathy! More on Ollie’s visit with the kids shortly. **cookie** , sorry the biscuits and gravy were so sad. I can understand your disappointment, because you always said that was one thing they did well. Good luck with herb dehydration. **Oopsie** , I think it actually _was_ you who inspired the toilet seat change. No matter who it was, it was sure a nice job to accomplish. I don’t use that loo for much except middle-of-the-night bio breaks, but at least the seat doesn’t slide around on me from wear anymore. So thank you for providing the impetus! **shoe** , I am happy you are so well provisioned for another nutty night at work! You do have the snax thing down. 🙂 **52** , I could not live where you live. Smart, taking a day off work when it’s that miserable! Sounds like you had a pretty nice day, **swampy**. Sleep well! > [@dogbutler](#): > > When you’re a Small Egyptian God, it’s hard to not be photogenic. True. > [@Misnomer](#): > > (I’ve always loved storms, but for 17 years I felt guilty about loving them because Bailey hated them…and now [two weeks from the first anniversary of her death] I feel a little sad about being able to love them again. Ya know?) That makes perfect sense to me. 🫂 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Trust that Ollie had a ball with the kids. Yes. Well. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Well, I tried seeing if either of these were currently on my PBS. When I entered them on the remote, what came up was an option to subscribe. I clicked it and the screen went to black. Oh well. I subscribed to OPB/PBS via my computer, and after I did, it explained exactly how to set up the app on my tee vees. I consider it the best $20 I spend every month, in terms of excellent entertainment value. I think you can pledge as little as $5.00/month. They’re just grateful to have a reliable source of income these days. Re both shows, the stories are thin and a little schlocky. In One Step from Heaven, there’s a horse that’s made to gallop everywhere it goes, the primary actors are constantly hugging each other and covering each other up with bedding. But dayum, that scenery!! I’ll never get tired of that! Your Hungarian feast sounds drool-worthy! * * * So Pond Guy and Fam came and did their thing with the pond. We’ll see how it goes this time. It appears this may be an ongoing process for awhile. I loved his wife and kids. The kids are 3 boys, names of Reef, Sandin and Cove. They were so well mannered and thrilled to have a run around on a rural property. They loved Ollie, who repaid their attentions by whizzing all over their shoes. We were fortunately outside and they were understanding. They did tire Ollie out – yayy! His wife brought me a very nice bar of her handmade soap. They loved the cinnamon rolls, and that made me happy. Then they were off to attend Pond Guy’s grandpa’s 102nd birthday celebration. (!!!) I expect I’ll see more of them even after the pond is fixed. Always a pleasure to meet nice people. I’m looking forward to a quieter day tomorrow, though. 🙂 Have great nights, everyone! I’m very shortly off to bed. Delightful as they were, they tired me out, too! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dark-skies-in-the-mmp/1032523)._