# (Old) Fun Facts in the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 24, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018 "2025-03-24T11:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/141 "2025-03-26T21:45:48Z")
Just scheduled our Covid boosters for 8AM tomorrow. Gotta make sure I set an alarm - this morning, we were still abed at 7:20. OOOOOPS! Supper was yum - I do love cooking meats sous vide. All I did was marinate the steaks in worcestershire for a few hours. And we finished off some leftover veggies - another win! I will bike today since I was mostly a slug. Then chillage. Rah! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/142 "2025-03-26T21:47:09Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > She is at rest now What a beautiful girl and she certainly knew she was living the good life, in the lap of luxury, as befits such feline beauty. I will hold all of you in my heart. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/143 "2025-03-26T21:59:23Z")
Oh no! I’m so sorry, about your sweet Chloe. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/144 "2025-03-26T22:06:18Z")
Thank you all. It was quite the gut punch; I knew she wasn’t doing well, but didn’t expect this to happen today. She was alert and seemed very much like herself at the end, which made it so much harder. There’s always the guilt feelings of “could we have done more for her?” But we knew she wasn’t going to get better. The vet was supportive of our decision and said we did a “selfless” thing, which was helpful. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/145 "2025-03-26T22:07:43Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > “could we have done more for her?” I think just about all of us who’ve had to make this decision have asked ourselves this question. Even when your brain knows, your heart can’t give up. Hugs to you and yours. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/146 "2025-03-26T22:08:13Z")
**Wheels** I am so sorry about Chloe. They leave such a hole in our hearts.💕 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/147 "2025-03-26T22:09:00Z")
I scratched the roof of my mouth. (Tortilla chip?) Now I can’t stop poking with my tongue. I have many, many other grievances with life, but that’s all that’s fit to print here. > [@Wheelz](#): > > She was alert and seemed very much like herself at the end, which made it so much harder. Better one day too soon, than one day too late. You spared her the horrid downhill slide, and that is, indeed, an enormous kindness. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/148 "2025-03-26T22:19:04Z")
**wheelz** So sorry to hear about Chloe. Just remember the good. Is snowing now, I’ve got about an inch on the grass, nothing sticking on the street. I’m ready for spring to really get here. The new job is going well. One thing I’d forgotten about working with other people is how much time they waste just talking. Maybe about the project, maybe about nothing. I’ve been 20 years working mainly by myself, so it’s quite the change. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/149 "2025-03-26T22:31:41Z")
Ouch **wheelz**. That’s a bad break. **Shoe** has wisdom there; pets and suffering aren’t a good fit. You being brave so she didn’t have to be is a noble thing. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/150 "2025-03-26T22:47:52Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > She is at rest now. I’m so sorry to hear this. And, **JtC** , I’m sorry to hear that you were break-dancing when you bowed to the good old LH. I just stumbled across a glassblowing place in Akron. Interestingly enough, the prices were about the same, but each project took a minimum of an hour and up to two. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/151 "2025-03-26T22:54:19Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > It was much worse than we thought. Chloe had hepatic lipidosis, a very serious liver disease. Treatment is difficult, expensive, and of limited efficacy, especially in older cats. Prognosis was grim and quality of life would be quite poor. > > We opted for humane euthanasia. She is at rest now. 😿 Oh, no! I’m so sorry. 😿 ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/152 "2025-03-26T23:02:23Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > We opted for humane euthanasia. She is at rest now. Oh man, that is such a hard day to go through. The trust of your pet is total and you feel like you’re somehow violating that trust. But you’re not. You’re doing what is right for them and for you. We had to put our Q’itih down some months ago and it was agonizing. But we now have our beautiful Sadie, adopted from a shelter, and she helps to fill the hole of sadness. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/153 "2025-03-26T23:07:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > We had to put our Q’itih down some months ago and it was agonizing. I missed the news of Q’itih’s passing. I’m so sorry. This is what we sign up for when we get pets, and we know it going in. Somehow that doesn’t make it any easier. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/154 "2025-03-26T23:21:18Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > One thing I’d forgotten about working with other people is how much time they waste just talking. My last post-retirement job was as a mechanical drafter. I was considerably older than my coworkers - my office mate was young enough to be my grandson (I’m 40 years older than he is.) As a result, I didn’t have a whole lot in common with them, so chit-chat really wasn’t an issue. And, frankly, I was there to work, so I did. I’ve heard that after I left, drawing production went way down. Kids these days… 😉 > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Akron. Funny you should mention this. My daughter’s bestest friend since they were 4 is moving to Akron - going for a PhD at Kent State. And this December, the four best friends from high school are getting together in Akron at Casey’s new place to celebrate turning 40, as they all will this year. Just had to share that tidbit. I’ve done my biking, so it’s time for some BritBox. And chillage. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/155 "2025-03-26T23:21:55Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > This is what we sign up for when we get pets, and we know it going in. Somehow that doesn’t make it any easier. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/13/0c/db130c788fb160eac5b765a9f3ce03f1.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/db/13/0c/db130c788fb160eac5b765a9f3ce03f1.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/156 "2025-03-26T23:34:47Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Mr. Max tried to lick me to death, but I survived. 🙂 Had you not, it would be high on the list of ways to go! 🙂 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > no idea why, haven’t changed my diet or fluid intake, bodies be weird… But have you perspired more during exercise? > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > OK, the morning apple has been consumed (Cosmic Crisp, not my favorite but wanted to give them another try–I’ll pass) If you spot [these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SugarBee) when you are shopping, they’re well worth eating. > [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@fachverwirrt](#): > > > > Fach” in this case refers to the Fach system > > > > I spent many years flipping back and forth between various baritone and tenor Fächer > > I started classical voice lessons in high school, and was a lyric mezzo for _decades_: recently, though, I’ve had to accept that I am truly now a contralto at the age of 53. Sigh. > > (I refuse to learn the _Messiah_ alto parts, though: I just don’t attempt the highest notes during sing-a-longs anymore. 😂) I’ve been an alto since age 12. In some groups that were short of men, I’ve been one of the tenors. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I did indeed manage to break my ankle during the fall, Ouch! May you heal well. > [@Wheelz](#): > > She is at rest now. 😿 🫂 I’m so sorry **wheelie**. You were lucky to have each other. Irked up front today and got glitter bombed. Some smartass with a 'splody phone decided to get creative (funny?) and put about a Tbsp. of purple glitter in with it. Now that irk smock sparkles and will need to be washed by itself. Safety Dean had to get involved to make sure that it wasn’t anything toxic. When I got home, the neighbor three doors down was out with Link (lab, mastiff cross. 120# of gentle giant). By the time I got out with Nelson, the guy next door was just getting home from the lake with his two standard poodles, so we got to see everyone on this side of the building. While we were out, there was a huge, sleek black cat along the fence line. It didn’t seem to be afraid of all of the dogs around and was easily bigger than Nelson. I’m not sure who it belongs to, but I hope that it has a home. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/157 "2025-03-26T23:43:30Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I just stumbled across a glassblowing place in Akron. What would be more inbetween us? I don’t think I’ve ever been in Akron. Currently I’m looking at maps and thinking about driving to Boise to see Mom. I’m OK driving, it keeps my leg extended and me on my ass. Turning the key is kinda tricky (painful unless I use my left hand) but I won’t want to go until after the insulation guys are done. > [@missred](#): > > huge, sleek black cat Huge sleek cats usually have good places to sleep and good food to eat. Homes are usually involved. I am grumpy on your behalf about the glitter bomb. That is just rude and uncalled for. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/158 "2025-03-26T23:59:15Z")
And a good early evening to you all. Swimming has been swum and extra-large cheeburger has been grilled and consumed, so all that remains is a nice quiet night of internetting and slothing. Plumbers will be here tomorrow and my first soccer practice is planned for 5:30pm so Thorsday should be a bit active. Weather remains nice, 70F here at 6pm but rain is due Saturday and Sunday nights, so have that to look forward too. Busy afternoon, so need to get down to readin’… **boo fae** , probably a good idea to skip activities tonight and be ready to go for the weekend. **FCM** , I keep a watch on my electric use and have several room thermometers around the house, but guess that wouldn’t help on a detached building. Glad the guy told you about it. And enjoy the Zoo-haven’t been to the Baltimore one yet, hope they enjoy it. **Wheelie** , we won’t see 90F here for awhile yet, but they are predicting ‘slightly higher than normal’ temperatures this year for my area, so we’ll see when it shows up. And you did the humane thing for Chloe, may she rest in peace. 🫂 **rocky** , good luck with playing furniture Tetris. **Oopsie** , good news on the Batwing project. And much and many thanks for the Supreme Court story…it was fascinating!! (albeit a bit too long a wait). **Pavo** , glad you’re feeling better and doing things. **flyboy** , a nice choice of flags. **nellie** , got a good laugh at the pooping deer. **JtC** , don’t matter if you like the Doc or not, sounds like he knows his business so do as he says! And nice of you to (possibly) help out at he stand. But that’s a long drive, plan well for it (know you will). > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My daughter’s bestest friend since they were 4 is moving to Akron - going for a PhD at Kent State. And this December, the four best friends from high school are getting together in Akron at Casey’s new place to celebrate turning 40, as they all will this year. Born and raised and live almost all of my first 27 years near Akron, it’s probably changed a lot by now but still have good memories of it. Have to get back there sometime. **red** , thanks for the tip, Kroger has them but I’ve never picked them up, when I do my next Moanday shopping I’ll give them a try. And as for the glitter bombster…some people think they are a wit; turns out they are half right… Whew…think I’m all caught up. Have a good evening all, think I will move some furniture around for the plumbers, just cause I’m a nice guy. Take care all. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/159 "2025-03-27T00:35:01Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Some smartass with a 'splody phone decided to get creative (funny?) and put about a Tbsp. of purple glitter in with it. At least it was purple? Yeah, I know, not funny. **JtC** , Akron is in the opposite direction. It would be a long drive for you. **FCM** , that’s kind of surprising. It’s not being portrayed as the safest place to live these days. But I guess that depends on where and who you believe. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018/160 "2025-03-27T00:56:47Z")
ChurchGuy had his ablation. Hes in pain, something about the tube they put down his throat and scarring bothering his esophagus. We message every day on fb. He likes my pics of Moley. I had an interview. It would be a few nights of 10 pm to 6 am. Eek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018.md?page=9)