# (Old) Getting back into your groove in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 28, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422 "2025-07-28T09:33:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/141 "2025-07-30T21:34:04Z")
Sounds tasty. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/142 "2025-07-30T22:42:08Z")
Everything is sliced, and the sauce is mixed. I probably will make a corn starch slurry to thicken things up. I’ll feed the cats their gooshy food at four, and then start cooking. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/143 "2025-07-30T22:49:55Z")
My sister and I went out to walk my dog and found a quite large machete on the lawn of the north side of my building. Called the cops and an officer showed up fairly quickly. He got my info and thanked us for calling. You never know if it may have been involved in a crime. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/144 "2025-07-30T23:28:07Z")
Howdy Y’all! We got shorn and procured provisions. A rotisserie chikin was procured and it along with peas ‘n carrots, cheesy rice from a box (don’t judge!) and rolls were et for lunch for today’s main need to feed. Then nappage and day drinkin’ were accomplished. There was a big rain this afternoon. I wore my hearin’ aids for three hours in da cave. I was standin’ in front of da fridge when the ice maker dumped ice. I jumped. That thing is loud! We et more cheesecake. Now that I know today is international cheesecake day, I feel the I did my part. **BooFae** sweet room upgrade! When I traveled for irk and stayed in fancier hotels I would get executive upgrades and access to the executive lounge. I felt so special. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/145 "2025-07-30T23:46:00Z")
Hey guys, help me settle an argument. There are vines growing on our back fence and the side of our house. I think it is kudzu and feel we should remove it where ever possible. I went out and ripped all of the vines off the house and started on the fence when Hubs came running out-well, gimping slowly-to tell me to not touch it because it is poison ivy. So, is it possible that my here-to-unknown superpower is being able to handle poison ivy, or am I not that special? Tri-fold leaves and red stems-very invasive. I don’t mind, I think it is pretty but Hubs worries about it pulling the fence down. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/146 "2025-07-31T00:05:03Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > So, is it possible that my here-to-unknown superpower is being able to handle poison ivy, or am I not that special? I happen to be one of those lucky few who are immune to poison ivy. My brother evidently got all of my reaction to it. He ended up needing to get shots of some kind (can’t recall what, it was like 50 years ago). I’ve handled what was identified as poison ivy by people who got the rash from the very same plant and had no issues. I think it’s kind of a rare thing, but we do exist. I didn’t think it ever grew enough to take down a fence. Kudzu also has 3 leaf clusters, and it will grow at an alarming rate. When I was in North Cackalacky I’d see it grow at feet a day. Scary stuff. I installed a thing at the museum today. Apparently this is something the education dept has wanted for years. They casually mentioned it to me about 2 weeks ago, so I made it. It’s just a little wall with a cool pattern painted on one side and a Duplo matt fixed to it. I can’t believe how many comments I got about it. Seems the folks in my job before me were…not speedy. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/147 "2025-07-31T00:30:15Z")
Poison ivy has asymmetrical leaves. It is evil. Kudzu will grab you and cover you if you move too slowly. It is evil, but in a different category. Were it in my yard, I’d do everything in my power to destroy it. Except using a flamethrower, as those are apparently illegal in Merrylande. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/148 "2025-07-31T00:34:59Z")
The tofu was good. Not as good as I used to get at the take-out 22 years ago, but The Missus liked it. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/149 "2025-07-31T00:36:46Z")
I took a look in the mirror since my last post, and I want to say I was wrong about my hair’s balance of grey and brown being unchanged. It’s more grey. Not a big deal, but I didn’t want to lie to you. Good on you, **Swampy,** for opting for hearing aids. Too many people, including some of my relatives, try to get by with limited hearing. They don’t know what they’re missing, literally. When I got my latest set dialed in, my hearing aid guy said, “I wish I could have taken a picture of your face when I turned them on.” When it’s right, you really know. > [@dogbutler](#): > > 90% of tech support is “turn it off, then turn it back on again”. My brothers were techies in the service, one army, one navy. They called that the Raytheon Reset. If that didn’t work, the next most effective fix was to lift the device a few inches and drop it. If that didn’t work, that’s why you have techies. If Rilchiam is still looking for a mumper name, there’s always Mimsy. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/150 "2025-07-31T00:39:05Z")
Seems as though flamethrowers are legal here 🙂 I’m almost positive it is kudzu. Harry was out on his yah tracta while I was messing with it and I know he would have warned me off if it was poison ivy. No blisters or itching except for the ant bite. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > I think it’s kind of a rare thing, but we do exist. I’m now fairly sure I am not that special, but it would be very handy 🙂 I love that you have found your almost perfect job, and know that they love you so much that they are seriously looking for a way to make you permanent and forever! ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/151 "2025-07-31T01:09:43Z")
**JtC** , that does sound like poison ivy. IME, kudzu doesn’t turn red. In either case, being vines, it’s a good idea to (safely) remove them from climbing your fence and house. **VanGo** , he likely got a cortisone (or other steroid) shot. Don’t ask how I know this. Poor Nelson! TMI, so > **** > > This text will be hidden He’s had soft poos, but tonight, he had an accident. He looked so ashamed. I did give him a bit of plain Greek yogurt to try to calm things down.Now, he’s sleeping on my arm. > **** > > This text will be hidden ETA: Well, damn! The _hide details_ thingy isn’t working. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/152 "2025-07-31T01:12:59Z")
> [@missred](#): > > ETA: Well, damn! The _hide details_ thingy isn’t working. It certainly did hide all the details! Now lets see if the blur thing still works. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/153 "2025-07-31T01:15:35Z")
_Habemus Oven_. Just in time for the heatwave to break. So I’m having three cheese tortellini with meatballs and broccoli for dinner. And a martini. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Life is so cruel!!! [sushichaeng-faint.gif](https://media.tenor.com/J20NbifxpHoAAAAM/sushichaeng-faint.gif) > [@Baker](#): > > You never know if it may have been involved in a crime. But you missed a chance for a free machete. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Except using a flamethrower, as those are apparently illegal in Merrylande. Molotov cocktail. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The tofu was good. Not as good as I used to get at the take-out 22 years ago, but The Missus liked it. 🙂 That’s the important part. > [@missred](#): > > He looked so ashamed Awwww. Gordie used to be like that. Hope he feels better. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/154 "2025-07-31T01:16:46Z")
**JtC** , the blur feature is working. However, on my end, the hide one didn’t. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/155 "2025-07-31T01:29:12Z")
Hi folks - I have returned to The Real World. Got home tonight = Wed night a day late after my planned flight on Tue anceled for mechanical reasons. So I had an unexpected afternoon, evening and morning in beautiful downtown San José, Costa Rica. Fortunately the failure happened before boarding and they didn’t jerk us around with the old “any minute now…” BS. I learned it’s hard broke, I swapped my reservation to a flight the next day, grabbed a hotel reservation in a familiar part of town, got a cab, and off we went. The remaining days of the vacation since my update in the last MMP, Sun & Mon, were good and lazy, then Tue was breakfast & ride 1-1/2 hours to the airport to await the cancellation. Sigh. But that was really the only off-nominal part of the whole week. Which is pretty good when vacationing in the less organized parts of LatAm. I’m about to start reading / skimming the 154 posts since Monday. There will be some comments in a post later tonight or first thing tomorrow. Right now it’s my normal bedtime Miami time, but too early for bed CR time. I’ll split the difference & retire in an hour. Besides, my accumulated one load of laundry ought to finish drying right about then. Happy midweek to one and all. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/156 "2025-07-31T01:49:47Z")
Welcome home! ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/157 "2025-07-31T01:57:08Z")
sss > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > When your routine has been thrown off, whether by extended travel, long-term guests, change in work schedule, or whatever, do you struggle to slip back into the old ways? Or is it just me as old age takes its toll? It’s mostly you. 🙂 Of course you have a LOT of routine to re-engage with. I have very little. Unless I get home near bedtime, I’ll have all the snail mail, packages, suitcase supply replenishing, and laundry done before I go to bed. If I do just crash on arrival, all that other crap takes a couple hours tops the next morning. The email was being handled as it came in, net of a couple items that require live action at home. The rest of my fairly loosey-goosey habits restart pretty much automatically. I’m not driven enough to invent anything else. **Hippie** that is just an amazing quilt she’s made. > [@missred](#): > > In my case, combining newly aquired RDOS status with a long distance move, I think completely establishing a new groove is in order. Agree completely. Enjoy the chance to develop a whole new and different set of bad habits. 😉 Don’t just jump into the old rut in a new zip code. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > - I wish I could still eat like that. > - I’d love to visit these places. > - I wish I was as cool as Anthony Bourdain. Don’t we all!? But I’ll add a #4 to your great list: \* I’m glad I’m less dead than Anthony Bourdain. And that’s a wrap on Monday comments. Bedtime becons. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/158 "2025-07-31T02:10:17Z")
Since there’s nothing on, we’re watching _Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations_. The thing about this show is that it gives me ideas. I’ve been wanting to make family-style tofu for a while, and I think I saw a show where there was a tofu dish that finally made me do it. Having just watched an episode set in Burgundy, I’ve bookmarked a recipe for [coq au vin](https://www.theendlessmeal.com/julia-childs-coq-au-vin/#wprm-recipe-container-59930). I’ve only had it once, when the late wife of a high school friend made it. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m glad I’m less dead than Anthony Bourdain. Yes, it’s nice not to be dead. I’d still like to be as cool as he was. (Funnily, he mentioned David Carradine in the previous episode we watched.) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/159 "2025-07-31T02:52:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I have returned to The Real World. Mistake. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2025, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/160 "2025-07-31T03:08:32Z")
Late night final here. Soccer has been coached, garbage has been placed at the curb, and dishes washed and sorted, so things have been accomplished. Just had a short rain shower which the lawn badly needed so not a bad day. Tomorrow promises much the same, but hotter (high of 97F expected). Cheeburger and mini-apple pie have provided the evening’s calories. Talkative bunch today, let;s see how long it takes to scroll 47 messages (and counting). **FCM** , I get that at Kroger sometimes, they’ll have a ridiculous special (buy 2 12-pack Pepsi and get 3 free!) and if I don’t get there in time they’ll be out. Fortunately there are 3 Krogers within a 10-12 minute drive of me so I can usually find it. **rocky** , I always hated a too-cold office; hope the requisition brings action. **Taters** , glad you and the rest stayed dry from the Tsunami. I remember driving along the shoreline south of Portland a few years ago and there were signs posted saying you were in a Tsunami zone or had just left one. And Gatorade is also a good drink to have for hydration. Hope the new roof meets with your approval. **lily** , hope the new washer/dryer set is ready to go soon. **wet one** , think I went into Whole Foods once and like you, that was enough. Stay cool. **doggio** , I guess the Kia was lucky a Beamer wasn’t coming along the street… **boo fae** , glad you got a quieter room with some bennies. And I have got to get to Central Europe one of these days… > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Except August is this Friday, and it’s almost here. How did that happen. I know what you mean…the years seem to go by much faster now. **Herald** , can’t speak for **FCM** , but the computer checkout won’t give me the discount unless I have the specified number of items. > [@missred](#): > > Y’all still have Shoney’s? Same here, the last local one closed about 4 years ago and haven’t seen one since. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > today is national cheesecake day. Make sure you cut one in honor of it… **Sensei** , glad to hear you town didn’t take a big hit, thought that you might be the most affected of all us Mumpers. **Cupcakes** , quite a find, not something you see every day. Nice to let the cops know about it. **JtC** , as for handling poison ivy, well, did you have gloves on or not? And kudzu (like **VanGo** mentions) can grow at an insane rate. And speaking of **VanGo** , mage bonus points for the quick turnaround on the thing. **Pilot** , welcome home. And that’s all for Hump Day. Catch all y’all tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422.md?page=9)