# (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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 166
**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, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422/166 "2025-07-31T10:40:47Z")
Mornin’ all, and a happy Thu to everyone. Awoke earlier than expected in home time, and earlier yet in CR time. WTF? Balconatin’ & caffinatin’ in the pre-dawn warmth. Pre-dawn enough that there’s no visible glow in the east yet. Venus is well up, Jupiter is rising and the few stars not overwhelmed by our light pollution are sharp and clear. I forecast a lovely day. Hot though. NWS sez a high of 92/33. But at least it’s a bit sticky. 🤪 As to all y’alls’ Tuesday … > [@swampbear](#): > > **Rilch** a groundhog/possum/raccoon rumble sounds like sump’n you could sell tickets for. Or it might be this strange hanky panky courtesy of our AI friends in the other thread: > [@AI image generation is getting crazy good](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-image-generation-is-getting-crazy-good/1017203/1151): > > My [armadillo encounter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854/3756) made me think about mixed relationships between my two [Great American Biotic Interchange](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_American_Interchange) neighbors. [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/vC2487u.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/vC2487u.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vC2487u.jpeg) @JaneDoe42 & @Johnny_L.A: Food portions are definitely out of sync with my body too. When GF & I go out, our norm now is to order a single salad and share it. Followed by a single entrée to share if we’re lots hungry, or a single appetizer to share if we’re less hungry. Pop a glass or two of wine each on top and everybody is happy except the restaurant owner. On the trip I did a lot of overeating which somehow just isn’t fun anymore. Or rather it’s great fun in the doing, but I feel bloated and stupid just afterwards and for the next few hours. Just in time for the next meal. 🤦‍♂️ @scareyfaerie: Great trip report. It also sounds like you and ‘im indoors have developed a great traveling or entertainment MO. You do enough stuff together, but don’t need to be welded at the hip. Seems like the best of both worlds. If the grumpier / weaker / lazier person has a veto on activities, that gets old quickly. IOW, **JtC** should go to the next ‘rasslin + church event whether Hubs is up for it or not. **FCM** You can sure praise Casey for coming all this way at all. But yeah, there’s a difference between cleaning a kitchen and keeping it non-grungy. I’m not much for cleaning, but any spillage or gunk transfer is wiped up _as it happens_, not in some weekly process. 🎼 🎶 Happy Birthday to you 🎼 🎶 Happy Birthday to you 🎼 🎶 Happy Birthday dear **SWAMPY** 🎼 🎶 Happy Birthday to you 🎵 And many more!!!11!!!11!!11!!! [sound of hounds howling] > [@swampbear](#): > > My present to myself is hearin’ aids. I got mine for my 60th. Truly a huge improvement for not much hassle. The change wasn’t obvious immediately, but a week later I found myself saying “What?” a LOT less often. @Pullin: great trip & trip report!! @Taters: IME roof work always has a surprise under the visible top layer. Best of luck. I hope they can move their damned debris trailer. Some kids you gotta watch ev’ry minute! @FairyChatMom: The hair isn’t looking bad at all. Not quite what you wanted, but I bet in a day or three it’ll be growing on you. 😉 My ex-, HL, was originally Italian dark brown that had long since gone pure silver-gray. She kept it dyed dark brown. And put a strip of pink or dark brick red or bright turquoise in it. She got more compliments on that hair from younger people, mostly men, but many women as well. If you’re going to pay a salon for a coloring even once, get some serious **color!!!** in there somewhere. @Chefguy : congrats on surviving the trip to Red Wing without a crash. Sounds harrowing. And there’s pie. 🙂 @missred: In the edit window at upper left there’s a slide switch that says either **A** or **M**. If you switch to M it all works the old way except the font in the input box is different. And yes, quoting works the same as it ever did even in **A** mode. Looks slightly different but works the same. Tax morons. Why are we always surrounded by morons? Except for the idjits of course. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > So, not Ril - Chaim, not Rich - anything, and not Rilch - I - Am. Just a bit of Dodgson wordplay that I couldn’t stop repeating under my breath, and decided to make my screen name. And that I still haven’t gotten tired of! In other words, you shall be known as **Frumious**. Or maybe **Bandersnatch**? 😁 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Swampy** , a birthday spent with good friends and good food is a blessing. And regarding the hearing aids, after about 2-3 weeks it becomes automatic and you hardly know you have them on. This!!1! That’s enough commenting for Tue. I’ll tackle Wednesday later today. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-getting-back-into-your-groove-in-the-mmp/1021422)._