# (Old) Halfway through the month - Midway in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 13, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910 "2025-01-13T11:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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 14, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/61 "2025-01-14T15:04:33Z")
I called the woman who hired me yesterday and left a message. Haven’t heard back. Then I called the woman at the store who copied my I.D.s. she said she was about to e mail the first woman and would call me back. Still waiting. Story of my life. If books come in the library, I may bus there. Its 18 and snowy out. If not, I sit on the couch and read and eat. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/62 "2025-01-14T15:05:18Z")
It snowed overnight. A “fast cold front” is going to whoosh through sometime today, dropping temps into the not even teens. Ariel is double blanketed so she’ll be fine. First session of PT to strengthen my ankle is later this morning. Might go to WalMart afterwards. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/63 "2025-01-14T15:21:23Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > I directed my daughter to the site; she told me yesterday that she’s excited to check it out. I hope she enjoys it. I always enjoy getting patterns, even if they are for things I’d never do. There is also the **[American Needlepoint Guild.](https://www.needlepoint.org/)** IMHO, the only difference between embroidery and needlepoint is the canvas. Most of the stitches and techniques are the same, needlepoint is just a little extra fussy because you don’t want the threads to show through the blank sections of canvas. The patterns themselves are fairly interchangeable. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Is goat milk sold in grocery stores? Goat milk is indeed sold in grocery stores, many folks who can’t drink cows milk can digest goat milk, especially children. It tastes stronger than regular milk, I think it has a better mouth feel. Most commercial goat milk is sold raw. That is safer than cow milk, but I still don’t trust it to just drink out of the carton. Most folks don’t care, I’m just paranoid. When I went to Okinawa, of course I brought BOB (battery operated boyfriend). I had three suitcases and of course the suitcase that had BOB got picked to be searched. Of course the big brawny Air Police guy found it as soon as he reached under my clothes. And of course he turned it on. I swear you could hear it across the airport. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > And WOW on the home insurance. I paid about $2,300 for the entire year in 2024, it was an increase but not like that. I know the home in question and have been in it, it is a very nice place. But not that nice. I think the reason it is so high is because the homeowner didn’t act when she got the notice and is now paying mortgage assigned insurance. TC friend said her new policy is more than what she had been paying, but only by about twenty a month. The folks at the gym say they are hoping to get funding for a hot tub next year. That would be awesome, hot tubs make my hip feel so much better. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It appears **FCD** ’s vehicular issue is getting worse. DANG! I was hoping that having it to the dealer would have scared it into being good. I hope it gets dealt with soon. So it is bright and sunny today, currently its 21F. Now that the birds have found the suet, they keep coming back which is most entertaining. The world is lucky that Jolene is an inside only cat, I can tell just by watching her that she would be a very deadly bird hunter. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/64 "2025-01-14T15:24:10Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > > Handwashing cast iron with soap or detergent will get you hanged too, just not also drawn and quartered. > > Then as a matter of curiosity, how do you clean it (I presume it needs to be cleaned at least once in a while)? Here’s how the Lodge (premier cast iron cookware maker) says to clean cast iron pans. [https://www.lodgecastiron.com/discover/cleaning-and-care/cast-iron/how-clean-cast-iron](https://www.lodgecastiron.com/discover/cleaning-and-care/cast-iron/how-clean-cast-iron) Never steel wool or a dish soap like Dawn, that degreaser in Dawn strips the seasoning coating that makes cast iron non-stick. Don’t submerge it in water and let it soak. If needed a few minutes with water and simmered gently on the stove top. Wash, dry it and give it a quick swipe with cooking oil to pamper that hard-sought seasoning. When I was growing up and being taught cooking, my Home Ec teachers said no soap of any kind, for stubborn residue they had us throw in a handful of salt and scrub off any crusties with the salt, then rinse with plain water, dry scrupulously and reseason with a few drops of oil. In 75 years I’ve still never put soap in a cast iron pan, that would be outright sacrilege. I’d expect to be struck with lightning and I’m only an Iowa girl, not even from the south where they are serious about their cast iron and granny’s cornbread pan. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/65 "2025-01-14T15:34:20Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Sometimes I catch myself talking back to the thing when it says ‘scan your next item’ or ‘place your item in your cart or the bagging area’. I realize that for some folks that is probably necessary, but it irritates me no end. You used to be able to turn the volume off but now there are only 2 settings, loud and not quite as loud. I’m frequently telling it to SHUT UP. I’m so jealous of you folks whose high temp is up to the low 40’s; oh my gosh and now swampy is mentioning 53\*. We’ve only had one day above freezing (33\*) in the last 2 weeks, mostly in the 20’s. Right now 10am it’s 16\*; well that’s what siri said when I asked my phone but when I look at the outside thermometer it appears to be 11\* or 12\*. Next week it’s supposed to be even colder. I can’t even imagine what it’s like in the western Mitten with the lake effect wind. Hope you’re wearing long underwear or tights under your pants. Did not eat dinner yesterday as I had some semi-severe intestinal upset. Feeling ok this morning. After reading all the talk of cheese this morning had me get out the package of Vermont Extra Sharp white cheddar cheese. YUM! In clinic visit with Hubs stem cell transplant Dr this afternoon. Then I’ll have to refill his pill boxes; I do 2 weeks at a time. Stay warm! ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/66 "2025-01-14T15:36:15Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Goat milk is indeed sold in grocery stores, many folks who can’t drink cows milk can digest goat milk, especially children. It tastes stronger than regular milk, I think it has a better mouth feel. Most commercial goat milk is sold raw. That is safer than cow milk, but I still don’t trust it to just drink out of the carton. Most folks don’t care, I’m just paranoid. I’d be careful about any raw milk, since there’s no guarantee the H5N1 flu isn’t going to jump between species, and there’ve been known cases in humans AND cats from raw milk. There’ve been kitty fatalities from this. Goats HAVE been found with this virus, too. So have pigs, which I understand are close enough genetically to humans that there’s concern about this virus reaching humans via pigs having learned how to pass between us. The big worry right now, if I’m understanding correctly, is the possibility of this learning to go human-to-human and becoming another pandemic. Here’s Wikipedia’s listing of mammal species known to have had cases (note that dates are EARLIEST detected cases): > **[List of mammals that can get H5N1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_that_can_get_H5N1)** > > Although a wide variety of bird species have been shown to contract and spread Influenza A virus subtype H5N1, from waterfowl to poultry and birds of prey, mammalian infections have been of particular interest to researchers due to their potential to develop mutations that increase the risk of mammal-to-mammal spread and transmission to and among humans. > Other influenza strains are common among mammals, including humans, but this list only shows those who have been proven to carry H5N1. In Octo... And if you weren’t worried enough: > **[2020–2025 H5N1 outbreak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932025_H5N1_outbreak)** > > Since 2020, outbreaks of avian influenza subtype H5N1 have been occurring, with cases reported from every continent except Australia as of January 2025. Some species of wild aquatic birds act as natural asymptomatic carriers of a large variety of influenza A viruses, which can infect poultry, other bird species, mammals and humans if they come into close contact with infected feces or contaminated material, or by eating infected birds. In late 2023, H5N1 was discovered in the Antar H5N6 and H5N... I personally would just avoid raw milk for now, and certainly not allow the cats to have any. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/67 "2025-01-14T15:39:24Z")
I don’t think its been above freezing here in NE Ohio since December. This Friday is predicted to be 38 ( party time!) Next week its teens for highs. Global freezing. ---
**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 14, 2025, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/68 "2025-01-14T15:46:12Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > I’d be careful about any raw milk, since there’s no guarantee the H5N1 flu isn’t going to jump between species, and there’ve been known cases in humans AND cats from raw milk. I never really trusted store bought raw milk and then I started making cheese and really learning about milk. Now I _REALLY_ do not trust raw milk and that’s without H5N1. Many of the cheeses I make do not require enough heat to kill all of the bad stuff, so that means I’d have to pasteurize it myself. I don’t have the capacity to rapidly heat and cool milk like a dairy does which can cause damage to the fat cells. It’s just not worth it to me. (Those are some rather worrisome articles. I’ve been keeping an eye on that, but mostly just hoping they will get a vax before things get too out of hand.) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/69 "2025-01-14T16:28:20Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > thank you so much for sending me the link to your poetry - it is a beautiful piece, puts me right in that place 🙂 And the illustration around it is a perfect match to your words. Thanks! ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/70 "2025-01-14T17:46:57Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I’m frequently telling it to SHUT UP. We be kinfolk. Met with the gym guy and am now signed up for personal training 3 times a week for 3 months. Costly (more than I expected) but within budget, so we’ll see how the initial sessions go and work from there. Then went to the Great Mart of Wall for a couple things and to drop off my plastic bags for recycling. Have printed out my financial information so just waiting for 1pm or so to roll around to go see the Financial guy. It’s a pretty looking day outside, as long as you don’t look at the thermometer (current reading 38F). **BBBoo** , thanks for the education and will make a note to never own a cat-iron skillet. **wet one,** stay warm and hope PT goes well. You stay warm too, **CatGlove** > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The folks at the gym say they are hoping to get funding for a hot tub next year. That would be awesome, hot tubs make my hip feel so much better. Rooting for you, the 20 minutes or so I spend in the hot tub/jacuzzi between swimming laps is very relaxing. Have never drank raw milk to the best of my knowledge and certainly not goat’s milk. And Purple Heart has picked up my stuff, so now I can start a new pile of stuff…such anticipation… Onward moves the day. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/71 "2025-01-14T18:24:14Z")
So it was one of those days. I was sorting on the 100 Table, then the 200 then the 100, then back to the 200. And all 4 boxlines were still trying to load when the package cars left. I got out just before 11, after helping with clean up. There was a message from Carol on the website, thanking us for 98.8% on time delivery rate for Cyber Week 🤔 and "Your resilience and teamwork are the foundation for our success([till we sack the lot of you and hire robots)."](https://supplychain360.io/ups-advances-automation-strategic-facility-closures-2026/). I can swim. Not well or anything, but better than Luca Brasi. 🐟 > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Dude. I didn’t know that you could communicate with cheese! How cool. if you go to the astral plane, you can at least talk to a medium Cheddar. 😉 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > And there was no time limit. Like the Nimitz was gonna hang around for 3 hours til you swam over from your sinking ship. 😉 > [@Seanette](#): > > The big worry right now, if I’m understanding correctly, is the possibility of this learning to go human-to-human and becoming another pandemic. Well, the tinfoil hat brigade is already claiming it’s a scam(I swear the one friend of mine must eaten all the lead solder in his C Ration cans when he was in the Army). ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/72 "2025-01-14T18:44:18Z")
Wifey, RN was just about to leave to see patients when her phone pinged. She normally just glances at it. This time she spent a long time reading the text. One of her patients died this morning. This was the guy, a Vietnam vet, who took us out for a very expensive Veterans Day dinner. (As you know, The Missus is a veteran.) Nice guy, but rather frail. Wifey, RN sucked it up and said she was OK, then left to see today’s patients. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/73 "2025-01-14T18:51:22Z")
in swimming i am a bit of an oddity. i am small and i sink. i do not float. even in a “dead man float”, i will be under water. as a child i had bad tonsils and adenoids. water could not go up my nose due to the adenoids. my mother had me in the pool at the ywca at 6 months. swim lessons forever. i was a slow swimmer (due to not being buoyant.) but could swim forever. marathon not sprint. one swim class she had me take was synchronized swimming. not a good thing for someone who can’t float. the acrobatics were fun, but the surface stuff was a bit of a struggle. the good thing is i was introduced to the “nose clip”. because a year later i had my tonsils and adenoids out. my first time in the pool after that the water went up my nose! i had no idea what to do. i got out and went to get a nose plug. i have the nose plug with me nearly all the time (just incase i am confronted with having to go in water). it is just the clip part. all the rubber stuff is all gone. when i was a lifeguard, i would wear it like a ring so i could pop it on my nose quickly. for me breaststroke, butterfly, and sidestroke are the best for getting through the water. those three have a “push up” function. my mother who could float like a water lily, had a very lazy backstroke. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/74 "2025-01-14T19:25:28Z")
PT went well. I’ve never met a therapist I didn’t like and Eric is no exception. He realized that I have some residual mental trauma over the Big Fall. In addition to ankle strengthening we are going to work on balance and the other hip. Went to the Mart of the Wall. I don’t care what anybody says, my WalMart is nice and tidy and people are just regular. I felt like Randy in _A Christmas Story_ in my full length down coat with hood, gloves, and hat. Sweating like a whore in church in the store. Going to a Zoom meeting on GLP-1 for weight loss. I can get it compounded via Weight Watchers. Despite following the WW program, I cannot shift any weight. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/75 "2025-01-14T19:51:42Z")
_Started Typing: 1:43 PM ET Clicked Reply: 2:51 PM ET_ Usually, when I post during the workday it’s during downtime/a quiet period: right now, though, I’m totally slacking. 😁 I need to update a slide deck, but I’m caught up on everything else and it won’t take long and I have until COB and I’m trying to shake this post-lunch food coma…feels like a good time to chat with y’all! The other day I registered for a [Vocal Jazz Summit](https://www.vocaljazzsummit.org/), to be held in Virginia Beach the first weekend of June. This will be its 5th year, but I didn’t learn about it until after last year’s summit. I’ve been tracking this year’s for a couple of months, but I’d been hesitant to buy a (nonrefundable) pass because my program’s current contract ends on 04/30 and there’s a _chance_ I won’t have a job on 05/01. However, my customer has recently said more than once that he thinks we’ll get an extension, and over the weekend I decided to go for it. Either way, I’ll need a break by then! 😃 Being such a early bird let me get a pass at the lowest price, and a discounted hotel room. Plus, it’s only a 3.5-hour drive from here so I won’t have to deal with air travel.\* And I’ve never been to Virginia Beach, so on top of the summit itself I’m looking forward to going somewhere new (to me); it’s been a long time since I’ve done that. \*I don’t mind flying at _all_, but all of the expense and BS that goes along with it really tests my willingness to travel that way. So, now I have _two_ jazz things coming up this year that I’m really looking forward to: the local indoor jazz festival I go to every February, and this summit. 🎶 🙂 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Sometimes I catch myself talking back to the thing when it says ‘scan your next item’ or ‘place your item in your cart or the bagging area’. Oh, I _always_ talk back to it: I don’t tell it to shut up, but I always say, “I did!!” > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > you folks won’t hear about the first results until around August. That will be a year since I put my first cheddar in the “cave”. Looking forward to that report! > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > it is perfect baking weather I saw this meme the other day: “So, like, the first rule of cooking is to have fun and be yourself but the first rule of baking is to stay calm because the dough can sense fear.” (😂) > [@nelliebly](#): > > I think you need a Lego version of Mount Rushmore, if they make such a thing, to go with your other presidential stuff. Ha! There is no Lego Mount Rushmore set, but honestly even if there were one I’ve never been there so I wouldn’t get it. It probably seems like there’s no rhyme or reason to what I build, but I only buy sets that mean something to me (in one way or another). 🙂 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I wish I could swim - swim properly, that is. I have no fear of water and I can propel myself from one place to another. It’s not pretty, but I get there. Seconded! ✋ For me, the issue was being able to see: I’ve been very nearsighted since I was 7, I couldn’t wear either glasses or contact lenses in the water, and when I was younger – like, well into my 20s – I couldn’t tolerate goggles. I’ve since gotten over that and was able to go snorkling for the first time in 2008, but I can’t swim smoothly. At least I know that I won’t drown (right away). > [@swampbear](#): > > The oldest member of the church has died at the age of a hunnert and two. Wow! I can’t imagine getting to triple digits. > [@dogbutler](#): > > I can swim. Not well or anything, but better than Luca Brasi. 🐟 Luca doesn’t swim; he sleeps. 😁 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > One of her patients died this morning. Awww. ☹ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/76 "2025-01-14T20:07:26Z")
Oh. A Farcebook post from our local Mexican restaurant that has been closed due to a fire last Spring, announced they will be reopening Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/77 "2025-01-14T20:08:29Z")
Just finished [booking one cruise](https://www.hollandamerica.com/en/us/find-a-cruise/e5n28e/j546b#) and canceling the other. Rather than doing the 35-day cruise next year, we’ll do 28 days this summer. Plus we’ll fly to London a day early and maybe do a little tourist stuff there. I messaged BooFae with some questions. Even with the flights and the hotel, this trip will be a LOT cheaper than the other. And it goes _waaaaay_ north, which will be cool, literally! 😉 So that’s my big excitement. ---
**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 14, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/78 "2025-01-14T20:46:44Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > I can’t even imagine what it’s like in the western Mitten with the lake effect wind. Wind? Nope. Snow? { _looks out window with dismay_ } Jesus, where TF is my car?!? There’s a weird car-shaped igloo on my driveway, could that be it? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > One of her patients died this morning. This was the guy, a Vietnam vet, who took us out for a very expensive Veterans Day dinner. (As you know, The Missus is a veteran.) Nice guy, but rather frail. Wifey, RN sucked it up and said she was OK, then left to see today’s patients. I’ve never met her, but I’d bet she cried quietly in her car. > [@swampbear](#): > > Seriously she would not dare set foot in public unless her hair, jewelry, outfit and so forth were just so. Mentally sending a tiara, just for her. * * * Whelp, that snow ain’t stoppin’ but someone (dammit, Monkey!) done drank up all my hooch, so I either gotta shovel, or strap on walkin’ boots and ride Shank’s Pony down to the Corner Sto’ for provisions. I wouldn’t mind a nice walk in muffling snow, and I sure as shit donwanna shovel, so … Boots it is! * * * UPDATE: since apparently I couldn’t be bothered to push the right button earlier … Sun’s out (guns out!) and the driveway wasn’t _that_ bad, so driving to Corner Sto’ was achieved, and then I figured, as long as the wind is blowing snow offa my car … went to the Fancy Nearby Carwash ™ with the colorful neon light hoops. Sprung a bit of extra $$ for the “undercarriage wash” (which, in my own floozy days, meant something completely different @JaneDoe42 should know what I mean) so now all the salty ice rusting up the wheel wells should be gone. Time to boil up some chicken paws, and make soup. (Which … is also a euphemism. Dammit @nelliebly my brain isn’t the only one that needs washin’!) ---
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Its snowing now. We had 2 inches. We may get another 1. Monday, my phone says the low will be -1. The boss finally called. I go to train Thurs 10-2. Maybe 2 weeks later I get pay. The pay is 15 an hour. A lot for me, not you guys. Had tomatos and a cuke in italian dressing for lunch. ---
**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 14, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910/80 "2025-01-14T21:52:11Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > The pay is 15 an hour. A lot for me, not you guys. More than I make per hour, for what it’s worth. I genuinely hope this spot (N.O.Spot) works out well for you. I know you’ve been tryin’ hard to get your feet under yourself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910.md?page=5)