# (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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 407
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Power’s back! According to the news reports a car hit a power pole about 2 miles from my location and about 920 places lost power. I’ll give the Utility company credit, they had it back up and running in less than 2 hours, on a Sunday evening and with a holiday tomorrow. Just as well, it never got desperate but the thermometer was down to 63F and the small room thermometers were even colder. Outside is 23F now and may be in single digits late tonight, so having power is a good thing. But what a way to end a most…interesting…weekend. **FCM** , keep an eye on that man during your vacation or he’ll be sneaking off to the boat or using his laptop to refine his drawings… > [@swampbear](#): > > We take our pancakes, bacon and snausages seriously. Plans are also underway for our St. Patrick’s celebration. So green pancakes and bacon/sausage? Or perhaps more traditionally, green eggs and ham? **Van Go** , it must be the time I go, I cannot remember the music being that loud at Texas Roadhouse (occasionally at Logan’s it is). But the food is worth it, IMHO. **Cupcakes** , happy Hermit day tomorrow! > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > If your discharge instructions tell you to take your pain meds every four hours or something, you should do that. Your body won’t heal well if it is clenched up with pain. As long as they say “as needed”, you do you. Yeah, I was told to use my own discretion and truthfully I’ve had next to no pain, but having medication available is never a bad idea. **Piper** , been a long time since I faced those type of temperatures; stay warm now. **Sticky Buns** , hope the cough lets up; they told me to hold myself are the inscision if I cough to prevent any damage, so I have been trying to do that. Fortunately coughs are few and far between now. > [@susan](#): > > And that’s what matters, not whether you saved every penny until death. I know, my Financial adviser keeps telling me how to invest for a better rate of return and how much I might have by the time I’m 90 and I want to tell him “I spent 70 years getting to this place, now I just want to spend it but have enough to live on comfortably.” > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > I went down to the community room to finish delighting the trees. They are always so happy to see you! And that will be my late night final, folks; catch all y’all in the next MMP. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910)._