# (Old) Happy Earthday in the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 22, 2024, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607 "2024-04-22T06:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/221 "2024-04-27T15:06:43Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > **Johnny,** I am reading with interest about some of the places you and Mrs. L.A. dine. I’ll be up at Semiahmoo next month, and I’m looking for dinner options other than the hotel. I just looked up the drinks menu at Smuggler’s Cove, and a few of those sound quite tasty! We like the Hemingway Daiquiris. As for dining… The food menu in Smuggler’s Tunnel is limited. There are more choices upstairs at [Gateway 1890](https://www.gateway1890taphouse-grill.com/food), but it’s ‘bar food’. The burgers are pretty good, but I like the ones at a couple of places down the beach better. We like the Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail. The taco salad is good, and that’s been my go-to recently. Last night I had the pulled pork taco salad (they have it in the Speakeasy). Of course Paso del Norte is better. They should be re-opening soon, after their kitchen fire. **NB:** As limited as the food menu is in the Speakeasy, so the drinks menu is limited upstairs. There’s a new Indian restaurant in Blaine called [Namaste](https://www.namasteblaine.com). Fresh food cooked to order, very tasty, and there’s a lot of it. In Birch Bay we have [CJ’s Beach House](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g2156340-d3863187-Reviews-CJ_s_Beach_House-Birch_Bay_Washington.html), [The Beach at Birch Bay](https://thebeachatbirchbay.com) (‘Five-Star Dive Bar’), [Bay Breeze Restaurant and Bar](https://www.baybreezerestaurantandbar.com), (Try the Pan Roasted Rockfish.), and [The Shores](https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-shores-restaurant-birch-bay). It’s a bit of a dive, but they make a good omelette. As for the cat, I woke up the neighbours. They tried to coax it down last night, and they’re trying again. (Oh, it’s a different one that got stuck in a tree in our back yard.) I told them about [Canopy Cat Rescue](https://www.canopycatrescue.com). ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/222 "2024-04-27T15:23:44Z")
Too late to edit: Gateway 1890 has very good fish & chips. Nobody up here can make coleslaw though. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/223 "2024-04-27T15:27:07Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > at her b-day party every time a new guest arrived, she introduced them to her baby brother! It was too adorbs!! This brought a slight tear to my eye; so sweet and wonderful. I do have the tiniest bit of envy, not about the boat or car shows, but about your precious grandchildren; you are blessed. Made oatmeal for Hubs and self (mixture of rolled oats, oat bran, steel cut oats, connamon and ginger) with sliced banana, blueberries and nuts; sliced almonds for Hubs and walnuts for self. Have been watching Rafa in likely his last time he plays at Madrid tournament. right now it’s first set, tied 6-6, 5-2 Rafa in the tie breaker. Vamos Rafa!!! ETA: Rafa WON the first set 8-6 in the tiebreak! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/224 "2024-04-27T15:37:49Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > I’m glad to hear that **hippy** and **boo** are okay, but sorry to read about **hippy’s** family member’s property damage. I’m also happy no one was hurt. Thanks everybody! I’m glad **hippy** and **boo** are safe too! 😜. Reading the local news this morning it’s incredible that authorities are reporting the only 10 people in my metro area of 250,000 people needed to seek medical treatment and none of those were serious or life threatening injuries, including the 4 workers in the demolished factory. We had train cars derailed, semis turned over, homes and buildings destroyed but those are only ‘things’ and can be replaced. I hope reports from the Omaha area near **hippie** turn out the same. Last night I read at least 63 tornadoes had touched down in that hour long swath from Lincoln to Omaha-they expect to find evidence of more as meteorologists study the damage. It’s mind boggling and it happens in an instant. The same area is sitting under a severe weather watch today too-I added weather alerts to my phone and iPad so I’ll know when to grab the cat and head to the basement. The gods and goddesses were kind to me yesterday. I got to be with the three most important people in my world yesterday while it happened and I knew they were sheltered and safe. I was just yards away from the doors of a strong, safe public building when that siren went off (thank you, Lancaster County emergency management for being vigilant and having a system that worked) and I had shelter right there! Right now! It would have been much harder on me if I had been alone in my basement wondering if they were safe scattered across the city in four different places and situations. I got to sit in that preschool hallway, hold my grandson in my lap and read books to him for an hour, knowing that his older sister was 20 feet away, safely with her teachers and classmates behind that sturdy closed bathroom door. My daughter, their mother, was sitting on that hallway bench right next to us, texting their father, who was sheltering in a university basement a few miles away. But for fate it could have been far different and we could have been 5 different places and out of touch, only to have worry and wonder for an agonizing hour. Now we Nebraskans will hunker down and help family and neighbors rebuild-it’s who we are and what we do. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/225 "2024-04-27T16:55:37Z")
The Missus called Canopy Cat Rescue. The cat owner already called them. Apparently the cat is a little skittish, which makes it a high-risk rescue; the cat might jump and ‘not make it’. My wife asked if _she_ could ask them to come out. ‘What if the cat breaks its legs?’ they asked. She said ‘_I will!_’ CCR said it’s not realistic to pay a $2,000 vet bill for someone else’s cat. So it’s up to the owner whether they come out today, or if they’ll come out tomorrow. They’re going to call her in a few minutes, and they said they’d call my wife to let her know what she says. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/226 "2024-04-27T17:48:08Z")
We had a freeze warning coupla-three says ago, and today it’s a high of { _snerk_ } 69 F plus it’s windy as hell. > [@Taters](#): > > **shoe** , I’m happy your conversation with S.M. provided good results. I was rather pleasantly surprised. I’m terrible about these kinds of things; it takes me so long just to figure out why I’m tying myself in knots, let alone ask for help. And then sometimes, like magic, help appears and the problem goes away! This job is actually doing wonders for that. No matter how much the crew snark and tease - and they can be merciless - if you say, “I need help!” someone will appear at your elbow and ask what you need. Whelp, time to locate some sort of breakfast & maybe kill a few zombies before work. Y’all have a good one. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/227 "2024-04-27T17:50:44Z")
So I was running the 100 and 200 slides today. And got plenty of hours. Now I’m laundering, and staying up to watch the Canes game. No Sleep Till ~~Brooklyn~~ Belmont! 🏒 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Come to the dark side … oh wait. You’re already here. Should I make cookies? > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Bed is gonna feel mighty good-I’ ve been going non-stop for 19 hours I bet, and glad you and **hippie** don’t need ruby slippers. I’m sorry about your ILs, though. > [@Taters](#): > > Fun times. Any chance you could feed Mr. National to a Sasquatch? ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/228 "2024-04-27T18:11:35Z")
It’s so windy, my (empty) trash bin got knocked over! Gonna be “fun” handing cash to & fro, not to mention the lightweight small pizzas with one (or no) toppings - I can actually feel those get a bit of loft when there’s a big gust. I’ve already chased a ten-spot across the parking lot (caught it, too!) and don’t relish doing that again. Tomorrow is my Blessed Day Off, though, which gives me a weekend (as in, two consecutive days off) on the actual weekend! WTF shall I do with myself? … yes, I’ve already reached out to **G.C.** he asked about last night but I guess that was the anti-silver lining to getting swapped - no visitation hours. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Should I make cookies? If you put chopped hazelnuts in with the chocolate chip, I’d be your new best friend! … but if you try to sneak raisins or worse, pass them off as chocolate chip, we can never be friends again. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/229 "2024-04-27T18:49:58Z")
Well, that was officially the suckiest boat show we’ve ever attended. No shuttle bus, so we had to park in the city garage (almost $18!!!) then $20 each for maybe an hour of walking around. There were so many non-boat booths - Cutco knives, LeafFilter (???), BMW (with 3 cars on display), a chiropractor, some guy trying to give me samples of eye cream… Not a single vendor of the stuff **FCD** was interested in seeing. But we went to Denny’s for breakfast and it was actually good and the service was very good! Glad to be home. It’s been raining on and off and it’s just an icky day. Oh well… ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/230 "2024-04-27T18:51:45Z")
Ah, how disappointing! ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/231 "2024-04-27T19:41:39Z")
Went to go shopping for prescription sunglasses and forgot my prescription. Came back home and decided to go to a different glass place. Worked out because they had a buy one get one 60%off. So I chose 2 pairs one sunglass one not. Now I have 3 pairs I’m waiting on. Hit giant on the way home and am enjoying potato chips and onion dip (onion pieces sifted out). ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/232 "2024-04-27T20:48:08Z")
Well, I’m back. First game of the morning was the U10’s, no referee so I was out there on the field coaching and refereeing, but it didn’t help, we lost 0-4. Then it was the U8’s turn and they won 3-0, so I broke even on the day. Then pictures for the U10’s and refereed at 11:30am and being a glutton for punishment, did another game at 1:00pm. So home after 7 hours outside and on my feet for 95% of the time, I think that qualifies for an active day. Have no plans to move much of anywhere for the next few hours. **flyboy** , hope the cat get rescued, or figures it out themself how to get down from the heights. **BBBoo** , heartwarming story and glad all those close to you were safe. **Taters** , is the National guy going to be riding with you, or does he/she have other travel arrangements? Sounds like a slog either way. **red** , go easy on the bleed-letting there. . **FCM** , sorry the show sucked; sounds like they had a plan but didn’t bother to get the commitments from the people they wanted to have there so they had to grab most any business with a pulse to attend. Haven’t been to the restroom in 8 hours now, think it’s about time I head there. Take care all. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/233 "2024-04-27T20:59:18Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **flyboy** , hope the cat get rescued, or figures it out themself how to get down from the heights. We too. Two other neighbours were trying to coax him down, and the (male) owner came out again too. Catmom gave the guy we didn’t know a bag of Temptations to shake, and before that he too, called Canopy Cat Rescue. With one guy up a ladder (about 40 or 50 feet too short), I finally saw the cat. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/234 "2024-04-27T21:19:35Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > sounds like they had a plan but didn’t bother to get the commitments from the people they wanted to have there so they had to grab most any business with a pulse to attend. The non-boat vendors show up at every show it seems, but at the big show in the fall, boat-stuff vendors outnumber them greatly. Still this was a much smaller spring show than we’d ever seen. Never again. **FCD** is napping. MIL is either listening to her audio book or napping or both. I just fed Higgs and had some leftovers. Back to my book. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/235 "2024-04-27T21:45:14Z")
Howdy Y’all! Mowage did not happen cause motivation did not show up. Oh well, maybe motivation will show up sometime within the next few days. However, cookin’ motivation showed up cause I made a batch of skettie sauce. We’ll have sketties for N.O.L. or sup tomorrow and the rest of the batch goes in da freezer for later use. Also, we went to the bar down the road for a burger and a beer. Nappage and day drinkin’ also happened. Now, 'tis Netflix and chill time. **Hippie** glad you are OK. Hope your SIL and BIL recover from their losses soonest. **MOOOOOOM** y’all have fun at the boat show. I see in a later post the show was sucky. Oh well, at least breakfast was good. **Taters** the pups just want to protect you from the evil Swiffer! **MetalMouse** I felt tired just readin’ your post about your activity today. I may need to lie down to recover. **red** I have a mental pic of Nelson and his posse and it makes me grumpy old man smile. A Superman bandage is perfect for a booboo. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/236 "2024-04-27T21:50:23Z")
I remember the first Earth Day. I was in junior high. Never have been able to figure out the point of it. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/237 "2024-04-27T22:15:34Z")
Something about the earth. Okay, it is about taking proper care of this planet we’re on- don’t throw trash on the ground, pollute the water, etc. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/238 "2024-04-27T22:27:55Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Cutco knives, LeafFilter (???), BMW (with 3 cars on display), a chiropractor, some guy trying to give me samples of eye cream… Not a single vendor of the stuff **FCD** was interested in seeing. We went to an AQS quilt show in Des Moines last summer and about a quarter of the vendor booths were not related to our hobby. So sad ---
**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:** [April 27, 2024, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/239 "2024-04-27T23:09:43Z")
I get the same thing at papercraft shows. They want to sell me insurance, cruises, and yes, Cutco knives (they must be at every show). Seldom worth the price of parking and admission anymore. Glad you’re both OK **hippy** and **boo**. Got the packages shipped and got two nice travel mugs at GW. One even has a metal top! The other will be my back up. I also found a soup mug to replace the one I chipped a while back. By the time that I got out of there, it was about 2 minutes until CVS at Tar-jay closed for lunch and I could feel my BG crashing, so I went to the redhead’s drive thru for a Frosty, before going home for a while. Once CVS was open again, I took Nelson with me and picked up my 'scrip (Tar-jay doesn’t have issues with well behaved doggos, especially if they’re riding in a buggy). Afterwards, we swung by the dog park in time to play with Gunter, Jack and Ollie. Now, to chill in the studio. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607/240 "2024-04-28T01:24:30Z")
Good Lord, what a stressful day. To recap: As I mentioned earlier, a neighbour’s cat was stuck 60 feet up a tree and was crying pitifully. I told them about Cat Canopy Rescue, and my wife called them too. CCR was like, ‘We need the owner to tell us to come out. We recommend waiting until tomorrow. The cat’s not going to die.’ This upset **Catmom** /Wifey. The poor thing cried all day. Finally, she called the guy who’d cut down a few of our trees over the years. He was about to take a nap, but he said he’d come out. But first, I went to the neighbour to ask if it’s OK. The guy was like, ‘Well, CCR said to wait, but I hate to leave him up there another night. Go ahead if you think it will work.’ So Catmom told the tree guy to come out. A little while later, the female neighbour came over to tell us CCR said it’s a bad idea to have an ‘arborist’ come out. If the cat is skittish (which it is), he’ll climb higher, or maybe jump and die. Wifey is a nurse, and she can’t just let a living thing suffer. Tree guy comes over. He’s rescued about 150 cats out of trees – which is less than CCR’s 7,000. Catmom is on the phone with CCR, and they’re making her upset because they don’t thing we should have brought in a guy who climbs trees for a living. Tree guy told her to just hang up on them. And she did. Cutting to the chase: Tree guy climbed the tree and rescued the 7-to-9-month-old Russian Blue rescue kitty. Neighbours are happy. Catmom tells Neighbour Guy there was no charge for the rescue, but she actually, later, slipped the tree guy 300 clams – all the cash she had. The cat is saved from another night in the top of a cedar in the rain, safe from hunting owls and eagles. and Catmom is relieved. I bought us fish & chips tonight, and she was appreciative. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-earthday-in-the-mmp/1000607.md?page=13)