# (Old) Harvest Festival in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 6, 2025, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713 "2025-10-06T07:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/241 "2025-10-11T23:06:47Z")
I brought them from a church dinner. A little sauce. I do not know their ethnicity. Small. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/242 "2025-10-11T23:14:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We’ll pick him up on the 29th, after our vacation. Congrats! One more master at CasaLA. Clothes are washed, apartment cleaneded up, three [cards](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54847981016/) made from scraps, a pack of pictures sorted and supper (a hamburger and salad) et. Now for chillage. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/243 "2025-10-11T23:15:48Z")
A church dinner? Did they have BBQ sauce? Or spaghetti sauce? [Here are Swedish meatballs.](https://thecozycook.com/swedish-meatball-recipe/) They were a favourite of mine at Ikea (along with crispbread and lingonberry jam. It’s been over 20 years, but I think potatoes were also involved.) > [@missred](#): > > Congrats! One more master at CasaLA. We’ll still be outnumbered by the wimmins. The girls have had their gooshy food, BTW. The leftovers are reheated, and we’ll dig in in a few minutes. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/244 "2025-10-12T00:08:24Z")
We’re watching _The Inspector Lynley Mysteries_. (S3E2). The inspector’s watch reminds me of my paternal grandfather’s Gruen ‘tank’ watch. Since I’m paying off the house, it might be time to get it repaired. I’m not fond of the expanding bracelet. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/245 "2025-10-12T00:15:23Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Kind of like the old “raisin vs. chocolate chip in a cookie” surprise, once you know to expect that flavor, the next bite is a lot less surprising / off-putting. As the author of a book I read years ago put it, there’s nothing worse than taking a bite of something and finding out it’s not what you thought it was. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/246 "2025-10-12T00:37:43Z")
Up from naptime, having a Vieux Carré, Asian BBQ stir fry, and watching hockey. It’s is raining. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Tired, donwanna. I have clean undies and socks somewhere, but MAN am I worn the frig out {{{{ **shoe** }}}} > [@swampbear](#): > > My **DAWGS** don’t play until seven-thirty p.m., not three-thirty.🙄 State got crushed by Notre Dame 36-7, Iowa is nuking Wisconsin 20-0 in the 2nd, and UNC and Incarnate Word have bye weeks, so I don’t even have the joy of irrational hatred. ☹ > [@LSLGuy](#): > > in Chile’s southern fjords. \< Slartibartfast likes this post \> > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We’ll pick him up on the 29th, after our vacation. ❤ > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > I have 2 interviews Monday to try for a second p/t job. : crosses fingers : If nothing else, just so you do more than just survive. > [@missred](#): > > three [cards](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54847981016/) made from scraps, Outstanding use of scraps ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/247 "2025-10-12T00:38:46Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m not fond of the expanding bracelet. When I first discovered it, I thought it was my grand_mother’s_ watch because of the bracelet. Maybe it was the style in the ’40s (?), but I think it would look better with a leather band. (My dad also liked Speidel Twist-O-Flex bracelets in the ‘50s and ‘60s.) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/248 "2025-10-12T00:48:31Z")
Power flicker. Somebody hit a pole. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/249 "2025-10-12T00:52:05Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > having a Vieux Carré Sounds good. But I’ve already had three glasses of cheap plonk, and I don’t feel like making a cocktail. Speaking of watches, though, my ‘vintage-look’ Seiko has shipped from China. I hope it gets here before we leave on vacation – or after we return. (Our cat-sitter should bring it in if it arrives while we are away.) ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/250 "2025-10-12T01:56:33Z")
I’m having to seriously limit my online time now, I just backed out of organizing the secret santa. I just do not have the bandwidth anymore. So, while I am reading the Mump, posting is getting pretty hard. It has been getting cold at nights so I brought my lemon tree in. George put a leaf in his mouth and then spit it out. Jolene still cannot believe that **all** of the leaves will bite her mouth and has turned several of the low hanging ones into lace. Hopefully, they both will survive the winter. Monday we will be going up north to look at the leaves and try out a new place we saw, Tequila Taco Bar. Now that we are resigned to never eating good Mexican food again, we do enjoy the WV take on it. And that’s all I’ve got, my batteries are already drained. Take care all. Shits getting real and ain’t nobody safe nowadays. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/251 "2025-10-12T02:09:18Z")
{{{{ **JtC** }}}} But yeah. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/252 "2025-10-12T03:23:29Z")
After 10pm and time for the late-night final. Did go to the gym for a short while and since have pretty much slothed quietly and eaten my Big Bowl O’Pasta for dinner. Will head off to bed shortly after completing this, the day is beginning to catch up with me. But couldn’t book my ticket to Slumberland without catching up with my compadres in the MMP, so onto the scroll… **swampy** , given the score I bet your staying up for this Georgia game… **FCM** , a small ham sounds like a good idea. **Pilot** , that will be quite a trip. And missing the Drake passage will mean missing some scenery, but also some humongous waves. **Flyboy** , so happy the meeting with Calypso went well, looking forward to pictures once he is in your happy home. **Coppertone** , if things go well, it might result in more hours. Great news! **JtC** , sorry to hear about the bandwidth problem, any chance of a cure in the near future? Take care. And time for me to head off to bed. Catch all y’all tomorrow. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/253 "2025-10-12T03:41:50Z")
**{{{JtC}}}** ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/254 "2025-10-12T03:58:06Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Flyboy** , so happy the meeting with Calypso went well, looking forward to pictures once he is in your happy home. I just put my ear on Abbey’s side while I scritched her head. She didn’t even purr. She did give my foreheads a couple of licks. When we first got her, she’d lick my forehead for 10 minutes! Little ingrate! Well, maybe she’ll adopt Calypso as her stepson. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/255 "2025-10-12T06:27:37Z")
**{{{shoe}}}** and **{{{JtC}}}** > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > We’ll pick him up on the 29th, after our vacation. Counting the days! Hope all the kitties get along. (And now that you shared a picture of swedish meatballs, I want some. Probably easiest is just to go to Ikea sometime next week and get some frozen ones. And they have chicken and veggie ones as well!) > [@missred](#): > > three [cards](https://www.flickr.com/photos/198572763@N08/54847981016/) made from scraps Pretty! Oddly enough, the middle one reminds me of \*\*moooooom’\*\*s latest project. Hubby and I both woke up before 5 am. He thinks there’s someone’s alarm waking us up. No idea, but this is getting old. Mattress is almost 12 years old, maybe it’s time for a new one. Leaving soon to take a long train ride and get Five Guys. Might even see the sun, which we haven’t seen for a few days. Fog season is here and will stay until March. The sun will come back out when it gets colder. Speaking of cold, yesterday we switched from the summer duvet plus blanket to the spring/fall duvet. And looks like it’s time to get ready to go. Happy Sunday! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/256 "2025-10-12T06:49:16Z")
Today I ate a lot. A local Orthodox church had it’s annual food festival. I get two meals, one for there and one to take home. I had the keftedes for one entree and falafel for the other. Both come with pita and hummus, two pieces of spanokapita, and a little container of feta and kalamata olives, I also get baklave for dessert. The line is long but they have it down to an artform on getting folks through it. This year my hip has been hurting so I ate outside, and didn’t go in for the extra pastries available in the basement, or for the church tour, It’s not large but I enjoy looking at all the icons on the wall, and they have other church items on display like vestments, the marriage crowns belonging to the church, and so on. I may not eat much Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/257 "2025-10-12T07:01:36Z")
I forgot also that there were two pieces of dolmades with each dinner. They make them better than any restaurant I haver been in. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/258 "2025-10-12T10:03:59Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 61 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 75 and cloudy. The big item on today’s agenda is deheathenization in which I have verger duty. We will travel separately today as I need to be there a little early and want to stay for BP’s adult formation class on the Revelation. I found the last class innerestin’, so have decided to give it a shot. I will come back to da cave for a sammich lunch. The rest of the day will be RDOS inactivities. Any need to feed today will be via forage. **MetalMouse** I made it through the first half of the game. Proud of my **DAWGS** for pullin’ off the 20-10 win over the kitties. Auburn fans are no doubt seethin’ over the loss, the goal line fumble, the refs (all SEC teams despise SEC refs, it’s a time honored tradition), Hugh Freeze (their coach) and last but not least, yet another loss to the **DAWGS.** Still, I was noddin’ off and had to go beddy bye. **{{{JtC}}}** sometimes a break is needed. Please do check in from time to time to let us know how you are. **Coppertone** all appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed re the interviews. **CupCakes** that sounds nummy! I am not fond of most Greek food, but it sounds like all the ones I like were there. I would have made a hawg of myself. Hope your hip feels better today. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, purtification for deheathenization must commence. Happy Sunday Y’all! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/259 "2025-10-12T10:30:51Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off today. Morning cleaning and afternoon sloth, with 7 hours of handegg is on today’s agenda. It’s currently raining and 64 degrees Ferret Height(17.8 Centipedes). It’s also before dawn, so Spot keeps bothering me to turn on his shows. > [@swampbear](#): > > Proud of my **DAWGS** for pullin’ off the 20-10 win over the kitties. [Lewis Grizard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooJvKARiums)’s story about Uga. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2025, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713/260 "2025-10-12T11:08:08Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Dinner will be another heapin’ helpin’ of the giant chicken alfredo that the wife impulse-bought at Costco the other day. I almost got that when we were in there the other day. We’ve had it before and it’s pretty good. I stopped because we had an abundance of left over shells and cheese at home. Instead I opted for pumpkin muffins that no one seems to be eating. (I don’t like them, but I thought they would be a hit with the others.) (( **JtC** )) and (( **shoe** )) It’s been very strange around here lately. I keep reminding myself that it’s not my job to try to fix everyone else’s problems. But it’s tough. My mom has been getting worse with her migraines and, frankly, her anger. MusicMan has been struggling with many things, too. Last night we had a situation where he was singing loudly and it was bothering her so she went out and sat in the car. I did not wish to ask him to quit singing because that is his one love in life and he’s working on starting his own karaoke business. However, I felt bad for my mom that the noise bothers her. My only intervention was that I ordered some earplugs and headphones on Amazon last night so that maybe she can double layer them and will be able to stay in the house if and when this happens again. Today’s activities are yet to be determined. We’ve got grocery pickup at Walmart at 10. I really would like to work on cleaning the upstairs because it is ridiculously cluttered. And I’m sure I’ll work on some IEPs and such every once in awhile. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-harvest-festival-in-the-mmp/1023713.md?page=14)