# \[OLD\] Have As Good A New Monday MMP As Possible **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 27, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700 "2023-03-27T05:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/181 "2023-03-30T15:01:24Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > I haven’t sung in front of anyone for… close on 20 years probably? I do my best to avoid singing in front of other people. They appreciate my concern. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@TruePisces](#): > > > > Back to the protest, CtE is wanting to stay home from school tomorrow since “nothing is going to be done”. > > I’d have pointed out that the protest IS doing an important thing. What will it accomplish other than having the kids miss a day of classes? > [@nightshadea](#): > > why would you leave civilization for the empty prairie? 🤣 I can think of many, many reasons – most of which walk on two legs. I’ve often said that if I can stand on the porch with a .45 and hit my neighbour’s house, that house is too close to mine. Dirt has been delivered and breakfast has been devoured, so time to go shovel. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/182 "2023-03-30T15:15:43Z")
Very cold in the hizzle this morning. I turn the heat off at night because this antiquated heating system doesn’t regulate well. We’ve got a bit of a cold snap at the moment, so it was a bit nipply this AM. Omelet for breakfast made with a 10-year aged cheddar. Really good cheese. Side of hashbrowns. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/183 "2023-03-30T15:37:03Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’d have pointed out that the protest IS doing an important thing. I should have, but my brain was going in about six different directions at once. Of course, they told me as I’m dropping them off that it’s not a protest at the school but a protest at the capital that a lot of students will be leaving to go to. And if I’d given them a note as permission to leave, then they would have been able to go to it (which I think would have been a fantastic thing for them). Of course, they tell me this when I have no paper or writing implement in the car so I can’t write one immediately. _sigh_ > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Oh, sweetheart, that’s tough. I wish I could say/write something to make it all better. I know, and I appreciate it. The knowledge that there are virtual hugs headed this way helps. Especially since I found out this morning on Facebook that he passed either last night or this morning. I’m relatively ok - sad, but not beside myself. I’m thinking more of my mom, my aunt and my cousins. My mom was there when my grandmother passed and knew that she couldn’t handle the same thing with her older brother. > [@nightshadea](#): > > Went to get a rental app if this works out the house well be renting while trying to save to buy a house is 30 seconds across the street so moving should be a breeze, so I’m slightly hopeful When Hubby and I moved in together after our engagement, we moved into an apartment in the building he was in. So we had to just go up 7 floors. That one was easy. Then about 8 years ago, we moved apartments in the same complex. That one was a little easier. Here’s hoping that yours will be easy as pie! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I suspect some were turned in because the owners wouldn’t be allowed to rent with such “dangerous” pets. I could be wrong…Anyway, I hate when people treat their pets like disposable items. 😠 I’m with you on people treating their pets as disposable items. It’s not like a table or chair that won’t feel anything when you get rid of it. Animals HAVE feelings and should be treated as the living, breathing beings that they are. As for the older pits, I suspect you’re right. MFN (the new acronym I’m going to call my friend by so I’m not typing “my friend” out over and over and over) wants to get a pit so badly, but the apartment complex he’s in won’t let pits in for renters. Almost every animal that’s gone “bad” has, in my experience, been more because of the training or lack there of than because the breed was intrinsically “bad”. > [@Taters](#): > > I swear, I’m herding cats and recalcitrant Huskies, which is much worse than normal Huskies which are more than a handful. I feel your pain. I’m feeling the same way in dealing with my family in relation to my taking care of my Dad. Hopefully, the individual gets back to you with the ALL the info that you need! > [@teelabrown](#): > > I’m burned out on commuting twenty-five miles each way in a tropical deluge. Ouch! Yeah, I don’t blame you in that. I’m glad that you had the chance to relax yesterday and that today is a nicer day so your commute won’t be (wasn’t?) as bad. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > If I had a conventional job I’d have gone to work directly after the doc was done. As of this morning it’s a bit sore, but Tylenol (which works for me) works well enough. It’s uncomfortable, not painful. So far so typical. Well, I’m glad to hear all of that then. I kinda envy those that Tylenol does it’s job for. I’m pretty much Advil or the heavy stuff. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Light on almost always means either the ABS is defective or it’s been switched off. There’s often a pushbutton someplace around the periphery of the dash to turn it off for special occasions. That may have gotten pushed by kids, workmen, etc. Doesn’t cost anything for you to check. It’s not the “is the ABS on” light, which I did check the button to make sure - mine is always on unless I push the button to turn it off and then there’s a separate light that lights up. This is the one that will light briefly when the ABS is actually being engaged to keep me from doing donuts all over the place. I’m hoping that they just didn’t hook something back up when they put the (third) tranny in and that everything works. I’m not noticing any change in how it drives, but I also haven’t had any times where the ABS should have engaged yet. Here’s hoping I’m right! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Rainy, dry, and too GD many northeasterners ;). Although post-COVID it seems like excess northeasterner season runs all 12 months now. Oh, I remember those days. My friends and I back in high school used to joke that from about October until around April, the average age was dead. Yeah, we were snot nosed kids! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’ve got a bad habit of procrastinating on business phone calls until it’s Sat morning when I get the gumption to call the bank or whatever, but of course they’re closed for the weekend. So I must wait until Monday when I can start a new cycle of procrastination. I may be old-ish, but I sure suck at growing up in some ways. You and me both, **LSL**. I have a serious phone phobia. If I can’t get Hubby to make a call for me, then it takes me a couple days to get myself courageous enough to make that call. I was so bad about it that, before Vanderbilt got an online system for communicating with the doctors, I didn’t make appointments nearly as often as I needed to. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > In less frustrating news: I was invited to speak on the panel at a workshop-conference-thing? They want my perspective as someone coming from public to academic/tribal librarianship?? They want to pay me an honorarium??? I’m like, guys… I just got here. @\_@ Way to go! Whether you’ve just gotten there or not, this is still really cool. And getting an honorarium on top of it… That makes it even better! > [@nelliebly](#): > > A little later, I’ll strap on Bruce and head to the ortho doc. (Egad, that sounds dirty.) Back in my early days of the Dope, this would have gotten a LOT of comments. I love it though! **metal mouse** , **swampy** and **taters** , thanks for the good wishes on the van. So far so good with it. I drove CtE to school, came back home, drove BtY to school and I could actually hit speeds above 40 without an issue. I really love having my van! Things with Dad have gotten… strange. I tried talking to him last night about going to a SNF but he was in the middle of dialysis and in too much pain so I told him I’d call him in the morning after I dropped CtE off. It went straight to voicemail. The case manager called me at 9 to let me know she’d talked to him and he was adamant about going home. Which meant they had no choice but to start making arrangements for him to go home. I probably could have overridden him because of the PoA, but I don’t like doing it because I hate to take away his autonomy. Then about 30 minutes later, she called back again to let me know that the doctor called her and the doctor talked him into it. So now we’re just waiting to see if any of the SNF by me will accept him and if his insurance will actually cover it. Otherwise, he’ll be headed home via ambulance today and I have to worry about him ending up back in the hospital in a day or two. Because I will guarantee that he’ll end up in a lot of pain and on the floor from falling in that amount of time. So send your good thoughts that the insurance doesn’t give us a hard time on this one. There’s a Sonic near me that I’ve been going to for over 10 years. I know the manager and a bunch of the servers, to the point that I can stop by just to chat. Several years ago, I’d stopped going because I didn’t have the money to buy my usual drink (Route 44 Diet Cherry Vanilla Diet Dr Pepper). When the manager found out that’s why I hadn’t been by, she told me that I didn’t need to worry about not having money - I’m one of their best and favorite customers and she has no problem slipping me a drink when I can’t afford one. I try my best not to take advantage of it and it’s been a couple of years when I’ve had to say, “Yeah, I just don’t have the money. Can I get a free drink?” This morning, I decided I really needed my drink so I stopped by. Not only did she give me my drink this morning, but she told me to stop by tomorrow for one as well. I love these people, not just because they’ll pass me free drinks, but also because they just a bunch of caring people. Every time I stop by, they ask about Dad, about the kids, are as disbelieving as I am that CtE is going to be a Senior next year… They’ve actually become friends. Now I should probably head out to clean out the van. That’s my general plan for today, though I really should do some housecleaning as well. I’m just not sure how many spoons I have. I’m focusing on the van because I have a bunch of stuff that is bagged and boxed up in my apartment to go to Goodwill. If I get the van cleaned out, I’ll have room to put the Goodwill stuff in the back and that will help clean things out a little for my apartment. Knocking two things out with one job (or that’s the plan). Everyone have a great Thursday, and thanks for being here to listen as I waffle on. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/184 "2023-03-30T16:02:36Z")
**RealFish** , if you want your kids to go to the protest, call the school and see if you can just email permission. When my students had to get parental permission for something, that’s what some parents did. I’ve never been wild about kids missing classes, but this would be one good reason. Not only would they get to gather with other people who are upset about the school shootings, but they get to experience the right to assemble peaceably. Besides, so many kids will be going that teachers will probably have to postpone today’s lessons. I wonder how many teachers will go. > [@TruePisces](#): > > MFN (the new acronym I’m going to call my friend by so I’m not typing “my friend” out over and over and over) wants to get a pit so badly, but the apartment complex he’s in won’t let pits in for renters. There’s a way around that. Some of the gentlest, most affectionate dogs I’ve known have been pit bulls, and for years they were the most popular family dogs in the US. My complex also doesn’t allow them, but there are plenty here because people just bring in a note from their doc or therapist that the dog is an emotional support animal, and then the complex has to allow them. Your laws may differ. I hate people lying about this ESA stuff, but I also hate that pit bulls get banned. Those are some kind people at the Sonic. It warms my heart to know that. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/185 "2023-03-30T16:03:13Z")
> [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > **LSL** , I’m glad you’re not hurting too bad. I’m going to assume you went a permanent-LARP route and got elf-shaped plastic ear reconstruction, because it amuses me to picture you as Elrond. It was only one ear, so that would look kinda lopsided. Then again, the patented Spock eyebrow raise was only one-sided too, and he’s vaguely elvish. > [@nelliebly](#): > > A little later, I’ll strap on Bruce and head to the ortho doc. (Egad, that sounds dirty.) Remember, if the doc gives you any discomfort, you and strap-on Brucie know just what to do to him (or her) in return. Bend over … 😉 > [@TruePisces](#): > > You and me both, **LSL**. I have a serious phone phobia. No phobia for me. I used to earn my living on the phone 6+ hours per day. No, I can happily yabber until the cows come home. I just … hell I don’t know what I just. But stuff don’t get done. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/186 "2023-03-30T16:17:35Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > **RealFish** , if you want your kids to go to the protest, call the school and see if you can just email permission. When my students had to get parental permission for something, that’s what some parents did. I wish I’d thought of it earlier! The walk-out was happening at 10. As it’s now 11 here in Nashville, they’ve already gone. The sad thing is, I don’t expect that this will be the last one. And whenever the next one happens, I’ll make sure to have my ducks in a row. CtE is convinced that there are going to be a lot of kids going which is why there won’t be anything happening in classes. I’ll have to check with them when they get home to see how many teachers went. > [@nelliebly](#): > > My complex also doesn’t allow them, but there are plenty here because people just bring in a note from their doc or therapist that the dog is an emotional support animal, and then the complex has to allow them. Your laws may differ. I hate people lying about this ESA stuff, but I also hate that pit bulls get banned. I’ll have to mention that to him. The biggest problem is that, at the moment, he has no insurance so doesn’t have a doctor to see. But I know that’s one of the other things he’s trying to get worked out. And if he can find a doctor to sign off on it and if it’s legal in TN, then that just may be the way for him to go. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > No phobia for me. I used to earn my living on the phone 6+ hours per day. No, I can happily yabber until the cows come home. I worked for a motor club and for HSN. When I have calls coming IN, I have no problem. Especially when I’m the professional. I expect to get yelled at in those cases. And, much to Hubby’s frustration, I’m a talker in a lot of situations. But for whatever reason, the thought of picking up the phone to call anyone - even family and friends sometimes - fills me with a dread of being an inconvenience/saying the wrong thing/being one of the people that we would laugh about in my old jobs because they didn’t get it. It makes absolutely no sense - I’m very professional whenever I call anywhere, and I’m very understanding when things can’t go exactly the way I want it, but I can’t get past that phobia. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/187 "2023-03-30T16:22:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Plus there was lots of red licorice in the dream Ok, the half-nekkid men … fine. The red licorice? Dunno, were you hungry? 😃 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > the carpets and…they are still getting wet and it’s spreading some…so I guess I need to call the plumber and see if I can get some help disassembling the sectional UGH THAT SUCKS what a pain in the tuckus. Years ago, there was a leak in a pipe in the wall, which was discovered when _mushrooms started growing out of the carpet_ in an out-of-the-way corner; that was fun. Not fun. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > had intended to cook for myself but then couldn’t be bothered and ended up having toast and peanut butter for dinner. Story of my life lately. > [@teelabrown](#): > > I had the intentional flu yesterday and stayed home. I, too, shall be borrowing this term. > [@teelabrown](#): > > I make a good version of taco meat, well spiced with red chile and with added small cubes of potatoes. Oh, I love the idea of adding bits of potato! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yards and yards of skin cancers get peeled off people every day in this county alone, much less the whole world. I pictured this a bit too vividly. I now have some regrets. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > I was invited to speak on the panel at a workshop-conference-thing? Conga-rats! That’s lovely news. Let us know how it goes. > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > Please don’t yell at me when I get some wrong. That’s not how we roll here in the MMP. (Now, the Pit on the other hand … ) > [@NinthAcolyte](#): > > got elf-shaped plastic ear reconstruction, because it amuses me to picture you as Elrond And now I’m amusing myself the same way. It would give people a double-take, that’s for sure. > [@nelliebly](#): > > A little later, I’ll strap on Bruce and head to the ortho doc. (Egad, that sounds dirty.) Oh, our Naughty Nellie. What will we do with you? > [@nelliebly](#): > > I kept waking up last night because I’d let the left leg rest on it, which hurt like Hades. It’s very pressure-sensitive Would a pillow or folded blanket between your knees help? > [@nelliebly](#): > > I love peanut butter toast, so much so that I don’t keep peanut butter in the house. Well, that don’t make no sense, honey chil’. If you love to eat a thing, why not eat the thing? > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Went ahead and turned the water off for now, will turn it back on when I need it. That’s probably the best short-term solution for the moment. I mean, you can just pee in the bushes outside, right? > [@SCAdian](#): > > What will it accomplish other than having the kids miss a day of classes? Teach them not to be complacent in the face of a horrible tragedy that very narrowly missed affecting them very directly & personally? > [@TruePisces](#): > > Not only did she give me my drink this morning, but she told me to stop by tomorrow for one as well. This gave me all the feels. I’m glad you have a social support network, ad hoc though it may be. > [@TruePisces](#): > > If I get the van cleaned out, I’ll have room to put the Goodwill stuff in the back and that will help clean things out a little for my apartment. Nice! I love it when taking care of one problem helps solve another. Two birds, one stone, and all that. (God, what a violent saying. And yet … so useful.) > [@TruePisces](#): > > thanks for being here to listen as I waffle on That is, quite literally, the entire purpose of the MMP. Alrighty, it’s just a smidge past noon & **Monkey** is howling at the side door. Need to retrieve a small batch of laundry. Where the heck am I gonna _put_ it all? Oh, yeah, the nearly-empty drawers, including the drawer for my drawers. Plus, I gotta go buy a money order and pay rent. My bank app isn’t accepting my paychecks lately, so I’ve had to get my manager to cash me out each week. Plus my management company’s app isn’t letting me log in - gawd, technology is just totally against me lately - so I gotta get someone on the phone to tell me how much I owe. (My water bill is tacked onto rent, so the actual total amount varies a bit.) I upgraded Charm to a bigger tank & haven’t dumped out the old bedding from the smaller tank, so that oughta be done today, too. Plus, my **Former IT Guy** and I (my ex) had plans to chat later today, since between his workaholism & my 2nd shift work, it’s tough to coordinate any time to talk. We’re still friends, and thay means a lot to me. Okay, gonna go procrastinate some more. Check in with y’all later! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/188 "2023-03-30T16:24:59Z")
So the repair could be $700 or $800, depending on whether or not they have to drill out the ignition cylinder. And the Universe showed her sense of humor, because when I called a Lyft to pick me up at Aldi, after I had walked the mile there, the driver was in a BMW(poor guy has to get 4 tires and an O2 sensor for the vehicle, and said his last pickup was a lady with electrical problem in her Kia. So that wailing and gnashing of teeth you hear isn’t a sign of The End Times, it’s just a bunch of us undergoing a wallet-ectomy, sans anesthesia). > [@TruePisces](#): > > thanks for being here to listen as I waffle on We’re here for you. And the waffles. {{{{ **Fishy** }}}} > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I suspect some were turned in because the owners wouldn’t be allowed to rent with such “dangerous” pets Yeah, there’s a bunch of pretty pitties at the shelter, but I can’t have one. ☹ > [@nelliebly](#): > > that the dog is an emotional support animal, and then the complex has to allow them. Well, with the dogs I adopt, my Emotional Support Animal would need an Emotional Support Animal. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/189 "2023-03-30T16:29:30Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Well, with the dogs I adopt, my Emotional Support Animal would need an Emotional Support Animal. 😉 At least around here, people seem to love getting high-strung demanding yappy little dogs as "ESA"s. The only emotion those dogs support is anger. And by “support” I mean “cause in everyone around them”. There’s no mellow within 50 yards of one of those things. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/190 "2023-03-30T17:00:11Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > We’re here for you. And the waffles. Wait, there’s waffles? Is there whipped cream? Real maple syrup? Melty butter? > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I have a frozen chicken-curry TV dinner type of thing in the nuker (don’t judge!) that I’m trying for the first time - man, I hope it doesn’t suck I know y’all were on the edges of your collective seats, so you’ll be delighted to learn that “Saffron Road” brand Coconut Curry Chicken - while a bit spendy, certainly not in the Banquet or Budget Gourmet range - is _friggin’ delishush._ > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > **Monkey** is howling at the side door. I just realized, this makes my cat _a howler monkey_!! Hah! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/191 "2023-03-30T17:09:05Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Oh, I love the idea of adding bits of potato! I make a breakfast burrito with scrambled eggs and bacon. But I also peel, shred and fry up a thin, crunchy batch of hash browns to put in there with the eggs. Top with green salsa. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/192 "2023-03-30T17:12:58Z")
Oooh! Make me one, please. Is “green salsa” tomatillo based? Man, I haven’t had a tomatillo since I moved outta TX, and even then, I don’t think I’d bothered for a while. Must see if Michiganders have them in the summer… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/193 "2023-03-30T17:43:54Z")
We’re coming out of the water tomorrow! We’ll head to the marina early, and I’ll help **FCD** get underway, then I’ll drive around to the boat yard where they’ll be installing our thrusters so I can pick up my sweetie. We need to get to the [travel lift](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=travellift#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5f02de8e,vid:_09_3c1xJZ4) around 9:30. Not sure what the rest of the day will hold. Tobias napped for about an hour - stoopit Taz jumped into the chair with us, waking the baby, dammit. But we’ll be on our way in about 40 minutes to pick up Roxy. Pulled poke for supper. That’s as far ahead as I can plan for now. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/194 "2023-03-30T17:53:40Z")
i have been at the office all day every day… the one day i have a morning appt. scheduled is when an unscheduled but anticipated thing decides to arrive. the thing that will need to be coordinated with an outside company. first the items arrived unscheduled, then the installer arrives unscheduled. oy! of course the morning appt. was with the eye doctor. got there at 8:30 am left at 11:15am, got to work at 11:30 am. i am wearing the amber sunglasses due to pupil dilation and dealing with something that i would have not scheduled today, given the option. on the fun side, i got 3 packages last night. 2 book things to put together (this will happen tonight) and my celebratory order from the harry potter store. i am wearing 2 of the items today. whee!! ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/195 "2023-03-30T18:30:38Z")
Howdy Y’all! Dang y’all have been yakkin’ it up in here today! I forgot to mention the big excitatement of the day when I posted earlier. The termite folks did their annual inspection today. I am happy to report da cave remains termite free. Other than that we have slothed, achieved nappage and have been or overall useless selves. Have I mentioned lately how much I love bein’ retired? **Niner** go, speak, collect the cash. If they didn’t think you had sump’n worthy to say you would not have been invited. As to the chikin nachos, well, I use canned chikin. Don’t judge! It’s canned chikin, bell peppers in any colors you desire, onion, monterey jack cheese, and jarred chikin gravy. I use two cans of chikin, hunk up the peppers ‘n onions, shred the cheese, heat the gravy, mix up everything in the gravy, arrange whatever nacho type chips desired in a piza pan covered in aluminum foil, pour the mix o’ stuff over the nachos, pile on some more cheese, throw on some jalapeño peppers and let the cheese melt on top of it all in an oven preheated to 350 Amurrkin. Not fancy, but easy and tasty. **Lucky** I like the term intentional flu. I always called 'em mental health days. **Lucky and Cat\_Glove** I also hate makin’ calls. I have to make myself sit at my little laptop computer desk in an actual desk chair to make the calls. I tell myself I cannot get up until I am done with what I need to do. Then I reward myself with a snack or a drink or both. **Nellie** hope the ortho doc can help you figure out some relief. **BooFae** peanut butter on toast with sliced 'nanner is my go to breakfast. **Taters** hope Mr. Snitfit gets over himself and responds the way he should today. **MetalMouse** this sounds like it’s turnin’ into a plumbin’ woe. Hope it’s not to bad. **Real\_Fish** maybe if the school day is really borin’ the kids will give you more of a heads up about a note if there’s another protest. I agree it would probably be a good thing for them to participate. Hope your dad is able to find a SNF today. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/196 "2023-03-30T18:45:48Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Teach them not to be complacent in the face of a horrible tragedy that very narrowly missed affecting them very directly & personally? Exactly. The kids in CtE’s grade were in first grade when Sandy Hook happened. They’ve grown up with this, as have we as parents. Each shooting brings me back to that place when kids my Eldest’s age weren’t ever coming home because of a madman with a gun (I much prefer a madman with a box.) And the main two schools downtown are the two Academic Magnets (CtE’s is one). While the school can’t officially say, “Let’s go do this!” a lot of the teachers are behind it. I checked with CtE when they called to go home and they said that there were seven classes without subs, so probably a total of 10-15 out total today (we can’t get subs here in Metro for love of money - and now there’s one less, since one of those killed was a substitute teacher). I’m glad that these kids are taking it on themselves to let the legislature know that they are going to be voting age soon and they are NOT going to stand by while the legislature sits on their hands. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > This gave me all the feels. I’m glad you have a social support network, ad hoc though it may be. Hubby shakes his head at me because EVERYWHERE I go, I seem to make friends (yes, this is at odds with the whole phone thing, I know!) There are the people at Sonic, I’ve got friends I’ve made at the local Kroger, most of the teachers and administrators at BtY’s school… heck, even MFN was a valet at the hospital when Dad was in the first time and that’s how we became friends. I consider myself very, very lucky to make friends as easily as I do. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Nice! I love it when taking care of one problem helps solve another. > > Two birds, one stone, and all that. (God, what a violent saying. And yet … so useful.) Well, I got the van cleaned out. My spoons are too low to do the Goodwill into the house, but it should be easy enough tomorrow morning to throw everything in the back after I get finished dropping kids at school. I’m trying really hard to be more gentle with myself and not kick myself when things don’t go according to plan. It isn’t always easy, but I’m having more steps forward than back, or even standing still, so I count it as a win. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Plus, my **Former IT Guy** and I (my ex) had plans to chat later today, since between his workaholism & my 2nd shift work, it’s tough to coordinate any time to talk. > > We’re still friends, and thay means a lot to me. That is the best kind of ending to a romantic relationship. I’m friends with a few of my exes, most of them years later, only my poly-exes and one other that stayed friends with me right after the break up, and it feels wonderful to know that they are still someone that you can go to and that will get you in a way that a lot of others may not. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Wait, there’s waffles? Is there whipped cream? Real maple syrup? Melty butter? Now I’m hungry for waffles. Y’know, when I typed out “waffle on”, the food briefly flitted through my mind. Now they’re stuck there until I can go shopping and buy some. With whipped cream, maple syrup and butter. Oh and, **shoe** and **db** , thanks for the waffle reminder. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We’re coming out of the water tomorrow! We’ll head to the marina early, and I’ll help **FCD** get underway, then I’ll drive around to the boat yard where they’ll be installing our thrusters so I can pick up my sweetie. We need to get to the [travel lift](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=travellift#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:5f02de8e,vid:_09_3c1xJZ4) around 9:30. Not sure what the rest of the day will hold. Yay! Though that sounds like a busy day up to that point! I hope all goes as smooth as silk for you with the boat coming out! > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > i have been at the office all day every day… the one day i have a morning appt. scheduled is when an unscheduled but anticipated thing decides to arrive. the thing that will need to be coordinated with an outside company. first the items arrived unscheduled, then the installer arrives unscheduled. oy! HATE that! And, of course, if it’s something you’re excitedly waiting for that doesn’t have need anyone else involved/just for fun, THOSE are the ones that ~~never~~ rarely show up early. > [@swampbear](#): > > **Real\_Fish** maybe if the school day is really borin’ the kids will give you more of a heads up about a note if there’s another protest. I agree it would probably be a good thing for them to participate. BtY’s school wasn’t doing it - he’s still in middle school and out here in the suburbs. CtE (who is non-binary, hence the "they"s that I think make people think I have more than one kid at that school) is home from school now, not having gone to the protest but tired of sitting in classrooms with nothing going on. They’ve missed a lot of school this year thanks to their depression, and as I general rule, I try to keep them in classes when I can. But honestly, I couldn’t think of a good reason to force them to sit there all day when 1) they can’t do any schoolwork because their glasses still haven’t come in, 2) they aren’t having any instructional time and 3) Hi Opal! > [@swampbear](#): > > Hope your dad is able to find a SNF today. Me too! Nothing from the hospital or Dad yet, so I’m taking that as a good sign! I am so very drained. I took 2 1/2 bags of trash out of the van - my kids are utter slobs and I’d actually been planning on cleaning the car out the weekend after the tranny went out this last time. But, for all that it needs a good vacuuming and the plastic needs to be cleaned, it’s good for the most part. Not perfect, but I don’t need perfect. Either this weekend or next, I’m going to run it through the car wash, put some of my window stickers on that I’ve been meaning to for awhile, use their vacuum and just make it a purdy van again. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/197 "2023-03-30T19:49:06Z")
I’d never heard anyone use “at sixes in sevens” in real life before this thread, but I knew it from part of the “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina” lyrics: _You won’t believe me, all you will see is a girl you once knew_ _Although she’s dressed up to the nines_ _At sixes and sevens with you_ Thanks to all for the LEGO jazz quartet love! **Nellie** , that ice cubes suggestion was _genius_. 😁 I’m actually looking forward to having dinner with a few collegues in a couple of hours, but I’m _really_ looking forward to tomorrow: I have no scheduled meetings or plans! For the first weekday in over a month! As previously mentioned my weekend will be kind of slammed, so I might even quit work a little early tomorrow and get some “extra” time off. 🤞 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > we are signed up to get pictures of our mail before it is delivered Me, too! I signed up as soon as my post office starting offering it, in September 2015. I’ve kept every email, too, because I’m anal retentive like that. > [@TruePisces](#): > > I miss singing a lot and really need to make time to go to a karaoke bar (though you’d think it would be so much easier to find a better singing place in Nashville - I’m just way too shy to do it!) You should definitely go sing! 🎶 I’ve only been to Nashville once\* and never saw anything other than the conference hotel (and the shopping mall that was in walking distance), but I imagine most of the places there being full of singer-songwriter types and kind of intimidating. \*I’d love to go there sometime for an “all about music” trip. And maybe try to catch one of my favorite current artists, [Gabe Dixon](https://gabedixon.com/), when he’s in town. > [@TruePisces](#): > > I do have to say that having a friend that I can have a debate like this with and it not ending up with us hating each other is a very good thing A very good thing? It’s kind of a miracle! 😂 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Jeez, I go to work for _one_ shift, and this thread just takes off without me! Pfft, all I have to do is _blink_! 😜 > [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s a damn shame that human nature is such that most families, mine certainly included, can’t be arsed to have reunions for their own sake; we end up having them only for weddings when we’re young and funerals when we’re old. > > Good to have a reunion, even if the cause is sadder than what we might wish it where. I’m super glad that my father arranged the reunion we had back in July – of course, no one knew it would be the last time many of us would see his big brother, Mike. It’s a very good thing that his upcoming funeral won’t also be the first time we’re all seeing each other in years. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > My water bill is tacked onto rent, so the actual total amount varies a bit. Oh I am struggling…I generally hate getting unsolicited advice, and I try never to give it…I have deleted and then re-quoted this several times…I can’t help myself! Please forgive/feel free to ignore the following! I’ve been a renter for 29 years: if you aren’t already doing so, and if it’s possible, I highly recommend providing separate payments for your rent and the water bill. If there is ever any issue with your landlord down the road, you want to be able to show a spotless rent payment history – which will be much easier to do if you have records showing the same/an exact amount being paid every month (only changing when your base rent changes). (For the same reason, renters should never deduct anything the landlord owes them from their rent payment: pay the rent in full on time every month, and deal with any adjustments separately.) \*whew\* I feel better…thanks/sorry! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > “Saffron Road” brand Coconut Curry Chicken - while a bit spendy, certainly not in the Banquet or Budget Gourmet range - is _friggin’ delishush._ I haven’t tried that particular flavor, but I agree that Saffron Road makes some mighty fine frozen food! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/198 "2023-03-30T19:56:22Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > You should definitely go sing! 🎶 I’ve only been to Nashville once\* and never saw anything other than the conference hotel (and the shopping mall that was in walking distance), but I imagine most of the places there being full of singer-songwriter types and kind of intimidating. My guess is that you must have been at the Gaylord Opryland. It’s the only conference hotel that I can think of that is near one of the malls. It’s a pretty awesome hotel, though I’ve never stayed there. I did go to the Opry Mills Mall a lot when my kids were younger. I used to live about 15 minutes from it. After the flood in 2010, I didn’t go as often. A lot of my favorite places closed and didn’t return. > [@Misnomer](#): > > \*I’d love to go there sometime for an “all about music” trip. And maybe try to catch one of my favorite current artists, [Gabe Dixon](https://gabedixon.com/), when he’s in town. If you do, definitely let me know and maybe we can get together for lunch or something. I’m literally less than 10 minutes from the airport. I tell everyone to wave to me as they are landing because, chances are, I’ll see your plane! > [@Misnomer](#): > > A very good thing? It’s kind of a miracle! 😂 I’ve been a bit spoiled. Most of the friends I have that I know I can do this with are Old Time Dopers that I’ve known for 20 years. While I don’t expect this to be the case for everyone, I do hope for it more often than not. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/199 "2023-03-30T19:58:06Z")
> [@TruePisces](#): > > So send your good thoughts that the insurance doesn’t give us a hard time on this one. Done. Good thoughts sent forthwith and thoroughly. > [@TruePisces](#): > > I’m just not sure how many spoons I have. A Spoon Theory sister! I love spoon theory~it is so dead on. Here, I’m at home in my robe and don’t have to be anywhere or do anything further, have a couple of mine 🥄🥄🥄 > [@nelliebly](#): > > they get to experience the right to assemble peaceably. Vastly more powerful teaching about, civics, government and citizenship than they get in a classroom. What a teachable moment for months to come. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Those are some kind people at the Sonic. It warms my heart to know that. Warms mine too. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > love the idea of adding bits of potato! Of course you do, you’re our Grandmistress of potato, garlic, butter and hunk o’ meat. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@TruePisces](#): > > > > thanks for being here to listen as I waffle on > > That is, quite literally, the entire purpose of the MMP. Me three. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700/200 "2023-03-30T20:47:33Z")
Howdy Y’all! We just had chikin nachos for a late N.O.L./early sup. So we had lupper. We lupped. Anywho, 'twas good and as we used paper plates (don’t judge!) and since the pan was lined with foil and didn’t get icked up, all there was to wash was two forks and a spatula. Neither one of us dropped gooey nacho on our shirts as well. Go Us! It was almost civilized. I think an adult beverage out on the back porch will be had soonest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-have-as-good-a-new-monday-mmp-as-possible/981700.md?page=11)