# (Old) How would you start the MMP...?

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**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [May 19, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-how-would-you-start-the-mmp/1018536 "2025-05-19T10:25:41Z")\
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**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:** [May 25, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-how-would-you-start-the-mmp/1018536/284 "2025-05-25T16:12:39Z")

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> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> Perfect for kids who love construction equipment. They can tell me whether I’m looking at an excavator or a backhoe or a bulldozer - very handy grands!

If you have not seen them before, this series of books is adorable and right up their alley. **[Amazon.com : good night construction site book](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=good+night+construction+site+book)**.

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> My dad died at 72. His dad died at 72. His mother died in 1972. Next birthday, I’ll be 72. No, not worried at all… 😟

Yeah. Gets ticklish for sure. Have a {Hug} just in case.

As I’ve slowly gotten older & raggedier I’ve tried to keep a running awareness of e.g. “I’m now 55; how were Mom & Dad & the grands doing when they were 55?”. Overall my machinery has been, and still is, running better than most of them at the same age. But I’m sure aware that can turn on a dime.

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