# (Old) I owe, I owe, so off to Mump I go - A Tax Season MMP

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**Created:** [January 8, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-owe-i-owe-so-off-to-mump-i-go-a-tax-season-mmp/995761 "2024-01-08T06:39:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 12, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-owe-i-owe-so-off-to-mump-i-go-a-tax-season-mmp/995761/213 "2024-01-12T00:46:52Z")

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> [@(Old) Happy New Year 2024 MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-happy-new-year-2024-mmp/995435/324):
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> Hi folks: 5pm-ish here as I started this at the MIA airport.

Ah, shit. Someone send out the sniffin’ dogs. (That _is_ what M.I.A. stands for, isn’t it?)

> [@peedin](#):
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> Winter storm warning for no. Illinois in effect from 3am Friday til summer. Predictions include over 8 inches of snow, wind gusts up to 50 mph, white out conditions, below 0 windchills.

I’m not far from you. Shush, you!

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> The county won’t renew their lease - they’re outta there as of June. Apparently the county guys want the building for… something… so after all the work and stuff we did.

That suxxx.

> [@FairyChatMom](#):
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> One thing for sure, they’ll strip out the network and PA wiring that we did last summer. That’s over $5K in materials that the county is not getting.

Sometimes, petty revenge is the only kind you get.

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After spending some time angry at my toddler of a mother (see mini rants in the Pit, I don’t feel like rehashing again, esp. now that I sorta-kinda got over it) I got myself out to the errands: Amazon return on those damn lights, plus I wanted a few things from Meijer.

Hol(e)y socks, Batman! Even Michiganders are stocking up on T.P. and milk (saw a guy clutching nothing but two dozen egg cartons & hightailing it for the insane-o-pants line for the registers) and the dispo by my home - where I may or may not have wanted to swing by on my way back - was friggin’ _packed_.

I decided the prudent course of action was to safely stow my yummies at home in my fridge, and ~~have a smoke~~ chill with y’all for a bit while I contemplate ~~life~~ uh, ~~my mother~~ I mean, what’s for dinner, and then go back to the local weed place and get something to keep me warm over the next days, when they’re hopefully quieter.

… and also, make sure I know where my shovel and sno-melty salty-whatever stuff is.

**Sweet Manager** already made a blanket announcement that anyone who’s stranded/stuck, just let her know and her 4x4 will come and scoop up your ass, and bring you to work.

She ain’t playin’ NO games! 🤠

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