# (Old) I’ve Never Done This Before in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 22, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-ve-never-done-this-before-in-the-mmp/1004594 "2024-07-22T10:20:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-ve-never-done-this-before-in-the-mmp/1004594/20 "2024-07-22T16:35:58Z")
_Started Typing: 11:54 AM ET Clicked Reply: 12:35 PM ET_ OMG I made the top 20 (posts in a new MMP)! I think that’s my “never done this before” thing! 😃 Bailey decided that I should be tired today. It began with a middle-of-the-night wakeup, when something made her start barking at ~2:45am. That’s unusual enough that I put my glasses on and went to check on her (she was fine). Luckily I was able to fall back asleep pretty quickly, but then she started barking again right before 7am…shortly before my alarm was set to go off. \*sigh\* I got out of bed to discover that she’d had big accidents in the living room (probably right after the 3am barking session). I’d _just_ gotten all of that cleaned up and the laundry started – I use washable waterproof pads in the LR at night for just this reason – when she started puking: over the course of ~90 minutes, she threw up 4-5 times. Just bile, no blood, but the poor doggy was clearly not feeling well! Every time I heard “that” sound I had to rush to clean it up, because some of it landed on hardwood flooring. So, I was doing that while also logging into work and getting my work day started. Her belly seemed to finally settle down around 11am, and she actually ate a little breakfast (which I’d set out before the pukefest began). I’m keeping an ear out for sounds of any further issues, but at the moment she is sleeping and I’m on top of the cleanup. 🤞 I’m finally able to take this break for lunch and Mumping, but the morning was a bit nuts: all of the doggy stuff aside, at work there were two different staffing issues that needed immediate attention (one of which resulted in a call from our customer) plus a proposal status meeting, and I had to scramble to send out requests for the additional proposal info I need by COB. The work I did both yesterday and Saturday got me almost as far as I can go without this info, and also helped me zero in on exactly what to ask for. So it was worthwhile time in that regard, but man I’d _just_ gotten my weekends back (after quitting my volunteer gig at the end of June)! 😂 I do still have some other writing to do on the section, though, and will need to get back at it pretty soon. I’m expecting to need to work this evening to incorporate all of the info I’ll (hopefully) have by COB. My deadline is midnight. Between that and the lack of sleep last night, tomorrow could be interesting. Heh. > [@(Old) About your favorite pet in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-about-your-favorite-pet-in-the-mmp/1004259/314): > > After four semesters of German, I should point out that I would pronounce that _Whiner_ Cutoff Rd. Wouldn’t it be “Viner”? 😁 > [@(Old) About your favorite pet in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-about-your-favorite-pet-in-the-mmp/1004259/319): > > **G.C.** decided that we’ve broken up. > > _\_ > > he replied, “Yeah, right” _and BLOCKED me._ O. M. G. 🤦‍♀️ 😠 > [@pullin](#): > > I wonder how much time was wasted globally as IT folk waited for each user to finish their tale of woe (before finally moving aside so they could fix it). IME, any fix that takes place at an actual user’s desk must be prefaced by a soliloquy regarding how dire the effects are on them personally. Both at my company and my customer the fix was able to be provided remotely, but had to be done individually (something about info specific to a given computer). People were on hold with various help desks for _hours_. So not only am I sure that support techs lost plenty of time to tales of woe, the wait times for those affected were super wasteful (if unavoidable). > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Now you just drive though, ANPR grabs your details and you pay online using your car’s reg number as evidence. One of the major roads in my area is a toll road: the booths used to have human staff in addition to the ability to read transmitters – called EZPass devices – in your car (which you fund online), but after the pandemic they got rid of the people. Now there are signs at the booths saying “No EZPass? No problem, we’ll bill you!” I imagine it’s the same technology. I wonder if there is some kind of fee added if someone gets billed that way, though. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head. Thanks for the earworm… 😁 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-i-ve-never-done-this-before-in-the-mmp/1004594)._