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Oh, one more story from work. I really wish I’d snapped a clandestine photo of this order.

Ham sammich.

Plus bacon.

Add … { deep breath }

  • Black olives
  • Green olives
  • Onions
  • Green peppers
  • Banana peppers
  • Mushrooms
  • Zucchini (who the fuck puts zuck on a ham sandwich? Sir, is everything okay? Please blink twice if we need to call any authorities.)
  • … probably a buncha other stuff I forgot, we offer quite a selection, and this guy went nuts on his order

My S.M. walked in from her break, and I was like, "You gotta see this absolutely unhinged sandwich I’m making … " and she looked at the ticket, looked at me, looked back at the ticket, and immediately sent me on my break.

I did not argue.

Went to my car, had a few puffy-puffs, and then just stared into the void for a moment.

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For context, when I got a lil’ window unit A/C after moving to Michigan (where houses just don’t have AC, um WTF?) the Mumpers came up with “Coolio” which was perfect.

Coolio is now a valued member of my household, and I see now apparently has been mentioned enough over the years to merit autocorrect status.

Discord, give this appliance a trophy!

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Mrs Magill is up in Connecticut this
Weekend, and I miss her. I told her I love her and wished her a good flight as I dropped her off at the airport, but she didn’t say it back. It’s possible she didn’t hear me.

Would it have been better if I’d kept my yap shut? I don’t know.

I’m currently wearing being out and without her versus remaining in the closet but still being with her.

I still think my net happiness would have been higher had I kept my yap shut.

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@nelliebly was it you who had some sort of “EAT!” command that started with the letter “m”?

Well, whoever it was, I obeyed!

Coupla cheese’n’crackers for when I got offa work a while ago, and now I have a semi-spicy beef empanada AND butternut squash ravioli with kale sauce (see, ma! eatin’ mah vegetables!) awaiting me finishing up with this wee quarter joint you fine lovely folks.

And some chicken broth, which is delicious, insanely priced, and probably cures various ailments. It better, for the cost, but each sip makes me a happy Shoe so, worth it I guess.

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Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. It’s currently 72 degress Ferret Height(22.222 Centipedes).

{{{{Mollie}}}}

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On the short list.

As I have pointed out to my supervisors, I have had excellent training in this career path during my PhD. I’m working with plant diseases, so I know how to blight crops. I have much experience muttering strange words while mixing chemicals (if in a beaker, not a cauldron) and you just know I’ve learned lots of curses.

Also, I think it’s a position in no danger from AI; people want authenticity in their gibbering madwomen.

Slept in this morning, it’s cloudy but warm n dry. Not hot. Not sure what the plans are for the day.

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Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 92 and sunny. We shall definitely have quality cee-mint pond time today. We have nowhere we need or want to go, so a day of RDOS sloth is in store. Any need to feed today will be via forage as we have various leftovers, sammich makin’s and so forth.

VanGo ICK! I am so glad I left the irkforce before the advent of team and zoom meetin’s. Teleconference calls were bad enough, but I could at least put myself on mute and do other things without everyone knowin’ it. OYKW and I will sometimes pour a beer in a cup, add a splash or two of V8 or tomato juice, a dash or two of hot sauce, black pepper, and a squeeze of lemon or lime. We call it a “Bloody Bubba.” Is a “red beer” similar to that? Probably not cause not everybody is as sophisticated and refined as OYKW and me.

shoe at least she gave the appearence of bein’ repentent. She probably wasn’t, but at least she made the attempt.

Coppertone I am pretty sure there’s a cliché in there somewhere. “When life gives you lemon ade with lemons in it ummm… make sure you have some antacid?” However, free pizza, score!

MetalMouse on the occasions when I do skinny dip, I take off attire at the cee-mint pond and will don said attire to walk across the yahd to da cave. I have no idea why except that it just must be done.

FlyBoy I know it’s just a typo, but the idea of puttin’ a customer in a hole amuses me. Some customers probably deserve that. Go Goo! Get that chikin!

{{{Mollie}}} I have no words of wisdom to impart, just a hug.

Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into t!he day! Rah.

Happy Sattidy Y’all

MOOOOOOM maybe breakfast comes with a tequila shot. The place would make a mint durin’ the irkweek!

red if Google maps photographs me nekkid at the cee-mint pond they deserve to have to wash their brains with bleach.

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Afternoon, mumpers! It’s currently 25c/77f with a predicted high of 26c/80f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “This is a great fucking day to try out that new fucking sundress.”

Mollie thanks for that, it’s very interesting to learn about how other people feel about that kind of journey, there is far more going on than I had ever considered and I am glad to be learning, so that I can be more considerate of other people.

I am sorry, she’s had an excellent life with you and has reached a fine age for a cat. It’s the hardest decision to make, but you know it’s for the best when her time comes.

flyboy sounds like you are doing very well in the new job, and you’ll soon be the most experienced person there!

Last night was fun, the Giffard was not too busy and therefore not as hot as the previous weekend. We saw two very good bands (and heard the opener as we were sitting outside). Got home about 1.30am and had to stay up for a while to let the bedroom cool down before heading for some sleep.

I am up and drinking tea, the cats are fed and flaked out on the floors, and we have to leave for sunny Cardiff and Blackbird Festival - we will probably not get there for the first couple of bands but that means we stay at home longer with the windows open to cool it down before we have to close it up (with cats inside) for 24hrs. Fortunately it’s about 6c cooler than yesterday so the mogs will be fine with extra water and their coolmats.

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Since neither of us is inclined to drink, it’ll be diet Coke.

OK, knock that off right now (she says as if it’s that easy…) Wallowing in regret does nothing but eat away at us. I know you know that and it’s so easy to point that out to someone else while ignoring it for ourselves. FWIW, I did that twice - I couldn’t bear being with the kittehs in the end. And with 2 of our dogs, I made FCD deal with it.

For the 3rd dog - Higgs - he was with her to the end and it haunted him, still does on occasion. I’ll be facing this with Ziva unless she just goes to sleep one day for the final time. I don’t know what will happen if I have to take her…

No, not at all, not really, nope… nothing weird about you. Not much. Not really. :wink:

Does that involve more than lying on something that floats with a refreshing scurvy cure in hand? Perhaps laps? A beach ball? Splashing? My money is on the floaty option.

Today starts around 73 Ferrets, heading to mid-80s (tomorrow and Moanday, too) with chances of rain. If it holds off after breakfast, I may try to plant some of the iris that I dug up in the back yard - there’s a bare stretch out front and I think they’ll look nice there. Not sure what else will be accomplished or ignored. I’m thinking of making a huge pot of veggie-beef-barley soup to be divided and frozen for future meals. I guess we’ll see how things develop.

Have a Happy Saturday, all!

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Morning all. Up and will shortly dress and head out on the Braunschweiger run (for those newer here on the MMP, I only eat Oscar Meyer Braunschweiger–grew up with it–and can only get it from a couple of stores 20-25 miles away, so every couple of months…). Nothing much else planned, World Cup games don’t get going until 3:30pm today so have the afternoon free for…who knows. Probably not much outside work, it’s due to hit 92F today (77F now). We’ll see.

And 11 hours since my last report, so we’ll see if your lives have been more interesting than mine in that time…scroll mode activated…

Fair point…

Flyboy, sounds like the operating system transition is not being handled well, hope things settle down at work once it is complete.

shoe, brain isn’t braining this early, so I’ll see what others have said below and get back to you–and I see most others are still asleep, so my contributions would be the ‘plae blue dot’ or ‘strange blue dot’ even if it isn’t a dot it looks like one sitting there. As for the sammich, I was good with the ham and bacon, but the rest… :nauseated_face: Of course, some of the sammiches I make myself at home (or that other Mumpers do), might have the same effect…

Mollie, don’t be overthinking things…but watch for trends. And what’s done is done and your path is now charted; keep working to make the best of it. We will be here for you.

Nut, it’s always a pleasure to read your ramblings.

boo fae, stay cool. Glad the temperature is going down some.

And nearing 7:30am, so need to dress and head out. Have a good Sattiday all.

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My friend from my former church posted birthday wishes to her husband today. Hes 20. They married a year ago. So young.:yellow_heart:

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Yeesh. I got up 30 minutes after my alarm went off, so I missed half of On The Media. Maybe I can catch it on a podcast later.

Now maybe I can go eat breakfast. I’ll get back to you.

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Mornin’ everyone.

It’s 54F and mostly cloudy outside. Today will be cloudy with passing rain showers, and an afternoon high of 65F.

Herald, I’m so sorry about Angel.

A little of both. I would really like to move, but we are just not in a position to do so yet. So, I look at stuff we can actually afford, as well as the stuff I can’t for fun. I see some very strange houses and delusional pricing on some listings.

I don’t really have anything planned for today. Maybe some weeding and transplanting, that’s about it. The transplanting is really dependent upon the projected rainshowers.

For now, I’m just going to chill for a bit, finish tidying the kitchen, and then, well, who knows?

Please take care of yourselves.

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Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. Supper is in the crock and I’ll whip up some chicken salad for tomorrow. I do need to make a quick trip to the bakery for croissants, but otherwise, RDOS.

Stay safe and healthy y’all!

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Good morning. I heard Spike coming in this morning at about six, so I got up. I made sure he knew about the leftover butter chicken in the fridge. He did. He said his butter chicken sense was alerted when he came in and smelt the fading aroma of garam masala. I then asked him to let Chloé out of her crate, since she didn’t want to do any business before I put her in last night. I had a buddy for the last couple of sleeping hours.

Today is the town’s July 4th celebration. They always hold it on the Saturday before the fourth, so they don’t have to compete with Nashville’s. The town let is have a booth to sell Band Flag subscriptions in exchange for lining the entrance of the school with flags. I’m hoping the rain holds off.

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Might I suggest lingernail?

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OMG, what a HUGE omelet!! If (when?) we go back to that place for breakfast, first thing I’ll do is cut it in half and box it. Plus it came with toast and spud chunks. I’s stuffded! It wasn’t breakfast - it was brunch!

After, we ran to Food Lion, which is in the same shopping complex, and I scored 4 of the root beers that FCD prefers. Now we’re home, well, I’m home - he’s gone to buy some plywood for his next project. I’ve got a big pot o’soup on the stove, which sent my brain to weird places.

Did humans start using seasonings and spices to make food taste better or to cover up the less-than-fresh meats? Surely in the days before a refrigerator, you’d not eat a whole cow at once. I suppose I should do a search. Later. Gotta stir the soup now…

&%#&%#&%#

From the looks of weather radar, we might see a little rain early this afternoon - so when the soup is done, I may go play in the dirt a bit. We’ll see how my motivation holds. I do need to run the rollsucker in our bedroom - at least on my side of the bed, thanks to Ziva leaving me bits of kibbles and litter. Lover offerings or just untidiness? Hmmmmmm.

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swampy Yup that’s exactly a red beer.

My back is extra bad today. Not much on tap, laundry, perhaps take some more of the shrubbery to the dump. I’m starting to make a dent in the pile o yard waste, but it is still intimidating, and I miss having a truck.

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:crying_cat:

Harvey died unexpectedly. The vet called as I was working from home. We were not allowed to be with Creamsicle while other people were there, but we couldn’t let her linger until the end of the day. I made damned sure we were there for Tonka.

Oops.

:joy: Hardly!

It’s being handled as well as it can be. Exterior force, their schedule.

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Brilliant!