# (Old) Mad March Hares in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 3, 2025, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068 "2025-03-03T10:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/281 "2025-03-09T12:57:07Z")
I walked around last night changing all the clocks. A few of them change themselves, because they’re tied in to, um, something or other. Breakfast calls, see you later. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/282 "2025-03-09T13:02:55Z")
Good morning. It’s 43F and mostly cloudy in the morning, with occasional rain in the afternoon and a high temperature of 55F. An atmospheric river is moving in this week, and there is even a chance of very wet snow down at the 1000-foot level at the end of the week. Well, I’m going to gripe about DST. I don’t like it, period. However, all my clocks except for the microwave and oven, reset themselves. Then again, I don’t have many clocks in the house. My alarm clock, the microwave, the stove, and that’s it. My cell and Fitbit, as do my Jeep and my husband’s car, automatically change. **Doggio,** keeping my fingers crossed for you and your roommate. **Wetone** , yay for being back up in the saddle and closer to riding Ariel. I don’t have much on the agenda today. I have some chores to do, and I am mentally preparing for work tomorrow. I need to finish my coffee and get myself cleaned up, though. I need to obtain fuel for the Jeep in preparation for the commute this coming week. ---
**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 9, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/283 "2025-03-09T13:48:34Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I get actual Hatch chillies in N.C. once a year. [I buy these](https://www.amazon.com/ZIA-GREEN-CHILE-COMPANY-Roasted/dp/B0732HPFSJ/ref=sr_1_6_mod_primary_new?crid=1TTNEZMLX13F4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hfvutVAvf1MQe6FAoNH00tQruZbKexRcQEXiUVEBrau79j57iRi-AnP4S_zXGg6ds10CcQhhMuO6P0HmqlMpoqcO6B3RCx-zVRicHrXYeNBE_5ujag1G8tDIs4OuT3-DZ0tYu2QNDJt37bhfKvtTH67CcuSw1g520iuH3DcXDeIl7kRbPNFNx-qXd2abNPl7lc5rDisAjA5AnqPU_6F0TGqepZd2wyzliToG1UPMUE6kgZbRjdj09Iu8-4qoQKS4wHa_n-pyCb5PUaozdPw6pzf6IjT9RqX7nTIRc9KLVWI8lzfYdtT1iV2rA28bPnz_Ds9_Hii4lPD_7JVJysn_pjFbFpvrMkU1SK4yyctGDc8VT7C_pZP0cgM8W2g8VDV5bd5vj3WEnZkVW1xSH5539yh4oNkstUwDOD77vOZEUuw2oTKaht6X1957FKbhchO_.6InLIRF2XcArGGKZw1OhMkaRp4dib0e-mYqj2Irzc8k&dib_tag=se&keywords=hatch%2Bchilis&qid=1741527998&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sprefix=hatch%2Bchilis%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-6&th=1) at a local grocery year-round. No roasting and peeling required and they’re great on scrambled eggs or in green chili stew. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/284 "2025-03-09T13:53:21Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I had never heard of “walking tacos” until we moved here. I still haven’t tried one, but it is a new thing so I will soon. If you have Sonic in the area, order it as a Frito pie. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Arizona doesn’t do DST. Unless you are on the Hopi Reservation and then you do. Unless you go to the middle of the Hopi Reservation and cross into the small Apache Reservation and then you Growing up, Indiana didn’t, unless you were in Lake County (Chicago suburb), Starke County (contrarians) or Clark County (Louisville suburb). Everywhere else kept the same time year round. A few years ago, they went to Eastern time and observed DST. Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do Sunday chores. I reset clocks last night. The one in the living room is dead easy, just one click to change the hour. The microwave and my alarm clock (I can see it without my glasses, unlike my phone) are pretty easy as well. The analog in the kitchen is self-explanatory. The one in the car stays on the same time until the battery is disconnected for whatever reason. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/285 "2025-03-09T14:09:06Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Roomie works for Walgreens, and they just got bought by a private equity firm, so we got that worry now. WORRIES!!! I heard there was a riot happening at the college and got sad because I wasn’t there but happy because that meant people were actually getting upset about the orange menace. Yeah, no. It’s fake Patty’s Day and one of the frat houses didn’t get a permit for their party so the cops tried to arrest someone and a couple of the frats shot at the cops with paintball guns. Things went downhill from there. So don’t be getting all excited and happy for me if you read about it, it’s just another drunk college student story. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We’ve got a spring-like week ahead - mostly in the 60s and one day possibly touching 70. We are looking at warmer temps than you, it will be so nice to be able to open the windows and get some fresh air in. It will be good for my baby tree too, it likes going outside to soak up the sun. > [@AskNott](#): > > A few of them change themselves, because they’re tied in to, um, something or other. I didn’t change any clocks last night because I didn’t know which ones would do it themselves and I’m lazy. It worked, the only clock that didn’t change was the microwave and my car. But…because I’m so lazy, I didn’t change it last time the clocks changed so it is right now as well. One of the last things I bought on Amazon was a grow light. It worked fine for four months and now won’t turn on. Of course it is past the return window and it was a cheap piece of Chinese crap anyhow so I don’t expect my email to the manufacturer to do anything. We have a shopping trip in Charleston planned for a couple of weeks and I should be able to find another one there. (Yes I have already looked to see what I could find in town, and the only place is Walmart and I’ll toss my tree in the trash before buying anything from them.) I moved the tree next to the french doors and GG has already been over to investigate and put a leaf in his mouth. Someday he will learn that lemon leaves taste nasty but it hasn’t registered yet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/286 "2025-03-09T14:25:08Z")
Good morning all. Got my 7.5 hours of sleep so think I am adjusted to the change in time. Have picked up my Sunday NT Times and will head to the Texas Roadhouse in a couple of hours, but that is the entirety of my plans for the day. Clear right now but a threat of rain in the early afternoon, so we’ll see. Only getting to the mid-50’sF today but warmer weather is promised for the new week. Now see if I can catch up with the last 35 or so messages… I take my car through the car wash every couple of months, keeping it in my garage and not being on the road that much tends to keep it relatively clean. We have so many drive-though car washes right around me that there is no problem finding one when I need it. **JtC** , they actually had plenty of help managing the boys and girls, coach training was going on at the same time so plenty of adult supervision, plus they only had 20-30 kids, the parents and players are not quite into it yet, as the weather warms up I expect the numbers to explode. And $450 for a vacuum is a bit pricey, if I go that much it will be for a steam-type cleaner like **FCM** has. **wet one** , glad you got a ride in, you’ll be back on Ariel in no time. **Nettie** , just looked at that time/date site and I’m within about a minute or so on all my clocks, so yay me. **shoe** , hooray for a short night, > [@dogbutler](#): > > **swampy** has decorum. He had cooth, but the doc prescribed antibiotics. Thanks for the laugh this morning. And I think it’s ‘couth’ **Piper** , thank you, it gets a little sore if I do to much and I probably touch myself there more than is decent in making sure everything is staying in place, but seems to be a solid repair. And I have caught up with yesterday, now on to today’s news and views… Happy Vergering, **Swampy** **FCM** , my kitchen stuff is just press ‘clock’, input the time and press ‘clock’ again. Reset my car this morning and my alarm clock/wristwatches last night, so I think I am all covered. Enjoy the great boat cleaning (not). And I think I am caught up, so a good Sunday to all and I need to get the morning internetting done before dressing appropriately and heading off for my 11oz. Sirloin steak (medium, with salad and french fries). Have a good day all. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/287 "2025-03-09T14:59:18Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Growing up, Indiana didn’t, It was that way in the late 70s when I was at Purdue. It was weird when my TV shows moved from Eastern to Central time! 🤣 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > It will be good for my baby tree too, it likes going outside to soak up the sun. As soon as we’re past nighttime freezes, my spiders and the croton go out on the front porch. Maybe the pothos, too. According to long-range forecasts, I just might be able to do it next week… 🤞 I found one more clock that I forgot about, but it’s a cheapie analog that sits next to my recliner - and it’s now set. **FCD** took the trash and recycling to the convenience center - he said it was really crowded. He decided against wire work today - he had a bad night. I plan to take him to Texas Roadhouse to make up for it. (he voted yes) Poor baby… I took the last 3 bags of pellets off the pallet, then put the pallet outside. _The pellet with the poison’s in the vessel with the pestle; the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true!_ Anyway, for now, the garage is semi-tidy. And the dishwasher is sloshing. How productive! ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/288 "2025-03-09T15:26:09Z")
I thought you might be interested in sharing **[this link](https://www.deiwatchlist.com/)** with names you might recognize. Just a little heads up sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/289 "2025-03-09T15:49:24Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I get actual Hatch chillies in N.C. once a year. I would have gone with you. Too bad you aren’t closer or I would have bundled you up in the car and taken you with me! And good luck to your roommate - it is stressful times for far too many people right now ☹ > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > But the stoopit stove - push “clock” twice and the time flashes. Then you push arrows a gazillion times till you get to the time you want. My oven clock is the only clock in the house and it just about drove me crazy this morning. If you hold the up or down arrow for more than a second it starts jumping in 5 minute increments until it suddenly decides to start changing the hour instead. It took forever to get the damn thing set and I finally just gave in and pushed the up arrow 60 times. Dang, **metal mouse** and **FCM** got me wanting Texas Roadhouse now… ---
**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 9, 2025, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/290 "2025-03-09T16:15:53Z")
_Started Typing: 11:04 AM ET (feels like 10:04!) Clicked Reply: 12:15 PM ET (feels like 11:15!)_ I remembered about DST last night, but for the first time I can recall I didn’t change the clocks before I went to bed; I waited until this morning. Now the bathroom wall and radio clocks, the stove and microwave clocks, the clock on the piano, and the small clock I keep on my desk have all been upated. All that’s left are my three watches, which I’ll change as I wear. I stumbled across [a 2022 article about the history of DST](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-the-last-time-the-us-tried-to-make-daylight-saving-time-permanent-180979742/): apparently, 50 years ago we tried not ending it. I was quite young at the time, but don’t remember ever even hearing about this. > [@Key paragraphs](#): > > Year-round daylight saving time (DST), signed into law by President Richard Nixon in January 1974, sought to maximize evening sunlight and, in doing so, help mitigate an ongoing national gas crisis. But while the experiment initially proved popular, with 79 percent of Americans expressing support for the change in December 1973, approval quickly plummeted, dropping to 42 percent by February 1974, reported the _New York Times_’ Anthony Ripley in October of that year. The main drawback to pushing the clock forward permanently was the prolonged early-morning darkness in the winter, which left children heading to school when it was “jet black” outside, as a parent told the _Washington Post_’s Barbara Bright-Sagnier at the time. Writing for _Washingtonian_, Andrew Beaujon notes that eight students in Florida died in traffic accidents in the weeks following the change; in the nation’s capital and its surrounding suburbs, similar incidents led some schools to delay classes until the sun came up. > > In October 1974, President Gerald Ford signed legislation reversing permanent daylight saving time. Though approval of the initiative had increased during the long summer days, the prospect of another long, dark—and potentially deadly—winter led lawmakers to end the planned two-year experiment early. As a Senate committee report stated, the “majority of the public” had expressed “distaste” for DST in the wintertime. Compounding the seeming failure of the experiment was the fact that the change, according to the Department of Transportation, saved little energy and may have actually caused an uptick in gasoline consumption. I’d be all for trying it again: lots of things have changed since 1974, including improved outdoor lighting for kids going to school. Last night was another bad sleep night. 🫩 Sometimes my brain sabotages my rest, and sometimes my dog does – and, sometimes, it’s both: Bailey decided to have a bark-a-thon at 2:30am (I guess technically it was 3:30am), and just four hours later I woke up for good. It’s been over a week of this, with _something_ happening every night. I’m tired of being tired. Heh. I’m hoping the stress/brain stuff will settle down this week, after I start doing actual work again and – hopefully – apply for one or two more internal positions. In happy news I have dinner plans with my BFFs and their 23-year-old son (my “nephew”), who lives in TX with his girlfriend but is home for his college spring break. He got here on Wednesday and leaves in four days, so this will be my only chance to see him until his summer visit. It will also be my last chance to see WifeBFF before her shoulder replacement surgery on Tuesday. It’s supposed to hit 60°F today, and HusbandBFF is planning to grill steaks. Yum! In a couple hours I’ll check in with WifeBFF and see how she’s feeling so far today: her chronic health issues often flare up without warning, so it’s always understood that any plans with her are tentative until the day of. Speaking of my nephew, I finished disassembling his Batwing yesterday! Before starting to put it together again, though, I decided to build the custome stone cottage set I got from my Bricks 'n Brews friends last weekend. It’s super cute except for the missing door, which I broke while attempting to snap it into place. 🤦‍♀️ [![](https://i.ibb.co/Z6Ts0CYm/Stone-Cottage.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/Z6Ts0CYm/Stone-Cottage.jpg) I’ll get a replacement door sometime soon. 🙂 > [@Chefguy](#): > > I tried Connections a few times, but it just annoyed the crap out of me, so I gave it up. The purple group – the one they’ve labeled the “hardest” – is often just utterly ridiculous. My BFFs and I have taken to rating that group on a stupidity scale of 1-5 when we share our results with each other (e.g., “purple is a 3 today!”). > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I went and tried Wordle and Spelling Bee but it seems that you have to pay an extra fee to subscribe to NYT games at those levels. I could do some words in Spelling Bee but once I got to 7 words it bumped me to needing to subscribe. Ack, I forgot about the subscription thing! I pay for both Games and the digital version of the NYT. Sorry. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever had an interview that lasted that long, did he have a list he was checking off or were you talking to each other? He didn’t have a list; it was definitely a conversation. I’d say the talking was _mostly_ him telling me about the work (and the team, etc.), but he also asked about my background and there was plenty of back-and-forth when I asked some questions. And I took a few minutes near the end to volunteer that I’m genuinely interested in the position: I told him that as a hiring manager I know I’m always a little wary of candidates who are out of work, because I worry that they’re desperate and maybe not _really_ interested in the job. I assured him that it’s still the early days of my search, I’m not applying for every little thing, and I’m sincerely excited about the opportunity. I _think_ that resonated. 🤞 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > his favorite was the one where I would arrange cheese, meats, crackers and orange slices on a board and we would all eat it. HA! 😂 > [@Seanette](#): > > I love whoever invented sites like [timeanddate.com](http://timeanddate.com) I’ve had that site bookmarked for years! It seems like I’m always needing to figure out how many days there were between two dates, what a certain date plus x days would be, etc. I know Excel can do stuff like that, but the site’s interface is easier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/291 "2025-03-09T17:02:38Z")
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s a late check-in from me as I’ve only just got home. It’s currently 15c/59f with a predicted high of 17c/62f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Do you every wonder if the fucking clouds look down at us and think, what a bunch of fucking assholes?” No, can’t say that I do. > [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m still not sleeping well/enough: after Bailey’s early wakeup yesterday and the good news about temporarily still being employed I really expected to sleep in this morning, It’s such a yay and boo situation, I expect your brain is still trying to get to grips with everything. Very good news on continued work though! > [@Chefguy](#): > > In addition to daily Wordle, I’ve started doing the daily Spelling Bee on NY My morning brain exercise is Wordle, Connections, Strands, Waffle and Hang Five. That’s enough to get my brain woken up 🙂 I tried the Spelling Bee and got frustrated as you don’t spell like I do! > [@peedin](#): > > I rode rock steady Astro in my saddle. It was like comin’ home. Reading this makes me very happy for you 🙂 > [@Misnomer](#): > > The purple group – the one they’ve labeled the “hardest” – is often just utterly ridiculous. I very rarely get the purple ones at all - for me, they’re whatever’s left when I’ve solved the other three colours! It’s been a busy weekend so far - we were a bit later leaving the house on Saturday than we’d planned but the traffic on the drive to Bradford wasn’t too bad. We arrived at 2.45pm, checked in at the hotel and went straight to Nightrain, getting there just as the first band were about to start at 3pm. It was well-organised with each band starting on the hour and playing for 30-40 minutes, allowing a bit of time to change stuff over on stage before the next band started. We did dip out in the evening to get some food but we’d seen a burger place nearby so we went there, got food fairly quickly and were back in good time. The headline band were on at 9pm and did a great show, I even got a shout-out from the stage as the singer remembered it was my birthday the day before 🙂 We stayed for a chat with them after they’d finished, and I also had a natter with Adele who’s one of the organisers. Her husband is the guitarist in one of the bands that played too, I’ve known him for quite a long time. Here’s the fun bit…Adele used to work for the local ambulance service and through work, she knows Di who runs Little Paws Cat Haven 🙂 She asked after Di, we had a chat about stuff, and she gave me and John a free event t-shirt as they hadn’t sold all of them and she said she didn’t want to take them home! I ran a fundraiser for Little Paws on FB which I need to go and close now so that Di will get the money from that. Then I noticed that another friend who has a birthday later this week has started a fundraiser also for Little Paws so I was very excited to let Di know that she’ll be getting some extra funds from that too. Such a lovely message to send over to her 🙂 Now we are back home, the catsitter’s been to visit and the cats were totally unconcerned about us returning. I swear they like Jenni more than they like us. I’ve sent her payment over for this weekend, and she’s asked for a reference as she and her wife are planning to do some catsitting in Europe so they can travel and work at the same time. Definitely very happy to do that and say lovely things about her. I have a couple of hours before I need to get dinner ready so I am going to head downstairs and do a bit of slothing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/292 "2025-03-09T17:19:35Z")
Deadpig strips and cackleberries for breakfast. The Spousal Unit decided we’re not going to church today. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/293 "2025-03-09T17:33:27Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I thought you might be interested in sharing **[this link](https://www.deiwatchlist.com/)** with names you might recognize. Just a little heads up sort of thing. Put together by [these guys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Accountability_Foundation)… I came here to share something, but by the time I finished catching up, I forgot what it was. Stoopit brain. Anyway, we’ll head out in about 90 minutes for late lunch/early supper. Glad I didn’t pull anything out to thaw. Tho it could be saved for tomorrow. No matter - I’m already drooling over the thought of yeast rolls. 🤤 ---
**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 9, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/294 "2025-03-09T17:46:24Z")
We’re likely to hit 50F today, as spring weather does its best to confuse all of us. I’m putting off changing the clocks because it just annoys me to do so. But really, it has little effect on our lives as retirees. The only nuisance is adjusting to the change on exercise days so we can get breakfast eaten prior to start time. I usually get up at 0700 and we’re done with breakfast by 0830. Today it was 0930, which is when exercise starts. Third world suffering. We shall live through it. Speaking of breaking fast, fried eggs and cornbread with honey. Wordled, cross-worded, and most of the Spelling Bee at this point. As usual, the last few words are a misery. Headed out for a walk soon. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068/295 "2025-03-09T18:27:17Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Does this happen often? Every spring and summer there’s some weather changes that’ll bring Sahara dust into Europe. When there’s more dust, we get orange-y skies for a few days. Last year was particularly bad: > **[Saharan dust blankets Switzerland, skies turn cloudy and yellow](https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/alpine-environment/saharan-dust-blankets-switzerland-skies-turn-cloudy-and-yellow/74606866)** > > Cloudy and yellow skies: an extraordinary amount of Saharan dust has settled over Switzerland. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’ve only been to Joanne’s a couple of times because they really don’t have much for needlepoint. Sad to see them go. My mom did a lot of sewing when I was little and we’d probably go to Joanne’s every few months. When I got married, we found the fabric for the bridesmaid’s dresses at Joanne’s. > [@peedin](#): > > I rode rock steady Astro in my saddle. Sounds great! > [@LH75](#): > > My whiskey comes from Scotland We just opened a bottle from Islay on Saturday. We’ll be staying with Tequila, scotch, Swedish vodka and probably some French stuff. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Roomie works for Walgreens, and they just got bought by a private equity firm, so we got that worry now. Bummer. My parents’ neighbor manages a Walgreens. ☹ > [@Misnomer](#): > > I’ll get a replacement door sometime soon. It’s cute even without the door. And very welcoming, as it has an open door policy. 😉 After cleaning the bathrooms, we went for an official walk. Weather’s weirdly warm, so I ended up carrying my light hoodie. Had chili (with beans!) for lunch, then baked breakfast cookies (dried figs, cranberries and walnuts) and normal cookies (chocolate chunk oatmeal) and did some puttering around the house. Got our first daffodil and hyacinths blooming. It’s not even the middle of March. No clock changing here - we do that at the end of the month. Found my vaccination card as tomorrow I’ll go get my third dose of the tick-borne encephalitis vaccine. Supposedly I should have protection against measles, but I might want to talk to my doctor about getting my blood tested. ---
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Trash and recycling are out at the street, i’ve reset the nixie tube clock and my four watches, and the dishwasher is running. ---
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> [@Chefguy](#): > > most of the Spelling Bee Just wanted to brag that I finished it at 57 words, but it took forever to see “tamale”. ---
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> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > No matter - I’m already drooling over the thought of yeast rolls. 🤤 They sell them to go by the half-dozen….for Monday brekkies. ---
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Current status: surviving but not thriving. Yanking on clean socks, scooping up **Car(e)less** and heading on in. Bright and sunny. Lots of motorcycle action in the 'hood today, guess folks are enjoying the weekend and false spring. ---
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{{{ **shoe** }}} I just laid down to take a nap and woke up in a bit of a manic moment with a ‘great’ idea. I decided to let it sit for awhile before jumping into something I’d regret. Now I’m just sitting here with my favorite poodle on my lap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mad-march-hares-in-the-mmp/1015068.md?page=16)