# (Old) Meticulously Monday the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 26, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-meticulously-monday-the-mmp/1006243 "2024-08-26T10:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 235
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> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I once tried to paint a motorcycle using **rattle cans** and it didn’t turn out nearly as well as I had envisioned. Thank you for posting this … because the other day I was trying to remember the name for those things (“tip of the tongue syndrome”) and was driving myself bonkers. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Yeah, stop doing that. Way to bring out my inner teenaged brat. { _stomps off, muttering “You ain’t the boss of me!”_ } > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > There is one area that is all dug up and he had some sprinklers going to keep that dirt nice and wet so his dinner doesn’t wander away. That’s very innovative. Raising livestock for the dinner table - it’s not just for cattle ranchers anymore! > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Grocery store has pumpkins, so it’s getting to be that time. YAAYYYY!! I totally missed roasting any pumpkin seeds for myself last autumn and was sad about it all winter. Must not let that happen again. I love (my version of) home-roasted seeds. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > I ended up watching Netflix unti 5 am. Slept in until 10:15am. Ha, me too, sorta - I didn’t get to bed till close to 5 a.m. last night, too! And woke at roughly 9 ish. Got a short nap after several hours of being up - hopefully I’ll get a better version of my beauty rest tonight. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Egg salad sandwich for lunch. Yum. Where’s mine? > [@(Old) On this day in history in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/137): > > pancakes and bacon can sub as dinner, can’t they? I sorta parsed this as a “bacon SUB” and was like, sure, you can wrap pancakes around bacon and call it a sub sandwich, I guess. { _shrug_ } > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I guess I’m more calming to him than **FCD** or MIL. You probably have a knack for explaining things in a way that works particularly well for his brain. Some people just “click” better with certain people’s explanations than others - maybe it’s the wording, maybe it’s the tone of voice - even when it’s the same information being given. > [@dogbutler](#): > > me and Spot are gettin’ crunked on kibble and gin. I laughed way harder at this than was dignified. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > We are also already worried about keeping her away from GG. Didn’t you have her set up in a room with a closed door, when you 1st brought her home? Just do that again. No reason to worry. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m reluctant to be knocked out with MIL as confused as she’s been Are there still plans to get that hospital bed? IIRC they have rails to prevent falling, and ~~illegal & unlicensed~~ unassisted excursions … > [@missred](#): > > DIYed a soft collar similar to that with a pool noodle and a piece of paracord That’s friggin’ genius. > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > got my senior farmers market gift card of 50 dollars. > I have 3 weeks left to use it NICE! Do you have the means to freeze some of your produce, to have for later, leaner, times? Or, if you need a new hobby for all that free time, I hear home-canning can be quite rewarding … > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > inconsistent temp and humidity levels must have must have been too much for it Other than misbehaving in the sauce, may I ask what happened to your cheese? My favorite thing about parm is the little crunchy crystals … did it lose those? > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > so I feel much better now Some of us are under the weather, some of us are improving … and so it goes, 'round and 'round. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Glad you enjoyed eating Beaver tonight. Bravo! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I prefer Manhattans to catnip too I don’t think I’ve ever had a Manhattan, but Monks sure seems to enjoy his 'nip. Now I have double-FOMO. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > No park this morning as my son is sick. He sounds awful. Probably just a cold, but he says he feels miserable. > I really wanted to go Forgive me if I’m forgetting some logistics with your household, but couldn’t you just go without him, while he sleeps through his misery? * * * Found the 1st fallen acorn today. 🙂 Autumn. Is. Coming. Yay! (What? No “acorn” emoji?) Today was **Sweet Manager** ’s birthday (and she’s working open → close tonight!) so there were many sugary treats, to round out the several _“ooops!”_ pizzas that made their way to the break table. Among other things, some Oreo popcorn (?? didn’t get around to trying that, although I was curious) and a pan of caramel swirled brownies in a pretzel crust that I swear gave me diabetes just looking at it. Nevertheless, I brought home a tiny - I mean, about 2 Tbs portion - of the brownie, to ~~give myself the full-blown diabeetus~~ try later tonight. In healthier eatin’ news, someone also made for her what has apparently become something of a birthday tradition between them (I remember it from last year) and it’s a … raw veggie “pizza.” The crust is (shhh!) Pillsbury - they apparently make a version of their whomp croissants in an unperforated full-sheet form, for applications precisely such as this - baked, cooled, then smeared with cream cheese & covered with very finely diced raw veg of all kinds: red peppers, radish, carrots, broccoli, etc. Served chilled. Probably the healthiest thing I’ll eat all year, and quite tasty even to this dedicated non-herbivore. * * * Alright, time to ~~abandon you lovely folks to your fate~~ ~~kill some zombies~~ rustle up some sort of food for the house panther, approx. 43,892 soft-furred ratties, and, eventually, I suppose, me. ETA I forgot a vaguely-funny to share … this is probably only funny to math nerds. Had an order that included beef fries (a.k.a. steak nuggets) with an extra packet of A-1 sauce to go along with what’s automatically included. To mark the bag, we write: BF + 1x A-1 … and tell me that doesn’t look like the most psychotic algebra. (Ms. Wormwood: “Solve for ‘F’ please.”) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-meticulously-monday-the-mmp/1006243)._