# (Old) Mist and Murk in the MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 19, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814 "2026-01-19T09:03:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/221 "2026-01-23T21:14:56Z")
Short day at the museum. I like doing 8-5 four days and getting out early on Firday. I won 2 battles today. I got my ping pong ball lifter to work very nicely, and I fixed my oven igniter. Ping pong lifter, plus the balls blow around in the big box. [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/K6rQRsl.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/K6rQRsl) Ms Peach has decided the best new game is to toss her toy over the back of the couch and then whine at me to get them. Good luck to all with the coming snowpocalypse. The guessers are calling for 8-12" here, then to get really cold for a while. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/222 "2026-01-23T21:25:27Z")
Surgery scheduled in the spring. The doc says this is fine since the biopsies were benign. This surgery has caused a rescheduling cascade of other appointments, but it’s better for my own schedule. If she’d said I needed it now I’d have made it work. As it was, they first offered me mid-March, so it’s not like they wanted me in next week. (Though I could have done it next week.) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/223 "2026-01-23T22:00:27Z")
To the surprise of absolutely no one, the performance of _Les Mis_ tomorrow night has been cancelled. We’re trying to exchange them for _Six_. Earlier, I swung by the grocery store for some last minute supplies before the Icepocalypse. I was surprised the new Publix doesn’t have a rotisserie for chicken, so I had to get some canned chicken for white bean chicken chili. I also picked up a couple of cans of diced chilies. Why is this significant? This is the third time we have bought a couple of cans diced chilies in the last couple of weeks. The previous two times, when I’ve gone to make white bean chicken chili, the cans are fucking gone. Last time I took everything out of the cupboard, and there were no diced chilies. This time, just to prove I’m not losing it, I have photographic evidence. [![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55057363211_046dc71f8c_b.jpg "d2d6e54a-0299-4a27-9a97-4d496323c78f") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/190534151@N04/55057363211/) You all see them, too, right? ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/224 "2026-01-23T22:03:10Z")
Yep. Two cans, Old El Paso brand, front and center. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/225 "2026-01-23T22:06:01Z")
My two cans are Ortega, and they’re whole. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/226 "2026-01-23T23:20:35Z")
I paid off my credit card yesterday, and I still have $180 in my checking account. 🙂 Our electric bill was $303. 😲 I’ve just put the $183 propane bill on the credit card. Almost $500 for power and heat! (Mrs. L.A. keeps her room toasty with a radiator space heater, and she leaves the space heater in the bathroom on all day. We have another radiator space heater in the back bedroom, but it’s not on very high. Just enough to discourage a pipe from freezing.) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/227 "2026-01-23T23:27:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I really thought I had done in my Le Creuset Dutch oven … Massive burned-on coating because of the marinade What in the world did you do to the poor thing? > [@Seanette](#): > > Two cans, Old El Paso brand > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > My two cans are Ortega I have no cans. Is that an uncanny situation? Currently 35 ferrets (two centipedes) outside; predicted low tonight is six ferrets (-14 centipedes), and tomorrow’s high is seventeen (-8). Winter storm warning in effect 0300 Sunday to 0600 Monday, and .gov is finally predicting quantities: Five to nine inches Sunday, and another four to eight Sunday night. No French toast for us, though – I’ll be making a pot of chili tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2026, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/228 "2026-01-23T23:33:27Z")
_Poll ([view on site](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/228))_ 😃 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/229 "2026-01-23T23:36:35Z")
Back from Salsa’s - Roxy made me a card and a [pot holder](https://www.target.com/p/loom-potholder-craft-kit-mondo-llama-8482/-/A-92032663?sid=&TCID=PDS-22806998572&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22797427089&gclid=Cj0KCQiA1czLBhDhARIsAIEc7ujMRCwQeATMGqDd8ON6WdToiavMKCTWvCXo1NRBvUg_OpEfCKhx-0gaAsqzEALw_wcB). She got the kit for Christmas and made sure to use several red loops since she knows it’s my favorite color! Glad to be home. I’m gonna get comfy and watch some TV before crash time. I’s tahred!! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/230 "2026-01-23T23:38:41Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 100% I should refrain from piling on with those reminding FCM that she’s getting old Roxy made sure to tell me I’m 72 today. Even wrote it on my card. I think I inadvertently voted when I tried to quote. Oh well… ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/231 "2026-01-23T23:43:47Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I won 2 battles today. I got my ping pong ball lifter to work very nicely, and I fixed my oven igniter. > Ping pong lifter, plus the balls blow around in the big box. Yay! The poke roast and veggies turned out well. I used a lot of [anchur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amchoor) in the rub and it was perfect. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/232 "2026-01-24T00:11:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > What in the world did you do to the poor thing? Thing is, this pot is probably 15 years old or more, so it’s seen a lot of service and the enamel coating isn’t want it used to be. This high-temp flash cooking of marinated meat was more than it could handle, I guess, and there was a rock-hard covering of blasted marinade covering the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/233 "2026-01-24T00:46:42Z")
The new electronics are doing well. I really like lager’s new feeder. The dish is a good size and I don’t have to fight him off. The old one I had to load daily and he would try to nose in and eat before I could get the cover on. So much easier. Thank you Johnnyla! The new kindle is nice. Now I have to download everything. That will be something to do while it snows this weekend. I see the storm is strengthening in the south. Good luck to those in the 7-8 states being hit right now. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/234 "2026-01-24T00:59:37Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Ping pong lifter, plus the balls blow around in the big box. Looks very neat! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/235 "2026-01-24T01:02:17Z")
Had to make a grocery run tonight for things that were absolutely needed. (Looking at you, O Feline Overlord!) Back now after lugging it all from store to car, then from car inside. Currently -33C. Sitting in the bedroom - warmest room in the house. Then a hot choccie, and then I think a chicken tikka masala. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/236 "2026-01-24T01:11:46Z")
I’ve got one whole ferret height outside. I just started laundry, hope the dryer vent isn’t frozen shut. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/237 "2026-01-24T02:15:05Z")
Happy Birthday, **FCM**!! Kind of a long day, but a good one. Glad we’re back home. Getting ready for the ice or snow or whichever shows up. I had more to say, buy can’t remember what. Oh, yeah, Congrats, **BooFae**!!! ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/238 "2026-01-24T02:20:37Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Thing is, this pot is probably 15 years old or more, so it’s seen a lot of service and the enamel coating isn’t want it used to be. My old Le Creuset was the same age, and had produced maybe a thousand stews and pot roasts in its life. The enamel just wasn’t doing its job anymore and everything was starting to stick. I finally bit the bullet and replaced it just two weeks ago. Red beans and rice tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/239 "2026-01-24T02:25:55Z")
I napped. I dreamed I was fleeing some petty tyrant, so I loaded some scrap metal in my truck and drove around to the back of his house which was a construction site. They were hiring people and strays so I signed up and was petting the dogs. Now it’s a Boulevardier, and the Bachelor Food version of Cioppino. > [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > Tonight’s plan is Netflix. And then early to bed. Good idea considering your week. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Bleah. Drive safe. Monkey needs his primate servant. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Ms Peach has decided the best new game is to toss her toy over the back of the couch and then whine at me to get them. 🤣 > [@Paintcharge](#): > > I got my ping pong ball lifter to work very nicely, and I fixed my oven igniter. And yay to double vanquishing Murphy! > [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > You all see them, too, right? [Dr. Sigmund Fraud]Zo, are the chilies in the room with us right now?[/Dr. Sigmund Fraud] But they are there. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Almost $500 for power and heat! 😮 Mine was like $150. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > think I inadvertently voted when I tried to quote. Oh well… 🤣 Is that an Old Person thing? > [@Chefguy](#): > > Thing is, this pot is probably 15 years old or more, so it’s seen a lot of service and the enamel coating isn’t want it used to be. > [@teelabrown](#): > > My old Le Creuset was the same age, and had produced maybe a thousand stews and pot roasts in its life. The enamel just wasn’t doing its job anymore and everything was starting to stick. It seems weird that those things only last 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/240 "2026-01-24T02:57:16Z")
Howdy Y’all! Been a lazy day in da cave. Well, I did make slaw and baked beans so I guess that was productive. We won’t be gettin’ any of the nasty weather unless you count rain on Sunday. Everyone in the path of icr/snowpocalypse hunker down and take care. **Peedin** no worries. I am prone to such stuff myself. **Maus** what green chilies? I don’t see two cans of Old El Paso green chilies in that pic. **Dicey** may both of you be over your surgeries soonest. **MOOOOOOM** I read that as Polka Fiesta at first. I think that would involve a piñata and an accordion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814.md?page=13)