# (Old) MMP in the snow, uphill both ways **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 26, 2026, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030 "2026-01-26T06:31:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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 26, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/21 "2026-01-26T15:17:13Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > go shovel. Thinking I’ll do it shifts Good plan, regardless of one’s age or physical condition. Do a little, take a break, do a little, take a break - and by break, I mean real break, inside after shedding jacket and gloves, not 2 minutes of leaning on the shovel. Don’t make me scold you!!! 😉 Apparently the Hyundai dealer is closed or undermanned this morning. So I left a message with the phone-answerer and I’ll call back in a few days if I don’t hear from them. It’s not a huge deal - just an anti-theft softwear update. Since my car spends most of its time in the garage, I’m not too worried. **flyboy** - I can’t remember the last time I watched the news. I just can’t. I hate feeling uninformed, but the news doesn’t inform - it spins and it seems to be more opinion than fact. Some day, maybe, I’ll trust network news again. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/22 "2026-01-26T15:23:26Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m sure somewhere (🎶 over the rainbow) there are folks basking in warm, balmy sunshine. 🙋🏻‍♂️ Y’all be takin’ care of yourselves up there. Yikes. Coming up on 11 months from relocating to sunnier shores but did do a trip to Chicago in December and it reminded me why I took the move. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/23 "2026-01-26T15:27:17Z")
26 here with a wind chill of 15. Working from home today. Cats are happy. Snow total at phl is 7.3, at rittenhouse square 9. Enough snow to go sledding down the art museum stairs. The downside is people left a lot of trash all over the stairs. Mostly various plastic lids with a bit flat cardboard box. There was a flattened plastic kiddie pool. It will be a hot spot as people start moving around. The sun has broken through. It is very bright and sparkly. Be careful out there. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/24 "2026-01-26T15:28:55Z")
Good morning! It’s 12ºF and sunny here. Our driveway is clear, but has a thin sheet of ice on it from the freezing rain. I’m hoping that the sun will dry it out. Most of the weekend involved staying warm and reading. We continued **Squeaky’s** honorary GenX indoctrination by rounding out the View Askewniverce original pentalogy by showing him _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back_. We’re looking for other suggestions to further bring him into the GenX fold. The cynicism is already strong with this one, but could be stronger. Dinner last night was Easy Beef Chili from my ATK Instant Pot cookbook. No false advertising - it is easy, but it could use more kick. I almost used one of the cans of chilies that I bought last week, but if I did that, they would be gone. **FCM** - Asking the AI chatbot for a better deal really works with Sirius? We’ve always had to do the kabuki of threatening to leave and getting transferred to retention, which nets us the 40% off. The chatbot sound easier and less frustrating. ---
**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 26, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/25 "2026-01-26T15:35:35Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > The plumbers are coming Wednesday to tear out and replace all of our pipe. We stopped at the liquor store yesterday for empty boxes and today we will pack up all of the junk under the sinks and whatever is in the way of the work in the basement. For a minute there, I thought you were going to describe your coping mechanisms. > [@pullin](#): > > Lucy has recovered completely and is galloping around like nothing happened. We’re still fighting over the Ibuprofen bottle (muscle soreness). I’m glad Lucy is OK and hope her humans aren’t too sore. Happy anniversary **taters**! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **flyboy** - I can’t remember the last time I watched the news. I just can’t. I hate feeling uninformed, but the news doesn’t inform - it spins and it seems to be more opinion than fact. Some day, maybe, I’ll trust network news again. I watch the local in the morning, but read the national just to avoid having to listen to a certain voice. It was 23 ferrets when I walked Nelson this morning. My furnace isn’t really keeping up with the cold outside (set on 80F, it’s about 65F inside), so I’m wearing long john pants under my flannel PJ bottoms ans an extra sweatshirt over the usual tee / sweatshirt combo (I’m cold natured). It is supposed to get up to 40F this afternoon though. Stay safe and healthy y’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:** [January 26, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/26 "2026-01-26T15:40:48Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > The downside is people left a lot of trash all over the stairs Some people can be such slobs… > [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > Asking the AI chatbot for a better deal really works with Sirius? Yeah - the last few times I’ve done it entirely via chat, no muss no fuss no need to threaten to leave. Just ask for a better deal. The first couple of times (some years back) I called and got a call center in India(?) and I could barely understand the accent. Chat is so much easier. At least once, it was a chat with an actual person, but the bot is even simpler. Try asking “Can you do better?” a few times. I wish I had. **FCD** is done in the shop. I’m trying to figure out the best way to make covers for the nav light name boards. Life is a thrill a minute here. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/27 "2026-01-26T16:12:24Z")
Good Moanday morning all. Slept in until 8am today under my nice heavy comforter and awoke to find snow on the ground. Albeit a very modest amount, barely a dusting, but for N. Ali-bama it’s a weather crisis. Temperature is 17F and only getting to 27F today and supposed to get down to 10F tonight. Might head outdoors as soon as the roads clear off from the dusting, but certainly am not in any hurry. It’s due to be back up to 40F tomorrow and due to stay that way for the next week or so, guess February will start cold and hopefully end with milder weather. **Shoe** , the high in Abu Dhabi (where I lived for 4 years) is going to be 74F, which I assure you the natives will find to be intolerably cold…for them. Different strokes… > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > It occurred to me that if I slipped & fell, at 4 a.m., my best bet would be to _NOT_ drag myself back towards the house but away from it … near the street, I might be seen by whoever is psychotic enough to be driving on ice-rink roads in the wee hours of a Sunday night. Of course, you would run the risk of them running you over… **boo fae** , thanks for the clarification 😉. **Hippie** , happy plumbing day. **FCM** , the plowman is quite efficient and well worth his pay. And I can understand **FCD’s** wanting to get out and drive around, I have it too, but am resisting it so far… **Coppertone** , I think you have even more reason than the snowbound to stay indoors today. Have you made the local news yet? **Yank** , moving friends is an obligation, a distraction, and a PITA…often all at the same time. And a nosy family gathering can be a pain–glad you resisted well. And good on ya for taking Lucy to the Vet despite all the obstacles in your way. As for the walks to school, in High School there were hills I had to cross both coming and going so I guess uphill both ways applies. And treks through snow were part of usual winter life in Northeast Ohio. > [@AskNott](#): > > Sick Glorious Monday, or some such terrible pun. **Knots** , that only applies if your riding a bus…( _Sic transit gloria mundi_). Seriously, feel better soon. **JtC** , same here, most every school in the region is closed, the gym is operating 9am-5pm and I don’t know what if any restaurants are open…but there is a slight glimmer of brightness–the library says it will open at 11am, so reading is still important to many. **flyboy, FCM** , I seldom watch the local news, have CNN on sometimes while exercising but usually only for the little scrollers along the bottom of the screen. **rocky** , sledding is something I haven’t done in many, many years…not enough snow to do it now either, but one of these days…and slobs are going to slob, I’m afraid. **red** , yeah, Texas is not built for cold weather, just hope you don’t lose power like what happened a few years ago. Will need to check on my Sirius XM status, might need to use the AI Chatbox option as I don’t care to talk to people about things like that. And just looked out my front door and the roads are clear, so might do a **FCD** type trip and maybe get my shopping done (after all it is less than 3 miles…how hard could it be? 😱 Take care all and talk to ya later. ---
**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 26, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/28 "2026-01-26T16:18:13Z")
> [@missred](#): > > I watch the local in the morning, but read the national just to avoid having to listen to a certain voice. Same here. Only every morning it’s like, ‘Someone was stabbed in Belltown, someone was shot in wherever, a bunch of people are homeless after their apartment building caught fire, a person is in critical condition after a hit-and-run…’ It seems like the same stories with different people every morning. ETA: I applied for a Videographer job this morning. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/29 "2026-01-26T16:19:20Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > she can also write supportive letters to Governor Walz telling him that is doing good. So glad you mentioned this, it is so very, very important to reinforce the positive, to catch people being good. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/30 "2026-01-26T16:33:16Z")
Apparently not on the news yet. Its on fb. Glass co cleaning shattered outside glass door. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/31 "2026-01-26T17:04:04Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Does procrastinating make you super productive? It does for me. Not really - I have a bunch of other things on my to-do list that I don’t really feel inspired to do today. I went to the supermarket and then had something nice for lunch. Then minutes had to be tackled in the end. They’re done and sent off now, so I can procrastinate about all the other things I Don Twanna! > [@Paintcharge](#): > > No work today, TPTB declared the museum closed. Guess that means you have to go and shovel. Be careful of your back though! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ETA: I applied for a Videographer job this morning. Best of luck! ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/32 "2026-01-26T17:15:02Z")
**SuntanLotion** , sounds scary. Hope you can just shelter in place for a bit. Continued from last week’s MMP: > [@(Old) Mist and Murk in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/338): > > > [@(Old) Mist and Murk in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mist-and-murk-in-the-mmp/1026814/337): > > > > I knew the lack of a plug in -30 weather would be a problem. > > Will it be a lot of trouble to replace, or is it just not doable now? Yes, I’ll see if Canadian Tire can do a fix. I won’t be able to tell which is the ground wire for the 3-prong plug. Plus, don’t want to be kneeling on the cold, cold ice while I try to figure it out. Will ask them to check tire pressure as well. Temp has got up to -16 C this morning, but strong wind blowing, so it’s cold out. I’m back at work today. Don’t mind declaring a personal WFH day when it’s -30, but doing it when temp is in the mere negative teens sounds wimpy. We are Saskatchewan! ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/33 "2026-01-26T17:16:19Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I’m sure somewhere (🎶 over the rainbow) there are folks basking in warm, balmy sunshine. Isn’t the rainbow the Bifrost bridge, leading from Earth to Valhalla? I’d say the folks over the rainbow are doing more bashing (with swords, maces, &c) than basking. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Shoe** , the high in Abu Dhabi (where I lived for 4 years) is going to be 74F, which I assure you the natives will find to be intolerably cold…for them. Different strokes… My brother told me about the day on Guam when the temp dropped to around 70F. Said he’d never been so happy to have a heater in his car. > [@Chefguy](#): > > rumbling “Rumble, rumble, rumble. Mutiny, mutiny, mutiny.” Snowplough came through around 0830 – the first time since yesterday morning. Did the plough drivers get the afternoon off because of the snow? Currently 19 Ferrets (-7 Centipedes), though it’s supposed to get up to 27 (-3) this afternoon. I haven’t had to wade through the snow uphill both ways since ninth grade, though the ravine wasn’t very wide or deep. No snow involved the time we were under way and I had to take a message board to the goat locker – uphill both ways. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/34 "2026-01-26T17:27:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > goat locker There’s an expression I haven’t heard in a little while. 🤣 Sun is shining. Its effect on paved surfaces is TBD. ---
**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 26, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/35 "2026-01-26T17:53:21Z")
The avocado toast I’d had for breakfast wasn’t enough, so I grabbed a Chomps Jalapeño Beef Stick. If you don’t know, they have a slogan inside the wrapper. This one said, ‘Goodbye setback. Hellooo comeback.’ That was fun, considering that I haven’t been a videographer since 2007 and I’ve just applied for a videographer position. ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/36 "2026-01-26T18:09:27Z")
**flyboy** Good luck on the job! Appendages crossed. First round of shoveling done, now sitting waiting for back spasms to die down. I think I’m about halfway done. ---
**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 26, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/37 "2026-01-26T18:29:00Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > There’s an expression I haven’t heard in a little while. I still use “rain locker” for the shower. “Goat locker” was a fleet term and although I heard of it, Seabees didn’t use it (or at least I never heard it used). We’ve managed to rise to 2F as the afternoon gets underway (hey, another Navy term!). I’ll be reheating leftover jambalaya soon. Sadie found my new fleece lined pullover in no time at all. I found her sleeping on it and had to roust her, which action elicited several unhappy yowls. I just ordered a water fountain for her, so she’ll hopefully drink more water. Like most things cat, she is probably more likely to ignore it. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/38 "2026-01-26T19:05:09Z")
Afternoon all. At the gym, it turned out that the streets were fine and got my shopping done. However Jersey Mike’s and a lot of other shops were closed and traffic on the main roads was nearly non-existent. Mike’s opened at 12 :30 so will stop there on my way home and pick up some dinner. Otherwise just staying warm. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/39 "2026-01-26T19:32:31Z")
For some reason, the cats seem rather irritated with each other today. Fair amount of swatting, some hissing (pretty sure that’s from Kasya), some chasing. I plan to let them work it out between themselves, and only intervene if there’s reason to believe someone’s being injured. Kasya’s incision appears fully healed. ---
**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 26, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030/40 "2026-01-26T19:51:42Z")
I made a Food Lion 'nanner run. A good bit of dry along the roads, and there’s much sun now, so maybe dry will continue? Aldi was closed as were a number of small businesses and restaurants. Some shelves were sparsely populated at Food Lion, but a truck pulled up and all associates were called to the loading dock. No biggie for me - I found what I wanted. Very tall piles of plowed snow in most parking lots - the kind that will take weeks to melt. Locals with blades on trucks or scoops on tractors are making some pocket change today. Daughter and SIL are frozen in unless they were able to coordinate with neighbors to dig out. How long till spring? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-mmp-in-the-snow-uphill-both-ways/1027030.md?page=3)