# (Old) On this day in history in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 12, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605 "2024-08-12T10:29:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/281 "2024-08-19T00:41:42Z")
Howdy Y’all! We are currently havin’ a deluge and are under a tstorm watch until the wee hours of Moanday. Storms can come up in these parts just like that. Not complainin’ cause good sleep weather! In other news, got a text from the guy who gets all the stuff (N.O.T.s, sallit, and frozen bizkits (don’t judge!) for men’s night. The text was to check that we would be there for setup (of course) and he texted, “all the studs are in the kitchen” with a follow up text of “stuff, not studs!” Of course, I could not let that little Freudian slip go by and texted back, “all the studs will be in the kitchen tomorrow night.” It will also, of course, get shared with everybody else tomorrow. YP may start to wander just what he has gotten himself into! **MG** glad you’re over the plague. **Sensei** yikes! Hope you get sprung from the horsepistol soonest. Also, great news re senson and his sport. **JtC** glad y’all had a great time at the family reunion. Who knows, maybe the cousin will drink the mead and sing its praises at the next gatherin’. ETA: **Lucky** I did reread _The Great Gatsby_ in my adultery. IMO it was still not all that. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/282 "2024-08-19T01:30:49Z")
**FCM** May I recommend some Edward Abbey? [The Fool’s Progress](https://www.amazon.com/Fools-Progress-Honest-Novel/dp/0805057919) My absolute favorite book ever. I occasionally will open it and read some out loud to myself, the prose is almost poetry. But I’m a little weird. Or perhaps [The Monkey Wrench Gang.](https://www.amazon.com/Monkey-Wrench-Harper-Perennial-Classics/dp/0061129763/ref=pd_bxgy_d_sccl_1/137-7423017-7217050?pd_rd_w=0tNRt&content-id=amzn1.sym.04064661-569a-4d64-8aef-6cc4eefc1253&pf_rd_p=04064661-569a-4d64-8aef-6cc4eefc1253&pf_rd_r=X6B95J0BXGSNKV32398K&pd_rd_wg=Zfom3&pd_rd_r=fd6159ed-5b3f-4056-813f-baf5f3e5196a&pd_rd_i=0061129763&psc=1) Early to bed for me. Still tired all the time. See y’all in the next MMP, ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/283 "2024-08-19T02:10:08Z")
_Be Fruit fly, and multiple_ - God A sudden explosion of the little buggers today. I’ll have to stop at Ace tomorrow after heaving. Watching Preseason handegg, and having poke loin, potato with cheddar and country ham, and a Wisconsin Old Fashioned. > [@EmilyG](#): > > I seem to have recovered from Covid, so that’s good. Yay! > [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I’m in the hospital for what was supposed to be a routine procedure, but I’ve got a fever that won’t go down, Boo. Get better quick! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I changed my mind. Cajun catfish tonight. \< Justin Wilson intensifies \> > [@SuntanLotion](#): > > Time flies. No, just fruit. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I’m glad we are here. I’m glad you’re glad. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/284 "2024-08-19T02:22:45Z")
Happy Sunday! No park today as it was supposed to rain so I turned off the alarms. No rain at all. Tomorrow, they go to daycare, so they’ll not be bored. I’m sure Trevor loves visiting with you **FCM**. My son had to read _To Kill a Mockingbird_ in HS. He really liked it. We had to read _East of Eden_, _Catcher in the Rye_, _Tale of Two Cities_, _Animal Farm_, _1984_, _Don Quixote_, _The Outsiders_, and thankfully, only one chapter of Dante’s _Inferno_. I thought CITR sucked, and TO is for teenagers. D’sI is for headaches. I know I read _Summer of 42_, but I don’t remember if it was required. My favorite author was Agatha Christie, but Shirley Jackson ran a close second. I doubt you’d like Jackson’s books though. Thanks for posting the pics **Ooopsie**. It actually looks better in real life than it does in the pic. I got it from da jungle, where it was $40. I don’t know what one I’ll get for him next. He likes to do [Crystal 3D](https://3dcrystalpuzzle.com/products/panda) but they fall apart too easily. I’ll need to get a display case soon. Bailey looks adorable. **Shoe** , sometimes the fix is something stupid or simple, so no need to get a professional in right away. I forget what all he tried. He had an audience though. The donkeys across the street cantered up to the fence and watched my son the whole time he was working on the mower. They are so cute. I hope your son recovers quickly, **Taters** ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/285 "2024-08-19T02:36:40Z")
Head doctor came by and said it’s possibly a urinary infection from the catheter they had in place for the surgery and they will adjust the meds. He had no idea how long they intend to hold me hostage. Antibody levels are higher than expected for this kind of surgery and they didn’t even give me an award for over performance. Cheapskates. Failed the Covid test ( not positive) so at least it’s not that. Oh, getting hospitalized in a foreign country is a wonderful opportunity for learning new vocabulary. I’d rather not be in a situation where I need to know them, but thems the breaks. I had anticipated an easy stay so I brought along a few easy reading books but the fever has me feeling apathetic. Anyone wondering how hospital food is in Japan, just as bland as the Stated. Nurses are nice. Some gush over my speaking ability. Wife convinced me to get a private room and I’m happy for the quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/286 "2024-08-19T02:44:33Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Oh, getting hospitalized in a foreign country is a wonderful opportunity for learning new vocabulary. I’d rather not be in a situation where I need to know them, but thems the breaks. Years ago when my folks took their first trip to Europe they took a traveler’s German class. They already knew a little German but wanted to bone up. And since my dad had had a heart attack they wrote up a vocab list for things like heart, pain, chest, back ache and so on, as well as packing a list of the names of his meds. They knew a lot of professional medical people would have some English but didn’t want to rely on it totally. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2024, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/287 "2024-08-19T03:40:58Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > @wolfpup One of our kin breeds and shows Burmese Mountain Dogs Her last Westminster Champion went to the Bridge a couple of months ago but she brought one of her adult pups and another adult from a different couple. If I may be permitted a gentle correction to a common error, we are **Bernese** Mountain Dogs, proudly Swiss, not Asian, originally raised for both beauty and hardworking strength in the majestic Bernese Alps just outside the Swiss capital of the same name, in the canton of Bern. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > They were show dogs through and through. They knew they were fabulous and that we were only there to adore them. Their fur glowed with health and they strutted and pranced. Thank you. **[We are beautiful and we know it.](https://dogtime.com/dog-breeds/bernese-mountain-dog)** Also gentle, good-natured, and highly intelligent. The stories I could tell of all the times I outwitted my so-called “master” and his house guests! 🐕 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/288 "2024-08-19T05:16:18Z")
Someone on the Dope recommended reading Moby Dick as if your friend Ishmael wrote a blog about crazy guys he hung out with, whales, knots, and his weird boss. I did, and found it quite delightful. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/289 "2024-08-19T06:13:52Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > If I may be permitted a gentle correction to a common error, we are **Bernese** Mountain Dogs, proudly Swiss, not Asian, originally raised for both beauty and hardworking strength in the majestic Bernese Alps just outside the Swiss capital of the same name, in the canton of Bern. Maybe she was thinking of Bernese Pythons, the ones that have the little red cross pattern in their scales. 😉 ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/290 "2024-08-19T06:39:43Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-on-this-day-in-history-in-the-mmp/1005605/291 "2024-08-19T08:04:30Z")
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