# (Old) Summers of Childhood Past in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 17, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147 "2023-07-17T10:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 17
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/321 "2023-07-24T02:35:09Z")
That is something to consider that I would not have thought of. Rayleigh is feeling better, I think the aspirin is just what he needed. That and the cooling blanket. He’s still a bit tired, but he got up, ate, drank, and went outside. I think I can go to bed now, and I’ll take the cooling blanket with me. ---
**Author:** ![Kitten\_Mitten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kitten\_Mitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitten_Mitten)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/322 "2023-07-24T02:39:19Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Yeah, the Brits are big on “THE”. THE Open. THE Times. Guess some of that Empire arrogance never went away. Does that mean a certain element in Ohio is British? (TOSU) Maybe not British but certainly arrogant. Although Darryl Rogers called ‘the other school’ Arrogant Asses; in case you’re not sure who he meant, the school is in the city that has the same initials as what he called them. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/323 "2023-07-24T02:39:36Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Heck, go nuts and have high tea for brunch! High tea is usually between 5-7 pm. But I’ve had chicken for breakfast. I’ve had pie for breakfast. Cold, leftover Chinese food is good to. Sleep **shoe** , sleep. And eat your veggies. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Have you ever added Amaretto to it? The heck with adding Amaretto to Kahlua, add it to Irish Cream. If you seal it in a shot glass by coating the surface with whipped cream, it’s called a blow job. 😁 ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/324 "2023-07-24T03:13:25Z")
> [@missred](#): > > The one sister that doesn’t get along with the rest of the sibs hasn’t been to one in years, The two sisters who hate each other both threaten to come to every reunion and play chicken until the day of. They always try to get me to take sides but my response is to give them a joint of their own because I’m not sharing my pipe with anti-vaxers and then show them kitty pics. I just really get ticked at what they are doing to Mom because they always get her in the middle of it. The whole thing is so stupid and hateful that it embarrasses me. Gahhhh. I’m ready to pack up and leave now. I just took my frame stand apart and my basket o’ threads and stuff is in my small rolly suitcase. I wasn’t planning on doing any more stitching tonight, but now that I _can’t_, I’m getting a little twitchy. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Spot is not a box and bag cat. George isn’t either. But of course, he still doesn’t get that bags have an inside. The easiest way to break him is to drop a fuzzy ball into a standing up paper bag. He can see the ball when he looks in the bag, why can’t he see the ball when he looks at where the ball would be from outside the bag? > [@LSLGuy](#): > > The real value was to be able to pitch spit-covered shells at the feral children at nearby tables. hehehehe. I knew you were my sort of people! > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The downside… It’s a trailer that has been added onto the front and back. I don’t know a lot about how that will work as far as maintenance and all. Our first place was a trailer that had been added onto, so I might have some advice. Let’s start with is it a trailer, a mobile or a manufactured home? There really are differences. Trailers have really crappy plastic plumbing that is known to fail catastrophically. (wow, I speeled that right the first try!) They have metal exterior walls, horrible insulation and paper thin interior walls. My advice would be to not buy a trailer, no matter how pretty it looks. However, I think you probably mean it is a mobile home. They are much nicer, they have better plumbing and insulation and you can hang shelves on the walls. The exterior walls are a sort of fiber particle board that look much nicer than metal and is easier to paint, plus they don’t get as hot. We had a mobile as well and many of my coworkers with stick built homes had about the same maintenance issues that we did, so we thought it was acceptable. Our current home is manufactured and the only way you could tell is because it is on a brick stem-wall. We have had a few minor issues over the years, but that happens with any home. We have always had septic and it really isn’t an issue as long as it isn’t abused. Don’t flush chemicals or lots of cat litter or dog poop and you won’t need to worry about it for 5 years or so between pumping. Getting our tank pumped has never cost more than a couple of hundred bucks. Bidet attachments for your toilets save paper from going into your tank. Be sure you know where your leach field is and don’t let any person or dog dig around there. Your son is doing it wrong, you shower before soaking in the tub cause otherwise you are just soaking in your own funk. I learned that one in Okinawa, those people are fanatics about proper bathing etiquette. But anyhow, I was able to install a hand held shower attachment to a soak tub after watching a couple of you-tube videos, I’m sure you can as well. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I thought it was a bit overpriced, but when you find out it comes fully furnished, well there you go. Well, of course! > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Poor Misiu sits in front of me staring at me. I know he wants to sit in my lap, but I can’t pick him up anymore. Can you rig up some steps for him to come up to you? ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/325 "2023-07-24T05:30:27Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > I got a bit of get up and go and cleared out the beside tables. My get up and go must’ve got up and went. > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > Koritza opens the drawers to take things out, lager notices the opened drawers and snoozes in them. He needs koritza to open them. 🎵 We all need Somebody to leeeeeeeaaann onnn 🎵 > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > … I mean this doesn’t look _that_ suspicious. Is the barcode sticker from TSA or from the vet? Cuz if it’s the latter … well, I’ve bought a lotta shit over the years, and only legal weed from a legit dispo comes with a barcode. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Get some rest, **Shoe**. Being that tired is not good for you. > I had a night job once; I’d get so tired I’d start hallucinating. > One night I saw two mermen coming down the road with boxes of chocolates for me. Thank you, I’m feeling much better today. Dang, I put myself through a lot for a job (or boss) I like, but that’s a bit beyond reasonable. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I found out the flowers I like are actually Bindweed, which is type of morning glory. As a gardener, I ran screaming from this picture. Bindweed is called that because it strangles everything it grows on … and it is virtually impossible to eradicate. Spreads worse than a certain pandemic virus, through both roots and seeds, and og forbid any winds up in your compost. Pretty flowers, but then again, the same can be said for kudzu. > [@dogbutler](#): > > There’s nothing quite like a good cuddle with your playful, affection cat. Then he wipes an eye booger on your mustache. I used to have a cat that would gaze adoringly into your very soul with enormous jade-green eyes, and just when you had completely melted … would sneeze directly into your face. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > He finally was comfortable enough to leave the parking lot and drive on the road that goes through the park. Progress! Alright, that’s enough catchin’ up. See y’all in the next MMP … hell maybe I’ll start it! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/326 "2023-07-24T06:24:37Z")
Yeah that was the vet bar-code. It also includes Mort’s name and date of cremation and all that stuff. Still, I’m not saying I’d ever want to smuggle meth, but I’m just saying, if anyone does and their car is sick, you might want to consider some quality of life decisions. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2023, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/327 "2023-07-24T06:49:09Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. See y’all in the next MMP > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yeah that was the vet bar-code. It also includes Mort’s name and date of cremation and all that stuff. Still, I’m not saying I’d ever want to smuggle meth, but I’m just saying, if anyone does and their car is sick, you might want to consider some quality of life decisions. _Cocaine Bear vs. Methcat_ is the next SyFy hit movie ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147/328 "2023-07-24T11:54:47Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The two sisters who hate each other both threaten to come to every reunion and play chicken until the day of. They always try to get me to take sides but my response is to give them a joint of their own because I’m not sharing my pipe with anti-vaxers and then show them kitty pics. I just really get ticked at what they are doing to Mom because they always get her in the middle of it. I had two aunts ( they have both passed) who had an argument sometime after WWII, in the late forties. I never knew what the argument was about and was always told I didn’t need to know. They lived in the same neighborhood somewhere in Pasadena CA. They shopped at the same stores and even attended the same church but they never spoke again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-summers-of-childhood-past-in-the-mmp/987147.md?page=16)