# (Old) Things ya gotta 'splain in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 27, 2026, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588 "2026-04-27T06:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/121 "2026-04-30T14:21:45Z")
Happy Thursday! Up, caffeinating, breakfasted and fixing to do KP. Sis should be by in a bit to go gallivanting about. 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:** [April 30, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/122 "2026-04-30T14:46:08Z")
Question for **VanGo** and anyone else who builds/has built stuff using screws. Is there any situation where a straight slot screw is preferable to a phillips? I vote no, but I don’t so much build as disassemble, and straight slot screws can be a pain in the patoot to remove, especially when corroded. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/123 "2026-04-30T15:08:44Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > **taters** - what do you do with your baskets at the end of the season? Replant yourself? Pile them in a corner thinking _“…someday…”_ Something else? It depends on the type of container. I have and do replant some baskets. That’s what I did with the two baskets hanging from my bird feeder stand. I figured I’d put the baskets there since I can no longer feed the birds. Lo and behold, some birds made a nest in one of those baskets! Those are the only baskets I hang, though. The rest I put on varying height plant stands. I want to enjoy the baskets, but I don’t really like having to water baskets that hang up high because the water tends to run down my arms. Plus, during plant maintenance, you have to remove them and hang them back up. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/124 "2026-04-30T15:11:29Z")
Chilly upon arising this morning. Scattered clouds and 41F at present (1000). The niece cancelled out on her visit today, so we’ve got nuthin’ going on. I got a takeout order from the Indian restaurant yesterday and just noticed that they didn’t include my order of _rogan josh_. I paid for it and am tempted to go back and tell them about it. Sadie has gone back to napping in the cat bed we bought when we adopted her. She hasn’t used it in many months, but is now spending a lot of time in it. Good thing I didn’t give it away. [![](https://i.imgur.com/vX8m79G.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/vX8m79G.jpeg) ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/125 "2026-04-30T15:13:06Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Y’all are gonna make me cry. That’s waterproof mascara is for. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > breakfast of microwaved Cheese toast and Diet Pepsi is healthy, right? Thank you for the reminder to take a multivitamin. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > straight slot screws can be a pain in the patoot to remove, especially when corroded That’s the truth right there. * * * Working another “split shift” tonight, except imma open & leave at 8 (the opposite of last night, when I came in at 8 to close). Basically, one of the crew & I are playing “Tag, you’re IT!” with our shifts - he got to leave yesterday as soon as I arrived (and boy did he make himself scarce like a ninja!) and today, I’ll leave once he shows up. Meanwhile, I’m lazying around while Monkey lets himself in’n’out’n’in’n’out to work off some zoomies. Y’all enjoy your day! ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/126 "2026-04-30T15:19:56Z")
I am another member of **Team Mollie!** ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/127 "2026-04-30T15:28:22Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Molly** , add a bald old guy down in N. Ali-bama to the list of folks who have your back. > [@Taters](#): > > **Mollie** , you go, girl! It sounds like your Missus is a real keeper, too. She is. I am the luckiest person to have found her. > [@LH75](#): > > I am another member of **Team Mollie!** 🥲 > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > Y’all are gonna make me cry. > > That’s waterproof mascara is for. Yebbut it’s a pain to wash off. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/128 "2026-04-30T16:44:16Z")
The Mez was slammed today. And TPTB cut like 30+ routes, so the 300 Sort Table was slammed all day. So _they pulled me out of the slammed Mez for 20min to work on the sort table_, which put me even farther behind, plus they turned the belts off before we were done, so we had to heave a bunch of stuff 30 feet onto the 300 Sort table. Also there were 3 boxes of Target stuff, that ended going back. Because instead of an address, they put the middle part of a URL. \< head desk \> I did my Senior Day shopping, got 4 cases of Yuengling on sale for Cinco De Mayo, because nothing celebrates the defeat of a French army by Mexican peasants more that drinking Pennsylvania beer. Spot is being a chaos god today and heaving things off of other things. ([quote=“Filbert, post:112, topic:1029588”] I’ll need to go buy some fleece at the weekend. [/quote] Do they make tomato jackets? > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > I need a strong cuppa before then. Whisky and tea look similar. Just saying. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I am only including responses I’ve quoted, I figure anything else would be almost like an invasion of privacy. Feel free to use anything of mine you lie, worst case the therapist will ask “you voluntarily associate with this **dogbutler** lunatic?” > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > but today will mostly be given to sloth, So you’re taking a vacation to recover from your vacation. > [@Taters](#): > > Once home, I gave the pups a cup of their doggy ice cream because they deserved it. Do they eat it, or do they do like Gordie did, and just swallow it, python style? > [@Chefguy](#): > > Sadie has gone back to napping in the cat bed we bought when we adopted her. She hasn’t used it in many months Spot tends to cycle through his sleeping places, so as to dodge the assassins. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Yebbut it’s a pain to wash off. Beats having the mascara run, and making you look like a Temu Kiss member. 😉 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/129 "2026-04-30T16:56:25Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > > > but today will mostly be given to sloth, > > So you’re taking a vacation to recover from your vacation. Just don’t overdo it – you don’t want to have to take a vacation from your vacation to recover from your vacation! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/130 "2026-04-30T17:01:04Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Do they make tomato jackets? Are jacket potatoes close enough? **Mollie** , feel free to count a weird PhD student in Scotland to your international squad! Oh, and the stoopid forecast now has only a single centipede expected here Tuesday night… I may need to crochet the tomato plant a little cover. There go my weekend plans for planting the rest of the tender plants out! They may be OK in there, but… I don’t want to risk it. More invigilating this afternoon, which was OK. I did have a good gossip with the other invigilator before the student arrived, which is often a nice perk. I don’t get many chances to meet other PhD students outside the department I’m with (I’m not actually a student at the local university I’m invigilating for, it’s complicated..) but they’re mostly pretty interesting. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/131 "2026-04-30T17:33:24Z")
team mollie!! are there shirts? or pins/badges? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/132 "2026-04-30T17:50:49Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Spot tends to cycle through his sleeping places Ziva is either under the bed or on her “bed” (a folded up blanket in a pillow case.) She does venture out of the bedroom at night after Otis is crated, but I don’t know where she goes or how long she’s out and about, or out and sleeping. Taking a break. I’ve done as much as I can on the dinghy without **FCD** ’s aid. So I decided to start disassembling the old clothesline deck (the one where the deck boards and supports are rotting away.) There were plastic covered steel lines along the rails, strung between eye bolts. All of that has now been removed. There are/were also 2 benches on opposite sides of the deck. One is removed, but it did a job on my back, so I’ll snarf down some tylenol and give it a chance to work before I remove the other bench. At least I can do most of the second one standing up. The first one required too much time either bent over or on my knees in the dirt. I’m a delicate flower, dammit!!! At least the weather is pretty close to glorious. Upper 60s, slight breeze, much sun. All that fresh air and activity should kick my butt come bedtime! ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/133 "2026-04-30T18:21:44Z")
Just had a phone call from my mother saying Dad’s just had emergency surgery to remove part of his bowel.. Not what I wanted to hear, though apparently it’s gone well. Fingers crossed there’s no complications. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/134 "2026-04-30T19:53:05Z")
**Nut** , crossing my fingers too, hope he is doing well. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/135 "2026-04-30T21:06:33Z")
Good thoughts to your dad, **Nut**! I’m a bit achy from disassembling the benches on the deck. Well, from the first one, anyway. The second was easy since I was able to stand while doing it. It was also an eye opener - that deck is in really bad shape. Lots of rot and insect intrusion. It lasted about 12 years - I guess that’s pretty good for a DIY project. Next step will involve a chainsaw and loading the truck. Then I need to clean things up and decide what will become of that space. Got a load of jeans in the dryer - **FCD** didn’t want to wear his better jeans to work on the boat tomorrow. I’ll be going with him - he’s been chasing leaks in the water system. One was a _duh_ - he didn’t tighten a fitting. Another is a mystery leak that may require replacement of some tubing. We’ll have to check both showers and sinks, too. Anyway, he’ll need me to save him from having to run back and forth and climb in and out and such in search of tools and such. Glad I ran my errands today. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/136 "2026-04-30T22:26:31Z")
Howdy Y’all! We did not go to the not too shabby Chinese hog trough buffet. OYKW said he changed his mind and wanted to go to GC. Hey, he paid, so I was fine with that. I didn’t want fried chikin cause I did that yestiddy, to I channeled **MetalMouse** and went with pot roast, smashed N.O.T. and gravy, and assorted veggies. I had pee-kahn and chawklit pie for dessert. Nappage was badly needed after that. **Taters** sounds like Maizie (never sure if I spell that right) and Buster were glad to be sprung from jail. Sounds like your son is settlin’ in his new digs nicely. **{{{Nuts}}}** hope dad is doin’ well. Sometimes it’s nice to have a good gossip with a colleague. **rocker** yes! we need _Team Mollie_ tshirts! **MOOOOOOM** Ty might be good to sleep with tonight. **Cookie** perhaps Sadie enjoys a variety of places for naps. Personally I like to vary mine between bed, sofa, and recliner. One should have choices for nappage. **doggio** Cinco de Mayo falls on Taco Tuesday this year. I believe that is reason to celebrate with a Mexican beer. Or margaritas. Or tequila shots. Or all three. **Mollie** feel free to include as much of my drivel as you like as well. The worst that could come of it is your therapist questionin’ the sanity of some of your imaginary intartoobz friends. I have questioned my own sanity for years. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/137 "2026-04-30T22:31:54Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Is there any situation where a straight slot screw is preferable to a phillips? Nope. The only place I use them is on the decorative cover for an outlet or switch. No idea why that hasn’t changed over the last 50 years, but I’m going to go with “old electricians always did it that way.” My dithering coworker has caused my tomorrow to be a real PITA. I asked 2 weeks ago if there were things that needed to be brought from the warehouse to the museum in order to pack up the exhibition that is going on the road for 3 years. “Uhm well, let me think about it…” As a result, I got to rent a truck for tomorrow morning and go and get all the shit and get it to the museum so’s we can pack Monday morning. Which means I’m getting to work at 8, then my boss signed me up for a meeting from 2:30-3:30, but I am already at 35 hours for the week. Math that a little, we’re **really** not supposed to go past 40 hours. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/138 "2026-04-30T22:55:47Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Fingers crossed there’s no complications. Appendages crossed. Sis and I had fun today. We hit a couple of church lady thrift shops (I got a bunch of envelopes for next to nothing at one), then Texas Art Asylum, where I got some stamps and a stamp / die set, all new in the package, then made a Marketplace pickup of a solid wood microwave cart on wheels for my studio. She had picked up a Marketplace buy before she got here. We stopped at a little Mexican place for lunch, she went for a torta de lengua and I had a taco de lengua. A good time was had by both. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/139 "2026-04-30T23:08:54Z")
Best wishes, **Nut.** ---
**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:** [May 1, 2026, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588/140 "2026-05-01T01:01:02Z")
For some unknown reason I have the word “Esperanto” running through my head to the tune of Desperado from the Eagles, which is a song I loathe. There are even bits and pieces of more lyrics hiding in the fringes of my brain. Don’t go in there, it’s a strange place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-things-ya-gotta-splain-in-the-mmp/1029588.md?page=8)