# (Old) Top O' the Mundane To Ya- A St. Patrick's Day MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 17, 2025, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709 "2025-03-17T06:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/121 "2025-03-19T16:27:12Z")
It went well for most of the sort. Too well. There a mysterious surge of Next Day Air an hour after unload went down, including 6 routes for the Air/Inside guys, mostly in 3 or 4 piece routes. Add some rewraps(including a 100lbs. dirt display), and it was a long day. I was gonna fill up Carmen, but the gas station was comepletely out of service. And nothing says “welcome home” quite like your tuxedo cat immediately and loudly slurping his genitals the moment you walk in. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Nobody ever lay on their deathbed and said, “Man, I wish I’d spent more time at the office!” Well, [![](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.PmeUU_jE2i1wjmu2uwhWhwHaCW&pid=Api&rs=1&c=1&qlt=95&w=381&h=120) ](https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.PmeUU_jE2i1wjmu2uwhWhwHaCW&pid=Api&rs=1&c=1&qlt=95&w=381&h=120) > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > Yuck. Indeed. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > but fill yourself with spirits And it’s martini night! > [@liirogue](#): > > What is a redneck stirfy? Chicken, black beans, corn, tomatoes and onions stir fried with a chipolte tomato sauce and served over rice. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/122 "2025-03-19T16:28:05Z")
The lights are flickering here where I’m wildcat singlehandedly rodeoing two squirrelly out of school cause blizzarding kids while their parents are at the hospital birthing their baby brother. The hospital just lost power and switched to generator-yikes!! It’s like a bad novel. Winds howling, trees trembling, lousy visibility. I’ve located the flashlights and some candles and the lighter. Will keep the phone and iPads topped up on the chargers. Sheesh. Light some candles for me that the oxen don’t run off or the wheels fall off the Conestoga wagon while we’re huddling under buffalo robes. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/123 "2025-03-19T17:00:44Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > And nothing says “welcome home” quite like your tuxedo cat immediately and loudly slurping his genitals the moment you walk in. Dunno about that. Seems like having a large longhaired cat greet you with a large upchuck would be close. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/124 "2025-03-19T17:05:24Z")
**Bbboo** fingers crossed that power stays on. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/125 "2025-03-19T17:24:18Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > fingers crossed that power stays on. Ive also got a couple of phone power banks charged up in my purse, which will keep my phone and an iPad going to amuse and occupy kidlets and stay in touch with the hospital, which has already lost power and gone over to a generator. I bought everybody’s snuggly bathrobes downstairs in case the furnace power goes and we need to layer up. Supposed to blow and blizzard til 10pm. It’ll make a good story for his baby book! Especially the hospital being on a generator. Look out Mumpers east of me at about 41 degrees latitude, this one is a doozy and lasting forever, started at Ipm last night and lasting til 10pm tonight. And it’s a long and narrow band stretching SW to NE. I may make some hot chocolate for lunch~the howling winds is getting to me🤪. I’m starting to understand how homesteaders would go crazy over the winter. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/126 "2025-03-19T17:53:19Z")
_Started Typing: 12:52 PM ET Clicked Reply: 1:52 PM ET_ It’s official: I have a new job! 🎉 The offer was in my inbox when I got online this morning: I reviewed and accepted it before I did anything else. 🙂 I don’t have a confirmed start date yet, but I told the recruiter that I’d like to start on the 31st and she said that date would work; I’m just waiting for HR to “make it so.” My new role will be focused on program execution and delivery – basically, a lot of organizing and tracking and coordinating, which are among my strong suits. It comes with both a promotion and a salary increase, and it’s a challenge that I’m excited to take on. It’s also a mission that I believe in (supporting the U.S. Navy). A few other people from my canceled contract have also found positions on the same program, including my junior employee…who, it turns out, I may actually wind up managing again. 😂 Although it _will_ mean going to another federal contract while so many things are up in the air, because of the type of work being done the program is considered essential and is therefore more protected than most. There are no guarantees in life, but at this time I’m not worried about a repeat of my cancelled contract’s situation any time soon. After five years of working from home full-time, I’ll be driving to Maryland three days a week (with two days of telework). The office is just across the Potomac River, 18 miles from home: I’ve been to that facility and have done that commute, and despite having to deal with I-495 it’s really not that bad. And, I’ll be happy to be back in an office setting a few days a week. I think it will be more of an adjustment for Bailey than for me. 😉 The timing is perfect: my “extension” coverage runs through the end of next week, so I get another 1.5 weeks of quiet/slow days before jumping into the new job. And my new boss is on vacation this week, so I can’t even start asking/answering questions until Monday (and I can still take Tuesday off for the Supreme Court argument session!). I’m very glad that I get to stay with my company, and _really_ glad there’s no longer any risk of furlough or layoff…what a freaking relief!! I might have already ordered two celebratory Lego sets (the [Atari 2600](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/atari-2600-10306) and the [Ghostbusters HQ](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/firehouse-headquarters-75827))… 😁 > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Sorta like when we’re all late 20-something couples in a group then some start having kids. Their issues and obstacles and concerns are now not yours. And vice versa. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > It also happened when my friends started having children. Exactamundo! These days, when assessing someone’s compatibility as a possible friend (or more) their “stage” matters more than their age. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > The options I see for my specs - pads for the nose piece, new frames that my lenses will fit in, or new glasses. I vote for “new frames” – only because I worry that new glasses might not get made correctly, and IIRC you’re very happy with how you’re seeing out of these! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Tomorrow is my Blessed Day Off, and I’ve decided I really wanna make chicken salad. I just ate a sandwich from Chicken Salad Chick for lunch (I swear I ordered it before catching up here!)…that’s my recipe. 😁 > [@Leaper](#): > > I accrue more than a day each pay period I accrue 6.5 hours each pay period, and that’s the most my company gives; you weren’t kidding about your employer being generous! Taking off 1-2 weeks at at time is hardly ever right for me, but I find that taking a day here and a day there can be quite helpful. Doing that also allows me to take advantage of unexpectedly quiet times: by Wednesday afternoon I generally have a feel for the rest of the week, and can decide to take Friday off while still giving my boss and colleagues more than 24 hours of notice. Sometimes even just leaving early helps. That said, I’m in a position where I don’t have to get my leave approved and can pretty much take off whenever I want. > [@Chefguy](#): > > it was good to hear some jazz That makes my jazz musician heart happy! 💕 🎶 > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Boo is home with 2 squirrelly kids wound up by the sounds of howling winds-their parents are off birthing their baby brother Yay, baby!!! 😃 > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > The hospital just lost power and switched to generator-yikes!! Oh no! I hope their power comes back on soon!! 🤞 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/127 "2025-03-19T18:10:54Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > My new role will be focused on program execution and delivery – basically, a lot of organizing and tracking and coordinating, which are among my strong suits I bet you are **really, really** good at those. Plus it’s nice that it is a promotion, a _raise_ and somewhat more insulated from the govt mishegoss currently. And you will do the navy well. Enjoy those new Lego sets, you deserve them! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/128 "2025-03-19T18:50:21Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Look out Mumpers east of me at about 41 degrees latitude My latitude is 38.something, so I’m good, right? We’re promised rain tomorrow night into Firday, but no freezing temps. It’s mid-70s right now. Hope you and yours are safe and warm!! > [@Misnomer](#): > > I vote for “new frames” Unfortunately, I learned that’s not an option - new law or rule or something. And new glasses would run $400-$500 depending on frames, with no insurance to help since the ones I have were bought by this year’s insurance. I did get some pads, and they seem to be helping - we shall see. And congrats on the job!!! I joined **FCD** at the boat to hand him stuff while he did stuff in the engine room. We had lunch, too. But now we’re home. He’s in the shower because he got grubby. I’m not because I didn’t. 😉 Since lunch was fairly substantial, I forsee foraging for supper. I got my hair trimmed a bit - just to even the ends - and the stylist almost didn’t give me my senior discount! The very idea!!! Which then got me to thinking - do the kids who had fake IDs to get beer grow into adults who use fake IDs to get senior discounts?? 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/129 "2025-03-19T19:07:30Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > It’s official: I have a new job! 🎉 Well, it’s official: Your good news wins the MMP. Maybe even the whole month of MMPs! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/130 "2025-03-19T19:13:55Z")
congrats!! finestkind of news. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/131 "2025-03-19T19:24:05Z")
Wait, wait, I haz good news, too! **S.M.** texted me pics an hour ago; the friggin’ replacement reach-in finally arrived! Y’all don’t _understand_ what a ginormous PITA this has been, for weeks now, so … happy wiggles all around!! 😀 🥳 💫 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > like **BBBoo** says, what more can you do for him? Ah, my mom’s just bored & looking for any excuse for me to visit Ye Olde ~~Country~~ Folks. My birthday is very close to Father’s Day, and that’s literally the line she led with, sooo … the covid thing is basically a red herring. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > their parents are off birthing their baby brother Pffft. Excuses, excuses. > [@dogbutler](#): > > a chipolte tomato sauce I’m intrigued. I’m assuming this is something in a can? If so, could you share the brand, plz&thx? > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I’m starting to understand how homesteaders would go crazy over the winter. Especially if their iPad ran outta power. > [@Misnomer](#): > > basically, a lot of organizing and tracking and coordinating, which are among my strong suits Considering how you enjoy spending your leisure time, I have no doubt this is the case, and that you will not only kick ass & take names at your new role, you will track all asses, and names, on a spreadsheet. * * * If I had to work today, I’d, uh, be at work. As it is, I have not emotionally committed to even getting the hell outta bed yet (minus a few quick potty breaks) although much earlier I did obtain myself a McBreakfast. That was at dawn, so Second Sleep eventually occurred. Once I decide I’m vertical, obtaining grapes’n’stuff will ensue. The Oracles predict storms, but { _peeks out window_ } I haz some skepticism. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/132 "2025-03-19T19:27:15Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > finestkind of news. With my brand new baby grandson close on its heels! Rupert Leo, 4:44am, March 19! In the middle of a blizzard. 8:1oz, Mom and baby doing well. His first act was to pee all over the scale, the thermometer and the nurse. Always a good sign that all systems are go. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/133 "2025-03-19T19:34:22Z")
Huzzah for a healthy and apparently well-hydrated addition to the family! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/134 "2025-03-19T19:42:39Z")
way to go, rupert! let them know with whom they are dealing. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/135 "2025-03-19T19:46:05Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Huzzah for a healthy and apparently well-hydrated addition to the family Thank you. He gives new meaning to his birth story: “…and then **my** water He’ll literally be able to say: “I was born in the middle of the night in a prairie blizzard with maddening howling winds…and then the lights went out. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/136 "2025-03-19T20:40:40Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > If I can’t buy one, I can stop on the side of the road and take some cuttings and sprout my own. My Mom loved lilacs. She had 3 different varieties; French white and 2 shades of purple, dark and lavender. Then one day as we were on the way to our Grandparents’ cottage, Dad pulled over on the side of the road, pulled out a shovel and dug up a medium small violet shade of lilac and put it in the car. So, then Mom had 4 different varieties. > [@missred](#): > > Hatfield and McCoy feud Hubs’ nurse is related to one of these families; I forget which one. VanGo: very nice job on the boat! Do the colors have anything to do with support for Ukraine? > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > descent into fascism is taking a toll on… me. I ended up crying for about 10 minutes while Hubs was out of the house-went to Kroger. Things are worse than having gone to heck in a handbasket and I am so incredibly sad about it. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > the text signage (ugh, I hate that word) actually the real word, per my daughter with Masters in Museum stuff, is Label. > [@Leaper](#): > > I realize life is short and my general health and quality of life would be improved by taking more time for myself. **Lord** (don’t know if you have a mumper name but I’m going with Lord for “Ten Lords a Leaping” 🙂 ) If I were you, I’d go on a backpacking trip, at least a week, maybe 2. If you need suggestions of where to go, whereabouts (general location) do you live? > [@peedin](#): > > Black as the ace of spades to the west. The forecast is thunder stroms with rain turning to snow. I hope this peters out before it gets to the Mitten. I walked to work this morning and back; it was glorious…a little sun, a little breeze, a lot of birds singing. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Boo is home with 2 squirrelly kids wound up by the sounds of howling winds-their parents are off birthing their baby brother thank you for this post. It made me smile. Very happy for you. PS. how are your eyes doing? > [@Misnomer](#): > > It’s official: I have a new job! 🎉 Congrats **oopsie**!!! 🎊 > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > With my brand new baby grandson close on its heels! > > Rupert Leo, 4:44am, March 19! In the middle of a blizzard. 8:1oz, Mom and baby doing well. Bigger smile now. That’s awesome. Congrats to you, your daughter, SIL and siblings. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/137 "2025-03-19T21:07:19Z")
Yay for new babby, **BBBoo**! And you win, as Daughter declared after Tobias that they were done. Which is great as I have barely enough energy for 2 grandspawn. Speaking of whom - they’re coming for a visit on Sat, so huzzah and all that! I ordered myself a swimsuit because I hate the one I have. Other than that, it’s a pretty much wasted afternoon. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/138 "2025-03-19T21:07:48Z")
Congrats to **oopsie** on your new job! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/139 "2025-03-19T21:19:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Which is great as I have barely enough energy for 2 grandspawn. The jury is still out on whether I will! At least for the first year they mostly stay where you put them. That will help. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709/140 "2025-03-19T21:26:42Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Dunno about that. Seems like having a large longhaired cat greet you with a large upchuck would be close. I heard that if the doctors aren’t sure if I’m brain dead bring in a cat hurking up a hairball. If I don’t leap off of the bed and yell “Not on the carpet!” then you know I am gone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-top-o-the-mundane-to-ya-a-st-patricks-day-mmp/1015709.md?page=8)