# (Old) Trick-Mump Treat! - A Halloween MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 28, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trick-mump-treat-a-halloween-mmp/1009338 "2024-10-28T06:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**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:** [October 28, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trick-mump-treat-a-halloween-mmp/1009338/27 "2024-10-28T17:53:58Z")
_Started Typing: 12:24 PM ET Clicked Reply: 1:53 PM ET_ I won’t be giving out candy this year: I’ll be on the couch watching TV, with the porch light and all of the street-facing lights off. Sometimes that doesn’t deter the candy-seekers, so I’ll be extra glad to have a lockable storm door. I’ll probably watch my copies of _The Great Pumpkin_, _Practical Magic_, and _Hocus Pocus_. Lunch with my friend/former co-worker yesterday was great. We sat and gabbed for 3 hours (the place was empty so the staff didn’t care), and could have talked for longer but she had to go meet her daughter. I ordered a 14" pizza so I could have leftovers: it’s a place we’ve gone to countless times in the past 23 years, but somehow I’d never gotten pizza there before! It was alright – I have a low bar for pizza, and am about to have a couple slices for lunch – but I won’t get it again. Afterwards I was feeling deprived, because of my favorite bakery not being open and not being able to get their excellent scones, so on the way home I went to Trader Joe’s for the first time in several months and bought a package of their vanilla bean scones (and ~~many~~ some other treats 😁). Just past the register there was a display of reusable TJ’s shopping bags, and when I saw what was on one of them I actually did a double-take and had to take a picture for **JtC**! [![](https://i.ibb.co/3FTtx2w/PXL-20241027-193822672.jpg) ](https://i.ibb.co/3FTtx2w/PXL-20241027-193822672.jpg) I’m sure several of my fellow shoppers were wondering why the hell I was stopped in the walkway, giggling and photographing a shopping bag. 😂 In other news, my new storm door will be getting installed on Wednesday afternoon! Woo hoo! I thought for sure I wouldn’t hear from the installer until the end of the week and then would have to wait 1-2 weeks to get on their schedule, but they called this morning! At 7pm I’ll be watching a virtual interview with one of my favorite contemporary authors, Louise Penny. Book #19 in the Armand Gamache series is being released tomorrow, and Barnes & Noble is sponsoring a live Zoom interview with her this evening. I bought my ticket two weeks ago, and am looking forward to it. It’s scheduled for 1 hour, so it will end just before the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series. ⚾ 😁 Catching up on the end of last week’s thread before jumping into this week’s… > [@(Old) Really? I'm starting the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-really-im-starting-the-mmp/1009018/289): > > I just tested positive for Covid Meh! Sorry to hear that. > [@(Old) Really? I'm starting the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-really-im-starting-the-mmp/1009018/299): > > Maybe there is a Lego Tardis set you could send him. There is: [it includes both a TARDIS and part of the console room](https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ideas-Doctor-21304-Building/dp/B00ZSJMBHS/?th=1). But it’s a retired set – which is why that link goes to Amazon and not the [Lego](https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/doctor-who-21304) site – and is therefore $$$. > [@(Old) Really? I'm starting the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-really-im-starting-the-mmp/1009018/305): > > I have been hired Yay! 🎉 > [@(Old) Really? I'm starting the MMP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-really-im-starting-the-mmp/1009018/311): > > If you are allowed to install, I strongly recommend software called Synergy ( [Synergy - Share one mouse & keyboard across computers](https://symless.com/synergy) ) which is software to allow using a single keyboad and mouse across multiple machines, even different OS. Thanks, but I’d _never_ be able to install anything like that on either laptop. 🙂 However, a couple years ago I bought a [Logitech keyboard and mouse](https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/combos/mk850-wireless-keyboard-mouse.html) that connect to up to 3 devices via Bluetooth. The only downside is that they have to be switched separately: sometimes I’ll switch the mouse but forget to switch the keyboard and wind up accidentally typing in – or, more often, deleting something in – the wrong place, but on the whole it’s a great combo and _tons_ better than having separate keyboards/mice. I mostly work from home, but I take them with me whenever I go into the office. > [@pullin](#): > > We just returned from a month of wandering around the 4-corner states Welcome back! > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The cold is different here than in AZ. When it was 70F or colder in AZ, it was biting cold, here I just need a sweater. I’m sure a lot of it is due to the lack of wind, but it even feels warmer inside than it did when it was 70F in our old place. It is very unexpected, but very nice. I know absolutely nothing about this stuff, but I’ve always heard that the air in AZ is very dry: could WV’s relatively (and possibly only slightly) higher humidity possibly be a factor in 70 feeling warmer there? > [@Wheelz](#): > > I now have three straight weeks at home, one of which will have my brothers and SIL visiting, so it’ll be a nice break. Sounds like a plan. 🙂 > [@rocking\_chair](#): > > he is a healthy kitty cat and still in remission Whew!! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-trick-mump-treat-a-halloween-mmp/1009338)._