# (Old) Tying up loose ends in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700 "2024-12-16T08:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/101 "2024-12-18T13:08:25Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 61 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 75 and N.O.S. The big item on today’s agenda is to procure provisions. Then we shall indulge in RDOS inactivities. Sup will be provided over to the church house, so yay for that. **Hippie** great news indeed! **shades** good to hear from ya. Hope you survive the holiday drama. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and bother, I suppose I must purtify and don attire acceptable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Woe! Happy Hump Day 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:** [December 18, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/102 "2024-12-18T13:19:25Z")
> [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Moms can also be rich. _SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!_ That’s our secret!!! No, I’m not rich. Just clever and funny. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > I have no idea who that is but it seems like a fair sentiment. From Wiki: > In September 2015, Shkreli was widely criticized when Turing obtained the manufacturing license for the [antiparasitic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparasitic) drug [Daraprim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrimethamine) and raised its price to insurance companies from $13.50 to $750.00 per pill. Not a nice person. **FCD** woke around 4 and went out to the living room. That woke me, so I played on my tablet a while, even after he came back. Then I decided to see if I could fall back to sleep, and I did. I lapsed into a bizarre dream about putting gas into a bus (don’t they usually run on diesel?) then tipping the driver $20. There was also something about putting electric candles in the windows, and not being able to get to the screen I wanted on my phone. There were also camels. I defy any dream interpreter to figure that one out. In about 90 minutes, I need to leave to pick up BIL, then after I’m done with him, I’ll go to Food Lion. Then, who knows? Happy Wednesday! By the way, Christmas is a week away, in case you’re like **FCD** and unaware of little details like that. 😉 ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/103 "2024-12-18T14:14:07Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Doughnuts! Cookies are baked in the oven, if it’s fried then it isn’t a cookie Already conceded somewhere above. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/104 "2024-12-18T14:17:50Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > Martin Shkreli, the fucking Pharma Bro Aw, man, I recall an interview with I think a “failed” potential juror who wasn’t accepted because he was on record as saying Shkreli had “a punchable face” and, because that is a very true statement, the phrase stuck. Smirking asshole. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/105 "2024-12-18T14:29:03Z")
I had a bit of a panic when I was taking my shower. I suddenly thought I’d accidentally taken the box that’s for my BIL with all the donated boxes. I was forming the phone call to the mission, hoping they still had that box. But once I was out of the shower, I went to the dining room and there was the box. WHEW!!! Panic averted. It has an afghan made by his grandmother, a small statue of mountain lion heads, and 2 pictures of MIL and FIL - really the only things BIL wanted, tho he didn’t specifically ask. When we asked him, he said he’d like to have them. Anyway, I’ll be giving them to him today. He really needs a haircut. There’s a small salon at the apartment complex, but since his mother didn’t like the stylist, she told him not to go there. And the reason she didn’t like the stylist is because of her advice. BIL doesn’t need a stylist - he needs shorter hair. I could take him to a barber, but I really don’t want to. I’ll try to encourage him to go to the one in his complex. Damned hippie! (N.O.H.,) 🤣 We got a coupon in email for a free appetizer at Texas Roadhouse that’s only good today. I’m thinking that might be good dinner plans - I’ll ask **FCD**. Yeah, like he’ll turn down Texas Roadhouse, with or without appetizer! (Surprise - he said “sure”) 20 minutes till I have to leave. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/106 "2024-12-18T14:35:26Z")
**shades** thanks for checking in. I noticed you hadn’t post in a while. Hope the Christmas madness isn’t too mad. A dusting of snow overnight. The grass and trees look very pretty. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/107 "2024-12-18T14:37:10Z")
Lady SCAdian had a fall at work in late October. (She wasn’t actually working at the time, having already punched out for the day, but she was still on company property on her way from the building where her office is to the parking garage where she has to park.) Broken nose, concussion, fractured elbow, and a possibly fractured bone in her hand. She’s getting workman’s comp, but that’s based on her base pay; the other woman in the office had quit a couple weeks earlier, so she’d been getting overtime as well, doing the other woman’s job, so she’d losing out on that. She managed to get an appointment at neuro last week (~seven weeks after the fall). in the meantime ortho cleared her for work, so she went back last week. Neuro scheduled a follow-up in late January, but the symptoms have been getting worse, so last week she asked for an earlier appointment if possible. They called yesterday to say they’d had a cancellation and could fit her in this morning. She’s now off work again until her next appointment – seven weeks from now. She also is supposed to avoid crowds and noise, so I’ll be doing the shopping alone. The next problem is that her parents moved to Philly in late October, so we’re planning to go down there for Xmas. By train. Which will probably be crowded and noisy. At least they did give her the extra pay for Thanksgiving and the day after, so presumably she’ll also get the bonus for Xmas and New Year’s. That will help a little. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/108 "2024-12-18T14:42:03Z")
On the rent vs buy - I sold a home four years ago, and at that time my mortgage (including taxes and insurance) was about the same as what I ended up paying to rent. It’s a slightly smaller house but in the city instead of the suburbs, so houses cost a little more. Due to rising home prices and high interest rates, I would be paying ~$500 a month more to buy something similar to what I live in now. I keep waffling on if I want to try to buy next year. A cold front came through so it’ll be a chilly, windy next couple of days. I shouldn’t complain - the daytime highs will be back in the 60s (~18c) next week. But since it’s been warmer than normal it’s been hard feeling like getting ready for Christmas. But in good news I finally remembered to set up a humidifier in my bedroom last night and what a difference that made! > [@LH75](#): > > Great news. Congrats! That must be a relief. @SCAdian I’m so sorry, that sounds just terrible to be dealing with. I hope she gets good news this morning. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/109 "2024-12-18T14:53:19Z")
Living near a lake-no fun. It says rain/snow but I’m not seeing it. Going to the store, thankfully my last 2 dollars will cover the bus trips. Did about a third of my puzzle book already. I try to space it out but no. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/110 "2024-12-18T14:59:52Z")
> [@liirogue](#): > > @SCAdian I’m so sorry, that sounds just terrible to be dealing with. I hope she gets good news this morning. That was the bit about avoiding noise and crowds, and staying off work until late January. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/111 "2024-12-18T15:02:05Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > My baked potato leftovers were delishush. I oven-fried some bacon & onion for toppings0, and then reheated it with more cheese. Yum 😋 > [@LH75](#): > > my Prostate cancer is in remission Yay! 🎊 And thanks for the ed-ju-ma-kay-shun ok, time to start boxing stuff up and taking to PO. Not sure I want to jump over the Hump; time is going so fast these days. I need an extra day this week. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/112 "2024-12-18T15:04:04Z")
Morning all. Restless night but I stayed in bed until nearly 8am so it worked out. Another cloudy day with rain due around noontime and due to stick around most of the afternoon–at least it’ll be about 60F. Need to get garbage and recyclables out to the curb tonight, so that will be my main adulting for the day. Swimming and sauna are planned, but we’ll see what the weather is like when I am ready to leave **Hippie** , very good news indeed! **boo fae** , knew who Shkreli was, guess he got more press here that across the pond, but as others noted, yeah, he was a scumbag. Hope work isn’t too bad. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I looked in the cupboard, and discovered a full bottle of ouzo. I _thought_ I’d bought some months ago. A happy discovery, I’ll wager. **shoe** , what do you use to paint a box (if you say paint you will earn a Gibbs dope-slap), doubt it is what is slathered onto the walls. **shady** , nice to hear from you, just hang in there you have only a week to go… **FCM** , no dreams to report here, and shouldn’t you have gotten the tip instead? And I get those panic moments too where I think I lost something and it;s always right where I left it. Enjoy Texas Roadhouse, ours is always busy, but I prefer Longhorn Steakhouse by a little margin. **Herald** , sorry to hear of your lady’s fall and apparent remission; hope this session gets her well. Happy mailing, **Cat glove** And time to get an apple (Gala) an break the nightly fast. Have a good hump day all. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/113 "2024-12-18T15:05:31Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > A happy discovery, I’ll wager. I’ll find out whenever I get around to cracking it open! ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/114 "2024-12-18T15:06:31Z")
Sorry I misread that! Would noise cancelling headphones be a possibility for the train ride? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/115 "2024-12-18T15:09:43Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > what do you use to paint a box Cheapie acrylic paint, from Wal-Mart or the Dollah Sto’ and slathered on using old toothbrushes I save for just this purpose. Michaelangelo, I am not. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/116 "2024-12-18T15:10:45Z")
whoa, that is a serious fall. concussions are tricky injuries. brain rest is difficult, you can block the exterior noise; the interior noise is much more difficult to block. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/117 "2024-12-18T15:16:12Z")
Sounds nasty, but I think you responded to the wrong person? ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/118 "2024-12-18T15:50:07Z")
The usual heaving. There was a hella jam on the 100 belt at one point, which ment a wall of packages came down. It was a great deal foggy when I left, and I got gas. Now Spot and I shall nap. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > ok, this is a sexist comment. Moms can also be rich. To be fair, the system is a bit stacked against Mom getting rich. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Spot could be an influencer. Except then he’d be an even more insufferably egotistical SOB than he is now. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > But seriously, anyone with OCD (or CDO) would be pleased. 💯 > [@nightshadea](#): > > hey, yall im alive in case anyone wondered lol just the usual holiday BS that I vent about every year… haven’t had much time to do anything … Yay for being alive, boo for the rest. > [@LH75](#): > > The drop from 11.0 to 0.04 indicates that my radiation and then later medications have worked You do have a healthy glow about you. 😉 > [@SCAdian](#): > > They called yesterday to say they’d had a cancellation and could fit her in this morning. I’m glad. Hope they can help. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/119 "2024-12-18T16:14:02Z")
Sitting outside Petco waiting for BIL to buy some fish stuff. Then I’ll take him home and do my groceries. I haven’t crashed **FCD** ’s car yet, so yay for that. It’s not that it’s hard to drive. It’s that I don’t know all the controls yet. I almost have cruise control figured out. I’ll get there. ---
**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:** [December 18, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700/120 "2024-12-18T16:59:58Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > She’s now off work again until her next appointment – seven weeks from now. > > She also is supposed to avoid crowds and noise, so I’ll be doing the shopping alone. The next problem is that her parents moved to Philly in late October, so we’re planning to go down there for Xmas. By train. Which will probably be crowded and noisy. She might be having post-concussion syndrome from a fall that bad. If the neurologist is suggesting no work for 7 weeks and avoid crowds and noise, it sounds like that might be what they are suspecting. I’ve been dealing with post brain injury syndrome since my TBI 🎄 Eve 2017. It can be a convoluted and slow recovery to navigate. Let me know via PM if you’d like some tips from someone who is walking that path. I recently traveled on an Amtrak long distance train for instance and can suggest some ideas to make that less discombobulating. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700.md?page=7)