# (Old) Water spots be us, our new MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 21, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132 "2025-07-21T05:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [July 22, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/101 "2025-07-22T23:54:34Z")
Cinnamon Raisin Bagel, good. Raisins in oatmeal, good. Gorp..meh. Raisins in a cookie…they’re just hiding, pretending to be chocolate chips. **Red** Sounds like the move is progressing fairly well. Hope it continues in that manner. Also wise to ditch the yard shoes, you could always claim it as “I thought it might be good for you to have some junky shoes for the garden.” And work on the RDOS. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > Okay. So. One month from now, Mr. Rilch and I are going to be host parents for an exchange student. This doesn’t sound good. It seems too fast to be entirely upending our life to have a stranger enter your house. Especially from 2 things you said: you like it private, and you don’t speak the language. Plus it seems you haven’t met the kid. Now I’m a social moron, but even I can see there are problems here. ETA Damn, y’all are quick. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/102 "2025-07-23T00:00:45Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > _Make your choice, adventurous stranger > Strike the bell and bide the danger, > Or wonder, till it drives you mad > What would have followed if you had._ > > So I’m not asking how to get out of this. I’m asking how to be okay with it. Aaah. Very different from what I’d gleaned from your first message. The closest experience I can offer is about 8 (!) years ago my wife and I offered our spare bedroom to our then ~27 yo niece who was returning from living overseas for ~4 years. The idea was for her to stay with us no cost while she went through the process of getting a local driver’s license, a car, a job, a place of her own, etc. A few months maybe. At that time my wife was well into metastatic cancer but fairly healthy and adequate energy on a day to day basis. Niece was known to be high strung and brittly difficult, but inherently a generous spirit with a heart of gold. We had never had children of our own. What could _possibly_ go wrong? Turned out to be about the funnest 6 months of much of our later lives. She injected so much youthful energy and optimism into our humdrum disease-dominated existence. And we really got to know a big fraction of our extended family that prior to that was a Thanksgiving and Christmas acquaintance. I bet you’ll find the same thing about your exchange student after a couple of early hiccups. As Churchill said, we have nothing to fear except fear itself. You can do this and enjoy the doing. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/103 "2025-07-23T00:14:49Z")
That’s really sweet! Yeah, I keep reminding myself that this is not one of those deals where a non-custodial kid gets sent to live with a family member because they’re dysfunctional. The fact that the young lady is in the program is proof that she’s highly functional. ::ramble:: You know there’s a sequel to Waiting to Exhale? It’s called Getting to Happy, and there’s a running joke in it – or at least, I thought it was funny. Savannah (Whitney Houston in the movie of the first book) gets a call from her sister with the five kids. Can Savannah take in GoGo, one of her kids, for the summer? Okay, which the hell one of her spawn is GoGo, and is that a boy or a girl? A boy, and he’s A Lot, so – Well then, why should Savannah have to deal with him? And it goes back and forth for the rest of the story. She won’t send him. No wait, now she has to. Okay, no she doesn’t. Okay, maybe he can come out. Oh no, not necessary. Gah.::ramble:: Anyway, this isn’t that. This is something regulated, and that we can tap out of if it’s truly necessary, but that no one has ever _found_ it necessary to tap out of. Much more chance of a positive outcome than if it was my sister’s wayward child. Also, **Paintcharge** , she has to be fluent in English if she’s in the program. I meant more like, maybe we can learn The Language from her. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/104 "2025-07-23T00:49:50Z")
Good evening all. Did make it to the gym so of course the soccer game went to overtime so I sweated more calories off than I intended. The bonus was I gave myself an extra Little Debbie mini-apple pie with dinner, which was quite good and am working on a cup of sugar-free chocolate pudding (I can’t thank **shoe** enough for mentioning those) as a chaser, so well-fed and still below my calorie goal. Got my home insurance bill and it went up about $150, not quite enough to make me look elsewhere but just another expense. Will get it paid in August when it is due. The bad weather for the day was 60 miles east of here so while it has been cloudy, no real rain has fallen. Entering into a scroll trance…OOOmmmmmm…squirrel! **FCM** , the MSC app was OK, I didn’t use it a lot but none of the problems your having and I don’t recall anyone else in my group complaining. By all means when they ask you for your opinion/ratings, let them know. And I tend to pack like **FCD** , always carry to much stuff. As for his mindset, it sounds a lot like my brother’s, he will use a cane but will bite my head off if I suggest anything. **Rilch** , I can be of no help being a life-long bachelor, but **Sensei** , IIRC, hosted a German exchange student not so long ago and his daughter was one also, so he might be able to help. And filling out applications can have consequences. **red** , haven’t asked, how is Nelson doing with all the packing and moving stuff? **Sensei** , yeah, folks from the Mediterranean area tend to be…vocal and arm-waving fans. I worked for several years on a program in Greece and often said if you cut off a Greek’s arms they would be unable to speak. Hang in there. And note the messages from rilchiam if you get a chance… **Pilot** , happy trip planning. Oh, and… > [@LSLGuy](#): > > As Churchill said, we have nothing to fear except fear itself. Right decade, wrong politician… And getting close to 8pm and I have things to do, so take care all. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/105 "2025-07-23T00:57:51Z")
D’oh! 🤦‍♂️ Thank you. It surely was FDR as you so gently suggest. But just now I learned a bunch more about that idea which y’all may find interesting. > **[Who Said, ‘We Have Nothing to Fear Except Fear Itself’?](https://interestingliterature.com/2020/04/nothing-fear-except-fear-itself-quotation-origin/)** > > In this week’s Dispatches from The Secret Library, Dr Oliver Tearle examines the origins of a famous phrase ‘We have nothing to fear except fear itself.’ Those words – and the sentiment they convey… As to cruise apps, the Virgin one is less less flaky than **FCM** reports, but not hugely less flaky. And per the customer service crewmembers is commonly the target of many negative passenger reviews. And yet it persists in its awfulness. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/106 "2025-07-23T01:14:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It surely was FDR as you so gently suggest. But just now I learned a bunch more about that idea which _y’all may find interesting._ I did. Much thanks. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/107 "2025-07-23T01:23:17Z")
FOr the second day in a row, I got a migraine aura–no migraine pain, fortunately. I’m on preventative medication, so this is rare. I wouldn’t mind if it took real migraines from my son. Anyway, I walked Charlie. He’s easy-peasy. I asked his person if she could set out cat treats. I have my own treats for dogs, but when I give Charlie his final good boy treat at home, the cat assumes the expression of a Dickensian waif and I feel bad. Anyway, their person said she would. My back is…well, let’s not discuss it. In fact, let’s snub it. Maybe if we ignore it, it’ll just go away. Of course, then the back of my front would become my back. 🤔 > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I’ve watched Australian Rules Football several times and cannot make heads or tails out of what is going on out there. That’s me with American football, and I was married to a freelance football reporter. If asked, “What’d I miss?”, I babble stuff like, “So their quarterback called a roto play with a reverse skim pass, but their chin tackle pulled a double-dip sneak offsides. 13 yard penalty, declined. Sixth down and 20. Pass me a brewski.” The key is to talk fast. Also, wait for several brewskis to have kicked in. True confession: I like raisins. I like them in cakes, rolls, pies, cookies. I owe them. They make me look comparatively young. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Also love the mental image of a crab hitching a ride on a turtle. “Onward, faithful steed!” Turtle: I’ve been onward-ing for 20 minutes. > [@dogbutler](#): > > “_Ahem_.” - Spot Would she settle for Miss Congeniality? > [@LH75](#): > > I really have almost no interest in sports but I have been in a few street rumbles. Jets or Sharks? **Rilchiam** , how cool! Which program is your exchange student coming from? I had maybe a couple dozen exchange students in my classes over the years, almost all of them via Rotary, which meant they all spoke fluent English. They were all great kids. Let us know how it goes! **BooFae** , I should have added that I only catsat for people I knew in the complex. I hated charging them the going rate. Also, I had fun with their kitties! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/108 "2025-07-23T01:28:10Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yesterday was a Really Good Day Fantastic. I hope you have many more. > [@Misnomer](#): > > You’re _both_ super cute! 😃 Aw, thanks! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > towels are amazing!! Turned in to figures or plain? 🤭 > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Raisins are one of the best ingredients in cookies right after flour & sugar. I _thought_ you were a cool dude… Not too much happening here tonight. I organized some more stuff and chilled out. Soon it’s going to be bedtime. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/109 "2025-07-23T01:32:13Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > IME the major pharmacy chains are happy to deliver scrips at no charge. The best routines to settle into are those where somebody else does all the work. Pharmacy trips aren’t the one I’m talking about. Settling into a routine with a menu and grocery list instead of filling in the gaps for the _clean out the freezer / pantry_ meals. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > am working on a cup of sugar-free chocolate pudding (I can’t thank **shoe** enough for mentioning those) as a chaser, Fud Kity had those on sale today, so I grabbed a couple of packs. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **red** , haven’t asked, how is Nelson doing with all the packing and moving stuff? He’s starting to adjust. He’s still doing a lot of licking (his stress reaction), but he’s liking having me around more. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/110 "2025-07-23T01:42:58Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > True confession: I like raisins. [“It’s got…raisins in it. You like raisins!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3SvtUm7vdU) And that scene takes us right back to foreign exchange students. Well, I know what happens to people who ignore signs… **nelliebly** I’d rather not say exactly, but the school has been doing this for decades. ---
**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 23, 2025, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/111 "2025-07-23T01:55:36Z")
Up from naptime, having a Manhattan, and sauteed chicken, olives, and tomatoes over orzo with [BobbyFlay]Calabrian chilies[/Bobby Flay]. Spot is eating dry, flaovrless bits. > [@susan](#): > > ` -- Amelia Earhart` \< SNORK \> > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > You can lean into it. Get him a wizards walking stick and bling it out with miniature tools, focused on the ones he uses as an engineer. Maybe wrap a cloth tape measure around it for a hand grip. People will admire his stick on a regular basis. I want this. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > So I’m not asking how to get out of this. I’m asking how to be okay with it. Change and stepping out of your comfort zone is scary. Deep breath. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Would she settle for Miss Congeniality? Mr. Congeniality. {{{{ **nellie** }}}}. Hope everything feel better quick. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/112 "2025-07-23T02:06:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Raisins are one of the best ingredients in cookies right after flour & sugar. All else is Philistinism. { _sad face_ } I thought we could be friends. > [@missred](#): > > don’t think that will be such a good idea with tile floors, so I’ll have to look for some with soles. I got these years ago and can’t recommend them enough. The nonskid “buttons” on the soles have held up over many years & (gentle!) washings. Non Slip Anti Skid Slipper Socks… [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5V354W?ref=ppx\_pop\_mob\_ap\_share](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5V354W?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share) > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Boy I’m glad I’m not a 28yo woman. Having been one, once upon a time, I … don’t miss the angst/complex crap. Perimopause ain’t great, but the absolute lack of giving a shit about other people’s opinions is aaaamaaaazing. > [@Rilchiam](#): > > maybe we can learn The Language from her. That’s one of the many positives from this program. She is, and will be, a wonderful girl who wants to both learn, and teach you (the Language.. I’m so curious which one!) while also absorbing the nuances of a new culture. > [@nelliebly](#): > > the cat assumes the expression of a Dickensian waif Every cat’s specialty. > [@nelliebly](#): > > Turtle: I’ve been onward-ing for 20 minutes. I snortled. Thx for the laff! * * * I did not get shang-hai’d into staying late. 🥳 Even stopped at the Walliest of Worlds (which is undergoing significant renovations and thus, _nothing_ is where it should be!) but I reeeeeeally wanted a particular kind of fancy yogurt, because I’m a speshul snowflake, and they often have it. They didn’t have my #1 choice but I got a couple of my #2, plus some Haas and lemons to make my childhood comfort avocado pudding. ZOMG I have another Blessed Day Off tomorrow! Whatever shall I do? { _looks at pile of laundry_ } { _remembers unholy mess that is dirty dishes in sink_ } { _sighs heavily_ } ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/113 "2025-07-23T02:07:39Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > First time in a long time that I’ve been able to simply enjoy myself, instead of stressing and frettin’ or even worse. I am so glad you were able to relax and enjoy. Shade, smoking, cats and mutual grumping is always a good time! > [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I guess now would be a good time for a picture of me and a super cute little dog (don’t tell Annie that I said that). Both of you are super cute! 🫂 I’m sorry about the sadness in your life. PS, I won’t tell Annie if you don’t 🙂 > [@susan](#): > > My lovely wife pulled out the rest of the wadding stuffed under my scalp. I feel much more comfortable. No doubt, and that is true love! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Tomorrow’s will be especially interesting - I booked a tour of the capitol of the Faroes and the bus ride there goes thru an underwater tunnel with a roundabout! I will have my camera ready! Looking forward to the pics! Will there be portholes or just a big tunnel with nice safe thick walls? > [@Misnomer](#): > > Whenever I move, I always like to overlap the final month: We have also always ensured an overlap, but it didn’t matter. We were always rushing and panicking the last couple of days. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > > [@nelliebly](#): > > > > At that time, I charged $25 a day. > > My cat sitting service charges the equivalent of 45 per day (based on todays GBP/ Thank you both for the feedback. She doesn’t have to clean the litter box, it is automatic and all she needs to do there is check to be sure the yellow light is on. If the blue light is on, she needs to push a button which will make the thing cycle and let the yellow light come back on. I am going to start paying her twenty a meal time. She has to catch the bus in the morning so that feeding is more of a chore than coming over after school and hanging out in the AC. She mentioned that she’d never known anyone who had two computers (desktops) and mentioned how hard it was to do her homework on the school issued tablet she had. During the last move, Hubs had to have a very expensive (and super heavy) gaming laptop because of course he couldn’t leave Sanctuary unprotected for two weeks. Said laptop has been sitting in one of the back closets ever since the movers delivered our stuff. Hubs set up an account for cat sitter so she can use that while hanging out with the fuzzbutts. (I put more pron filters on that one than I have on mine because it is so easy to accidentally click on a link and see things that would have been best left unseen.) > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > . Anyway, the good part was that we finished earlier than advertised, and I was home about 20 minutes before my usual time. That certainly sounds like a good event after all! > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Oopsie** , like you I can be bad about changing sheets, I did change mine yesterday but I’m never on a regualr schedule. Despite being one of the laziest folks here, I love the feeling of slipping my clean naked body into cool clean sheets. Sheets here usually get changed twice at least twice a week. Not because we are working up a sweat on a nightly basis anymore but just because I enjoy it. It helps that the bed we currently have is so easy to change. I can change it out in less than three minutes. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Do a google image search for “coconut crabs.” Awestruck is a better word for seeing them irl. They are just amazing and actually fairly docile as long as you are just admiring and not fucking with them. Then they get crabby. > [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > > > an underwater tunnel with a roundabout! I > > There’s no way that could possibly go wrong. That was my first thought! > [@dogbutler](#): > > “_Ahem_.” - Spot It certainly looks like a tie to me! > [@SCAdian](#): > > Susu (two years old, fourteen pounds) and Lily (three and a half, eight pounds) were sitting on the piano, facing each other, noses maybe five inches apart. I’ll bet I know who’s in charge of your house! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > And you’re right, once he starts getting positive attention and compliments, he’ll enjoy the admiration. Engineers are modern day wizards after all! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > To boot she has developed what looks like an infected molar and will spend all day tomorrow at the emergency dentist instead of driving to Orlando again to wrap up most of the prep for Mom’s move. So that seriously sucks. Like the cat dooky on top of a shit pie. I do hope things calm down for her soonist. > [@nelliebly](#): > > I wouldn’t mind if it took real migraines from my son. That is true love. I love that you want to give treats to the cat when the dog gets some 🙂 > [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@Rilchiam](#): > > > > So I’m not asking how to get out of this. I’m asking how to be okay with it. > > Change and stepping out of your comfort zone is scary. Deep breath. Your MMJ card is easy to get in WV. The budistas are always friendly and helpful. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/114 "2025-07-23T02:13:34Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > that is true love! She seemed to like it even less than measuring the output in the Jackson-Pratt suction drains I had after cancer surgery. ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/115 "2025-07-23T02:21:54Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I can change it out in less than three minutes. Can you feel the jealousy emanating from the Midwest? > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Awestruck is a better word for seeing them irl. Wait, you got to see them? Like, in person? (Did you eat one?) ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/116 "2025-07-23T02:30:24Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Jets or Sharks? I still have the switchblade I won in combat from a guy who was slower than I. He tried to stab me and I managed to grab a half brick and hit him across the bridge of his nose, [![](https://i.imgur.com/uvz6Ssp.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/uvz6Ssp.jpg) I use it as a letter opener ---
**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 23, 2025, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/117 "2025-07-23T02:31:21Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > > I can change it out in less than three minutes. > > Can you feel the jealousy emanating from the Midwest? Past me hates current me for not suffering like they did. I did see the coconut crabs when I lived in Hawaii (not native, maybe imported or floated there on trees) but didn’t eat one. They were protected and had poison parts. Not as much as puffer fish though. (expensive and not much different than thinly sliced cod) > [@LH75](#): > > I still have the switchblade I won in combat from a guy who was slower than I. Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/118 "2025-07-23T02:45:11Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > **Flyboy** , I hope today’s drive is easy, although it seems like something like a brush fire or major accident is shutting down lanes or entire sections of the freeway on an almost daily basis now. There was a fire on the way home. Still, it only took me 2:50. I was surprised, but grateful. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132/119 "2025-07-23T02:51:18Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > I still have the switchblade I won in combat from a guy who was slower than I. He tried to stab me and I managed to grab a half brick and hit him across the bridge of his nose, Boo reminds herself to never cross **hippie** or look askance at his lovely bride. We grew up in the same Omaha but he was way south and I was way north. We had Rumbles in common but _not_ those kind of rumbles. ---
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> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > ZOMG I have another Blessed Day Off tomorrow! Whatever shall I do? You got two in a row? Wow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-water-spots-be-us-our-new-mmp/1021132.md?page=7)