# (Old) When Mom's Away...A Coasterless MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 22, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477 "2024-01-22T07:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 38
**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:** [January 23, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477/38 "2024-01-23T00:26:27Z")
> [@(Old) Heading to the land of penguins in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115/382): > > I spent most of my day stitching in front of the window and saw our local [**Loggerhead Shrike**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loggerhead_shrike) get a Little Brown Tweetie Bird. I’d been seeing it on the fence and thought it was probably enjoying the bird feeder, today was the first time I was sure. Dang, those things are FAST!!! Do you ever see feral finches, parakeets or parrots out your way? Sis in Houston gets a few of them at her bird feeder. > [@(Old) Heading to the land of penguins in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115/390): > > > [@(Old) Heading to the land of penguins in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-heading-to-the-land-of-penguins-in-the-mmp/996115/371): > > > > My pork rib stew for Sunday dinner > > How do you make stew out of ribs? Do you mean, like, spareribs or St Louis like you use for BBQ, or something else? They were ribs like you would barbeque. Essentially, just cook them low and slow with vegetation and seasoning of your choice, de-bone them, add broth and barley and in a couple more hours of crockpotting, you have stew. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > GG weighed himself yesterday and it looks like he’s mostly stopped growing. He’s 19.8 lbs now so will probably top out at 20 lbs. He’s just a little bit bigger than Nelson. I wonder who would win in a cage match? 😛 I irked for the first Monday since the second week in December. The department next to mine is on mandatory. OT for the rest of the week. I hope it doesn’t spill over. It made it above freezing today, so stuff is melting…Yay! It is supposed to be nearly 60F Wednesday. I’ve been a bit down today. A guy who grew up down the street from me and married one of the girls across the street passed. Skip was older than we were and, while very functional, was a bit of an emotional mess when he came back from Vietnam. If I had to guess, liver damage likely took him out. It was always reassuring to me that anytime my dad needed a hand for a plumbing job, he was right there. After he retired, he wouldn’t even take pay for it, so Dad would buy him a case of beer “for his dog”. 🙂 RIP Skip. Stay safe and healthy y’all! --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-when-moms-away-a-coasterless-mmp/996477)._