# (Old) Where in the world is the MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 6, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-where-in-the-world-is-the-mmp/1029063 "2026-04-06T12:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 165
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-where-in-the-world-is-the-mmp/1029063/165 "2026-04-09T18:25:10Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I’m gonna wait to the last minute to replace mine. At least the old ones will still read what’s already on there before the date. At least till Amazon decides to brick them out of spite. Sounds like you can still add more stuff if you can connect via a cable to another device, just you can’t download straight off Amazon. I actually get all my books that way anyway- in fact I haven’t connected it to the wifi since I moved house. The clock on my kindle is now 15 minutes slow… We have a frankly silly amount of roadworks around at the moment causing delays all willy-nilly, and with fuel prices going crazy\*, it seemed a good plan to irk from home in comfy slippers. At least, it seemed like a good plan until I got an email asking if I was still planning on coming to the other site, an hour away this morning… Oops. I arranged that a couple of weeks back and forgot it was today… I hadn’t even got the stuff ready I was going down there to do, so I had to ask if I could reschedule, which I luckily have for next Tuesday. Please don’t let me forget. Anyway, some stuff was achieved, a little gardening was done in the break, and now slobbage is occurring. Some homegrown rhubarb is turning into crumble as I type; it’s so expensive to buy rhubarb here, but dead easy to grow and plants are cheap to buy. The extra flavour of smugness really adds to it as well. \*According to my small niece, this is due to her uncle- her parents told her fuel was getting expensive because of a very silly man living in America. The only person she knows in America is her uncle, who is indeed a bit silly… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-where-in-the-world-is-the-mmp/1029063)._