# On this date in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 10, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713 "2020-08-10T10:34:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/181 "2020-08-13T11:32:01Z")
The skies are rumbly and flinging down rain, so no walkies this morning. We’ll see if I can get out later. At least my plants are getting a drink! ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/182 "2020-08-13T12:28:09Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Now I am heading off to look up Holiday World. Should I be surprised if there is a roller coaster there?😉✌🏼 There are 5 roller coasters there – The Raven, The Legend, The Voyage, Thunderbird and Howler. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/183 "2020-08-13T13:04:22Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Irish Dad killed the snake that bit him and brought its body to the hospital with him. “Are you sure it was a copperhead?” “Yep, got it right here!” That’s actually really smart! **DOTS** oh, I am sooo _glad_ you poked back in, and jeebus no, silly goose, you did not disappoint us! We just were worried if maybe aliens abducted you. Do fill us in, when you feel up to the task, about your post-horsepital routines. We’re a nosy bunch of nosies. Wait, you have a snuggle-kitty IIRC have you been reunited with your cat? … speaking of snuggle-kitties, mine started barfing like an overserved frat boy _while still cuddled in bed with me_ so I went from “unconscious and dreaming” to “OMG GET OFF!!” in 0.2 seconds, and now I’m awake a lot earlier than I wanted to be. At least I booted her from the tangled blankets in time. Note to self: find hidden barf in kitchen BEFORE stepping into it. … aaaaaand as I was typing all that, the power went out. 😑 Considering my plans to do laundry (and my deep attachment to my A/C) this may merit wandering over to the BBQ Pit for some good old-fashioned swearing. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/184 "2020-08-13T13:05:47Z")
Morning all. Need to start making myself presentable here in a bit so I can go get my eyes checked. Then come home and depending on the weather, try to get the lawn mowed before the rain checks in this evening (supposed to stick around through Saturday). Oh joy. **Cats** , I was going to ask if the snake was OK, but I guess Irishdad took care of that…hope he keeps doing well. **DOTS!!** I’d give you the traditional MMP tackle-hug, but after your description of the last few weeks, I’ll be gentle. Keep getting well, let us know how things are going, and put a few pounds back on (if it was possible, I’d loan you some…) To everyone else, have a good and safe Thorsday and I’ll send more when I wake up further. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/185 "2020-08-13T13:11:01Z")
OK, if we all chip in, we can buy [this](http://peregrinecliff.com/) and turn it into MumperLand!! Whaddaya think? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/186 "2020-08-13T14:02:26Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > There are 5 roller coasters there – The Raven, The Legend, The Voyage, Thunderbird and Howler. Definately have to study up on my roller coasters. Was there one at Aksarben in Omaha? That got torn down before I ever lived in the big O. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > At least I booted her from the tangled blankets in time. > Note to self: find hidden barf in kitchen BEFORE stepping into it. Don’t we all have that 6th sense and hyper hearing re cat barfing? Nothing gets me moving faster. The only thing worse than stepping on cat barf in the morning is stepping on that freshly mangled dead mousie proudly deposited outside your bedroom door. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > That’s actually really smart! It is definitely smart! I could never pull it off though. If I so much as see a snake I fall over in a dead faint. Somebody else would have to be in charge of catching, killing and bagging said snake. So basically, I always stay on the cement. That’s not much of a plan, but it’s a plan. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Cats** , I was going to ask if the snake was OK, but I guess Irishdad took care of that…hope he keeps doing well. I hope so too. Timber rattlers were the big worry where I grew up, but dang! those copperheads be even nastier. I outgrew swimming in the river for just that reason. Well that and how gross the mud squishing between my toes was. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > To everyone else, have a good and safe Thorsday and I’ll send more when I wake up further. Wake up? I have wake up?! \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Oh, yeah, hafta pick up the resident teenager from Day One of 7th grade at 1:50. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > OK, if we all chip in, we can buy [this](http://peregrinecliff.com/) and turn it into MumperLand!! Whaddaya think? Checked it out, I’m. 10 bedrooms, 8 garage stall? Mumperland in wrought iron over the main gate? we ought to be able to make it work. I have always wanted a library with those wheelie ladders. Mornin ‘all. **Boo** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/187 "2020-08-13T14:09:24Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Irish Dad killed the snake that bit him and brought its body to the hospital with him. “Are you sure it was a copperhead?” “Yep, got it right here!” I thought that we weren’t supposed to do that, just in case the snake wasn’t completely dead. The antivenin for all US vipers is the same. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/188 "2020-08-13T14:10:59Z")
Filling that library would be a challenge. You got to have a hobby… ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/189 "2020-08-13T14:13:58Z")
That’s one helluva hut **MOOooooommm** kinda run-down looking in some of the pictures, though. 😃 I can contribute - _checks pockets_ - two quatloos to our Mumperland acquisition. So I wandered outside to see if I can hear anyone else’s A/C or if I’m the only one without power. Turns out, nope, the whole 'hood is about to lose charge on their phones! Wandered around a bit, met several of my new neighbors … which was quite lovely, in fact, as I’m a bit starved for social interaction outside irk or my parentals. Plus, I got to play with not one, but TWO puppies! Nikki gave me a thorough and very suspicious sniffing when I returned. Now I’m gonna … well, shit, I dunno. Not watch T.V. I can tell you that! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/190 "2020-08-13T14:18:52Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Filling that library would be a challenge. You got to have a hobby… We all bring books and share ‘em. Wheeee!! The never-ending book club. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I can contribute - _checks pockets_ - two quatloos to our Mumperland acquisition. Me too. Two quatloos, but I’d have check the pockets in my 2nd pants and the bottom of the washing machine. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/191 "2020-08-13T14:32:04Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > That’s one helluva hut **MOOooooommm** kinda run-down looking in some of the pictures, though. To be fair, the previous owner died 7 years ago, so it probably needs some dusting at least. 😉 Still raining, but the worst seems to have passed… for now. Can’t believe it’s closing in on lunch time! (Hush - I ate 4 hours ago, so I’s gettin’ hongree!!!) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/192 "2020-08-13T14:36:19Z")
OMG - did anyone else notice the old-timey CRT TV in the home gym?? That certainly should be a bargaining chip on the offer. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/193 "2020-08-13T14:51:37Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Definately have to study up on my roller coasters. Was there one at Aksarben in Omaha? That got torn down before I ever lived in the big O. On RCDB (Roller Coaster Database), I found a Peony Park on Cass Street in Omaha that closed in 1993 and had 2 small steel coasters. Could that have been it? ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/194 "2020-08-13T14:53:04Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Filling that library would be a challenge. You got to have a hobby… Isn’t that what Da Jungle is for? 📚 📚 📚 📚 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/195 "2020-08-13T14:58:36Z")
Yes, that would have been it. Sure never rode on either of them. My loss-I think we all thought those kind of things were always going to be there forever, like drive in movies. “…🎶paved paradise and put up a parking lot…🎶”. Dang, you are faassstt on roller coaster research! Guessing you practice a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/196 "2020-08-13T15:03:23Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Dang, you are faassstt on roller coaster research! Guessing you practice a lot. Not really, I’m just familiar with some good resources. The info on Holiday World came from their website. If you find yourself out this way, I’ll be happy to take you to my local park, Kennywood. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/197 "2020-08-13T15:23:39Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > If you find yourself out this way, I’ll be happy to take you to my local park, Kennywood. My kid went to Pitt for 6 years. He really liked Pittsburgh but the only ride he ever took me on was this one: Monongahela Incline at Lower Station. Has wheels on tracks, goes up really high, but, alas, does it slowly. The view from the top is great though. If I come that way again, you have a deal. Or maybe we can all meet, a gang of Mumpers, somewhere in the middle. Realizing that when you’re talking about 4 continents and 6 time zones that ‘the middle’ is a moving target and all relative. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/198 "2020-08-13T15:37:10Z")
I haven’t ridden either one in years but I’m quite familiar with the inclines. We used to have a lot more of them, including ones with larger cars that could take vehicles. Maybe we could just throw a dart at a world map and that’s where we all meet? I have a passport! But I have to go to Georgia and meet Swampykins first. 😉 🐻 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/199 "2020-08-13T15:43:20Z")
All we need is for one of us to win a mega-jackpot - you’re all buying lottery tickets, right?? 😉 Frankly, I think the perfect MumperFest would be aboard a cruise ship - that way, no one could escape! 🤣 ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/200 "2020-08-13T15:45:19Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Maybe we could just throw a dart at a world map and that’s where we all meet? I have a passport! But I have to go to Georgia and meet Swampykins first. 😉 🐻 Well. I don’t have a passport, so the throwing a dart may not work for me (there is the whole issue of funds-I so hate reality and adulting), but I sure like the Georgia and **Swampie** idea. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713.md?page=11)