# 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:** 12
**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, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/221 "2020-08-13T19:58:21Z")
Everything in Australia can and will try to kill you. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/222 "2020-08-13T20:20:18Z")
Reed’s is too sweet and insufficiently ginger-hot. > **[Drop bears target tourists, study says](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2021/04/drop-bears-target-tourists-study-says/)** > > Drop bears are less likely to attack people with Australian accents, according to experts at the University of Tasmania. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/223 "2020-08-13T20:25:06Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Found the house, BTW – it’s on the west side of Ches Bay, about halfway between Wilson and Dares Beach. Yeah - I brought up Google Maps and scrolled along the shore till I found it. I feel like such a stalker! 😃 Back before I retired the first time and before we sold our boat, we’d have passed that property many, many times. I can’t even pretend to count how many trips we made between Solomons and Annapolis and points north, not to mention just tooling around our local waters. Sometimes I really miss sailing, then I remember how much work boat ownership is, and I’m fine. Back from my walk - it rained on me a bit so I modified my route to keep within a half mile of the house, just in case it turned into a deluge. But it didn’t. Yay! Daughter is starting supper. I need to load the broccoli into the steamer for the healthy part of the meal. Tomorrow will be a super simple meal - I’m ordering from Pizza Hotline! 😃 ---
**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, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/224 "2020-08-13T20:33:54Z")
quote=“susan, post:222, topic:917713, full:true”] Reed’s is too sweet and insufficiently ginger-hot.] I’m guessing this is about ginger beer and not Australian Drop bears. Agree, getting just the right ginger beer is critical for proper Moscow Mules and Dark and Stormys. Good Ginger beer I know how to find (local cider microbreweries). Aussie Drop bears I would admire only from afar. **Boo** ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/225 "2020-08-13T21:02:18Z")
Howdy Y’all! We managed to don proper bein’ about the public attire and venture to Sonny’s for an early N.O.L. we got there just after they opened and were out of there and back at da cave before noon. Nappage then ensued. Had a biiiiiiiiig tstorm a little while ago. A big flash of lightnin’ knocked out the wifi, but I got it restarted before absolute panic sat in, so crisis averted. 😱 **BooFae** the kneelers are upholstered (we’re fancy!) and thus the cushions are not removeable. The pew cushions are removeable but I fear I would be run out of town with pitchforks and torches should I dare. I don’t think the spray stuff would hurt ‘em as I am sure this stuff is used in places with upholstered chairs and such, like courtrooms, public meetin’ rooms and all them there kinds of places. We et big so any need to feed this evenin’ will be via forage. I don’t do roller coasters anymore but will happily cheer on those who ride. ---
**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, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/226 "2020-08-13T21:06:51Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I don’t do roller coasters anymore but will happily cheer on those who ride. Me too. I will also hold your pop glass 🥤and purse​:handbag:👛 (for them that have purses, no judgements here). **Boo** ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/227 "2020-08-13T21:09:46Z")
So the pre sort didn’t, so we had to presort, sort, and post sort. But like I told my co worker, “It’s ain’t our fault, and we get paid by the hour” > [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Isn’t that what Da Jungle is for? 📚 📚 📚 : grumbles while unloading a 53 footer of books for Mumper Estates : Dots! Glad you’re OK. And don’t apologize about taking care of yourself. ---
**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, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/228 "2020-08-13T21:37:38Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > That’s actually really smart! Okay, I take it back!! Second time today the cat woke me up - from my nap this time, by _lick lick licking_ herself. Good thing she’s so stinkin’ cute. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/229 "2020-08-13T22:02:04Z")
@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. Aksarben never had an amusement park. There was a race track (horses) and an arena that was an ice rink during hockey season. @Old_Wench > [@](#): > > 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? I spent a lot of time at Peony Park. The amusement park was on the edge of an enormous swimming pool with a sand beach surrounding it. There are lots of peony park anecdotes… ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/230 "2020-08-13T22:13:18Z")
Ooh, bit of excitement around Casa Purple today. See, waaayy back first week of June I put in a maintenance request for screens for the bedroom windows. (I only had screens facing 3 directions, so missing out on a lot of breezes.) Guess who showed up today? Two months later … I was surprised to hear the sound of a circular saw after a while - they were _making_ the screens! I expressed surprise, thinking perhaps they were an odd size. Nope. Just another Covid thing - it’s too hard for them to keep what’s needed in stock, so they just make everything now on site. Sounded like a decree handed down by his boss, the way he said it. No wonder it took two months! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/231 "2020-08-13T22:19:26Z")
Me too, although, living where I do in Tennessee, I’m actually closer than when I lived in Indiana. ---
**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, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/232 "2020-08-13T22:21:51Z")
**longhair75** **old\_wench**. You are both right on both counts. Got the names of my racetrack and amusement park reversed. Thanks for the course corrections. Had I thought a wee bit longer before I hit ‘send’ I would have gotten it right. Still an ice rink near where Aksarben track was, but now it is indoors in Baxter Arena where University of Nebraska at Omaha plays hockey. splendid venue for all kinds of fun. All this has made me regret not enjoying Peony Park when it was still there. What is there now isn’t nearly as much fun. And that is an old fart saying that. 🏖 🎢🕺 **Boo** ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/233 "2020-08-13T22:24:08Z")
> [@LH75](#): > > There are lots of peony park anecdotes… A cousin of mine played in the early band The Rumbles-those were some fun Peony Park 🎵 🎵 memories. If our parents only knew… ---
**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, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/234 "2020-08-13T22:43:26Z")
Late afternoon all. The lawn has been mowed–in stages (did front yard, then rested 20 minutes, about 1/4 of back yard and came in to watch a TV program (_Pardon the Interruption_ on ESPN) and then just finished the last 3/4 of the back. 3.5 bags of clippings and it had better rain tomorrow or I’m going to be…unhappy. Pre-mowage, nappge was completed. **Boo, Hippy, and OW** mentioning a ‘local’ park with coasters made me remember Chippewa Lake park, where I rode my first coaster and immediately fell in love with the things. Park is gone now, like many local places are, but I still remember that ride. (ETA: Just looked it up and it was called the Big Dipper). **shoes** , better late than never, but I wonder if there is a cost savings or not to the boss. **flyboy** , I presume you mean the model and not the actual aircraft (although that would be really neat). **Sari** , hope Stormy and Jax can adjust, sounds like a sad story with a hopefully happy ending. I am seriously considering skipping my planned BLT dinner and just getting a Butter Pecan cone for dinner. As hot and sweaty as I am, doing any sort of kitchen activity does not appeal to me. And there should be enough calories in the ice cream, don’t ya think? All y’all take care ---
**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, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/235 "2020-08-13T22:53:36Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I am seriously considering skipping my planned BLT dinner and just getting a Butter Pecan cone for dinner. As hot and sweaty as I am, doing any sort of kitchen activity does not appeal to me. And there should be enough calories in the ice cream, don’t ya think? > > All y’all take care **SSRat** I barely know ye, but you seems to have a lot of rationales for butter pecan ice cream cones 🍦 and I am going to use every one of them for Breyer’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream later this evening. **Boo** ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/236 "2020-08-13T22:57:30Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > **SSRat** > > I barely know ye, but you seems to have a lot of rationales for butter pecan ice cream cones 🍦 and I am going to use every one of them for Breyer’s chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream later this evening. > > **Boo** You’re entirely welcome, my dear. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/237 "2020-08-13T23:06:35Z")
**The Tale of the Stink** A couple of days ago I noticed a strong pee smell in the living room. I thought it might be from where the dog who belonged to the Beyotch Who Used to Live Here had peed the carpet. When I moved in four years ago I upended an entire bottle of Nature’s Miracle on the smelly spot and shampooed the heck out of the carpet. The stink had been dormant ever since. But then it was back. I dumped a bunch of baking soda over the carpet to deoderize it, but the stink persisted. I started planning how I would move all the furniture so I could shampoo the carpet over the weekend. I rubbed the baking soda even deeper into the carpet. Finally I got down on my hands and knees and sniffed the floor to pinpoint the stinky place. The carpet was fine. When I stood up, the stink smacked me in the face. I looked at my irk desk. When I’m done for the day, I put a curtain over my irk computers so I don’t have to look at them. While I’m working, I throw the curtain on the floor where Samantha or the Boondock Kittens nap on it. I leaned toward my work desk and sniffed. The old curtain is currently in the hamper waiting for laundry day. Fortunately I had another curtain in the closet to throw on my irk desk. I’ve had a long talk with the Boondock Kittens where they are allowed to pee. Is it the 26th yet? ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/238 "2020-08-13T23:30:25Z")
Today’s episode of _What Can Brown Screw Up For You_… The UPS guy hit a trifecta of delivering three boxes to the wrong houses. I got one neighbor’s cat tree, my other neighbor got my microwave oven, and I don’t know where the third ended up. At least they decided to come to my neighborhood today. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/239 "2020-08-13T23:37:44Z")
:socially distanced tackle hug: to **dot**. We missed you! Go ahead and log on while you’re going through treatment as needed. I discovered the MMP whilst in the horsepistol years ago and now, it’s about the only place that I still post on the dope. **boofae** , IIRC from my RC upbringing, the kneelers are attached to the pews, so no removing them. **Moooooooom** , that compound looks cool, but where is the roller coaster? 😛 **doggio** , while I still own a couple of bookcases of hard copy books, most of mine are on my tablet now, so my unload wouldn’t even take a whole pallet. **cat** , when I traded to the Toyota that my sister had owned before me, it was winter and I had no critters. The first 85F day, I opened the driver’s door to get in after irk and the smell just about knocked me over. Yes, a couple of her boys had hiked their little legs while on a road trip. It took regular applications of Nature’s Miracle (that was what pet type Mumpers recommended). I still use the stuff if Nelson has an accident (very seldom). Speaking of the little guy, I dropped an ice cube on the kitchen floor when pouring a glass of tea this afternoon and he had a ball playing hockey with it. He’s always disappointed when it gets too little to play with. My studio is beginning to look more like normal and will be ready to continue a large project after tonight. I took a week and a half out to set up some new tools that had been coming in piecemeal from online shopping. Stay safe and healthy y’all! ---
**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:** [August 14, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713/240 "2020-08-14T00:12:28Z")
@BippityBoppityBoo > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > You are both right on both counts. Got the names of my racetrack and amusement park reversed. Thanks for the course corrections. Had I thought a wee bit longer before I hit ‘send’ I would have gotten it right. > > Still an ice rink near where Aksarben track was, but now it is indoors in Baxter Arena where University of Nebraska at Omaha plays hockey. splendid venue for all kinds of fun. > > All this has made me regret not enjoying Peony Park when it was still there. What is there now isn’t nearly as much fun. And that is an old fart saying that. 🏖 🎢 You may not realize this, but I am a South Omaha Boy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-this-date-in-the-mmp/917713.md?page=13)