# OP Ideas for the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 11, 2010, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774 "2010-10-11T10:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/141 "2010-10-15T10:56:40Z")
Blurf! But at least today is **FIRDAY**! /driveby ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/142 "2010-10-15T11:15:06Z")
Hope grandma is doing better, **Sticky**. **Nava** , is it cavalier projection? (Used Google translate and then googled the results and came up with a section in an article on [oblique projection](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_projection).) it gives you tracer for tiralineas, but I couldn’t tell whether that was anything near what you were looking for. Up. At 'em. It’s Firday!!! Hugs. GT ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/143 "2010-10-15T11:33:40Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’ on a cool mornin’. It’s 44 degrees Amurrkin out! :eek: **Nava** if we ever do decide on a list of MMP truisms, _all ice cream is medicinal_ will most likely be number one. Another top one will be if you make up a word, it’s a real word if you follow the made up word with _is too a word!_. **gt** I read as tracer for tiaras instead of tracer for tiralineas at first. Then again, if one loses one’s tiara it would be good if one had a tracer on said tiara. 😃 Today I go do yahd werk at friend’s houses. Ima go in just a bit as soon as it’s daylight enough out to see what I’m doin’. With it as cool and dry as it is out, I should get finished with all five yahds this mornin’. Dindin tonight will be pizza cause OYKW decreed it last night. Hey, if he wants to get all bossy and prevent me from cookin’ I won’t complain! ETA: Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/144 "2010-10-15T11:48:02Z")
Morning. I’m up, caffeinated, off to irk. Canes lost last night. Hope Grandma is better this morning, **Stickey** ’ {{{{ **Spaz** }}}} ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/145 "2010-10-15T12:02:26Z")
Up and home again. I woke up around 2 and never really fell back to sleep deeply. \*\*FCD \*\*and daughter have gone to work, so it’s me and the menagerie, but they’re all asleep. I just had a couple of punkin muffins and some hot chocolate. I’m not going to share the muffin recipe because they’re just not that good. The search will continue for a better one. I did leave my boss a voicemail about 5:30 - I didn’t even have to pretend to sound pathetic. My throat feels like I’ve been gargling glass shards. \*\*FCD \*\*said he’s feeling better, which is good - all his coughing has really hurt his back. He actually took some pain meds last night because of it. So, plans for today. Um. Nothing. Maybe I’ll knit. Maybe I’ll nap. Maybe both. Who knows - Indecision is the key to Flexibility, you know! At least it’s Firday. \*\*Sticky \*\*- hope your grandma’s hand gets better fast! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/146 "2010-10-15T12:16:48Z")
Grandma’s fingers look… okay. They’re very bruised as expected but she isn’t having any trouble moving them. In other news… Well, I guess there isn’t any other news yet, it’s still too early! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/147 "2010-10-15T12:19:58Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > **Bobbio** , my mom’s family is from Iowa. Here, in the advanced stages of civilization, we usually set our clocks back about ten years when we cross the Mighty Mississippi. > > I don’t have a lot of CR experience, having spent most of my time in Des Moines. Nice enough place. The state tends to smell like hog and corn. You see a lot of bearded people with bibs, tattoos, chewing Skoal, and most all of them have their husbands close by. > > But that’s just me. I have to set my clock back about 60 years during my commute home to the VunderLair when I get south of Whaleyville, so going back ten years will be an improvement. I can be quoted on many occasions as saying, “Yep, Cottonfield County has moved into the 20th Century. Too bad that it’s now the 21st…” Based on the rest of your description, change the crops, lose the southern accent, trade the hurricanes for tornadies and \ snow, and Iowa could be my corner of Nawth Carliner. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/148 "2010-10-15T16:44:45Z")
Made it home last night and **mr ems** had made chili and cornbread. Yum! I am trying to figure out what to have for dinner tonight as we have nothing in the fridge at all. No veggies. No salad. No fruit. No cheese. No beer! I believe I need to hit the grocery store tomorrow morning. Busy day of phone calls ahead today so I had better get at it. Whoohoo Friday! I am doing some Christmas shopping tomorrow. I have a list and I know what I am doing! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/149 "2010-10-15T17:17:57Z")
I finally managed to fix t’interwebz at home but now I have Teh Sick. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/150 "2010-10-15T17:55:44Z")
**Psychos, Psychics and Ninjas** I’ve been meeting all sorts of people today. The psychos were at where else, Wal-Mart. I needed to get some supplies that are far cheaper there than at our usual grocery store, so I popped over at lunchtime. Just the usual assortment of psychopaths that plod along at one shuffle per minute, park their carts perpendicular to the aisle and just look like they’re auditioning for that People of Wal-Mart website. Right before lunch, it was the UPS Ninja. They snuck up, left a box at the front door and skedaddled. They must have coasted along the street as I didn’t know they were here until I heard the engine start, looked out the window and saw them leave. At lunch, the psychic at Arby’s took my order and when I saw the receipt, I was wondering: “How did she know?” Rather than entering something generic like “fountain drink” since it’s a fill-your-own-cup kind of place, she entered Diet Dr Pepper. And she was right! ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/151 "2010-10-15T18:15:01Z")
Just when I get to thinking that I’m feeling better, I get a coughing or snurfling fit. ugh. I’m really tired of being sick. Seriously. Stoopit cold. Even medicinal ice cream isn’t helping. I’m going to return to the couch to knit and whine… _\_ ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/152 "2010-10-15T19:19:17Z")
I was so bad today. And I enjoyed every second. And I’m not covered in powdered sugar! The State Fair is going on. We’re going tomorrow morning. On M-F, you can get in for free during lunch so the people that work nearby can go get food. A friend from here decided to go down for lunch. I had her bring me back a powdered sugar covered funnel cake. NOM. I was seriously worried about being covered in powdered sugar, especially since I’m now wearing a purple shirt and black pants. But I found that if I used such an instrument like a fork, I didn’t have a problem! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/153 "2010-10-15T20:07:59Z")
Amazing invention, the fork… 😃 Poor baby, **FCM**! _:: passes some chicken soup and medicinal chocolate through the drink holder::_ I thought I posted this morning, but apparently I forgot to. I’m 15 minutes from being OUTTAHERE! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/154 "2010-10-15T20:44:37Z")
I’m beginning to hate my ass. It’s been 3 weeks now that I’ve been dealing with my particular form of sciatica, known as piriformis syndrome. The nerve itself is inflamed, and is being irritated by the piriformis muscle in my left buttcheek. The initial lumbar pain I had when it started is gone, but the butt pain has gotten worse, to the point I cannot sit in a chair for long without drugs, and the drugs I have, trammadol and naproxen, don’t work after about 4 hours. Both have longer dosage intervals. I went back to the doctor today. She gave me vicodin and referred my to physical therapy, then in a surprise move, told me to not go to work Monday or Tuesday. I’m supposed to be either laying down or up and around doing stuff that doesn’t make my butt hurt. Heavy lifting and riding the lawnmower are right out, as well as general sitting. I want a normal. non-painful ass. Is that too much to ask for? :mad: :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/155 "2010-10-15T21:44:17Z")
**BBBobbio** look at it this way, now when people call you a PITA, it’s true! 😃 Seriously though, I hope it’s all better soon. You too **MOOOOOOM**. **gotti** I had a soda psychic today too! After doin’ yahd werk and stuff I cleanded up and went to [del]the hog trough[/del] Ryan’s cause I was starvin’. Just as I was at the booth I was goin’ to sit in, the waitress had a diet Coke in hand for me. Said she saw me comin’ and knew that’s what I’d want. Ok, so I go there a lot. Still… Today I have done yahd werk, been to the sto’ cause I discovered a beer shortage (Don’t panic **doggio** I was not completely out :eek:), made a batch of cheese thangs for a reception after a renewal of weddin’ vows for a couples 25th anniversary tomorrow (to which I’m not goin’ cause, well, _yawn_ but I am nice enough to do the cheese thangs), and washed three loads of clothes. I consider that a bizzy day. Dindin shall arrive shortly courtesy of Papa John’s. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/156 "2010-10-15T21:51:58Z")
I got to see GilaMonster today! It’s been over a month since I’ve actually seen her in person. Otherwise I haven’t accomplished too much. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/157 "2010-10-15T23:00:17Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > I was just looking up amounts of caffeine in various drinks, and came across [this](http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine). You choose your drink, enter your weight, and find out how many drinks you’d need to kill yourself. > > For example: me, 305 pounds: it would take 562.60 bottles of Ale-8-One to knock me slap dead. I think my kidneys would be gone WAY before that. I would need to drink 215.86 cups of Brewed Coffee before croaking. I’m assuming this is in one sitting? Because I easily drink that much in a three week period. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/158 "2010-10-16T00:28:31Z")
Well, wish me good luck and send good thoughts my way; I’m off to my sleep apnea study tonight. I am seriously trying to keep a positive slant on this, really, but this morning, it occurred to me that they might just have bed bugs there. And that naturally set my mind off … and it’s just gotten worse. Ah well, hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with some funny tales to share, right? :smack: I hope so, at least! ---
**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:** [October 16, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/159 "2010-10-16T00:54:22Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > Well, wish me good luck and send good thoughts my way; I’m off to my sleep apnea study tonight. I am seriously trying to keep a positive slant on this, really, but this morning, it occurred to me that they might just have bed bugs there. And that naturally set my mind off … and it’s just gotten worse. > > Ah well, hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with some funny tales to share, right? :smack: I hope so, at least! **Herbs** , you live in an apartment, right? Couldn’t you just as easily get a transient case of bedbugs there? That’s what happened to a good friend of mine… She hadn’t traveled anywhere or slept in any strange beds. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774/160 "2010-10-16T01:45:47Z")
**Herbs** - if you have sleep apnea and need a CPAP machine - a few bedbugs won’t bother you. There is nothing better than a CPAP machine when you have sleep apnea! Hugs for all the sickies! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/op-ideas-for-the-mmp/556774.md?page=9)