# Road Trip! - An Automotive MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120 "2016-08-08T09:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/61 "2016-08-09T17:46:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I want to order in some Italian food. Please talk me out of it. I want to talk you out of it. But I also want Italian food from a place where actual Italians live. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/62 "2016-08-09T17:51:16Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I want to talk you out of it. But I also want Italian food from a place where actual Italians live. you mean NYC? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/63 "2016-08-09T17:54:16Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you mean NYC? Just the general area. We discovered upon moving to Maine that Italian food in the tri-state area is very different from northern New England. As an example: what do you consider to be the main ingredient in a calzone? Did you say ricotta? _Because they don’t do that here._ (Except for one “New York Style” place that is probably owned by transplants - everybody else looks at you like you’re crazy when you ask if they put ricotta in their calzones.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/64 "2016-08-09T18:02:51Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Just the general area. We discovered upon moving to Maine that Italian food in the tri-state area is very different from northern New England. > > As an example: what do you consider to be the main ingredient in a calzone? Did you say ricotta? _Because they don’t do that here._ (Except for one “New York Style” place that is probably owned by transplants - everybody else looks at you like you’re crazy when you ask if they put ricotta in their calzones.) Well, Boston is a lot closer to you than NYC. There are enough real Italians in Boston to properly put ricotta in a calzone. Obviously, you need a road trip. ---
**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 9, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/65 "2016-08-09T18:05:36Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Mooooom** - while you’re on the call with payroll (or whomever) ask them about the upgrade to fabulous 501(k) They said I didn’t sound fabulous enough. Dammit. 😛 But in a nice conference call with 2 nice reps, I got my accounts all straightened out, so to speak. 😃 The old company will be mailing me a check that I need to mail to the new company. I don’t understand why it can’t be wired directly, but whatever. Now I need to review what funds my money is sitting in and determine if I should move some around. I want to be as conservative as possible since I’ll be needing that money soon. Anyway, back to work with me. ---
**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 9, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/66 "2016-08-09T18:12:47Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > what do you consider to be the main ingredient in a calzone? ) Calzones? :dubious: ---
**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 9, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/67 "2016-08-09T18:27:36Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > stop that **Doggio** : waits for \*\*Sunny \*\* to leave : : starts doing it again : 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/68 "2016-08-09T18:32:38Z")
Happy Toosday! It’s a cloudy 74 degrees. Supposed to get up to 82 but if it’s not there now it probably never will be. I woke up at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I stayed up and went and got my blood test. The one the doctor ordered two weeks ago. Since Sah-son is into playing Pokemon Go, he went with me - one way to get him out of the house. We stopped off to wash the truck on the way home. Sah-son learned a lesson about car washes, you don’t let the money run out. He did, after soaping up the truck for a second time, and then didn’t have enough money to start the wash back up and rinse the truck. So we drove home with a soapy truck and he had to rinse it when we got back, using buckets because the hose doesn’t reach that far. I offered to drive up into the yard but he wanted to do it the hard way. We got breakfast at TacoHell. I didn’t know they served breakfast, at least he liked his. Mine was pretty tasteless. Then I took a nap… Now I’m finishing up lunch, and time to get to irk. **FCM** my old tablet would get stuck that way. I think I had to push the power button at the same time as the volume button. Like **Rosie** said, there should be instructions online. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/69 "2016-08-09T19:20:12Z")
On my way to do something that’s either of deep and yet not understood spiritual significance or just crazy. Either way, it’s something where I woke up a few days ago and the voices in my head unanimously shouted “I need a \_\_\_\_\_\_!!!” How’s that for “vaguebooking?” ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/70 "2016-08-09T19:26:08Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > On my way to do something that’s either of deep and yet not understood spiritual significance or just crazy. Either way, it’s something where I woke up a few days ago and the voices in my head unanimously shouted “I need a \_\_\_\_\_\_!!!” > > How’s that for “vaguebooking?” The password is … _tattoo_. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/71 "2016-08-09T19:38:58Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Calzones? > :dubious: If there are calzones in your calzoni, you are doing it wrong. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/72 "2016-08-09T20:08:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Calzones? > :dubious: > [@Nava](#): > > If there are calzones in your calzoni, you are doing it wrong. I don’t know. Sounds kind of meta and a bit yum, and as long as there’s ricotta, what’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/73 "2016-08-09T20:16:48Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > : waits for \*\*Sunny \*\* to leave : > : starts doing it again : > 😛 What are you doing posting here? Given you’re 1) on vacation 2) with hockey fans I didn’t think you’d be, ahem, available to post Suffolk PD must be VERY efficient in their processing. 😛 ---
**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 9, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/74 "2016-08-09T20:22:28Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > What are you doing posting here? Given you’re 1) on vacation 2) with hockey fans I didn’t think you’d be, ahem, available to post > > Suffolk PD must be VERY efficient in their processing. 😛 Intermission. I was waiting for the Zamboni to finish resurfacing the ice. Or for Bob the drive golfcart into the pool again. same thing. ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/75 "2016-08-09T21:45:32Z")
Home, still with the camper. The lady who was interested was a short little thing - there’s no way she could have put it up herself, and she doesn’t have a regular camping buddy. I emailed the other 2 people who had asked about it to let them know it’s still available. I think I’ll put it on CL in Baltimore, Annapolis, and DC, too. Why not? \*\*FCD \*\*wanted Taco Bell for supper and I decided I wanted Chinese. Conveniently, both places are on the same corner in Leonardtown. And I’ve got enough left over for lunch tomorrow - yay!! Early bedtime tonight for sure. And now, off to figure out if I can do anything with my tablet. ---
**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 9, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/76 "2016-08-09T21:47:19Z")
I’ve been fairly non-productive this afternoon except for makin’ dindin. I can do that now. Be non-productive in the afternoon that is. Rainy off and on all day as well. **sunny** I know you’re travelin’ as I post but be safe. ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/77 "2016-08-09T22:27:34Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > Just the general area. We discovered upon moving to Maine that Italian food in the tri-state area is very different from northern New England. > > As an example: what do you consider to be the main ingredient in a calzone? Did you say ricotta? _Because they don’t do that here._ (Except for one “New York Style” place that is probably owned by transplants - everybody else looks at you like you’re crazy when you ask if they put ricotta in their calzones.) There is a Pizza place in Providence that you have to specifically tell them you want mozzarella on your pizza. Just another thing weird about Rhode Island. ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/78 "2016-08-09T22:39:49Z")
None of the suggestions from the Samsung site have resurrected the tablet. I’m not sure if it’s worth it to take it somewhere for repairs… It’s just a toy - we don’t use it for anything significant. Always something… ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/79 "2016-08-09T22:54:10Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > None of the suggestions from the Samsung site have resurrected the tablet. I’m not sure if it’s worth it to take it somewhere for repairs… It’s just a toy - we don’t use it for anything significant. > > Always something… So what do you control your drone with? 😃 I’ve begun hanging crap on the walls, which is a sign that I’m almost done unpacking. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120/80 "2016-08-09T23:13:09Z")
[QUOTE=Draelin] The password is … _tattoo_. [/QUOTE] Oh, you came so close there! But no, not a tattoo. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-trip-an-automotive-mmp/762120.md?page=5)