# Ruminations of the laundry room - Guest MMP number...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 7, 2005, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887 "2005-11-07T07:10:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/261 "2005-11-10T19:06:24Z")
> [@Idaho Red](#): > > Anybody know how to cut 1/2 inch wooden dowels? Do I need to get out a real saw or is there something smaller that will work? If you’re just making one or two cuts, a serrated kitchen knife ought to be OK. May not be the cleanest cuts in the world - if you need clean cuts, either cut a bit long and plan to sand them down to length, or use a fine-tooth molding saw of the sort that you probably don’t have. 😃 A regular saw will really make a mess as its teeth are bigger. If you’ve got a hacksaw, that would work pretty well and give a decent cut. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/262 "2005-11-10T19:26:20Z")
The word hacksaw always makes me think of serial killers. “He hacksawed his victims and buried them in shallow unmarked graves in his back yard.” “He was a very quiet neighbor, always kept to himself.” “Did seem to like planting stuff in his back yard at night, though.” 😃 Today is payday at work because tomorrow is one of them many bazillion holidays federal guvmint workers and banks take off. I know it’s payday cause the little payslip thing that shows up in my work mail box on payday which is usually every other Friday showed up today. Direct deposit is our friend. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/263 "2005-11-10T19:29:05Z")
That’s terrible, **picunurse**! Hope he gets better soon. I think my next apartment will have a washer/dryer hookup so then I’ll get to think about Frigidaire vs. Kenmore vs. Whirlpool. Woo. It’ll be great not to have to worry about having enough quarters! Mika, I think you and BF should do something wild like doin’ it at the top of the Empire State Building or something. Join the mile high club maybe? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/264 "2005-11-10T19:31:54Z")
> [@Ellen Cherry](#): > > In 2010, my birthday will be 10-10-10! > > Let the celebrations begin. In 2012 my boy kid, Lil Lestat[sup]TM[/sup]'s birthday will be 10-11-12. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/265 "2005-11-10T19:32:45Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Today is payday at work because tomorrow is one of them many bazillion holidays federal guvmint workers and banks take off. I know it’s payday cause the little payslip thing that shows up in my work mail box on payday which is usually every other Friday showed up today. Direct deposit is our friend. I’m one of those lucky people who gets tomorrow off! Yay! 😃 Try not to miss me too much tomorrow ever’body! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/266 "2005-11-10T19:33:33Z")
😃 > [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > In 2012 my boy kid, Lil Lestat[sup]TM[/sup]'s birthday will be 10-11-12. 🙂 Ooo, ooo, ooo! and in 2022, my girl kid, The Princess[sup]TM[/sup]'s will be 2-22-22. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/267 "2005-11-10T19:45:34Z")
I forgot to mention that my washer and dryer are Sears Kenmores. So were my old washer and dryer. When I replaced 'em they still worked fine except I broke a knob on the dryer and was using a pair of pliers to turn the temp control thingy. I gave 'em to Goodwill. I know somebody (several somebodies actually) who works for Goodwill who told me they replaced the knob on the dryer and sold 'em as a pair the first day they put ‘em in the store. They were 15 years old at the time. I’m bettin’ they’re still being used. When I was a junior in high school my homeroom number was 222 and my locker number was 222. I haven’t thought about that in years and years and years. **Puggy’s** post made me think of it. My cell phone number I have to think about but _that_ I can remember. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/268 "2005-11-10T20:10:10Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > When I was a junior in high school my homeroom number was 222 Whoa! Your homeroom teacher was Karen Valentine?! Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/269 "2005-11-10T20:25:19Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > Using a :smack: to annoy **Rue**. It’s nice of you to think of me **Kallie** , even though I don’t show up around here as much as I’d like. > [@scout1222](#): > > What, none of you boys do the boxer-briefs thing? Yes. Some of us boys do. Sometimes. But not usually. Happy Birthday Gardentraveler! You want this week’s pus story? Well, bad news, I ain’t got one. No big blood or vomit stories either. But speaking of blood, I drew blood for the first time (and second time too) this week. And I was in charge of x-rays on Monday. I did a good job with it once I put the x-ray film cassette in the right way. The bad thing about shooting x-rays is the lead vest you have to wear. It’s not too bad to wear at the time, really. It’s afterwards. It made my shoulders hurt the next day. Only I didn’t know why. “Ow!” I said. “My shoulders hurt! And I don’t know why.” Then I remembered all the time I spent x-raying and I figured it out. (I’m clever that way.) Speaking of clever, Soupo got his report card Monday. _All A_’s bay-bee! The kid is smart! ---
**Author:** ![Idaho\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba9def/32.png) [@Idaho\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idaho_Red)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/270 "2005-11-10T20:33:18Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > If you’re just making one or two cuts, a serrated kitchen knife ought to be OK. May not be the cleanest cuts in the world - if you need clean cuts, either cut a bit long and plan to sand them down to length, or use a fine-tooth molding saw of the sort that you probably don’t have. 😃 > > A regular saw will really make a mess as its teeth are bigger. If you’ve got a hacksaw, that would work pretty well and give a decent cut. DH does all the heavy/outside/noisy work around here and he’s got lots of tools (Our running joke is “That’s under the hood, right?”) I’ll have to ask him about a molding saw, I can’t quite remember if we have a hacksaw. But I do remember having a saw like they use at Christmas tree farms around here when I was a teen. (Yes, I’m living in the house I grew up in) Maybe I’ll walk out to the garage and take a look. Personally, I think tomorrow should be a holiday for all veterans. Probably 'cuz I am one and I need all the holidays I can get! Huh? Everyday’s a holiday when you’re a SAHM? :dubious: I turned 6 on the 6th some time back now. (If you want to know how old I am just ask Little Miss[sup]TM[/sup], she’s quite willing to announce it! 😃 ) She’ll be 6 on her next birthday and she’s always been quite interested in ages. Since she was born in 2000, her age will always match the year. Psst… **jayjay** , I think **swampy** might be just a _leettle_ older… Hi, Rue! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/271 "2005-11-10T20:34:13Z")
**Rue**! Hi\*\*, \*\* Rue! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2005, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/272 "2005-11-10T20:42:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Whoa! Your homeroom teacher was Karen Valentine?! Cool! My homeroom teacher was this total bear type. It was all I could do to not giggle and drool uncontrollably everytime he spoke to me. 😃 Stirred up all my 16 year old hormones he did. Oh and **Red** (that’s your nickname), just so you know, I believe _Room 222_ was a popular tv show during my high school years. Ranked right up there with _The Brady Bunch_. Also, _All In The Family_ made its television debut during my senior year of high school. There’s a point in all this somewhere. Howdy **Rue**! Is gettin’ to xray like a step up in the social hierarchy at work? Way to go **Soupo**! WOOHOO! How’s **Katcha** gettin’ along in kiddy garden? ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/273 "2005-11-10T20:47:55Z")
Oh yeah… I meant to say: It sorta cracks me up the MMP made it to the “Beginner’s Guide to Glossary of Terms on Straight Dope Message Boards” over on ATMB. I mean I just started the whole thing to “lower the bar” on posting around here. Facts? We don’t need no steenking _facts_. Spelling? It’s for the weak. The MMP is. That is enough. But it makes me cry that **C K Dexter Haven** called me a “he or she”. Like _everyone_ doesn’t know _all_ about _me_! Really! :mad: Hi everybody! ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/274 "2005-11-10T20:53:33Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy **Rue**! Is gettin’ to xray like a step up in the social hierarchy at work? Way to go **Soupo**! WOOHOO! How’s **Katcha** gettin’ along in kiddy garden? The x-ray thing is just something we have to know. Like everything else in the vet hospital. Everyone just has to know how to do everything. Katcha has his own little arch-nemisis in Kindergarten. Every day we hear about their on-going clash. But this other kid got moved to another table (for the stupid kids, I’m sure) so Katcha won. All in all he’s just Jake with the whole school thing. And the best news is _finally_ the school levy around here passed. So Soupo gets to ride the bus again starting after Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/275 "2005-11-10T20:54:24Z")
Well, I don’t know what a C K Dexter Haven is so … .THERE. Hi Rue!! And, darn you disappoint. Here I was, licking my chops for a good pus story and … nuttin. Wait. That didn’t quite come out right. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/276 "2005-11-10T21:03:03Z")
If it helps **Elle** n, it’s not uncommon to find used dog testicles lying around the surgery room after surgeries. The days we have neuters that is. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/277 "2005-11-10T21:05:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Oh and **Red** (that’s your nickname), just so you know, I believe _Room 222_ was a popular tv show during my high school years. Ranked right up there with _The Brady Bunch_. Also, _All In The Family_ made its television debut during my senior year of high school. There’s a point in all this somewhere. Wow, **Swampy** , you’re ancient… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/278 "2005-11-10T21:07:25Z")
Happy Birthday, GT!! In other news… I got nuthin’. Oh, wait – sending good thoughts and get-well wishes to picuhubby. :::calculates **swampy** ’s age. Oh, wow.::: Hi, **Rue!** (not that you know who I am, but…) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/279 "2005-11-10T21:08:48Z")
> [@Rue DeDay](#): > > But it makes me cry that **C K Dexter Haven** called me a “he or she”. Like _everyone_ doesn’t know _all_ about _me_! Really! :mad: Revel in it, dude. You send me those private e-mails every so often with your real name, and I’m scratching my head 'cuz I have know clue who you really are… ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887/280 "2005-11-10T21:10:13Z")
**Sean** --I think it was the QA as well. Either that or wearing heels to work (I usually wear Nike’s)–and that made me tired. Or maybe I’m fighting off sumthin’. I fell asleep yesterday at 8pm and woke at 0230 and couldn’t go back to sleep. ACLS\* exam tomorrow, have been at class since 0800 today. Got out early (woot!). I’m fairly confident I’ll pass–I’ve been doing this for about 15 years. Still, I will review. \*Advanced Cardiac Life Support Happy Day, **gardentraveler**! And hello **Rue** --I’m eleanorigby. Nice to meetcha. (and who cares what CK Dexter Haven thinks, anyhoo?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruminations-of-the-laundry-room-guest-mmp-number/329887.md?page=15)