# Sailing Maine – a post-vacation MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 19, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203 "2010-07-19T09:37:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/241 "2010-07-25T16:14:16Z")
Hmmphh, no one is taking\* me\* to breakfast. What’s up with that?😉 I rolled out of bed too late, darn it. I hate when I do that. Temps are supposed to reach upper eighties here today. Not as hot as some of you have it, but hot enough for me. I have errands to run, then we’re finally going to string the invisible fence. I hope it works and my dogs won’t escape anymore. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/242 "2010-07-25T16:42:47Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I live with a bunch of idiot animals. Taz eats puppy chow, Cosmo eats the cats’ IAMS. Scruffy likes both puppy chow and cat food. And ice cream. Lucretia used to eat Maggie Wonderbeagle’s Milk-Bones > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I can haz autumn?? Yes ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/243 "2010-07-25T16:51:13Z")
Ugh. Afternoon, y’all. It’s almost noon, 78 degrees and raining. I want to go out for a nice, long walk. Walking in the rain is one of my favorite pasttimes! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/244 "2010-07-25T17:30:02Z")
The wait to see if a cable tech will show up for real on Sunday afternoon is on! I shall keep y’all posted. I know everybody is just as fascinated with this as I am! 😃 The VBS kidlets sang “Seek Ye First” this mornin’ in church, then asked everybody to join in. It was cute overload to the max! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/245 "2010-07-25T18:41:28Z")
Visual Basic Script kidlets? I have no clue… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/246 "2010-07-25T18:50:42Z")
Vacation Bible School It’s still too hot. But my laundry is all washed and is mostly dried, so there’s that. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/247 "2010-07-25T18:58:12Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Visual Basic Script kidlets? > > I have no clue… > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Vacation Bible School **FCM** is right, but **gotti** , yours is funnier. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/248 "2010-07-25T19:50:46Z")
Wow! I just fell asleep for a bit while waiting for my brother to call me back. He called and I totally missed it. Went for a walk in the park after church, then bought some groceries. Am now doing stuff I was going to do yesterday. Go me! Or something. Back later. 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:** [July 25, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/249 "2010-07-25T20:20:56Z")
Cable guy came at about 3:15 and left at 4:00. I am now the proud owner of a brand spankin’ new shiny digital cable box. It’s workin’ fine. No fadin’ in or out of jumpy picther. He changed out one cable thingy in the attic cause it was in his words kinda old. Also, he is keeeeeeeeeyooooooooote! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/250 "2010-07-25T20:26:59Z")
Had a fun afternoon in the sweltering heat - picnic/party. Only problem was I actually had to drive across the parking lot to the building with the rest rooms. But we ate and sang and played games and sang and had dessert and sang. Did I mention it was with my chorus? 😉 ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/251 "2010-07-25T21:03:00Z")
We had an early supper of hot dogs because we didn’t have lunch. It’s now clouding over and really windy, and from the looks of the weather radar, we’ll have rain pretty soon. And tomorrow it’s not even supposed to hit 90 - YAY! Laundry is done and in - not all put away yet, but almost. Taz got out, but once he got into the yard, he just stood there and yowled, which is how I knew he’d gotten out. And how it was so easy to get him back in. Thus endeth my weekend. Did anyone ask for tomorrow? I’m not volunteering, since I’ve got 3 dogs to tend to in the morning… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/252 "2010-07-25T21:27:47Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Did I mention it was with my chorus? 😉 Well, that would explain all the singin’… 😃 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Did anyone ask for tomorrow? I’m not volunteering, since I’ve got 3 dogs to tend to in the morning… I’ll volunteer, if’n nobody else wants it. It’s about time the newbie stepped up… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/253 "2010-07-25T22:02:39Z")
The Party Van strikes again! We’ve got a gas leak (other than the one coming from TVMan). 😃 We had it towed to TVLand and since we happened to be farther south on the same State Route, we even ended up with the same tow truck driver as last time! Thank goodness my mom picked us up and let us borrow her car so we didn’t have to ride with the driver again! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/254 "2010-07-25T22:03:52Z")
Good for you, newbie! 😃 And it better be good! yeah, as if it matters what the OP is… just as long as the title contains MMP, you know. 😉 It rained, but it’s done. We needed hours of rain - we got minutes. Oh well… ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/255 "2010-07-25T22:13:23Z")
**Annie** yay for volunteering. However, we must make it official, so… All in favor of **Annie** bein’ our hostess with the mostest this next week say “Aye”. \*\* AYE!!! \*\* All those opposed [del]like it matters[/del] say “Nay” **::crickets::** The “Ayes” have it! **Annie** is the official MMP starter! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/256 "2010-07-25T22:19:12Z")
**Annie** - don’t forget to post a link to it here. So many of us are too lazy to go snooping around MPSIMS on a Monday morning looking for the new week’s thread ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/257 "2010-07-25T22:25:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Annie** - don’t forget to post a link to it here. So many of us are too lazy to go snooping around MPSIMS on a Monday morning looking for the new week’s thread Will do. First, however, hubby is going to show me how to use an electric hedge trimmer. I didn’t even know we HAD and electric hedge trimmer. I was just going to use the shears! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/258 "2010-07-25T22:35:32Z")
Yay for a volunteer!!! Went to Lowe’s and got some lightweight fencing to rein in the coneflowers with. They keep flopping over onto my driveway. It’s not terribly tragic if they get worn out by cars (there’s so darn many of them!), but it’s nicer if they don’t. Back to organizing clothes and doing laundry. Woo hoo. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/259 "2010-07-25T23:06:11Z")
**Annie** shall we expect a MMP detailin’ how you lost three and a half fingers? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203/260 "2010-07-25T23:21:48Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Annie** shall we expect a MMP detailin’ how you lost three and a half fingers? 😃 A heck of a post for me to reenter this thread on. Do I detect one of those “hamster bit me” kind of stories? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sailing-maine-a-post-vacation-mmp/547203.md?page=14)