# Self-Quarantined In The MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 16, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575 "2020-03-16T10:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/141 "2020-03-19T15:57:35Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Dot** good for you for keepin’ the kid entertained. However, why would her mom take the lesson plan with her? I assume it was a mistake cause otherwise that just sounds weird. yes, just an error, no sabotage or anything. Kid is working on math right now and I’m taking a break from making a flyer. It’s payday, so I’m considering ordering us a pizza even if it isn’t the most prudent use of funds (Door dash, local place- the chains both won’t deliver here and don’t need my money). Contactless delivery means they can leave it at the door and the kid can bring it in without having to answer the door for a stranger. If I were feeling better, we’d make bread and do some painting. As it is, though, I don’t have exciting plans. Maybe we’ll write and illustrate a story. I do have a blank notebook we could use. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/142 "2020-03-19T16:12:44Z")
Still at irk. I am going to print out all the stuff I need to prepare the budget at home also I need to do evaluations on three of my four employees. I do believe we are going to close here soon. I stopped at the grocery again yesterday for fruit. Good thing hubs only asked for apples and oranges as that was about all they had. No bread of any kind, not even store bakery bread. Still not a stitch of TP or PT or Kleenex. I guess we even sold out the warehouse. I am ready for my long vacation. Hope it starts soonest. I don’t think it will go beyond this week for sure. Happy Thursday all! Stay safe everyone and hugs to **Sunny and sister and family.** ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/143 "2020-03-19T17:36:00Z")
Afternoon all. Car is gassed up ($2.19 here for mid-grade (89 octane)), bills have been mailed, and stopped by the furniture store to order two more chairs for the breakfast nook–got two, which should be enough since I almost never use it, but it just doesn’t look right without four chairs, so… Pretty quiet on the roads, but some shops are open and the road crews are working, so not entirely zombie-like. Still, much different than usual. All y’all take care. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/144 "2020-03-19T17:43:20Z")
Car gas is a grand idea. I will try and get someone else to do that for me. 😛 I’m also trying to get some groceries delivered. It looks like Safeway has stopped the service. Raley’s has it, but it’s almost a week out to get anything. I’m currently investigating Instacart. I keep waiting for the tickets on the cruise I want to take to lower in cost. I think it has to, but I’m not very patient. It’s a South America/Antartica cruise, with a day for solar eclipse viewing. I am very excited. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/145 "2020-03-19T19:24:51Z")
Hello from central Orygun. I hope sis is going to be alright **Sunny** \*\*{{{{Baker}}}}} {{{{{Everybody else}}}}}\*\* I’m still using my old Acer laptop 'cause **Wifey** is doing real estate continuing education on her laptop. I’m remembering why it got put away to die. Even with the lightning fast internet we have over here this thing just creaks along. :mad: I was hoping I could al least use it to stream stuff to our Roku TV. Ha! We should be so lucky. Gas is still ~$3.00/gal here, and the stores still don’t have any TP. If the situation doesn’t improve in the next couple of weeks I may have to go off my Metformin, which gives me diarrhea. :eek: Speaking of diarrhea, what is that ‘h’ in there for? Nobody pronounces it. Who decides how words are spelled, anyway? 😕 I’m considering whether I’m going to repair the front porch this trip. It’s still pretty cold here and my old fingers, (heck, my whole body), get clumsy when they get too cold. Clumsy and power tools aren’t a good combination. And I have the scars to prove it. Well, y’all take care. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/146 "2020-03-19T19:44:33Z")
I got another hour anna half of yard work done, some with Roxy’s help. I’m hoping to finish the raking in the back tomorrow. Not sure what we’ll have for supper - I’m thinking ravioli, because it’s easy (it’s frozen - all I have to do is boil it and warm the sauce.) Daughter has gone to WalMart for cat food, and shoe strings for **FCD**. She hasn’t left the house since Moanday, so she wanted a break. \*\*FCD \*\*is napping and Roxy is watching PBS Kids and eating a pretzel log. And that’s all the news that’s fit to print! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/147 "2020-03-19T21:53:08Z")
**Bumba** , it’s diarrhoea over this side of the pond, we, predictably, stick even _more_ letters in there. As of today, I’m now ‘irking’ at home, unofficially. There is literally nothing for me to do, so my manager basically told me just not to bother, and if anyone asks, I’m just not in that day. If anything changes and there is any actual irk for me to do, I’ll come in. I’ve brought all my Uni work home, so I can basically stay in now, though I do plan to go on country walks and things, seeing as the rain is finally holding off for a while. People are going insane with the panic buying; the big supermarkets are now closing overnight to allow restocking to happen, and it’s like a swarm of locusts has been in by 7am. Meanwhile the greengrocers I usually shop at is full of produce, only a little busier than normal, and has a much bigger range, often at lower prices, including milk, dried pulses, aigs, pasta; the things people are scrapping over at the supermarket. Very odd. It’s not as though they’re hiding… ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/148 "2020-03-19T22:38:04Z")
I don’t understand the panic buying. But at least when I was at the store today, there was plenty of milk. Roxy needs her milk, but we don’t have space in the fridge to hoard it. So it’s good to know that it’s readily available. We have 4 extra rolls of paper towels, but if we run out, I have plenty of cloth towels that will do the same thing. So no biggie. Daughter bought some play sand, and we converted Roxy’s little swimming pool into a sandbox. Tomorrow, we’ll put some pavers around the pool so she’s not kneeling in the mud, if she wants to play outside the box. We’ll also put down some pavers for her water table. She’s going to have a nice play area. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/149 "2020-03-19T23:22:27Z")
Happy Thorsday! It was a rainy but warm morning at the park. Nice enough this afternoon to open the windows, would be even nicer the neighbors would shut up. We now have free parking in the city, all the parking meters have been covered with plastic bags, because the city doesn’t want us touching them. It makes the bratty child in me want to take a walk through town and do a Monk on all the meters. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/150 "2020-03-19T23:35:30Z")
Gas is low here just now. I got ten cents off, due to grocery savings points, and paid $1.899, I took Mauser to the dog park, at least it isn’t closed. He had a good time being outside, although it was wet, we had a big storm last night. **FCM** , a sandbox sounds fun just now! **peedin** , I wish I could eat ribs. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/151 "2020-03-19T23:36:18Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > [Shit just got real in Pa.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/03/plcb-to-close-pa-liquor-stores-at-9-pm-tuesday-until-further-notice-as-part-of-coronavirus-mitigation.html):eek: :eek: **{{{sunny and sis}}}** May your sister have the mildest of cases. **nut** , the grocery stores around here were crazy, but down the street from the Aldi that I usually shop, Sprout’s Market (think Whole Foods without the whole paycheck prices) had plenty on hand. While their eggs and dairy are more expensive and meat is higher (but butcher shop quality. I pick it up there if I’m not going to the butcher), their produce is usually competitive with Aldi’s and much better quality. Folks just don’t stop to go there because TP and such tends to be all natural, no bleach, dippy hippy stuff that does cost much more. Except for a couple of teleconferences, I’m off irk until 12:00 PM Wednesday. I plan on getting up around an hour later than I would for irk (I’m considered on call, so I’ll shower then) since I won’t have to commute and I can take a leisurely breakfast, complete with an extra pot of French press. I want to take Nelson out on the greenway every day, since he’s going stir crazy with the dog park closed. At least he’ll have smells that are different. Tomorrow, I do need to nip in for vegetation, aigs and milk. I may stop at Lowe’s for a few gardening things, since it’s so nice out. Tonight, I’m going to order some new books. I will have some more time to read, but don’t want to go to a bookstore (even if the brick and mortar ones are open) at this point. Y’all take care of yourselves! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/152 "2020-03-19T23:52:27Z")
Evening all. Nappage has been completed and both trash cans are back in the garage. Big bowl O’Sallit has been consumed for dinner, so all is right with the world. **Sari** , "do a Monk?? I’m guessing it has something to do with the TV show with the same name, but??? **Nut** , just curious…the difference between a greengrocers and a supermarket is…?? **Bumba** , according to Wikipedia, “The word diarrhea is from the Ancient Greek διάρροια from διά dia “through” and ῥέω rheo “flow”.” So blame the Greeks. **Sunny** , I want to take this kind of cruise (S. America/Antarctica), but I’m waiting for my 70th birthday (it’s a 70 years/7 continents thing). Since the trip is fairly rare (compared, say, to the Caribbean), might not give too many discounts. Hope they do. OK, need to restock the dishwasher and maybe do stuff. Have a good evening all. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/153 "2020-03-19T23:59:23Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > It looks like my sister has COVID-19. They won’t test her because she hasn’t travelled (and they don’t have enough kits). She’s a teacher and we’ve had community cases here. She’s got pneumonia-like symptoms. They won’t let her go into a healthcare facility unless she gets worse and the family is supposed to be under quarantine. > > For the record, I hate this very much. {{{{{Sunny and sister}}}}} ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/154 "2020-03-20T00:03:10Z")
Hoookaaay, just after I finished my last post I heard, from out the window, the sound of tires squealing, then thud, thud, crunch, and the warbling of police sirens. I hoped that my car, and that of my tenant, had not been hit, and ran outside. Based on what I saw in the yard someone was coming from the south, and didn’t cleanly make a right turn, to the east. Came up a little way onto my yard, clipped the telephone pole, taking of their driver’s mirror, and went on. Cops came back and picked up the pieces, and asked if the house had been damaged. It hadn’t, but it was close. Doesn’t seem like the cops are returning, they said they were the ones chasing whoever it was. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/155 "2020-03-20T00:19:52Z")
Actually, it must have been the passenger mirror, but still. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/156 "2020-03-20T00:31:37Z")
So I had to venture out to buy a battery for roomie’s truck. The Chik-Fil-a in the center only has 3 cars in it, and the Porn place across from it was open, but empty.:eek: {{{{ **Dots** }}}} feel better! But good for improvising. {{{{ **Sunny** and **bSunnySis** }}}} red, I gotta hit the Sto tomorrow, as well. Imma gonna get up and go in at opening. **Cupcakes** , :eek: ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/157 "2020-03-20T01:15:47Z")
Howdy Y’all! I have spent a fair part of the day contactin’, or attemptin’ to contact, folks on my church list to contact. Is that a world record for the number of times contact is used in a sentence? 😃 I will continue this tomorrow. The county has closed all parks, restaurants can do only take out, drive-thru, and delivery, all gatherings of ten or more people are banned (includin’ church services), theaters, bowlin’ alleys, bars, and other public venues are closed, all gyms are closed, and all grocery stores and retailers can only have 25 percent store occupancy and no more than 50 people inside at a time for at least the next seven days. DANG! **MOOOOOOM** your tale of that place of numerous restaurants reminds me of a place here that was a Po’ Folks, then a steak house, then a buffet place, then a nightclub, and then a comedy club all of which failed. It got remodeled and turned into a Likker Sto’ and has been open ever since. So, that place needs to become a likker sto’. SUCCESS!!! ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/158 "2020-03-20T01:26:18Z")
I did a Bad Thing today. NPR reported that Italy, which has massive infections and deaths from the corona virus, (they have the oldest population in Europe, share food and mess with each other a lot) was “On a war footing with the corona virus”. When I heard that on the radio, I said, “They are changing sides?” Footnote: When Italy surrendered in WWII, they agreed to fight for the Allies, despite horrible conditions in their cities, where starving women were prostituting themselves for packages of cigarettes they could sell on the black market. Yes, I am very, very bad. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/159 "2020-03-20T02:23:42Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy Y’all! I have spent a fair part of the day contactin’, or attemptin’ to contact, folks on my church list to contact. Is that a world record for the number of times contact is used in a sentence? 😃 I will continue this tomorrow. The county has closed all parks, restaurants can do only take out, drive-thru, and delivery, all gatherings of ten or more people are banned (includin’ church services), theaters, bowlin’ alleys, bars, and other public venues are closed, all gyms are closed, and all grocery stores and retailers can only have 25 percent store occupancy and no more than 50 people inside at a time for at least the next seven days. DANG! > > **MOOOOOOM** your tale of that place of numerous restaurants reminds me of a place here that was a Po’ Folks, then a steak house, then a buffet place, then a nightclub, and then a comedy club all of which failed. It got remodeled and turned into a Likker Sto’ and has been open ever since. So, that place needs to become a likker sto’. SUCCESS!!! When I lived in Madison, TN (north side of Nashville), we had one of those restaurants too. It went through a bunch of incarnations of Chinese places, a Korean BBQ, a catfish place, a Picadilly’s and a mom & pop place before finally becoming a thrift store, which it still is. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575/160 "2020-03-20T10:16:51Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 85 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. Not much goin’ on today. I shall continue to contact folks via phone, but nuttin’ else planned outside of that. Sup shall be salmon patties, peas, smashed N.O.T. and bizkits due to both a gnawin’ and a cravin’ and it bein’ a Firday in Lent. Now I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. Then, onward into the day! What fresh horrifyin’ hell awaits? Rah! Happy Firday Y’all! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-quarantined-in-the-mmp/849575.md?page=9)