# Springing Forward in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 14, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958 "2016-03-14T08:24:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/81 "2016-03-16T14:33:14Z")
The handyman is supposed to be coming by to hang the curtain bars. Yes, I can do my own curtain-bar-hanging, or at least I usually can. But this house has the boxes into which the built-in rolling binds roll on the inside, which makes hanging the bars a lot more complicated than when the box isn’t in the way. So, handyman. I’ve been told that getting Real Curtains is a sign of maturity. Given I’m closer to 50 than 40 I think it may be ok… ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/82 "2016-03-16T14:37:45Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > **Ruble** , you drive East, I’ll drive West for a mini-Mumperfest. Between our _wonderful_ influences she won’t have any doubt about that background check…she’ll be sure to fail! :eek: > Seriously, good luck, **Robyn**. Same from me ----- and it reminds me to let one and all know Knoebels opens April 30. I’ll be there both Saturday and Sunday in case any area (say 200 miles) Mumpers are going to be there. Hey look ---- for me ANY amusement park within 200 miles is “in the area”. 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/83 "2016-03-16T14:45:23Z")
Howdy all. Irk is cutting into my mumping time.😃 Our phones have been out at irk for a week today. :smack: We have been very busy conducting business with cell phones. Not an ideal situation. Since my office number is the one listed on the Air show website I am missing tons of call for that. Just got dink list for Active shooter training and my name is on it. Off to do the training. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/84 "2016-03-16T15:16:03Z")
I had to do that active shooter training, too. Yesterday was our deadline. Forced to do it by \>\< that much!!! Lunch time! I want chocolate, but our vending machine is empty. Bummer. It’s so hard to be me!!! _\_ ---
**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:** [March 16, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/85 "2016-03-16T15:24:06Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I had to do that active shooter training, too. Yesterday was our deadline. Forced to do it by \>\< that much!!! > > Lunch time! I want chocolate, but our vending machine is empty. Bummer. It’s so hard to be me!!! _\_ Oh shit, RUN! **Moommm** doesn’t have any chocolate & she’s freshly trained in how to be an active shooter. Don’t think she’s gonna be nice (damnit) much longer. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/86 "2016-03-16T15:47:08Z")
No, **Spidey** , you butthead! I’m trained in how to avoid active shooters! 😛 If you’d witnessed my one and only experience in a shooting range (during OCS) you’d not worry about me with a gun at all. But I could qualify as a Stormtrooper in Star Wars! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/87 "2016-03-16T16:51:16Z")
DH and the newly nutless dog are both recovering. Meanwhile, I’m counting down the hours that I have left to put up with this heart monitor thing. The glue has been making me itchy! ---
**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 16, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/88 "2016-03-16T17:11:46Z")
When you get home, **gotti** , olive oil does wonders to take the goo off your skin. And if you have any on your back, DH can help! 😛 I’ve discovered that if I take action on a trend that I spot, the project becomes mine. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad one. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/89 "2016-03-16T18:42:33Z")
Oh, I’m still home - the joys of full-time telecommuting. I’m just supposed to have this thing on for another 48 hours. No idea what the glue is, but it’s meant to keep the device attached to me for two weeks through showers and regular daily activity, so it’s stronger than the usual bandage or tape. Fortunately, the maker provides an adhesive removal product. ---
**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 16, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/90 "2016-03-16T18:48:42Z")
**FCM** I read that as he was coming to take a crap. I took a little nap, weird dreams, now I’m all cleaned up and dressed to get groceries. I’m also hungry because I haven’t eaten yet. Suppose I should grab something quick before we leave. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/91 "2016-03-16T19:00:42Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*got an emergency appointment at the dentist and they discovered he has an infection under his crown. They referred him to another practice - I hope they take our insurance… I have to stop on the way home to pick up his antibiotics - all of this while his back is still healing. What a mess. ---
**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 16, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/92 "2016-03-16T19:55:31Z")
Howdy Y’all! Hump Day has been survived. Power was restored to the orifice around ten this mornin’. I went in for a couple hours this afternoon after I made my local rounds already scheduled for the day. A very busy day which is fine by me. Tonight is soup 'n sammich over to the church house so dindin is already planned. 😃 In other news, I have finally made the executive decision to retire at the end of July. I will most likely seek part-time employment after a couple or three months but I foresee bein’ a leisurely retired person for a little while. **gotti** glad DH and dawg are recoverin’. Here’s hopin’ everything is ok with you heart wise. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/93 "2016-03-16T20:52:56Z")
Retire?? You slacker!!! 😛 You’d better be planning a trek up this way so’s we can have a Mumpfest!!! Home. My sweetie is drugged. I don’t know what I’m going to have for supper - he’s going to eat soup. That pretty much sums it up. ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/94 "2016-03-17T00:15:49Z")
Howdy Y’all! Home from soup 'n sammich over to the church house. 'Twas good as always. There was a vegan soup tonight that was especially good. Plus we had ice cream! YAY! **MOOOOOOM** I will not be a slacker. I will be a grumpy old man. So There! 😛 ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/95 "2016-03-17T00:28:52Z")
Dinner was pork and kraut. Other than that its haircut night and some rest. ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/96 "2016-03-17T01:38:10Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy Y’all! Home from soup 'n sammich over to the church house. 'Twas good as always. There was a vegan soup tonight that was especially good. Plus we had ice cream! YAY! > > **MOOOOOOM** I will not be a slacker. I will be a grumpy old man. So There! 😛 Is your ambition to become the town character of large-and-in-charge Leesburg, Jawga? 😛 ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/97 "2016-03-17T01:49:34Z")
Where is everyone tonight? > [@kopek](#): > > Dinner was pork and kraut. Other than that its haircut night and some rest. No haircut, & you don’t wanna know what tonight’s training was, but definitely **not** restful! Dinner _is_ leftover pasta & [Garlic parmesan pretzel crisps](http://pretzelcrisps.com/flavor/garlic-parmesan/), washed down with a [Pumking](http://www.lostinthebeeraisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Southern-Tier-Pumking-1.jpg), then the last of the apple pie & whatever else I forage for when I get up. **red** , I thought he already was! I shall now play [Carnac](https://bluejayblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/johnnycarson-carnacthemagnificent.jpg) & predict that **Mooommm** will go to visit her Mom this weekend; just a [hunch](https://www.insomniacookies.com/new/locations/state/MD). 😃 Greatest. Idea. Evah! Sadly, I’m just outside of delivery zone. ☹ ---
**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 17, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/98 "2016-03-17T02:43:59Z")
Just got home from work. Not a bad day, although at the end the insane lady thought I was accusing her of stealing because I looked at her for one second.:dubious: > [@Nava](#): > > **kopek** ’s people delivered the adapters Amish Bikers? Roller coaster Riders? Viqueens fans?:dubious: > [@swampbear](#): > > **MOOOOOOM** I will not be a slacker. I will be a grumpy old man. So There! 😛 I suddenly have a desire to drive to Jawja, and stand on your lawn. :p:D ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/99 "2016-03-17T06:34:44Z")
Dam this foot ---- oooops - too late. > [@Spiderman](#): > > Where is everyone tonight? > > **red** , I thought he already was! > > I shall now play [Carnac](https://bluejayblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/johnnycarson-carnacthemagnificent.jpg) ( May the fleas of a thousand camels nest in **Flytraps** armpits. May a diseased yak get sick all over **Flytraps** carpet. May a weird Holy Man move in with **Flytraps** sister. May a crazed weightlifter clean and jerk **Flytraps** sister. I like this game; anyone else want to play? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 17, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/100 "2016-03-17T06:39:40Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Amish Bikers? Roller coaster Riders? Viqueens fans?:dubious: You forgot silly drunks. But in this case I think the intention was Amazonians who do NOT look like this. > **[Photo Storage](https://s243.photobucket.com/user/wolfpac2121/media/TheAmazonians.jpg.html)** > > Store your photos and videos online with secure storage from Photobucket. Available on iOS, Android and desktop. Securely backup your memories and sign up today! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958.md?page=6)