# 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:** 8
**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 18, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/141 "2016-03-18T03:07:57Z")
My friend\* offered me suite tixs to the Suxers game tonight. As I had other plans, I turned them down…bad mistake. ::shudder:: Did not have any Irish whiskey today as I wasn’t any place that serves it. **Ruble** , is a good bottle of Scotch from a geographically close enough location to qualify as celebrating the day? - If he was a _good_ friend he wouldn’t have even offered them to me. :dubious: ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/142 "2016-03-18T03:43:06Z")
Today wasn’t so bad as far as days go. I got a little bit done outside but it was too chilly and windy to do too much. Sah-son got some interesting emails from the college but he won’t even consider any of them. He’s been invited to join a fraternity. He’s been invited to come in and talk about joining the naval reserves. There’s an event being held at a local park for his astronomy class. It’s not required but he can earn some extra credit. Families are invited, there will be high powered telescopes, some guest speakers, and hands on things for the kids. His answers are NO, HELL NO, and NO. I’m going to try to drag him to the event at the park. I’m hungry, but if I eat this close to bedtime my stomach will hurt half the night. ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/143 "2016-03-18T04:17:44Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Did not have any Irish whiskey today as I wasn’t any place that serves it. **Ruble** , is a good bottle of Scotch from a geographically close enough location to qualify as celebrating the day? What the heck to I know? I’m Siberian and brew potato juice in my coal cellar! 😉 But in honor of the day I present the greatest Irish song ever written and the Irish-American National Anthem [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/pnETGmc3dhg/hqdefault.jpg "Amish Outlaws JUMP AROUND LIVE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnETGmc3dhg) ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/144 "2016-03-18T04:27:44Z")
[quote=“kopek, post:143, topic:748958”] What the heck to I know? I’m Siberian and brew potato juice in my coal cellar! 😉 But in honor of the day I present the greatest Irish song ever written and the Irish-American National Anthem [/QUOTE] [This](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBa-5gZRHJ8) is the Irish National Anthem. (NSFW)😃 And if you are an Irish bad, you have to cover [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBngMfSwbxo) ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/145 "2016-03-18T10:02:48Z")
It is THE END!!! _\_ I brought in a tote bag for all my personal stuff. I’ve got a list so I don’t forget anything. I intend to be outta here by 9, unless the boss-person screws me over. I’ll go talk to him in a bit. So, in a few short hours, I’ll be in WalMart!! WOOHOO!!! 😃 Does that sound as pathetic to you as it does to me? Happy Firday! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/146 "2016-03-18T10:11:21Z")
Happy last day at unwork, **FCM**! Some of this company’s policies read like a compilation of “pet peeves different managers had”. - no music copied into company computers - no streaming - no unauthorized computing systems at work Maybe they hope we’ll start a chorus? Rammstein, Metallica, Mago de Oz and Queen, a capella… ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/147 "2016-03-18T10:38:58Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 56 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 76 and rain/tstorms/apocalypse. We shall also have a major cool down to sixty on Sunday and Moanday with temps risin’ back to more normal after that. Right now the prediction for Easter is rain. We shall see. Today is irk from home day. YAY! I need to catch up on case notes and as per usual, do some on-line trainin’. I am currently up to date but I know there’s some in queue with due dates as early as mid next week so might as well get a jump on ‘em. Also, I have a conference call this mornin’. Rah. OK, that’s all I got. I need more caffeine and rumbly tummy demands sustenance. I suppose I should purtify a bit as well. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/148 "2016-03-18T11:01:58Z")
I have shredded. I have packed my personal items. I have purged most of my assorted links - logging off this site will be the last thing I do before I go - if I forget, I’ll have to change my password… so don’t forget!! Dunno how I’ll waste the next couple of hours. I need to find out from the boss if there’s anyone else I need to check out with besides turning in my CAC. I am \*soooooooooo \*done! ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/149 "2016-03-18T11:27:14Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Who is cooking Corned Beef and cabbage? I am. I am leaving irk early so I will have enough time to cook and still eat at a reasonable hour. If I leave irk at 3 that puts me home around 4 and the package the corned beef is in says it takes an hour a pound and the one I got is 2.77 pounds. Of course, I will be cooking it on the stovetop as there is not enough time for the crock pot. So I figure we can eat it around 7:30 ish. Here lately it has been later than that; by the time I get home, cook, clean the kitchen it has been 10 pm. So, 7:30 will be early-ish. I didn’t make corned beef and cabbage, but Airman, the sprog, and I went out with Airman’s father and stepmother. OM NOM NOM! Corned beefs are also crazy expensive; I’m going to wait until this weekend, when they go on sale for half-price. I’m alternating between “I think I’ve got the job! :D” and “Oh, Jesus, I blew it! :smack:” There’s some stuff that I have to do for my current job that I’m holding off on because it’s a waste of my and HR’s time if I do it and I leave. OTOH, if I don’t get the new job, I have to do it and explain why I took my sweet time. (Since this has to do with extracurricular activities, I’m actually inclined to tell HR to fuck right off, but that’s not advisable.) Half-day today to take yet another civil service exam. Yay. ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/150 "2016-03-18T11:50:47Z")
Boss just told me that if I get bored with the new job, there’s always a place for me here. Just warms the cockles of my heart… I’ll hang around another hour or so, then **poof** ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/151 "2016-03-18T12:08:40Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Got a short shif tonight ,since i had to cover another shift Wednesday. ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/152 "2016-03-18T12:11:41Z")
Happy Firday! I’ve been up since 4:30, tried to go back to sleep. I’ll be paying for it later. It’s a chilly 52 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 59. Not too cold. According to my phone app, we are supposed to get snow on Sunday. Today’s agenda is to irk and drive the kid to take his Astronomy mid-term. I also have to do something with the chicken and ground beef in the fridge. I bought too many frozen groceries and ran out of room in the freezer, so I put the chicken and ground beef in the fridge to thaw. I’ll probably bake the chicken with tomatoes, and make spaghetti or meatloaf with the ground beef. Happy Last Day! **FCM** Crossing fingers for **Rockin’** ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/153 "2016-03-18T12:47:38Z")
Perpetual Blurfage: The Saga Continues ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/154 "2016-03-18T13:30:13Z")
**Mooomm** Conga rats! 😃 To the ROW - blurf. Up late with Kid 1, refereeing homework (I don’t do it, but she needs watching, or she doesn’t do it either). Ttyl ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/155 "2016-03-18T13:44:33Z")
I almost never get sick, but it’s happened. And right in the middle of a heavy rehearsal season with my wind orchestra too. ☹ My wind-orchestra friends are already worried about me getting them sick, and I’m worried about getting them sick. And a bunch of my friends are having a party without me tomorrow night. ☹ I have to stay home because I don’t want to get anyone sick. Arrgh. Computer still in the shop. I think I’ll phone them today and see if it can be saved. ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/156 "2016-03-18T14:07:39Z")
**MOOOOOOM** did you do cartwheels on your way out this mornin’? 😃 **{{{Midget}}}** feel better soonest. I just lived through the conference call. Go Me! I reckon I should get back to catchin’ up on case notes._YAWN_ Soooooooooooo borin! ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/157 "2016-03-18T15:14:08Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > It is THE END!!! _\_ I will dance with joy in support! > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Boss just told me that if I get bored with the new job, there’s always a place for me here. Just warms the cockles of my heart… > > I’ll hang around another hour or so, then **poof** Quietly sing “Take This Job and Shove It” as you walk out. And remember rules 1, 3, 5 and 7 ---- no poofters! ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/158 "2016-03-18T15:21:44Z")
Home!!! YAAAAAYY!! I got most of the stuff I needed at WalMart. The guy doing our parking pads and new grass is almost done. I may just take my sweetie to lunch! 😃 Only forgot one thing - I meant to write “So long and thanks for all the fish” on my white board. Oh well… ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/159 "2016-03-18T15:54:08Z")
**Sari** , what time is dinner & can I park in your parking pad w/of fear of being towed when I come to eat all of that excess food? **Mooommm** ’s an unemployed slacker. 😛 ---
**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 18, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958/160 "2016-03-18T17:00:47Z")
Feel better, **Midget**! Off to work in a bit, unlike that slacker, **Mooommm!**.😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springing-forward-in-the-mmp/748958.md?page=9)