# Summer Fun in the MMP!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 11, 2014, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291 "2014-08-11T10:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/201 "2014-08-15T02:45:32Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Some people and I use the term _people_ loosely need to learn how to close a door. > It’s times like this that I wish my father were still around because he knew how to teach somebody to close a door and you’d get your ass whupped if it took too long. > Obviously the male half was raised in a barn by a woman of ill repute, he has no manners, and he does not know how to close a door. > How hard is it to turn the knob, ease the door shut, release the knob, hear the click, and then give the door a gentle push to make sure it is latched? > Instead I get serenaded with slam, slam, slam SLAM!!! Loud enough that people I am talking to on the phone can hear it. > He’s supposed to be so damn smart but he doesn’t even know how to shut a door. > My father were alive he’d make him stand there and open and shut the door over and over until he learned to do it correctly. > My father worked a lot of doubles, triples and swing shifts - we learned at a young age how to be quiet. If daddy was home he was probably sleeping and you did not want to be the one to wake him. > > Do I sound irritated? I am irritated. > I got my mortgage package at 4pm. The mortgage guy wanted it back tonight. HA! I’m leaving tomorrow and he is leaving Saturday so the work needs to get processed. > The contract is 38 pages, my computer ran out of ink at page 30. I tried my other printer and it is also out of ink. It’s now 5pm and I have to log into work at 6pm and I am in no way in any condition to go out in public, not even to walmart. I don’t have time to shower and dress so I ask Sah-son to go with me and I’ll drop him off and he can run in. That idea goes over like a lead balloon but finally he agrees. I wrote on a piece of paper what I needed but I wrote the wrong numbers. I need black ink - and knowing how fucked up printers are - I also wanted color ink. The two numbers I wrote were for two different black ink cartridges, one regular, one long lasting. So I make it home with 10 minutes to spare and the damn printer won’t print. It just prints blank pages over and over. I had back to back calls at irk tonight so no time to play with the printer. Finally I get a chance to play with it, NOW it tells me I’m out of one of the colors and even though I am printing black and white documents I still have to have color ink. HMMM I wonder if the other black ink cartridge will fit in the blue cartridge spot??? > > I haven’t packed, and my friend wants me to her house by 11am - it is not going to happen. I am so frustrated and stressed trying to get everything done and I don’t want to piss her off but there is just no way in hell I am getting out of here at 10:30 tomorrow morning. I have to irk 8:30 - 10:30. I will not be ready that early. > > So now the plan is to get up early and be to office depot when they open at 7am to get the ink I need and hopefully get everything printed, signed, scanned and sent. > I suppose I should pack but I’m too aggravated to do anything more than bitch. > > Damn **BBBobbio** it never ends does it > > The way things are going I am going to have to go back for more surgery too. I’m getting damn fed up with non-stop bleeding. I know TMI but at least it isn’t as bad as before but dammit I’m tired of it. Just one more aggravation. > > I swear the damn dog better sleep tonight. {{{{ **sari** }}}} ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/202 "2014-08-15T03:19:53Z")
Godzilla was painful. Very very painful. I remember Starter Boyfriend and I watched it at the campus theater in '99 and talking about how stupid it was. The sixteen intervening years have only concentrated the stupidity and made it even more annoying. I do like how every landmark in New York was destroyed \*except \*the Twin Towers. Oh look, my tiny computer spider is back and this time she’s playing with her webspinners! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/203 "2014-08-15T05:44:01Z")
FCM - have a great trip! Sari - enjoy the shore. Hope the dog is ok. Bobbio - I hope bile duct gets cleared up. Today was first day of school for Sunny-son. We got a call at 4:45 pm YESTERDAY telling us that he was switched to a new school. This was a _good_ thing but very short notice. I had spent the week fighting with the district trying to find out which school he was going to, so it was good to know. Conversations included gems like, “we have no record of your son being in special education” (?!). Durned strange. I met with the head of special education last spring, he has a 504, a testing plan, we’re switching to an IEP, etc, etc. Anyhoo… So new school today and first signs are very encouraging. Finger, toes and everything else crossed. Or I’ll be borrowing the spiders. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/204 "2014-08-15T10:02:31Z")
Spousal unit broke his windshield yesterday - his own fault - he was screwing around with it. So he had to go to the dealer for a replacement. The new one is much nicer than the aftermarket version he had, but probably more $$$ - I didn’t ask. Apple cake was yum - in fact, I had some just now for breakfast. I finished the shawl last night, and I’ll start another tonight. All of the stuff I ordered for my trip has come in, so yay! And today I turn in the modem that connects the phone and get a regular modem that’ll cost less per month. Stoopit metrocast won’t let us use our own modem, which I would have bought if I could have. Oh well, it’s just $5/month and if it dies, they owe us one, so there’s that. It’s mid-50s at the moment - I’m actually chilly! We might see 80 today, so I may not have to close up the house again. We shall see. I hope to get some laundry done - \*\*FCD \*\*has been going thru t-shirts like crazy. Working in his shop is apparently a sweaty evolution. And so it goes. Happy Firday!! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/205 "2014-08-15T10:08:49Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up, caffienated, and dressed even so no _YAWNS_. ‘Tis \ 69! \ Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 95 for the day and low (for around heah anyways) humidity even. Why am I up and dressed on a day off you ask ? Ima go meet OYKW for brekkie in a little while at IHOP just cause. I am wearin’ shorts and a tshirt because I can. After that, who knows. I might come back to da cave and go back to sleep. Or not. It’s a willy-nilly day for da bear! 😃 **{{{Sari}}}** hope today is a better one for ya. **BBBobbio** hope they do the surgery soonest and it’s the last one. **sunny** yay for new school for the kidlet. Hope everything goes well. Ok, Ima get off’n these here intartoobz and betake myself to IHOP. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/206 "2014-08-15T12:11:16Z")
Happy Firday! It’s in the 50s so nice and cool. I’m postponing my trip to the ocean, I will either drive myself down later today or I will ride down with my friends husband tomorrow morning. She told me a trick to try with my printer, if that doesn’t work then it’s off to office depot for the color ink. I guess I should order some kodak ink today too. The kodak printer is much better than the epsom. Sah-dog only got me up once, at 3:30, however I’ve been up since then. Just as well I’ll be here a bit longer, this way I can keep an eye on him. I’m cleaned up and read to go out but now I’ll wait and go get the ink after irk. Sorry I dumped on y’all- my last nerves are being plucked. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/207 "2014-08-15T12:22:50Z")
That’s all right, sari. It’s what we’re here for. I did a marathon t-shirt cutting session yesterday (making more “tarn” for future potholders and coasters, possibly another rug). My arms and wrists are paying the price today. I did get about five shirts cut and rolled into balls and I trimmed down some sleeves into something I can use, so I was productive. I’ll wait a couple of days before I tackle the rest in the bag. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/208 "2014-08-15T12:28:43Z")
Howdy Y’all! After we had brekkie, OYKW headed for irk and I made a stop by :eek: Wally\*World :eek: bein’ as I was right there and all. Anywho I got some foodstuffs and now it’s all put away. I think I shall commence mowage in a bit bein’ as it’s relatively coolish and dry out. I got some nice lookin’ ribeye steaks at :eek: Wally\*World :eek: and have two of ‘em marinatin’ for dindin tonight. Two more are in the fridge to be marinated on Sunday as Moanday will be men’s night over to the church house. I feel so efficient! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/209 "2014-08-15T12:38:25Z")
Mawnin all and Happy Freyaday I have had a hellish irk week,hence my lack of postin. Coffee and nourishment required. Cheers **Jim** ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/210 "2014-08-15T13:36:02Z")
Up and caffeinated. 67 outside this morning, it feel like hockey weather. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/211 "2014-08-15T14:27:28Z")
**{{{{{{{{{Bobbio}}}}}}}}}** ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/212 "2014-08-15T14:37:28Z")
**(((((BBBobbio)))))** **Sari** , if you can’t come in here and vent, where can you? I have plenty of ninja spiders in training so just shout up if you need a box sent over your way. Yesterday was a bit of a 'mare one way or another. I’m trying to do a job that isn’t necessarily my responsibility but someone has to do it but the person who should do it is off sick for two weeks, maybe longer. If it doesn’t get done, it will hold me up tremendously when I get back from my holiday so I need something sorted out. Can I get answers out of people? Can I? Bah! I should have had yesterday’s Sri Lankan trooper on a piece of elastic so he could have just kept bopping someone in the face until they answered the question. Today has been better but that’s because it’s Friday and I have ceased to care. Not a single rat’s ass will be given today, which will no doubt make the rat population very happy. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/213 "2014-08-15T14:40:16Z")
I don’t know how anyone can gather up the courage to drive a car. I tried driving by myself for the very first time this morning, and had 2 panic attacks on the way to my destination. Oh well, at least I didn’t panic on the way home… ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/214 "2014-08-15T15:06:53Z")
That just sucks, **Bobbio.** I hope this is the last surgery and I hope that this time, there aren’t any issues. I’m waiting to hear how much my husband’s car will cost for repair. We were supposed to get a final number yesterday, but it didn’t happen. Last we heard, we were looking at around three grand. That’s three grand I really don’t happen to have sitting around, so I will have to tap our line of credit, and that makes me very unhappy. Money that was supposed to have arrived from some closed accounts of MiL’s has not yet arrived and it was what we were counting on to pay this bill. The fact that the it should have been here two weeks ago, but because the investment dude screwed up, makes me extremely irritated. There’s more, so much more, but I’m going to leave it at that. I need a vacation from my life, not just work. I hope your oceanside getaway is nice, \*\*sari. \*\* ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/215 "2014-08-15T15:23:24Z")
**{{{BBBobbio}}}** \*\*Midget \*\*- driving is mostly a skill like any other - it gets easier with practice. Baby steps, sweetie! Home from erranding. New modem is installed and working - yay! \*\*FCD \*\*bought some stuff he needs to finish some electrical work on his bike. I’m thinking about mowing, but not thinking too hard. 😃 Maybe tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/216 "2014-08-15T16:00:23Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I slept through the night the last THREE nights in a row. If I woke up, I don’t remember: probably sipped some water, perhaps got up to pee, and if so, apparently conked right back out. I feel like I won the lottery or something. 😃 > > Oh, I know what I won: consecutive decent nights’ sleep. > > - shakes, kisses, and rolls dice \* I’m going for four. Mission accomplished. Why I had a random weeping meltdown this morning, I do not know. Sorry, New Guy; I’m usually stronger than that. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/217 "2014-08-15T16:02:43Z")
Howdy Y’all! Da bear has been productive! Mowage of OYKW’s and da cave yahd has occured. I made a sallit for tonight’s dindin and baked up some N.O.T. Those are now twice baked N.O.T., two for tonight and six more coolin’ down for a bit before they go into the freezer for later. I have also showered, had a sammich and am enjoyin’ a refreshin’ glass of strawberry-lemonade as I post. Go Me! The rest of the day shall be frittered cause well, I deserve to fritter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/218 "2014-08-15T16:17:13Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I don’t know how anyone can gather up the courage to drive a car. I tried driving by myself for the very first time this morning, and had 2 panic attacks on the way to my destination. Oh well, at least I didn’t panic on the way home… I thought even in Canada you needed a driver’s license. If this was the very first time you drove and nobody got hurt or property damaged, you’re a natural-born driver. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/219 "2014-08-15T16:18:16Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The rest of the day shall be frittered cause well, I deserve to fritter. 😃 Apple frittered? Mmmmm, apple fritters. I’ve done my weekly necessity shopping and I even :eek::eek:washed Polly Subaru:eek::eek: again. I’ve decided to make this a monthly thing because my car looks better as a Pretty Polly. There was knackwurst on sale at Aldi today, so I picked up a pack and a jar of sauerkraut. I’m letting my German side make lunch today. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 15, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291/220 "2014-08-15T16:24:02Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > I thought even in Canada you needed a driver’s license. If this was the very first time you drove and nobody got hurt or property damaged, you’re a natural-born driver. I have my license. I took driving lessons and passed the final exam somehow. It’s just that even while taking lessons, I never practiced very much, and haven’t driven all that much since getting my license, and it was always with other people in the car. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/summer-fun-in-the-mmp/695291.md?page=12)