# Tales from the MMP - Influencing The Market **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 18, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800 "2011-04-18T04:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/121 "2011-04-21T01:50:00Z")
Heh. **Soapy** wins _Best Use of Spoiler_. šŸ˜ƒ My grandmother had that kind of pressure cooker, too, **swampy**. But I think hers had soup or something like that in it when it exploded. Also decorated the ceiling. Rather entertaining day in\*\* taxi\*\*-land. Howā€™s the management thing going? That sounds really stressful, **Taters**. And annoying. Hang in there. Hope you have a great vacation, **BooFae**. _ **Happy Anniversary** _ to the **picus**! Long day at work. Meetings from 8:30-4 with only about 15 minutes to grab lunch because I failed to pack lunch. I left at 4:30 because I was tired and had had quite enough of everything. Am going to knit for a bit more, then itā€™s off to sleepy-bye. Hugs. GT ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/122 "2011-04-21T03:31:21Z")
Happy Hump Day! I am back from Tulsa. Yay! having the worst birthday ever. Boo! It was also mine and **mr ems** third anniversary yesterday. Reason for worst birthday ever - last week it all kicked off around Thursday evening **mr ems** had to haul ass to TX and is still there as his mom was taken into the hospital after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and her breathing went downhill. She has had several breathing treatments and her first round of chemo and got home last night. Radiation next week. She is feeling good especially since they have her on Oxygen and her breathing has improved. Follow up appointment on May 2nd. With the chemo they have given her 6 months. ā˜¹ All this meant all birthday plans cancelled. We were supposed to be meeting my bestest and oldest friend in Vegas on Sunday, Grand Canyon on Saturday and other assorted merriment. And then **mr ems** didnā€™t call to even wish be Happy Birthday until I reminded him ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/123 "2011-04-21T03:53:54Z")
My mom had a pressure cooker of exploding pinto beans. She replaced it, but didnā€™t use it nearly as often. Four more workdays until vacation! Woo hoo! St. Louis, here I come! **ems** , sorry to hear about \*\*mr emsā€™ \*\*mom. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/124 "2011-04-21T06:30:51Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > I was the subject of a Mod [weenie whacking](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=605216)meself yesterday, so youā€™re in good company. > > You need to read the whole thread to get the context, but the action starts at #25. That is a lot of reading. I learned CPR both ways and Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™ll get it wrong regardless. Also: rear end (and some front end :eek:) sounds have a -ffff. -ppp is mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/125 "2011-04-21T06:33:21Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > \*\*Twix \*\* > > - ā€œNeighborsā€, in case you didnā€™t get it from looking at my ā€œLocationā€ field, meaning Are you by any chance in the same Hebrew-speaking, Middle Eastern country that Iā€™m in? ā˜¹ No. But I am an insomniac. I wish we were neighbors and you lived in DENVER! ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/126 "2011-04-21T06:36:38Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > \*\*Twix \*\*- I think I speak for the entire MMP community when I say that nobody else ā€œheardā€ any attack in **CP** ā€™s post. Youā€™re the Mod and itā€™s your call, butā€¦ I respectfully submit that you blew this one. > > Dude, wasting this line on a _ **happily** _ married woman is, wellā€¦, a waste. šŸ˜› > Happy **Picu** versary, BTW šŸ™‚ > > Keee-yute! > Also (assuming youā€™re not lying about the lookalikedness)ā€¦ how _you_ doinā€™? šŸ˜‰ > (yes, I know ā€“ flirting. Married women. Waste. See aboveā€¦ So sue me :D) > > Bolding mine ā€“ does that mean, perhaps, that weā€™re (essentially) neighbors?\* 'Cos **that** would be cool! > Also, you can keep all the milk and bittersweet chocolate to yourself, but Iā€™m calling dibs on any white chocolate you have lying aroundā€¦ > > - ā€œNeighborsā€, in case you didnā€™t get it from looking at my ā€œLocationā€ field, meaning Are you by any chance in the same Hebrew-speaking, Middle Eastern country that Iā€™m in? oops double post! little computer errorā€¦my laptop thing is all touchy and i keep hitting enter when iā€™m not entering. First: thanks for the thumbs dos: Not married. šŸ†’ y: ā€¦meet you in the JDate chat room at 8pm? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/127 "2011-04-21T06:50:26Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > ā˜¹ > > No. But I am an insomniac. I wish we were neighbors and you lived in DENVER! Never been to Denver. Now have a reason to visit šŸ™‚ > [@CitizenPained](#): > > oops double post! little computer errorā€¦my laptop thing is all touchy and i keep hitting enter when iā€™m not entering. > > First: thanks for the thumbs > dos: Not married. šŸ†’ > y: ā€¦meet you in the JDate chat room at 8pm? :eek: Soā€¦ the Good News is ā€“ I wasnā€™t actually _wasting_ that line on ya šŸ˜‰ Bad news isā€¦ **one** of us **is** married. :eek: ā˜¹ Truth to be told, Iā€™m just ā€œstaying in shape,ā€ as it were, in the Sport of Flirtingā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Not that it will stop me from flirting some more in the future. Iā€™m incorrigible like that šŸ˜‰ Just donā€™t take me \*\*\*too \*\*\*seriously, OK? [/Full Disclosure] ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/128 "2011-04-21T07:38:38Z")
Iā€™m a great Maverick! A great wingwoman. I will keep you in shape. Itā€™s by default that I flirt with everyone. I flirt with women, too. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/129 "2011-04-21T07:45:26Z")
Morning all! I am packed and ready to go. Just got to get the cats in their travel boxes for the run to the cattery in an hour, then we can drop their boxes back here and put our bags in the car then head off to sunny Manchester to the airport. I am _so_ ready for a break. Have fun, and donā€™t make too much mess while Iā€™m gone. Yes, **Lunch** , Iā€™m looking at youā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/130 "2011-04-21T10:21:39Z")
Gā€™morning all, and happy Thursday. Have a great vacay, **BooFae**! šŸ™‚ Iā€™m caffeinated and brekkied and ready to go to work. What Iā€™ll be able to do when Iā€™m there is another story, though ā€¦ I only hope that Iā€™ll get my old HD back. With all my settings in tact. šŸ™‚ ::crosses fingers and knocks on wood three times:: One more to go after today, woo hoo! šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/131 "2011-04-21T10:30:42Z")
Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffienatinā€™. _YAWN_ ā€˜Tis 65 Amurrkin out with a high in the low 90s and still waitinā€™ on the promised tboomers. Iā€™m gettinā€™ mighty impatient. **mmmmmms** sorry about the bday bust. Hereā€™s hopinā€™ for the best for Mr. mmmmms mom. Iā€™ll keep her, him and you in my thoughts and prayers. Sounds like heā€™s under a lot of stress with this, so, cut him a little slack. Aginā€™ parents and their health problems are no fun to deal with. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Swampyā€¦ > > BOOM!!! > > šŸ˜ƒ ::Hides Under Bed:: :eek: šŸ˜› I gather the bday was yesterday or so. However, just so I shall not be remissā€¦ \ CLEARING THROAT \ \*\* HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY DEEEAAARRR MMMMMMMMMMMMSSS!!! HAAAPPPYYY BIIIRRRTTTHHHDDDAAAYYY TOOOOOO YOUUUUUU!!! \*\* Today is Maundy Thursday. Iā€™d give a link to explain that but Iā€™m lazy and need more caffiene. So There! šŸ˜› Now off I go to seek said caffiene and to feed rumbly tummy prior to irk purtification. Happy Thursday Yā€™all! ETA: What the heck. Hereā€™s the wiki on [Maundy Thursday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday). ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/132 "2011-04-21T11:45:26Z")
Blurf[sup]3[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/133 "2011-04-21T12:02:09Z")
> [@CitizenPained](#): > > I will keep you in shape. That soundsā€¦ interesting šŸ†’ > [@](#): > > Itā€™s by default that I flirt with everyone. I was going to ask if you were me, but then I decided it would be even better if I said I **donā€™t** just flirt with just _ **anyone** _ šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜ƒ > [@](#): > > I flirt with women, too. Me too šŸ˜› Happy **MMM** sday! ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/134 "2011-04-21T12:10:20Z")
Well, dear, I clearly wouldā€™ve said yes. šŸ˜‰ ::hands Bob a Tums:: \* I hear it works for both sounds.\* ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/135 "2011-04-21T12:53:15Z")
Happy **MMMs** day, from me too! Morning all. Hey **Special1** : more posts from both of us in this MMP than weā€™ve done for awhile. Itā€™s a Passover miracleā€¦ **Swampy** , I love the word ā€œmaundyā€. Itā€™s a good sounding word. **CitizenPained** (for whom we have yet to find a satisfactory nick): I love Denver. When I lived in St. Louis we would go to Grand Junction all the time and spend a night or two in Denver. Cool city. Must now go give an exam to the poor unsuspecting students. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/136 "2011-04-21T12:57:07Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Hey **Special1** : more posts from both of us in this MMP than weā€™ve done for awhile. Itā€™s a Passover miracleā€¦ Or (at least for me) just Passover Vacation. It wasnā€™t really the physical time I needed, but rather a break from the craziness of life in order to get the Yearning to Post back. šŸ™‚ > [@](#): > > **CitizenPained** (for whom we have yet to find a satisfactory nick) **C&P**? or maybe use the full term ā€“ Cut&Pasteā€¦? šŸ˜ƒ (d&r) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/137 "2011-04-21T13:04:03Z")
**Soapy** itā€™s just another manic Maundy. šŸ˜ƒ I stole that from YP. Howdy from East Albeeeeeeny Medical Center where Iā€™m watchinā€™ people put up a chair rail. The place is beinā€™ remodeled. So, Iā€™m facinā€™ somebodyā€™s backside as he puts up the rail. Ummmā€¦ nice view! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/138 "2011-04-21T13:04:44Z")
> [@Noone\_Special](#): > > It wasnā€™t really the physical time I needed, but rather a break from the craziness of life in order to get the Yearning to Post back. šŸ™‚ I hear that. I know exactly what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/139 "2011-04-21T15:24:48Z")
Here! Busy! Happy Birthday to **mmssss** **rosieā€™s** sig! ---
**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:** [April 21, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800/140 "2011-04-21T16:21:22Z")
I love the word ā€˜catteryā€™. šŸ™‚ Donā€™t know why. Happy Birthday and Anniversary **MMMMmmmmmmm** , Sorry about the Mum-in-law. ā˜¹ Hope the kidlets are good today **LiLi** I knew a girl in Denver once, and thatā€™s all I dare say about that. šŸ˜ƒ I may finally get to mow the lawn today. All our neighbors mowed earlier in the week and are making us look bad. Our mower will only bag grass when it is bone dry, otherwise it clogs up and stalls. Gotta wait til the sun is well and truely UP though. Later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-from-the-mmp-influencing-the-market/578800.md?page=8)