# The day-after-mothers-day MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 11, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574 "2020-05-11T09:27:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/101 "2020-05-14T11:14:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I started a thread about it, but you guys need to know **dropzone** has tested positive for COVID in his latest test. > He’s in the hospital. This is terrible news! he has been in such fragile health to begin with. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/102 "2020-05-14T12:30:01Z")
Morning all. Up early and all the trash is out and the bags replaced so I can start making more trash. May make myself presentable and do the little shopping I have early. Heading for 83F today so we’ll see if the AC gets a workout or not. **boofae** , Saturday dinner sounds nice, hope you are sober enough to make it… Keep feeling better, **swampy**. **Becks** , sorry to hear about dropzone, hope he comes through it alright. Considering the number of posters here at the Straight Dope, it isn’t surprising that some of us will face the COVID-19. Watching the Lake Shore Limited at rainy Elkhart, In on Virtual Railfan…so as it leaves and I send this, I’ll head for Krogers. Take care all. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/103 "2020-05-14T12:50:20Z")
While the household was asleep, I ran to Food Lion and the Amish market. Scored some local strawberries that smell amazing, but they better be for $5/qt! I also got some vinca - not sure if I’ll plant it in the pots or on the hill. Or somewhere else. Decisions, decisions… I pulled a poke roast out of the freezer - I’ll rotiss it for supper, along with fresh green beans-n-'shrooms-n-onions. And maybe I’ll bake a few russets. The sun has come out and it’s not hit 60 yet, but it will soon. I’ll make it outside eventually. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/104 "2020-05-14T13:34:24Z")
It sounds like it’s another {{anyone that wants one}} day. I know what you mean Shoe. I was sitting outside in the sun for a bit last week, after hanging out the washing, and some kitty I’ve not seen before suddenly appeared, meowed at me and ran up for attention, and I realised that’s the first contact I’ve had with a living thing that wasn’t a plant or a bug I’d had in weeks. I’m not the most sociable and huggy up people, but there’s a limit, y’know? Anyway, the Big Project hath been submitted. Now I think I might go out for a bit of a walk, as it’s sunny and pleasant outside. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/105 "2020-05-14T13:59:03Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*just video-called me. He’s in a room and he said they should discharge him on Monday - no rehab facility, so yay! If that schedule holds, I’ll drive up to Mom’s on Sunday, and claim him on Monday. Fingers crossed!! And huzzah for technology! If I can’t visit him, at least we can see each other. He even got to see Roxy. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/106 "2020-05-14T14:13:55Z")
My mouse has a crack in the cord. Also, my MacBook Pro doesn’t have a USB port so I have to use an adapter to plug it in. (It’s a multiport adapter, so it’s a little big.) Yesterday I received a rechargeable wireless mouse in the mail, along with an Apple USB-C to USB single port adapter. I’m not thrilled with the shape of the mouse. It’s low-profile, so it doesn’t have the traditional palm hump on the back. So far though, it’s working well. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/107 "2020-05-14T14:39:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I started a thread about it, but you guys need to know **dropzone** has tested positive for COVID in his latest test. > He’s in the hospital. Do we know how bad it is? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/108 "2020-05-14T14:42:39Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*FCD \*\*just video-called me. He’s in a room and he said they should discharge him on Monday - no rehab facility, so yay! If that schedule holds, I’ll drive up to Mom’s on Sunday, and claim him on Monday. Fingers crossed!! > > And huzzah for technology! If I can’t visit him, at least we can see each other. He even got to see Roxy. What wonderful, wonderful news about **FCD!** That made me smile real big!😃 Rehab facility was most likely cancelled because of the chance it could turn into a COVID swamp. Hopefully his discharge orders will include activity schedule and exercises. Ask about a video PT schedule! And I hereby aapoint Miss Roxie his rehab specialist! Walks with Grampa mandatory! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/109 "2020-05-14T15:27:27Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > After reading Cecil’s interesting column on the imprisonment of young women in Ireland, I went looking for some of the works he referenced. One of them was a book called “Sex in a Cold Climate”. A search on Amazon didn’t bring the referenced work, but one of the books that it _did_ bring up was entitled “There’s A Polar Vortex In My Butt And He Is Handsome”, by someone named Chuck Tingle. And no, I didn’t order it. Looks like it’s a documentary, not a book: [Sex in a Cold Climate at IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380703/) Also, you haven’t heard of Chuck Tingle? He’s a treasure - he started apparently with gay dinosaur/man porn, but his titles are often commentary Spoilered, because they’re all nsfw! Pounded In The Butt By This Hangover Oh My God I’m Never Drinking Again Except For Maybe On Rick’s Birthday And Then On That Trip This Weekend But Other Than That I’m Probably Never Drinking Again Pounded In The Butt By The Sentient Physical Manifestation Of My Slippery Slope Argument Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt Reamed By My Reaction To The Title Of This Book Monday Pounds Me In The Butt Slammed In The Butt By My Hugo Award Nomination Pounded In The Butt By My Book “Pounded In The Butt By My Book ‘Pounded In The Butt By My Book “Pounded In The Butt By My Book ‘Pounded In The Butt By My Own Butt’”’” Not Pounded At The Last Second Because Consent Can Be Given And Revoked At Any Moment And This Is A Wonderful Thing That’s Important To Understand Nice Guy Dinosaur Doesn’t Pound Me In The Butt Because I’m Not Interested And He’s Not Actually Nice He’s Just Annoying And Creepy And Doesn’t Respect … When I Tell Him We’re Not On A Date My Ass Is Haunted By The Handsome Ghost Of My Unsaved Data After A Computer Crash Not Pounded By Anything While I Practice Responsible Social Distancing And I hear he’s actually a good writer, too (That’s just the tip of the iceberg) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/110 "2020-05-14T15:31:39Z")
Happy Thorsday! It’s a cloudy 63 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 72. Lily came by for a playdate this morning. Usually her mom irks M-Th, but she got Thorsday off this week. What I don’t understand is, how did Echo know. I did everything this morning like I do on the days Lily isn’t coming. I stayed in bed for a while, no alarm, didn’t change into clothes, my lazy morning routine. Echo was going crazy, bouncing on and off the bed, whining, trying to get my to hurry up and get downstairs. She knew, I don’t know how, but she knew. I should do some irk in the yard today, but I doubt I will. I have a few phone calls to make. My son has most of his last paper done, so will be doing some proofreading. Yesterday I went upstairs while he was listening to the concert, I can only take Jazz in small doses. Too many horns. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/111 "2020-05-14T16:02:16Z")
**Sari** , Lily and Echo got along OK today? Good that the dogs don’t have to practice social distancing. **FCM** , good news on **FCD** , no rehab visit may mean things went better than expected–and like **Vow** said, it’ll lessen the chance of COVID-19 contamination. **Zyada** , (and BTW welcome, stick around awhile, we’ll come up with a MMP name for you), I’d heard of Chuck Tingle, never read anything by ‘him’ (I suspect there are several writers all under that pseudonym). Looking at his Wikipedia page, apparently he started out in “Dinosaur Porn…!!!” Humans is weird. Alabama is slowly coming back on-line, I just made an appointment at Great Clips, they were showing an 81 minute wait time, so I’ll look to be there about noon. Hair isn’t real bad but it’s been damn near 4 months so it needs some work. Mask will be worn, of course. BLT’s have been prepared and consumed, and Cook’s has checked the termite traps, so all is right with the world. Everyone take care now. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/112 "2020-05-14T16:18:30Z")
Afternoon. Gordie has apparently taken crazy pills this morning. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’ll drive up to Mom’s on Sunday, and claim him on Monday. Yay! But saved the clain ticket, right? > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Happy Thorsday! > > It’s a cloudy 63 degrees outside, supposed to get up to 72. > > Lily came by for a playdate this morning. Usually her mom irks M-Th, but she got Thorsday off this week. > What I don’t understand is, how did Echo know. I did everything this morning like I do on the days Lily isn’t coming. I stayed in bed for a while, no alarm, didn’t change into clothes, my lazy morning routine. > Echo was going crazy, bouncing on and off the bed, whining, trying to get my to hurry up and get downstairs. > She knew, I don’t know how, but she knew. ESP(Extra Sensory Pup-sention) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/113 "2020-05-14T16:35:36Z")
I saw on fb that thins are starting to open up here. I am so hoping the dog park is on the list. I’m waiting for a call back from the city. It’s funny that car washes are on the list, the car washes around here have been busy, and I don’t know why they would have to shut down anyway. People are usually pretty spread out there already. Lily and Echo got along very well today **MetalMouse**. I’m surprised Ripple didn’t go after Echo though, she grabed him by the scruff, dragged him backwards, and flipped him over. Echo is strong. Ripple takes it though, like it doesn’t even bother him. Lily’s mom was telling me that her ex came by, and Lily loves her ‘daddy’. Lily’s mom is raising her ex bf’s kids because he is an irresponsible drunk and their mother is a junkie, so her ex comes by her house a lot. Anyway Lily’s daddy came by one morning before they came over, and he tried to give Lily a cookie and play with her. She totally snubbed him and went to her leash because she wanted to come here. I think it may have hurt his feelings a bit, LOL. He already gets mad because Lily’s mom refers to Ripple as Lily’s bf. Lily was a little shy when she first came to the park and Ripple was her first friend. I will be so happy if the park opens tomorrow. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/114 "2020-05-14T16:58:06Z")
Once upon a keyboard dreary while I typed weak and weary there came a wrapping on my PC door Quoth the hamsters, “504” ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/115 "2020-05-14T17:47:40Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Once upon a keyboard dreary > while I typed weak and weary > there came a wrapping on my PC door > Quoth the hamsters, “504” LOL and in the good news department the city called me back and THE DOG PARK IS OPENING TOMORROW MORNING!!! The down side is I have to get used to getting up early again. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/116 "2020-05-14T17:49:58Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > And I hereby aapoint Miss Roxie his rehab specialist! Walks with Grampa mandatory! That’s BeePa! 😃 And we’re definitely going to have to work on her tendency to throw herself at him. She’s a very enthusiastic toddler! I just finished planting a bunch of iris, then I transplanted the volunteer petunias from the planters out front to the pots on the back porch. The front planters now just have mums, which won’t bloom for a while, but that’s fine. I may stick a couple of small hostas in them. I yanked up some poison ivy and I don’t think it touched skin - I was wearing gloves, and before I took them off, I scrubbed them with soapy water and rinsed them well. We shall see. One hunk of it was climbing up a tree and all of it came out of the beds where I plan to plant the hostas tomorrow. So that planting should be safer now. I also repaired the lid to my mom’s hamper. It’s a Longaberger and several of the teensy nails had popped out, leaving the wicker insert loose. So I used a few dabs of glue, and I found some teensy brads that seem to have done the job. Go me! 😃 Just got a call from the chaplain at the hospital - a rabbi, no less. Then again, it is Sinai Hospital. I don’t know if he even saw \*\*FCD \*\*- his comments seemed rather generic, but it was a nice gesture anyway. I guess. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/117 "2020-05-14T17:56:30Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Yay! But saved the clain ticket, right? Dammit, it was right here a minute ago… > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **FCM** , good news on **FCD** , no rehab visit may mean things went better than expected–and like **Vow** said, it’ll lessen the chance of COVID-19 contamination. I suspect it’s more COVID fears than a remarkable recovery on his part. Plus I think he told his doc he doesn’t want to go to rehab. And for all I know, BC/BS said they wouldn’t pay for it. No matter - I’d rather have him home. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/118 "2020-05-14T18:07:08Z")
I hope everybody whose back is out gets their mojo back soon, and that FCD’s back wil be all fixed up. Sorry to hear about **Drop**. We aren’t really buds, but I recognize and remember him. I hope he pulls through this. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The showerhead works GREAT y’all. I had it set to Hi-Power to wash the shampoo out of my hair, and went to go rinse out my undercarriage while I was at it. > > I _jumped_ it was actually too strong for the down-there bits, which is a problem I am more than happy to have, considering the unimpressive native water pressure. (The showerhead has a few settings; the lower one is fine for an undercarriage rinse, if anyone was worried.) > > But enough about that. I came to say … well, I don’t know if this is quite the right spot, but I need to put it SOMEwhere … at work today, I helped get something off a high shelf for a shorter lady. She thanked me nicely and we chatted a moment and she brushed my arm briefly - swatted me playfully, really - as we spoke. She caught herself right away, apologizing for touching me with a mortified expression on her face, and I assured her it was fine. Which it was. > > I was on my way to the potty anyway when she’d stopped me to ask for help, and when I got in, and shut the door … I suddenly burst out sobbing. Cried so hard I either forgot to pee or just dried out from the other end. I didn’t even understand why for a moment - which is disconcerting as all hell, lemme tell ya - until I realized it was simply the first human touch I’d had in weeks. > > Just that little brush of her fingertips. And I absolutely _lost_ it over that. > > I am a huge introvert; this quarantine lockdown has been basically a Tuesday for me. Working essential retail means interacting with a LOT of goddamn people, and most evenings I am “peopled out” by the time I get home anyway. > > But I knew I was kinda jonesing for a hug by now. I just didn’t realize I was _that_ bloody starved for what my old I.T Guy and I called “skin time,” though. > > Anyway, it was a helluva moment, and I just needed to tell someone it happened, for some reason. I said my goodbyes to some of my coworkers when I left and we jokingly did an air-hug (like an air-kiss, you know) and it was all I could do not to 'fess up and beg for a real one. > > C’mere, cat. You’ll do. (Plus, the purr is a nice bonus feature. I wish people could purr.) If you don’t mind, could you share the brand of showerhead and where you got it? We could use something like that. (Not for our naughty bits, but for basic people washing.) And I hear ya about the hugs. I’m a huge introvert too, but I do like a good hug. 😃 > [@missred](#): > > It could be that demographics of Mumpers is old and falling apart. 😛 Ummm… yeah. :dubious: We’re back at the big house for a few days. **Wifey** has gone to the office to work. Gibbs is celebrating being back by barking at stuff out the front windows that only he can see (maybe the invisible mole people have a contingent here). Vinnie is asleep on his bed. The grass has gotten along just fine without me and desperately needs a hair cut. Maybe tomorrow, if it dries out enough. I’m getting myself sorted for a day of errands. I need to go by the animal shelter, if they’ll let me in. I need to pick up prescriptions. I need to collect our mail from the Post Office annex, and get some groceries. I also need to call my barber and see if he’s working again yet. Annnd need to investigate sending back something I bought from Da Jungle. I’m gonna try to post this. Getting lots of time-outs. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/119 "2020-05-14T18:44:49Z")
It has rained so much last night and all day the animals are lining up two by two along the road. I do love me some rain. I want to go to the store as I have a hankering for either beef stew or a pot roast. I think it shall be beef stew given the weather. Now, just to get my ass in gear to go fetch it. All I need is the meat. And some tuna for the cat and whatever else looks good once I am there. I have been watching _The Handmaid’s Tail_. I don’t know if I will continue or not. Sort of violent. OK talked myself into going to the store. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574/120 "2020-05-14T18:56:05Z")
Great news about **FCD**. I have new ‘walking’ sandals. Chacas. Expensive. And stoopid! First time with them on, walking this morning. A stick jabbed me right in the arch of my foot. Bled allover my pricey new Chacas. Who had the brilliant idea that sandals were good for walking? And, why do I always buy into these things? Sometimes I shock myself, how dumb I can be! They look cute on, tho’ 😃 I sure hope I can get the blood stain out. I hope my foot don’t cause me problems. Gotta go weeding the garden. Y’all have a productive afternoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-day-after-mothers-day-mmp/853574.md?page=7)