# The Epically Continuing MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 15, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529 "2014-09-15T03:47:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**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:** [September 20, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/221 "2014-09-20T22:34:22Z")
Didn’t sell enough at the craft fair to break even. I earned minus 10 dollars. Minus $11.50 if you count the coffee I bought in the afternoon to try to get rid of my big headache. Headache has been gone for a while, but when I got home I went on a massive sugar-and-junk-food binge because I felt bad. I do this too often. It’s why I’m overweight and probably destined to get bad diseases later (or sooner?) in life. I figure it’s better than what I used to do, which was to binge on booze. I can’t go on like this. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/222 "2014-09-20T22:47:17Z")
Hi honeys!!! I’m off the east coast of the US with one more day at sea ahead! I’ve got some internet minutes to burn, so you get them! Almost home!!! _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**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:** [September 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/223 "2014-09-20T23:42:10Z")
Hi **Moooooom**! _::quick, guys, ixnay on the isbee-fray game and put the coasters back!::_ ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/224 "2014-09-21T00:14:39Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Hi honeys!!! I’m off the east coast of the US with one more day at sea ahead! I’ve got some internet minutes to burn, so you get them! Almost home!!! _ **MWAH!!** _ We are glad that you survived the icebergs! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/225 "2014-09-21T00:36:55Z")
> [@missred](#): > > What time did you say supper was, **swampy**? 😃 > > I went to the girly doctor yesterday morning. She sent me straight across the street to the hospital. :eek: One surgery down and one to go. The one yesterday was to stop the bleeding (yay). The next one will be in the city instead of the local horsepistol. > > The funny part was when the admissions clerk was wheeling me to my room with my male friend , who like me, is old enough for an AARP card, she asked if this was our “first”. 😛 It was like. “I know I’m fat lady and the girly doc sent me over, but you only asked my birthdate three times while admitting me.” > > But I’m back home for a couple of days now. 🙂 Glad the 1st surgery went well. > [@swampbear](#): > > Dindin has been ingested. We done good! Also we be stuffded. The pound cake is as yummy as it looks, btw. Go Me! 😃 > > **Red** yay for successful surgery! So did you flash your AARP card and get a discount? She went for the Early Bird Surgery discount. 😉 > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Hi honeys!!! I’m off the east coast of the US with one more day at sea ahead! I’ve got some internet minutes to burn, so you get them! Almost home!!! _ **MWAH!!** _ Hey, **Moooommmm!** crap, everybody clean up the beer cans and send the dancing girls out the back door! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/226 "2014-09-21T00:37:47Z")
Gawddammit, Swampy, where did Spidey put the frigging coasters? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/227 "2014-09-21T01:24:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Gawddammit, Swampy, where did Spidey put the frigging coasters? : hand **Flytrap** a stack of coasters : ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/228 "2014-09-21T03:27:16Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > : hand **Flytrap** a stack of coasters : You swiped them from the Our Lady Of A Hundred And Forty Second Street Spaghetti Dinner, didn’t you? ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/229 "2014-09-21T03:36:51Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > You swiped them from the Our Lady Of A Hundred And Forty Second Street Spaghetti Dinner, didn’t you? Waffle House. Swiped them during a brawl. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/230 "2014-09-21T03:45:19Z")
Taking One For The Team Department… Don’t go to Target and buy the pumpkin spice M&Ms. AFAIK, they are exclusive to Target, so they’ll be fairly easy to avoid. Blugh! It’s more like a burnt cinnamon/nutmeg aftertaste than anything reminiscent of something I’d like to eat. Again, blugh! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/231 "2014-09-21T08:49:46Z")
Almost home I’m awake ridiculously early again because we as we move west, we keep gaining time, so our nights are longer. We’ll get our final hour tonight before landing in NYC tomorrow. Mom’s still asleep, and I’ve still got some internet minutes to burn, so why not send off a little epilogue? To steal a line from Forrest Gump, this trip was like a box of chocolates. It was a floating sampler with far too many goodies for such a short time. We stopped at 15 different ports, losing one due to weather. We never had much time in any one of them – never even 12 hours ashore in any one spot. There were tons of options for things to see and things to do, and not nearly enough time for any of them – just lots of little tastes, little hints, little teasers. I had several favorite stops, but it’s not fair to say I didn’t like certain places because there was simply no time to explore. We chose our shore excursions based on a few paragraphs on the cruise line’s website, and some were better descriptors than others. Based on what we know now, we’d have chosen differently. No huge regrets, just knowledge that “next time” we’d do something different. Not that there will be a next time. I’m pretty sure this was a once-in-a-lifetime trip for us. I would like to return to the British Isles and spend lots longer exploring by land – that’s on my list for when I hit the lottery. I know seeing the major port cities isn’t the same as seeing the country – as if you could know the US by visiting NYC, Norfolk, Galveston, LA, and Seattle – there’s too much in between that you miss. We never set foot in Wales, so that’s a whole country yet to be experienced! For me, I think the best day and with the best trip was Akureyri, Iceland. A big part of that was our guide, but it was also our first stop on an amazing island. I’d go back to Iceland in a heartbeat. And Guernsey – we just spent a few hours in St. Peter Port – never getting into the countryside. Same with Lerwick in the Shetlands – gee, I’m sounding obsessed with islands… I’d have to say our trip in Bergen was the most disappointing, only because the boat ride in the fjord took up more than half of our time there. By the time we got back to the city, we barely had 30 minutes to see the sights there – knowing what I know now, we’d have stayed in the city and explored on our own that whole day. But who knew?? My other regret is that I missed the Northern Lights. I didn’t find out about the solar storm till the morning after everyone had seen the Lights. The next two nights were cloudy, and nothing was ever said ship-wide, so I missed out. On the other hand, we’ve got official certificates signed by the commodore and the cruise director to prove that we crossed the Arctic Circle – suitable for framing and everything!! And today is our last day. Mostly, our plans are to finish packing, double-checking everything so we don’t leave anything behind. Our bags are to go out in the hall when we go to dinner, and tomorrow at 10, we assemble one final time in the Michelangelo dining room to be released from the ship. We’ll find our bags, go thru customs, then find \*\*FCD \*\*and head home. Later this morning, The Princess Bride is being shown on the outdoor movie screen – Mom has never seen it so I’m hoping it won’t be too chilly to sit out there and watch. At 2 this afternoon, Chris Watkins will perform one last time for this cruise. We hope to see him, but he’s so popular, there might not be enough space. And we may or may not attend tonight’s final performance in the theater. In some ways, I can’t believe it’s over so soon. In other ways, it feels as if it’s gone on forever (usually when waiting in line for a tour bus.) I’m glad Mom and I had the chance to do this – it’s the longest time we’ve spent together since I left home over 40 years ago. She’s now looking at her Caribbean cruise in January, and I’m looking forward to sleeping in an adult sized bed that doesn’t suddenly pitch and shake in the middle of the night, as well as a shower where I can raise my arms to wash my hair without the shower curtain sticking to my elbow. (I’m not being snarky here, but I honestly wonder how some of the people I saw aboard were able to fit in the shower stall. I had to turn off the water and open the curtain so I could prop a foot on the toilet and scrub my leg properly.) I’ll miss having my meals prepared, served, and cleaned up afterwards. I won’t miss the sense of vertigo as I walked the long hallways when the ship was rocking ever-so-slightly – no problems with motion sickness, but feeling the floor rise and fall underfoot while trying to negotiate a narrow corridor full of stewards’ carts, well, that did set me off-balance a few times. Thank goodness for the grab bars along the way. It’s closing in on 6AM Atlantic Time – one hours away from Eastern. Our cabin faces west, so it’s still dark, but I expect the sky is lighter on the other side of the ship. Once I get this sent off, I’ll get into the cramped little shower stall and prepare for the day. Almost back to real life. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/232 "2014-09-21T10:19:31Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 64 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 89 for the day. Fall like weather is slowly creepin’ in on us. I told y’all **MOOOOOOM** was gettin’ closer. Put [quick, put these out before she notices they’re gone!](http://www.pinterest.com/pin/359584351468073185/) Ok, that’s all I got. I need more caffiene and rumbly tummy wants to be fed. Then, purtification for deheathenization must commence. Happy Sunday Y’all! ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/233 "2014-09-21T11:50:53Z")
It’s Hockey Season!!! Also ECU detroyed UNC 70-41. As a ABCD guy, this makes me happy. Up, caffeinated, getting ready for the 1st brunch tailgate of the year.🙂 Hi, **Moooommmmm!!!** ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/234 "2014-09-21T12:26:45Z")
Happy Sunday! Happy start of Hockey Season! It’s a foggy 56 degrees outside. Hey\*\* Moooommmmm\*\* I need some more sleep. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/235 "2014-09-21T12:50:56Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Also ECU destroyed UNC 70-41. As a ABCD guy, this makes me happy. **doggio** , bearer of good news! 😃 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/236 "2014-09-21T13:06:57Z")
[This is why I love the local news out of South Carolina.](http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26577029/report-brothers-attack-each-other-with-stick-in-fight-over-stolen-okra) This story may be relevant to my .sig line. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/237 "2014-09-21T13:19:09Z")
Howdy Y’all! We are officially deheathenated. We snuck down to one of the [other Whiskypalian churches](https://www.google.com/#q=st+paul's+episcopal+church+albany+ga) and attended the eight o’ clock Rite I service. I like me a good ol’ Rite I service every once in a while. OYKW was like, ok if you want. Thus about ten thirty, we shall take ourselves over to the local good seafood place for brunch or an early N.O.L. whichever it may be. > [@SpazCat](#): > > [This is why I love the local news out of South Carolina.](http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26577029/report-brothers-attack-each-other-with-stick-in-fight-over-stolen-okra) > > This story may be relevant to my .sig line. Stealin’ okra is an offense worthy of bein’ beat with a stick. Since it’s the start of hockey season, mayhaps with a hockey stick 😃 ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/238 "2014-09-21T13:29:24Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [This is why I love the local news out of South Carolina.](http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26577029/report-brothers-attack-each-other-with-stick-in-fight-over-stolen-okra) > > This story may be relevant to my .sig line. “South Carolina: too small to be a nation ,too large to be an insane asylum”-Some Civil War South Carolina Legislator > [@swampbear](#): > > Howdy Y’all! We are officially deheathenated. We snuck down to one of the [other Whiskypalian churches](https://www.google.com/#q=st+paul's+episcopal+church+albany+ga) and attended the eight o’ clock Rite I service. I like me a good ol’ Rite I service every once in a while. OYKW was like, ok if you want. Thus about ten thirty, we shall take ourselves over to the local good seafood place for brunch or an early N.O.L. whichever it may be. > Stealin’ okra is an offense worthy of bein’ beat with a stick. Since it’s the start of hockey season, mayhaps with a hockey stick 😃 yeah, because then you just go to the box for two minutes, feel shame, them go free.😃 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/239 "2014-09-21T13:34:32Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > [This is why I love the local news out of South Carolina.](http://www.foxcarolina.com/story/26577029/report-brothers-attack-each-other-with-stick-in-fight-over-stolen-okra) > > This story may be relevant to my .sig line. [QUOTE=the article] a fight broke out and injured them both [/QUOTE] So neither brother is to blame. The fight should have been arrested. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/240 "2014-09-21T13:44:45Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Gawddammit, Swampy, where did Spidey put the frigging coasters? I ain’t tellin’!!! Bwahahaha. Hello \*\*Midget \*\* ::waves:: From NY-VT border Passport is home, though The next city north: Montreal, 250k Done flights, heading South. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529.md?page=13)