# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/21 "2014-09-15T16:19:22Z")
Dang, I’ve forgotten nearly everyone’s nicks. **Sah-person** , I know that you’re not going to do anything about it. But it could be that someone’s loan didn’t go through or other weirdness. When selling my Mom’s house, the inspection found a couple of problems that needed to be fixed. We got a price of a bit more than $10k and proceeded with the fixing. But the buyer had a pet contractor in tow because she wanted to immediately add a room to the house. PC gave her an estimate to fix it of nearly $30k. So she called off the deal, eating the earnest money, because we were obviously getting it done too cheaply and she just couldn’t trust it. **Spaz** , here’s another promise to hit the LJ after work. Sending healing vibes for you thumb. **Nut** , hope the job goes well and that you’re awake by then. I don’t know if this counts as a life hack or not, but it’s a little thing that I noticed that I appreciate and that amuses me. Background, the household has two dogs and a back yard with a lot of dirt. I may have mentioned that my son bug bombed the house mumblety weeks ago. It was a sudden decision and in prep he put up a big pop-up shade, cobbled up a table out of a sheet of plywood, rolled in the grill and prepared for a picnic dinner and jigsaw puzzles for the duration of the insecticide. The pop-up stayed up when it was over. It’s been used once since then. The amusing thing is that the dogs now think of the pop-up area as part of the house (or the den, depending) because they saw us sit and eat in it and the table is still there. They used to poop in that area pretty regularly. Now they won’t. Not at all. We’ve also been doing house repairs and additional areas of the back yard are being used for a prep area. My son built a raised, wheeled garden and parked it in the back yard part of the driveway. They have stopped pooping in those areas, too. This has greatly reduced the search and collect part of de-pooping the back yard. Since I’m the one who does that, it’s made my life easier. Add that to my management of the dog that isn’t mine’s procilvities,\* and this is the easiest that the doggie part of keeping up the back yard has ever been. I’m not going to ask that the pop-up be taken down any time soon. Oh, I discovered that my phone has a built in weather ap. It was set to the wrong town but after much fiddling, I’ve reset it. It’s 73 degrees in Stockton. (The setting for Phoenix didn’t take. I’ll work on that.) - He has a big urge to poop ON things. I’ve taken to making small piles of leaves for him to satisfy that urge with. He can really tell when the pile is new. It makes other things in the yard safer. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/22 "2014-09-15T17:27:43Z")
**spaz** , when you’re out getting bandages, pick up some dish gloves too; they’ll make you a bit less uncomfortable for the duration. I’ll check out your LJ later today. I’m back at irk for at least a few days. I came in this morning to one of my owner areas being an inventory mess, but it beats slow days. ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/23 "2014-09-15T17:38:52Z")
Well my agent just called me and of course NOW there is a problem. On a good note the seller of the above mentioned house called my agent on Friday to tell me my offer had been accepted - like three months after I put it in. So of this one falls through I’ll go back to that one. It seems the house I am buying is part of an estate shared by 4 sisters. Now one of the sisters is objecting to how the funds are being dispersed. I said shouldn’t all this have been worked out BEFORE they put the house on the market? Supposedly it was but now one sister wants to raise a fuss about it. Of course this has NOTHING to do with me, what they do with the funds is not my problem or business but the title company wants it worked out because they don’t want the bitch sister (and yes I’m calling her a bitch that she waits until 4 days before settlement to say anything) to be able to come back and make a claim on the house. So one set of lawyers is talking to another set of lawyers and it has to be resolved in 48 hours. I feel like telling them to fix it NOW or I am walking away and suing them for the inconvenience. Maybe I shouldn’t take it personally but I am and I don’t like being fucked with. It’s just shitty to wait until the last minute to start this shit. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/24 "2014-09-15T17:41:46Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > You’re going out with a [roller derby queen](http://youtu.be/hD7UqK2GZko)? 😃 Not far off the mark **Jim** ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/25 "2014-09-15T17:45:14Z")
_Fascinating unmarried doll not far from you to please you all night long!_ Yesterday it was a cat, today it is a doll. Unmarried too. The people who send out this stuff need to have all ten fingers broken, with a sledge hammer that will shatter them into teeny tiny pieces that can never be put back together. ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/26 "2014-09-15T17:58:18Z")
**Sari** dang! Here’s hopin’ they get it all worked out soonest. Ya’d think they would want to move and fast. Bitch sister is entirely appropriate. Bitch sister the drama queen even more so appropriate. **Spaz** ouchie! Hope thumb is all healed soonest. We’ve been wheelin’ and dealin’ on how to get stuff done today. Earlier today I had a meetin’ with both [del]minions[/del] assistants via phone. Remember one is at another location. There are folks that need to be moved to new host agencies as well as new folks to bring on and they are scattered all over the place. Thus we have been figurin’ out how to get it all done by the end of September. Let me say again, it’s so nice to irk with two people who don’t whine and moan but jump in to get stuff done. Amongst us all, we have it figured out. Gonna be a lot of runnin’ but everybody’s game. Plus, here in the orifice, new carpet is gettin’ put down beginnin’ this Firday after irk and also on next Moanday evenin’. So, we have stuff that must be packed in boxes, such as computers, etc. The carpet layers will move stuff in boxes but will not themselves move unboxed stuff. Go figure. So the two of us here must do that on Firday and Moanday and then unbox it all and re-set up stuff when it’s all over. Gonna be a fun time this week and next week. Heck, the week after too. So, how’s everybody else doin’ this fine Moanday? ---
**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 15, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/27 "2014-09-15T17:58:43Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > _Fascinating unmarried doll not far from you to please you all night long!_ > Yesterday it was a cat, today it is a doll. Unmarried too. > The people who send out this stuff need to have all ten fingers broken, with a sledge hammer that will shatter them into teeny tiny pieces that can never be put back together. Is her name Barbie? Was she raised in a cabbage patch? Yeah, I could see lots of little girls wanting to respond. 😃 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/28 "2014-09-15T18:11:47Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > So one set of lawyers is talking to another set of lawyers and it has to be resolved in 48 hours. I feel like telling them to fix it NOW or I am walking away and suing them for the inconvenience. Excellent plan. Make sure they know it, and stick to it. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/29 "2014-09-15T18:18:59Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > Excellent plan. Make sure they know it, and stick to it. The more I think about it the madder I’m getting. I’ve put out $1000 in inspections and appraisals so not only do I want my deposit back, I want all that money back and more. I’m not paying for their bullshit. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/30 "2014-09-15T18:33:41Z")
Well I just heard from the mortgage company and my loan is officially approved. ---
**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 15, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/31 "2014-09-15T18:52:27Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The more I think about it the madder I’m getting. > > I’ve put out $1000 in inspections and appraisals so not only do I want my deposit back, I want all that money back and more. I’m not paying for their bullshit. [Go get 'em!](http://youtu.be/V92OBNsQgxU) 😃 ---
**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:** [September 15, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/32 "2014-09-15T19:18:06Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Well I just heard from the mortgage company and my loan is officially approved. Woot woot Now get outta there and start enjoying your new house, shortly. **Jim** ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/33 "2014-09-15T20:08:39Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The more I think about it the madder I’m getting. > > I’ve put out $1000 in inspections and appraisals so not only do I want my deposit back, I want all that money back and more. I’m not paying for their bullshit. **Sari** , As I said last week: Picture yourself near a stream. Birds are singing in the crisp, cool mountain air… > [@SpazCat](#): > > [Go get 'em!](http://youtu.be/V92OBNsQgxU) 😃 **The YouTube Walk:** If you click on that link, the fourth suggestion down on the right is for a 3:07 redition of “\*[Star Wars- The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme) \*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzWSJG93P8)”. If you click to view that, the new second suggestion down, which has been viewed over one million times is for basically the [same thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbWOVfY-rxU), but a :eek:\*\*10 hour \*\* :eek: long version. :eek: Is this what the CIA is using in place of waterboarding these days??? ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/34 "2014-09-15T20:10:57Z")
Howdy from da cave! Moanday is over. YAY!!! Tonight is men’s night over to the church house but we’re not goin’. I have steaks all marinated, but I just don’t feel like bein’ anywhere. Tummy is better but I fill a little iffyish still. I told OYKW I’d have steak and beer all ready for him if’n he wanted to go, but he said he’d just as soon not go either. So, we won’t. Since the steak mood is not upon us tonight, we shall do sammiches for dindin. The steak need to be eaten in a couple of days, so maybe tomorrow will be more of a steak day. Plus it’s all cloudy and dreary out and hopefully will be rainy soon. **Sari** YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! So, the bitch sister drama queen got out of her snit I take it. ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/35 "2014-09-15T20:15:45Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Woot woot > > Now get outta there and start enjoying your new house, shortly. > > **Jim** If the other issue clears up. **Spidey** I’d like to hunt the sister down and beat her with a stick. I was supposed to get a call from the title company and I haven’t. Maybe it’s been resolved already because the title company was going to call the sister and tell her what is what. **Spaz** I was thinking more along the lines of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo) except that song is just way too upbeat ---
**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 15, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/36 "2014-09-15T20:24:21Z")
Laundry is done, and I bought a new pair of pants. Gordie had his afternoon walk. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Well I just heard from the mortgage company and my loan is officially approved. Yay! > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The more I think about it the madder I’m getting. > > I’ve put out $1000 in inspections and appraisals so not only do I want my deposit back, I want all that money back and more. I’m not paying for their bullshit. I would. Go get 'em! ---
**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 15, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/37 "2014-09-15T21:28:50Z")
Here’s the latest on **MOOOOOOM’S** life as a [del]pirate[/del] tourist on the high seas. > [@MOOOOOOM](#): > > After losing a day in Iceland and being stuck on the ship, it was nice to get ashore, even if I was drizzly. But by the time we were boarding our bus, it seemed the rain was over and it started to brighten. We even had some sunshine on and off during the afternoon. Huzzah!! It was chilly and we needed our hats at a couple of stops (I used the day at sea to crochet myself one) but it wasn’t nearly as windy and cold as our stop near the Arctic Circle at Akureyri. > > We left around 10, so the morning rush hour was over, and we drove thru a bit of Reykjavik before heading north, then south and east, I think. Our first stop was in the mountains at Lake Kleifarvatn – a large lake surrounded by lava formations. Some were barren, others were covered in moss or small vegetation. I picked up a hunk of lava for my daughter (I’m such a thoughtful Mommy) and took a bunch of photos. I know I said this about Akureyri, but this country is a geologist’s dream! Based on my limited knowledge based on stuff I’ve seen on TV, I could guess a bit at where and how the lava flowed, and there were areas where different strata were obvious, as well as fissures and some interesting formations. And all black! As it erodes, it creates black sand along the shoreline – so unlike the sugary-white sand along the Gulf of Mexico. > > As we were driving, we encountered a road grader – they just gravelate (yes, it’s a word, trust me!!) the lava and spread it along the roadways. In more developed areas, they have asphalt paving, but where we were, it was all black gravel. In fact, on the way back, we passed a gravel quarry – they were just carving out the side of one of the lava mountains. If someone came up with a commercial use for this lava, Iceland would be a rich as an oil nation! > > From the lake, we drove to its southern end near Krysuvik – a geothermal area. Tho not as actively dramatic as Namaskard in northern Iceland, nor as strongly sulfurous, there were still steam vents, bubbling pools, and colorful mineral deposits. They’d build paths and decks to afford great photo ops. Mom and I took a few videos to show the bubbling, the steam, and the water flowing down eventually to the sea. Plus tons of pictures – again, Daughter will get some teaching aids thanks to her wonderful Mommy. Since it had rained, walking was a bit slippery, but there were few handrails, so we just took it slowly and got back to the bus without damage. > > Back to the bus again, back down the mountain, and back on to paved roads, and we were soon driving along the southern coast of the island. The surf was really rough, but I don’t know if our photos thru the bus windows were any good. Along this area, the lava rock was mostly covered in a thick coat of moss. So there were patches of hard, sharp black rocks amid blankets of soft green. Our guide said in the past, attempts had been made to introduce agriculture in this area, since the Gulf Stream keeps it relatively warm, but the growing season is much too short for substantial crops. In some areas, they take advantage of the geothermal resources and grow some veggies in greenhouses. I understand they even grow bananas, but they take 2 years to ripen because of the long, dark winters. > > We passed the state prison, but this guide, as well as the one we had up north, said crime here is very low. Of course the entire national population is around 320,000, so it’d be tough to be anonymous in your crimes. And the prison was pretty unimpressive – a chain link fence within a chain link fence surrounding a couple of buildings. Our guide claimed in the past, the prisoners were permitted out on Saturday nights to go dancing. He didn’t sound like he was kidding, but I couldn’t see his face, so who knows. > > A bit further on, we crossed a bridge that divided a lagoon from the North Atlantic, then we turned into the town of Stokkseyri, a fishing center settled in 900AD by Vikings. We stopped at a restaurant (the dining room that was a yurt) that specialized in langostine (small lobster) which they boiled up with potatoes. The lobster tails were the size of jumbo shrimp, but the shells were definitely those of lobster. And they were YUMMY!!! They also served salad greens, cucumbers and tomatoes in a very light vinaigrette, and couscous. No dessert, tho – neither place in Iceland where we lunched had dessert. And our guide said they’re famous for their ice cream. I think they were being stingy!! But they weren’t stingy with the lobster! We came away stuffed. > > On the way back to the ship, we drove thru Eyrarbakki, a small coastal village. I’m assuming it was to give us a closer look at the way people live, but we didn’t stop and the guide didn’t say a lot – we just drove thru. We returned to Reykjavik via a slightly different route and got back to the ship around 2:30. A few people got off to wander thru the city, but we were pretty worn out and it was mostly overcast and chilly. Besides, we didn’t want to shop, and one city is pretty much like another, right? > > The next 3 days, we’ll be at sea, so unless something exciting happens, you won’t hear from me again til Sep 19 when we’re done in St. John’s Newfoundland. This is the last week of the cruise, and I’m ready for it to be done. All this relaxation is making me antsy. I’m tired of climbing in and out of busses, I’m tired of navigating around slow seniors, I’m tired of telling the same stories over and over to new people. I miss my sweetie, I miss my kittehs, I even miss Higgs. One week to go… > > MWAH!! ---
**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 15, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/38 "2014-09-15T22:20:30Z")
Ask her about the icebergs, dammit. There _must_ be icebergs near ICELAND! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/39 "2014-09-15T22:25:53Z")
“Being stuck on the ship”? I wouldn’t mind that. Last year, we were tempted by a crazy-cheap offer of a repositioning cruise to move a ship from the Bahamas to Europe. Six days at sea for the Atlantic crossing from Florida to Rome. Six days of no schedules? No phones? No Facebook stupidity? Yes, please! I think all that really kept us away was needing to get back home from Rome. The one-way airfare was more expensive than a week in a balcony stateroom. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529/40 "2014-09-15T22:49:51Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Well my agent just called me and of course NOW there is a problem. > \ > So one set of lawyers is talking to another set of lawyers and it has to be resolved in 48 hours. I feel like telling them to fix it NOW or I am walking away and suing them for the inconvenience. > Maybe I shouldn’t take it personally but I am and I don’t like being fucked with. It’s just shitty to wait until the last minute to start this shit. > [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > Excellent plan. Make sure they know it, and stick to it. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > The more I think about it the madder I’m getting. > > I’ve put out $1000 in inspections and appraisals so not only do I want my deposit back, I want all that money back and more. I’m not paying for their bullshit. > [@SpazCat](#): > > [Go get 'em!](http://youtu.be/V92OBNsQgxU) 😃 You want her to “Kill da Wabbit”? > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Well I just heard from the mortgage company and my loan is officially approved. At last. Some good news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epically-continuing-mmp/698529.md?page=3)