# The "I guess I'm the first one up" MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 11, 2011, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607 "2011-07-11T10:24:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/21 "2011-07-11T16:02:04Z")
Happy MMP! It’s still Monday morning where I am too, thank goodness. My daughter just called me from the laundry room and is feeling too tired to go to the grocery store. I can’t really go by myself - I won’t be able to get many things if I do. Maybe if she rests up a bit, she’ll be able to go. We don’t like going out in the afternoon - it’s just too HOT then, and there’s not enough shade along the way. LOL Speaking of hot, it has been right hot here, but now it’s the monsoon season - yesterday we got a bit of rain, but it was all rather quick and dried up rapidly. We need the rain badly, although not too much too quickly in the burn areas. ☹ There was too much going on yesterday - thunder, etc. - for me to get to the pool, so I’m hoping to make it there today. I think we’ll be having teriyaki chicken wings tonight. Must remember to pull the chicken out of the freezer, though! Have a great day all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/22 "2011-07-11T16:15:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Did I share this [LOL](http://cheezburger.com/View/4960008960) in the last MMP? That’s great. My only ‘news’ I posted the recipe for at the tail end of the last MMP. I like it, my parents don’t really. Been working hard to get ready for RenFaire this weekend. I still have to get my bloomers finished. I’ve got an embroidery project to work on while I’m there as well. ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/23 "2011-07-11T16:59:22Z")
Supposed to be up over 105 heat index here. Thank God for AC. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/24 "2011-07-11T18:27:26Z")
Due to a fast moving B.A. storm, the power was out at work juuuuuust long enough for the place to heat up. So I came into work, where I usually am cold, wearing long sleeves and it was warm and humid. Might as well be outside. Fortunately it’s cooling off now. Monday blurf. ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/25 "2011-07-11T18:39:22Z")
I’m back! The Dope isn’t blocked at work! (At least for today.) And my new analyst is up to speed enough that I actually have time once in a while. It’s amazing. And I just signed a time-off request for the first time. It’s weird being the boss! Thanks for the LOL, **rosie**. I hadn’t seen that pic, and I love it. I’m behind in everyone’s news… what are you doing in Albuquerque, **herbs**? Can you provide a synopsis of your news, **shiny cat**? Anything else that I missed while I was gone? ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/26 "2011-07-11T18:42:36Z")
Culinary Boy and I just got back from a two-hour wander around downtown. It is \*\*HOT \*\*today. I must’ve sweated off about three pounds. Have any of y’all seen [Fax Ca](http://youtu.be/kVgaSLfMRdk)t yet? I can’t remember if I’ve posted that here or not. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/27 "2011-07-11T18:43:36Z")
> [@taxi78cab](#): > > Can you provide a synopsis of your news, **shiny cat**? Anything else that I missed while I was gone? 😃 I just posted a [yummy recipe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14008130&postcount=196) for ginger lemonade and pointed out that that’s an altered recipe that I haven’t completely tested (in that it calls for two limes and I’m not sure if that’s too much or not enough). ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/28 "2011-07-11T18:47:18Z")
All this weather talk got me curious… Well, here’s our lovely forecast. Mon 97° Feels Like: 112° Tue 97° Feels Like: 112° Wed 97° Feels Like: 112° Thu 96° Feels Like: 109° Fri 95° Feels Like: 103° Sat 97° Feels Like: 105° Sun 97° Feels Like: 107° When I retire it’ll be somewhere well north of here. Any recs? For our green thumbs, found [this](http://books.google.com/books?id=WKODt-ZnT50C&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=italian+cypress+correct+lean&source=bl&ots=cfR0r1x89y&sig=0UFveF-YMkb3wRBRC3VVDAYN1so&hl=en&ei=ixcbTo21C4qesQL5qrzCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false) neat link on Mediterranean Gardening today. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/29 "2011-07-11T18:48:09Z")
Hi\*\* taxi!\*\* It’s good to see you again. Well, it seems I’m the winner of a grand prize for a drawing I didn’t even know I had entered. Actually, I was automatically entered via use of my store club card and buying a certain product. It’s not really my prize until husband and I sign and send in notarized afadavits and we have to do that by the 18th. It’s a nice enough prize, although I’d rather have had the cash. Unfortunately, they don’t do cash conversions. I don’t really feel like I can say anything until all the paperwork is done, but will be sure to fill you in when I can. I still need to talk to my husband about it anyway. I am tired and I don’t know why. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/30 "2011-07-11T18:53:38Z")
Everything kind of hit the fan last week. My family sank to new depths of dysfunction, such that I received an apology from the Patriarch himself. I have never known him to apologize for anything, ever, so that was somewhat momentous. I am now looking for a new job in earnest. There’s lots of tough competition out there, but I do have an edge: I currently have a job. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/31 "2011-07-11T19:20:38Z")
Hello! : waves : Last week was a busy week in the new job. This week is more of the same but I still hate it. But at least I have a job so I am grateful for that. We went and cleaned the new house this weekend. According to the leasing agent the house had been professionaly cleaned - no way had that happened. And no way have the carpets been cleaned either so I have someone coming to clean the carpets on Saturday. Next on the list is get someone to come spray for bugs. I don’t do bugs or spiders and there were lots. : shudder : In other news 9 working days til vacation! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/32 "2011-07-11T20:43:51Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > All this weather talk got me curious… Well, here’s our lovely forecast. > > Mon 97° Feels Like: 112° > Tue 97° Feels Like: 112° > Wed 97° Feels Like: 112° > Thu 96° Feels Like: 109° > Fri 95° Feels Like: 103° > Sat 97° Feels Like: 105° > Sun 97° Feels Like: 107° > > When I retire it’ll be somewhere well north of here. Any recs? > > For our green thumbs, found [this](http://books.google.com/books?id=WKODt-ZnT50C&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=italian+cypress+correct+lean&source=bl&ots=cfR0r1x89y&sig=0UFveF-YMkb3wRBRC3VVDAYN1so&hl=en&ei=ixcbTo21C4qesQL5qrzCBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CDkQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false) neat link on Mediterranean Gardening today. ::Whimper:: ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/33 "2011-07-11T20:54:55Z")
Home, thoroughly exhausted. I didn’t fall asleep till after 1 this morning, and the alarm went off at 5 - I don’t do well with less than 4 hours of sleep… I had my exit interview with the CO and senior civilian today. Told 'em what I thought about a few things (don’t worry, I was diplomatic) and they took notes. We chatted about half an hour and I made sure to say really nice things about my boss, because I ❤ him very much - as a boss, of course. \*\*FCD \*\*doesn’t feel much like eating which is good because I don’t feel much like cooking - I’m thinking it’ll be a 'mater sammich night for me -I loves me 'mater sammiches. And it’ll be an early bedtime for me, too. Hope I can last till 8 at least. Incidentally, **lieu** , you should move into my neighborhood when you retire and we can hang out and chase kids off our lawns! 😃 Happy Monday! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/34 "2011-07-11T20:59:00Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > 😃 I just posted a [yummy recipe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14008130&postcount=196) \ Nice! 🙂 Hi **Taters**! It’s good to be back. Good luck with the job hunt **shadow**. And the family stuff. Sounds… interesting. It’s been in the 90s and humid here too. And the automatic thermostat wasn’t set right so our house was 82 when I got up this morning. Ugh. For the foodies in the group, this recipe for [grilled lasagna](http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/grilled-lasagna-recipe/index.html) is _amazing_. We’ve had it twice in about two weeks. And Smitten Kitchen’s [lighter-than-air chocolate cake](http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/03/the-best-chocolate-cake-expletive-free/) is also awesome. I made that Saturday. I’ve been wanting to try it, but it calls for a dozen eggs, and that’s hard to justify. But KT visited a friend on Friday, and she has chickens and ducks and sent him home with a dozen eggs from each, plus I already had 10 eggs in the fridge. So with 34 eggs to use up, it suddenly seemed to make sense. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/35 "2011-07-11T21:38:58Z")
The Health of the Spaz Family Update: My grandma’s in the hospital with a broken foot because some genius at the nursing home thought it would be a good idea to take her permanent cast off and she fell. My grandma’s in her early 90’s so that’s not good. Word from my uncle is she’ll be back home in a week. Meanwhile my cousin with the brain injury has been home for three weeks and she’s eating real food again. [Here’s the latest update from her husband.](http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/victoriamoon) This has been The Health of the Spaz Family Update. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/36 "2011-07-11T22:13:48Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Culinary Boy and I just got back from a two-hour wander around downtown. It is \*\*HOT \*\*today. I must’ve sweated off about three pounds. > > Have any of y’all seen [Fax Ca](http://youtu.be/kVgaSLfMRdk)t yet? I can’t remember if I’ve posted that here or not. Now we can hear what [fax cat was thinking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK1D3bZhRs&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/37 "2011-07-11T22:31:29Z")
**ShinyCat:** a technical question. Would you happen to know how an Amurrkin men’s shoe size of 10 1/2 translates to Oriental size? I want to order a set of Kung Fu slippers, and I have no idea what size I wear. I wear my old TKD shoes around the house, and they’re absolutely shot. Kung Fu slippers appear to cost considerably less… ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/38 "2011-07-11T23:17:37Z")
Howdy Y’all! Poke tenderloin, fresh snap peas, mac & cheese and rolls for dindin. 'Twas nummy! I grilled the tenderloin with just a little liquid smoke and some kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper. Tender, juicy, smokey… just right! 😃 Sorry about your grandma **Spaz** but yay for your cousin! Good luck on the job hunt **shadow**. The family stuff does indeed sound interestin’. **ShinyCat** the lemonade recipe sounds yum. It needs to go in the blog. **mmmmmms** I have a bugman for that very reason. I do not want creepy crawly critters in da cave. :eek: **MOOOOOOM** big juicy mater sammiches that you have to eat while standin’ over the sink are one of the best parts of summer. MMMMMMM… **Taters** I bet it’s a pony! Ok, off to snoop around a bit. Later Y’all! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/39 "2011-07-11T23:55:02Z")
Not even close, **Swampy!** 😛 Good luck with job hunting, **Shadow!** I’m sorry about your g’ma,\*\* Spaz.\*\* Oh what the hell, it’s not like they told me I couldn’t spill the beans. Of course, this is all dependent on my getting our release and eligibility affidavits back on time and them not finding any reason to disqualify us: We’ve won concert tickets, a flight to any city in the lower 48 states with a LiveNation concert venue, a one night stay in a hotel, concert merchandise and a gift card. It’s worth a pretty penny. Apparently, because I bought Coke products last month, and used my club card, I was automatically entered. I never win anything, so I’m kind of shocked, really. I’m sure there will be restrictions on which concerts we can go to, and I’m curious to see what they are. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607/40 "2011-07-12T01:02:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Now we can hear what [fax cat was thinking](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSK1D3bZhRs&feature=related) Howdy all. i’ve had the worst day of my f$%^king life today but this made it all better. Glad Monday is almost over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-guess-im-the-first-one-up-mmp/588607.md?page=3)