# The "I haven't done this in a while, so here" MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 4, 2013, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986 "2013-03-04T11:05:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/61 "2013-03-05T11:21:58Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > **Spaz** , I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but I have a print of your favorite painting in my room. I would love to see the original. It’s surprisingly huge. It’s my Monday. Le sigh. I’m just not feeling it today. However, I do have a nerd afternoon planned at ye olde Pug Coffee Shop with a book on local history and a notebook. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/62 "2013-03-05T11:30:44Z")
Good morning! Not sequestered yet, so I’m in the office. Yay, I guess. Evil \*OMG IT’S GONNA SNOW \*on the way, and, sadly, I need to go to the grocery store for, among other things, eggs and milk. I swear it’s not a panic french toast purchase - I’m just almost out of both, and some other things. If the store’s too crazy, I’ll do without until after. Hiya, **Butters**! Welcome back! And because I’m not totally mannerless, welcome to \*\*That Don Guy \*\*- I didn’t notice you right away - I’m so ashamed. Tell us about yourself! I just changed my desk calendar this morning and I see that we change our clocks this weekend - Spring Forward! Just when I was getting used to a little daylight as we get to work, we’ll be plunged into darkness again. pooh! Other than that, just another freekin’ day in paradise. Happy Tuesday! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/63 "2013-03-05T11:50:03Z")
Ha, did it again. School holiday means its my Monday but really Tuesday. I was out the door at 4 this morning to be snow ready, but the boss just called and said 99% chance we’ll be closed like every other school district around us. 😃 Went to a memorial service last night for a friend’s mom. She passed away in her sleep last week while on vacation. It was amazing. It was in the community room/clubhouse of a subdivision. Decorated with balloons, party food and her four adult kids were all in their PJ’s. it was a couple hours of people milling around sharing memories, then her son took the microphone and literally emceed a variety show with her grand kids singing songs, telling stories, family members sharing stories and the like. It was an actual celebration. I’ve hired her son do the same for me when I decide to leave. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/64 "2013-03-05T11:55:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I just changed my desk calendar this morning and I see that we change our clocks this weekend - Spring Forward! Just when I was getting used to a little daylight as we get to work, we’ll be plunged into darkness again. pooh! Cue my semi-annual “standard, daylight, split the difference, pick something else altogether, I don’t care, just pick something AND STICK WITH IT!!!” rant. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/65 "2013-03-05T12:24:22Z")
Afternoon, all. It’s Tuesday but technically I could claim this as Thursday because I am taking two days off to invade France. Nothing much exciting happening at irk, I am still locked out of a load of systems due to my co-irker’s death and the fact that HR turned off all her access log-in stuff within 24hrs of being notified about it. Usually they take weeks! I’m faffing around trying to do things that need to be done, without too much success, and things are just piling up around me at the moment. I have a meeting with my line manager this afternoon though, I’ll have to get her on the case 'cos that’s what management is for. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/66 "2013-03-05T13:02:29Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Have any of you folks grown[gunnera?](http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cangard/msg080545424745.html) My Mum keeps trying to grow it- it’s never got that big though, and it does tend to die in winter. Considering I live about 2.5 hours drive away from London, it’s sort of embarrassing how little of all the museums 'n stuff there I’ve seen. Mind you, I’m not sure it’s possible to see all of them properly in one lifetime. I have the house to myself until thursday night- my housemate’s gone to her Grandma’s funeral, so I think I’ll take the excuse for a proper house clean up. I don’t want to though, it’s sunny, and I want to go outside and do something fun! ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/67 "2013-03-05T13:19:07Z")
So its a bad time at work, one of our foremen is MIA (he has a history of drinking and depression) and my grandboss’s dad committed suicide this past weekend. Here’s hoping the news gets better through the week ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/68 "2013-03-05T13:24:50Z")
The only thing wrong with having a Monday off is that Tuesday sux exponentially ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/69 "2013-03-05T13:33:40Z")
**{{{rio}}}** So sad about grandboss’s dad. Hope the co-irker is found ok. **flytrap** that plant looks like some kinda mutant ginormous collard green or turnip green plant. 😃 There are no cookies at irk. This makes me sad. Ok, back to irk bear! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/70 "2013-03-05T13:38:24Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] Irked. got in a fender bender in the bank [/QUOTE] Next time, don’t drive in the bank. Park in the lot and walk in, or if you’re careful, you could try the drive-up teller. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/71 "2013-03-05T13:38:56Z")
I’m up, caffeinated, and on vacation.😃 Welcome, **Don**! {{{{ **sari** }}}} ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/72 "2013-03-05T13:43:58Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **flytrap** that plant looks like some kinda mutant ginormous collard green or turnip green plant. 😃 Thank Og it’s not kudzu. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/73 "2013-03-05T13:52:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Have any of you folks grown[gunnera?](http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cangard/msg080545424745.html) They look positively Lilliputian. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/74 "2013-03-05T14:31:51Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I guess all this talk of furloughs has my brain engaged - to me, pink slip means “don’t let the door hit you on your way out the door” - glad you’re not fired! 😃 Unfortunately, got that ‘pink slip’ last month. Officially, we have until the end of the year as TPTB are closing this location, though I think it’s only until [del]they[/del] _we_ train our replacements, probably sometime summer or fall. ☹ Waiting on the PC guy to call/stop by & then I assume I’m off to the gym again as I’m still on the loaner PC, which allows me email & internet access only. For security reasons, they’ve disabled the USB drives in our PCs (so no one can steal client data); however, they also don’t give us any network or cloud space to back up our data. This means that all of the documents that I was working on & all of the bookmarks of internal sites, like our various sharepoints, are gone unless they can recover from D-E-D ded hard drive. :smack: Lots of thumb-twiddling & internet surfing in my immediate future. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/75 "2013-03-05T14:36:46Z")
Yeah, today looks like it’s on a downward slope. I suspected it would be a bad depression day when I got up and yes it is. And now it’s raining. I’m forcing myself to go out this afternoon. I need to not hide in my cave like I did all weekend. That only makes it worse. **{{{rio}}}** ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/76 "2013-03-05T14:41:37Z")
Those leaves die off every year? :eek: I wonder what the evolutionary advantage is to having a handful of insanely massive leaves vs bunches of normal sized leaves. Good news / bad news with DH. Rads are going as expected. Unfortunately, “as expected” includes bleeding and pain as the tumor(s) start to die. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/77 "2013-03-05T14:45:44Z")
It’s raining and I have to wear a skirt because all my pants that fit are in the wash…☹ I am getting to big for my clothes :mad: ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/78 "2013-03-05T14:55:33Z")
Poor DH. Kinda hard to know what to say in this situation **gotti** except maybe to hope the tumors are gone soonest. It just sucks no matter what. We now have chawklit chip and oatmeal raisin cookies. Crisis averted. All’s right again. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/79 "2013-03-05T14:58:21Z")
Looking forward to the fun irk-related task of figuring out how to make a game out of an RC backhoe (toy!) picking up and moving buckeyes. I do get to do weird fun things sometimes. My son is trying to not get overly excited about the very real possibility of a snow day tomorrow, lest he be disappointed. They didn’t get a single one last year and haven’t had one yet this year. The one day that might have been a snow day was Presidents Day, which they had off anyway. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/80 "2013-03-05T15:02:48Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Irked. got in a fender bender in the bank. > [@gotpasswords](#): > > Next time, don’t drive in the bank. Park in the lot and walk in, or if you’re careful, you could try the drive-up teller. ::Shakes fist at **Gotti** :: (as an aside, we should really start spelling that “ **Ghoti** ”. … And then re-nickname you “Fish” 😛 :D) > [@Sario](#): > > So its a bad time at work, one of our foremen is MIA (he has a history of drinking and depression) and my grandboss’s dad committed suicide this past weekend. Here’s hoping the news gets better through the week {{{ **Rio** }}} > [@April\_R](#): > > I am getting to big for my clothes :mad: I seem to do that regularly, **without** benefit of pregnancy… :smack: ☹ :o :mad: So, they’ve left **Nuts** in charge of the asylum…? 😃 Party over at **Filbert** ’s!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986.md?page=5)