# 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:** 5
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/81 "2013-03-05T15:39:49Z")
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**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, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/82 "2013-03-05T15:42:56Z")
> [@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. remarks like that will go on your _Permanent Record_.😛 Hope **DH** feels better quick. {{{{ **Spaz** }}}} Party at **Nut** ’s house! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/83 "2013-03-05T15:43:45Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*kopek \*\*- [here’s](http://www.vacationstogo.com/)where I do my cruise research, and I’ve just gotten on [this](http://www.cruisecheap.com)mailing list also. Unless you have a month or more to spare, you’re going to have to either fly there and cruise back, or vice versa. Near as I can tell, the Queen Mary does NY-LONDON-NY circuits, with other ports in between, but they’re month-long-ish cruises and Cunard Line looks to be very formal - like dressing for dinner and all that. Great if you’re into it. They do have some 7 day stuff ----- going to have to look into it more. And saw on your link the idea of taking a freighter. Being well out the pirate zones that’s worth checking as well. 7 days on a Polish freighter that only holds 7 passengers -------- may make dressing for dinner look better. 🙂 Time I’ve got. I can’t get paid for comp time or vacation but I can’t lose it either so right now I’m sitting on 20 weeks and 90 extra hours. I just know last time I flew to Budapest about crippled me; I would lose a week needing to go early and leave a week once I got home because of everything. $$$$$ isn’t a big concern; worse comes to worse I make an extra flintlock or a couple fly rods this year. Fun and comfort is more of a concern. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/84 "2013-03-05T15:46:10Z")
Morning All, Took a mental health day yesterday and karma has bit me in the but :smack:. Now I don’t feel well today but am back at irk anyhoo. BLERGH. In unrelated news, somone one has left 3 St. Patrick’s themed mini rubber duckies and 1 pom-pom & pipe cleaner spider with googly eyes on my desk and I don’t know who or why:confused:. They are right next to my CAC reader and everytime I put my card in they make me giggle. Especially the ducky with the beard! 😃 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/85 "2013-03-05T15:52:57Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > 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 question. I wonder if huge leaves receive more sunlight than many small ones. Perhaps they funnel rainwater to the roots. It is said that one should mulch the leaves over the crown to protect the plant in Winter. ---
**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, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/86 "2013-03-05T16:06:05Z")
[QUOTE=Jynxster] In unrelated news, somone one has left 3 St. Patrick’s themed mini rubber duckies and 1 pom-pom & pipe cleaner spider with googly eyes on my desk and I don’t know who or why:confused:. They are right next to my CAC reader and everytime I put my card in they make me giggle. Especially the ducky with the beard! 😃 [/QUOTE] Maybe the duckies lost their SCIF? No idea about the spider. ---
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/87 "2013-03-05T16:20:04Z")
> [@Jynxster](#): > > Morning All, > > Took a mental health day yesterday and karma has bit me in the but :smack:. Now I don’t feel well today but am back at irk anyhoo. BLERGH. > > In unrelated news, somone one has left 3 St. Patrick’s themed mini rubber duckies and 1 pom-pom & pipe cleaner spider with googly eyes on my desk and I don’t know who or why:confused:. They are right next to my CAC reader and everytime I put my card in they make me giggle. Especially the ducky with the beard! 😃 Pics or it didn’t happen:D:D ---
**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, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/88 "2013-03-05T16:29:14Z")
> [@Jynxster](#): > > In unrelated news, somone one has left 3 St. Patrick’s themed mini rubber duckies and 1 **pom-pom** & pipe cleaner spider with googly eyes on my desk and I don’t know who or why:confused:. > [@Sario](#): > > Pics or it didn’t happen:D:D I don’t know, at first glance, I didn’t see it as an “M”, but an “R & N” after the “PO”. Despite my username, that is **not** something I wanna see. ---
**Author:** ![Jynxster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jynxster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jynxster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/89 "2013-03-05T16:37:45Z")
Sorry no pics, secure government facility and all. (No cellphones, Ipads, kindles, cameras etc unless they are are government issued). They look exactly like [this](http://www.orientaltrading.com/st-patricks-day-rubber-duckies-a2-33_113.fltr). Spider looks like [this](http://greeneyed.com/wp-content/uploads/DIY-Pom-Pom-Spider-2.jpg) . In more unrelated news, my lunch tastes like cardboard. Hot card board to be precise. Don’t buy Lean Cuisine Spinich and artichoke panini, unless hot cardboard your thing. ---
**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, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/90 "2013-03-05T16:57:48Z")
I had a horrifying thought just a bit ago. I mentioned to \*\*FCD \*\*that we need to stop on the way home because I need some groceries, including eggs and milk. And there’s a storm headed our way… I’ll be one of those nutsoes in the store stocking up as if the end of the world is nigh. Maybe I’ll pass on the milk and eggs till after the “crisis” and we can drink kool-aid or something. 😛 \*\*kopek \*\*- I looked into freighter cruising. It didn’t really appeal, and if I recall, it wasn’t all that cheap either. I’ve decided if I’m going to cruise, I want to be spoiled while doing so. Because I deserve it! Lunch is almost done. A major drawing from hell awaits. The mucky-mucks are meeting once again, deciding the fate of the company. Methinks under the auspices of a re-org, prodded by the sequester, there may be a thinning of the ranks. We shall see how it affects me. Meanwhile, someone I know has a second interview on Monday that will include the company CEO. Fingers crossed… 😃 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/91 "2013-03-05T17:08:23Z")
Hi everyone ::waves:: sorry for the driveby **Jim** ---
**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, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/92 "2013-03-05T18:02:08Z")
**MOOOOOOM** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/93 "2013-03-05T18:32:48Z")
Happy Tuesday. Sah-kid gave me his ick and I don’t know why it is this way but when it hurts to talk it also hurts to post. I hate government forms, hate hate hate them. It’s like nothing can be easy. Have to do one thing before you can so the next thing and then something else comes up. Trying to fill out forms when I feel like crap is probably stupid anyway. It just makes me grumpy. ---
**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, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/94 "2013-03-05T18:36:47Z")
okay - i’ve been wondering - how does one cross an inappropriate appendage? ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/95 "2013-03-05T18:53:36Z")
**Rosie** , I’m guessing you can’t tie a knot in a cherry stem with your tongue, huh? I believe the two are related. 😉 ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/96 "2013-03-05T18:57:48Z")
**Spidey, Spidey, Spidey**. I can tie \*two \*knots if the stem is long enough. 😉 🆒 ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/97 "2013-03-05T19:22:02Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Spidey, Spidey, Spidey**. I can tie \*two \*knots **if** the stem is long enough. 😉 🆒 If you were _really_ good, you wouldn’t need a qualifier! :dubious: ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/98 "2013-03-05T20:01:07Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Spidey, Spidey, Spidey**. I can tie \*two \*knots if the stem is long enough. 😉 🆒 Does your Mother know you post like this? ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/99 "2013-03-05T20:04:08Z")
**Rosie** a better question might be “just what are inappropriate appendages?” 😃 Red beans ‘n rice, green sallit and garlic bread for dindin tonight cause I have a gnawin’ and a cravin’. Ok, technically it’s red beans, andouille (close enough) sausage 'n rice. YUM! ---
**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:** [March 5, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986/100 "2013-03-05T20:29:38Z")
Speaking of inappropriate, my butt is seriously bruised from last night. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-havent-done-this-in-a-while-so-here-mmp/651986.md?page=6)