# The I stayed up until midnight just to post this MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 26, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180 "2013-08-26T04:23:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/81 "2013-08-27T17:36:12Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Ummm, Mr Internet Scammer, assuming I was a complete dolt & internet noob It costs him nothing to find out. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/82 "2013-08-27T17:38:06Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > He did find a monster bristle worm - over a foot long!! It’s currently dying on the driveway. They are Teh Evil!!! Ours is crawling with small ones. I caught two and the LFS rescue them. :eek: !@#$ing hermit crabs are knocking coral pieces over. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/83 "2013-08-27T17:40:56Z")
Our 6-line wrasses are supposed to eat bristle worms, but I think this worm could have swallowed both of them whole! Refilling of the tank has begun. Once it gets high enough for the filter to kick in, the fishies will be happy! If they survive… ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/84 "2013-08-27T17:55:21Z")
Please keep us up to date. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/85 "2013-08-27T18:29:50Z")
Howdy Y’all! I am on a short reprieve from TPTB as all four of ‘em felt the need to go get some stuff from Staples. Needless to say, they have gotten on my last nerve and I still gotta deal with ‘em for a couple more days. Le Sigh. I swear they talk in unison. AAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!! On the plus side, the records review is goin’ great. They are in awe of my mad file organizin’ skilz! 😃 **guano** hope things work out for ya rent wise. **{{{Lucky}}}** you all are in my thoughts and prayers. **{{{Drae}}}** once you get in class and things get goin’ it’ll get a lot easier. I just know it will. **sari** the mortgage will be approved. FWIW no way I’d sit in a car with anybody for that long without some way to break it up. I’d be all for stayin’ the night just for sanity’s sake. Everybody else yays, boos, hugs, noogies, wedgies, trouts, chitlins, smooches, how _you_ doin’s as needed. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/86 "2013-08-27T18:32:18Z")
Ugh. Moving. Been doing the heavy stuff today- never ever move with fishtanks. Ever. I’ve still got one to go too, as the person who offered to help me with that one is in the US, and I’m not. He thought he’d be back by then, but got the time zones mixed. Oops. Still, I did the bigger one today, and I still have a few days left to go before the keys need to be back. I still haven’t got the bed there either, just the mattress- my friend helping ran out of time, and I couldn’t find the right allen key to take the frame to bits. I’ve borrowed one off her, and I’ll see if I can wrestle the base in to the van by myself- it won’t fit in the car, I have to return the van in the morning, and I can’t find anyone to help. I don’t fancy sleeping on a mattress for two days then carrying it across town, which is the other option. It’s about a 15 minute walk. I dropped the bookcase on my foot about 3 times, and have taken the skin off the top of my right foot, mysteriously cut my left hand, taken the end of a nail off on my big toe, and I’m only about half way there. On the plus side, the ex housemate has now removed anything she intends to take, and has left all the lego, the awesome pop-up books and several full bottles of reasonable wine. TLDR- Moving _really_ sucks. Free stuff is still kinda good though. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/87 "2013-08-27T18:34:04Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **{{{Drae}}}** once you get in class and things get goin’ it’ll get a lot easier. I just know it will. I don’t think this was for me. I have no class. _rimshot_ ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/88 "2013-08-27T21:02:18Z")
Meatloaf is almost done. Green beans are simmering with leftover ham bits. Mushrooms are cooking in butter. Supper will be yum!!! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/89 "2013-08-27T21:24:15Z")
Had a nap. Now I’m hungry. We haven’t ordered pizza because I want something different so I don’t know what we are going to do. I’m grumpy, so there’s that too. Did I tell y’all the good news? My ex-bil who had pancreatic cancer is now cancer free. The doctor said it is a miracle. This is the second time he has cheated death. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/90 "2013-08-27T22:00:43Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > My ex-bil who had pancreatic cancer is now cancer free. The doctor said it is a miracle. > This is the second time he has cheated death. Cool! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/91 "2013-08-27T22:25:36Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Yes, yes I did stay up until midnight EST > > because I know some of you are waiting… just waiting, for me to post the first post of the week > > What would happen if one of you got up earlier than I did and > there was no MMP to post in? Noble sahirrnee! ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/92 "2013-08-27T22:54:45Z")
> [@Draelin](#): > > I don’t think this was for me. I have no class. > > _rimshot_ Dang I aimed that one wrong. That was for **StickyBuns**. :o Howdy Y’all! Leftovers for dindin. Then I vacuumed and dusted da cave. The first step in defilthyfication. OYKW went to his place after dindin to crash. Ragweed is bloomin’ and we’re both kinda miserable. So natch I dust and vacuum so I can sneeze even more. :dubious: Anywho, I’s tahrd. **sari** yay for the ex-bil! Ick on the movin’ **Nuts**. Hope the rest of the move goes smooth and injury free. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/93 "2013-08-27T23:08:58Z")
We’re done with the aquarium for now. We did new rock arrangements, rearranged the corals, and put the fish back in. Tomorrow I’ll need to clean the carpet in front of the tank. Tomorrow. I’m done for tonight. It appears all of the fish survived, altho they weren’t too happy. The clowns were attacking **FCD** ’s hand as he was placing rocks. But they’re all moving about checking out their new neighborhood, finding new hidey holes, and generally chilling after the trauma. Supper was good. But a certain puppy dog climbed up on the table while I carried dishes to the kitchen and she helped herself to some meatloaf. She’s on _The List_!!! The cats are a bad influence on here since they hang out on the table. I need some medicinal ice cream. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/94 "2013-08-27T23:15:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Noble sahirrnee! I’m glad somebody appreciates how thoughtful I am. 😃 ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/95 "2013-08-27T23:21:48Z")
I wonder what the fish think, 'wow!!! dude!!! that was some weird experience! Here I was, swimming around my little hood, just minding my own business and something came down and scooped me up and and now here I am. Everything looks the same but different, you know what I mean. Like that rock here used to be over there, and dude!!! This is just too far out man!!! ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/96 "2013-08-27T23:25:40Z")
I just did some looking around on the Internet and after sending in a notarized request for a birth certificate, I found it today…grrrrr…in addition, after deeper research, I called, actually got a real person and she said I could walk right in and walk right out with a copy in 20 minutes. I have to wonder if she’s trolling me…I will find out tomorrow morning. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/97 "2013-08-27T23:27:31Z")
I spent 2.5 hours at the Car Fixin’ Shop while my half-axle was replaced. Just in time, too; Mr. NAL showed me the old CV joint and it was about a day away from clicking and a week away from sending my left front tire on an unauthorized journey away from the car. Lesson: get your 50K service done, kids. They find things. And then, because my car decided $350 was not enough money to spend on it, the check engine light came on. I need an O2 sensor. I made the executive decision to put that off until the next oil change. Which, after a quick glance at the odometer, is only 1000 miles away. Damn car can smell money. It also needs a bath. ---
**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:** [August 27, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/98 "2013-08-27T23:39:54Z")
\*\*sari \*\*- sometimes I wonder about you… 😛 Time to knit the night away. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/99 "2013-08-28T00:17:45Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > I just did some looking around on the Internet and after sending in a notarized request for a birth certificate, I found it today…grrrrr…in addition, after deeper research, I called, actually got a real person and she said I could walk right in and walk right out with a copy in 20 minutes. I have to wonder if she’s trolling me…I will find out tomorrow morning. no, that sounds right to me. If you show up in person with proper ID, you can get your birth certificate right away - some municipalities charge a fee but it’s real ---
**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:** [August 28, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180/100 "2013-08-28T01:09:07Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I wonder what the fish think, 'wow!!! dude!!! that was some weird experience! > > Here I was, swimming around my little hood, just minding my own business and something came down and scooped me up and and now here I am. Everything looks the same but different, you know what I mean. Like that rock here used to be over there, and dude!!! This is just too far out man!!! I once saw a cartoon where a fish was caught & released by a fisherman & went back to his fish buddies & told 'em how he was kidnapped by aliens. :eek: > [@anyrose](#): > > no, that sounds right to me. If you show up in person with proper ID, you can get your birth certificate right away - some municipalities charge a fee but it’s real Does proper ID include bringing in your birth certificate? :smack: I went to the grocery store before; it must be Oct because they had a big selection of candy corn on sale. No wait, it must be April because they had matzoh out. ::Looks at calendar:: It’s August??? :smack: - around these parts, the matzoh comes out for _any_ Jewish holiday. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-stayed-up-until-midnight-just-to-post-this-mmp/667180.md?page=6)