# The Joys of Having Grass in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 14, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009 "2022-03-14T06:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/201 "2022-03-18T14:18:35Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Not only did Brandy the St. Bernard follow me home, she snuck into the back seat of my car to get there. How does a St. Bernard _sneak_ into anything? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/202 "2022-03-18T14:26:15Z")
> [@Alex Catt](#): > > DIE FURSNAKE, DIE!!! I read this in German. ‘The fursnake, the!’? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/203 "2022-03-18T15:05:29Z")
Still not very motivated to work today, but at least I have more things to do than I did yesterday. Which will help the day go by a little faster. And it’s 11:00 AM and (finally) sunny and in the 60s here, with a projected high of 74, which means the windows are open…which will also help. 😃 This weekend I have actual plans with actual people! I’m friends with a couple who live about 10 minutes away, and I’m going to their place tomorrow evening for grilled salmon and to sit around their back yard firepit. I saw the wife a month ago but only briefly, and I haven’t seen the husband since December. It’ll be good to catch up with them, and spend some time around a fire. Right now there’s no serious rain threat in the forecast…I hope it stays dry! 🤞 > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Redirecting auto-payments shouldn’t be that stinkin hard either. Luckily, I’m fairly OCD and I keep a list of all auto/recurring charges for both my CC and debit cards. So I know what things needed to be temporarily moved to the debit card right away (like the Chewy autoship that was charged today), and I know all of the places where I’ll need to eventually update my credit card info. So while it’s still an annoyance, it’s a relatively minor one. > [@swampbear](#): > > yay on the credit union for bein’ so quick on the draw Yes! Not only did they catch the bad charge the day it happened, but it was only $0.01 – they think it was one of those “test” charges that are a prelude to more significant activity. I wouldn’t have been liable for any fraudulent charges no matter what, but I’d rather catch this sort of thing ASAP. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > That is why I have several credit cards, and several checking accounts. If something happens to one of them, I have another to fall back on. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > hope the Credit card gets cleaned up quickly. I have two, just in case. I have my MasterCard debit card to fall back on. 🙂 For me there’s no point in having more than one bank account, and my credit union only issues one CC so that’s what I’ve got. I normally limit the use of my debit card, in order to protect my checking account (and savings account, since I have automatic overdraft transfers). I’ve had compromises in the past, but they happen so infrequently that I’d rather just deal with them than have to manage multiple accounts/cards. > [@nelliebly](#): > > _don’t wait that long!_ I’ve been hacked twice, and when CC company told me 7-10 days, I said theirs was my only credit card, and I couldn’t, just couldn’t, go that long without it. Both times they overnighted a new card, and I got it the next day. Call and see if that works for you. I asked about that yesterday…not an option. 🙂 I might have been able to get the replacement a _little_ sooner if I were willing to drive to a branch, but the nearest one is 30 miles away and to me that’s not worth the time/gas. If I were about to go on vacation or something that would be a different story, but right now I can definitely get by without a CC for a couple of weeks. > [@Taters](#): > > The vet said Polar is doing pretty well, all things considered. Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/204 "2022-03-18T15:28:23Z")
The M on my keyboard doesn’t work. I have to copy and paste from a text document. CityMac doesn’t open until 10:00. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/205 "2022-03-18T15:34:31Z")
**Johnny** , one cat I used to have clawed my keyboard, I don’t know why…So for a while I put up with not having an apostrophe, and typing “do not” instead of “don’t” ---
**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 18, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/206 "2022-03-18T15:44:51Z")
Sitting in the boat making lists. Two more weeks till it’s in the water. Can’t wait! ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/207 "2022-03-18T16:07:43Z")
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s beautifully sunny here today, I went out early to the gym and got a bit of fresh air and exercise. Back home to stinky work stuff all day. I got a shirty email from someone about our industrial action emails (those Hugely Important and Desperately Urgent ones) because one student complained she hadn’t got them. Turns out she wasn’t on the distribution list which I had pulled from a report. I pulled the report again and it had a few more previously missing students on it. No idea why. Anyway, shirty email person said that our second email went to fewer students (by about 60) than the first one, and the third one will go to a larger number than the first couple of emails. Storm in a teacup as far as I’m concerned but she’s insisting on discussing it next week. I suspect our reporting system is b\*ggered, and possibly someone did some additional filtering on my original list 'cos it should have gone to exactly the same number of people. It’s Friday, I am too tired to care about it today. I have missed the MMP for a few days, also too tired to really retain anything either! :flings hugs around like confetti: ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/208 "2022-03-18T16:37:05Z")
**[scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)**, I am jealous, it’s wet snowing here, and I’m keeping an eye on the dog. I could get him out just far enough to do his business a little earlier but he still isn’t acting relaxed, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/209 "2022-03-18T16:46:38Z")
Ugh. . .credit card woes are painful. We’ve had it happen multiple times over the years. One time, the card was compromised, we got it cancelled, and within two weeks of receiving the new one, it too was compromised. Made me think that the bank had someone working there who was selling information. Another time, someone kept trying to charge $5,000 for a donation to some “church” in Africa. Yeesh. ---
**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 18, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/210 "2022-03-18T17:14:11Z")
So they have a new thing, the S.W.M. test(Safe Work Methods) Co-worker, explaining it to me: “The do three rounds of observations, and find 4 things you can improve on.” Me: "So if you screw up, they’ll go away?"Also Dispatch has now taken to dumping left behind, but undamaged boxes on us. Because left behind stuff is bad for them, but me having to scan it all as rewrap/reschedule isn’t. Thus it IS my circus, and those ARE my monkeys. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I read this in German. ‘The fursnake, the!’? LOL She also had the zoomies. But only on the couch(can’t have too much effort expended, ya know) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/211 "2022-03-18T17:17:00Z")
Happy Firday everyone. I went and had my car serviced this morning. It was way overdue. Nice place and nice ppl. I shall continue to go to them. Glad Overlyboy did OK. Also happy to see **Emily** back. **Sari** in every single case I’ve ever seen except my hubby there is a war over property and money. Like **Taters** I think niece should move out before it becomes an issue but I also know it’s hard to make happen. Have a great weekend everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/212 "2022-03-18T17:21:46Z")
**[Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)** I’m sorry to hear about your legal/will issues. I feel blessed that it hasn’t been like that with my mom’s estate. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/213 "2022-03-18T17:34:58Z")
This was several years ago when MiL died. It’s been long over and we haven’t spoken to anyone on the husband’s side of the family since then. I am sad in many ways, but I have no patience or room for liars and thieves. It was all made worse by the fact that the other nieces and nephews hauled stuff out of the house too. If they had waited for the legal process to finish, we were going to try and help them out. Instead, they cost us thousands and diminished the value of the house. They also ran up credit cards in MiL’s name and we had to deal with the fallout from that. The one half-sister that was clamoring for her share of the estate was addicted to opoids. 🙄 We didn’t know that until after her death. She wanted the money to buy drugs. On top of that, this woman tried to get my MiL to sign everything over to her as my MiL was in hospice. It’s all so so soap operish and I don’t like that kind of stuff in my life. I was stuck in the middle, because although the husband was the executor, it was me that everyone called. All long ago, and good riddance to bad rubbish. Last I heard, the niece was out on the streets, doing drugs and someone else had her kids. Couldn’t care less. I feel badly for her kids, but the other niece and nephews stepped in. I really hope Sari’s case isn’t anything like that, but I was just stunned at how ugly everything became and have really just never gotten over it. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/214 "2022-03-18T17:41:29Z")
My “must do today” list only took 2.5 hours. So, now I find myself thinking about maybe knocking off a few hours early…hmm…I could probably log off around 3pm without anyone caring much… 🙂 > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The M on my keyboard doesn’t work. How bothersoe. > [@Chefguy](#): > > One time, the card was compromised, we got it cancelled, and within two weeks of receiving the new one, it too was compromised. Holy crap! > [@Baker](#): > > **[Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)** I’m sorry to hear about your legal/will issues. I feel blessed that it hasn’t been like that with my mom’s estate. I will forever be grateful that my brother and I agreed on _everything_ when our mom passed. I was the executrix, and he was happy to trust that I would equitably distribute whatever was left when all was said and done, but also we quickly agreed on everything from where her services would be held to the design of her urn and where/when her ashes would ultimately be entombed. So, so grateful. Our parents divorced in the '80s, so even though our dad is still alive he wasn’t involved with mom’s estate at all and really had no say in her arrangements (though we did include him). ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/215 "2022-03-18T18:19:15Z")
My parents once had a couple who lived next door, lovely people. They were childless. The lady kept living there after her husband passed, and was assisted by another neighbor when it came to certain types of maintenance. When the lady passed she left that guy a truck, and most of the rest of the estate to St. Jude’s. A lawyer came sniffing around, hired by the husband of the deceased’s niece. Those two had never even visited the old lady. The lawyer spoke to my dad, asking leading questions about the woman’s competency and my dad was happy to say she had been very sharp and intelligent, and knew what she was doing. The greedy husband didn’t get a thing, and why he thought he was entitled to something nobody knows. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/216 "2022-03-18T18:33:11Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > either! > > :flings hugs around like confetti: Happily, gleefully, gratefully accepting all those hugs! Keep up sending! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/217 "2022-03-18T19:34:17Z")
It’s only Friday? Dear Og, every day feels like a week. Today feels like a month. Sunday is my sister’s birthday. Tomorrow we are celebrating by going to an actual restaurant. We’ll just see how that goes. Happy (Actually) Friday! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/218 "2022-03-18T19:41:32Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > And Alex Catt is curently hunting her own tail Yoshi still likes to do that. It has a white tip. The white tip is all fur, and it doesn’t hurt if he bites it, so he’s never learned that the game has consequences. He’s a cute little muppet of a 70 pound doggo. > [@Taters](#): > > The vet said Polar is doing pretty well, all things considered. Huzzah! 🎉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/219 "2022-03-18T20:04:29Z")
Quitting work early today is the best decision I’ve made in a while. 🙂 For the past 30 minutes I’ve been sitting on my patio and watching the dog stalk around the back yard. It’s 74 degrees and partly sunny, with a light breeze from time to time…perfect weather to be sitting outside doing nothing! Even though my yard is fenced, I rarely let Bailey off-leash: it’s a big yard, there are too many opportunities for her to eat something she shouldn’t before I can stop her, I don’t want her to ever be out here barking incessantly, and she doesn’t come when called (my fault for being lazy with her training). She’s too fast for me to catch, and she often won’t even respond to food. I don’t like to leave her outside if I’m inside — I’m a little overprotective and I like to be able to see her — so most of the time when we’re out here she’s on a 25’ retractable leash. And I hardly ever sit out here, because the patio concrete is all broken up and the yard tends to get a little buggy. Afternoons like this are pretty unusual, and we’re both enjoying it. I have my iPad on a folding table, but I find that most of the time I’m just watching my girl having fun being a dog. 🐕 Today, having grass _is_ a joy. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-joys-of-having-grass-in-the-mmp/961009/220 "2022-03-18T20:26:30Z")
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