# The lost art of Letter Writing - for your MMP consideration **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 26, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784 "2007-11-26T10:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/281 "2007-11-30T19:25:10Z")
Very cute, **Haze**! **FCM** , just how many loads of laundry do you do each week, anyway? šŸ˜ƒ (It seems like _tons!_) ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/282 "2007-11-30T19:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I think what Sean is saying is something similar to what my philsopher friend said about the difference between how men and women judge situations. Men tend to take the information given and come out with a response based on some kind of logic, while women tend to think outside of the given information and judge more based on human relationships. (Broadly speaking, of course.) For example, if a manā€™s wife is dying of a disease, and the only cure available costs more than they can possibly afford at the moment, should the man steal the cure to save his wife, or let his wife die? Typical male response: Steal the cure, because while itā€™s immoral to steal, itā€™s more immoral to let someone die when it can be prevented. Typical female response: Couldnā€™t they get a loan, or set up a payment plan? There has to be some other kind of solution. Of course, the hypothetical situation is presenting a false dilemma, but the point is that men will take the thought experiment at face value while women tend to think outside of the information provided. Not that this is always true, but thatā€™s how it tends to be, I suppose. [/QUOTE] Oh, I grock that well enough, **haze** , Iā€™m just wanting to hand **sean** a shovel and see what he does with it. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/283 "2007-11-30T19:38:22Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Oh, I grock that well enough, **haze** , Iā€™m just wanting to hand **sean** a shovel and see what he does with it. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] Ahhhā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ Well, never mind me then. Carry on. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/284 "2007-11-30T19:39:52Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] **FCM** , just how many loads of laundry do you do each week, anyway? šŸ˜ƒ (It seems like _tons!_) [/QUOTE] If I did them all on one day, maybe 6 or 7. But if I spread them out all week, maybe 1 or 2 every few days. And bear in mind that sometimes when I say Iā€™m gonna do some, I donā€™t. Yep, Iā€™m a woman of mystery that way. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/285 "2007-11-30T19:43:33Z")
I am still working on the presentation from hell! The nice and easy template requires data out the ass which would be easy if the spreadsheets were already builtā€¦but they are not. My predecessor didnā€™t track any of the data so I am having to build sheets for 3 years worth. Gah! And it was cold in my house last night - got down to 46 degrees outside and my thermometer said 61 in the house. Brrrrrrrrr! Everyone at work is leanding me space heaters šŸ˜ƒ Anyways Happy Birthday to **meeks** & **Noone**! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/286 "2007-11-30T20:07:48Z")
**Happy birthday meeks and Special1!!** [QUOTE=Taters] The performance review went well and I was top blocked all the way down. Thatā€™s always nice to see, but I always fret. When I told my husband, he laughed and said he expected no less. He doesnā€™t understand why I worry about that. I told him I never take that stuff for granted, because the first time you do, is the first time you receive a very unpleasant surprise. [/QUOTE] Iā€™m like that too. I always worry about it ahead of time. Then at least youā€™re prepared for the worst just in case and usually pleasantly surprised when the review goes well and your boss doesnā€™t tell you that you had bad breath. šŸ˜› Thanks to everyone who commiserated with me yesterday. Iā€™m still trying to get it cleaned up today, but at least I know how to do that! 61ā€™s cold as an indoor temperature? We set our thermostat to 60 for overnight and while weā€™re at work. Just means you have to snuggle a little closer at night. šŸ˜‰ Some coworkers just came over to speculate on whether my boss and his girlfriend, who also works here, have broken up. Their love life has been a hot topic of gossip for a while because they kept their relationship quiet for quite a while except they really werenā€™t very good at hiding things. So everyone knew but pretended not to know. And it made for good gossip. But now it looks like they might have broken up. It has got to suck to have to work with your ex. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/287 "2007-11-30T20:10:07Z")
Ooh, we have an ice storm prediction for Chicago tomorrow. I love storms. When Iā€™m inside, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/288 "2007-11-30T20:14:34Z")
_`*`Happy Birthday, [COLOR=PaleTurquoise]'Mika and Special1!`*`[/COLOR]_ Argh. I hate writing cover letters. Hate. HATE. ---
**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:** [November 30, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/289 "2007-11-30T20:23:59Z")
Note to **Meeks** : Almost anybody else, having to share my birthday with them would irritate me a bit. But Iā€™m honored to share mine with you šŸ™‚ **_~~_~ Happy Birthday, Meeks!! _~_~** \*\* You, OTOH might be slightly annoyedā€¦ :dubious: **Haze** , I say take the cat to those two guys who came over with the weed yesterday; hand them the cat; tell them youā€™re returning the weed and want a refundā€¦ šŸ˜ƒ And the picturesā€¦ youā€™re lovely as always šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/290 "2007-11-30T21:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi] Oh, I grock that well enough, **haze** , Iā€™m just wanting to hand **sean** a shovel and see what he does with it. šŸ˜‰ [/QUOTE] Men and women, IN GENERAL, look at things differently. A guy will accept the shortcomings of friends, and just carry on with things without getting too involved in the other guyā€™s personal life. Women, I have seen, will discover one character flaw of their friend and let that wipe out the whole friendship because of it. And, I was looking for dark green paint for the outside shutters, and she wanted spring bough, or something similarly named. I donā€™t think thereā€™s any need for a shovel here, mostly because I was trying to make a funny social comment about how different men and women are. Have a good weekend, yā€™all. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/291 "2007-11-30T22:06:47Z")
Cute dress, **Haze**! You look good in just about anything, though. Itā€™s because of the basic raw material you have to work with. (Doubt me? Just ask any of the guys, whose tongues hit the floor whenever you post a photo!) But naughty cat! Poor Papa Tigs. He just called me. From work. Where heā€™s been for 11 hours now, and has at _least_ two more hours before he can get away. At least thereā€™s a dining hall there so he can go eat good (and cheap!) meals. When he has a chance to, that is. Sometimes Iā€™m tempted to call the various colonels and remind them that he _is_ a diabetic and he _has_ to eat. Iā€™ve finally got _him_ trained to the point where he tries to, but his schedule can be horribly unforgiving. ā˜¹ And of course my nice work-free weekend just disappeared. MORE rush work. That Iā€™m one of only three people with the software to handle. Grr. Sometimes I really regret getting that stupid software. ā˜¹ Anyway, back to the salt mines. Isnā€™t it a fun Firday? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/292 "2007-11-30T22:20:16Z")
10 more minutes til Iā€™m outtahere! ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/293 "2007-11-30T22:23:55Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] Men and women, IN GENERAL, look at things differently. A guy will accept the shortcomings of friends, and just carry on with things without getting too involved in the other guyā€™s personal life. Women, I have seen, will discover one character flaw of their friend and let that wipe out the whole friendship because of it. And, I was looking for dark green paint for the outside shutters, and she wanted spring bough, or something similarly named. I donā€™t think thereā€™s any need for a shovel here, mostly because I was trying to make a funny social comment about how different men and women are. Have a good weekend, yā€™all. [/QUOTE] See, I thought you might have misunderstood me. My point was that getting involved in that type of situation could backfire on **mbg**. It certainly wasnā€™t meant to indicate he should dump his buddy. Please, nobody is perfect and we all have made dumb and destructive relationship decisions. But Iā€™ve also seen friends get hit by crossfire in their attempts to be supportive. Thatā€™s all. And the ā€œshovelā€ bit was ā€œmyā€ attempt at being funny. ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/294 "2007-11-30T23:36:46Z")
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPECIAL ONE AND MEEKS!!! Woo hoo, TGIF too!!! No real plans for the weekend; Iā€™ve got grocery shopping to do and thatā€™s about it. Iā€™m doing a bit of cyber windowshopping too but canā€™t make any purchases just yet. Whew, glad that we seem to have a bit more time before the Christmas holiday this year. And wooo **Haze** how - you - doinā€™ ? šŸ™‚ šŸ™‚ (LOL - sorry you do look so cute, though, seriously. And that dress looks very nice on you even if you didnā€™t show us how short it is!!! šŸ˜› Off to get dinner - well, the gyro my daughter picked up for me today from my favorite Greek deli - YUM! And then on to watch Las Vegas later tonight. Hmmmā€¦ speaking of which, letā€™s hope that **BooFae** will have plenty of stories to share when she returns from the -real- Vegas. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/295 "2007-11-30T23:41:42Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] So hereā€™s my new dress. Cloud Maiden wasnā€™t around when I took pictures so I had to use the mirror. [Um, how am I going to do this?](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x163/faeriehazel/IMG_0079.jpg) [The hem comes an inch above my knees.](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x163/faeriehazel/IMG_0076.jpg) [/QUOTE] Needs more cleavage, dear. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/296 "2007-11-30T23:54:40Z")
\*\*WOO HOO!!! \*\* The banner ads are gone (at least for now) !!! So, my tenant is moving to Baltimore . . . _this_ weekend. Iā€™m glad he gave me two months security because Iā€™ll keep one in lieu of a proper 30 day notice, and form the other Iā€™ll deduct the cleaning bill - but I just had a look around and really all itā€™s going to need is a vacuuming and a dusting and maybe a little spackle on the picture hook holes - cā€™est tout! Iā€™ll miss my tenant. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/297 "2007-12-01T00:06:13Z")
Evening all! Happy birthday to our special Mumpers! I took off from work an hour early to pick up my daughterā€™s prescription. Itā€™s a good thing I did, traffic was horrendous. Soooo, theyā€™re still talking about the ā€œSā€ word around here. Theyā€™re predicting some accumulation of it. However, whatever accumulates is supposed to be wiped out by a big rain and wind storm. They always hype up a ā€œsnow eventā€ around here, and usually it just fizzles out. I have laundry and cooking to do. I may wait on the laundry until tomorrow. Tonightā€™s dinner will include rib-eye steaks. I havenā€™t thought about the sides yet. Happy Friday all! ---
**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:** [December 1, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/298 "2007-12-01T00:19:55Z")
So, my car is all packed and Iā€™m ready for the bazaar tomorrow. I hope I sell lots so I donā€™t have to haul all this crap back again! šŸ˜ƒ If I can get **FCD** ā€™s buns out of bed early enough, we can go to Lindaā€™s Cafe for breakfast before heading to the church to set up. Heā€™s going to help me take my stuff in, then heā€™s leaving. Iā€™m glad itā€™s a fairly short event - 4 hours, plus setup and teardown. As long as itā€™s busy, the time should fly. We shall see. Meanwhile, I need to get clean sheets on the bed and get the blanket set to warm said sheets. Yet another glimpse of the excitement that is my life - this I offer you. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/299 "2007-12-01T00:21:49Z")
weā€™re supposed to get some of the stuff that has four letters and starts with s too this weekend - maybe even the five letter s word as well. blech. Is it spring yet? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2007, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784/300 "2007-12-01T00:34:39Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Needs more cleavage, dear. [/QUOTE] Er, itā€™s for _work_. šŸ˜› Donā€™t want to distract my student, yanno. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-art-of-letter-writing-for-your-mmp-consideration/427784.md?page=16)