# The Lost & Found MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 2, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982 "2012-07-02T07:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/141 "2012-07-06T11:57:01Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > I told you gross, kerosene, rotting rats and hair. Nasty > > **JIM** Cool! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/142 "2012-07-06T12:30:48Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Really I promise you don’t want to know > > His dad had a pest control company and he started to work for him when he was young, got a call from the port of Corpus Christi, load of grain, hundreds of tons, unclaimed at port for months. Millions of rats. They gassed the warehouse and went in with shovels and made piles of dead rats twenty feet high,which they doused in kerosene and burned. The burning took several days. The smell caused him to retch, as he was telling the story over twenty years later. I told you gross, kerosene, rotting rats and hair. Nasty Sounds like a Pyro’s Paradise! 😛 (Hey, Band Name!) > [@VunderBob](#): > > I have a very mundane announcement to make: I just made the final payment on the Family Truckster. Yay! 🙂 Congratulations! > [@ScareyFaerie](#): > > I am at irk, it’s lunchtime, I am staying in the office because it’s bucketing down outside. Silly me, it’s summer in the UK. What else did I expect? Sleet? Hail? Snow?! Dunno, if this is a test I think I just flunked… :smack: 😛 😃 ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/143 "2012-07-06T12:44:54Z")
Drought in Arkansas is Official. I overheard someone remark this morning, “It’s hotteranall gitout.” ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/144 "2012-07-06T13:22:18Z")
It’s hot and has been hot for a week (triple digits). Can I say “fuck” in this forum? Cuz if so, I’m gonna say it a bazillion times. The only good thing that has happened this week is the cretins in my neighborhood apparently didn’t have money for fireworks so it was a quiet 4th on Hobart Dr. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/145 "2012-07-06T13:38:48Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > it was a quiet 4th on Hobart Dr. I like all his movies, especially _Casablanca_. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/146 "2012-07-06T14:58:02Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > Really I promise you don’t want to know > > …and made piles of dead rats twenty feet high,which they doused in kerosene and burned. > **JIM** Mmmmm, roasted rat. Anyone have a good recipie for rat-atouille? :eek: ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/147 "2012-07-06T15:00:23Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Wait, the season is relevant? Of course it’s relevant, in summer the rain is warm! **Lunch** , it would not surprise me in the least to find hail, sleet and snow out there at this time of year. We have had snow in May before now so anything’s possible. I think you can claim that one as a pass… ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/148 "2012-07-06T15:11:01Z")
So, I did a little experiment this morning… I have a hat to wear in the sun since it’s supposed to be 100 tomorrow and I’ll be outside all day. I wore my hat while I was outside for about an hour an it’s 85 right now. \*And the only time that I appreciated the damn hat was when I took it off my head because it was so damn hot. \* Why, oh why is wearing a hat supposed to keep you cool? It’s a Tilley, fwiw that I stole from my dad. Is there anyone that can convince me that I should give it another try? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/149 "2012-07-06T15:18:40Z")
Wide brimmed hats made of light weight materials are the best hat to weather in summer. They shade your face and protect your scalp from sunburn. Yes, even folks with full heads of thick hair can get sunburned scalps. If the hat you’ve grabbed from your dad is made of a heavier, non-breatheable material, of course you’re going to be uncomfortable. Remember, lighter colors reflect the sun’s rays. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/150 "2012-07-06T15:20:25Z")
What kind of hat is it? Is it a straw hat? Thank the everlovin’ whomevers it’s Friday. I’m good and tired, and yes, I realize we had a holiday this week. However, I spent my day off at the hospital. I am hoping against all hope that I don’t stay late tonight. I have a meeting at 9:00 this morning that will determine the course of my day and whether I stay late or not. We’re ramping up to temps in the 80s. That’s uncomfortably hot 'round these parts. Yes, I know it’s nothing like the triple digits you’ve all been enduring, but still. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not complaining. It’s nice to see summer make an appearance around here. I hope, hope, hope to be able to get a pedicure tomorrow morning. After that, it’s off to some friends’ house for a BBQ, badminton, horseshoes, good conversation and good times. I really could use a break from reality for awhile and am looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/151 "2012-07-06T15:34:17Z")
The stairwell is DONE! The tiled steps didn’t look as good as we’d hoped because it turns out our stairwell is out of square - like over the 9-ish inch depth of the tread, it was out at least a quarter of an inch! :eek: I wonder what the stairway installers were smoking??? No matter. Caulk hides a lot of stuff and it still looks better than the nasty bare wood. I’ve also got 2 loads out on the lines and I’ve watered the front yard. Tomorrow morning, I have to mow - it’s outrageously long But it’s green, so yay! 😃 Time to shower and put on non-grubby clothes. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/152 "2012-07-06T15:36:47Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > The stairwell is DONE! Cool! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/153 "2012-07-06T17:01:25Z")
Yay for done stairwell! Yay fore pedicures and fun! Yay for paid off truckster even though I already did that one! Yay for piles of dead burnt rats! Yay I am not at irk! Boo for tummy bug **Rosie**! Boo for all the other bad stuff Mumpers be dealin’ with! I got watermelon, canteloupe (don’t have a ladder! HAH! I crack me up!), honeydew melon, corn, peaches, butterbeans and field peas at the farmers market. I didn’t go wild and buy bushels of stuff so I have the butterbeans and peas shelled and in da freezer, and fourt quarts of corn cut off the cob and in da freezer. Go Me! I have some peaches sliced and whatever that word is when you sprinkle sugar on sliced up peaches and let it set for a while to get all gooey and juicy. They shall go in a peach cobbler which shall be dessert tonight. Dindin shall be steak, friggin’ good **N.O.T.** , corn on the cob, sallit and cheesey bread. YUM!!! Laterz! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/154 "2012-07-06T17:11:52Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I got watermelon, canteloupe (don’t have a ladder! HAH! I crack me up!), I hate being the guy who doesn’t understand the joke, but, Say What? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/155 "2012-07-06T17:31:13Z")
Canteloupe=can’t elope. In other related food humor: What did the mayonnaise say to the refrigerator? Shut the door, I’m dressing. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/156 "2012-07-06T18:26:11Z")
Good gad. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/157 "2012-07-06T19:10:36Z")
I had to run into Leonardtown to pick up **FCD** ’s prescription and get a gallon of milk. As usual, I couldn’t just get milk, and I walked out of the grocery store $50 later… But I had to buy the stuff - Turkey Hill ice cream was on sale - that is a not-to-be-ignored opportunity! 😃 Plus I got other stuff like shrimp on sale and some buns for the burgers I’m making for supper and chips to go with the burgers, and cheese to put on the burgers, and butterscotch sauce to put on the ice cream. 😃 It’s nasty hot out and I’m glad to be back in the a/c. Summer sucks. \*\*Flytrap \*\*- just remember, \*\*swampy \*\*thinks he’s funny. We let him keep thinking that because he’s an old geezer (who has a birthday coming up in a tad over 3 weeks…) and it’s just one of those things you do for geezers to make them feel like they still have worth in society. 😃 Can ya tell I lurves me some **bear**?? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/158 "2012-07-06T19:34:17Z")
It is Friday and I am oh so grateful about that. I have been _volunteered_:rolleyes: for a new project aka sorting out a shitstorm of crap yet again as two sets of big dogs had a review of a something with an even bigger dog and the two sets both used different numbers to report the same thing so nothing matched for the bigger dog who was lets just say a little upset. So I get to be the new project lead. Yay. I have been talking to controllers for several hours and I have a headache from the accountant-speak. I need a nap. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/159 "2012-07-06T19:36:49Z")
I’m amazed and still not convinced we tapped into a parallel universe. The gas bill shows up, indicating that we used about $22 in gas last month. It also said “Pay up fool, or we;re cutting you off!” Hmmm… I could swear I paid the bill last month… Pull up the billpay, and sure enough, it was paid last month and the month before. Why are they suddenly saying we’re not paying? Call them up, and the answer was quick - all the payments were going to our previous address. Nice lady at GasCo moves the payments and all is well in under five minutes. This shouldn’t be possible. I realize that the DMV and AT&T hold the record for most Kafkaesque entities normal people are apt to encounter, but utilities are supposed to be hard to deal with. This lady was nice, efficient and knew what to do. The universe can’t allow this. How do you think the bill will be next month? I’m thinking they’ll either show a credit of several hundred dollars, or someone will show up to shut off the gas, saying we owe $4,000. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982/160 "2012-07-06T19:41:19Z")
I know ya lurves me **MOOOOOOM**! You lurves more than you love your luggage. 😃 Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing! That was for you **FlyTrap**. Peach cobbler in the oven. YUM!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lost-found-mmp/626982.md?page=9)