# The Memorial Day MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 28, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959 "2018-05-28T11:37:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/81 "2018-05-30T23:12:05Z")
**doggio** , you scarred Maggie for life! šŸ˜› **flytrap** , you can bet if itā€™s **baker** talking about Mauser, thereā€™s a 99.9% chance sheā€™s not speaking of a firearm. **Moooooom** , I keep a quart sized yogurt container (one of many for different things) in the freezer. When it gets full of shrimp shells, fish bones, etc, I make stock. Basically, itā€™s a quart of shells, an onion, salt and pepper with two quarts of water. Put it in the stock pot or the slow cooker and simmer for a couple of hours. Strain everything out and use for sauces, soups, chowders, paella or anything else you want fishy type broth for. I spent my day riding herd on a couple of noobs in the department working on being certified on forklifts and cherry pickers. That, in addition to about half a day worth of my usual irk means that Iā€™s tahred. Nelson is back to his usual playful self, so heā€™s not wanting to be constantly held. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/82 "2018-05-30T23:34:29Z")
Hey **Taters**! Nice to see you in here! Although I still [del]stalk[/del] see you on facebook occasionally. I was on Warfarin for months and months after my AFib ā€˜eventā€™. Itā€™s not very spendy, so thatā€™s what \*\* Wifey \*\* is gonna do if the doc wants her to. Itā€™s just a nuisance to go in and get tested every couple of weeks. Just got back from having a tooth pulled and the implant thingee put in. They told me to take it easy for a few hours. Of course I had to go get the antibiotics at one place, then go to another place and get some yogurt and cottage cheese and soup. So an hour anna half later Iā€™m finally home, ready to take it easy. Good thing too. The anesthetic is wearing off. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2018, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/83 "2018-05-30T23:50:17Z")
Worked, came home. Got chicken marinating in my teriyaki Mirin honey chili oil mix. Hockey in 30min. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > we do a pretty good job of avoiding pitfalls. Not me, I seek [them](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall!) out.šŸ˜ƒ > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Either there is a story there, **flytrap,** or the doctor needs to up your medicationā€¦ Iā€™m picking ā€œBā€ on that one. > [@Taters](#): > > Hey there! I thought Iā€™d pop in. I read here but rarely post. > > Iā€™m glad to see your wife is okay, **Bumba.** That must have been a bit nerve wracking. Iā€™m sorry the meds are so expensive; I sure you hope you find a less expensive alternative. > > Not much going on in my little corner of the world. I still work, the dogs still keeps us entertained and loved, my kids are doing great, and my daughterā€™s baby bump is growing large. Sheā€™s 25 weeks along, but looks bigger because sheā€™s so darn tiny. > > Also, I have lost my charter membership because I failed to re-up in time. Tried to do it from work, but the stupid security here made it impossible. I gave up, telling myself Iā€™d do it at home and then completely spaced. Ah well; I donā€™t post here often, but I like keeping up with my MMP OG (original gang). **taters**!!! : tacklehug : ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/84 "2018-05-30T23:59:12Z")
Well, I decided to let HRH the Burger King take care of dinner, and got home just before the tunder-boomers that we were promised all day finally showed up. So nice and dry and waiting to try to connect to a ā€œGo To Meetingā€ site about the soccer tournament in Charlotte in about an hour. Nice of you to stop by, **Taters;** always good to see the person N.O.T. was named afterā€¦ **Bumba,** sounds like itā€™s been an eventful day, medically speaking for the Bumbasā€¦ **Nut,** glad you had a good trip and welcome back; also glad you have friends that help you out (but a 5-mile walk homeā€¦whew) **FCM,** you can tell your sister I am on a seafood dietā€“If I see food, I eat it. All yā€™all take care now. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/85 "2018-05-31T00:32:49Z")
Pasta bake was yum. Supper tomorrow will be foraging. Closing in on sleepy timeā€¦ ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/86 "2018-05-31T00:34:28Z")
> [@missred](#): > > **flytrap** , you can bet if itā€™s **baker** talking about Mauser, thereā€™s a 99.9% chance sheā€™s not speaking of a firearm. The name ā€œMauserā€ sort of jumps out at one. Is ā€œMauserā€ related to ā€œMouserā€? > [@missred](#): > > When it gets full of shrimp shells, fish bones, etc, I make stock. I intend no offense, but that does sound like the substrate of a badly kept aquarium. I know about that. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/87 "2018-05-31T01:16:10Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I intend no offense, but that does sound like the substrate of a badly kept aquarium. I know about that. :dubious: Are you saying that you want to donate to the stockpot? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/88 "2018-05-31T01:42:07Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Are you saying that you want to donate to the stockpot? šŸ˜ƒ Au contraire, I have not been able to eat fish since I began keeping aquariums at a very early age. If I must digress, my parents obtained a five gallon aquarium and guppies to explain sex to me. I never made the connection of a male guppy sticking his gonopodium into the whatchamacallit of a female guppy for three seconds, and the result of babies (fry) born live. I was interested in keeping fish, and bought a 15 and a 20 gallon with money from my paper route. At any rate, when forced to eat fish caught in Lake [Conway](https://www.arkansas.com/lake/lake-conway/4), I was revolted by the smell. Do you see those tree stumps? They are inhabited by billions of [crane flies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_fly)that are just waiting for the tender flesh of small children. I had a scar where my Father, flinging back his casting rod, hooked my arm and was surprised that flipping the rod forward only offered the resistance of my arm. Small wire cutters and needle nosed pliers cured the problem. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/89 "2018-05-31T01:46:24Z")
{{{ **Taters** }}} Nice to see you! Welcome home\*\* Nuts\*\*. We got a little rain today. The window was working at the drug store so we didnā€™t have to go in. Ripple and my son think itā€™s hot in here, but itā€™s 75 outside and going down into the 60s overnight, so I am still vetoing the AC. The honeysuckle is in full bloom and it smells nice on the back porch. My rose bush is blooming too, I think the seret to pretty roses is to try to kill the damn bush every year. I like roses the flowers but not roses the bush. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/90 "2018-05-31T03:17:01Z")
Da Jungle was struck by lightning. The lights went out. Nobody tried to grope me. I would file a complaint with HR but the one good person weā€™ve ever had in that department had her last day today. None of the remaining bimbos are smart enough to get the joke. ā˜¹ ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/91 "2018-05-31T09:23:15Z")
Good Morninā€™ Yā€™all! Up and caffeinatinā€™. _YAWN_ ā€˜Tis 73 Amurrkin out and cloudy (dark actually) with a predicted high of 89 and mostly N.O.S. this afternoon. Only a twenty percent chance of rain even! I did not post last night as you all may have noticed. Yestiddy remained relatively dry so OYKW and I went over to his place to accomplish mowage and stayed there. We crashed early which resulted in me beinā€™ wide awake at four a.m. Thus, I had some caffeine there and am now back at da cave to finish morninā€™ caffeination. In a couple of hours I shall begin mowage of da cave yahd. Rah. Thatā€™s the big plan for the day so far. Stoufferā€™s shall supply sup this eveninā€™ via frozen lasagna (from a box **Spidey**!) which I shall thoughtfully bake as lasagnasicle does not sound good. **{{{Taters}}}** ::tacklehug:: YAY!!! Like **Bumba** said I, too, [del]stalk[/del] keep up with you on the book of faces. Glad everything is goinā€™ well! Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. Rah. Happy Thursday Yā€™all! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/92 "2018-05-31T10:22:56Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to work. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/93 "2018-05-31T10:28:12Z")
Foggy drive in - areas to the west are bracing for flash floods, but our little peninsula appears to be out of the danger zone, so thereā€™s that. Itā€™s the last day of the month, so we have to do a close-out time card, then one for Firday morning. Then one covering Firday afternoon and all of next week. For whatever weird reason, our pay week runs from Firday noon to Firday noon. Something to do with gummint contractsā€¦ Bottom line, itā€™s a 3-time-card week. The vetā€™s office texted me multiple times yesterday - they had to change my appointment from tomorrow to June 13. Not sure why it took 4 texts and 2 phone calls, but itā€™s all straightened out now. Our vet has gotten extremely popular of late. Happy Thursday! Send Chocolate!!! ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/94 "2018-05-31T11:31:09Z")
We got over 2 inches of rain yesterday, making this the wettest May on record. huzzahā€¦ Leaving for Scotland tonight. I will attemp to check in. BEHAVE YERSELFS. Use coasters. Wait an hour after you eat before you go swimming. Donā€™t run in the house, donā€™t slam doors, and donā€™t touch the walls. These are my motherā€™s rules. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/95 "2018-05-31T11:33:25Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Nut,** glad you had a good trip and welcome back; also glad you have friends that help you out (but a 5-mile walk homeā€¦whew) The whole event is a sort of communally run thing where no-oneā€™s getting paid, and everyone chips in and helps everyone else out. Itā€™s almost enough to give you faith in humanity it is. I didnā€™t have to walk home though, I stayed an extra day at a friendā€™s house soā€™s I could get the sensible oā€™clock coach that dropped off closer. So sleepy today though. Car windscreen is now replaced, and itā€™s extremely tempting to have a nap. Itā€™s just the fact that Iā€™m pretty sure Iā€™d wake up at about 8pm, then not be able to sleep overnight, added to the fact that I have irk Friday morning thatā€™s stopping me. Hope those in flood areas are OK, weā€™re getting unusually dry weather here, in one of the wettest bits of the UK. It might be our rain youā€™re getting. Sorry about that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/96 "2018-05-31T11:48:26Z")
Up early, the home remodeling guy (#3 of 4 contenders) is coming by about 8AM so I need to get presentable here in a minute. Still cloudy and only 72F with 40% chance of rain. Driving to Charlotte, NC tomorrow for a soccer tournament (have signed up to referee 5 games, may get 1-2 more in there) and wonā€™t be back until Monday afternoon. Debating over two routes, one is shorter in miles but also goes around Atlanta, which is something I try to avoid, the other does the ā€˜great circle routeā€™ to Knoxville/Asheville TN and is about 30 miles longer but itā€™s probably the route I will take. So probably stick close to home today as gas tank is almost dry and Iā€™ll fill up before starting the journey. Now for sustenance and making myself look semi-responsible. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/97 "2018-05-31T13:27:53Z")
Itā€™s another hot and muggy one. Not the kind of weather I want to be cleaning my house in without AC, but I will have to after work today. Gotta get it spiffy for the appraisal tomorrow. Then itā€™s off to Chicago for the weekend. Iā€™m looking forward to spending some time with Romeo without Juliet Jr. and Romeo Jr. all up in our business. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/98 "2018-05-31T13:35:32Z")
**blurf** Back at it. I can get a head start on some of the EOM stuff today. I have a bunch of online training I need to do but my pitiful government computer does not have flash player installed and I need it for the classes. I have a call into the help desk. SSDD **blurf** ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/99 "2018-05-31T14:08:21Z")
Iā€™m back! Didja miss me? Didja notice I was gone? Coasters were [del]used[/del] handed out to appropriate parties in the park. There is a menswear stoā€™ in the Greater Suburbia Maul; I donā€™t know why itā€™s there because it belongs in Da Hood. I think they do 95+% of their business during prom season; who else wears a purple Zoot Suit in Greater Suburbia? They also sells interestinā€™ shoes. Want black & white wingtips? They got ā€˜em. Want blue & white wingtips? They got them, too; & those arenā€™t even the interestinā€™ shoes. > [@swampbear](#): > > Stoufferā€™s shall supply sup this eveninā€™ via frozen lasagna (from a box **Spidey**!) which I shall thoughtfully bake as lasagnasicle does not sound good. ::Puts on robe:: ::Sits on bench:: I find you guilty! As punishment you will **not** be getting new footwear on you next b-day; yanno, footwear that matches other parts of your unmentionable [attire](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/27603293727/). ā˜¹ > [@peedin](#): > > Use coasters. Wait an hour after you eat before you go swimming. What about log flumes? Since they are wet coasters, theyā€™re kinda like swimming. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Now for sustenance and making myself look semi-responsible. So when will your episode of Extreme Makeover air? :o > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I have a bunch of online training I need to do but my pitiful government computer does not have flash player installed and I need it for the classes. I have a call into the help desk. Would it help if the Mumpers got together & collectively flashed you? šŸ˜› I has a :(. Bruce is in town Sat night, [del]backed[/del] _undered_ by a full orchestra & I wonā€™t be. (Iā€™m not talking a [Boss](https://img.wennermedia.com/featured-promo-782/rs-85-bruce-springsteen.jpg) show, but the other famous Bruce who spends time at the Joisey shore; yanno, the [scary](http://bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Jaws4.jpg) one. Theyā€™re showing the movie on the huuuggge screen with full, live orchestra on stage below the screen playing the soundtrack. šŸ™‚ Attention **Mooompers** : (see what I did there?) Can you make [Cordova, MD](http://www.chesapeakebayballoonandwinefestival.com/) the first wickend in Aug? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959/100 "2018-05-31T14:12:56Z")
Balloon Festival looks like fun - gonna pencil it in and start working on \*\*FCD \*\*to take a day off so we can attend! šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memorial-day-mmp/814959.md?page=6)