# The MMP. That's it, just "The MMP". **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [May 5, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700 "2014-05-05T04:46:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/141 "2014-05-07T12:31:56Z")
Good morning each and every one of you. It is a wonderful day, so good I even listened to the Talking Camel. Ho ho ho, that is so funny, I must listen to it every Wednesday. I am so full of love and respect for all of my co-workers this fine day. Each and every one of them is smart, beautiful, and performs their job to the best of their abilities. And they are in no way responsible for me going three consecutive work days without being able to process any sales orders, update inventory levels, order supplies or in any small way do what I am paid to do. Nope, not responsible at all. Not a one. ---
**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 7, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/142 "2014-05-07T12:50:19Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > **Flytrap** , but if you went to the grocery store and interrogated canned meats by surprise, you’d be the Spammish Inquisition. Neither is Kosher. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/143 "2014-05-07T14:32:24Z")
Congrats, **flytrap**. You killed the thread. I hope you’re happy. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/144 "2014-05-07T15:22:59Z")
Mawnin and Happy Humping Day all, I have a long day ahead _gets at it_ **Jim** ---
**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 7, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/145 "2014-05-07T15:38:01Z")
> [@Sean\_Factotum](#): > > Congrats, **flytrap**. You killed the thread. I hope you’re happy. My Squirrel Stories always do that. dammit. ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/146 "2014-05-07T16:34:21Z")
[Planting is done!!!](http://s72.photobucket.com/user/fairychatmom/library/shed?sort=3&page=1) Rain is on the way, and it should dissolve the miracle gro that I spread among the plants. If not, I’ll water it myself tomorrow. Here’s hoping it all grows and fills in fast! 😃 A guy came this morning and bought our inflatable dinghy. Another guy is coming on Saturday to see the other dinghy. Yay for Craigslist! 😃 Plus I’ve done my grocery shopping, so we can eat for another week or so. That’s always good. 😃 I’s tahred and grubby - I think I need a shower. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/147 "2014-05-07T16:46:36Z")
You landscaped a storage shed. ---
**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 7, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/148 "2014-05-07T16:47:34Z")
Yes, so instead of being a shed sitting in the yard, it’s a shed with plants in front. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/149 "2014-05-07T16:49:32Z")
Happy news to report: Former rental daughter Lauren was capped as an RN last night. It is a monumental week for her, because Saturday she is getting married and VWife and I will be traveling to Cottonfield County to attend. She also has a job at Obici Hospital in Suffolk, VA, one of my former haunts when I was a member of the Cottonfield County Rescue Squad. She will have time for a honeymoon before she starts. 😃 ---
**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 7, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/150 "2014-05-07T17:14:47Z")
I’ll have some of whatever **Sean** is havin’. It appears to induce much happiness. 😃 **Rosie** now you know **MOOOOOOM** can’t have just a shed. It must be a _classy_ shed. Speakin’ of **MOOOOOOM** , you will be proud to know that tonight’s dindin includes used meat. I bought some riblets that were reduced for quick sale. I shall grill them. I took a quart bag of frozen baked beans outta da freezer and have some leftover coleslaw so that will make for another simple and easy, like I like my men, dindin. Other than that, irk is not as irksome as it could be, so there’s that. ETA: **BBBobbio** yay for rental daughter! ---
**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 7, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/151 "2014-05-07T17:24:43Z")
I struck out on the used meat front today - nary a container was marked down. ☹ But I got a whole chickie for 99¢/lb, which works for me. It’s in the freezer for a future meal. I’m showered and dressed in comfy sweats. I don’t intend to venture out any more. I think I’ll plop down in my recliner for a while. Or nap. Or nap in my recliner. Whatever works. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/152 "2014-05-07T18:06:12Z")
Happy Wednesday everyone. At least the week is half over, right? My cousin got out of the hospital on Saturday afternoon, so we’ve been catching up on our emails, yay! She does not have a tablet, nor does she even have a cell phone (though I did suggest she get one in case of emergency), so we’ve only been able to talk on the phone while she was in hospital. She’s feeling better, although spending time catching up on her sleep. You know how hard it is to get any good sleep (longer than 3-4 hours at a stretch) in hospitals! So thanks everyone for all your kind thoughts and prayers, they worked. 🙂 **Nurse** , you’re in my thoughts and prayers, and I also hope the **FCD** is feeling better soon, so am sending healing thoughts his way. I know I’m missing others too; forgive my elderly brain, please, but know you are in my thoughts and prayers also. Yesterday, my daughter and I went to a nursery to get some plants. I only got house plants; I was originally going to get a couple of plants for the patio, but I decided to work on the inside first. My patio is very shaded, by a large pine. It does not get much sun at all, so I suspect I’ll have to discuss that with the workers at the nursery. They can probably suggest at least a few plants that will tolerate those conditions. I hope. 🙂 I got a lot of succulents, which I am hoping will work out okay in the climate here. They should. And I have not one but two aloe plants now! I also got a nice sized snake (mother-in-law’s-tongue) plant, the varigated kind, which is so very pretty. I just want my plants to be happy and give off lots of nice oxygen. 😃 **BBBBobbio** , my cousin was in the hospital where rental daughter Lauren will be working! Congrats to her, btw, and I hope you and **V-Wife** enjoy your visit to Cottonfield County. Have a great day, all! ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/153 "2014-05-07T18:47:17Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Bone Harrison. > Beat that! > :rolleyes: I need a better street: Bandit Walnut. The Bandit is fine, but the second half needs another syllable and a meter that doesn’t start with a stressed syllable. de Walnut? de Walnutter? > [@anyrose](#): > > **wiki** and I have decided. In 20 years, we, all us mumpers, will pool our resources and buy a small (10-15 unit) apartment building in a geographically desirable area[ul] > [li]pro baseball and hockey teams[/li][li]mild winters[/li][li]low humidity summers[/li][li]within two hours of both beach and mountain[/li][li]easy access to the interstate[/li][/ul] > and we’ll all live there forever Well, Stockton has semi-pro baseball and hockey. Cheaper tickets and closer seats. > [@Spiderman](#): > > CA has earthquakes & big brush fires, & mudslides. Sounds more like No way, Jose to me. To get to earthquakes and mudslides, you’d have to head at least 40 miles toward the coast. For brush fires you’d have to go further. Dry as the heat is, it does hit over a hundred at least a few weeks a year. > [@anyrose](#): > > oh, we’re definitely staying east of the Mississippi River Darn. And we have such a nicely depressed housing market, too. If you change your landmark to east of the San Joaquin River, let me know. I can scout locations. Maybe we can take over one of the residential hotels downtown. As the weather heats up, this is the second month with a utility bill less that $160. Yay, insulation. And the oak tree that was a foot from the bathroom window and cracking the foundation has been removed. The siding on that side will be replaced Memorial Day Weekend. Then I’ll have insulation on 3 sides. Put that together with the foxtails being gone from the back yard and I may swoon with glee. On the down side, the neighbor’s large screen TV was swiped the day that the tree was removed. That cast a bit of a pall. But having the tree gone lets a lot more light in. I’m going to enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/154 "2014-05-07T18:50:59Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Well, Stockton has semi-pro baseball and hockey. Cheaper tickets and closer seats. you are appealingly close to San Francisco. But too far from family. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/155 "2014-05-07T19:29:36Z")
I live in Sacramento, and would NOT want to live in Stockton. Huge violent crime problem there. Day off today, slept for something like 15 hours total. I’ve been running on massive sleep deprivation lately “thanks” to snoring DH. I think I even feel mostly human today. No known plans for the day other than servicing the Princess’ litterbox. I’m sure there’s other stuff I should be doing, but I don’t really want to. ---
**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 7, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/156 "2014-05-07T19:45:51Z")
Howdy from da cave! Grill is fired up and ribs are doin’ their thang on a low heat. All I did to ‘em was a little dry rub. They’re not big so it won’t take awful long to grill ‘em up. There’s a little bone in each one which I kinda like for grillin’/smokin’ purposes. Should be nummy! **Rockin’** I do enough sneezin’ and nose honkin’ on my own so thanks for the suggestion but no need to turn on the waterworks. Besides, most of those kinds of movies tend to make me want to make fun of 'em. I am evile like that. 😃 **Herbs** yay for cousin bein’ home and on the mend! **Yeller** yay for gettin’ stuff done! Ok, need to go turn ribs and throw the beans in the oven. Ok, I’ll put ‘em in a pan first instead of just openin’ the oven door and tossin’ 'em in. That would mean I’d have to clean the oven and we don’t want that, now do we! ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/157 "2014-05-07T20:42:33Z")
Hi, and good afternoon. **Swampy** , your dinner sounds delicious! Enjoy! I went out and sat in the sun for about an hour. Now I’m all red. Good grief. I don’t tan. I just turn red, and stay red. I don’t know what the hell is up with that. Oh well. I guess the Sicilian bits didn’t take with me. It’s the English/Irish bits that are prominent. Stupid genes. Not that it’s a bad thing, but I’d _really_ prefer to have a bit of color that isn’t red. I was out in the gardens, and saw that one of the Black Pearl cherry tomato plants is putting out blooms. That’s good. I cut my chives, too, since I was out there. They’re awaiting a good chopping, and will go to live in an olive oil and butter mixture, in the freezer. I’m a bit hungry, so I guess I’ll go start dinner. ---
**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 7, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/158 "2014-05-07T20:57:11Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Yes, so instead of being a shed sitting in the yard, it’s a shed with plants in front. What’s your point? When Yankees fall out. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/159 "2014-05-07T20:57:55Z")
> [@nonacetone](#): > > I cut my chives, too, since I was out there. I detest onions and don’t really like green onions either, but there’s something very nice and delicate about the flavor of actual chives. Go figure. I’m home, have to prepare for an interview tomorrow. Obviously I need to change my approach since it hasn’t worked for me so far. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700/160 "2014-05-07T21:14:09Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > I detest onions and don’t really like green onions either, but there’s something very nice and delicate about the flavor of actual chives. Go figure. The chives I have are Onion Chives. I’m going to see if I can find some Garlic Chives this weekend. They’re wonderful, as well. Good luck with your interview tomorrow! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmp-thats-it-just-the-mmp/687700.md?page=9)