# The n00bing of the MMP -- a tale of hubris and temerity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 7, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535 "2014-04-07T09:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/301 "2014-04-13T13:36:33Z")
Up and caffeinated, off today. I need to go to the grocery store. > [@SpazCat](#): > > There are ants on my computer desk. > > \*\*Ants \*\*on my **computer desk**. > > :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:. And uncles in your liquor cabinet? šŸ˜‰ Hope the traps work, though. [color-red]rosie[/color], Iā€™d make sure he paid off your apartment if he won. Which reminds me, I need to pick up a couple of tix today. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/302 "2014-04-13T13:38:43Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you could buy my apartment so I donā€™t have to move šŸ˜‰ You guys donā€™t understand, the plan is to buy the loans and call them due. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/303 "2014-04-13T14:52:30Z")
I actually got off my ass this morning and went to Services. The fishing gods grudgingly blessed my sacrifice of nightcrawlers allowing me to catch 7 bluegills, of which 2 were barely keepable. All lived to bite hooks another day. In a shock to me and probably to no other MMPers, I saw direct evidence that there are beavers in Southerne Merrylande. Get your minds out of the gutter, Iā€™m talking 4-legged furry ones with flat tails, not 2-legged furry ones with flat tails. Several small trees in one of my favorite fishing cove were chewed down and stripped of bark, and a couple larders were evident in the water. I didnā€™t see a lodge anywhere, however. More yahd irk is on The List for today. After my late morning Sunday nap. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/304 "2014-04-13T14:56:35Z")
Time to get cleaned up. Sah-son is on delivery watch. Four adults sharing one bathroom makes for a slow morning of getting ready. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/305 "2014-04-13T15:19:27Z")
I liked the orchestra concert I saw on Friday night so I went and saw it again last night. Flexatone solos and bass oboe solos for the win! Went out partying with the orchestra afterwards. good times. šŸ™‚ šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/306 "2014-04-13T16:46:32Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > In a shock to me and probably to no other MMPers, I saw direct evidence that there are beavers in Southerne Merrylande. Get your minds out of the gutter, Iā€™m talking 4-legged furry ones with flat tails, not 2-legged furry ones with flat tails. Several small trees in one of my favorite fishing cove were chewed down and stripped of bark, and a couple larders were evident in the water. I didnā€™t see a lodge anywhere, however. Time to bake another rabid beaver cake. šŸ˜ƒ I went up and down the mountain today. I stopped off at the Big Rock with a Prickly Pear on It and basked in the sun like a lizard. A couple of guys from Foreign Lands came by and admired the cactus. Then they started watching videos from Foreign Lands on their phones, so I went back downhill. Thereā€™s a new gas station at the InglĆ©s on the main drag. I stopped there and cleaned all the dust off my back windshield. Going up and down the dirt road takes its toll on visibility. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/307 "2014-04-13T17:11:05Z")
Happy Sunday Funday all, Two days of irk hell done, Kool and the Gang and Roller Derby Girls. Yaā€™ll get three guesses about which one I enjoyed more and two of em donā€™t count. **Rosie** , hope the new apt works out for you **Spidey** , off to the Republik Czechy already, donā€™t forget the statue of Jesus and the clock. **Swampy** , you do realize that SHARKS live in salt water. Silly bear, you are building your own trap for me. I am sure that I have missed something but I have a great partaay to get toā€¦ Cheers all Oh, one more thing ā€œtis better to regret something you have done than regret something you havenā€™t done, and by the way, when you see your Mom this weekend be sure and tell herā€¦Satan.ā€ One internet dollar for the source of that quote **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/308 "2014-04-13T17:23:07Z")
Did you get all Palmed out swampy? We too sang _All Glory, Laud and Honor_. I think itā€™s a requirement on Palm Sunday, like singing _Jesus Christ is Risen Today_ on Easter. Even when I was Lutheran we always sang those two on those days. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/309 "2014-04-13T17:55:44Z")
Home from deheathenization which was large and long. Anywho, N.O.L. has been et and Iā€™ve made tuna and chikin sallit, so Go Me! **DeathMistress** we did indeed get all palmed out. Itā€™s good when the weather cooperates and we can start outside in the memorial garden and proceed (process?) into the church wavinā€™ palms and carryinā€™ on. The service ended with the readinā€™ of The Passion Gospel and then everyone processinā€™ out in silence. A good start to Holy Week. Ok, gonna go put a load of whitestuff in the washer. Itā€™s a neverendinā€™ loop of excitatement heah at da cave. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/310 "2014-04-13T18:49:01Z")
Break time. Cracker Barrel and WalMart were accomplished without benefit of curlers, muu-muus, or slippers of any description. šŸ˜› The shed is re-roofed, altho we had to make a run for the special nails - we needed 3 boxes, not 2. All nails are out of the studs and rafters, rafters have been sprayed with bug killer, and I vacuumed up a pile of dead ants, so yay for that. \*\*FCD \*\*plugged up all the bee holes in the shed - many unhappy bees buzzing about. Bedspread is washed and hanging on the line. I need to head back out and help my sweetie install a shelf. Iā€™s tahred!!! Oh, and itā€™s 81Ā° 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:** [April 13, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/311 "2014-04-13T19:07:38Z")
> [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > **Swampy** , you do realize that SHARKS live in salt water. Silly bear, you are building your own trap for me. > > **Jim** [Check it out](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_bullsharks_2.html), Jim. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/312 "2014-04-13T19:16:17Z")
Got a lot done today, but thereā€™s still much to do. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/313 "2014-04-13T19:22:22Z")
For the first time in many years the weekend schedule of family members will prevent a good part of us from getting together on Easter for dinner. So we are doing it today. My contribution, as is usual, is the bread. Usually for Easter I do croissants made from scratch, but this time Iā€™m departing from tration and have bread rolls rising. Included in the dough is a veggie/herb mix I use at work. I process together fresh basil leaves, sundried tomatos, fresh garlic cloves, and chopped onion. I freeze 6 ounce packets of it to use all winter, and it was part of one packet that went into the dinner roll dough. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/314 "2014-04-13T19:32:18Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > My contribution, as is usual, is the bread. Usually for Easter I do croissants made from scratch, but this time Iā€™m departing from tration and have bread rolls rising. Included in the dough is a veggie/herb mix I use at work. I process together fresh basil leaves, sundried tomatos, fresh garlic cloves, and chopped onion. I freeze 6 ounce packets of it to use all winter, and it was part of one packet that went into the dinner roll dough. Iā€™ll be right over. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/315 "2014-04-13T19:33:56Z")
Short break, then short return to work, and now weā€™re done for the day. We installed a shelf over the mulcher/vac parking space - itā€™ll be home for various yard tools. Neither of us was up to any more labor, so my sweetie is in the shower, and Iā€™ll hop in there next. Well, not hop, but sorta moseyā€¦ Iā€™s tahred!! Supper will be choice of leftovers. Iā€™m not up to cooking and I donā€™t want to go out. Thereā€™s one piece of quiche, half a lasagne - I didnā€™t put it in the freezer yet - some sliced poke, and I think thatā€™s it - I ate the leftover chickie-n-dumplins, sans dumplins, for lunch. Tomorrow, weā€™ll install a few more shelves, then remove the tools that belong in **FCD** ā€™s shop, bring in the mulcher/vac, the push mower, and whatever else we feel like moving. Iā€™m also going to take buckets of the dirt we dug out for the ramp and fill the trenches in the yard that the shed mover left us. Then Iā€™ll seed it and a few other areas that are more dirt than grass. But thatā€™s for tomorrow. Today, Iā€™m done. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/316 "2014-04-13T19:35:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Check it out](http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_bullsharks_2.html), Jim. Bull sharks are routinely caught in the Potomac River as far north as [del]Mordor[/del]Washington DC. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/317 "2014-04-13T20:26:20Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > Bull sharks are routinely caught in the Potomac River as far north as [del]Mordor[/del]Washington DC. :dubious: Cool. Are they Republican, Democratic or Libertarian sharks? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/318 "2014-04-13T20:43:12Z")
Iā€™m still exhausted, but at least Iā€™m clean. Supper will be lasagne - itā€™s in the oven right now. \*\*FCD \*\*is snoozing on the couch. Life is exciting at FairyChatEstates! ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/319 "2014-04-13T21:35:26Z")
Supper was good, and thereā€™s enough left over for a meal for me next week when \*\*FCD \*\*goes to FL. I hear gunshots outside - Iā€™m going with the assumption that someone is doing target practice since I donā€™t hear any screaming. šŸ˜ƒ Tummy is happy, feet are sore, dishes are rinsed, day is winding down. I would love to sink neck-deep in a hot tubā€¦ ---
**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:** [April 13, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535/320 "2014-04-13T21:52:51Z")
Just saw the listing for the house across the street. Itā€™s the same house as ours, except the basement is fully finished with 2 bedrooms and a bathroom, so it lists with twice the square footage. Five BR, 3 bath, 3.63 acres, $339,990. Itā€™ll be interesting to see what it goes for. I hope they post photos soon - Iā€™m nosy! šŸ˜ƒ I figured it would be coming on the market - I hadnā€™t seen the old lady who lived there for a long time. Either she died or went into assisted living/nursing home. Iā€™m guessing with 5 bedrooms, weā€™ll be looking at a family full of kids. We shall seeā€¦ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-n00bing-of-the-mmp-a-tale-of-hubris-and-temerity/685535.md?page=17)