# The Pass Over MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [April 14, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071 "2014-04-14T05:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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 14, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/41 "2014-04-14T19:57:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Nor would I suggest such a thing in all seriousness. But a girl can dream, right? 😃 > > I hear wood chippers are very efficient in reducing items to pulp. I believe that I mentioned in the past that FIL (v.1.0) was a potter. He wanted a hammer mill to grind up clay. We considered making insulation from cellulose, but thought the fire hazard to be too high. It would certainly grind up [del] tibia [/del] tree branches. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/42 "2014-04-14T20:19:06Z")
It’s been kind of a weird day. I have a group meeting tonight which we might as well just cancel since the notice didn’t go out until Friday I think and there’s probably just going to be me and one other person. Oh well. Interview tomorrow for a job I’m not sure that I want. At least it’s more good practice. That really is great news, **tugig**. We’re definitely hoping that RT’s children will get to spend more time with him one way or the other once I get a real job. ---
**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 14, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/43 "2014-04-14T20:21:43Z")
Howdy from da cave! Irk is over for the day. Moanday is done. ‘Tis all cloudy out and rain should be movin’ on in within a couple of hours accordin’ to the weather PTB. ‘Tis already rainin’ up in Ye Olde Hometowne and it’s headed this way. I shall nukeulate the veggie lasagna and toast up some garlic bread when OYKW gets here. I found some nice sharp cheddar cheese slices at the sto’. We likes grilled cheese sammiches with sharp cheddar so that’ll be good tomorrow. **Sari** I say if the male HFH is keepin’ his cigars in the fridge then you are within your rights to store garlic under his side of their bed. Better yet, in his underwear drawer. Meanwhile, appropriate/inappropriate appendages remain crossed re the house. **Rosie** appropriate/inappropriate appendages are still crossed. Ok, off to umm… I don’t know but off to do it I am. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/44 "2014-04-14T21:23:47Z")
I got it! Now I have to pack and downsize … AGAIN :: old eyeroll smilie:: ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/45 "2014-04-14T21:28:30Z")
\*\*rosie \*\*- sorry about the downsize, but glad you’ve found a place! And downsizing isn’t necessarily all that bad, is it? N.O.T. in the oven. Chickie strips will be cooked up shortly. Gotta figure out what veggie to have on the side - maybe carrots? \*\*FCD \*\*has finished polishing his fenders and gas tank - they are beeyooteeful!! SHINY!! 😃 Tomorrow, we’ll clean his bike so he can start putting it back together. So I guess I’ll be spending next Saturday sitting at the Harley dealership trying to drum up business for my sweetie, since he’ll be taking his dad to surgery… Lucky me. ---
**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 14, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/46 "2014-04-14T21:36:05Z")
It was my last day at school. 🙂 From now on I’ll have Mondays and Fridays off - well, not entirely off, since I intend to work on various projects on those days. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/47 "2014-04-14T22:01:29Z")
**moooommmmmm** how do you make your cuke salad? Yay for new apt **Rosie**. Good day at irk but so glad it is over. Chili dogs for dinner cause it’s quick and easy. ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/48 "2014-04-14T22:05:00Z")
**rosie** yay! Downsizin’ can be a good thing. Dindin has been ingested. Clouds continue to roll in. We are promised rain/tstorm/apocalypse with a flash flood watch tonight and tomorrow. I hope it’s tstormy at sleepy time. Stormy nights make for good sleep time. ETA: **Butters** cake sallit intrigues me. 😃 ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/49 "2014-04-14T22:09:49Z")
Woot Woot **Rosie** Woot Woot **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:** [April 14, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/50 "2014-04-14T22:17:49Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > I got it! > Now I have to pack and downsize … AGAIN :: old eyeroll smilie:: Cool! Poor Baby! ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/51 "2014-04-14T22:26:32Z")
Who doesn’t have jury duty tomorrow? **I** don’t have jury duty tomorrow! Yet I shall be paid for a full day’s irk because I got a paid day off for braving the Wintry Conditions and coming to irk when we had the Really Bad Storm in February. I declare tomorrow FRITTER THE DAY AWAY DAY! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D Hooray **rosie**! Good news is contagious! ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/52 "2014-04-14T22:29:55Z")
\*\*Butters \*\*- [here it is!](http://mumpersrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/04/cucumber-onion-salad.html)😃 My mom’s been making it forever - it’s always a hit. Sometimes I got a \*little \*heavier on the vinegar, but not too much. And it really is better the next day. Supper was good. Cookies are good. We are beat. Sluggage will ensue tonight. Motorcycle cleanage will fill tomorrow. ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/53 "2014-04-14T22:44:04Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Butters \*\*- [here it is!](http://mumpersrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/04/cucumber-onion-salad.html)😃 My mom’s been making it forever - it’s always a hit. Sometimes I got a \*little \*heavier on the vinegar, but not too much. And it really is better the next day. I have made that substituting sour cream and a little sugar for mayonnaise. Swampy, what is your opinion? ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/54 "2014-04-14T23:25:11Z")
Evenin’ all. Had a somewhat silly day- spent half of it digging a pond, in order to rescue some tadpoles what had been laid in a place that shall shortly be drained and used for watering at the allotments. The only other pond nearby is already more tadpole than water, so I though building another was the way to go! Got most, but didn’t manage to catch them all yet. I’ll have another go in a few days. Then tried to fix my car rear light- a bulb had gone, and as they’re dead easy to replace, I figured I’d do it meself cheap rather than leave it for the garage tomorrow (MOT time, aaahh)… Unfortunately, the bulb was rusted into the holder so badly we couldn’t even get it out with pliers. I wound up doing a frantic drive round all the car parts shops in town trying to find a replacement, but nope, no one sold 'em except the trade places. That’ll be another £20 or so on the bill rather than a few quid and ten minutes work for me. Bah. Anyways, yay for Rosie apartments, boo to moving, boo to rotten people and hugs as required. ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/55 "2014-04-14T23:36:33Z")
**flytrap** I’ve made it usin’ \*\*MOOOOOOM[/s] recipe and I’ve made it usin’ oil and vinegar as well. Sour cream sounds innerestin’ however. I shall give that a go. Cake sallit still intrigues me however. The rain has started. I’s tahrd. Maybe it’s time to go lie upon the bed and watch teevee until sleepy time. ETA: Happy fritterin’ **Spaz**! ---
**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 14, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/56 "2014-04-14T23:47:29Z")
YAY! for **Rosie** YAY! for **Spaz** Had hamburgers for dinner, I had a new mustard that I should have tasted before putting on the burger. I like the mustard but it is more of a chicken nugget/tender dipping mustard than put on a hamburger mustard. Spent the whole dinner listening to Sah-son tell me about the worst movie ever made, I think it was called\* Food Fight\*. I don’t know, I just had trouble following the plot so I told him he had to watch _Groove Tube_, then we got onto _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_, finally something I can relate to. I love my son but I just can’t get into the things he is in to. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/57 "2014-04-15T00:43:07Z")
Thanks **Mmmooommmm**. I made one tonight using cukes, tomatoes and onions in Italian dressing. It was good but next time I shall try your recipe. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/58 "2014-04-15T07:40:11Z")
What lunar eclipse? Damned clouds. I’m going back to bed. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/59 "2014-04-15T09:43:52Z")
Good morning. I need more coffee. I didn’t get to see the eclipse, either. The view was blocked by clouds, falling snow, and sleet. Have a good Toosday, everyone. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071/60 "2014-04-15T10:07:42Z")
It’s not raining here yet, but it sure smells like rain. Hope it starts soon and comes down gently and for a few hours. From the looks of the weather radar, it’s gonna bypass us completely - that better be wrong!! They also better be wrong about tonight’s low: 27°F??? \* Seriously???\* It’s in the low 60s right now - we’re going to have a 30+ degree difference? **STOOPIT WEATHER.** Higgs started fussing around 4, but \*\*FCD \*\*shut our door so we could barely hear her, and I managed to doze on and off till 5:30, which worked. She’s been fed, I’ve been fed, and my sweetie is still sleeping. I have no idea when he came to bed - I was out shortly after 9. I was tahred!! Today is clean and start to reassemble the motorcycle day. I’m also hoping to get some studio time. We’re going to the gym first off, and I want to stop at FoodLion on the way home for a few things. Then we’ll probably not leave the house for the rest of the day. Which will be fine, assuming the stoopit rain will actually come. So it’s another day in paradise! Happy Tuesday! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pass-over-mmp/686071.md?page=4)