# The pumpkin spice (bleck!) MMP \[Old\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [October 9, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304 "2023-10-09T08:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/241 "2023-10-13T18:06:13Z")
'Tis the season for layoffs apparently. They let about 1,000 people go yesterday and a few hundred more today. At least they didn’t do it during the holidays? I didn’t get to my mom’s place yesterday but I will tonight hopefully. I went out to dinner with a small group of friends instead for Indian food. It was nice. Tonight I might have a friend over to binge watch TV after doing a shelf at mom’s and driving her car. Hopefully I’ll get a waddle in today (didn’t yesterday), but if I don’t I’ll just do it tomorrow. Just one more meeting today. Maybe. Oh! Almost forgot - anybody watching the eclipse this weekend? I’m pretty jazzed about it. My son’s got a cross country meet during the eclipse so we’ll be at a park anyway. I get stupid excited about these things. Hope everyone’s having a good (or at least not so bad) day. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/242 "2023-10-13T18:08:09Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > **Cookie** , woo-hoo on conquering the stairs _and_ taking an exercise class! You’re my role model. I resisted the urge to yell “EXCELSIOR!” when I reached the landing. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/243 "2023-10-13T18:28:23Z")
Well, it was a Friday the 13th(although without any axe murders. As far as I know, I didn’t peek in unload or anything). Senior Clerk was out, so I was covering for her. When I wasn’t on the 200 table or the Mez. I finally got out at 11:30, mainly because the Overgoods printers plotzed. I returned the portable grinder I found back to maintenance and left. I had to dodge an accident, as a chick in a Lincoln misjudged how fast she could gun it across 5 lanes of traffic, and got the nose of her car sheered off by the SUV that was in the right, both by the laws of traffic, and of physics. I had to stop at the Likker Sto, because _somebody_ drank all my rum. \< glares at Lush Cat \> And TVCTPMO was digging a hole in the middle of one lane, so it was 1 lane a quarter mile each way. But laundry is spinning, I’m squeaky clean, and time to hit the hay. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > IMO cleaning itself is a total PITA and utterly unsatisfying. Pay somebody to do that. Always. I don’t mind it because 1. I’m too cheap to pay a maid. 2. I like bringing the appearance of order to an otherwise chaotic universe. 3. I’ve had a series of roommates who would resemble the Trash Heap from _Fraggle Rock_ if left unchecked. NYAH! Yay for feeling somewhat better, **nellie**. Yay for stairing, **Cookie**! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > I gave the new ratties some fresh food (cornflakes and birdseed mix) and after nothing but lab blocks all their lives they must be enjoying the change. > The two who were Pretzel’s dinner last night even got similar snax, on the couple hours drive home & then afterwards while I chilled for a bit, so if it’s any consolation to delicate Mumper sensibilities, they at least got a tasty final meal. It’s the way I’d want to go. Either that or go out of the world like I came into it, naked, screaming, and covered with another person’s blood and fluids. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/244 "2023-10-13T19:20:49Z")
I moved the Jeep to the end of the driveway, and pulled the MGB out of the ‘garage’. The tonneau cover went back into the boot, and the hood is now covering the cockpit. Then I did some cleaning at the back end of the ‘garage’ (I still have to remember to zip it up) and threw a bunch of stuff away. I bungeed the Yakima rack to the ‘garage’ frame, and put the unused Jeep tire in it. We got a 10-foot shade for the patio (now catio) a few years ago. I was going to use the large cardboard tube it came in for something, but I forgot what. So I got out the circular saw, cut it up, and threw it into the trash bin. The MG is back under cover. Next, I pulled weeds along the house where my kayak will rest on its rack in Winter. I was going to put the charger on the Jeep’s battery just to ensure it’s topped off, but I couldn’t get the hood open. (American hood on the Jeep, English hood on the MG. 😉 ) So I started it and let it run for about 10 or 15 minutes. I decided to try the hood release one more time, and it worked. So now I have the battery charger on it. Next up: Back to irk! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/245 "2023-10-13T19:43:32Z")
In keeping with this week’s MMP theme… While I was making a mini-groc stop I encountered _Bonne Maman_ brand pumpkin spice spread in a tub display next to the rest of the regular PB & J plus breads. Back when I ate a lot of preserves and such I thought their stuff was fine, but nothing special. “Limited Edition” it says, so hurry up and buy! The carb label suggests it won’t be too beastly sweet, and it appears to otherwise just be pumpkin butter which I like but now rarely eat, so a jar came home with me. I had just come from a late lunch that was probably about my carb limit already, so tasting the spread will have to wait awhile yet. Such suspense. But y’all will get a report, I promise. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > > [@LSLGuy](#): > > > > Now I live on 8, and that’s impractica > > Take the elevator up to the 5th or 6th floor, then use the stairs for the remainder … You know how you keep talking about your shit memory? My ambition and your memory are a marriage made in heaven. Nothing would get done, but we wouldn’t remember anything needed doing, so it’d all be hunky-dory. 🤪 Damn **wordie** ; 1,500 in two days. Hope you’re not somewhere on the “soon to axe” list. I’ve been there and it ain’t fun. > [@overlyverbose](#): > > Oh! Almost forgot - anybody watching the eclipse this weekend? I’m pretty jazzed about it. My son’s got a cross country meet during the eclipse so we’ll be at a park anyway. I get stupid excited about these things. The eclipse should pass my place in the early afternoon. We’re far enough off-axis we’re only getting about 65% solar obscuration. The clouds have been high and thin / fuzzy much of yesterday and today. NWS suggests tomorrow will be more of the same. I’m cautiously optimistic, but even under an unlikely clear blue sky we won’t have too much to see. **Flyboy** : A hood release that only works when the engine is warm will be much less fun once it’s cold out or the engine won’t start. Might want to investigate and lube that thing this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/246 "2023-10-13T19:57:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > A hood release that only works when the engine is warm will be much less fun once it’s cold out or the engine won’t start. I had that exact thought. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/247 "2023-10-13T20:01:07Z")
I expected you might, being a mechanical kinda guy and all. At the same time, pointing out the obvious once in awhile saves somebody a real 🤦‍♂️. My usual failure mode is to have the “gotta fix that promptly” thought while it’s fresh, but also when / where I can’t write that down. Once I get to where / when I could write it down, the thought is gone without a trace. Oops. Now that we’ve both written about your latch, we’ll even remember it. Or this half of we probably will. Probably 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/248 "2023-10-13T20:17:37Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > being a mechanical kinda guy and all. 'I only ride 'em. I don’t know what makes ‘em work’ - Oddball ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/249 "2023-10-13T20:48:05Z")
I loved that line. And that whole movie. > Always with the negative waves, Moriarty. Always with the negative waves. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/250 "2023-10-13T20:49:21Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > **shoe** who learned Polish in the cradle. I learned Polish in the cradle, too! _ **Cicho** _ Cradle, childhood, puberty, all the way into adulthood, parenthood, and grandparenthood. I think it’s my mom’s favorite word! 🤣 After a call from our credit union’s fraud prevention folks, we managed to track down and cancel a subscription to AdBlock that **FCD** inadvertently signed up for (that is, he thought it was $1.99, not $1.99, then $9.95 a month forever…) He doesn’t remember doing it, but it was his email address and it was saved on his PC, so… The cabbage, onions, and ham are cooking as I type. There’s a sweet potato in the toaster oven for me, since he only likes it with the disgusting marshmallow topping. I’ve priced all the stuff I’ve made, and I’m working on another pair of fingerless gloves. I should also make the gnome my mom ordered for my sister. And due to rain, the fundraiser is rescheduled for Oct 28. Back to the kitchen with me! Yep, excitement abounds! ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/251 "2023-10-13T21:44:35Z")
Howdy Y’all! Been a dreary and rainy day here, so glad we are to be inside and dry. Makes for good nappage weather, so there’s that. Also, good weather for day drinkin’ on the back porch. We et an early sup just cause and now I foresee Netflix and chill. Tomorrow will get somewhat bzzy with the ordination and such happenin’. I may even have to forego nappage. The horror! We are not in an area where the eclipse is viewable. Sad cause tommorrow should be clear and N.O.S. Oh well, we were in the path of totality in 2017 and I got to view it then. **Cookie** yay for successful stair climbin’! **shoe** glad Pretzel’s edible ratties had a good last meal. Seems the proper thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/252 "2023-10-13T22:07:46Z")
Ref the map here > **[Eclipse America 2023](https://eclipse.aas.org/eclipse-america-2023)** > > The solar eclipse of October 14, 2023, will be annular (ring-shaped) in a narrow path from Oregon to Texas to Central America and northern South America. It will be partial to the northeast and southwest. Yellow curves indicate how much of the Sun is... pretty much the whole USA will see something, local clouds permitting. GA, AL, and FL will all have about 65% coverage of the Sun. So a crescent Sun will be something different to see, but not a full-bore eclipse. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/253 "2023-10-13T22:16:26Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I learned Polish in the cradle, too! _ **Cicho** _ Cradle, childhood, puberty, all the way into adulthood, parenthood, and grandparenthood. I think it’s my mom’s favorite word! 🤣 It was one of my grandfather’s favorite words as well. 😃 I’m glad that you’re feeling a little better **nellie**. May you continue to improve. Don’t forget to wear [eclipse glasses](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=eclipse+glasses&crid=2CHEPTNP9PTP&sprefix=eclip%2Caps%2C90&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_5) **wordy**. You don’t want eye damage. Nelson got his trip to the dog park after I shopped for groceries. This time, he didn’t get hot and bothered by a girl doggy in heat. His buddies Bandit and Ollie were there, so a good time was had by all. I fixed a southwest chopped salad (they had the kits on sale at Kroger) and a tunafish wrap on a whole wheat tortilla for supper and am now fixing to mess around in the studio. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/254 "2023-10-13T23:07:24Z")
So good news from up here. I met with the director of the museum and showed him drawings. When the guy you’re trying to sell says “that’s the best thing I’ve seen all day!” , it seems positive. Zoom meeting with the full board next week, then, cross appendages, a contract. I might be building a boat. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/255 "2023-10-13T23:17:35Z")
Awesome!!! The only thing harder than drawing the 3D curve of a boat bow is making the 3D curve of a boat bow. I’m assuming this is some sort of non-functional model or display. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/256 "2023-10-14T00:17:54Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I resisted the urge to yell “EXCELSIOR!” when I reached the landing. Next time, you should definitely do this. Revel in your triumphs! ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/257 "2023-10-14T00:25:46Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I learned Polish in the cradle, too! _ **Cicho** _ Cradle, childhood, puberty, all the way into adulthood, parenthood, and grandparenthood. I think it’s my mom’s favorite word I will endeavour (the _u_ is for **boo fae** ) to place this in my memory. What a great word! I must remember to teach it to my grandbabehs. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/258 "2023-10-14T00:26:57Z")
I just got an email from Health Equity saying a charge was declined yesterday. Huh? I haven’t been to the pharmacy in a while. I called, and they told me who the attempted charge was for. Motorcycle part. My computer saves credit cards, and I have several options. Turns out I picked the wrong one. DOH! I’ll wait until after vacation to buy the part with the _right_ credit card. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/259 "2023-10-14T00:33:04Z")
WTG **VanGo**! **flyboy** , I did that a few years ago with da Jungle. You’ll get it straightened out. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/260 "2023-10-14T00:35:26Z")
Well, I tried my pumpkin spice pumpkin butter with dinner. Don’t bother. Nothing wrong with it, but very little right with it either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304.md?page=14)