# 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:** 6
**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 11, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/101 "2023-10-11T01:35:49Z")
Welcome home **Butters**!1!! > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I stopped at a roadside fruit stand and made me a boyfriend. He was really flirting. Nice to know ya’ still got it! Not really; I get that that crap is super tiresome. Sorry you got tapped by a jerk. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > The last two hours on 95 I said to myself “screw it, I shall drive 85mph and if I get a ticket then I will just pay it. Why so slow? 😁 I realize upstate is not like here in Miami Dade, but around here on I-95 going a mere 85 mph you’d sooner get a ticket for obstructing traffic than for speeding. 🤪 🏎 🚔 ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/102 "2023-10-11T01:45:53Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Not like either of them has pressing business back in your area. He’ll be coming back on Thursday. Then he and I will pick her up the last weekend of this month. With 2 of us driving, it’ll be a piece of cake. And I wasn’t laughing at you regarding dog food. I was snarking at dog food makers. Plus no kidding about Higgs snarfing up everything. She’ll even nosh on cat turds if I fail to latch the basement door. I had to have my ring upsized because of my expanded knuckle. I had it made bigger yet assuming the knuckle wasn’t done growing. That was probably a bad call… But I’m not sentimental about this ring, as it’s my 3rd. I lost the first one when pregnant. I still have the second, but it’s way too small and not easily upsized. My current band was bought online for $125. It’s a symbol without history. **FCD** is also on his 3rd ring, except it was my paternal grandfather’s - my mom gave it to him after my dad died. Yeah, still up. I didn’t take mel. But the eyes are getting droopy, so nighty-night! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/103 "2023-10-11T01:58:40Z")
Oh, when I lived in the Keys I always used the Turnpike. I abhor I95 but think 75 is way worse traffic wise. I 10 is a mere 60 miles and two lane but way less traffic. I lived in the Keys for 31 years and never drove faster than 50mph and much less at times. It takes a minute to learn to do 80-85. This trip was a sneak trip as I didn’t have time to visit everyone. Just my old brother who is looking everyday of his 80 years. I stopped by and said see ya later. I must plan another trip before it gets too cold as I’ve been telling my family I’d visit in the fall. So I get to do it again in a month or so and it will be a tour of the entire state as I have a sister in Rome in nw Ga and a sister in Aiken SC close to Augusta. If they find out I was up there and didn’t visit I’ll be in the dog house. My friend has 5 acres and a well built shop that she wants to make me an apartment out of. I can really be a snaowbird. It is big enough for a good size bedroom, already has a toilet and utility sink and the ceiling is finished with lighting. She is serious and said she would make sure it’s mine if she passes. Her husband died suddenly a little over a year ago and owned a construction company. They lived in a trailer and built their 5 bedroom house on credit cards 2000 dollars at a time. Place is gorgeous. Lots of handmade furniture. Her husband has three sons so I don’t know know how they would feel about it but she said she owns it and wants us to do some traveling. We don’t have passports so our next trip is going to be an Amtrak trip across the country and back. Her health is not good but not as dire as I thought. We were friends since she was 13 and I was 16. We laughed and spent hours trying to put together and make work a thermometer that shows both indoor and outdoor temps as well as time. We couldn’t make it work but laughed trying. It would show the time and indoor temp but never showed the outside. When I called to let her know I asked her about it and the damn thing is now working. Crazy. It was a good visit. Back to Cape Fear. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/104 "2023-10-11T01:58:54Z")
When I set up my new phone, I opted for drawing a pattern to unlock the screen but somehow screwed it up. Tonight it demanded the pattern, which I couldn’t replicate. I had to do a factory reset and then import all my Google stuff, but Google wanted me to go into Google settings on my phone, which wouldn’t let me unlock the screen even after the reset. I just kept pushing buttons and swearing until some magic combo worked. Whew. I got the RSV shot. I feel so sorry for pharmacy workers these days. They’re all so short-staffed. I’d planned to walk there, as it’s only about a mile, and take the bus back. However, I hadn’t even gotten out of the complex when I realized I just couldn’t do it. Plus my knee buckled when I stepped of a curb. I took the bus. It’s raining heavily here, which makes me happy, although sorry for those stuck outdoors. **Butters**! Welcome back! **GodBod** , glad you’re loving college. Freedom is a sweet, sweet tonic, isn’t it? **Boo** , sorry for the loss of caffeine and carbonation. I hope you still get to enjoy chocolate. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > One of the parishioners was talking to me, and when I mentioned where I was located he casually mentioned that things would probably be better for all if Mecca was nuked… You are a very patient man. I tend to be nice and smiley, but in this case, I might have given him the I-Taught-Freshmen Glare and said, “Jesus is very disappointed in you” before stalking off. **Oopsie** , I’m impressed. Building anything recognizable out of all those Legos would be beyond my capabilities. **FCM** , glad FCD and his mom arrived safe and sound. Hugs to everyone! ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/105 "2023-10-11T02:28:32Z")
Up from naptime, having a Manhattan and Redneck stirfry. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > howling mournfully at the door. Spot does the “abandoned 6 week old kitten mew”. Which considering he’s 2 and half, and 6 ounces away from being a contestant on [Fat Bear Week](https://explore.org/fat-bear-week), is hysterical. He seems rather content to stay inside, though. > [@nelliebly](#): > > I keep my apartment at 64º in a the cooler months. Roommie does this. It drives me crazy(and cold). > [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > Also…as of today, I’ve officially been on the Dope for 3 years!! I’m glad I’ve stuck around for this long, even if I’m not always active. Y’all are some fun people. Congrats on the Dopaversary, and the small victories! and as one of the younger old farts, glad you’re still here. Glad you made it, **Butters** **Cookie** , I get that a lot at work. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > And I wasn’t laughing at you regarding dog food. I was snarking at dog food makers. Plus no kidding about Higgs snarfing up everything. She’ll even nosh on cat turds if I fail to latch the basement door. That’s why I laugh at some of those “feed your dog like a wolf” dog foods. My “wolves” graze litterboxes, and won’t go out if there’s dew on the grass. 🤣 Glad **FCD** and **MiL** made it. ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/106 "2023-10-11T02:42:36Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Did they say why it was undeliverable? ‘Restricted item’. That’s all. When I told my neighbour he said: > People ship drugs all over the world but a clean motorcycle tank shall not pass? Weird ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/107 "2023-10-11T02:56:24Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > **Boo** , sorry for the loss of caffeine and carbonation. I hope you still get to enjoy chocolate I have a regrettable collection of injuries, diseases and afflictions that bedevil me but this damn hiatal hernia, boring and mundane as it is, turns out to be annoying and limiting beyond its title. If it’s good or fun, you shouldn’t indulge if you’ve got a hiatal hernia-it’s practically maniacal. Caffeine, carbonation, onions, garlic, tomato anything, chocolate, evening snacks……and on and on. I sustain my soul by caffeine and carbonation in moderation, avoid what I can of stuff less important to me. It’s almost disgusting how mature I am about it. I don’t have many vices but caffeine and bubbles were central indulgences. I think I learned from **pilot** to not give up chocolate completely but to savor really good, deep dark chocolate in sensible quantities, not to squander portions on cheap or pedestrian chocolate or milk chocolate. At least trashy novels aren’t circumscribed nor being an adoring body servant to a Siamese cat that cost approximately $500 a pound (and never lets me forget it). > [@nelliebly](#): > > I might have given him the I-Taught-Freshmen Glare and said, “Jesus is very disappointed in you” before stalking off. I suspect that glare is a great deal like my “don’t make me use my night nurse 👩🏼‍⚕️voice on you”. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/108 "2023-10-11T03:14:29Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > > [@nelliebly](#): > > > > I keep my apartment at 64º in a the cooler months. > > Roommie does this. It drives me crazy(and cold). This is reason #87 why you need a dog…or three, because a One Dog Night sounds pathetic. 🙂 🛌 🐕 🐕 🐕 > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > onions, garlic, tomato anything It’s obvious no Italian created this diet. I’m guessing vampires. It sounds just like them. I think you’re wise to follow **pilot’s** advice. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/109 "2023-10-11T03:16:36Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > various naturally occurring flavors, such as blueberry, bubblegum and so on. Bubblegum counts as a “naturally occurring flavor”? ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/110 "2023-10-11T03:51:24Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I’m not really a flowers kinda gal. But I like the browns and greens, and decided to get it for myself. 🙂 The box cover looks really pretty! I saw a FB ad for LEGO stuff that included a quick shot of exactly this kit. I bet the final result will be stunning! > [@Misnomer](#): > > I would definitely keep my place chillier in the fall/winter (especially at night) if it weren’t for the doggy: I don’t want to risk exacerbating her arthritis. They make plug-in pet beds that are gently warm, specially to help with arthritis. ETA: here’s one … MARUNDA Heated Cat Bed for Indoor Small Cats and Dogs - Cozy Heated Pet Bed with Double Built-in AutoThermostat, Electric Thermal Plush Cat Heating Bed [Amazon.com : MARUNDA Heated Cats Bed for Indoor Use, Electric Heated Pets Heating for and Small Dogs, Washable Pets Bed with Automatic Heating Pad (23x20x7 Grey) : Pet Supplies](https://a.co/d/9FgK2hl) > [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > College has been going swell. I feel so free nowadays. Gods, I remember that feeling. (I was overly sheltered growing up, though nothing like what you’ve been through.) You’ll remember what it’s like, suddenly expanding every horizon - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual - for the rest of your life. > [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > not being in a bigoted conservative Christian school is nice. I can be myself for once. Crazy. IKR what a concept. (… and I was wondering the other day what happened to you! Glad you poked back in.) > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Wait till the pumpkin spice comes out the other end after some canine intestinal “processing”. I was thinking the same thing. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Higgs has inhaled her evening meal. I’m about to plant my butt in my recliner I was scanning too quickly and momentarily read this as “Higgs has inhaled my butt” and uh .. yeah. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > my wedding ring is really loose - I fear it may fall off The quick’n’cheap old-timey fix was a dab of candle wax on the inside. Temporary, but simple. > [@Mr.Duality](#): > > These days they have pumpkin spice flavored buds! No. Just no. > [@carnut](#): > > Driver’s License has expired Lotta that goin’ around LOL > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I shall return. You better! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > around here on I-95 going a mere 85 mph you’d sooner get a ticket for obstructing traffic than for speeding Sounds like Dallas, and Houston. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > She’ll even nosh on cat turds if I fail to latch the basement door. You misspelled “crunchy-coated tootsie rolls.” * * * My sweet manager gifted me some of her leftover spaghetti as I was getting ready to leave, so dinner is already sorted. Yay! One of my coworkers (oh, the Oven Master who answered the phone “Pizza Hut!” that one night) is heavily involved in producing his own music. Tonight (with permission) he was filming a rap video in our parking lot and, briefly, our lobby. It was really cool to see - and his beats sound _good._ My manager went outside to peek, and came back in laughing at how the parking lot _reeeeeked_ of weed. Someone was like, “They’re not just vaping?” and she was like, “Nope, straight up weed.” (She didn’t give a fuck.) She was even telling him, “Hey, can we be in it? You don’t need any rap girls in the background?” (Mind you, she’s older than me. And yes, it was an oblique reference to Sir Mix-A-Lot.) Conveniently, we were quiet enough earlier that we all decorated the lobby, as is done each year, so it was extra festive! [[Album] We decorated at work today! ![](https://i.imgur.com/EnP6O53.jpeg?fb "We decorated at work today!") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/MbtrYZx) ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/111 "2023-10-11T04:44:19Z")
> [@Mr.Duality](#): > > Colorado marijuana dispensaries have always had the weed in various naturally occurring flavors, such as blueberry, bubblegum and so on. These days they have pumpkin spice flavored buds! This is the first time in my life that I ever thought that Colorado should be nuked from orbit. > [@Misnomer](#): > > A friend got this set for her birthday, and when she sent me a text with a picture I really liked it…which is weird for me, because I’m not really a flowers kinda gal. That is wonderful, just the sort of thing I would hang on my bedroom wall if possible. I hope you have a great time putting it together. > [@Baker](#): > > It was a wonderful time we all had, although I wondered why all the old people were there, Shocking isn’t it! Our first experience was at a Viet Nam Vets event around 15 years ago. I agree about contacting the Alumni committee and suggesting a fund to help folks out if needed. > [@nelliebly](#): > > The bad news: I can barely put any weight on my surgical knee. EEEK! I read further and saw that you were able to get up and move a bit, but yes, the doctor needs to know about this! > [@Taters](#): > > I had a restless night and didn’t get much sleep again. It is so hard to sleep when the house is so quiet. Can you maybe some music on to distract your subconscious from listening for the missing claw taps on the floor? > [@dogbutler](#): > > This made me laugh so hard i couldn’t compote a reply. 🤣 🤣 🤣 > [@Chefguy](#): > > At least they got one of the busted dryers back in operation, and we were early enough to snag three washers. Woot!!! Can’t you drag your laundry over to one of your kids’ places like they did to you when they were young. You could wash your clothes, eat their food and watch their TV! > [@Chefguy](#): > > I didn’t take him to task on any of it, nor did I obey my immediate impulse to just walk away from him. I cough at those sort of people. Loudly and as long as I can, then I excuse myself to go off for tissues and face washing. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > all water all the time was getting kinda bland. This really is my only good habit. Ice-water-with-lemon is my drink of choice unless it is good coffee or booze. Back when I was a teen, I loved me some RC Cola. When I got my first sit down job I started gaining weight so moved to unsweet ice tea. Drinking half a gallon of ice tea a day started bothering my sleep, so I moved to ice water and experimented with putting different fruits or veggies in the water. A slice of cucumber is nice as is a slice of green apple, but lemon is available almost everywhere, so that’s been my default drink for over 20 years. > [@Misnomer](#): > > > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > > (which isn’t a fruit pie but I put it in that category anyhow) > > HERETIC Does this mean we can’t be friends anymore, LOL!!! (I also call tomatoes “fruit”) > [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > Also…as of today, I’ve officially been on the Dope for 3 years!! Welcome back and hurray! We are glad you stuck around too! > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Might be able to find someone who can remove the dent. Speaking as the wife of someone who was in the biz, tank dent removals are a pretty easy fix, they have a whole bunch of hammers specially designed for just this sort of thing. I would suggest looking for an indi Harley guy, some of those guys can do amazing work. You might want to have the tank repaired in Texas, they have fewer environmental controls on that sort of than than Washington. Chrome work done in TX is much better than many other states for just that reason. > [@swampbear](#): > > We laundered _and_ sorted through the closet. Dudes! Go you!!! > [@carnut](#): > > Also, my body has been showing signs of returning hyperthyroidism Well, that bites. I’m so happy you will have insurance soon, but convincing doctors that you have lived in your body for your entire life and know how it works can be hard. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > My sweetie arrived just after I posted my last. Right about the time I realized that I forgot to send the 'nanner bread with them. Dammit. Hurray and bummer. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Just got two letters dated 1 day apart from SSA telling me about my impending SS benefit payments net of Part B and IRMAA. This is because of lawsuits. They can’t send you one letter saying both things and all of the other legalize, they have to waste time and resources sending everyone the same thing so nobody feels left out. As a tree hugger AND a tax payer I have a whole lot of words to say about the waste, but this is not the place. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > Now of course I have to temper that consumption because the newly diagnosed **hiatal hernia** I am SO sorry to hear about this, we had a friend who practically lived on milk because almost everything else came back. I hope you can find some relief. > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > So you wish your pants were also falling off with out warning and you wish you were suddenly losing them in public? I was totally up for that when I was a floozy. I think I wouldn’t mind having a butt that small again. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Thank Goodness another customer stopped so I could get away from that fellow. I work my allergies to the full extent when that sort of thing happens. If your face is covered with tissues, nobody can really tell the difference between coughing and laughing. > [@dogbutler](#): > > Spot does the “abandoned 6 week old kitten mew”. GG still does too. His hooman slaves always talk back and ask what’s wrong before giving him pets and scritchings. He uses different words when he wants VBC to wash his ears. > [@Seanette](#): > > Bubblegum counts as a “naturally occurring flavor”? It must be, why else would Clavamox for cats be bubblegum flavored? Cause why else would they think cats like bubblegum? VBC just brought me a piggy, so my hands need to be doing other things for a while. Part 2 might or might not happen. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/112 "2023-10-11T05:16:28Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > EEEK! I read further and saw that you were able to get up and move a bit, but yes, the doctor needs to know about this! I listed like a sailboat and made Quasimodo look like a tightrope walker, but I could get around on it for short distances. Is the swelling causing the issues, or are the issues causing the swelling? Dunno. I’ll see what the PT says tomorrow if it hasn’t resolved by then. The dramatically improved vision makes up for all that, though. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > This is the first time in my life that I ever thought that Colorado should be nuked from orbit. Tomorrow’s headline: Pumpkin-Spice-Scented Fallout Drifts Over Arizona. ---
**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 11, 2023, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/113 "2023-10-11T06:37:13Z")
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to heave. > [@Seanette](#): > > Bubblegum counts as a “naturally occurring flavor”? > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > It must be, why else would Clavamox for cats be bubblegum flavored? Cause why else would they think cats like bubblegum? Maybe mice are bubblegum flavored? Has anyone one tasted one? > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > VBC just brought me a piggy, so my hands need to be doing other things for a while. Part 2 might or might not happen. Spot knows The Red Dot comes out of a tube, so he will pull out lip balm tubes when he wants to play his video game. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/114 "2023-10-11T08:50:46Z")
Awake again in the the middle of the night.I am so tired of my weird sleep habits… Will one of you please explain slow and with very simple words how to do the multi quote thing please? **Taters** so sorry to read of **Polar’s** passing. The main problem with pets is their short lifespans. **Swampy** we did not go to the game but could hear it and did watch it on TV. It got down to 45F and I wasn’t at all chilled. The weather was perfect in Jawja. Still hot here. **Nellie** Happy about eye being better but sad your knee is still paining you. And **Boo** my friend has a hernia that needs repair and she is having trouble eating and keeping food down. I hope you get it fixed or it fixes itself soonest. **FCM** enjoy the quiet. Everyone needs some alone time I believe. Gonna try for more sleep. ---
**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 11, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/115 "2023-10-11T10:56:50Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 60 Amurrkin out and cloudy with a predicted high of 71 with rain beginnin’ late(ish) mornin’ and continuin’ through the rest of the day. The big item on today’s agenda is to procure provisions. We shall do that and get fried chikin N.O.L.s for today’s main feed. The rest of the day shall be spent in sloth. Nappage, day drinkin’ and all the other essential nonactivities shall take up the day. Back porch sittin’ whilst listenin’ to and watchin’ the rain will definitely be accomplished. I am not good with the comprehension this mornin’, so yays, boos, hugs, trouts, chitlins, noogies, and how _you_ doin’s all around, as needed. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas and bother, I suppose I shall purtify and don attire suitable for bein’ amongst the great unwashed. Woe is me! Happy Hump Day Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/116 "2023-10-11T11:10:44Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > although it started before Labor Day it’s pumpkin spice season so the topic is what’s the most disgusting and or weird thing you’ve seen it in ? A craft beer … … yep, BEER! 😳 ---
**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 11, 2023, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/117 "2023-10-11T11:31:36Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > He seems rather content to stay inside, though. Ziva not only never tried to venture forth as Taz did, she rarely ventures out from under our bed. Tho with only me in the house, she’s been out and about more. I truly don’t understand her - no one has ever mistreated her here, but it seems I’m the only one she trusts to any degree. Weird feline (or is that redundant?) > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > And yes, it was an oblique reference to Sir Mix-A-Lot. He’s some sort of rap guy, right? And yes, I’m tragically unhip, especially WRT rap. It absolutely does nothing for me. Give me folk music any day! > [@CorpusNeptune](#): > > I’ve officially been on the Dope for 3 years According to my math, I’ve been on the Dope longer than you’ve been alive!! And probably in the MMP longer than you’ve been alive! Kids these days… 😉 > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Will one of you please explain slow and with very simple words how to do the multi quote thing please? I hope this works with whatever you use to Dope (it works on my PC and tablet): 1 - Highlight the text you want to quote. 2 - A little box that says “Quote” should appear right next to it. 3 - Click it - the quote will appear in your reply window. 4 - Lather, rinse, repeat. I didn’t sleep with Mel, but I did mostly sleep for almost 8 hours. I woke a couple of times for no apparent reason and forced myself to lie there quietly and not think, and I drifted off again. Altho one of the times I woke, it was weird - I dreamed that I came across a pile of spilled cat kibbles on the floor and it woke me with a sudden jolt. Of all the disturbing things!!! 😕 Regardless, I feel rested, and I even started out by getting all dressed before coming out to tend the critters - usually I do that in my robe, then return to don proper attire. Then again, usually **FCD** is still sleeping and I don’t want to disturb him by opening and closing doors and drawers, because I’m nice, dammit. Not sure what the plan of the day is. It’s supposed to be sunny and mild, so I might take Tobias to the playground for a while - depends on how quickly it warms up, since it’s in the 40s just now. Or we might just hang in the basement. It’s looking like the vendor fair/fundraiser is going to be rescheduled, since the current forecast is 80% chance of rain after 8AM. Daughter doesn’t know what the resked date is - the parents group is running the show. So maybe next weekend? If it’s the weekend after, someone else will have to sell my stuff. We shall see… Daughter has asked if I’ll help her take the kids trick-or-treating, and I probably will. Roxy wants to be a princess - she’s got several costumes that will work, so that’s easy. Tobias will be a turtle - dressed in green and wearing a backpack that looks like a turtle shell - not that he has a clue what it’s all about. I need to ask where they’re going - he neighborhood is fairly widely spread out for T-or-T, but what do I know?? And thus my day starts. Happy Wednesday!! ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2023, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/118 "2023-10-11T12:02:40Z")
Good morning everyone. It’s 51F, dark and damp outside. We’ll have rain in the morning, changing to clouds broken up with rain showers and a high temp of around 58F for the afternoon and evening. I picked up Polar’s cremains, paw print, and special blanket yesterday. They had even washed the blanket. The vet tech asked if she could hug me and spent a long time talking about Polar’s personality and how special he was. He was a favorite there. She and some other staff finished by saying they hoped we could return, and I told them that it would probably be a bit, but we would likely be back. But I dunno; while I miss Polar (and all my previous dogs), I don’t really miss the responsibility. Butters, I’m glad you had a nice trip. I’m a bit of a speed demon and have to force myself to slow down. 85 MPH is right up my lane! Oh, who am I kidding?! I’m a frustrated Grand Prix driver and love to mash it. However, traffic 'round these parts makes that pretty much an impossibility. **nellie** , I hope you get some answers at PT today. **BBBoo** , I’m sorry to hear about the hiatal hernia. Your symptoms have given me some food for thought. It seems everything is giving me indigestion. Part of me is saying, “It’s because you’re fat and need exercise!” and part of me is saying, “it sucks to get old,” which combines into “I don’t need to see the doc; I’ll just have to live with it because they’ll just tell me to take Prilosec.” Yes, it’s all silly, but that’s how my mind works. I still haven’t turned on the heat; it’s just not been cold enough. When overnight temps consistently drop into the 30s and 40s and the daytime temps stay in the 40s or low fifties, I might turn on the heat. Maybe… > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Ziva not only never tried to venture forth as Taz did, she rarely ventures out from under our bed. Tho with only me in the house, she’s been out and about more. I truly don’t understand her - no one has ever mistreated her here, but it seems I’m the only one she trusts to any degree. Weird feline (or is that redundant?) Polar (and Brandi) used to try and escape any time we left a door open. Getting groceries in the house, was quite a treat. Or, if someone came to the door, I had to hold onto both dogs while I opened the door. However, as they both aged, the urge to run far afield faded, and they were content to just lie on the kitchen floor and wait for their special “you left us ALL ALONE FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS” treat. They had to nose each grocery bag and find the bag with the treats/doggy ice cream. My sweet Cap’n was the same way. My direct boss is pretty much out of the loop for this week and next, so I’ll be dealing with his stuff too. He’ll be checking in occasionally via email but has something to deal with, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he doesn’t get to check in as often as he thinks he will. In the meantime, the madness at work continues and I continue to roll with it. So, I suppose I should get the last of the dishes in the dishwasher and run it. Be good! ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/119 "2023-10-11T13:18:50Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > Speaking as the wife of someone who was in the biz, tank dent removals are a pretty easy fix, they have a whole bunch of hammers specially designed for just this sort of thing. I would suggest looking for an indi Harley guy, some of those guys can do amazing work. I’ll have to ask around. It seems there are people who know people who know things around here. (No chrome on a sportbike, fortunately. 😉 ) ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304/120 "2023-10-11T13:22:02Z")
Lessee, I got a fire going in the basement, I tossed the sheets in the washer, did a quick rollsuck, and now Tobias and I are watching Bluey. Good times. I was texting with **FCD** - he’s ready to come home already. His aunt is a TALKER and his head is ready to asplode. Poor baby… but he’ll hang in there till tomorrow. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pumpkin-spice-bleck-mmp-old/991304.md?page=7)