# The Sweet Sixteen MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [September 28, 2015, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801 "2015-09-28T07:01:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/201 "2015-10-03T16:37:56Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Good deal for a rainy and cold Saturday. I did a trail race. Nothing like running thru fields after it’s rained for the past four days. Yes, I have _another_ pair of shoes with paper towel crammed into the toe box trying to dry them out; the 4th this week! I’m now showered & the clothes are already laundered. Be gone ye mud! ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/202 "2015-10-03T17:01:20Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m watching a show on History about Rome and its emperors. Them were some sick bastards! It’s good to be the King. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/203 "2015-10-03T17:14:59Z")
Chocolate cake in the oven. Off to find a good recipe for chocolate buttercream frosting… ---
**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 3, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/204 "2015-10-03T17:21:28Z")
Busy morning already. I’m on my third load of laundry and am mostly packed. I need to dash off to the grocery store to buy easy to prepare food for my husband and son and I need to pick up a new pair of flat shoes. My current flats are looking worn and sad. I leave the house at 2:00 am tomorrow morning and am debating whether I should even go to bed. I’ll probably try to catch three or fours of sleep this evening and then wake up, shower and pack my toiletries. I can’t sleep on airplanes, so I’ll probably be dead tired when I arrive in Arkansas. I have lug my three ton laptop with me for both the training and so I can keep up with my work email and smallish projects. Everyday starts with breakfast at 6:00 am and then training until 1700 hours in the evening. Then it’s any homework and keeping up with my work at home. I know you all just envy me… ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/205 "2015-10-03T17:27:38Z")
Poor **Taters**!! Sounds like you’re in for a week of hell. Hang in there!! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/206 "2015-10-03T18:18:02Z")
Oh $#%&! I gotta go! Last night’s ballgame was rained out. So tonight’s 7:05 start is now a 4:05 start & last night’s game will be made up _after_ tonight’s game. Why not just start last night’s game @ 4:05 & have tonight’s game go on after last night’s game, at the approximate normal time? :smack: ---
**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 3, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/207 "2015-10-03T18:22:09Z")
In boot-up mode before irk. Closing shift on a Saturday in a thrift store. Yay. At least it’s only 4 hours today. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/208 "2015-10-03T18:34:29Z")
Broke down and turned the heat on. The smell isn’t as bad today and we opened a window. I haven’t done much of anything. Just a rough day for me. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/209 "2015-10-03T20:06:15Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I’m watching a show on History about Rome and its emperors. Them were some sick bastards! Especially Emperor Bootsie. I drove past the Swannanowhere River on my way home today. It’s getting awfully close to the banks. The French Broad is already spilling over in a few places. I’m staying on top of my mountain this weekend. Also my windshield wipers are fubared so I have to go get a new wiper assembly installed on Monday. I will accept no putting off on this. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/210 "2015-10-03T20:31:26Z")
Chocolate cake with homemade buttercream frosting is awaiting tasting. N.O.T. soup is started - once the veggies (I make it with carrots) are cooked, I mash them, then cook up a cream base, add the mashed veggie mess, and heat it thru. Then SUPPER TIME!!! 😃 When I let Higgs out, I saw several large branches that had fallen. If it truly doesn’t rain tomorrow, I’ll go out there and drag them out of the way. I think I can put away the sprinklers, too. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/211 "2015-10-03T20:46:49Z")
> [@Taters](#): > > Everyday starts with breakfast at 6:00 am and then training until 1700 hours in the evening. Then it’s any homework and keeping up with my work at home. I know you all just envy me… May I point out that you are traveling two time zones East? That’s 0400 to you. Is it possible to get a quart of expresso? ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/212 "2015-10-03T21:21:02Z")
Soup, as usual, was yummerrific, and I made just enough for us to each have 2 bowls - a very satisfying supper. Chocolate cake later. For now, we digest. It’s been a pretty good day. Chillage shall ensue. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/213 "2015-10-03T21:25:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > My friend from Hawaii is winding down his mainland trip in our home for three days (I picked him up at the airport on Sunday afternoon. I had to work that night (even though I had put in for a night off, grrr), and needed to nap yesterday. > > Actually, I needed an actual SLEEP yesterday; I just didn’t get one until after 10 p.m. He wanted to stay up after dinner and listen to the Dodgers lose to the Giants on his computer. He also wanted to pick some sets of numbers to try to win the Mega-millions jackpot for tonight (even though I already called dibs on that one). He chose seven sets of five digits, and today wanted me to pick them up with ALL of the mega numbers. So this morning and afternoon, I got to fill out 105 play slips by hand\*. Talk about BLURF. > > I swear, if he wins the jackpot tonight, I’m gonna claim all fourteen of the Match five without the Mega number. > > \*well, 21 playslips, each with five picks. > [@anyrose](#): > > If he’s letting you hold them all, just tell him the winning ticket is one of the ones you’d bought for yourself, then give him a couple thou out of the goodness of your heart. 😉 Turns out he matched only two numbers in his pick 5, but they were on the same batch of tix. So he gets a sweet eleven bucks from his investment. Well, I get it; it wasn’t worth his trouble, so he flew out on Wednesday without bothering. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/214 "2015-10-03T22:40:09Z")
Time for cake and reclinage. _ **MWAH!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/215 "2015-10-03T23:21:24Z")
Went to see ‘The Martian’ Firday night after work, and while I posted on the trhead in Cafe Society, I can tell all y’all that it is a very fine movie and worth seeing. The this morning I had to referee two youth soccer games in the wet and cold and wind…doesn’t appear to be any half-way this season, either it’s 80-90F and I broil orit;s in the 50’s and wet and I risk pnuemonia. Still, it’s for the kids. Came home and promptly took a 4-hour nap (when I nap, usually only on Saturdays, I gets me money’s worth). Am going to have to consider foraging for some dinner here in a minute. ---
**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 3, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/216 "2015-10-03T23:22:05Z")
I worked, came home, walked the dog. My sinuses are shedding their summer snot, so the can grow a new layer of winter snot. > [@kopek](#): > > Just roaming the Dope. Good deal for a rainy and cold Saturday. Roman dope? Like, “Veni, Vedi, Vicoden”? **Sari** , hope you get some 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 3, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/217 "2015-10-03T23:29:59Z")
Dindin tonight was last night’s leftovers which were still nummy. Also, tomorrow is brunch Sunday at the church house so I made a corn casserole and a gallon each of sweet and unsweet tea. Go Me! I am lector (the readin’ not the cannibal kind) for the nine a.m. Luterun service tomorrow so I get to hang around a couple hours between services. Thus I told those who usually set up for brunch on Sattidy not to bother as we would do it between services. Gives us sump’n to do. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/218 "2015-10-04T02:33:40Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > I did a trail race. Nothing like running thru fields after it’s rained for the past four days. Yes, I have _another_ pair of shoes with paper towel crammed into the toe box trying to dry them out; the 4th this week! > I’m now showered & the clothes are already laundered. Be gone ye mud! \ Knoebels has a 5k race Saturday morning. After the bumper car marathon and too many years of sedentary life I won’t be in it. But they do have a race. 🙂 > [@Spiderman](#): > > Oh $#%&! I gotta go! > > Last night’s ballgame was rained out. So tonight’s 7:05 start is now a 4:05 start & last night’s game will be made up _after_ tonight’s game. > Why not just start last night’s game @ 4:05 & have tonight’s game go on after last night’s game, at the approximate normal time? :smack: We must have had a ballgame; I just heard the fireworks. Or a new bar opened. Or our Mayor farted. Something. Hell, half of Pittsburgh has the Zambelli Family on speed-dial. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/219 "2015-10-04T03:10:01Z")
Stayed home from irk last night. Grandboss said the plant manager decreed that if I have to have any type of support equipment to perambulate the building, it’s automatically a safety hazard. So, no pushing a U-cart around everywhere I go. That’s okay, I’m a stubborn cuss; I was prepared to work through the pain and get around the building real slow. Then Kayla had to take the car to her irk (‘cos of gettin’ off at 2330), and the guy I was going to try to buy rides from is on leave this week. Contemplated taking the bus to irk, but **kaylasmom** wasn’t having any of that. So I called in to irk to go ahead and start my sick leave two days earlier than originally planned. (Found a voicemail on my cell phone later; turned out that the supervisors had already had the same idea five hours earlier, and had tried to call me. When I go back, I’m gonna instruct them to try the land line FIRST. I never have the ringer turned on on my cell.) So-o-o-o-o, I get to sit around until Monday morning, when it’ll be time to head over to the hospital for a hip replacement. ---
**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 4, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801/220 "2015-10-04T03:15:45Z")
WHY do the people with full carts wait until the “the store is now closed” announcement to dawdle up to the register, then play “do I want this after all?” with EVERY SINGLE ITEM? Between that and my foot hurting nearly as much as it did right after I injured it in JUNE, I am not a happy girl. Hopefully, carne asada nachos will help. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sweet-sixteen-mmp/732801.md?page=12)