# This is the End, my MMP Friends... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549 "2015-12-28T10:03:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/81 "2015-12-29T16:13:19Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > One tidbit I forgot to share about the FL visit - daughter’s boyfriend said people keep asking him if he’s related to Neil deGrasse Tyson because they say he looks like the scientist. Um, well, he is black and he has a mustache, but he’s also a tall, skinny beanpole. I guess if you have a big platinum blond updo, you must look just like Dolly Parton… Well, my branch head when I was with NASA I swear was a dead ringer for Frederick Douglas, mostly because of the big mop of gray hair. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/82 "2015-12-29T16:24:59Z")
Lunch!! The engineer showed up and showed me how to do what he wanted done. He definitely started it the hardest way possible. But I finished it, so there’s that. \*\*BBBobbio \*\*- before my sweetie went gray and lost much of his hair, people said he looked like Al Borland. He even dressed like Al for Halloween one year - all he needed was a flannel shirt! 😃 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/83 "2015-12-29T16:45:02Z")
Been awake, got shopping done, and am ready to snooze a little before work. Other than that, same old same old. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/84 "2015-12-29T17:17:27Z")
Howdy Y’all! I have been a productive bear this mornin’. Da cave is somewhat spiffed up, the last load of laundry is in the dryer, poke roast is slow cookin’ away, and a bunch of trash that blew into the front yahd has been cleanded up. Go Me! Now I deserve a break. **Midget** glad you heard from your friend and everything is ok. I await the rain that’s comin’ in this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow, yet again. ICK! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/85 "2015-12-29T17:54:08Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Lunch!! > > The engineer showed up and showed me how to do what he wanted done. He definitely started it the hardest way possible. But I finished it, so there’s that. > > \*\*BBBobbio \*\*- before my sweetie went gray and lost much of his hair, people said he looked like Al Borland. He even dressed like Al for Halloween one year - all he needed was a flannel shirt! 😃 I am often mistaken for Humphrey Bogart. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/86 "2015-12-29T18:06:08Z")
Still have my cold. “Working” from home (things are slow this week). There is chicken soup in the crock pot. It is sleeting. Got a couple of inches of snow. I’m glad winter is here. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Mild weirdness?? You are far too kind… I moved away from Florida and have repressed a lot of memories. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/87 "2015-12-29T18:14:34Z")
Blurf! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/88 "2015-12-29T18:40:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am often mistaken for Humphrey Bogart. You look like a corpse (:eek:) or 116 years old? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/89 "2015-12-29T18:46:19Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > I moved away from Florida and have repressed a lot of memories. 😃 I wish I could repress, but 11 years after leaving, we still return annually because my inlaws still live there. And now my daughter has moved back. I could die happy if I never had to return to Florida ever again… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/90 "2015-12-29T18:57:17Z")
OMG! Listening to one of the engineers here talking about building a house - literally building it himself or with friends. It’s obvious he’s never built anything in his life. A couple of weeks ago, I heard him going on and on about some waterfront property he wanted to buy - _OBVIOUSLY_, the sellers were asking way too much money and they were fools not to take his offer. :rolleyes: He’s also talking about living on a boat - yeah, he’s an authority on that, too. Young 'uns are so cute. 😃 Clueless young 'uns are even cuter! This guy is a piece of work. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/91 "2015-12-29T19:00:32Z")
Why all the hate for Florida? I do admit the place I am is not anything like the mainland. Just mopped my office not that it will matter. It will be dirty again before the end of the day. Tis awful hot out, current temp is 81F with a heat index of 87F. This is just not right for this time of year. Normal temps for this time of year are around 70F.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/92 "2015-12-29T19:15:00Z")
\*\*Butters \*\*- have you ever lived in Jacksonville? Orlando? Ocala? \*Ugh \*on all of them. I did like Pensacola, and I enjoyed my visits to the Keys - in fact, I’d be willing to return, preferably by air so I don’t have to drive thru the rest of the state. 😛 Florida is too flat, too sandy, too buggy, and too full of annoyances, human and otherwise. No, thank you. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/93 "2015-12-29T19:28:08Z")
Never lived anywhere in Florida but the Keys. Come on down one day **Moooooommm** I’ll be happy to show you around. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/94 "2015-12-29T20:11:10Z")
Feeling more awake now. I need to eat something though. I have to figure out a way to eat on a regular schedule. I get busy and don’t think about it until I’m so hungry I’m shaking. Then I want something quick. I went out into the kitchen to get something and the phone rang, then I forgot why I was out there - and now I sit here typing when I should be cooking. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/95 "2015-12-29T20:17:34Z")
I’ve done all the work that came my way, I’ve read a magazine and an AARP newspaper, I’ve done a crossword puzzle, a Sudoku, and another puzzle. And in 10 minutes, I’m outta here!!! I guess it was a productive day. Now, what to do for supper? ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/96 "2015-12-29T20:33:34Z")
My nephew moved his family to Pensicola this summer. That’s about as far from the Keys as you can get and still be in the same state ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/97 "2015-12-29T22:01:11Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > **Why all the hate for Florida?** I do admit the place I am is not anything like the mainland. > Tis awful hot out, **current temp is 81F with a heat index of 87F**. This is just not right for this time of year. You do realize you’re not helping? > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Normal temps for this time of year are around 70F.:eek: Really, do you get that? :mad: 😛 > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > Never lived anywhere in Florida but the Keys. Come on down one day **Moooooommm** I’ll be happy to show you around. I looked at airshow weekend. $4-figures for just air & hotel. Uh-uhh! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/98 "2015-12-29T22:16:48Z")
**Spidey** If you could get here I have connections for cheap lodging.Own a couple of tents. 😛 Will be a fun and loud time. This will be my 4th one and 3rd working the event. Will be glad when it is over. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/99 "2015-12-29T22:45:53Z")
I hate Blue Cross and CVS/Caremark. The bastards decided that my insulin was not medically necessary, and refused to process my refill.:mad: I best be getting a response to “Why?” pretty damned fast, or I foresee a whole lot of hell being raised. ADA lawsuit, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549/100 "2015-12-29T22:50:35Z")
Home, and with a happy tummy. We had cod (yum!) with fresh green beans and instant smashed N.O.T. (Don’t judge!! 😛 ) The gutter cleaners came today, and as a bonus, they cleaned the leaves off our deck and the roof - all for $110! Yay for clean gutters and stuff! And we’ve got a quote for getting the siding pressure washed in the spring, so no more green walls on the north side of the house. Last week, we got a medical bill that’s over 120 days in arrears! :eek: It was for something \*\*FCD \*\*had done in April. It was for a whopping $3.38 - and they threatened us with collections over it. Gee, if they’d sent the bill in the first place, they’d have been paid months ago. Payment goes in the mail tomorrow. I want chocolate. Now. Dammit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-the-end-my-mmp-friends/741549.md?page=6)