# Travelogue -- a New World MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 13, 2007, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413 "2007-08-13T09:24:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/201 "2007-08-16T02:50:39Z")
**rigs** , **MBG** , how was that thunderstorm, eh? My Internet was down for at least a couple hours after that. On the other hand, it makes a good backdrop for singing along with a guitar. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/202 "2007-08-16T03:24:23Z")
Gosh, maybe we’ll get rain too. But not before they finish fixing gas lines…pleeeez. Tried plugging in my little hand vacuum. The outlet is dead. I’ma cycle through all the circuit breakers tomorrow just to make sure I’m flipping the correct switch, but…I’m guessing I need to call someone. Bummer. Anyone know a good exorcist? 😛 Why am I still awake? GT ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/203 "2007-08-16T03:26:05Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] Anyone know a good exorcist? 😛 [/QUOTE] There are several where I go for physical thera . . . oh, that would be ex **e** rcist, wouldn’t it? never mind 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/204 "2007-08-16T03:38:04Z")
**gt** , thanks!! 🙂 You’re a genius. You saved me from despair. It took a bit of fiddling and digging around, but I found it. And it worked! I hope your electrical outlet situation gets fixed. Sorry, I’m no help with that either. \*\* Haze\*\*, glad you had a good date. I’m a little late for that but I was going to say that you should have given him your Teh Sick so he believed you. I hope you have a good time with Scottish Darling. **Lunch** , yeah, I was locked out due to the Dope being down last night, so I couldn’t do my good night routine. It was discombobulating for sure. I hate it when my routine is thrown off. So I’ll say two good mornings to you and **Dotty**. Good morning y’all. [singing]You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray[/singing] Good night everyone else! Have a good one! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/205 "2007-08-16T03:45:41Z")
Booth 21 it is, **FCM**. I’ll join you at your house and head over there with you, is probably the easiest. Should be fun! I have been seriously nonproductive this evening. And, alas, I just really don’t care. This isn’t helping me get my work done, but oh well. Sometimes ennui is more entertaining than enthusiasm. Or something. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/206 "2007-08-16T03:51:50Z")
Holy crap! I was just looking at the weather for the next few days and Sunday night it’s supposed to get down to around 35 F! IN AUGUST!!! Must be _some_ cold front coming through is my guess. But still. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/207 "2007-08-16T03:56:02Z")
35? In August? Brrr! So how was work today, **snowbunny**? Learn everything you need to know about how to groom dogs? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/208 "2007-08-16T04:01:11Z")
**PaleBunny** , please send some of that cold my way. Either snail mail or through the cd drive, I’m not picky. Libby’s memorial service is tomorrow morning. I spent most of the day with her sisters, who are wonderful ladies. A lot like Lib, very quick to laugh. I’ll be going over to Libby’s apartment after the service tomorrow to see if there is anything I can do to help. I followed one of them out today to get her van fixed, so I’ll take her back out tomorrow or Friday to pick it up. I hope to be a bit more “with-it” in a few days; right now I am just kind of blah. I am very angry at the hospital Libby was in - she got three infections while she was there. I am sure that is why she went down so fast. I hope her sisters consider seeing a lawyer. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/209 "2007-08-16T04:13:42Z")
**Snakes** it sucks that places that are supposed to be helpin’ folks get better sometimes make people get worse. I’ll be keeping Libby, her family and friends (especially you) in my thoughts and prayers). Howdy Y’all! I have attempted to post on no more than four occasions yesterday and today. :mad: They better dang well fix whateverthehell is wrong is all I gotta say. I hope everybody gets to read at least this post. Anyways, whatever I had to say in those posts is now forgotten, so boo, yay, congrats, awww, woohoo, ick, etc as appropriate. It’s hawt here! Da bear is pooped from work, so Ima have me a beerverage and turn in for the night. I’ll be more lovely and lively tomorrow provided I get to post, I promise. Nite Y’all! ETA: WOOHOO!!! I finally got to post! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/210 "2007-08-16T04:30:35Z")
Hi all! :waves: I took a break from the boards for a while, but I’m back. Or at least, if the boards stay up, I am. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/211 "2007-08-16T04:42:07Z")
**Jahdra** ’s back! **Jahdra** ’s back! Yay! :::jumping up and down::: We missed you! I hope you’re doing well. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/212 "2007-08-16T04:59:25Z")
Missed you **Jahdra**!! Gah. Someone pack for me. I’m so bad at packing. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/213 "2007-08-16T05:04:07Z")
Argh. I really want to take my guitar - Scottish Darling and I love nothing more than to sit on the beach and sing along to a guitar - but my suitcase is almost as big as I am. Plus the guitar case I inherited from Scottish Darling is made so the guitar has to be carried upsidown, and I am too small to pull it off. Half the time it drags on the ground. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/214 "2007-08-16T05:13:16Z")
Triple post. So sue me. [Li-Li and I!](http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x163/faeriehazel/me/liliandhaze.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/215 "2007-08-16T05:28:15Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] **Lunch** , yeah, I was locked out due to the Dope being down last night, so I couldn’t do my good night routine. It was discombobulating for sure. I hate it when my routine is thrown off. So I’ll say two good mornings to you and **Dotty**. Good morning y’all. [singing]You are my sunshine My only sunshine You make me happy When skies are gray[/singing] Good night everyone else! Have a good one! [/QUOTE] Wait, which one of us is your **only** sunshine? Quick, pick one! 😛 And, you’re off-key 😃 Oh, and good night 🙂 Glad **GT** solved your computer problems for you (as all I would do is gave essentially the same advice, several hours later, anyway.) \*\*Haze \*\*-- Why not take two smaller suitcases? As long as they have rollers, you’ll probably be better off than with one humongous one. And I’m glad that second date went well, too! On preview: > [@](#): > > Li-Li and I! Oooh… cute! Both of you!! \*\*GT \*\*-- I feel your pain. I’m at home right now, waiting for the plumber, who is hopefully supposed to show up sometime between 8 and 10 AM :rolleyes: At least we do have water while I wait. And electricity… Welcome back, **Jahdra**! \*\*Tigs \*\*-- 35 _ **F** _? Can we switch letters? I’ll lend you my “C” and you lend me your “F”? 'Cos otherwise we’re in the same boat. (OK, I lie, it’s only about 32 (C) on a daily basis. But still) **SNL** – it’s never easy. In the end, all you can do is be there for those who need help to get through the rough times; which is what you’re doing. And that concludes the report of your bored MidEast correspondent… Good Night to anyone who’s still up, \*\*Good Morning \*\*to anybody reading this in the morning (lazy 'Murkins! :p) ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/216 "2007-08-16T10:26:10Z")
Is it working now? It wasn’t working last night… Anyway, thanks God it’s THUUUUUUUURSDAY! Tomorrow I’m leaving the land of foie-gras, taking a train from the land of chocolate to that island where it always rains; WoSW-fest with the guild and a week visiting with one of the guildies, who’s threatened with taking me for walks through Sherwood Forest (so I’m bringing my hiking boots). Yesterday one of my colleagues had an incident that got his blood pressure all a-jumpin’: “Fast! Urgent! Priority 1!!! Must make a program to copy today data we’ll receive next week.” For some reason the client refused to believe that the laws of Physics apply to him. Maybe he thinks that since Universal Gravitation is only a Theory, it doesn’t work? But today… today anything that comes in is Not Mine, la la laaaa! I’m going on VACASHUUUUUN! ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/217 "2007-08-16T10:33:19Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Tomorrow I’m leaving the land of foie-gras, taking a train from the land of chocolate to that island where it always rains Wait, you’re taking a train from Belgium to … what’s the name of that island near Seattle? How in the blazes does **that** work? 😕 😃 Yay for vacation, though! And you don’t even have to drag a family along!! But… rest assured that **something** will come up today that **somebody** will consider an emergency that **you** must deal with. It’s the “day before vacation…” syndrome – it’s the law! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/218 "2007-08-16T11:38:22Z")
Morning. Caffeinating. Yawn. Did an ambulance run last night, but it was so durned boring, I’m not going to tell you about it lest I fall asleep while typing. Instead, a joke: > [@](#): > > A farmer stopped by the local mechanic shop to have his truck fixed. They couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said he didn’t live far and would just walk home. > > On the way home he stopped at the hardware store and bought a bucket and a gallon of paint. He then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose. However, struggling outside the store he now had a problem - how to carry his entire purchases home. > > While he was scratching his head he was approached by a little old Lady who told him she was lost. She asked, “Can you tell me how to get to 603 Mockingbird Lane?” The farmer said, “Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is very close to that house. I would walk you there but I can’t carry this lot.” > > The old lady suggested, “Why don’t you put the can of paint in the bucket, carry the bucket in one hand; put a chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other hand?” > > “Why thank you very much,” he said and proceeded to walk the old girl home. > > On the way he says “Let’s take my short cut and go down this alley. We’ll be there in no time.” > > The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said, “I am a lonely widow without a husband to defend me. How do I know that when we get in the alley you won’t hold me up against the wall, pull up my skirt, and have your way with me?” > > The farmer said, “Holy smokes lady! I’m carrying a bucket, and a gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in the world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do that?” > > The old lady replied, “Set the goose down, cover him with the bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold the chickens.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/219 "2007-08-16T11:38:34Z")
[QUOTE=whiterabbit] Holy crap! I was just looking at the weather for the next few days and Sunday night it’s supposed to get down to around 35 F! IN AUGUST!!! Must be _some_ cold front coming through is my guess. But still. Damn. [/QUOTE] you’re in _Idaho_ for cryin’ out loud! Of _course_ it’s colder! Hi **Jahdra**! We missed you! I got more sleep last night but I feel worse! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413/220 "2007-08-16T12:06:29Z")
[QUOTE=Noone Special] Wait, you’re taking a train from Belgium to … what’s the name of that island near Seattle? How in the blazes does **that** work? 😕 😃 Yay for vacation, though! And you don’t even have to drag a family along!! But… rest assured that **something** will come up today that **somebody** will consider an emergency that **you** must deal with. It’s the “day before vacation…” syndrome – it’s the law! :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] What follows is my family’s definition of “cool”: An English businessman was about to leave his office on a Friday afternoon when a telegram arrived. He signed it in and dropped it in his in-box, saying “my, what horrible news I will surely receive on Monday.” Any bad news that arrive today will be dealt with either by my deputy or ten days from now 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travelogue-a-new-world-mmp/415413.md?page=12)