# Waiting for it to Get Light in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [February 24, 2020, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429 "2020-02-24T11:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/41 "2020-02-25T01:25:28Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I like the idea of some sort of memorial for **rublse**. Making a donation to a favorite charity is good, too. If there’s something we could do for **OW** , I think he’d have liked that, too. This would be so cool. I remeber, years ago, a Doper who had to help take pictures of a cat that two guys had set on fire. The poor thing was euthanized, but a number of us sent donations to the animal shelter in, I think it was California. I bet they were surprised when they started getting money from out of staters. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/42 "2020-02-25T01:53:21Z")
I got balls today! I got a whole box of balls. 50 balls of .50 cal. musket balls. You know who got me into musket shooting, doncha? ☹ > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > **Nellie** , I am looking for someway to memorialize **ruble**. > [@dogbutler](#): > > From my time meeting him, I would suggest touring the women’s room of your local Tiki Bar(make sure your tour guide and half the tour are guys, though:D;)) Most of my times meeting him were around shooting things so I suggest we go out & shoot something; to make it Doper/Mumper related, I suggest: **Flytrap**! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I got a box from da jungle today. 500 tiny brown enveopes. I was thinking of seed packets when I ordered them. Somehow I missed the fact there would be 500ct. :smack: I only know that they’re typically small plastic baggies from watching TV news but you now have supplies to be a drug repackager/dealer. 🆒 **Baker** , polish up the old resume & start looking. It’s much less stressful to go all [Johnny Paycheck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj2iGAifSNI) if you already have some irons in the fire. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/43 "2020-02-25T02:31:46Z")
**cupcake** I hate to say it, but I think starting the job hunt now would be a good idea. Could you and your former manager start a catering business (trying to think outside the box)? **nellie** and **Moomm** I would also like to do something for **Ruble**. What about his reenactment group? I’m trying to remember if he did anything for a women’s shelter. Maybe? ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/44 "2020-02-25T02:39:48Z")
**Baker**. That doth well and truly suck. I hate people sometimes. Off to sleepy town. I didn’t want to go too early. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/45 "2020-02-25T02:48:10Z")
**Metal mouse** , the envelopes are 2-1/2×3-1/4. **Spidey** , I will definatly go shoot tomorrow. Not shooting a black powder gun, tho’. Nope, nope! And my tiny envelopes are not for ‘drugs’, I refuse to believe it!! (:)) ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/46 "2020-02-25T05:12:14Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **Sunny** , my credit cards let me go online and I can check any charges against it (I do this at least once a week). Do you have the same ability? Second this. It was through checking the charges online that I twice discovered my account had been hacked (both in the same summer but unrelated). I’m pretty sure all major credit cards offer online account management. **Cupcake** , I agree it’s time to start looking elsewhere. You deserve better. **Spidey** , you don’t want someone with my vision issues firing a gun. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/47 "2020-02-25T09:26:45Z")
I was so sorry to hear about **ruble** , I really thought he was going to pull through. My thoughts are with his loved ones just now ☹ Doing something as a memorial for him is a lovely idea, I’m sure there are plenty of us who would like to remember him that way. **(((((sari)))))** - sorry that you missed the viewing/funeral and stuff, it’s hard when you find out too late especially if you had wanted to see the cousin’s wife at that point. Nothing going on here, I finished cleaning out mum’s flat at the weekend. I moved the Queen Ann chair and the sofa cushions down to the bin store as the council can collect them from there for disposal, but I couldn’t get the sofa base out of the flat because it won’t fit through the door. I’m not sure what to do about that, and I haven’t been able to get hold of the woman who looks after the flats. I will have to ring her again, and probably leave a third message for her that she won’t reply to. Music festival in Daaaaaarset (that’s Dorset to you lot) at the weekend, that should lift the spirits somewhat. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/48 "2020-02-25T10:23:46Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 62 Amurrkin out and rainy(ish) with a predicted high of 71 and off and on rain for the day. I’m hopin’ for mostly off. It rained all last night, so we don’t need it right now thankyouverymuch. This mornin’ I shall go see the vampires, then go over to the church house to raise the overhead door for the servin’ line and prep the steam table for tonight. Then later in the afternoon I shall go back to start the snausages (nummy, nummy, link snausages!) cookin’ in the oven. I like for 'em to cook low and slow. Also much bacon and pancakes will be readied. Our pancake cookers are a husband and wife team that work well together and can put out some pancakes! **{{{CupCakes}}}** I agree with what others have said. Put out some feelers for a new job. With your rep as a baker (HEH!) I imagine there’s a place out there that would love to have you on their team. Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, alas, alack, and bother, I suppose I must purtify and don appropriate bein’ about the public attire. Le sigh. Happy Tuesday Y’all! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/49 "2020-02-25T12:09:26Z")
Up, caffeinated, nad sheveled. It’s foggy out. {{{{ **Baker** }}}} ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/50 "2020-02-25T12:55:24Z")
Rainy here this morning and I think it’s supposed to continue all day. I have to deliver my 401k check to my finances guy, and since it’s in that end of town, I thought I might swing by my old office and say hi. \*\*Cupcakes \*\*- good luck, and I agree with everyone else - you need a new situation, pronto! Roxy ran to her new “car” first thing this morning. I’d say it’s a hit. The only thing it needs is a horn. She keeps pressing the middle of the steering wheel and going “beepbeep” but face it, the kid needs a horn! Not sure what else the day will bring. SIL is off work, so I’ll just have partial Roxy wrangling. For now, I’ll finish caffeinating. Happy Tuesday! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/51 "2020-02-25T13:01:07Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > Up, caffeinated, nad sheveled. That IS simultaneously both _waaaayyy_ to much TMI & yet leaving me wanting to know more, as in why only one? Are you taking a break before sheveling the other one? Have you sheveled any other parts? :eek: …unless it’s just a simple typo. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/52 "2020-02-25T13:45:09Z")
**Spidey** You make me laugh out loud. 😃 I slept all night thank goodness. I do feel a whole lot better today. I did not want to irk today but that is pretty normal. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/53 "2020-02-25T13:48:28Z")
Reading when I first get up is entertaining. Managed to parse our favorite bear’s “purtify” as “purify” and was trying to think of a suitable wisecrack when I noticed the letter I missed on the first try. **FCM** , do you REALLY want to have to listen to a toddler with a horn? 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/54 "2020-02-25T13:50:35Z")
\*\*Nettie \*\*- I usually read it as _putrify_. :eek: Maybe it’s time for an enlarged font. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/55 "2020-02-25T13:51:36Z")
Morning all. **Spidey** , the other one had been insulting him, so it was obviously dis-sheveled… Sun has come out at temperatures are supposed to reach 65F today, so need to make the trips to take cardboard and other stuff out. **Baker** , sorry about the news at the place, we’ve all had new bosses that turned out to be a final straw, but hope something else develops for you. Goal today and rest of week is to get my ‘stuff’ (those knick-knacks and trinkets you collect during life on this rock) out of the containers and into their (more or less) appropriate spots around the house. Will take some time, got a new case coming next week along with stands for some of the larger items, but it’ll get done. Outside of that nothing too exciting in casa Rat. All y’all take care. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/56 "2020-02-25T14:06:46Z")
Good morning troops. Today is the burning of Juan Carnaval. The last day of carnaval. Carnaval here is a “light” Mardi Gras. The locals love it, as it is the only time they can drink alcohol openly in the streets. Lots of live music and smiling faces. Thanks **Metal Mouse** for your comments. Yes, I am glad I listened to my daughter. I was going to wait until I ran out of the antibiotics before I saw the doc again. Now we are moving on. Don’t worry about your thumb. My thumb was never injured. Why the bacteria is there and why it decided on my thumb has been a mystery to the medical community. **Cupcakes** , When I hear stories like yours, it makes me sad. Sometimes employers don’t realize what an asset an employee is. Yes, keep your eyes open. When doors close another opens. And it is always better. Housekeeper comes today. At my age, I really appreciate her help. Plus the place is sparkling clean. Hope you folks have a fun Tuesday! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/57 "2020-02-25T14:08:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Roxy ran to her new “car” first thing this morning. I’d say it’s a hit. The only thing it needs is a horn. She keeps pressing the middle of the steering wheel and going “beepbeep” but face it, the kid needs a horn! Whadja get her, a [Nash Rambler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enqNl7tdLR4&t=1m22s)? & where did she learn that; is you one of _those_ drivers? :eek: I think within a week you’ll be very, very happy it does **not** have a horn. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > **Spidey** You make me laugh out loud. 😃 Yeah, I get my gold star for the day. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/58 "2020-02-25T14:15:29Z")
\*\*Spidey \*\*- her “car” will be parked elsewhere till the weather changes. That’s when we’ll find a horn and let her ride outside. I’ll probably take it downstairs to my studio later today. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/59 "2020-02-25T14:24:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > \*\*Nettie \*\*- I usually read it as _putrify_. :eek: Maybe it’s time for an enlarged font. LOL! Perhaps. I know in my case that getting my glasses updated will help. Must get DH to check into our vision coverage and hunt down someone who’s open Saturday. Also will need him to drive after eye exam. Speaking of, his employer managed to find him work that will meet his medical limits, so he’s working again as of Monday (3/2). I’d best enjoy this last week of having the car, since I’m back on transit as of that day, and in the time I haven’t been using it, their alert app is constantly reporting train issues. This reminds me, must find opportunity to check my cute little electronic fare card to make sure it’s still usable after its trip through the laundry. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429/60 "2020-02-25T14:35:53Z")
Happy Toosady! Wet and cloudy 45 degrees outside. I went to the park early and came home early. LOL at **Spidey** , and like **FCM** , I also read it as putrify. If you get a horn with batteries, you can always take them out. I think it is pretty bad that your granddaughter is driving before my son does. Kicking his ass down to the MVA is on this year’s agenda. After he graduates. That is when I have to renew my license and he needs to renew his ID, so he can get _another_ learner’s permit then. If need be, I’ll send him to driving school, _again_. This is the second funeral I missed on my father’s side **BooFae** , because nobody told me until after. Communication on my mother’s side is a bit better as more of them post on FB, and I have a cousin who will call me as soon as he hears anything. I’m going to have to get one of the cousins on my father’s side to let me know when things are happening. My mother never tells me until afterwards. Today we have to go get groceries. I hope it stops raining by then, so we don’t have to carry them in in the rain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-it-to-get-light-in-the-mmp/848429.md?page=4)