# Whale, look at that, it's The MMP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 9, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728 "2026-11-09T07:15:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/122 "2026-11-11T20:52:11Z")
After a short nap, I had a mad desire to make scalloped potatoes with ham today. Now my back is killing me, but it’s in the oven. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/123 "2026-11-11T20:56:02Z")
My arthritic shoulder was injected today. The injection itself didn’t hurt but boy howdy did it hurt when it was done. As Jessica the PA said you’ve just had viscous fluid injected into a small space. I have a second injection next week.I also had x-rays of my hip and pelvis, cause where I fell off Jake last week is still so sore. X-rays came back back clean. Jessica says it’s very deep muscle bruising, and possibly traumatic bursitis of the trochanter. She gave me a PT order and I’ll go visit the PT people perhaps on Friday. Now it is cold and pouring rain.I’m in my jammies and slippers. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/124 "2026-11-11T22:20:28Z")
Happy Veterans day. My Grandfather was Marine during WWII, Dad and Uncles (Marines all) were Korea veterans and I loved floozying with Marines. I heard allll about life in the Marine Corp so being forewarned, I joined the Air Force. Happily, we had Marine guards so I didn’t have to settle for Air Force guys. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > **JtC** , glad to hear Harry is re-engaging with life. He’s still spending at least four hours a day mowing. He says it gives him time to think. > [@Paintcharge](#): > > Do you need shingles vaccine if you had chix pox as a youngster? Yes, because your body is already harboring the virus and needs extra protection. > [@scareyfaerie](#): > > he calls is Cluckingham Palace. How funny, I’ll tell GDIL when next I see her. > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Up before 7am as my kidneys appear to like working their hardest in the early morning hours and then tapering off during the day You feet retain water during the day because they are below your heart. When you put your legs up (recliner or bed) and get them over your heart, the water flows back up to your kidneys. That’s why you have to get up after being in bed less than 15 minutes or so. Your brain releases hormones that inhibit your urine product while you are in REM sleep and that wears off when your body is in the process of waking up, so the urine production ramps up and you wake up and have to go to the restroom. > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My GP spent a while trying to find out whether I needed the CP vaccine before the shingles I wonder if that is a state thing or just your doctor? My doctor OK’d me to have another measles shot without questioning it and I’ve already had the measles. Getting my titers checked would have required insurance pre-authorization and I’m lazy. (I don’t remember getting reubella and didn’t want to risk carrying it around.) > [@Misnomer](#): > > My Italian grandmother would often say, “I’m cold…you should put on a sweater!” Must be an 🇮🇹 thing. 😂 I heard that exact same thing from my Pennsylvania Dutch grandmother. I think its a generational thing. So not much happening here. Big news was a man up state who got arrested for passing bad checks - for a tatoo - of Jesus. The colors are almost gone here and I can see further into the forest. This is the time of year that we start seeing the rest of the houses back there, it always surprised me how many there are. BFF’s husband loves to talk and doesn’t seem to understand that BFF WFH and can’t entertain him during the day. She finally got fed up and made him hike/scramble up the mountain to the road so he could meet a friend with the part for the tractor. Hopefully, they will be able to dig out tomorrow and he can go back to work. Oh, gosh, I just looked at the time. I need to get dinner started, be back later. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/125 "2026-11-11T23:08:43Z")
The Slide didn’t seem so bad… The Delayed Delivery trailer? OMFG. they couldn’t keep up with the volume, and the Preload Head told them to keep the belt running(mind you that this is the guy who when he saw the gallon paint spill in the package car thought we could just let it dry. 🙄. So there was massive crushing. And how did they bring it to the 200 slide for me, Fritz, and J to fix it? Some of it came in totes down the 200 slide. There were _five_ 10ft daughter carts with stuff on 'em. There were _five_ [big laundry baskets](https://holzoffer.com/products/commercial-laundry-cart-12-bushel-35-4l-x-25-6w-x-33-3h?currency=USD&country=US&variant=50470500368664&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google+Shopping&stkn=44184f8bfff5&utm_campaign=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=G12-Bushel-PLA&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=24148833314&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3LOEuv6AmAMVpHFHAR01KAjREAQYBSABEgLHH_D_BwE&_su_rec=JqSPyagJDLVOnMwP_4eOyG5A0ajoVi9Kj-Znr8w0d_ZwW2afswOlgdjyv4_fIN0HYOpumFXytxOnYcbX1Im9oEPhAhHM17e_ZxO-NTnduxbVTA7WbqREtdPnkPYzqbaYSv7pnAba8cdBIJRV1S-tShGc6CW-_6PMC2OPo3cH6RHuFTCp6av67T3jJAdgC29N5yZEYR58kZQARRMy9VVahXrJJKTduecgWnmFY4bGULrLfshdNTB1KhifDWRQdueE7zabjsp5EOLfjJ9OyER7fXgBeUX676gWjaQZUQTjVGnLGLFUs1eux8EUVky8hd5u65rpY6AI0B5Sac3e74e_yblfZC5vvXOhywSOOCSjYetElFtcVq035nKzXvSL3GzX6jAHaUVoDdKY5F-IgUwkRCHSOlyqVRV_StILCtb2wPyaUdL1Ug&_su_rec_id=928ef36c-399e-43f1-9461-793558d8ed2e-1794436983) of assorted stuff. It took 2 hours just to dig and sort. At one point J did a box as fallout, and an hour later I found the invoice in one basket, and half of the stuff in another. There was a jacked up old guitar amp that was in a box that looked like it spent the last 50 years in a hot, dry attic. since most of the stuff didn’t have invoices(any more?), I made the executive decision we’d just shovel the branded stuff in the assorted matching boxes and return it to sender(there were 4 Citi Trend boxes with no invoices.). We filled the 2G belt. J left at 2:30, Fritz at 3, and I was out at 4:15(12 and a quarter hour day). And it’s 2 weeks to Peak Season Fritz: “I’m hoping tomorrow will be better.” Me: “I try not to have hope. They can’t crush what you don’t have.” But this martini is really refreshing after all that. Spot is runnign around like he chugged 6 venti meth espressos. My Granddad served in the Army right at the end of WWII, my Uncle Pat served in Vietnam(those are some stories), 2 of my cousins served in the First Gulf War, and my Uncle Bill was on subs during the Cold War. > [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I joined the Air Force. Happily, we had Marine guards so I didn’t have to settle for Air Force guys. I know an Air Force guy at the local VFW who ducked a promotion, because _I don’t want to have to get out of the truck in Minot in January_. 😃 > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > But might I ask what ABCD stands for? I’ve come up with Always Beat C??? Duke. Anybody But Carolina or Duke. > [@Kitten\_Mitten](#): > > Well she’s been in discernment for the past year and yesterday the Discernment Committee gave her the good news that they agree she has a calling and recommended she study for the priesthood. Congrats! The local diocese is secretly hoping I go for apostasy. 😉 > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I just looked it up, and the kids followed my advice and successfully framed a Duke fraternity. Good job guys. 🤣 ❤ 💯 > [@Misnomer](#): > > I enjoy coloring but can’t draw, I can assemble Lego but not design my own sets, I love to edit but I can’t write fiction, etc. I have a lot of admiration for those who create the things I then go play with/enhance/destroy. 😃 Still a talent. I mean, now matter how good the DNA is, if the RNA doesn’t act it out, there is no cell life. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > making a [planter](https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10165263503602427&set=a.82722847426) Cool! ---
**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:** [November 11, 2026, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/126 "2026-11-11T23:52:17Z")
Howdy Y’all! What I said I was doin’ tonight is actually next Wednesday night. 🙄 So we had burgers 'n fries from Jack’s for sup. It was a sacrifice and a hardship, but we perservered. **Cat\_Glove** I did not get a lollipop. I think adults should get lollipops after bein’ stabbed for bein’ so brave! Go Spartans! HUZZAH for daughter and her discernment! I say we need more women priests! Will she go to seminary or do a hybrid program that is part online and part at a seminary? **Knotty** I have been movin’ my arm around today and it has helped. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728/127 "2026-11-12T00:03:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > After a short nap, I had a mad desire to make scalloped potatoes with ham today. Now my back is killing me, but it’s in the oven. Ooh! That sounds good (the scalloped potatoes, that is). I haven’t made them in forever. I hope that your back starts feeling better soon. The infusions got here early today, around 1540 instead of supper time or later. Three of my dad’s brothers served in the army, two in WWII and two in Korea (one spent a few years in, but stopped shy of career). All of my mom’s brothers, most of her brothers-in-law, two of her sisters-in-law, two of her uncles, both of my brothers, several of my cousins and several of their kids and grandkids served in all of the branches except for CG. I did a scrapbook layout for four generations of one of her brothers, his son, grandson and great grandson’s service. Just among that bunch, they hit all of the branches. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whale-look-at-that-its-the-mmp/1034728.md?page=6)