# When no one wants to start the MMP. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 28, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928 "2017-08-28T11:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/81 "2017-08-30T18:07:59Z")
We had a smart-ass mouse last night. The salami was gone this morning but the trap wasn’t sprung. I’m really going to be sorry to kill this one. Have to go to Wifey’s office this afternoon and hang art for Friday’s Art Walk. The Maglite I just bought is going back to the store. I bought new batteries and put them in and it’s still just too dim to see anything. I’m disappointed. Rosey’s sig to all. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/82 "2017-08-30T18:19:45Z")
> [@Bumbazine](#): > > We had a smart-ass mouse last night. The salami was gone this morning but the trap wasn’t sprung. I’m really going to be sorry to kill this one. I’m seeing him hanging from the ceiling by a sting and pulley, with three other mice moving him about as he hangs above the salami. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/83 "2017-08-30T18:39:36Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Had my surgery this morning. They removed a piece of my head! :eek: (I had a minor cyst removed. That’s all.) Bottle in front of **Doggio** , frontal loboto **doggio** Po-tay-to, po-tah-to. > [@Bumbazine](#): > > The Maglite I just bought is going back to the store. I bought new batteries and put them in and it’s still just too dim to see anything. I’m disappointed. Is it a regular bulb or a LED? (They sell conversion kits; highly recommend 'em) > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m seeing him hanging from the ceiling by a sting and pulley, with three other mice moving him about as he hangs above the salami. They don’t operate [The CLAW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Esh4W3dfI&t=57s). :smack: ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/84 "2017-08-30T18:50:12Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > They don’t operate [The CLAW](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Esh4W3dfI&t=57s). :smack: That’s CRAW! Sorry, wrong show. ---
**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 30, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/85 "2017-08-30T19:19:53Z")
Howdy Y’all! Mr. Frank’s service was really nice and well attended. At the end a bagpiper played “Goin’ Home” and toward the end started walkin’ away while playin’. Very effective! We had a great N.O.L. at Dawson Presbyterian Church and then went by to see Miss Becky. The Minister of DPC (who performed the service) did a shortened version so she could be a part of it all which I thought was a nice touch. He did the same thing for Miss Becky and Mr. Frank when their son died last year. I had myself a nice nap when we got back to da cave. Matter of fact OYKW is snoozed still as I post. Miss Becky, JDD, and Sis seem to be doin’ well. The rain held off but is now movin’ in as I can hear it startin’ up. **Midget** glad the surgery went well. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/86 "2017-08-30T20:06:39Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Is it a regular bulb or a LED? (They sell conversion kits; highly recommend 'em) It says “Xenon ULTRA beam distance 206 meters” B.S. I can’t even light up my back fence 50 feet away with this thing. It’s going back. Funny thing: while I was searching the car for the old yellow flashlight we kept at the cabin, I found the Maglite just like this one that I bought 30+ years ago. It’s pitiful even with new batteries too. Since I can’t take _it_ back, I’ll look into a conversion kit for it. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/87 "2017-08-30T20:19:48Z")
I converted a Maglite to LED. Do _not_ look down the barrel. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/88 "2017-08-30T20:55:10Z")
Home. We’re thinking about going out for supper because I don’t know what I want to cook. I’m brain-fried… ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/89 "2017-08-30T22:48:46Z")
I’m still full from the hyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge church lady feedin’ this afternoon. Seems like a good idea to go lie upon the bed and watch teevee until sleepy time. Plus 'tis rainy and dreary out so yet another good reason to do so. Nitey Nite Y’all! ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/90 "2017-08-30T23:11:43Z")
\*\*{{{Miss Becky, JDD, Partner, swampy and OYKW}}} {{{baker}}}\*\* Glad your surgery went well **emily**. Thank heaven it’s month end tomorrow. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/91 "2017-08-30T23:19:51Z")
I was a slug today. Stayed home and layed around and napped all day. Feeling some better though. Back at it tomorrow to get a head start on end of month. I have a friend in Houston who has lost everything on the first story of her home. How does one even begin to help? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/92 "2017-08-30T23:44:42Z")
Truck day went well. I fear the worst. Making Chipolte chicken with ancho rice and grean beans with bacon and jalapenos.😃 > [@EmilyG](#): > > Had my surgery this morning. They removed a piece of my head! :eek: (I had a minor cyst removed. That’s all.) > > I was in and out of the horsepistol in less than two hours, so that was good. Congrats on the cystbotomy! **Spidey** , it’s “I’d rather have a free bottle in front of me, instead of a prefrontal lobotomy.”(which is a true statement.):D:D:D ---
**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:** [August 31, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/93 "2017-08-31T00:27:54Z")
\*\*Butters \*\*- I can’t watch any more stories about the flooding. It hurts too much. I made a donation to the Red Cross because I really can’t do anything else. Rather than buying and mailing things that are needed, I’ll give the money directly to those who will (I hope) buy and distribute what is needed. I have a cat with a stinky butt on my lap - envy me. 😛 Almost bedtime - I’s tahred… ---
**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:** [August 31, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/94 "2017-08-31T00:31:34Z")
**Midget,** glad everything came off as planned… **Swampy,** sounds like quite a nice service and a most compassionate minister. **Butters,** sluggery is good (I’m working at it all the time these days). **Bumba,** never owned a MagLight, and after your adventures, I’ll pass on the opportunity. Well, my new doors are installed and awaiting the painters in a week or two. We got our dividend from Harvey, nothing at all like Houston but maybe close to an inch scattered over the whole day…enough to cancel soccer practice. Actually got a fair amount done–paid my bill for the doors, got ready to switch service for Internet and Phone to AT&T, bought supplies at Staples, and ate way too much at Golden Corral. Nappage then occured, and I’ll go forage for something to eat in a bit. Grocery shopping tomorrow morning, I think (more rain forecast). ---
**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:** [August 31, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/95 "2017-08-31T01:19:07Z")
Dinner was bacon sandwiches because we had a lot of used bacon and little inspiration. Now for some reading the intertubes and beddy-bye. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/96 "2017-08-31T01:22:20Z")
We got some of Harvey’s leftovers today too with more called for tomorrow. Sis in Houston came out of the storm with no damage, but a few other friends didn’t. No one lost their homes, but a couple of them got some water damage on the first floor. Like others, I donated to the Red Cross, Second Harvest and a local animal shelter that is handling some of the storm refugees that are being trucked to Tennessee. I also volunteered to walk some pooches Saturday for them. It’s in my old town and I’ve worked with them before. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/97 "2017-08-31T01:35:11Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I converted a Maglite to LED. > Do _not_ look down the barrel. That’s hilarious Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/98 "2017-08-31T01:36:16Z")
I’m taking music lessons for the first time in 2 years. Very excited!! Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [August 31, 2017, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/99 "2017-08-31T04:15:57Z")
Congrats **Roadrunner**! **Butters** I’m sure there are some things your friend will need. I’m guessing the first floor of her house is where the kitchen and dining room are. Maybe you could help out with replacing some of that? I hope that her house can be saved. **Swampy** I’m glad the service went well. I’m partial to bagpipes myself. **Ruble** now I want a bacon sandwich! Sounds nummy. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928/100 "2017-08-31T04:51:31Z")
My mouse neatly ate all of the peanut butter from two of the three traps I set. Third one ate the mouse. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-no-one-wants-to-start-the-mmp/794928.md?page=6)