# Where the heck’s the new MMP?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [March 25, 2013, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891 "2013-03-25T05:53:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/121 "2013-03-26T22:40:53Z")
Barring something unusual, I will be off for the rest of the week. I need to get a roll of kraft paper so I can try a new clay technique. And I need to knit and crochet some textured pieces to use with my clay. Interesting things will be coming out of my kiln. 😃 And for now, the recliner beckons! ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/122 "2013-03-26T22:49:10Z")
Dindin is et and kitchen is cleaned. I even rotissed (is to a word!) two chikins to take to the church house for Holy Week Agape Supper tomorrow night. Go Me! We’re supposed to bring “first century type foods.” I’m reasonably sure that first century Christians had chikins. If not, then I’m almost certain that first century south Jawjans had chikins, so it sorta counts. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/123 "2013-03-26T23:02:11Z")
Well that was an interesting 24 hours. I’m home now, looking forward to some rest then off to see my kids tomorrow. In 2008 I shattered my left femur. In the ensuing chaos that followed it was discovered I have a disease called [sarcoidosis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoidosis). Since it wasn’t actually affecting me at the time, and was told to me as “good news, those enlarged lymph nodes are not cancer, they have sarcoidosis” I was under the general impression it was a relatively benign disease. About two months ago I noticed I was developing a shortness of breath, which slowly increased. I, like many others would, hoped it would just go away. By last week however I was genuinely concerned I was about to be told I had a bad problem. Finally yesterday a phone call and off to the ER I went. The hospital treated me very well (5th overnight hospital stay in 5 years) and I was bombarded with tests. They were concerned I had developed a [pulmonary embolism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_embolism), or better known as a blood clot in the lung. I was also given extensive cardiac tests including the treadmill stress test. I got through all well. In the end it appears I have had a ‘flare up’ of sarcoidosis which has made breathing difficult. As little is known about the disease, also little is known about a cure. What is known is that the vast majority of cases the disease falls into remission on their own. So thanks for all the concern and well wishes! Once again my policy of ‘ignore it, it will go away’ has been substantiated… ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/124 "2013-03-26T23:05:05Z")
**gigity** glad it was not anything more serious. Also, yay for bein’ home! ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/125 "2013-03-26T23:20:14Z")
I am currently watching little Celeste move across my stomach. When she kicks I gently poke her back. LOL 🙂 (reposted from my FB) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/126 "2013-03-26T23:21:33Z")
Wow, {{{ **2gig** }}}, good news, I guess? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/127 "2013-03-26T23:26:39Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > Very good stuff! I loved learning to drive many, many years ago. My mom remembers fondly getting in the cr with her and her mom on the Eastern Shore near Cambridge and go for long drives. The only rule was if either said “Stop!” I was to find the closest safe place to pull over so they could go investigate anything that caught their eye. > > Mom does genealogy so she wanted to look at old homes and graveyards. Grandma Van Riper liked plants and birds, and kept a pretty good camera at hand for her finds. > I am happy to see your son learning, by hook or crook. Too many young people have no interest in learning to drive. I cannot comprehend. I know he’s scared. It’s why I’m taking it slow. I told him when he is comfortable with the brakes and steering then we will move on to the next step. I’ve assured him that it will become automatic and soon he won’t even think about it. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/128 "2013-03-26T23:48:08Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I am currently watching little Celeste move across my stomach. When she kicks I gently poke her back. LOL 🙂 > (reposted from my FB) Rock 'Em Sock’Em Robots baby style, woo hoo :eek: **Jim** ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/129 "2013-03-26T23:51:13Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > I know he’s scared. > It’s why I’m taking it slow. > I told him when he is comfortable with the brakes and steering then we will move on to the next step. I’ve assured him that it will become automatic and soon he won’t even think about it. Yeah, when you first learn to drive, you’re worried about the steering and braking- afte a while you realise the hard bit is dealing with all the other lunatics that you previously thought could drive 😃 Anyway, bed time. Hopefully I won’t get unduly woken by mad neighbours tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/130 "2013-03-26T23:53:43Z")
> [@sahirrnee](#): > > Very good and you should be proud. > Homework sucks snot through a straw. Thank you! I got lots done today. I did most of my homework and the only thing left really isn’t due for something like two weeks. I also mailed out almost all of my show applications and worked on consolidating my business stuff and getting ready to close my catering business this summer. Yay! Glad you’re home again, **2gig**! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/131 "2013-03-27T00:18:36Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > I am currently watching little Celeste move across my stomach. When she kicks I gently poke her back. LOL 🙂 > (reposted from my FB) So long as that li’l haid of hers doesn’t go any lower… ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/132 "2013-03-27T00:35:01Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > So long as that li’l haid of hers doesn’t go any lower… Oh, junk, I didn’t think about that!Maybe I will just tickle her feet and not poke them 😉 ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/133 "2013-03-27T00:37:40Z")
We are trying to determine how cat prints got on the ceiling. Rosie? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/134 "2013-03-27T00:42:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We are trying to determine how cat prints got on the ceiling. > > Rosie? > > Anyone? hahaha, no idea? LOL. [Spider cat hybrids](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_GRTbkbxGHQ/Tt3B85_x5mI/AAAAAAAADu0/Bu7A6H_p38c/s1600/Spider-Cat-02.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/135 "2013-03-27T01:53:35Z")
Things are looking promising on the whole mortgage approval thing but I don’t want to jinx it. Stay sticky **babyapes**! And WTF cat prints on the ceiling? I …just well…huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/136 "2013-03-27T01:57:11Z")
Mexican jumping cats. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/137 "2013-03-27T01:57:49Z")
Survived Tuesday - now looking to hump Wednesday. That is all. Nighty-night everybody. And best wishes and thoughts to all, of course… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/138 "2013-03-27T02:15:05Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We are trying to determine how cat prints got on the ceiling. > > Rosie? > > Anyone? someone startle the cat recently? =^.^= ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/139 "2013-03-27T02:43:46Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > someone startle the cat recently? =^.^= I dunno…this sitting bolt upright thing, starring off into the distance…some folks say they are seeing ghosts. I think it is interior decorating. “Good gad, man! You painted the kitchen beige? The appliances are arctic white!” ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891/140 "2013-03-27T02:49:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We are trying to determine how cat prints got on the ceiling. I’m not sure whether that’s impressive, scary, or both. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-heck-s-the-new-mmp/653891.md?page=8)