# Will This Be The MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 16, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403 "2012-07-16T10:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/121 "2012-07-18T11:11:53Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > šŸŖæ šŸ™‚ except Iā€™m so full of ow, that my reflexes are slow ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/122 "2012-07-18T11:21:09Z")
It is 61 degrees and cloudy today. The weather forecasters finally said that the pesky jet stream may be moving back to where itā€™s supposed to be and we might get some summer. That means my garden might dry out enough to allow some grass cutting without it becoming a mudfest. I am at irk, not very irked today so thatā€™s a good thing. Iā€™m due to be finishing this assignment on 31st July but I may be staying on now until 10th August as the newbie is rearranging her holiday plans to suit this dept instead of the one she is moving from. Talking of newibes, welcome noobz! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/123 "2012-07-18T12:28:46Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] _waitaminute_ - **water** has an expiration date??? [/QUOTE] A couple of years ago, I was [del]rummaging through[/del] inventorying the office emergency supplies, and found a ā€œbrickā€ pack of water in juice box type containers. Several of them had shrunk as if someone stuck a straw into them and sucked all the water out, but they were still sealed. šŸ˜• So yes, water can go bad and it apparently can contract in size with prolonged storage. IIRC, about all that hadnā€™t gone bad in that cabinet was the toe tags. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/124 "2012-07-18T12:39:00Z")
Iā€™m gonna say up front that I donā€™t know a lot about microbiology, but Iā€™m pretty sure that a sealed container of water that doesnā€™t leak or allow air in will not got ā€œbadā€ in the sense that youā€™ll get sick if you drink it. It may taste stale, but I donā€™t believe water can spoil. Now, if it had impurities in it, anaerobic nasties might proliferate, but H[sub]2[/sub]O is inert. Beer, on the other hand, can get nasty fast. So can Diet Coke. When we bought this house in '04, the fridge in the garage held some Coors from 1997. I canā€™t imagine how nasty it must have tasted. It went to the dump. My sister hosted a party and I grabbed a can of Diet Coke that tasted a bit odd - turns out it was 4 years old. She doesnā€™t drink diet and apparently few of her guests did either. She did toss the last few cans when I told her it was nasty. Wait - toe tags are part of emergency office supplies? We couldnā€™t even get bandaids!!! :eek: ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/125 "2012-07-18T12:46:57Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Breakfast was PB&J with some of the peach jam I made yesterday - very yum!! And Iā€™ve got the sprinkler going before it gets too hot - some of my new grass is dying and I spent too much to let the yard go to dirt again. Stoopit heat. > > I should do some laundry today - itā€™ll dry in no time. Of course, that would require me to walk \*allllllllll \*the way to the bedroom to get the dirties, then \*allllllllll \*the way down to the basement to throw them in the washer. Will it ever end??? Shouldnā€™t someone be responsible for doing this crap for me? Seriouslyā€¦ First of all, I think that peanut butter and peach jam together just sounds\*\* wrong\*\*. Second, my grandma still does the laundry on a rudimentary level (take all the clothes and put them all in the washer at once and start it) and I donā€™t like the stairs because of my knee so this morning I put the dirty clothes in the basket and just slid them down the stairs. Voila! šŸ˜ƒ Iā€™ve seriously got to get some homework done this morning as this afternoon we ABSOLUTELY WILL be going to the hearing aid place and running other errands for them and tomorrow is class and then straight into vacation. Yay, vacation!!! ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/126 "2012-07-18T12:54:14Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > water can go bad and it apparently can contract in size with prolonged storage. Water is an incompressible fluid. Made it to work. Havenā€™t killed anyone today. The day ainā€™t over yet. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/127 "2012-07-18T12:58:46Z")
> [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](#): > > First of all, I think that peanut butter and peach jam together just sounds\*\* wrong\*\*. Good, more for me. šŸ˜› I figured out why the grass hasnā€™t grown in one part of the yard - damned guinea fowl use it as their personal buffet! I think theyā€™ve eaten all the grass seed out there!! Stoopit birds! Watering continues - another hour anna half Iā€™m thinking. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/128 "2012-07-18T13:33:49Z")
Itā€™s supposed to be ONLY in the low 90s today. Get our yer earmuffs! Iā€™m so excited because I get to go home after work. No errands, no barn, no nuffin. Iā€™m going to go home and veg for the evening. I DVRed 5 episodes of The Mentalist so perhaps I will park my butt in front of the tv with a bag oā€™ chips. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/129 "2012-07-18T14:16:20Z")
RE: hearing aids. Dad has a hearing aid that does a passable job for talking to real people, but the TV sounds all garbled. Donā€™t any of you have closed captioning turned on for your elders? Doesnā€™t work great for live TV, but it is a life saver for movies and such. Plus, we set up some headphones for Dad so he can hear the TV without the sound being up to full volume. Win-win! ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/130 "2012-07-18T14:18:43Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Water is an incompressible fluid. [/QUOTE] Tell it to the shriveled-up water containers. šŸ˜ƒ [QUOTE=FairyChatMom] Wait - toe tags are part of emergency office supplies? We couldnā€™t even get bandaids!!! :eek: [/QUOTE] Yeah, well, earthquakes can be a bit shall we say, dramatic, and have a way of trapping people under piles of rubble. **EEK! The caterpillars are back! The caterpillars are back! Walk for your lives!** Thereā€™s something about the courtyard area here that caterpillars seem to love. Unfortunately for the caterpillars, they donā€™t know better than to start ambling across a concrete sidewalk on a 92 degree day. About six inches in, theyā€™re cooked. The ones that donā€™t burn up get stepped on. Pretty sure they werenā€™t destined to become bright green splots, but thatā€™s life in the middling-sized city. The [Caterpillars](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ncdot/6359205329/) are coming, and theyā€™re bringing a freeway. Ironically, the traffic near my home seems to have been helped by closing a road that will be ultimately replaced by a new interchange. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/131 "2012-07-18T14:44:26Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > Iā€™m cleaning out the pantry. Canā€™t believe how much crap we have in there that is past-date. I donā€™t normally give a care about that, but some of this stuff, wow. AND finally got down to the bottom shelf, waaaaaaaaaaaay in the back, and threw out the water that was there when we moved in. lord knows how many renters ago it was put there, but the expiration date was 2001. :eek: Proton decay? ---
**Author:** ![ThreadPirateRoberts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9a28c/32.png) [@ThreadPirateRoberts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThreadPirateRoberts)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/132 "2012-07-18T15:12:50Z")
Blurfā€¦ Didnā€™t get to sleep till 4:30 AM and I canā€™t get back to sleep. today is the day of teh grumps. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/133 "2012-07-18T15:20:07Z")
Blurf. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/134 "2012-07-18T15:25:47Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > RE: hearing aids. > > Dad has a hearing aid that does a passable job for talking to real people, but the TV sounds all garbled. Donā€™t any of you have closed captioning turned on for your elders? Doesnā€™t work great for live TV, but it is a life saver for movies and such. Plus, we set up some headphones for Dad so he can hear the TV without the sound being up to full volume. Win-win! Our old people arenā€™t deaf, ergo they refuse to use CC. :rolleyes: Sweetie and I, on the other hand, ALWAYS use CC because he works in TV and got used to seeing it when he was in Master Control at PBS and I hate it when someone on TV mumbles and I donā€™t catch what they said. Itā€™s hot and muggy and both [weather.com](http://weather.com) and [acuweather.com](http://acuweather.com) insist we should be having severe thunderstorms _right this second!!_ What we have is blue sky with few clouds. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/135 "2012-07-18T16:29:12Z")
I need the mighty power of the MMPā€¦ Iā€™ve received an offer (in fact, a contract with several glaring mistakes :rolleyes:) for a job in locations A+B, 3 months, former client of mine (not the best, not the worst). Tomorrow I expect to have an interview for a job in locations C+B, different company, one year contract, sounds technically very interesting, better pay. I usually operate on the basis of ā€œwhomever says ā€˜comeā€™ first winsā€, but damnit, I want the second job soooo much more than the firstā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/136 "2012-07-18T16:37:19Z")
_{{{{{{{sending **Nava** vibes to the second job}}}}}}}}_ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/137 "2012-07-18T17:09:49Z")
How soon do you have to answer on the contract offer? If you can string them along for a couple of days until you find out about #2, thatā€™s a no-brainer. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/138 "2012-07-18T17:25:57Z")
Thatā€™s the plan, but Iā€™m not used to stringing people along (other than my mother). Iā€™z nierrrrvoussssā€¦ _need shaky smiley_ ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/139 "2012-07-18T17:27:04Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Thatā€™s the plan, but Iā€™m not used to stringing people along (other than my mother). Iā€™z nierrrrvoussssā€¦ _need shaky smiley_ You have an out. Demand that the glaring errors in the contract be fixed before you sign. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/140 "2012-07-18T18:49:04Z")
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