# 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:** 8
**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, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/141 "2012-07-18T19:27:10Z")
I think it’s time for another East Coast earthquake, right in the middle of the heat wave. The Shake and Bake Summer[sup]tm[/sup]… ---
**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, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/142 "2012-07-18T19:33:39Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > I usually operate on the basis of “whomever says ‘come’ first wins”, but damnit, I want the second job soooo much more than the first… You are not under contract yet, correct? You could always try telling the truth. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/143 "2012-07-18T19:46:55Z")
/dances in \*\*congodwarf’\*\*s rain /sends **Nava** job luckiness /steals\*\* FCM\*\*'s peach jam…just a spoonful! Not a big peach fan, but my grandmother always had a couple trees, and I’m a sucker for old-fashioned, crust-falling-in, way too sweet even when you don’t add sugar- peach pies. In other news: Blurf and bleargh. Too much too do, too hot to care, as the somewhat erratic thermostat won’t respond to anything and has been blowing just air long enough to put the place at 90 degrees. Usually I can fiddle with it, but it’s one of those cases where it doesn’t even respond to turning OFF. I know the freon’s fine, it’s the thermostat. It’ll sort itself out. Will refrain from percussive therapy. /accepts **Swampy** ’s frozen trout and hugs it Nice and cold! Hey, why are the cats staring at me? ---
**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, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/144 "2012-07-18T19:49:56Z")
I played with clay for a while - I threw 6 assorted things. Actually, I’d thrown 8, but 2 crashed and had to be redone. Anyway, everything’s drying a bit before I have to trim the bases. Once I cleaned my mess up, I got in the shower, and I feel clean and comfy. \*\*FCD \*\*had ordered some plants for the aquarium sump - they filter certain impurities from the water, but if we put them in the main tank, the fish would eat them. They arrived today via Priority Mail, in a box that said “Protect From Heat” in big letters, left in our mailbox in the sun in the 97° afternoon. Idiots!! I don’t know how long they were out there, but I’ve got the bags floating in the sump so they can come to temperature before I put them in the 80° water. Hope they didn’t sustain any damage. I think tonight might just be a pizza night. I’ve got a freebie coming to me from PapaJohn’s, so why not? It’s too hot to cook. Plus I’ll have leftovers for breakfast. Yep, I think that’s the plan. ---
**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/145 "2012-07-18T19:57:18Z")
I had $2 of ebay bucks, so I spent $60 on things from Japan ($20 of that is shipping). That makes sense, right? Right? ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/146 "2012-07-18T20:00:23Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > I had $2 of ebay bucks, so I spent $60 on things from Japan ($20 of that is shipping). That makes sense, right? > > Right? Makes perfect sense to me. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/147 "2012-07-18T20:03:01Z")
Da bear is in an ill mood. Sometimes I think I just shouldn’t irk with people. People make irk irkier. **Nava** appropriate/inappropriate appendages crossed for the best offer. Also, I second maybe mentionin’ to the first place about correctin’ the errors in the contract. Contracts should be all neat, tidy and error free. Makin’ dindin now. Taco night at El swampcave! 😃 ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/148 "2012-07-18T20:09:09Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Contracts should be all neat, tidy and error free. [Groucho](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u8AgUXPpLM) on contracts. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/149 "2012-07-18T22:05:17Z")
Tacos good. Put bear in better mood. Make bear post like Tarzan. 😃 ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/150 "2012-07-18T22:24:35Z")
Once again, PapaJohn done good. Weather radar doesn’t look promising for rain for us. ☹ I’m going to veg the evening away in front of the TV. Probably crash early tonight, too, since I’s tahred… ---
**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, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/151 "2012-07-18T22:25:07Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Tacos good. Put bear in better mood. Make bear post like Tarzan. 😃 Tarzan’s teeth don’t look like that. Too much crashing into trees, and Edgar Rice Burroughs had a really, really bad dental plan. ---
**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, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/152 "2012-07-18T22:30:09Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > /. Will refrain from percussive therapy. New term: Sharp Isostatic Readjustment ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/153 "2012-07-18T22:34:22Z")
we got the rain here, and a light show & lots of noise with it ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/154 "2012-07-18T22:38:55Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > New term: Sharp Isostatic Readjustment Oh, I like! As in, “Yes, SIR!” I am ON it! Gonna dance in **anyrose** ’s rain, too, wheee!! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2012, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/155 "2012-07-18T23:05:34Z")
Hi everyone! Didn’t get too much done today, but not as irky as it could have been. Hope achy people are feeling better. My brother and my 13-year-old nephew watch stufff with CC on all the time. Not sure why. Am making [these yummy roasted potatoes](http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2010/01/perfect_roasted_potatoes.php). Hoping they’ll tun out well. Am having them with some drained yogurt that I’ve added NOH and a scallion to. We’ll see if they taste like the ones my roommates used to make in Berlin. Off to check NOT. Hugs. GT ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/156 "2012-07-18T23:14:57Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > we got the rain here, and a light show & lots of noise with it I hate yo…no, no, no. You’re the cute one. ☹ The ten day forecast has no rain. ---
**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, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/157 "2012-07-18T23:23:56Z")
:mad: DSL is out townwide, posting from my phone. May be 24 hours… Oh the humanity! ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/158 "2012-07-18T23:42:15Z")
> [@VunderBob](#): > > :mad: > > DSL is out townwide, posting from my phone. May be 24 hours… Oh the humanity! I’ve a dial up account as backup from [isp.com](http://isp.com) at 10 bucks a month. That’s where all my email accounts are. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2012, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/159 "2012-07-19T10:09:34Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffienatin’. _YAWN_ 'Tis 74 Amurrkin out with a predicted high of 91 and so I’m told a fifty percent chance of rain. To that I say :dubious: because I’ve been told that everyday this week. **BBBobbio** no DSL for twenty-four hours???!!! :eek: Ok, that’s all I got. Need more caffiene. I’m thinkin’ I’ll purtify for irk and then go get a bizkit for brekkie cause I got me a hankerin’ for, of all things, a MickeyD’s bacon, aig and cheese bizkit. Happy Thursday Y’all! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403/160 "2012-07-19T10:27:19Z")
Blurf[sup]2[/sup]. > [@swampbear](#): > > **BBBobbio** no DSL for twenty-four hours???!!! :eek: Yup, still out as of 0545 this morning, when I left for irk. If the AC was also out, VWife would swear she was in Hell itself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-mmp/628403.md?page=9)