# Will This Be The New Year MMP? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [January 2, 2017, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135 "2017-01-02T11:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/141 "2017-01-06T22:28:17Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > We are expected to get down to 58F:eek:. My G-d! How will you survive?!? šŸ™‚ ---
**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:** [January 6, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/142 "2017-01-06T23:12:18Z")
We still have snow here from yesterday, but it was just a dusting. Iā€™m still feeling the grumpies. The dog got his new bed and is finally sleeping on it. Itā€™s really a mattress pad, but I got it on sale for $14 marked down from $50. His old one is shredded and Iā€™m debating throwing it out. But he gets upset when Iā€™m washing it and he canā€™t find it, so having a spare is good for that. Finding a place to store the spare is a pain. Iā€™m trying to get rid of stuff, not keep more of it. The dog and cat are starting to interact a bit. The dog is sniffing the cat and the cat is rubbing up against the dog. Then the cat rolls in the floor in front of the dog and the dog has no idea the cat is there and walks into him. Hope things are getting better for you **Butters** Congrats on new job **TP** Trip sounds nice **MetalMouse** ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/143 "2017-01-07T00:04:37Z")
Itā€™s gonna get into the single digits tonight, brrrr. Iā€™m looking forward to church on Sunday. The Sunday school kids are doing an Epiphany procession, to celebrate the arrival of the Magi to honor the birth of Jesus. Itā€™ really done in a splendid fashion. The costumes are good, and to make things grand adults dress up and some of the ā€œkingsā€ are carried in procession. Theire are canopies and liturgical style umbrellas held over the kings. But when they approach the child those are taken away and they kneel. One of my first Sunday School students was once carried as a king, now heā€™s taller than me. Where does the time go? ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/144 "2017-01-07T00:24:32Z")
HOME FINALLY! Tis so hard to irk sick. This new tablet is gonna take some getting used to. I miss my iPad. **Mooommmmm** we has Cracker Barrel on our trip to GA and hubby had the catfish. He said it was very good and told me why farm raised fish are so much better than they used to be. I had the sampler platter which was meatloaf,country ham, and chicken dumplings with 3 sides plus bread. Way too much food. Of course, we do not have a CB here nor a GC. I love both. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/145 "2017-01-07T00:25:45Z")
\*\*FCD \*\*decided he wanted Salsaā€™s for supper - yay!! We had to wait a little bit, but not too long. Now weā€™re home in veg mode. Tomorrow, Iā€™m gonna build a big pot of veggie-beef soup. Yum! I may even get out the bread maker and bake a loaf to go with the soup. I think thatā€™s a plan. Weā€™re supposed to see 11Ā° on Sunday morning, but on Weds, theyā€™re predicting 57Ā°, and 60Ā° next Firday. The weather, it is insane! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/146 "2017-01-07T00:36:53Z")
Posts are going poof so I shall post in snippets. New battery was $150. I was shocked as I figured $50 to $75. Hubby took care of it though and knowing him he bought the best. Congrats on new gig **TP** and thanks all for the hugs. This was the worst week ever during our busy time. All you Sickies feel better soonest including me. Keep warm and stay in if you can. **Rosieā€™s** sign to all. . ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/147 "2017-01-07T00:50:06Z")
Cold and rainy out. A good night to be inside and warm. A lot of folks have had power restored which is good but there are still hundreds without power. Some shelters have opened and all the local hotels are full. So grateful to have power and heat tonight. I mentioned French toast tomorrow morninā€™ and excitatement ensued. Guess Iā€™m committed to makinā€™ it now. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/148 "2017-01-07T00:52:40Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What restrictions were in place for dating in the military? One of my clerks was active duty Navy who met and fraternized with a AD Navy officer. They are married now but both were forced to get out of AD.This was about 5 yrs ago. Love is strange . Now I want French Toast ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/149 "2017-01-07T01:01:51Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I got a surprise gift (toaster oven) today, shipped from amazon. > I thought it was a mistake until Sah-son found the gift slip. > Itā€™s the same toaster oven I bought for myself when I moved in here. > I donā€™t know if I should tell the sender I already have one, or just say thank you and re-gift it. > Or I could just have two toaster ovens. Or you can return it for credit and never tell the sender. Amazon is good that way. šŸ™‚ > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > A small accumulation of snow here, enough to close the schools and have me email work that I was taking a vacation day, only to be messaged later that state offices were closed, and we werenā€™t going in. The cityā€™s snow equipment consists of two guys with shovels in a pickup full of sand. I sympathize. In CA, we were similarly equipped. > [@](#): > > The mail ran, however, and brought new cordless headphones. Mrs. Plant can watch TV when I am sleeping, and I can listen to Wagner! I love these things. Kids canā€™t hear what weā€™re listening to. Hubby can stay up late iffā€™n he wants to. Wonderful inventions. > [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > I am still as irk. I woke up with the sick. Almost every time I fly I get the crud. Has been a very long day. There is only one clerk up front so I actually had to interact with people today. :eek: I am rusty but still sold some tickets. > > We are expected to get down to 58F:eek:. I know it is nothing like the rest of youse are expecting but from a high of 85 it is a shock to the system. I plan to pile up in the bed all weekend. I will probably wind up at the Dr. on Moanday. I know I have bronchitis now. > > Hubby went and bought me a new battery first thing this morning so hopefully I am good for a few years on that front. > > Happy weekend all and stay warm. :o Feel better! {{{hugs}}} We are at Outback (kiddos favorite place). We had to drive to Salem for a medical test for hubby. Then itā€™s home for laundry and tv. Living the high life. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/150 "2017-01-07T01:04:23Z")
Yay on the new job **TP**! I hope youā€™re feeling better soon, **butters**. I knocked off an hour early today. After irk, I headed to Kroger to compete with all of the French toast folks to buy some comestibles. There was nothing left in the hot deli, the TP was down to the crap brands, and it was a general madhouse in there. At least there wasnā€™t a run in the produce department. šŸ˜› Now Iā€™m chilling and fixing to have some quality studio time. Itā€™s supposed to get down to 14F tonight. Brrrrr. If it isnā€™t too cold tomorrow, I may go to a meetup of women my age that are seeing a movie together. Stay warm! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/151 "2017-01-07T01:21:36Z")
I workws, came home and napped. Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel is in Raleigh, so you know the weather is gonna be bad.:eek: > [@AngelSoft](#): > > I finally got a job after six months of looking! Ok well maybe three months of half assing it and three months of looking lol But yay!! I go to orientation Tuesday. It pays almost the same as my last job is a 15 minute commute (opposed to an hour) and best of all itā€™s not customer service!!! Congrats, **TP**! red, Kroger here was a madhouse. Luckily I was just buying beer and bacon.šŸ˜ƒ **sari** , Gordie likes to sleep on a towel ,so storage is not an issue. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/152 "2017-01-07T01:36:29Z")
The service at Outback is terrible. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/153 "2017-01-07T02:26:04Z")
I did not stay at irk tonight because driving home in the first band of snow almost sent me into a panic attack. Irish Storyteller came home shortly after I did and used his HR skillz to articulate the Bad Feeling I was having about driving back to Tourist Trap. Iā€™m going to get a stern talking-to at irk next week, but at least Iā€™ll be alive to hear it. Itā€™s getting bad out there. By the way, if you go see _A Monster Calls_, bring several boxes of tissues. Why? Well let me tell you what the trailers do not: itā€™s about a boy coming to terms with his motherā€™s impending death. And then she dies. Itā€™s a good movie to see exactly once. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/154 "2017-01-07T02:28:31Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Speaking of the military. today I sold two sheet music items to what seems to be a US Army address. > [@kopek](#): > > Cool deal! Is it a military base or an APO? Itā€™s an APO. APO, AE, US it says on my report. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/155 "2017-01-07T02:31:08Z")
**doggio** there was already a six pack in the fridge, but the bacon and aigs were slim pickins. Figures, they go well with french toast. šŸ˜› ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/156 "2017-01-07T02:42:02Z")
> [@Buttercup\_Smith](#): > > One of my clerks was active duty Navy who met and fraternized with a AD Navy officer. They are married now but both were forced to get out of AD.This was about 5 yrs ago. Love is strange . > > Now I want French Toast What does it mean, ā€œADā€? [Rosie]Stop that![/Rosie] ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/157 "2017-01-07T03:03:08Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > I got a surprise gift (toaster oven) today, shipped from amazon. > I thought it was a mistake until Sah-son found the gift slip. > Itā€™s the same toaster oven I bought for myself when I moved in here. > I donā€™t know if I should tell the sender I already have one, or just say thank you and re-gift it. > Or I could just have two toaster ovens. If you really love it, keep it for a spare. 30some years ago I got one we really love and picked up a second on clearance. I used it for a gift and now after all these years ---- and so it goes. On an unrelated note next Thursday irk start time changes to 4:30 so my evenings are totally shot. And also of little interest, the new (to me) vintage meat cleaver I got on eBay arrived. It is very cool; probably from a farm or hunting camp (you can tell from where the corrosion is) and has this cool makers mark of a J in an eight pointed star. I am so happy I could go squeeeee!!! Wait ā€” I just did. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/158 "2017-01-07T03:05:57Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I workws, came home and napped. Jim Cantore from The Weather Channel is in Raleigh, so you know the weather is gonna be bad.:eek: Itā€™s worse to find out heā€™s evacuating from the area. Stayed home sick today, DH may have to handle car dealer trip without me tomorrow (minor recall service, plus get a second key programmed). Hate the itchy throat. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/159 "2017-01-07T03:11:17Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > I go to orientation Tuesday. Iffn you get up early, & are facing the sun, North is to your left. There, now you is orientated. šŸ†’ Conga-rats on the new employment. > [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Or I could just have two toaster ovens. [Dueling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsC4kf6x_Q0&t=49s) toasters? šŸ˜•šŸ†’ :eek: > [@missred](#): > > the TP was down to the crap brands ISWYDT! šŸ˜ƒ > [@missred](#): > > After irk, I headed to Kroger to compete with all of the French toast folks to buy some comestiblesā€¦At least there wasnā€™t a run in the produce department. French eggplant? šŸ˜• [This](http://www.memes.com/img/159152) fits some of you. :o ---
**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:** [January 7, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135/160 "2017-01-07T06:57:55Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What does it mean, ā€œADā€? > > [Rosie]Stop that![/Rosie] Active Duty. In other words they were forced out of the military. I am sooooooooooooo sick. I cannot express how sick I am. I woke unable to breathe. Head is all stuffed up and it hurts to cough. I really should have saw the Dr.yesterday. I hope I will live until Moanday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-this-be-the-new-year-mmp/776135.md?page=9)