# Wrapping up July in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [July 30, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802 "2018-07-30T10:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**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 2, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/141 "2018-08-02T22:39:50Z")
> [@missred](#): > > Tonight, I’ll kick back to work on my current studio project and watch a couple of episodes of Blue Bloods on Ion. Such an exciting life. 😛 I’m watching preseason football(Go Ravens!). Is it October yet? Or at least next week?🙂 ---
**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 3, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/142 "2018-08-03T01:19:16Z")
> [@dogbutler](#): > > I’m watching preseason football(Go Ravens!). Is it October yet? Or at least next week?🙂 You do realize that there are things besides hockey, football and Dr Who to watch, don’t you? 😃 ---
**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 3, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/143 "2018-08-03T01:50:08Z")
> [@missred](#): > > You do realize that there are things besides hockey, football and Dr Who to watch, don’t you? 😃 It’s off season for curling.☹ ---
**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 3, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/144 "2018-08-03T02:57:05Z")
Good evening. Water has been restored and electrical and plumbing matters have been taken care of (pending inspection). Went to a Board meeting for the soccer league and some training on being a Division Coordinator that lasted until almost 9PM. Gas tank filled and all is right with the world. **Nut,** Good luck on the potential job! **Bumba,** good time management there… OK, closing in on bedtime. All y’all take care. ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/145 "2018-08-03T03:11:33Z")
Bedtime for me, too. 4 more days till vacation. ---
**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 3, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/146 "2018-08-03T04:17:26Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **Spidey** stuff is always in the last place you look, so look there first. 😛 Gee, thanks, Mr. Helpful. :rolleyes: > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Lots of explosions and crashes. No, & not funny. > [@Bumbazine](#): > > It’s in the drawer in the bathroom. I _know_ it’s not there, mainly because I don’t have any drawers in the bathroom. There are some cabinets under the sinks, but no drawers. (& the laundry basket isn’t in there, either. :p) > [@missred](#): > > **spidey** , your watchband is at my workplace. 😃 (we keep replacement bands for Apple and Samsung wearables for insurance claim repairs). Garmin ones, too? > [@dogbutler](#): > > Cool! And I gotta remember to pack my Aaron Rodgers jersey for Convention next week. Ahem, that’s the wrong green jersey for where you’re [del]going[/del] coming, bub. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/147 "2018-08-03T05:28:39Z")
I fought the IRS and won! Don’t recall mentioning it here before, but a couple of months ago, the IRS comes to me, looking for about $5500 in taxes and penalties for DH’s Social Security and some of his debts that were improperly written off by creditors - they were lazy or stupid and issued the 1099-C to him rather than to his estate. I wrote a letter to the IRS explaining things and in today’s mail was a letter from them saying “Amount due: $0.00” And then I fought the city and won! Someone illegally dumped some trash on the street by my house. Someone “helpfully” moved it off the street and sidewalk and leaned it up on my neighbor’s fence. My neighbor thought it was my trash and moved it to my driveway. I cal the city and explain the situation. They say that if it’s on my property, it’s my problem, even if it started on the street, where it would be the city’s problem. Not satisfied with that, I send an email to the illegal dumping on the street cleanup department. They respond with how it’s pretty much my problem now and cc: the local code enforcement officer. Said officer stops by the house yesterday and explained that my property includes the sidewalk, and that if the trash were to somehow end up on the actual street pavement, then the city would have to take care of it. Wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say no more… I can’t explain how, but later that afternoon, the trash was touching the pavement. Today, the city picked it up. 🆒 ---
**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 3, 2018, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/148 "2018-08-03T09:37:58Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. _YAWN_ ‘Tis 73 Amurrkin out and cloudy (and a little rainy dangit!) with a predicted high of 84 and a forty percent chance of rain/tstorms/apocalypse. So much for mowage this mornin’ I reckon. Maybe this afternoon/evenin’ provided no more rain. _Sigh_ **gotti** yay for fought and won battles! Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. Rah. Happy Firday Y’all! ---
**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 3, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/149 "2018-08-03T10:23:37Z")
Good morning, I guess. \*\*FCD \*\*had a very active dream or two - I was awakened around midnight and again around 4 by either fights with ninjas or participation in a marathon. I think the only thing that saved me from bodily harm was the full-length pillow between us - he needs the pillow because of his back and apparently I need it for protection! 😃 He doesn’t have these active dreams very often, but when he does, they’re doozies! Needless to say, I’s tahred! But it’s Firday, so yay for that! Happy Firday! ---
**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 3, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/150 "2018-08-03T11:58:22Z")
A big yellow ball is attemptin’ to peek out from the clouds. Maybe I shall accomplish mowage in a little while. I am takin’ the big yellow ball as a good omen. 😃 ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/151 "2018-08-03T15:07:22Z")
Howdy. I had a post all typed out but it was ate. Tis Firday which does not mean a lot since I have to irk a half day tomorrow. I was awake at 0300 to let the cat out thus I am tired and sleepy today. Happy Weekend All! ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/152 "2018-08-03T15:36:38Z")
Stoopit weather - turns out today would have been a good day to go to the balloon event - the rain is supposed to hit tomorrow. But it’s too late now and I’m too busy anyway. Dammit. If the rain forecast slips again, we won’t make it at all. We shall see. Glad I haven’t bought the tickets yet. Meanwhile, lunch has been ingested. Four more hours and I can leave… ---
**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 3, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/153 "2018-08-03T15:37:33Z")
Generally adulting. With our new facility opened now and people jumping ship either to that or just jumping into the sea we’re ----- stranger than usual. I got extra time yesterday doing some stuff new folks haven’t been trained for and I’m doing a double tomorrow. Today I am blowing things off for the memorial service and stuff. Other than that just being generally grown up. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/154 "2018-08-03T16:20:10Z")
Does that new facility help train people in the finer art of packing liquids for shipping? A couple of weeks ago, I bought a two-pack of one-liter bottles of shampoo. Both bottles lost their lids in transit, making for a very mushy box by the time it got to me. If there was anything else in the box, it would all have been a complete loss. The crazy thing was that the return system wanted me to send it back to get credit even though I indicated that the contents and shipping box were both damaged. ---
**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 3, 2018, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/155 "2018-08-03T17:39:16Z")
The big yellow ball remained in the sky and thus I was able to complete mowage. YAY! ---
**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:** [August 3, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/156 "2018-08-03T18:20:49Z")
Happy Firday! Weather is changable, cloudy one minute, N.O.S. the next. Busy morning, irk was busy and I caught up with a friend who I haven’t talked to in a while. Ripple is being a brat today, really no different than any other day. He has started digging in the yard. I think he is after something but I don’t know what. He digs and snuffs and then digs some more. I thought y’all across the pond got free college. Thank you for the congrats for my son. His grades are what got him the scholarship. In all the years I have used the jungle I have had only three orders messed up. Once they sent the wrong thing (filter for an aquarium pump) and they let me keep it and sent me the correct item (napkin holder). Once the order got lost (desk), so I got the replacement item. The last thing was I ordered a 50 lawn bags and I got a bag of 10. They let me keep the 10, and gave me a full refund. Congrats **Gotti** on the wins. The dishwasher is humming right along and the first load of clothes are in the dryer. I don’t know if I can use two water using appliances at the same time. I guess I will find out. I don’t know what I am making for dinner. I know I am damn tired of cooking every night. Taxes get done this weekend. I started on them a little, but tomorrow I have to buckle down and get them done. ---
**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 3, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/157 "2018-08-03T18:56:41Z")
What did you with the aquarium pump? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/158 "2018-08-03T19:59:20Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What did you with the aquarium pump? It was just the filter. I think I still have it. ---
**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 3, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/159 "2018-08-03T21:01:42Z")
Home. Tahred. It was a rough day at the office - a real head-desk of a day. Dunno what we’ll do for supper. But I do know I need to feed the canines. ---
**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 3, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802/160 "2018-08-03T21:19:59Z")
Majik intartoobz pizza has been ingested. All is well. Might or might not get stormy out. Right now it appears to be in the thinkin’ about it stage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrapping-up-july-in-the-mmp/818802.md?page=9)