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- Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:18 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The hospital bailout is coming.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5086
Re: The hospital bailout is coming.
No, I believe that the issue Kiryan is referring to, with Medicare not paying enough, is disputable. I'd rather dispute the outright cost of medicine, instead of the low payments Medicare makes. The cost of medicine is a culmination of so many different factors, and to hold Medicare responsible for ...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:37 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The hospital bailout is coming.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5086
Re: The hospital bailout is coming.
Did I actually say that? The note regarding socialized medicine and the defense of Capitalism sounds right on, but the part about Medicare requiring expensive equipment and government say-so... I'm iffy about that context.
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:02 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The hospital bailout is coming.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5086
Re: The hospital bailout is coming.
Medicare doesn't pay enough for what? If you can get to the heart of what allowable expenses are, you might come closer to the gist of the medical industry's financial plight. Medicare and insurance companies set values on services deemed to be an "allowable charge" for that service. Are t...
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:00 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you learn how to tolerate dumb stuff/people at work?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2213
Re: How did you learn how to tolerate dumb stuff/people at work?
Employees are a lot like kids. You get out what you put in. There are the occasional limp biscuits you need to carve off, but more people are capable of more work than you give them credit for. A good manager gets good work out of most of the people he has. A good manager/trainer recognizes that not...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Medical Lawsuits
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1732
Re: Medical Lawsuits
Once in a blue moon I do succumb to what you believe to be a conspiracy theory, but I'm not typically prone to buy into such simplistic hogwash. I think the decrease in gasoline cost is due to a ton of different reasons, including the decrease in consumption, global markets, politics, and the conven...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:09 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The hospital bailout is coming.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5086
Re: The hospital bailout is coming.
Oh, and another note... HIPAA is a nightmare. I wish I could sign one form that would give make my medical information from all medical entities available for all medical entities. I know the reasons behind it, but sometimes it just creates more problems than it solves. And blame the FDA for the rea...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:01 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The hospital bailout is coming.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5086
Re: The hospital bailout is coming.
I look at the results of this kind of stuff every day, and I'm just stumped over what should be done about it. The cost of lawsuits and malpractice insurance just gets funneled back into the cost of medical care, which, as everybody knows, is pricing itself out of reach of the majority of the United...
- Mon Mar 09, 2009 3:04 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Next Toril Gathering
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8528
Re: Next Toril Gathering
While I'm not a gambling person, I could use my time in Vegas to check out the lounge acts and see the canyons. You can count me in. Somebody get us some comped rooms for it!
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:56 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Medical Lawsuits
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1732
Re: Medical Lawsuits
I don't know about you, Teflor, but if I needed to buy gasoline to get to work I would pay $4.00 per gallon or more if necessary. In fact, not so long ago thats what I was doing. Its a wonder gasoline is so much cheaper now... since just about everyone is willing to pay a lot more for it. When the ...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:41 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Your Current Administration: New Taxes On You = Savings
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1228
Re: Your Current Administration: New Taxes On You = Savings
Consumption tax would be considered part of the sale, as it is now. When we go into the store we look at an item's price, then find out what the total charge would be after taxes, and most of the time we still buy it. I've never understood a system that utilized both income and sales taxes,since it'...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: LF a good book
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2370
Re: LF a good book
Hey now! "Dragonflight," "Dragonquest," and "The White Dragon" were good reads. After that, she gets tired and monotonous. The one about the dolphins was a waste of my time. I did like "Dragonsong" and "Dragonsinger" but the third one in that series ...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:58 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: fairness doctrine, talk radio
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2324
Re: fairness doctrine, talk radio
Statements of fact posed in a misleading way are still as misleading as untruths or whimsical half-truths.
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:03 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Medical Lawsuits
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1732
Medical Lawsuits
Given the recent award of 6.7 million to a woman who lost her arm due to a reaction to an IV push dosage of Phenergan, and the impact that costs like these have on the medical industry, what do you guys think of them striking down possible limits on medication lawsuits? The drug manufacturer stood b...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:24 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: this summers blockbuster
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1851
Re: this summers blockbuster
That's got to be a fake, there's no way to pull off a "Crank 2" with Stratham.
Although I'd probably watch it, anyway... I thought "Crank" was a work of art. Stratham is pretty well drawn, too.
Although I'd probably watch it, anyway... I thought "Crank" was a work of art. Stratham is pretty well drawn, too.
- Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:58 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Internet Options
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3063
Re: Internet Options
Thank you all. I don't want to deal with anything that means I have to turn on my landline again, if I can at all avoid it, because it was such a major hassle the previous time. I may just go with satellite, since I'm not really a gamer. I've always been curious about games like Warhammer, but I dou...
- Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:29 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Internet Options
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3063
Internet Options
I'm kind of lost on what the new internet options are, and when I get linked back up I don't want to have to deal with dial-up. Cable is not an option where I live. What do you guys know about the other options... satellite, and that newfangled contraption they have that'll use your cellphone connec...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:11 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The basic standard of living
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5811
Re: The basic standard of living
You would ruin a perfectly good butcher-blended burger with breadcrumbs????? My suggestion would be to put a smaller cast iron skillet on the fire and get it good and hot, then when your burger finishes cooking, throw a good sized splash of worcestershire in the small skillet so that it immediately ...
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:05 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Woo! I'm in love
- Replies: 145
- Views: 14041
Re: Woo! I'm in love
LOL, Actually, I don't remember my dreams much anymore... and it's probably best to leave it at that.
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:09 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: I dare you to defend the UAW
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1651
Re: I dare you to defend the UAW
The example of unions is one more like: If my product is worth $1,000.00 and I price it at $5,000.00, and then the warehouse I sell through goes out of business trying to market an inferior product at an unrealistic markup, whose fault is it, mine, or the people who can no longer afford to buy the p...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:35 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Woo! I'm in love
- Replies: 145
- Views: 14041
Re: Woo! I'm in love
As long as you live in a different state so I don't have to worry about you showing up on my doorstep with starry eyes, we're good.
Otherwise, might I suggest you consider the blender...
Otherwise, might I suggest you consider the blender...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 8:21 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Woo! I'm in love
- Replies: 145
- Views: 14041
Re: Woo! I'm in love
A quick note... If anybody EVER hears me say anything about getting back into another relationship, just tell me to go stick my hand in a blender. The blender would be far more fun. The blender would act like a mature blender and communicate with me. I would be a lot less unfocused when the blender ...
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:37 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: I dare you to defend the UAW
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1651
Re: I dare you to defend the UAW
The "best deal" does not automatically equate to pricing your representatives out of their jobs. They went for the short-term big bang of right-now results without considering the consequences of their actions. Sorry, no sympathy. How is that different than the banks? Or many other corpor...
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:56 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: I dare you to defend the UAW
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1651
Re: I dare you to defend the UAW
The "best deal" does not automatically equate to pricing your representatives out of their jobs. They went for the short-term big bang of right-now results without considering the consequences of their actions.
Sorry, no sympathy.
Sorry, no sympathy.
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 11:53 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The basic standard of living
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5811
Re: The basic standard of living
See, and here I thought it was that 15% "all natural" solution the beef is injected with in Wal-Mart. It must be a solution of mealworm and chicken beaks powdered and liquified. Those are "all natural" after all. Now that you mention it... that funky taste it gets does kind of re...
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:04 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The basic standard of living
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5811
Re: The basic standard of living
I hate to gank Neo's thread, but everybody out there needs to listen to Corth, because that stuff you buy at Wal-Mart that they call "meat" is only meat because at one point at least 50% of it actually belonged to a dead animal. Before I officially signed up for a leisurely life of redneck...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:02 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The basic standard of living
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5811
Re: The basic standard of living
There are areas that do not have the wonderful public transportation systems that the larger cities do, and in those situations you practically have to have a car. If you can ride the bus, can you get off your job and get to the daycare before they close? You don't HAVE to have a car, but if you wan...
- Fri Feb 20, 2009 5:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: fairness doctrine, talk radio
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2324
Re: fairness doctrine, talk radio
If they're really proposing something like this, it's born to fail. There's no way they can get what they're wanting out of this, or at least what they're proposing that they want. If I want people to choose brand A, I say lots of positive things about brand A. If the government steps in and says I ...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:51 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: fairness doctrine, talk radio
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2324
Re: fairness doctrine, talk radio
The Daily Oklahoman, one of the nationally recognized worst newspapers for multiple years running. The primary source of paperbound news in Oklahoma City and suburbs. The day I read a letter from the editor that stated their newspaper supported a stance that homosexuality was a sin and they would ne...
- Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:38 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: The basic standard of living
- Replies: 59
- Views: 5811
Re: The basic standard of living
Don't forget car insurance, car repairs, tires, tags, house insurance (or renters' insurance), prescriptions, medical and dental out of pockets and copays, clothing, school supplies, taxes, home repairs, childcare, and a host of other things I can't think of right now!
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: great article on the movement against the FED
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1009
Re: great article on the movement against the FED
Sarvis wrote:If people _really_ want to save for the future, they should stock chickens.
OMG, I laughed so hard when I realized Sarvis and I actually agreed about something!
Hopefully I'll get my investment coop built this year.
- Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:34 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you meet?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 14368
Re: How did you meet?
Slander! You're not supposed to tell these people that i'm nice. That's so not fair. :( Twink. I've been telling people for ages how nice you are. I just talk about you behind your back where you can't hear me. You two really need to come out and introduce yourselves some day! I'd love to hang with...
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 7:48 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you meet?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 14368
Re: How did you meet?
So, in light of my extremely pathetic desperation... Not everyone, just a handful of people who are offering advice that comes off as insulting. Like calling me desperate. No, we don't know you. We can only go by the picture you paint here. Maybe you don't communicate with other people the way you ...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:01 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you meet?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 14368
Re: How did you meet?
I don't think you're a horrible, smelly mess. All I know you by is this BBS. Based on what I can see on this BBS I would guess you're an intelligent, imaginative non-conformist with a poor sense of self-worth and a defensive wall built about a mile high. You are making some changes, but you're still...
- Fri Feb 13, 2009 7:30 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you meet?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 14368
Re: How did you meet?
The simple truth that beyond showering and brushing my teeth, I wouldn't bother much with grooming if I didn't want to look acceptable to women. This is one of the most telling things you have written about yourself. Unfortunately, the advice we're giving you where the underlying cause of this is c...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:04 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: How did you meet?
- Replies: 99
- Views: 14368
Re: How did you meet?
I met every man I've ever dated when I wasn't in a state of "extreme desperation." Women can smell that from a mile away, you know. There are millions of women out there right now who would really love to go out with a decent man. They're not honing in on you for a reason. Get a clue. Hone...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:17 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
I think his point is that if you have reason to believe your child is doing something that might endanger him or her and you also have reason to believe they may not be completely honest with you about those activities, then said child may also be intelligent enough to stash their secrets somewhere ...
- Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:59 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
He might just do that. But I bet his kids vote.
- Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:47 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
So when your child is hanging out with a kid that you know is a very bad influence, and their behavior changes, and you feel there's very good reason to believe they may be abusing substances they shouldn't be involved in, do you hand her the handbag and ask her to produce anything she may feel she ...
- Mon Feb 09, 2009 8:07 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
I really don't want to cause a firestorm of flames here, but let me ask a question... Those who think that monitoring your child's whereabouts, internet activity or other activities is improper or damaging to a child's growing psyche, what do you think of your parents' parenting skills in these area...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:42 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
At that point you won't even be able to keep track of where your child goes online. So much for all those services that offer software to parents to help them monitor kids' internet activities to prevent assault by predators. If it goes that far, expect a massive whiplash effect. Can you imagine wha...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:01 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: government in the business of increasing revenue
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4029
Re: government in the business of increasing revenue
That's probably the truth of it, but until you can get private auditors into the government's books with full public disclosure, there's no chance the issue will be resolved. My personal feeling is that the accounting for government programs should be made public, so that individuals can go to a sit...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Violating your child's privacy
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6108
Re: Violating your child's privacy
Unlike most of the kids today, whose parents don't ever bother to care about where they are or who they're hanging out with or what they're doing? I have a magnet on my refrigerator that reads "Live each day as if Aunt Bea were watching." If more kids lived each day as if their parents wer...
- Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:54 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Next Toril Gathering
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8528
Re: Next Toril Gathering
You missed the step where he swings by to pick me up on the way!
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:49 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: government in the business of increasing revenue
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4029
Re: government in the business of increasing revenue
I suppose there's a lot to weigh on this issue. If birth control is considered a part of standard medical care, then it can fall under social services that handle medical care. $30.00 a month birth control or $30,000.00 childbirth and all the well and sick child visits after that, it's all medical c...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:47 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Next Toril Gathering
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8528
Re: Next Toril Gathering
Unfortunately those were the only yurts I could get at the same time for any extended period of time. I don't remember if there were any available for just one or two nights during that time period. They were scarce as could be, so I was glad to get those. I'm happy to meet the children of anybody w...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:35 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Woo! I'm in love
- Replies: 145
- Views: 14041
Re: Woo! I'm in love
Sure other women do, but this is a situation of place and peers. If all your friends do drugs, you're more likely to do drugs. Sorry, that's just fact. If you're bombarded with advertising for a product all day and night, you're more likely to purchase the product. If you spend all your time around ...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:22 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: government in the business of increasing revenue
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4029
Re: government in the business of increasing revenue
I suppose you could consider it to be an investment of a type, but any effort expended today in order to improve things tomorrow is going to be an investment of some kind or another. You can look at it as a loss of the potential income of unborn children, or you can look at it as an attempt to reduc...
- Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:46 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: government in the business of increasing revenue
- Replies: 48
- Views: 4029
Re: government in the business of increasing revenue
Unfortunately, the free market does not take into account the mindset of large chunks of the United States, where hiring practices may be influenced by potentially faulty ingrained perceptions based on discriminatory practices taught in the home. While things are getting better, to say that the free...
- Tue Feb 03, 2009 11:28 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Next Toril Gathering
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8528
Re: Next Toril Gathering
I was very lucky to get anything for September, as all of the summer is completely booked for these parks and almost all of the cabins are booked nine months in advance. I was able to get two yurts for the dates 09/20/2009 through 09/25/2009 reserved. The cabin numbers are A8 and A23, which are a go...
- Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:01 pm
- Forum: T2 General Discussion Archive
- Topic: Next Toril Gathering
- Replies: 45
- Views: 8528
Re: Next Toril Gathering
I was kind of thinking September, but I haven't written anything in stone. My logic is that in September the kids will be going back to school, but it won't be so chilly that it would make sitting on the beach uncomfortable. If people are amenable to that timeframe, I'll start checking weather for t...