The last post is the WINNER!

[Wu Wei]

You ignore that they are being fed so hunger is avoided. But it proves that not all bears are as traumatized and grumpy as you are.

That's a Grizzly bear.... no bear is grumpier than a Grizzly

 

[Stonetree]

From a pathology company and they send it to the doctor who sends you a text to make an appointment and charges you $80 to say everything is in the normal range. Also I got to sit around for 45 minutes because doctors have no respect for anyone elses time.

I hear you on that.....For me that changed years ago when the hospital I use started patients on computer patient portals. I would go to a franchised phlebotomist to get the blood drawn and usually 3 days later I would get the results online......However, the custom of going to the doctor for the result is still in place.....The doctor usually plans a treatment because of the results, or like you, I waste time.....I'm on Medicare meaning our social medical program for the retired makes it less expensive than younger patients. Medicare negotiates lower fees and insurance premiums for the retired patient.....I pay for the most expensive plan so I don't co-pay but many have low co-pays with a different plan

 

[sun rise]

Where did you go to get the test?...here, franchises draw the blood unlike years ago when we went to a doctor's office.....Still can get a blood test at a doctor's office but it is becoming more infrequent...

Not out here. There's a company "Labcorp" that is almost a monopoly. There's another lab corporation but they tend to specialize.

 

[Wu Wei]

I was in a doctors office today and only waited 10 minutes.... I expected more because the waiting room was full

 

[John53]

I hear you on that.....For me that changed years ago when the hospital I use started patients on computer patient portals. I would go to a franchised phlebotomist to get the blood drawn and usually 3 days later I would get the results online......However, the custom of going to the doctor for the result is still in place.....The doctor usually plans a treatment because of the results, or like you, I waste time.....I'm on Medicare meaning our social medical program for the retired makes it less expensive than younger patients. Medicare negotiates lower fees and insurance premiums for the retired patient.....I pay for the most expensive plan so I don't co-pay but many have low co-pays with a different plan

We have medicare, which means the government pays about $50 of the $80 and being on a pension the doctor usually just drops the rest of the charge depending on who is the receptionist and what mood they're in. She just said we'll ring if there's a charge but it should be ok. Until recently it was free for all concession card holders now it depends on some undefined judgement by a bored person.

 

[Stonetree]

Not out here. There's a company "Labcorp" that is almost a monopoly. There's another lab corporation but they tend to specialize.

Yes.......Labcorp is now the dominant company here also....Quest employee refused us because we were Medicare patients some years ago.

 

[Stevicus]

Florida Man is at it again: Florida man high on flakka attacked officer, said he was God, had sex with tree, police say

I never heard of this "flakka" substance before.

Kenneth Crowder, 41, of Melbourne, was arrested Friday on charges of battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence and assault with a deadly weapon on a law enforcement officer.

According to a Melbourne police report, Crowder was spotted by witnesses running naked through a Melbourne neighborhood, yelling that he was a god before committing a sexual act on a tree.

He claimed he was Thor.

Crowder walked toward the officer in an aggressive manner and identified himself as God, according to police.

The officer used a Taser on Crowder, but he pulled the probes out of his body and continued to fight, police said. Crowder was shocked a second time, but he again pulled out the probes and went at the officer with clenched fists, according to police.

The officer punched Crowder in the face and a scrum ensued, with Crowder saying that he was Thor and trying to stab the officer with the officer's badge, police said.

Other officers arrived and helped subdue Crowder, who was handcuffed and shackled, police said.

Flakka is the a variation of synthetic substances known as bath salts and delivers a cheap, powerful high while acting as an amphetamine, according to officials. The drug can be snorted, smoked or taken by mouth and can cause violent behavior, officials said.

"We have spoken to some medical professionals here and they are starting to see an increase in its use (in Brevard County)," Melbourne police spokesman Dan Lynch said. "It's already in South Florida, and we think it's coming here."

Crowder, whose mugshot shows him with a black eye, was booked into the Brevard County Jail Complex. He later posted bond and was released.

In 2011, federal authorities banned a number of the chemicals used in bath salts. The active ingredient in flakka, however, has not yet been banned, authorities said.

Bath salts? How do people come up with these ideas anyway? Do they just get bored with the standard array of narcotics and mood-altering substances that they keep having to try something new?

It's almost like the whole country is turning into one giant lunatic asylum.

 

[Revoltingest]

They had kindergarten in the 1500's?

When the teachers weren't dead from the plague.

 

[sun rise]

Do they just get bored with the standard array of narcotics and mood-altering substances that they keep having to try something new?

I suspect it's close to that. People want what they don't have. But when they get whatever it is, they find it was not what they wanted and now they want something else. I expect drugs are like that as well.

 

[Subduction Zone]

 

[ChristineM]

Coffee in the courtyard win.

 

[ChristineM]

View attachment 80455

Could be either d'oh or a pai of pair of pliers

But the correct trrm is two pair of pliers

 

[Subduction Zone]

 

[Wu Wei]

When the teachers weren't dead from the plague.

This bids the question.... exactly how long do you believe it tales to train a kindergarten teacher? Because the Plague ended about 200 years before the 1500s.....

 

[Wu Wei]

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A pair of pliers of course..... just like this is Moose

and this is also Moose

Although IMO it should be Mooses or Meece

 

[Revoltingest]

This bids the question.... exactly how long do you believe it tales to train a kindergarten teacher? Because the Plague ended about 200 years before the 1500s.....

Well no one told us in Revoltistan.

"Bids the question"?

Begging the question - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Beg the Question

It's not begging at all

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Wu Wei]

Well no one told us in Revoltistan.

"Bids the question"?

Begging the question - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Beg the Question

It's not begging at all

www.merriam-webster.com

elicits the statement....shut yer pie hole

And for future reference..... o great grammar and spelling Nazi....Bid has other meanings....and one of those actually does apply the way I used it...may want to check a dictionary before you do the knee jerk...emphasis on jerk....grammar Nazi thing

 

[Stevicus]

I bid 50 quatloos for the win.

 

[Revoltingest]

elicits the statement....shut yer pie hole

And for future reference..... o great grammar and spelling Nazi....Bid has other meanings....and one of those actually does apply the way I used it...may want to check a dictionary before you do the knee jerk...emphasis on jerk....grammar Nazi thing

That is a poor mistake to double down on.
Sometimes tis best to just stuff pie into one's
pie hole, rather than defend the undefendable.

 

[Wu Wei]

That is a poor mistake to double down on.
Sometimes tis best to just stuff pie into one's
pie hole, rather than defend the undefendable.

Wasn't a mistake skippy..look it up...now seriously...shut your pie hole..move on..this will get us nowhere...and since you will likely not stop...I will....come back on this if you like...but I will not respond to this silliness any longer today..it simply is not worth my time