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the thread below reminds me - znufrii Jun 28, 11:26 4
- they have doctors for that? and yeah! for abstinence! -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:28
- yup, just as I suspected..... - doctor Jun 28, 11:26 2
  - in addition... - consultanting doctor Jun 28, 11:28 1
    - He's really going to need to see a doctor for that beating -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 11:29
If you were given free tickets to Undisputed Truth, Mike Tyson's one-man show, would go go see it? -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 11:24 8
- I presume he talks in it? -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 11:30
- Never. -- nm - Other David Jun 28, 11:29
- absolutely. Have you heard him in recent interviews? he comedy gold -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:28
- If I wanted I sit and listen to some huge violence prone tattooed hood mutter and mumble for an hour or so I'll take a bus - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:27
- If it is a one-man show, who would he hit or bite? No thanks. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 11:26
- Heck yeah. -- nm - Jessie Jun 28, 11:25 2
  - Jessie would probably say "Iron Mike is the bomb, yo!" -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 11:27
  - *sfan* -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 11:25
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soccer cancelled for tonight! - Beaker Jun 28, 11:20 3
- ...for being too fucking boring! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:20 2
  - nah, kid soccer is lots of fun. They just run around like lunatics kicking each other in the shins -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:21 1
    - and they don't cry about it like the pros do -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:24
"Your 2010 Form 1040 inquiry is closed. Amount due: $0.00" - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 11:17 2
- tax dodger! -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:20 1
  - Eh, I'll still pay it, but I'd *already* paid half and the balance isn't due 'til this year. - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 11:26
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- doesn't force *every* body to buy car insurance, only drivers, driving is a priviledge not a right (yeah right) -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 11:23 5
  - Do you want the people who don't want insurance to sign something like: "I will never ever see a doctor or go to a hospital or get a needle or get in - Andie Jun 28, 11:26 4
    - and have the waiver tattooed onto the back of their necks... -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 11:26 3
      - "That doesn't look like a nautilus..." -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 11:27 2
        
        The art hanging on the wall in my beach resort is a replica of that tattoo. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:31
        
        does however remind me that I have finally decided what I'd get if and when (read: never) I get a tattoo - znufrii Jun 28, 11:30
- only if you like driving with a license. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:17
Related to the discussion on B2 about the term: "Fighting to Control the Meaning of �Obamacare�" A timeline -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 11:11
Woohoo! My incentive money for not using sick time + the unused sick time I turned back in is in tomorrow's paycheck. - Dano Jun 28, 11:11 8
- Nice. We don't get unused sick time paid back, just vacation. - Dr.Vermin Jun 28, 11:14 5
  - ours is all use it or lose it - znufrii Jun 28, 11:16 4
    - our vacation is acrrue up to six weeks then use or lose. between may and july, I'll lose five days. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:16 3
      - Take more vacations -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:17 2
        
        year end, incomp newbie. august is my sweet spot. lunch? -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:17 1
        
        lunch? I went to the diner and had a reuben. - decline Jun 28, 11:18
- woo hoo! -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 11:13
- Dano's buying! -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:12
Is it the weekend yet? -- nm - Ender Jun 28, 11:08
The Supreme Court of Canada has cleared the way for a $19-billion class-action lawsuit against the country's biggest cellphone companies -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 11:07
Bob Kraft thinks an NFL team in London is a super idea -- (link) - Beaker Jun 28, 11:05 1
- *relocates the Patriots* -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:06
spam! crock pot is a *great* idea. we had pulled pork last laundry. maybe again? -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:01 17
- speaking of pulled pork, did I mention we picked up a smoker at a yard sale a few weeks ago? - znufrii Jun 28, 11:11 1
  - thanks for that, bro. nm -- nm - Cheech Jun 28, 11:12
- who posted the root beer pulled pork recipe? That was pretty darned good -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 11:08 3
  - *ears perk up* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 11:16
  - hmmm, I need to attempt to make my version of this soon. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:10
  - I think it was me. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:09
- Pulled pork is always a good idea. - spamlet Jun 28, 11:06
- buffalo chicken, mandy. - groiny Jun 28, 11:02 8
  - mmmmm...brisket -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 11:03 7
    - what is this? should I make it? -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:05 6
      - Good lord woman...what do you eat?!?!?!?!? Nice cut of cow...shred it and crock pot it with your favorite BBQ sauce. nm - Jim Jun 28, 11:08 2
        
        I don't! that's why we're having laundry. I need to eat real food. (plus I have almost a full load of whites.) -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:10
        
        BBQ sauce is so 1990. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:08
      - oh sweetie..... - groiny Jun 28, 11:07
      - It's a great cut of cow -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 11:06 1
        
        WTF!!!!! nm -- nm - oblique si Jun 28, 11:07
- note: laundry is carnivorous. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:02
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- Yet another reality show that could hit big. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 11:27
- heh, me too.. few responses left back there for ya :) -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:01 3
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    - read the other post! - colin Jun 28, 11:08 1
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For the record...health care/insurance...that's what I do. It's what I've done for the last 15 years... - Jim Jun 28, 10:58 [Backboard] 58
- you're making this personal. - colin Jun 28, 11:06 55
  - I don't think he meant *you* in particular. - JaxSean Jun 28, 11:19
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    - Thank you. -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 11:18 1
      - i think it was the caps lock that did it. - colin Jun 28, 11:19
  - Would it have been better to say "people who don't have insurance are costing people who do have insurance money"? Does that make it sit better with - Jim Jun 28, 11:16 1
    - it makes it more true, that's for sure! -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:17
  - And there was always a chance you'd suffer some large-cost episode that you could not cover out of pocket. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:16
  - But you got lucky, when you thought you were uninsured, you actually were because the government won't let you die in a car crash without at least - Guigue Jun 28, 11:10 47
    - lots of people are outwardly healthy until they're not. - Mel Profit Jun 28, 11:13 3
      - That's like saying people will eat healthier if we give them free fruit at the grocery. I bet lots and lots of people still won't - oblique Jun 28, 11:23 2
        
        I'm sure that's true, but many will. Nobody is expecting perfection. The question is does it improve things. - pmb Jun 28, 11:28
        
        Probably not...however if it's there, there'll be more who use it than had in the past. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:25
    - i have... car insurance for that.. and my car insurance covers me as a pedestrian and bicyclist as well. - colin Jun 28, 11:11 42
      - Fine, it wasn't the car accident.. but say appendicitis (that ruptured), hello 3-4 day hospital stay $$$ -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 11:14 22
        
        $3000 to have the procedure if i'm diligent. does appendicitis jump up out of the blue? no... there's signs. - colin Jun 28, 11:20 21
        
        Dude.. the CT scan to just diagnose your appy will be like $1,000. ER visit $500, ER Doc... you will probably rank up $2-3k before you even make it - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 11:26
        
        Now you are starting to act like you're you own doctor... which is part of the problem of people being uninsured -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 11:24 4
        
        this. my friend who died last month ignored a cough for a couple of years. whoops. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:25 3
        
        Yeah, and that's so sad. You know, I'm starting to feel better about this mandate thing. - con_carne Jun 28, 11:31 2
        
        just to be clear, he had coverage. my point was that he played doctor and decided it was nothing. - loosilu Jun 28, 11:33 1
        
        Ah, good point. Went off on a tangent there. -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 11:39
        
        heh. try over $28k -- (link) - decline Jun 28, 11:24
        
        Hmm... appendicitis does jump out of the blue. I just had a dude last week who thought he had food poising, nothing really major just some - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 11:23
        
        if you get it done in someone's garage. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:22 2
        
        HE DOES NOT HAVE A GARAGE, HE HAS NO CAR!!!!! nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:23 1
        
        yomank. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:24
        
        $3,000? - amoxy Jun 28, 11:22
        
        Doesn't appendicitis actually jump out of the blue? - Guigue Jun 28, 11:22
        
        why are you arguing hypothetical details when people are talking about overall issues and concepts? - Andie Jun 28, 11:22 6
        
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        see, that's scary. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 11:29 4
        
        And I can't imagine living with that fear - Guigue Jun 28, 11:31 3
        
        honestly, 25k does not take you very far should you end up in a hospital. - groiny Jun 28, 11:32 2
        
        I'm guessing for an uninsured patient that means automatic bankruptcy... -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 11:34
        
        wasn't amoxy's stay more than that, even? -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:34
        
        what hosiptal would take your appendix out for 3 grand? - groiny Jun 28, 11:21
      - Jeebus man, I chose a car crash as a exemple... Fine, a small meteorite crushes your left leg then... - Guigue Jun 28, 11:13 3
        
        that's harsh... - colin Jun 28, 11:15 2
        
        ? - Guigue Jun 28, 11:20
        
        Hi...are you still missing me? nm - The Point Jun 28, 11:19
      - it is no different that law requiring you to have car insurance. - groiny Jun 28, 11:12 10
        
        That's a false argument, not everyone owns a car. - miffed67 Jun 28, 11:26 3
        
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        aah, but as I understand it, her employer is going to get penalized for not offering her insurance, no? nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:28 1
        
        Yes, that's my take, too. Unfortunately, she works for my dentist! -- nm - miffed67 Jun 28, 11:53
        
        and i choose to be a part of that system.. i think it is well run and would be angry if the gov't tried to up their involvement. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:13 5
        
        so, how do you feel about those people who have a 'pre-existing' condition, and it comes back, and they are screwed? what happens to those people - Andie Jun 28, 11:15 4
        
        "we are sorry, your insurance does not cover that bypass surgery, because it is pre-existing" - groiny Jun 28, 11:16 3
        
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        have a heart! spread it out over 3 years... -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:21 1
        
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      - your car insurance would cover you if you were walking across the street and got hit by a bus? -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 11:12 3
        
        actually, it does. i've had several conversations with agents over pedestrian and bike incidents. coverage is very good! -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:15
        
        he does not walk on streets, Andie!!!!! NM -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:13
        
        He has *very good* insurance. -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:13
- I totally agree with this post. To say "i can pay myself out of my own pocket" is totally foolish. Plus, before insurance companies would just - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 28, 11:01
- yeah, when I had no coverage and had to dip into my pocket to the tune of 8 grand - groiny Jun 28, 11:01
I tell my wife all the time, would you rather have me yelling at strangers or bottling it up and saving it for later? - Beaker Jun 28, 10:58
It's 88 where I am in Florida. It's 99 at home in Chicago. - ty97 Jun 28, 10:57
You don't drive? You still use roads. How do you think the food gets to your favorite restaurant? Those sidewalks aren't free. - musubi Jun 28, 10:57 20
- that's baked (hahaha) in to the cost of food when i buy it. -- nm - colin Jun 28, 11:09 1
  - right, and those restaurants pay for the food, which includes transport costs and you pay them. -- nm - Andie Jun 28, 11:11
- +20 SB Points -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 10:59
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  - Considering that even when things are though most of us are still fucking privileged, I really wish people were a little less selfish -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 11:01 8
    - I think of it as a question of why should your priorities trump mine? - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:20 6
      - Because presumably there are things funded by government that you support, that I do not, yet my taxes go towards those. - Roger More Jun 28, 11:36
      - Because it's not about you or me personnally, it's about us. And libraries are good for us, school are pretty cool too - Guigue Jun 28, 11:26
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        I can't find them. I can only find the tools (or wannabe tools) we have now. - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:28 2
        
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        I'm seceding from the union. - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:33
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- Sure, but non-driver's don't benefit as much from the road as drivers. - ty97 Jun 28, 10:59 5
  - Non-drivers don't pay as much for roads as drivers either, through fuel taxes, etc. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:01
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    - oh, I fully agree that argument is silly -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:01 1
      - (I'm super busy and not keeping up with all discussion lines so forgive if I go off on a tangent) -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:02
    - Wait a minute...you're right. I've never called the Marines and asked them to send someone over. I don't want to pay for them anymore. nm - Jim Jun 28, 11:01
- Fuck you...if my feet don't touch it, I don't have to pay for it. And for the record...i'd like to be able to choose what roads I pay for... - Jim Jun 28, 10:59
tweets at espn seem to be pushing Harden to the Bobcats for the #2 pick (to OKC)... - Beaker Jun 28, 10:56 4
- If they want Bradley Beal, just trade up with the Wizards...we'll take Harden in a heartbeat. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 10:58 3
  - (some kid named MKG was the tweeted rumour) -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:00 2
    - Anything that doesn't involve Beal. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:03 1
      - Beal is the primary reason Florida made the Elite Eight. -- nm - Other David Jun 28, 11:23
DH, there's no polling because Obama gave up on MO. - spamlet Jun 28, 10:55 2
- by several points you mean 0.1% right? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 10:57 1
  - You're right. I guess because Dems won everything else easily that year, it seemed worse. - spamlet Jun 28, 11:04
many companies do not pick up your health insurance right away. - groiny Jun 28, 10:55 2
- Yes, I forgot about the pre-existing item as well. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 10:56 1
  - that is why I had to wait to get my knee looked at again. - groiny Jun 28, 10:57
ALL HAIL HYPNOTOAD! -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 10:53

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