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Redskins Pro-Bowl lineman Chris Samuels retired today - Will Hunting Mar 4, 13:27
TNA future endeavored Tracii Brooks - Remlik Mar 4, 13:25 8
- I'm sure she'll pop up somewhere with her assets. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 4, 13:27 1
  - Nevada brothels, here she comes! -- nm - David Mar 4, 13:28
- Bye bye, leather-faced Vegas wife. -- nm - David Mar 4, 13:27 2
  - I met her last year in Chicago and she's 10 times hotter in person than on TV...now Victoria on the other hand..... - Remlik Mar 4, 13:29 1
    - Brooks looks like a human sunburn. -- nm - David Mar 4, 13:30
- also wrestling promoter Angelo Poffo, father or Lanny Poffo and Randy Savage passed away -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 13:27 2
  - cast of Hot Tub Time Machine to host Raw the night after WM.... - Remlik Mar 4, 13:28 1
    - Hogan is hinting that Mr. Pay Per View, Rob Van Dam is going to sign with TNA. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 13:29
Good deed for day done: 100 year old Baldwin Baby Grand piano donated to school music program - TWuG Mar 4, 13:24 1
- nice. -- nm - b. Mar 4, 13:26
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- Life lesson: Never fire a man named Rock. -- nm - David Mar 4, 13:24 2
  - *especially* if he has a history of wanting you show you his latest kitchen endeavor -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:26 1
    - "you show you" = "to show you". Grammar is not my strong suit today. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:26
Encyclopedia Beryllium is on the case! -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 13:23
New Episodes of Futurama to Premiere in June - David Mar 4, 13:22 2
- I'm disappointed that you didn't preface that with "Good news, everyone!" (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:23 1
  - Feathers beat me to the punch on that joke last year. -- nm - David Mar 4, 13:23
Good lord face value of Glee tickest for RCMH are $44-94 - MDH Mar 4, 13:22 1
- Royal Canuckistan Mounted Hoopleheads? -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:23
*bangsheadagainstdesk* the f***king report was setup to meet government agency requirements, you (^(^)^()&)^)_&%(()&)^ bossman - tRuMaN Mar 4, 13:21 1
- I've been working on an FDIC report that I got handed at 5:30 on Tuesday that's due today. I'm still not done. - JaxSean Mar 4, 13:26
Dear Gillian: Welcome to the world, Baby Girl! -- nm - Diva Mar 4, 13:19
One of co-workers said his rental car was a cube. I thought it was a joke. It really is a Nissan Cube. - ty97 Mar 4, 13:19 2
- Suzuki Wagon R -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:30
- /orders BORG vanity plate/ -- nm - Dr.Vermin, Cube driver Mar 4, 13:20
*sniff* Really nice story in the paper about my aunt and two cousins (one of whom is who we named Jacen after). -- (link) - TFox Mar 4, 13:15 2
- that is really nice. aww. -- nm - b. Mar 4, 13:33
- That's a great story. -- nm - MDH Mar 4, 13:19
Have you ever eaten rabbit? They say it's more sustainable than poulty. -- (link) - mara Mar 4, 13:14 13
- a good friend of mine tells a story of when they were kids her very very italian grandmother served rabbit at easter - Andie Mar 4, 13:35 2
  - Not to top you, but I know someone who has a pet turtle, right up until his grandmother cooked it for dinner -- nm - Roger More Mar 4, 13:38
  - rabbit is quite common in italian land cuisine -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:36
- so are ant's and beetles - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:31
- Sure. Mammals are the tastiest! - Dr.Vermin, now hungry Mar 4, 13:27
- yes, i have. -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 13:24 2
  - Did you like it? Taste? Texture? -- nm - mara Mar 4, 13:28 1
    - i've had it more than once. it's quite good. - Andie Mar 4, 13:32
- If there's a poultry shortage, I'm gonna bitchslap someone in the "take care of shit" department. -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 13:17 2
  - oh the Colonel might be in line before you. -- nm - Remlik Mar 4, 13:20 1
    - Mustard? probably. -- nm - loosilu Mar 4, 13:21
- "Near as I can tell, Jim, they're *born* pregnant." -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:16 1
  - I give you some sort of small prize for quoting The Trouble with Tribbles -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:21
I bet I am the only one on ST to get a Toyota recall... - BAD Mar 4, 13:09 3
- I have yet to take mine in - gotta get on that. I was hoping they'd work something out re: being picked-up or a rental, so I was pleased to see this. -- (link) - b. Mar 4, 13:22
- you have a Toyota Walker? -- nm - marcel Mar 4, 13:10 1
  - Ah, a voice from the past who used to lurk around just to zap me... -- nm - BAD Mar 4, 13:17
Speaking of healthcare ... here's something that transpired in the BC government yesterday - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:08 9
- who cares about the average you need fixed max time - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:12
- The 1/5th nurses isn't to make service worse. It's just to control costs of health care (and by extension, the total budget). - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 13:11 5
  - It doesn't make mathematical sense. If you bring the 40%-under-the-average number up to equal the average ... the average changes. For the worse. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:16 3
    - Do you have a link to the story on this stuff? I'm just saying, that the cut was most likely to control costs justified by the better wait times. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 13:25 2
      - I watched Kevin Falcon say it in Question Period. That the cost-cutting measure would merely increase the wait times to the provincial average. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:33 1
        
        Right. I see what you are saying, that the average will rise, but that wasn't why they cut the nurses. They cut the nurses because BC is swimming... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 4, 13:39
  - Careful now, don't criticism government-run health care. It's all the rage. -- nm - Fuzzy Mar 4, 13:14
- penny wise, pound foolish. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:09 1
  - no, I think this is even penny foolish. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:10
speaking of healthcare, what about doctor shortages? I just tried to make a doctor's appointment. - amanda Mar 4, 13:04 15
- I called at 2 today and have an appt for 6:30 tonight. - TWuG Mar 4, 13:20 2
  - I am. but I still only get 15 minutes, not an hour. they don't care that they don't know me yet. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 13:21 1
    - You might shop around and see if another practice can see you sooner. We use a group of doctors (I think 8 or so), so we can usually see someone - TWuG Mar 4, 13:26
- that's crazy. -- nm - Andie Mar 4, 13:13 5
  - No, Andie. What's crazy is your socialist government letting you die while you wait to see a doctor. - ty97 Mar 4, 13:15 4
    - But see, in *our* model, you get all the hydromorphone your system can take - FREE! -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:17 3
      - (do they really care if your system can't handle it? not really. still free.) -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:21 2
        
        Oh, this is a good point. :) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:21 1
        
        (We had one pharmacist *really* fuck up a Dilaudid Sub-Q scrip ... intramuscular dose for Sub-Q/pic-line == bad bad thing) -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:22
- wha?! appointments for physicals normally take a few months to get, but otherwise I'm in within a few days - ty97 Mar 4, 13:10
- we call them vertically challenged -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:06
- PCP shortages are a very real issue. Med school students don't become PCPs anymore. They are all "specialists". - TFox Mar 4, 13:05 2
  - this was a specialist. I got in at the PCP (NP at PCP) in mid-may. what?? -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 13:19
  - It would be *so* boring to be a specialist. -- nm - House si Mar 4, 13:06
- Time to get a new doctor. nm - Jim Mar 4, 13:04
is going to have to take some time to get used to this new ikariam combat system - crash davis Mar 4, 13:03 13
- Redmond nearly quit over it! -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 13:10 9
  - And yet our understanding of it has helped up in the war -- nm - eag Mar 4, 13:15 1
    - I'm glad to have some big battles to review. It should make the tutorials stronger. -- nm - TWuG Mar 4, 13:35
  - how do you get new ammunition to your guys who fire stuff? -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:11 6
    - Send them in waves, then recall/redeploy them when they're out of ammo. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:14 5
      - this got complicated, so I should send some front line dudes alone then various waves of mortars etc after that? - crash davis Mar 4, 13:17 4
        
        Sort of. At least 1 rd of Mortars should go in with the frontline, because walls need to be broken, and swords and gyros go in the first round, imo. - musubi Mar 4, 13:20 3
        
        It takes a *lot* of troops to manage a full battlefield in a long battle. - musubi Mar 4, 13:24 1
        
        thats what I'm beginning to sense -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:27
        
        thanks for the help, I'll still need more but that helped -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:22
- it's no jumping teen in Halo ! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:05 2
  - you are correct -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:06 1
    - so..doable - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 13:07
ML wants to trade me Johan for a 3rd round pick, he just doesn't know it yet. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:00 4
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  - Like half your roster is coming off surgery, you should trade them all to me for Ian Desmond. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:05 2
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      - Yes, that Bubblegum Tate. You're lucky I don't ask for your first born child. - musubi Mar 4, 13:12
For Dawson: I think of them like the checks and balances built into our government, almost. - TFox Mar 4, 12:59 7
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  - See, I like the rigidity of the vows, because it underscores their importance. People should strive to never do them. - TFox Mar 4, 13:03 5
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      - Do or do not. There is no "try". -- nm - Dr.Vermin in Dagobah Mar 4, 13:25
    - To be honest, my view of God is precicely this sentiment. God says "Love one another" and we fall short every day - oblique Mar 4, 13:05 2
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        Indeed. We all do. - oblique Mar 4, 13:08
Stea Poll: Ice Tea - good or bad? sweet or unsweet? Lemon or Non-lemon? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 12:57 16
- v. good (when it's not icky), fake sugar, lemon or plain or green or fruity or or. -- nm - b. Mar 4, 13:25
- Sweet tea is a big weakness of mine. Yum. -- nm - Callisto Mar 4, 13:23
- No thanks. The sweet stuff is better than the unsweetened, but if I'm gonna take in liquid calories, I'll drink a full-strength soda or alcohol. -- nm - ty97 Mar 4, 13:12
- Awesome, unsweetened, no lemon - just tea -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:09
- Good, either, either. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:08
- good, sweet, lemon, not peach -- nm - marcel Mar 4, 13:02
- I'm a big "meh" on the whole thing, but I like it Canadian -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:01
- mint preferably with lime not lemon, sometimes equal usally no. -- nm - amanda Mar 4, 13:01
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  - *ding* -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:02
- Sweet with lemon. But not often. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 4, 13:00
- good, w/ Splenda, no lemon -- nm - Jim Mar 4, 12:59
- as an excuse to poor rum in it doesnt matter -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 12:59
- sweetened iced tea, no lemon -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 12:58
- Tea is gross -- nm - oblique Mar 4, 12:57 1
  - tea is the detergent of the soul! -- nm - CQ Mar 4, 12:59
Mitt Romney says (unless I'm misunderstanding him, and correct me if I am) that when the uninsured use the emergency room, they don't have to pay. Is - mara Mar 4, 12:57 33
- From my understanding, that is correct - although the hospital can attempt to collect payment at a later date. - decline Mar 4, 13:01
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  - crash is right would have been easier for you to post - crash davis Mar 4, 13:01 5
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      - time for a new keyboard! -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:13 3
        
        The Smithsonian *would* like this magical truth-telling keyboard. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:15 2
        
        he is an attorney, do you really think his keyboard tells the truth? (the lawyer joke rimshot nm) -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 13:19 1
        
        *somebody* in that office has to do it. (nm) - musubi Mar 4, 13:21
- They cannot be refused treatment, and they cannot be held hostage until they pay...so basically, he's right. - Jim Mar 4, 12:59 18
  - There really aren't that many uninsured out there who have absolutely *no* assets. Sure, there are the homeless, but that's a small percentage. -- nm - mara Mar 4, 13:03 13
    - It often leads to filing for personal bankruptcy. -- nm - pmb Mar 4, 13:37
    - Actually, there are a lot (probably millions) of people like that. - decline Mar 4, 13:07
    - They don't have to have *no* assets, just assets that the hospital can't touch. For instance...we can't take their car. If they don't own a house or - Jim Mar 4, 13:07 3
      - Ah, that's what I was missing. Thanks to you and decline. -- nm - mara Mar 4, 13:10
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        I'm in IT now...but I spent close to 10 years trying to collect medical bills... - Jim Mar 4, 13:10
    - Exactly, therein lies the problem: The hospital acquires the right to seize assets in exchange for healthcare. - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:05 3
      - meh. when you broke, ignoring bill collectors is another day at the office. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:06 2
        
        I would hate to have to live like that :( -- nm - Beryllium Mar 4, 13:11 1
        
        i'm sure they don't love it. what i'm saying is, it's not just the medical bills. lots of these people are just broke, not broke-thanks-to-healthcar -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:14
    - it gets handled like every other bill collection past due debt in the world. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:04 2
      - I could say, as accurately, "The *insured* don't have to pay medical bills" -- they just get billed and taken to court if they don't pay. -- nm - mara Mar 4, 13:06 1
        
        This is totally true. Historically, they pay far more often, and if they don't, it's a much smaller bill so whatever. But yes, you're right. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:07
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  - this is correct. -- nm - TFox Mar 4, 13:00
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    - I'll say this though...there's nothing sweeter than serving the summons to a dude through his Jaguar window, though. - Jim Mar 4, 13:01
- I was always under the impression that as an uninsured you can get emergency room treatment without cost - oblique Mar 4, 12:58
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- cronical descieses arent trated in the emergency room! -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 4, 12:58
- they can't deny you service based on lack of insurance, but they sure can pursue you for payment -- nm - crash davis Mar 4, 12:58 1
  - That's what I thought too. -- nm - mara Mar 4, 12:58
- depends on their level of income I believe. -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 4, 12:57
Trade this! -- nm - Spawn Mar 4, 12:56

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