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From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:05 In article <455D57F9.D60460E2(a)earthlink.net>, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> In article <455A1B5B.2D136E5(a)earthlink.net>, >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >unsettled wrote: >> >> >> >> What's not discussed in this thread is the fact that >> >> the manufacturers have been advertising on US TV for >> >> some time now that if you can't afford the medicines >> >> you need you should contact them because they have >> >> programs to assist those living in poverty needing >> >> their products. >> > >> > >> > Have you ever tried to qualify someone for free drugs? Every one >> >I've tried to help was denied. >> >> Were there different reasons or did they tend to be the same reason? >> If the same, can you say what it was? >> >> /BAH > > > The only feedback I got was that they were denied. OK. > My part of the >outreach program was as an unpaid IT department, but in these cases I >tracked down the websites and printed out all the forms and >instructions. I had more medical problems before they were rejected, and >someone else took over trying to help them. I am still trying to get my >blood sugar back where it belongs, but in a month's time it shot up from >normal, to 495. I haven't been able to go back and work since then. :( Good grief. When things go wrong they do so in a hurry, don't they? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:07 In article <MPG.1fc686b43a2829e8989ba6(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ejhv0f$8qk_015(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <MPG.1fc3cafce1cb3355989b42(a)news.individual.net>, >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >In article <ejcl5p$8qk_009(a)s858.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> >> In article <MPG.1fc25ed1ed313919989b01(a)news.individual.net>, >> >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >> >In article <ej9j89$8ss_002(a)s785.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> >> >> In article <MPG.1fc110d0730ee4c8989af1(a)news.individual.net>, >> >> >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >> >> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> >> >Sure, but they learn not to do that! ;-) Falling on CCA treated >> >> >> >SYP isn't much fun either. >> >> >> >> >> >> My feet are shuddering just thinking about walking on that trex >> >> >> stuff. >> >> > >> >> >Trex isn't likely to leave a nasty arsenic coated splinter (I wear >> >> >shoes when walking on my CCA SYP deck). >> >> >> >> Point. I haven't gone barefoot since I lived with my folks. >> >> Urban places have too much broken glass that never gets >> >> cleaned up. >> > >> >That's because no one will pay minimum wage to clean it up so the >> >job doesn't get done. ;-) >> >> <GRIN> The broken glass was awful before the bottle bill. It's >> been getting worse lately. Perople areound here have too much >> money. > >That's one of the intrusions into our lives I don't object to much. >Maybe it's time to raise the deposit. I think MI has been $.10 for >many years. The non-removeable pop-tops are another good idea. Those are OK for pop or any liquids. They are not OK for soup cans. I hate them. And the cans cannot be opened at the bottom with a can opener. One of the ways we made money as kids was picking up bottles and getting the deposit for them. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:09 In article <455C9130.C0DE2CCD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> krw wrote: >> >> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far >> >> > > > > from a population center to get decent DSL. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >> >> > > > You people are starting to get really annoying. >> >> > > >> >> > > DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! >> >> > >> >> > Only if you're within 17K' of the CO. >> >> >> >> I make that just a fraction over 3 miles. >> > >> >I'm about four miles from the CO according to the crow. How the >> >telco snakes things is another issue. On the line that went back >> >to the CO I couldn't get better than about 26K. The other one went >> >to a SLC in the neighborhood and I could get 49-53K reliably on >> >that line. DSL was still unavailable. >> > >> >> It works over longer distances overr here, albeit not flat out. >> > >> >It falls off fast. They're not willing to even try it. >> >> I'm talking to you both--towns are trying to get themselves >> wired. It will be a few years (I think it will be years and not >> months) before the laws and permissions and telcos and FCC >> sort all of this out). > >America trails here in that case. > >British Telecom reckon 99.4% of the UK population now has access to ADSL. Many >larger towns also have cable broadband. You are a smaller area and have a denser population. Is it allowed for each town to own their local network gear and service? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 17 Nov 2006 08:11 In article <MPG.1fc685e22bf7d88a989ba5(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <ejhv75$8qk_016(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com says... >> In article <MPG.1fc51b4bef154b2c989b82(a)news.individual.net>, >> krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >In article <455B40A5.79F0C308(a)hotmail.com>, >> >rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> >> >> >> >> krw wrote: >> >> >> >> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... >> >> > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >> > > > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> > > > >> >> > > > >Well, Eeyore, this would belie the assertion that she lives too far >> from a >> >> > > > >population center to get decent DSL. >> >> > > > >> >> > > > I live in a town. There is no DSL line strung. >> >> > > > You people are starting to get really annoying. >> >> > > >> >> > > DSL comes down an ordinary telephone line ! >> >> > >> >> > Only if you're within 17K' of the CO. >> >> >> >> I make that just a fraction over 3 miles. >> > >> >I'm about four miles from the CO according to the crow. How the >> >telco snakes things is another issue. On the line that went back >> >to the CO I couldn't get better than about 26K. The other one went >> >to a SLC in the neighborhood and I could get 49-53K reliably on >> >that line. DSL was still unavailable. >> > >> >> It works over longer distances overr here, albeit not flat out. >> > >> >It falls off fast. They're not willing to even try it. >> >> I'm talking to you both--towns are trying to get themselves >> wired. It will be a few years (I think it will be years and not >> months) before the laws and permissions and telcos and FCC >> sort all of this out). > >Some of the outlieing towns where even 56K isn't available are >going with wireless Internet to get around the FCC tariffs. I keep wondering how Congress is going to stick it to us when that avenue to our pockets dries up. But are the towns allowed to own the stuff or do they have contract out to a telco? /BAH
From: lucasea on 17 Nov 2006 08:18
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejkbio$8qk_011(a)s922.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <xu57h.6463$IR4.2985(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:ejhu26$8qk_007(a)s938.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <dlmkl2p3pr0iehb2ln9t559bjl74uv27r1(a)4ax.com>, >>> Ben Newsam <ben.newsam(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote: >>>>On Tue, 14 Nov 06 13:50:00 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>>>>When JMF was dying, I had to learn nursing procedures and doctor >>>>>procedures without the benefit of schooling. I became an expert >>>>>in minimizing side effects of drugs he was taking and made >>>>>all kinds of mechanical assists to keep him as comfortable as >>>>>possible. The ultimate question was who would die first? Him or >>>>>me? >>>>> >>>>>My Dad is now going through the same bullshit only he has no >>>>>advocate who will speak up and say no. On top of it all, >>>>>their assigned "GP" is stupid. >>>> >>>>That's a shame. I wish you luck. >>> >>> It's Dad who needs the luck. The idiot doctor just prescibed >>> a drug that almost killed him last summer; the same drug >>> had severe side effects when Mom took it. >> >>Did you or he point those facts out to the doctor when he handed him/you >>the >>prescription? If not, you need to accept responsibility for participating >>in his and your own treatment. > > Thank you for proving my point that the patient has to be the > expert in all areas of medicine now. No, you just have to observe what is happening, and participate in the decision making process. That is far from being an expert in anything but you own existence...which you should be anyway. > I wasn't there. Mom was and she caught it. She didn't catch > the other ones until they got home. Other one*s*? You'd think a person would learn after it happens once, that they need to be vigilant. Eric Lucas |