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From: T Wake on 18 Nov 2006 12:06 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejn3dt$8qk_013(a)s771.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455DDA8D.CCB840F5(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >> Jonathan Kirwan <jkirwan(a)easystreet.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >Our society is better than that, I think. >>> >> >>> >> My folks didn't ask those questions. When we were sick we >>> >> went to the doctor. The Doc would take payment in chickens >>> >> or produce or something. >>> > >>> >I don't think they take chickens anymore ! >>> >>> That's because doctoring is no longer a small business. >> >>I don't think anyone takes payment in chickens these days. Not just >>doctors. > > Mom used eggs. She didn't kill the chickens who laid them. My cat has white paws.
From: T Wake on 18 Nov 2006 12:07 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejmvmk$8ss_002(a)s771.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455E866A.1B7C9029(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>unsettled wrote: >> >>> Don Bowey wrote: >>> > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>Don't blame Bush for this one. It was easily predictable >>> >>and *had* to happen. >>> > >>> > >>> > Why did it have to happen? >>> >>> Because when there's money available to be grabbed, it will >>> be grabbed. >> >>That will happen in a money-grabbing society for sure ! >> >>The wholesale corruption of the USA never fails to amaze me. > > There are a few British businesses who bought US companies > and skimmed the cash out. The corruption is not a US > invention. Yet unsettled and yourself seem to think anything the US tries to change will fail because of greedy, corrupt people.
From: T Wake on 18 Nov 2006 12:08 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejn124$8ss_007(a)s771.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455DDC87.ECA201D3(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>> >>> >Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to >>> >the >>> >store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu >>> >cocktail"? >>> >>> This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days; >>> I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week. >>> That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days. >>> That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great. >> >>Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ? > > If I'm afflicted with a virus, I have the illness 8 times, AFAICT. What madness are you going on about now? > It may be more but the symptoms become part of the background noise > of the usual symptoms I have every day. Oh well.
From: T Wake on 18 Nov 2006 12:09 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejn18n$8ss_009(a)s771.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455DDEEF.B995AD59(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >How many referrals do you think the person should be allowed? >>> >> >>> >> At the moment, I'd like to limit the number of referrals a _doctor_ >>> >> can make. Dad's on his 6th or 7th referral. And the basic stuff >>> >> hasn't been done yet. They're playing the Medicare system to its >>> >> max. >>> > >>> >You need an 'NHS'. >>> >>> He is on the US' NHS called Medicare. Diagnosis of an ill old >>> person now takes lots of referrals and tests and stuff. >> >>Medicare isn't as good as an NHS it seems. > > It is an indication of what the US Congress would implement as > an NHS. It will not work. *All* medical care would go underground. It is a shame the US is incapable of instituting an organisation as worthwhile, valuable and effective as the NHS. Maybe it is because you are such a young nation.
From: T Wake on 18 Nov 2006 12:16
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ejn0um$8ss_006(a)s771.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <455E76B9.5AF675F0(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>unsettled wrote: >> >>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >>> >>> > You underestimate them. These people buy things. They also >>> > are quite aware about x costing more than y. >>> >>> They made the news. Over the past few days they were standing >>> in line waiting at store doors for the release of the latest >>> Sony game platform. Other than making sure they had enough >>> money for the purchase, I don't think they have any grasp >>> of value. Betcha if you asked them how many had health >>> insurance..... >> >>A Play Station probably costs about the same as one month's health >>insurance. >> >>One is within their means, the other isn't. > > You aren't giving them any credit. Think about the fact > that they know about these games; they know about new > gear; they know when and how to get it; they also know > how much money they will need and they acquire that money. > That's pretty good. Most people who can "think well" ask > their parents for the money or put it on a credit card > and don't bother thinking about money. You need to get rid of your middle class assumptions. Most people don't have parents who they can ask for the money or can put it on a credit card for them. Most of the poor, badly educated people this thread is about come from equally poor, badly educated families. |