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I'm bummed because the husband is off to do free bowling practice and I dont feel well enough.
:banghead:

Maybe I'll tune into some Eyeshield 21. That might cheer me up. :fingerscrossed:

One more hour and I'm outta here... :sweat:

brad2 wrote:I only speak from old age and not from any political savvy.
I am disturbed by what is happening in US.
Just in the case of Health Bill/Insurance etc...........

In UK 1930's and forties....

When I was in teens and waiting to go to Uni I worked in a local hospital insurance plan. Very simple and completely voluntary. No government involved. It worked well. Later,after the war in about 1948 (?) the British National Health Plan emerged. Sounded good on paper. Has been totally messed up since it began. So much 'free' stuff that selfish people rushed to obtain... unnecessary medicalprocedures to hairpiece. To dozens of rolls of cotton batting as in cotton balls etc. In some places the plan worked very well. In other places it never worked at all.(The cotton batting was used to stuff pillows)!!!!

The local hospital in which I worked was turned over from a strict Matron to a business manager. Nurses were no longer smart and medically responsibe. Profit was the Big Boss. Two years ago over one thousand patients died in that hospital. It became a question up in London in the Parliament I assumeit is probably on going. the business manager allowed to resign with large Golden Handshake. Patients fell from trolleys. Patients immobile were given meals on traytable which they could not reach. Meals removed uneaten later.

There is a large chance that similar things would happen in US which is a much larger country to deal with. Just think of the companies who will be lobbying for the right to cater to the needs of various hospitals. It boggles my mind.

I was lucky to have the best possible doctors and medical attention three years ago when I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I would not be alive under any National Health Plan. In UK unless you are a member of the government or wealthy enough to pay large amoutns for private doctors, you wait for everything and often die whiile waiting. This is not to say that there are not wonderful doctors and places where good medicine works on time in IK but Socialistic thinking is not the way for US to go in my own opinion.

The writing is very clear on the wall to me and UK stand as a very bad example for Socialtistic government in what has worked well as a capitalist US.
Just my opinion and I don't wish to ruffle feathers.

Peggy

Please excuse typos..sorry :puppydog:

I should brush up on what's going on in the US, but I try not to care. In Canada, we have free Health Care, but it works completely. I mean, you must pay more taxes then you guys, but it's worth it the way the system has panned out. I wonder what we're doing differently from the UK?

Eve wrote:I'm bummed because the husband is off to do free bowling practice and I dont feel well enough.

:patpat: Then he should have stayed at home with you! >>will give him a talking to<< :grumble:

Wynter wrote:

:patpat: Then he should have stayed at home with you! >>will give him a talking to<< :grumble:

I told him to go. But I was still bummed.

You can give him a talking to anyway. :hehe:

Not to sure if here is the right place ...... but

Does anyone know any good Japanese resturant in NY ?

suzzy wrote:Not to sure if here is the right place ...... but

Does anyone know any good Japanese resturant in NY ?

If you like yakitori, grilled chicken on skewers, I recommend Yakitori Taisho in the East Village. Really casual, boisterous atmosphere with good food.

East Village
5 Saint Marks Place
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-5086
www.yakitoritaisho.com

our big boss finally decided to stop subscribing the previous internet provider, the connection started to piss us off. Currently using the so-called the best internet provider, and it's working well so far. Finally, a decent speed :applaud:

qnuy wrote:Finally, a decent speed :applaud:

Congrats! :applaud:

suzzy wrote:Not to sure if here is the right place ...... but

Does anyone know any good Japanese resturant in NY ?

You could ask in the Food thread. :mrgreen:

Now that I'm home, I'm quite enjoying the rain... Especially since it's washing clean my East-facing windows. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:Now that I'm home, I'm quite enjoying the rain... Especially since it's washing clean my East-facing windows. :mrgreen:

Ive always loved the rain too.

Anything but the bitter cold works for me. :mrgreen:

Eve wrote:Ive always loved the rain too.

Anything but the bitter cold works for me. :mrgreen:

Yeah, a nice tropical rainstorm like the ones in Hawaii in the Summer are pretty darn cool. :victory:

I suppose sadacori would disagree. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, a nice tropical rainstorm like the ones in Hawaii in the Summer are pretty darn cool. :victory:

I suppose sadacori would disagree. :sweat:

Maybe not. She might be a rain girl too. :mrgreen:

Glad we didn't get all that snow. We just got a coating, really dodged a bullet.

Jav_sol wrote:Glad we didn't get all that snow. We just got a coating, really dodged a bullet.

Yeah, DC got buried apparently. :sweat:

Don't leave home with out it.

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^ Does it come in an industrial size? :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:^ Does it come in an industrial size? :mrgreen:

Yes it's called "mod size." :)

Tu_triky wrote:Yes it's called "mod size." :)

For use by mods or on mods? :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
For use by mods or on mods? :beaten:

The former of course ;)