Posts by akgal

Gotta say, kg, can't get past the assless pants comment....what was the question again?  Do turkeys fly?

Was it just my imagination or did Dan's friend Dave looked like he had gained weight?  It was nice of Dan to offer to help him even though it probably was done for the TV show.

Not only will it eliminate the middle men, it'll also eliminate all incentive to keep costs down.  Is your insurance/health costs currently going down?  Mine surely hasn't and I have been in an employer covered insurance plan for a long time.  The costs continue to go up and the employer is either reducing the coverage or increasing the deductible or both. 

Shopping for medical care seems unrealistic.  How am I supposed to know the best treatment for serious or not so serious medical conditions that are complex?  Doctors go to school for years  to learn about medicine and treatment options but yet I am going to choose the best procedure for myself/family?  Not to mention inefficient.  I go to the cheapest mammogram place who is not as good at reading the results and the cancer goes undetected. 

Original Post by floggingsully:

Why do we have health insurance that covers annual checkups?

 Just a wild guess here, but I think it is much cheaper to do preventative things than after the fact i.e. it is better to catch the breast cancer through a mammongram when it is a small lump rather than when it spreads and the surgery has to remove the breast, lymph nodes etc.  It is better for the doctor to detect high blood pressure; diabetes etc. and help the patient change their ways or medicate rather than have the person in the hospital with a stroke or other very expensive problems.

Is the only thing wrong with the car the transmission?  Because it would be cheaper to fix and then save your money for a good car.  You could get a different car and it could have problems too.  I do not recommend getting into debt with a new car even at 0%.  Newer car = more expensive for insurance, tags, and taxes.  At 20 years old, with deferred student loans and not much credit, working 3 jobs, I would recommend that you keep what you have especially if the only problem is the transmission. 

I think I would talk with your husband (since it is his son) that his kid definitely needs to know about protection/STD's otherwise, he may end up with a grandkid or worse.  I would also lock up my stuff and let my husband know that i will no longer go into the kid's bedroom for any reason.  At this point unless his father deals with it and/or backs you, I'm not sure you can do much of anything.

Original Post by das1988:

You are not going to see a monkey with the head of a man or a duck with the head of a crocodile.

 I don't know about you but I'm sure I've seen a crocoduck.  Granted it was after some heavy drinking but I "believe" that crocoducks exist.   

Original Post by amethystgirl:

Is Tracey the new Vicki?

Why would anyone bring that on themselves?

 That's exactly what I thought.....except worse.

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Original Post by lbh:

It's unjust to label a teenager a "sex offender" for sending nude pictures of themselves. Is it in bad taste, probably...Is it criminal, no.

Um, distributing child pornography is definitely criminal. 

 Except that teenager is sending to his or her girlfriend.  I wouldn't go to jail for sending one to myself to my significant other, why should they?  IMO, where it becomes is a crime is when the recipient forwards it to others, not the exchange between consensual teenagers of the relatively same age. 

 Except how in the heck are you going to regulate when it is forwarded to someone else on the internet?  I believe that if you are a minor that you should not be exchanging nude pictures of yourself via the internet;phone etc. Period.  The risk is too high for exploitation of the young person.  As a society we should be protecting our youth whenever possible and as adults we make the decisions of what laws are needed to protect them from possible consequences the youngster may not have even considered.

That Burger King puppet/guy.....really weird and gives me the creeps.

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Original Post by watergirl:

GROUP HUG!

Ah gawd see what you people have reduced waterwoman too!!!

 Waterwoman sounds like a super hero.  What would the outfit be a blue water jug?  Who do we need on CC - a super hero, yeah, that's it!  SUPER MODERATORS!!  Only do good deeds!  Can do no wrong!!  SUPER MODERATORS save the day!!

I like this show and am glad that it is back.  Everytime a new season comes for this show, the contestants become bigger and bigger.  And they become younger and younger with major health issues as a result of obesity.  The sad thing is it only reflects what is happening in the U.S.   The health care plan for the U.S. needs to address this issue....and fast.

Original Post by amethystgirl:

But on that day, my mom realized that this was perhaps the most scary thing that she'd ever see, and she realized that leaving my dad couldn't be as scary as that .  Although what happened from then on was not directly related, 9/11 was a catalyst the altered the course of my life, and I'll never forget that.

 This is really interesting because I had a similar reaction to your mother's.  It was after the events of that day that I decided that I would be leaving my husband.  What really struck me was the reaction of the many husbands/wives who lost a loved one.  I wanted a relationship like some of them were talking about rather than the one i currently had.  I understand that death, especially the way they died would cloud their emotions to the faults of their spouses, but even so i think some of them had lost their "soulmate".  I haven't found my soul mate yet but that's okay, at least I know what I am looking for.... 

Original Post by lysistrata:

When people pay for goods and services themselves, pricing accurately reflects their social value.  When somebody else is responsible, both the price and the social value are distorted.

 I also think cost is the main problem.  And also agree with the statement above.  I don't see why there can't be a sliding scale based on income with multiple choices so that Americans can choose who they want to go to.  I am not exactly sure what the co-op option is but seems like that might be something to look into also.