Sweetie, we're crooks. If everything were right, we'd be in jail.

Wash ,'Serenity'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


SuziQ - Aug 11, 2009 11:46:18 am PDT #3266 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

My mom would have died long ago if she hadn't had fantastic retirement health coverage combined with her Medicare. She made the choice for palliative care and received fantastic treatment. It was HER choice, before hearing all the options from the doc.

I think I'm gonna step away for a while.


Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2009 11:50:02 am PDT #3267 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

I argue that, gee, it's nice for this ONE GUY to have the luck to have such a generous, employer paid (and government subsidized) insurance plan but what happens when his retirement health benefits run out? What if he hits his lifetime cap for coverage? He's not going to be able to get private insurance because he's got cancer. Oh, that's right, he'll shift to Medicaid! In the mean time, hundreds of thousands of children in this country end up in ER for their primary healthcare and have never seen a dentist, even though their parents work hard and pay taxes.

And I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be dead in Canada, England & France.


Sophia Brooks - Aug 11, 2009 11:50:20 am PDT #3268 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I agree that bosses expect to be able to find you, but I think that in NYS if you are a non-exempt employee, they need to pay you for the time on the phone.


msbelle - Aug 11, 2009 11:52:28 am PDT #3269 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I really think it depends on the boss. When I worked in events, I had bosses who wouldn't expect for me to deal with work outside of hours except when event was in final planning or going on.

My boss now, in finance, has only tried to reach me twice out of normal work hours.


Dana - Aug 11, 2009 11:54:22 am PDT #3270 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I'm sorry if the conversation is upsetting, Suzi. I just hate having all this anger and not knowing what to do with it. Yelling at the TV only gets you so far.


Daisy Jane - Aug 11, 2009 11:54:33 am PDT #3271 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

My point is that 1)a lot of people arguing against health care reform are terribly afraid that they will have to pay so that people somewhere doing something they don't approve of will get care and 2) a lot of the things they think are frivilous expenses are not.


msbelle - Aug 11, 2009 11:56:51 am PDT #3272 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

yeah, I don't really approve of old men getting insurance to cover viagra. where are the people protesting that?


javachik - Aug 11, 2009 12:01:44 pm PDT #3273 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

My point is that 1)a lot of people arguing against health care reform are terribly afraid that they will have to pay so that people somewhere doing something they don't approve of will get care and 2) a lot of the things they think are frivolous expenses are not.

Yup.


Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2009 12:06:32 pm PDT #3274 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

yeah, I don't really approve of old men getting insurance to cover viagra. where are the people protesting that?

We need a Hot Panel.


Trudy Booth - Aug 11, 2009 12:06:32 pm PDT #3275 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

yeah, I don't really approve of old men getting insurance to cover viagra. where are the people protesting that?

We need a Hot Panel.