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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.

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Steph L. - Oct 19, 2011 11:27:38 am PDT #1308 of 30001

Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

But I don't think a doctor friend works for you in the US

My doctor friend is such an asshole, I can't even express it. I think I've shared this story here. He doesn't think health insurance should exist at all, that everyone should pay out of pocket whatever the doctor/hospital charges.

He then went on to opine that people who choose to smoke or do drugs or... (and at that point he trailed off with a pointed look at my not-inconsiderable size) shouldn't be insured because of the choices they made.

I'm not sure I've ever really talked to him since then, nor do I particularly care to.

No, wait -- when I went to the hospital last year with what seemed like chest pains, he was the ER attending doc. So he was, in fact, paid by my insurance. I wonder if he refused the payment, since he's so opposed to insurance?

Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2011 11:29:13 am PDT #1309 of 30001

brillig

I just laugh at the idea of retirement. I've got some annuities with the total of a year and a half's income in them, but I'll be working as long as I possibly can.

Connie Neil - Oct 19, 2011 11:30:09 am PDT #1310 of 30001

brillig

My doctor friend is such an asshole

That's not a friend, that's a person whose orbit you occasionally cross.

javachik - Oct 19, 2011 11:30:34 am PDT #1311 of 30001

Our wings are not tired.

My doctor friend is such an asshole,

Forgive me, but I think, based on your further descriptions of him, he is not a friend.

§ ita § - Oct 19, 2011 11:31:18 am PDT #1312 of 30001

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, I gotta agree he's no friend of yours, Steph.

Brenda, that's marvellous. I can't watch it right now, because it's making me cry, but it's marvellous.

erikaj - Oct 19, 2011 11:32:39 am PDT #1313 of 30001

Always Anti-fascist!

Probably not. (although he could be the one purist in the world.)

sj - Oct 19, 2011 11:33:27 am PDT #1314 of 30001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I just made TCG order another scotch so that I can stay on the internet a bit longer. There is only free internet in the bar and lobby at this hotel. They want 20 pounds a day to give you internet in your room! I'm in withdrawal because I don't have an internet enabled phone with me.

Steph L. - Oct 19, 2011 11:34:35 am PDT #1315 of 30001

Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

That is a good point; I mentally categorize him as "friend" because I've known him for over 20 years.

He's an excellent doctor, and was really great with me when I was at the ER, explaining all manner of medical fiddly stuff. I'd want him as my doctor if I were in a genuine medical crisis.

But as a person, I can't say I have anything in common with him any more other than a shared past.

erikaj - Oct 19, 2011 11:37:49 am PDT #1316 of 30001

Always Anti-fascist!

I hate that! Well, it helped me win an argument with Former Pothead Step-brother, but generally? I hate it.

Toddson - Oct 19, 2011 11:40:26 am PDT #1317 of 30001

Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

brenda, I enjoyed that! and got a little sniffly.