Played with Kaylee. Sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I ate the bits, the bits stayed down, and I work. I function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away. The sun goes dark and chaos has come again. Bits. Fluids. What am I?!

River ,'War Stories'


Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.  

[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.


Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2014 2:46:20 pm PDT #9997 of 30002
brillig

Yeah, I can't get too mad at the people who are calling Obama names, because how many people called Bush Shrub? Tit for tat.


le nubian - Mar 23, 2014 3:04:51 pm PDT #9998 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yeah well, it is one thing to call names, it is quite another to have a concerted planned, funded effort for the Obama administration to fail from minute 1.

Not to mention the racial element to the anti-Obama sentiment. I don't really think this is a case of "both sides are culpable" given the enmity (and racism) I see at Tea Party rallies.


Burrell - Mar 23, 2014 3:32:31 pm PDT #9999 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

yeah well, it is one thing to call names, it is quite another to have a concerted planned, funded effort for the Obama administration to fail from minute 1.

yep

I can't handle having so many in government and on tv actually saying that they hope the government fails. I don't get how it isn't insurrection.


Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2014 3:40:11 pm PDT #10000 of 30002
brillig

Yes, the level of diatribe is immensely higher with Obama. But the basic name-calling is an American political tradition.


quester - Mar 23, 2014 3:41:39 pm PDT #10001 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I need someone to complain to, if you guys don't mind.

I broke a tooth over a year ago but didn't do anything about it because I didn't have insurance and I was hoping to get hired at the job I've been temping at for more than two years.

Well, I haven't gotten hired so I signed up for dental insurance through the healthcare.gov site. Only to find that they wouldn't cover work on the tooth for a year. So I cancelled that and signed up for one I found online that said there was no waiting for that kind of procedure.

So, I finally go to the dentist and find out that my new dental plan won't pay for any of the root canal and crown. so I have to come up with the almost $2000 on my own.

The dental office handed me an application for a credit service they use to spread the payments out.

So, I'm a little pissed and not sure what to do about that, but then I start having other health problems. I'm short of breath and get lightheaded easily and my pulse seems to be rather high.

WebMD says I should seek immediate attention, but I'm thinking, how am I going to afford this problem and my tooth.

Someone needs to talk sense into me. I can't seem to wrap my head around all of this. I sure as hell can't afford these problems, so my inclination is to do nothing, but I don't think that's the right thing to do this time.


Connie Neil - Mar 23, 2014 3:42:55 pm PDT #10002 of 30002
brillig

OK, panic attack or asthma attack or maybe, god forbid, heart.

Have you had panic attacks or asthma attacks like this before?


le nubian - Mar 23, 2014 3:46:04 pm PDT #10003 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

quester,

sounds like you might have high blood pressure. can you go in for a check on that? Is that at least covered? I would prioritize that while you continue to see what options you have for your tooth.


quester - Mar 23, 2014 3:47:59 pm PDT #10004 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I've had panic attacks before, but they usually don't last more than a week. I thought this was related to a cold I had and the cough I developed but it has persisted and that has me a little worried.


quester - Mar 23, 2014 3:49:11 pm PDT #10005 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

le nubian, I'm thinking about going to urgent care after work tomorrow - I can't afford to miss any more days - and see if they think it's a problem.


le nubian - Mar 23, 2014 3:54:08 pm PDT #10006 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

yes. in the meantime, many drugstores have blood pressure monitors that you can check if you would like to.