Jess, (1) Happy Birthday, and (2) ack, what the hell?
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Nov 12, 2021 8:55:35 am PST #10554 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
-t - Nov 12, 2021 9:05:54 am PST #10555 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel weirdly betrayed by Tik Tok - since I'm not actually on it I only see what people share or refer to and it has all been neutral to good but I guess there are terrible people on all platforms
DavidS - Nov 12, 2021 10:16:08 am PST #10556 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
So it's been a bit of a mixed birthday so far.
But not as bad as your honeymoon.
Jessica - Nov 12, 2021 10:23:43 am PST #10557 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
But not as bad as your honeymoon.
That's a pretty low bar!
-t - Nov 12, 2021 10:33:04 am PST #10558 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm in an Open Enrollment Zoom and it is killing me. So much talking about shit that does not concern me at all. I will need to decide if I want to stay with Kaiser or switch to a new "EPO" plan - I'm leaning towards staying because all my records are there and starting fresh with a new network seems like it would be a pain. I'm still in this spot of trying really hard not to use my health benefits so the difference in costs or copays or whatever doesn't matter much to me. I am concerned about looming strikes at Kaiser but I doubt a different network would really be better about labor relations.
dcp - Nov 12, 2021 10:45:03 am PST #10559 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t, I don't know what it's like with Kaiser, but my understanding is that with an EPO plan it is easy to get burned with unexpected out-of-network expenses like "the surgeon was in-network but the anesthesiologist was not."
-t - Nov 12, 2021 10:57:14 am PST #10560 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That is an excellent point, I have heard of that happening a lot. Kaiser procedures tend to happen in Kaiser facilities so I think that is less of a risk
I am finding the emphasis on "appropriate levels of care" very upsetting.
Dana - Nov 12, 2021 11:07:32 am PST #10561 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am finding the emphasis on "appropriate levels of care" very upsetting.
My company, which for some reason has a health care plan that runs July to June, was the same way. There's just more and more emphasis every year on making sure you question if you really need that trip to urgent care that you think you do.
-t - Nov 12, 2021 11:24:05 am PST #10562 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's the emergency room is covered only if it's for something life-threatening that is bothering me. If I'm afraid it's life-threatening but it turns out not to be, do I get the full bill? That's how it sounds. And the way they put it "you want to get that taken care of before it's a problem rather than getting hospitalized, that will save everyone money" [emphasis mine, but seriously, you are saying that out loud?]
Jesse - Nov 12, 2021 11:29:08 am PST #10563 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
That is horrifying.