Today was a getting-stuff-done day for me, including a grocery pickup, cat chow prescription refill, visit to the cable company to find out why I got four bills in one month, and an appointment with my psychiatrist. The latter went well, but I found out the practice has just been sitting on post-insurance bills rather than invoicing me, to the tune of an $800 balance. Not fun to discover just after a move where everyone has been holding their hand out, though the receptionist seemed fine with me waiting a bit to pay it off. On the plus side, I found out I've lost another 6 lbs. since mid-December. May this trend continue through the first half of the year!
Early: Where'd she go? Simon: I can't keep track of her when she's not incorporeally possessing a space ship. Don't look at me.
'Objects In Space'
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.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 25, 2023 6:14:01 pm PST #20242 of 29978
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
sj - Jan 26, 2023 4:35:34 am PST #20243 of 29978
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Is anyone planning on watching SMG’s new show tonight?
Dana - Jan 26, 2023 6:25:21 am PST #20244 of 29978
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Love to call a medical equipment company because they've billed me for something that should be covered, and for them to tell me that I don't owe anything, and the bill was just "an estimate." An estimate with a big DUE DATE and a payment coupon. I wonder how many people have just paid the "estimate". I'm sure the company is very prompt with refunds.
sj - Jan 26, 2023 6:27:13 am PST #20245 of 29978
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Ugh, Dana. I hate medical equipment companies, who I have to deal with on a regular basis because they won't just ship out my continuing care order every month until they talk to me and are assured my permanent disability is still permanent.
Consuela - Jan 26, 2023 7:06:52 am PST #20246 of 29978
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
morning, folks. This cold is being annoyingly persistent: I wish I didn't have any meetings today because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to say anything. At least I get to be at home.
And yes, I'm taking a 3rd covid test. Although the test has expired: so... does that mean you get more false positives, or false negatives?
Tom Scola - Jan 26, 2023 7:17:41 am PST #20247 of 29978
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I've never gotten a positive at-home test, even when I've gotten positive PCR tests.
Jessica - Jan 26, 2023 8:27:41 am PST #20248 of 29978
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
And yes, I'm taking a 3rd covid test. Although the test has expired: so... does that mean you get more false positives, or false negatives?
I would guess false negatives, since it would make sense for the reaction to become less sensitive over time? But I am not a medical expert.
Dana - Jan 26, 2023 8:57:36 am PST #20249 of 29978
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Anecdotally for me, I got a positive test before I developed any symptoms.
dcp - Jan 26, 2023 9:09:40 am PST #20250 of 29978
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Is anyone planning on watching SMG’s new show tonight?
Probably not until this weekend.
meara - Jan 26, 2023 9:22:33 am PST #20251 of 29978
Is it really expired? You can check online, in some cases they have extended the expiration date that’s on the box