Last one to post wins the internets

[j2k4]

I know I'm late on this, but losing Pratt is crushing - He was The One, he truly was...

[IdolEyes787]

^^ The great ones make it look easy.

What struck me after watching a lot of clips and tributes is how much beyond the stage he could pass for anyone's Dad.

[anon]

Does the board have any income these days? Looks like the ad spaces all have "your ad here" type stuff now. Even the NZBs page.

Well, we have donations. Seeing all advertising spaces empty for the last two years or so is worrying, but we're online, so I suppose either we still manage to cover server fees or RealitY is selling our data to the Russian mafia.

[j2k4]

^^ The great ones make it look easy.

What struck me after watching a lot of clips and tributes is how much beyond the stage he could pass for anyone's Dad.

I believe his folks instilled that in him.

He appreciated our appreciation but was uncomfortable with it.

I pulled into a fuel stop way over in the east end of the Upper Peninsula once just as he and a mate were leaving on their Beemers; I got a good look at him with his lid up, and then the attendant confirmed my suspicions:

"Hey, mister, guess who that was?"

I answered, "Neil Peart?"

I thought he was gonna shit...

[Stehle]

Okay, at 9:45am EST, 15 minutes before I leave for surgery (a 45 minute ride), I get a call from his receptionist that the surgeon's wife is in labor and the surgery needs to be rescheduled.

I say, "Congratulations!"

"Two more weeks more, but on another Thursday now, except at an earlier time.", she sez. I hangup and lose it.

(I need a quick vent...$%#@&!$^*&^%$#@!... okay better now.)

Bah! Yet the "specialist" charges me $240 for 5 minute consult back in December perhaps knowing her due date!

Forget American insurance.... I'm heading to Canada were the majority of my kin settled. Professional people all!

(WAIT!... It's cold up there now. In that case failure. Never mind then.)

I better get a cigar and it best be Cuban.





Oh yeah almost forgot... R.I.P. Neil Peart.

[j2k4]

Good luck with your surgery, Stehle.

Hoping I don't hear I need disc-work soon.

[megabyteme]

Okay, at 9:45am EST, 15 minutes before I leave for surgery (a 45 minute ride), I get a call from his receptionist that the surgeon's wife is in labor and the surgery needs to be rescheduled.

Let's consider it a blessing that she didn't go into labor 90 minutes later. Last thing you want is a distracted surgeon while you're on the table. I am truly sorry for the delay, though.

[anon]

Forget American insurance.... I'm heading to Canada were the majority of my kin settled. Professional people all!

I recall shaina saying that health care in Canadia sucks so much that it was easier to fly to the US to get treatment (an option that is definitely affordable for any average citizen). Maybe the grass is greener on the other side... in any case, hang in there, mate

[shaina]

Forget American insurance.... I'm heading to Canada were the majority of my kin settled. Professional people all!

I recall shaina saying that health care in Canadia sucks so much that it was easier to fly to the US to get treatment (an option that is definitely affordable for any average citizen). Maybe the grass is greener on the other side... in any case, hang in there, mate

Very True Statement Anon, and a lot of Canadians do....Even in the case of Having a friendly relationship with the doctor/specialists/surgeon here, you still have to wait for an open and staffed (nurses and anesthesiologist that must be in the surgery til complete ) room..

Saying that, not to take away the seriousness of Stehle's problem/issue, if a surgery is postponed here you may have to wait a hell of a lot longer than a few weeks later to reschedule... That is another reality here in Canada....

[shaina]

Okay, at 9:45am EST, 15 minutes before I leave for surgery (a 45 minute ride), I get a call from his receptionist that the surgeon's wife is in labor and the surgery needs to be rescheduled.

Let's consider it a blessing that she didn't go into labor 90 minutes later. Last thing you want is a distracted surgeon while you're on the table. I am truly sorry for the delay, though.

Just the thought Meg, of when i had a long fucking vacuum tube shoved up my pecker to remove stones stuck in my ureter!!!..

Trying to figure out what is worse, waking up after surgery and being in pain or pissing blood for weeks, also thinking i would have just had a small incision near my left kidney vs having the urge to take a piss and moving the blankets and seeing the whole bed full of blood!!!

I can tell you it did freak me out!!, but not a s much as my wife....