Nothing to rant about today!
Random Rants #88: [incoherent screaming]
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That's actually a rave. I envy you, I try to hold myself not to rant lol
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I set up my new bed today. It is too tall. Or maybe it just feels too tall. My old bed was two-thirds the height of this one, and then the old frame was a Japanese slat style frame that was only two inches off the floor. The new metal frame is fourteen inches off the floor, and the mattress itself is twelve. So I've gone from crawling into a bed that's ~ten inches off the floor to one that's twenty-six.
It takes me a while to get used to new things, so I'll hold off on making true judgement for now.
I also don't get bed skirts. It moves every time the mattress moves, and I can't move it back unless I lift the mattress, which is sixty pounds. I'd rather stare at the metal frame than deal with this every day.
It takes me a while to get used to new things, so I'll hold off on making true judgement for now.
I also don't get bed skirts. It moves every time the mattress moves, and I can't move it back unless I lift the mattress, which is sixty pounds. I'd rather stare at the metal frame than deal with this every day.
Oh good lord!
As I mentioned in the questions thread I am having some 3rd hand contact with a very privileged bit of the US health system. It seems there is more employee and patient time spent on the payments system than the medicine.
The 3 month old patient came to the ER, and got a CT scan in an hour, and an MRI in 14 hours. That is amazing, I guess it would have taken that many days in the NHS. The doctor reviewed the MRI and prescribed the intervention that would be indicated from a conventional examination. The intervention was a standard off the shelf pharmaceutical. It then took 18 hours to get approval to use the intervention from the insurance. It took 32 hours, I think it would have been within 1 on the NHS. The time from admission to intervention may have long term implications, though probably will not.
I talk to him about the costs, and he says he THINKS he will not be bankrupt by this.
The "lucky" thing about this is that the patient is not exposed to this information. If it was my brother who was ill, the stress caused by this worry would seriously impair the prognosis of most conditions. The lack of free at point of care is reducing the value of the care.
I am angry and upset by this. I am experiencing some of the best health care available in the US 3rd hand.
The 3 month old patient came to the ER, and got a CT scan in an hour, and an MRI in 14 hours. That is amazing, I guess it would have taken that many days in the NHS. The doctor reviewed the MRI and prescribed the intervention that would be indicated from a conventional examination. The intervention was a standard off the shelf pharmaceutical. It then took 18 hours to get approval to use the intervention from the insurance. It took 32 hours, I think it would have been within 1 on the NHS. The time from admission to intervention may have long term implications, though probably will not.
I talk to him about the costs, and he says he THINKS he will not be bankrupt by this.
The "lucky" thing about this is that the patient is not exposed to this information. If it was my brother who was ill, the stress caused by this worry would seriously impair the prognosis of most conditions. The lack of free at point of care is reducing the value of the care.
I am angry and upset by this. I am experiencing some of the best health care available in the US 3rd hand.
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amadeus
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The brand-name cold coffee I bought is too bitter; the private brand coffee much less so. I only have the brand-name coffee in my refrigerator now. Bleh! Can’t wait to get through this box of it.
I was at the supermarket so I thought I’d pick some up. I should stick to my routine.
I was at the supermarket so I thought I’d pick some up. I should stick to my routine.
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She fixed the problem, this night is as silent as a graveyard, and his mother asking apologize to her a couple more time.
Instead of punishing the dumb bird, she makes it sing.
Sounds like you need a ladder.I set up my new bed today. It is too tall. Or maybe it just feels too tall. My old bed was two-thirds the height of this one, and then the old frame was a Japanese slat style frame that was only two inches off the floor. The new metal frame is fourteen inches off the floor, and the mattress itself is twelve. So I've gone from crawling into a bed that's ~ten inches off the floor to one that's twenty-six.
It takes me a while to get used to new things, so I'll hold off on making true judgement for now.
I also don't get bed skirts. It moves every time the mattress moves, and I can't move it back unless I lift the mattress, which is sixty pounds. I'd rather stare at the metal frame than deal with this every day.
amadeus
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I thought of this clip I saw last week from Eric Andre.
Spoiler Contains adult language :
I am happy this was solved. Just proves trust the wife, something I always told my ex (not that I'm bitter, well ok, that bitter)
Meh. I am pretty sure they managed to forget that if people needed to fix something high up, they already had got there to build it in the first place. They are so high all the time they can't function
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That’s the joke gif
They could have been just pretending - but I doubt it.
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I am 100% certain they knew people had ladders to put things out of reach before they needed ladders to fix things out of reach.
I think that this would make the Eric Andre show less cool, so I refuse to believe it.
So... it's less than a month until the main NaNoWriMo event that (for me) starts at the crack of one minute after midnight, November 1. I get an email from the regional Municipal Liaison (who covers all of Alberta, since there aren't enough of us in each city to have separate MLs). She invites us to hang out on the FB group because the NaNo organization has forbidden in-person writing events.
So I think, why not? and am greeted with this:
Why invite people to a group they have no access to, and there's no way to ask to join?
So I think, why not? and am greeted with this:
This Content Isn't Available Right Now
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.
When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.
Why invite people to a group they have no access to, and there's no way to ask to join?
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You can use that new below-bed space for storage at least.I set up my new bed today. It is too tall. Or maybe it just feels too tall. My old bed was two-thirds the height of this one, and then the old frame was a Japanese slat style frame that was only two inches off the floor. The new metal frame is fourteen inches off the floor, and the mattress itself is twelve. So I've gone from crawling into a bed that's ~ten inches off the floor to one that's twenty-six.
It takes me a while to get used to new things, so I'll hold off on making true judgement for now.
I also don't get bed skirts. It moves every time the mattress moves, and I can't move it back unless I lift the mattress, which is sixty pounds. I'd rather stare at the metal frame than deal with this every day.
US Healthcare is a complete mess. It's the only 'free market' I can think of where you don't know the price until after the purchase is complete. Even if you were to ask, the provider usually can't tell you what it costs without setting up a conference call between the clinic, ancillary doctors (the doctor that works at the clinic may not work for the clinic and bill separately), and any insurers or re-insurers that have a stake in the game.
And getting all of those parties on the line at the same time is damn near impossible unless you take it as a part time job to manage everyone's schedules.
The prices are also insane, even after insurance.
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Rant: I got a stuck blue pixel right in the middle of my screen. I tried using one of those fixers that play colorful TV static but it didn't unstick it. 
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My father crying a lots after my mother passed away, till today. He ask me to go to Jakarta but there's so many work at Bandung, and company also not in a good-shape, not in a condition that I can lightly leave. I ask him to come here isntead, but he told me there's too many memory of my mother there, but actually the same can be applied at my sister home. This is so confusing.
Grief is often confusing, because there are so many thoughts and memories going on at the same time, they don't always make sense, and figuring out what to do next is difficult.
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