Highstepper

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You are young and life is long
And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find
Ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun

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And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The Sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older.
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.

Moral of the story: don't frick around. Carpe Diem. And don't forget to listen to some painfully loud Pink Floyd now and again.

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Thank you!!

I’m so sick of all the fear mongering about Medicare Advantage on social media. It’s everywhere. I sell Medicare insurance and a lot of my clients prefer Medicare Advantage instead of Original Medicare and a Medicare supplement.

This lab would never have been able to defraud a private insurance company like Blue Cross or Humana.
Original Medicare is a joke! You are right!

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Legacy Medicare is easier for thieves and scoundrels to defraud, it appears. They should rot in jail, regardless of the letters behind their name.
But Medicare Advantage is only a harder target because those sons of bitches don't pay anyone- even for legitimate care. They'll give you free hearing aids and Part B rebates and all manner of shite. But if you end up truly sick and need expensive, lifesaving services and rehab, they will work their hardest to stiff the doctors and hospitals that saved your life. And god forbid you need inpatient rehab or some other post acute care placement. Does SOL mean anything to you? There is a reason the stock of Humana and United have been tumbling- because the government is getting wise to their Medicare Advantage Grift. Medicare Advantage is for suckers and fools. I've been in the healthcare industry for 40 years on the taking care of patients side, and they are the absolute worst. All of them. Why do you think those bastards advertise so much? A public service?
Unless you are sure you'll never be in an accident or get really sick, look hard at Standard Medicare and a Supplemental plan. That's what I'll do when I stop working. I'm sure the commissions aren't as high on those products, are they?

Neighbor, when's the last time you had a big, thick steamin' bowl of Wolf Brand Chili.?
Heh, heh- well that's too long!
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16: wild, young, and free. Not to mention young, dumb, and full of .... Working at a summer camp and terrorizing Metry on my days off. Remember some awesome ex officio fireworks displays all over town when time permitted. Enormous Scout Jamboree up East I was too poor to attend, but just glad I was the first incoming senior class in years that wouldn't have to register for the draft. Proud to be an American- and still am. And a veteran to boot-as a volunteer, not a draftee. God Bless America.

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Doctors do around 11-12 years of education after high school, lol. That’s more than anyone, lol.

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Good point. But try 12-14, on average, these days..

Zambia elephants were poached from >200k to less than 20k by the early '90s, They've recovered remarkably since then to well over 40k, in part because of the reopening of hunting of other animals which funds game scouts and other conservation forces. But let me tell you first hand, the ones that are left have a BAD attitude. As in, if you're tromping around the bush in elephant country in Zambia, it's not if you'll have a run in with elephants- it's when. Been there, done that on a safari on the Luangwa river, and it's no joke. Those are some belligerent pachyderms. I'm surprised the photo safaris don't get crushed more often. Whether memory or training, they are not friendly to humans and are not to be trifled with. The ele in Zimbabwe aren't ready for the petting zoo either.

My two oldest daughters were born in the mid 80's and had large tonsils as kids in the early '90s. Tonsillectomy had fallen out of favor with pediatricians back then. They wound up with tonsillectomies at 17 and 18 while freshmen at LSU. I scheduled them during spring break. Kept their asses out of circulation, let me tell you. :pimp:

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This crash hits home all too well. My Aunt (Dad's Sister) and Uncle's house got hit on the ground. My Aunt and one of their daughters did not make it. My other Cousin was the 16 month old infant that was the only survivor found in the wreckage. My Uncle was at work at the time and was not at home when the crash happened. The story as I was told is that my Cousin the survivor was found under a crib mattress with only her toes burned by a first responder by some miracle. I was only 4 months old at the time of the crash so I am only going from what my family has told me. I know my cousin kept in touch with the first responder that found her throughout the years. I believe he passed away a few years ago if i'm not mistaken. They never rebuilt on the lot in Kenner and I believe they sold it maybe 5 or so years ago. I brought my Cousin to the WWL studio so they could interview her for the 20 year Anniversary of the crash. The interview was pretty tough for her to do for sure. Despite the tragedy and struggles from it she has flourished in life. She graduated college from LSU, got married and has one child in the 8th grade who actually just got valedictorian of her eigth grade class last week. Her Dad (my Uncle) is a retired professor from LSU also. I know a lot was learned from the crash about wind sheer and aviation is safer because of it. It still does not do justice to the people and families that were lost and affected by the crash. My Dad has never been on an airplane till this day and refuses to fly.

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I was part of the medical team that transported that baby to East Jefferson Hospital. Indeed, the baby bed and crib had miraculously protected her- the rest of that house had disintegrated into small pieces when the jet cartwheeled through it.
I was blessed because I was able to help, in some small way, a survivor. The rest of it was mostly just picking up the pieces. Literally.

I've paid over $5k for wires eaten up by squirrels. Even filed an insurance claim once.
.22 CB or subsonic through a bolt action. No mercy. Satisfying "bang, thwop" that doesn't alert the neighbors.
Death to squirrels and all they stand for! Kill them all!
Between me and the owl family that has moved in , those wire eating limb rats are on the retreat. If you aren't inclined to sniping, One Bite will also ruin their day- but isn't dog safe.

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