The Shed 8

Yep...always be on the offense .....when it comes to your health!!

a reply to: Krypto1

Lol Dr. Hackenbush nice one.

a reply to: SyxPak
That looks like a fun night.

a reply to: Skid Mark


hahaahh!!!

better than fishing with me!!

a reply to: Skid Mark

That is funny. I also like the TP for my bunghole one!

a reply to: Quantum12


Hahahaah!!!

a reply to: Krypto1
Unleash the Kraken!

a reply to: Quantum12
I like it, too. We got a new member yesterday with a name that had something to do with Cornholio. I couldn't help posting a clip of The Great Cornholio in the intro thread.

a reply to: Quantum12
Ambulance transport is free here, thank goodness. (Even including Medivac choppers if needed.) We're covered for it under our National Health insurance. Ditto all the hospital care. We just pay a single, token fee for the hospital visit, with no regard for how much they actually need to do. 30 Czech crowns (Kc) during "normal" hours and 90 Kc out of hours, on weekends and public holidays. One dollar US is about 24 Czech crowns, so 30 Kc is a buck and a quarter.

But if we get asked to come back in for a "kontrol" (checkup), then there's no fee at all. Because it's the doctor's decision that we need to. Here's the reasoning: the 30 Kc (or 90 Kc) fee is really just to stop people going to the hospital Emergency center when they really don't need to at all. And yes, some do. People turning up at Emergency with a small cut on a finger, for example. Or they just have a cold with no complications at all. Things like that. If they are there, they have to be seen. And that puts a drain on resources and extra workloads on the professional medical staff.

And yes, it works. Especially the 90 Kc fee, which tends to stop people coming in on weekends with utterly stupid little medical issues. But on the other side of things, if a person truly needs help and simply doesn't have any money on them, they still get treatment. I was in such a mess on Saturday night that I went off in the ambulance with Dada without the money to pay her 90 Kc fee. Simply forgot. Doctor said no problem, I could pay it any time in the next 8 days. So, we took care of it on Monday.

So, our two separate trips to the hospital on Saturday cost us 180 Kc. A bit under $8 all up. The Monday visits were free, because we were asked to come back for checkups. Ditto my surgery. Because it's been recommended by the docs, my health insurance company will cover it.

If I want a nose job, then it's up to me to fund it because it's purely elective and not medically required. But for anything that is truly medical care, it's covered. Which is the way health insurance ought to work, really.

a reply to: Skid Mark


How bout this shirt!!! Hahahahahaha

I'm home alone...woohoo!!!

a reply to: JustMike
Mike just a note...they think my health issues were caused by having my gallbladder removed. If you do go to normal after surgery don't wait. Mine was a mix of gallbladder and mesh rejection...after 5 years and losing over 50lbs they think they have found a medicine that will regulate the bile correctly and hope enough damage wasn't done that I will need it forever..

a reply to: JustMike

That is a great plan. Your lucky your country has a great plan. My friend down the block fell off her bike and broke her arm. EMS came and took her to the hospital. Two weeks later she had a bill for $947 for the ride. She turned it into her insurance company and the denied her claim.

The US needs a better plan!

a reply to: Martin75

Your home alone? Don't cook anything lol!

a reply to: Krypto1

Lol that is a really funny Beavis TP

a reply to: Quantum12
No worries, I have 2 Italian restaurants within walking distance, a Dollar General, a CVS, and a small convenient store/ gas station so I'm good. Oh, and a microwave.

What time are you meeting ED?

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a reply to: Martin75

Oh I could live there. I love walking to places have drinks and walk home. No driving and drink for me!

Meeting Edie at 8:00pm 11 your time. Sunset is at 8:09pm tonight. It looks cool because the sunsets over the ocean so it looks like it sinks. After she wants to take me for a drink. Oh yes I will not get drunk lol good words from you and Chirp.

I just want to take it slow and get to know her. Nothing more.

a reply to: Quantum12
Nope, sorry no bars within walking distance. You can buy beer & wine at CVS, Dollar General, & Gas Station NOT Gino's (one restaurant) I don't think you can at Moe's (the other restaurant) but you might be able to get beer.

a reply to: Martin75

I forgot to tell you. She is not a true LA girl. She moved here from Seattle. So she is not the kind who is looking for Material things lol

a reply to: Martin75

No bars to walk to? How about a tippy taxi?