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01-03-23, 02:50 AM
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01-03-23, 03:02 AM
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When I went to Naples for a month, I had literally just started dating my wife. It had only been about 5 months. I’ve never been the jealous type, maybe I just never really been in a situation to make me jealous. That was kind of the revolving theme while I was there. Her cousins and sister would take hours to get her ready every time we would go out, and they always wanted to see my reaction.
It is a weird situation when men come to speak to your woman and you can’t understand anything they are saying. Also weird, when you find out your wife’s ex boy friend was in the Mafia.
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01-03-23, 07:34 AM
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01-03-23, 07:39 AM
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01-03-23, 08:18 AM
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She had developed entropion .
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01-03-23, 08:19 AM
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01-03-23, 08:47 AM
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01-03-23, 09:05 AM
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01-03-23, 09:22 AM
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News flash: the weather in MN is considerably colder than what I'd grown accustomed to in VA.
01-03-23, 09:27 AM
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01-03-23, 09:53 AM
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So daughter #2 had a health issue in November that required her to get an ambulance ride from one ER to another healthcare facility. I just got a note that our health insurance will NOT cover this and the charge is about $1700 for a trip that was only a few miles for a patient who was medically stable.
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
01-03-23, 09:55 AM
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01-03-23, 09:56 AM
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01-03-23, 10:01 AM
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So daughter #2 had a health issue in November that required her to get an ambulance ride from one ER to another healthcare facility. I just got a note that our health insurance will NOT cover this and the charge is about $1700 for a trip that was only a few miles for a patient who was medically stable.
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
01-03-23, 10:20 AM
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Our healthcare "system" is quite dysfunctional. I am sure you are well aware.
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01-03-23, 10:26 AM
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So daughter #2 had a health issue in November that required her to get an ambulance ride from one ER to another healthcare facility. I just got a note that our health insurance will NOT cover this and the charge is about $1700 for a trip that was only a few miles for a patient who was medically stable.
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
Obviously I am going to try to negotiate a more reasonable fee. Anyone have experience with this?
We narrowly dodged one of those many years ago when my daughter's daycare called an ambulance because she was shivering with a high fever and they had once seen a kid have a febrile seizure. I met the ambulance at the door of the ER and, mainly because it was a military hospital, I think, the crew tore the trip sheet up.
01-03-23, 10:30 AM
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I tuned in late and didn't see the hit. They never replayed it again while I was watching, and I stayed tuned for over an hour until the league finally postponed the game and the fans filed out. It was such an eerie scene to tune in, see the stands totally filled with fans, but there's no cheering going on and the field is totally empty.
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01-03-23, 10:32 AM
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Totally impressed by that.
I’ve done lots of 10-15% (and a few at 15%+) climbs on Zwift and they’re tough. The only saving grace is that the cassette on my Zwift hub is an 11-28 and the cassette on my Marvel is an 11-32. Not a huge difference, but it should help a little.
I’ve done lots of 10-15% (and a few at 15%+) climbs on Zwift and they’re tough. The only saving grace is that the cassette on my Zwift hub is an 11-28 and the cassette on my Marvel is an 11-32. Not a huge difference, but it should help a little.
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01-03-23, 10:40 AM
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I hate going to the doctor as much as the next guy, but if I was battling unconsciousness I think I'd go get checked out
It's a windy mid-winter day in quasi-Siberia.
Seems reasonable.
Seems reasonable.
01-03-23, 10:46 AM
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The low hear on my MTB is a 32x52, which is pretty darn low. I think I was in the 2nd-lowest gear for the steeper parts of that ride. The gearing is such that 15%+ isn't really a test of brute strength to muscle a big gear, but more a matter of how long you can tolerate going that damn slowly.
What's amazing is watching the pros race up that thing after flogging themselves all over those mountains. Too bad there's no more ATOC.
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