12/09 - Fun Friday!

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mTurk8705 @mTurk8705 Is your avatar really your photo? 'Cause if it is, you're a hell better looking than I am. :)
Noooo, that's Heisenburg, the evil bastard that Walter White becomes in the fabulous TV series, Breaking Bad! However, I thought about doing a Halloween costume with the hat and coat and being the 20 year older Heisenburg. Just take the pic and add some weight, jowls and gray/white hair and you can see me.

And I recommend Breaking Bad to everyone with the stomach for it. I just discovered it this year.
 
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Well, I'm not to worried about serious illness... especially now that if it's really bad you can go to any hospital and you have 24 hours to notify the VA. I have quite a few injuries and surgeries I've had that I have to get checkups for... So, I'll have to make drives into the city a few times a month, but I can just use that as an excuse to get other things done. Plus, we get paid to drive to the hospital.
Yes, there is that. About the emergency stuff, that is. And if it gives you an excuse to (for instance) shop, it's all for the better. :) How did you serve, if you don't mind my asking.
 

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I should probably try reading words in the order that they are written. I was really happy for a minute there. :wink:
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Noooo, that's Heisenburg, the evil bastard that Walter White becomes in the fabulous TV series, Breaking Bad! However, I thought about doing a Halloween costume with the hat and coat and being the 20 year older Heisenburg. Just take the pic and add some weight, jowls and gray/white hair and you can see me.

And I recommend Breaking Bad to everyone with the stomach for it. I just discovered it this year.
God. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL .............. LOLOLOLLOL! That's funny!!!! You and I need to meet up for a beer sometime. This is so FUNNY!!!! So what is "Breaking Bad"? A flick?
 

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Well, without looking it up, I think the colonial period started about the mid 1600s. Britain, France, Spain, and the Dutch (the Dutch were a big deal for quite a while). Most of those were just out to "conquer" and seek gold. The Brits, on the other hand, were looking to create, then expand, markets, as in "mercantile." Thus the 13 colonies. Our first real export to anywhere, including Britain was, of all things, tobacco. So Britain fought a long war over here (the French and Indian War), felt she had first say on what went on over here, pushed a bit too far, and voila, we revolted. If I recall correctly, James Otis started it all around 1760. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Otis_Jr.

So I live in the rural of all rurals. The nearest town is 55 miles distant, the nearest VA clinic is 65 miles away, and the nearest VA hospital is 118 miles away, which is a real -- pardon me -- a real bitch. The VA's healthcare is great, for the most part, but their psych care ( which I do desperately need ) leaves much to be desired. Still, I am luckier than many an American, I guess. And you are spot on about the mobile healthcare: I would kill for that.

And I admire, and greatly appreciate, your caring about our history. :)
Ah okay, that makes sense. It's funny how the phrase "Taxation without representation" stands through time but I can't remember hearing of James Otis Jr ever. Either way, it's a cool fact. My thought process was going towards what Wikipedia calls "colonies in antiquity" ... which were city-states that apparently already sort of governed themselves when they were founded. I haven't had a history lesson in years (until now :wink:).

Honestly I can't even imagine living that rurally, as much as I like to imagine living in VT or something. I really hope someone starts a program like that... cuts through the administrative... noise. Psych care is one of the most important things the VA should be providing and I hope they shape up for you and others who serve.

I'm flattered, & a sincere thank you from me for informing me of these things :)
 
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