eeep, puppy neep, and a link of outrage

[lagilman]

Currently house- and puppy-sitting for the folks. Who knew it could be so dangerous?



I'm fine, if a little shaken. The fixture (heavy tempered glass that, for the record, didn't even chip) missed me by inches. The folks say they were planning to update the bathroom anyway but I still feel guilty somehow...

In happier news, Mei-Chan has a purple wubbie now. Much improved over the old pink one. I think she, wubbie, and I are going to go in search of a good piece of chocolate, now. Nerve tonic. I think it's warranted.



And, on a slightly related-to-the-first note, a bit of outrage/

WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan

AMA = Part of the Problem, Now.

Apparently they're willing to opt out of the existing plans because it costs them too much money/time/effort to participate, but they don't think their patients should have a system _they_ can afford to use, rather than opting out of medical care entirely, or going bankrupt trying to pay their fees. Fkcuers.

Comments

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

oh dear god. if the walls start bleeding and the house tells you to get out... grab the puppy and go.

[jimhines.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Glad you're okay.

What kind of scary-ass light fixture does that to a sink?

[terri-osborne.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. Must avoid heavy tempered glass light fixtures!

Glad to know you're and the moggie are okay.

[chibiaingeal.livejournal.com]

Holy...! It's a darn good thing that fixture did miss you given what it did to the sink. What the heck kind of fixture does that much damage to a sink?

[jperceval.livejournal.com]

I'm just glad it damaged the sink and not you!

Go get some chocolate, and you, Mei-Chan, and the wubbie stay the heck away from anything dangling from above!

[nycdeb.livejournal.com]

OMG! I am soooooooo glad you are OK. OMG, I say again!

[havocthecat]

Meep! That sink is-- Wow. Glad neither you nor the puppy were hurt!

As to the health care system, I am ALL FOR a bit of an eye for an eye here. Can we take away the AMA executives' health insurance for a few years and watch them scream?

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Yiiiikes! Glad you're OK.

[newroticgirl.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh when I was living in my grandmother's house, we had this happen. A huge glass dealie came crashing down at something like 2am. Left a huge chip/dent/chunk in the floor where it hit. Not a fun way to wake up!! Scared the crud outta me and I wasn't even in the room... or on the same floor. Being in the bathroom when it happened?? I'd have probably peeped myself.

[jslinder.livejournal.com]

Dang! That's a whole in the sink? I help put those things in on occasion, they are not as fragile as one might think. Really glad you go out of the way.

[lagilman]

yep, the fixture cracked the entire Corian sink into literal shards -- that hole goes through to the cabinet below. Those darker shards are from the underside, where the sink connected to the pipe (thankfully there seems to have been no damage done to the pipes. Metal still trumps glass.)

The more I look at it the more I eep, so have closed door and am using the kitchen sink for all sinkish needs.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

..and just last night I was debating watching "Burnt Offerings" starring Karen Black...

Houses that do their own remodels..

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

That's outrageous about the AMA.

[burger-eater.livejournal.com]

Crazy dangerous. I'm glad you're okay.

The AMA has long been a pain in the ass regarding health reform. As the people who represent the interests of doctors (translation: are trying to keep doctors' profits as high as possible), they are actively fighting to keep the current system as much as possible.

Have you ever heard Operation:Coffeecup? Back in the day, when Kennedy was trying to create decent health care, the AMA hired Ronald Reagan to record an album talking about Medicare, communism, government getting between you and your doctor, etc. They sent those albums to the wives of doctors in the AMA, with the idea that they'd gather in groups over coffee and listen.

They've been stabbing the American public in the back (with a scalpel!) for decades, which is one of the reasons we spend so very much on our health care--because so very much of the money is going to them.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Shit! That's one hell of a hole.

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

Those that bleat about the possibility of medical rationing have not tried to get an appointment with a specialist recently. I have an elderly friend who has been having hip problems for months. It took three months to get through to the specialist for the exam. She is a candidate for surgery, probably one or two months from now. She was a very active, fit nonagenarian. The more time that passes, the harder it is going to be to recover any degree of her normal activity.
In this area if you need to see a dermatologist, better plan for it 12, yes twelve, months ahead, leasions or no.

And the so called Mass health plan sucks. If you are in the subsidized group, good luck finding a doctor, once you have plowed through the bureaucratic missfileings (and they don't have an 800 number so it ends up costing a bundle to straighten up any problems. Unless you are really indigent the copays are a killer. I am just above the subsidised threshold, so am told that I have to go get insurance at commercial rates. (For a piss poor catastrophic policy at an astronomical sum) Which means that the reason that I haven't gotten insurance so far still holds.

I'd like to know how many insurance company contributions Mittens Romney raked in after he pushed that one through the legislature and then skedaddled out of state to try out for the Republican Presidential Follies?

[music-lover3.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Glad you and puppy are okay.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

This!

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

I was so outraged about the AMA thing, I forgot to say I'm glad the tempered glass thingy missed you. Ouf!

[lagilman]

*grin* The gladness was assumed.

[lagilman]

it was a small but heavy glass cover for one of the bulbs -- the fixture is a beautiful Art Deco-inspired piece that I always coveted... not so much, now.

[lagilman]

I suppose it's better than the fixture hitting the sink and sending tiny glass shards and splinters all over a space where people walk barefoot... but yeah, I'm still very WTF, Corian? about it. And wondering now (because I'm That Way) exactly how much damage it would have done to me (it would have either hit the back of my head or my elbow, depending on the timing, as I was brushing my teeth at the time).

[lagilman]

I kept going into the bathroom and looking at it, because I couldn't quite believe my memory. Yep. It's actually scarier than the picture looks, because you can't see the fracture lines....

[lianneb.livejournal.com]

You know, every time I hear about medical insurance in the states, the happier I am with the Canadian system. Some things may be slower, but when I had a gallbladder attack before christmas, I spent three nights in the hospital, an appointment a month later with a surgeon, then a month after that went back to the hospital to have the damned thing yanked. Total cost to me? $15 for access to the television during my weekend, and about $40 for the drug dispensing fee/what isn't covered by work drug plan. Hearing what people pay each month for health insurance in the states scares me. I'd rather get it through my taxes.