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1. about 3 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   First time I read that opening line, I read it as, “Another day, Another holler.”

2. about 3 hours ago on B.C.

   ”Remember Healthcare is NOT a Right, it is a privilege you work for and earn.”

   Healthcare should not be a privileged item that is unattainable by many. Many fields do not provide a healthcare group policy option as part of employment and buying it from outside sources as an individual costs so much that one would have to decide between keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table or buying insurance to help cover the exorbitant costs of just seeing a doctor, or worse, going to the hospital. And then there’s the ridiculously high cost of pharmaceuticals. Healthcare should be attainable by all. Now, you could say, “Well, these people should go find other work.” True, but if they all did that, who would serve your food at that fancy restaurant you chose to go to? Who would prepare those meals? Who would wash the dishes when you were done? Small examples, but examples just the same.

3. about 3 hours ago on Baby Blues

   Been probably 35 years since I remember her doing it last. I will have to check in with her and see.

4. about 15 hours ago on Luann

   Thank you! I am now a year into remission and I know I will get to ring the bell at the end of the 5 years of quarterly tests.

5. 1 day ago on Luann

   I really want another option other than “like” for comments. I can relate to the dialysis treatments. I had to have 12 of them in the first 3 or 4 weeks in hospital when systems began shutting down at the beginning of 2023 after being diagnosed with leukemia. I found them to be painful procedures. Here’s to hoping for a much better prognosis for your wife this time around!

6. 1 day ago on Bliss

   Always dreaded the obligatory holiday gatherings where they would start out ok and turn not so pleasant. Many times, as a kid, we would have to have two thanksgiving and Christmas dinners because the two sets of grandparents couldn’t agree to let one or the other host. We would start the day out at my mother’s parents house, where my grandfather would be in his room drinking, smoking and betting on whatever game happened to be playing. My grandmother’s brother would be fixing himself a brandy whilst explaining to my alcohol and drug council counsellor father that it was “purely medicinal”. We would then go to my dad’s parents house where it was actually (usually) a simpler gathering. Maybe the cousins would be there “if they could make it.”

   Fast forward to married life and the gatherings became more regimented. The patriarch and matriarch were devout catholics and made sure everyone else followed whether they chose to or not. Games weren’t a choice. You played them regardless of whether you felt like participating or not and there was always money involved. If one person won more than the “house” (aka patriarch) they had to be cheating. It was always a tense time. Fortunately, there was a period where I had jobs that put me on call and, somehow, many times I was on call during these events and just “couldn’t leave town”. XD

   Today, it’s just the missus and myself and things are very lowkey.

7. 1 day ago on Pearls Before Swine

   All classics. After reading these, the first thing that popped into my head was the line, “That ain’t the way I heard it, Johnny!” LOL!

8. 1 day ago on B.C.

   Correct, changing them from simple to complex.

9. 1 day ago on Baby Blues

   Yes.

10. 2 days ago on Red and Rover

    Uh, Red? You seem to have forgotten your books back at the bus stop.