The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[paulthenurse]

Far and away the largest union is the MNA, a local statewide union. It belongs to/associates with countrywide organizations like the ANA. For a while we had to pay extra dues to the ANA, I think they opted out of that a while ago. I think my dues were about $1000/year +/-

Health care is so f’ed up right now. Huge hospital groups like Partners dictate to insurance companies what they will be paid for procedure XYZ because they have the clout to do so. That kills smaller community hospitals who aren’t the big academic centers and can’t bill at near that rate. As an example, I work for Mass DPH in the state’s ‘safety net’ hospital. My patients are the most difficult patients around; homeless, schizophrenic, HIV, Hep C, drug abuse, and prisoners. (Now that I think about it, being at work is a lot like hanging out here) I simply cannot see one of my patients in fifteen minutes. They’re too complicated. We get paid about $30/visit. Partners gets around $200/visit for a ‘regular’ patient and won’t take my MassHealth patient because of the poor reimbursement.

Damn you Dland. I went to bed mad and now I’m starting my day off mad. And the f’ing Yankees won. I think I’ll go by Cape’s later on today and slap him around for a bit. That always brightens my day.

 

[LakesideBrewing]

My wife is a Labor and Delivery, Union Nurse here in Massachusetts. Her contract already lays out these patient limits and they are impossible to enforce. The hospital where she works is always hiring nurses, even traveling nurses, and they’re still understaffed. So passing a law isn’t going to all of a sudden make thousands of nurses ready for the job. And if hospitals have to enforce a law that is unenforceable, patient care will undoubtedly suffer. This is why she(we) will be voting No on Question 1.

 

[Dland]

Damn you Dland. I went to bed mad and now I’m starting my day off mad. And the f’ing Yankees won. I think I’ll go by Cape’s later on today and slap him around for a bit. That always brightens my day.

Just be happy your job isn't something important, like taking care of yards for peoples' 2nd houses.

 

[paulthenurse]

I couldn’t take that kind of stress

 

[Dland]

I couldn’t take that kind of stress

Sounds like you've met some of my customers, haha, actually, I've dropped most of the aholes and ones that want more than they want to pay for, but that's only after over 30 years at this..your customers can only fire you by dying, I guess, but you'll still get paid, (probably not enough)

 

[paulthenurse]

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

 

[HoppyDaze]

tl;dr

x2

 

[paulthenurse]

Sorry. I’ll try to add pictures next time to make it easier for you and AZ.

I doubt I can help you with the moving your lips as you read. ‘Dammit Jim, I’m sort of a doctor, not a miracle worker.’

 

[Dland]

Those out of state guys are probably russian bots anyway.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Watch it mower man.

 

[paulthenurse]

Hoppy2 made a funny.

Good girl,

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

What a nice boy, you are to notice.

 

[day_trippr]

Seat squirmer tonite but the Sox got it done.
Hopefully Price doesn't give birth on the mound to an actual cow tomorrow...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

I hope they cut the Wi-Fi. Fortnight and got him to bed early.

 

[paulthenurse]

Great game.

 

[Dland]

Watch it mower man.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

I have some overgrowth that would be good for... Come on down before next weekend I'll set you up with dinner and some beers.

 

[paulthenurse]

He doesn’t leave Amity Island. Something about some old warrants.

 

[Dland]

We have real sharks now, come visit and do some snorkeling off State Beach.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

LOL, who goes snorkeling in the North Atlantic? I snorkel in the Carribean and Hawaii, where visibility is more than 6 inches.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Boogie boarding in your black wetsuit and fins is where it's at!

 

[day_trippr]

Seriously, why the heck don't surfing and diving wet suits come in distinctly non-shark-food colors?

 

[Dland]

LOL, who goes snorkeling in the North Atlantic? I snorkel in the Carribean and Hawaii, where visibility is more than 6 inches.

You must be one of those rich fellers...not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

[Dland]

Seriously, why the heck don't surfing and diving wet suits come in distinctly non-shark-food colors?

I think they do, but sharks may be color blind, and may sense a lot with other than sight. Still, I get your point, seems like common sense, but sadly, that is not as common as we had hoped, and probably never was.

Of course, only the sharks know what they see, we can only hypothesize.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

There is a TED Talk on shark repellant wetsuits.
I blame the Apache trout.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Boogie boarding in your black wetsuit and fins is where it's at!

Yeah, go at dawn or dusk and wear sparkling jewelry too.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

You must be one of those rich fellers...not that there is anything wrong with that.

Well no I am not a fella at all. I hope you start getting out socializing more.

 

[day_trippr]

Google Fu indicates the cones in sharks eyes are not pigment specific so they basically see the world in shades of gray.
Fine. Make dive/surf suits in outrageous geometric patterns instead of the current "seal skin" imitation...

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Not for nothing. I'm staying out of the water.

 

[day_trippr]

I certainly wouldn't swim hundreds of yards off a beach, just on principle.

Aaaanyway...Price (0 for career 9 playoff starts) indeed birthed a cow on the mound and things never got square again.
Hopefully this series doesn't end in the Bronx...