...why do you continue to pay them for such low quality service?
I was thinking the same thing while canceling my Time Warner cable
recently because of consistently crappy service. I was all fired up
to explain why I was canceling as I showed up in person to return the cable
modem as required.
They did not ask why I was canceling as I expected, so I started
to explain. I was cut off mid sentence, they handed me a receipt and
sent me on my merry way.
They don't care. They don't care if you stay or go.
They don't care if their service sucks. They don't care.
But my new DSL works fine, so even though voting with my
dollars has no effect on the cable company's thinking, I
hope the raw economics of their decisions eventually will
remove them from the market.
I am not seeing the value of buying a new $40,000 toy...
Plus there is an added danger... to the patient's pocketbook.
I got to experience a claim denial because a particular machine
used in the diagnosis had only been in widespread use for a decade.
In the insurance companies mind, that meant it was 'experimental'
and therefore not covered. In this case the patient may be better
off with an expensive CT or MRI that is covered.
You should check if your state has a state risk pool.
I am also self employed, and since I got sick once years ago I also
was not insurable through individual policies. A state risk pool gives people
like me coverage when nobody else will.
It's a little screwy because it is still a private insurer (at
least in the state of Texas) that is contracted by the state.
The premiums are set at double the average, so the private insurer
makes loads of cash (and the tax payers don't take a hit),
but at least I have insurance.
The deductible is high, but I do get the negotiated rates
which are usually 1/3 to 1/2 of what the uninsured are charged.
During the crash you will be covered with turds and blue water before being incinerated with jet fuel. Which is about as dignified as the rest of air travel these days.
The RIAA cited some laws and the Judge kicked them in the nuts for being wrong in their interpretation. Of course this administration will cite some laws, giving tortured interpretations to try and justify what ever horror they are inflicting on a given day. The crap these people spew is simply insane. Their criminality is breathtaking.
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I think Vick has a few pit bulls to spare.
Pit bull monkey fights! That would be a spectacle.
I don't think your pot plants will like that.
There might be an accident in January of 2008, I want the reports published now!
The presidential primaries are already getting heavy coverage.
We already have gun control.
Those with the guns are in control.
They need to be engineered in parallel with a large reservoir
to provide a more stable source of cooling water.
"...that is also Christian; hatred of mind" - Friedrich Nietzsche
Not that I fully agree, but as long as we are slinging quotes around...
Not 'Fight Club' brand soap.
That's made with all natural creamy human goodness.
That unholy trinity does not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
I was thinking the same thing while canceling my Time Warner cable
recently because of consistently crappy service. I was all fired up
to explain why I was canceling as I showed up in person to return the cable
modem as required.
They did not ask why I was canceling as I expected, so I started
to explain. I was cut off mid sentence, they handed me a receipt and
sent me on my merry way.
They don't care. They don't care if you stay or go.
They don't care if their service sucks. They don't care.
But my new DSL works fine, so even though voting with my
dollars has no effect on the cable company's thinking, I
hope the raw economics of their decisions eventually will
remove them from the market.
get it the best that can be done with the fewest resources...
Like placing a reset button right next to the door bell?
44.1KHz x 16bit x 2 (stereo) = 1.4112 Mbits/sec
How does ripping at 192Kbps get 100% of 1.4112Mbps?
What's the problem with sex among consentual adults?
That's an impeachable offense, particularly if a cigar is involved.
where did I put that pack of Camels?
Camels come in herds and not packs.
They are definitely fatal.
I am not seeing the value of buying a new $40,000 toy...
Plus there is an added danger... to the patient's pocketbook.
I got to experience a claim denial because a particular machine
used in the diagnosis had only been in widespread use for a decade.
In the insurance companies mind, that meant it was 'experimental'
and therefore not covered. In this case the patient may be better
off with an expensive CT or MRI that is covered.
Boiling water helped decrease disease among city workers.
Didn't drinking beer have a similar benefit over contaminated water?
Caffeine by day and alcohol by night... the yin and yang of modern existence.
Almost as sensible as BMI: If someone floats in water we should burn them as a witch.
Health care is fun!
I can't GET freakin' insurance...
You should check if your state has a state risk pool.
I am also self employed, and since I got sick once years ago I also
was not insurable through individual policies. A state risk pool gives people
like me coverage when nobody else will.
It's a little screwy because it is still a private insurer (at
least in the state of Texas) that is contracted by the state.
The premiums are set at double the average, so the private insurer
makes loads of cash (and the tax payers don't take a hit), but at least I have insurance.
The deductible is high, but I do get the negotiated rates
which are usually 1/3 to 1/2 of what the uninsured are charged.
Well, he did his undergrad at Yale and has a Harvard MBA. He flew fighter jets (F-102s) in the national guard.
That might mean something if you believe his participation
each of those programs was based only on merit and not family wealth and connections.
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Let me guess: the rats are the warriors, the hamsters are the scientists,
and a bright orange guinea pig named Dr Zeus will be in charge.
I suspect from Dr. Smith's fey mannerisms that he is a robosexual.
Robot: Warning! Warning! Impending climax!
Dr Smith: Oh! The pain, the pain.
Bullwinkle: Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat.
Rocky: Again?
Bullwinkle: Presto!
Ahmadinejad: ROAR!!!
Bullwinkle: Oops, wrong hat.
During the crash you will be covered with turds and blue water before being incinerated with jet fuel. Which is about as dignified as the rest of air travel these days.
The RIAA cited some laws and the Judge kicked them in the nuts for being wrong in their interpretation. Of course this administration will cite some laws, giving tortured interpretations to try and justify what ever horror they are inflicting on a given day. The crap these people spew is simply insane. Their criminality is breathtaking.
I wish they would apply this technique to spammers.