OT health care

Had a MRI on my knee this morning and have two quick comments

(1) Damn technology is moving fast, since my last MRI ( shoulder) about two
years ago, these machines are vastly more pleasant ( I'm claustrophobic ),
quieter and faster ....

(2) I can't imagine how anyone without good insurance can survive in today's
health care environment ..... you'd think the richest country in the world
could divert a few bucks from new atomic weapons and space wars toys for
grown boys to provide for decent care for all citizens

Larry L wrote:
Had a MRI on my knee this morning and have two quick comments

(1) Damn technology is moving fast, since my last MRI ( shoulder)
about two
years ago, these machines are vastly more pleasant ( I'm
claustrophobic ),
quieter and faster ....


You only think it's moving fast. I bought one right before I left
Kansas and in a few years it's beleived that many invasive diagnostic
procedures like angiography and cardiac catherizations are going to be
done on those machines. They ain't cheap with a 1.5 Short Bore magnet
and basic software package going for around 1.4 million.

As to money for healthcare, it's being used to buy advertising in the
presidential election.

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
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Larry L wrote:
Had a MRI on my knee this morning and have two quick comments

(1) Damn technology is moving fast, since my last MRI ( shoulder)
about two
years ago, these machines are vastly more pleasant ( I'm
claustrophobic ),
quieter and faster ....


You only think it's moving fast. I bought one right before I left
Kansas and in a few years it's beleived that many invasive
diagnostic
procedures like angiography and cardiac catherizations are going to
be
done on those machines. They ain't cheap with a 1.5 Short Bore
magnet
and basic software package going for around 1.4 million.

As to money for healthcare, it's being used to buy advertising in
the
presidential election.

And fly rods.......and books.

Wolfgang

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.


You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

jeff

Wayne Knight wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.



You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

They're all signed Jeff.

Yes package is back on the bookcase next to his four brothers,

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
news:eBzhd.4833$GN4.1893@okepread02...
is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

They're all signed Jeff.

Yes package is back on the bookcase next to his four brothers,

"Wayne Knight" wrote in message
oups.com...

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.


You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"

I just today finished reading "Warmly Inscribed: The New England Forger and
Other Book Tales", by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too much
money.

Wolfgang
who haunts the bargain bins.

Wolfgang wrote:

A book (their third)
about the book trade and book collectors. Some people got WAY too
much
money.

I don't understand book collectors, I know a couple who have bought
books with no intention of reading them, they but them in covers and
let them sit. While not all books are a good read, they were meant to
be read. Not only read, but excepting books on quantum physics,
celeberty biographies, modern politics, and economics, they were meant
to be enjoyed.

who haunts the bargain bins.

I do too. Just so happen that one of my bargain bin finds became the
thing you transported to Jeffie for me.

is it a signed, pristine edition? i'm thinkin of gettin one just as a
loaner. g btw...wally says the "package" has been safely returned
home. i trust it arrived without beer splotches, fish scales, whisky
stains, or dog-eared pages...

jeff

Wayne Knight wrote:

Wolfgang wrote:

......and books.



You might be interested in knowing there's a copy of Starlight Creek
for sale in St. Louis, at the relative bargain price of $1,000.

Might be high but of the last five copies I've seen for sale, it's the
"cheapest"