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Post by El Marsh on Mar 21, 2020 18:40:45 GMT
Just curious, is it free to get a SARS-CoV2 test in the US? I know availability is an issue everywhere, but I know someone who has relatives in the US and she said they paid A LOT to have testing done. Sounds like a work to me, and y’all can clear this up for your knuckle headed Canuck brother from another mother! Thanks! 🙂 Faulknasty and Iamares hit it on the head.
I will mention that I had heard that the testing for that from LabCorp is supposed to run $50-$100 USD depending on whether you live. Now whether the clinic or hospital decides to **** you on top of that fee is unknown to me but altogether very likely, especially if someone was admitted (i.e. checked into a room) or went through the ER before the test was administered. It's morally criminal but perfectly legal. I'll leave it there before I get too vocal about it.
Meanwhile, I like this idea
The potholes and cracks in the road throughout the city are pretty abominable and much of that is from the winter previous to the one that just "ended" (i.e. the winter of 2018-19).
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2020 0:32:39 GMT
There's a lot I could say about our medical system but it will suffice to say that, yes, things can get very expensive even with insurance.
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Post by BakFu on Mar 22, 2020 2:10:19 GMT
Thanks everyone, I wasn’t trying to poke at the system down there, I’m just concerned for all of you, and was more concerned when, although I know you have a private system down there, it dawned on me that if you wanted to get tested for this thing, you’d have to do it out of pocket. I don’t think my friend was bullshitting about the cost, I hope everything is quickly contained everywhere, and that someone shows a shred of moral decency and makes testing available if not for free, for a very low cost.
Stay safe and healthy, get lots of rest when you can!
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Post by El Marsh on Mar 22, 2020 15:15:12 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2020 4:24:10 GMT
Just found out my job is giving every employee a temporary "hazard pay" raise, even if they aren't calling it that. Perks of retail?
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Post by BakFu on Mar 24, 2020 7:51:53 GMT
Just found out my job is giving every employee a temporary "hazard pay" raise, even if they aren't calling it that. Perks of retail? As they should! Between the shit and abuse (I’ve done retail and server jobs in the past), robberies (I have friends that have had weapons waved in their faces while manning tills), and just exposure to who knows what the fawk on filthy ass money/dirty ass people, retail people should get some danger/appreciation pay! You deserve it! 🙂 |
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Post by El Marsh on Mar 25, 2020 18:02:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2020 7:46:26 GMT
So is anyone else seeing a dramatic decrease in gas prices? Around here they're cheaper by at least a good 50 to 60 cents a gallon than a month ago. I haven't seen them this low in about 20 years.
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Post by Nth on Mar 27, 2020 12:21:15 GMT
So is anyone else seeing a dramatic decrease in gas prices? Around here they're cheaper by at least a good 50 to 60 cents a gallon than a month ago. I haven't seen them this low in about 20 years. Yeah, they've been dropping every week for a month now and supposed to drop again Thursday. |
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Post by El Marsh on Mar 29, 2020 7:12:34 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2020 8:04:13 GMT
Joe Exotic is definitely something.  |
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Post by BakFu on Mar 29, 2020 10:16:25 GMT
I have no musical talents to speak of, but, it seems to me, mastery of any musical instrument culminates from years of training, practice, and innate ability. That said, the years of practice, performances, and dedication required to become a professional xylophonist/vibraphonist would be just as arduous and numerous as any other instrument. The real sacrifice that comes from dedicating your musical career to the xylophone or vibraphone comes with the clear knowledge that you’ll either spend your life playing children’s music covers, accompanying orchestral music, or making sounds for skeleton actions in movies/tv/video games. A salute then to those who have forfeited the rock star lifestyle, the fame, the groupies that the brass, strings, and woodwinds sections, even the lowly tympanist of the symphony obviously regularly enjoy for a life dedicated to kids and skeletons everywhere!  |
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Post by El Marsh on Mar 30, 2020 21:51:52 GMT
So, it's been predictably slow at work given that everything around us either closed or limited to carry out/delivery, thus there's no overlapping foot traffic (which we get a LOT of, particularly from the bars).
The mind wanders when it's slow and there's little to actually do, sometimes finding interest in simple observations.
Case in point: my greatest moment of amusement came today when I noticed a guy's name was Matthew Brady. Now that in and of itself isn't anything special but being the history geek that I was (and still am, to a lesser extent), I immediately thought of the pioneering photographer who famously chronicled the American Civil War, despite a slighly different spelling of the first name. Given that my mind was already there, I all but fainted internally when I saw the VERY next guy's name: Jefferson Davis.
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Post by IamAres on Mar 31, 2020 2:58:39 GMT
I have no musical talents to speak of, but, it seems to me, mastery of any musical instrument culminates from years of training, practice, and innate ability. That said, the years of practice, performances, and dedication required to become a professional xylophonist/vibraphonist would be just as arduous and numerous as any other instrument. The real sacrifice that comes from dedicating your musical career to the xylophone or vibraphone comes with the clear knowledge that you’ll either spend your life playing children’s music covers, accompanying orchestral music, or making sounds for skeleton actions in movies/tv/video games. A salute then to those who have forfeited the rock star lifestyle, the fame, the groupies that the brass, strings, and woodwinds sections, even the lowly tympanist of the symphony obviously regularly enjoy for a life dedicated to kids and skeletons everywhere! If it makes you feel any better for xylophonists, they probably play other stuff too. The skills for it are a bit more transferable from, say, piano than you might think. I knew a guy who played piano, drums, and xylophone. I thought he was joking about the xylophone part till he got kind of offended. Now that I think about it, though, it's basically a piano that you play with little mallets, so it's basically the logical overlap of drums and piano. Coming from a rock-band background, I had just never met anybody who would claim to play xylophone and not be joking. |
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