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P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:33 pm I can't come up for any other criteria for selecting a PCP other than 'close to me' and 'attractive'. Yes I'm that shallow and thankful that I'm healthy enough that I can be. How do normal people do this? Through recommendations? Research? Reviews? What a pita. (I did have a really good male doc a couple of providers ago that I checked on first but he's not in-network. {See I'm not a total pig.})
I mean, if you are going to get your balls fondled, it might as well be a hot doctor, right?
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The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:38 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:33 pm I can't come up for any other criteria for selecting a PCP other than 'close to me' and 'attractive'. Yes I'm that shallow and thankful that I'm healthy enough that I can be. How do normal people do this? Through recommendations? Research? Reviews? What a pita. (I did have a really good male doc a couple of providers ago that I checked on first but he's not in-network. {See I'm not a total pig.})
I mean, if you are going to get your balls fondled, it might as well be a hot doctor, right?
Like Brad Pitt hot? Or more like accessible hot.
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Might as well go to a hot doc. An old friend ended up marrying his father's oncologist. She was hot.
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The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:38 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:33 pm I can't come up for any other criteria for selecting a PCP other than 'close to me' and 'attractive'. Yes I'm that shallow and thankful that I'm healthy enough that I can be. How do normal people do this? Through recommendations? Research? Reviews? What a pita. (I did have a really good male doc a couple of providers ago that I checked on first but he's not in-network. {See I'm not a total pig.})
I mean, if you are going to get your balls fondled, it might as well be a hot doctor, right?
That's where I'm coming from. And I'd prefer a daintier finger whenever that comes into play. (Not sure what age that is.)
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You guys are weird. I'd rather be able to say whatever the hell is wrong with me without being embarrassed because the doc is hot.
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:15 pm You guys are weird. I'd rather be able to say whatever the hell is wrong with me without being embarrassed because the doc is hot.
I think this is just as weird. Are you looking for a hookup at the doctor's office? Jeez. They're professionals!
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P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:04 pm
The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:38 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:33 pm I can't come up for any other criteria for selecting a PCP other than 'close to me' and 'attractive'. Yes I'm that shallow and thankful that I'm healthy enough that I can be. How do normal people do this? Through recommendations? Research? Reviews? What a pita. (I did have a really good male doc a couple of providers ago that I checked on first but he's not in-network. {See I'm not a total pig.})
I mean, if you are going to get your balls fondled, it might as well be a hot doctor, right?
That's where I'm coming from. And I'd prefer a daintier finger whenever that comes into play. (Not sure what age that is.)
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A_B wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:18 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:15 pm You guys are weird. I'd rather be able to say whatever the hell is wrong with me without being embarrassed because the doc is hot.
I think this is just as weird. Are you looking for a hookup at the doctor's office? Jeez. They're professionals!
What if his problem is ejaculating whenever talking to attractive people?
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mister d wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:41 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:18 pm
Nonlinear FC wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:15 pm You guys are weird. I'd rather be able to say whatever the hell is wrong with me without being embarrassed because the doc is hot.
I think this is just as weird. Are you looking for a hookup at the doctor's office? Jeez. They're professionals!
What if his problem is ejaculating whenever talking to attractive people?
He probably shouldn't be a doctor then!
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The Sybian wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:38 pm
P.D.X. wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 2:33 pm I can't come up for any other criteria for selecting a PCP other than 'close to me' and 'attractive'. Yes I'm that shallow and thankful that I'm healthy enough that I can be. How do normal people do this? Through recommendations? Research? Reviews? What a pita. (I did have a really good male doc a couple of providers ago that I checked on first but he's not in-network. {See I'm not a total pig.})
I mean, if you are going to get your balls fondled, it might as well be a hot doctor, right?
I don’t get my balls fondled. Damn HMO.
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bfj wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:28 pm
I thought I was the only one.

Made me feel guilty too - I used to love space shit.
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Not starting a new thread for this, but if anyone has some recent relevant experience with trying to procure financial aid outside the institution for a college student without a great academic profile, shoot me a DM.

Thanks to all, even if you read this and rolled your eyes.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:48 pm Not starting a new thread for this, but if anyone has some recent relevant experience with trying to procure financial aid outside the institution for a college student without a great academic profile, shoot me a DM.

Thanks to all, even if you read this and rolled your eyes.
We did a few scholarship program things where she would write and essay or something and submit with a high school transcript. But we never got any word back on any of them. And we aren’t rich by any means but we missed the cutoff for a bunch by maddeningly slim margins.
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DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:48 pm Not starting a new thread for this, but if anyone has some recent relevant experience with trying to procure financial aid outside the institution for a college student without a great academic profile, shoot me a DM.

Thanks to all, even if you read this and rolled your eyes.
Apply for EVERYTHING. There are plenty of smaller grants/scholarships that go to people that are barely qualified because they don't have applicants. My nephew got a local VFW scholarship even though the closest to a VFW member the family has is an uncle in the reserves because no one applied. Also if you do have the institution in mind try to get a FA advisor ASAP. Half the battle is getting through the red tape and knowing someone you can go directly to may uncover some additional monies from things tied to the program, school, etc.
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Rush2112 wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 6:10 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Feb 24, 2021 4:48 pm Not starting a new thread for this, but if anyone has some recent relevant experience with trying to procure financial aid outside the institution for a college student without a great academic profile, shoot me a DM.

Thanks to all, even if you read this and rolled your eyes.
Apply for EVERYTHING. There are plenty of smaller grants/scholarships that go to people that are barely qualified because they don't have applicants. My nephew got a local VFW scholarship even though the closest to a VFW member the family has is an uncle in the reserves because no one applied. Also if you do have the institution in mind try to get a FA advisor ASAP. Half the battle is getting through the red tape and knowing someone you can go directly to may uncover some additional monies from things tied to the program, school, etc.
Kid does know the school, the bolded thing was new info to me. Thanks for mentioning that.
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I was working out this morning in my new home garage gym listening to that Springsteen and Obama podcast. At one point, they played a clip of Bruce singing an acoustic version of Thunder Road, I think from his Broadway show maybe. I teared up and had to take a quick break. I used to sing that to both of my now-teenage boys when they were babies and I was walking around trying to get them to sleep. It's the longest song I know the words to.

Maybe I'm going through menopause.
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Or maybe you ain't that young anymore.
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Love this version, and this whole concert, really.
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I can't even imagine what it must feel like to know you've created a piece of art like that.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:56 pm



Love this version, and this whole concert, really.
Damn, that was amazing. The River is the Springsteen song that gives me the feels. One night when I was home from college I came home a stoned and was listening to the words and just in tears at the kitchen table.
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The Sybian wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 1:15 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:56 pm



Love this version, and this whole concert, really.
Damn, that was amazing. The River is the Springsteen song that gives me the feels. One night when I was home from college I came home a stoned and was listening to the words and just in tears at the kitchen table.
Yep. The version on his live box set where he tells a story about his father and then goes right into the song ... man. I don't listen to Bruce that often, but in the right mood, he can really get you.
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This whole Springsteen at Hammersmith concert was part of the boxed set rerelease of Born to Run (album). I think all the songs are available on Youtube individually, but you might need to pay to see it all stitched together. It's such a damn great show, and if I recall correctly, the backstory behind that tour is fantastic as well.
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Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
And that's leaving off my favorite song on the album ('Backstreets')...
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DaveInSeattle wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:48 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
And that's leaving off my favorite song on the album ('Backstreets')...
It's my fifth favorite on there.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
Was just listening to that album this morning (for obvious reasons). I mean, it's just an incredible demonstration of songwriting. As highly regarded as it is, it's probably still underrated.
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Shirley wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:27 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
Was just listening to that album this morning (for obvious reasons). I mean, it's just an incredible demonstration of songwriting. As highly regarded as it is, it's probably still underrated.
My first exposure to Bruce was the Born in the USA album. I was 7 years old in 1984, and that album was everywhere. To be honest, I think it rivals Born to Run. I mean, title track, Cover Me, I'm on Fire, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark? It's a little shinier than Born to Run, and it's 10 songs not 8, but his 1:2 ratio of classics to not classics is still there. Anyway, I remember seeing that Hammersmith concert video when I got the Born to Run 25th anniversary box and having my mind blown by just how young he was then.
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Discussion had today. Do bank books still exists? You know the ones that prints out all transactions? Or does everyone check online or get a printout?
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 12:54 pm Or maybe you ain't that young anymore.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
I haven't been to a TON of concerts compared to some of you, but I've been to multiple dozens. (Would be interesting to go back and count 'em up, now that I'm thinking... went to a lot more in high school and college than I initially realized.)

Anyways, I've seen some good fucking shows. But nothing has been as good as the Springsteen shows. The only one that wasn't jaw dropping was the Tunnel of Love tour, and I actually liked a lot of those songs... They just weren't as great live as others.
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govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:45 pm
Shirley wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:27 pm
govmentchedda wrote: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:37 pm Can you imagine writing an eight song album and four of those songs being Thunder Road, Born to Run, Tenth Avenue Freeze Out, and Jungleland? Fucking staggering how great those tracks all are.
Was just listening to that album this morning (for obvious reasons). I mean, it's just an incredible demonstration of songwriting. As highly regarded as it is, it's probably still underrated.
My first exposure to Bruce was the Born in the USA album. I was 7 years old in 1984, and that album was everywhere. To be honest, I think it rivals Born to Run. I mean, title track, Cover Me, I'm on Fire, Glory Days, Dancing in the Dark? It's a little shinier than Born to Run, and it's 10 songs not 8, but his 1:2 ratio of classics to not classics is still there. Anyway, I remember seeing that Hammersmith concert video when I got the Born to Run 25th anniversary box and having my mind blown by just how young he was then.
My mom was a huge Springsteen fan and I've got some years on you. For me, Born in the USA got kind of overplayed, back in that era when that was a thing. And it's almost like the songs are more pop than rock, if that makes any sense. Like, Dancing in the Dark is a fun tune, and I love it now, but back when it was in heavy rotation on the radio, I just got tired of hearing it.
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degenerasian wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:47 am Discussion had today. Do bank books still exists? You know the ones that prints out all transactions? Or does everyone check online or get a printout?
My wife still wants us to get printed statements each month. But, it's a waste of paper. Online banking is so convenient. During my refinance, I had to document a couple recent deposits. So easy to go online and download .pdf copies.
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sancarlos wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:10 pm
degenerasian wrote: Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:47 am Discussion had today. Do bank books still exists? You know the ones that prints out all transactions? Or does everyone check online or get a printout?
My wife still wants us to get printed statements each month. But, it's a waste of paper. Online banking is so convenient. During my refinance, I had to document a couple recent deposits. So easy to go online and download .pdf copies.
Yeah I haven't seen a bank book in decades.
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