What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

fiber_induced_deuce

johnmitchell said:

Where is @fiber_induced_deuce when you need him🙄

Hungover still.  WTF you want?

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

Battleborn

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

You are going to have to save that for the next Festivus Airing of Grievances. 

4TheGrillOfIt

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

If there was an Agree button I would certainly use it to agree with you!

Kayak

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

I don't think the Buffalo had a chance to get it done before Ozzie declared Christmas over and chucked it out to the curb.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

Yes, but they have a 35hr work week and mandatory 5-weeks of vacation.  So really, every week is like a holiday.

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

But don’t forget the steady flow of strike days in France. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Kayak said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

I don't think the Buffalo had a chance to get it done before Ozzie declared Christmas over and chucked it out to the curb.

At least I waited to Dec. 26th. 😁

CPFC1905

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

nolaegghead

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

We might have 12 but they're not all paid time off (maybe for some federal workers).  There are no federal laws that require any employer to give all full time workers paid time off.  For many poor saps, it's don't work a day, don't get paid.  Maternity is all over the place but not sure about fed laws.

I'm in the private sector and I get 20 paid days vacation, 10 sick (these have to be legit), 10 holiday and 2 floaters.  I've been there 31 years but I maxed out after 10.

Might be on the 365 day off plan here in the near future.  Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.

That policy has been working if the goal is to minimize the number of old people, we're ranked 46th in the word in life expectancy.  You can expect to live longer in Lebanon.

Few things working against us here.  10th in world in firearm deaths, first if you only count first world developed nations.  Compared to the EU, there's a massive list of chemicals allowed in our food supply that are banned there.  We have some of the worst water quality (at least we're better than China).  And we have legions of political forces that convinced a large percentage of our population that controlling all this is anti-freedom and over regulation.  Sigh.

Eoin

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

I'll be doing something other than celebrating feudal Britain.

Eoin

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Acn

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

What’s the 12th?  OPM has 11;
New Years
MLK
President’s
Memorial
Juneteenth
July 4th
Labor
Columbus
Veterans
Thanksgiving
Xmas

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Yes.  It doesn't make sense for one because the current system of private coverage is extremely inefficient.  Almost as many people as those that do actual treatment and diagnosis are trying to figure out the nightmare of benefit eligibility, payment, coordination, etc.  John spent an insane amount of time on the phone dealing with some insurance refusal.  Some companies refuse just about everything and make you fight for your benefits.  It's a waste of everyone's time with lousy outcomes.  But enough people are convinced any other solution would be government "death squads".  Just about every developed nation has something much better and even those system could use improvement .

nolaegghead

Acn said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

What’s the 12th?  OPM has 11;
New Years
MLK
President’s
Memorial
Juneteenth
July 4th
Labor
Columbus
Veterans
Thanksgiving
Xmas

I dunno, but maybe it's because thanksgiving has 2 days.

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

Acn said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

What holiday?  There are many many holidays.  If you live in England or France, pretty much every week had a holiday.

The US has 12 Federal holidays and France has 11 Public holidays. 

What’s the 12th?  OPM has 11;
New Years
MLK
President’s
Memorial
Juneteenth
July 4th
Labor
Columbus
Veterans
Thanksgiving
Xmas

I dunno, but maybe it's because thanksgiving has 2 days.

What about Easter?

nolaegghead

Easter isn't a holiday.

GrateEggspectations

nolaegghead said:

Easter isn't a holiday.

Good Friday is a holiday in most of Canada, with one province instead observing Easter Monday. 

nolaegghead

Makes sense to just give everyone a couple floating days so they can pick whatever magical celebration they want rather than hard-code one or another religion's holidays down.

JohnInCarolina

nolaegghead said:

Makes sense to just give everyone a couple floating days so they can pick whatever magical celebration they want rather than hard-code one or another religion's holidays down.

I would like to AGREE with this post, but I CANNOT, because that is NOT one of the options available!

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

nolaegghead said:

Makes sense to just give everyone a couple floating days so they can pick whatever magical celebration they want rather than hard-code one or another religion's holidays down.

I would like to AGREE with this post, but I CANNOT, because that is NOT one of the options available!

You can go old school and quote the entire fckn thing and then type a:

+1

(also great way to bump up your post count)

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

Weren’t we promised an Agree button for the holidays?  Well the holidays have come and gone my friends but here we are without an Agree button, AND I DON’T LIKE IT!

dont the holidays end on january 6th ......three kings day

Langner91

January 8th, Elvis' birthday is traditionally when they remove the decorations at Graceland.  I always put my Christmas stuff away on that day, too.

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Yes.  It doesn't make sense for one because the current system of private coverage is extremely inefficient.  Almost as many people as those that do actual treatment and diagnosis are trying to figure out the nightmare of benefit eligibility, payment, coordination, etc.  John spent an insane amount of time on the phone dealing with some insurance refusal.  Some companies refuse just about everything and make you fight for your benefits.  It's a waste of everyone's time with lousy outcomes.  But enough people are convinced any other solution would be government "death squads".  Just about every developed nation has something much better and even those system could use improvement .

I am still working at a corporation because of health insurance.  A funny situation happened two years ago. Daughter went to a hospital (covered by our insurane) for xrays.  Roughly 87 doctors rolled through to check on her.  4 months later once the bills finally start coming in, I had an $1800 bill for one doctor who was out of network. I fought it for 9 months before they threatened to send it to collections.

Now I ask everyone who comes into the room if they take "such and such" insurance.  Their usual response, you have to call our office, we don't handle that.  So now it is a lottery.  I just wait for months to see if I get an $1800 bill or a $200 bill.  This is after I hit my $8,000 family deductible.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Yes.  It doesn't make sense for one because the current system of private coverage is extremely inefficient.  Almost as many people as those that do actual treatment and diagnosis are trying to figure out the nightmare of benefit eligibility, payment, coordination, etc.  John spent an insane amount of time on the phone dealing with some insurance refusal.  Some companies refuse just about everything and make you fight for your benefits.  It's a waste of everyone's time with lousy outcomes.  But enough people are convinced any other solution would be government "death squads".  Just about every developed nation has something much better and even those system could use improvement .

I am still working at a corporation because of health insurance.  A funny situation happened two years ago. Daughter went to a hospital (covered by our insurane) for xrays.  Roughly 87 doctors rolled through to check on her.  4 months later once the bills finally start coming in, I had an $1800 bill for one doctor who was out of network. I fought it for 9 months before they threatened to send it to collections.

Now I ask everyone who comes into the room if they take "such and such" insurance.  Their usual response, you have to call our office, we don't handle that.  So now it is a lottery.  I just wait for months to see if I get an $1800 bill or a $200 bill.  This is after I hit my $8,000 family deductible.

And those for-profit companies are making money hand over fist.  Looks like a great business model when you can screw middle and upper middle class people who can afford it.

nolaegghead

legally.

alaskanassasin

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Yes.  It doesn't make sense for one because the current system of private coverage is extremely inefficient.  Almost as many people as those that do actual treatment and diagnosis are trying to figure out the nightmare of benefit eligibility, payment, coordination, etc.  John spent an insane amount of time on the phone dealing with some insurance refusal.  Some companies refuse just about everything and make you fight for your benefits.  It's a waste of everyone's time with lousy outcomes.  But enough people are convinced any other solution would be government "death squads".  Just about every developed nation has something much better and even those system could use improvement .

I am still working at a corporation because of health insurance.  A funny situation happened two years ago. Daughter went to a hospital (covered by our insurane) for xrays.  Roughly 87 doctors rolled through to check on her.  4 months later once the bills finally start coming in, I had an $1800 bill for one doctor who was out of network. I fought it for 9 months before they threatened to send it to collections.

Now I ask everyone who comes into the room if they take "such and such" insurance.  Their usual response, you have to call our office, we don't handle that.  So now it is a lottery.  I just wait for months to see if I get an $1800 bill or a $200 bill.  This is after I hit my $8,000 family deductible.

And those for-profit companies are making money hand over fist.  Looks like a great business model when you can screw middle and upper middle class people who can afford it.

Non-profit companies don't make money hand over fist?

nolaegghead

alaskanassasin said:

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

Eoin said:

nolaegghead said:

CPFC1905 said:

We've got 9 this year because we have a Queen but I assume those of an anti-monarchist leaning can work it if they want?     Likewise the fervent capitalists can work the one in early May?  

Usually 8 https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays  

Then there's the bonus day and half every year for civil servants, again thanks to Chief Liz.  

.....Big problem in the US is you're dependent on employers, if you're lucky, for health insurance.  It's super expensive if you don't have a job or you have to hang on until you're 65.....

This must be the biggest drag on your economy, that the system discourages small business and innovation by means of a healthcare system that makes it hard to leave salaried emloyment.

Yes.  It doesn't make sense for one because the current system of private coverage is extremely inefficient.  Almost as many people as those that do actual treatment and diagnosis are trying to figure out the nightmare of benefit eligibility, payment, coordination, etc.  John spent an insane amount of time on the phone dealing with some insurance refusal.  Some companies refuse just about everything and make you fight for your benefits.  It's a waste of everyone's time with lousy outcomes.  But enough people are convinced any other solution would be government "death squads".  Just about every developed nation has something much better and even those system could use improvement .

I am still working at a corporation because of health insurance.  A funny situation happened two years ago. Daughter went to a hospital (covered by our insurane) for xrays.  Roughly 87 doctors rolled through to check on her.  4 months later once the bills finally start coming in, I had an $1800 bill for one doctor who was out of network. I fought it for 9 months before they threatened to send it to collections.

Now I ask everyone who comes into the room if they take "such and such" insurance.  Their usual response, you have to call our office, we don't handle that.  So now it is a lottery.  I just wait for months to see if I get an $1800 bill or a $200 bill.  This is after I hit my $8,000 family deductible.

And those for-profit companies are making money hand over fist.  Looks like a great business model when you can screw middle and upper middle class people who can afford it.

Non-profit companies don't make money hand over fist?

No one wants to be non-profit because all your books are public, but yes, they can make tons of money and the people can cash it out in other ways like salary.

nolaegghead

Both the IRS and the nonprofit corporation are required to disclose the information they provide on Form 990 to the public. This means that nonprofits must make their records available for public inspection during regular business hours at their principal office.