The Stones were right

[Otto99]

How much do your preferred musical arteest charge for a single seat at one single show ?

A lot. My ardor for going to concerts cooled right off when CS&N were getting $650 for the best seats, and $75 for the extremely high up balconies so far away the performers look like Monopoly pieces. And I was including myself in the attempted joke about what “arteests” charge.

 

[Otto99]

And now that First Contact with the surgeon has been made, the hip ball and socket seems to be deteriorating exponentially. So we’ve discussed an alternate plan to the Big Spring Kick Off Art Festival, and having it done earlier in June.

 

[28 Flathead]

My wife just had one, piece of cake!

Less than an hour, went home same day.

 

[Otto99]

Well, I have the date of the bionic hip do, and it’s July 1. So I almost literally am getting a new hip for my 64th naming day, just two days early, because this year it’s on Sunday, and nobody does hip replacements on Sunday.

 

[BGood]

I got a new ticker booster two weeks ago week. One hour intervention, two days at the hospital for meds tweaking and I'm back home fully functional. I now feel 10 years younger.

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[Whitefang]

Sure hope that Medtronic device for your heart works better than the one my wife had for treating her incontinence ever did. Really, it wasn't worth a damn.

Whitefang

 

[soulman969]

No kidding. I've been looking for a dealer who'll take my body in on trade for my 25 year old version.......no dice.

 

[Digger]

Well, I have the date of the bionic hip do, and it’s July 1. So I almost literally am getting a new hip for my 64th naming day, just two days early, because this year it’s on Sunday, and nobody does hip replacements on Sunday.

Best of luck mate and I hope it all goes really well for you.

 

[Digger]

I got a new ticker booster two weeks ago week. One hour intervention, two days at the hospital for meds tweaking and I'm back home fully functional. I now feel 10 years younger.

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Chuckle....I think I need 2 of them then~

 

[BGood]

Chuckle....I think I need 2 of them then~

Maybe they can be stacked like OD pedals.

 

[Otto99]

So got a call from the surgical center, saying they’d run my insurance, and apart from the $500 deductible, of which I was well aware, they mentioned the $3,300 “out of pocket” expense which hadn’t been met, so could I please pay that the morning of the surgery? I had no idea about the out of pocket thing - my fault for not keeping up with what the sneaky bastards were doing - but since I’ve been healthy and haven’t been visiting my cadre of doctors, I haven’t reduced the part I’m supposed to pay before any big stuff comes up and it’s covered. I got it down to $1,000 and they’ll do the surgery, but I’ve read about moving to Spain or some lovely place long enough to qualify for all that Sohshalleest medical insurance, living there for the entire rehab, and returning to the States way ahead of the cost of the whole bill here. Valencia seemed nice when the F1 boys raced there…

 

[Lancpudn]

Well, I have the date of the bionic hip do, and it’s July 1. So I almost literally am getting a new hip for my 64th naming day, just two days early, because this year it’s on Sunday, and nobody does hip replacements on Sunday.

Hope all goes well with the surgery.

 

[BGood]

So got a call from the surgical center, saying they’d run my insurance, and apart from the $500 deductible, of which I was well aware, they mentioned the $3,300 “out of pocket” expense which hadn’t been met, so could I please pay that the morning of the surgery? I had no idea about the out of pocket thing - my fault for not keeping up with what the sneaky bastards were doing - but since I’ve been healthy and haven’t been visiting my cadre of doctors, I haven’t reduced the part I’m supposed to pay before any big stuff comes up and it’s covered. I got it down to $1,000 and they’ll do the surgery, but I’ve read about moving to Spain or some lovely place long enough to qualify for all that Sohshalleest medical insurance, living there for the entire rehab, and returning to the States way ahead of the cost of the whole bill here. Valencia seemed nice when the F1 boys raced there…

Here everything is taken care of. My taxes paid for it.