Cooking Goddess
Chef Extraordinaire
Why is it that idiot pet owners who leave their dogs out in 16 degree weather for an hour never lock themselves out of the house? If only...
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Cooking4to
Senior Cook
As I read your post I looked at my thermostat to see what the outdoor temp was and its exactly 16, we must live close, lol... supposed to be 0 to 1 tonight, fun fun fun, they delayed school for 2 hours tomorrow morning, I don't ever remember missing school because it was cold, these kids have it too easy, I used to walk to school up hill both ways in the snow year round...
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
The other day, I had to deal with two insurance companies and a mail order Rx company in order to straighten out a snafu with a new provider. This all took 2 hours and 30 minutes start to finish. Sadly, about 2 hours and 15 minutes of that time was spent on hold. Fortunately, with speaker phone, I could be doing other things while I waited.
CarolPa
Executive Chef
We never missed school because of weather, either. Sometimes the teachers didn't make it, but the students were always there.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Did you walk to school, Carol? Around here many kids take the bus. When there's no equipment to clear the roads, it's very dangerous to put buses out there in old neighborhoods with narrow streets.
CarolPa
Executive Chef
I guess I was talking about all the 2 hr delays we're having around here because of the cold temperatures. Maybe it's because they now know more about the dangers of frostbite, but in 12 years of school, I never knew anyone who got frostbite on the way to and from school. The temperature isn't going to go up very much between 7 and 9 AM.
Aunt Bea
Master Chef
In my area the 2 hour delays are often related to problems getting the buses started. It also allows them to wait until the roads have been cleaned up and the rush hour is mostly over.
I walked to school and never minded the cold or worried about frostbite, of course that was in the days before windchill had been invented. When we did have a snow day we were always out playing much longer than the time it would have taken us to walk to school!
CarolPa
Executive Chef
This morning on the radio they had a school administrator on who said that the wind chill is not at bad at 9 as it is at 7 and that's why the delay.
Before Christmas we went to my grandson's school Christmas entertainment. It was a very cold and windy day. While we were waiting in line to get into the high school where the show was being held, we saw them walk the gradeschool kids across the parking lot from the elementary school to the high school. My grandson was the only one who had a hat on, and that was because he wore his Santa hat to school that day. I guess I'm just an old fashioned fuddy-duddy.
Before Christmas we went to my grandson's school Christmas entertainment. It was a very cold and windy day. While we were waiting in line to get into the high school where the show was being held, we saw them walk the gradeschool kids across the parking lot from the elementary school to the high school. My grandson was the only one who had a hat on, and that was because he wore his Santa hat to school that day. I guess I'm just an old fashioned fuddy-duddy.
CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
I just hate waiting at doctors office. If I were to come late they would have canceled my appointment, but it is ok for the doctor to be late.
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CarolPa
Executive Chef
You are spot on with that one, Charlie! Most of my doctor's are pretty good, but one time at the cardiologist office, they weighed me and checked my blood pressure and put me in a room to wait for the doctor. I waited so long that I finally opened the door and asked if they forgot me. It turns out that something happened to a patient in another room. DH was waiting out in the waiting room for me and was worried about me because everyone was running back to the rooms. But you're right. If it's you that's late because of an emergency that's just too bad.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
If I'm the patient having a cardiac emergency, making the doctor late, I sure do hope s/he won't rush taking care of me in order to keep to the schedule. I'll talk to the staff after an hour and if it's inconvenient for me to continue to wait, I'll reschedule the appointment.
CarolPa
Executive Chef
I was not complaining that the cardiologist was taking care of the patient with the emergency. I was just stating WHY the doctor was delayed seeing me.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
It sounded like you were agreeing with Charlie who was complaining about having to wait for the doctor. My point is that if the doctor is taking care of an emergency, I'm not going to complain or be upset about it. I'll just reschedule the appointment.
CarolPa
Executive Chef
I WAS agreeing with Charlie. About doctors who overschedule and therefore leave people sitting in the waiting room, because as Charlie said, if you are late for your appointment, they make you reschedule. You could have had trouble with traffic, or parking.
Then I mentioned a time when I was wondering why I was waiting so long and found that it was because of an emergency with another patient, not the doctor's fault.
I was pointing out that there are 2 sides to the coin.
It seems to me that you tear apart every post I make.
Then I mentioned a time when I was wondering why I was waiting so long and found that it was because of an emergency with another patient, not the doctor's fault.
I was pointing out that there are 2 sides to the coin.
It seems to me that you tear apart every post I make.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Sorry if I misunderstood.
tinlizzie
Head Chef
I get so tired of fussing with self-seal plastic bags. It's a great idea when it works; makes me want to tear out my hair when it doesn't. Sometimes it seals so tightly I have trouble getting it unsealed. Or it looks resealed and isn't.
Sometimes it seals so tightly I have trouble getting it unsealed. Or it looks resealed and isn't.
CharlieD
Chef Extraordinaire
I was at the regular office. Physical. What emergency in a dedicated clinic? Not hospital, not Urgent care. I end up waiting for an hour and a half.
Cooking4to
Senior Cook
I get so tired of fussing with self-seal plastic bags. It's a great idea when it works; makes me want to tear out my hair when it doesn't.
I agree with this, I am ANTI zip lock, they are expensive and I would rather use tupperware, that new affordable thinner ziplock brand reusable container system is nice...
If the doctor had to tend to an emergency, odds are he went to the hospital to deal with it. He probably wasn't even in the same building you were.
I have also been the emergency that happened in the doctor's office, once with a heart problem and an other with a bleeding problem.
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