the new health bill?

[Soundy]

I will stick to my salad with purple onion , finely diced , cucumber sliced thin , bits of bacon ( not to be confused with Bacon Bits that are fake and disgusting ... ranch dressing and a sprinkle of garlic salt ... I am trying to keep vampires at bay

Speaking of disgusting ...during week long Dr Seuss celebration the kindergärtners eat green eggs and ham ... the put food coloring in the eggs to make them green ...most ate them but some , like me , find green scrambled eggs hard to look at and impossible to swallow ...

[grega]

WOW, DHM!

You are a plethora of info ..... whoops, I mean you have a plethora of info!

bwt, Old Bay is great, huh?

[4cm in Pacific Northwest]

WOW, DHM!

You are a plethora of info ..... whoops, I mean you have a plethora of info!

bwt, Old Bay is great, huh?

Back to my lunch of fish sticks that came from a frozen box that says “Product of Canada”   

Hmmm where are these really from?   

Before I think too much I better just season these with some Old Bay… Hmmm.. mmmm.. great seasoning hides all sorts of things we don’t want to know about… Hmm maybe I will try this on my popcorn… I wonder what it does for green eggs and ham? 

What will the sodium content do for my health?  Oh yeah right the health bill- I forgot…

HMMM fish sticks with Old Bay HMMMMM munch munch

DHM

[lori67]

Greg,

My husband told me I was the only person in the world who puts Old Bay on popcorn!  Good to know there are two of us!  Great minds....

Lori

[grega]

Just pour vous ..... and the curious ....

Whenever we sprinkle Old Bay,
We hear many utter "no way!"
Cause some haven't tried
On treats wet or dried.
But after, we only hear "YEA!"

scheeeeeeeesch !!!!!!!!!!!!

[leapyrtwins]

Okay, I give up.

Apparently this is just one of those threads where no one wants to stick to the topic at hand.

Perhaps we should move it to a "serious" place - rather than leave it in the community section 

Jan (aka party-pooper)

[Soundy]

WOW, DHM!

You are a plethora of info ..... whoops, I mean you have a plethora of info!

bwt, Old Bay is great, huh?

Back to my lunch of fish sticks that came from a frozen box that says “Product of Canada”   

Hmmm where are these really from?   

Before I think too much I better just season these with some Old Bay… Hmmm.. mmmm.. great seasoning hides all sorts of things we don’t want to know about… Hmm maybe I will try this on my popcorn… I wonder what it does for green eggs and ham? 

What will the sodium content do for my health?  Oh yeah right the health bill- I forgot…

HMMM fish sticks with Old Bay HMMMMM munch munch

DHM

Please tell me those sticks were made not made out of MINCED FISH   … You must only eat fish sticks cut from WHOLE FILETS   :)…. Never MINCED  … Have you ever seen a MINCED FISH   Well have you   

Going to corner to munch on yesterdays leftover movie popcorn seasoned with ... you got it Old Bay ... I figured might as well if everyone else was ...I sprinkled it on steaks last night along with my secret marinade grilling formula ...should have used it on my salad ... there is always dinner tonight or tomorrow  ... Old Bay was discovered when Daddy was stationed at Fort Meade and we found a little restaurant on an island in the bay , that served soft shell crab sandwiches with little legs hanging out ...never could bring ourselves to order one of those sandwiches  ... I guess it wasn't discovered then , but that is when we discovered it

Old Bay was on the table with the salt , pepper , malt vinegar and sugar ......restaurant had picnic benches for tables with red and white checked clothes ... bibs and mallets a must when you ordered our favorite menu item... a sack of crabs ... they were brought to the table in a brown paper sack ... a dozen per sack ...sister wasn't ever with us as she was occupied elsewhere , but 4 kids and 2 adults can make short work of a sack of crab with alot of whacking of the mallets ... had to watch my youngest brother as he really liked the whacking part and didn't always confine it to the whacking of the crabs  ...Old Bay on the hot as heck hand cut as ordered fries was a treat ... thanks for reminding me of this not forgotten but often neglected item in my spice drawer ... I just sprinkle it on stuff heading for the grill anymore … how could I forget about the fries

Now back to my corner and memories …sniffing Old Bay since popcorn is gone and nothing to nibble

Back to the health bill too … I wonder if you could drop insurance that you get through workplace and purchase through one of the government clearing houses  if the coverage from them will be better than what you have got … a friend asked me this and I had no answer .. She has insurance ad bad as ours …


PS… Sarah says I ruined the popcorn …no accounting for taste

[Kaybo]

now i have got to try to find Old Bay - never heard of it!  Wonder if WalMart has it??

K   

[Soundy]

Kids just brought up the mail I was too lazy to go after today ... Hannah's leg braces were rejected for payment on second try ... they discounted one the first time it was submitted  and said the other was not necessary ... it wouldn't be if she only had one leg ... they also said to alternate use ... that would work if she had two left or two right legs as the braces are side specific and have pads that push knee cap from outside of leg toward center... I know it is not a bill issue but an issue with bad coverage ... Stupid situations like this are  what some people I have talked to want to see ended …

after all her therapy and the evaluations at Vanderbilt we are left with a big decision ... surgery or wait and see if enough bone will wear away from improper knee cap alignment and the caps will stop popping around ... she is all for waiting ... it worked for me but my legs were not as bad as hers and by 9 or so I wasn't falling ... she falls pretty much daily ... she has learned to tuck and roll good and says it doesn't bother her ... but she is also going from tom boy to young lady and dressing more girlish lately ... I don't think she wants to be tumbling around and showing her undies to passers by as she tucks and rolls ...also as you get bigger and bones harden to adult hardness you risk breaking bones ... She is also a lot bigger than I was … she is 5’4” and 120 pounds … at her age I had to carry rocks in my pockets to reach 80 pounds and was only about 4’ 10 or so … the extra weight could make it easier to break something …

she really doesn't want her legs operated on ... would either be to remove knee caps or shave them down and reposition tendons and ligaments ... thinking of contacting Shriner  ...can't afford this as things are  ... about $5000 total , just  to be told that therapy wasn't going to work ...something I told them at the start ...sometime experience in being there out weighs expert opinion ... now have to get that paid off and give them a $4500 down payment to book surgery since it is considered elective  ... deductible is $2400 per person and family out of pocket is $4500 … they said if anything was over paid we could apply for refund or leave it in case one of the girls needed treatment again at Vanderbilt ...

Sarah ,my younger girl , has laser surgery periodically to remove tissue from inside her mouth where she has a lymphatic malformation ...she has been a few years without surgery and they say with puberty it should stop growing ... we have kept it under control so her face isn't misshapen at this point … plan was to do a final shaping of corner of her mouth  if needed when she hit 16 or so ... the way it is going I need to start putting back for this as soon as we get Hannah sorted out … and hope that nothing changes and she won’t need the final surgery … then any money saved could go for a big party or something …or a bottle of Tylenol  

And off in left field from this point  â€¦ last week my mom helped ( helped as in sat reading while they loaded stuff in her truck and she drove it to storage unit ) my twins move belongings of her dad’s … he passed away a few months ago at  age of 86…at some point in time he was prescribed Viagra and it was paid for by Medicare … he had  a stroke and cancer and was bedridden and no longer used it…had been bedridden for about 3 years  â€¦ but he had been receiving it by mail and when going though stuff they found box after box of three month supplies , last one received in December … there was about 5 years worth of it …most of it out of date ….

Mom is pissed off to say the least … why do would they pay for Viagra  for pleasure and refuse to pay for her cancer repressing drugs ? … they jokingly said that they were going to sell the in date Viagra on the street and use the money to buy her the medicine she need … is the bill going to address misuse of money in cases like this one ?  

[Soundy]

now i have got to try to find Old Bay - never heard of it!  Wonder if WalMart has it??

K   

Our Walmart does ... next to the Grill Mate seasonings and Steak Seasonings and crab boil all on your spice aile

[lori67]

Look in the seafood department - near the lobster tank.    I'm sure Walmart has it.  Walmart has everything!!!

Soundy, I'm with you on the minced fish!  ( I love that commercial with the little girl).  Gotta have the real thing!  And I also have never been able to eat a soft shell crab.  I just don't like my food to have legs once it hits my plate.

And to keep Jan happy, seafood is just full of Omega-3 fatty acids - very heart healthy!  A shrimp a day, with Old Bay, helps to keep Obama-care away!  Oh my, this poetry thing is spreading!

Lori

[Soundy]

Even before the commercial I only bought whole filet sticks ... the girls won't eat them anymore but thought they were gourmet when they were toddlers until about 3 years ago ...I still buy them for myself ... and make my own sauce which until now I had not thought of putting OB in

http://www.oldbay.com/Product-Landing.aspx

I was going to find a picture for Kay and found this lovely site ... all we have is the original and rub ... all sorts of Old Bay products out there that will induce healthy eating since most of us don't eat enough fish ... gonna go peek around the site and find recipes and uses for Old Bay

and as for keeping on topic ... this thread has been , as mentioned before ,  good medicine in the form of laughter ...

[4cm in Pacific Northwest]

Video that has a sense of humor in the documentary
http://www.cbc.ca/marketplace/2007/10/24/product_of_canada_eh/

Please tell me those sticks were made not made out of MINCED FISH   … You must only eat fish sticks cut from WHOLE FILETS   :)…. Never MINCED  … Have you ever seen a MINCED FISH   Well have you   

...

PS… Sarah says I ruined the popcorn …no accounting for taste

Soundy did you even view the video link above … or did the dial up prevent this again.

What? Sara Palin says that Old Bay ruins popcorn?!? 

Sorry I feel a Tina Fey skit coming on SNL …

Know that we are having fresh snapper from Canada (bought raw, no box, just have to trust the fresh fish market sign here in Oregon) as I “think” it is more health wise…

Speaking of Health… How about that Health Bill? … Jan is feeling left out here.  (we still love you Jan even if you won't try green eggs & ham or yeast flakes on popcorn served in a bike helmet)

I too am very concerned if the freedom to choose our own physician is at risk. This is a BIG issue in Canada ... also an issue is when you are at the mercy of a GP (PCP) to send you a referral... hopefully to and ENT and not a stress therapist.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could have the best of what is available in Canada and the USA (I am not talking fish sticks here but healthcare) but learn from the mistakes each other made... rather than repeat them.

DHM

[4cm in Pacific Northwest]

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And to keep Jan happy, seafood is just full of Omega-3 fatty acids - very heart healthy!  A shrimp a day, with Old Bay, helps to keep Obama-care away!  Oh my, this poetry thing is spreading!

Lori

   

I need to see a doctor about my aching side... I have laughed so much today that  I cannot hide...
 

To bad we cannot bottle the laughs and sell these... Hmmm laughter pills.    Will the FDA approve? Will these be covered on insurance? Will we be taxed for selling these?

DHM

[Soundy]

any kind of video link I generally have to skip ... might click it and let it load while we eat

I was mainly just repeating the commercial  Lori referenced

my Sarah said I ruined the popcorn ...

If I were to lose the right to go to my doctor I would just go doctor-less unless I had blood gushing out of my body ... he has kept me going for last 13 plus years ... can't imagine not having him there ... I know I am to dependent on him ...