Really? I've found the US healthcare system to be very different from the UK. In the UK the attitude is often more "just wait longer for it to get better" (i.e. "we have scarce resources and your problem is not important enough right now"), whereas in the US I've actually experienced upsell (i.e. "your insurance pays for this, go nuts!").
I've been wondering what the difference is between "a massive crush" and being in love.
A crush is one-sided infatuation, and can often occur without there being an actual relationship between the two people beyond mere acquaintance.
Also, I would define love as a lasting feeling that can endure trial and hardship; whereas infatuation, while more intense in feeling, is shorter lived and does not endure.
Really? I've found the US healthcare system to be very different from the UK. In the UK the attitude is often more "just wait longer for it to get better" (i.e. "we have scarce resources and your problem is not important enough right now"), whereas in the US I've actually experienced upsell (i.e. "your insurance pays for this, go nuts!").
In Canada, the issue is mostly wait times. Since a lot of necessity is paid for by the government and most everything else is usually, at least partially, paid for by insurance through either private or employer, there's just more people wanting care than people to provide it. The one time I've required surgery, it was done through a specialist in a private practice, so I've never experienced it, but apparently our hospital wait times are something like #1 in developed nations.
>But I see a bunch of Nerds when I see them.
>I see... when I see
*coughLearnBetterGrammarcough*
The sentence in question is grammatically well formed. You will have to dive in a completely different field of language critique if you'd like to find fault with it.
Like, rhetorics. Variatio delectat and all that shit.
I thought it was for NaNoWriMo. The thing that I can never do. It's okay, though. I found a better way of getting writing done. Short Stories.
Also, I would be interested in a writing thread. Now that I have discovered Google docs (actually, that happened a while ago), I could even start sharing stuff.
So for one wonderful week, I had a Galaxy S III. It was all fancy and red and did all kinds of cool things.
What it didn't do was notify me of incoming calls.
The phone would intermittently ignore the network, not taking calls and delaying my incoming texts until either it decided to pay attention again or I tried to make an outgoing call. So after spending a decent chunk of my day dealing with it, the old phone is back on its way to Amazon and I've made a trip to the AT&T store to get a new mini-SIM card for my old Captivate (AT&T's original Galaxy S), as the S3 takes a micro-SIM.
Oh, and other than my time, I'm also out $12, because my screen protector was attached to the busted phone and I couldn't save it for the new phone, so I had to order a new one.
Makes me wonder how many one-word stories I could write. Try: "Run!", "Yikes!", "Monster!", "Whoa!", "Jeez....", "Please?", "Sigh...."
"Ack!"
Obviously, I meant 2k :P But very short stories can be a lot of fun. There are a bunch that are 5 words long, for instance. My shortest one to date is 10 words long, though:
As they yelled "surprise!", I wished I was wearing pants.
I actually worked on a book called "1, 2, 5" which (in theory) had stories with a gradually larger number of words (10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000) but I never finished it. I think I'll work on it some more. Maybe I'll add 3 stories of 1, 2 and 5 words respectively, too :P
I realized I could write a whole lot of Star Trek fanfics like this, too:
Engage!
Romulans!
Klingons!
Borg!
Phasers!
Computer!
Wormhole!
Holodeck.
Paradox.
Q! (Hey, a one-letter story!)
WarpSpeed! (That's two words, you say? Well, maybe they're just addressing me! It's my fanfic, and I can be Mary Sue if I wanna!)
For anyone who follows what Majus is up to these days... he and his team just created a short game for the Indie Speed Run competition. You can play Caesar's Day Off online at The Escapist!
So for one wonderful week, I had a Galaxy S III. It was all fancy and red and did all kinds of cool things.
What it didn't do was notify me of incoming calls.
The phone would intermittently ignore the network, not taking calls and delaying my incoming texts until either it decided to pay attention again or I tried to make an outgoing call. So after spending a decent chunk of my day dealing with it, the old phone is back on its way to Amazon and I've made a trip to the AT&T store to get a new mini-SIM card for my old Captivate (AT&T's original Galaxy S), as the S3 takes a micro-SIM.
Oh, and other than my time, I'm also out $12, because my screen protector was attached to the busted phone and I couldn't save it for the new phone, so I had to order a new one.
WELL. That was fast. New phone is charging up now. Only problem is that it'll be at least tomorrow before my new screen protector arrives, if not Monday, so I'm still sitting on my old phone until then.
Actually, I'm sitting on my older phone right now, as I woke up today to find that my old smartphone was warm and unresponsive, so it's spending some time apart from its battery so that it might function this evening.
I realized I could write a whole lot of Star Trek fanfics like this, too:
Engage!
Romulans!
Klingons!
Borg!
Phasers!
Computer!
Wormhole!
Holodeck.
Paradox.
Q! (Hey, a one-letter story!)
WarpSpeed! (That's two words, you say? Well, maybe they're just addressing me! It's my fanfic, and I can be Mary Sue if I wanna!)
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Really? I've found the US healthcare system to be very different from the UK. In the UK the attitude is often more "just wait longer for it to get better" (i.e. "we have scarce resources and your problem is not important enough right now"), whereas in the US I've actually experienced upsell (i.e. "your insurance pays for this, go nuts!").
I mostly just feel sorry for her. Poor kid never had a chance.
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A crush is one-sided infatuation, and can often occur without there being an actual relationship between the two people beyond mere acquaintance.
Also, I would define love as a lasting feeling that can endure trial and hardship; whereas infatuation, while more intense in feeling, is shorter lived and does not endure.
Yeah, looks to be a spambot.
In Canada, the issue is mostly wait times. Since a lot of necessity is paid for by the government and most everything else is usually, at least partially, paid for by insurance through either private or employer, there's just more people wanting care than people to provide it. The one time I've required surgery, it was done through a specialist in a private practice, so I've never experienced it, but apparently our hospital wait times are something like #1 in developed nations.
Well, if you understand the nerds' inside jokes, you're not really far from that shore, if you get my meanin'.
Heck, even my former boss quoted that scene. And that's not bad for a 35 year old Slovakian woman who generally is more into fashion and stuff.
Nerrrrrds!!!!!!
>But I see a bunch of Nerds when I see them.
>I see... when I see
*coughLearnBetterGrammarcough*
I see a bunch => Observation of the aforementioned group of named individuals
It's still correct grammar.
Equivalent of:
I see a nerd when I see you.
The sentence in question is grammatically well formed. You will have to dive in a completely different field of language critique if you'd like to find fault with it.
Like, rhetorics. Variatio delectat and all that shit.
Also, I would be interested in a writing thread. Now that I have discovered Google docs (actually, that happened a while ago), I could even start sharing stuff.
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=759632#post759632
What it didn't do was notify me of incoming calls.
The phone would intermittently ignore the network, not taking calls and delaying my incoming texts until either it decided to pay attention again or I tried to make an outgoing call. So after spending a decent chunk of my day dealing with it, the old phone is back on its way to Amazon and I've made a trip to the AT&T store to get a new mini-SIM card for my old Captivate (AT&T's original Galaxy S), as the S3 takes a micro-SIM.
Oh, and other than my time, I'm also out $12, because my screen protector was attached to the busted phone and I couldn't save it for the new phone, so I had to order a new one.
We also had a little writing thread here but it wasn't exactly the same.
Also, I don't usually make fun of typos, and I don't want to derail that thread (so I'll post it here), but:
Makes me wonder how many one-word stories I could write. Try: "Run!", "Yikes!", "Monster!", "Whoa!", "Jeez....", "Please?", "Sigh...."
"Ack!"
"Onceuponatimetherewasamanwhocouldnotpunctuate..."
Yeah you got me, that's not a real word.
Obviously, I meant 2k :P But very short stories can be a lot of fun. There are a bunch that are 5 words long, for instance. My shortest one to date is 10 words long, though:
I actually worked on a book called "1, 2, 5" which (in theory) had stories with a gradually larger number of words (10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000) but I never finished it. I think I'll work on it some more. Maybe I'll add 3 stories of 1, 2 and 5 words respectively, too :P
Engage!
Romulans!
Klingons!
Borg!
Phasers!
Computer!
Wormhole!
Holodeck.
Paradox.
Q! (Hey, a one-letter story!)
WarpSpeed! (That's two words, you say? Well, maybe they're just addressing me! It's my fanfic, and I can be Mary Sue if I wanna!)
"I had a parrot. It died."
Unless you manage to get eaten by your own lion.
WELL. That was fast. New phone is charging up now. Only problem is that it'll be at least tomorrow before my new screen protector arrives, if not Monday, so I'm still sitting on my old phone until then.
Actually, I'm sitting on my older phone right now, as I woke up today to find that my old smartphone was warm and unresponsive, so it's spending some time apart from its battery so that it might function this evening.
Shields! http://youtu.be/wjd-Em7_R1o?t=1m11s
What threat? There's no threats on this forum.
...Have you been drinking?
My god he can't see the threat anymore! He's been Indoctrinated! Guys, I'm afraid we are going to have to kill him before he kills us all!