Comments on: “It’s not enough to have a rail station, but it’s a really good start.”

By: Jodi Suguitan

Jodi Suguitan — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:09:14 +0000

Definetly some depressing news…No pun intended.. Sounds like the survival of real estate agents will become more Darwanistic with the survival of the fittest.

By: still_looking

still_looking — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:45:44 +0000

him and his clones… not his…ugh.

yes…going back to bed now… goodnight.

By: still_looking

still_looking — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:44:18 +0000

Clot, 295

and whine all the way….

no doubt I’ll see his (and his clones) in my ER and have to listen to why I’m not seeing his splinter instead of the guy with the acute heart attack, stroke, limb falling off…

By: still_looking

still_looking — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:40:25 +0000

Clot,

A lot of what I see is really senseless though… patients (of a wide range of ages) that are lumps of live, vacant flesh.

Did you know that a ward of the state (state has guardianship) cannot be made DNR [do not resuscitate?]

Some have files a mile thick with tens of thousands of dollars spent on eye care, dental care, every preventive medicine test known to mankind — not to mention the thousands of dollars worth of medications to keep them manageable and seizure free.

And then you see this:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27997151/

ATLANTA – About one in 10 doctors who vaccinate privately insured children are considering dropping that service largely because they are losing money when they do it, according to a new survey.

A second survey revealed startling differences between what doctors pay for vaccines and what private health insurers reimburse: For example, one in 10 doctors lost money on one recommended infant vaccine, but others made almost $40 per dose on the same shot.

The survey was revealing even to some doctors. “Many physicians really weren’t aware and that they were getting reimbursed so little,” said Dr. Gary Freed of the University of Michigan, a co-author of both articles published in the December issue of the journal Pediatrics.

[snip]

Then folks complain about the cost (!) yet don’t even realize that most docs are losing money on vaccines.

…sorry. I’m just on the waxing end of my anger regarding how medicine/insurance/healthcare/tort reform is practiced here.

By: Clotpoll

Clotpoll — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:29:07 +0000

sync (292)-

Imagine being married to this guy.

He’ll probably live here another 20 years.

By: Clotpoll

Clotpoll — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:24:45 +0000

The raw fact is that medical care is rationed in most of the developed world. There is a better baseline of medical care for all, but less access to extraordinary/experimental/radical procedures.

The only way soci@lized medicine works is by rationing. What we do in the US is practice a bastard form of this type of medicine, while at the same time putting no limits at all on how high a tab patients can run. It seems to ensure we get the combined worst possible outcomes of both private and soci@lized programs.

Seems like the dirtiest word in the US is “rationing”. We’d better get used to it, though.

By: syncmaster

syncmaster — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:09:27 +0000

Al #285

You’ve been saying that for years. It’s time to man up and leave already.

By: DL

DL — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:02:09 +0000

Ref 246: Barbara, the reason people in Europe are not strapped by their elderly is because:
1. They let them die. Europe’s dirty little secret. Under European style national health care, the elderly are simply refused life saving medicine. Saves money for the government and lets the children inherit sooner.
2. Ship them off to homes. The majority of elderly in the U.S. are cared for by family members; in Europe, they are institutionalized. Check out a hospital in Europe prior to a vacation period. The ones who cannot afford a home check gramps into a hopspital so they can take their annual ski/beach vacation.

By: DL

DL — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:44 +0000

Ref 246: Barbra, the reason people in Europe are not strapped by their elderly is because:
1. They let them die. Europe’s dirty little secret. Under European style national health care, the elderly are simply refused life saving medicine. Saves money for the government and lets the children inherit sooner.
2. Ship them off to homes. The majority of elderly in the U.S. are cared for by family members; in Europe, they are institutionalized. Check out a hospital in Europe prior to a vacation period. The ones who cannot afford a home check gramps into a hopspital so they can take their annual ski/beach vacation.

By: yikes

yikes — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:22:47 +0000

grim 281 in mod

By: Al

Al — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:30:18 +0000

# spam spam bacon spam Says:
December 1st, 2008 at 10:21 pm

aLL this talk about cookies and fig newtons…I’m hungry.

anyway, fuel octane ratings:

Another thing to remember:
the octane rating at the pump is the minimum, which means a fuel decal’d as 87 could be 88, 89, 90, 91, etc…

Pop Quiz: Does higher octane make the fuel MORE or LESS flammable?

well by definition For example, gasoline with the same knocking characteristics as a mixture of 90% iso-octane and 10% heptane would have an octane rating of 90.

Heptane being lower molecular weight would lead to more flammability.

So higher molecular weight – higher flammability.

now for newer blends with ethanol I would not be so sure as fuels have additives – octane improvers and anti-static, and now sometimes conductivity improvers…

But in general – lower octane number – higher flammability (not very significantly though).

By: Al

Al — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:24:46 +0000

# Zack Says:
December 1st, 2008 at 5:01 pm

#226

What will it take to shave 40% off NJ asking prices?
A prolonged period of high unemployment, low economic growth, and stock markets never recovering for a long period of time. When exhaustion and fatigue kicks in, markets find an actual bottom. All this could take 10-15 years fo all you know. If you can’t wait, buy now, but be prepared to sign up for foreclosure/bankruptcy in the near future

Or you can also move out of NJ to a significantly cheaper locale, with 1/10 of NJ taxes…

By: spam spam bacon spam

spam spam bacon spam — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:21:13 +0000

aLL this talk about cookies and fig newtons…I’m hungry.

anyway, fuel octane ratings:

Another thing to remember:
the octane rating at the pump is the minimum, which means a fuel decal’d as 87 could be 88, 89, 90, 91, etc…

Pop Quiz: Does higher octane make the fuel MORE or LESS flammable?

By: chicagofinance

chicagofinance — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:19:30 +0000

Bost: I forgot to mention this important item. I’m sure there is a perfectly good explanation, such as the time of year, BUT……the water has been turned OFF…

By: grim

grim — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:46:43 +0000

Any help on what mls 2841374 in closter, nj sold for? Was listed for 759 was a foreclosed property.

Not closed, still under contract, estimated closing date is 2/25/2009.

$759k is a far cry from the original list price of $1.225 million in 2006. Wasn’t someone asking about a 40% decline in asking prices? Well, here ya go.