That's just what they want you to think

TenuredVulture wrote:Social media have normalized conspiracy theories.

I dunno. That's your theory, I suppose. Perhaps post it on social media and you'll get a better reaction.

whelp, the docs told me "you'll know when it's time", and I think it's time. Making an appointment to get both my knees replaced.

they consistently told me to hold off as long as possible, since the replacements only last 15-20 years. But now I see there's this new 'cementless' procedure that promises to last almost a lifetime, so ima see if the doc does that. There's this one guy at rothman whose done 3 or 4 of my arthroscopies, but there's another guy in the practice whom my wife shadowed on her internship and he's supposed to be the best knee replacement guy in the city, so I'm going to try to get an appointment with him. I hope there's no friction here about swapping doctors in the same practice. Especially since these two guys came together from a much smaller practice (5 or 6 docs) before that practice got swallowed by rothman.

Bucky wrote:whelp, the docs told me "you'll know when it's time", and I think it's time. Making an appointment to get both my knees replaced.

they consistently told me to hold off as long as possible, since the replacements only last 15-20 years. But now I see there's this new 'cementless' procedure that promises to last almost a lifetime, so ima see if the doc does that. There's this one guy at rothman whose done 3 or 4 of my arthroscopies, but there's another guy in the practice whom my wife shadowed on her internship and he's supposed to be the best knee replacement guy in the city, so I'm going to try to get an appointment with him. I hope there's no friction here about swapping doctors in the same practice. Especially since these two guys came together from a much smaller practice (5 or 6 docs) before that practice got swallowed by rothman.

Yikes. Best of luck to you , Bucky. No fun at all, but if that's what you're looking at I'm sure you've reached a point where it will end up being a great relief.

what are you replacing them with?

Uncle Milty wrote:what are you replacing them with?

Elbows. He's hoping to double his number of funny bones.

I’m getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow (today for a majority of you). Maybe I’ll finally understand Bucky’s humor.

have had my subaru for a month and a half and somebody ran into the back of me this morning, which is annoying.

That sucks. Happened a few times to me and it's a horrible feeling.

I had a sudden miserable feeling when I realized how close we are to the election.

Uncle Milty wrote:That sucks. Happened a few times to me and it's a horrible feeling.

this shit has probably happened a dozen times to me. there's obviously a scratch, but unlike RP car wasn't a month old, but i'm like whatever. think they would at least offer to buy me a six pack, a dime bag or at least the rest of that unfinished 40 sitting on the passenger seat. had an 80 year old grandma back in to me in a parking lot, quick get out and hop back in and take off. ran the old hag down. also had someone get pissed at me when i got rear ended. asked me if i want their fucking insurance when i checked for damage. had another rear end me at a stoplight got out and told her to pull over to a side street to check for damage. she took off. got that stupid bitches plate and the cops showed up at her door 30 minutes later. she told the cops i took off. cops laughed when they told me that. told them i wanted her cited, but didn't bother going through with her insurance though, because they were making jump through some crazy hoops for a scratch. i told them just to drop her from their insurance instead. don't know if they did.

I just realized that change seems to accelerate exponentially as you age

Cannonball craziness is back! Empty COVID roads call.

Stay_Disappointed wrote:I just realized that change seems to accelerate exponentially as you age

yes. many people keep containers on their dresser or under their desk to collect it. and then many banks no longer have the coin counters so you either have to pay a fee in some coinstar or something like that or spend the time to count them and wrap them. they never warned me about this when i was younger.

Welp…can add losing my last grandparent (grandma on my dad’s side) to the list of 2020 suckitude.

Sorry Slowey

Slowhand wrote:Welp…can add losing my last grandparent (grandma on my dad’s side) to the list of 2020 suckitude.

Sorry bud.

Sorry, Slow. May her memory be a blessing.

Slowhand wrote:Welp…can add losing my last grandparent (grandma on my dad’s side) to the list of 2020 suckitude.

Sorry man, losing family is tough but compounded by this shitburger year.

Thanks, pals.