I gathered that much as well as the fact that all the hottest girls in the world are just going to start dressing in the new naked fashion. Everyone gets a happy ending.

Woody wrote:Doc (not Halladay, the pediatrician) says he should get the ear tubes

Just promise me you'll read Nortin Hadler's Worried Sick before making your decision and I can rest easy with this idea. He doesn't focus on ear tubes, but does address the emergence in health care culture of 'remedies' of this sort.

If Hadler were a SABR guy (and he has the stats chops to be, in spades), he might describe ministrations like ear tubes as overvalued.

I don't know, the kid has an awfully high OMP (otitis media percentage)

Woody wrote:Dude that's because 90% of this board is atheist, agnostic or a Jew

Other than Beez, how many of you heathens attend services of any kind regularly?

We go to church probably 3 Sundays out of 4. I feel pretty good about that.

Turns out this project that I'm about to send in that I thought was due by the end of today was due at noon. Good thing I woke up at 4.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Woody wrote:Dude that's because 90% of this board is atheist, agnostic or a Jew

Other than Beez, how many of you heathens attend services of any kind regularly?

We go to church probably 3 Sundays out of 4. I feel pretty good about that.

weekly, and 95% of holy days of obligation

Woody wrote:I don't know, the kid has an awfully high OMP (otitis media percentage)

I'm no medical professional, but with VoxJr's various issues, am a decent researcher. Here's the AAP's guidelines:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cg ... 113/5/1412

It seems that ear tubes are indicated when there is fluid in the middle ear (Otitis Media with Effusion), rather than just having Acute Otitis Media. Because the former can lead to speech and hearing issues. Hearing tests are indicated before proceeding.

I'm not anti-surgery or medical intervention, just interested at looking at all sides before proceeding.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Woody wrote:Dude that's because 90% of this board is atheist, agnostic or a Jew

Other than Beez, how many of you heathens attend services of any kind regularly?

We go to church probably 3 Sundays out of 4. I feel pretty good about that.

weekly, unless there is an eagles game on at 4. my service is at night.

remember a while back when i told you all they were filming a commercial at my house? well i just saw it on tv. it was a pretty fun 3 second moment for me.

MrsVox wrote:

Woody wrote:I don't know, the kid has an awfully high OMP (otitis media percentage)

I'm no medical professional, but with VoxJr's various issues, am a decent researcher. Here's the AAP's guidelines:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cg ... 113/5/1412

It seems that ear tubes are indicated when there is fluid in the middle ear (Otitis Media with Effusion), rather than just having Acute Otitis Media. Because the former can lead to speech and hearing issues. Hearing tests are indicated before proceeding.

I'm not anti-surgery or medical intervention, just interested at looking at all sides before proceeding.

Yeah, they "effuse" almost every time. Thanks for the heads up on the hearing/speech issues, we'll definitely do a lot of research before proceeding

CalvinBall wrote:remember a while back when i told you all they were filming a commercial at my house? well i just saw it on tv. it was a pretty fun 3 second moment for me.

So tell us what it is so we can look for it

its two older women (one black, one white) at a mailbox outside a house. the one woman has a life insurance check in her mailbox. they start talking about colonial penn life insurance then go for a walk in the park down the street.

they filmed another one inside my house. havent seen that one yet.

Is your house a statuesque showplace or something.

honestly, they picked it bc it was near a park and gave the feel that old people would live in it.

Are there any foyer shots with a Calvin Centaur statue

Woody wrote:

MrsVox wrote:

Woody wrote:I don't know, the kid has an awfully high OMP (otitis media percentage)

I'm no medical professional, but with VoxJr's various issues, am a decent researcher. Here's the AAP's guidelines:
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cg ... 113/5/1412

It seems that ear tubes are indicated when there is fluid in the middle ear (Otitis Media with Effusion), rather than just having Acute Otitis Media. Because the former can lead to speech and hearing issues. Hearing tests are indicated before proceeding.

I'm not anti-surgery or medical intervention, just interested at looking at all sides before proceeding.

Yeah, they "effuse" almost every time. Thanks for the heads up on the hearing/speech issues, we'll definitely do a lot of research before proceeding

My sister had tubes, but ultimately had her adenoids removed. She was considerably older than splinter when this happened--probably 4 or 5.

She definitely had hearing issues--sometimes, she'd crank the tv up almost all the way to hear it. Other times, however, she'd complain that normal volume tv was too loud and hurt her ears.

how long should it take kinkos to get back to you via email? i emailed them an hour ago with a photo and how i wanted it printed. i need it for tomorrow. im getting anxious.

try calling, that's always been better for me with them

the "disconnection rate" - americans aged 20 to 24 who were neither in school nor working - jumped to 28 percent last year from 17 percent in 2007.

so says someone on my Facebook

holy S I'm having one of those days where I shouldn't have gotten out of bed

-- shoelaces on work shoes snap
-- teenager not paying attention almost crashes into me on way to work
-- over an hour late to the office
-- accidentally deleted 20,000 records from a database (but recovered them 2 hours later)
-- birthday lunch for co-worker delayed again
-- client services manager b*tching that his project still isn't done