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No, just needle and thread and some plastic anchors is my understanding.
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Yeah, hernia, last month. This should wrap up all my elective procedures, hopefully forever. #Icandream
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Sometimes timing is everything.
I was walking back from lunch today when I saw a woman trying to get change out of the parking kiosk across the street from my building entrance. I think she was not wearing pants, only a long t-shirt that came down mid-thigh. My bike was parked 20' away. Being a savvy city boy, I had good idea of what was likely to happen next. Sure enough, she drifted over to my bike and started to unzip my saddle bag. I quickly put a stop to her actions. You don't **** with a man's saddle bag.
I was walking back from lunch today when I saw a woman trying to get change out of the parking kiosk across the street from my building entrance. I think she was not wearing pants, only a long t-shirt that came down mid-thigh. My bike was parked 20' away. Being a savvy city boy, I had good idea of what was likely to happen next. Sure enough, she drifted over to my bike and started to unzip my saddle bag. I quickly put a stop to her actions. You don't **** with a man's saddle bag.
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I did 31 with another soulless megacorp . . . so long as they keep that pension coming I can bury the rage. (keep those phone bills paid.)
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They thought they body-snatched a guy to replace me when I said I was retiring so they did nothing to encourage me to stay until that guy ultimately backed out. By then I was so sick of their crap I wouldn't even listen to their offer to keep me on. I could have asked for a 50% raise and they probably would have given it to me, but I had to get out of there.
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There is a street in L.A. that is 33% and there is an event there every year where people try to climb it. Years ago you just did it on your regular road bike but now it's mountain bikes and even bikes which are purpose built for the event with super low gears.
A friend went straight up it on a 42x23 around 1990. A few years ago I went there (to watch) with a friend who trains juniors and one of his racers went up seemingly effortlessly 3 or 4 times on a 39x23.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAbRTcwhNI
A friend went straight up it on a 42x23 around 1990. A few years ago I went there (to watch) with a friend who trains juniors and one of his racers went up seemingly effortlessly 3 or 4 times on a 39x23.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTAbRTcwhNI
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I know! That's why I was so surprised to see the junior track racer ascend with such ease. I've never tried it, public humiliation is not my thing. I've climbed a short 23% section a few times and that was plenty. Really, 15% is plenty.
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Well...They are Pedro's levers, which are the best. There are also two tubes, a chuck and a spoke wrench inside. Not sure if that would be enough for a hit.
Many years ago someone stole my bag while my bike was locked up outside the office. It easily clipped on and off a bracket. Forgot to remove it one morning. It was gone when I left work. There is hardly anyone in my part of center city these days. One of the unexpected downsides to this pandemic is that I now have to open the door for myself at the Wawa around the corner. A such, I didn't bother removing the bag today.
Many years ago someone stole my bag while my bike was locked up outside the office. It easily clipped on and off a bracket. Forgot to remove it one morning. It was gone when I left work. There is hardly anyone in my part of center city these days. One of the unexpected downsides to this pandemic is that I now have to open the door for myself at the Wawa around the corner. A such, I didn't bother removing the bag today.
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Oh, remember the picture yesterday and my concern about standing water at the construction site? My township engineer tells me that this is a SEDIMENT BASIN which is different from a DETENTION BASIN. The sediment basin is designed to capture all the sediment and crap from the construction site, and may not necessarily drain quickly, while a sediment basin should drain within a few days. I am not quite sure if it's kosher for a sediment basin to have stagnant water in it for several days, but apparently that can happen.
The good news is that once the development is finished, the basin will be converted to a detention basin so the skeeters may be with us just this year.
The good news is that once the development is finished, the basin will be converted to a detention basin so the skeeters may be with us just this year.
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Oh, remember the picture yesterday and my concern about standing water at the construction site? My township engineer tells me that this is a SEDIMENT BASIN which is different from a DETENTION BASIN. The sediment basin is designed to capture all the sediment and crap from the construction site, and may not necessarily drain quickly, while a sediment basin should drain within a few days. I am not quite sure if it's kosher for a sediment basin to have stagnant water in it for several days, but apparently that can happen.
The good news is that once the development is finished, the basin will be converted to a detention basin so the skeeters may be with us just this year.
The good news is that once the development is finished, the basin will be converted to a detention basin so the skeeters may be with us just this year.
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Interesting. Most architects around here call detention basins retention basins. Guess the EPA has some education to do
Some just call them stormwater basins, I guess that's the easiest way to go.
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No, it's WAY more convoluted.
I am now a partner and own 1/31st of the practice. The practice is being split into a medical group and a medical services organization or MSO. My group will own 49% of the MSO which is essentially the guts of the practice including all non-billable providers, plus all infrastructure. We retain ownership of the medical group which is what's left after the MSO. The medical group has to pay 20% of its net revenue to the MSO. It's a house of cards and I had to skim over 500 pages of documents to get a sense of the details. But to answer your question, I will NOT be an employee I will be a partner in the medical group which is obligated to work with the MSO. It's the MSO where all the stuff will happen in the future.
I am now a partner and own 1/31st of the practice. The practice is being split into a medical group and a medical services organization or MSO. My group will own 49% of the MSO which is essentially the guts of the practice including all non-billable providers, plus all infrastructure. We retain ownership of the medical group which is what's left after the MSO. The medical group has to pay 20% of its net revenue to the MSO. It's a house of cards and I had to skim over 500 pages of documents to get a sense of the details. But to answer your question, I will NOT be an employee I will be a partner in the medical group which is obligated to work with the MSO. It's the MSO where all the stuff will happen in the future.
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President flew into Charlotte today, causing the airport to shut down twice. Getting home has just now become more difficult.
I like your sling billy.
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The new normal for physicians is to be a cog in a machine and just work.
The newer doctors have no idea that the healthcare organizations are billing the work they do at outrageous inflated rates and then accepting pennies on the dollar from most insurance companies yet harassing the uninsured and out-of-network patients. We don't do that because we own the organization. But the times are changing. I won't say much more for fear of getting into P&R, but the bottom line is that 20+ years ago most doctors went to work for themselves or for a doctor owned group, but now the vast majority are working for a system and have become employees. That solves some problems but creates others.
The newer doctors have no idea that the healthcare organizations are billing the work they do at outrageous inflated rates and then accepting pennies on the dollar from most insurance companies yet harassing the uninsured and out-of-network patients. We don't do that because we own the organization. But the times are changing. I won't say much more for fear of getting into P&R, but the bottom line is that 20+ years ago most doctors went to work for themselves or for a doctor owned group, but now the vast majority are working for a system and have become employees. That solves some problems but creates others.
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