Tim is ill. Thursday night, after the Great Adventure (to be written of later), he came down with a roaring, shall we say intestinal distress? We had to go do yard work on Friday, and he said he was good enough to go with me. It’s a good thing this is work for friends, because a regular employer might have been upset by all the running at top speed to the bathroom he did. That night, he had a fever...

In response to this great post: http://wildcelticrose.livejournal.com/897844.html Powerful. Insurance companies are incentivised to withhold care because it cuts into their profits, doctors are incentivised to order more test and prolong the diagnosis because it protects them from lawsuits, lawyers are incentivised to sue doctors for malpractice because there's no limit on torts and no no way to...

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Merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate) to you! If you are expecting a card from me, it will be coming, but the PC with the address book just came back from Best Buy yesterday, so there has not been time for cards. Yet. Stay warm and safe everyone as you travel about. And wildcelticrose , thanks for your in depth weather reporting. Our office in Salem OR closed for all of this week...