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Today, we went to Rentschler Field in East Hartford to watch the Navy/UConn football game. It was nice to talk with many fellow USNA alums at the tailgater, and it is always a good day when Navy wins.
Once I can get a boat in the water I'll worry about learning to sail.
Headed home after another great week in Denver. I've been one of the judges at the Great American Beer Festival since 2002, and I keep coming back because I enjoy the camaraderie so much. This year the number of judges exploded to over 240 in order to judge the equally exploded number of beers entered in the competition (over 6,800).
But what really got me is the fact that there were twice as many breweries entering beers this year (over 1,500) as there were just two years ago.
You many have noticed that there seem to be many more microbreweries and brewpubs opening up lately. It's not just your imagination!
Accessories for small people added to truck.
I was over at Lowes this afternoon picking up a few things and saw this. It's still September.
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I was over at Lowes this afternoon picking up a few things and saw this. It's still September.
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It seems the doctor's practice is now owned by the local hospital. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I suspect the latter.
All in all, the same service from the same person in the same office will likely now cost substantially more.
Amazing. Who really is getting ready for Christmas?As I posted here previously, the Halloween decorations started going up where I live back in early August.
My insurance doesn't include facility fees, and it doesn't count toward deductible of out of pocket, and I think the same applies to Medicare. Health care..I don't know your health care arrangement, but it is generally a bad thing for payors when this happens. First, the rates charged will now be the ones negotiated by the hospital, which are generally higher than those that can be negotiated by an independent small physician practice. Second, this means that there may now be a "facility fee" charged, which is sort of a general allocation of hospital overhead that gets charged to everyone who goes to a hospital "facility", which need not be anywhere near the actual hospital. All in all, the same service from the same person in the same office will likely now cost substantially more.
I was over at Lowes this afternoon picking up a few things and saw this. It's still September.
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Took the pontoon out of the lake. Earliest ever due to a wedding this weekend. Last night was down into the 40's and seeming like Halloween. Summers keep getting shorter
You might not pay more, but your insurance company probably will, and that eventually gets reflected in premiums.My insurance doesn't include facility fees, and it doesn't count toward deductible of out of pocket.
Got our flu shots. I had a regularly scheduled doctor appointment and DW tagged along for the shot.
It seems the doctor's practice is now owned by the local hospital. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I suspect the latter. All the staff from the doc on down were struggling with learning the new software they have to use.
That's insane! I was aghast just to see Hallowe'en decorations out in residential areas this past weekend.