Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.alt.net From: "James Wilkinson Sword" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.cellular-phone-tech Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:44:51 +0100 Organization: ~ Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <201703291311387217-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> <57YCA.231023$XG2.99115@fx08.iad> <88%CA.259440$IM7.14144@fx39.iad> <4FwEA.88503$Fv2.19955@fx02.iad> <3UaGA.290784$561.220877@fx42.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Opera Mail/1.0 (Win32) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:407062 sci.physics:627985 alt.privacy.anon-server:58589 comp.sys.mac.system:103864 alt.comp.os.windows-10:38360 alt.cellular-phone-tech:505 On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:36:02 +0100, Sprang wrote: > On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:29:47 +0100, James Wilkinson Sword, after 15 edits, wrote this: >> On Sun, 09 Apr 2017 16:16:32 +0100, Sprang wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:31:11 -0500, Mark Lloyd, after 15 edits, wrote this: >>>> On 04/08/2017 10:04 AM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>>> Thinking of that, I saw a poster in a Doctor's office that from a >>>>>> distance looked like a cigarette. A closer look showed it was money. >>>>>> There was a message about how much smokers spend on the things. >>>>> >>>>> So what? I can drive fast and waste petrol, but it's MY money. >>>>> >>>> >>>> AFAIK, that poster is about letting you know. What you do with that >>>> information is your decision. >>> >>> Doctors work for me, not the other way around. >>> If I need advice, I'll ask my wife or mother. >>> >>> I've always found it strange, the reverence people give to doctors. >>> Must be from TV shows and biased marketing. >> >> Doctors don't know much, they guess at what's wrong with you. > > They're real good at billing. > Well, someone they hire is. > > I bet if you charged them $3000 to diagnose an automotive problem, then > scheduled another appointment to start another line of diagnostic testing, > because the first test was inconclusive, they would throw a fit. In the UK we have a bottomless pit called the NHS which sucks the life out of everyone in taxes. If you weren't ill to start with, you soon will be. > Mechanics need to invest in posters. :) Apparently here in the UK, some mechanics will charge you for not fixing a fault. Why people use such disreputable garages, and why they pay up, I don't know. If no work has been done, they don't get paid, simple. -- Why did the nigger cross the road? I tugged his neck-chain in that direction.