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Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne wrote on 6/29/2026 11:32 AM:
> On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:35:37 -0400, jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 6/27/2026 1:12 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net wrote:
>>>
>>> jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> posted:
>>>
>>>> I take a atorvastatin (generic lipitor) for high cholesterol.
>>>> Unfortunately, the Aetna Medicare Supplement plan I have for
>>>> prescriptions screwed up.  I got a phone call yesterday stating my
>>>> refills had been delivered.  No, they weren't.  So I called them.  Why
>>>> the hell can't we get someone on the phone whose first language is
>>>> English?!  "Oh yes, they were delivered to" [she rattled off a P.O. Box
>>>> number].  Excuse me, I don't have a P.O. Box!  "You don't?  How do you
>>>> get your mail?"  In the actual mailbox at the end of the driveway.  Oh,
>>>> we don't know what happened... so now, if I want to get my refills I
>>>> have to pay for them out of pocket or wait to get refills in August
>>>> because according to Aetna, I did receive them.  Arrgh!  Sorry, I'm not
>>>> having a great week.
>>>
>>> This is exactly why I refuse any home delivery service from any prescription
>>> plan and instead opt for a local pharmacy such as Walmart.
>>>
>>> Two years ago, for ONE day I had a new mail carrier and medicine was not
>>> delivered to my address.  Called postal service; yes, it was delivered, no
>>> it wasn't, yes, it was, NO it wasn't.  We show it was delivered and I said
>>> it probably was but NOT to MY address.  We show it was delivered, goodbye.
>>> The dumbass either delivered it to the wrong address or pocketed it.  This
>>> is a frequent occurrence with regular mail as well.
>>>
>>> I did tell them once I'd be happy to participate in home deliver IF it was
>>> shipped as registered mail or by UPS.  Oh hell no, that won't be an option!
>>> Fine, quit calling me about home delivery service.
>>>
>>> Jill, I'd call them back and ask to speak to a supervisor, explain the
>>> problem, and be sure and mention you've never had a P. O. Box, and this
>>> is their problem and they need to fix it pronto.
>>>
>> I called yet again last Friday, 6/26 and was told oh, you didn't receive
>> them?  (WTF have I been telling you folks for the last week?!)  We'll
>> send them out again, no charge.  It will take 5 business days.  No
>> problem, I don't wait until I'm *out* of medication to request refills.
>> Well, I didn't bother to check my mailbox on Saturday, 6/28.  I looked
>> in it when I took the trash can out to the end of the driveway
>> yesterday, 6/29.  What's in my mailbox?  The original order.  So I
>> called again and said my original order was *finally* delivered so
>> please cancel that re-order request.  This guy spoke English with a
>> decidedly Southern accent named Clint (yay! someone inside the US
>> answered the phone).  He said sure, I can cancel that; to confirm, you
>> finally got the original order and don't need us to re-send them?
>> Correct.  And from now on, let's revert back to me picking them up at my
>> original in-network pharmacy (Publix).
> 
> You want posts to be on topic right? So I guess this saga was meant to
> go to your diary, but you clicked the wrong button.
> 

This post is about her royal Majesty, so it is ON TOPIC here in this 
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  Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-26 22:38 +0000
    Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-27 08:55 +1000
    Re: Friday night supper Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-26 17:58 -0500
    Re: Friday night supper Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-06-26 19:14 -0400
      Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-27 01:57 +0000
        Re: Friday night supper Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-06-26 22:24 -0400
          Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-27 02:45 +0000
            Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-27 12:49 +1000
              Re: Friday night supper Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-06-26 23:33 -0400
              Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-27 04:46 +0000
                Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-27 15:22 +1000
                Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-27 17:09 +1000
                Re: Friday night supper Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-06-27 11:44 -0600
                Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-28 03:53 +1000
                Re: Friday night supper jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-27 09:09 -0400
                Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-27 17:12 +0000
                Re: Friday night supper Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-06-28 23:36 +0000
                Re: Friday night supper jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-29 08:35 -0400
                Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-30 02:32 +1000
                Re: Friday night supper Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-29 13:34 -0500
                Re: Friday night supper Max Milyon <invalid@in.valid> - 2026-06-29 13:33 -0600
                Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-29 20:15 +0000
                Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-30 06:17 +1000
                Re: Friday night supper Max Milyon <invalid@in.valid> - 2026-06-27 13:18 -0600
            Re: Friday night supper jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-27 08:58 -0400
      Re: Friday night supper Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-06-27 04:51 +0000
        Re: Friday night supper Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-06-27 18:55 -0400
          Re: Friday night supper Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne <restif@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-28 09:07 +1000
          Re: Friday night supper Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-06-28 23:29 +0000
            Re: Friday night supper Ed P <esp@snet.n> - 2026-06-28 21:18 -0400
            Re: Friday night supper Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> - 2026-06-28 22:57 -0400
            Re: Friday night supper Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com> - 2026-06-29 09:00 +0000
    Re: Friday night supper Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2026-06-27 04:22 +0000
    Re: Friday night supper jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-27 09:00 -0400
      Re: Friday night supper ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net <user4742@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-06-27 17:19 +0000
  Re: Friday night supper jmquown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> - 2026-06-27 08:25 -0400
  Re: Friday night supper Graham <g.stereo@shaw.ca> - 2026-06-27 11:39 -0600

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