I'm bored so....heres a "Survey"...What if you were a dictator, what would you outlaw???

Tailgaters on the outside lane.

“I’m already doing the speed limit you jack _ _ _ . Go around!”
This is for that special butthead that thinks I’m supposed to speed up because he’s in a hurry.

Parenting Exams.

YES!! This is one of our biggest problems. My generation of parents (I’m 63) is the primary reason for the way most kids are today. Entitled attitudes, lack of outdoor interests, too much coddling and lack of adequate discipline. You can blame yourselves because you also gave way to all the political correctness. Everyone would have to submit to Parenting Exams from the time they’re 18 until they become parentally responsible. (have kids) Younger than 18??? Your kid goes up for adoption because you’re still irresponsible and ignorant. Bottom Line, BE THE PARENT 1ST. Then You Can Be Friends With Your Kids. Not the other way around.

Telemarketers would be hanged and quartered. Tarred and feathered would be a lot funnier for the 5:00 news.

I would make our healthcare system more like the Aussies. Break an arm? No problem. Walk in, get it fixed, walk out. No charge. (I feel certain this info came from Krusty) This requires them to vote in elections tho, even if they don’t like the candidates. That’s their downside.
I like the idea of free national healthcare though.

BAN SELF APPOINTED GRAMMAR POLICE IN FORUMS.

1-CBS
2-NBC
3-ABC

Never a thing on any of them to watch.

Mike

Gary Byrum said:

BAN SELF APPOINTED GRAMMAR POLICE IN FORUMS.

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I believe that there should be a hyphen between "self" and "appointed." Self-appointed.

Yea, like that. Nobody likes that kind of stuff.

Raindog said:

I believe that there should be a hyphen between "self" and "appointed." Self-appointed.

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Raindog said:

I believe that there should be a hyphen between "self" and "appointed." Self-appointed.

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Yes, indeed . . . "self-appointed" !

Now, for what I would ban in forums . . . Self-appointed "censors / moderators", who feel they must always be condescending contrarians, and then go crying to the Moderators, when someone calls them out on their snarky behavior. ( If the "pattern" holds true, I will be blocked from this thread, in short order ).

Dave F.

Have to press 1 on the phone key pad to talk English.

Ez2cDave said:

Yes, indeed . . . "self-appointed" !
Now, for what I would ban in forums . . . Self-appointed "censors / moderators", who feel they must always be condescending contrarians, and then go crying to the Moderators, when someone calls them out on their snarky behavior.

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If that is a poke at me, I was just making a joke, having a little fun. Sorry if I offended anyone's (lack of) sense of humor.

Raindog said:

If that is a poke at me, I was just making a joke, having a little fun. Sorry if I offended anyone's (lack of) sense of humor.

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Famous Last Words. That's what they all say. Especially when the realize they might have offended someone. One person's idea of humor might not be as funny as one thought.

Raindog said:

If that is a poke at me, I was just making a joke, having a little fun. Sorry if I offended anyone's (lack of) sense of humor.

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No, sir . . . That was definitely NOT a poke at you !

I enjoy your posts . . .

Those who deserve to be poked know who they are.

Dave F.

Gary Byrum said:

Famous Last Words. That's what they all say. Especially when the realize they might have offended someone. One person's idea of humor might not be as funny as one thought.

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There is far too much concern about "offending" each other in the USA, today.

Say what you mean and mean what you say . . .

If someone needs to go to their safe space for a good cry, because someone offended them or hurt their feelings, the same "knock you on your backside" world is waiting for them, whenever they decide to come back out.

I say we ban Snowflakes . . . ( not the "weather" kind ).

Gary Byrum said:

Famous Last Words. That's what they all say. Especially when the realize they might have offended someone. One person's idea of humor might not be as funny as one thought.

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Wow. Just wow. And I have plenty more words to say. Those aren't my last. I'm just taking a dandelion break.

Raindog said:

Wow. Just wow. And I have plenty more words to say. Those aren't my last. I'm just taking a dandelion break.

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Raindog,

"Welcome to the 21st Century" . . . Personally, I think it sucks, too ! LOL !

We're all good, Buddy !

Dave F.

Wow...I never expected this thread to last this long....I was just a little drunk...er...I mean "bored"...
I thought this would just fall into the "dustbin of oblivion" in about 5 minutes!
I haven't had much time to sign on here but I've pulled up TRF for a few minutes and happened to see IT HAD THREE PAGES OF REPLIES...
I was SCARED!!!!!...You know, because I was so drunk...er I mean "bored" when I started this....
Well I just finally read through and....I'm impressed with you folks!!!
I made a boo by some of my statements...I made a political "half statement" after starting this that some took offence from...
My apologies for that!!!! That's on me....and I had no ill will....

NOW for YOU guys.....
Geeze....
...some replies I was laughing my ass off!
Many made good points and VENTED....
That was the whole point of this thread....
..and again I'm impressed!!!

SO, I, as OP

"46572nd OF MY NAME"
"KING OF THE UNFLOWN"
and of
"THE UNBURNT--YET"
"BREAKER OF----STUFF AROUND THE HOUSE"
"FATHER OF Well not exactly DRAGONS, more like a tiny little DOG that I'm teaching to BREATHE FIRE"

I hereby grant access FOR ALL to derail, rerail, vent argue, misspell on this thread as your heart desires!

Lets see where it goes....

Just keep it in compliance with the Queen of the North (Angie)!

Thanks All!!!
Much Enjoyed!!

Steven said:

I lost my Z3 to a young woman. Got a decent check from insurance and picked up a Z4. At 59 I don't see my reactions or much anything else come in to question. My thoughts on driving is if you don't like the way I drive, stay off the sidewalk.

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I love that last line. Mine is, "If you don't like the way I drive, feel free to stay the h*** away from me."

cerving said:

Stupidity.

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You probably can't ban stupidity, but making it extremely painful would accomplish the same thing, really.

Gary Byrum said:

"I would make our healthcare system more like the Aussies. Break an arm? No problem. Walk in, get it fixed, walk out. No charge. (I feel certain this info came from Krusty) This requires them to vote in elections tho, even if they don’t like the candidates. That’s their downside.
I like the idea of free national healthcare though. "

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Something my 11 year old son already understands, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE! Somebody must pay for free health care. The doctors and nurses who treat you want to get paid. The contractor who built the hospital wants to get paid. The utilities companies who provide the water and electricity want to get paid. Do I need to go on? Oh, wait, the gov'ment will pay for our health care? Where do you think the gov'ment gets money? They take it. From taxpayers. But not only does the gov'ment take money for health care, they also take money to pay the salaries of those who take your money. They also take money to pay the salaries of those who manage the health care payouts. So that free gov'ment health care costs three times more in taxes than it would have if we just paid for our care ourselves.

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Something my 11 year old son already understands, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE! Somebody must pay for free health care. The doctors and nurses who treat you want to get paid. The contractor who built the hospital wants to get paid. The utilities companies who provide the water and electricity want to get paid. Do I need to go on? Oh, wait, the gov'ment will pay for our health care? Where do you think the gov'ment gets money? They take it. From taxpayers. But not only does the gov'ment take money for health care, they also take money to pay the salaries of those who take your money. They also take money to pay the salaries of those who manage the health care payouts. So that free gov'ment health care costs three times more in taxes than it would have if we just paid for our care ourselves.

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BULLS-EYE . . . Right on target !

There's a little Addie in everyone based on my observations on this thread.

Eliminate currentTV programming- no more sitting around wasting your life away watching mindless brain-numbing programming filled with violence and pharmaceutical commercials.
Everyone would have to participate in large group discussions to advance society, reaching consensus on the best way to achieve fossil fuel free energy systems , eliminate waste, phase out all delusional religions, and reconstruct all educational systems so that young children would use rational, logical thinking.

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Eliminate currentTV programming- no more sitting around wasting your life away watching mindless brain-numbing programming filled with violence and pharmaceutical commercials.
Everyone would have to participate in large group discussions to advance society, reaching consensus on the best way to achieve fossil fuel free energy systems , eliminate waste, phase out all delusional religions, and reconstruct all educational systems so that young children would use rational, logical thinking.

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We got rid of our television 12 years ago, and all newspapers over 20 years ago. We're done with it all. Never felt more 'cleansed'.

gldknght said:

Something my 11 year old son already understands, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FREE! Somebody must pay for free health care. The doctors and nurses who treat you want to get paid. The contractor who built the hospital wants to get paid. The utilities companies who provide the water and electricity want to get paid. Do I need to go on? Oh, wait, the gov'ment will pay for our health care? Where do you think the gov'ment gets money? They take it. From taxpayers. But not only does the gov'ment take money for health care, they also take money to pay the salaries of those who take your money. They also take money to pay the salaries of those who manage the health care payouts. So that free gov'ment health care costs three times more in taxes than it would have if we just paid for our care ourselves.

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BULLS-EYE . . . Right on target !

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Keep in mind, most US health care today is paid by these sources:
-Employers picking up their part of private plan premiums
-Employees picking up their part of private plan premiums
-Individuals self-paying plans
-Government subsidies to lower the cost of self-paid plans (paid by all of us)
-Government paying for medicaid/medicare (paid by all of us)
-Government picking up part of the tab for uninsured people who use the ER or other health services (paid by all of us)
-Also note that the private plan premiums are at inflated prices in part due to exorbitant prices by ERs and other services necessary to cover the fact that many services are rendered but never paid for due to poverty of the individuals receiving care.
-Also note that private plans in a competitive market have huge advertising/placement costs
-Also note that the administrative process to review claims and deny them at every opportunity is a huge cost for private plans

"Free public health care" models still would include contributions from employers (one way or another, varies by model) as well as individuals. Most forward looking models don't assume "the gubmint's picking up the tab." Rather, it they would move to a unified administration system modeled on existing highly efficient methods, eliminating the marketing cost, driving down the cost of administration, and getting rid of middlemen. I point out the fallacies in the above quoted posts because the idea that "the government is going to pick up the tab" is ridiculous in part because we are the government, and in part because no serious model would let either the employers or the individuals currently paying for premiums off the hook. The idea isn't that some magic money pot opens up to pay for "single payer health care" but rather we move to a model administered with efficiency similar to medicare (an order of magnitude more efficient than any private insurance) and without any of the advertising overhead. Streamlining the model not only saves on the insurance side, but also on the provider side, since right now they use huge staffs to deal with the dozen insurance carriers that they get reimbursed by.

Whether one likes such an efficient model or not is a political argument outside the scope of the forum discussion, but I felt it appropriate to correct what seems to be a misconception in both how the model would work and where the money would come from.

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Keep in mind, most US health care today is paid by these sources:
-Employers picking up their part of private plan premiums
-Employees picking up their part of private plan premiums
-Individuals self-paying plans
-Government subsidies to lower the cost of self-paid plans (paid by all of us)
-Government paying for medicaid/medicare (paid by all of us)
-Government picking up part of the tab for uninsured people who use the ER or other health services (paid by all of us)
-Also note that the private plan premiums are at inflated prices in part due to exorbitant prices by ERs and other services necessary to cover the fact that many services are rendered but never paid for due to poverty of the individuals receiving care.
-Also note that private plans in a competitive market have huge advertising/placement costs
-Also note that the administrative process to review claims and deny them at every opportunity is a huge cost for private plans

"Free public health care" models still would include contributions from employers (one way or another, varies by model) as well as individuals. Most forward looking models don't assume "the gubmint's picking up the tab." Rather, it they would move to a unified administration system modeled on existing highly efficient methods, eliminating the marketing cost, driving down the cost of administration, and getting rid of middlemen. .

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I don't know what planet you live on, but it's clearly NOT earth if you really believe all that. Since when has our gov'ment EVER displayed that kind of efficiency? In anything? The Social Security system, do I really need to say anything else?

A case in point, when I lived in Minnesota a number of years ago, dairy farmers were charging more for their milk than consumers wanted to pay, so the farmers couldn't sell the milk. Rather than let the farms go out of business, the Mn state gov'ment told the farmers to sell their milk for (random figures added, can't remember the actual $ amounts) $2 a gallon. To help the farms stay in business, the gov'ment gave the farms a milk subsidy of a $1 per gallon. Guess where that subsidy came from. You're right if you guessed from taxes. But the gov'ment had to set up a whole new department to handle the milk subsidy system, so they had to hire a bunch of new people. Who needed to be paid. So they had to raise taxes to pay the subsidies, and to pay the people who administered the program. When all was said and done, the gallon of milk that should have cost the consumer $3 actually ended up costing $4.50.
So, where is the efficiency in that?
Also you miss the point of "single payer" health care systems, that being to eventually drive "evil profit making" insurance companies completely out of business.
When you eliminate competition, product costs go up, not down. That is an historical, documented fact, whether you are talking about a gallon of fuel or health care.