Question 13) Why do I have to press 1 for English?

Question 14) How can I steer this thread away from irrational fears about health care? Isn't it irrational to think that the government wants to kill grandparents via "death panels" or that a private-health-insurer based system is "government controlled" health care, especially since most GOP leaders have stopped using those talking points since the bill was signed into law? Isn't it more rational to limit the debate to cost, and to ask questions like, "How can the Congressional Budget Office conclude that health care reform will reduce the deficit, when there are several large, unanswered (or yet-to-be answered) costs on which it is basing its assumptions?"

Question 15) are there any rational fears about health care?

See above

Question 16) Assuming he has functioning legs, how can a 22-yo have 0 speed and 1 baserunning skill, and not be, say, 450 pounds?

I've always wondered this... If god is so powerful, can he make a rock so big and heavy that even he can't move it? It's really a great question if you think about it.

Question 17) In the year 2110, will someone look back at my franchise -- then in S265 -- and wonder who the heck Sanderbear was? Or will it be like when I went back to my college newspaper and said I was the editor in 1989, and was met with blank stares?

Does anyone even care who sanderbear is now?

More now than in 2110, I figure.

Quote: Originally posted by torrone on 3/23/2010I just read this thread. There's 2 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

It took a whole 2 minutes?

17) What did Steve Miller mean by "pompetous of love?"? (Opted for puncutation on both sides of quotations marks)

Question: Why does it cost $20,000 to operate on me and $200 to operate on my dog?

Answer: Because my dog can't sue anybody.

Question 18) How is it that a power hitter with 41/66 L/R splits -- presumably, a solid platoon hitter against RHP -- is slugging .538 vs. LHP and .386 vs. RHP?

Quote: Originally Posted By robocoach on 3/30/2010

Question: Why does it cost $20,000 to operate on me and $200 to operate on my dog?

Answer: Because my dog can't sue anybody.

Answer- because your vet has one third of the training as your surgeon, and thus his time/skill costs 1/3 as much, and he uses cheaper/less reliable supplies. Also because you care about the cost of your vet bill (you pay it) and not your surgery bill (you pay a fixed co-pay and the insurance company picks up all the variable costs) so your vet has an incentive to make the price attractive. Doctors never think about how to price their services in order to attract customers.

Sorry, this question had answers.

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