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    We need a target

    Paul E. Carbonate is gone. Chip isn't here. The O's aren't throwing spears at each other right now. True, we have a Lux/LC attack going on, but that's too easy. Ennui looms. Someone say something provocative.

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    "something provocative"
    A lack of planning on your part DOES NOT constitute an emergency on mine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_f_aboc View Post
    "something provocative"

    ROFL!!!! :cheers:
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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_f_aboc View Post
    "something provocative"
    Actually, I asked for something provocative, not "something provocative". But at least you said it loudly, that's something.

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    I have a T-shirt with a bullseye on the front. Why don't you send me your address??:D

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    Quote Originally Posted by FVCCHRIS View Post
    I have a T-shirt with a bullseye on the front. Why don't you send me your address??:D

    Oh, so you work for Target, huh? :D
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    Provoke

    Quote Originally Posted by bob_f_aboc View Post
    "something provocative"


    I am giving you something provocative right here........................

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    Redhot Jumper Provocation

    Quote Originally Posted by bob_f_aboc View Post

    "something provocative"


    I am giving you something provocative right here........................

    Why don't you read the the 2 letters a total of maybe 10 pages each of the lleters to the WA Governor to do something about the vertical integration in the optical trade, and then do something about it before it is too late.




    Go on the other threads on the subject and start talking serious.

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    National health care should be a government run program with eye exam and basic eyeglasses being a benefit much the way post IOL medicare, or medicaid is done.:shiner:

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    "Opticians are weird".

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
    "Opticians are weird".
    oh yeah, and your momma dresses you funny

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    National health care should be a government run program with eye exam and basic eyeglasses being a benefit much the way post IOL medicare, or medicaid is done.:shiner:
    Would the FEDGOV also be controlling the prices that companies can charge for frames/lenses/addons?

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    Shop-a-Holics Unite?

    "We need a target"

    We sure do!

    I would shop at a Target!

    I avoid Wal-Mart like the Bubonic Plague!

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    "We need a target"

    You ain't kidding!

    You want a target, huh?

    Well, I got your targets......right here!



    Targets shot by myself and my right hand man during Rendezvous competition.
    My target is on the right.
    Check out the placement of the shots.
    We both shot almost exactly the same....and in the same order as one another!
    You could not find two other people on the earth that seem to be cut from the same mold.
    He is not blood, but my love for him and loyalty runs just as deep....if not deeper.
    Pretty amazing, I think!


    :cheers::cheers::cheers:
    Last edited by Fezz; 10-20-2009 at 09:39 AM.

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    Soooo, what is this Rendezvous you speak of Fezz? it sounds interesting. and i've heard you mention it several times.
    Bart Smith, continuing to be awesome since 1982 so that you don't have to.

    Love is a duet, each voice complementing each other and making them sound better than they would alone, each voice at times stepping back and letting the other shine. We've got a pretty good duet going Tina.

    On April 28th, I'll be marrying my best friend. I can't wait!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quantrill View Post
    Would the FEDGOV also be controlling the prices that companies can charge for frames/lenses/add ons?
    No. You would supply a limited collection of basic frames. Lenses would be untreated CR-39 sv or FT bi's. Any add ons are patient responsibility.

    Tens of millions of uninsured as well as under insured would now be able to get basic eyecare and eyewear that currently don't. Maybe from you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Fester View Post
    No. You would supply a limited collection of basic frames. Lenses would be untreated CR-39 sv or FT bi's. Any add ons are patient responsibility.
    and this is exactly how it works with DC Medicaid
    although we can get certain add-ons if we can show a reasonable need, (like poly for mono-vision and children, or slaboff, that sort of thing)

    you don't make a ton of money with it, BUT you do alot of buisness, and a lot of people decide to upgrade the frame and whatnot.
    Bart Smith, continuing to be awesome since 1982 so that you don't have to.

    Love is a duet, each voice complementing each other and making them sound better than they would alone, each voice at times stepping back and letting the other shine. We've got a pretty good duet going Tina.

    On April 28th, I'll be marrying my best friend. I can't wait!

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    De-regulate the entire medical "industry". Let the pat. have the ultimate decision on where to go, who to see and what happens afterward.

    I'm ready for da bricks!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scriptfiller View Post
    De-regulate the entire medical "industry". Let the pat. have the ultimate decision on where to go, who to see and what happens afterward.

    I'm ready for da bricks!
    I'd prefer something that benefits the optical industry and so should you!

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    Major thread de-rail alert!!!!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by opticianbart View Post
    Soooo, what is this Rendezvous you speak of Fezz? it sounds interesting. and i've heard you mention it several times.

    Rendezvous is where so called *Mountain Men* of the fur trade era, would gather to stock up on provisions, gun powder, whiskey, get frisky with the ladies, sell their fur, and raise all sorts of hell. Wingnuts like me try to carry on the shenanigans and fun.

    We go to Rendezvous and compete with knife and tomahawk throwing and shooting competitions. We all make a *prize* to be given away to the winners{everybody leaves with a prize}. We raise all sorts of hell, laugh, lie, BS, hunt, fish and just enjoy life to the fullest for a few days in the spring to coincide with the spring turkey hunting season. You can see a few of my prizes over on the opti-crafters social group.

    :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:


    GREAT!

    I can now be a TARGET for this thread derailment!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fezz View Post
    Rendezvous is where so called *Mountain Men* of the fur trade era, would gather to stock up on provisions, gun powder, whiskey, get frisky with the ladies, sell their fur, and raise all sorts of hell. Wingnuts like me try to carry on the shenanigans and fun.

    We go to Rendezvous and compete with knife and tomahawk throwing and shooting competitions. We all make a *prize* to be given away to the winners{everybody leaves with a prize}. We raise all sorts of hell, laugh, lie, BS, hunt, fish and just enjoy life to the fullest for a few days in the spring to coincide with the spring turkey hunting season. You can see a few of my prizes over on the opti-crafters social group.

    :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:


    GREAT!

    I can now be a TARGET for this thread derailment!!!

    so..umm.. you're a neo-frontiersman?
    Bart Smith, continuing to be awesome since 1982 so that you don't have to.

    Love is a duet, each voice complementing each other and making them sound better than they would alone, each voice at times stepping back and letting the other shine. We've got a pretty good duet going Tina.

    On April 28th, I'll be marrying my best friend. I can't wait!

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    Quote Originally Posted by drk View Post
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    lol good one! Sad part is it's true!
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    Quote Originally Posted by bob_f_aboc View Post
    "something provocative"
    Bob talks too loud.
    ...Just ask me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spexvet View Post
    Bob talks too loud.

    It's just Fluffy Speech.
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    In the US, the health insurance industry last year was 9th most profitable with $247B in revenue made within just the top 13 companies. The health CARE industry was 40th.

    Does that "provoke" anyone?

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