I've heard all the ta$k, listened to all the chest beating, absorbed all the phony histrionics from the far left cable tv news reports to the far right.
Done it all. I am a reasonable, intelligent, college graduate.
Got it.
My first presidential vote was for Jack Kennedy....actually got to shake his hand once when he hit Philadelphia, heard him say, Belker and Strelker - the two Russian monkeys. Then I got to meet Nixon, when he toured Philadelphia, and his lovely wife Pat. Nice couple.
In later years, I lucked out with a personal handshake with Presidents Johnson, Ford, vice president Al, I invented the Internet Gore and a few others. All very nice people
My last touch was Slick Willie at the Radisson Hotel in Denver.
Lotsa talk. now. I avoid watching any of it.
Here's my solution - watch something else, and send a letter to everyone saying what I do, " Oh yeah? Well, what are you going to do about it RIGHT NOW?" What can be done, besides talk? What actions are you ready to take to FIX the problem?"
That's it. Check this, all of this malarkey is just talk, no one is telling us WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO TO FIX IT.
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Ferguson----Lack of Leadership
Whatever happens, whatever catastrophe befalls that community, the fault is on the leadership of the president of the United States of America, the Attorney General, the Reverend Al Sharpton, the Governor of Missouri and the Mayor of St Louis and of Ferguson itself.
These are the leaders who are cowardly, politically craven and without morality that have shirked their duties as people with conscience to stand up to do as Spike Lee once said, " The Right Thing. "
Ferguson is not about race. It is about fairness, human character, Biblical equality of loving each other as one loves themselves.
Or, as H L Mencken the noted author, and Baltimore newsman once said, " every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. "
Like now.
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These are the leaders who are cowardly, politically craven and without morality that have shirked their duties as people with conscience to stand up to do as Spike Lee once said, " The Right Thing. "
Ferguson is not about race. It is about fairness, human character, Biblical equality of loving each other as one loves themselves.
Or, as H L Mencken the noted author, and Baltimore newsman once said, " every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. "
Like now.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
LONG HAIR ON OLD GUYS - WHA??
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT? NEWS FLASH,THE SIXTIES ARE OVER!!~ I talked to a fifty year old school teacher in Yuma (town has a rep for drop out, burned out hippies) who looks like he just rolled outta bed in 1968.
I asked him about the anti-war posters in his classroom long grey pony tail, anti-war shit around the room. ' like DUDE wassup w/that? You know, the war is like erah, OVER.'
And he says after a long stare, " I guess I never grew up."
Get the message? GET THE FRIGGIN' MESSAGE??
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I asked him about the anti-war posters in his classroom long grey pony tail, anti-war shit around the room. ' like DUDE wassup w/that? You know, the war is like erah, OVER.'
And he says after a long stare, " I guess I never grew up."
Get the message? GET THE FRIGGIN' MESSAGE??
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......things people tell me......death of a belly gunner
Charley Wilson, fairm guy, loved getting his dirty back in Iowa, doesn't remember how he got to Tucson, but here he landed, so to speak.
They built B-17s here for a while, he got so fascinated with what became the largest airplane he ever saw, he wanted to fly in one, so, he dropped his wrench, got to know one of the test pilots, bought a few drinks at the local airport bar and hitched a test ride. He was a short five feet, 2 inches tell, ideal for a ball turret gunner position.
The rest as he puts it was history. Wilson enlisted in 41, asked the Army Air Corps if they had a spot on one of the 17's for him and they asked why he was so hot for a seat.
" Cause I built them," he replied. They figured since he was that close to the rivets, it would be a good fit for the plane, him, the pilot and crew, let alone the country.
12 weeks of training later, Texas, Wichita and back east, he found his crew and airplane, Sassy Lady, headed out over the pond towards Ireland, first stop. None of the ten man crew had ever been on that side of the Atlantic, so Ireland and their base in England was a hell of an adjustment.
Refueled in Ireland, land in East Anglia, England, settle in with the bomb squadron, in a week, they began their European raids Wilson had to survive 30 missions to earn the right to go home. He survived being shot down twice and escaped capture. Wounded twice by flak and aircraft gunfire, and once, the only crew to survive other than the pilot who landed his airplane with only one engine working out of 4.
Charley Wilson was lucky. He had one chance in three of completing the required 30 missions and he did it. Lucky for a ball turret gunner.
He died at the age of 91 in a car crash last weekend. Killed by a drunk driver. One of our heroes, killed by Bourbon.
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They built B-17s here for a while, he got so fascinated with what became the largest airplane he ever saw, he wanted to fly in one, so, he dropped his wrench, got to know one of the test pilots, bought a few drinks at the local airport bar and hitched a test ride. He was a short five feet, 2 inches tell, ideal for a ball turret gunner position.
The rest as he puts it was history. Wilson enlisted in 41, asked the Army Air Corps if they had a spot on one of the 17's for him and they asked why he was so hot for a seat.
" Cause I built them," he replied. They figured since he was that close to the rivets, it would be a good fit for the plane, him, the pilot and crew, let alone the country.
12 weeks of training later, Texas, Wichita and back east, he found his crew and airplane, Sassy Lady, headed out over the pond towards Ireland, first stop. None of the ten man crew had ever been on that side of the Atlantic, so Ireland and their base in England was a hell of an adjustment.
Refueled in Ireland, land in East Anglia, England, settle in with the bomb squadron, in a week, they began their European raids Wilson had to survive 30 missions to earn the right to go home. He survived being shot down twice and escaped capture. Wounded twice by flak and aircraft gunfire, and once, the only crew to survive other than the pilot who landed his airplane with only one engine working out of 4.
Charley Wilson was lucky. He had one chance in three of completing the required 30 missions and he did it. Lucky for a ball turret gunner.
He died at the age of 91 in a car crash last weekend. Killed by a drunk driver. One of our heroes, killed by Bourbon.
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Doc Holliday - Doctor John Henry Holliday - Frontier Gunman
Folklore has the Georgia native schooling at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Not true. Grab pen and paper folks - here's the lowdown. Doc Holliday got his book learnin' at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia at the School of Dental Medicine located at 4001 Spruce Street in west Philadelphia 19104.
Myownself graduated from Penn's Wharton School and unknowingly passed by that very same original building numerous times not knowing it's western history. It still stands and is now a library.
A call to the head librarian will most likely give you some background on Holiday's residency there. Doc was the oldest son of a Confederate Colonel from Valdosta, Georgia, stricken with a debilitating lung disease, that part of history, very true. The liquor bad for him, the sunny, dry air of the southwestern US was perfect for his weak lungs.
Tucson had been a haven for " lungers" back in the day,one of the original hospitals - St Mary's - still operates on the western edge of the city. Some say Holliday was an occasional visitor. He certainly was in downtown Tucson's gambling and bordello haunts.
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Sunday, November 16, 2014
GRUBER -DUMB AND DUMBER, 2..TO, TWO
This week's movie reviews just came out with the opening night's statistics for Friday and Saturday night's gate sales.
Always interesting to the Hollywood producers, directors, stars, and the money men who back the weird stuff that hits the nations' screens. e m
What with our own beloved Professor Gruber running around calling all of us Americans stupid I thought it would be instructive to review the gate on this weekend's take on " the movies."
Since the good professor Gruber sees us all as a low-fore headed crowd of dolts, we note that the lead movie in revenue is Dumb and dumber, to, that high brow, intellectual bucket of rivets from Jim Carrey.
Jeff Daniels trying to resuscitate his career from that nutty TV far-left wing "news cast" show grabs at this mis-cast brass ring hoping for another leg up. For me, I think his best work was the Michigan commercials and Gettysburg. Very endearing.
For Carry, well, I don't know he may be beyond help after his political dust-up with the cast of Fox News The Five. upi
Gruber's contention is that the American people are STUPID. The receipts for this weekend recount an IQ equivalent to a guard house dog because that's all that's needed to enjoy such a stupid movie.
How else should one interpret this?
As for Professor Gruber, I thank God we have him. He will forever
ever serve as wonderful comedic material to shoot Obama & company in the rear end for their reinforcing the shibboleth that all politicians lie through their teeth. But then again, that's just how I see it, I could be wrong.
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Always interesting to the Hollywood producers, directors, stars, and the money men who back the weird stuff that hits the nations' screens. e m
What with our own beloved Professor Gruber running around calling all of us Americans stupid I thought it would be instructive to review the gate on this weekend's take on " the movies."
Jeff Daniels trying to resuscitate his career from that nutty TV far-left wing "news cast" show grabs at this mis-cast brass ring hoping for another leg up. For me, I think his best work was the Michigan commercials and Gettysburg. Very endearing.
For Carry, well, I don't know he may be beyond help after his political dust-up with the cast of Fox News The Five. upi
Gruber's contention is that the American people are STUPID. The receipts for this weekend recount an IQ equivalent to a guard house dog because that's all that's needed to enjoy such a stupid movie.
How else should one interpret this?
As for Professor Gruber, I thank God we have him. He will forever
ever serve as wonderful comedic material to shoot Obama & company in the rear end for their reinforcing the shibboleth that all politicians lie through their teeth. But then again, that's just how I see it, I could be wrong.
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Vietnam War Protestors - Go Home
Something happened yesterday at the Veterans Day celebration in DC that throws everything back to the Anti-War days and I hate it. Bruce Springsteen and his piss-poor songs at the nationally televised Veterans Day celebration of our veterans.
Brucie has passed his prime. Like an overdone steak on a cold grill, his crusty exterior and strained notes give me chills that he will bust a gut and have a stroke, bleed out while he blurts his anti-American, anti-GI song lyrics out to a blindly dumbfounded public.
Listen to his lyrics. Read his words. Listen up, folks, he doesn't like us, or our patriotism, or our warriors or what we stand for and never has. He loves the crowds, and our money, but he mush-mouths the words so badly that most of us don't understand him.
Love da beat, tho. Right? Wake up. The old dude is running outta steam, he and buddy Jane Fonda must hang out together in the same Anti-VietNam, anti-war, anti-everything American crowd you can think of. He's had it and his screeching at the TV cameras proves it. What the hell does Springsteen think he is doing, bringing resurrecting the 60's? We tried all that and it was a frigging mess!! What did our culture get out of that: drugs, abortions, feminism, Obama, Ferguson, four massive cities that are murder capitals and a country unsafe at any speed.
Disrespect popped out of Martin Mathers M & M during his FU&@ing rants on stage as well. Fox news kept track and scored his profanity laced cursing at the VETS at 28 times. UNDERSTAND, he cursed at the VETS 28 times during a performance HONORING them.
In my opinion, we should give this trashy punk a half hour with Seal Team Six at your favorite
neighborhood bar ( M&M's choice) broken beer bottles at six paces and see how tough the little snot nose really is.
Given a choice between Seal Team Six and Martin Mathers, which do you think represents the betterment of American Culture?
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Brucie has passed his prime. Like an overdone steak on a cold grill, his crusty exterior and strained notes give me chills that he will bust a gut and have a stroke, bleed out while he blurts his anti-American, anti-GI song lyrics out to a blindly dumbfounded public.
Listen to his lyrics. Read his words. Listen up, folks, he doesn't like us, or our patriotism, or our warriors or what we stand for and never has. He loves the crowds, and our money, but he mush-mouths the words so badly that most of us don't understand him.
Love da beat, tho. Right? Wake up. The old dude is running outta steam, he and buddy Jane Fonda must hang out together in the same Anti-VietNam, anti-war, anti-everything American crowd you can think of. He's had it and his screeching at the TV cameras proves it. What the hell does Springsteen think he is doing, bringing resurrecting the 60's? We tried all that and it was a frigging mess!! What did our culture get out of that: drugs, abortions, feminism, Obama, Ferguson, four massive cities that are murder capitals and a country unsafe at any speed.
Disrespect popped out of Martin Mathers M & M during his FU&@ing rants on stage as well. Fox news kept track and scored his profanity laced cursing at the VETS at 28 times. UNDERSTAND, he cursed at the VETS 28 times during a performance HONORING them.
In my opinion, we should give this trashy punk a half hour with Seal Team Six at your favorite
neighborhood bar ( M&M's choice) broken beer bottles at six paces and see how tough the little snot nose really is.
Given a choice between Seal Team Six and Martin Mathers, which do you think represents the betterment of American Culture?
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Saturday, November 8, 2014
On the Brink of a Revolt?: Laura Alexis, I gave you your Name
On the Brink of a Revolt?: Laura Alexis, I gave you your Name: It wasn't until your mother's stomach protroded beyond the dining room table top that we settled the long running dispute - what to ...
Laura Alexis, I gave you your Name
You see, I got first dibbs on your sister, Michelle, she wanted you. Ok, I thought, but I wanted your second name. I picked it.
She didn't think anything about that at all, a kind of throw a way deal, but i -
I mined your middle name for femininity, delicate, demure light touches of what makes a woman - a woman.
Your mom picked a good one in "Laura," popular at the time in 1970. Jack Kennedy's sister in law was named Laura, an absolute stunner. I picked
" Alexis" as your middle name, after the co-star of the wildly popular TV detective series Peter Gunn. Her name was Alexis Smith, a tall, dark haired, smoky, beauty who followed her pal detective Peter Gunn through years of adventures.
So, that's how you did it - that was you, Laura Alexis Fulton.
No, I'm not going to use your current last name, out of privacy to you, I know how you feel about it, but this is something I've never told you before.
And, like your sister, I still love the both of you two, irrespective of your stupid mistakes -----and mine.
Your dad.
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Michelle Melin Rogovin-I gave you your name
This past July, 45 years ago, I looked down on you, nestled in your mother's arms and thought you heavenly. The ensuing 45 years things went horribly wrong except for one thing = I never stopped loving you.
You fled, Chicago, I couldn't have picked a worse place for you, but that's your choice. You have your mother's nature - YOUR way. No matter what. Sometimes, no matter how much I want to protect you, shit happens.
When you were "on the way," I told your mom, if it was a girl, "Michelle" was to be her name. We negotiated - Michelle Elizabeth sounded like a princess. I liked that. And nine months later, Madame, you graced us.
I named you for a Beatles Album - "Michelle" popular during the early Sixties, the one with the very beautiful tight shot of Jean Shrimpton on the cover. The opening song of Michelle, I couldn't get it out of my head for years, " Michelle, my belle" - and then, French.
If you hear that song by Paul McCartney (who still occasionally lives northwest of here in the Catalinas) do think of that magical moment when we brought you into the world and hence the good works you've done since you've been here.
I still do. I'm your father.
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When you were "on the way," I told your mom, if it was a girl, "Michelle" was to be her name. We negotiated - Michelle Elizabeth sounded like a princess. I liked that. And nine months later, Madame, you graced us.
I named you for a Beatles Album - "Michelle" popular during the early Sixties, the one with the very beautiful tight shot of Jean Shrimpton on the cover. The opening song of Michelle, I couldn't get it out of my head for years, " Michelle, my belle" - and then, French.
If you hear that song by Paul McCartney (who still occasionally lives northwest of here in the Catalinas) do think of that magical moment when we brought you into the world and hence the good works you've done since you've been here.
I still do. I'm your father.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014
BEWARE - DENTAL OFFICES IN TUCSON - HIGHWAY ROBBERY
DO NOT ASK A REFERRAL SERVICE FOR A DENTIST!! DENTISTS PAY THEM A FEE TO GET THEIR NAME LISTED. YOU CANNOT TELL IF THEY ARE
- ANY GOOD
- WON'T ROB YOU 'BLIND'
- TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU IF YOU IF YOU'RE IN IN PAIN
Here's an example, this has been my experience, my opinion, so far, and it has been bad. Guard your wallets!!
I called a dental office to fix a damage denture. She answers and I tell her my problem. " I'll make an appoint for you to see the dentist."
I called a dental office to fix a damage denture. She answers and I tell her my problem. " I'll make an appoint for you to see the dentist."
No, I just want you to sand down rough edges and give it back. It's obvious, it should take about twenty minutes, I've had it done before, I can wait, charge me whatever, a dental assistant has done it before elsewhere."
She says, " sorry sir, our dentist has to see you and that $4 9 appointment fee for the "examination" then on to the sanding and repair. He will tell you what will what the cost will be at the time of his examination.
So, there is no way you can tell me the total cost right now?
No.
So, I've gotta pay you $49 just for his opinion?
That's about right, sir.
Click - I was born at night, but I wasn't born LAST NIGHT.
BEWARE OF DENTISTS WHO WANT TO TAKE YOU INTO A "FEE CONSULTATION" ROOM. I CALL THAT THE 'NEGOTIATION' ROOM. When he says this is what it's going to costs, always reply - ALWAYS - " YOU MEAN, " IN DOLLARS?
Then, the costs can be lowered. Negotiate, negotiate.......etc.
I heard this in an office in Oklahoma (and I thought they were stupid). " Sir, the doctor only works in precious metals." No kidding, they actually said that.
I replied, " so do I, Silver and gold - MINE. Always remember dentists are all around you, get up and leave go find another, tell them you're only checking prices. That Oklahoma dentist told me
" I just fix teeth, I hired a business company to run my business and manage the money, you'll have to deal with them."
Dentist offices today are geared to soak you of every dime during every visit, so don't look for any compassion. It's no longer there. take a clip board along with you and chart the various costs, or, if you have lots of money, go ahead and swoon over Dr. Good Looks, you're paying for it.
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Monday, November 3, 2014
On the Brink of a Revolt?: " JOE-THE-PLUMBER" AND BARACK ( SIX YEARS AGO
On the Brink of a Revolt?: " JOE-THE-PLUMBER" AND BARACK ( SIX YEARS AGO: remember back then? Remember the one TV interview that haunted everyone, the one where Obama faced a big, sweaty, balding guy in a shirt, ju...
" JOE-THE-PLUMBER" AND BARACK ( SIX YEARS AGO
remember back then? Remember the one TV interview that haunted everyone, the one where Obama faced a big, sweaty, balding guy in a shirt, just home from work, shook hands with Barack Obama and they start to talk.
Obama razzle-dazzles Joe with his plans for a New Economy as Joe-the-Plumber starts to wipe the copious sweat off his forehead.
Barack continues, " what I want to do with our economy is.......
I want to spread around the wealth," he continues as Joe's eyes widen like pizza pies.
"Whadda you mean?" he blurts out.
" I want to spread the wealth around a little, " Barack continues.
" THAT'S SOCIALISM," JOE-THE-PLUMBER practically shouts at the future president. And, he was right. Socialism is what Robin Williams used to call Communism Light, like Diet Coke, same concept only without all those calories.
Look at it this way, that sweat on Joe's forehead? He got it that day from busting his aggies out at a job site that day with a bunch of contract plumbers, then (enter Barack's favorite economic system-Socialism) the government takes away more than they should and gives it to some of the people who DIDN'T EARN IT SITTING AROUND IN Jersey, SO Joe's GOT TO WORK UP A SWEAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
Socialism. Not a lot of fun.
It is no small coincidence that the people in DC running around supporting said politics usually knock down high (government) salaries, drive big beautiful cars, benefit from government goodies, or are on government payrolls or contracts of some sort. If you think they are not, YOU ARE NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH, OR YOUR UNCLE IS INVOLVED.
Remember this tomorrow when you vote, eh?
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Obama razzle-dazzles Joe with his plans for a New Economy as Joe-the-Plumber starts to wipe the copious sweat off his forehead.
Barack continues, " what I want to do with our economy is.......
I want to spread around the wealth," he continues as Joe's eyes widen like pizza pies.
"Whadda you mean?" he blurts out.
" I want to spread the wealth around a little, " Barack continues.
" THAT'S SOCIALISM," JOE-THE-PLUMBER practically shouts at the future president. And, he was right. Socialism is what Robin Williams used to call Communism Light, like Diet Coke, same concept only without all those calories.
Look at it this way, that sweat on Joe's forehead? He got it that day from busting his aggies out at a job site that day with a bunch of contract plumbers, then (enter Barack's favorite economic system-Socialism) the government takes away more than they should and gives it to some of the people who DIDN'T EARN IT SITTING AROUND IN Jersey, SO Joe's GOT TO WORK UP A SWEAT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.
Socialism. Not a lot of fun.
It is no small coincidence that the people in DC running around supporting said politics usually knock down high (government) salaries, drive big beautiful cars, benefit from government goodies, or are on government payrolls or contracts of some sort. If you think they are not, YOU ARE NOT LOOKING HARD ENOUGH, OR YOUR UNCLE IS INVOLVED.
Remember this tomorrow when you vote, eh?
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Saturday, November 1, 2014
GUN CONTROL- THEY ARE LYING- Gallup Polls Here
I have in my hands a fresh Gallup poll that says " LESS THAN HALF OF AMERICANS SUPPORT STRICTER GUN LAWS."
The second Gallup poll right behind it says, PERSON SAFETY TOP REASON AMERICANS OWN GUNS TODAY.... there, you have it
I received an email today headlined 86% of all Arizonans want blah-blah on gun controls and it was from group with a watered down superflous name Common Sense on Guns. Whatever the hell that could mean.
It was false. The Gallup poll, world headquarters in Washington DC look it up yourselves, at Gallup.com they are free poll reports, doesn't cost you a penny, deadly accurate, they are used by everyone to measure the public's temperature.
They are published on Facebook, Twitter and Linkdn..
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TUCSON - MONEY GRUBBING CAPITAL OF AMERICA
When I came here in the early 70's, the sleepy desert town was so small, everybody knew everyone else. Sneeze downtown, and on the outskirts ten minutes away, someone would holler, "GOD BLESS," it seemed. Frequently when car breakdowns happened, one would pull over raise the hood and a native would stop, sleeves rolled with a howdy neighbor. It was too damned hot to be stranded.
Now deep into the 21st century, forget it. We are deep into poverty 6th poorest town in America according to the GAO, and every local vendor who hasn't been run outta town by a national company with a local truck and a couple of local guys with a pre rehearsed sales pitch courtesy of the New York home office ( ged da money no madda wat!) now prowl the streets looking for aged retirees.
That's us. Tucson is filled with folks who flee to here, now, making their living someplace else cause you can't make a decent living here. Make you killing in Buffalo, bring it here, buy a cheap home, I guess compared to Buffalo, (definitely Portland, Ore) they are all cheaper than there - bring your dollars here, set them up, then put your shill radar sets on for the robber barons here in the old Pueblo that will not hesitate to rob you blind for so much as a leaky faucet.
In my opinion, it appears to me that getting the kitchen sink fixed will run you $1800 if you don't know what you're doing. The " fix " is in here in Tucson in the plumbing world.
Invite the wrong plumber into your home and you will be subjected to an hour of a waterfall of language, sales pitch, negative barrage of wrack and ruin about your supposed plumbing problem, then a quote that would range from $1.49 cents to a $1,000 if he even raises a wrench. Oh, by the way, can I have a check NOW, please??
Graft and corruption is so bad, they've installed a referee between the customer and vendors just to keep them honest. It's an ombudsman, great Danish word meaning, if you're getting gouged, go to them and scream. They will settle it.
And dentists. Phew. Got a tooth ache. Jesse and Frank James Dental Clinic and Car Repair Corp won't even touch you, even if you're comatose in pain until your credit checks out, or your credit card clears for $5000. When it does, the anesthetic goes in your mouth. Short of that, the candy dish is on the counter and the smiles at the door are about all you're gonna get. The Doctor's Caddy is in the back lot, thank you very much. Other dental giants drive higher bargains, but the "WALLET=ECTOMY " performed at various front desks is first before you every see a while coat in Tucson Arizona, the state's 2nd largest city. Yuma, Arizona is the worst city in Arizona for dental care AND patient compassion. All doctors who reside there are all revenue driven in my opinion.
My do's and don'ts: DO- ask for referrals from friends, " who do you use? As more than one. Don't every use a Referral Service - they operate on a fee basis, doc pays them to get listed. Beware of the empty waiting room...why? If you don't have insurance, ask them for special terms - discounts. If they don't do it - screw em. You shouldn't be there. Think about that.
Ask the dentist for a half dozen of his/her business cards after your first visit if you're happy. " I'd like to pass them to my friends, I really appreciate your dental care!!" May pay off for you.
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Now deep into the 21st century, forget it. We are deep into poverty 6th poorest town in America according to the GAO, and every local vendor who hasn't been run outta town by a national company with a local truck and a couple of local guys with a pre rehearsed sales pitch courtesy of the New York home office ( ged da money no madda wat!) now prowl the streets looking for aged retirees.
That's us. Tucson is filled with folks who flee to here, now, making their living someplace else cause you can't make a decent living here. Make you killing in Buffalo, bring it here, buy a cheap home, I guess compared to Buffalo, (definitely Portland, Ore) they are all cheaper than there - bring your dollars here, set them up, then put your shill radar sets on for the robber barons here in the old Pueblo that will not hesitate to rob you blind for so much as a leaky faucet.
In my opinion, it appears to me that getting the kitchen sink fixed will run you $1800 if you don't know what you're doing. The " fix " is in here in Tucson in the plumbing world.
Invite the wrong plumber into your home and you will be subjected to an hour of a waterfall of language, sales pitch, negative barrage of wrack and ruin about your supposed plumbing problem, then a quote that would range from $1.49 cents to a $1,000 if he even raises a wrench. Oh, by the way, can I have a check NOW, please??
Graft and corruption is so bad, they've installed a referee between the customer and vendors just to keep them honest. It's an ombudsman, great Danish word meaning, if you're getting gouged, go to them and scream. They will settle it.
And dentists. Phew. Got a tooth ache. Jesse and Frank James Dental Clinic and Car Repair Corp won't even touch you, even if you're comatose in pain until your credit checks out, or your credit card clears for $5000. When it does, the anesthetic goes in your mouth. Short of that, the candy dish is on the counter and the smiles at the door are about all you're gonna get. The Doctor's Caddy is in the back lot, thank you very much. Other dental giants drive higher bargains, but the "WALLET=ECTOMY " performed at various front desks is first before you every see a while coat in Tucson Arizona, the state's 2nd largest city. Yuma, Arizona is the worst city in Arizona for dental care AND patient compassion. All doctors who reside there are all revenue driven in my opinion.
My do's and don'ts: DO- ask for referrals from friends, " who do you use? As more than one. Don't every use a Referral Service - they operate on a fee basis, doc pays them to get listed. Beware of the empty waiting room...why? If you don't have insurance, ask them for special terms - discounts. If they don't do it - screw em. You shouldn't be there. Think about that.
Ask the dentist for a half dozen of his/her business cards after your first visit if you're happy. " I'd like to pass them to my friends, I really appreciate your dental care!!" May pay off for you.
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