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Retired motorbike mechanic/machinist, slightly insane Irishman currently residing in the States.

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3 days ago on The Born Loser

But they do it so well!
4 days ago on Arlo and Janis

That came at a point in my life where my employment situation had changed rather abruptly. The owner of the shop I’d been working for over the past25 years got cancer and died, his family closed the business and sold it, and I started my own shop. As such, I went from being fairly well-paid to trying to keep the doors open that year. The IRS gave me an exemption because I didn’t make enough money to afford health care. In my opinion, those are the people who need the assistance the most. I pretty much went without much in the way of healthcare for several years before finding semi-affordable health insurance through an insurance broker, who found me something that covered the basics until I reached 65 and qualified for Medicare.
4 days ago on The Born Loser

And yet totally valid!
4 days ago on The Born Loser

A line from a short sketch, I think it was from the “I think we’re all Bozos on this bus” album, don’t remember for sure.
5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

Short version: I had a good doctor who I paid out of pocket. When health insurance became mandatory, I got an Obamacare plan, which was affordable, but unfortunately had a massive deductible per year, plus I had to go to a different doctor who treated me like a number, and my cost for an office visit more than doubled. Nothing was covered until I met the deductible, which worked out to be more than I generally had to spend per year, plus paying for the policy itself. The following year the cost of the plan skyrocketed to almost $800/month, which I couldn’t afford. I will agree that there needed/ needs to be some changes to our healthcare system, but in my personal opinion, the ACA, while it may have helped some, was not the best way to go about it.
5 days ago on Frazz

Or that staring at an eclipse would make you blind
5 days ago on Arlo and Janis

See the bit about everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.
5 days ago on The Born Loser

actually, it was professor Fudd, an old Firesign Theatre reference.
6 days ago on Arlo and Janis

I’m sure it was helpful to some. Whether or not it was the right thing to do is a matter of opinion. AND THEY’RE ALL WRONG EXCEPT MINE!! (Frothing at mouth, eyes rolling wildly, fists in the air, etc…) :P
6 days ago on Rose is Rose

In my home, “I can’t right now, I have a cat on my lap.” is a perfectly acceptable reason.