How (and why) to Ramble on your goat sideways
08-27-2011, 12:15 AM
#9385
I'm a terrible person
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08-27-2011, 03:28 PM
#9391
Got #3 wizdom tooth removed yesterday. Fun. This time isn't near as bad as when I had the two on the right side of my mouth removed...I was layed out for 3 days after that. I am just irritated I can't go to town on eating food right now because I am hungry. Soft foods only...like the giant 15oz Angel Food cake sitting on the on the counter. I guess that can be considered a meal. Yay for vicadin.
On the financial side of getting my tooth removed, I about lost it at the office when I walked in yesterday. First off, they told me I needed x-rays done, but never told me this beforehand, as my dentist who took x-rays back in April is literally next door...as in attached to the same building...could have sent them over before I got there. So I'd have to pay $75 for that before the tooth could come out. To top that off, they tell me that my insurance only covers 25% of the procedure and that I need to pay out of pocket for the rest. At that point, I wanted to punch the president of the company I work for, for providing such shitty benefits to the people who work their asses off and pay for benefits and get the shaft in return. So I was told I had to pay $300 out of pocket to have this tooth removed. Ugh. I had to do it because the top broke off last week and it really hurts. So after filling the paperwork out, getting the x-ray and the consult, they pull me back up to the front desk and tell me that my account actually has a credit that will cover the extraction. This credit came from when I had the other 2 removed years ago and they billed the insurance company for all four. Strange. So they had money for the extraction of two teeth that they never actually removed credited to them from the insurance company sitting on "my account". I really don't care to question if they really billed the ins. company for 4 teeth (fraud?) or if they decided to just give me a break or what. In the end, I walked out with a tooth removed, a perscription for cover the pain and not having to pay a dime out of my pocket and that is fine with me.
On the financial side of getting my tooth removed, I about lost it at the office when I walked in yesterday. First off, they told me I needed x-rays done, but never told me this beforehand, as my dentist who took x-rays back in April is literally next door...as in attached to the same building...could have sent them over before I got there. So I'd have to pay $75 for that before the tooth could come out. To top that off, they tell me that my insurance only covers 25% of the procedure and that I need to pay out of pocket for the rest. At that point, I wanted to punch the president of the company I work for, for providing such shitty benefits to the people who work their asses off and pay for benefits and get the shaft in return. So I was told I had to pay $300 out of pocket to have this tooth removed. Ugh. I had to do it because the top broke off last week and it really hurts. So after filling the paperwork out, getting the x-ray and the consult, they pull me back up to the front desk and tell me that my account actually has a credit that will cover the extraction. This credit came from when I had the other 2 removed years ago and they billed the insurance company for all four. Strange. So they had money for the extraction of two teeth that they never actually removed credited to them from the insurance company sitting on "my account". I really don't care to question if they really billed the ins. company for 4 teeth (fraud?) or if they decided to just give me a break or what. In the end, I walked out with a tooth removed, a perscription for cover the pain and not having to pay a dime out of my pocket and that is fine with me.
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08-28-2011, 02:46 PM
#9394
Boost Pope
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Is anybody else curious about what lies at the very core of Jupiter?
There has to have been something there to catalyze the formation of the plant Way Back When. Large ***** of gas don't just spontaneously congeal.
I'll bet it's a Happy Fun Ball.
There has to have been something there to catalyze the formation of the plant Way Back When. Large ***** of gas don't just spontaneously congeal.
I'll bet it's a Happy Fun Ball.
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08-29-2011, 06:43 PM
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What do you guys think about "forged pistons absolutely ruins your engines longevity, rabble rabble rabble!" Is that really true with modern low expansion alloys? I know "back in the day" you either had a loose fit with piston slap, or you ran tight and had potential for getting *** raped when it seized up on you after running a little hot. I'm doing my high compression n/a build, and I have been trying to sell myself on just a set of stock 01+ pistons, but I REALLY want to go with 85.5mm 11:1 Supertech pistons. I'm tired of having no power down low, and everywhere else for that matter.
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08-29-2011, 07:50 PM
#9400
If the tolerances are correct and the motor is well built, you should have no issue getting a lot of care free miles out of your motor with forged pistons.
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