Damn Insurance Companies rule the world!

Yes the names of food can vary in different parts of the country. I grew up in eastern Canada, and a common sandwich was one called a "western sandwich"........................fried egg on toast. Well when I was 19 and travelling in Saskatchewan in western Canada, I asked the waitress for a western sandwich, and she just looked at me in a strange way. "We don't have those here" she said. "Don't you make a fried egg on toast", I said? "Oh, you want a Denver sandwich", she said.

This thread is really wandering now!
 
What exactly is the relationship of the Canucks and Aussies to Britain these days? There's some relationship, but you aren't exactly married.

Hi xjwmx,
Australia and Canada were never married to the UK, it was more of a parent and child relationship
until we grew up and moved out on our own.
Just like the USA but without the family quarrel and subsequent blazing row.
The Australians can speak for themselves although I think they are, or plan to become, a Republic.
Meanwhile, Canada remains a British Dominion.
We are Ruled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II through her Governor-General and her Provincial Governors although these people have no official power at all. The Country is run by the Prime Minister and Parliament. The Provinces are run by their Premiers and Provincial Legislatures.
The advantage of the Prime Minister being "a hired hand" instead of a President is that unlike the USA, should he be caught in committing a crime or turns into a howling maniac he can simply be fired for cause, no problem.
 
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....not that THAT is ever likely to happen......:lmao:

Another subtle but important difference is that the PM is NOT the Head of State like a President. He is the Head of Government - and the Queen or her representative in Canada is the Head of State.
 
Yes the names of food can vary in different parts of the country. I grew up in eastern Canada, and a common sandwich was one called a "western sandwich"........................fried egg on toast. Well when I was 19 and travelling in Saskatchewan in western Canada, I asked the waitress for a western sandwich, and she just looked at me in a strange way. "We don't have those here" she said. "Don't you make a fried egg on toast", I said? "Oh, you want a Denver sandwich", she said.
This thread is really wandering now!

Hi gent,
FWIW, be it never so fancy, a fried egg on toast ain't my understanding of a Denver Sandwich.
A true Denver Sandwich is a 3-egg omelette stuffed with cheese and chopped bacon &/or chopped ham; served between two slices of toast.
Unless your jaws unhinge like a snake's you hafta take it apart to eat it.
 
I liked the bacon subject and was waiting for the subject to turn to Fried Bologna. Fried bologna is never encountered here, but my local diner has it on the special, wouldn't you think they'd have grits too? I miss my grits.

Scott
 
Hi xjwmx,
Australia and Canada were never married to the UK, it was more of a parent and child relationship
until we grew up and moved out on our own.
Just like the USA but without the family quarrel and subsequent blazing row.
The Australians can speak for themselves although I think they are, or plan to become, a Republic.
Meanwhile, Canada remains a British Dominion.
We are Ruled by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II through her Governor-General and her Provincial Governors although these people have no official power at all. The Country is run by the Prime Minister and Parliament. The Provinces are run by their Premiers and Provincial Legislatures.
The advantage of the Prime Minister being "a hired hand" instead of a President is that unlike the USA, should he be caught in committing a crime or turns into a howling maniac he can simply be fired for cause, no problem.
Today's howling maniac is tomorrow's bust on Mt. Rushmore. That's how it works here.

You say you're ruled by the Queen, but she has no official power. Sounds sort of like the mob.
 
Today's howling maniac is tomorrow's bust on Mt. Rushmore. That's how it works here. - - - .

But there's no more room on Mt. Rushmore to put another head, look how they had to squeeze the last guy in, peering from under someone's armpit..
Perhaps round the back; out of sight?
 
Dunno, Fred.
Don't see much room there, either...

MtRushmore.jpg
 
Getting back to the original topic…

A friend is in a similar situation with important medical issues. Recently got noticification from his insurance company that he had to switch medications because his expensive medications would no longer be covered. He took the info to his specialist & they contested the change. Yesterday he told me that he got approval to continue using whatever he is now taking.
 

I know, can you believe how expensive this stuff is? I have considered Canadian online pharmacies, but I think I will likely wind up changing medications to something similar that my insurance WILL cover. For example that inhaler Dulera is almost the same thing as Symbicort but for whatever reason insurance will pay for one but not the other.
 
I recall an old trivia thing from long ago. Some statistical research outfit reported that the country's highest concentration of asthmatics was in Phoenix.

This was followed, naturally, by a wave of inquiries, wondering what in Phoenix could possibly cause such a widespread ailment, followed again, naturally, by widespread calls for strict environmental controls. Conspiracy theorists were having a field day.

The answer was simple.

Asthmatics from all over the country were relocating to Arizona for relief and to escape their metropolitan moist weather.

Thus creating the statistical anomaly...
 
Ha! Now that I believe. I had an uncle that had some kind of respiratory illness back in the 50’s and his doctor recommended moving to a dryer climate. And so he became the first in my family to move to Arizona.
 
I recall an old trivia thing from long ago. Some statistical research
Ain't statistics great. Here's another old trivia thing...
Back in the 60's the government ran ads on TV telling you to "buckle up" even on short trips. Their argument was.... "Statistics prove that 90% of all fatal accidents occur within 20 miles of home.... Buckle up!" Scary statistic huh?
What they didn't say was that statistics also showed that 90% of all driving occurred within 20 miles of home. It then follows that most fatal accidents would occur there.... making that statistic.... statistically useless.
 
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