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  1. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I only have the one experience with German Medicine as well. Mine was in 2012. I can say though, I've never seen a doctor in an urgent care here in the U.S., or been out of one in less than 3 hours, even when it was empty, and heaven forbid you need xrays around here, you'll be waiting 5 hours...
  2. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Our experience with the German Healthcare system was very good. My husband saw an actual orthopedic doctor, someone you wouldn't see in an urgent care in the US. He got a very high quality boot for his foot (the orthopedic surgeon we saw in the US was stunned by how great it was). We were a...
  3. sheeplady

    GMO's - Scientific and Economic 'realities'???

    I am concerned about Roundup Ready crops. There's evidence that weeds pick up genes from other plants without needing to "breed" with them (through bacteria in the soil, for example). Very easy to pick up the Roundup Ready genes, much easier and quicker than evolving to be resistant on your own...
  4. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    My family has experienced Healthcare here (major) and abroad. I also have studied the Healthcare treatment I've gotten here in two cases- treatment for cancer and to prevent premature birth extensively in various European countries. Our interactions in the German Healthcare system for my...
  5. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I've encountered the notion overseas (more than once, and among some well-read current events people) that we have no social welfare programs in the U.S. Zero. I remember one young man, who said that in Ireland the impression of the vast majority of people was that if you lost your job or...
  7. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    I was thinking of assigning some money to re-animating Mr. Rogers, calculating that if he came back a little bit tainted (like in Pet Sementary) he'd still beat 99.9% of the kids tv out there....
  8. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    Since I didn't win (no tickets bought) but am still thinking about this, I would like to say that if I won, Sesame Street would no longer have its first run on HBO.
  9. sheeplady

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    I always think of it like this: I really value the teachers at my daughter's daycare. I truly do. They deserve much higher pay, and it's a disgrace that in the United States individuals who provide early childcare are paid so very little. Basically, the man or woman hauling away your garbage is...
  10. sheeplady

    The Role of Education In Assigning Value to Societal Labor Sectors

    There's also the high risk of injury (upon which you get sent home with no degree), being steered towards lesser courses and "easy" majors (which will make it hard to find employment ), and generally taken advantage of. Your coach may make over a million a year but you get such a poor stipend...
  11. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Good, fast, and cheap. Pick two.
  13. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    I think that's the problem... handling it correctly. And there would be so many critics to how it was handled.
  14. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    I want to amend my answer. I'd like to give some money to the son and daughter of my friend who passed away. Enough for them to go to college, buy a nice house, with plenty left over. I'd like to give some money to their dad too- to pay off their house, or do whatever he wished with. Also, a...
  15. sheeplady

    So trivial, yet it really ticks you off.

    With 1.3 billion you could go to the bathroom wherever you want. Probably not a positive thing.
  16. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    We got 4 vouchers for free lottery tickets from the local zoo on a promotional day. I never had played the lottery before. We won enough to pay for a year family zoo membership.
  17. sheeplady

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    I handled chemo "well" according to my doctors. ("Well" is a relative term, if you get my drift.) I did pretty well in regards to mouth issues (no bad sores, didn't lose any teeth) but I did lose my taste buds. Couldnt taste vinegar or sour at all, salt was iffy. They grew back. But now I...
  19. sheeplady

    Powerball up to 1 billion - what tools would you buy?

    I would fix up our house. I'd put a sizable amount into each child's account. I'd buy my children the dream swingset I've been saving up for 5 years to buy. I'd put Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in every zip I could in my region. I'd fund the local libraries. I'd fund the library in the...
  20. sheeplady

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    I know when I went through chemo our tap water tasted disgusting. It burnt my mouth. You know you're going through hell when even water turns on you.
  21. sheeplady

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    While I understand your point, and I agree that the "little people" focusing on conservation is mainly a distraction, I like to think it makes a difference on some level. I'll give you a quick example. My old neighbors, a family of five, put out 3 large trashcans of garbage per week, always...
  22. sheeplady

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    Lots of people don't even bother with "pass a better earth onto the kids attitude." There's people who say, "my kids can deal with the mess I leave behind." To their kids face. I'll admit it, I'm kind of an environmentalist. 8 don't believe in abusing resources. I believe in mend and make do...
  23. sheeplady

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    Reasonable accommodations can be made in most cases in those types of professions. I've known programmers with cerebral palsy and one whom used a wheelchair. Is it easy? No. But while you might have to find a new job (perhaps more desk bound), you would not purely be disabled out by ending up...

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