Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[12BitSlab]

When I was a youngin, the only people I saw with tattoos were ex Navy guys from WWII. The tattoos never looked good.

 

[beans-on-toast]

If you think there are a lot in stores, look on line. I have tried many, but now have just a few that I use. Beard wash and conditioner, were a waste of money in my opinion, no different than regular body wash/shampoo. A few drops of oil, and a beard balm with coconut oil, and jojoba oil, with any essential oil fragrance you prefer, will work for even the ZZ Top beards.

Thanks I’ll check it out.

 

[notJaco]

It's funny that this hair was not disallowed in school back in the day.
Just the stuff that made you look like a girl.

 

[alaskaleftybass]

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It's funny that this hair was not disallowed in school back in the day.
Just the stuff that made you look like a girl.

Ummmm sir I think several million screaming girls might not have agreed with you....

 

[Passinwind]

…use it as a pre-poo…, so they say.

Coffee works for me.

 

[ahc]

I graduated high school in 68. The dress code was strict for males and females and no long hair for men, no sneakers, no jeans, no t-shirts, no pants for women, dress length, etc. That year there was a lawsuit by a student in another town who had been expelled because of his long hair (which was actually sideburns). He won the case. The next year (69) my high school was unrecognizable. I was amazed at what my younger sister and her friends were able to get away with. And I felt "cheated". I was in college by then and got away with all those previous transgressions so I didn't feel too bad. My parents were another story.

 

[12BitSlab]

Just got back from the hospital. Every 8 weeks my wife gives me my Tremfya injection. We go to the hospital and park just outside of the ER entrance in case I have an allergic reaction to it. In the past the only side effect I have experienced is severe fatigue for 2-3 days following the injection.

My copay for Tremfya is $3400. The list price is $12k. Somebody is making some serious coin on that stuff.

 

[ahc]

It's unconscionable what Big Pharma gets away with.

 

[GwenOnBass]

There's no profit in a permanent cure.

 

[notJaco]

There's no profit in a permanent cure.

There is profit but less of it.
We might be a little more accepting if we were invested in the research it took to create the drug. They are basking in the glory before the patent wears out.

 

[G-Dog]

There was also Vitalis hair tonic for taming hair into what was an "acceptable" hairstyle. When my hair is short it tends to stick out in odd ways so I went through gallons of that stuff until I could grow it long to fit the uniform of the non-conformist.

Yeah, I still use that[stuff]once in a while(good song)between haircuts.

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[bobyoung53]

When I was a youngin, the only people I saw with tattoos were ex Navy guys from WWII. The tattoos never looked good.

When I was a kid my grandfather had a bunch of tattoos he got in the Navy and would show them to me all distorted and tell me to never get a tattoo. I never have, I don't remember if he were in WWII. He was the right age though.

 

[bobyoung53]

It's unconscionable what Big Pharma gets away with.

Yup.

 

[12BitSlab]

There is profit but less of it.
We might be a little more accepting if we were invested in the research it took to create the drug. They are basking in the glory before the patent wears out.

I’ll do my best to avoid politics here and simply stay with facts.

During the Clinton administration, Congress passed a bill and President Clinton signed it known colloquially as “The Orphan Dug Bill”. A very simple explanation of the bill is that the taxpayers pay for the R&D on drugs that are targeted at a very small percentage of the population. Financially it made very little sense for drug companies to develop drugs for diseases that affected a small number of people. The thought, and letter of the law, was that taxpayers put money in and the drug companies couldn’t charge exorbitant prices for the orphan drugs.

The result is that taxpayers pick up the R&D tab, but the prices are still sky high. Pharma skirts the issue by offering co-pay assistance programs for those with private insurance. The amount of assistance is based upon one’s income. The real “gotcha” is the the co-pay assistance programs do not apply to anyone who uses Medicare, medicaid, or any other government sponsored health program due to legislative changes to the law.

I would opine that it is very easy to make money when someone else pays for your R&D and you are left to charge any amount supported within the limits of the elasticity of demand. Very easy!

If this post crosses the line regarding politics, allow me to apologize in advance.

 

[shadowtippy]

I graduated high school in 68. The dress code was strict for males and females and no long hair for men, no sneakers, no jeans, no t-shirts, no pants for women, dress length, etc. That year there was a lawsuit by a student in another town who had been expelled because of his long hair (which was actually sideburns). He won the case. The next year (69) my high school was unrecognizable. I was amazed at what my younger sister and her friends were able to get away with. And I felt "cheated". I was in college by then and got away with all those previous transgressions so I didn't feel too bad. My parents were another story.

I graduated in '72 from a small town school in farming country. Girls were allowed to wear pant suits, ala Hillary Clinton, starting in the '70-71 school year. Boys could not have long hair but blue jeans were acceptable, mostly because some of the students came to school straight from driving a tractor and partly because a lot of families couldn't afford jean's and slacks.

 

[notJaco]

I’ll do my best to avoid politics here and simply stay with facts.

During the Clinton administration, Congress passed a bill and President Clinton signed it known colloquially as “The Orphan Dug Bill”. A very simple explanation of the bill is that the taxpayers pay for the R&D on drugs that are targeted at a very small percentage of the population. Financially it made very little sense for drug companies to develop drugs for diseases that affected a small number of people. The thought, and letter of the law, was that taxpayers put money in and the drug companies couldn’t charge exorbitant prices for the orphan drugs.

The result is that taxpayers pick up the R&D tab, but the prices are still sky high. Pharma skirts the issue by offering co-pay assistance programs for those with private insurance. The amount of assistance is based upon one’s income. The real “gotcha” is the the co-pay assistance programs do not apply to anyone who uses Medicare, medicaid, or any other government sponsored health program due to legislative changes to the law.

I would opine that it is very easy to make money when someone else pays for your R&D and you are left to charge any amount supported within the limits of the elasticity of demand. Very easy!

If this post crosses the line regarding politics, allow me to apologize in advance.

REPORTED as informative. Good to know.

 

[12BitSlab]

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I have been telling my daughter for many years that men are stupid. Example, men would slather napalm on their hair if they thought that ladies would like it.

 

[Winslow]

Many kids had embarrassing moments in school. Better to wet yourself than to be remembered as sister brown bottom.

Oh, we had one of those in elementary school gym class. On "swimming pool day," no less. The kid had a bad case of rumble-guts, but was in the deep end, and couldn't dog-paddle over to the ladder fast enough to get out and make it to the boys' room in time. He finally climbed up the ladder with a wide brown stain across the rear of his swim trunks, and corresponding streaks running all the way down the backs of his legs. I spotted this from the shallow end, so I was able to exit quickly enough that I was not within range of any "mixed material." When the coach saw what happened, he blew his whistle and called out "Everybody outta the pool, NOW!!" Pool day was cut short, right then and there.

Can't recall if there was a subsequent spike in pinkeye cases among those down in the deep end, but it would not surprise me.

I don't remember the kid's name, but that image is... well... indelible.

No messing around, corporal punishment would have been in order at my school. Then again when you got home. There was always some kid that made it their mission to tell.

The Winslow children were on the Honor System. We were expected to self-report any corporal punishments upon arriving home, and receive the parental dose thereafter.

He did OK until he forgot to zip up after using the facilities. The penguin lost her mind. My parents were called in.

Just for a forgotten zipper?? Did he forget to retract the appendage as well?

Much sympathy for your father's loss like.

Exactly what @Charlie Tango says like

Classier than saying 'ditto' like.

 

[SoulReflection]

I’ll do my best to avoid politics here and simply stay with facts.

During the Clinton administration, Congress passed a bill and President Clinton signed it known colloquially as “The Orphan Dug Bill”. A very simple explanation of the bill is that the taxpayers pay for the R&D on drugs that are targeted at a very small percentage of the population. Financially it made very little sense for drug companies to develop drugs for diseases that affected a small number of people. The thought, and letter of the law, was that taxpayers put money in and the drug companies couldn’t charge exorbitant prices for the orphan drugs.

The result is that taxpayers pick up the R&D tab, but the prices are still sky high. Pharma skirts the issue by offering co-pay assistance programs for those with private insurance. The amount of assistance is based upon one’s income. The real “gotcha” is the the co-pay assistance programs do not apply to anyone who uses Medicare, medicaid, or any other government sponsored health program due to legislative changes to the law.

I would opine that it is very easy to make money when someone else pays for your R&D and you are left to charge any amount supported within the limits of the elasticity of demand. Very easy!

If this post crosses the line regarding politics, allow me to apologize in advance.

How much does one receive to turn a blind eye?

 

[notJaco]

How much does one receive to turn a blind eye?

Like I said...if your invested into the product, you don't mind so much, so......