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  1. Reality is, the hospitals in both countries handle typical cases well. If they didn't, things would be seriously fucked up. The differences come when you need extreme care. In canada, you basically don't get it. In the US, you only get it if you can afford it. The benefit to state based coverage instead of federal is that you have the option of living in a different state if the one you're in doesn't suit you. As to the cost, I'd rather pay specific costs for specific benefits than give 60% of my salary for the government to spend as it sees fit.
  2. All of this doesn't even begin to cover the #1 drawback to living in canada: canadians.
  3. Nice straw man. The "evil insurance company can drop you" argument. It may happen, but it's not "common".
  4. In soviet canada, hospital pays you. Seriously tho, in the US, if you're sick, you can go to any hospital, and you're guaranteed treatment. And medical bills can't impact your credit standing. That said, it's a good thing that people are expected to pay for the services they receive. I think we need to go more towards MSAs and away from traditional coverage anyway. Make medicine more, rather than less, competitive.
  5. Canadian free health care is worth what you pay for it. I'm ok with living in a society where you're responsible for your own well being. I can see why you're glad someone else looks after you... As to the cost, even with relatively high medical costs over the last couple of years while we were living in alaska, I still paid significantly less for medical care (including the price of my insurance) than it'd cost me in additional taxes to live in canada. Then factor in the reduced wages in canada and we can just leave it as I am not looking to emigrate.
  6. Send all subscription payments via paypal to [email protected]. The more you pay, the better the information you'll receive!
  7. Not eating, but cooking: bacon roux, I might have a use for it tonight or tomorrow, and it's always a shame to waste bacon fat. I'll risk a cup of flour for a 50% chance I'll use the roux
  8. http://www.tubecad.com/2004/blog0011.htm The aikido is pretty similar, and you can get boards. You're not really going to save money building your own 6sn7 amp, because by the time you buy tubes, you're still out quite a bit of money.
  9. Why replicate a singlepower when there are publicly available tube amp designs that are as good, and don't require that you steal someone elses' work?
  10. My 20th high school reunion is this spring.
  11. Ah, but they're aerius style groupies* you get for getting your golden god status. * Made up
  12. Yah. That's why wpa is generally good enough. It's crackable, but why would anyone bother?
  13. just watch traffic and see what addresses are using it.
  14. Try emptying your queue of everything else.
  15. grawk

    October DC area meet

    http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?t=259098 Anyone else coming? Whatcha bringing?
  16. Oh, I was just giving reksy grief. I make my sauce from scratch too
  17. big shock, bertha's a dope fiend
  18. last season's finale
  19. ragu tho?
  20. You shoudl try ragu, you'll quit the extra work
  21. house
  22. roast chicken and steamed broccoli
  23. You should definitely set it to enterprise. Of course, then you'll have to set up a radius server.
  24. Basically, it's secure enough.
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