bersaguy

Oh a similar topic my Son in law decided to see if he could go on the site and get a quote. My daughter said she thought she was going to have to use smelling sauce to get him to wake back up after he almost passed out from sticker shock. Right now through his employer he pays $159.00 a month and his company pays $140.00 a month towards it. He has a $250.00 deductible and drug coverage. When the plan he is on goes away this coming year when his company drops the insurance for employees even though they have under 50 employees. When he saw the prices on the exchange ACA program he about fainted. His premium cost out of pocket will be  $396.00 a month for him and his wife and his deductible will be $3,000.00 before the ACA plan begins paying. Has anyone ever noticed that when the ACA Exchange is discussed on news networks and I mean any of them the deductibles are never discussed. Just the Premium costs are mentioned? He said that he would be able to afford the Premium but would strain his budget but there is no way he could afford the premiums and a deductible that high so he is going to pay the penalty to being with once his company drops the plan. His boss has also said that his company dropping the insurance is not edged in stone yet  and they are looking at other options and talking to their present insurance company to see what can be worked out. I think it is the deductibles that are driving people away from the ACA more than it is the premiums but that is ..........jmho

I am proud to be a Red Neck and you can bet I will be doing two things that drives Obama nuts and I love it when he calls it out. 1 is I will cling to my guns and 2 I will cling to my Bible. This scumbag that has the feelings and the thoughts he is willing to state does have the right to say them and he can thank a  soldier for that right and I think rather then  put him in prison with Bubba I think he should be required to go through a 15 week Basic Training program in a Marine Boot Camp and should be required to remain there until he is able to complete the entire program in a satisfactory manner according to his Drill  Instructor. I figure it would take him about a year or better if he makes it then. But he should have to finish the entire course before he gets to leave...............jmho

I realize this is a rather long read but I have read it in the past and a friend sent it to me again this morning and requested I forward it. I thought I would forward it here as I think it is a great reminder of truth.   Cemetery Watchmen .   My friend Kevin and I are volunteers at a National cemetery in Oklahoma and put in a few days a month in a 'slightly larger' uniform. Today had been a long, long day and I just wanted to get the day over with and go down to Smokey's and have a cold one. Sneaking a look at my watch, I saw the time, 16:55 . Five minutes to go before the cemetery gates are closed for the day. Full dress was hot in the August sun Oklahoma summertime was as bad as ever--the heat and humidity at the same level--both too high. I saw the car pull into the drive, '69 or '70 model Cadillac Deville, looked factory-new. It pulled into the parking lot at a snail's pace.. An old woman got out so slow I thought she was paralyzed; she had a cane and a sheaf of flowers--about four or five bunches as best I could tell. I couldn't help myself. The thought came unwanted, and left a slightly bitter taste: 'She's going to spend an hour, and for this old soldier, my hip hurts like hell and I'm ready to get out of here right now!' But for this day, my duty was to assist anyone coming in. Kevin would lock the 'In' gate and if I could hurry the old biddy along, we might make it to Smokey's in time. I broke post attention. My hip made gritty noises when I took the first step and the pain went up a notch. I must have made a real military sight: middle-aged man with a small pot gut and half a limp, in marine full-dress uniform, which had lost its razor crease about thirty minutes after I beganthe watch at the cemetery. I stopped in front of her, halfway up the walk. She looked up at me with an old woman's squint. 'Ma'am, may I assist you in any way?' She took long enough to answer. 'Yes, son. Can you carry these flowers? I seem to be moving a tad slow these days.' 'My pleasure, ma'am.' (Well, it wasn't too much of a lie.) She looked again. 'Marine, where were you stationed?' ' Vietnam , ma'am.. Ground-pounder. '69 to '71.' She looked at me closer. 'Wounded in action, I see. Well done, Marine. I'll be as quick as I can.' I lied a little bigger: 'No hurry, ma'am.' She smiled and winked at me. 'Son, I'm 85-years-old and I can tell a lie from a long way off.. Let's get this done. Might be the last time I can do this. My name's Joanne Wieserman, and I've a few Marines I'd like to see one more time..' 'Yes, ma 'am. At your service.' She headed for the World War I section, stopping at a stone. She picked one of the flower bunches out of my arm and laid it on top of the stone. She murmured something I couldn't quite make out.. The name on the marble was Donald S. Davidson, USMC: France 1918.  She turned away and made a straight line for the World War II section, stopping at one stone I saw a tear slowly tracking its way down her cheek. She put a bunch on a stone; the name was Stephen X.Davidson, USMC, 1943. She went up the row a ways and laid another bunch on a stone,Stanley J. Wieserman, USMC, 1944.. She paused for a second and more tears flowed. 'Two more, son, and we'll be done' I almost didn't say anything, but, 'Yes, ma'am. Take your time.' She looked confused.. 'Where's the Vietnam section, son? I seem to have lost my way.' I pointed with my chin. 'That way, ma'am.' 'Oh!' she chuckled quietly. 'Son, me and old age ain't too friendly.' She headed down the walk I'd pointed at. She stopped at a couple of stones before she found the ones she wanted. She placed a bunch onLarry Wieserman, USMC, 1968, and the laston Darrel Wieserman, USMC, 1970. She stood there and murmured a few words I still couldn't make out and more tears flowed. 'OK, son, I'm finished. Get me back to my car and you can go home.' Yes, ma'am. If I may ask, were those your kinfolk?' She paused. 'Yes, Donald Davidson was my father, Stephenwas my uncle, Stanleywas my husband,Larryand Darrelwere our sons. All killed in action, all Marines.' She stopped! Whether she had finished, or couldn't finish, I don't know. She made her way to her car, slowly and painfully. I waited for a polite distance to come between us and then double-timed it over to Kevin, waiting by the car. 'Get to the 'Out' gate quick.. I have something I've got to do.' Kevin started to say something, but saw the look I gave him. He broke the rules to get us down the service road fast. We beat her. She hadn't made it around the rotunda yet. 'Kevin, stand at attention next to the gatepost. Follow my lead.' I humped it across the drive to the other post. When the Cadillac came puttering around from the hedges and began the short straight traverse to the gate, I called in my best gunny's voice: 'TehenHut! Present Haaaarms!'   I have to hand it to Kevin; he never blinked an eye--full dress attention and a salute that would make his DI proud. She drove through that gate with two old worn-out soldiers giving her a send-off she deserved, for service rendered to her country, and for knowing duty, honor and sacrifice far beyond the realm of most. I am not sure, but I think I saw a salute returned from that Cadillac. Instead of 'The End,' just think of 'Taps.' As a final thought on my part, let me share a favorite prayer:  'Lord, keep our servicemen and women safe, whether they serve at home or overseas. Hold them in your loving hands and protect them as they protect us.' Let's all keep those currently serving and those who have gone before in our thoughts.  They are the reason for the many freedoms we enjoy. 'In God We Trust.' Sorry about your monitor; it made mine blurry too! If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under!

You may very well be right about that now that I think about it............... :up: :up:

Gosh it don't work that way at my house. I end up buying for the Dog in this house and I really don't mind since she is my best friend and has been with me 16 years this month. I already know what she wants and that is a couple large bags Jacks Links beef jerky, Jacks Link Turkey Jerky, and a bag of Chicken breasts cooked in Crock pot for Christmas dinner............

Most folks are beginning to develop the same thoughts I have on these shootings. They are becoming more frequent because the economy is driving some to just do it for meanness and others are just plain stupid. Like someone mentioned it is becoming about as news worthy as Chicago shootings.  A buddy of mine that still is stupid enough to live up there told me that the shootings don't even make front page anymore but are on 3rd or 4th page of Chicago news papers now and a lot of them don't even make TV news at all any more.

Well I think there is a possibility that both were wrong. He was rude, that is true but does anyone here know his situation. Does he suffer from any type of PTSD? Even the slightest amount could cause that type of action but then he could just be a butt head. Now as for the employee, I think she was wrong in standing her ground and protecting about 35 cents worth of food that was being offered by McDonalds across the nation. I would be willing to bet had the manager been on site the man would have been served and this incident would have never happened. Had I been the employee and they offered up any form of proof of being in the military they would have got the Big Mac but thats just how I am.............jmho

I love the idea but you would probably get sued by the A--Hole and he would probably win with the way the court system is today...........jmho

Ok have downloaded fire fox back in and seems to be working like it did when I first got it so I guess time will tell now.      Thanks folks          Bersaguy

Well what may have happened is a part of the firefox Monzilla program may have got corrupted and began malfunctioning.  I removed it all. I might try re installing it and see how it works. Can always remove it again if it does not work right. Thanks again folks     Bersaguy

Vaccumm issues can drive a person nuts for sure. Could be an EGR valve stuck half open. Could be a bad PVC Valve in valve cover. Might try tapping top of EGR with a hammer to make sure its not stuck. I know this may be reaching but have seen it in the past. You might want to look at your fuel filler cap. If the vent gets stopped up it will create a vaccum in the fuel system and act like a vapor lock............. :shrug:

Fox just reported a school shooting just minutes ago.

Well, when I had firefox it came with a program called Monzilla. And when I would visit a site it would say Monzilla fire fox. I have not just tried firefox by itself. Like I said I am 95% illiterate on these things. When I  go check my email on google it requests I updtae my browser and Chrome if offered and firefox is offer, Safari is offered and Opera is offere and all are free downloads. I know soon I am going to have to upgrade my computer or buy a new one as theis one is about 10 years old and still running windows xp. I have got  afew messages telling me windows xp will be going away in December. Probably going to get a ap top this time with all the new upgades since my grandson works for Dell might have him get me one on his discount. Just need to keep this one going for a couple more months. Avg says that firefox was slowing down my computer but may be because of the Monzilla program. I might just see if I can download just firefox and see if it brings monzilla with it? I can always remove it if it does and shop elsewhere. Again thansk for all the help folks.     Bersayguy

Well I had monzilla and it was a firefox browser and my AVG seemd to have inssues wih it. I guess I might try chrome since I have had firefox and AVG didn't lke it.      Thanks for the help folks

ok, I don't mind telling folks I am computer illitrate when it comes to stuff like this but my explorer is telling me I need to upgrade my browser and it recomends a couple. It offers   Safari,  O,  Chrome and Firefox. I just dumped fire fox because AVG said it was not working properly so I won't try it again. Now my question is are there other browsers out there someone would recommend I try. I have heard few negatives about chrome also. Any help would be greatly appreciated.    thanks  Bersaguy

Coming your way :( :(

Yep, they are good with the whistles and those clubs they carry and man can they run when a gun shot goes off in their direction. I think a few of them are like superman and are actually faster than a speeding bullet..............jmho

  Chris was a great guy for sure. Chris and I fished bass tournaments together and we were suppose to fish that Sunday but he didn't make it and I got a call from another friend that told me he had been killed. I am so glad they caught all of them involved in that and they are all doing serious time in the Graybar motel. All the folks at the bass tournament that Sunday had a minute of Silence in his remembrance as he was liked by everyone at the tournament trail.  I am sorry for your daughters loss and your loss for not being able to have him as a son in law.

I lost two good friends at a  Restaurant after closing one night on White Bridge Road in Nashville about 5 years ago. Both of them had HCP's but company policy would not allow them to carry while working even though one of the was restaurant manager. They were killed by 3 ex employees that knew how the store operated and knew that no one would be armed. Even after getting the money the two employees were killed execution style. The restaurant chain did nothing to help the family of either one of them except say they were sorry for their loss. The families had to sue the restaurant chain for wrongful death cases and they finally won the cases and the company had to pay some serious money out. They still do not allow their employees to carry if they have a permit. I just wish Chris would have went against store policy and after closing the front doors went and got his gun out of his car to finish locking up.    

Well, I didn't understand a lot of that but since I exist very far below the poverty level notice I didn't say "LIVE below" it that I have no fear of ever seeing much of this effecting me before my death but then 1 never knows what that maniac in the White House has plans to do before November 2014 and then all we can do is hope people do the right thing then.....................jmho

I also want to :usa: :usa: :usa: :usa: All of the veterans and also those that made the ultimate sacrifices a heart felt prayer to their families and also a major :usa: :usa:  to them also.

Regardless of it all it was a poke at Barry and not a positive one and it seems that George Strait seemed to like it...............jmho

You may be right but even if it was not his song or his idea he was the one that sat on that stage and sang it with Carrie and if he was or is a Barry fan he has a funny way of showing it ..................jmho

Is this a picture of your distributor system and ignition system?

Well he told a small part of the truth for once. He said he is sorry and I never thought he would admit he's a sorry President. As I think back in the beginning of this nightmare his goal I think was to get the 15 or so million folks that could not afford insurance to be able to purchase a cheap plan. We should have known right then that we were screwed. Well maybe he should have read the dam thing before he signed it in stead of listening to the BOTOX Queen standing next to him that told him "You  have to sign it to learn whats in it." He has not got those 15 million insured and now he has millions more he needs to find affordable insurance for and the numbers are growing every day.  Thing is now if it does crash and burn like many folks think it's going to all of the people that have lost their coverage will all be at the mercy of their original insurance companies and double or triple the rates they were paying................jmho