Posts made by MrMazda

So apparently, Canada Post has decided to go from a rolling strike where Canadians were only receiving mail delivery Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, however now have gone to a full out lock out, so there's no absolutely no mail delivery at all anywhere in the country. The only problem is that some of us receive their drug coverage cards by mail every month. The problem with this is that I am one such person, and I have quite the need for that handy little thing.

I bet you didn't know that in a case such as mine, the cost of just the HIV medications that keep me alive alone is a whopping $1533.53 every month. This doesn't even take into account the cost of the medications that take care of the side effects, among other things. The bigger problem is that given that I am limited in the type of work I can do, I'm currently reduced to the disability cheque every month, which only accounts for $1053.00 every month. This means that just for the medications that keep me alive, this leaves me very short for the medications that I need to live.

What's worse is that our lovely government doesn't seem to give a rat's ass about the fact that there are now many people placed into such a situation. Since when is an "essential service" as it has been deemed allowed to pull such a thing on their people? For that matter, since when is it acceptable for a government to simply dismiss their people, leaving them in a situation where the cost of a month of their life (quite literally) is more than they are able to bring in, in a month, without anyone caring about it or doing anything to make such vital things that are needed available to them?

Quite frankly, it only goes to show that our government officials are concerned with noting more than collecting their pay cheques, and not about the welfare of their people. What's worse is that when I inquired on how to go about getting this card, and the only way in which for me to get a replacement is to go into the disability office and pick it up. The problem that I have with that is that under the terms of the house arrest, I can do no such thing. When I presented this problem, the answer that I got was "that's not our problem".

Since when is a live or die situation for which people like myself are facing "not their problem" when they have ways in which to get around this problem. I suggested both a courier service, or sending a letter of authorization allowing my pharmacist to be able to pick up my drug card for me, and in both cases, they flat out refused, saying that they had to deal with only me. Can anyone provide me with an explanation as to the message this sends, other than our lovely government workers only care about their pay cheques, and nothing more?

I always had good luck with a Cavalier. I had a 1996 Cavalier for a couple of years, and it was the most die-hard car I had ever owned up until I totalled it. It had some 185,000kms on it when I first got my hands on it, but two years later, I had racked it to just over 410,000kms and it still ran like a dream. I actually recall having laughed at my room mate the one day because his brand new Pontiac G6 wouldn't start when in the insulated garage with the fuel line anti-freeze, but no block heater plugged in. I went out to my trusty old rust bucket of a Cavalier in the -42 C weather, and tried to start it. The funny thing was that it sounded like a dying animal at first, but it started on the first try. They really are the iron horse.

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@allenlue3:

this is not a good place to find special guys.

It's not just this site, but the internet in general is never usually a good way to find men. Lessons learned the hard way include meeting men from the internet will almost always end badly. Not to sound like a sour puss, but it's just the way it is.

Awesome… As usual Tom, you rock!

WOW! It's pretty sad as to how things can go down at this day and age. I know for sure I won't ever go to a StarBucks now that I've seen this. I hope the "manager" gets what is coming to her and real fast.

One more step closer… Yet sadly, we're still a ways away from being fully equipped with equal rights in the USA

If only it were possible :lolp:  >:D

I'm not exactly sure that there is a "cure" per say. While the neurological results show an interesting co-relation between the makeup of the brain between gay men and straight women, the more interesting part remains that in previous articles similar to this that I've read, it was also noted that during the pregnancy, the amount of hormones that the fetus is exposed to proportionately tended to influence the sexual orientation of the resulting child. This was based on certain levels, particularly estrogen in which the fetus was exposed to during the pregnancy and if I'm not mistaken, the level of testosterone that the sperm is subjected to prior to insemination, compared to the gender of the fetus.

As I recall, it was noted that for a male fetus where the sperm was subjected to a lower level of testosterone, and the fetus during pregnancy was somehow exposed to a higher level of estrogen, that the result was a gay male. By the same token, a female sperm exposed to higher levels of testosterone and exposed to a more elevated level of estrogen generally resulted in a lesbian. All of that being said, it just further emphasizes that sexual orientation is predetermined prior to the birthing process, and not a matter of a "choice".

This just adds to the more interesting plethora of information that one can find on the subject, which further suggests that it is not a matter of choice, rather a matter of genetics and body chemistry. As for the "cure", I fail to see how such a thing would be effective in any way whatsoever, especially seeing as how there is further scientific evidence that reasonably suggests that it is not a matter of choice.

WOOF!! Hello DADDY!

I've been around plenty of straight men long enough to know that their minds are as cemented in the gutter as ours are. The only difference is that with heteros, it all depends on the female. If she won't put out, it's Mr. Hand that does the job.

Just sayin…

@ultimate:

They look good not only on Sunday but even for the rest of the week  :cheesy2:

:true:

This just goes to show another reason why the term "separation of church and state" is more or less a requirement in order to fulfill any society reasonably. Moreover, the more interesting part is that in reality, the bible never does actually say anything about not tolerating homosexuality.

The more interesting part when it comes to religion is that one could argue that Jesus was a flaming homo himself. When you think about it, he's always portrayed as dressing in long dress like robes, had the long hair going, and well… hung out with the same 12 MEN. I think all of you know where I'm going with this one. :lolp:

I also agree with that statement. Bear does not necessarily imply being chubby… It more often than not refers to the amount of body hair and general composition of the body, rather than just the "excess weight". For this reason, I think distinguishing between the two would be a wise idea. Although it is true that in many cases, chubs and bears can fall into the same category, this does not mean that all bears fall into the chubs category.

Although reformatting is an option, I don't think it's going to be necessary in this case. I can likely save you the frustration of having to restore everything after having reformatted and re-installed… ESPECIALLY if you don't have a secondary hard drive (or at least partition) in which to store your content on, separate from the hard drive/partition that you keep your data on.

If you need further assistance, you have my number. If you don't know where you've put it, PM me and I can send it to you again, or I can call you... I still have your number saved in my phone

Nice!! I'd love to know what that would feel like sliding in and out of me

Again, I like what I see… Show more!  >:D

I'm liking what I'm seeing…. Show more

I'm still kind of shocked that my car passed with flying colours somehow. Basing it on my mileage that I got after tuning up my 1997 Mercury Sable (quite literally with the same gas tank, lines, etc. because they were pulled off my 1997 when I totalled it on February 22, 2010 and put onto this 1996 Mercury Sable to make it pass safety) I was averaging 475 - 550kms per tank, depending on how much of it was highway driving. On this car, I get lucky if I can get 450kms on mostly highway driving before my engine starts sputtering, so there's no doubt in my mind that it is indeed in dyer need of a tune up. I pulled one of the spark plugs to be sure yesterday and it most definitely was quite nasty looking. I'm just stumped as to how it could have passed an eTest in that condition, unless the eTest is nothing more than a cash grab.