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[Arcades]

Originally Posted by Lups

Totally counts, and I have to pay come to think of it.

I went to our basements Anna cave just now to fetch a new pack of socks I've hidden there cuz socks is the most precious thing each morning in my household. Though I go to that part of the house almost daily, it is still striking to realize my tools are in order and there is no weird restoration project spread on the floor.

I'm the messiest person in the world. Tools being on shelves and in boxes means they've not been used. When ever I'm doing something the whole space looks like unabomber paid us a visit. Hubby has been working from home for a year so basically I've done nothing for a year. I could even see the floor. This has been a confusing morning, I need a vacation now after realizing I've been on one for a year now.

Have you fixed your house yet...?

[GrussGott]

Reason #362,498 I've never wanted to live in Australia

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by GrussGott

Reason #362,498 I've never wanted to live in Australia

and super big spiders.

[Lups]

"Anna. Buy a car. I can't take this any longer. Peter was all Peter for sure but now you either buy a car or I'll hire an excavator contractor and do the drining whing with it to completion".

I'm not sure, but I think he is gonna get a ho on our my yard to do my digging if I keep not rollin. There has to be a rap song fitting this moment. Rock has hoes, but nothing rolls if it ain't a rock.

Seriously. He is blackmailing me by replacing my trusted shovel with an actual crew fitted for the job for not buying a car. This has to be a new low.

As for the car front, I had a quick fling with a Mase. Even the hubby thought that might not be something I should buy.

[minn19]

Originally Posted by Lups

"Anna. Buy a car. I can't take this any longer. Peter was all Peter for sure but now you either buy a car or I'll hire an excavator contractor and do the drining whing with it to completion".

I'm not sure, but I think he is gonna get a ho on our my yard to do my digging if I keep not rollin. There has to be a rap song fitting this moment. Rock has hoes, but nothing rolls if it ain't a rock.

Seriously. He is blackmailing me by replacing my trusted shovel with an actual crew fitted for the job for not buying a car. This has to be a new low.

As for the car front, I had a quick fling with a Mase. Even the hubby thought that might not be something I should buy.

What’s a Mase?

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by minn19

What’s a Mase?

I hope she doesn't mean a Maserati.

[minn19]

Originally Posted by Arcades

I hope she doesn't mean a Maserati.

That’s what I was thinking to.

[GrussGott]

Originally Posted by Arcades

I hope she doesn't mean a Maserati.

Oh gawd, that's horrible!

In a related story, Norway BWM iX orders are batshit

[GrussGott]

Hey Americans, pet peeve, in case anyone says anything to you about HIPAA, you can just tell them this:

If a person or business isn't YOUR healthcare provider, HIPAA doesn't apply - this is written quite plainly in the law, 45 CFR Part 160 & Subparts A and E of Part 164:

"HIPAA Privacy ... applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and ... providers that conduct ... health care transactions."

In other words, your doctor, your clinic, your insurance company, and any business THEY hire to process your healthcare stuff like labs, pharmacy, or claims processing.

In other words, HIPAA doesn't apply to your wife, your husband, your kids, your parents, local businesses, online business, sports stadiums, concert venues or anyone THAT'S NOT YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER.

[minn19]

Originally Posted by GrussGott

Oh gawd, that's horrible!

In a related story, Norway BWM iX orders are batshit

Sounds like the Norwegian Gubermant is subsidizing the hell out of them to. And other electric vehicles of course to get people to switch.

[minn19]

Originally Posted by GrussGott

Hey Americans, pet peeve, in case anyone says anything to you about HIPAA, you can just tell them this:

If a person or business isn't YOUR healthcare provider, HIPAA doesn't apply - this is written quite plainly in the law, 45 CFR Part 160 & Subparts A and E of Part 164:

"HIPAA Privacy ... applies to health plans, health care clearinghouses, and ... providers that conduct ... health care transactions."

In other words, your doctor, your clinic, your insurance company, and any business THEY hire to process your healthcare stuff like labs, pharmacy, or claims processing.

Not sure about this one, HIPAA has everyone in medical scared shitless to share anything by accident. Most sway way to the CYA side like my company.

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by minn19

Sounds like the Norwegian Gubermant is subsidizing the hell out of them to. And other electric vehicles of course to get people to switch.

I would take that with a bit of grain of salt tbh.

Places where the iX would have to fight for territory against the likes of Tesla and VW Group are the most important.

A country like Norway won't make up for all of it's sales, or even any significant fraction of it. While I know the i3 did pretty well in EU, it was horrible in the States.

Even if the car is 85k, it would cost less generally because it's BMW's stupid leasing.

I am remaining skeptical purely because it's BMW and most of their sales are leases, not really selling the car outright. Not to mention like you and Minn know, BMW pushes hard to subsidize. Which generally means most of their cars are worth 50% less than it's price tag.

[GrussGott]

Originally Posted by minn19

Not sure about this one, HIPAA has everyone in medical scared shitless to share anything by accident. Most sway way to the CYA side like my company.

Sure, but there's a difference between what the law says and how knowledgeable an organization is at differentiating what is and isn't PHI and who is and isn't covered by the CFR ... similarly, lots of adults are scared shitless of liquid nitrogen and avoid it rather than learn how to safely use it.

In any event, the CFRs are pretty clear and DHS has a nice plain language summary, e.g.,

Who Is Not Required to Follow These Laws
Many organizations that have health information about you do not have to follow these laws.

Examples of organizations that do not have to follow the Privacy and Security Rules include:

• Life insurers
• Employers
• Workers compensation carriers
• Most schools and school districts
• Many state agencies like child protective service agencies
• Most law enforcement agencies
• Many municipal offices

In short, if you don't have patients, or mess with the personally identifiable data of someone who has patients, you don't need to worry about HIPAA.

As an example, anyone can download de-identified Medicare or bluebutton data ... or if someone sends you their medical record and you're not their doc or a "business associate" of their doc ... or if an airline or stadium asks you to prove you're vaccinated, HIPAA it doesn't apply.

I get orgs are afraid of things, and sometimes it can be tricky who needs to be a BA and not (like, for example, a data center that's hosting medical device data which could somehow contain PHI) and so it's just easier to avoid any hint of possibility of PHI altogether ...

Though I'd say anyone "in medical" (?) should invest in staff who actually read the CFRs, study industry best practices, and subscribe to the OCR listservs, etc so they can properly advise their businesses on where they need to invest and where they don't.

[GrussGott]

Hey, so, true story: the boxers my wife buys me have started to get smaller and smaller ... and the ass slapping has really increased in volume lately ... I'm doing my part, but I gotta say I feel like I'm starting to be objectified.

It's probably the quarantine.

It'll be fine.

right?

[Arcades]

Soo... more junk in the trunk is a good thing then.

[GrussGott]

Originally Posted by Arcades

Soo... more junk in the trunk is a good thing then.

It could be ...

Maybe it's the tortillas. See I really like tortillas, tacos, nachos, etc but obvs eating lots of packaged chips ain't good for much except junk in the trunk so a long time ago we started buying Food for Life corn tortillas which are awesome and super clean ... however now you can't easily get those any more and they were a little rare in the first place.

So I started making my own, which originally I thought would suck but turns out to be exceptionally easy if you have a few key things:

1.) This cast iron tortilla press for $30 - don't go cheap, get this one, you'll know it's the right one when the box arrives

2.) This Masa Harina which you can get at most grocery stores or just order a shitton online like we do

then i just

(1.) make the dough: dump in mh, add water, squish - takes 2 min
take a rack out of the oven and set it next to you
(2.) press the tortillas - takes another 2 min to press 10 of them
(3.) put them directly on the rack as you press them in a single layer
(4.) bake at 300 for 15 min until crisp - or less if you want them floppy

You can put them over a taco shell mold for taco shells or press them smaller and put them over an upside-down mini-muffin pan to make scoop chips.

The whole operation takes 20 min for fresh chips/tortillas/taco shells

She thinks it's magic.

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by GrussGott

It could be ...

Maybe it's the tortillas. See I really like tortillas, tacos, nachos, etc but obvs eating lots of packaged chips ain't good for much except junk in the trunk so a long time ago we started buying Food for Life corn tortillas which are awesome and super clean ... however now you can't easily get those any more and they were a little rare in the first place.

So I started making my own, which originally I thought would suck but turns out to be exceptionally easy if you have a few key things:

1.)[COLOR="Blue"] This cast iron tortilla press [/COLOR]for $30 - don't go cheap, get this one, you'll know it's the right one when the box arrives

2.) [COLOR="blue"]This Masa Harina[/COLOR] which you can get at most grocery stores or just order a shitton online like we do

then i just

(1.) make the dough: dump in mh, add water, squish - takes 2 min
take a rack out of the oven and set it next to you
(2.) press the tortillas - takes another 2 min to press 10 of them
(3.) put them directly on the rack as you press them in a single layer
(4.) bake at 300 for 15 min until crisp - or less if you want them floppy

You can put them over a taco shell mold for taco shells or press them smaller and put them over an upside-down mini-muffin pan to make scoop chips.

The whole operation takes 20 min for fresh chips/tortillas/taco shells

She thinks it's magic.

I don't really eat that stuff either lol.

Not that I am against it but it was never too filling for me. Could be eating the wrong ones...

Hopefully when COVID subsides enough I feel safe to eat some with friends.

[GrussGott]

This walrus fell asleep on an ice floe and drifted to Ireland - what an idiot!

[GrussGott]

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by GrussGott

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How many dilithium crystals will fit on that ship? That remains the main unanswered question, of course. Another concern, what is the relationship between that ship and the latest battlestar?
I actually know somebody who thinks the original battlestar galactica was better than the reboot.

[Arcades]

minn19 is your GTS 4.0 affected by the mass recall for engine connection rod issue?

P.S. I guess 190 cars isn't mass...

[minn19]

Originally Posted by Arcades

minn19 is your GTS 4.0 affected by the mass recall for engine connection rod issue?

P.S. I guess 190 cars isn't mass...

Thankfully not yet, but a lot of people on RL think this might end up like the GT3 issue where they eventually had to replace all of them.

If it happens, at least this time I’ll be in a nice Porsche loaner instead of a base Fiesta/Focus when my GT350 was at the dealer for two months.