06-10-2004, 10:17 AM | #61 |
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Hemel, the emergency room treats a variety of ailments, but its specific purpose is tending to emergencies (injuries, or sudden illnesses) that need immediate treatment. In some emergency rooms they have what is called a (trauma bay.) this is an area of the emergency room that deals strictly with trauma, usually consisting of gunshot wounds, motor vehicle accidents, and other major life threatening injuries. NO ONE is turned away in the ER. However, as JD pointed out, many people use the ER, or I should say, misuse the ER as though it were their doctor's office. There are probably many reasons why this happens, two of them being that many are NO income and have not applied for any kind of public assistance, and also because it's more convenient, a no waiting kind of experience. You don't have to make an appointment, and you go in, get treated and leave. This is the problem when people don't use the ER for its intended purpose, emergencies.
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06-10-2004, 03:11 PM | #62 |
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(Re USAmericans : I remember when I was in Switzerland and wrote a postcard to some friends back home in the US and asked how much the postage was to America, and the clerk asked me "Which America? North or South?" or something along those lines, and I realized that he had a good point ... we Americans forget that America doesn't only refer to the USA.)
Our family has been to the emergency room several times in the middle of the night when doctor offices are closed - we call our doctor (there is always a doctor you can get hold of on the phone 24 hours a day, with our coverage - an HMO) and describe what's going on, then they will either tell you to go to an emergency room or wait until the morning. Bring a book ... Another quick note on emergency rooms - a friend of mine is a nurse in the ER in an area where there are gangs, and she says the gang members that come into the ER are real babies as soon as you get them away from their gang.
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06-10-2004, 04:52 PM | #64 |
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Hi, Gaffer, nice to see you!
What in the world is that third picture - the guy in the white outfit? Is he really overweight, or do they buy clothes that are too big and then stuff them with pillows (or is the wind puffing out the clothes?)
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06-10-2004, 04:56 PM | #65 |
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My guess is a combination of stretchy photoshop incompetence on the part of the webmaster with the typical West of Scotland diet (deep fried pizza, Irn Bru, tabs and Buckfast tonic wine) on the part of the ned.
Not the best web site, it has to be said, but their taxonomy of "goon" "mad" "wee cheeky" and "dressed" neds seems to hold for many different groupings of gangsters. Last edited by The Gaffer : 06-10-2004 at 04:59 PM. |
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There is constant American bashing on entmoot - now we aren't even entitled to be called by our PROPER name Americans. Look at the American-Bashing threads - they say America. Fenir started the "Why terrorists attack AMERICA" I guess I should just assume that he met Mexico, Brazil or Canada. Damn - I suppose we'll just have to wait for damn europe to bestow some name befitting our country. Because obviously we are incapable of that and can't be respected enough. Also- it seems as if the name USAmericans was made as a slight and to be offensive to us. He did NOT always use it - but only recently and I resent it. He even claims that the reson for it's use is only because a Canadian found North American to be offensive when referring to a citizen of North America- without taking into consideration AMERICAN feelings in OUR name change.. It shows where we stand. It's sole purpose is to be disrepectful toward Americans. He can deny it - but I don't believe it and either do several other people I know. Quote:
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I have been against changing the national anthem - but I may reconsider changing it to God Bless America or America the Beautiful as has been suggested. What will foreigners say then - that we don't have a right to our own national anthem? Come on Gollum - come on Gilmi - start singing since according to hemel these songs are all about Canada in addition to America - oh sorry - US.A. I always told you you guys were the 51st State - now I guess by our songs, some of which are all the way from the early 1800's, we can lay claim to two continents. Amazing - didn't know Mexico had pilgrims - learn something new everyday I guess. By the way - this IS an AMERICAN - as in US for those who seem geographically challenged - board.
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Just out of curiosity......what does it have as a description of your nationality on your passports/birth certificates/official documentation etc?
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Wow - our embassy in London has services for American citizens I wonder if the Canadians and Mexicans and Brazilians know they can use our embassy or maybe Hemel should tell our embassy that it is *gasp* WRONG for us to be using the term American to refer to citizens of this country.
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So does that mean that you speak for all US Americans?
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my god man thats as assanine as calling french fries freedom fries, its useless and its only good for instigating
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Let me just say that calling Americans USAmericans is IMO a way of nitpicking on this board, the same as with all the American bashing threads. Some folks may take it as cute and feel that the people that are offended by it are nitpicking. I for one think it is disrespectful, especailly just from moderating this board have learned that such terms are used only to inflame. Trying to do a technical nitpick is what it amounts to. The fact that there are two continents that have the name America attached to them is neither here nor there. The countries within those continents DO NOT, and WOULD NOT refer to themselves as Americans. In all the political threads that have been started on Entmoot, NOT ONE has used the name USAmerican in its title or any of the posts, until now. The people that live in the United States of America are AMERICANS. Tell me, do you think that there is one Canadian on this board willing to call themselves an American? I doubt it.
Now everyone, get back on topic!
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Pretty much like here. I get English, British, United Kingdom, European etc. To be honest, it never really concerned me. Communicating with Americans, I generally use American. but I've also used US, United States, UScitizens and USAmerican (although I've nearly always changed it to American (US) and North American. I never really, or have encountered, as being that big a deal. But yer right......you have the right to describe yourselves however you wish |
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As for American (US) - why - when we have always been called American - you had it right the first time. As for US that is our country - not nationality.
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06-10-2004, 11:20 PM | #79 |
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Okay, did I stutter or something? Let's get back on topic!
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SGH, I've never seen Hemel be disrespectful; have you? All the posts I've seen from him have been consistently kind, so I didn't take offense at the term. I think that should be taken into account when trying to determine intent (IOW, I don't think he was trying to "inflame"). Perhaps I've missed some posts where he's been mean, but I don't think so.
My post was originally about the use of the word "America", anyway, not "Americans" or "American", and using "America" in a geographical sense, to boot (postage rates). I'm sorry to see it caused such a hullabaloo. So what are people's thoughts about Christopher Reeve (the guy that played Superman in the movies and had a fall from a horse and is paralyzed)? Someone brought up how there are so many good treatments now that it drives up prices. Reeve has had MILLIONS spent on him, and he seems to think that other people in his situation should have the same treatments. So where is the line drawn? You could easily spend millions of dollars on many types of treatments for many conditions and bankrupt the medical system, it seems. EDIT - sorry, SGH, I missed your second post.
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