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If we could turn back the hands of time.....

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Just received this from a friend. Not sure how true it is but definitely food for thought. Make sure you read the last sentence! What ObamaCare is Really About I'm a 54 year old consulting engineer and make between $60,000 and $125,000 per year, depending on how hard I work and whether or not there are work projects out there for me. My girlfriend is 61 and makes about $18,000 per year, working as a part-time mail clerk. For me, making $60,000 a year, under ObamaCare, the cheapest, lowest grade policy I can buy, which also happens to impose a $5,000 deductible, costs $482 per month. For my girlfriend, the same exact policy, same deductible, costs $1 per month. That's right, $1 per month. I'm not making this up. Don't believe me? Just go to www.coveredca.gov , the ObamaCare website for California and enter the parameters I've mentioned above and see for yourself. By the way, my zip code is 93940. You'll need to enter that. So OK, clearly ObamaCare is a scheme that involves putting the cost burden of healthcare onto the middle and upper-income wage earners. But there's a lot more to it. Stick with me. And before I make my next points, I'd like you to think about something: I live in Monterey County , in Central California . We have a large land mass but just 426,000 residents - about the population of Colorado Springs or the city of Omaha . But we do have a large Hispanic population, including a large number of illegal aliens, and to serve this group we have Natividad Medical Center, a massive, Federally subsidized county medical complex that takes up an area about one-third the size of the Chrysler Corporation automobile assembly plant in Belvedere, Illinois (see Google Earth View). Natividad has state-of-the-art operating rooms, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, fully equipped, 24 hour emergency room, and much more. If you have no insurance, if you've been in a drive-by shooting or have overdosed on crack cocaine, this is where you go. And it's essentially free, because almost everyone who ends up in the ER is uninsured. Last year, 2,735 babies were born at Natividad. 32% of these were born to out-of-wedlock teenage mothers, 93% of which were Hispanic. Less than 20% could demonstrate proof of citizenship, and 71% listed their native language as Spanish. Of these 876 births, only 40 were covered under [any kind of] private health insurance. The taxpayers paid for the other 836. And in case you were wondering about the entire population - all 2,735 births - less than 24% involved insured coverage or even partial payment on behalf of the patient to the hospital in exchange for services. Keep this in mind as we move forward. Now consider this: If I want to upgrade my policy to a low-deductible premium policy, such as what I had with my last employer, my cost is $886 per month. But my girlfriend can upgrade her policy to the very same level, for just $4 per month. That's right, $4 per month. $48 per year for a zero-deductible, premium healthcare policy - the kind of thing you get when you work at IBM (except of course, IBM employees pay an average of $170 per month out of pocket for their coverage). I mean, it's bad enough that I will be forced to subsidize the ObamaCare scheme in the first place. But even if I agreed with the basic scheme, which of course I do not, I would never agree to subsidize premium policies. If I have to pay $482 a month for a budget policy, I sure as hell do not want the guy I'm subsidizing to get a better policy, for less that 1% of what I have to fork out each month for a low-end policy. Why must I pay $482 per month for something the other guy gets for a dollar? And why should the other guy get to buy an $886 policy for $4 a month? Think about this: I have to pay $10,632 a year for the same thing that the other guy can get for $48. $10,000 of net income is 60 days of full time work as an engineer. $48 is something I could could pay for collecting aluminum cans and plastic bottles, one day a month. Are you with me on this? Are you starting to get an idea what ObamaCare is really about? ObamaCare is not about dealing with inequities in the healthcare system. That's just the cover story. The real story is that it is a massive, political power grab. Do you think anyone who can insure himself with a premium policy for $4 a month will vote for anyone but the political party that provides him such a deal? ObamaCare is about enabling, subsizdizing, and expanding the Left's political power base, at taxpayer expense. Why would I vote for anyone but a Democrat if I can have babies for $4 a month? For that matter, why would I go to college or strive for a better job or income if it means I have to pay real money for healthcare coverage? Heck, why study engineering when I can be a schlub for $20K per year and buy a new F-150 with all the money I'm saving? And think about those $4-a-month babies - think in terms of propagation models. Think of just how many babies will be born to irresponsible, under-educated mothers. Will we get a new crop of brain surgeons and particle physicists from the dollar baby club, or will we need more cops, criminal courts and prisons? One thing you can be certain of: At $4 a month, they'll multiply, and multiply, and multiply. And not one of them will vote Republican. ObamaCare: It's all about political power, transferring wealth and birthing a huge voting base.

Does it work if you have no hair? P.S. Yes beards make a guy look older.

Swishy - is that you with the Titan?

yea that too!

Saw this on the interweb.....Wayne NJ

It is so cold (how cold is it.....3 F) I can't feel my a$$. About 1" of snow and wind blowing. Wind chill -13F.

That is definitely a nice looking R. I say keep the same paint color. You will have a VERY NICE R when you get done!

Any oil in the intake side?

What truck/engine models do your parts fit? Do you have any cab parts? And Vinny wants to know if you have any U parts.

On the subject of R grills.... At Gerhart's last fall (Oct 2013)... Leversole and I were sitting in his golf cart watching wimmin and trucks and eating Tootsie Rolls.... we were curious on the difference of the grills for an "eastern" R and a Western R. At first glance they look interchangeable but upon closer examination, the Western grill opening looks bigger. Is this in fact true? And why the difference?

The scrapple here in central PA is made from pork by-products. Meadows (a local company) use to make the BEST scrapple. Meadows brand is now made and marketed by Kunzler Meats; Lancaster, PA. http://www.kunzler.com/recipes/search-results.asp?collection_id=4 Kunzler's Lebanon Bologna is EXCELLENT too! Meadows is known for their frozen custard (a local PA favorite). http://www.meadowsfrozencustard.com/ Dang, I am making myself hungry! BTW, OD - I never cared for souse, YUCK!

Two videos shot at Mack Customer Center by HDT Editor Jim Park. http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/equipment/video/detail/2014/01/ultimate-test-drive-video-twin-stick-to-mdrive.aspx?utm_campaign=Headline-News-20140103&utm_source=Email&utm_medium=Enewsletter

I prefer it fried and then spread apple butter on it....yum yum!

I took my 1966 JD 110 garden tractor down to the frame (in the early 90s). It is still in pieces in my shed. I bought another one just so I could see how it goes back together. Kudos to anyone who does a frame off restoration like Mike's B.

If I ever get in your neck of the woods I am going to stop in for an omelette. I always thought sauce came in a jar. Must be a German thing!

Barry waved his "magic wand".

Gotcha! Thanks! Around central PA it is DelGrosso.

Just called Barry and we gave it the "ole college try" and nothing. Barry is going to investigate and perhaps use another Chat program. Stay tuned!

Air power steering?

Yes, I tried typing a message but it seemed no one else saw it. Waiting on a reply from Barry.

Can you say "dumb $hit"?

Medium well please! BTW Randy, what is red gravy?