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to the Weekly Notes 2008 Archives Pneumonia: I think the weekly notes
may be a bit random and screwed up this week. I became very ill Wednesday and
had to visit my doctor Thursday. Then I discovered I had a case of pneumonia.
Lucky me! The doctor did not fool around. He put me on a powerful antibiotic
and sent me home. He did not have to tell me to rest. For two days, I have
been incapable of thinking, never mind anything physical. I sat in a corner
and groaned between coughs. I’ll have more about this in my finale in
William’s corner next week. I had a pneumonia shot
recently but my doctor explained the real deal. That shot protect us against
about 60% of the pneumonia strains. The shot gives no protection for the
remaining 40%. Bummer! Live and learn. Will I ever learn enough? After that,
Mrs. Gaffer and I discussed another thing we get shots for. That is
influenza, commonly called flu. Flu shots are not perfect either. Some years
were better, but none was perfect. The people who make these vaccines are
trying to stay ahead of the curve, meaning they must guess what will happen
and prepare for it. Any meteorologist can tell you guessing is a very iffy
business. Still people bitch. Those bitching people
ought to be reminded what it was like before the vaccines. There are many to
choose from, but just one example will do. In 1918 a worldwide epidemic of
influenza killed more that 20 million people. That is more deaths than came
out of all of our wars combined. That epidemic was carried to Almost 100 years later,
we are still thinking local. Oh sure, we talk global, but watch what we do.
We still do not try to solve problems. We try to isolate ourselves from the
problem or contain the problem in some way. A classic example is the way the
state of Failure: I have been here before,
but it bears repeating. The auto executives are counting their bonuses even
as I write. These guys have failed miserably. They have lost money like it
was melting ice cream, yet they get bonuses. There is no penalty for failure
in Meanwhile, what do they
offer us? We are offered a smart car that performs like a ruptured cow with
no room for a grown man. I watched on TV while a reporter got into a
so-called smart car. He had to hunker down to get into it. Can you imagine
riding in that turkey for a couple of hundred miles to visit Aunt Martha. I
cannot. I would not be able to walk for several hours if I did that.
What’s next, peddle cars? ABC Channel 12 News: They were talking about
the high fees banks charge for their services. Their position is, a person
should shop around before choosing a bank. They slipped right over the key
point. If you shopped around you would not chose any bank. You would choose a
credit union. Credit Unions are really into full disclosure. Banks are not
and they will evade explaining their rates or make them so complicated that
you need an attorney to read the fine print. Who needs banks? Anyone can
belong to a credit union. They even accepted me. Attorney: How do you find a
reliable attorney who wants justice as much as he wants money? I don’t
want an attorney who will work for nothing. I do believe a good attorney
should have a very good income. They should be paid as well as corporate
executives, but they should have one other quality. They should care about
their clients. There are all kinds of attorneys out there who are nothing
more than predators as bad as the people they are attacking. They care
nothing about justice. They select their cases based on what they can gain in
a legal settlement. They usually prey on the very vulnerable medical
establishment and sometimes on landlords. Back
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