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). My ex-wife didn’t bother getting health insurance though she was working where it was available for a copay. She had a love/hate relationship with doctors where if they didn’t tell her what she wanted to hear they didn’t know anything which contributed to her death. Just before we were married in 1980 was the only time that I know of that she had a PAP smear in spite of having that drilled into teenage girls heads by high school health personnel for years. She went to a GP late Spring 2018 after having problems with vaginal bleeding for nearly a year. The GP told her she needed to see a OB-GYN/oncologist immediately but she put that off. A couple of months later she was sent to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN from a local emergency room after passing out from blood loss. They tried several things but the growth was too involved with the aorta for them to operate and she wanted to go home. About a week later she was back at Mayo, again suffering from extreme blood loss, and when she was discharged this time it was understood that there was nothing that they could do for her. She spent her last few weeks staying with our daughter. The legal jackals were just beginning to circle J & J but Penny didn’t want any part of that cluster•••• for which I respect her decision. She was a great mom and grandmother and we all miss her. Sorry that I got so long winded.
My understanding is that it's not a government thing but a corporate decision. Basically they got sued about talcum powder and decided to take their ball and go home.LittlePrince said:
That would actually make more sense, given there's more evidence for it to pose a risk to everyone. I also respect the story told from Zeke's perspective.Twee said:
My dad shared your attitude about lawyers. He was sales manager for an agricultural equipment manufacturer. One night we were barbecuing on the patio after dad came home from a particularly bad day dealing with lawyers at work. I’m not sure if it was his martini talking or just the frustration of dealing with some of those in the legal profession but he said “we should hang all the crooked lawyers....the other two we could put up with”. I thought he was kidding but four decades latter, after having dealt with these weasels, I see the wisdom of his statement. Much of my TV comes from broadcast networks. Despite receiving over thirty channels I don’t think there’s a time when there’s not at least one lawyer ad begging for clients in their lawsuit. It’s far past time for tort reform in this Country to reduce the detrimental effects on a Nation that has more than ten times the number of lawyers per capita than any other first world country. Not to mention the pervasive affects having these scavengers of humanity in charge has on our government. Stay padded....you never know when you might be part of a class action lawsuit! I’ll put my soapbox away nowBobbiSueEllen said:
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BobbiSueEllen said:Q. What's black & brown and looks good on an attorney?
A. A Doberman.
