Nanny Shitheads

A rant.

My new dwelling is plumbed and lighted to nanny state shaving water and electricity standards. Pisses me off.

The washing machine only fills as full as someone, not me, thinks it should. Like below.

The low slung toilet creates the best angle to help the colon, if you are vertically challenged. Getting a clean flush can take three tries. That saves water?

The restricted shower head is going away. Only a five minute job, I have the tools and material, and recently changed my sister's showerhead in slightly over thirty minutes.

Next are the light bulbs. Notice the prongs, not threads. These are hard to find locally and not as bright as I want. I'm sure the numb nuts (or tits, can't be sexes) who specified the wattage for these apartments chose what they think we all should use.

Yes, I realize this is a first world problem. Last I checked I live in the first world, thank you very much.  As always, YMMV.

Ain't This Special - Obama Care Edition

Received today October 3, 2013. Note the date, October 7, 2013.

Seems I'm covered by Obama Care. Wonder how soon I'll get a bill?

I enrolled with the VA as a precaution. I don't use them for health care; I have other ways. Mainly, I'm looking at very old age and senility; long term nursing care.

I've instructed my children, should/when the day comes, to take me to the nearest VA Hospital. There, park me on the front steps with my DD 214 in my pocket, then drive off.  I'm deadly serious, that is what I want done.

Pisses me off I'm somehow enrolled in the "Affordable Health Care Act" that my grandchildren will inherit as a debt.

Maybe, in the years ahead, hubris will bite me in the ass. If so, don't mean shit, drive on.

Nanny State, Medical Division

Another bitch this old grouch has is the way our nanny state funnels business to medical practitioners. "Do you have a current prescription," is the lead up to, "We can't........ without a current prescription," usually with a barely disguised smirk.

I need to replace the lenses in my glasses. The frames are fine, but the lenses are scratched. My prescription hasn't changed in thirty years. For many years I used a wholesale lab, man and wife operation, that furnished glasses to the opticians. As long as my money was good, they didn't care. I don't know if they were libertarian minded, or just Jewish, it worked for me! They retired, and closed down their business. Drat!

I had a physical a year ago. The people were insistent I have a $2800 sleep study. "But your insurance will pay for most of it," is the first thing out of their mouths. Yeah, like that is "free" money. Copay and deductibles? Deer in the headlights look.

Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea in 1993, I've slept with a CPAP every since. If I want to upgrade my CPAP, or buy a new one, I hear the "prescription" song again. I've even heard it while trying to buy a new mask or supply tube.

So, the grey market. Hello Craigslist. 

Why, when we see medical people, are we suddenly subject to myriad rules and regulations? It has taken over a year for the Physicians Assistant I see to understand I will not do anything, or take anything, without a clear understanding of the reasons thereof.

But WSF, You don't understand. We.............. Your are right, I don't understand, don't care, and will not participate.

Just because I'm one tiny one out of a population of 310,000,000 or so doesnt't mean I can't be an Army of one.