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Old May 28th 2007, 5:42 am
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Originally Posted by Bob
car accident could very wipe your finances out, same with breaking your hip falling down the stairs etc....plus you've still got subsidised insurance...it's nice when it's nice.
i have medical insurance. equity in property and a shit load of savings + plus a million $ life insurance on my head if i snuff it in one of your imaginery accidents. but hypothethically would this cover "my accident" that y'all are envisioning that i'm gonna hypothically gonna have? y'all a morbid bunch, go out get some sun.

if it happens it happens but i like to think that im prepared and have covered all horrific scenarios.

you'll give me nightmares im tellin ya
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Originally Posted by leonatlanta
i have medical insurance. equity in property and a shit load of savings + plus a million $ life insurance on my head if i snuff it in one of your imaginery accidents. but hypothethically would this cover "my accident" that y'all are envisioning that i'm gonna hypothically gonna have? y'all a morbid bunch, go out get some sun.

if it happens it happens but i like to think that im prepared and have covered all horrific scenarios.

you'll give me nightmares im tellin ya
Funny we had a shit load of savings, life insurance and equity the thing is dying is comparitivly cheap, it's surviving that costs the earth.
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Its taken me ages to stop worrying about the future....now I'm all depressed again....
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Its taken me ages to stop worrying about the future....now I'm all depressed again....
It's not all bad news, it's two weeks till Hurricane season
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It's not all bad news, it's two weeks till Hurricane season
I'm surprised no one's started a thread yet.
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Hurricanes....try living with a nor'easter for days on end..one after the other....
Any day we can leave the house without having our heads blown off is a good day........
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Any day we can leave the house without having our heads blown off is a good day........

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It's not all bad news, it's two weeks till Hurricane season
Don't even go there. Himself is sending me to get him a new grill - says he needs it for hurricane season
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Originally Posted by leonatlanta
i have medical insurance. equity in property and a shit load of savings + plus a million $ life insurance on my head if i snuff it in one of your imaginery accidents. but hypothethically would this cover "my accident" that y'all are envisioning that i'm gonna hypothically gonna have? y'all a morbid bunch, go out get some sun.

if it happens it happens but i like to think that im prepared and have covered all horrific scenarios.

you'll give me nightmares im tellin ya
life insurance isn't much good to you if you get cancer, and you'll quite easily go broke getting treatment without good medical insurance cover.
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Originally Posted by Bob
life insurance isn't much good to you if you get cancer, and you'll quite easily go broke getting treatment without good medical insurance cover.
Always gotta smile when people say they've got all their bases covered regarding paying for healthcare...truth is they really have no idea.

Also the paperwork involved. There was a woman on TV last week her husband had cancer...she had over 90 pages of paperwork to fill in.
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Always gotta smile when people say they've got all their bases covered regoarding paying for healthcare...truth is they really have no idea........
Most people who go bankrupt over medical bills DID have health insurance at the start of the illness.

Imagine Europeans going bankrupt over medical bills - there would be a revolution.... why do Americans accept it?
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Originally Posted by Bob
life insurance isn't much good to you if you get cancer, and you'll quite easily go broke getting treatment without good medical insurance cover.
Bob you really need to go out get some of that sunshine..
You're going to have me in the psycho ward with all this extra worry your putting out there today......

I feel like shooting myself but I'm to scared now I'd end up with just a limp and a huge hospital bill....

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Originally Posted by krizzy
Bob you really need to go out get some of that sunshine..
You're going to have me in the psycho ward with all this extra worry your putting out there today......

I feel like shooting myself but I'm to scared now I'd end up with just a limp and a huge hospital bill....
Jeez you must be a bad shot to aim for your head and get your foot
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Just a little illustration

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6697779.stm
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