Tundras live: Dumb Dad Jokes, Incorrect Opinions, and Relationship Advice.

I'm going to have to disagree.
Although I realize I am an exception to the norm..

I'm in the process of getting my lower teeth replaced.
Pulled the 9 lower teeth (and 2 bridges) I had left, and put in 6 implants, I will end up with a full set of Zircona lower teeth..
Total cost $24K, out of pocket $8K.




I had the uppers done 13 years ago, back then we had a $1500 annual limit.
My out-of-pocket for the top was $22.5K..

Sometimes it does work out to be Union..

 

Checking out a 1999 Arctic Cat 500 4X4 atv this Sunday. Recently totally gone through. A new $700 OEM carb tweaked for 7000+ altitude. New brakes, front and rear diff oil. Engine oil. Seller flushed out everything. $3K. Great condition. Near me in Ft Garland. Below book price. These were quite pricey back then.

 

Not sure what the deductible is. More than $3k...

 

No.

And like 6 kayaks.

 

Cheers to wives that allow us to be us. For if I never found one that accepted me, I'd still be sleeping in a tree.

 

Wood

 

Still confused how you found that pic of me...

 

hAhahahaa


also... SMASH

 

That one's going over some f'ng heads...

 

Idk. Pretty bright group in here. I think most will get it. Might take a second though.

 

i had to squint a bit....then i got it.

 

As soon as I read "Hike who" and heard it in my head, I knew what was coming.

 

You can't plant flowers if you haven't botany.....

 

Definitely boss level.

 

That's better coverage than I have in a Union in Canada.

 

I can't say mine is 'FREE' like Canada since I earn it, but I don't pay out of pocket for any of my health, dental, vision, or hearing insurance premiums.
Spouses and kids (up to 26) are included.

The insurance is the only reason I haven't already retired..

 

Nothing free about the care here. Healthcare is "free" in the sense that if I go to the doc or the hospital I generally don't see a bill, but it's paid for in ludicrous amounts of taxes. Extended healthcare (most physio, massage etc), dental, vision and hearing are either out of pocket or a combination of out of pocket and employer paid benefits.

 

I'll second this.

 

for theatre of the mind...

We pay monthly:
~$500 for a single employee
~1200 for a family
Memorial Hermann system in Houston

we only ask 10% contribution from the emp.

not terrible.



but folks STILL take that for granted. grrrrr

 

I could go on and on about medical, but I think one of the best moves I ever did was negotiate 100% of the medical insurance costs to be paid by my employer. Medical, likely, is only going to go up in price in the future.

 

I was just kidding about the free.
Canada's 'free healthcare' is how it is described by your fellow left-leaning Canadian twitter/X idiots.
You know, the ones probably paying very little of these taxes.
Not to get political, but I have no other way to explain my use of the word 'free'...

 

agreed.

NOTHING is free.

somebody is paying for it.

when the taxpayer pays for it...it sux.

 

I was kicked off my parent's health insurance at 18 in 1980.
I didn't have health insurance again until I got my current job in 1986.

I remember when my daughter turned 26 and the insurance company sent us a letter saying she could keep the insurance if she wanted to pay COBRA premiums.
Those premiums were $500 a week, not a month, but per week.