Preparedness and your health.

[Spifflove]

Hey just responding to your post don't get upset. You present two straw man arguments like a friend that likes to get "deep tans" and your own overexposure to the environmental hazards of outdoor life and I exposed them. Are you repeating yourself to validate yourself?

If you can't understand what I am saying, don't worry 60% [the blue pill crowd] of the nation is still in the dark and can't think outside the box that has been constructed for them. However 40% [the red pill crowd] are now at least partially awake, why not turn off the TV and get informed? Ride the surge. Of course feel free to take the blue pill it's a free country

As far as your other arguments of course do your own research and apply common sense in your own decision-making process. What if I said: "Always stop at a red light." Would you stop in the middle of the intersection? Use your common sense if I say 20 minutes of sunlight will increase happiness that does not mean 20 minutes plus 15 minutes you might already be getting.

 

[Spifflove]

Melanomas account for less than 5% of all skin cancer but the majority of skin cancer deaths.
Getting a blistering sunburn or 5 deep sunburns will double your lifelong risk of getting a melanoma.
Melanoma unfortunately does affect younger people so deep tans and tanning salons should be avoided.

How we get sun in my family is by having a family hour where we have fun outside in the cool of the evening when the shadows are long. We and our children never get burns that way, even though we live in the desert. The beach is a much more likely place to aquire a burn because of the amount of time people spend there when they go.

The benefits of sunlight must be weighted against the risks. And the line between enough and too much exposure needs to be drawn. Anytime you learn anything new, explore it and research it. Learn about it yourself until you understand it. Even good ideas should not be rushed into. And of course the individual situation should be weighed ["do I burn after 5 minutes in the sun?]

 

[Spifflove]

Here is an example of not rushing into things. I got the idea to buy a manual lawn mower and then rushed in an bought the highest rated one. It was a hunk of junk when used on my bermuda grass. It was only after I realized it wasn't going to work did I find this terrific article and web site:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2012/05/23/in-praise-of-the-push-reel-mower/

 

[Spifflove]

Wow great chicken raising article. Most of the weakness of the article are addressed in the comments section:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/03/26/how-to-raise-backyard-chickens/

 

[Spifflove]

Health care insurance for healthy Californians to double [more pre-existing conditions might go down]
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapot...ease-individual-insurance-premiums-by-64-146/

 

[GardenerGal]

I don't have lawn. When I bought the house 19 years ago I ripped out the miserable crabgrass and put in a load of good compost, planted shrubs and small ornamental trees, ornamental grasses, fruiting and flowering plants, and bamboo. If I had a lawn, though, I'd get a few sheep to keep it mowed, and let their manure fertilize the lawn. Grass goes in one end and out the other (processed).

 

[Pauline May]

Spiff love:
I'm reading your postings and nodding my head in agreement at most of your comments. But the comment about the article from Forbes caught me saying that ain't necessarily so. It basically says that the ACA will increase rates for those on the private market. As with all things, there's another side to that argument, and Ezra Klein explains the failures of that argument in his article. In sum, he says what Forbes uses as an example of premium cost in its cited policy isn't necessarily the same policy you'd get under the ACA. Here's the article debunking the Forbes claim:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...e-shocking-truth-about-obamacares-rate-shock/

Just putting out there the other side of the issue.

Pauline

 

[Spifflove]

I don't have lawn. When I bought the house 19 years ago I ripped out the miserable crabgrass and put in a load of good compost, planted shrubs and small ornamental trees, ornamental grasses, fruiting and flowering plants, and bamboo. If I had a lawn, though, I'd get a few sheep to keep it mowed, and let their manure fertilize the lawn. Grass goes in one end and out the other (processed).

I would need a sheep dog to make that work. I am thinking goslings if I can figure out how to keep the poop out of the driveway.

 

[Spifflove]

Spiff love:
I'm reading your postings and nodding my head in agreement at most of your comments. But the comment about the article from Forbes caught me saying that ain't necessarily so. It basically says that the ACA will increase rates for those on the private market. As with all things, there's another side to that argument, and Ezra Klein explains the failures of that argument in his article. In sum, he says what Forbes uses as an example of premium cost in its cited policy isn't necessarily the same policy you'd get under the ACA. Here's the article debunking the Forbes claim:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...e-shocking-truth-about-obamacares-rate-shock/

Just putting out there the other side of the issue.

Pauline

That's why I headed the article the way I did. Basically if you are young and in good health you have to transfer your wealth to those who are not or pay a penal...I mean a tax.

People who once had insurance through their companies may see their coverage dropped as their employer's opt to pay the penalty instead of the higher coverage costs. High benefits plans will get a "cadillac" excise tax of 40%. I believe the ultimate goal is to give us all a "third world experience" in health care. I am still trying to figure out what is the best option for our family, probably an HSA very high deductable and a provider who does not take health insurance and offers reduced rates as a consequence.

 

[Spifflove]

Oddly enough, today an article that explains that Obamacare rates will rise if not enough healthy people sign up to offset costs, and the confusion that the general public has on the issue:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/100783056