Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 46th Edition

• Ferret

  10 Jul 07, 11:33

  Originally posted by av98m:

  good point

  
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:33

  watching the news..
  
  now realise why Pakistan is in $&*#^
  
  the bloody opposition leader is Imran Khan
• Wanda

  10 Jul 07, 11:34

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  i never asked for it too
  
  i even applied for it thru the intranet, then she rejected it
  
  

  Orh hor....then you owe it to her....special favours....
• laurence82

  10 Jul 07, 11:34

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  aha...
  
  now.. you are in her debt.. and will be made to pay
  
  
  
  

  now now, i owe captain keii ten years of debt
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:34

  i think he'll need that chapstick and lipbalm
  
  

  Originally posted by Wanda:

  Orh hor....then you owe it to her....special favours....

• hisoka

  10 Jul 07, 11:35

  Originally posted by av98m:

  you would have fit right in.
  
  but its never too late to join now

  its too late. i'll never get anywhere if i join now barring extremely good luck.
  
  bear its about working your way in there to help make it a better organisation from the inside ren ru fu zhong
• av98m

  10 Jul 07, 11:35

  Originally posted by honeymouse:

  But the medical fee in US is also very high. Everything is relative.
  
  Singapore's cost of living is going up, it's getting harder for those low income earner.

  our medical costs also going up. and forget about government hospitals if you are in urgent need of treatment
  
  medishield and medisave and eldershied are fucking useless, and are the gahmen's way of stealing cpf funds
• Ferret

  10 Jul 07, 11:35

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  

  so how was the blending ?
  
  did u make a good shake ?
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:41

  if you are in dire need of immediate medical treatment, you will have to pay really high fees...
  
  heck.. i was in the A&E.. the doc was screaming into the phone to get the orthopaedic guy to see me because i was in extreme pain.. but all she could do was to get an appointment in a couple of weeks' time... she even apologised to me.. i said it doesn't matter.. i'll try to endure it..
  
  now.. this is A&E...
  
  before the pain became that bad, i went to the usual channels, getting an appointment... the earliest was in 3 months at Alexandra Hospital.. my records for my back are in NUH.. the earliest appointment was in almost 5 months..
  
  so.. slipped disc... endure the pain to go to the public hospital.. or become bankrupt and go to a private hospital and get immediate treatment?
  
  

  Originally posted by honeymouse:

  But the medical fee in US is also very high. Everything is relative.
  
  Singapore's cost of living is going up, it's getting harder for those low income earner.

• Keii

  10 Jul 07, 11:41

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  now now, i owe captain keii ten years of debt

  Arrrr, you owe me yah soouul...
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:42

  that's worth.. how much? a plugged nickel?
  
  

  Originally posted by Keii:

  Arrrr, you owe me yah soouul...

• honeymouse

  10 Jul 07, 11:43

  Originally posted by av98m:

  our medical costs also going up. and forget about government hospitals if you are in urgent need of treatment
  
  medishield and medisave and eldershied are fucking useless, and are the gahmen's way of stealing cpf funds

  In a way, I'd rather pay high income tax here so when we get old, there are some welfare. In Singapore, there's nothing except your cpf. And is your cpf enough for you to retire?
• stellazio

  10 Jul 07, 11:46

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  if you are in dire need of immediate medical treatment, you will have to pay really high fees...
  
  heck.. i was in the A&E.. the doc was screaming into the phone to get the orthopaedic guy to see me because i was in extreme pain.. but all she could do was to get an appointment in a couple of weeks' time... she even apologised to me.. i said it doesn't matter.. i'll try to endure it..
  
  now.. this is A&E...
  
  before the pain became that bad, i went to the usual channels, getting an appointment... the earliest was in 3 months at Alexandra Hospital.. my records for my back are in NUH.. the earliest appointment was in almost 5 months..
  
  so.. slipped disc... endure the pain to go to the public hospital.. or become bankrupt and go to a private hospital and get immediate treatment?
  
  

  well the same can be said for the UK. medicalis highly subsizided or sth, but you want treatment, gotta wait damn long.
  
  this is my uncle complaining to me. he works in the hospital.
• honeymouse

  10 Jul 07, 11:46

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  if you are in dire need of immediate medical treatment, you will have to pay really high fees...
  
  heck.. i was in the A&E.. the doc was screaming into the phone to get the orthopaedic guy to see me because i was in extreme pain.. but all she could do was to get an appointment in a couple of weeks' time... she even apologised to me.. i said it doesn't matter.. i'll try to endure it..
  
  now.. this is A&E...
  
  before the pain became that bad, i went to the usual channels, getting an appointment... the earliest was in 3 months at Alexandra Hospital.. my records for my back are in NUH.. the earliest appointment was in almost 5 months..
  
  so.. slipped disc... endure the pain to go to the public hospital.. or become bankrupt and go to a private hospital and get immediate treatment?
  
  

  It can be like that in Australia too. Not enough hospital beds etc. That's why the government encourages people to take up private health insurance. We get a 30% rebate if we get private health insurance and we don't have to pay the medicare levy.
• av98m

  10 Jul 07, 11:48

  Originally posted by honeymouse:

  In a way, I'd rather pay high income tax here so when we get old, there are some welfare. In Singapore, there's nothing except your cpf. And is your cpf enough for you to retire?

  I dunno, might not even live long enough to see the money, considering the rising minimum age and minimum sum for withdrawal
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:49

  age you can withdraw CPF = time last nail is driven into coffin
  
  minimum sum in there = more than you got
  
  

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I dunno, might not even live long enough to see the money, considering the rising minimum wage and minimum sum for withdrawal

• honeymouse

  10 Jul 07, 11:52

  Originally posted by av98m:

  I dunno, might not even live long enough to see the money, considering the rising minimum age and minimum sum for withdrawal

  In Oz, the min age is 65 or 67 yo for men. Think 60yo for women.
• av98m

  10 Jul 07, 11:52

  Actually, no matter how I do my sums, I can afford to retire in an ok manner as long as I dun raise kids
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:52

  so.. the game console price war starts.. with a whimper..
  
  blood Sony dropped its price of the PS3 in the US to US$500 for the 60GB model but the idiots confuse the public by offering the 80GB model + 1 game for US$600
  
  they expect the XBox360 price to drop too in retaliation..
• Fatum

  10 Jul 07, 11:52

  
  I think dearling mommy and dearling aunty likes me ....
• Keii

  10 Jul 07, 11:52

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  that's worth.. how much? a plugged nickel?
  
  

  Recent GST hikes, inflation and whatnots. I'd say, probably lesser.
• av98m

  10 Jul 07, 11:53

  Originally posted by honeymouse:

  In Oz, the min age is 65 or 67 yo for men. Think 60yo for women.

  what are the odds of me actually living that long
• stellazio

  10 Jul 07, 11:53

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I think dearling mommy and dearling aunty likes me ....

  you flirted with em?
• the Bear

  10 Jul 07, 11:53

  hide your fishing stuff!
  
  

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I think dearling mommy and dearling aunty likes me ....

• av98m

  10 Jul 07, 11:53

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  so.. the game console price war starts.. with a whimper..
  
  blood Sony dropped its price of the PS3 in the US to US$500 for the 60GB model but the idiots confuse the public by offering the 80GB model + 1 game for US$600
  
  they expect the XBox360 price to drop too in retaliation..

  The PS3 is a fucking disaster