Just how do you contaminate cantelopes and melons?

"Is Buffalo the rudest place in America? "

"Buffalo, New York, is one of the rudest places in America and residents of New York City are far friendlier than folks in the Midwest and the South, according to a series of maps compiled using Twitter comments.

The head-scratching revelations are the result of studying the prevalence of two simple phrases -- 'good morning' and 'f*** you' -- over the course of several days in June and early July."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2191250/Twitter-heat-map-tracks-polite-rudest-cities.html#ixzz24ITulwOX

Buffalo's response: "F-U Daily Mail!

Hey Mitt! Where are your tax returns?

Just thought I'd throw that in .

Paul Ryan is running away as fast as he can from everything

that made him attractive to the Tea Party. This is real flip-flopping in action. Has any media outlet made note of this yet?

How many other Republicans are running for Senate this year.....

I want to know how much pop corn to buy....

Whoo-hoo! Singulair just went generic!

Monthly savings to me:$45!

“I had no idea that people lived like that,”

Romney’s first weeks as bishop shook that certitude. After a spate of counseling sessions with members suffering financial problems, he came into one meeting of his senior advisers shaking his head.

“I had no idea that people lived like that,” Romney said, according to Phil Barlow, one of his counselors.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-as-a-leader-in-mormon-church-became-a-master-of-many-keys/2012/08/19/7c8fe1bc-cf89-11e1-8e56-dffbfbe1bd20_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics&wp_login_redirect=0

My Family Doctor has this season's flu shots in - I'm going down to get mine Tuesday.

He likes to get them in early to catch all the snow birds before they skip town!


http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-flu.pdf


http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2012-2013.htm#expected

a health insurance small business question -

If we had single payer in this country, would you be likely to try your hand at starting a small business?

Question for those of you between say 50 and 65 -

if you could go on to Medicare at age 55, would you retire early?

My husband's pension maxes out when he turns 63. He could retire then, but I'm not sure where we would get health insurance to cover the two year gap.