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Re: WOT: Health Care

2009-11-21T21:52:14Z

agreed, Bud...
and if lecturing an elderly person with serious health problems is
considered a solution to the mess then we are all indeed lost.
{{{Bud}}}

Re: Texas outlaws marriage

2009-11-21T21:22:24Z

For a very, very different point of view of reconstruction
in Texas and the recidivist aftermath, take a look at:
[link]
which indicates how unwilling Texas was to grant equal
rights to former slaves and how it actively refused to
repudiate even the ordinance of secession; how the Texas

Re: How to freshen up a detective series

2009-11-21T21:23:52Z

-0p
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It wouldn't be beyond Rebus to give her some professional advice and
mentorship, either.
kat >^.^<
in Rhinelander
where the kittens are on a tear...

Re: Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-21T20:40:05Z

IIRC the Hudge Dee series are set in ChIna and feature a mystery with a love
interest as well. Take care

Re: Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-21T20:38:45Z

The problem with Spenser is the romance is lacking due to the obnoxious
attitude of the girlfriend who is pretty unappealing. Take care

Re: Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-21T20:36:11Z

Look into Suzanne Brockman. There are many others who write just such books.
Take care

Re: Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-21T20:35:04Z

news:fjqNm.54234$PH1.5646@edtnps82...
There is a genre of Romance slash Mystery boks that might appeal to you.
Suzanne Brockman writes them but there are many others. They are a
combination of action adventure and romance which Brockman does well. There
are the usual conventions of romance... boys meets girl, girl hates boy, boy

Re: H1H1

2009-11-21T20:30:03Z

<<Hot donuts for breakfast? Maybe they'll deliver.

Re: Name the best modern mystery book for a new reader please

2009-11-21T20:33:58Z

On Nov 17, 7:03 pm, meowmix at Vancouver <meow...@vancouver.com>
wrote:
Try Jane Haddam's Gregor Demarkian series: well-written, fun, a little
romance and ideas. Fun for smart people. ConnieM

Re: WOT: Health Care

2009-11-21T20:23:22Z

In fairness because Medicare doesn't cover ALL of the cost it is vitally
improtant to have a Medigap policy to cover the difference. My parents
situation might have been very different without Blue Clue SHield coverage
which thye had to pay premiums for. Obviously the companies that sell these
policies are making a profit on ti somehow. In the case of seniors a

Re: WOT: Health Care

2009-11-21T20:13:33Z

Which is why most folks buy a medigap policy that covers the 20% not paid by
Medicare. Most doctors and hospitals take the "usual and customary" fees
that Medicare pays as full payment. Blue Cross Blue Shield and AARP as well
as many others sell these policies that pay what Medicare won't. In my

Re: Texas outlaws marriage

2009-11-21T20:07:26Z

That's a bit extreme. Judges in Texas are "fired" by the voters not by
anyone else. The federal government is directly responsible for the Texas
situation in regard to elected judges. After 1865 the federal government
took over the government apparatus in the formerly Confederate states under
the rubric of "Reconstruction". The arrogance and gross injustices that

Re: Texas outlaws marriage

2009-11-21T20:04:29Z

news:26230-4B07807A-242@storefull-3113.bay.webtv.net...
heh, heh..
glad to see someone's keeping the great RAM traditition alive ;-)
John P

Re: Another one gone

2009-11-21T19:44:22Z

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Oh, that's a shame. He was one great scriptwriter.
Obit here [link]
You can watch th Chuckles episode on YouTube in 3 parts..
Part 1 [link]
Part 2 [link]

Re: Anyone read Marcia Muller?

2009-11-21T18:18:25Z

news:26230-4B0792B5-277@storefull-3113.bay.webtv.net...
Must take a stand on the opposite side, ( as much as I love you, Ellen ;-).
I'd never discourage anyone from reading that book and thought it was an
absolutely amazing first novel. And it is unforgettable. However, no
nightmares or flashbacks haunted me, but great sadness, yes, thinking how