Obamacare again

Connie and I went to Wal-Mart today to pick up a prescription and buy some last minute stocking stuffers.  While waiting for the prescription to be filled I decided to again check my blood pressure.  You may remember the problem I had the last time with the new testing equipment and its digital display.  It was no better this time.  I placed my arm in the BP cuff and pushed the start button.  The same thing that happened the last time happened again.  The thing tried to get me to sign up for Obamacare!!!  This time you could tell the system was in a state of desperation.  It promised me that if I signed up at once for the cheapest plan that I would get a “partridge in a pear tree” as a bonus..

Since I could sense the machines desperation since this was the last day (in the original plan) to sign up.  I decided to attempt to negotiate.  I countered, asking for ten Lords-a-leaping and eight maids-a-milking at the very least.  The display blinked a couple of times and made some counter offers.  We finally agreed that I would get three French hens and two turtle doves along with the partridge in a pear tree if I enrolled right now.  So I signed up.

The digital display again blinked a couple of times and then spelled out that since I had successfully signed up for Obama care I was ELIGIBLE to enter a lottery for the three French hens, the doves and the partridge after I had run up the $10,000 deductable that my plan called for..  I tried to object but the screen flashed a message that read,

 “If you like this crap, you can keep this crap”. 

 Then the system went down.

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year. 

How to write a letter to the editor

How in God’s green earth can you write a meaningful, sensible letter to the editor?  The answer is really very simple.  All you have to do is follow a few easy rules.  Those rules will be explained below.

The first thing you have to do is get the reader’s immediate attention.  You can do this by using what is called a H.H.C.  (That stands for Ho-Hum-Crasher)  The H.H.C. must be followed by a W.B.T.U.  (That stands for Why Bring That Up)  The W.B.T.U. tells the reader why you used the H.H.C. in the first place. It was to get his attention, and how it is related to the subject matter you intend to put forth.  I hope the use of the acronyms is not confusing.  It is not meant to be.

After you have gotten the reader’s attention and told him the subject, you must give solid fact based information to back up your argument.  This information is called F.I.’s (For Instance)  The number of F.I.’s should be at least three, but usually not more than five as you do not want to  bore the reader to death.  Each F.I. should be such that the reader can easily verify the information.  An Opinion based F.I. is just that, and can be dismissed by someone that disagrees with the statement.  If you use a fact based F.I., the reader can easily research the matter through simple logic or some simple research.

After you have presented your F.I.’s, you then use a S.W. (So What) to summarize your argument.  This S.W. should be precise and not long winded.  You do not want to confuse the reader. You want him to understand why you wrote the article in the first place.

Now, assuming that you have completed this article, please reread it and see if I followed my own rules.

Dal Wolf.  Naples and   “Up North”

Obamacare -- Again

Connie and I went to Wal-Mart today to pick up a prescription and buy some last minute stocking stuffers.  While waiting for the prescription to be filled I decided to again check my blood pressure.  You may remember the problem I had the last time with the new testing equipment and its digital display.  It was no better this time.  I placed my arm in the BP cuff and pushed the start button.  The same thing that happened the last time happened again.  The machine tried to get me to sign up for Obamacare!!!  This time you could tell the system was in a state of desperation.  It promised me that if I signed up at once for the cheapest plan that I would get a “partridge in a pear tree” as a bonus..

Since I could sense the machines desperation since this was the last day (in the original plan) to sign up.  I decided to attempt to negotiate.  I countered, asking for ten Lords-a-leaping and eight maids-a-milking at the very least.  The display blinked a couple of times and made some counter offers.  We finally agreed that I would get three French hens and two turtle doves along with the partridge in a pear tree if I enrolled right now.  So I signed up.

The digital display again blinked a couple of times and then spelled out that since I had successfully signed up for Obama care I was ELIGIBLE to enter a lottery for the three French hens, the doves and the partridge after I had run up the $10,000 deductable that my plan called for..  I tried to object but the screen flashed a message that read,

“If you like this crap, you can keep this crap”.            Then the system went down.

Have a Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy new year.