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One good news in BC : March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks ⏰
The province will be permanently adopting daylight time.
I personally would have preferred the solar time but it is good anyway

Our Premier said the government was waiting for its regional partners on the west coast, in California, Oregon, and Washington to also make the time change, but those states had to wait for congressional approval.
I hope they will be able to make the same decision soon.
 
Katbel said:
One good news in BC : March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks ⏰
The province will be permanently adopting daylight time.
I personally would have preferred the solar time but it is good anyway

Our Premier said the government was waiting for its regional partners on the west coast, in California, Oregon, and Washington to also make the time change, but those states had to wait for congressional approval.
I hope they will be able to make the same decision soon.
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You will love it.

I know I do being in one of two states that doesn’t play the game.
 
Grrrr…. Finally found a good primary care physician 2 years ago, got exactly one annual physical with her under my belt, and now she’s leaving the practice before my next scheduled physical.

I may finally give in and switch to the concierge doctor that my daughter and wife use, even though I find that whole thing a bit obscene.
 
Finally broke down and bought a dash cam. Not a fan of having something attached to the windshield in my field of view, but the drivers are just getting so weird out there in Seattle that I don't think I can get away with not having one anymore.
 
Cmaier said:
Grrrr…. Finally found a good primary care physician 2 years ago, got exactly one annual physical with her under my belt, and now she’s leaving the practice before my next scheduled physical.

I may finally give in and switch to the concierge doctor that my daughter and wife use, even though I find that whole thing a bit obscene.
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Not sure who you're using but Kaiser treats people like cattle, in all of my years I've never had a doctor who wasn't at peak capacity with caseloads and as a result cannot give the personalized care one may need. Granted, they'll push you through the system and their all in one location for services is handy but that's the only real benefit I've ever noticed.
 
Eric said:
Not sure who you're using but Kaiser treats people like cattle, in all of my years I've never had a doctor who wasn't at peak capacity with caseloads and as a result cannot give the personalized care one may need. Granted, they'll push you through the system and their all in one location for services is handy but that's the only real benefit I've ever noticed.
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I’ve been using Sutter. And to be fair, they did a great job on my eyes. But primary care has been a giant pain with these guys, with doctors constantly rotating in and out, doctors refusing to deal with two issues in a single appointment, them refusing to spend more than 20 minutes on an appointment, and doctors who don’t listen to what I’m actually complaining about and just want to run blood panels and nothing else. This doctor was really good. I’m trying to figure out if she’s going someplace else local and that my insurance accepts, because otherwise I’m done.
 
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Finally broke down and bought a dash cam. Not a fan of having something attached to the windshield in my field of view, but the drivers are just getting so weird out there in Seattle that I don't think I can get away with not having one anymore.
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Years ago, my brother gave me a dash cam because he could not figure out how to make it write to the card. I found that the best place to put it on that car was in the upper right hand corner of the windshield, where it would be out of the path of the wipers (wipers on video look really stupid). Unfortunately, I was never able to get it to write down either, so I gave up on it.

My current car has something like 6 cameras, but none of them are externally accessible, AFAIK. And my understanding is that none of them are good enough quality for dash cam video (even though one can read speed limit signs).
 
Regarding health care systems...

I've been really impressed with Stanford Health Care (SHC) in Palo Alto. It all started with having a hernia, and not being able to schedule an assessment with a doctor at Sutter (unless I could wait 6 months). With SHC I was able to start with an Express Care visit the morning I called, and sure enough it was a hernia.

That lead to a referral to a surgeon who's done several thousand hernia surgeries and a great outcome for me. The surgeon then cut through the red tape and made a referral to a primary care doctor for me who is excellent (med school at Columbia, and residency at Stanford). Who is also now my wife's primary care doctor. Overall a great experience.
 
Citysnaps said:
Regarding health care systems...

I've been really impressed with Stanford Health Care (SHC) in Palo Alto. It all started with having a hernia, and not being able to schedule an assessment with a doctor at Sutter (unless I could wait 6 months). With SHC I was able to start with an Express Care visit the morning I called, and sure enough it was a hernia.

That lead to a referral to a surgeon who's done several thousand hernia surgeries and a great outcome for me. The surgeon then cut through the red tape and made a referral to a primary care doctor for me who is excellent (med school at Columbia, and residency at Stanford). Who is also now my wife's primary care doctor. Overall a great experience.
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They are nearby where I work, but their locations in general are less convenient for me, which is why I ended up with PAMF./Sutter. But I do have an account there since I got some Covid shots there, and perhaps I will give them a shot. I already filled out the form to get my medical records, so i will be free to shop around.
 
Cmaier said:
They are nearby where I work, but their locations in general are less convenient for me, which is why I ended up with PAMF./Sutter. But I do have an account there since I got some Covid shots there, and perhaps I will give them a shot. I already filled out the form to get my medical records, so i will be free to shop around.
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Sounds good. Feel free to message me if you need anymore info. Or the name of a really good primary care doc. One of the things that impressed me the most most was their Express Care service. Not feeling well or you think there's something wrong - no problem... Call them in the morning and see a doctor an hour or two later. That's what got the ball rolling for me (and my wife).

Oh yeah... there's a pretty good Shake Shack nearby. :)
 
Citysnaps said:
Sounds good. Feel free to message me if you need anymore info. Or the name of a really good primary care doc. One of the things that impressed me the most most was their Express Care service. Not feeling well or you think there's something wrong - no problem... Call them in the morning and see a doctor an hour or two later. That's what got the ball rolling for me (and my wife).

Oh yeah... there's a pretty good Shake Shack nearby. :)
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lol. I know that shake shack. Worse, still, they opened two shake shacks, each 2 miles from my house in opposite directions. As a new yorker who frequently flies back there, I was already well aware of their deliciousness before they turned up here. I go there at least once a week.
 
Cmaier said:
lol. I know that shake shack. Worse, still, they opened two shake shacks, each 2 miles from my house in opposite directions. As a new yorker who frequently flies back there, I was already well aware of their deliciousness before they turned up here. I go there at least once a week.
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Hah! My wife and I go there (or to the one at Hillsdale Mall in San Meteo) once or twice a week.
 
Nycturne said:
Finally broke down and bought a dash cam. Not a fan of having something attached to the windshield in my field of view, but the drivers are just getting so weird out there in Seattle that I don't think I can get away with not having one anymore.
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Best thing I bought. In less than a year, I used the video in an insurance report. I got t-boned in an intersection while I had the green light. The insurance agent said it made the report really easy and no question who was at fault.
 
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