Re: Bob C: Q-N-A Vets
>Q: "How can a vet justify charging me $20 for a shot that only costs them
>$2.50?  How can anyone afford those prices...."
>
>A: So your ferret is worth $2.50 but not $20?  What are your kids worth?
 
To add to Bob's info and to put the $20 for a vaccination and office visit
in a slightly different perspective......if the vaccination costs $2.50,
that leaves $17.50 leftover.  Say your vet spent a half-hour with you and
your ferret (rounded out to the next half-hour).  That would mean that
their hourly charge-out rate is $35.00.  That's cheaper then any automobile
mechanic in this area!  Put in those terms, isn't it silly to say that $20
for the visit is a fleecing?
 
Personally, I would gladly spend a higher per hour rate for vet visits then
for automobile repair. My ferrets are family. My car is not.
 
Re: flames
>Come on, people.  If you have evidence that contradicts mine, please
>present it.  That's what scientific and medical debate is all about.  You
>don't need to call me names.  Grow up.
 
The last sentence hit the nail on the head.  Some people are just
ill-mannered children - in behavior, not years.  Their playground taunts
and name-calling are indictive of their failings in social as well as any
sort of debating and/or discussion skills.
 
BIG does a great job keeping this out of the pages of the FML.  The FML has
been and still is the friendliest and most well-mannered forum that I
subscribe to.  Unfortunately, there are those that take their childish
remarks to personal email and outside of BIG's watchful eye.
 
Debbie, don't let these fools bother you.  They're definately not worth it.
They exist in every electronic forum and they will ruin the enjoyment of
that forum for you if you let them.  Don't let them do that.  Just realize
them for what they are and ignore them.
 
Re: Sukie
My heartfelt condolences on your recent losses.  May your paths all cross
again someday.
 
-kim, squirt (flames are what mom uses when the lights go out.), pippi (mom,
 I hate those burning, stinky things. [candles, of course]), atlas (lights?),
 and 'jinx (it's too dark in here. I can't see well-enough to nip your ankle
 properly.) - the ferrets commenting on lastnight's/this morning's power
 outage
 
Kimberly Burkard     |             _    Everything I needed to know in life,
Eastman Kodak Company|      _____C .._. I learned from my ferret:
Rochester, New York  | ____/     \___/  Frolic and dance for joy often, have
[log in to unmask]    |<____/\_---\_\    no fear or worries, and enjoy life.
[Posted in FML issue 2426]