Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
Man, I just wanna say God is Great.
Yesterday I took a big fall off of some playground equipment while playing with the grands at the park, and hit some stuff on the way down.
It could've been horrible, thank God & His mercy just some bumps, bruises and a sprain-- I feel it everywhere today, but I am so grateful 🙏
God is great , but He also created the laws of nature, and gravity is one of them, sometimes, out of nowhere, we are reminded. Glad for you that nothing was seriously injured, take it easy today and it is always good to praise him when he softens the blow.
It's been a eye opener too.
During the X-rays the tech said 'well I now have a very clear picture of the problem. Then after the 2nd image, Now I have 2 clear pictures of the cause' So I asked is broken? He smiled and said I cannot tell you, the Dr has to. I laughed. He was very nice.
The Dr comes in says is a sprain wraps it up in tape, and disappears. My fingertip was turning black already and swollen.
The comments from tech were rolling around in my head... weird?
Yesterday I get call from a ortho surgeons office, 'it's broken we need to see you asap' said a very friendly very concerned voice, and made an appointment for "right away", that ends up being 4 days after the injury.
Small non-life threatening injury IGNORED for just long enough to get into their system so surgery can be offered as their only "fix" now as the bones have already begun to set and make them more money. The urgent care is part of the massive hospital system here.
Create a problem and offer a solution that's profitable for them. Just like government.
I haven't decided if I'm going to go just to listen to their scam, or just cancel. It's kind of a long drive, and traffic will be awful.