Meanwhile, Colorado is seeking to rein itself in with the increasing criminalization of behavior. It’s an interesting concept.
Apparently, UHaul won’t rent you a trailer if you drive a Ford Explorer. The same for the Jeep Wrangler. Both are very towing-capable. So why the policy? “Every time we go to hire an attorney to defend a lawsuit, as soon as we say ‘Ford Explorer,’ they charge us more money.”
Some blame for-profit colleges for feeding the “education bubble.” Derek Thompson makes a pretty strong case that they’re going to be its victims.
Some Ob/Gyn’s are turning down obese patients. The reasons? Their equipment can’t handle it and they have malpractice liability if something goes wrong and they are sued (and something is more likely to go wrong with an obese mother). It’s interesting the degree to which fear of lawsuits influences a doctor’s relationship with their patients. Clancy has never dropped a patient who did not physically threaten her or the employees at the hospital, but there are some patients she was glad to lose because she felt that they were “lawsuits waiting to happen” (in other words, a host of medical problems with the sense of entitlement that the medical community will be able to fix it).
On the one hand, I don’t think I would want to live next door to this guy. On the other hand, this sort of thing is as American as apple pie and ten-cent ramen. Along similar lines this is purely un-American. On the other hand, as someone that likes his meat actually cooked and gets frustrated when it’s red-centered, I approve.
Different times call for different measurements.
The US: Where Europe comes to slum.
Urbanity and Density, the Canadian version.
Bakadesuyo: Happy employees make companies rich.
Clancy has never dropped a patient who did not physically threaten her or the employees at the hospital….
Perhaps not the best choice of words when talking about an obstetrician.
On the other hand, as someone that likes his meat actually cooked and gets frustrated when it’s red-centered, I approve.
Heresy! Personally, I never really even liked steak until I tried it rare. Why cook perfectly good meat?
Different times call for different measurements.
Not really. Even today underweight women aren’t regarded as particularly desirable outside of the fashion world. The woman in the photograph isn’t fat by any stretch of the imagination (note particularly the narrow waist), and would be regarded by most men today as having a very attractive figure.
The difference between then and now is not so much in what’s regarded as desirable, but in the fact that overweight is now far more common than the sort of pathological underweight you might see in someone with the iron and B-vitamin deficiencies this product was intended to treat.
Comment by Brandon Berg — June 20, 2011 @ 5:13 pm
Perhaps not the best choice of words when talking about an obstetrician.
Fair point. The actual term they use is to “fire” a patient. I suppose, in this narrow instance, fire might be better than drop.
Even today underweight women aren’t regarded as particularly desirable outside of the fashion world. The woman in the photograph isn’t fat by any stretch of the imagination (note particularly the narrow waist), and would be regarded by most men today as having a very attractive figure.
We’re just straight men. Nobody asked us.
Comment by trumwill — June 20, 2011 @ 7:50 pm
As the article on red meat did a good job of explaining, there is a big difference between eating a rare burger and a rare steak. Therefore, I don’t think NC is being unreasonable.
Comment by Mike Hunt — June 20, 2011 @ 9:59 pm
The American in me says, “we can take our own risks.” The rest of the country seems to get by.
But seriously, why would anyone want to eat insufficiently cooked meat, ground or not?
Comment by trumwill — June 21, 2011 @ 9:57 am
One man’s “sufficiently cooked” is another’s “overdone.” To me, a well-done steak is too low in moisture and flavor, and makes me teeth feel funny.
Comment by Brandon Berg — June 21, 2011 @ 5:48 pm
I am disappointed in myself that it took me three times to notice, but 42 in roman numerals is XLII
Comment by Mike Hunt — June 27, 2011 @ 6:39 pm
So it is! Corrected. Odd that I would forget that, since I think XL=40 about every time I look at my shirt sizes.
I’ll change the others tomorrow.
Comment by trumwill — June 28, 2011 @ 12:22 am
Yawn… I know you hate politics, but this is what annoys me about free-marketry. Why we don’t do more like the Germans I don’t know. Oh yeah, ’socialism’. Whatever. They’ve got a trade surplus, more time off, and their food is better.
Comment by SFG — June 29, 2011 @ 10:32 am