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-- Well, I am not like a steer, although... well we'll leave that one alone. But, as a doctor, I do feel as though I have been trained "by someone" to at least work harder than I should.

-- I did ask Ms. PVC. She said no. That was deflating.

-- Unfortunately, I do carry ICD-9 code 756.0 in my medical record.

Vinny laugh: Hee-hee!

Good morning to all from foggy Northern Calif!! If anyone saw Babe the blue ox's picture, could you tell he (it) only had one testicle?? I guess it takes a woman to see that. Anyway, I have been thinking we should start a pure, free-wheeling thread that we can just chat on. I am actually sensitive (stop laughing) to those who might be going to this thread looking for answers (again, stop giggling) to a question. My problem is what to use as the topic. Any ideas??

We could try to revive my "Coffee Talk" thread. That was sort of it's original intent. As a place to just let folks chat and get to know one another, but at the time most the watchers did just that, they watched..... Much like the EULA thread... Lots of folks watching from the sidelines while a limited few of us do the heavy lifting.

Now my hat is off to Jim, who is trying to make a real AC Meet happen. Whether we can personally attend or not, now there is some serious heavy lifting... Way to go Jim!!!

Coffee talk anyone???

"Coffee Talk" is fine with me. I was trying to come up with something that would start with the letters H-E-L-L so if someone was on another thread and got off topic, we could just say go to "HELL". Oh well, it's only Wednesday! Don't expect much today, I'm congested...

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I can give some of my thread to the board to start a new thread. I only have it 'cause I needed to patch a few holes in something.

TOO CUTE!!! I hope you're not patching up your "date" with this method, she really WILL deflate (not to mention your ego)! Geez, what was I thinking, that would never happen.

OK, some have asked about my new bride to be. This is Paula V. Cabrina at our wedding rehearsal in Monterey. The guy holding her arm is my best man. I asked Brian, but he said he was tied up.

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You are a sick puppy, my friend. She looks a little over inflated actually, but I guess you like a nice, firm body??

Me, with an ego! You must have me mistaken with someone else. And, what makes you think that is a doll?

And what a coincidence. I gave her a middle initial of "V" just to make her initials, PVC. Never noticed the victoria in the URL.

Don't you know, there are no coincidences? Isn't anyone else gonna bite on this one?? He's lobbing up softballs here gang! (No double entendre there, Bert)

Can't. We're reading it on a computer. We have to byte. (oooh, that was really bad.)

Actually, that was pretty good Wayne. And, Donna, as easy as it would be to comment on your post with all sorts of jokes and twists and DEs, I am going to be honorable. Besides, Paula gets a bit upset with me if I don't stay in line.

Oh that's a good excuse Bert! What's she gonna do, blow a seam! And I won't go anywhere near the other obvious "blow" comment. I too have scruples (they must be around here somewhere...). But it is certainly nice to have someone to be accountable to, to keep you on the straight and narrow.

Did I see somebody's scruples hanging down off of "Babe" a while back??? Sorry I just could resist. I'm going to go get the kids now... Nite.

Gee whiz! I go out for housecalls and come back to all of this! Doesn't anybody have real work to do around here!

BTW, Bert. You fiance is a real doll. No, I mean it. But who is her plastic surgeon? (sorry, I had too!)

David, that was very good! See, I told you I was a little off my game today. And no, we try not to get too involved in the work thing, sooooo stressful. It's stressful enough coming up with this witty repartee.

Donna,

One question for you. What the heck are you doing working as a biller/coder? I think you could have made it in stand-up comedy. You crack me up!

Leslie

I agree. The first billr/coder stand-up comic. As we have seen, there are so many jokes in ICD-9 codes. Maybe we could make the country aware of the poor reimbursement of the various CPT codes. Funny at first, then somber.

Okay folks, I'll volunteer to MC the dinner meeting, but you'll have to pay my way! Us biller/codes are right down there with you all in the big bucks bracket (maybe a little lower if possible). Also Leslie, keep up the posts, I'm creeping up behind you!!

"So do you know what the 99213 say to the 99395???" Sorry I think I'll pass on that.

Fine, just pass... I WAS going to make you my assistant so you'd get 1/2 off, but never mind. Besides CPT's are never as funny as ICD9's, everyone knows that!!

OK, OK, I'll help out and lend a hand. So let's see some of this ICD-9 humor. Actually I got Nancy a medical bloopers joke a day calender as one of her small holiday presents. Some of them are pretty weird, while some are in pretty poor taste (just up my alley, right?). Perhaps I'll post one or two of the better ones from time to time.

"While having to drink barium an elder patient commented on how bad it tasted. With a wink and twinkle in his eye he said; "you can take this barium and shove it you know where". At which point the radiologist reply with a bigger smile, "Actually, Sir, we do!!!"

Paul

Don't quit your day job...