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[“Billing patients using secret code”] Yes, they are intentionally screwing us and Medicare/aid. With computer billing it is just as easy to automatically print ‘biopsy’ instead of the secret code BX |
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[‘Name the little blimp”] I vote for the name Mini Me as suggested in Friday’s Telegraph. |
[Stinky African Arabs 1887] Great attention is bestowed upon perfumery, especially by the women. The women have a peculiar method of scenting their bodies and clothes by an operation that is considered to be one of the necessaries of life, and which is repeated at regular intervals. In the floor of the tent, or hut, a small hole is excavated sufficiently large to contain a common-sized champagne bottle. A fire of charcoal, or of simply glowing embers, is made within the hole, into which the woman about to be scented throws a handful of various drugs. She then takes off the cloth or tope which forms her dress, and crouches naked over the fumes, while she arranges her robe to fall as a mantle from her neck to the ground like a tent. When this arrangement is concluded, she is perfectly happy, as none of the precious fumes can escape, all being retained beneath the robe. She now begins to perspire freely in the hot-air bath, and the pores of the skin being thus opened and moist, the volatile oil from the smoke of the burning perfumes is immediately absorbed. By the time that the fire has expired the scenting process is completed, and both her person and robe are redolent of incense, with which they are so thoroughly impregnated that I have frequently smelt a party of women strongly at full a hundred yards’ distance. |
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Big Pine Key Winn Dixie’s Weekly Ad |
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How to pour shots in a German bar. World record. Video |
[Crook] 31-year-old tourist got a jump on lobster mini-season Thursday after he was arrested amid accusations he speared eight lobsters and wrung them on the water.
[Crook 2] A 24-year-old man is facing decades in prison after he was accused of carrying a sea turtle hatchling on Duval Street on Thursday, marking the fifth time this month that law enforcement have made high-profile arrests involving protected Florida Keys wildlife. |
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So what’s in the bag? |
[Poker Run motorcycle event canceled] Although motorcycle gang members were not involved in a vicious fight at Rumors Lounge during last year’s Poker Run – the attacker was a biker who was also a member of the Tampa Fire Department – Mayor Cates said the fight was the final straw for the Sunrise Rotary, which was already concerned that Peterson’s donation to the group was shrinking while the need for its volunteers was growing every year. And when city commissioners said they wanted Peterson to find another local non-profit group to agree to sponsor the event, Peterson couldn’t find one in time. Link |
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[“Billing patients using secret code”] Indeed, they are stealing from us! Medical billing is intentionally crooked and fraudulent. Medical billing codes are described by the numbers 99211-99215. CPT® 99213 represents the middle (level 3) office or other outpatient established office patient visit and is part of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS). Common Medical Abbreviations: Link |
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[Shed Wanted] I’m in search of something like this Rubbermaid shed. (305) 395-0588 |
[Rough Seas] Ship during Hurricane force rough weather. “Mayday. Mayday. Mayday.” Listen to what the radio operator is broadcasting at the end of this video (if you can?). Video |
![]() [Cashiers] I would like to nominate Publix and Winn Dixie cashiers for this week’s Middle Keys unsung hero awards. When the Lobster Mobsters hit their vacation rentals, the housekeeper, of course, is the first to encounter them. The hope is that they have pissed and eaten a snack somewhere before they hit the Middle Keys, so that they are not so cranky and irritable. Then they load their fat asses back into the car/truck/mini van/SUV and head over to Publix or Winn Dixie. God bless those cashiers. |
[Shoot Out] Guard shoots it out with bank robber. Guard 1, Robber 0. Video |
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Retro – Jay Leno and his Jaywalking clips collage. Video |
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[Russian Sukhoi 30 Tailwalking] This is impressive, wonder if the F35 can do these stunts? See the Russian fighter plane doing a delicate solo dance at ground level. It is even more amazing when one realizes this is a deadly plane is capable of supersonic speeds and dropping nuclear bombs and shooting down almost any fighter plane. Video |
[Taunting a Bull] More bleach in the gene pool. Video |
![]() So, what are we going to do about it? Are we going to do the real easy thing and just bitch? Or are we really going to try to make a difference?
If you really want to help to make changes, you must get involved. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Republican or a Democrat, or unaffiliated, just do something. Start out by making contact with one of the local political clubs and joining. Attend meetings, get to know the movers and shakers, voice your opinion, get your friends involved. Write letters to the editors. Write to your local officials with your complaints. Don’t just sit there and bitch — do something to help make a difference.
I’m reasonably sure that there is a similar page for Democrats on the web, but you’ll have to do a little work on you own to find it. Unaffiliated voters are in a quandary. To the best of my knowledge there is no centralized organization for unaffiliated voters here in the Keys. I hope that I’m wrong, and I hope that someone will post the info. If you’re not a registered voter, and if you haven’t voted, you’ve got no standing to bitch about government. Make a difference! Register to vote! |
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[Congratulations North Korea] It’s difficult to believe these Americans can be this un-informed and stupid. Video |
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[“Billing patients using secret code”] That is one thing the new healthcare bill should address. |
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We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. ~Tom Waits |
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How two bodies stayed mummified for 75 years in a Swiss glacier. Link |
[Marathon] “The council directed staff to start a survey of parking spots for businesses along the U.S. 1 corridor in an effort to develop a policy to address the varying availability and come up with an equitable solution.” From Marathon Council Meeting July 11.
Let me remind our Marathon City Council that they have a policy to address parking in the city. It is called your Parking Code and since it is your Code, it would be most equitable if you would enforce it equitably. There are currently provisions in your Code that address the varying differences in all your commercial business properties in Marathon from new developments, to re-developments, to older business properties, to legal non-conforming properties, including illegal non-conforming properties. Your problem is not with your policy but with your understanding of that policy. It was most revealing and interesting how little our Marathon City Council knows and understands its own Parking Code. Lack of enforcement and, or, selective enforcement exists because it serves the best interests of certain City Council Members who have historically used our City’s rules to benefit themselves or their select associates. Councilwoman Coldiron made the statement that whatever the policy, it should be enforced equally. A bit disingenuous in light of her actions in the Sunset Grille fiasco. The City clearly targeted Sunset Grille while allowing a much more dangerous condition to continue at 35th Street and U.S. 1 at the Stuffed Pig restaurant. This is not equitable treatment. Talk is one thing, actions speak to the truth. Even if the City Council decides to change their current policy, they must enforce the new one and I see no commitment or willingness to enforce any policy whether it has to do with parking, signage, landscaping, etc. It is going to be interesting to see how this survey will determine the actual number of parking spaces at the Stuffed Pig restaurant when there is not one single legal parking space designated on that property, even though there are two parking plans on file with the City — but never required to be implemented. ~Bruce Schmitt |
![]() Either way, my kids usually calm down and stop misbehaving after our flight together. I believe that eye-to-eye contact during these sessions is an important element in achieving the desired results. I’ve included a photo. |
[The Movies] I’m sick of looking at 40-50 year old men with a three-day growth of beard. Don’t they know that it makes an old man look older and look like he’s homeless or drinks too much? If you’re over thirty you’d better shave every day or you’ll look like a sloppy old man. |
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[Last Screwworm Incident Milestone] This is perhaps the final update to the Key deer/Screwworm Story. We are in the process of removing collars from does that were in place to monitor them through the fawning season. screwworm-final update |
[“Lobster mini season”] Know your mini-season limits! 1) 6 legal bugs per person per day 2) 12 legal bugs per harvester for the 2 days (Why do you need to haul a freezer here?) 3) If you need to put a camper in the front yard to handle the overflow from the house you rented with 6 other families – you’re over the locals’ tolerance level for lobster folks. |
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[My Wife] Early Sunday morning I awoke to my wife gently stroking my thighs. She looked deeply into my eyes and asked, “What would you like to do for the rest of the morning?” I said, “Play a round of golf and have a few beers at the clubhouse. That’s when the fight started. |
![]() [Summer Crush] Mark from Midland, the band, famous for “Drinkin’ Problem.” Great song, fast forward to 44 seconds to que it up. |
It is wonderful… it’s Lobster Mobster Week… all the people are here to usurp our natural resources… Ins’t that nice? I mean here we are, ideally slowing down the rape of the planet… but noooooooo… Let’s encourage tens of thousands of people to come down here and stink up the place. so wonderful. Now me, on the other hand, I will just buy a $6 roasted chicken at Winn Dixie and be happy. No boat, no excessive spending, no sunburn. |
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